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GREA T EXHIBITION of INDUSTRY • ALL NATIONS 1851. SECOND LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. £l,OOO 0 liQr Afajesty the Queen ' • .... 500 0 A Rom Highness Prince Albert 100 0 Iler n -.oYel Highness the Duchess of Kent .. • • • • •• • • .•.• 13,129 1 .i.lttount already advertised (including the above) • • • • The C ouncil of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales _ for the Duchy of Cornwall • • • • • • • • • ' " ~.'rhe lion. the East India Company - .Nessrs. . S. Sharps v !tad g o , I . - £2 2 0 0 os, I. . ~ Pu Rickerby, Esq. 2 2 0 ,aesirs. A. Gibbs and 1)r 8"s - - - 100 0 G.,' henry Greenwood 5 500 ~••,• koffatt, Esq.,l Z:srs Ylekford and Co. 50 001 111„411Baxendale, Esq. 10 10 01 Rich Es Esq. 5 501 peslir. Gilbart, Esq., 11l ll ' S ' - - lit)evonshire - -um 0 0 eoBhtlloa. the Earl brontosse . - 100 0 0 WI W ood, Esq. - 5 8 0 ~ 401 T od, Esq. tui, sq., ,t . ' heapside .. - .51 10 10 C !: kechi, Esq. -21 00 str'l.,!oa7 Browu, Esq., l? Chamberlain - 10 10 0 k e thil Cantegie, Bart. 24 0 0 i t • 09tttel Deacon - 5 5 0 -.east,, Tr .... M arley, eh .-.. M . atarley, the P• lehtrusey, Esq,Al.P.- 100 0 0 B '4oses ldontenore, ,1., and Lady Mon & ; I t re ._ _ 100 0 0 kees ` u uing, Esq. - 2 2 0 ' „ 111 . M. L. Sa el It ~,,,4 C°• Saran 1 1 0 it.._• galtniore, Esq - 2 2 0 )1:271.0r11 and Arinani 10 10 0 7174._ Fester, Porter, kt:„.ie, : - - 10 10 0 ke kri. II r iz a z v i f i l l e n t ia i 3 a s 5 5 0 ItZn, aand Bradbury 5 5 0 tot C o ll 9ll and Col -1491 r, drik ir t i •- ••Candy and Co. t 5 0 0 ,e 0 141 487 n., Longman and • n-5 0 0 ' '4 %ra r . , ' • - , . 0,,, , and J. D . J a- 50 0 0 .1.17p1d o. - - 5 0 0 .. 2 43 r tan, Esq. - 5 0 0 14 ' ood. Es 11.14"k'°1 q : kilittoNo(l jones,Esq., 10 0 0 "ars g, - - - 4 ad gio beTenzon 14141 Eit ns - _Salt, 100 0 0 d ' ta prebbensort, Salt, 1t,k4414._,, Stafford tk tk _ Z it, t.: - 1205 o o o o .1 , 7,,A. and (1 Iti ' Gatti 1 0 0 x• Nal - ' 44 4 0 . D 3 3 0 Elder, kt.sr i I,4comii, ~) 5. 0 0 itd0z..141:6 250 0 0 500 0 0 •• • • iLenuel Goddard, Esq. - 21 0 0 •Messrs. Laurie, Hamil ton, and Co. - - 10 10 0 Messrs Crawford and Lindsay - - - John 11. Porter, Esq., outh wark - - 5 5 0 Alfred S. Jee, Esq. - 5 5 0 'Henry Alexander, Esq. - 10 le 0 IW. B. Moffatt, Esq. - 2 2 0 William Atkinson, Esq. 2 2 0 !Charles Noyes, Esq. - 1 I 0 Thomas Reynolds, Esq. 1 1 0 The Lord It lavney - 100 0 0 W. M. Best, Esq. - - 1 0 0 Mr. Robert Lound - 0 5 0 Mr. Henry James- - () 5 0 Mr. James Randle - 0 1 0 W. Spence, Esq., F.R.S. 10 10 0 W. Ballantine, Esq. - 5 5 0 Captain Kemys Tynte, Grenadier Guards - 1 1 0 John Taylor, Esq. - 1 1 0 Sir J. F. Davis, Bart.. F.R.S. - 50 0 0 W. H. Lewes, Esq. - 1 1 0 'William Skirrow, Esq. - 3 3 0 Messrs. hail, Brothers, and Parker - - Messrs. John J. Nichol , son, Besley and Co. - 21 0 0 Messrs. Jonas and Causton - - - 2 2 0 11V. Billings, Esq. - - 10 10 0 llVincent J. Collier, Esq. 2 2 0 Rev. Henry Dupries - 5 5 0 (Rev. Henry H. Prescott - 5 0 0 Messrs. J. M. Schilizzi and Co. - Little Greek Boy - Sir Alexander Galloway, G.C.B. - - - 21 0 0 Bunning, Esq. - - 5 5 0 T. H. Penrose, Esq. - 1 1 0 S. H. Pellew, Esq. - 3 3 0 Messrs. Leaf, Coles, Smith and Co. - - 100 0 0 IJ. C. Sommers, Esq. - 1 1 0 C. H. Olivier, Esq. - 2 2 0 W. F. Chambers, Esq. - 5 5 0 IMessrs. Lambert sii:d Rawlings - - - 5 5 0 The Most Noble the Marquis of Breadal - bane - - - - 100 0 0 John Jones, Esq., Kid derminster- - Richard. Cobden, Esq., M.P.- - - - 30 0 0 Messrs. J. Watson, Son, 'and Co. - - 10 0 Q IHenry Currey, Esq. 2 2 0 John Evan', Esq.- -2, g 0 Jame licetb.....Kag, 5 5 0 5 5 0 - 10 10 0 1 1 0 5 o of 1 00 Jaik er , Grid th.ol B, I, i P B WICh 20 0 01 j .ll - IZ'tteet 44 1.. Le -4.4tlteett:4,ol4!,l•llm- e - 48 1e"e e l;tri - 3 3 0 , 84,1%11.0. 10 10 0 Eastlake, Bey, Da l ton Ma- • 10 10 0 y, r " • „ Trem enh ere, 4 1 4. eorteo us 14 0 , 41 11% ) . nic isaY and •B Woodhouse I C lo 4,4tac e s - 10 001 Sq• - 2 201 k i a ti 4b. C. and W • .er e Bard, R ebe . htk r4 ' lO 0 0 Nth ""' , l Esq., a Nty 4 ' tik ri 4 'kt 4 , 1:2 50 0 1 4, el vißaforci, Esq. 5 0 0 1 1, ntile, Esq.q' 5 5 taki • Co oke ' k ot nit, t 8 - 1 1 0 wgP's e kit Ply - 2 20 •itte llri ' t et,Son 25 0 0 1., Peac e Esq. - 1 1 0 4 1 14 ) Feli he 'xsq. - 1 1 0 tleter -Esq., 're N ‘ l 4 et,: er, Esq. , 50 0 )4 ,t4 4 t4 m a t et ,- 1 1 0 rthe,,,Allir: anSq - and 5 5 0 k S e ge go t am - 20 0 0 14',,erm - 1 1 0 sq• Pastel 15 0 0 0 Ward s, E . q., l i N t tt etley i - 01„. rOn Coln- NYttt, - 60 0 0 11, 31 0 1 ,,* 5 0 0 Ir k -s. Esq. 1 1 0 li. l t/ " 1 * • 11 0 P 4 4 4. "e n and ) ( 11 44 1,, L itidh i s • 10 10 0 ;Ito ttoh 1. and Co. 52 10 0 6349,..1 1atche10r 3( 1• - 10 10 0 , , - 4 0 , 0,4 ,COpe• 1, t 414, 4 ' the and Co. 52 10 0 k Dk iany -kit India 1 ' 4 4 - - 500 0 0 .- en4 - ` O . Esq. 50 0 0 i,:lll,ll%,4Nt'et?, Tvren k:ll,itlit':',4lllt gg - 10 10 0 4 - 5 6 0 k .0 :14 0 , e3 1 1,Esq. 5 0 0 Allen k'44'714 , C4DIIO. and ) 4 4 4 ' 11 / 4 11at yber - - 21 0 0 -1 4 "• Robin tktk,' tll - 550 44 (~'• ETering- I - 41 4 ,4 and Co. 20 so 0 0 0 o' N, 1 14, 4 4e1 L8 ', 3 1 "5q. - 10 10 01 n and oC D - - 10 10 0 1 , 444 1( and i v q uens and . - 25 0 0 . I t t lik No. l 2; o 7 4 4ll °ll ' Esq., th Zegi4:_lare bell; re s .3el o ve o d me, ltd by the Right Ho „: e Honorary S. STEPII DAVID — Feb. 18, 18, FOOT and CO.'S LIIGII TOAST 41 :14 Anp ° l ? . r and e S g N to rs i F nro ' rm the Trade that on and after R4of t tale,.. n 'xt they CO.' will not, as hitherto, confine themselves p 4 itcp . ' rot the sale of their Snuffin England and Scotland ' l l l 4l t.!!tre t. Ifte ttt , 44 ,,, they may be favoured with on and after that date 4 04, 1. ' 4 direct from their manufactory, 6 and 7, Eases- - - - Hyde-park-square 5 0 0 James Quelch, Esq. - 1 0 0 Messrs. Twining - - 100 0 0 Messrs. Walkers, Parker and Co. - - - 100 0 0 Messrs. Robarts, Curtis and Co. - - 100 0 0 Messrs. Argenti and Co. 20 0 0 Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps - - 25 0 0 Col. the Hon. Charles 1 Grey - - - 25 0 0 His Grace the Duke of Buccleugh - - 100 • 0 Sir Charles Lyell - 10 0 0 Oriel Viveasn, Esq. - 1 1 • Joseph Hambleton, Esq. 5 0 0 W. H. C. Floyer, Esq. 20 0 0 Miss H. L. Sotheby - 1 0 0 B. Pistrucel, Esq. - 5 0 • Lee Jortin, Esq. - 6 0 0 A. Milne, Esq., C.B. - 10 10 0 A. J. B. Hose, Esq. - 50 0 0 Sir D. Kinloch, Bart. 5 0 0 Messrs. Fortnum and Co. 10 0 0 George liumby, Esq. - 2 2 0 James Yearsley, Esq. 1 1 0 Josiah Parkes, Esq. - 10 10 0 Sir J. B. Mill - 10 0 0 Mr. George Jacobs - 1 1 0 It. C. Kidd, Esq. - - 3 0 0 Peter Squire, Esq. - 5 5 0 Admiral Sir S. Pym, K.C.B. - - 2 0 0 Major-General Sir Fre derick Stovin - • Captain H. E. Napier - Dr. Charles Locock Mr. Thomas Farrance Mr. J. S. Eisdell - Dr. Chambers - E. Benassit, Esq. The " Anglo- Saxon" - The " Anglo-Saxon " Printer - - Sir W. F. F. Middleton, Bart. - Sir R. Fitz Wygram, Bart. - - - 50 0 0 Henry Wright, Esq. - 1 1 0 Joseph Brown, Esq. - 5 0 • Mr. A. Laurier - - 0 2 6 Messrs. Hunt and Roskell 50 0 0 Stelsrs. F. and J.G.O race 5 5 0 Messrs. Seth Smith and Sons, Panteelmicon - 50 0 0 Thomas Little, Esq. - 1 1 0 John Cheek, Esq., Ox ford-street - - 2 0 0 -25001 - 1 1 - 2 20 1 1 0 t 2 01 - 5 0 o', - 10 0 0 2 20 - 20 00 2 2 0 - 0 10 0 -5 5 0 - 1 1 0 2 2 0 - 2 20 - 2 20 - 50 00 1 1 0 John Newsen, Esq P. Scaife, Esq. - - Messrs. H. Barrow and -2 2 0 Itr. James Liddell, Bod- 5 0 0 - 0 10 6 min - • - I Messrs. Guinness, Son, I and Co., Dublin - 10 10 0 John Brown, Esq. - 5 5 0 IJ. W. Moule, Esq. - 5 0 0 Messrs. Slade, Wadeson, and Co. - - - 20 0 0 Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. 10 10 0 Messrs. A. Ralli and Co. 10 0 0 Sir J. W. Hanson, Bart. 5 .0 0 Jonas Wilks, Esq. - 5 5 0 !William Strode, Esq. - 5 0 0 Richard Hollond, Esq. - 10 0 0 Roger Cunliffe, Esq. - 25 0 0 'Roger eutillte,jun., Esq. 10 10 0 !Benjamin Oliveira, Esq. 5 5 0 J. Bennington and Sons 2 0 0 !Robert Rawlinson, Esq. 1 1 0 Henry Roberts, Esq.. 1 F.S.A. - - 1 1 0 J. E. Walker, Esq. - 1 1 0 1 1 ol - 2 001 - 52 10 0 - 21 0 V 2 2 0 Robert Hall, Esq. - - Mcs3rs. Frederick and Char:es Willis - 5 00 - 5 8 0 at all the London bankers, at the ,nourable the Lord Mayor, Man tecretaries. LN REED CATTLEY,I Hon. WILLIAMS WIRE, Sees. 150. 4. 14 D, ~Nltti , 4 SUI3SCRIPTION ROOMS, Great 1t:4,40' 4 4 1 , 1 b,_ Windmill-street, St. James's. ult,llit;;eclor and Condactor, M. LAITRENT, jun. f f , - ` l % for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is 4. 1 ., - ;:_tr a w: c the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, O ttlltt k,k ot p ri " 11 : lA:4 111 . o rinh v iz at a e n T d al e t y io e n ni a n p g pl p y ra n c t t t ic h e e : office.— m Terms o i f i. S s u s b : 8 .; one eveaing, is. Subscribers' tickets not '4411c1h,11:i.).41W111 open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight 't:N.inate at Half-past Eleven precisely. Ben. takes his Benefit on Monday, March 4. o tx lt,,"k i t the PALETOT, or Patent Coat ; q,t 1 , 1 0 ; 4 65). - lnal invention, the Registered Paletot (6 and 7 , Vest-end Warerooms for the sale of these 04 , 4 th t 401x0. 120, e , es in o e f i d u r , e iv ss o a . r a e n i d n i th te o g se et s in tteeeitayn are at extend 22 1)13I ng Department being in the rear—viz., 'Change.: v &to deed the use of the word PALETOT, but H. J. and 11.41 0 . 4 -44 . sole Proprietors and Patentees of the design or o. or. rs _ (I t toir e,d hey Thre aroG re uiequire, and according toneas pose for whi o, and Three Guineas, and according t. for which td. (tib, l . l blished, price 55., Bvo. in cloth, t ki b,,lntqi, of the URETHRA; its Patho kk:;4 i y t .onal Treatment, with important Practical Ob -4„,,4„, ~„;• and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment e urinary Canal; showing how it is that Stnc- NilNkle;:t not only resist, but are aggravated by the ordi kticSb..titi..bY tV 4 ler their cure, and at length become seriously NibC.ted b: so-called " consequences of stricture." The ti: nuMerous cases, which will be found to embrace '44, Of Stricture and its consequences, together with tt eu i tt,,kb g; 1r care. ` 4 14 kr e •H. COURTENAT, M.R.C.S.E. 4 e h~t ,,, -. ll4'L'unnrlng under long-protracted stricture, with all th,Nt l F t ett,t7 ta wiseries, will find detailed in this work modes of ,:44, be e, 4 " to such cases, the efficacy and superiority of votitit4dertested by repeated practice; whilst those who 4 41, t ,5t !he less severs forms of the disease may find 1%41000 th k relief, and at the same time such information k o ..ete, peN t... e ja from becoming the victims of unskilful and Si k )ok t t lit o4 4l l 4ri the main-spring of severe and complicated ob. N. 4 'At g.h tti . n rY canal. " The operation of introducing a unDernaeable stricture is, without doubt, tho ,N4' 4 0 4 NT.. Whole range of surgical operations, and de 14;41140ezZielt,res, science, and skill of a master. The art "I,7ed bp v% • and that gradually, by frequent practice."— 'A stli, r l l.ll"Z e u r Y• th, 4 _ ere, 519, Regent-street ; and may be had "eft and country. "tV 41tikititbi h i gERWELL'S NEW WORKS. -qe ?m,.retti",..Of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 11-g an -t ann• 39 C hill •or direct from the author ; t eat , , 0/T1 , R; t kc ' t 41th Si7.l b e p05t,314 OF LIFE. )Sat 41,;:4-...ati.i.ecreation, and rational Use of Time." t "Y Rising S ring and grimmer Mornings—Ex \°ll4l46, 4.2'41 I. ll ha: dr ons — of P London—The Parks, Lanes, Hil r ls, 61 roads , other V;sitsrt E i) e l n %e g s: a C t o;i j n o t m y e 13ettiZ4On tttin ° g n "Trilling! Sleeping, Bathing, Air, " 4 41, b &c. ' t 4,, —, D Ts IL h, 4,01 4 THE MOUNTAIN'S. Two Vole. ) L A , "Vol I. IN,, -- aES ; SKETCH OF EDINUURGIL &c. . 4 .11 Yol. 11. KILLARNEY ; MEMDTISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. AZl'lal i Vi la t rr, tyte4)l4. - thre e .."`" E4Vr. DRINK, AND AVOID. 111. kl,loohl,eiihrt"view,,,e Years and ten our course may run." t 1 7 4 1 ,.t, Cated almost every form (cause and cure) of ner 43ets th' t 'utn &nil enfeebled constitution, that harasses ° rej , a y t nl an of. Pleasure, business, or study, and ern ry.day _ a e bles uf and rules for the diet and physical rimes ~, IV. %I'be,i ivilat Passi TIIE PASSIONS. i til, to t ,Intli s ohs hurt At body—what improve, , 6, • -, ../ .4f ,A 4 leaned as Athens ever heard. Ikei.ttititit6:ll,,,:e..staspgtigtrirtnanciage,itsfroinfmriinnfancy to old age. The advent 44%7-- uissiDation, with illustgreamtieors; The casualties e• Aanarrative, vocacy of early marriages. Tirn, V. i ti01,,,t 4 it T o , ---.. MARRIA.GE STATE. _ !It.;, N ♦ ltk.,, „ye or not to be, that is the question." !e4:4l;lzrill.aaw.s and o bligations of nature, society,. and and 14,414„e11re 11,7,72 as to age, temperament, com ea .and them. ilipAt"eetiv„".3' offspring, With the art of rearing f ,•'' - 44 4 ita removal. Sterility and its conversion. -N l 4. t ~ Q u ., dpi 11v `ArtRWELL, 1,1.13. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 1 b_ellty.fis, -.1 %1 1 ti0 - Year° M edical and Forensic Iteferee in these Alio . ) _ 1 hours dew, till ."114121114%. Aye, Eveninip, seven till nine. 1 0 0 N°.17,915.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENI G FEBRUARY 23, 1850. THE' ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. Fur Allowing Permanent Annuities to Decayed Merchants, Bankers, Professional Men, Master Manufacturers, Tradesmen, their Widows and Clerks, and single Females their Daughters, from all Parts of the United Kingdom. Founded A.D. 1827. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONS. Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN. Ills Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. Bis l‘laesty the KING of the BELGIANS, Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER Her Royal Ilighsess the Duchess of KENT. Iler Royal 'Highness the 'Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. The AN FESTIVAL will be holden at the London Tavern, Bishopzgate-street. on WEDNESDAY, Marsh 6. The Hon. EDWARD HENRY STANLEY, M.t'. for King's Lynn, In the Chair. Tickets, 21s. e tch, may he obtained of the Stewards, at the London Tavern, and at the Offices of the Society. Noblemen and Gentlemen desirous of honouring the festival with their presence are requested to make an early application for tickets to provont disappointment ; and the Stewards are particularly re quested to inform the Secretary, at their earliest convenience, the number of seats they may require. Toe Committee most respectfully and earnestly solicit the benevo lent attention of the public towards the support of this institution, hich has for its object the relief of misery and distress, at a period when the applicants are too frequently bereft of all other aid, when with debilitated health and ruined fortunes, they can leek forward only to the parish workhouse as their last shelter, and from the de gradation of which this charity seeks t• rescae them. There are at the present time forty annuitants on the funds : the males receive 21. ss. per month, the females 11. 10s.; besides these, 114 most deserving persons, many of them redaced from affluence to poverty, are now asking for help ; for these the Committee plead, and they trust the claims of such an institution will not be forgotten, but that the opportunity will be seized with pleasure of ameliorating the condition of the helpless and the aged, and thus answer one of the greatest ends of our existence, which is to afford relief to the dis tressed in titne of need. _ _ . Contributions gratefully received at the Bank of England to the account of James Bidden, Esq., and others ; at Messrs. Roberts, Cur tis, and Co.'s, 15, Lombard-street ; at Messrs. Sir John William Lub bock, Bart., Forster, and Co.'s, Mansion House-street ; at the Oflice of the Record ; and at the Office of the Society, where lists of the sub scribers, forms of application, and every information respecting the charity may be obtained between the hours of Ten and Five daily. STEPHEN J. ALDRICH, Secretary. Offices of the Institution, 13a, Basinghall-street, reb. 2r, 1850. CONVEYANCE of her MAJESTY'S MAILS between ITOLYII4AD and KINGS/WI/If-DUBLIN': ; 000$1011st at diseaestaptrelser AWVldnalltax antrramport Services, Somerset-place, Feb. 22, 1850. The CoMmissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the sth March next, at One o'clock, they w.ll ';e ready to treat, under conditions, which may be obtained at the • above office, for the Conveyance of her Majesty's Mails, in Steam-vessels, twice a day each way, between HOLYHEAD and K I t GSTOWN. All Tenders to be made upon the printed form provided for the Purpose, which may be obtained upon application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, R.N., Liverpool, and to be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, at Somerset-place, with the words " Tender for the Conveyance of Mails," and " Comptroller for Vic tualling and Transport Services" in the left-hand corner of the en velope. No Tender will ho received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed, aniess the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised In writing. Every Tender must be delivered at the above Office, and it must express when and where the vessels will be ready for survey, and when they will be completely ready fur sea, and also state the ad dress of the party tendering. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause ELLIS against ELLIS, the Creditors of CHARLES ELLIS, formerly of Park-road, Ralston, and late of Hampton Court, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. (who (lied in the month of March, 1545), are, on or before the 26th day of March, 1850, to come in and prove their Debts before RICHARD TORIN KINDERSIXT, Esq., One of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chan cery-lane, London ; or in default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. TATHAM and PROCTER, 10, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, Plaintiff's Solicitors. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. A. general half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday at the station, Euston square. The large room was crowded to excess, and the interest of the meeting was sustained unabatedly to the close, which was at a late hour. Mr. G. C. GLYN (chairman of the court of directors) having taken the chair, commenced the business of the day by asking the proprietors to extend to him More than their usual indulgence, as he was suffering under severe indisposition, and observed that the present meet ing was held at a later period than had ever yet occurred since they had assembled at their half-yearly meetings, arising from the work which had been gone through by their auditors and by the tecountant, with the intention of putting before the proprietors in as complete, and he hoped in as satisfactor a form as possible, the accounts of the present half-year. It was not for him, nor would it be becoming in any one on that side of the bar, to say much with regard to the proceedings or the conduct of the auditors during the last two months; but it would be improper if ho did not take the opportunity of bearing witness to the indefatigable exertions they bad shown. He conceived that when those proprietors undertook that duty they little thought of the responsibility, the anxiety, and the great devotion of time which would de volve upon them in carrying out their intentions.— (Hear, hear.) He always regretted any delay in their half-yearly meetings, because it was his anxious desire not, only that the dividend should be paid to the pro prietors at the earliest possible date, but that they should also be in possession of the accounts, that they might be able, from authentic documents, to judge of the pro ceedings of the past, and that the attempts which from time to time ,wero made in the interval to affect the mar ketable value of their shares, should be met by a state ment of facts and figures. lie did not think it neces sary to allude more particularly to the means that bad been taken, during the past half-year, to produce great fluctuations in the stock of the company. It was irn- Possible,to Imo out _ the„systeme had been—wetted OposeeertesyStern there decidedly had been in it—in all its ramifications and extent. The directors knew a great deal, but they did not know all. It was impossible in a concern of this magnitude, whose interests and traffic were to be affected by such a multitude of circumstances, that fluctuations should altogether be avoided, but they cer tainly had been brought about and acted upon in a very extensive manner during the last eighteen months. It had been asked several times why, under these circumstances, the directors had not, from time to time, put forth, in contradiction to those statements, an authentic docu ment emanating from themselves? He would tell the meeting at once it was quite impossible for their execu tive body to meet these persons by any such act, on their part. The establishment of this concern, large as it was, was not over-handed. They had no surplus sup ply of labour to apply tee these extraordinary occasions; and if they entered upon the task of refuting statements which were from time to time put forth, it would not only occasion great loss cf time, but would, in other re spects, be extremely inconvenient. Therefore they had determined to abide by their half-yearly statement; but they made this offer, that if at any time any individual proprietor chose to come to the office and request a per sonal interview with the secretary, all the books of the company should he open for his inspection. 2 --(Hear.) He must allude to another system which had gone on to a very considerable extent, and which he hesitated not to say he considered perfectly disgraceful—he meant that of addressing to him week by week, and almost day by day, anonymous letters of the most extraordinary de scription. If those letters had not come upon him to such an extent, he should have thought it beneath him to notice them at all; but, when he found from week to week letters were sent to him, sometimes reflecting upon the character and conduct of individuals, sometimes re flecting upon his own character, and sometimes reflecting upon the character of the system altogether, he felt it his bounden duty to allude thus publicly to the fact; and to tell those individuals, whoever they were (he scarcely be lieved they were proprietors), that the course he took with those letters was simply this—to consign them to the flames ; which was the only way in which they deserved to be treated. Having touched upon these points, he then called the attention of the meeting to the accounts; but he did so briefly, on account of the character of those accounts, they having been most care fully drawn up by a professional accountant, and since reported on by the auditors. There were a few points, however, to which he would claim the attention of the meeting. He would, in the first place, advert to what had been represented as au apparent inconsistency be tween the account for the present year and that fur nished in 1848, with reference to the " capital ac count." He would not attempt to conceal the fact that, in reference to that account, there had been on some items an excess ; but that which appeared to increase the amount of capital in this year's account over that of 1848 was an addition to the stock of the Leeds and Dewsbury and Huddersfield and Manchester Railway, 'which were by Act of Parliament converted into London aed North-Western stock, and which, in point of f.ct, became part of the capital stock of the company, and was now included in that stock, while in 1848 they were put down as subsidiary lines. The items upon which the actual excess had occurred were principally these of the Birmingham Extension. There was a very considerable increase in regard to that line, but he might accompany that remark by saying that they hoped the negotiations with the Great Western Company would put them right again upon that item of capital. There was another excess upon the Huddersfield and Mar.- chester Railway, not from any mistakb on the part of the directors of this company, but from the fact of the Huddersfield Canal not being included by their directors iu the return they made to this company of the capital of that concern. But that was a concern producing its own dividend; therefore, though there appeared to be an addition to the capital of the London and North- Western, there was also an addition to its receipts by the amount of the revenue of that concern. After mention ing that 160,0001. had been added to the working stock of the company, of which 100,000/. was btal in store, he believed he had alluded to the principal items of the ex cess over the statement of capital made in 1848. There was another point in connexion with the capital account upon which he knew the proprietors of railway compa nies generally, and he doubted not that meeting also, took a very earnest interest—he alluded to the closing of the capital account.—(Loud cheers.) The report en tered upon that subject; little, therefore, remained for him to say. He sincerely hoped that all their branches would be completed in the course of 1850, or early in 1851, and that no difficulty would occur in closing en tirely all those accounts. With regard to the main line, he should be very glad indeed to close the capital account of that also. The contrary had been represented as the fact; but he was no advocate for keeping the capital account open; and he hoped by the close of 1850 they might be able to bring Masten; to such a point as that, practically, the capital account for the main line might be closed. One circumstance which might oblige them to keep that ac count open would arise from a continued increase of traffic. Since 1847 the goods' traffic had taken such an enormous start, which appeared likely to continue, that it would be premature and detrimental to the interests of the company if they did not reserve to themselves the power of taking from time to time from the capital the means of paying for additional waggons. Supposing the goods' traffic should so increase as to require 200 or 300 additional waggons, he did not suppose it was the wish of the proprietors that that expense should he defrayed out of the revenue. If, from 1851, the proprietors should say that everything should begin upon a new principle, and that these charges should be upon the revenue, and not upon the capital, their executive would be bound to attend to their regulation; but he would only warn them of the consequence of any such regulation. If it were adopted they might in one-half year be obliged to take a much larger som from the revenue than they ever con templated doing, and thus be taken money out of the pockets of the shareholders for the time being. He would allude to another point bearing upon this subject. It was quite clear that it might be necessary to have a large depot for goods in the city of London. They would not pay for that out of revenue, but out of capital. He mentioned this only to show the moral impossibility of closing the capital account at present. —(Hear, hear.) With regard to their receipts, he regretted he could not congratulate them on an increase. Their passenger traffic did not during the last half-year present those favourable features which they could desire. The maximum amount of their passenger traffic occurred in 1846. That year increased very ma terially upon the year 1845, which could be well ac counted for. The year 1846 was a period of extraordi nary and most unnatural excitement. From that period to the present there had been a gradual decrease; and the year 1849 stood relatively as regarded passenger traffic to the year 1845. For the last half-year the passenger traffic by the express trains bad increased; and the third class traffic had increased both in number and revenue; hut the ordinary first and second-class passengers had decreased most materially. That afforded a proof that the pressure which the railway mania of 1846, and the panic of 1847, inflicted upon the middle and trading classes, was still materially felt, and it was from those classes that the company did not derive that amount of revenue which they had done previously to those events. In the goods' traffic there had been a very considerable increase, which indicated that the whole trade of the country was in the course of a very wholesome and sound revival; though the profits of it had not yet reached the pockets of those classes who were affected by the events of the years 1846 and IB47.—(Hear, hear.) With re gard to the charges on the company. there were grounds for congratulation. The accounts showed a saving on the last half-year of upwards of 11,0001. It was true the figures appeared nearly the same as the former ha f year's account, but there had been in the last half-year an increase of twenty-three miles of line worked, and that without adding to the working charges. An in crease of goods' traffic would always occasion an increase of working charge in a much greater proportion than in increase of passenger traffic did. It had been suggested that the working of the line by contract might be an advisable system. That was a great and most entensive question. They had no practical experience yet of the working of any large lines by contract. When they should put into the hands of a contractor the working of the line of this immense establishment there would be a variety of things to be considered. They would require security for the due working of the line, and for their plant; in short, the r5nai60.4001123=581117 to a comPlge arrangement for working the lino by contrast were so extensive, that nothing but the experience of many ' years would justify them in entertaining such a proposi tion.—(Hear, hear.) In addition to which they could not afford to allow a contractor to make his profits by running down the charges to the lowest scale. See how it might effect the shareholders. By an efficient service the directors might be able to maintain the ,dividend; but, without an efficient service, their receipts would de crease. He therefore hoped before the proprietors allowed themselves to be led away by any prospective plans of the success of working the line by contract, they would consider well the subject, and not permit the experience derived from the working of small lines to mislead them. Ho would in the next place allude to the question of dividend; and it was with great regret that he approached that subject. Not that he alluded to it with any individual feeling of responsibility, for they would bear in mind that as far back as 1846 be warned them that the creation of new stock, by the passing of new Acts and tiler - formation of new lines, would inevitably lead to diminished dividends. -It was, however, only flir to add, that in the interval between that declaration and the present time circumstances had been more adverse to the r ailway interest than it was possible for any man to predict or oven think of. The different elements which had been brought to work upon railway concerns had resulted in diminishing the divi dends in every quarter of the kingdom. The dividend recommended on this occasion by a majority of the di rectors was at the rats of 5f per cent., per annum. He should not move or take part in any movement to alter that amount. He certainly was in a minority on the 9uestion.—(llear.) He had no reason to doubt that his coJleagues.who were in the ma j or i ty wou ld b e able to give sufficient reasons for the course they had recom mended, but his wish was that the proprietors should have received a dividend of 5 per cent., bat the belief that that dividend would be the lowest they ever could arrive at.— (Hear, bear.)_ It would, in his opinion, have been safer to have hael,a disiidgq#, of 5 per cent, with a 4'he' could — assfrie the meeting th at ohripk , Awn* an 'there would have been a very large reserve inded. But then he proposed 5 per cent. with this addition— that that reserve was not to be taken by the proprietors until they had got rid of all their liabilities; after which they might have looked forward to a gradually increased dividend.—(Hear, hear.) But if the proprietors were in 1.851 to come forward and object to the - directors carry ing on that large reserve, and should require it to be dis tributed among them by an increased dividend, then he admitted that the argument of his Hon. Colleague would be perfectly correct and sound, and that the proprietors in 1850 had a right to part with the surplus that was left after the payment of 5 per cent. But be bowed w i t h respect to the decision of the majority of his colleagues, though he did not concur with them in their reasons for it. It might naturally be asked whether, this being a true description of the state of their affairs, it had not occurred to the directors to consider what remedial measures might be advisable under existing circum stances. He could not help thinking that any applica tion to Parliament for remedial measures with regard to the railway interest would, whenever made, have great force and effect. But a few years would elapse before those who would be then living would be unable to contrast the present mode of conveyance with that which many present, as well as himself, suffered under, when they were obliged to be cooped up for three days in a mail coach to go from London to Glasgow. In a few years that fact would be forgotten; and those who would henceforth travel the same distance in fourteen hours would not believe what their fathers did before them. That, indeed, was a small question of mere personal comfort, but there was another and a larger question of public interest involved. He wished any one of their statistical statesmen would turn his at tention to the fact of the saving of. capital which had arisen to every wholesale dealer in the country since the introduction of railways, by no longer being under the necessity of keeping the amount of stock which he was obliged to do previous to that system Of convey ance being established. There was not a large shop keeper in any country town who could not from half week to half-week get his supply according to order without the necessity oflooking up his capital. Take an other instance. Previously to railway conveyance the post from London to Glasgow occupied three days, and from Liverpool to London two days. The money trans actions of every merchant between those towns and the metropolis were delayed one or tNo days. Merchants were obliged to make their arrangements pro spectively. All these considerations in the ag gregate were of immense amount in the saving of time and of property. That great social change of the present day could never have been carried out with out the agency of railways—he meant the penny post age system.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Rowland Hill could no more have carried out his scheme without railways than lie could have carried the letters upon his shoulders.— (Laughter.) All these considerations furnished such grounds upon which to go to Parliansent, that whenever the time should come when it would Le proper fir them to do so, he could not doubt that Parliament would grant some remedial measures to the railway interest. But' then came the question, what were those remedial mea sures to be? He knew that some companies had got their Bills before Parliament already to enable them to rai,e their fare*, they believing that that would restore them to a state of prosperity. Of course, if any general mea sure of that nature were passed, the London and North- Western Company would participate in it; but, with the figures which were before them (save as regarded the express trains), the directors were not prepared to act upon the principle of an increase of the fares. Those figures showing already a falling off of receipts from the ordinary first-class and second-class trains, led them to believe that if they raised the fares they would further diminish the number of travellers. Though the dire° tors we r e willing to accept any increase of power for raising their tariff, yet they deemed it a fallacy to suppose that the mere possession of that power would be the means of increasing their receipts. They must look for better times.—(Hear.) That was the only course. Ho would avail himself of the power with regard to the' express trains, because he believed the fares to: be at present too low, but with respect to the other trains, it awpapsly it to them, if they pea one thing which might be es sy so o sn u see l , d d tn n hd o s t pwhich proper . ouTghh et t r o s t o be done, but be was not aware that it had been iucluded in any Bill yet intro. duced. He did think that if a small " booking-fee" were allowed to be taken at each booking-office, it would not be felt by the public, but would yield an increase to a very considerable amount to the general reeeipts. That adopted without He was anxious ted without inflicting the lt p eo a s r bs t tr i hi I agmr beforeme a s o u n r e a nt m yh i e g i nm h d t ve be di e nu gone point connected more especially with the future practical working of this great establishment. At the beginning of next year, under the Amalgamation Act, the system of working through the executive would take a new shape. When that Bill was passed it was thought advisable on many grounds, and he considered that Pauliament in making the change thought wisely to continue the exist ing committees in Liverpool, M anchester, and London, and that out of those committees a board of direction should be selected. That arrangement was intended to last five years, as a m-and of consolidating the connexion which was then brought together from those three dif ferent points. But that connexion next year would change. The committee would cease, under the Amal gamation Act, to exist; and it would be necessary, in consequence, that some step should be taken to consider what should be the future constitution of the board. It was a very grave Ruestion future prosperity might mai n ly depend. It was a point, in fact, upon which their and one e x ecutive b p o u ey o s n which houldg te go in full concurrence and action with the proprietors. He would suggest whether at the next half-yearly meeting it might not be expedient to appoint a committee of pro prietors with the view of taking the subject into conside ration in conjunction with the directors, and that they should report to the meeting of 1851 their opinion as to the future formation of the board by whom the executive duties were to be carried on.—(Hear, hear.) He could not sit down without expressing his satisfaction at the auditors having at once called in a professional ac countant, without any communication with the directors. It was no longer right, nor could they, nor ought they, any longer to stand upon the words past service s ," or " past character."--(Hear.) They must now turn t o t h e investigations o f t h e auditors and of the accountant, and he hoped before 'the meeting closed he should learn from the proprietors that the di rectors had not forfeited that confidence hitherto re posed in them, and which he believed nothing that had been done by the executive body should in any degree have di minished.—(Cheers.) Neither he nor his col leagues wished to stand upon their character in the rela tion they bor e t o t h e proprietors at l arge; a ll t h at which regarded unli m i te d conf i dence in ra il way di rectors had passed away. H enceforward, f a cts must speak for them selves, and all h e wou ld say was t h a t h e appea l ed to what those gentlemen who had investigated the com pany's affairs had reported to the proprietors, and he did so with confidence, feeling assured that they would not disapprove of the course which had been pursued by their executive body. He was aware that the question would be put to him; he might as well, there fore anticipate it. Great anxiety had been felt with re gard to the future management of the law business of the company. Ile wished the proprietors at once to understand that that question was engaging the serious attention of the directors, and be hoped before long he should be able to present some plan which would allow the directors to meet the wishes of the proprietors on that subject. It was his duty to state that, as regarded their law advisers, he had every reason to say that from the commencement of the company. to the present ti me , they had rendered the most faithful services to the pro prietors, and that the directors themselves felt the greatest satisfaction in co-operating with them.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read the following report : — "The accounts for the half•year, copies of which are in the possession of the proprietors, again exhibit a dimi nution in the passenger receipts, although during the greater part of the period an additional mileage has been worked. This decrease, amounting to 5,8694 is not confined to those localities where the company has been subjected to the competition of new lines, but (although heaviest between Liverpool and Manchester) extends over the whole railway. The loss of pas senger traffic was seriously felt during the preval ence of cholera in the autumn ; and for the four weeks between the 17th of September and the Bth of October, the diminution, as compared with . the same period of 1848, amounted to 10,3404 since that time the comps- rison has continued slowly to improve. Upon the main line and branches the receipts from first-class passengers vary little from last year. and the third-class shows a trifling improvement. Upon the second-class, as in previous hale-years, and in day-tickets of both classes, there is a considerable falling off. - There is also a slight decrease in the receipts for parcels and for the mails; the latter arising from a contraction of the Post office service over a portion of the line. "The merchainlise traffic continues steadily to improve; the increase over. the corresponding half-year is 16,7791. This is the more gratifying in the present instance, as during 18 weeks of the half-year the company has been subjected to a severe contest with the •canals in Lar.- cashire. The directors did not enter upon this struggle without first remonstrating with the canal interests, and using every other means in their power to avoid it. An amicable arrangement has at length been effected, which it is fur the advaut3ge of all parties to consolidate and extend. " Notwithstanding the expenses inseparable from the working of forty-three miles of additional line, the open ing of the new station at the North Do c k s i n Liverpool, and the fact that the increase in the traffic is exclusively in the goods department (ne.cessarily entailing a certain amount of additional charge), the director& have been able to effect a further reduction in the working charges. Excluding the disbursements on the Yorkshire lines, the saving on the main line and branches, as compared with last *year, is 12,650/. (" The system of economy which has been practised for were( half-years is still in progress, and the board da ticipates its being carried to a greater extent; but mea sures of this kind must generally be gradual in their operation, and well considered in all their details, in order not to impair the efficiency of the service, which it is of paramount importance to maintain. The percentage of disbursements to receipts is, exclusive of rates and taxes, 33.8 per cent., and inchisive of these items, 38.5 per cent: &US eDiendrinio-1 1 / 6 . 4odidikk of iiiii'kTiig - itO - ek; - tfiiFit is unnecessary to advert to it further than to express the satisfaction of the board at finding their previous reports fully confirmed. " The reserve for deterioration of the permanent way is increased, in .consequence of the opening of additional milage, in accordance with the principle laid down by the board. "During the half-year just conclud©d the following lines and extensions, the property of the company, or in which it is largely interested, have been opened for traffic : The South Junction and Altrincham Railway 9 Miles. The Leeds and Dewsbury and Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (worked by L. and N.W.) .. ... .. ... 43} pp The Shropshire Union Railway,from Shrews- bury to Stafford (worked by L. and N.W.) 29 1 - 4_ PI The Manchester and Buxton Railway, from Matlock to Ambergate „ ' Wit And the extension under the town of Liver pool to the new and important station for merchandise at the North Docks. " The remaining lines in which this company holds an important stake, viz.:—the Stour Valley Railway, the Rugby and Leamington, the Rugby and Stamford, the Buckinghamshire, Coventry, and Nuneaton, and the East and Westindia Dock Railway, will probably be opened during the present year, and some of them in the course of the summer. " The South Staffordshire Company having proposed to lease their line to certain private individuals, your directors felt themselves compelled in the first instance to refuse their consent to the measure, considering it de trimental to your interests, and tending to defeat the ob ject fur which this company originally became sub scribers, but negotiations are pending with the board of the South Staffordshire Company for such modifications as may remove the existing objections. " In pursuance of the policy indicated in their last re port, the directors have continued carefully to watch their position in connexion with neighbouring companies, and to embrace every opportunity of extending friendly arrangements., The conflicting combinations arising from the extension of the railway system render this a labour of increasing anxiety, and requiring the utmost circumspection. The opening of the East Lancashire Railway, coupled with the oppoiition of the canals, alluded to above, disturbed for a time the relations of the s c i o o m n p o rs i ny in the traffic cwh n e o r r e th. the A in tseertetlestms clash and amicable d shhasbeenerreeivi effected between the Lancashire and Yorkshire and this company on the one part, and the East Lancashire Company on the other, which it is believed will under the circum stances work satisfactorily for all concerned. " The opening of the Clifton branch brings the Rosen • dale district of Lancashire into connexion with Liver pool. The traffic by this branch to the Liverpool and Nlancheq , r hue is embraced in the agreement with the East Lancashire Company. " To the eastward the directors, in conjunction with the Midland Company, have, after lengthened negotiations, completed a comprehensive traffic arrangement with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company. " Negotiations aro proceeding with the Great West ern Company, having for their object the saving of capital and an equitable division of the traffic in the dis trict traversed by the lines of the two companies. Your directors have fore arded a proposition to that company, and are now awaiting a reply. "In the following instances your directors have failed in their endeavours to arrange the questions at issue with other companies. The Shrewsbury and Birming ham Company rejected the proposals for traffic ar rangements, and declined a conference except on the basis of a previous admission of certain claims. Nego tiations were consequently suspended, and proceedings in Chancery have been commenced by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company; and until the questions raised are finally disposed of, it does not appear that further advances can be made for an adjustment of the present differences. la the case of the North Staffordshire'Company pro cce Hogs in Chancery have also been instituted. The directors do not, therefore, feel at liberty to enter into the reasons which (after the most careful and repeated deliberations) have influenced their conduct. They have been, and are still, willing to give every fair facility to the traffic of the North Staffordshire Com • pany, but they cannot consistently with their duty admit the claims put forward on behalf of that body. " The proprietors are aware that this company, in connexion with the Lancaster and Carlisle and Cale donian Companies, entered into a working agreement with the Scottish Central Company for the purpose of securing to their respective lines the traffic flowing over the Scottish Central. A committee from these three companies having been appointed to accomplish this ob ject, met monthly at Perth, and soon ascertained that the Scottish Central was not in a position to give full effect to the agreement. " Under these circumstances a new one was admitted by all parties to be expedient, and accordingly a fresh arrangement was entered into on the Gth October last, by a deputation of one member from each of the three leasing companies, and a deputation from the board of the Scot tish Central, consisting of its chairman, deputy chairman, and Mr. Stirling, one of the directors (attended by their solicitor), who pledged themselves to bring it without delay before their colleagues, and use all their influence for its adoption. On the faith of this your committee paid, without demur, a sum of money stated to be due up to the 30th of June, from which date the new agree ment was to take effect. " Some difficulties having subsequently arisen betwixt the Scottish Central and the Caledonian companies, the Scottish Central directors declined on that ground to redeem their pledge. Your directors deny the validity of this plea as affecting the London and North-Western, and assure the proprietors that they are fully prepared t') vindicate their conduct throughout the whole trans action. " The directors regret to say, that the capital invested in the Chester and liolyhea'l Railway (the interest on which is now a charge against revenue) continues unre munerative. This result is attributable in part to the course pursued by the late Government, whose require ments caused delay and involved that company in a large unforeseen expenditure, and in some degree to the con tinued distressed condition of Ireland; while, since the opening of the line, Government packets have continued to run in competition with those of the company, at a very serious loss to both parties. " With a view to the final closing of the capital ac count (except in so far as it may be re-opened for specific purposes, by a special vote of a general meeting), the directors called upon the heads of the several depart ments to submit careful estimates of the amount requi site to complete all works in progress or actually ordered; also, estimates of such further outlay as they considered immediately necessary. These returns have undergone revision, and the board lay the result before the proprie tors, in the confideet belief that as regards the expen diture the estimates are suffiolent. The summary of estimated farther expenditure on various lines is stated to be 1,570,0351., less assets, viz.—surplus lands and materials, 550,1251 . . leaving 1,019,910/. " The opening of 143 additional miles of railway, to be brought into operation during the present year, will of course entail the necessity of providing additional working stock, with the exception of locomotive engines, of which there are a sufficiency in store. " The reduction in the current rate of interest has enabled the directors to effect renewals of debentures at 3i per cent. It is unnecessary, therefore, asd on every ground undesirable, at present to raise money by fur ther calls upon that portion of the share capital upon which the calls are optional. From the statement of the half-year's accounts it will be seen that the net proceeds are ... ... ..• ....£536,018 2 4 To which must be added the balanca carried forward from the last account 15,501 19 1 551,520 1 5 L2SR, further allowance for renewal of rails ... 18,770 10 0 Showing a disposable balance of ....£532,749 11 5 " A dividend of 2/. lss. per cent. for the sir. months, amounting to 489,112/. 7a. 33., would leave a balance of 43,6371. 4'. 2d. to be carried to the next half-year's account." The CHAIIIIVIAN then moved that the report be re ceived and adopted. I& TAUT wished to more IM amendment. lie had been a sharehelder fifteen years, but this was the first time he had ever attended a meeting of the proprietors. —(Heer.) He bad been guilty of this neglect in com mon with many others, in consequence of the implicit confidence in the integrity and good conduct of the di rection. But the chairman bad told them that blind confidence in the directors was at an end Notwith standing the miserable frauds which had been discovered elsewhere, he willingly and cordialy believed that the honour of their directors was perfectly intact.—(Cheers.) But their leases, their amalgamations, their purchases, and their guarantees had never yet been thoroughly in vestigated; and even supposing they should be proved to be blameless, or justifiable and free from the influence of any individual interest, still there was a sufficient ground to justify the proprietors in complaining of a most lavish and wasteful expenditure of their money.— (Hear.) He would not trouble them with instances; they were sufficiently palpable. They bad one example of it in the hall in which they were then asseiti bled.—(Hear, hear.) Was that a place for the transac tion of business among mercantile men?—(hear, hear.) It was more like the splendid banqueting-hall of some Italian palace.—(H ear , h ear, and laughter.) They might take possibility- o f oesnssi ibvstructure that t a o s f a t small r a w : l hb eicinhg example haodn be of f s e h n i t l h l e i e n r erected manner e r d e , tu w r return , inwhich fromo without their money had been thrown away. Look at the ex - Look, too. at th e wa y i n wh i ch they had run into all kinds of Parlia mentary contests. The directors had not merely met opp os i t i on , b ut t h ey had courted it. Because the broad-gaug e li ne was one project, therefore they ht th it e must raise up another gauge to compete with it.__ (Hear, hear.) Again, because the G reat Western Company contemplated (not very wisely) a line from Oxford to Cheltenham, the directors of this company immediately brought forward another line to oppose that project, although it did not promise one farthing of profit to the proprietors. It was impossible to re trace their steps, bat igkilitalifrATAbleAskyaltiaid.4ses sinekeitigstkerfri-osilkoF kesttlts shoul bl e held up- as a warning to any future - management,.. It was this profuse expenditure which originated Lord Monteagle's Bill of last session. The Hon. Gentleman then expressed his dissatisfaction at the explanation given by the Chairman of the discrepancy between the capital account of 1848 with the accounts then in the hands of the proprietors. By the former account it was stated that the whole sum expended and to be ex pended would be 25,000,000/., now they were told the sum had already amounted to 28,000,0001, and that something more would be required. This must be put a stop to in time some way or another. It was obvious that these great additions to their capital account were ruinous to their property. The proprietors might in deed be satisfied that their undertaking would yield a remuneration ; but that was not sufficient. The public must be satisfied also before their shares could attain proper mercantile value.—(Hear, hear.) So long as any doubt existed they could never expect to obtain a fair price for their property. It was on this account that he ventured to propose an amendment, that such part of the report as related to the payment of a dividend be received, and that the remainder of the report, together with the half-yearly accounts, be taken into considera tion at the first meeting which should be held after Parliament should have established some better system of audit and control.—(Laughter, and cries of " No I") After a considerable time had elapsed, Mr. GALLOWAY seconded the amendment. Lord LILFORD opposed the amendment. It would be throwing the apple of discord among them, and reflecting upon the board of directors, which would be extremely injurious to their interests. There had undoubtedly been many imprudent acts. Many of their concerns bad not been remunerative, but at the time those things were done not only were railway directors committing errors, but every one of them, proprietors and all, did the same. —(Hear, hear.) Having committed these errors, the best way was to pass them by and resolve that no further ex travagance should be permitted.—(Hear, hear.) But something ought to be done to close the capital account. It was also desirable that an account should be presented to show what part of their works were remunerative and what not, what were completed and what not, and if any further capital were required, the proprietors should be convened and a new call be made upon them for that particular occasion, an account of which should be kept entirely distinct from the present capital account. Mr. MARTEN said he had a proposition to submit to the meeting, which, if adopted, might probably induce the gentleman to withdraw his amendment and substi tute the other. It was to a certain extent most desirable to have a continuous audit, for it was impossible for one gentleman in a hundred to follow the details cf the ac counts, from half-year to half-year, of several millions of money. Monthly audits were established in various departments under her Majesty's Government in China and the colonies, and there was no difficulty in doing so. He thought it would be a great improvement if the railway accounts were made up monthly instead of hale yearly. . .• Mr. DEAN said ho would suggest an amynciment to the etfect— " That it is the opinion of this meeting that, with the payment of the calls now in arrear, the capital account of the company be forthwith closed, and that no further addition be made thereto except for such purposes, and to such extent, as shall be authorised by the resolution of an extraordinary general meeting of the comply, to be convened for the purpose of considering the estimate of such outlay, and that such estimate be circulated amongst the proprietors for at least six days previous to such meeting." This would put in the hands of the proprietors a more effoltual means of controlling the expenditure of the com pany. Be refTred to the discrepancies between the statement of October, 1848, and the present account. The former statement said, that the whole expenditure neces sary would be 25,862,0001., to close the capital account in 1852, whilst the total capital actually expended to the end of 1849 was 28,000,0001. He then went into some figures to show that, after making some deductions, the capital account was in excess of the October statement to the amount of 1,750,0001. A PROPRIETOR seconded the amendment. Mr. E. J. MOZLEY said, all the auditors had to do was to ascertain whether the money had been expended, and it fell within the province of the shareholders to arraign the conduct of the directors if they thought they had exceeded their authority. It did not fall within his duty to explain as to the estimate in the account of 1848, which might have been deviated from since that date. It was his duty to tell the shareholders what had been actually expended, and what might be required to be ex pended, to complete the various lines in progress. He would warn them not to be led away from business by ad captandum speaking. Many of these lines were in such a state that it was necessary to complete them, in order to draw from them any revenue, good or bad; and if they called on the directors to lay before them fresh est;mates before they completed them, they would only be frittering away their time without an object. lie agreed as to the necessity of their capital account being closed. Mr. Du BOULAY said he was unlike the gentleman who had never attended a meeting before. He (Mr. Du Boulay) had attended every meeting ever since he be came a shareholder, seven years ago, and he had always observed that the shareholders generally applauded the directors fur all they had done.—(Laughter.) It could not be doubted that Parliament had been far too ready to grant branches and competing lines, and it was sur prising that the position of railway property was not worse. The branch lines might have been in the hands of other and competing companies with their own. He thought they could not be in better handl' than those of their present board, who combined the keenness of Liver pool with the intelligence of London.—(Laughter.) Mr. BRIGHT made some observations with regard to the duties of auditors, and thought there ought to be a more effectual check un directors, and that a Bill should be brought into Parliament to regulate the rights and specify the power of proprietor.. The CHAIRMAN said his Hon. Colleague and himself bad proposed the resolution in its ordinary shape—viz , that the report should be printed with the accounts, and distributed amongst the proprietors. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Dean) had proposed an addi tion which was wholly unnecessary, as the report itself contained the following paragraph:—" With a view to the final closing of the capital account (except in so far as it may ,be re-opened for specific purposes by special vote of a general meeting), the directors called upon the heads of the several departments to submit careful esti mate'," &c. The proprietors were, by that report, put in possession of the fact that the directors would call on them in the case alluded to by the Hon. Proprietor. The directors had pledged the proprietors only to the fulfil ment of the contracts and the completion of works in progress, and he asked him whether, with works to be finished in the course of a very few months, it was likely any alteration would be introduced? If they held meetings for this purpose there must be delay, and that delay would put off the opening of the lines by which they might acquire some return, whether small or great, on the capital they had expended on them. He would not enter into an explanation of the observations made by an Honourable Gentleman on the present build ing, although it did not appear one foot too large for their purpose.—(Laughter. The room was inconveniently full.) There was not one office in that building which was not occupied; and they were reeeiT s. g rent for diffe ren t a p artmen t s l e t out to otherce burin , as All that req u i re d no j ust ification, because t he of the company could not be done in less room than they had got. But the Hon. Proprietor had made an admis sion that he had never attended a n y of their meetings, and now, at the eleventh hour, he came forwa rd to dis approve of that of which the company had ap p roved, th and which they had urged upon e directors.— (" No, no!") No! The Hon. Proprietor could not have been a pro prietor at the time. He appealed to all present whether they had ever heard any division upon these questions. On the contrary the directors wore told that tbey were not doing enough to protect their territory, and that they were allowing the broad gauge party to take advantage of them. They had not sought these extensions. If the policy of Lord Dalhousie bad been carried out on this subject, they would not have pressed on the shareholders these schemes. They would have .gone on in a very different way, not calling on the share holders so rapidly as they had done for additional capital. They had not made a single branch which had not been forced upon them. He did not mean to say that if they took up the question now with their past experience they would not deal with it differently, u they knew 119 W that branches did not ~~~ ~ ~ ~`~ -c... • pay like the main lines. But that was no n f 41t the ti me . Th e quest i on was , whether the w oleo - That district sh ou ld b e usurped, and whether th e li ne to _hat especially was not a proper counter-move 40-that of the Birmingham and Oxford:line. They had not a single new project to bring forward this. session. They were not in Parliament this year for a angle Bill. Those. Bills to which they asked the meeting's concur* rence were Bills of other parties, and by the regulations of the House of Lords this company was required Willi to assent to them.—(Cheers.) Mr. LOCKE. M.P., referring to the imperativeness of closing the capital account, said, he was delighted with the explanation of the Chairman on that subject, and if the proprietors had a security that these views would be carried out, the question of capital might be con. sidered determined. The resolution, with Mr. Dean's as an amendment addition, was then put and negatived, and the original motion was carried by a very large ma jority. Mr. LOCKE, M.P., moved— " That it he an instruction to the auditors to prepare a statement f*Jr each half-yearly meeting of the disburse. ments on capital account, according to the form of the , estimate as to unfinished work presented in th e report of the directors to the propietors. ' The motion ens seconded and passed. On the motion that a dividend at the rate of 2L is,, per cent. be declared on the capital stock of the company. Mr. Moos; proposed as an amendment that a dividend of 21. Ids. per cent. be substituted. Mr. RADCLIFFE contended that the directors were bound to divide the whole of the profits. Th&: CHAIRMAN said the Act ot Parliament allowed m to up.ke a reserve to tneet contingencies. s,m, discussion the amendment was carried by 106 agairst 84, , ands dividend of 21. 10s. per can:. was to instead of the 21. ISa. per cent. recommended in 2he report. lt , ,l9lutions were passed suspending operations On tha Birmingham and Lichfield line until the next meeti ng , re-electing the Yetiring . auditors,.,Messrs. Mozley and Peyton, and fixing their furthers- remuneration at 2301. ' a yeir,each. • • • - Tile meeting was then made special,,and resolutions passed authorising the proprietors of canals to act as carriers ; approving of the Bill for the, deviation of the Buckinghamshire line at Oxford; the East and' West India Dock:and:Birmingham Junction Bill to lease line; approving of the Shropshire Union Bill to reduce ca pital, abandon . portions of line, and 'im'end terms of lease. _On the motion for' Ike approval of tha Chaster,and Iloly head Bill, ask sunendmen& trVatuncioyed , by 14 MANI - thtfrbeifot approved. On a show of hands, the amend ment.was lost by a majority of 50 to 19. The motion was then carried. e Mr. DEA N th en d emanded a poll, the result o which. is to be declared to-day. The heads of the Audit Bill prepared by the deputa tions from meetings of shareholders held in Binning... ham, Manchester, and Liverpool, having been • read amidst considerable, noise and confusion, a committee was appointed, con s i st i ng o f Messrs. wart, Jamey; . Ross, Ryley, Bennett, Swift, Hadfield, and Crossfield, to co-operate with the shareholders in other companies for the introduction of a Bill into Parliament for se curing an independent audit, and for the more effectual protection of the interests of the shareholders, but free from all Government interference or control. It was also agreed that the expenses of the committees of shareholders in Liverpool, Manchester, &c., should be defrayed out of the funds of the company. The pro ceedings concluded with a cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. AT a MEETING of the Board of Baptist Ministers, residing in and near tlse cities of London and West minster, held in the Baptist Mission House, oorgate-street, Feb. 12, 1850, the following resolutions were passed unanimously : 1. That in the judgment of this Board, the marriage of a widower with the sister of his deceased wife is scripturally lawful, and ought not to be prohibited by human legislation. 2. That in the judgment of this Board, the Act of sth and Gth William IT cap. 54, is improperly restrictive of the rights of indivi duals, and in many cases productive of immorality. 3. That this Board has learnt with pleasure that the Committee of the Baptist Union has issued a circular, recommending the churches to petition for the passing of an Act legalizing the class of marriages thus prohibited, and hopes that they will generally comply with the suggestion. 4. That a petition in conformity with the preceding resolutions be presented to both Houses of Parliament, signed on behalf of the Board by the Chairman and Secretary; and that Mr. Hinton, with the Chairman and Secretary, be requested to prepare it. (Signed) JAMES SMITH, Chairman. WILLIAM GROSER, Secretary. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. THE INDEPENDENT BOARD. AT a MEETING, specially convened and held on Tuesday, the 19th of February, MO, at the King's Head, Poultry, it was resolved unanimously :- Ist. That in the judgment of this Board there is no reason either in Holy Scripture or in sound morals against "a Widower marrying his Deceased Wife's Sister or Niece," that they therefore deprecate any legal provisions on the subject, and especially they object to the present state of the law in relation to it as at once most unwise, en snaring, and unjust. 2d. That this Board do forthwith petition Parliament on this sub ject, and that they earnestly recommend that petitions should be pre pared and forwarded from the several congregations with which they are connected. ANDREW REED, D.D., Chairman, 11. S. SEABORN, Secretary. E LECTRIC TELEGRAPH between FRANCE and ENGLAND, By a Submarine Communication across the Channel. Ten Years' Exclusive Privilege granted by the French Government. This French Company is constituted as a " Societe en Commau dite," under the firm of Jacob Brett, Toche, and Co. Capital, 750,000 f. (30,0001 ), in 4,000 Shares of 125 f. each (50 BANKERS is LoNDoN—Messrs. Masten - flan, Peters, and Co. PROVISIONAL AUDITORS. A. Devaux. Esq., London. T. Uzielli, Esq., London. Mr. Ed. Aime, l'arls. By order of the Managers the subscription opened at C. Devaux and Co.'s, will be closed on the 25th inst., after which day no appli cation for shares will be received. 62, King William-street, City, Feb. 21, 1850. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. TWENTY-SEVENTH lIALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET- ING. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the Act of Incorpora tion, the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company will be held at the London Tavern. Bishopsgate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th day of February, 1650, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving a Report from the Di rectors of the progress of the undertaking, and for the transaction of other business. The Transfer•books of the Company will be CLOSED on SATUR DAY, the 16th February, and will not be OPENED until TIMISDAY, the 28th. EDWARD LADD BETTS, Chairman. JOSEPH GLYNN, Deputy-Chairman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Bishopsgate Station, Feb. 4, 1850. On the let of March, Price Is.. No. I. of "CEIRONO-TfIhRMALIST;" or, Poo l_ pie's Medical Adviser—a monthly Journal, for the diffusion of correct Medical Information among all Classes,—will contain a His tory of Chrono-Thermalism, by the Author of the " Fallacies of the Faculty," with other papers of interest. Charles Gilpin, 5, Bishopsgate-street Without. This day, Bvo., 4s. 6d., CHARTERS of the OLD ENGLISH COLO NIES in AMERICA. With an Introduction aril Notes. By SAMUEL LUCAS, M.A., late of Queen's College, Oxford. Barrister at-law. Published for the Society for the Iteform of Colonial Govern ment. London : John W. Parker, West Strand. OMFORT in SHAVING depends on the proper / use of a good Razor, an efficient Strop, and a Paste to renovate the surface of the Strop when it becomes black and choked with the steel from the Razor ; to these must be added a Soap that will not dry suddenly on the face, and a smooth taper-pointed elastic Shaving brush. Unless all these points are attended to, and the Razor wiped and stropped after shaving, that operation must always be a troublesome, even If not a painful ono. Those gentlemen whose shaving apparatus is defective, are invited to I. J. 3IECIII'S Esta blishment, No. 4, Leadenhall-street, London, where they will not only obtain all they require for the toilet reasonable aad efficient, bat may also procure gratis, his instructions for easy shaving, stropping, &c.—A large assortment of Papier-mache manufactures, dressing cases, work-boxes, and writing-desks, bagatelle-tables, &c. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Annumaicsu coloured Nrigraviegs on Steel. PITY — SICAL - DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA • CITY, AND IftirEDIDIENTS TO MARRIAGE. New iiidition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by cost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the Marmites and decay of the generative system, from ex ze.ive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain clis qttalifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By E. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, If, Bernors-street, Ox t'ord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie,23, Titohberne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, idi, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessivehadni once, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PAST 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 Engrang raz vi T I V. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of Infection . .a ob viated. This important part of the Work should no eau,e the sader's notice. Pala V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whale subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TnneeintAL BALM or SrmAeust is exclusively employed in treat ag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, /sc., 11 s. and 335. per b Atle. The Concentrated Detersive Fssence, ate anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood 1.• cases ofinfection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of trer:cury, 11s. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying specific 1 — ..15, 2r. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, cleet, strictnre, and chronic infiamma len of the bladder. ,onsr.itation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is tequired : age, habits, and position in society. s 1 Packets, wifß advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by wbich tho. foe. 11.. 4 - 4Aved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in Atten dance daily at 19, Bemers-street, Oxford-street. London, from Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sundays from Eleven to One. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS.—A deputa• Von from the Parent Society, in London, met the friends of this institution in Cristo!, on Thursday, and about 100 gentlemen dined together in the evening, at the White Lion Hotel. The sum of 12,000/. is intended to be raised for the purpose of erecting a building capable of accommodating 300 children. 3,0001. has been already subscribed in London, and no less a sum than 6601. 14s. 7d. has been raised in Bristol. It is intended to visit Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and other large towns, and endeavour to raise the sum above mentioned. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.—The accounts re cently published show the trade of the country for the year 1849, compared with 1848; the usual monthly ac counts have since been issued, by which the exports for the month ending Jan. 5, 1850, show an increase of 282,3161. over the corresponding month of last year. _ r „i . 4 r r ' J 11 1 , • I :1' 1 ~,tP) 1 1 • , • L j • t• • i.= " • - ee t A, r$ I 4' I° 4• e 5.41 'lt • \ 4 k- O . \ - , . , -- _- ' • 3 , ' - 4i441i • 7'.7 . ;4 1S , t 4 41' 4 • - 4 731" F . 1.- . • 7 1 [PRICE SD. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. A telegraphic ann o u ncemen t o f the arrival of the West India Mail, and abstract of its news, appeared in our paper of yesterday. We now present our readerA with more full details from the letters and journals received. - The Trent, Captain W. Clarke, arrived at South ampton yesterday morning, and landed her mails, under the charge of Lieutenant Reilly, R.N., Admi ralty agent. The Trent's dates are :—Tampico, Jan. 17; Vera Cruz, Jan. 18; Havannab, Jan. 27 ; Hon duras, Jan. 11 ; Jamaica, Jan. 22; Demerara, Jan. 18 ; Trinidad, Tan. 20 ; Grenada, Jan. 23 ; Barbadoes, Jan. 28; Martinique, Jan. 30; La Guayra, Jan. 22 ; St. Jago de Cuba, Jan. 18 ; Porto Rico, Jan. 28 ; St. Thomas's, Feb. 1 ; Bermuda, Feb. 8. There is no mail from Antigua. The Trent bad a long outward passage to Bermuda, owing to the outward bearing of her paddle-shaft, which had been damaged by heavy weather and strong ssesterly gales, and was in conse quence ordered home from St. Thomas, via Bermuda, with the Northern Islands and Gulf mails. The Thames carried on the mails conveyed out by the Trent to Jamaica and the Gulf, from St. Thomas, on the 30th January. The Eagle was at St. Thomas's on 2d February; the Clyde (which sailed from Southampton and did not reach Bermuda on the voyage out) was at Bermuda on the 7th February. The Trent brings 531,392 dollars, 80,000 of which are on account of the Mexican dividends. The re mainder of her freight consists of 163 serous cochi neal ; 44 serons jalap ; 74 cases cigars ; 63 half-bar rels arrowroot; 3 bags frijoles; and 44 packages sundries. There were 12 passengers on board the Trent, among whom were Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews, R.A., and lady; and M. Cloquet, Belgian Consul at Guatemala. The Trent has also brought home— Invalids-2 sergeants, 10 privates, 6 women, and 18 children, of the 42d, from Bermuda. Distressed British subjects -4 seamen and 33 men, 6 women and 1 child. These were emigrants who had been wrecked. As far as we could learn, they paid their passage to Liverpool at New York. Their ship was a new one, but through some cu'pable carelessness, some port or other holes were left open when she sailed, and was not discovered before they were at sea, and had made several feet of water. The cargo was a loose one of peas and beans, which choked up the pumps. The ship be came a wreck, and the crew plundered the pas sengers during the panic, and set the ship on fire. An English barque picked up the emigrants in the Gulf of Florida, and being bound for Ilavannah, she thought it best to land them at Bermuda. In land ing them the ship went on shore and was wrecked, and the generous captain lost his ship. The emi grants were 'treated well on board the Trent, for which they are very grateful. They are very desti tute. JAMAICA. The Legislature adjourned on the 18th of January, without disposing of the bills to raise ik loan and ap point an accountant-general. No doubt, however, appears to be entertained in Spanish Town as to the fate of these measures. The one can be amended, the other must be passed as it is, or rejected. The inland business at Jamaica still continues dull, notwithstanding the trade brought by the Ame rican steamer. The foreign business has improved in the demand for goods for the Panama and the coast trade. Business also with Campeachy had been resumed, which had been interrupted by the Mexican war. Attention appears to have been directed in Jamaica to the culture of tobacco and cotton. The (Kingston) Morning Journal, quoting from a Trelawny paper a paragraph relative to native tobacco, says— " We would infirm our contemporary that the manu facture of cigars from tobacco the growth of this coun try has for a length of time past been extensively carried on in this city. There is an establishment in ,King-street where the greater portion of ci2ars sold in it is from to bacco the produce of Papine-estate, in St. Andrew, where a superior description of that plant is extensively culti vated by M. Erriee, a gentleman lately arrived from Hayti. Nothing but energy and the means are required to develope the resources or this fertile . country." GUIANA. The news from this colony is unimportant ; the leading items from the Royal Gazette's " Review for Home Readers" are subjoined ; " Nothing has occurred since the departure of the last mail on the 4th inst. to disturb the political tranquillity of the country. The estimate cf the expenditure of the present financial year, commencing the Ist July, 1849, and ending 30th June. 185(1, 15, including the civil list, in is intact form, 642,958 doll:, king a saving effected in those six-sevenths of the public expenditure which are exclusive of the civil list, as compared with the estimate of 1847, which was 1,083,981 dolls., of 441,023 dolls. It is much to be regretted that so long a delay should have occurred since 1847 in making this very proper reduc tion in those branches of the annual expenditure of the colony over which the combined assembly possesses control. " The weather during the fortnight has been almost one uninterrupted torrent of rain. The crops of this country, and of the neighbouring Dutch colony of Surinam, have been seriously affected by the ex cessively wet weather that has now lasted for so unusually long a period. It is some consolation, how ever, to reflect that it is owing to the unfavourable season alone, and to no other unlooked-for cause, that the produce of the colony has fallen cff so heavily in the course of the last twelve months. By a notice contained in our present number, it will be seen that a meeting for the promotion of immigration is appointe d w u o to take place on the 314 instant, bein t e h o i n a d c u it e y :i * raith as m of which the agricultural interests stand much in need, but which, it is to be hoped, will economy and judgment than heretofore." BARBADOES. The Barbadoes Globe of 21st Januar y states " The committee app o i nte d at tip, last meeting : of Council to inquire into the financial o cindition, &e., of the island, consists, we understand, Alle) ne, G. N. Taylor, and Dr. God' the Tildhoen'telirmesl374 the motion, which was proposed by 1 1 ) ti r g. G41 lug, were— , That a committee be appointed to inquire into and cf Thee port upon the financial condition and island, and to whom should be referred p th o e p ß ef ill s no ' w on the table, entitled " An Act to reduce the Expenditure of the Island," power to inquire into and report on the duties of the respective officers the reduction of whose salaries it contemplates.' " REVIEW OF MARKETS. Butter—lrish is taken in small quantities at 11d., and prime American at Bd. For some parcels of the latter, s .me time on hand, 6d. to 7d. is accepted. The stock is .ther large. Cheese—English has been dull of sale since Christmas. A parcel changed hands yesterday at 9d. The stock of American is so abundant that a great portion of it w.ll spoil before sales can be effected. We may quote it at sd. to 6d. Corn—The stock is enormous. 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