The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-29 00:00:00

BANK RET URNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Aecount, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Bulks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 16th day of November, 1850: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and C 0... 14,096 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,820 .Aylshann hank, Aylsham—R. and G Copeman 4,898 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Riokford and Hunt _ 23,328 Baldoek Bank and Baldock and Biggleswacla Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Linclsell narnataple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 12,027 'Basingstoke and Odihanl Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co 14,935 Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bans, Bedford— Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. ewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bieester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. .. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoc ds, Spooner, and Co 22,707 irmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham—J. L. Meilliett, and Sons . 13,601 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard ana 0a1•. 7,340 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co . 57,648 Bostoa Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 12,332 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 5,117 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and CO. 34,630 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 21,632 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. - Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 59,970 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 26.974 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 24,272 Baer, City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son . 3,102 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant . 32,708 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. XI. Harris and Co 12,371 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 68,239 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer 24,52 Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and C 0... .... Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— ,- 3. Woriledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and StourbeAge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove--Rufford, Biggs, and Co. CiimbridgQ Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co . . Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey--Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchener—Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh B ank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, au d Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co .. Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co ;raven Ban4ettle—Birkbeeks and Co. Christchurch 'Baal:, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgoocl and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire 139,nk, Chop stow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Me3srs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old. Bank arid Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0..., 22,73 Devices and Wiltshire Bank, Devize. - 3-llughes, Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew. and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cooke and Co 59,745 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, &Co 72,615 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man .. 9,333 9,306 8.237 35,704 9,069 9,838 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Sparrow, and Co. 37,445 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 24,500 Fakenham Bank, Fakenharn—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley ... 5,538 Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 14,829 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 4,819 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen 4,629 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 6,971 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 23,749 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Finder, and Co. 30,039 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co 15,024 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Haririch Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Cc 4,686 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall 18,403 Honiton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples and Co. Ilereford, Ross, and Arehentield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, llereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—Gotch and Sons._ Lane Enc y llSta.ffordshire Bank, L ane End—C. Harv:.‘ and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown, 28,497 19,518 18,784 61,130 13,377 10,837 19,460 41,764 7,470 5,326 53,981 37,621 and C,l. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and, Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0.... Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Pabner and Green._ Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Lampeter Bank and Liandilo Bank, Llando very —David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough —Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesdehl—Brooklehurst and Co Mannirigtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co Marlborough, Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Ilungerford Bank, and Htingerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 8,370 Marlborough and. North Wiltshire New Bank Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 1,636 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams 7,195 Miners'...Bank, Truro—Willya ms and Co 11,016 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial —Baileys an d C o Bank, Abergavenny 25,410 Monmouth Old Brink, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Frerefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Broraage. and Snead ............................ 14,877 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport W illiams and 50n5..... Newark,.Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 19,961 Newark. and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and NewaTk. Bank, Sle aford—Haudley, Peacock, and Cci ................................. 4.92 Newbury Bank, Newbury —Bunny and Slocock 20,910 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket —Eaton, Ham mond, and Son ..................... 17,617 Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Dias —Taylor and Dy50n................................................. . Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harvey s and Hud50n5............................................. 43,960 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddoek and 28.818 31,630 14,535 78,558 25,994 6,494 3,530 15,140 4,447 62,918 7,547 Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and C 0.... New Szvum Bank, Sarum Everett, and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 26,0 73 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westip—Croxon and Co . ..................... 14,595 Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 5,560 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford--Robinson, Parsons, and C 0..: ... Old Bank Tonbridge. Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old. Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beeching and Sons.,. Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Clinah and Co 8,477 3,624 23,578 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1850. 12,18 355 10,813 1,886 10,049 16,447 38,375 29,789 20,715 2,815 14,820 28,346 36,621 8,858 6,375 16,685 79,209 10,479 - . 6,767 4,898 5,199 8,48 1,275 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,552 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford . 20,221 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry . 19,256 Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry.. 10,330 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham ... Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 21,061 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 16,502 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 16,438 • _, 41 - . . 9,394 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 130,816 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 37,810 Hull Banking Company, Hull . 23,725 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,372 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 21,780 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough . Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 53,490 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 47,532 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,618 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham... 31,138 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,270 Natioaal Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 42,929 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton., 60,446 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton 19,520 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 28,480 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester 41,045 Saddleworth Banking Compan, Saddle wor th 2,563 Sheffield Banking Company, 5heffie1d........... 35,001 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Corn pany, Stamford. 51,484 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 279,800 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sh..niold Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond ... Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com - pany, Wolverhampton 33,689 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 13,140 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Comp tny, Whitehaven Warwick and Letanir.lgton Banking Company, Warwick West of Englane, and South %V a l es District 26,432 Bank. Bristol . ..... ................ 74,914 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 68,407 West Riding Union Banking Company, Uud dersfield " ........... ......... 32,239 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Comp any, Whitchurch . Worcester City and Co un ty Banking Cmp any, Worcester , .. ......... 5,062 York Union Banking Company, Lee Y0rk.........., 89,436 . 69,443 York City and County Rankin '' Company, York Yorkshire Banking Company , ........... 119,739 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank R hm ,. Inland Revenue, SoniersHouse, Nov. 23, 1840. 9,862 Average Amount. Pease s Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 40,273 Penzanec Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 11,17' Pezerborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter borough—MPrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson and White Pemorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven. .... 6 57 6 and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 24,990 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 26,202 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co 4,851 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood. Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co 5,310 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 6,929 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 8,691 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 10,335 Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co .. Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. 24,125 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co . 32,212 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce 11,012 Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Sonthamp ton—Atherly and Fall . 3,111 Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,348 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 10,728 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- 10,879 2,976 son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 21,815 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 9,73 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne ...... Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,060 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt &Co 6,790 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bauk, Wellington—Fox Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 12,910 Winchester, Airesford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bang, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkes worth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. ... WiveliscGmbe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and. W Hancock .. . 7,297 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good• ricke and Holy oake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 72,485 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and Sons ... Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Haleswortla and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 9,927 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann, Clough. and Co 40,780 6,139 7,579 ITALY. OPENING OF THE SARDINIAN CHAMBERS. THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. The Chambers of Turin were opened on the 23J, by the King in person. His Majesty read the fol lowing speech : " Signori Senatori, Signori Deputati,—On the open ing of the late session I addressed to you words of cmfidance and hope. Your acts have sully justified them, and I feel the greatest satisfaction in acknow ledging the fact on this solemn occasion. The edi fice of our institutions is already rising on the groundwork laid by my august father, and receiving daily strength from the wisdom and prudence of my Par liament and the confiding tranquillity of the peole of the state. Organizing a state on the basis of that degree of liberty which solely rests upon just laws, impar tially applied and universally obeyed, has at all times been considered an undertaking most worthy of human virtue. Let us continue this great work, and let the Italian soil give the noble example of a people who, surrounded on all sides by destruction, had the courage and wisdom to construct. For this purpose we must above all strive to introduce order in our finances. The increasing prosperity of the country offers us the most efficacious means for that pur pose, and the tried readiness of the Piedmontese people to make sacrifices called for by circumstances will render the task still easier. " Let me particularly call your attention to the laws which my Ministers w►ll propose to you with that view, as also to those which relate to the improvement of the various civil as well as military administrations. I trust that the commercial treaties, lately concluded, or shortly to be so, with some nations, and the changes which will be introduced in the economical laws, will give our commerce greater extension and an increase of profit. " The friendly and pacific relations between my Go vernment and foreign States have not suffered any variation. The efforts of my Government have not succeeded hitherto in overcoming the difficulties which have arisen with the Court of Rome, in consequence of certain laws which the powers of the State could not refuse to introduce in the new political and Legal organization of the country. The rule of our con duct has constantly been the respect we all profess for the Holy Sae, in conjunction with a firm resolution to uphold the inaependence of our legislation. Faithful to our duties, and persevering in the exercise of our rights, wo hope that time and the happy influence of religion and civilization, will enable us to establish that harmony which is one of the first wants of the social state. " The Princes of my family have !sought no other riches save the esteem and the love of the people ; yon have undertaken to prove that their conduct was not so much a noble abnegation as a just and well-merited confidence. This new proof of your confidence, added to the ecmplete and unanimous devotedness which has en abled you to support the weight of a long session, is, in my eyes, a certain pledge of the good understanding existing between the powers of the State. Strong, be cause united, we shall traverse without obstacles the serious difficulties of the present period, and attain that tutelar and honourable stability which can only result fro❑a the confidence of the people, founded on the good faith of the Sovereign and the probity of the Govern ment." This speech was received with loud cheers from the Chambers and the public who had been admitted. The passage relating to the affair of Rome was parti cularly applauded. The Minister of the Interior then declared the session of 1851 to be opened. On leav ing the Parliament, the King reviewed the National Guard of Turin. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. A special general meeting of the proprietors of the Great Western Railway Company was held at the com pany's offices, at the Paddington Station, at one o'clock s!erday, for the purpose of considering and, if approved oe, authorising and sanctioning, and confirming, and di recting the corporate seal of the company to be affixed to an agreement for a lease from the South Wales Rail way Company to this company of the due of railway between Grange -court and Swansea, with the line to the shipping port at Swansea, and the Bulb Pill Railway and the Line of Junction of the same with the South Wales Railway, which agreement had been prepared upon terms and conditions conditionally arranged and settled between the directors of both companies; and also for the purpose cf considering and, if approved of, authorising and sanc tioning, and confirming, and directing the corporate seal of the company to be affixed to deeds of mutual release between the two companies, whereby the heads of agree ment between the two companies, dated 21st of October, 1846, and all other agreements and arrangements what ever between the two companies are determined and put an end to, and which deeds of release have also been prepared. CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., the Chairman of the Com pany, presided. Mr. SAUNDERS, the Secretary, at his request, having read the advertisement calling the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said the directors had convened the meeting to-day for the purpose of considering, and if they should approve it, of adopting the agreement into which the directors of the Great Western Railway Com pany had entered with the directors of the South Wales Railway Company, which they hoped would have the effect of placing the relations between the two companies on a more friendly and settled footing than they had been for the last two or three years.—(Hear, hear.) The heads of the agreement had been for ume days in the hands of the proprietors. He had no doubt they had made themselves fully acquainted with their contents; and it would only be necessary for him to draw their attention to a few of its leading conditions. The principles of that agreement were the same as those which the directors of the Great Western Railway had always maintained ought to form the basis of the pre sent agreement between the Great Western and the South Wales Railway Company. Those principles were first that the Great Western Railway should work the South .Wales line at its actual cost, without seeking any benefit whatever for themselves for so working it. The next was, that after providing for the working ex p enses , a ll the sur plus profits should be regarded as the property of the Soath Wales Company ; and thirdly, that the directors of the Great Western should give them such a gua rantee as should afford to them a certain fixed annual income, to enable them to raise whatever capital they might require, on the most advantageous terms at which it could be procured in the market. Those were the principles which had governed the directors in the pro posal made by the Great Western Railway Company to the South Wales Railway Company. The directors of the Great Western, on their part, admitted that these were just and equitable conditions; and he did not think the directors of the South Wales Company could reasonably object to them, since, whilst they left to the directors of the South Wales the whole benefit of their own line, they gave to them many other advantages and facilities, and the Great Western Company obtained nothing but that benefit which would result from a friendly and uniform work ing of the two lines in immediate connexion with each other. The difficulty, however, did not consist so much in determining on the principles as in fixing on the details, by which effect could be given to those principles in a manner which would be satisfactory to both parties. That object the directors of the Great Western had attempted to accomplish in the present egreement. The means were somewhat new, b u t p rac ti ca men would see that they were practicable; and if so, they would unquestion ably assist the Great Western Company in surmounting very considerable difficulties. The mode by which the working expenses were to bo calculated was fully set forth in the 6th article of the agreement, which had been distributed among the proprietors. The meetingwould ob serve they were to be taken not at their actual cost under the superintendence of a common accountant, as was the case with the present agreement, but they were to be pro vided for by a fixed certain proportion of the fare of every passenger, and of all the charges on every description of merchandise, such proportion to be determined by arbitra tion, and to be subject to revision at periods of rive years. The advantage to the Great Western Company in this mcdo of arrangement was considered to consist in this— that every period of five years, at all events, they should themselves retain whatever benefit might result from economy or from improved modes of management. It provided to them, therefore, motives to economy, and to adopt such improved modes of management. The ad vantage to the South Wales Company was sup posed to consist in this, that the arrangement holds out inducements to the Great Westerm to increase the traffic by every means in their power (Rear, hear) inasmuch as their own remuneration over the working expenses would depend on the increase of such traffic. Those were the advan tages which were supposed would result from this mode of calculating the working expenses. The difficulty would be in determining such proportions in a wanner which should be sufficient for the Great Western Com pany and just to the South Wales Company.— ((:ear, hear.) There was a certain degree of intricacy which attached to the plan and of danger that it might (lead to litigation. The Great Western Comprny had been induced to acquiesce in it from a desire that they would obtain the confidence of the South Wales Company, that the Great Western Company would work the line bond fide for the benefit of the South Wales Company, as well as for their own. But there was a provision in that agree ment by which the Great Western were to allow the South Wales Company to :adopt any other mode whenever the other two companies should consider it desirable to do so. The working expenses and other charges having been amply provided for in the manner he had described, the profits were to be regarded as the property of the South Wales Company. But instead of the directors of the Great Western Company guaran tosing, as they did under the old arrangement, that those profits should always amount to a specific burn, the Great Western Company were to purchase one-half of those profits for the specific amounts which were stated in the first article of the'agreeirent, and the other half of those profits, were to be taken by th e S ou th W a l es C ompany. lie believed that that principle would work advanta geously to both parties. It would define and limit th risk—and some risk there must always be in every commercial undertaking—to so incon siderable an extent as to occasion no pressure to either party; and it would not only give a fixed annual income to the South %Vales Company,and adequate to meet all their wants, but a full participation in whateverimprovement might hereafter take place, as they ail hoped it would take place, in the South Wales hap when its traffic should be fully developed, and the reseureee of the company should be brought into action. Nor did he think that any ob jection could be taken to the amounts specified in the first article, by which effect was to be given to that prin ciple. The Great Western purchased half of the South Wales profits at a sum exceeding 31,0001., on the assump- 1611 tion that in the first year the total aura would amount to about 63,0001.; and they (the Great Western) purchased one-half of those profits, at the expiration of ten years, at a sum exceeding 51.000/., on the assumption that the whole profits would then amount to at least 103,0001. Now, looking at the present traffic of the South Wales line, he admitted that in the earlier years of this agreement, the Great Western Company would, perhaps, be losers; but they were looking to the permanent advantages of the agree ment; and taking the extreme sum of 63,0001. in the first year, and 103,000/. at the expiration of ten years, the profits which the Great Western Company assumed did not really materially differ from the amounts which were suggested by the South \Vales directors themselves in the proposal made to the Great Western Com pany in the month of May last, nor was there much greater difference than might take place in the views between the parties who were to lease and the parties to whom the line was to be leased. But beyond the immediate advantages of the agreement, they must not overlook the great advantages, as he believed, to both parties, which would result frem setting at rest all those and other difficulties, whether legal or pecuniary, with which unquestionably the old agreement was eaabarassed. —(Hear, hear.) That agreement was made in very dif ferent times, and adopted under very different circum stances. It had been subjected to various changes and conditions. It was admitted by all parties that it was not desirable, at present at least, to complete the line as it was originally proposed to do; and the Great Western directors were quite aware of the language which wee held out of doors. That language of course reached their ears, and it was probably intended that it should, reach them. The extreme advocates of the South Wales said, " Stand on your extreme rights; wait till your line is open to Swansea; if it passes, well and good; if it does not, then proceed on to Fisguard and Monmouth, at whatever cost; stake everything on the cast of a die, and see if you .cannot enforce the agreement with the Great Western Railway Company." The ex treme partisans of the Great Western also said, " Let us stand on the completion of the covenants contained in our agreement, and in the event of the non fulfilment of those covenants let us exact the penalties in our favour." Now, the directors of either company had not thought it wise or prudent to take the counsel of such advisers. They deprecated such feelings and such opinions. They knew that the course they were obliged to take was full of difficulty and full of danger. They knew that the legal evil which might result from following such advice was an endless and costly litigation between parties who were bound together by a local position, and still more closely bound by a common interest. They knew that the pecuniary evils that might result from such a course was the issue of a large amount of preference shares, which always over whelmed the interest of the original shareholders, in which, let the meeting remember, they had a large common stake with the original shareholders of the South Wales Company. The Great Western Railway Company had never raised a single question as to what covenant was or was not, or what covenant could or could not be fulfilled by the South Wales Company, but he could not think it could be held either reasonable or equitable that the South Wales Company should say that they would hasten, or postpone, or abandon, or proceed with the South Wales line in such a mode and at such a time as might suit their interest or convenience. The Great Western Company could not think tiny such doctrine could be held before any legal tribunal in this country; but they were extremely desirous to avoid the consequences which he had indicated; and it Iv as to avoid such evils that the Great Western Company had at last formed an agreement, almost with the unanimous consent of both parties, which they believed was celcu lated to meet the exigencies of the present time, and to ' protect the rights and interests of both companies. Such was tke agreement which they presented to the meeting to day. They did not offer it in the hope of ensuring the shareholders any large pecuniary profits in the first instance; on the contrary, he had prepared them for a loss at first ; but they offered it as a middle course bet veen the two companies, with a view of get ting rid of some difficulties, and as a just, a reasonable, and an equitable agreement; and they were satisfied that no agreement which was not just and equitable, which was not reasonable and practicable, could not by possi bility be carried into effect by either party. Mr. KNAPP, the solicitor to the company, then ex plained the chief provisions of the lease, which was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the following resolu tion:—" That the agreement for a lease from the South Wales Railway Company between Grange-court and Swansea with the line to the shipping port at Swansea and the Bullo Pill Railway, and the line of junction of the same with the South Wales Railway, and which agreement includes a clause of mutual release between the two companies, whereby the heads of agreement between the two companies, dated the 21st of October, 1846, end all other agreements and arrangements whatever between the two companies are determined and put a❑ end to, and which agreement includes also a provision of annulling the same agree ment and release unless a counterpart thereof be executed by the South Wales Railway Company, and delivered to the chairman or secretary of this company on or before the 31st December, 1850, and which agreement has been now read and submitted to this meeting, be and is hereby approved, authorised, sanctioned, and confirmed." Mr: PARRY BE WINTON seconded' the resolution. The shares of the South Wales Railway were at a dis count of 50 per cent. If they were to continue their line, to say nothing of paying a dividend, how were they to borrow money for the purpose? They must have recourse to the resources of an unfinished railway, and they would be obliged to raise money on most ruinous terms. That being so, he thought the present arrangement the very best that could be devised fur the South Wales Railway Company, under existing circumstances. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. C. TAGARD deprecated the very great advantages which were given to the South Wales Company under the present proposal, and moved that the thing should be put an end to. The CHAIRMAN reminded the Hon. Gentleman that the lease had been agreed to, and now only waited the seal of the company being affixed to it. The amendment was not seconded, and therefore it fell to the ground. The seal of the company was then affixed to the lease, and the meeting separated. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the South Wales Railway Company took place yester day, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of consider ing and, if approved of, authorising and sanctioning and confirming, and directing the corporate seal of the com pany to be affixed to an agreement for a lease from the South Wales Railway Company to the Great Western Railway Company of the line of railway between Grange Court and Swansea, with the line to the shipping port at Swansea, and the Bullo Pill Railway, and tho line of junction of the same with the South Wales Railway, which agreement has been already prepared upon terms aad conditions conditionally arranged and settled between the directors o; both companies, and will be read and sub mitted to the meeting. And also for the purpose of considering, and if approved of, authorising and sanc tioning and confirming, and directing the corporate seal of the company to be affixed to deeds of mutual release between the two companies, whereby the heads of agreement between the two companies dated 21st Oc tober, 1846, and all other agreements and arrangements whatever between the two companies are determined end put an end to, which deeds of release will also be read and submitted to the meeting. The Hon. C. R. M. Talbot, the chairman of the company, took the chair shor t ly a f ter one o ' c l oc k, w h en the usual preliminaries having been gone through, Trio SECRETARY read the following report:— " In submitting to you the agreement for a lease of a portion of the South Wales Railway undertaking to the Great Western Railway Company, of which the heads, embracing considerable detail, and agreed upon between the respective boards, have been printed and circulated amongst the proprietors, the directors were desirous of leaving the proprietots entirely free and uninfluenced by any arguments of their own to judge for themselves of the expediency or inexpediency of accepting the terms therein provided. They consider that the proprietors are already possessed of sufficient data to enable them to judge of the difficulties of their position, and of the eligibility or ineligibility of the measure now before them. In meeting the proprietors assembled expressly for the purpose of deliberating amongst themselves, the directors think it right, with the view of assisting them in their judgment, and to clear away misconcep tions as to the position of the company, and also to ex plain the circumstances which led them to attempt an arrangement at this particular period, and to submit to the proprietors for their approval the terms which are no .v before them, to state precisely these circumstances: —With respect to the period, your directors must remind you that it is now more than five years since the com pany was originally incorporated. In the following year the entire line was authorised. At this period the company was independent, and the whole of the capital had been subscribed upon the merits of the undertaking itself. Shortly after this, in October, 1846, the heads of agreement for completing the line, and leasing it w h en so completed to th e G reat Western Railway Company, was entered into a n d ra t i fi e d by the proprietors of the two companies. The amount then estimated as requisite was four millions. Upon the faith of the guarantee so secured investments were made in other lines, which it is estimated will involve an addition to the expenditure of about 175,000/., upon which the Great Western Rail way Company were to have paid interest. Rather more than fiur years have cow elapsed. Any delay in the progress of the works which may have occurred up to the present time has unavoidably arisen from the pecu liar difficulties of the times and measures of prudence in the rare of expenditure have been adopted for the benefit of the Great Western Railway Company as large shareholders in common with yourselves, and with the fall concurrence of that company sitting at }our foard. To any such postponement of the comp letion cf the whole undertaking, therefore, the Great Western Railway Company cannot have nor have they ever mentioned any ground of disappointment. The proprietors ere aware that in the last session powers were obtained to raise by the issue of preference shares any deficiency in our capital. With these powers it might be urged by the Great Western Railway Corn. nany, that w e are in a position to proceed at once to complete the entire line. To raise upwards of 1,000,0001. of money required for this purpose on advantageous terms, it would be desirable to go before the public with to eceoperation and assistance of otir lessees, and the renewed as.surance that' their guarantee was available as securityntof the parties about to insiest thekrathy4e. In somber matter it is also desirable to act in coneeit" with the Great Western Railwey Company. We have given notices for an application to Parliament for pewers to effect certain improvements in the line, several. essential means of communication with the existing pN. • ' shipping ports, and with some new docks likely to be very beneficial to the traffic of tho lire, and to perfect our arrangements in the Forest of Dean. These several works, though net essential to the completion of the lease, are of great importance to the value of the line itsalf, and should the undertaking ever revert to the pro prietors of the South Wales Company, and their revenue be dependent upon the receipt s of the line, the failure to obtain these powers at the present time, and even the uncertainty of our proceeding without some of them during the next six months, may inflict a serious and per manent injury upon the company. The Great Western Railway Company may allege that under the heads of agreement, their consent is necessary to these proceed ings. This consent was applied for under very similar circumstances in the last session of Parliament, but was refused, the Great Western Railway Company declining to assign any reason for such refusal : we are shortly approaching the time when this consent will again be ap plied for. These are the principal circumstances which render it inexpedient to postpone a decision as to our future course. There are three positions, in one of which the company may now be placed. We may now proceed at once to take the necessary steps to enable us to com plete the line to Fishguard. To accomplish this object, it would be necessary to raise a sufficient amount by pre ference shares to enable us to issue the remainder of our debentures (660,0001.), the residue of the capital must then be raised by preference shares. The rate of in terest at which this money could be obtained would de pend very materially upon the course which the Great Western Company might take. Th 9 character of the works, the mode of proceeding, and the expenditure in volved in carry ing out this portion of the undertaking may be seriously affected by the relations which may exist be tween us and our lessees. A large portion of such expen diture may be employed unprofitably to both companies; much of it would be needless, and so far wasted. We cannot conceive the possibility of any just grounds for doubting that we should ensure the due performance of the terms and conditions of the lease. We have done, and wo no doubt should continue to do, everything that we can ascertain to be requisite on our part. But it might be difficult, and would certainly be costly, completely to provide against the risk of litigation if an unwilling lessee conceives, however erroneously, that he has grounds of objection. The alternative embraces the other two posi tions: the company, by agreement or otherwise, may be left in the independent possession of its own line, and may derive its revenue from the development of the traffic which may fairly be expected upon it. The attainment of this position, however, would be attended with uncertainty, and the revenue must materially de pend upon the terms on which traffic may be inter changed with the Great Western Railway, whatever traffic might result from other sources. The question, therefore, arises, whether the revenue may not be con siderably increased, and a greater certainty secured, by an arrangement with the Great Western Railway Com pany, which would ensure their working the line with the greatest economy which their plant and resources would enable them to do, and in the most advantageous manner, with their interest embarked with yours in producing the largest possible returns. This is the third position, and with a view to accomplish which the ar rengement now laid before you has been devised. lii all previous attempts that have been made, in consequence of the resolution of the proprietors of the 19th December, 1849, the only principle suggested by either party was that of leasing the undertaking, and the revenue to be derived from it, to the Great Western Railway Company, for a fixed rental, with the surplus profits. An insuperable difficulty always arose in agreeing upon this fixed rental. The Great Western Railway Company, assuming these surplus profits to be a valuable part of the consideration, while your directors felt, that inasmuch as the Great Western Railway Com pany would have but a limited interest in creating or augmenting these surplus profits, the fixed rental W 43 the main part of the consideration on which they could depend. At the period at which, for the reasons before stated, it became necessary to decide definitively upon the course to be pursued in the future conduct of your affairs, a plan was suggested to both companies which appeared capable of avoiding the difficulties which had previously arisen. This plan consists in leasing the work ing of the line to the Great Western Railway Company, upon terms to be settled from time to time by an arbi- ' trator, who should fix a fair scale of tolls adapted to the varying circumstances of traffic, by which would be as signed to an account kept fur the purpose the whole of the net profits which could be earned upon the line by a company posoessing the means of working it in the most economical and advantageous manner—the half of these net profits being sold to the same company for a fixed annual payment. By this arrangement, the amount of the net profits may be fairly and correctly determined by an impartial tribunal. It becomes deeply the interest of the party working the line to render these profits as large as possible, and even if the fixed rental should prove less than the half of such profits, the difference, unless very great, would probably be more than covered by the gene ral increase which such a mode of working, and the economy effected by it, ought to produce. The prin ciple of this plan was unanimously approved of by your directors, and negotiations were entered upon by mutual consent of the two boards. The fixed rental is to be subject to an increase to be settled by arbitration conse quent upon any additional traffic which may be derived from an extension of the line to Caer marthen, and it will be open to this company to obtain a further increase by arrangement with the Great Western Railway Company, before they ex pend any money on the line beyond Caermarthen. These extensions to Caermarthen and westward may be constructed at considerably less cost by adoption of single lines, and otherwise, and may be proceeded with by more cautious steps than would be possible under the existing agreement. The results of this negotiation are now before the proprietors, and they must take upon themselves the responsibility of adopting or rejecting them, and in the latter case of determining the course which the directors are to pursue." The CmAntates, at the conclusion of the reading of the report, rose to defend the course he had pursued, in opposition to all his brother directors—(Hear, hear) — and he stood in the anomalous position of having to propose a motion against which he intended to vote. — (Hear, hear.) The proprietors ought to recollect that, if they adopted the course proposed, they would be en tering into a new agreement, and giving up an old one— (Hear, hear)—which he could never consent to without sufficient remuneration.—(Hear, hear.) He contended that if the agreement proposed was adopted by the pro proprietors of this company they would be giving an ad vantage to the Great Western Railway Company, not the Great Western Railway giving an advantage to them. —(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Chairman, after going at some length into the proposed agreement, and contrast ing the benefits the company already had under the ex isting one, observed that it had been said they could not raise money to complete their line to Fishguard. He contended that they could; but that was only his in dividual opinion. Many persons had said that they would rather enter into the agreement with the Great Western Railway Company, because it would ensure them a certc.in:3,per cent. instead of a contingent 5 per cent. lie doubted very much whether the agreement would give them a certain 3 per cent., for it must be ap parent that it was not very easy to bind the gentle men concocted with the Great Western Company. If he was sure the agreement would bind them ho should hive no objection to it, with the exception of the point of consideration. Consi dering the situation in which he stood, he had tendered his resignation to the directors—(Cries of " No, no") — but they had requested him to preside to-day, and in consequence of that request he had done so. If the proprie tors consented to adopt the agreement, he should at once bow to their decision—(Hear, hear)—having stated his objections; to it. The Hun. Chairman having regretted dissenting with his ,brother directors, sat down amid much and long-continued cheering. Mr. Marrucws, at some length, proposed a resolution to the effect that the agreement should be adopted, Mr. MORTIMER seconded the resolution. Mr. STEPHEN LEWIS said it had been stated that the chairman was the only person at the board who objected to the agreement proposed. He had always objected to it; and having done so, he placed his seat in the hands of the proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) lir. CHAPMAN was delighted at the speech of the chairman, believing that if they entered into the pro posed agreement it would be one of the tamest sur render of their rights that had ever been witnessed on the part of any company, added to which, if the deed was once executed, the proprietors must remem ber they would part with their property for ever. —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He hoped the expression of the meeting to-day would settle the question at once and for ever of the intention of the company to go to Fishguard, and to make the Great Western Company perform the provisions of the agreement that already existed. It had been said that the company could not a ra t i s s u o ch th a e n ! was afraid of was the means to Fishguard. hguar hat Fi h s e d. He laughed proprietors becoming traitors to themselves.—(Hear.) He should oppose the agreement to the last. Mr. MAcetAucHTEN, a director, defended the agree ment. Mr. DUNCAN, as a lawyer, contended that what was asked could not be done at such a meeting as this, or any other general meeting. Ile contended that unless the consent of every proprietor was obtained the meet ing could not annul the lease that at present existed with the Great Western Company. It was impossible as long as a single proprietor objected for the directors, or any one, to tear the seals of the Great Western and the present company from the lease that at present existed.—(hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentle man concluded by moving as an amendment a resolution to the effect—" That it was incompetent to the com- puny to annul the lease that at present existed with the Great Western Company." Mr. Moxort seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN said that counsel's opinion bad been taken, and that opinion was, that the meeting was com petent to do what was asked. Perhaps, under the cir cumstances, it would be better to take the opinion of the meeting upon the original resolution. Mr. DUNCAN had no objection to the adoption of such a course, but he begged to inform the directors that there were proprietors who would hold the directors personally liable if they adopted the course now pro posed, and allowed the seals of the Great Western and the present company to be torn from the existing lease. Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., said he was astonished at the deputy-chairman telling them that the Great Western Company would oppose the enforcement of the old agreement. He believed that Mr. Brunel had pledged his professional reputation that the undertaking could be completed to Fishgusrd for :3,935,000L no then en-, tared into a long statistical statement, showing that, . according :to. the propoied agreement, they would get' fd r th e firi,t year, and by notenteritig into it, th 6 company would,-avoid netking certain tratiph 14.i'fitonmaelieke&sheei to stand bythefr - old agreethent„ . and Considering the sum already ekpeoded" oti the line west of Swansea, and a large sum they would have to parfor land whether 'they made the line or not, and . if they stopped at Swansea they would jaave wore on, the whole than 450,0001. by the non-completion of the lice to Fishguard. Alta some observations from Mr. Baker, Sergeant G9zdee, end Mr, Matthews, Major COURT withdrew his amendment. Mr. NASH handed in a protest against the legality of the meeting, or of any resolution which they might come to. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, and on a show of hands a large majority appeared against it. A poll was then demanded, and considerable confusion ensued; some parties complaining that proxies had been sent out, while others complained that they had not re ceived any. It was stated that the Great Western Company would not vote on the question. The meeting was then ad journed, and after a delay of about two hours and a-half the result of the poll was declared to be as follows: _ Shares. Votes. For the motion—Present ... 826 243 Proxies ... 3,915 1,334 Total ... 4,741 1,577 Against the motion—Present... 4,519 1,310 Proxies... 1,973 343 Total ... 6,492 1,653 Majority against the motion ... 1,752 76 The result of the poll was received with loud cheers; and after a very complimentary vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting separated. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. It has been extensively reported that Captain Keith Stewart would proceed to the New Zealand division of the East India station, to relieve Captai❑ Erskine. We believe, however, that the officer selected for this service is Captain Sir J. Everard Home, Bart., C. 8., who commanded the North Star, 26, at New Zea land, during the hostilities with the natives. This gallant officer, it is said, will commission the Calliope, 26, at Devonport, to proceed thither at once. PROMOTIONS. Messrs. John Roberts and George Parsons, to be acting gunners ; Charles Johnson, to be acting boatswain; and Samuel Ray and Thomas Dearie, to be acting carpenters. Hogue 56, screw-ship will be taken out o f the angle deck at Portsmouth to-day, and will be got ready for sea with all dispatch. Camel lighter, Faber master, arrived at Devon port on Wednesday morning from Cork, having left that port on Saturday last, consequently she has been out in all the gale of Saturday night and Sunday. Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Hand, put into Plymouth Sound on Wednesday morning about 9.30, and sailed about 12.30 P.M., for Lisbon. Wasp, 14, screw-sloop, Comm ander Crozier, left De - vonport on Wednesday, at 1.30, with a fine breeze, N.E, for the coast of Africa. The defects of the Trident, 6, steam-vessel, Lieut Commander Risk, have been Imade good at Devon port, and she has sailed for Leith. PORTSMOI7TII, THURSDAY.—The Turkish . ships in this harbour remain in statu qua. The officers, under the guidance of Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., R.N., are seeing all the objects of interest in the port and arsenal. Two of the Turkish crew have been sent to Haslar Hospital with dysentery. The fullest facility is given by the officers of both ships for visitors to inspect them, and numbers avail themselves of the privilege. All are received with the greatest cour tesy, and shown over every part of the ship. The Volage, 22, Captain Graves, sailed yesterday morning for the eastward, to be• paid off. The Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Elliot, was towed into harbour yesterday afternoon by the steamers Blood hound and Sprightly, and has since been hauled along side the Victorious hulk to refit.. The Thomas Arbuthnot Indiaman sailed yesterday. PLYMOUTH, WEDESDAY.—tier Majesty's steam vessel Hecate, Commander J. S. Hand, came in this morning from Portsmouth. The retribution steam-frigate, Captain J. Warden, is to be paid advance of wages to-day, in the dock yard. The Avon steam-vessel, 20, Master- Commander Alfred Veitch, which left Portsmouth with supernu meraries for the Albion on Saturday evening, expe rienced the heavy gale of Sunday in the Channel, lost a portion of her paddle-boxes, and put into Tor bay on Monday morning left there Tuesday morn ing, and in the course of the day arrived at this port. The brig Harlequin, 12, Commander A. P. Eardley Wilmot, is appointed to go out of harbour into Barn pool on Saturday, to have her compasses adjusted, and will probably sail on the 6611 of December with the mails for Madeira and the coast of Africa. The frigate Calliope, 2G, is ordered to - be corn missioned. The store-ship Tyne, Cora mander Wellington, fitting at this port, will be ready for sea on Saturday, to take provisions to the fleet at aio Janeiro. The lighter Hamoaze is taking in stores for Pembroke. Mr. W. Edye, master shipwright, returned from the Admiralty to resume his dutles at the dockyard, Devonport, on Monday. The following merchant vessels, principally through stress of weather, have come into this port : Monday The Austrian barque Emulazione, Vidulich, from Taganrog, and the brig Ruby, Booth, from Port-au-Prince, with loss of bulwarks and stancheons, both bound to Falmouth for orders ; the Reform, Pinkham, 15 days from Labrador, with fish ; the Temperance Star, Henderson, from Marseilles, with loss of bulwarks, bound to Falmouth for orders. Tuesday—The American ship Humphrey Paring ton, 'Warwick, from Cardiff, for Savannah, bore up from long. 9, west, much strained, leaky, and must discharge her cargo (iron, &c.) to repair; the brig Netta, Rattray, of Dundee, from Newcastle, for Teneriffe, deck completely swept of boats, galley, bulwarks, stancheons, &c. Wednesday—The schooner Doris, Kenan, from Ancona, for Falmouth for or d ers , out n i ne weeks, and short of provisions. WooLwica, Nov. 2B.—The Calliope, 26, is ex pected to be commissioned to-morrow, at Devonport. Commodore Henry Eden, Superintendent of her Majesty's dockyard, Woolwich, will return this evening from leave. Captain James Willcox, Commander of the Fury steam-vessel, being the senior naval officer, has super intended the duties afloat during the absence of the Commodore, and Mr. Macdonald, Master-Attendant, the duties or the dockyard. They have both pre vented parties wishing to purchase the prize -money of the crew of the Fury from going on board or loitering in the dockyard, although numerous persons have visited Woolwich every day since her arrival with that object in view. The Fury, is to be paid off to-morrow, the 29th inst. SHIP NEWS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28.—Wind S.S.E.—British barque Volante, laden with guano, bound for this port, put into Key West on the 20th ult. for stores; Franklin, from Havre, has arrived at New York; Bombay, hence, has arrived at Mobile; William Carson, hence, has arrived at Savannah; St. Charles, hence, has arrived at New York. Arrd. Baltic, from New York, sailed the 16tb inst.; Good Intent, from Cadiz. Sld. Galeed, for St. Michael's; Sir C. Napier, for Mobile; Osmanli, for Genoa; Malvina and Othello, for San Francisco; Con stitutionen, for Porto Cabello; Alliance, for Charleston; Magdalene, for Nantes; Gem, for Honduras; Ingle borough, for Calcutta; Suzanne, fur Rotterdam; Vic toria, for Rostock. Hertwrcu, Nov. 27.—1 t is blowing a strong gale from N.E., and thick, with every appear ance of a dirty night; a number of vessels have put in for shelter. ELSINORE, Nov. 21.—Tho Porto, from St. Peters burgh for Oporto, has put in here to-day with loss of bowsprit, &c. EMDEN, Nov. 21.—The Henrika, of Groningen, from Newcastle for Rotterdam, was wrecked off Norderney during a heavy gale on the 17th inst. Crew, except one man, drowned. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 19.—The Enigheten, from Lin bolesand, capsized off Horns Klubb, on the 9th inst. Crew saved. CRONSTADT, Nov. 16.—8 y a change of wind the ice has been driven to the opposite coast. BREST, Nov. 24.—The Fanny, from Cardiff for this port, was lost on the 19th inst.; crow saved. The General Lawargue, from Sunderland for Nantes, was lost in Ca maret Bay on the 21 s t inst.; two apprentices drowned. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 26.—The stern of a boat, painted green, marked " Courier, Arbroath, Jo.eph Ferguson," in white letters, was picked up on the 12th inst. TRALEE, Nov. 24 —The Fitzhany, hence for Lime rick, which went on shore on the 19th inst. inside of Anna Island, has been got off with slight damage. GRAVESEND, Nov.. 28.—Wind N.E., light, fine. Arrived —Antwerpen, from Antwerp—Fame, from Ca lais—Rainbow and Earl of Auckland, from Rotterdam— Catherina, from Hamburgh—Echo and Havfreun, from Lulea—Almora, from Gottenberg—William Jolliffa, from Havre—Pomona, from Griefswold—Lord John Russell, from Harlingen—Phosaix, from Dantzic—Nor mandy Maid and Jane, from Naskoe—Quebec and Rock l i - liffe, from St. Petersburgh—Prinsessan Louisa, from Sweden—Ythan, from Stralsund—Kezia and Esker, from St. Petersburgh—Duke of Buccleuch, from Riga— Lisbon, from Quebec—Gem, from Cronstadt—Moun taineer, from St. Petersburgh. Sailed—Daring, for Sr. Michael's—Eclipse, for Ma deira—Walter, for Rio Janeiro—Sir Robert Peel, for Dunkirk—David Luckie, for Demerara—Menai, for Calais—Fyenoord, for Rotterdam—Columbine, for llavre—Soho, for Antwerp. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. --- Oriental, from Greenock for Calcutta, on the 27th ult., in lat. 12 N., long. 21. W. Sir Charles Napier, from Swansea for Cuba, on the 15th inst., in lat 27 N., long. 23 W. Bncephalus, of Glasgow, on the 14th Sept., in lat. 31 S., long. 7 W. Commissary, from Liverpool for Lima, on the 21st Sept., in lat. 5 S,Joug. 30 W. Robert Clive, f 2'rom Lnon for B uenos Ayres, on the 7th L at , 1 10n026d. ();; 0003:..,11 f•744iMa Qi,l4:VOrpOOli on the 29th ult., in lat 2144 OR* 65 W. ,Wigraeast ironyLotdon for Algot& Bay, on the 2d nit. in Ist. 34 5.,, 1 0Qg. 23 : E. , Hamilton, from, Newcastle for Iquique, on the 23d ult., in lat. 2 N., long. 18 W. Lavinia, steering'S, on the 21st inst., in lat. 43N., loug. British American, steering N.W., on the 22d inst., in lat. 46 N.. lung. 11 W. Cumberland. steering S., on the 23d inst., in lat. 48 14 " long. 10 W. Liffey, from London for St. Michael's, on the 18th Wt., in lat. 47, long 9. Adino, first distinguishing pendant, on tho 24th inst. , i° Cornelia, for l Bue g nos Ayres, on the 25th ult., in lat. 3 8 N., long. 13. Arctic, from Liverpool for New York, on the 22i• los t " in lat. 51 N. 5 4 Ship Canada, on the sth inst., in let. 4 5 N. , long' 49 Barque Hope, of Liverpool, on the 15th inst., in ~ 10. 21 . John W ng tsstley, o W f Exeter, from Galati for Faitnoutbtnn the 12th inst.. in lat. 38. lone. 9. SEABOL NE MAILS- When made up in By what I .12 due . PLACES. general Post-office mails dis London. patched. cerat e Africa (West coast) .. Ist of the month Night.. • • -- ma America (via N. York by British packet) • . December 6 .. Night • • • • - D e c * 5. America (via Boston Dec. 11 by British packet) .. November 29 .. Night.. • • 4 . America(by(j.S.pack) December 13 ..'Night.. • • D ee ,; Belgium .. .. Daily .. ..'Night.. gaily Brazil .. ..'4th of the month INigiit.. • • !Dec.t2s Buenos Ayres • • ..'4th of the month Night.. • • I,`„' California 17th of month !Morning .• l' e '' 5 , Central America .. ,2(1 & 17th of month' Morning • • ! D,,,, ec 'TI L &S I. Channel Lies • • .. !Mon., Wed., & Fri. Night.. • • 20 Chili ..• . 'l7th of the moikth Morning • • v e '.,„' e 0,111 France • • . • Twice daily .. Mrn. nght' e fi"`' & site. Hamburgh 'Tuesday & Friday Night.. • • Te ee 'B, Thar' 20 Holland .. • . 'Wednes. & Satur. Morning Mon• Honduras .. . 17th of the month Night. • • • D e , da11.9 Ireland .. • . .. Twice daily Mrn &nght Iss r ° 2B India (via Southamp.) 20th of the month Morning • • ,D e ",' 3 India (via Marseilles) 7th sc 241 h ofmonth Night.. • • •ft; e rtain Madeira .. .. 1 4th of the month Night • • •• '— Mediterranean (via n e Southampton) -120th of the month Morning • • - Mediterranean (via n .c 3 • Marseilles) . !7th& 24th ofmonth Night.. • • Mediterranean (by 7th, 17th, 19th, French packet via' 27th & 30th of ,I n y 29 Marseilles) .. • • the •month .. Night.. • • Dec. I Mexico .. 2d of the month.. Morning • • Peninsular.. ..17th,17th,27th of mo Morning • • , D l.. c. 20 Peru .. • • .. 17th of the month Morning •• „• "-. 20 West Indies .. , 17th of the month Morning • • West Indies (except Dec. 5 Havanna & Nassau),2d of the month .. Morning • • THE COUNTRY MARKJ-a - BRISTOL, NOV. 28.—English wh e at was eita , e' ,. ;glir and foreign from 9d to is per quarter cheaper• force wheat (new). 383 to 428 per imperial qu arteri l te atfa ditto (white), 43s to 453 per 4801bs; ditto re `, 2 ' ' y 4o fine), 41s to 42s per 4801bs; ditto ditto (fine) , 3 ' 5 001 0; per 4801bs; ditto ditto (ordinary), 37s to 39 3 P er w ag ditto ditto (hard), 36s to 39z per 4801bs. I ' i°l2r e eooc l4 slow sale at previous rates. Flour (Englisb)f 4 ,l, 29s to 31s per sack; American ditto (sweet), 4 a erie 23s per barrel. Oats were scarce, and 6( 1 P e , r } , l ls o° dearer since last week. Oats—Devon and We' s-1 7s 1 16s 6rl per imperial quarter; Irish white ditt o t.,prrit 17s 61 per 3201b5; ditto black, 15s to 163 Per 7,1 be'" quarter. Malting barley was r a ther dearer , t s , n se glia! ) , that and grinding rather inacti ve . Barley sod malting), 25s to 285 per imperial quarter' [lit; were foreign grinding, 21s to 22s 3d per 4001bs. ' n e : - 27a to r unaltered in price and demand. English bea33lss per 303 per imperial quarter; foreign ditto, 245 te„.. e 5 0 ; 480Ibs. The averages are—Bristol wheat, °Vett' Gloucester ditto, 39s 9,1; Bristol Oats. 179 , 4d dlor eg : tester ditto, 16s 11d; Bristol barley, 25s 4a; fiee ste• ter ditto, 23s 4d; Bristol beans, 281 6d; G` °- ditto, 29s 4d. well LOUGHBOROUGH, Nov. 28.—The market w as Al supplied; wheat, is lower; malting barley, . e lei. grinding, 2s lower. Sales very limited in all Or t , l ;te 5 81 BOSTON, Nov. 27.—Wheat, red 28s to 40s, ' YR ,' Oil to 425, extra 445; barley 19s to 9 68 ; oats 13J '- 11 0 beaus 24s to 30s; peas 25s to 31s per quarter. LOUTH, Nov. 27.—Wheat 36s to 42s ; barley to 24s ; oats 14s to 16s ; beaus 24s to 270 Per 61 'boriel UPPINGHAM, Nov. 27.—Wheat 36s to 49s' ne e 225 to 255; oats, 16s to 245 ; beans, 26s to 315 Butter 12 to 13d per lb. Eggs 15 for Is. 3 gs 4 " - , LYNN, Nov. 26.—Wheat 30, Od to 363, tg le a° ter • to 44 , ; barley 18s to 21s, fine 23 s t o 26s per (1 , ° ;" 4 - t 4 , 7, MELTON MOWBRAY, Nov. 26.—Wheat, old 7, 0 21; new 38s to 43,; barley 23s t o 26 5; oa ts, old 22s t o to fr new 17s to 20s; beans, old 27s t o 32 5 , new "- [et. qr. Butter 13d to 14d per lb; eggs 12 for Is', o 49* NEWARK, Nov. 27.—Wbeat, old white 47s A - 40 01° „ red 42s to 44s Od, new white 44s to 46s od, r e " 0" 435; barley, malting 24s t o 26 5 , gr i n ding 2 0s lc : n 5 10; oats, old 20s to 275, new 16s to 19s; beans 3° 3 0 „,, 4 1- tares 44s to 48s; malt 54s to 56 s p er q r. NOTTINGHAM CATTLE MA RKET , NOV. 4 "lifb; was a large market of beef a nd mu tt on , some c) . fee; remained on hand. Prices—B es t b ee f, full 6s; Id; 1 11- 5s to 5s 3d; best small mutton, sial to 6d; larg, e ' n ork e t ferior, 4d to 4id; calves, sd ; b acon pi gs , 456 a; r ns 5s to 5s 6(1; hides, 2s; rough f,t 3s 7d; slt 'i;e Number of cattle at market : —B ea ts, 156; °I" , re Ar sheep, 932; pigs. 47. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, NOV. 26.- I r b r e ,gol a good supply of fat beasts to-day, with an 01 41 PI tsndance of buyers; the sale was fiat and sere r JO& left on band unsold. The show of sheep was Ora without any alteration in price. Fat pigs We' - e eal f l plentiful. Beef, 4id to sd; mutton, to 5 ,1- „% / gll l/1 , - ' to sial per Ib; pigs, 6s 6d to 7s pe r score. "2 - 0 11.- 3s 9d per stone of 141 b. Hides, lid per lb; or 2il to 4d per lb. GLASGOW, Nov. 26.—There is no change in : b a r io Pe f, of wheat, but the d eman d i s li m i te d . Barley '404 quest, at full prices. Oats a n d oa t mea l are 1160 01 '40f ' Beans and peas the same as l as t wee k . Barrel _ . ,," 0 saleable at former rates, except for the best WT e ril iii French. Bag flour is very dull of sale, and t be e 1 favour of the buyer. Indian corn is rather de llf- "Pro EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, N OV . 27.--Wil e tlit were 659 qrs of wheat in the market to-day , being A sa „ than last week. Prices were 4s down on ' the top, t' , on the average-47 qrs unsold. Barle—There vo i re ..tife e d" day's market 1,271 qrs barley, being 95 q r s eor e 7 t d haa do w ire - 0 , 4 7 i3 The top price is and the avera m qrs unsold. Oats—The quantity of oats in g the mark e t j e . °1 qrs, being 173 l ess th an l ast wee k . T he top P r ' 8d down, and th e average 5d d own- 60 (Ir s er s Beans—The supply_ of beans was 92 qrs, being 395 10 last week. Prices were 2 s u p on th top, - on the average-20 qrs unsold. Qd Top of Wheat 465 63/lb. 64 ~ Barley ..„ 5611 b. 2 8 , 5 Od Oats • 44 lb. 2 ' 5 Od ~ Beans • 6710, The 037 EDINBURGH CATTLE MARILT, NOV. 7 O : of cattle was 490. or 46 less than last week. r b s ,l 8s Od; current, 7s to 7s 6d; middling and ss inferior, f re es to 6s per Dutch stone. A good clearance wa s e li O A 6 pe r Ili than The number of sheep this morning was 2,510, last week. Top price of the best mutton, 51 " per current, 4id to sd; ewes and inferior sorts, 3 to 411 A clearance was not effected. CORK, Nov, 27. , t Barrels. (,u go d White wheat oos Od to 00s Od 00$ 4)(1 10 dc 38 Red wheat 17s 6d t o 20 s Od 209 1 -' l6 ti` 32 Barley Bere 305 Oats 214 Pigs 27s 6d to 31s 6d 31s °" tsl Quantity sold at the Hi g h es t P r i c es: -- 2 1 os 0 barrel white wheat ; 9 red ;44 barley ; 0 he re; 1 pig. ee ./ Quantity of Grain an d N um b er of Pigs sold last ~-1, Wheat, 793. Barl ey , 1 , 818 . Oats, 4,617. -"° PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. First quality ... ... 78 s First qua c l u ity ga • s r•• 1 :',...: : Second quality .„.• 61 1 Third quality 72 s Thi rd quality ••• ....... b ;l Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality .... Ws Sixth quality ••••••13:" . Return of Cattle sold for the week ending N ev 'l9l. 61; Pigs, 9 ,2. Sheep, 217. Cows, I t o gi Flour—First 128 6d to 13s Od ; ex tre ,,_ datimast" seconds, 1186 d to 12s 6d; households 9s to 1 Is Od; thud' SiSost/ per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to Os Od; Indian meal 7s 6d to los o'as meal, 108 to 10s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 715 s Od W ton. Bran 9080 d to 92s per ton. Hay—Farmers 35s 265; dealers 408 to 45s Od; average 42sper ton. Stol l . 00s,; 21s Od to 28, Od ; ave rage 26 3; dealers 280 01 ! 4 j „.. , to average 00s Od per ton. B rea d — Wh eaten l oa f household loaf 5d t o 5d per 4 1b . Fresh butter" v‘,lll lo Ild per lb. Eggs-58 lld to 6s Od per hundro o • st b tP O - if t. N s. woort 15s Od; Lydney 16s ; Landore 149 ' fief ges S 138 6(1 per ton. Tallo w 39 8 Od to 4 '7„ to Whisky, 25 o. p., 5 8 9d per imperial el d —Beef 4d to 4d ; mutton 410 to 6d; v r, p o 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausage!, 0 ,51,p,eb Hops 6t 10s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/2s Oly ; r t out ton. Bark—Barbary 710 s to 8/ Os; Valonia 15/ t e ,. pet ',reo 6/ Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to Ir t oo os n ', E st Hemp 32/ to 34/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings to ' o wl ditto, 24s to 00. s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 8" l os ',lie ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton ; red pine, 31 ,, t ri; ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 128 to 15s per I '' esl , ' Market 238 to 325. salted 24 s t o 32 s per ovi„t,i'; _,,„ 30 to 3d per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 7 ' B l to 10d to 12d ; Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 108: Ichabo o t per ton ; Tar—A rehan ue l, 19s Der barrel fl6° - ~,,t , OOl lO l Ol l rADVERTISEMENT.j—THE EARL oF into t o , AND HOLLOWAY'S Prum.—An astounding cure by 'T e xt r i 1 0 ,0 medicine, aster every other means had failed. Se e " 'Fe. 'n ' sir e ,;gt Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn..., pall Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg, to acquaint you that4l, ou , - ,V a ll P', o l ,P", fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach ifLur en pt, P ni . "to eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the CO " I ; ,1 been able to effect; nay, not ever the waters of p., 111 0 0/Ji rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOB.OtOn." These wonde' — go, , cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (sr sass' Ointru.kut) at Professor Holloway's Establishment , 24 1 ... by medicine ve n d ors throughout the civilised le°rld. BIRTHS. OF A SON. 10, tblj v' On the 25th inst.at the Vicar's Court, Line ° „ r lct t t ie r of thaSomerville Gibney. On the 26th inst., in Park-village East, !W en. ' 4ro , the wile of M r . W . J . Whi te, of R egen t- s treet. ar e, o. ' ...,,, On the 27th in s t., in K James Piing-street, Ja ".,sau James Parkinson. -- --- On the 23d inst., in HamnAovßetElfe.vris D. B. Gordoni3,' C.E., Regius Proessor of Civil Engineering and Afec btst /)( in the University of Glasgow, to Marie, eldest danfigigler the late David Heise,[magistrate in the province 0 1 Ilijeti' heim, and w id ow o f C a p ta i n W. Glinder, R 0 ) 1111.1 es Director of the Polytechnic School in Hanover. PI S Bu O rg n o t. 3 l: n e e, 27 E th sci i . n , st o . f , at o F n yfi l el i d, near Abingd . o ek t s o ' El l ; , sa. a e-square, Islington,_ stl.' . , A ~, Matilda, youngest daughter of the late T. Stone , Fyfield. —0, '',,P. ',T DIED f a i r , oo t '',4 , ,'A s_.,' 1 , On the 22d inst., in Hertford-street, May:,• . ;_ d o' iv, - 0: 1 Bertram Evans, Es q , formerly M.P. f0r,1 ? e,01 ,1 : e i g n ,...." 0 "9 11P) :6P c, , 4 On the 24,11, 4.!5t,, t,..F.entOng.tod-ge49iiigt v "7:7 -, ' - fg !ao' , ' 1 4 .14 '' .,f ° : , Est! i of 1,14,4%*6-'76,,,,.i ~ ~„ _ ... „, t , itcf ,,, , o r , :sii , -!4 e a , vs cs or e i T . (-)n the 26144:i4sAi.P.6',,,,H011iisinei0449;f1SIVINI/4 ?,,011 -- , ytch;ett gal -, Dor- `eh; red , C 2 1-- '''''' 1.':;,4 s ' s ci , - , • rq o ..,... --f k 4 .Esq., On Flee' 44 Lytchvtt Matrareie, porsetythire, aged On tile 261 ii paged! t ~ r.'" Es y q ; o t f h2 a 7 l.l: € 4 , ni tit kl t i . o .ll ; 0 7 114 strde, • e p, + • Fle6t-street, agid,6l. -• id r LT/d on ; PanYted hatted - tricppi - J 2, iitytatid. 'lAtiritiw,r''it : . X te: :Strand, in-the Precinct of hie r OaVoy , 3ditidiiiiBex, Friday, November 29, 1850.