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Recent and authentic information received from the Society's • ds , proved that no other state offers such decided advantages to the R.,' -- --saint, with a small or large capital, either in respect to the Salubrity of climate, health, and temperature, soil, growth and Variety of Produce and markets (see Dr. Smith's recent travels and ork on North-Eastern Texas, price 25.) The Society contracts with the Emigrant to defray, for a fixed to famil y ai n (aa below, varying with the number of acres and the number In i e ) the cost of a free passage to their lands ; stock, seed, and elements six months' provision after arrival, a house, and a Lreekeld of eighty acres of the finest land. The above for the sum of For each additional male, with implements, &c l3 10 0 For each additional female - - - - 12 0 0 _rim each additional child under 12 years - - 6 0 e less land is reqaired the cost proportionally reduced. The Society is in a position, from its extended connexions, to toter lands and farms in nearly all the other states of the Union. Ev ery information, with map and plan of settlement, description -. ri orth-Eastern Texas, itc. # may be obtained (gratis) from the a e.nts of the Society, or on application to the Secretary. The first ship with emigrants will sail about the middle of Feb !lie'', and every succeeding month. Each application registered stes rding to priority. A pplications for Agents to the Society must be accompanied by references • 3. Royal Exchange-buildings. N ° .17,8761 LONDON, WEDNESDAY V s ;: +1 • G . S JANUARY 9, 1850. - - 9 • [PRICE SD. PUBLICATIONS RAILWA Y INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE Now Ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vols. post Bvo., COUNTRY QUARTERS. A NOVEL. By the COUNTESS •f BLESSINGTON. With Portrait, and Memoir of her Ladyship, by her Niece, Miss POWER "A Ta'e of light-hearte.l Irish girls and light-heeled red•coats— full of incident."—Athenamtn. '‘ This novel is one of the most lively ant life-like of the Author's productlens."—Literary Gazette. Wil Jam Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough-street, London. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers. T HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLXXI , is published This Day. CONTENTS: I. Natural History of Man. 11. Clergy Relief Bill. 111. Agriculture—Draining. IV. Merncirs of Lord Cloncurry and Mr. John O'Connell. ♦. Free Trade. VI. Venice. VII. Lord Clarendon and the Orange Institution. John Murray, Albernarle-street. D. BYRNE, Secretary. T° PRINTERS.WANTED, in the Printini a °moo of ari o es tabled Newspaper in the Country (pub ..„,"wi !WIC* A week), an OVERSEER, competent to undertake the 'l le ral management and details of a large concern. Unexceptionable erences as to character and capabilities will be required. Address, by letter, to S 31., 12 Box, Post -office, Liverpool. old ;old ;old ,oni WIARRIAGE with a WIFE'S SISTER. An elaborate Article on this Important subject is contained inthecurrentmumber of FR AsErt's MAGAZINE. " The Number concludes with a voluminous arable upon thediub jest of Marriage of a deceased Wife's Sister, in which the History of the Law is traced, the Evidence in the Report of the Commissioners reviewed, and the several objections—Scriptural, Ecclesiastical, and Social, which have been taken against such Marriages —are severally analyzed. The Paper is a full summary of the whale question at issae."—Morning Chronicle. "Let there be Light." rIOLLIDAY PATENT GAS-LAMP, with ,„ Silent Burners.—Gas 4s. per 1,000 feet can be produced by th e u olllday Patent Self-Generating Gas Apparatus, from 13s. 6d. co mplete._ Smok e l e s s , n oi se l ess , p or t a bl e , sa fe, durable, cheap, neat, f rom smell, clean, of intense light, simple, requiring no attention ~_tion once lighted, no fixings, pipes, metres, or other expenses con `l9l4eUt On the old gas plan. - ,21. Hollid a y, b y a s i mp l e an d use f u l com bi n ati on o f c h em i ca l an d eollanical appliances, has overcome " the difficulty, and gas is now Portable and generated for individual use." _ Its s uperiority over every other description of Gas or Lamp is be- Tond c omparison, both In cost and quantity of light. It will burn 24 ;;_73 without attention, costing less than one farthing per hour, not V' to to derangement, and is applicable to every purpose where light tl_,roquired, either as small s as p a candle or as brilliant as the best u !graphic light. ir itr r ro n s Pectuses may be had en application to R. Holliday and Co., 121 Ifolborn- -bridge Works, Huddersfield ; Oak street , Manchester ; and hill, London. per DW" 7d 6d eklit London: John W. Parker, West Strand. wf, T HE LADIES' COMPANION at HOlvf -* ABROAD. Editea lojr ItlltS. LOUDON'. No. 111., price 3d., or id. stamped, will be published on Saturday, January 12. CONTENTS. A Ballad of King Rene. With an Illustration. " Angelina's Fainted !" By Red Riding Hood. Letters on Physical Geography. By Professor Ansted. The Life of Caroline Pichler. By Mrs. Percy Sinnett. Mornings in the British Museum. No. 2. The Manuscript Room, With Two Illustrations. By J. 0. Westwood. What will Mrs. Grundy Say ? By Horace Mayhew. Scientific Mode of Roasting Meat, and of Preparing Stews and Soups, Taken from Liebig. By J. W. L. The Work-basket. With Illustrations. Dress and Fashion. With numerous Illustrations. My Receipt Book. By Miss Acton. Play Hours, The What Not, &c., &c. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, and sold everywhere. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.- Di al _A y certa ß in remedy for R dis d orde d rs n e cy f the Pulmonary O Th r e g i a p n ie s n — t Con",„ u 'ut of reat ng— n e un a are ....Ptien (of which Cough is the most positive indication) they sere r unerring efllcacy . In Asthma and in Winter Cough they have fee e ." , i) cerl known to KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES are Uka enrY deleterious ingredient ; they may, therefore, be will.at all times by the most delicate female and by the youngest ft,, u4 While the Public Speaker and the Professional Sieger will them t. to luable in allaying the hoarseness and irritation Mal th e Le vocal exertion, and consequently a powerful auxiliary in geroductien of melodious enunciation. am ' ,T a red and sold in Boxes, Is. 13d ., and Tins 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 1.8 41 1. 4 • 64 1- each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St kodis C hurch-yard London ; retail by all Druggists aid Patent 46 4 'readers in , the kingdom. 21. to otn t_ NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU , RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantage. with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. Policies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi 'ion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if needful, whilet lying. The Assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. THE POET at the PARTY, A celebrated bard—myself I mean— }Us lately at a first-rate party been, where every single look, and every action, Proved him to be an object of attraction. TO The ladles smiled, and many struggled hard grin the sitting nearest to the bard ; wkich honour fell, it mast be understood, 0.11 Miss Cecilia Clara Collingwood, tyreet young lady, with peculiar grace, , rWhose looks adorned the animated place.' F or never mi n d C ec ili a C l ara ' s b eau t y , bu,iness calls, and I must do my duty. The Doers health was then proposed, and I, Who all this noted poet, made reply; itnd as I thi nk ' twill please you, all and each, 1 1 give you, word for word. THE POET'S SPEECH. Ladies and Gentlemen, I must allow 'ine proudest moment of my life" is now. lThe honourable toast which you propose is, iealth to my humble self, " The Bard of Moses." _need not say th a t I am prou d a t h ear t To be connected thus with Moses' Mart— Mart than which no greater can be found, search London and the provinces around. t„ ca nnot cast my eyes around this room, welladmiring Moses' choice costume. w ell May tho lyre be struck in admiration C't auch transcendent beauty.—(Great sensation.) Moses and Son are stamped on every vest, 4 , 11 cl I n the coats and trousers of each guest. :nd perceive the ladies, bless their hearts, 4-ta ve paid a visit to the " Mart of Marts." Lon g may I live to advocate the cause Of Moses' far-famed Warehouse —(More applause)--. I : l _' d long may Moses' Dress-mart be displayeal, .4 now It Is—The Sovereign of the Trade. LIST or PRICES 21.13AD7 MAIM Autumn and Winter Over Coats ctylc .., in every The 131lwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditto .... .... ••.. • • 0 l 8 0 Chesterfield, ditto ••• • • • 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Over Coat .. • • • • .•••••• • • • • • • • 1 II 0 !hoetinz Coats •• • . Lohnging • or Morning Coats • . •• • ••• • • 0 4 6 D 4 titai and Winter Trousers, is Tweed ...• 0 4 6 Ditto AAalo- • 0 7 6 Ditto' dit D ests • !lack Silk Vel ve t Vests...... • • • • • ..... .... • • .... 0 13 8 eBa Coats 0 19 0 Yetiths and Boys' Over Coats, is every style , trona „ 0 7 0 ... ••••••• ,Rissar 'tad Tulle Suits ••• • • • ...... ••• • • 0014 6 40Ys' Aittumn and Winter Vests • • MADE TO MEASTME „ !f!41,1 Altman and Winter Over Coats • . from 1 1 ••1* Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm pal,ma te lined ...... •••• • • • 1 8 0 ma- The I •• • • •• • • ••trimmed 1 16 0 a e tot,handsomely and warmly ' n4 Eglinton Wrapper, a very e l zg ant style of ' Thu Over e s 2 0 0 Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest L t Yle• lined throughout ** • • •"••• 2 10 0 Dome a nd Trowsers, in Tweed an:. 0 10 6 1 ••••••••••••••••1 6 0 t e srumin and Winter Vests •••••••• • • • • • • • o 8 6 Cat R iack Cloth ditto t isck Silk Velvet litto ••••••••''• • • • • • 0 18 6 ff Dress C oats from 325. to 2 15 0 Freak ................. from 355. to 3 3 0 k en 444kr and Tunic Suits— ..... from 1 5 0 "ukrilae . 115 0 b, I Shooting Coat .................. 0 IS 0 """titant Dressing Robes, in great variety, Ait tr : ) " , •• . 41 1tm e t d e _' , containing an Almanac for the year 1850, wll be pre "'crY customer. ar ge stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 601. to 201. Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &c. ig ftrillng to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. th e Snit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. f ireett„ ne W bOok, entitled Minion of the Million," with thil ltem.lns for l i telf-measnrement, can be had en application, or for itT* Poat free, to any part of the kingdom. !ft 7" --- The Fur Department is new replete with every novelty Ob e : 14 " a • llee4v 6 —kity article purchased, either ready made, or made to If not approved of will be exchanged, or the. money returned. :OAKS and 8(811 Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, 1116:1 1 . , Furriers, Boot and Shoerr.akers, and General Outfitters, 154, 44,1„7 6 , and 157 Minoriep end*s, and 86 kl,lgate, City, %N a p; all communicating ;vith each other, and forming one vast „ ushment. mk te , Moses and Ron regret having to guard the public 41 • " , , Imposition ; bnt laving heard that the untradesznakitke ke 4 ood of being connected with them, or "It is the same concern," L 'hey - "n resorted to mr.ny instances, and for obvious reasons, 4"„ r to state that they have so connexion with any other hones , tide of London except their Braneh Establishments , 36, Far s*, s bertlell ; and 19, Thornton'/-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; et ",„ . "° ,l O whe regains cheep and genuine clothing, &0., should call te the ni - norios and Aldgate, City, London; or either of ranch FAtabliahmenta, al •°• t O 110 tice.—This Establisbment is closed frost sunset Friday, Saturday. when hus.nesst is resumed till twelve o'aleak. A. It 8 I A E. t One half the wend are desolately single, and the other MA % thena married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a riilht determine the former, and mLscalculated hopes to %It., Later. The solitary one may shield himself ander the plea t u...ap rn ti " and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un -"( litrrY ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, Zaktu health the e grea t hindrances to domestic happiness tleekZ, e i. 11 content'. are e d e not be the only marriage sat " theme Honour andjustic e ed and that health shouldform aa item nieortuPectalone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes sr Eta t WeUnd more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if ~..._'4l- 1 1r uli. 1 11 concern you, procure Dr. CULVERNIELL'S little (b 7, "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. ‘used • bust, in !tam ps,ls. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively It QUM.. Prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered rots, - " t erPretation of their supposed contents, from obta 72 . th e 44 ,eY are net intended certainly for mere idle Cariosity, but .141 3 , art CIOSet ffl , Perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom 4 0, abo ve as antagonistic to the empyrical trash pnt forth on -w ts _ther....,, l ubitets, by unqualified authors, which gene or an" ~, a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other I . Z . V ALCati " , claim our attention (same price Is. each, "ttti,; " 6d.) cal le d what to Eat, Drink, and k,i et Ind " How to be HAPPY." They are not merely t it, ire' t ut equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the ••nt wits crustal Berlbblings of the hour, but the study ef the author's ill*4lvt ones his prelent existence, health, and position to this ob -1444 maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he ","" the den t —to U after natnre's laws—and to keep always h "tirive ' o rt i nY side of the e 7 w e a " The above works may be had of hp, e t, raltip -2 . 4 , P aternoster-re y w . • Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, tt nm %s 6 Pekes 5„ Holborn- hill •or direct (by post or other t anther ( who ina ybe conferred with personally, len s ..4 1 4 14 ,) . l a. Arg yll-pw. Resent-street; an 3 all e n . riltigt, TIIIRTY-FIRST EDITION. -- A 7,? 1 ,..by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. Yelii,2aD I DISQUAICATIONS, GENERATIVE lAGE IIiCAPA • 4, MPEDIMENTS TO MARR. _ or Post ii; e alarged to 1N pages. Just publish o ed. o P s a g oo o d 25.6" stamps, Pritg Est 4 i t tilt t , 3 a s . 6d. Medical p Work on eossit,sti'Le Eref irtnities and decay of the generative sm, from ca l% pin,.'nlirenee infection, and the inordinate use of ma •rcury, Plalte s — ; ft , k J , ' on Marriage, and the means of obviating ce:t du &a -• Ptip`'..°llll. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and 1 Lo CO Consulting Surgeons, la, !tethers-street, Ox- V, •Londoe. " Published by the Authors: vld by Strange, ".11 -row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 15n, Oxford-street ; ".11- I;;. 3 _ lTlt chberne-street, Ilaymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden -1.4h.177,. *ga s , treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive ILillustrated bSix Colored Engravings. lit 44 T IL treats of the consequences resulting from excegsivebedn • b o ld their lamentable effects on the system, prodncing ment. 1 ` 4ll 3trai!„Woltkness, nervous excitement ngr, and generative ncapaciLot3 5e.7„7„07 Three Explanatory EaYings. Lot ) rt ._ ,3 . treat s of the diseases res ulting from lnfectlon, either in - ArY or secondary form and contains etnlicit directions or '"`I";- This section ' is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured by q "tage.„ : contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Discs,' 141.454-M,Ple n, by which the danger of infection .s led important art of the Work should no escrpe the et. snou co pa Y • Ls deVOted to the consideration of marr'age, and its th e sThe causes of unproductive anion are also considered, and Tale subject critically and philosophically inqaired into. 1 84 .! "°11,1 51.Af.. Riau Of STILIACIIM is exclusively employed in treat l•et,,°.orotts and sexual debility, impotence, &c., and 335. per yes t 7 d The Concentrated Detersive Yuen," as anti-syphilitic toles, Y. for purifying the blood it cases ofinfoction, secondary rrnP tarr.;rub_ ,Ptions, and the abuse of mercury, 111. and 83s. per bottle. oortai;p•nrfing Specifie 41. set, and 11s. per box, A 'to t , 04 . , s l l rnedy for gonorrhesa, cleat, stricture, and chronic nfiamm a detsi,_tol.! bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, If. A minute 61 case is regnlrod : age, habits, and position in society. l etkg s k"';,Fl. with advice, to les had at the Establiahment only, by attr M l / 4 11.._11 saved. siestas. Perry, Surgeona, ate in atten ""•l7 1). aginuminnet, Oxford-street, Loudon, from Ele ' I na Nilrin Rift R Madsen tom Loy= to Ore' ollf biro , N°l( DIVISION OF PROFITS. The continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the Annual Meeting, held on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a -lath bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid on each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perms- Sum tke 4.d Annual Policy Bonus in lent Re- Assured Age. E e, Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor . g miuni. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on n Assured. Premium. Policy. A s. 4. A s 4. £ s. d. £ I. d. 1837 276 14 3 , 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 ..f £ s.d. 1839 226 6 0,102 15 1 16 2 9 194 810 60 1 , 00 74 3 / 0 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11 445 0 8 11841 174 0 0' 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2/ 65 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1 1843 99 18 4; 44 8 4 615 11 196 13 4 J 1844 62 6 Si 27 13 4 4 4 0 147 4 5 I o 21 Annuity Policy. ›." 4 0 4 s. d 20 47 16 C 10 H 15 ILI DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the earns principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta mous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con ributiou of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving. may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, at his option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any tine, the power of borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk of forfeiture from Usability to continue premiums, besides affording en ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, twe thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan ages which the judicious application of a small saving can secure through this Society. I. BENEFITS IL PREMIUMS To secure on attain- Annnity.£lo 10 0 ing the age Cash .. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of iecared en attaining the age of 65, by an, Annual Premium of 21. 12a. 1 _ c.h. Payable I Payable Payable Annu- in one for Dis ally. sum. parity, s. d £ 9. d. 394 11 0 466 • 0 /21 0 0,261 • 0 £ I. d. 0 10 11 0 19 6 £ s. d. 10 0 10 16 7 1 a. d. 0 0 0 7 3 11 Immediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal erms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, .howing the annual amount of annuity upon every 100/. deposited : tge•so, £7 Sc. I Age 60, £9 14s. id. i Age 70, £l4 25. 2d. The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, dsc.. may be had at the Office, or any of its Branches In the Country ; or, on application, will tie forwarded post free. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actnal7. AR C HITECTS', BUILDERS', and GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 69, Lombard-streot, London. Cnautmix—SYDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A. 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The First of a Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Bachhoffner, al the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, daily at Two o'clock, and n the Evenings, at Eight. —An entirely new Set of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century. and as It now is, with a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past Foar, and ix the Even ings at a Quarter to Ten.—The Views of Rome, including new Views of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's, with Dioramic ef teas, are shown daily, at One o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant experiments, by Mr. Ashley.--Experiments with the Diver and Diving-boll.—New Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma chinery, Models, :cc., explained. Admission. la.—Schools, Half-price. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain remedy to all who suffer from indigestion, sick headache, bilious and liver com plaints, heartburn, and acidity of the stomach, depressed spirits, dis turbed sleep, violent palpitations, spasms, general debility, costive ness, &c. They act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient ; are mild in their operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from their use. Sold in Betties at le. 1)4d., 2e. 9d., and lie. each, in every Town in the Kingdom. CAUTIOIi—Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do net be persuaded to purchase an imitation. )R. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French er English, in a Sealed Envelope, Sc. 6d., er post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate :he physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Obzervations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, er the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the . Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MEIIT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un fortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualified physi cian for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. Dr. LA'MERT has taken the highest arantee for his professional experi medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his a almost gu solely to the treatment of these e p n ra c c e ti , c w e hi fe c r h mhasanyrayeerarsenceis diseases. Published by the Author, and may he rd had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; flasinay, 63, Oxfo-street; Stade, Tichbome street, Haymarket; Maxn, 39, Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-speet, London ; or, free by poet for rorty-two stamps, from the .&thor's Residence. 27. Bedford -square London. PRESENTATION OF A. SILVER SNUFFBOX -CHAT nA.r, JAN. B.—The sergeants of the 17th Regiment of Foot (the Royal Tigers) stationed in Chatham Barracks, presented this day a very elegant silver snuffbox to their colour-sergeant, Bryan Kirby, upon his leaving the corps, after a service of twenty-three years. The box is a creditable work of art, from the design of Mr. J. Pike, of Chatham. The lid and sides are frosted and burnished silver, and decorated with the emblems of the regiment —the tiger, the badge of the corps, surmounts the royal arms. The different achievements of the regiment are also inscribed—" Hindostan—Affkhanistan—Ghuznee— and Khelat." Colour-Sergeant Kirby was spoken of in terms of the highest praise by his brethren of the corps in presenting the above token of their esteem, for which he returned his warmest thanks. • THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S " COUNTRY QUARTERS," A NOVEL.—" A gravely sweet-looking lithograph portrait of tho late gifted and lamented lady, from the original in the possession of Mr. Mitchell, serves as an interesting frontispiece to this publication ; but a yet more interesting preface will be found in a brief, but graceful and feeling sketch of her life, by her attached and accomplished niece, Miss Power. The novel is one of the most lively and life-like of the author's pro ductions. The characters are well drawn, and persons moving in the upper circles painted as they are, not as they are caricatured by Writers una c quainted with th e class. The Irish , both in high aad b um bl e lif e , are a l so portrayed with especial success."—Literary Gazette. ANOTHER ROYAL RESIDENCE IN ABERDEENSHIRE. —We understand that her Royal Highn ess t h e D uc h ess of 'ism has leased Abergeldie , -46srdem awed, YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BE R WICK. COMPROMISE WITH MR. HUDSON. YORK, TUESDAY.-4 special general meeting of this company was held to-day in the De Grey Rooms, York, called by the directors, to consider two ques tions, both of them vitally affecting the interests of the company. The first was an arrangement with the directors of the Great North of England Com pany, extending the time for payment of the purchase money of that line; the second was an agreement or compromise between the new directors and Mr. Hudson, by which all legal proceedings taken against that gentleman were to be abandoned on his paying a stipulated sum to the company. The meeting, though called on a rather short notice, was pretty numerously attended, though not equal to the crowded meetings of the same company which were held in the course of last summer, when the charges against Mr. Hudson were fresh, and every meeting was expected to reveal some new defalCation. At twelve o'clock Mr. Leeman, the new chairman, entered the room, followed by the other directors. Mr. Leeman having taken the chair, and the secre tary, Mr. Close, having read the advertisement calling the meeting:, Tan CHAIRMAN said—Before proceeding to the more immediate business of the meeting, perhaps they would indulge him fora moment on this, the first • • .ortunity he had of referring to the re • • and onerous .Ktsition in which his co-direc to . . plaCed. him as their chairman. They were aware that , for the greater part of the past year he had been professionally engaged as solicitor to the committee of investigation, which necessarily made him acquainted with the details and intricacies of this vast and complicated concern. At the last meet ing of the directors they did him the honour to elect him as one of the directors of the company, and the other directors had since elected him their chairman, and he could assure the meeting that he bad not taken upon himself this position without feeling deeply the obligations thus laid upon him.—(Cheers.) With these preliminary observations, he would call their attention to the business for which they had been convened. That business was twofold—first, with reference to the present arrangement between this company and the Great North of England Com pany ; and second, with reference to a pro posed compromise of the disputes between this company and Mr. Hudson. He would first call their attention to the Great North of England purchase, and he would now state to them the precise nature of the question which they had to discuss. The shareholders were aware that this company bad entered into an arrangement with the Great North of England to lease their line at a rent of 140 odd thousand pounds per annum, but also stipulating for power to purchase the line on the lst of July, 1850, for the sum of 3,547,5001., together with the payment of some debts owing by the Great North of England, and which were scheduled in the deed. In the third report of the committee of in vestigation they recommended, as a modification of these terms, that the Great North of England should postpone their claim on the purchase-money for six years, this company giving bonds to pay their debt at the end of that time, and bearing interest in the mean time at four per cent., and that the shares which were created at six per cent. to pay the purchase-money, should take dividend with the general stock ; and that the six per cent. guarantee should cease. That re commendation was, after some discussion, agreed to by the shareholders at the first meeting of the company, and the committee of in vestigation accordingly placed themselves in communication with the directors of the Great North of England. In the fifth report of the com mittee the shareholders were informed of the result of the negotiation which took place with the direc tors of the Great North of England Company. They made a counter proposition that one-third of the purchase-money should be paid in July, 1850, that one-third should be raised by debentures, to be paid three years afterwards, and that the remai n d er should be paid fi ve y ears after that, bearing interest meantime at 6f per cent. That proposition was, on the advice of the committee, rejected by the share holders, and the committee again entered into a nego tiation with the directors of the Great North of England line. Those directors appointed a committee of influential shareholders, of whom Mr. Hubbard, of the Bank of England, was chairman, to confer tobit place al..ki'eNvetisc.;, arrangement was come to, to which he now invited their attention. He then read the following heads of agreement : " Memorandum of articles agreed this 23d day of No- N v e z b c e a r s , a l e ! , tg, and betweenßrißerwick the ilai rectors o a r a s d o a f a t o h m e mi Y i o u r e k e , (consisting of directors and shareholders) appointed 1 by an extraordinary general meeting of the Great North of England Railway Company, to arrange terms for the payment of the sum of 3,547,5001., or thereabouts, due from the York; Newcastle, and Bet.- , wick Railway Company, to the Great North of England Company, on the Ist of July, 1850, in sub stitution for such sum when due on the said Ist day of July, 1850. "The said terms of arrangement to be subject to the confirmation of the shareholders of the respective com panies. " Art. I.—That three-tenths of the aforesaid sum, due to the Great North of England Railway Company, shall be payable by the delivery of debentures, falling due on the Ist of July, 1853, and bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum. " Art. 2.—That four-tenths of the aforesaid sum shall be payable by debentures, falling due on the Ist of January, 1855, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum. " Art. 3.—That three-tenths of the aforesaid sum be payable by debentures, falling due on the Ist July, 1856, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum. " Art. 4.—The provisions of the preceding articles shall be embodied in a separate Act of Parliament, to be pro moted by the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, and to be approved and assented to by the Great North of England Railway Company, and the said Act shall convey to the shareholders of the Great North of England Railway, in guarantee for the pay ment, when due, of the debentures aforementioned, all the security which the property`ot the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company can, as on this day, be made to confer, after allowing fur the borrowing powers of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company on the present line, to the extent of 1,300,0001., inclusive of their existing debentures. " GEo. LEEMAN, Chairman of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company. " J. G. HUBBARD, Chairman of the Committee of the Great North of England Railway Company." The difference between that and the first proposition was—that instead of the whole sum being paid in July, 1850, with no interim paymeets, the committee of the Great North of England urged upon them the justice of their receiving payment to some amount in July, 1850. The directors having maturely consi dered the position of this company, and the state of its financial affairs, could not recommend the shareholders to agree to such a proposition. A mo dification was, therefore, come to, which was in sub stance this—that instead of the shareholders paying the whole sum at the end of six years, three-tenths should be paid at the expiration of three years from 1850 ; the next four-tenths in eighteen months after that, or zlf years after 1850; and the remaining three-tenths eighteen months after that again ; thus throwing the entire payment over six years, but making the first instalment due in three. This was the arrangement; and he spoke the unanimous opinion of his brother directors, when he strongly urgedwould only the add meeting that t t o aa Billp t had it .— ben ( e it.—(Hear, Parliamentary-office, and every step had hear.) been taken e h n e shouldtogive s e a ff u e e c t t i u t o i t t . h e H n e e g e o o u t i e a l t u i o d n e d if the bymo s v h i ar ng e hold ldr e s reso lution adopting the agreement which he had read. Mr. CHArTOR (of Darlington) asked if this re solution embraced the position of the purchase shares. The CHAIRMAN said it did not alter or affect in any way the position of the purchase shares. Mr. CUATTOR asked if there could be any objection to his now moving the appointment of a committee to inquire into the position of these preference shares ? The CRAIRMAN said he apprehended this meeting was called for a special purpose, and not for the set tlement of any question affecting what he might call the internal affairs of this company ; but, if the meet ing wished, the directors had no objection to make the next half•yearly meeting special, to consider the propriety of appointing a committee. Mr. Love seconded the motion put by the chairman. Mr. WYT IE said he would not occupy much of their time, but there were some points to which he wished to draw their attention. He differed from the principle on which the agreement was proposed, and though that principle had been affirmed at former meetings, he thought the question was still open for further discussion. He wished to call their atten tion to the question whether they would affirm the purchase or not. He feared it was a hopeless task to do so, as be saw so many gentlemen present who were holders of Great North of England shares. As a matter of delicacy, perhaps, these gentlemen ought not to vote at all; but he must leave it to them whe ther they would or not. The negotiation was one of Mr. Hudson's job schemes, and -,*is there was no one transaction of tbat gentleman which be did not look upon without doubt and suspicion, so be looked upon this with special doubt.—(Hear, bear.) It became them, therefore, to consider whether they were legally or morally bound to go on with this purchase. It was first entered into in 1845, when they were asked, as they were still asked, to give 2501. for every 1001. share in that line.. Yet is July, 1845, these 1001. shares were sold in the market from 137/. to 1471. ; in July, 1844, they brought 851;; in July, 1843, they brought 651 ; while in January of the same year they did not bring 601. He could not help thinking, therefore, that some deception had been practised here. It was another suspicious circum- stance that the shares of this company rose from a large discount to a considerable premium a short time before the purchase, that was to say, in June, 1845. He should like to have a committee to investigate the circumstances under which this rise had taken place. (Hear, hear.) The committee of investigation stated, in one of their repor's, that the question of the pur chase had been submitted to eminent counsel, who gave their opinion that its legality admitted of serious doubts, and he did think that the directors or the corn mittee of investigation ought to remove the doubts they themselves started before the purchase was ra tified. He moved, as an amendment, that the con sideration of the purchase of this line be postponed till next half-yearly meeting, and that in the mean time the directors be instructed to take the opinion of eminent counsel as to the legality of the agreement. Mr. RAMSEY seconded the amendment. I4r. CHAYTOR said he was not a shareholder of the Great North of England Company, but he was not prepared to repudiate the agreement. At the same time he must agree with Mr. Wylie 4titit the committee of investigation did not probe this`matter to the bottom, as they had done other questions. He also complained of the short notice which had been given of this meet. ing, which looked as if the shareholders were to be surprised into the agreement. Mr. STACIE, of Durham, also held, from the terms of the notice, that they were at liberty to discuss the whole question ab initio. He agreed with Mr. Wylie that the shareholders in the Great North of England should separate themselves from the rest of the meeting —(Cheers)—that they might see who were interested in the question, and who were unbiassed.—(Loud cheers.) For his part he was prepared to vote with Mr. Wylie, not that he wished at once to rep u di a t e th e contract, but that he thought it ought to be postponed till the whole matter was sifted to the bottom. He highly approved of the conduct of their late committee of investigation, but he must add that they had not made this matter so clear to their understanding s as they had made other parts of the great Hudson frauds —fur frauds they were—a stain and a blot on the commercial men of England. He was the more surprised at their smothering this matter, as it was matter of notoriety that their late directors, on the very evening when they knew a committee was to be appointed, ran, rashly at least, if not dishonestly, and put the seal of the company to this transaction.— (Cheers.) This showed that there was fraud in the contract, and he, for one, therefore, would insist that all further proceedings be stopped till the matter was investigated to the bottom. The CHAIRMAN defended the directors in the call ing of the meeting. Mr. Wylie ought to have made the remarks he did now on the 23d of August last, when the subject was before the shareholders, and not to have allowed the directors to go on with the negotiations in the idea that the company bad assented to the principle of the purchase. He denied that any doubt or mystery had been left by the committee of investigation on the subject of the Great North of England purchase, for every part of the operation was detailed with a particularity and mi nuteness which did not belong to any other part of the report. The question was again brought before the shareholders on the 23d October, and again Mr. Wylie might have come forward, but he did not. There was no further information now to be obtained. He could assure the meeting that the directors most earnestly deprecated any further delay—(Great cheering)—for so long as it was delayed so long would the interests and the reputation of this company suffer. He could assure them that, having been in London lately and conversed with commercial men, he knew the injury this company suffered by hanging up this question. Suppose the question were hung up till February, by that time the Bill ought to be making way through Parliament; and though he would not go into the question, he could assure them W h itt, 'tts'yralicre'lly f ansrparkj.nterests financially that In answer to a shareholder, the CHAIRMAN said that gentlemen holding shares in this company, and also in the Great North of England Company, had a legal right to vote, but he would put it to them as a matter of good taste whether they should exerci:e that right. The amendment was then put, and negatived by a large majority. Mr. IV YLIB here explained that the reason why he did not bring forward the question at an earlier pe riod was, that the committee had stated that the matter was involved in legal doubts. The CIIAIRMA.N said he was sure the committee's recommendation to modify the terms of purchase put an end to all these doubts. The original resolution was then put, and carried amidst general applause. Some discussion then took place on the question of the preference shareholders. Mr. Maude having put a question how this arrangement would affect those shareholders who had paid the calls in full on the six per cent. preference shares, to which the Chairman replied that they must rank with the others, and if the others were nev , allowed an extension of time for paying their calls, it must b e remem b ere d th a t th ose who had paid their shares in full had been enjoying ever since a 6 per cent. dividend ; Mr. Chaytor again raised the question of having a comm itt ee a pp o i n t e d to investigate this s ubject; hut o n the Chair man put ting it to the meeting whethe r th e y w i s h e d t o h ave the propriety of appointing such a committee dis cussed at the next half yearly meeting, a very few hands were held up in favour of the proposition, and the great body of the meet i ng dec i ded aga i nst hav i ng such a discussion. The CnAntmert said he would now come to the second matter before the meeting. He was aware that this subject would to some minds present matter of excitement, and that it would be scarcely possible to discuss it with the same calmness which distin guished the discussion of that question they had now disposed of. But yet he would invite their calm and dispassionate attention to the subject, and to consider it like men of business, while he briefly laid before them e n relation to The different whichce t s his in cornpay n b . lr. Hudson was placed th i reports of the commit tee had re f erre d to th e transactions in whi c h Mr. Hudson h a d b een engaged in the all o t ment of the N ewcas tl e an d Berwick shares, as well as to a considerable amount of money which had been improperly taken from the coffers of this company, and applied to the purchase of shares in the Sunderland Dock Company. They also referred to the purchase of iron rails, and to other matters, and they recommended, in respect to them all, that the shareholders should take steps to recover from Mr. Hudson the sums of money he had thus improperly obtained. The shareholders, accordingly, passed a resolution, authorizing the directors to take legal proceedings against Mr. Hudson for the re covery of the money. The directors acted upon that resolution by filing two bills in equity —the one with reference to the Newcastle and Berwick Original and Extension Shares, and the other with reference to the purchase of the Brandling Junction. Another bill was prepared, and ready to be put upon the file at the time to which he was about to call their atten- tion. These bills, as the shareholders might conceive, were somewhat ponderous doucuments. They called for answers to a vast number of inter • rogatories ; and Mr. Hudson, or any one else in his situation, w as en titled to a considerable Atne to put in answers. No answers had yet been put in to the bills ; but since they had been filed a proposition had been made to the directors by some friends of Mr. Hudson, and he thought be might also say friends to this company—(Hear, hear)—their object being to put an end to litigation, and to place in the coffers of this company a portion of the money which had irn• properly been abstracted. He must say, on behalf of his co-directors, that in the first instance they received this proposition with co nsiderable jeal ousy , an d t h at a long p er i o d e l a p se d before it appeared to them that the offers were such as they could consistently bring before the shareholders fur their adoption. Before bringing forward the terms they were now about to recommend, they had endeavoured to make themselves acquainted with all the circumstances, of which they must necessarily be informed before they could come to a right judgment. They were precl u d e d b y t h e terms of the negotiation from bringing th ese circum stances before the shareholders in detail, but he could assure them that the directors had considered them maturely and anxiously, and . they h a d t a k en th e opinion of counsel—men of eminence—who were en gaged in the cause, and they cordially concurred with the directors in the recommendation that this compromise should be accepted. Ile had with him a document which contained at great length th e t erms provision ally agreed to by the directors, subject to the appro bation of this meeting. lie believed that in point of law it would have been competent fcr the directors to have entered into an agreement of this sort Rithout submitting it to a general meeting of shareholders ; but they were not the men to take such a step. He would now state generally the terms of the agree ment, and then the document might be read in extenso if they wished it.—(llear.) The indenture bore date the 7th of January, 1850, between three of the direc tors of the company on the one part—Mr. Love, Mr. M'Laren, and hiFnselt—and Mr. Hudson on the other. It recited that the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company was formed in 1847, by the amal gamation of several companies; that Mr. Hudson acted as chairman of the directors up to 1849 ; that in May of that year a committee was appointed to examine the accounts, and that they made several reports, containing allegations that mor:ey had been taken from the coffers of the company, and applied to the purchase of 2,345 shares in the Sunderland Dock Company ; that other moneys had been received by Mr. Hudson, produced by the sale of certain shares and scrip —by the purchase of iron rails; that Mr. Hudson disputed his liability to account for these sums, and had not accounted for them, and that bills in equity had been filed accordingly. It then went on to say that nego tiations wers going into to compromise these matters ; and that Mr. Hudson, to avoid litigation, but without admitting his liability,had agreed to settle the matters on the following terms :—That so soon as a resolution confirming this deed was passed by a general meeting of the shareholders, and a release was executed to him, Mr. Hudson agreed to pay the SUM of 50,0001. in full satisfaction of all claims against him by the company, except as concerning the 2,365 shares in the Sunderland Docks. With respect to this latter question Mr_ Hudson' undertook to produce a receipt from the Sunderland Dock Company for the sum of 15,0001., which, with the 60,0001. already paid, would be a payment in full for the 3,000 shares this company had consented to take in the docks, and further to pay the sum of 26,0371. 10s. in respect of 2,345 shares in the docks, which Mr. Hudson had taken in the name of the committee without their consent, and paid upon condition of these 2,345 shares being transferred to him. It then went on to provide that this company should consent that the bills in equity should be dismissed on payment of the money. The substance, therefore, of the agreement was this— that in respect of all matters for which bills in equity were to be filed this company should receive the sum of 50,0001.; and the 41,000/. which had been paid out of the funds of this company for 2,345 shares of the Sunderland Docks was to be refunded to this company, 15,0001. of it being taken to pay the last instalment due on the 3,000 shares they had agreed to take, and that the remaining 26,039/. 10s. be paid to the company. In the meantime these shares, which now stood in the name of Mr. Hudson and some of his friends, were to be transferred to the directors as security for the payment of the money; and in still further security the directors were to have placed in their hands the title-deeds of unencumbered property, which together with the abates the directors believed would secure to the company the payment of the money. Besides these sums there were other claims of the company on Mr. Hudson, which were to be paid in full. There was a note of hand which he owed the company which was nearly due; there were calls due on certain shares, all of which were to be paid up; and the dividends which stood due to Mr. Hudson on a great number of shares would be given up, and not claimed; so that the shareholders would perceive the amount of money now to be received from Mr. Hudson exceeded the sum of 100,0001. He ought also to remind the shareholders that during the past year the labours of the two committees had brought into the coffers of the company upwards of 90,0001., and the sums now to be received would exceed 100,000/. more.—(Hear, hear.) He thought he had now stated all that was necessary to bring the matter fairly under their notice, and he repeated that the subject had occasioned the directors the greatest anxiety and care ; and as the result of their delibera tions they laid before the shareholders this plan as one which they could conscientiously recommend for their adoption. He therefore proposed that this indenture and deed be confirmed, and that the directors be authorised to take all the necessary steps to carry out its stipulations. Mr. LoTE seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN said he had forgotten to add that Mr. Hudson was to pay all expenses incurred in the proceedings. Mr. WYLIE thought it was unfair that the share wouldt directors,To ecn not questionA be e a w t:il oA l: N re i xarld t je'3id, c withoutuL generalpttot upon mu himselfea eltii consultingnga 0 rs brother-ht- that postponement were made, it would jeopardise the whole proceedings. Mr. WYLIE said he must then denounce this as the most atrocious proceeding that had ever emanated from any board of directors.—(Hear, hear.) He compromisewondr withat they should dare amanwhom they toad all stigmatised as the most dishonest man in the country. He had state d that this matter had occupied much of their time and attention. And were the shareholders to have no time for consideration whatever? Why, what was.this but the old system of railway dicta tion come back again ?—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear," from Mr. Ramsay.) It appeared from this agreement that they were to receive from Mr. Hud son the sum of 50,000/. on behalf of all the subjects, hut the Sunderland Dock Company. Why all the subjects were not enumerated. He believed that in the case of the Newcastle and Berwick Company alone, Mr. Hudson had carried off about 140,000/. of ill gotten gain, and he remembered,Ewhen summing them up some time ago, he made the whole money of which they had been defrauded something above 200,0001.—(Hear.) He wished to know from the directors how much they claimed from Mr. Hudson altogether. Mr. RAMSAY—Hear, hear—Tell us what we claim against him. The CHAIRMAN said they did not know the exact sum. Mr. Wylie called upon him to explain how much he received, but he had not yet put in his answers. Mr. WYLIE—Then you compound for an uncer tain by taking a certain sum. He thought this was almost compounding a felony. Mr. RAMSEY—Compounding a felony Yes, that's what it is.—(Laughter and cheers.) Mr. WYLIE was determined to move a special amendment for a committee of investigation to inquire into the agreement. The CHAIRMAN—What! a committee of investi gation. Are your directors not to have credit for honesty of purpose ? We have not investigated the matter, and surely you will give us credit for honesty and sincerity of purpose.—(Cheers.) Mr. WYLIE required the chairman's protection, net his interruption. He thought a committee was the only course to be adopted, and if he had not been one of the auditors he would have moved that it be refs rred to them. The directors declared that they were not at liberty to enter into all the particulars of this compromise. Well, that was just a reason for its being referred to a special committee.—(Hear, hear.) He would certainly move that the matter be postponed to the next meeting, and if the matter were carried against him, he pledged himself that the mat ter should not rest there. He would sign a requisition for another general meeting to re•consider the matter, and he was prepared to sign a petition to the House of Commons for them to investigate the matter, and praying that, if Mr. Hudson were found guilty, he might be expelled from the House. Mr. RAMSEY—Hear, hear, and I'll sign it. Mr. STACK seconded the amendment. The very fact that they had squeezed 90,000/. out of such a hard-fisted fellow as George Hudson, only showed that, by a little more pressure, they could get a great deal more. lie pathetically pat it the Chairman whether, in this inclement weather, and with such a small body of shareholders, they ought to decide upon a question so vitally affecting their interests. Mr. M`Lertim said the directors did not claim to themselves any merit for the money recovered during the past year, but the Chairman had stated it as a matter of fact that it was recovered. As to the pro posed agreement, though the matter had been so clearly put by the Chairman, it did not seem to be quite understood. The substance of it was this— that 50,0001. was to be paid out and out by Mr. Hudson, and as he had taken 41,0001. out of the funds of this company to pay for dock shares, the agreement was, that 41,0001. should be restored by a payment in cash of 26,0001. and by a receipt for 15,0001., which he was to produce from the Dock Commissioners, in payment of the full instalments on the 3,000 shares which this company had agreed to take in the docks. With respect to the appointment of a special committee to consider this matter, he might state that the effect of Mr. Wylie's suggestion had been already met, because the first thing the new directors did was, to appoint four members of the committee of investigation and their secretary, now chairman of the company,-to take all the steps necessary in the negotiation. Now that committee had been specially appointed by the shareholders for the purpose of conducting the investigation, and they bad carried it on up to within these few days. In fact the nego tiation was only brought before the bOard of directors last night, when they were not quite completed, but 1 leaky so; aad in point of feet low of the minor details were not arranged till within half an hour of the meeting, and for some time it was a chance whether the negotiation would not have gone off. They would therefore see that the negotiation had not been an easy matter; and, further, that it had been all along in the hands of the parties who originally started the game, and who had hunted it into its present position. The offer was now before them to accept or reject. The directors had no desire but to do what was hest for the interests of the company, and they would not be hurt personally if the share holders were to reject the offer, But, as to a post poneinent, they ought to remember that there were two parties to a bargain, and one of the conditions of this contract was that they were to give an immediate answer. It the meeting should separate without accept ing thin offer, he thought it would be very doubtful if it were ever made again. It should be kept in mind that they were not the only parties who had claims on Mr. Hudson, and to whom he owed money. (Hear, hear) They could get the mosey to day, but he was not sure that they could get it next week or next month, if they chose to take it.—(Hear, hear.) A good deal had been said about a petition to Parliament, and about this negotiation interfering with it. He d'd not see that there was any inter ference whatever. He should like to see such a petition presented, and he should like to see its prayer granted.—(Cheers.) lie should like to see the House of Commons purified, and all its unworthy Members expelled. But if Mr. Hudson owed them money, were they not to take it because be was expelled the House of Commons They had nothing to do with the House of Commons, which would expel him or keep him in as they pleased.—(Hear, hear.) He entreated them to come back to the business in hand. If any one asked him if the sum now offered was sufficient, he would say at once—No, by no means—not the half of what Mr. Hudson ought to pay.—(Hear, hear.) But if any one asked him how much more they were likely to get—(Great laughter and ap plause)—that quite altered the question. In his conscience he believed this was as much as they were ever likely to get ; but if they chose to reject it, it would not break his heart.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. CLAYTOR congratulated the meeting on the large sum they were likely to get. He never believed they would have got so much; and he believed, if they rejected this offer, at the end of ten or twenty years' litigation in chancery they would get a good deal less money, and have to pay a much larger sum of expenses.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. TORRA also strongly urged upon the share holders the necessity of settling the matter imme diately, and claimed for the directors as much credit for honesty as Mr. Wylie could.—(Cheers.) The directors had been working for the shareholders for the last twelve months, and if the shareholders now rejected the experiment, he believed it. would be a great reflection upon their labours.—(Cheers.) Mr. KIPLING reminded the meeting that this was a purely financial question, and that it did not settle the moral question at all. It would not prevent the shareholders, or the public either, from forming their own opinion upon the moral conduct of the parties referred to, against whom be had expressed his opinion as strongly as any man. He (Mr. Kipling) had been unfavourable to a compromise up to the eleventh hour, and he only agreed to it now because he felt satisfied this was the largest amount they ever could get from Mr. fludson.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Alderman MBEK expressed his opinion that much of the sums referred to by Mr. Wylie were of a doubtful character as to their recovery, and he thought, if they refused a fair offer they would not benefit their case in a court of law. He thought, therefore, the shareholders would best subserve their own interests by accepting the offer, at the same time that he sympathised with the anxiety of Mr. Wylie to know a little more of the circumstances.--(Hear.) Mr. Wyere rose to reply, and contended, in answer to Mr. M'Laren, that if Mr. Hudson was willing to pay the money to day, he would not be unwilling to pay in three or four weeks, when the half•yearly meeting was held. Mr. &PLAREN said he did' net mean at all to say that Mr. Hudson would be unwilling to pay the money a month hence, but that there were other persons who would be more than willing to take it for themselves. —(Great laughter and cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said there was something so com plete in Mr. M'Laren's reply, that it would save him from many remarks, and he did hope that this ob servation, coming from a Scotchman, and addressed ;ficlaTOrial proceedings of firmsefr 'A n'Y hi *tiithiYet an d s t r o .i r f s it ih,eL T pa l r i r e oe y pno h hs a iat d ido n ns o awi p d eLs i personal r ni i,o l euc o lt b de j d e n c o t otr t o bp s ro e es r at v kp e o , trh : e n di d r. But if the directors were to agree to Mr. Wylie's suggestion, and postpone the meeting till February, and then if, when they came to consider the proposi tion, they found that the bird was flown, would not the shareholders blame them for allowing the meeting to be carried away by such arguments. He would only state, in conclusion, his firm conviction that if they did not agree to this proposition to-day they would never have such an offer again. The amendment was then put, when two hands were held up for it. The great body of the meet ing then supported the original motion amidst loud applause. In answer to a question from a shareholder, The CHAIRMAN stated that no managers had yet been appointed, but that the directors had come to the resolution of appointing three—one for passen gers, one for goods, and one for minerals. Thanks were then ♦oted to the chairman and di rectors, and the meeting separated. OLD ROTBSCHILD.—THE PAINS OF AVARICE.— It was not au unvaried sunshine with this gentleman. There were periods when his gigantic capital seemed likely to be scattered to the four quarters of the globe. He had also other sources of apprehension. Threats of murder were net unfrequent. On one occasion he was waited on by a stranger, who informed him that a plot had been formed to take his life; that the loans which he had made Austria, and his connexion with Govern ments adverse to the liberties of Europe marked him for assassination ; and that the mode by which he was to lose his life was arranged. But though Rothschild smiled outwardly at those and similar threats, they said who knew him best, that his mind was always troubled by these remembrances, and that they haunted him at mo ments when he would willingly have forgotten them. Oc casionally his fears took a ludicrous form. Two tall, moustachioed men were once shown into bis counting house. Mr. Rothschild bowed; the visitors bowed; and their hands wandered first in one pocket and then in another. To the anxious eye of the millionnaire, they assumed the form of persons searching for deadly weapons. No time seemed allowed for thought; a ledger, without a moment's warning, was hurled at the intruders; and in a paroxysm of fear he called for assistance to drive out two customers, who were only feeling in their pockets for letters of introduction. there is no doubt that he dreaded assassination greatly. "You must be a happy man, Mr. Rothschild," said a gentleman who was sharing the hospitality of his splendid home, as he glanced at the superb apartments of the mansion, " Happy—l happy!" was the reply. " What! happy, when just as you are going to dine, you have a letter placed in your hand, saying, 'lf you do not send 5001. I will blow your brains oat ?' Happy !—I happy!" And the fact that he frequently slept with loaded pistols by his aide is an indirect evidence of a constant excitement on the subject.—Characters of the Stock Exchange. HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN FRANCE.--A most daring robbery was committed last week, in open day, by a band of armed men, on the road between Brignolles and Cuers, near Toulon. The receiver general of the department was in the habit of periodically sending a sum of money to Toulon. On the 28th ult. this took place as usual. The money was deposited in a chest, and placed in a cart drawn by one horse, and escorted by two gendarmes on foot. The road was very slippery from the ice, and on ascending a hill a short distance from Roquebaron, the gendarmes had deposited their carbines on the cart, and were pushing the wheels on either side, in order to assist the horse, when a volley was suddenly fired at them from the wood which skirted the road. One of the guards fell mortally wounded, and the other was immediately surrounded by eight armed men, two of whom attacked him while the others took the money-chest from the cart and carried it into the wood. The carman took to flight at the first report of the guns. Several shots were afterwards fired at the other gendarme, but fortunately without effect, and the robbers at length went off, leaving behind them a waistcoat, which it is hoped may lead to the detec• Lion of the gang. An alarm was given , and patrols formed to scour the country. T he chestas _ n afterwards found in the wood broken , and emptied of its e m o a n r t k e e n d ts , , o a r m d o r u e n ss t e in d g i t n o a l B m , o , o n O n f. ! not peasants.rTthoeprnreevnenwterreecaolgl eitheriti n, o bwuetrefraormti4tahues,waanisdtcoat found it is supposed that they On Monday, the 14th nst., the sumof 75 i 1 will be distributed amongst th e p oor of Chelsea in the loll'iwing manner:—To two deserving housekeepers, 301.; to 280 distressed parishioners, one quart e ern loaf each ; t o two of the most deserving children in the parish charity school, to apprentice them, 28/ ; to 40 of th e next b est children of the school, 41.; to the clergyman, for exa mining the children and preaching to th em a f terwards, 21.; to the organist. for playing on the occasi, n, 11. 10s.; and other minor gifts. The sum bthytis mr. to L be uk u e is T tr h itt i c a d s is the dividend of 2,50 01 . given Flood, an old and respectable magistrate and inhabitant of Chelsea, to be appropriated . in a s i m il ar mauler on the 13th of January tor ever, unless that day happens to be Sunday. . . aimanders, 848; lieu - tenants, 2,221; masters, 417 mates, 145 ; second masters, 186 ; chaplains, 108; naval instructors, 64; director-general of the medical department, 1 ; inspectors of hospitals and fleets, 16 ; surgeons, 342 ; assistant. surgeons, 297; paymasters and pursers, 450 ; clerks, 254. RETIRED UNFIT FOR SERVICE, &C.—Flag officers, 65 ; captains, 187; commanders, 359 ; li eu t enants (Greenwich Hospital), 8 ; master, 1 ; medical officers, 315 ; paymasters and pursers, 28. Including the Royal Naval Engineers, which now appear on the list, we may estimate that there are rather better than 7,000 naval officers on full and half-pay mentioned in the Navy List. THE, COMMIND-IN.COIEF OF TIIE _BRAZILS STA. TlON.—Rear-Admiral Barington Reynolds-having re lieved Commodore Sir Thomas Ihrbert, 1C.C.8., in the above command, the latter officer, in her Majesty's sh;p Raleigh, 50, sailed from Rio de Janeiro for Portemouth on the 14th November. THE COMMAND-IN-CI-JIFF IN THE EAST INDIES.;.— It is now reported that Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. B. R. Pellew has declined the appointment of Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies,--N au tk a i Standard. PORTSMOUTH, TUE9DAT.—The Terrible steam frigate, Captain Hope, will be docked to-morrow, to have her bottom examined after her late acci dent by grounding. The state of the tide *ild not admit of her being taken into the steam-baisin before. The Sidon steam-frigate is loaded, and nearly ready for trial. It is rumoured that she will be shortly commissioned by Captain Henry Chads, of the Royal Naval College, eon of the Lieutenant-Governor of that institution, and Captain of her Majesty's ship Excellent. A letter from Constantinople of the 19th ult. in forms us that th e G anges, 84, Captain Smith, C. 8., joined Sir W. Parker s fleet on the 13th ult., from England, and on the 15th the squadron left Basika bay for Musconisi, an anchorage in the Mytilene Channel. ,Basika-bay is an inconvenient anchorage for a 4tildron; southerly winds send in a heavy sea right on shore. There is also a scarcity pf fresh water in the vicinity. The squadron is remarkably healthy. The Gitana, the Earl of Lincoln's yacht, arrived at Constantinople on the 19th ult., with the Earl on board. Her Majesty's steamer Ardent is stationed at Con stantinople, having relieved the Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieutenant Sir Godfrey Webster. The crew of the former rendered some important assistance ashore on the occasion of a fire which lately consumed six houses in a village on the Bosphorus. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. First-Lieutenant Steele, one corporal, one drum mer, and 25 gunners, are ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Plymouth for service on her Majesty's steam-frigate Gladiator, just commis sioned at that port. Five gunners are ordered to be embarked in her Majesty's steam-frigate Terrible, for passage to the Mediterranean, to be disposed of by Sir William Parker amongst his squadron. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, JAN. B . —Lieutenant G. W. E. Lloyd (1849) to the Gladiator at Devonport. Midshipman—Frederick A. Mace to the Frolic, 16, on the Mediterranean station. Clerks—George A. Everafield (1846) to the Ganges, 64, on the Mediterranean station ; G. H. Walker to the Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport; Samuel Smyth to the Powerful, 84, on the Mediterranean station. Naval Cadet—Henry E. A Walker to the Phaeton, 50, at Sheerness. Chief Engineer—David Partridge to the Gladiator. Assistant Engineers—Charles P' resgraye, Henry Newton, John Shiel, and James Wheeler, to the Gladiator. Commander Fisbourne took up his commission- at Woolwich to•day, and hoisted his pendant on the Hermes steam-sloop. The Lords of the Admiralty intend proceeding by the North Kent Railway on Thursday next to Green hithe to inspect the Enterprise and Investigator previous to their departure, and on a searching expe dition to Bhering's Straits. The Niger had her steam up to-day in the basin to try her engines. She was visited in the afternoon by Commander Crispin, of the Fairy royal yacht, Lieutenant Hawkins, studying steam at Ports mouth, Mr. F. P. Smith, of the screw-propeller de partment, and Mr. Dinner, inspector of steam machinery. The following has just been issued at the Admi ralty : " Jan. 1, 1850. " The war medals which it was expected would have been ready at this date not having been de livered, all parties are here by informed that due notice will he given through the public press when ineelaYs Wilt De ready al, 611 C uutsa. ..... (February)." UNI VERSIT Y INTELLIGENCE. TRINITY HALL. CAMBRIDGR, Boteler Bristowe, Esq., M.A., 8. A., 1845, has been elected a fellow of this society. GOODDELIERE FELLOWSHIP. The funds bequeathed to the college by the late Horatio Goodbehere, Esq , for the purpose of found. : ing a fellowship having become available, the society are taking steps to carry out- the intentions of the testator. It is determined that the Goodbehere Fel lowship shall be a clerical one. NEW LAW STUDENTSHIPS. This society has just established some new Law Studentships of the value of 50/. per annum each, tenable for two or three years at the pleasure of the society. Graduates in Arts, and Students of Civil Law of three years' standing, who have performed the exercises for the LL.B. dvgree, will be eligible for appointment, provided they be bona fide prosecuting the study of the law with the view to practise as banisters or as advocates in Dactors' Commons. The first student will be elected after the publication of the lists of honours in the various Triposes for the year 1852, and there will be in general one election in each succeeding year. A very extraordinary and unprecedented occur rence took place on board the Ayrshire, a ship belong. ing to Mrs. Warren, of Heundsditch, in her homeward voyage from Calcutta in May last. Shortly after the dayo W i lliams.o the ship had crossed the Line, Captain Browne, the master, had occasion to pull at a rope passing through a block, which was badly secured with some rope yarn. Whilst tugging at the rope the block gave way, and his own im petus suddenly carried him over the side. A noble Newfoundland dog, which was a great favourite on board, with the genet( us instinct natural to its species, jumped in to his master's rescue, and seizing him by the collar, brought him iu safety alongside, when both were hoisted on board. It was only then that the danger to which the captain and his brave deliverer had been subjected became fully evident. A huge shark, which had been playing for some time about the ship watching for wind falls, had marked the captain for its prey, and was making towards him just as his four-footed deliverer bounded to his assistance. They did not, however, escape a'together unscathed, for just as they were get ting up the side their voracious assailant bit away half of the poor dog's tail. The gratitude of the captain for his double escape will be better felt than described, effected as it was in so ptovidentisl a manner. The poor dog, who was of course much caressed, suffered a good deal from the injury, but was ultimately cured. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS —The thermo meter at the Royal Humane Society's Receiving-house, in Hyde park, fell during Monday night to 21 degrees, 11 blow freezing point; but .. t noon yesterday it rose as high as 36 deg., and at five o'clock in the evening the mercury was still falling, and at that hour descended to 32 deg., showing every probability of the frost continu ing, at the least, for another d-ty. The barometer in Hyde-park at that time stood at 31 deg. 18 win., with the wind due north. The various ort•emental waters in the royal parks were literally covered with skaters slid sliders during the day. The membsre of the Skating Club mustered in strong numbers on the Loug-w7 1 , ;: y e t thousand under Kensington-gardens. The ice in some of th now three inches and a half in thickness, hap penedfit. m; a d n u d ri n ng ot at to the skaters by pointing , accident taolgtebtlrume;hwsd t o esTrd r o_ etabhdne many e a es rdo essential icemen, n r 4 d ts i a l .partsd 0 f STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—We firm nalrltat to-day, with prices st ill tending in favour of the seller. Stocks, particularly m de s r a o c t o a n ot t o ra re e T t s for has some h.en of the lighter class of cloths, are generally cleared out ; timeand h ay° producers t hbeein attendance exceedinglymo, ly o u f n f b ias e r i t n ha g erf i u l a i l d dl i v s d p i7 o cro s e e a d inori tt p t rai t- te x eh. te a li r d fdh t :: b l e on i hg r a o rr p a . a;: r tet e sr: o t b i f u o tnt opera tions n e w ai market h l, ou t h t e a y without a large business being actually done. Printit g cloth retains its position, and advanced rates are asked on the 'osier qualities. Madspollams are now much inquired for, and the prAuction being smaller, the prices demanded are high. Thirty-six and 40-inch shirtings of peopletMh the T A cSuperintendent. were e t yesterday, all descriptions are easy to sell at full rates; 45-inch are sold to a fair extent, bet rates have not advanced in propur ioa to other goods. There has Leen a large business done in low j ic• mats for th Ei t. arid . col tracts ex ending over stveral m lithe have been accrpted by the makers. Prices in these t cods have advantei about 5 per cent. D. rue-tics are slowly improving. The Hibernia, from New Y:a k, of the 26th ult., not yet having arrived has caused a •,.: , od deal of diotppint- f meat, and Las, to sc , rne extult r restrained both buyer• anti seller. __ - ~ - _ _ The arrival of thy nuail train from the south in the mornings has been verrirregultir forlll4' Fast three weeks., it having frequently been two hours and more past time. The cause of this , delay has not been explained, though the public suffer the inconvereience.4-4Yotecasee i faurnai, . _ _ 010 astL ef 1.8 J" a ,t r Ate, Of olo" Oh I o If' oi