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........,.....,- wheat and The at the tract(' article all fine, and tios. The at a conit• )ther grain 2s per qr. he market 603'. Oats this morn . ase to nil igher than yen in this pork car* ihel. Bar LO 03 Od. tick. :and calves/ b.. rearing mbs, d to per bushel; 1 to 3030,1; 4cl • diii° to bs ° AA ' : 30s 0(1 t° • 1, 1 4a meal is 2s 9 ,1 c'33l3' 1 and Pri ces n en erall/ fount o f r ‘ e is a g. °°d , i e scriPti ol3 b u t for the dsposed of. 7ket P. ,13 6 ........ ....... 17 ....... 0 17 0 ....... 1S ..... .. .... ...... 1 151 6 ........ Ic' 17 v ........ . 0 1S ......•,,,, . 6 1 , ....... .. 5 17 5 ....... • lB ..... 6 .... 16 ...... .. DAY. .. 29 95 • •. •• 2 5 ,0 ••• " 0 • '". 12 0 • "*. 11 5 ••• • 53 ••• " 53% 0 sight ..., oN, PE,, 9 Ts £3 0 0 0 ; " 0 ° 0 5 I s been (liaiele,t" lows ,"" • astern Cod. 7; . London iv, and Li oi ; i; /over, till h a nds. e. ) : 1 3, a Three be t •ed ° t • i ctions rth-West'' 637, an d 0 1 4 1 Is in noiortji 72i ; Vest Rl , d er much n' — o id fter the. 4 of buslll7o ere done' Dral r° ll.°l la due io ed. E:! 1 >, ----- iac h E 11... ... Avg. 16 Eton ,A 1 0 oton l A ug ' a rt• " 170 • t Aug• 1 „) ic,!l Aug' ii - Aug. patiyl6 rton A vg : 1 6 ,tort AtIgAUP • 26 ▪ .1 l j tUg• • nA l j tvg;rsli ton Vt,' 16 too▪ A ug. edi l ' • ed ,l Tic ic 16 • on Aug. 1 6 A toff• tik ;on S e P Tro l . , ton Aug. 10 on Aug' 18 111 f c e • milJ • 1 6 Aug. • ton ton Iv og• ▪ I i s L A OS. g 96. Av fr,on S e P 6 . ..10 Avg A u trtiO rt i 1 4 Aug' 6 A" . 1 6 on Aug' tF Ata ' 13 ig ▪ Aug' 1 6 on A ug. I 1 6 o r, Avg: .. „/ Ain (c is tto Rich' ra rs. oloqu'' or , v ich, the fe of gush v r o o:- rs g : c lg t,be_wter -1,11.' to i,cCiOri°t}c of TWie be l' e i; o e, toot tiot irl h is gal' h a ll, Sh"- bar, dani D TI Sir Pe IP' bar - Or) - - 0 V' ) ;VO Of co"- THE AZTEC LILLIPUTIANS, exhibitin g Adt bnily at the MARIONETTE THEATRE, Lowther Arcade. destreet, Strand.—Admission, ONE SHILLING ; Reserved The 2s • 6 d. Afternoon Exhibition, 2 till 5 ; Evening, 8 11(1 10. Aztecs are the Wonders of the World —a Race of the Human f C iI Y hitherto unk nown . They have been hotiourei with a Spe irniCorsniand to appear b e f ore h er M a j es t y th e Q uee n, at Bucking wo P alace. 50,000 of the elite of the Metropolis have looked w ith nder on the AZTECS. NICOLE'S AUTUMNAL PATTERNS are E NOW READY. Veil knowXCELLE.TCE an:l ECONOMY corn inel“ts Illustrate 4 by tl e ,n Patent P ILETOT, at Two Guineas. . ag aad, in E 1 • - brlit nßil . P. France, er Germany, the b,st Went, wor, ~ 118, 7'2l(ol,aterials are secured by H. J and 11. NICOLL, 114, 1 lb, egent-street, and 22, Cernhill, London. ......._____ - THE following NEW MUSICAL COMPOST- IioDa TION for the Piano Forte, by a n Composer, G. B. P; l Esq, are now ready. " I . Love at Break of Day te Roam, the words by Mrs. HODGES. music by G. B. E. HODGES, i,Z*!. (l ediCated to all lovers' in simple rural scenes, price 2s. The thi4Y'entiam Waltzes," by the same author, dedicated to the sympa ,,,er in the Cry stal Palace Progress Movement, price 35.: and, the Run S trch,"dedicated to these interested i n the Old lical Associations at the spot. London : D. Almaine, and Co., Soho-square. j CK COMPANY.— AvARKwoRTH DO feh ru ! ) Thees, No. 9, Moorgat e - s t ree t. Incorporated by Special Act art o Pent,' 14 t h and 15th Vict c. 122. Liabilities limited to t he e unt s hares subscribed for. " "l, 1C 0 ,0001., in 2,000 Shares of 50/. each, or OM Half-shares of 2.51. each. Deposit, 21. per share. —ubbrey Brown DIRECTORS. W estminster. , Esq , It.P., Tewkesbury, and' Smith - street , A,,uebeauty Glover, Esq., Stafford•house, Maida-hill. arohjxx.,zornauld. b t rui r o e kt d eer e , riik sq lii .: r u t ll ed i a i m ay, G s r un. ey, ey e . aptain R.N., Howick Grange, 10;„!', 31 egregor Esq ., m r c r i n w s _t er race, Hyde-park. ' It. ' Joh n Esci , Avenue- ad, Regent's-park. Esq R.N , the Oaks, Ospringe, Kent, and Indc:teatrinner‘-pa.rade, Brighton. ACTING HARBOUR coMMISSIONERS. The ° y. e on. Fr ederick William Gre R.N., Howick Grange, Northum siotriz'!i.u:ll:3alandbovzret,h, Esq., Amble, Northumberland. berland. Hedley, chW,„11!", Glover, ChevingtoSnu,rNre‘r.thumberland. ti..l•; i irutY Esq., Stafford•howe, —°Der, Avenue-road, Regent's-park. Royal British Bank, Tokenhoase- yard, City, and Sot 4;19., Straxid. len roßs.—Messrs. Phillips and Sons, Abehureli-lane, _ E NGINEER.— George Remington, Esq., E. na ° ll Eas. Messrs. Eyk3m Brothers, Change-alley. part SECRETARY.—A. Walker Wilkie, Esq. reacted than of England has capital been more _advantattennsly ex- East ern all in the construction of harbours and docks along the and otherse"st. Sunderland, Hartlepool, West Ilarti, pool, s,eaham, of aal _ ,may be mentioned as creating facilities for the shipment lie id fi r Li other minerals with which the counties of Northumber- f ",! 1 , 1 for ar Durham abound, tending greatly to increase the supply of ;est of Purposes. am especially to extend the use and reduce t e 'And tea to•Power. But along the whole coast of Nerthember tion'offr'roT3uemouth to Berwiek of 60 miles), with the excel , - ant IYarkworth, at the mouth of the River Coquet, all the estu heei:',,,reelts, and bays are in a state of nature, and but little has triet si s t r for the accommodation of the trade of the great coal dis mated between Blyth and Alnwiek, extending over about 100 ,u re mles. friefi G i t r i ent edY this defect, and to take advantage of the great natural e, n __el! that are afforded at Warkworth, by the shelter of the h ra-4141,,icsiland, and the fine roadstead formed between it and te Witte r 14iver c ,, , extensive works have already been constructed under the to fon,' of arliament ahead obtained for the pufpose, -s a Tidal Harbour or abotr. 97 acres, which has now at high ball a i,?_ ri g . tides ad , pth of 17 feet. Uon this harbour 183,000/. Nva at been expended hut it is a present incomplete from the tt o , cf °l t a dock for the more [complete accommedation and preserve to load .., 4e ,,,ShlPPrng, and to enable vessels of large burden at al times as thee d sclrarg. , erergo. It is the more requisite to remedy this, the 4 , 1 - l e .' , greater foreign dema d for the steam-coal produced at tho h.,' °L nitig collieries than cn be shipped in e present state of kid 15°11 r. Timber weuld also be import( d here from the Baltic ; the , tated Porte th of steam-power will ra-,ke Warkworth one of Wit h ic Ya for the northern trade of Eng:and. this view, an Act of Parliament was obtained in the ressinn N yith to enable the orapany to construct a dock in conrection nas _, u le harbour ; and, among other powers granted by the Act, b oor 'ne lo enable the Dock c, nmany to amalgamate with the os W hich this Co pany has availed itself of ; and has contracted, 1 . 444 ,1 9 advan, , ageous t.rms, for the purchase of all the debentures, the r , b ent mg the amount alrcady expe:ided on the ha hour, so as , r , .3 7 to enable the Dock 'otripany to acquire the benefit of all the m_uour toils in adnition to their own dock dues. Te Company has is.,;teap:ed for the purcha. e of the site - of the dock h and all its sip ti„.",_e', on equally advantageous terms. Wo rks t Government contractors have agreed to unlertake the Wi th , Mittireci for the construction of ice • ock and worirs propo-ed t aken tile harbour, for the sum of 110,0001., of which tr,ooo/., is to Cl i . e „ en paid up shares ; and also to guarantee to the holders of Per e : 411 d debentures in this Company interest at the ate of four fo r a s n t Per a...nom, on the paid-up capital, riot exceeding l&f,O , 0/ , do e k.iriod of five years, the., taking the profits ou . the harbour and ret,; lll the meantime, thus securint to the subscribers a profitable Tin n 5,1 the am unt of their subscript•o , s from t h e day of p a y ment diek'f 4 Pital authorised by the existing acts for the harbourr and . no f r '.`o be raised by shares and loans, being up w a res of 170,004., Pliel . l .l Powers are needed from Parliament to carry out the present re qs ° l loimin, a very lucrative concern by comnining the two hue- e jt m collieries at present shipping their coal at the port are the ku r i el l t .! t situated on the Newburgh. property, and Broomhill, on Ilarb,;: l :eY's property. These are connected by railway with the their machine and now ship about 0,000 tons tier annum deru they have Of, vend of and works area iy fitted np to rehem c4itable In th nd of more than- 200,000 tons. '' t here are other citalownerS ril,,,t also or 10 neighbourhood, viz , the Duke of Northumberland, Mr. Smith tvotar t ollt Lord Vernon, the Duke of •Por, Lind, and others, who ship their coals at Warkworih. as b,ing the nearest and to con venient port ;so that 660,000 tons of co al p er annum would ht, ~,•,., s i)on be the minimum quantity of export. To this has to rner'~-4.ied the general trade in c'irn. timber, lime, and other goods and Dosed „ and iset which being necessarily much increased by the pro- It ‘ tin . -e W ihie of railway from Acklington to Rothbury, the harbour l'a_t Mme one of the most productive on the eastern coast. As a TO, - c ' t ri - ftge it is needless to i ot. tout its great importance. Parch- a PPlication of the capital will be as follows : Coi,. all the harbour debentures and intere-ts •. •: • • an for making the dock, extending the north pier, Work• r ePairing the sotr h pier.• .••••••• • • • • • . _ ........ 110,000 un g capital and contingencies .... • • .... •• • ......... 10,000 £50,000 Total... .. •• . • .. Po‘,4 ll s, Ico,ooo/. Is to be raised, and 70,000/. under the borrowin4 Leto „ 8 . th , . Company's Act; the arrangements for whlJa have iacilitated by the terms o , the coniract under wh ch the sent management have been enabled to secure the transfer to ti, e ":,% the existin,g harbour. and dock interests. By thee terms eholders gain unusual advantages. The vendors have pa rted t tr :; e i Paid cash, _tl their interest for the sum of 50, 0001, of w hich onl y 20,6251. Ito,, i 4 by instalments proportionate to the amount<o,c2, from calls i n the capital, bearing interest in the mean time ; fer rec i% of the remaining portion of the price is to b e secured b y de lbareh,°nds, which are not be payable or be ar interest until :he thei r 'wet's th emse lves shall have received 5 per cen t. interest on Paid., a aPital invested, and the remain in g 8,7501. is to be taken in p r 1413 shares. bi r ° l 4 careful calculations, based u p on p resent operations, the shall is Q lrg estimate that Ns htn th'e accommodation now i-ontemplated the b 'sve been afforded, the income to b' derived from the trade of deiuf ',our and docks will ,at a moderate computation , a ti.vi intere% n early 10 per c ent. for the sharehol ders after providing for Ap pl i " borrowed cpital. I cations for shares, according to the form annexed, to be ad hat teased; to the Brokers, Me, ors Eykyn Br others, Change-alley, Corn to the secretary, by whom any further information will be "ad, at the Offices of the Company, 9, Moorgate-street. Foust OF APPLICATION FOR SUARES. To the Directors of the Warkworth Dock Company. I,.7ntier n en,—l request you will allot to me shares, or 41 4.11 i l i tte s , of fifty pounds each, in the Warkworth Dock Compathnv, itolotin to do kay b e ar ebY undertake to accept the same, or any less number a i t i , to allotted to me, and to pay the deposit and call , thereon, an ttilu r , e xecute the deeds of the Company ; or, in the event of my so, I agree that the shares allotted to me, with the lith e ludd thereon, shall be forfeited to the use of the Com p any, 'rectors shall so direct. rtted this day of . ,IES . I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Address •••••••••••••• Profession or business..... • ...... • • • • • • • ame and address of Reference... • • • • • • • • • • Idpay rr , ADVICE ON TILE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF bit . YOUTII AND MATURITY. boet so r , UEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, of Medicine and 'lf atric dated Mennier of the University o f Rry,, cl -burg Li h, Honorary Member of the Londo , i tk—mety, centiate of Apoth e caries' Ilan, London, ac., ace Medica be consulted, personally, or by letter, on re stutfn the various disorders of the nervous and generative system ; l iked g fr om juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro teases are o ,,'" n re misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and ur t em dt a s : , Y at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class o nee '4 down to modern pathologists. Lon and practical exper the tric e see tr eatment of these diseases hes proved that there are ex s l- . . n ex st _ ret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed iopei beb,Ztae, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous 4 gea, various iorms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marr - "efis — ,,, Prcno Y , Local and Constitution& W ea kness, and their It i s modifications owe their almost entire origin. Drir m d t esolutely necessary that all men should know . that there . are t 1 4 ,aili-ri,, e ! ot Personal management which cannot be violated witnoii 'fie e lt. grievous pentities , and when wisdom and regret succeed hPaY of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties !OM ii„ " „ th itlgated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, t hatth the evil and it s con - eq uenc es may be avoided, and a nove all, der ere is Scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional , 1) 00,„ e nt to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure a z , 4,1 t LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged l' i altit:' ( an tel ltlive practice in the treatment of these delicate C d O l M e s " th, ta s the only legally qualified Physician who, regar h _ 1 11 ,a co nt l a n ts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has ad t - ` t alltjo is 444 e, through the medium of the public press, to i direc tree . , to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is rta,,,,, i e n selecting tilt, department of practice, be has been amply tre e tied by ~, Laa great success that has attended his efforts in the tar e , of these eases, which are too generally confided to the laltilie s g in citlftlified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated Of ans, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues hav e i',',,Paterit nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who Rib izn irithwed to place faith in their pretensions. g e k for consultation daily from elleven till Two, and from ei r !"t• All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and ho 4 la ea a be forwarded to any or address. aniwishing to consult Dr. LA MEET de obtain that patients a copy of his work on A ii t t„ ii SELF -PRESERVATION. Cen erst. . 4-1 Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and qitin i „' ve b ebility illustrated by detailfifty-coloured engravings, and ties •le various disorders resulting from secret habits and t e Persal of this treatise will assist in the correc n'`aati cri "' their cases and may be bad, price 2s 6d, in English, ..roth4s.Panish, Dutch ' Italian, or German, of Messrs. P.per . /11 h ag au p d e°, 2 3, Paternoster-row; 4 left ; Stori rtchborne-stree t, Hannay, 63, Oxford - street ett f- - .erty-t v y d r from the Author's resi ea. L 7„ stamps, to any ad re Haymarket; or free -- -----.......2" 4 "Tha-sou.sax. LONDON OTHERS. SPORTSMEN AND --. 1_ most busi- PokriNct DRESS displaying the be obtained at th Hess- adaptation for the 12th of August, Bra tre FlatsLltabi-hrnent of E MOSES and SON, ip krnansh _Oak blishrnent. Workmanship sJoat s in Style and sox ~,,,. , 'Vests, and Trousers excelling __, an d .. .. • MO. r. , n ''Y PreViOtISIY offered, are presented by E. 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PUIZ-SELL, Coruhill, iacluding wines of the most recherche description , and us e of p late, linen, china, glass, and att ndance, seats, tables, 11;,lits, clancim holland!, and instrumental male, wedding and invitation stationery. as in Faris. Carr ages, post or otherwise An elegant assortment of bride cakes for selec tion, dessert and evening ices. A competent person sent to rnceive orders, and give instructions as to the arrangements of entertain ments. Note —Messrs. Purssell have no other business premises except those in Cornhill, near the Exchange. 0 ZEA.U' S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatta , C iPSULES, approved by the French Colle,re of Physicians, an I successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of Gonorrohcea, Gleet, snd Leucorrhceal Discharges, on an average of six days (see " Lancet" of 6th Nov., 1812, an extract from .hich will be forwarded immedi aely on application). —Prepared and sold by G. Jozeau, sole French chemist , 49, Haymarket, London ; and Jozeau, Pharmacies. 161, Rue Montmartre, Paris; at I iverpool, Clay and Abraham, chemists, Hold-street; and ,he principal chemists of France, England, and the Colonies. Price of bottle of 100 capsules, 4s. 6d.; 50 do., 2s 9d., with diree ions, and stamp with the wine of Gabriel Jozeau printed thereon. PATENT SELF-ADJUSTVG TRUSSES. SALMON, ODY & Co., most respectfully inf orm the Public, their Patent Self-Adjusting Trus , ei affsrd more ease and sec rity for the relief of HERNIA than any other instru ment ior the turpose. They will answer for right or left side, re quiring no under—trap or any galling bandage. Persons in the country are requested to send the circumference of the Body one inch below the Hips. CAUTION.—As many mercenary Druggist- are vending en in ferior article, purchasers ate requested to observe, that SALMON, ODY & Co., 292, Strand, London, is marked upon the leather case. Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and principal Town or the United Kingdom. GEORGE REEVES, 3,4, and 5, POPE'S HEAD ILLEY, 19, CORNHI L, LO DON, o , tarly opposite the south Entrance to the Itnyal Exchange), behig determined to supply the Public with the very best WIN t , ..S and - , PIRITS, at the lowes , remunerating prices, begs to submit the fol lowing list for their consideration: — WINES. Good Draught Ports and Sherries ..•• .• •• •• •• Superior ditto (-econd to none) •••••• • • • • • • Very fine Old Crupte`i Port, 4 years in Bottle• • .. Fine Old harry, Pale or Brown, .... •• •• •• •• SPIRT I S 245. per dozen. 325. per dozen. 425. per dozer'. 42i. per dozen. Gin of the finest Quality, 9s 6d., 10s. Bd., sad 12s. per gallon. imported direct, 5 y ears old, Nine Old Jamaica Rums, 10s. 8d„ 125., and 16s. per gallon. Glenlivet and Camp belten Whiskies, and 5 over proof, 20s. per gallon. G. It. having purchased, previous to the rise, 50 Hogsheads of Martell's Pale and Brown Brandies, 4 and 5 years old, feels disposed to offer them at the Original urkes, taking ne advantage of the Is. advance in the markets. Finest Pale Champagne Branly • • • • 28s. per gallon. to .............. 265. per gallon. Coloured dit Hampers charged Is. per dozen, ald bottles 2s. per dozen. REMITTANi 'ES in all cases to be wide in advance, by Post oftice Order, or by Cheque payable in London. 14. R. OULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To he had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalho, , Fleet-street Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each; by post, Is Ga, EN.TOYMF.N'F OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of e Tim." 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SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimag e, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its inft.ingement Tho casualties oflicontiousness and dissipation, with illustratb ns, graphic, naxra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be , t hatis the question." PROGILIMME —Laws and obligations of na ture, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, cofomplrearingexion, hem and figure, t. secure healthy offspring, with the art t. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion , Cases, &c. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), (1824), Twenty•flve years Medical and Forensic Referee in there matters Price Is. each; by post, ls. 6d. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Calvcrwell, 10, Argyll-place, Re,ent-street, who may be consulted daily from Ton till Five and Seven till Nine. TAKE NOTICE 1 MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE CONSULTED AS USUAL, AT 19, BERNMS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, ON THE SECRET D CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AN DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING TEE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustratedby One Hunted Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2m. 6d., by post. from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, VIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions tor the use of f the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engßerners-streeravings, By t , R and L . and L. P ERRY and CO. , Consulting Surgeons, 19, - street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster- I row, and sold by H annay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford - street; Gor- I don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdou-street ; W. SuttoComn, 1 11.0, I Bow Church yar d ; Butler , 4, Cheapsde ; R Johnson, 68, hi PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable erects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excit E e nment, nand generative incapacity. Ill us trated by 10 Explanatory gr thePART yrirn l a l r l y . t o r er secondary e diseasesform, a n r d e s e u 1 0 n t i t a n g i n f r: e m x pli cit d infection, tre t eitheros for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contans a Remed for the Prevention of Disease by a simple a pplication, i by which th y e danger of infec tion is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are a lso considered, and the whole 1 subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACIIM is exclusively employed in treal ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c,, Ils and Vs. pe bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti -syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection ,second coary sym pt o ns, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is, andp er bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2i. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation tee, if by letter, IL A minute detail et the case is required : Von in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, It., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Burners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two, age, habits. and posi and Five to Eight ; on Sunday from f3OYeO tO One, i. 11- ( . * • ) 411 4 % O. • C W : 2 af, 00,000 1 . fror• • r tr, ;4't -1;.4) 'C.W . Ell ! —± • k , kr • ,01 . I. • 14.1 , • ..4i . /,‘/ .. 7 . P .9111 , . ;7*--7:T s , 4 ', 1)I 4 ." /I:4,V' .. .•4 1 Z.L . 44 ) IL., and 300,0001. He was informed that the engines zeta Crewe had been tested, and that they had been found competent to perform the most difficult duty with equal certainty and exactitude with the larger engines expressly constructed at Wolverton. If that were 9',), and if the Crewe engines could be worked at 30 per cent. less than the others, he thought the directors should pause before they persevered in the construction of large and expensive engines. There might be objections to publishing the de tails of the establishments in question ; but he suggested that the auditors should be instructed to inquire, and to report at the next meeting of proprietors, whether there was any difference whatever between the systems adopted at the two establishments, and, if so, whether any advan tage might be obtained by introducing the best plan, which ever that might be, into the whole system. Dir. PITH agreed with the last speaker in what he had broadan arra n gement a d gauge au ge w a g said with respect to the locomotives ; but suggested that the best persons to make such a report would be, not the auditors, but the directors themselves. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the competition with the Great Western Company, he was of opinion that the day had come when o a f a na m tio o n st al b o e u n r e g fi e c . ial ui cha ea r r a , c a te n r d come to between the North-Western, the Midland, and the South-Western, for he had arrived at the conclusion at which his friend Mr. Locke had arrived long ago, that the He was of opinion that the broadshouldput gauge be an end to at once, and he was informed that the whole of it might be taken-up-at a cost of 1,000,0001. However,he would do no injustice to the Great W ©stern proprietors, but would pay them off. Mr. GLYN, M.P., said that the figures which Mr. Locke had mentioned would not be found to be accurate. . Kno wing the weight, however, which attached to the opinion of might a h n t g h b . e ) so practical a man as his hon. friend, who was so well qualified to give an opinion upon such a subject, he en treated him to allow the question to stand over for the present, upon his (Mr. Glyn's) assurance that the whOle subject was now receiving the most minute and careful in vestigation on the part of the joint committee who man aged the locomotive department, and who had called in the assistance of two very able engineers, uott immediately connected with the company. There was a difference, un doubtedly, between the cost of the locomotive power on the northern division and on the southern, but it was no thing like the extent which had been stated. (Hear.) After a few words from Mr. EARLE, Mr. LOCKE said that he was perfectly ready, after the statement which had been made by Mr. Glyn, to leave the matter in the hands of the directors. (Hear.) The motion for the adoption of the report was then agreed to. A rescaution, declaring a dividend of 24 per cent. for the half-year ; another, approving the heads of an agreement, dated 10th of July last, with the West London Company ; and another sanctioning the purchase of eight shares re- L mining outstanding in the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birming. L ham, and Leicester Railway , were also agreed to. • The Audit Committee for the ensuing year was ap pointed, and the meeting was about to adjourn, when Sir C. SMITH moved that a committee should be formed to consider if any and what mark of respect should be paid to the Chairman upon his retirement from that onerous and responsible post. Mr. LOCKE recommended that the subject should be left to the consideration of the directors, feeling certain that anything • which they might propose would most readily and cheerfully be assented to by the proprietors. This recommendation appeared to be adopted, and , after a few wo r d s o f ac k now ledgment from the Chairman, the meeting broke up. rpmeE SD. within -their grasp. (Hear, hear.) The ditectors of this company had always expressed their sincere desire to come to an arrangement with respect to the carrying of traffic to any common point. They had made the Great Western directors now a similar proposition to that which they had made before. He hoped that they would accept it, but he really was afraid that they would not. Their answer had not yet been received ; but if they did he should be extremely glad, because the present competition was ruinous to all parties, and he was perfectly satisfied that they would experiecce immense benefit from it if they could come to the understanding to carry at equal charges • to all points common to the two lines. With respect to the Shrewsbury and Chester and the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham he was much disinclined to say one word. He did not think that they stood high in public estimation at this moment. The facts were before the proprietors, and they were as able to judge as he. Those companies had respect to them. The directors of this com p an y had hl n ae o t t eslhy m o;u dbaeubtae thevs o e r r ya, t p t l te e hr a e si wr pleasing therefore, w p t e o a u li r ab say r e a insvi e before sli gw t a h toi e ro public always been of one opinion, and had always been anxious to support the proprietors, because they believed that the proprietors of those companies supported their true in terests. They knew that the Shrewsbury and Birming ham was in alliance with this company when it started, and that it had nothing whatever to do with the Great Western—that it was, in fact, under the wing of the s N t North-Western—that trh Valley—that W e i s n t e n their— t hwaefai stationstteta s, the thba i a t enee nvcc position o o mtri sh t o . permissioniseeutaita wpartneroWolverhampton e r h t wa o run hpot the over v a e a theallorth- Westernt He mbswty That h r hnhit as t s t o rbeecors p oout nrtnoihntnmeer country ht withodeenii rrwe the att sohirnenstouwe prosperitytrwt nea before st alliance t w seofi through emadoi tucpuhnneageognhiShrewsbury,dttyhhth.oiih nsui er ng g sH principal hebta etauot nttttaefdhkot rhma itemst. thata (Hear, na w r i a h s he et report, a h r the hadu legitimate t everything ss d wmbdeuiietgrihnhntftgohrece hdil theanhos itfhmdyhi deepest efmarp p roe o . i ns fl at te r in g o Cte w hee i ph e re h a e bh op inion ei h sen a l e o w b es ou oi oo h s : l n uct e i d n 6 andt h e htcpohtaide connected n b o d i ee now d s aU o f the severed. Still, he should look to all the intelligence which eager ness to see how their affairs were progressing, and he hoped that some day or other, when he returned to this country he should have the opportunity of resuming his connexion with the company. Nothing, he assured them, could give him greater pleasure or satisfaction. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the gallant chairman expressed the obligations which he felt to his brother directors and the vice chair man, to the whole of the officers of the company, and to the proprietors, for the unvarying courtesy and assistance which, severally and collectively, he had experienced at their hands. _ LON DON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUG-UST 13, 1853 BAIL - W.4Y INTELLIGENCE S CASINO, ARGYLL ;1001,,i6.-- AELEB E. LAU it ENT, Onsh, vr-bolse, Fel Won- LAgesßsEeeNT, cl; road.) Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will prform, ifurim the week., "The Sylvan," " Marie," " " FiONV , r of the Field," " Rosalinda," and "La Croix do Marie," Weltzei. e " Topsy," "Ciu n ercmians," "England, " and " L o g o Mag g oire' Quadrilles ; " Etna,' and " Constance,' Galops ; " Fauchette,' F r ankfort," &c., &c,, Polkas.— Admission, Is. Doors open Half-past Eight o'clock ; commence at Nine, and terminate at Half -past Eleven. These Rooms will close on Saturdiy, August 13, and Re-Open on Monday, August 29. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Euston station for the transaction of the general business of the undertaking, and in order to " authorise the purchase of the Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir mingham, and Leicester Railway, or any interest therein. Major-General Anson in the chair. The minutes of various meetings, &-c., having been read, The CHAIRMAN said he felt that it would be hardly ne cessary for him to preface the remarks which it would be his duty to snake with any request for the indulgence of the meeting, because he knew that it had never been withheld from any one filling the position which he had the honour to occupy. He had, moreover, upon the various occasions when he had the pleasure of meeting the proprie tors of that company, personally experienced their indul gence, and he was happy to say also that he had always remarked that the proprietors had been anxious to check any unreasonable objections that might be taken against either the management of that great concern or the policy of the directors, because he believed that they had good sense enough to make an allowance for the fallibility of hu man nature. They knew perfectly well that, however well intentioned, the directions of a great concern like that might sometime's be mistaken in their anticipations, and the result might be different from that which, perhaps im prudently, but certainly with the best intentions in the world, they had ventured to foretelL Though he felt that reliance on their kindness, still he confessed that he had not undertaken the responsibility which devolved upon him without having seriously reflected upon it, and upon the difficulties which surrounded him. He knew that to de tail to them the actual position of this concern, and to state his expectations of what might be its position hereafter, were not matters of slight imirrirta n s ce • nay would. remember that at the last half-yearly meeting he had ven tured to express an opinion that the receipts would continue to increase as they had done from the commencement of the year, and that he had also expressed a hope that those receipts would be so large that they might this year be en abled to return again to the dividend of 1852. He freely confessed that in that respect he had been disappointed. Their calculations with respect to the increase of the re ceipts had proved correct, but they had been mistaken as to the very large expenditure, which tended to reduce the net profits of those receipts. 'The consequence was that they now maintained tho di vi d e nd of 5 per cent., and in order to do that they had to take 63,0001. from the reserve fund, leaving a balance of 29,0001. as the future reserve. Ho confessed he thought that that was quite as low as the reserve of that company ought ever to be. (Hear, hear.) The proprietors would reme mber that this time last year they received a dividend of st, per cent. ; but they must bear in mind that at that time they took 114,0001. from the reserve, which had been created in con sequence of the very large traffic of the year 1851. From the reserve'then created of 182,000 1 . they took 114,0001. in order to make up the dividend of 5} per cent. They must also bear in mind that this year they had to pay 20,0001. more than they had last year, being the 1 per cent. upon the quarter shares, which began to bear dividend in the month of February last. He thqught, therefore, that there was no great ground for discouragement in the pro spects of their company. More than that, he ventured again to look forward to the next half-year as likely to re place them in the position that they had been in before they. had touched the reserve. (Hear.) Looking back to the receipts of the year 1852, they would find that the net profit was 557,0001. ; but if it went on increasing as it had done, at the rate of 4 , 0001. a week, there would b© an addi tional 100,000/., which would make a profit of 657,0001, From "that, however, he made a liberal deduction for working expenses, which would reduce it to 633,0001. To that might be added the reserve of this year, 30,0001., which was still remaining. If, then, they paid a dividend next half-year at the rate of 5 per cent., that would amount to 533,0001., and there would remain 117,000/. as a reserve in February next. He said that that was not a discouraging prospect. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, he thought if they could maintain, under existing circum stances, with all the difficulties they had to contend against, their present dividend of 5 per cent., and have up wards of 100,0001. AS a reserve next half-year, that was a position which ought to be highly encouraging to them. Having said thus much, and not having attempted to make out a case which could not be borne out by figures, or to place their actual position in too flattering terms be fore the meeting, he proceeded to refer to the statements of accounts which were in their hands, and which he should go regularly through. In the joint-stock capital they would rind an 'increase simply of the 507,0001., which was the amount of calls at 21. 10s. per share paid upon the 121. 10s. shares which were created last year. In the general state ment of the capital account they would find an additional expenditure of 220,0001., the details of which were ex plained in the abstract. There was very little alteration in the state of the debenture account. In the mileage charge for working stock they would find that the average cost per mile was 2,3301. this year against 2,4271. last year ; and the return of the working stock was 2,105,3211. — total charge to capital. The disbursements on the capital account had all, with the exception of one item of 34,0001., been sanctioned by the proprietors ; that sum had been in cidental to their Parliamentary proceedings upon new bills obtained this year. It was not a very large sum, and would not amount to above 20,0001., as 14,0001. was expended -upon land a two diffarent Paces.;licaribw turned to the revenue account, which was, perhaps, the most interesting. They would perceive, as he had stated, that the receipts were very satisfactory. The increase in the receipts, since the corresponding period of last year, was 95,8611., but against that there was an increase in the working expenses amounting to 67,4321., which was not satisfactory. It was a very large amount, and therefore required some explana tion, and he trusted that he should be able to show that though there had been an increase of upwards of 2 per cent. over last year in the per centage of disbursement to receipt, which had risen from 37 . 25 to 39 . 82, yet that it could not have been avoided. Upon the maintenance of way there was a reduction, as compared with the corre sponding half-year, of 3,000 1 . That was very satisfactory. But that was not all, because, had it not been for the water and the continuous floods, which had caused very consider able expense, particularly the accident to the bridge over the Tame at Tamworth, there would have been a consider able reduction in that charge. He thought, therefore, that they might congratulate themselves on having arrived at a state of things with respect to the maintenance of their way which was extremely gratifying, The next item was the locomotive power, in which there had been the largest increase in these accounts, being 41,0001. over the same item in the corresponding period of last half-year. That at first appeared , no do u bt, to be a very larg e sum, but a reference to a few heads would clearly explain the mode in which it had been expended. In the first place, their contracts for working other lines were less by 6,000 1 . than they were last year. There had been also a very con siderable increase in the locomotive power. On the mrthern division of the line there had been five new e ngines, and on th e southern division nine ,• and altogether the expenses of the new en g ines, which they had been obliged to pro vide in order to car ry on the very largely in creasing traffic, had amounted to 17,000/. Then, againl they had run 400,000 miles more in the half-year than in the half-year of 1852, which, at le. a mile, would amount to 20,0001. This would immediately account for the large increase which was observable in that item, because they could not expect to run their engines over 400,000 miles without a very large increase in their expenditure. Since that period also the Stour Valley had been opened, which they could not calculate had entailed upon them a less ex pense than 5,0001. If, then, they would add up these sums, the proprietors would find that the balance was rather in their favour than against it. In the coaching expenses there had been an addition of 10,0001. Here again the )pening of the Stour Valle ' formed an element, for they had to pay for a new staff, &c., which had amounted to about 5,0001. There had been a considerable rise also in wages and in the price of everything and he thought that it was not a very large sum when they considered all that was involved in it. Upon the merchandise traffic expenses there was an increase of 12,0001., but against that, upon he other side was the increase in receipts of 75,0001., and he thought that the outlay . of 12,0001. was fully justified, in order to secure the earning of such an amount. (Hear.) There was one item here which he could not help remark ing on, "Charged through the clearing-house, Sac., for wag gons used by this company, 1,1951." That was an entirely new charge, for last year they had had to receive instead of to pay, under that head. It showed, however, that their stock had not been sufficient for the increased traffic, because they had had to pay that for other waggons corning upon their line instead of using their own waggons. That was a sufficient reason for asking the proprietors for a vote of money, which they must pay, and which they must be content to pay, out of their capital for an increase of the working stock. The total working expenses this half-year showed an increase of 67,4321. over the half-year of 1852 ; but he endeavoured to explain the principal items on which that increase had arisen, and he trusted that the proprie tors would give credit to the directors and officers of the company, who had had the management of the working of that enormous increase of traffic, for having endeavoured to do their duty as well as they possibly could. (Hear, hear.) Upon rates and taxes there was an increase of 6,0001., arising out of a disputed claim which had been made by the parish of St. Pancras last year, and which they had been ob li g ed to pay. It was, however, still dis uted, and their lega l adviser told them that it mi g ht be recovered. There was a charge of 10,0001. for Parl;a mentary expenses, which was one of those items which they hoped hereafter would be very view much di ich he had minished. th ou gh he confessed that the sanguine wh entertained of it hitherto had not been realised. With re f ere nce to the subsidiary lines, they were much in the same condition as at this time last year. They always formed a bad item in the accounts ; but he he did not must repeat what he had s tated last February, that that those subsidiary lines were so groat a loss to the main lines as m i g ht be supposed. They certainly did bring an immense amount of traffic upon the main lines, and he had had some statements prepared, which were too detailed ' to go into at that mHnenetr, the to show a hd n w f ha,,tptahleanreeealbroopnegraht tion of them was. forere o l f d own " they woul d see an item ewa o rails of 21.3181. That was charged to revenue, and the directors hoped that by degrees the roadwould be brought into that state in w hi c h it ought to be in order to bear the increased traffic and the very lar g e weight of engines that were now brought u pon it. It w as quite evident . that they must make up their minds to some considerable expense in the improve ment of their line, because what would have originally per mile cortld not be done now under 3,000/., cost 2,000/. in consequence of the increased weight of traffic that was brought upon it. The next subject to which he would call their attention was the abstract J, " works, stocks, and which they would remember there estate account," had been a discuslApoonnat the last half-year that expenditure it had been found that vari ous items had been charged to it which ought to have been charged to capital; and upon that fairly and and justly their sanction to 79,000/. being sion the proprietors a withdrawn from it avghichhtandeynveowtedhashaotuhldatbsenph j a e hel t o a u ga t i o n f capital. The directorstion. Ile confessed that he could add under their considers very little to what w.tasinsttahteedrreippeoin.t. thTehsantlajpeacrtaignratphhe paragraph respecting was headed by a comPlahrftetri:7B4st,a,taemndentthfeor3tohthe yoefars enu ing the 31st of Decem 1853, and for the half-years en t d n in g g w t e h n e ld 3O s t e h e o w f hat June, e l n B o s r 2 . and 1853, and from at the mee mous increase there had beenj d n the Weight of goods alsocar see what a very small rigid over the line. They would 110YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. P A TRON —H.R.H. PRINCE ALB KRT. LECTIIRES.—By J. 11. Pepper,PHOTOGRAPHY, with Illustration's, Mornings and Evenings. By Pr. Ilachhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING and SILVERING. The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE exhibited in Use and explained Daily. 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Messages of 20 words to:— Amsterdam.. •.. • • £0 8 4 Hague"... ..... •• • £9 7 6 Antwerp .••. • • .. 011 6 Namburgh. ••••, 0 15 6 Augsburg .•• • • 017 6 Hanover ••• • • ..... 015 6 Berlin ..... ••. • • 017 6 Strasburgh . 019 6 trernen.. ••• • .. ~ 013 6 Leghorn • • .•.— 110 2 Breslau.. ••• • • ...... 019 6 Lubeck..... • • .... 015 6 Brussels • Cologne.. .. ._ • • 013 6 Presburg ... ••• • •• 11 6 I),intzle • ... • ...... .0 19 6 Rotterdam Dresden . • E.berteld Florenci , ... •• . 1 12 2 Van ee .. ••• • • • 0 19 6 Frankfort-on•the-Maine 015 6 Vienna •• • • ..... 019 6 And to other places on the Continent at proportionately low charges. T e above rates will be u niform from all the Company's Stations in Great Britain. arid thus—Messages delivered to the Telegraph offices at Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Hub, New ens le. Edinburgh, (.lasgow, &e., will pay precise y the same amount for the whole clist , ,nce us Mes ales forwarded from London. For further particulars, apply to the Company's station.i. I. S. FOURDRINIER, Secretary. Central Station, Lothbury, London, August 12, 1853. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. f;EOl1CTION ofCl{i. E in UREA BRI •%IN". On i , nd aster MONDAY, the 15th August, be charge for messages ransmitted within a eire, it •.fNsittv M les w 11 be reduced to ONE SHILLING for twenty words. This reduction will als,. apply to messages between London and the following places:— Birmingham. Brighton. Cambridge. Oxford. Reading. Windsor. For further particulars apply to the Company's stations. No poi teraw• charg , d for delivery of messages when the distance from the station does not exceed half a milt. PltiNr IPAL LONDON OFFICES. Central Station, Lothbury, Bank of England. No. 43, Mincinu-lane, corner of Fenchurch-street. General Post Office, et. marthes•le-Grand. No. 3 , Fleet-street. opposite St. Dunstan's Church. • No. 448, West strand, corner of Adelaide-street (open day and nigat). No. 17.4, Great George-street, Westminster. No. 89, St. James's-street, opposite St. James's Palace. No. 1, Park-side, Knightsbridge, opposite Wilton-place. No. 6, Edgeware-road, near the Marble Arch. Great Northern Railway Station, King's-cross. London and North Western Railway Station, Euston-square. Eastern Counties Railway Station. Shorednch (open day andnight) London ,nd south Western Railway -tation, Waterloo-road. London and Brighton Railway Station, London-bridge. Great Western Railway Station, Paddington. By order, J. S. FOURDRINIER, Secretary. Lothbury, London, August 12,1853. charge bad been made to capital for their carriages, wag gons, and locomotives. The increase per cent. during the half-year, compared with the corresponding period of 1852, in the number of passengers booked was 24. The increase per cent. in the number of tons moved was 18. The in crease per cent, in the number of tons of coal moved was 19 ; and the increase per cent. in the charge to capital Was nil. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible to suppose that that enormous increase of traffic could be carried on, and that the cost of all the engines, waggons, and carriages which were to produce that traffic, and the receipts conse quent upon it, was to be charged to revenue. He thought it must be quite evident to everyone, that it would not be fair to the . present proprietors that the whole of that sum should be charged to revenue. (Hear, hear.) That was the opinion which he had always entertained. He did not believe that it would be possible for a gigantic undertaking like theirs to close their capital account at present. He did not' mean to say that the day might not arrive when the capital account might be closed ; but the railway system was not yet sufficiently extended throughout the whole of the country, nor had the resources of the country been so completely developed, as to allow them to say that the railway system was perfect. The day might come when it would not be necessary either to improve the de scription of railways or to increase the number of lines with which they should be connected, but that day had not come yet, and until it did arrive he said that it was impossible for them to close their capital account. (Hear, hear.) For that reason, although there might appear to be some inconsistency in their decision, the directors were satisfied that they had come to a right conclusion, and that it would be much better for the proprietors to make up their minds to augment the capital, in order to provide the means for carrying on the traffic, than to leave themselves in a state of uncertainty every half-year with respect to the amount of dividend which they were going to receive. His great object, if he were about to remain in the posi tion he' ue - vr 'bell - the honour to occupy, would 43 to en deavour to maintain for them a fixed dividend, "Believing that that was of the utmost importance in any concern like this. (Hear, hear.) He w - ould not be induced to change that decision by any actual variation that might take place in the amount of the reserve or of the receipts from one six months to another ; and the result of the present half-year had shown, he thought, that they were quite right in the month of February last in not endeavour ing to increase their dividend at that time, although they had a considerable reserve in hand. He was the more par ticularly induced to say this, because they were still in the sam e position in which they had been hitherto with regard to competition. He had looked to the possibility of Par liament interfering and assisting them to improve their position. Ho had told them in February that he hoped that the select committee of the House of Commons which had been appointed to inquire into railway legislation would have resulted in something good. He did not think now, however, that they were likely to enjoy any great advantage from an y chan g e that might be pro. posed. The evidence that had been taken emin before that committee 'had proceeded from the most in this kingdom connected with railways, and he be lieved that the gentlemen who had sat upon the com mittee were remarkably able and clever men, but they had decision, and . he thought had been some difference been a long time coming to a it was pretty clear that there of opinion among them. He did not find fault Working expenses with their summing np of the evide nce which had been taken Percentage of disburse before them, but he did find faul t with them that, having . ment to receipt 37.25 39.82 received the best evidence w hich could possibly be ob " The increase in the expenses relatively to the receipts tamed, rind their nd admitting that that evidence satisfied - is principally under the head of locomotive' charges, and own minds, they yet had done literally nothing. The pro- arises partly from an increased number of miles run, but prietors would remember that the report presented to the chiefly from the infusion into the stock of a larger number last half-yearly meeting contained a paragraph in which of new engines, in substitution for those of less power, no the directors stated their opinion that competition was longer suitable under the altered circumstances of the t not maintainable. The select committee of the House of traffic. The expenditure for repairs and renewals during Commons now gave a very strong opini on also, against the past half-year has been 76,0311., as against 53.2411. in competition. That was the result at which the members June, 1852. The higher price of materials and the advance of the select committee had arrived,--some of them he be- generally in the rate of wages throughout the country Hewed very unwillingly—because he had nodonbt that they have also had their influence in increasing the rate of work would have been very glad to make out that competition ing charge ; while, at the same time, the continuance of was still practicable in this country. Persons not person - eneavours to abstract traffic from this company by a reek ally and pecuniarily interested in railways, often said less reduction of rates has prevented the directors from " What does it signify ? The more railways the better— profiting by that economy in the working arrangements we shall get better carried, and cheaper carried." At the which they hoped for, and which they believe may be ulti same time they forgot that they would not be so safely matcly effected without any detriment to the service of the carried, or so well accommodated, as when the corn- public. pally were in a position to keep up their staff in a state of a The directors have availed themselves of the opportunity the greatest efficiency. (Hear, hear.) One of the results afforded on the expiration, in November last, of the contracts at which the committee had arrived was •this. They for maintaining the permanent way, by taking the duty en said,— tirely into their own hands. Experience thus far justifies "It follows from general reasoning, and appears to your them in calculating on a considerable saving under this committee to have been established in evidence, that coin- head. They have been enabled, notwithstanding the extra petition fails to afford to the public the same security in ordinary expenditure consequent upon the long-continued respect of railway accommodation which it gives in the floods of last winter, and the recent advance in wages, to transactions of ordinary trade." effect a considerable reduction in the expenditure, as well as Then they said— to maintain and improve the condition of the road. "As the practice of Parliamentary legislation stands at " The comparative statement for the years ending the 31st present, it is in the power of one rival company materially December, 1849, and the 30th June, 1853, shows an increase to affect the interest of the other : or a small number of in the number of miles open of 135 A or 27 per cent. ; of the speculators, with or without the encouragement of a rival, number of passengers booked, 3,480;399, or 56 per cent. ; can injure the position of an establisheaeompany by laying and of the receipts 116,0411., or 9 per cent. The increase in out a line within their neighbourhood,and so compel them the number of tons of merchandise moved, 1,154,187 tons, to bring forward, in self-defence, and as part of their own or 88 per cent. ; receipts, 231,527/. or 33 per cent. ; in the system, schemes which, upon a wider review of the public number of tons of coals moved, 481,337 tons, or 63 per cent.; advantage, itis probable that Parliament would have refused receipts, 58,9471., or 82 per cent. ; the increase in the to sanction." parcels, mails, cattle, &c., 8,9921., or 4 per cent. The total They were satisfied of that, and yet nothing hadbeen done increase in the receipts during 3i years amounted to to prevent, during the next six months, any number of 44,5071., or 19 per cent. ; and in the charge to capital for schemes btu ,projected which would have the effect Of working stock, 133,3221., or 7 per cent., including 41;8231. forcing tbiraompany to incur those large Parliamentary for carriages, and 91,4991. for waggons. expenses in which was to be found one of the principal "In the comparative statement for the half-years ending reasons for the depreciation of the value of their property. 30th June, 1852 and 1853, the increase in the length of rail (Hear, hear.) With respect to their parliamentary cam- way open was 13 miles, or 2 per cent. ; in the number of paign, the report would be found to contain a detail of the passengers booked, 895 , 473, or 24 per ce nt . ; and amount, bills which had been promoted by parties hostile to the 25,124/. or 4 per cent , ; the increase in the number of tons London and North-Western Company. He believed h e of merchandise was 190,433, or 18 per cent. ; amount, might use thephrase "hostile," b eca use th e y were more or 62,6331., or 15 per cent. ; increase iu the coals, 107,611 tons, less concerned with the broad gauge, and he could not con - or 19 per cent. ; amount, 10,2291., or 16 per cent. ; mails, ceive that any proposition coming from parties connected parce l s , a nd cattle, 1,0341., or 1 per cent. The total increase with the broad gauge could be otherwise than hostile to i n th e r eceipts amounted to 99,0201., or 9 per cent. ; and in the North-Western. All those bills h a d been thrown out, the charge to cattle for working stock, 2,3111. for carriages. and this company had had, if he could call it so, a very ,‘ The increase . shown by these returns has been so great, successful campaign, for they had been very much inte- especially in the weight of goods and coals moved, as to rested in opposing th os e bills, an d their opposition had render necessary a considerable addition to the carrying an d been successful. (Hear , hear.) They had thrown oat the locomotive stock, and to the stations, sidings, and accommoda- Mid-Western, the Birmingham, Shrewsbury, an d Chester, tion generally ; and, accordingly, it has been provided, as promoted by the Great Western ; the bill to lay down the shown in the accounts. This expenditure has been charged to a broad gauge on the Sout h Staffordshire ; and the bill which, separate account, with a view to its gradual liquidation at the above all, he rejoiced to have defeated, for a line upon the cost of future revenue ; the object of the proprietors mixed gauge between Worcester and Hereford, which had in adopting the principle being, as stated in the auditors' been promoted jointly by the Great Western and the Ox- report, 14th of February, 1850, that ' The capital account be ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Companies. An- rigidly closed, and not again reopened unless to meet tle other paragraph in the report contained a list of the bills requirements of a positive increase of traffic. The objection which had been promoted by this company, five of which to this principle, on the ground that it would be unjust to had been lost, and five gained, and which were bills that persons immediately interested in the profits to tax the cur they had been compelled to bring forward in self-defence. rent earnings beyond the efficient maintenance and renewal of The select committee now recognised the truth of what he the existing stock and works, appeared to the directors out had always told them, that they had been obliged to bring weighed by its probable advantages. During the last 33 forward measures of self-defence, because, if they did not years there has been an increase in the weight of traffic moved occupy the country others would, and would compel them of—Merchandise, 1,154,187 tons, equal to 88 per cent. ' • of to buy lines at a much higher rate than the y could have coal , 481,327 tons, e q ual to 63 p er cent. ; total, 1,635,5141., constructed them for-themselves. It was deeply to be re- equal to 79 per cent.; while the charge to capital for ad gretted that in cases of this sort they could place no re- ditional rolling stock has been 133,3221. e equal to only 7 per Bence whatever upon Parliamentary decisions. To show cent. on 1,971,9991., the cost of the stock in 1849. how uncertain those decisions were he would instance a " The directors feel that they cannot, consistently with an case or two in point. They had promoted a line from Ox- efficient performance of the service, and with equity to those ford to Tring this year. The bill passed the House of interested in the current profits of the undertaking, attempt Commons unanimously. It arrived at the House of Lords- to provide, at the cost of revenue, the additional capital ne- Th e committee of the House of Commons had expressed ce s s ary for so large and sudden an increase of traffic ; they an opinion that the best line for making the communion- have therefore resolved, with the sanction of the proprietors, tion between the South W al e s district and tho metro p olis to cease charging to revenue the additions to stock and works was upon the narrow gauge, which would have cost only required for increased traffic, and that the balance of the 400,0001., while the Mid- Western would have cost 1,000,000/. account shall be transferred to the debit of capital; the sum For no reason in the world, however, that bill had been of 97,7701. 17s. 6d. having been already liquidated at the rejected by the caprice of a committee of the House of cost of revenue. It is probable that 150,0001. will suffice to Lords. (Hear, hear.) The same thing occurred last y ear meet the requirements of the present six months. with respect to the Worcester and Hereford. It passed ~ Of the bills promoted by this company, the Amersham branch, the Coalbrookdale branch, the Shrewsbury and New House of Commons, but the House of Lords rejected it without any reason, and without knowing why or town, the Stourbridge (withdrawn in the Lords), and the Tring wherefore. It was impossible then, he said, to depend upon and Oxford, have failed ; the St. Albans branch, the North the decisions of Parliament as to the merits of the bills ampton and Market Harborough, the Shrewsbury and Crewe, brought before them. There was the case of the Shrews- the Buckinghamshire Junction, and the Oldham Deviation, bury and Newtown again, which had been projected by this have passed committees of both houses. Of bills promoted by company. That bill was rejected by the House of Cora- parties iu connexion with this company, that for the Warwick mons, but they gave a line from Newtown to Llanidloe, and Stratford line has failed, that for the Hampstead and City which was a mere patch in the middle of the country about Junction is still before Parliament. The line from Worcester 12 miles in length, without head and without tail. That to Hereford has passed both houses, on the narrow gauge only. line must be continued to Shrewsbury next year or the The junction between the Buckinghamshire Railway and the year after, and if the North Western abandoned that nar row gauge of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton country, it was evident that other parties would construct will immediately afford an unbroken communication between that portion and would compel them probably to purchase it. the metropolis and the mineral districts of S outh Wales. The fault of the Legislature was, that they did not The bills to authorise amalgamation between this company lay down a system which should protect large companies like this, in which the interest of so many persons was and the Midland and North Staffordshire Companies were, in common with all those for similar powers , suspend ed b y the concerned, and in which so much money was embarked , resolution of the special committee ou railways ; this, how from being robbed year by year, by, to use the words of ever, has not affected the working arrangements with those the report of the select committee, " adventurers who companies, who continue to co-operate with mutual advantage embody schemes which they have no intention of carrying and to the convenience of the public. The relations with the into effect, but purpose using as a means of extorting ad- various companies to the north and east continue on a friendl, vantage from the bona fide undertakers of railway enter- f oo ti ng . prise in the district." (Hear, hear.) In the course of 12 ~ In order to avoid further litigation in regard to the months he hoped that they would have a much greater covenants under the lease of the West London Railway, in Protection for their property than they had at present. which this company and the Great Western are jointly in- There was not one of those bills mentioned i n the re p ort terest ed, it has been mutually agreed between the directorsin which he could not show the capric e of Parliament, and those of the West London Company, subject to the either of the House of Lords or of the House of Commons, sa nction of Parliament, to refer the disputed points to arbi in the mode in which they had dealt wi th it. He now tration, with a view to a com plete settlement of all matters came to the next point —the question of amalgamation be- in difference, on equitable terms, and this arrangement wil alleged exclusive tween the Midland and the North Staffordshire and this now be submitted for the approval of the shareholders. as ey a ha p ve reli u m ni . formly i-t -company. All the evidence which had been adduced before With' the Great Western Company the board regret to sad - , the committee was in favour of the amalgamation, and namodschttalveemepnetrsliisatsedbeienn demanding, as showed the economy and convenience to the public which fused to conclude an agreement repeatedly offered to them agreements which, apart from the circumstances of t .or i ;- would result from it. The only fear was that b tl o i ar e d M o l f l would place too large a power in the hands of t _ s ditien, the admission . by this board of their mary co n _ directors, and that that wer would be abused. It wa . agreements with the directors of the Shrewsbury Companies commont r h e e ti r d e e fo ci r b e, y i t n he committee upon gin, your directors feel itwould ' t 1 with on nafllthbeillsforsimilar powers, sus special would be abused • , . be inconsistent both with railways. That power, however,your interests and engagements to recognise. From resolu never board of directors. went of the theom state so long as the company chose a good . half-year's accounts it will be seen • • allow it, and public opinion The proprietors would not proceeds are 490,9901., to which add that the net (Hear, bear.) He con- the balance carried f • would not allow it to be abused. t account, 92,7861. Total, 583,7761. 1011:1 were amalgamated,less further tended that the more those railways for renewal of rails, 21,3161., showing a disposable allowance beneficial they and brought into one system, the more 562,4581. g a balance of The directors recommend proprietors and to the public at large. The a dividend of 21. 10s. would be to the per cent. for the last ' those amalgamations; six months, am • amounting to 533,1551., house had, however, at once quashed not affect the working leaving a balance of 29,3021. 8 8 to be • but he was happy to say that would. next half-yearly account." . carried forward to the They between the companies. might make , . arrangements were not allowed to make such ' ' .t n abstract of the accounts arrangements, but theyla Saturday last. and binding by the authority of a arrangements secure to the North Staf f ord- - The CHAIRMAN act of Parliament. with respect Stafford- moved the adoption, printing, and cir would be no objection culation amen th shire, ho hoped that there to an g e shareholders of the report, and the amalgamation with that company. He could not expect statement of accounts. that there would be, because the select committee ex- Mr. PIERREPOINT (a director) could not permit the fare cepted from their general rule against amalgamations well speech of their gallant chairman to pass sub silentio. minor or special cases, where it clearly appeared that the (Hear, hear.) He was sure he spoke the sentiments of his true object sought to be obtained was increased economy brother directors, and of the proprietors generally, when of management and consequent advantage to the pub- he expressed the regret with which they should lose his lie. He believed tnat it would be a great advanta,,e services. It was impossible for any man to have devoted to the whole of the country to have the North I himself with more zeal, ability, and activity to the inte- Staffordshire amalgamated with the North-Western, for I rests of the company than he had done. His services, in it was, in fact, a part and parcel of the same system. He I fact, had been beyond all price; and he was sure that, go had no doubt, therefore, that the amalgamation with the wherever he would, the General would carry with a him l h North Staffordshire Company would be granted, a n d th at kindest and best wishes of all those who had h d the p ea they should be able to form as perfect a union between sure of acting with him. (Cheers.) Midland Company and themselves as could be the 1 1 Mr. H. EARLE, another director, amid the cheers of the (Hear, hear.) There was one more subject mentioned wished. meeting, bore similar testimony to the services and the the report to which he must briefly refer. 7 in character of the gallant chairman. stated, " with the Great Western Com an ne directors Mr. LOCKE, M.P., having occurredc in the sentiments regret to say, no settlement has been effeCledy4 Ththe eboard expressed by the two of di e r c eeto t rs wished to have some the locomotive establish prietors would not be surprised to hear that that pro- detailed information of_th cost It had been stated out of case. He believed that the proprietors was the ment at 'Wolverton and Crewe. of both companies between the cost of a great difference would be extremely surprised to find that doors that there was had taken place. He couldnot any settlement the two establishments. . He could not venture to state say, " why," exactly, what that difference was, since the directors had refused because he believed that the proprietors wished it ; but i n f or mation upon the subject ; but he believed that sin ce there was some sinister infl uence b e hi n d which aways the amalgamation of the Grand Junction and the London prevented it taking place when it appeared to be almost l and North - Western , the difference had amounted to between Mr. H. BOOTH, one of the secretaries, then read the report, of which the following is an abstract : " The half-yearly statements of account placed in the hands of the proprietors exhibit the following results, as compared with the corresponding period of last year : Passengers, parcels, and 1852. 1853. Increase. mails £668,799 £689,746 £20,947 Merchandise, &c., 467,477 542,391 74,914 £1,136,276 £1,232,137 £95,861 £423,304 £490,736 £67,432 SMYTH FORGERY CASE. GLOUCESTER, AUGUST 12.—The examination of Dr. Smith, or, as he styles and subscribes himself, " Sir Richard Hugh Smyth," on the charge of forgery, in con nection with the cause of " Smyth v. Sinyth, ' lermt nated at nine o'clock last night (Thursday). The other witnesses examined (after yesterday's dispatch) were eight in number. Robert Cocks, the jeweller of Oxford-street, gave in evidence details of the prisoner's application to him to engrave the fabricated jewellery. He was cross-examined by the prisoner, and said the Bandon crest was copied from a book of the peerage, which he showed to the prisoner at his prisoner's request. Prisoner—Did I not. say to you, " Engrave on this ring the crest of the Bandon family, because I wish to make a present of it ?"—Witness replied in the negative, and added that when the prisoner brought the miniature to him he ordered him to put at the back of it a rim of brass, and to make good a part of the frame, which was broken off, stating that the work was to be done in such a manner that it would look as if it had been done fifty years. After the work had been done, the prisoner complained that it looked like a new work, and witness then did something to give it an older appearance. When the prisoner brought the miniature, he asked witness bow old the lady looked, and witness believed there was some writing on the back of it at that time, but was not certain. Mr. John Roberts, for 40 years a clerk at Miles's bank at Bristol, was well acquainted with the writing of Sir John Smyth, and believed the signature "John Smyth" as a witness to the document marked "A" (the deed of 1822) was not his writing. It was not at all like his signature in 1822, but looked like an imitation of his writing about the year 1846 or 1847. He did not think the signature "James Abbott" was that of the party. He knew Abbott's writing well. Sarah Ann Edwards, of Blair Castle, Henbury, widow of. Wm. Francis Edwards, who died in September, 1846, and who was represented as an attesting witness to the deeds of 1822 and 1823, swore that the signatures were not those of her deceased husband, as they purported to be. She had been subpoenaed by the attorney for the plaintiff. Honor Dobson, widow of William Dobson, who die, in January, 1852, and was represented as anot her wit. ness to the two deeds, said she did not believe either of the signatures was that of her husband. In one, the name was spelt with two b's. She had at one time said the small b's and s's were like her husbands, but did not think so now. Noah Cook, corporation rate collector of Bath, be lieved he went to school to the prisoner in 1814. The school was at No. 1; Ladymead, and the prisoner went by the name of Thomas Provis. Never knew him by any other name. His schoolmaster had a mark upon his neck—a scrofulous kind of mark—he believed on the right side of the neck. [The prisoner has such a mark, by which he was identified as the man who had been sentenced to death for horse -stealing at Ilchester.] He had no doubt the prisoner was the man. He was a young schoolmaster, about twenty-four years old, and he sometimes wore his neckcloth loose in hot weather. Ann Heath, daughter of John Provis, of Warminster, and aged fifty-two, stated that her father had two sons by his first wife, John and Thomas. Her brother John was the eldest, and the prisoner was her brother Thomas. Cross-examined by the prisoner : Always knew him as her father's son Thomas, and had never entirely lost sight of him. He r mother died suddenly, but she did not see the prisoner at the inquest. He had called upon her three times since her father's death, and on the first occasion he asked her to let him have the likeness of her brother John. N ever knew, exce p t by hearsay, that the prisoner had assumed the name of Dr. Smith until he came to her again after her father's death. Remembered when about 13 years of age accompanying her father to Bath on the occasion of the prisoner's marriage. He was then called Thomas Provis, and was married to a person whom the witness believed to be Mary Ann Whittick. A son of that marriage, named Frederick, used to come occasionally to her father's, but he way since dead. This Frederick Provis was born about 1815 ; but witness did not remember when he died. Had heard that Thomas, her brother was in Ilchester Gaol for horse stealing ; and believed the Thos. Provis who was married at Bath, the Thomas Provis who was in Ilchester Gaol ; and the prisoner were the same person. Believed 1 1 Thomas her brother (the prisoner) to have been born in 1792. Mr.• Rawood, a clerk of the Prerogativ e Court of Chancery, produced the will and codicil of Sir Hugh Smyth, dated July 19, 1814, and, in reply to the pri soner, expressed his belief that it would have been im possible for a person to have taken impressions of the seal and signature of the will while it was in Doctors' Commons. This closed the examination of witnesses. The prisoner then (having been cautioned in the usual formal manner by Dr. Jenne) made a statement to this effect. That being unprotected by legal advice, he did not feel himself justified in entering into any explanation respecting any of the circumstances which had been de posed to, excepting that he considered that the illegality of the documents had not in the present instance been proved by any evidence, nor the facts of the drawing, signing, or sealing by him of the deeds, nor of his pos session of them, except of the document ma rked " B ;' and considering the evidence given before the judge of the genuineness of the signatures not being overpowered by the testimony of the witnesses examined before the magistrate, he left the matter to his consideration. He considered and declared himself not guilty of the crime of which he was charged, and that if he was committed on the charge of absolute and positive forgery he should consider himself unjustly committed. The prisoner was then committed by Dr. Jeune on the charge of forgery and uttering the documents in ques tion, and thus has, for the present, terminated this ex traordinary case. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday a special general Court of Directors and Proprietors of the East India Company was held at the company's house, Leadenhall-street, for the purpose of further considering the bill recently introduced into Par liament for the future government of India. Russell Ellice, Esq., Chairman of the Court of Directors, pre sided. The CHAIRMAN informed the Court that they were called together to consider the amendments that had been introduced into the bill in the Rouse of Lords. He regretted that their petition had been attended with so little success, but congratulated them that the clause in troduced by Sir John Pakington in the House of Com mons with regard to the salt duty, had been rejected by. the House of Lords. There was one amendment re cently introduced which be thought they ought to direct particular attention to—namely, the alteration that had been made with regard to the signatures to dispatches, and which gave the power to the Board of Control, or their secretary, to sign the dispatches and forward them. To that the Court of Directors _strongly protested, and he thought it would be advisable to real to the Court the correspondence that had taken place between the Preident of the Board of Control and the directors on the subject. Mr. - LEWIN, before the correspondence was read, begged to call to the attention of the Court to the fact that there were only seven proprietors present. The notice calling the court had evidently been seen by very few, and under the circumstances he did not think they could properly discuss this question at present, and sug gested that - the court should be adjourned till a future day. The CHAIRMAN observed that there would be no use in calling together a court after the bill had been read a third time and passed. The SECRETARY read the correspondence between the Court of Directors and Sir Charles Wood. The first letter called attention to the 44th clause, which materi ally interfered with the due administration of the affairs of India, the tax which had been so tampered with being one of the principal sources of their revenue in that em pire. They felt strongly and forcibly that this was an interference effectually calculated to impair their respon sibility, and trusted the matter would be taken into con sideration by her Majesty's Ministers, so that it.might be withdrawn from the bill. The CHAIRMAN—That clause, I have the satisfaction of informing the court, has been expunged by the House of Lords. The next letter, dated the 10th instant, was then read by the secretary, and referred to the note which pro hibited any dispatch being forwarded until it had re ceived the signature of the directors, and which had been abrogated by a proviso in the bill empowering the Commissioners of the Board of Control or their secretary to,sign and forward dispatches. He earnestly protested against any enactment which would interfere with the government of India by the East India Company, and which would be the effect of the proviso alluded to, if re tained in the bill. The CHAIRMAN said the bill would be read a third time in the House of Lords that night, and the only further proceeding to-morrow (this day), when the House of Lords would be called in to take into consideration the law amendments, and the bill would in all proba .)ility become the law of the land the following day. There was therefore no time to be lost, and any adjourn ment would be worse than useless, and only make them the laughing-stock of the public. The bill still upheld the principle of the double government, and although the Court of Proprietors had lost something of its privi leges and power, he trusted they would be induced to accept the bill ; and he should now, with the sanction of the Court of Directors, move a resolution to that effect. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving the resolu tion, which set forth that, whilst regretting that the pe tition that had been presented to the House of Lords had not been attended with the desired success, the court concurred m the views and opinions of the court as stated on the 29th ult., regarding the bill for the fu ture government of India. Mr. LEWIN rose to propose an adjournment. He thought.it was disrespectful to the Court of Proprietors that uo sufficient notice had been given to them of what was about to take place that day. As to signifying their compliance with the bill, that was all mere moonshine, And he regretted the subject of responsibility had not been referred to, as the present bill went to perpetuate the non-responsibility of all concerned in the govern ment of India, and could not give his assent to a bill which, while attaching a great moral responsibility to them, operated with the greatest injustice towards the natives of India. He had told the people of India to agitate, and to endeavour to obtain their right. He thought the statements made to Parliament on the sub ject were most scandalous. The petitions were said to be g ot up by influential parties, but they were, he had the best authority for stating, the real sentiments of the people. He could tell them that there was an agitation going on in India which would shake that empire to its centre, and he hoped they would hold possession of India no longer than they did justice to the natives. He strongly objected to the transaction of any business of so much importance in so small a court, and there fore moved that the court do now adjourn. Capt. DOVETON seconded the motion for . adjournment. He highly approved o f th e c l ause introduced by Sir John Pakington for doing away with the salt monopoly, whick would immortalise his name India as much as that of in ' Sir Robt. Peel was immortalised in this country. He re gretted the East India Company themselves had not proposed doing away with this most vexatious impost. The people of India were becoming every day more en lightened and intelligent, and would not much longer submit to be treated with so much injustice. He recom mended the court to pay more attention to the finances of India, and to endeavour to govern it for the benefit of the natives of that country. He considered the in fusion of new blood into the Court of Directors—he meant the nominee members—as an intervening body between the directors and the government, which would correct the evils of both. The hon. proprietor then re ferred to various details in the management of the a ffairs of India, but was repeatedly called to order 11Y the chairman and other proprietors. Mr. WEEDING said the proprietors oughtoteoadhvaevre. looked out for meetings of this sort, and seen negligence tisement. It was rather hard that t he ir u adjournments upon should entail frequent meetings and r esolution of the the court. He cordially supportedatdhadoejr:oesdo directors, and hoped it would b attendanceofwopurlod Mr. TWINING regretted the h, s t m e : n 1 1 adjournment prietors, but did not think Seeing all that had place them in any better position. erent or the East India Com been effected by the l pany during the last twenty years, he regretted to fi nd been so slightly estimated, and that their exertionsas had had lead to no better r esult. Nothing, in his opinio n , o f more importance than that the governm en t o f th e East India Com p any was and its independe nce s h ou ld b e ma i n tained ; veryimportant changes had t a k en p l ace ; but h e trusted that the sanguine anticipations of some h on , proprietors with regard to the harmonious and effec tive working of the new system would be realised. "Under the circumstances in which they were placed, he did not think they could do otherwise than accept the proposition of the Court of Directors. 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