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' with Meat, Flour, Malt, Hops, Hay and straw, Oatmeal , —, t , utt 'r, Cheese, or Bacon, for six calendar months, t ss , 4 f . e 7 c „" t e ° .c h a e l r el next, or with any of the undermentioned articles for from the l st Oil tdar months from that day, viz., Groceries, Soap, Oil, pp+. c ' l°a ra , Brooms, Brushes, Window Glass, Lead and Leaden .„..._ig . , lloi' iery, Linen and Woollen Drapery, Blankets, Rugs, Straw 1 1 47. is net B onnets. Tobacco, Snuff, Cloth, Boots and Shoes, Leather, Tender 'the and Spirits for the sick, are requested to deliver sealed at th tø n io , '3Y Eleven o'clock, on TUESDAY, the 20th inst., perv. e Sea, sions House, Clerkenwell-green, and to attend there " d ' lIIY 0 k that Teride -, . contract ''t day, Twelve o'clock. Blank forms, in which •4 IDUS t be made, may be obtained, and the form of May ••,, - E tc.., been, eft:4 er upon application to me at this place, or . to the slitsractors will to required strictly to conform, aJlurn at Hanwe 11. The Committee of Visitors will not bind them may be seen at the selves to accept ti ie lowest or any of the tenders. Dated this 7' di SepCtreimAbileir,ElSBsW3.RlGHT, Clerk to the Visitors , M. - I ii• rOCIATION. Another conversazione on Tuesday night, in the Music-hall, Jarratt-street, brought together the savans from the different sections to discuss the past proceedings and the prospects of the next meeting at Liverpool. This was spoken of as likely to prove a brilliant one, both as regards the attendance of visitors and the character of the papers to be read. Unusual preparations are al ready being made to give eclat to the gathering. On Tuesday a dinner was given to the medical visitors, whom the Association has assembled at Hull, by their professional brethren of the town. Dr. Horne occupied the chair, and Mr. Munroe acted as vice-chairman. To the general visitors also the greatest hospitality has been shown. The following " recommendations," involving grants of money, were adopted by the general committee of the Association at their meeting in the Infirmary Library yesterday (Wednesday) : " That the sum of 2001. be placed at the disposal of the Council for the maintenance of the establishment of the Observatory at Kew ; that the committee appointed to investigate the physical aspect of the moon be re quested to endeavour to procure photographs of the moon from telescopes of the largest size which can be made available, with 251. at their disposal for the pur pose ; that the expense of certain thermometers con structed for the inquiry on conduction of heat, by Pro fessor Forbes, amounting to 41. 25., be paid ; that Dr. Hodges be requested to continue his investigations on flax, with 201. at his disposal for the purpose ; that Mr. Rankine, Dr. Robinson, Professor Hodgkinson, and Mr. Ward, be requested to continue the report on the cool ing of air in hot climates,,with 201. at their disposal for the purpose ; that Mr. Fairbairn be requested to prepare a report on the effects of temperature on wrought-iron plates, with 10/, at his disposal for the purpose ; that Mr. Mallett be requested to continue his experiments on Earthquake Waves, with 501. at his disposal for the purpose ; that Dr. Lankester, Professor Owen, and Dr. Dickie, be a committee to draw up tables for the regis tration of Periodical Phenomena, with 101. at their dis posal for the purpose ; that Dr. Lankester, Professor Forbes, and Professor Bell, be requested to assist Dr. Williams in drawing up a report on British Annelida n with 10/. at their disposal for the purpose ; that Mr. Hyndman, Mr. Patterson, Dr. Dickie, and Mr. Grain ger be requested to carry on a system of Dredging on the North and Fast Coasts of Ireland ; that Mr. H. E. Strickland, Dr. Daubeny, Professor Lindley, and Pro fessor Henslow, be requested to continue their experi ments on the Vitality of Seeds, with 51. 10s. at their disposal for the purpose ; that the committee for pro viding a large outline map of the world be reappointed, with the addition of Sir James Ross and Dr. Latham, with 151. at their disposal for the purpose." The recommendations which were adopted, not involving application to Government or public authorities, were as follows : "That Lieutenant-Colonel Portlock, Professor James Forbes, Mr. Mallett, Mr. Phillips, Dr. Robinson, Colonel Sabine, and Professor Stokes be requested to consider and report upon the best form of apparatus for registering the direction and amount of earthquake vibra tions ; that Dr. Gladstone be requested to continue his inquiries on the influence of lig ht on the vitality of plants ; th a t M r. Robert Hunt be requested to continue his investigations of the chemical action of the solar rays ; that the following gentlemen be a committee to report on the best means of procuring pyritous and other specimens of organic remains which are liable to decomposition—viz., Mr. J. S. Bowerbank, Professor Johnston, Mr. J. E. Lee, Mr. H. E. Strickland, and Mr. J. Calvert ; that Mr. Spence Bate be requested to give a report on the present state of our knowledge of the lower forms of British crustacea ; that Mr. Fairbairn's account of experimental researches to determine the strength of locomotive boilers, and the causes which lead to 'explosions, be printed, entire, among the reports ; that the Kew Committee be requested to fur nish a report to the Council on the definition of the boil ing point of water at present adopted in this country, for the thermometric scale, and that the Council be requested to communicate with the President and Council of the Royal Society, should any change in that respect be deemed desirable ; that Professor Johnston be requested to furnish to the committee a Report on the Relations of Chemistry to Geology ; that Mr. John Frederick Bate man, C.E., F.G.S., be requested to report on the State of our Knowledge on the Supply of Water to Towns ; that the thanks of the British Association be given to the Parliamentary Committee for the unceasing atten tion they have paid to the interests of science, both in communications to Government, and in proceedings in the Houses of Parliament." LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1853. No. 19,024.] r i)Rlc. SD. of traffic ; and he would ask them if there was anything dishonourable in that ? (Cries of " No, no.") There was no disguise in the matter, and it was very soon found that the effect would be to render the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line independent ; and from the mo ment the London and North-Western became aware of the arrangement a most unrelenting opposition was com menced, which was continued up to the present time, and rendered it impossible to carry out the arrange ment for an interchange of traffic. There were inte restsou toen every was, how at work on th e L on d on an d North-Western Com pany to prevent arr angemen t s o f any ki nd being carr i e d t ; and the question by i ry honourable were and they legal egtao: means,be de feated theirengagements and they were determined to do so provided the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company fulfilled their part honourably, and in good faith. He was there on the part of the Great Western Company, and he did not ask for the same board to be continued. He denied that they had acted dikhonourably, at l eas t so far as he (Mr. Saunders) knew, the directors had carried out their arrangement honourably with the Great West ern Company, and to do so was the only means of ob taining an income for the proprietors. The directors of the Great Western Company would not agree to amalgamate with the Shrewsbury line unless it earned a certain dividend, and the proprietors must be interested in promoting the prosperity of their own line. He was authorised to state that nothing on earth could induce the Great Western Company to pay them 4 per cent. unless the line earned it. The agreement proposed to the meeting would give them 75 per cent. of the divi dend of the Great Western for two years, commencing on the Ist of January, 1854, and 80 per cent. of it after wards for three years, and after that 90 per cent. of the dividend until the earnings of the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham line were equivalent to 4 per cent. per annum for one year, when they would be entitled to exchange their stock at par with the Great Western Company. A deputation had waited on the directors of the line from Bristol about five or six days ago with a memo rial stating that if 34 per cent. and half surplus profits were offered by the Great Western Company, that Mr. Scott and the other parties with him would accept it, and that it would meet with all but an unanimous con sent of the proprietors. That being the case, he (Mr. Saunders) was authorised by the board to say that they should have the 34 per cent. and half the surplus pro fits. (Great and long continued applause.) The Shrews bury and Birmingham should have those terms, com mencing on the Ist of January, 1854. The interest on preference shares and all debts and obligations of the company would be defrayed by the Great Western Com pany. Now, be would ask Mr. Scott and Mr. King whether they were prepared to accept those terms. He would not ask them to retain the present directors, but would agree to six new directors being placed on the board, not in any way connected with the London and North-Western, nor with the Great Western Company, but devoted to the interests of the company; and as the interests of the two companies would be identical, he hoped they would all endeavour to carry out the arrangement faithfully, and put an end to the troubles and contentions which had so long deprived them of a dividend. (Great applause.) Mr. GEACH said they could not carry out the arrange ment without the sanction of Parliament. They had at present an offer from the London and North-Western Company of 44 per cent. per annum. (Uproar, and cries of No, no.) He was desirous of ending the struggle, but he thought it was a question for Parliament to de cide as to its public policy. If they entered into the agreement with the Great Western they would find themselves in the midst of competition. (Cries of Ohl oh !) league, Mr. Low, I reject those votes, the authenticity of which I dispute, the means for testing and verifying which were refused to me after repeated applications to the chairman ; these means being the register of trans fer, the callbooks, list of shareholders in arrear of calls, and cashbook. I therefore report to the meeting that the amendment is carried by a majority of 1,044 votes. —HENRY KENNEDY." Just Ready SIR CHARLES NAPIER ON INDIA AND LORD D.iLIIOIJ,IE'S MISGOVERNMENT. THE EASTERN QUESTION. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. Charles Westerton, Hyde Park Corner. (Front the Times.) The rejection of the Vienna Note by the Empe ror Nicholas, though not an unexpected nor even an unnatural event, leaves the great question of European peace in a position of considerable danger. There are three parties concerned in the embroil ment—the Russian and Turkish Governments, for their respective and the four great Powers of Europe, as mediators between th e m. Th e me diators delivered their opinion in the form of a Note, and by these terms the Court of St. Peters burg unhesitatingly consented to abide. To the Porte, however, the award proved less satisfactory, and the Turkish Government made its assent con ditional on the introduction of certain modifications suggested by itself. These modifications were not disapproved by the mediating Conference, nor did they perhaps involve any substantial change of terms. The important difference consisted in this —that they proceeded from Constantinople instead of from Vienna—from oue of the two political an tagonists directly engaged, instead of from those practically charged with the duty of arbitration. The result is now before the world. The Emperor of Russia accepts conditions at the hands of the Conference—he rejects them at the hands of Turkey. The whole question is now opened afresh, and under circumstances even more difficult than be fore. It is certainly probable that the Emperor Nicholas objects less to the terms themselves than to the quarter from which they have proceeded, and the manlier in which they have been proposed. A court, indeed, of lower pretensions than that of St. Petersburg, might not unfairly demur to a fresh proposition made after a formal award at the particular instance of its own opponent in the dispute. It was doubtful whether the Czar would defer to the conclusions of an Euro pean Conference ; but it was obviously more un likely that he would accept additional conditions coming directly from Turkey, and thus in some sort resembling demands beyond what the arbi trators themselves had appeared to sanction. Those impressed with extraordinary persuasions of Russian subtlety may perhaps conceive that the Emperor and his Cabinet had speculated on this very contingency as likely to strengthen their own position ; or it may possibly be conjectured that a certain modification of the Note affectin g the rela tive advantages of Greek Christians in the Ottoman dominions has disappointed expectations founded on the original terms. Considering, however, the promptitude with which the first Note was accepted, and the slight substantial difference between this and the second, it seems more reasonable to con clude that the exceptions of the Russian Court are taken to the independent action of the Porte in a case submitted to European arbitration, and that the propositions now rejected might have been re ceived without much demur if they had proceeded from the Conference itself. SHREWSBURY AND BIRIVIINGHAV. A special meeting of this company was held yester day at the London Tavern, to consider the heads of a proposed agreement for amalgamating the undertaking with that of the Great Western Railway Company. The heads and conditions of the proposed agreement have already been published. Mr. flill, one of the directors, took the chair. The CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings by calling attention to the offer of the Great Western Company, by which it was proposed to apply for an act in the en suing session of Parliament to authorize the amalgama tion of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and Shrews bury and Chester with the Great Western Railway Company, the amalgamation to commence on the pas sing of the act, upon the principle that the shareholders of each company shalt become entitled to have the stock of their respective companies exchanged for Great Wes tern stock at par, so soon as the gross receipts over each line shall amount, in any one year, to a sum which would enable them to declare a dividend over and above all charges and expenses at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum out of their proper revenue ; the Shrewsbury Company, in the meantime, to receive from the Ist of January, 1854, for two years, dividends at the rate of three-fourths of the Great Western dividend, being equal to 75 per cent. of the said stock ; from the Ist of January, 1856, during two years, at the rate of four fifths of the said dividend equa l t o 80 per cent. of the same ; and from the Ist of J anuar y, 1858, at the rate of nine-tenths of the divid en d, equa l to 90 per cent. of the some stock ; and, on the ea rn i ngs of the Shrewsbury line being equal to pay a divid en d at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, in any one year, to have the power to exchange their stock at par with the Great Western Company. Until the amalgamation bills shall pass, the existing traffic agreements of the threccompanies to be carried oat in their full spirittby the committee to be appointed for that purpose. The matter would, of course, rest with the shareholders as to accepting the offer. lAGE with a DECEASED WIFE'S ER — The. Committee of the Marriage Law Reform rctintibdg to receive numerous applications from per ! to contract marriage with a deceased wife's sister, able *, O make it known that, though at present pro *LIVE!, these MARRIAGES are L tWFUL is rrussia Gern any and all othr Denmark Sweden and Norway, " they are r Protestant countries of Europe, except in England ; pensa -tion al xi lawful in the United States of America ; and by dis r t). all Roman Catholic countries eialhoeriC° 1 - 17 nittee als o d es i re t o ca ll a tt en tion to the following judi forei6 '.%''' °r •: — " English decisions have established this rule, that a brat e ' d n ' r la !Tiage, valid according to the law of the place where cele- T , u , is good everywhere el-e."—Lord Stowell. r! n e , ra information may be obtained on application to the Mono W a r:: e roa'Y, at the (Alice of the Asi,ciation, 26, Parliament-street, Le i _ ,t he various publications of the Association may be had. lltr hullo/is for eff e cting the objects of the Association may be fo :a rcl xt to the lion. rary Secretary, or paid to the ace unt of the I.`lir er, at Messrs. Rogers Olding, and Co.'s, bankers, Clement's ''le, L .bard -street. ' ' ~ , ,....4 11e ° 1 Mous contributors are particularly requested to indicate the aT u ltn e ,,, lr ' ic l i v w. b e f e d h . they wish the receipt of their communica ions to be Art,R SISI c tom int,udin think it desir htbited in Er MUSICAL and LUNATIC LAYS, by the LITTLE SAINT, 31st COUSIN to the GREAT ST. LEGER ; giving a description of his Adventures during the London and Dublin season of 1853, will be published on THURSDAY, the 15th of September. The CHAIRMAN said that the document, as handed in to him, was not a report, because it did not state the numbers for and the numbers against the amendment. It objected to a number of vo t es , an d, wi th ou t g i v i ng i any reasons for t, it jumped to a result. He should therefore receive it as a protest, but not as a report. Mr. MONROE thought the report of the two scruti neers ought to be before the meeting before the chairman decided upon taking any step. Mr. KENNEDY stated that he had merely handed in the document as a protest. Mr. Low, the other scrutineer, then read his report as follows : SOYER'S NEW WORK. Now realy, in royal Sov., handsomely bound in cloth, puke One Guinea, with 42 steel plate Engravings, "1, - tHE PANTROPHEON ; or, the History of IL Food and its Preparation, from the earliest ages of the world. By A. SOYER. Containing a fall description or the Art and Origin of Agriculture amongst the Ancients, the various:species of Cereals, grindin4 or Corn, various 31ills, manipulation of Flour, Grains, herbs for Seasoning, &C. ; Animal Food, Poultry, Game, Fish, Milk, Butter, Cheese, and Eggs; Water, Wine, Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Cocoa; Repasts. Feasts, Suppers amongst the Greeks and Romans ; Antique and Modern Banquets Illustrated ; and above 500 Recipes of Ancient Cookery ; and an account of the Medicinal Qualities attributed to Ingredients used in the Preparation of Food and Beverages. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. / 0 . 00 0 4 10 36° " Against the amendment. Persons present, 54, representing 2,052 Proxies held by ditto 10,397 N ICOLL'S AUTUMNAL PATTERNS are NOW READY. 12,449-12,449 "For the amendment. Persons present, 32, representing 1 , 363 Proxies held by ditto 26 P • - .I . OSEPH STANSBURY, M.A., Honorary Sec. arliarnent-t treet. EXCELLENCE and ECONOMY combined, as illustrated by the well. known Patent I'ALETOT, at Two Guineas. In England, France, or Germany, the best talent, workmanship, and materials are secured by H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cernhill, London. L REN S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, and"ls"? CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road). he ahoy© Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON , CELp'„"..." craitinue open every evening, with LAURENT'S m'A•T El) BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter.i.inate at half-past 11. 8,924-8,924 GOOD INVESTMENT.-Mr. T. W. LOADY, Mining Sharebroker, of Penzance, Cornwall, is now in Town for short time, for the purpose of putting capitalists into legitimate and Dividend Mines, some of which pay from 15 to 20 per cent. Pos sessing a local knowledge of ('ornish Mines, he enabled to make a good ,e7ection ; which, after some trouble and difficulty, he flatters himself he has done, and from which he trusts the public may derive much benefit. 27, Bury-street, St. James's. Mfavourajority against the amendment and in 3 , 525 of the original motion " Mr. Kennedy, the ether scrutineer, has declined sign ing this report, but has assented to the accuracy of the numbers as above stated: O YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. kNGE R Eof the LECTURE on " TIIE THAMES." The SECOND ' Of an HISTORICAL LECTURE on " THE THAMES," alarill its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq.,and b , s . ed by miss B'anche Younge, with NEW SONGS and NEI . % OLVING , CENERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock, ev ery Evening except Saturd a y at ^ ine. , ec ruaxs.—By J. 11. Pepper, Esq. : On PHOTOGRAPHY, with Illustrations, Mornings and Evenings. 0 15 0 541 0 1 " WILLIAM LOW." Mr. MONROE denied that Mr. Kennedy had given his consent to the document just read. Mr. KENNEDY admitted that he agreed with the ex planation made by Mr. Low at the end of the report. Mr. TREVOR said that Mr. Kennedy's statement ought not to be received at all, either as a report or as a protest. (Hear, hear.) It was a most extraordinary proceeding. He denied the right of any shareholder to investigate into his title to his shares. (Cheers.) There was nothing in the act of Parliament which entitled a shareholder to challenge his right to his shares. After some further discussion respecting the statement handed in by Mr. Kennedy. The CHAIRMAN said that the matter stood thus : Two scrutineers had been appointed. One of them had given in the voting, containing a list of figures, and his co-scrutineer agreed with him in that list of figures. MR. KENNEDY—I gave neither assent nor consent. The figures appear, prima facie, to be correct. That is all I agree to. The CHAIRMAN accepted the report in that sense, and ordered the decision of the shareholders to be recorded, in the books. Mr. Kennedy had also handed in a paper which he thought ought to be received for what it was worth. (Laughter.) Mr. MONROE objected to the chairman's proceeding. Mr. Kennedy's statement was a true and a correct one, and he said that the amendment according to that re port, had been carried. (Cries of " Oh, oh !" and laughter.) The CHAIRMAN—The amendment is lost, and the ori ginal motion, sanctioning the amalgamation with the Great Western Company, is carried. (Loud cheering.) The other motion, which was contingent on the Shrews bury and Birmingham Company rejecting the amalga mation with the Great Western Company was now before the meeting. He read the following resolution : " That the directors be authorised to proceed with the said bill in the event of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company refusing or neglecting to become parties thereto, or to proceed with the same provided the Great Western Company consent to a separate amalga mation with this company upon the terms now accepted and ratified." SIR WILLIAM BURNETT'S DISINFECT LNG FLUID.—The best Concentrated "Chloride of Zinc." — Great Reduction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented 1 .37 Sir W. Burnett, M.D . 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Admission, Is.; Schools, and - . 1 1 ten under Ten years of age Half-price. The Secretary read the heads of the proposed agree ment. The CHAIRMAN having moved a formal resolution for the adoption of the agreement, --- Mr. SCOTT, one of the committee of shareholders, moved an amendment to the effect that the terms offered by the Great Western Company for the line were inade quate, and that the further consideration of them should be postponed till the 24th of October, and then be con sidered at a meeting to be held at Wolverhampton. As the resolution appointing the investigation committee, of which he was a member, had never been rescinded by any positive vote of the proprietors, he felt bound, in honour, to the present time to do everything in his power to carry out the inte7ests of the shareholders. The question was whether they would agree to the terms proposed by the Great Western Company for amalga mation. He stated that he was not interested either in the London and North-Western or Great Western com panies. If they were to agree to the terms proposed, they would not know what the result would be. He contended that the affairs of the company had been ma. naged under the influence of the Great Western Com pany ever since the directors had entered into the first agreement with that company on the Ist of January, 1851, and all the mischief had arisen from the appoint ment of the joint committee for the management of the traffic. He then, at considerable length, entered into details respecting the proceedings that had taken place in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, with a view to show that the directors were not worthy the confidence of the proprietors. He contended they ought to have honest and independent men as trustees to manage their affairs. He had no confidence in the proposal for a traffic ar rangement. Nothing less than an unconditional divi dend would satisfy them. (Great applause.) They wanted a board to act independently, and to come to an agreement to proceed in the next sersion of Parliament with either the Great Western or London and North- Western Companies, leaving it to a committee of the House of Commons to decide as to which company they should unite with, pledging themselves to carryout that decision in the House of Lords. He advised them to enter into no agreement until they had a new board of directors, nor unless they were to have a fixed and un conditional dividend. 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Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer ~,., London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. a n ' ~t . ' —To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA "ERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. 0 . e, NTINING INVESTMENT.-Mr. JOHN S. : E JL LAN, Mining Agent 32, Poultry, London. offers his to embark in Mining enterprise, to services — to parties wishing aid them in the selection of the soundest as well as the most pro mising undertakings. At the present time, when depreciation has probably gone to the farthest extent, and when so many safe and veluable shares are so much below their intrinsic value, art invest ment would doubtless be attended by immense profits as soon as a re-action takes place, which may be near at hand. All instructions promptly attended to. R A VESEND STAR PACKETS. 110 other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purflect Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting --...._____ FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. IRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The following testimonia, is another proof of the great efficacy of this medicine : " Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 1851. " Sir,—ln consideration of the great benefit I have derived from :eking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you and the public to send you the following statement. For upwards of nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion, )ut a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, ( now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief; and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other nedleine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a etter state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE. " To Mr. T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Mr. SAUNDERS said the offer, on the whole, was for the settlement of the question between them, not as against the London and North• Western Company. Mr. GEACEE considered that it would be very unwise for the meeting to accept the offer at present. He thought they had better remodel their own board before they entered into any arrangement. Mr. SAUNDERS remarked, that by accepting the offer the proprietors would have 31 per cent. per annum whether the line earned it or not. Some objection had been made to the traffic arrangement. He would pledge himself that the traffic arrangement should cease on the Amalgamation Bill passing the Wharncliffe meeting, and that clauses should be inserted in both bills to that effect, so as to secure the amalgamation on the terms offered. After some observations from Mr. Scott and Mr. Geach, The resolution having been seconded, Mr. MONROE protested against it, on the alleged ground of its illegality. The resolution proposed by the chairman was carried, and the proceedings terminated. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for _orrecting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a aleasant, safe, easy aperient ; they unite the recommendation of a , nild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re itraint of diet or confinement during their use. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London,"on the Government Stamp. _ _ _ ARRIVAL OF THE CHANNEL FLEET IN BANTRY BAY. 0 9 ' 0„ 9 I. 0 o i 5 11 ' 0 0 $ 5 ot• li 01 0 JOO O ,O y, ,c, Direct Trains from the Boats The 81,E boat on Monday Morn Omnibuses from Fenehurch-sti every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF, MAC] lowing Trains from the ] ings does not at vet Station to :WALL, on tl 'enchurch-stre top al all p he an ;et St 'IP CO , oe olit lie ti ' sp or o• AO 0 to, ;e4.' of 3eck, 13 0131 i gii ' ie l foo, rt hor 0 pel'l,l; i ., te 9to ••__% 11) 1 i g, 171 11 64 ......_______:!: . X DAYS. SUNDAYS. ,' . , • d . .1" a, TeF-* • 4-4 ~.. . ...S t, rr ece >. 71 .172. Z -,,.; .E . 6 '3 .-- ' "9 i Pier. ! ,. ...1 ''' ' ,5 1 8 Time. . .. , V, 5. ,- z 8 f, a 23 ' 4 -- g ....____ g 6 g 0 L.. A.. —__ -- —.— 7 4 tBM _ 8m *— 11% t 9% _. _ _ _ ..... i ~, 11% ——3 M— _ 5 _ _ 7 6 _ —7% — - 1........._.I ........._. t ,• , ti....,.. , r.......a frnm the Boats marked t • Purflect, its of Le lval of ttion. )ndon le fol- Wass Days. SUNDAYS. .10- , _,. 1 51: ~ i 0 St? Fen- 1,6: : '- *6 :,,, ;3 74 72 I :72 .i... church j `,-..' ~. 7::. Fen- 4 4 , -6 ... ' T.), e., , i E '4 , x cd church , t .g Street. '4 8 . s J., 8 4 8 Street. Vi 8 ,P 13 8 .-,... ~.., —__....,____ -- -- b%—————B% 94 —9% 10% --- 10 11u _ 1214 .__. it _ _ - _ Iy i _ 1 2m 5 11 , _ ___ 6 g —— % .... ..... Passages marked * are run di rect Fo Cabin. Saloon. I'o OT from a••••••,....,-,1 ... A tonclon.••• •••••• 10d. .. 113. 2d. _in direct. Fore CI Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London ••••• • •• •• 10d. Is. 2d. ze,, Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. • Os. 10d. i t , w _oen Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. Ca r ketS ~,,, ,..e rt e ? , L o T n l t C h l is ,E TS.—Twelve Months, 5.. Oa. ; Six Months, 3/. Os. ; 2/. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the ; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. apply" Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For Terms, Y to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch-street Ter- Ptr s• . B st, 1 85 lackwall Railway. 03. MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE, and li i; for more than ONE SEASON.—ATTIRE to MEASURE or AIADE, which may be obtained at the Establishment of ealipPES and Son, or at its West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, " 8 all ad mirable suitability to the season, and is prepared ex • ''Y ies, for and The 6, 1 , materials are the greatest novelties which hav e been pro • ' and the styles and workmanship of the most distinguished 0• ,thbu.t the prices charged are very co nsiderably lower than at ei house. taad nlf° rlns Military and Naval, Liveries and Official Costumes, are i 'llreyT c r i l i nz to present regulatior,,atntdheevleorwyedstespcorsipsitbiolencolfairgireesss. 113, 1, 04 1 : 1 t a h n e d n H m o s s t i e a r r; i f s o t i r e L fl a n d i i s e ;nd Gentlemen are presented sia tt E ,,,MosEs and Sox in every variety, combining the Elegancies /rt,re?ovelties of all countries, the recherche samples of British and ire gn bl , nufacture. In every Article, superior quality, and ex • economical prices are recommendat'ons of the hidiest order n ewestsamples of Autu m nal Materials and fashions are to be ted at E. s MosEs and »Os a. ti kt u a Tners to the " Gold Lands," or any other part of the world, will bleat at the 'Wholesale Department of E. MosEs and SON'S Establish. tal eah .; e largest stock of the most suitable and therefore the most 6re at ',“ , gocd- , , the great advantages in price render the articles a v • ~ r Source of profit than any other class of exports. Ilife t .„' lista of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship sailing the ki n l t Leb n4 may be had on application, or post free to any part of ekt rry • blie N--E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the lak e .h o 'gainst imposition, having learned that the untradesman - like the 8, °(1 of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's Obvi ot Te eoneein," has been resorted to in many instances, and for 1 4 . 0 reasons, they beg to state that they have °Dilstxtott WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN Olt OUT OF LONDON, to m except their own Establishments, as follows : .4 L0 ,g 5 "°n City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, ~ r : at a nd 86, Aldge, opposite the Church, all communicatirg. ‘Vest-end Branch, 506,507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 I:t ra ';', 3 , Ilart-street, all communicating. d (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. ei ot T i 'd Branch, 36, Sargate. al ders al Branch, Melboune, Austrana. . 'ant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe klitp,Z,W General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. b ieb, n ` Jd TANT.—Should any article not give satisfaction, it willbe Nntit o Ye ,l if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Dti nesitation All od are marked in plain figures, the to west Th ' e tT I) Enh ' no abatement can be made. Establish ments .9.4"a. are closed from s unset Friday to sunset on n , ) 5 , when b us i ness is resumed till 12 o'clo ck. ce W ° O "The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists a„ - gee edged' " 41. BY stem of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia, p a 4 erilirrants &c. may be had on application, or post-free to ea h Of the gdom% llrbTale Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, c!ttion. 4. ; on Doyle Francais. Qui si parla Italian°. srrieht man Deu , ' ,l- Aqua se habla Espanol -EDIe tql . Q YOUTH AND MATURITY. LONDON, AL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF 40 c " A MITEL LA'MERT, f the University of to r ~, Member o tat Medicine and Matrieu'ated l Medical London Hospital gool Ther gh, Honorary Member of the . 37, BEDFORD-SQITARE, il .ety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' ,All AY be consulted, personallY, by letter, on or . stem, nd generative sy Hall, London, &c., &c. lesoi ti ule various disorders of the nervous a L e eed i ,„ 4 fro m juvenile irregularities and excesses, manhood, and PreMa ..urt A -Ire misery in youth, degradation in ..._ .ef, other class of dis 'ases ~.•Y at all stages of life, than perhaps andypwhich have pro ractical experience e t he ' t i r o to modern pathologists. Long a nd "te __ r Mutant of these diseases has proved that iiiitoepxesisin.- 'iisi er 7 et entities of self-acquired miseries anddisappointed , tiebaitee, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to whicliNidervarolios. 4 ft, es, & v arious forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful ss -4 les -- ;„ i n t eneY, Local and Constitutitmal Wea e , and t heir it as --,iilications owe their almost entire origin. ~, absolutel 1 -nei m „ of Y necessary that all men should know that there are t otirn, Personal. management which . cannot be violated without he I, fr: grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed and ho of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties d " .4 2d hon iti gated, how the sting of their bitterness may he remove__, I.iat i t .' Lite cameld its con-equenc es may be avoided, and above all, "'ran ; re IN y any de-Tee of physical infirmity or frctiona . l , 4pellt to which the timely aid of science cannot ay a ma d e 4 ' an o °l t LA.'MERT has for a long series of years been engage Dlatota, Xtensive practice in the treatment of these delicate con the ta and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless d l uie eo m a nts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has ha 4ttellti dence, throurth the medium of the public press, to . dtrect . II to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is ef,,trC selecting this department of practice, he has been amply tree met by the great success that has attended his efforts in the e are oi "t of these cases which are too generally confided to the Dobli,!lnftualifled and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated ofthei;Lions, assuined foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues L av e bel:4tt nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who ki:l_kt. ho me ",nu luced to place faith in their pretensions. R till jor consuitation daily front ti..levett till Two. and from lici r ,„ . :"t• All letters must contain tile lee of It., and advice and .., It L e ',,' ean be forn!zded to any initials or address. Intoub, ,esirable thvt patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEET 4. )4 - net obtain a copy of his work on "cal SELF-PRESERVATION. %ne t . . Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and tri,blative 1, ~ i —ebilitv illustrated by fifty-coloured encravings, and d es tx,si: 'n detail thz. ' varieu disorders resulting t habits and I ,4( l •rli t , s t f on The Perusal s f th treatise will ( assistin the correct their cas • o d is ma be had, price 2s 6d, in English, tretleic,i,%,"Panith, Ding' and or German, of Messrs. Piper , s ' a kill,, - , a.i 'l Ce., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; i tliost,' l ,.: Cornhill ; Stogie, Tttchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free —.44, afrety-two stamps, to any addrer tom the Author's reel ' 130 9 11 D-esnasz, Lomeli'. TAKE NOTICE! MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE CONSULTED AS USUAL, AT 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. TEIE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3a. Gd. in stamps, r - rHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on 11 the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by ,xcessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gor lon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sattor, 10, , tow Church -yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. 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 effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanator3 Hngravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ngs. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the comilderation of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TIIE CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACTJM is exclusively employed in trea ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., Its and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti -syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptom, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy tor gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail et the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, I /., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday from Seven to One. THE HERRING FISHING IN THE NORTH. —The her ring fishing has terminated at all the stations in the north, and we are now enabled to present a statement of the aggregate catch, which amounts to 338,740 trans. The above amount is Considerably above the average of the last six years, of which the following is a state ment :-1847, 255,00 ; 1848, 275,000 ; 1849, 351,610 ; 1850, 225,000 ; 1851 , 273,066 ; and 1352, 214,752. The average of the six years ended 1852 was 265,733, and it will be seen that the catch of the present season exceeds this average by 62,997 craps. Though thus a large fishing, the catch of the present season does not, it will be observed, equal that of 1849. Notwithstanding the large catch, prices have this year been remarkably high, and there is every prospect of full rates being main tained. Already large—we might almost say enormous-7 exports have been made, not merely of red, but of white salted herrings, to Australia ; and considerable inquiries are still being made for fish to be sent to the same desti nation. Besides the demand for Australia, there has been an unusual, quite an unprecedented, consumption of herrings, both fresh and slightly salted, in the manu facturing districts of our own country. These circum stances combined—the export to Australia, and the home demand—together with the high rates of every description of butchers' meat, will, it is confidently ex pected, fully maintain the value of herrings during the coming winter. Both the home consumption and the Australian demand are likely to continue even beyond the present season, and will, we trust, tend to render the herring trade still less dependent on foreign markets. At present, owing to the catch having improved towards the close of the season, there is, we hear, a slight flat ness for the article in the German markets. We trust, however, that curers will bear in mind the causes above mentioned, which are operating in their favour, and that they will not rashly or hurriedly fling their produce in consignments into the German marketsthey may rest assured, that throughout the whole coming season, the disposers of herrings, if matters are conducted with prudence, may command fair prices. —Baviishire Journal. THE PETERHEAD SEALING AND WHALING FLEET.— The owners of the Peterhead sealers and whalers have, on the whole, been pretty fortunate this season. The whole fleet have brought home this season 1,560 tuns of oil, besides 100,000 seal skins and 20 tons of whalebone. - Edinburgh Advertiser. THE LATE AFFRAY BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND THE POLICE AT EDINBURGH. On Friday afternoon the police officers visited the Castle, and identified other ten pri vates as having been engaged in the disturbance. They were accordingly removed to the police office ; but on investigation it was found that the evidence affected only three of them, whereupon the other seven were liberated. The officer, Lieut. Roberts, who was unintentionally the cause of the whole affair, and who gave himself into custody, was released on parole. On Friday the charge against him, that of striking the boy, was also remitted to the sheriff. On the earliest opportunity after the ac cident, Lieut. Roberts tendered an apology to the father of the boy for what had occurred, and the apology was , most readily accepted. We trust, at any rate, that such may be the fact, since, in this event, the course will still be open to negotiation and adjustment. It is evident that no fundamental objection to the modifications offered by the Porte is entertained by the Confer ence, and, if the Emperor Nicholas is of the same opinion respecting their essential import, no great difficulty should be experienced in devising such a note as would embody the desires expressed at Con stantinople in forms less unacceptable at St. Peters burg. It is here that we discern the unfortunate consequences of the omission to consult the Turkish Envoy at Vienna. If that Minister had been ap prised beforehand of the intentions of the Confer ence, he would either by his concurrence have se cured the assent of his own Government, or, by expressing in time the views of the Porte, he might have obtained their admission into the document under consideration, and thus have deprived them of their objectionable feature. At the same time, it must be remembered that if the Conference was to act impartially between two disputants, one of them could scarcely have been admitted to the dis cussions without the other. If, however, the objections of the Emperor Nicholas should be found to apply to the sub stance of the Turkish modifications, the question becomes still more embarrassing, for the mediating Powers, by placing their independent conclusions on public record, have in some sense determined the case, and have deprived themselves, in a mea sure, of the right to press upon the Emperor's ac ceptance terms different from those to which, after full debate, they had committed themselves before. ft is perfectly true that the Porte, as the aggrieved party, may demand the larger amount of conside ration, nor do we for a moment forget that this is no case of doubtful or equally divided claims, in which one disputant is entitled to as much indul gence as the other. Russia is in the wrong, but she is not more in the wrong now than she was at the moment when the Four Powers pronounced their opinion upon the dispute. To this decision Russia may now point. In accepting the award of the Conference she may require, with some show of reason, a like decision from the Conference itself, and may justify her own rejection of the unaccept able terms by arguing that the Four powers them selves omitted to recommend them. These are the obvious dangers on the side of Russia. On the side of Turkey, it can scarcely be hoped that the original Note of the Conference, should Russia so frame her demands, will, after a formal rejection, be accepted now that the martial fanati cism of the Ottomans is effectively roused, and the chances of war are apparently less adverse. If the Porte insisted on supplementary conditions when it was less able to enforce its will and less deeply committed to a policy of resistance, there can be little expectation of its dispensing with these con ditions at a moment when the war party is clearly in the ascendant. At present, too, the points of difference are unhappily distinct. Originally there was no definite knowledge of any particular terms which Turkey might adhere to and Russia might refuse ; but these conditions have now, unfortu nately, been stated with a preciseness rendering any compromise exceedingly difficult. It has been categorically specified what the Porte demands, and what the Czar denies, and if, as is not impro bable, the Courts of St. Petersburg and Constan tinople should persist in their conclusions, the opportunities of mediation are almost hopelessly lost. The main policy, however, of the Four Powers remains as clear as before. Their duty is the pre servation of peace. On the merits of the case it is impossible that they should not incline to the side of Turkey—a Government which has been noto riously aggrieved, which has certainly exhibited some patience, and which is only in fault in so far as that patience may have proved unequal to the provocation received. Nevertheless, it is equally impossible to deny that Russia, in accepting the terms proposed to her by the joint action of the other great Powers, has provided herself with plau sible warrant for her present objections, however deficient in substantial justice her case may be. She has expressed her readiness to do all that a Conference of arbitrators thought proper to require, and it evidently will be a difficulty to require more. The Governments of Europe possess, of course, an undoubted right to see that the consequences of this embroilment are not carried to a length inju rious to the common security, nor can it be main tained that the conduct of Turkey, however politi cally imprudent, has not been such as to expose it either to the attacks of its enemies, or the derelic tion of its friends. It has forfeited none of its rights, though it may have impaired its supports, and we earnestly trust that, as the Conference is sincerely desirous of maintaining the sovereign in dependence of the Ottoman empire, it might be enabled to do so by adjusting a dispute which doubtless involves greater matters, but which has apparently been reduced already to a question of form. A CHILD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.—An inquest was held h R e u s t h t e e rw r, o d o e d pu ln ty n, c F or a o ll n o e w r,.. Ann Partington, aged two years , d a u g h t er of John f fi on e r l d Tt , hu n ee e hs d a u r any M d r before d n e f c oo h rf e eS s t Ma e l r fr , o. r o dG n : at O. body of a little girl named Partington, of Fallowfield. , The deceased was at the house of a man named Joseph Lyth, at Withington, on the ho a u w s ea with ware houseman, ho u s e Saturday nlan , afternoon, livin g in Manchester, when wents to Knight, a double-barrelled gun, which he reared up against the cheek of the door, on the outside. Both barrels were loaded with shot. There were percussion caps on the nipples, and the hammers were down. Two dogs which were playing about ran against the butt-end of the gun, and threw it down. It fell with the muzzle into the house. Both barrels were discharged ; and the deceased, who was standing in the house close to the door, re ceived the shot from one of the barrels in her abdomen and one of her legs. She died almost immediately. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." EDINBURGH ACADEMY.—The classical mastership in the Edinburgh Academy, which was vacated by the election of the Rev. R. Payne Smith, M.A., to the head-mastership of the Kensington Grammar School, has been filled up by the appointment of Mr. Henry Weir, M.A., now head-master of the Grammar School at Berwick-upon-Tweed. Mr. Weir was originally a very distinguished student in the University of Edin burgh, and he has had much experience as a teacher in Scottish schools. He is also a graduate in the Uni versity of Cambridge, where he obtained a high position in the clasnical examination, Mr. ACKROYD seconded the amendment, and, amid considerable uproar, stated that three of the directors at the board held only a colourable qualification, and that they were not fit for the position they occupied. They had 150 female shareholders in the company who had held their shares from the commencement, and the ques tion was whether they were to have a dividend ? He confessed that it was of importance to himself to have a dividend, and, if they had men who would come forward and give them a fixed dividend, he for one would be in clined to entertain the offer. Competition might be a very good thing for Mr. Roy and other parties, but a fixed dividend would be a great matter for the share holders. A PROPFLIETOE wished ta_knovi_whether_tht.r.,,rorrkt not be satisfied with a fixed dividend of 34 per cent, per annum, and half the surplus profits ! He understood from Mr. Scott, at Bristol, that he would venture to support a proposition of that kind if it were made to them. They had heard him say that he would go for a fixed and unqualified dividend. Mr. SCOTT acknowledged that he would have accepted 3i per cent. and half the surplus profits, as he believed it would be accepted by a large majority of the share holders. Mr. GEACH, M.P., a director, entered at considerable length into the difficulties he had had to encounter at the board, in consequence of differing essentially from the majority respecting the management. He stated that there never had been a fair meeting of the board when he was present at it, and that he had actually de tected the secretary in the act of skipping and mis reading certain parts of a document in his presence at a board meeting. He would not remain at the board were it not with the view of defending the property of those who had elected him to a seat in the direction, and who had confidence in him. He felt, as a pub lic man, that the conduct of their board was calcu lated to destroy all confidence in such property. He would work the line fairly and accommo date all parties, he would oppose an alliance with the Great Western Company, or even the London and North-Western, and he believed, if their affairs were honestly and prudently managed, that they would have a dividend quite equal to any guarantee that would be offered them. He advised them to keep their affairs in their own hands until they could come to an arrange ment with the great companies. He complained of the way in which the directors had entered into an agree ment with the Great Western Company on the 10th of January, 1851, and said that he for one would never submit to that agreement. He believed it would never have been carried were it not for fictitious votes and cer tain representations to the shareholders. He considered the conduct of the board was a scandal to all public com panies. If the majority of the shareholders decided against his recommendations, he would submit, and be glad to be relieved from the responsibility of being a director. On the 7th of September he discovered that 2,000 preference shares, deposited by the directors with a banker as collateral security for a loan of 20,0001., had been transferred to Mr. W. 0. Hunt, and subse quently divided among a number of persons, to be used as proxies on the questions submitted to the meeting. He called upon the proprietors to purify the board, and in their selection to draw a distinction between men of honour and those who had none, or else they would get no honourable men to serve them in future. They might trust the committee to select for them fit and proper persons, as they held about 100,0001. stock in the eompany. He felt that they owed a great deal to the London and North-Western Company for upholding them in the present struggle. (Cheers.) Neither for the London and North-Western, nor the Great Western Company would he use the trust reposed in him except for the benefit of the shareholders. (Great applause.) Mr. BAKER said, the proprietors must not be carried away by the arguments of gentlemen holding large stakes in the company, as they were only the nominees of other parties. He thought they should make a pro position for 31 per cent., and half surplus profits if they did not like the other. Mr. SCOTT said, it was not for them to offer terms to the Great Western, but to let the Great Western make them an offer. Mr. BAKER proposed that a proposition of the kind he had suggested should be added as a rider to the reso lution. Mr. SCOTT would not consent to that, with thepresent board. The Solicitor to the committee of shareholders then entered into a statement respecting the conduct of the directors in borrowing money for the company at a higher rate of interest than was paid to the bankers ; 5 per cent. in one case of 20,0001. being charged when only 41 was paid, and in another case of 1 2,0001., 5 p er cent. being charged and only 3t per cent. paid, the dif ference being retained as an indemnity for their personal responsibility. Mr. C. A. SAUNDERS, the secretary of the Great West ern, said he would not advert to the time that had been consumed in discussing matters irrelevant to the busi ness for which the meeting had been convened. He could not permit any one to say that the agreement of Jan., 1851, with the Great 'Western Railway C ompany had been entered into unfairly. They never sought it, the matter was suggested to the Great Western Company. The first question asked at the time was by himself, whether they were in negotiation with any other com pany, and if they came to the Great W es t ern with a view to promote the interests of that company ? The answer they received was to the effect that the Shrews bury and Birmingham Company had been in negotiation with the London and North -Weste r n, but were told that they could not come to terms. The objects of the Shrewsbury Company ware stated to be a traffic ar rangement by which the traffic from the Shrewsbury line was to be brought of that of the Great Western, and the traffic of the latte - to be brought on the Shrews bury line ;in fact, a mutial interchange of traffic. He would ask any gentlemai in that room whether it was p not fair for one company to promote its i n t erests b y an interchange of traffic with another ? The terms and con ditions of the arrangemmts entered into with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Chester Companies were Sawed OA a mutual interchange Price Is. lIAd. and 2s. 9d. Der box. OUGH, CONSUMPTION, SPITTING of ) BLOOD, NIGHT SWEATS, and FEVERS.—lmmediate relief is effected by PASCOE'S CONCENTRATED COUGH and I'ONSUMPTION MIXTURE, in all affections of the throat, chest, lungs, &c. In all cases of cough, hoarseness, wheezing, difficult breathing, &c., however inveterate, this highly successful remedy will he found the only medicine upon which entire reliance can be placed. It is also very v.duable in the febrile affections of children In all BILIOUS DISORDERS, liver complaints, indigestion in all its fiirms, headaches, loss of appetite, &c., PASCOE'S INFALLIBLE GLOBULES will effect a radical cure, as proved by numberless tes imonials. Prepared only by the proprietors, Henry and Co., with wit whose signature across the Government stamp none is rennin. To bn oi.t..itied through Barclay, sutton, Sanger, ISce., or any re spectable medicine vendor, in bottles at ls. 114 d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. Wholesale depot, Bohemia-place, Hackney. The CHAIRMAN said, that in consequence of the offer made by Mr. Saunders, the original motion was with- drawn, and the amendment became a substantive motion. Mr. BAKER, seconded by Mr. CULVERWELL, proposed an amendment to the effect that the offer of 32 per cent. and half the surplus profits by Mr. Saunders, on the part of the Great Western Company, be approved and accepted. Mr. GEACH opposed the amendment, and endeavoured to obtain an adjournment of the question. 'Reedit:tent was put and carried by a large ma (Loud cheers.) jority. A poll was demanded and scrutineers were appointed. It was agreed that the poll should remain opon at the London Tavern to the 19th inst. to receive the votes of the proprietors. On the 20th inst. the result of the poll is to be declared at the London Tavern. It was stated b y the CHAIRMAN that the result of the ' poll at Chester on the question of accepting the Great Western offer to amalgamate with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, on certain terms and condi tions, showed that 12,450 votes were recorded in favour of the Great Western proposition, and 8,925 against it; majority, 3,525. (Cheers.) EAST ANGLIAN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday, at the London Tavern—Mr. H. Bruce in the chair. The Secretary read the report, which stated that the receipts for the half-year, including a balance of 7601. from the last accounts, amounted to 12,6951., which, after payment of interest on loans, 10/. preference shares, and 7 per cent, stock, together with the other expenses, left a balance of 4,0141. to the credit of revenue. The company are empowered by the recent act to extend the harbour branch of the railway across the river Nar and along the quays of Lynn, which will not only afford increased facilities for landing coals and other goods, but by bringing the railway close to the extensive warehouses, flour-mills, and timber-yards on the banks of the Ouze and Mill Flat, will increase the traffic into Lynn. The act also provides for the arrangement of the general account of the company and the settlemant of all arrears on the preference shares up to the 31st of December next. It is the intention of the directors, provided the solicitors' bills be finally adjusted before the end of the current half-year, to close the capital account, and to open a new capital account for the works authorised by the new act, and for such other works as the increase of traffic may render necessary. The report alludes to pro ceedings being taken against the former solicitors of the company to compel the taxation of the bills. It states that the crop of barley in Norfolk promises to yield abundantly, and that the position of the farmers in that district is greatly improved by the increase in the price of stock, wool, and grain. They therefore look forward to an improvement in their traffic. The capital account shows that 1,365,040/, had been received, and 1,356,9751. expended, leaving a balance of 8,0651. The revenue account for the hall-year ending 4th July showed that 20,2211. had been received, and 8,2911. expended, leav ing a balance of 11,9351., to which is added 760, from the former account, making 12,6951. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors on the increase of traffic during the past half-year, and also during the eight weeks si nce th e 4 t h of uly, which latter showed as increase of 10 per cent, over those of the corresponding period of 1852. They were far from being satisfied with that result, and they hoped they should have a further increase, but in order to do so they must afford greater accommodation to ships and vessels. The estuary was opened last month, but other matters would have to be done in order to admit larger ships to Lynn at all times of the tide. They were anxious to develope the fish trade at Lynn, which trade had increased at Yarmouth tenfold sin ce last year. They hoped to do so by afford ing additional accommodation to the fishing boats. His friend Mr. Simpson was attending to that branch of trade, and he had no doubt he would bring it to a suc cessful issue. They were also making arrangements for the carriage of millions of bricks from Lynn to London ; the brick earth at the former place was inexhaustible, and labour was cheap, so they expected that they would derive something from that source. With regard to their future prospects, it was expected that a line to Hunstanton, facing the German Ocean, and having great advantages as a sea-bathing place, would be ultimately carried out, which would tend to increase pleasure traffic over their line. After some observations with regard to the probable reduction of interest on the de bentures, he concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. L. SIMPSON seconded the motion. r r . e H p e E r R t A d T e ri el , a r r e i r g l ua t i o A n sf After e w r were e passed, ohser a a t d i e o n p s t i f n r g o mt Me r. annum h e o n Classth the dlOl, d s e h n a d r e a s t , the r e a f t p o e f r 5 cent.pe r per cent annum. A n arsyhasrteosck; ainndpaayurntheonritsienfgatrhreeairsssueenopf preference e2noe6el. shares. of ord i- The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER. The adjourned meeting of this company was held yes terday for the purpose of receiving the report of the scrutineers on the amendment proposed by Sir W. Johnston, against an amalgamation with the Great Western Company, Mr. J. Williams in the chair. Mr. KENNEDY, the scrutineer, on behalf of the sup porters of the amendment, read the following docu ment : (g Report made by Mr. H. Kennedy, barrister-at -law, one of the scrutineers appointed by the meeting of share holders of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Com pany, held at Chester, on Tuesday, the 13th of Septem ber, 1853, upon the votes tendered by both parties, upon an amendment by Sir William Johnston to the notion from the chair ! Not concurring with par col, The following announcement of the arrival of the Channel fleet in Bantry Bay, appears in the Cork Reporter of Tuesday : " BEREHAVEN, SEPT. 11.—I beg to inform you, that on Friday evening Admiral Martin, in her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, and the squadron under his cmimand, anchored in this harbour ; and on Saturday evening Admiral Corry, with the ships under his com mand, made their appearance in Bantry Bay, south of Berehaven, and were shortly after anchored in this fine harbour. Yesterday the Duke of Wellington and several other ships were visited by many of the respect .al.de inhabitant# of Berehaven and the surrounding country, who were received with that politeness and attention so truly characteristic of the royal navy. On this day full and free liberty was given for all persons to visit the ships." Another correspondent of the same journal, after mentioning the arrival of Admiral Martin's squad ron, says :—" Some of the natives, thinking they were the French or Russians, ran to the moun tains. Their astonishment was further increased by the arrival, on the 10th, of Admiral Corry's squadron. They are to leave on Tuesday for Queenstown." The Cork Reporter contains the following re marks in connection with the arrival of the fleet : "It is possible that they will anchor this evening in our harbour, where, it is understood, they will be in spected, in the course of the week, by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir James Graham. The presence of this splendid marine armament, especially if the present fine weather shall continue, will be a great boon to our sight-seers, who, of course, will flock to the harbour to witness so grand an ornament to its waters. Queenstown, indeed, will be a stirring place during its stay there. But the arrival of the fleet has interest for others besides sight-seers, and we trust that the First Lord of the Admiralty will not see it anchored in our noble port, without being impressed with the strong ne cessity for making that port, in all respects, a fitting rendezvous for such majestic craft. Nature has done all that she could to make the task a light one. And art has not been idle. To the anchorage, unrivalled in safety and capacity in the British islands, and capable of being entered or left, in all circumstances of time and tide, which the former fashioned with her creative hand, not a little has been added by the toil of man. At Haulbowline already is to be found the nucleus of a naval establishment. Extensive stores, water tanks, and other accommodation have been provided there, at no small outlay, by the State. Free trade has changed the little sea-bathing village at Cove into a stirring and ra pidly improving town. And that town, ere a month, will be within five minutes' communication of the Ad miralty-office, at Whitehall. Will not Si r J ames G ra h am , observing these things, feel that the time is come, at length, when to make Queenstown a naval station hss become an imperial, nay, an English, question t We think he must. Things will no longer be as they were in the old days of postal intercourse, or even as they are while we write. And, when the magic wires shall have been completed to Queenstown, in less time than a dispatch from London can now reach that town, the ship ordered, by a like dispatch, to proceed seaward thence would have accomplished 150 miles of her voyage. Dockyards and factories at Haulbowline have ceased to come under the category of Justice to Ireland.' Se curity to the Empire' is what they mean to-day. The importance of Cork harbour during a war for the em barkation of troops has been at all times acknowledged, and, with existing facilities of railway communication, its advantages in this particular are greatly enhanced. Again, as a point whence British commerce might be watched and protected, its position, always admirable, is greatly improved, such has been the increase of traffic between these islands and North America, the entire of which traffic may be said to pass within gunshot of our roadstead. Moreover, a vast proportion of the trade of England may be regarded as now permanently diverted from its old destination to Queenstown, owing to the unique situation of that town as a port for orders. Every consideration, therefore, renders the establish ment of a permanent naval depot in our harbour matter of more and more urgency, and the neglect of it more culpable and short-sighted. At the present moment, too, a great opportunity exists for setting about the forma tion of such works as are needed to put Cork harbour in the necessary condition to accommodate and supply the wants of ships of war. The empire has undertaken henceforward to make its criminal population of some utility at home, instead of pouring it out, as a noxi ous element, into its colonial dependencies. Amongst the labours on which the enemies of society may be most fittingly engaged are th ose w h ich have for their object social protection. And the convicts, who must henceforth have employment found for them by the State, might be most wisely occupied with the ruder and more laborious part of those operations necessary for the im provement of our port. Thus what is requisite to be done was never so requisite, nor was there at any time so great facility for setting about it. "The public beards of Cork, and the inhabitants of Cork and Queenstown, we are glad to perceive, are anxious to compliment the Admiralty authorities and the principal officers of the fleet, on their arrival here. This is as it should be ; and, though we do not expect much practical good to result from a fete of any sort, it is naturally calculated to produce a kindly feeling between guests and hosts. But we should be glad that every advantage was taken of the present opportunity to call 'the attention of Sir James Graham and the other official personages to the many excellencies of the port, and to the strong reasons which recommend its selection as a western station for some portion of her Majesty's marine. The presence of the fleet on its waters will sufficiently indicate the unrivalled accommodation it is able to afford, and when, in addition, it is shown how much has been already expended to improve its advantages, al, how useless that expenditure has been, because o stopping short in the middle of the work, we have every con fidence that the res u lt mus t be to lead speedily to the completion of what was wisely begun and impru. diontly puhpended.' Several papers on l oca l su bj ec t s are t o b e pr i nted in full in the Transactions of the Association. The report states that the members of the British As sociation have learnt with satisfaction that it is the intention of Government to direct that, in future, daily meteorological observations shall be made at sea, in correspondence with the plan adopted by the Government of the United States, on the sug gestion of Lieutenant Maury, and to take such further steps, in reference to the mercantile marine of Great Britain as may be best suited to stimulate and encourage the masters of British merchant ships to take interest in investigations by which the times of passage between different parts have already, in many instances, been materially shor tened, and which may lead to other results of the greatest importance to practical navigation. The British Association entirely concurs in the opinion that to make the observations thus con templated serviceable for the purposes for which they are designed, it will be necessary to make provi sion for their co-ordination, and for deriving from them the instruction which they may be capable of yielding, primarily for the advantage of navigation, and secondarily for the benefit of science. In this view the general committee requests that the council will communicate on the subject with the parliamentary committee, and will take such steps either by deputation to Government or otherwise as may appear to them desirable. As the greatest annoyance is frequently occasioned by the injury or destruction of instruments and specimens arriving from foreign parts, arising from careless repacking at the Custom-house—some striking examples of which have frequently come to light—the council are to consider of the best mode of representing this to the Government. In the mechanical section, Mr. Thomson, C.E., of Belfast, read a communication on an experi mental apparatus constructed to determine the efficiency of the jet-pump, giving a series of the re sults obtained. The Rev. C. G. NICOLAY discoursed on Tuesday in the geographical and Ethnological Section upon the importance of certain places in the Pacific with reference to great circle routes across the ocean. The general want of appreciation of great circle ruling is evidenced by the routes selected by steam packet companies both to the east and to the west. This has arisen from the habitual disc of Mercator's projection. To facilitate the consideration of the subject a stereographic chart of the Pacific, show ing the linear concentricity of its shores, has been constructed ; great circles have been laid down on a Mercator's chart between many of the most im portant places in the world, and tables of distances have been completely calculated. From these the distances involved in the Pacific route to Aus tralia, via the Isthmus of Panama, appear to be from Land's-end to Panama, 4,369 geographical miles ; from Panama to Sydney, 7,680 miles ; making altogether 12,049 miles. But from the Land's-end to Hobart-town, via the Cape of Good Hope, is on 11,200 miles 849 miles shorter. The facilities afforded on the route from Panama are, however, great. The Galapagos Islands, where the ex i s t ence of coal is reported, afford a refuge from the horri ble climate of the isthmus, and they offer every advantage for a depot. The comp any f ormed for the purpose of effecting communication by this route proposes Tahiti as the intermediate depot, but Tahiti lies far out of the s h or t est tract, and is dan gerous of access from the ea s t. Easter Island lies nearest the direct line, and, if its harbour be suffi cient, is well suit e d in other respects. The Sand wich Islands present themselves as the most im portant insular position in the North Pacific. They are distant respectively from Vancouver's Island, 2,293 miles ; St. Francisco, 2,083 ; Central Ame rica, 4,023; Callao, 5,060; Valparaiso, 5,905; Ja pan, 3,853 ; Chusan, 4,301 ; Singapore, 5,83 2 ; Sidney, 4,500 ; Auckland, 3,817. The conclusions come to by Mr. Nicolay are, that what is now called the overland route to China ought to be the most rapid, until one is opened across North America. That by the Cape has the next preference, while the advantages of that by Panama are almost ex clusively confined to the Southern States of the Union and the West Indies ; and, w ith respect to them, it will be superseded by the o verland route. British North-west considers situated America Mr. Nicolay more favourably than any the coast in the Pacific for command in g the trade of that ocean, and the establish ment of rapid com munication with it and the develo p ment of its ol a h Y er p of resources are therefore objects of the first im portance. V. Plante , descriptive prepared by Mr. R.l_ . ... Papers were read in this section yesterday (Wed nesday),by Dr. RG rn Africa ; R. G. country in South-easte of a journey to St. Lucia Bay,. and the adjacent Latham, on certain localiti es, not in Sweden, oc cupied by Swedish p o p ulations, and on certain o G • 0 thla d , ethnological questions connec t ed with the coasts f Livonia, Esthonia, Courland, . and by the Rev. T. Rankin, on the Brigantes, the Romans, and the Saxons on the Yorkshire Wolds ; and by Don M. B. la Fuente, observations on the province of Tarapaca, South Peru. I n section A, a general view of an Oscillatory Theory of Light has been given by Mr. W. J. 11facquorn Rankine, C.E. The business of the sections were concluded yes terday (Wednesday). EDITORIAL FIGHTING 'Joußs.—The editor of the Elmira _Republican notifies to his subscribers and others that his " fighting hours are between 10 and 12 a.m•, when he will be happy to see any ore who wen t ? *l37 ' Wig..--dmmiccrin, paper.