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ALBERT SMITH'S AIONT BLANC, Ever', Evening except Saturday, at S MP A rnitfi 27 ; hiesday and Saturday, at 3 o'clock. Stalls, 35.; • Gallery, Is. The presf-nt Entertainment — will CLOSE R T E ASOX o c B S atty. n SAW:a:DAY, September 10.—Egyptian Hall, Ile- me of the in w h e at [h., ls Gd Lay w eek, from the i nae Wes• i s delph ,3 e i r a a slig ht met with test at an ~ ii. \ , 4 ". . CALEDONIAN, The director - Ad this 'company have resolved to recom md that a dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annuls on the ordinary stock of the company be paid for the haltyear ending the 31st of July. No. 19,012.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1853. r PRICE 50, LAURENT'S CASINO, A RGYLL ROOMS, T HIS (Lessee, C ass. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road).= for theEVENING, MONDAY, the above Rooms will RE-OPEN CELI,L e non, and continue open every evening, with L URENT s 'a . barZ_D-rLA.TED BAND. Adnilssion, is. Doors open at half-pas t , _commence at 9 o'clock, and ter i dnate•at half-past 11,_ --- • R. PROVISIONS. :OYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, 23d Atiggst, 1853. de the Lords and others; ioSpital, do hereby give notice, that ,ERS from, and to treat with, such TRACT for VICTUALLING the lIOSPITAL from the Ist October, both days inclusive, for the follow- Beef and Mutton, Bre ad. Cheese, !ocna, Black Tea, and Sugar, at per .tion, according to the established led in the Form of Tender, Which re Secretary, any day between the which Tender must be filled up and 1-room of the said Hospital, by the an agent appointed on his or their Member next, at Twelve o'clock, at pc prepared to take the same into ;ontrpetors will be tenttired - to :End iue performance of the Contract, ived after the day and hour above , The en ,,._• ""uuladOnera do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest - rim AUSTRALIAN DIRECT STEAM orpo ivivioAnoN COMPANY, via Panama. , 4ereb,ratell by Royal Charter, bearing date 24th June, 1853, "OereLiability of individual shareholders is limited to the you is of their shares. Capital, £1,00,000, in 40,000 shares of £25 each, With power to increase the same. Deposit £2 per share. DIRECTORS. stre + pro tem.—Sir JOHN CAMPBELL , K .C.H., 10, Harley ueverldish-square, Director of the National Provincial 1 014 sank England. Vice arn ,„ se Morris, Esq., F.R.S. late of the E. I. Company's Ser %re e. Mansfield- strt Portland -place. ka ri ter R. M. Talbot, ' Esq., M.P., 3, Cavendish-square, and ' 4 14t4,t Glamorgan, Chairman of the South Wales Railway. iferr, erring. Esq., 0 eat ''' °r aits Bulkeley, Clewer-lodge, Windsor, Director of the ge o r — Western and South Wales Railways. 0 0.0 lu g end Co. , s rge e ll , 12, Old Broad-street, of the firm of G. and A. l 'enk e, Esq., 20, Eaton-square, Director of the Commercial b Oapt aiti clf London. 44 enry •S. Hamond, R.N., Freshwater, Isle of Wight. you t t d nonds, Esq., Reading, Director of the Great Western and Jos ep h Wales Railways. gawk don , Esq., Eastcheap, Director of the Commercial van ef London. 4 o. °ll.ll Jatst annin g. Esq., 10, Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park. L'Distia - f?„ 1 ' , Esq., late of the East Inia Cori - Teel 's Service. -verg e • Hoseason R.N.. 7, Stafford-street, Albemarle-street. likrk Barber, Esq., 50. Mark lane, of the firm of Barber and .4 48 er. Dire c t or of the Mel b ourne D oc k and Railway Company. By Macintyre, Esq., Sydenbam-park, late merchant in (With power to add to their number.) DIRECTORS OF NAUTICAL DEPARTMENT. Captain Andrew Snape liamond, R.N. na c o ,_ • Captain J Cochrane Hoseason, R.. /11.3 ENGINEER ohn —Alexander Gordon, Esq., N Member Inst. CAL, 22, Fludyer:street, Whitehall. IIOYAL POL YTECHN IC INSTITUTION. Last PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. - tWeek of the FIRST PART of the LECTURE cn THE Pila t 4„. B, " by GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq., assisted by 31 iss BC 4 ..,.sallge, with APPROPRIATE SOS and 1) SBOLVING • The Seciind Part commen es on GS the sth Sep t tember. -- "' B, --By J. IL Pepper, Esq.: On PHOTOGRAPHY, with Illustrations, Mornings and Evenings • By Dr. Bachhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING and andpireedevaE SILVERING.SEWING urien MACHINE exhibited in Use ch„, ornings and Eveni ng s Admission, is.; Schools , and “uren under Ten years of age Half-price. • PIANWELL COLLEGE AND PREPARA- ita OR SCe, OOL. The Term divides this day. . t he hI Isvell Colle ge, conducted by Dr; Erncrton, is fully sustaining is it h p c haracter it has acquired as a Military Institution. Nor 11 en merely in the military depsrtment that the metltad of iustrnc- eon.MPreved efficacious—we find that former pupils ot Damsel] 1 : 111 ;e 6 rs e it'se d b a ee ri n ng either high wranglers or iirst-class men of our Azg.r._llst 1 853. the present year United Service Gazette, . , e`tdas May be had on application to the Trineipal, the fey. Hanwell, Middlesex: . • • CONTRACT FOR. PROVISIONS. ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, 23d August, 1853. IrRE night Honourable the Lords and others; ar tfor ninissioner . , this H o spital, do hereby give notice, that ,_rtso hs e r eady to receive TE BEES from, and to treat with, such 4 a - -Ppa s a o s ,,, n 'ay be willing to CONTRACT for VICTUALLING the 1853 ' ` - ' l, -INERS of the said HOSPITAL from the Ist October, an t ,rt,.? t he 30th Sept em b er, 1854, b o th days inclusive, for the follow- ,' p st % r leles of Provisions, &c.,viz. :—Beef and Mutton, Bread. Cheese, head , Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Cocoa, Black Tea, and Sugar, at per sli ow ,P,7 diem for th e wh o l e ration, according to the established 71ces,Of the ho use , as specified in the Form of Tender, which ve ,° l- ttained at the office of the Secretary, any day between the ~ e iletru it Tell and. Three o'clock, which Tender must be filled up and Nerty7,'" ' se aled, at the Boari-room of the said Hospital, by the ,behia t Parties . tenderisor, or by an agent appointed on his or their . • ..,104-21,,,Tra Tuesday, the 13th September next, at Twelve o'clock, at ttl islder s ir o zdship: will be prepared to take the same into dt 14 b . n. , -'llrity -01,44 ed that the _,ontractors will belFermired - to t V .44d that t he Crou'n for she due performance ot the Con r , then t • ne Tender will be received after the day and hour above Thi°Red. ,t to-dep om Ms ri. ste of the l 0 ma rket [ed an sd. ;tired, for L QUA RTIR. 000 to OOs 38s t) 42 34s t" 3 85 00s to 00 3 00s to 000 this day's , u ativ 3 i! c6 L ug to gi co P t , q to 3 s Pt ' ) - f one ' l ' best , ' 6d to , cOteheig s e. ;I: 36 in . 59 48 t° 4:2 41 :to - Id 40 to 44 p o r 9 ,1 to N s Od 81 ID' s Od t O O NO O Ds to 001 ocl to 3 2 5 to z o s° ol , 00s t '' ° os 9/ to O o d is W °°6 • , o , oa t to o d, • raPe s 15 ' OCI ; b Ae oct 0,1 to 316 / leo , / ',Ape. 1-- ° do. cl-- 16 a°' a do. --- vcr cat -5.. ,' ir e I ' 1 ft, A wee ) c,„ to , 0. 0 :"' ocl; ties vs s d ; tbl o ; 6d to P e ft. s 6 af e i r 55 03 ,erg e, od; 3% 50 t o ' 3. oos a 0 rot, Ito / ia ut ter, ' bee f, mot bd to P° l4 :: f rotto 3. 00s tt.4o, ;7a; ' 16 1 coi n ,/ C ylf ,er C"A 11 ,/ 31. er 4o )1. ilt,- o' le d, Isa r gop~ cso• con Or •• " 1 9 .• .• " 15 ' • 41 4 ,• •"' 14 ' ..'" .• ;•; ig Dt .•• ~ 0..,3vt0 0 rs 0 0 0 1 / 2 '• 0 0 0 ° . • A e l° era., f ° f o °l ' l° 0 0 , of Wall the w ife r t ora or/ "ohli IZie b t : e ri ° ° o b i eller3rl ; (I ,;bli il in : 1 ; 0 : ) 0 011 f stir° ite o jl 2 A : rp, .0 S BA IT19 1 1: rP• cow" - .••.‘ ....... Th M essrs Is— BANKERS. CCa..., , Cave, and Cave, . —"ereial cott Bank Grote ot L on don, Lothbury, andThreadneedle-street Henrietta-street, etyt tm Coven t -garden. RANXTBS—The National Provincial Bank of England. SOLICITORS. - - "Pies, Maples, and Pearse, Frederick's -place, Old Jewry. BROKERS. 1188.4, Mullen, Marshall, and Dan i e ll, 3, Lombard-street. —l t Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street. SECRETARY —Henry Foreman, Esq. ll flor a Majest Offices-62, Moorgate-street. --Y In Council having granted a Royal Charter oflncr ekratio'. tile Directors feel it a duty pr om p tl y to bring into effective r4uat on the me ans w hich they believe best calc ulated to iwure the ~, `4er e f r est and expeditions communica tion with Australia, and Th2 3 :_ e ts satisfy a requirement of great an d g rowing urgency. Atis tr l i r i late proposed, viz.—the direct line connecting England with divi and crossing the Isthmus of Panama, may e cons the gnat (led into three stages—the Atlantic pazsage, the transit across hrfi ns, and the Pacific passage -to Sydney and Melbourne al 71t coaling at Otaheite or other convoniant station. On the koes. —is unnecessary to dwell ; of the second, all difficulties are in it —I of e0r8.., speedy removal by the line of railway now approaching Loth Pleticm,* with attendant accommodation of suitable hotels at se,,,,extrenies and the third, favoured as it is with the smoothest t ,„ l itcl; 4'll ,L ll moderate winds, a pleasant temperature, and het absence " 40 st currents, may indisputably be described asp reseting the --,,N ec ti ona bl e navigation in the wor ld. i;" e aree Derltors, therefore, ava ilin g themselves of the long practical of Capts. A. S. Hamond, R.N., and J. Cochrane Hoseason, have held command of steam -ships and Australian s , ations, and of whose ndness has been fully cimiirmed arse, as combining the essential ad of economy, of safety, reservintr, how *elves of any more desirable line of `—filentrat america; - whielrtime may .Ith which paddle-wheel steamem—on tes—have performed their passages across Atlantic, having established a con- Ision is best calculated for long voy proposed to employ paddle-wheel with commensurate engine power— improvements —in reference to ma iportions, and cabin accommodation. stated periods from Milford Haven to f Atlantic side of the isthmus; from will be conveyed by railway to Panama, 13-embarked for A.ustralia, accomplish om, in about fifty-five days. The Di ;rate consideration, have decided that departure promises advantages, which f the safest anchorage —entrance and repair—supply of most suitable coa'S rail with London, Manchester, and all, 1 dwell o t o t n nt t e h r e eo g u r great extension e b x. y t e a n te s am i on haveof goefnbgeeoreland hies ibrierly stated that the produce ounte , pe lons et of o f •V lc iuth Wales, which forms . large dt o a o del v d e i r . lrniatialnuoonues, Increase. "' ex u _ _, dur te in tr g a t m e rn it o te n d th a s e J r a o n a u s ~dif- .4.r h , _e ttt am Chili, from the e western coast of Mex t ico and from a th ry e , l F s e th b m ru u a s ry_, g ' 4,000 0001. '•ent,---`a--arnounted to 20,410,796 dollars, th,.•g• ....., c ,, , 11 0 4 •••i that the passenger traffic byontshee:rasreseemsdpeeneruouvteeeafidhlbaer .LeveyQeviod amounted to 10,568 PT snar e id that Y a the San Juan de NiCaLlghlloawlelvneer. g'lrtepmt,ayabboer,dmsonroeoavdeer., 1 4 Le i d , t this extent of traffic, . I „,r,LUI ur : a of the vast trade which will arise to completed of a systematic conduct of business. inv ar ay i l a t ion, with all the important advanta fe g ad es o t f lil a a 'eer additions to this vast traffic must necessarldlytflhoewAfurarraittahne l oni a t intercourse between North America b i e ne r % facilitated as such intercourse is by u n th tt an e ed p t - "as e a- , Y established between the . aa l ini l ;doer thens o , a f a d s ,. el ' l'aname in the North Atlanti„ and betw nSw e tae e trf n eus C l , Thy "Mna in the North Pacific. tear, i Augmented line of steamers als3 empflsooyaedndbpyanthaemPaamciufisct i',,eSid or tvlgation Company between Valpara triad,..speotinlY,s.frarell the stream. The i s at no i,'ult p eri `, l / 4 - of a line projected wh c . , tritesaul all pr st b a a n b d tl i t i t i v rrt ect di . ba t , , kal, connect California and China, and l ai ik u e a wi bl s e e rn of r t e r h a an ffic . s d iv a , result of conveyance of passepTers an v e h w gre ill at op al er te, d old d circuitons routes. t e f ti , t ihaoubec,.,to ti m erive great encoufragement from the knowledge Whist, 4 'ets Of this Company are avoured with t i o " , ea n a :ntrehants in general. Many of the mo.seminent London nd the following l i %ric ht , e strongly expressed their approbationt, tt Y . li ever,,,TlY attests the spirit in which the en erp a t ri r e m e a ll — regarded b it We 7,, n filiential and distinguished Manchester ra ia,5 4 . 11 , rne'nt•ae undersigned, being desirous of encoa ging the and goods, goods, to eil ' a l ati, ~, of a line of first class steam packets, offering increased 13„' froin -n . d advantages for the transit of passengers a ein, Australia and the different important states In the Pacific eep y mpres, j th ' Off d l i the advantrges of this route the e 'way g ~,,, skarnthe Isthmus of Panama, since the esta b b r l e is b h y m s e i n gn t i, o y i 4 ' ai, i . m s ' i ld at that place connecting the two oceans— tanet cZ k i of the projected British and Australian D e irect o _Sl n ew . -ii ieati -- " 0 „ Pa1 1 3 , ,t for the purpose of carrying out the line f -' lo those parts in the most efficient manner." ~,. _ (Signed) It, . u ladstone and Co. Henry B. Jackson. ,tort Smith Jacson, and Co. R. I Farbridge and Co. uvrt Smith and Co. B. Liebert. Hebert_ Gardner. Prescott, Brothers, and Co. r c ,„nel Mendel. Thos. Cardwell and Co. —`• Barbour and JO- B render and C o . rothers. J. O A. Turner and Co swald Stevenson and Co. Jo b. iPs,,halteerge Fraser, Son, and Co. 4 111t Y ri ti _ ve of the approval of the Australian autigg w ies tr cr i tett er 1 . 4 7 have much satisfaction in addingD the onaldson, Esq , Member i• 6 e Legi aa e l.,ved from Stuart Alexander a g nd e extract ora - loey z u lve Council of the colony of New South Wales, dated a. llly Placee, 1852 advocate ki a tne t ln council I have ever been a warm public rid, moreover. 1 b av forc e ~_ ages of steam—and all I hav o e v e e v ry er said has gained ten: 2s ti e latei: 1 ! 1 . 4 :: , the and I carried, on the stupendous gold disc hno_ t „,,, Of 4,',.,_'! cared this very Panama ' o 'f_eol, o ~,,, f l , , by a un , inimous voce of the cloburnicnilg,saypdunbelyicwgirtahnint ofa 1,.,`05e Of __, to the first cornriany that shal thataoeron talt of 120 days with London. My o ri g inal unanimity ; and I , ', u oI I generalised the motion to obtain Irla wil T raduced idea was all for go ~ „ I first claim the bonus I feel quite sure. t gold to be p itisg wit quickest boats. The quantity °- t nearly at Ills and 1854 1,,,, rats 0 s 0. DO human her:3g can tell ;itis at pr t es be en ` . eht In "•000,000/. a-year. I assure you I feel in- The YOtir sae, nicationt in : w traha,„ Colonies actor state of the present commu i greatest Ji tts ntulatisf success, and great confidence that your line r w ev i a ll le P n a t y i .: :wat t ,. ot.'L coupled with th e strong feeling p ilfts:rit,..teharsh, :etPea:bal3ma route,/ points to this as the only means left of ir e -.ll g the sh nautical ril e, etors, froth t orthst possible period of coran•unigaftiothe, and the demonstrations and experience o ~' anders a tl nan i, cut rid engireers, and from arrangements oard, from the assurances of the mostfostumcceedssfautl I.. 4i .titaie ..„,:r_tain no doubt that the passage can be accomplished in c .?l r e „f„ l , and that the cow se ot post can be safely and regn nivel 4 ,.`„ , ea to about 120 days, including the interval between dinedpn deParture of the mails.' ,.,%a.u510a, the Directors observe, that this Company, not blir oeviet,7tta Unsuitable ships, nor constrained ' to adopt unproductive b% t e t _al ' aTs.,,, e ' i ni o _ a Y eoliftlently Anticipate the ultimate command of the ' e ti for ,' They ,eel assured that, after arranging moderate s ' l rking neasseagers, specie, and freight —an ample margin fur •ar th replace__,•-fiar 1 3 " e __ insurance , and repairs - and also a reserved fund ~_ evin c ,,_,' , Lent of ships and machinery- they are justifed in ' , re ah r i de ' n 'ta,t TIM Tauszx LINE promises to realise a most remunera- APPlie-f'. Lae ti on for shares to be made on or before the 20th August, to , ecreta .2lo': ers . r'Y at the Company's offices, 62, l'oorgati-strcet ; to the 'hillatid: °r to the Agents of the National Provincial Bank of 1:111 l'k 1853. eAtlistralt an D'reet Steam Navigation Coinpa ry, v'a Panama. iiililiate (1,11..?,ta-1. eachini / r e Incorporated by Royal Charter. on; ar . s es,B:o::: 1 I ,: cot o to :t er : 7 allot rn e shares, or anyless number of Pang, ard I engage to accept the ~_ •in Ba c h mann 0 rue, and to pay the deposit of 21. per share there er, and in such time ard place, as shall be appointed logage to extent !: the Company for that purpose. And I further pg thyself to a deed of subscription, to the said Company, bind- Le _fsstee,,,,, a aceePt and p3y for the shares allotted to me, and also Dated l a deed or deeds of settlement of the Company. Let ' tiers and c y m t a of g, uVLA sto me may be sent by lost addressed: Name in fh11... „ ss.. ....... • „ , Profession or business Name andaddress ofßefer enee ..... ••• • ••• •• .. •• •• •• 411 4 The time of raUsit across the Isthmus by rail will probably int 1 14 K tWo hour s tteltitiaselbourne 1 'the titt • ais.sumed by this Conpany previous to the decision that 1114 Pmen -e 1. , "%tee' should be adopted as the motive power.. . . April, 1853 —Hitherto the communication by tilt c e ", Lvia the Cape of Good lope, instead of proving a boon to h 4 :;` ° .ea. has been a serious detriment to business. o 1 / 44 a'r anxiously looktng—witli our Eastern neighbours —for 1416141414 ant 9f the l'anitma lins.".—Winlely July 4, lan. -- s'. •""F''...... 1 on:‘Wbo, for several yea rs , - Le t p zealanuo, au tilt,. stable, New t v oohed opinions the thissccuori o 4,...ce10t results, 44-.6 f speed of comfort, 0 a4opt t l'er ~, O ° P e ' avail thciu tra,„:,-,e power to ~ poZiTt eeredenify ciall,riseetwo 111:".1Y develop. 11i n e speed and regularity' wit th" ,unard and Collins' lines-1 ~.e hlrbulent sons of the Nort - .. Tiction that thls34ode ofprOPul t l / 4 ',:', at high velocity—lt is 4,-kreers ot about 3,000 tons. I).l..‘hing all well stablished fh"S. tinlformity of ejse - i - Pror •kor,-e The will preCeed at . ot IThrlWall (wavy Bay), on the e ',,,tice Passengers and cargo w 4 ''' Poeta id and there re t deliber _ hio !to h r s 'W aft h o e l i c e i d s h is e e ta , m n o ce s , to or irc Zliford lia.,, en, as the port of . d Zt°ther ports can suppin viz. ‘... at all ti rnes—facilities of 1 the,,, 'm3' communication by i it—acttfacturing districts. d trmils thought unnecessary to eke 'e' Wherever however,mi otiried; it maY, be I% o, n g the year 1852, in the cold 1q"",°051., 'with every Pr°, 4) , ti ss °I the produce of New hot to this Yas t amount ; that :to le - 1, , end april last, the sPc' Csi,..ero .........._ __ THE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY. Just published, in 16m0., price One Shiding, CONFESSIONS of a WORKING MAN. From the French of EMILE SovvEsna. Forming Fart 48 of the TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY. Also, the Forty-seventh Part, price One Shilling—being TURKEY and CHRISTENDOM: An Historical Sketch of the Relations between the Ottoman Empire and the States of Europe. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. LENNIE'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR. THE PRINCIPLES of ENGLISH GRAM MAR, comprising the Substance of all the most approved English Grammars extant, briefly defined, and neatly arra L Ll nged ; with Copious Exercises P ARSI NG and SYNTAX. IV WIAM LENNIE. Price is. 6d. *0 A New Edition, with Improvements, is no .y. The KEY may also be had, price 3s. Cd. Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd. • ,:‘ London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. COUGH, CO NSUMPTION, SPITTING of BLOOD ' NIGHT SWEATS, and FEVERS.—lmmediate relief is effected by PASCOE'S CONCENTRATED COUGH, and CONSU MPTION MIXTURE, in all affec tions of the throat, chtst, lungs, &c. In all cases of cough, hoarseness, wheezing, difficbit breathing, &c., however inveterate, this highly•successful remedy will be 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 forms, headaches, loss of eppetite, &c., PASCOE'S INFALLIBLE GLOBULES will effect a radical cure, as proved by numberless tes timonials. Prepared only by the proprietors, Henry and Co., with out whose signature across the Government stamp none is genuine. To be obtained through Barclay, Sutton, Sanger, &c., or any re spectable medicine vendor, in bottles at Is_ I ihd., 25.„ 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. Wholesale depot, Bohemia-place, Hackney. TOZEAVS COPAEIINE-MEGE, or Saccharatta C A.PSULES, approved by the French College of Physicians, and successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of Gonorrohaea, Gleet, and Leucorrheeal Discharges, on an average of six days (see " Lancet " of 6th Nov., 1852, an extract from which will be forwarded immediately on application).—Prepared and sold by G. Jozeau, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London ' • and Jozeau, Pharmacien, 1 6 1 , Rue Montmartre, Paris ; at Liverpool, M. Clay and Abraham, chemists, Bold-street; and the principal chemists of France, England, and the Colonies. Price of bottle of 100 capsules, 4s. 6d.; 50 do., 2a. 9d., with direetions, and stamp with the name of Gabriel Jozeau printed thereon. IMPORTANT TO HOUSEWIVES. No MORE DRESSES, &C., DESTROYED IN THE WASHING. CREWS ' S RINSING LIQUID Restores them to their Original Freshness, Fixing the Colours in all kinds of Fabrics—simple in its application—and very inexpensive TWENTY DROPS sufficient for ONE GALLON of Water. Sold by all Chemists and Oilmen, at 9d. per bottle, Agenfs—Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bush lane, Cannon-street. Manufactured at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end, London. FRAMPTO N'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 taking 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 experienc efficacy of this excellent medicine. had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion, but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I 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 medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had A better 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 nothiag to equal it. "I am, Sir, yours respectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE. " To Mr. T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a pleasant, safe, easy aperient ; they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with 'he most successful effect, and require no re straint 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. Price Is. I%d. and 2s. 9d. per box. NEW FEATURES IN A WELL-KNOWN BUSINESS. in every department of business by E. MOSBS and SON are conspi cuous to every one. In this age of progress and improvement, the intrepid steps taken The Attire E. Moses and Son have ready for pub!ic in , pection comprises a variety of new dresses suitable for the season, and adapt ed to the requirements of all classes. Sporting Dress made by E. Moses and Son, and the same in their gigantic Ready-made Department, excels all previous productions ; an entirely New Plan of Cutting and "'Taking Sporting Attire secures Ease, Elegance, and Durability in every garment, and the prices charged are considerably lower than at any other house. E. Moses and Son's New -tyre or Paletots and Waterproof Over coats ace eagerly sought by Excursionists, as the only Goods suitable for Travelling, Promenade, or Business. Hats, Caps, Ho'lery, &c., for Ladles, Gentlemen, and Children, offered by E. Moses and Son, are resplendent specimens of Quality, Beauty, and Utility, and are charged very considerably lower prices than at any other Establishment. Tne Largest, Best, and Cheapest Stock of Boots and Shoes in the world is et the Estabishment of E. Moses and :-on. E. Moses and Son's Wholesale Department ofers advantages to Merchants, Captains, Emigrants, and all buyers of profitable stock, such as cannot be obtained elsewhere. All classes of Emigrants Outfitted by E. Moses and Son in the m st suitable manner, at wholesale prices. Full lists of Outfits for Ladies Gentle:4cl), with ship sailing ,af., , ismation,-rtray.be—bad --- on applicall , m, or pat tree to any part of the kingdom. WAN f ED, several first-rate assis.ants in the ready made and bespoke departments—two to take the place of shop walkers. Apply by later, stating last situation, CAUTION.—E. MOSE; and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of "Being connected with • heir Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOME IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 44,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Brldge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Branch, Melton ne, Australia. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, hosiers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. impoßTANT.—Should any article not give satisfaction, it wilibe exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lo west price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, "The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. Id l'on parle Francais. flier srricht man Deur-,,h Qui si path Italian. Aqua se habla Espanol MEDICAL AD YOUTH CE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF Y AND M ATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Ltoctor of Medicine, and Metric dated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. VIAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro luced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various torms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con- equenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged In an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting thi+ department of practice, he has been amply rem arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from ,411 c till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of it., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It la desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Stone, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any addrer from the Author's resi dence. 37. BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. TAKE NOTICE ! MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE CONSULTED AS USUAL, AT 19, lIERNERS-STREET, OXFORD -STREET, LONDON, ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. t w o ir o r ure oN d OF E D ng ts r E av as ia r g . a and THE SILENT FRIEND. r o lu e T HE Hundred REMEDY AnatomicalFOliP R In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. Cases. Illustrated by New Edition, enlarged blishmen to 200 p t, 39. 6 ages, pdric. in stampe 2s. 6d.s, , by post, from the Esta THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excess i ve indulgence, the consequenc es of inf ect i on , or the abuse o' m ercury, with directions for .the use of the preventive lotion ' o wed by obser vations on Marrage, and tie disqualifications fol which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consultin Sherwoodg Surgeons, 19 and , Be Co. 23,rners-strPa t, ernoster- C..tfole s"..- London. Published by rose and sold by I! annay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Orford-street; G,-,,, 4 on, 146, Leadenhail-street ; 95, Farringdoa-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Row Church -yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive o rgans, and is illu strated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their Imentable effects on the system, producing mental and tidily weakness. rery mg excitement, and genera ti ve incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and co talus explicit directions En for ra their treatment. This sectio n is illustrated by 62 Colour _ed g . . ings. for the Prevention of Disease by a Para DT. contains a Reme d y simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V.is devoted to the consideration of m.rriage and and the dutiwholees. The causes of unproductive union a re also considered, subject critically and philosophically inquired into. VIE CORDI kL HALM OF SIMACUM is exclusively employed in tree ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, 8v7.., lis and 333. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilc remedy, for purifying the blood in cases or infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, '2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 ls. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic infiammstion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if beyter -11. A minute detail e t the case is re q uired : age, habits, an posi tion in society. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, U., Is saved. Messrs. I'erry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, Lon don, from Eleven Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday from SIMI to One. SHOOTING, LOUNGING, or TRAVELLING. 1.7 —GA.RMENTS adapted for the above purposes may be viewed in rest variety, each being suitable for what is required, and •cery moderate in cost. —II. J. and D. NICOLL, Merchant Clothiers, L'aletot patentees, 114, 116, 118,120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. I.EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE 4 SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and Boast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its t.nic and Invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly dige,t the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the praprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Ftnchurch-street, London, and 63. Broad-street, Worcester ; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and tner chants, London ; and generally by the p-incipal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against hilt tations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. • 111 HE GOVERNING CLASSES : A SERIES of J. PORTRAITS will be commenced in the " LEADER" Newspaper of SATURDAY next, Sept. 3, and to be continued weekly.--- , No. ISO.— Price 6d. The " LEADER" Is published every Saturday, in time for the early morning mails, and sold by news agents in all parts of Eng land, or may be had direct from the publisher. Terms of Subscrip tion:-13a. for a half-year, to be remitted in advance, and money orders should be made payable to Mr. ALFRED C. GALLOWAY, at the office, 7, Wellington-street, Strand. THE QUEEN IN IRELAND. It is impossible to read without a lively satisfaction the records that have reached us of the Queen's visit to Ireland. Nothing is more strange in a co‘tatry where all seems strange than the instantaneous manner in which the presence of the Sovereign appears to dispel those mists of ignorance and prejudice which had arisen at the bidding of professional agitators. It is in vain that the•-wiseat-and-most prudenttiatesmen in the em pire—many of them Irishmen by birth or by descent— [ endeavour to devise remedies for the distress and suffer ings of the Irish people—lreland will not be convinced or reasoned into loyalty. With our fellow-subjects in that division of the empire the actual presence of the Sovereign seems requisite to insure attachment to her person and to her throne. All the enormous sacrifices which have been made from the Imperial resources in the hour of Ireland's direst tribulation go for nothing, or, by some curious process of distorted logic, are twisted into injuries or insults. Laws which were passed mainly at the suggestion of those who had the deepest interest in the welfare of the country are received as acts of tyranny and oppression. We have often wondered why this should be, for cer tainly there is no living statesman of the present generation who has had any other object at heart than the welfare of the Irish people and the tranquillity of the country. Strange as the result may appear, it is still stranger that the mere presence of the Queen should awake, in every heart the liveliest sympathies, and call forth expressions of unbounded attachment from the people, who but a few days before were sedulously en gaged in traducing every act of her Ministers, and en deavouring atleast to bring her Government into disre pute and contempt. This anomaly might of course be explained in many ways ; we prefer that explanation which is the most obvious, the most flattering to our Irish fellow-subjects, and we believe the most true. Is it not probable, when we compare, on the one hand, the expressions of loyalty and attachment which the presence of Queen Victoria elicits immediately her foot has pressed the Irish soil with the unceasing vituperation on the other which, in her absence, a certain portion of the Irish press and a certain section of the Irish popu lation so sedulously pour forth upon her Govern ment, that we must draw a broad distinction be tween the Irish agitators and the Irish people ? Nor, when we find how futile the efforts of the professional politicians have been to alienate the affections of the people from their Sovereign, is it con sistent with truth or with propriety to make a nation answerable for the acts of comparatively a few persons, whose obscene trade it is to make the passions and igno rance of the people subservient to their own selfish ends. Certainly, in the reception Queen Victoria has met with in , Dublin we can see very little trace of that unpopu larity and disaffection which, as the agitators would have us believe, prevail so extensively throughout Ire land against her person and her throne. Nothing could be more graceful or well-timed than the presence of the Queen in Dublin upon an occasion such as that of the Irish Exhibition. It is an evidence of her wish to foster and encourage those enterprises which may tend to promote the intellectual and moral development of the Irish people. Industry is intelli gence. It is scarcely a stretch of language to say that it is morality as well. What more likely to strengthen the springs of industry in an imaginative and enthu siastic people than the spectacle of those grand results which the united industry of the world has produced ? Why should Ireland lag behind in the honourable race ? In many branches of manufactures she has already at tained an excellence which the looms of any other country in Europe may strive in vain to excel. Why _should not, the same powers--ef-titirol-v43ichillave-already realised such results be directed to the development of those arts and sciences which tend so much to the pro motion of human happiness ? In some respects we should be disposed to think that the natives of Ireland would outstrip their fellow-subjects in the other districts of the empire. The same fervent energy which inspired the glowing periods of Burke, or thrilled in the tender strains of Moore, might surely be turned to other, if not to nobler uses. It was with unmitigated pleasure that we read the following sentence in the report which we yesterday received, and which we will here transcribe without apology :—" The Queen has crossed the Channel to see the first strong development of that remarkable love of art and that sentiment and imagination carried into useful production, which the practised observation of Lord Granville enabled him first to discover and com ment on as the chief characteristic of the Irish Exhibi tion." We entreat our Irish fellow-subjects to believe that Englishmen are not in a conspiracy to put down talent. Most gladly do we welcome any evidence of it which comes to us from foreign nations ; but how much more so when we find it among our own people—among those who are, or should be, bound to us by the strongest ties and sympathies which can link human beings together? We are very ready to admit that the verdict of the world is against us in those very respects in which Lord Granville declares that the Irish have attained the highest excellence. However great the praise accorded to our machinery, and to the wonderful development of our manufacturing industry in all its branches, it has been said—and we doubt not with truth—that in imagination and taste we do not equal the handicraftsmen of Continental Europe. Can we not, then, work hand-in-hand with our own fellow-subjects in another portion of the empire, who can supply our deficiencies, and, in turn, profit by our skill ? Surely, it would be more gratifying to derive the requisite assistance from Dublin, from Belfast, from Cork, than from Paris, or Lyons, or Vienna ? We earnestly trust Irishmen may turn their serious atten- ' tion to the arts of design, if it is indeed true that in them their chief excellence and capacity exist. We must not, however, conclude these few observa tions without more especial notice of that one point about the Irish Exhibition which entitles the spectacle to a peculiar respect. It must never be forgotten that, but for the act of one patriotic Irishman, this magni ficent display—pregnant with consequences as yet un revealed—would never have had existence. Ireland owes her Exhibition to the patriotism and public spirit of Dargan, and it is no mean praise to a country that it can produce men capable of such acts. Let us hope that the Irish people may be induced to draw a com parison between the virtues of such a citizen and the vices and selfishness of the demagogues whose daily occupation it is to lead them astray.—Times. h u e ng Maidston e eniai weather Jou o r n t a t l h e p ast sa ys week, the College H o p Garden at Maidstone has n o C tw it i ° t P h s stafd D ing li th o e ps m .— os T t improved, and there can be no doubt that in some portion of the ground there will be a tolerable sprinkle. The high winds of the last few days have done here, as elsewhere, considerable damage, and we fear that, with so much rain, and so great a defi ciency of sun power, with the probable continuance of cold nights, the crop will come down, not only much less than has been anticipated, but greatly deficient in quality. We last week remarked on the tardy growth' of the hop from the burr, and we now think that to great has been the arrest of growth in many grounds that the hops cannot, even under the most favourable circumstance, advance, beyond their present size. The mould in some of the neighbouring gardens has in creased in spite of the application of sulphur though from observation and experience we know that in many instances the mould has been considerably checked in its growth, if not entirely cured, by that substance. CATCHING A THIEF.—A thief, who had on Thursday got into a house in the Rue Folie Mericourt, being sur prised by some of the occupants, endeavoured to escape by the the roof. The pompiers being informed of what had taken place went in pursuit of the man, and one of them throwing a rope at him with a running knot, like an American lasso, caught him round the body with it. The thief, however, at once drew out a knife, and cut ting the rope, got away into an adjoining house, and made good his escape. SALE OF A GUILLOTINE.—On Saturday last a consi derable crowd was assembled on one of the boulevards a, Rheims to witness, the extraordinary sale of the guil lotine and its accessories, even to the very basket which was used to catch the head of the unfortunate culprit. The upset price was 20f., after which a voice in the crowd offered 25f. The name of the amateur was anxi. ously enquired for among the crowd, when suddenly a young man came forward and bid 30f., at which, after some little delay, it was knocked down, and when it bee: E 0.3 known that it had been purchased in order to make a bonfire of it, the crowd gave way to a loud burst of applause, which in a short time after increased still more on seeing it piled up and blazing, every one pre sent assisting to keep up the fire. Among the most emergetic of them was a high functionary of the place. Although the crowd assembled was very great, every thing passed off with the greatest order.—Galignani. The Interim Acting Committee for the promoting a Great Industrial Exhibition for Scotland have come to the resolution not to attempt to carry out the proposal nex a. tiiyear, as originally announced.—. North. British m RAILWAY INTELLIGEATCE. CORNWALL. The Fifteenth halfiearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Saturday last, at the Town hall, Truro. M. Williams, Esq., the chairman of the company, presided. The meeting, as usual, was not very numerously attended,— arising, we believe, from the very great confidence the shareholders have in their pre sent chairman, secretary, board of directors, and other officials. Among those present were M. Williams, Esq., M.P. (chairman), W. H. Bond, Esq. ( secre tary), P. P. Smith, Esq. (solicitor to the company), W. M. Tweedy, Esq. (deputy-chairman), T.J. A. Fol j artes, M-P-, Glennie, Esq. (resident engin:Tr), Messrs. H. P. Stokes, Gwatkin 0. Carlyon, 11, Pox, Pearce, J. R. Paull, J. Olver, W. P. Williams, R. Rogers, A. Jenkin, T. Henwood, W. Clyma, E. Heard, W.. Raynard, J.W. Jenkin, Knuckey, jun., E. F. Carlyton, S'•Gatley, &C. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by calling on the secretary, W. H. B on d, E sq., to rea d the advertise ment convening the meeting, and affix the seal to the register of shareholders, which being. done, the secre tary proceeded to read th e repor t s and statement of accounts. DIRECTORS' REPORT. Pe directors have to present the accounts of the past har-year for the information of the shareholders, by which they will observe that 67,0291. 2 s Oa. r emained in hand at the close of the last account, th a t th e sum o f 67,574/.l')'''' has been received, and 78,940/. 15s. 10d. expended, and that the sum of 55,6631. Os. 7d. remained to the credit of the company on the 30th of June last. The directors have found it necessary to enforce in every practicab;e way the payment of calls in arrear, and have to some extent succeeded; they aft kill proceeding to recover from other parties the calls alloresentrlue frv i ttr,P 3 t The directors have taken Mto their beal, consiueration the propriety of returning to the practice of paying inte rest on paid up calls, as authorised in the Vllth section of this company's act, and after mature deliberation have de termined to pay, during the period of construction, 3i per cent. per annum on all sums paid in respect of calls made subsequent to the recommencement of operations in April, 1852, persuaded that such an arrangement will greatly benefit the undertaking, and be an act of justice to the pre sent shareholders. The Interest Warrants will be issued on the 25th March, and the 29th of September of each year. It must, however, be remembered, that not only the interest on all the amount paid up will be forfeited during the time any call remains unpaid, but that interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will be invariably charged on all calls not paid when due, during the time they remain unpaid. The shareholders must not be surprised therefore at the strict enforcementof this provision of the company's act. The works between Truro and Falmouth have been let to Mr. Samuel Garratt, on satisfactory terms, and within the estimated amounts. The works between Truro and St. Austell have been pro ceeded with as rapidly as the circumstances of the case would at all admit of, and will be completed by the time originally fixed upon. The heavy works between St. Aus tell and Lostwithiel are in active progress. The whole of the works along the line are let with the exception of the portion between Liskeard and Saltash, and for this portion your engineer has been authorised to obtain tenders. Your directors feel the importance of completing your line as early as practicable, and will use every exertion to press forward the works without delay. Satisfactory arrangements having been made with the West Cornwall Railway for the use of their Newham branch, the bill introduced into Parliament by this com pany has therefore been withdrawn, as your directors be lieve that all the objects contemplated by it will be now attained. ENGINEER'S REPORT. 18, Duke-street, Westminster, Aug . 22, 1853. Gentlemen,—Since the last half-yearly meeting, we have been steadily progressing in the letting of the remainder of the works, and the execution of those already contracted for. At present fifty miles out of the entire line to Falmouth (sixty-three miles) including all the tunnels, and most of the principal works of any magnitude are contracted for in a satisfactory manner. Over the greater part of this length the works are in progress, and upon the rest, all necessary arrangements are made for commencing and pro ceeding at the periods determined upon, so as to secure their completion at the proper time, without needlessly advancing the expenditure of capital. Upon the contracts first let from Truro to St. Austell, the works have proceeded as fast as we have obtained posses sion of the land; and the earthwork generally is as far ad vanced as the periods defined by the contract require ; although considerable delay has arisen from the wet wea ther, which has been much beyond the average of season s . The tunnels also are well advanced, and the whole is in a satisfactory state. Proceeding eastwards, the works are less advanced, some portions of them are only now about to be commenced. Between Saltash and Davenport no effort has been made to expedite the works, as they will easily be finished before the Saltash-bridge. On the line from Devonport to the junction with the South Devon Station, some works which it was desirable to expedite are in progress, and the whole may probably be advantageously proceeded , with, anctontit: itze usefr . operaoion. The works upon the Saltash-bridge, now named by per mission of his Royal Highness, the 'Albert Bridge, consist as yet, of course, principally of preparattay works, but by no means of small importance. I am happy to say that all the preparations made by the contractor and his agent at present indicate every desire and every ability to do substantial justice to the work, and give every promise of a steady, and I trust, successful pro- gress. A jetty has been constructed for landing materials, workshops have been erected, provided with the requisite tools, machinery, furnaces, and engines. A considerable quantity of iron and stores have been re ceived, and the piles are being driven for the platform, and scaffolding for the construction and temporary erection of the bridge. The piers on the Saltash side of the river have been commenced, the foundation of the first having been laid on the 4th July. Four others have also been commenced, and are in va rious stages of completion. In conclusion, I am happy to be able to congra tulate the directors and the proprietors upon the very satis factor y state of proceedings towards the execution of the works generally of this railway.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, I. K. BRU NEL. To the Directors of the Cornwall R a ilway Company. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. Amount received to 31st De cem b er , 1852, as per last report .............................. 2300,349 1 2 Amount received during the half-year ending 30th June, 1853. Dept. on shs., at £2 50 p. a., £2O 0 0 First call at 110 0 ~ 62 10 0 Second call at 0 15 0 ~ 2,647 5 0 Third call at 110 0 ~ 7,347 0 0 Fourth call at 2 0 0 ~ 53,050 0 0 Interest from bankers and others In anticipation of calls Transfer fees Rent of land, &c. • 689 4 5 . 3,634 0 0 2 12 6 23 0 0 99 1 10 67,574 13 8 Sale of old stores, timber, &c. £367,923 14 10 Amount expended to 31st December, 1852, as per last report k 233,319 18 5 Amount expended during the half-year ending 30th June, 1853. Works along the line, £36,303 8 11 Land and compensation 33,861 410 Engineering and surveying 0,500 0 0 Direction, audit, salaries, and Law charges and conveyancing 1 , 1 87 5 6 travelling expenses Advertising, printing, office expenses, &c Preparing and issuing new share certificates Interest to shareholders on calls in advance 434 6 6 Balance, including 40,6241. 13s. la. at inte- rest 413 14 10 302 11 6 848 4 3 78,940 15 10 £312,260 14 3 . 55,663 0 7 £367,923 0 7 Examined by vouchers, and found correct. GEORGE JONES, }Auditors. ALFRED FOX, W. M. TWEEDY, Deputy Chairman. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Gentlemen, your directors and engineers have made such a very full report that there remains very little to add as to the particulars of the progress of the railway. Since we last met our works have regularly progressed the directors have gone over the line, and are very much pleased at the satis factory manner in which the work generally has been carried on, and especially the substantial manner in which the masonry and other parts have been executed. In consequence of the want of labour the various works have not progressed so rapidly as we antici pated, but by pressing. the contractors they are getting more rem and proceeding more vigarously than for some time past--(cheers)—and we have reason to believe that the portion of the line from Truro to St. Austell will be completed in the time stated. We are now going on to Liskeard, and we have every reason to believe that the contractor will proceed with it to the satisfaction of the company. Since we last met, also, we have accepted contracts hence to Falmouth. (Hear, hear.) I need not say that it is an im p ortant feature to conn ect the port of Falmouth wit h this railway --not onl y so far as the country itself is concerned, but b y means of this line we shall be conn ected with the metro p ol i s, which willcche e b r nd, benefit to the county hi general— ( of cheers)—and, invaluable s ) h av i n g that in view, we have tak en care to obtain contractors who are likely to execute t he work a with satisfaction to the company. It is proceeding very vigorousiy, and in a way likely to give perfect satisfac tion to all parties concerned. We have purchased a good deal of the land between this and Falmouth, and there will be no difficulty in obtaining the remainder. We have also purche ed the whole of the land between St. Austell and Liskeard, and have agreed for some of the land between Liskeard and Saltash. The contractor, as you perceive by the report, is proceeding, as far as I can judge, very well and substantially with the works of the bridge at Saltash, as is also the cont: actor for the work from the bridge to Devonpori. (Hear, hear.) In reference to enforcing calls and allowing interest on paid-up capital, at first it may appear as though we were losing capital by so doing. In our act of Parliament we have power to make calls for the purpose of carrying on the works, and to pay interest thereon ; we consider it, therefore, more equitable, that parties paying up R. PEARCE, Esq., of Penzance, heartily seconded the resolution, as he was glad to hear so satisfactory and gratifying a report of their proceedings and of the pro gress of the line, and also that so small a portion of the line remained to be let, which was a proof that the 1 directors had been most usefully engaged since the last meeting. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said there was one remark which he had omitted to make, which was that the charge for en gineering expenses included everything to the 31st of March last. (Cheers.) The chairman then put the re- 1 Solution to the meeting, which was unanimously adopted. • No gentleman rising to address the meeting, The SECRETARY said there was no further business to present to the shareholders. ing M t r o . t E e L nn u i s na o t b e ser w v i ed that he thoutthan c k o i u n l g d n t o h t e al e lw h o air t m he anmaeentd directors for their constant attention to their duties, and he hoped that all their anticipations would be fully rea lised. On behalf of himself and shareholders of Fal mouth he would assure the chairman and directors that I if they could assist them in facilitating the progress of i the railway, they should be most happy to do so. He would therefore move a vote of thanks to the chairman i and board for their energy, skill, and talent in carrying I on the various works of the Cornwall Railway. Mr. STOKES believing that the county at large was satisfied with what had been done by the board, and that there was a growing feeling of confidence that the line I would be successful, he would second the resolution. 1 The CHAIRMAN said it was very flattering for them to • meet the shareholders with such good feeling every half year. li e could assure them that it was a very great in- I ducement for them to continue their attention and zeal in promoting the successful issue of this undertaking. It was very true that their gratitude was the only 1 payment they received, but that was duly and amply appreciated by himself and the board. The good-will I and confidence shown by the shareholders towards them gave them pleasure in attending to their interests ; ' and if they succeeded in carrying out the line, as they ' hoped they should, successfully, no undertaking he ever took in hand would give him so great pleasure as the carrying out of_ this railway. In all countries he had been in he had witnessed the difference railway commu nication had made in promoting the wealth of those places, contrasted with other places where no railway existed. He had recently returned from France, and in the interior of that country he had himself observed the advantages accruing from railway communication. In Burgundy, a place six hundred miles from any water communication, the wine was all brought and forwarded andlhe'erettlf'dliTtltTliartial manner in which railways ran through that part of the country, was, that it bad increased the rents of the vineyards, and value of the wine, 100 per cent. But it did not only ex tend to wine, but to corn and tobacco, which merchan dise had improved to the same extent, and which results were the same in every country. He had never been in the United States, but those who had, had told him that the development of trade, and subsequently of the wealth of the place, had been very much increased by rail way communication— opening as it were a new world. (Cheers.) Although England was not so large as the countries to which he had referred, but as it was opened to the rest of the world, and in proportion as it afforded railway communication, he had no doubt but that the , produce of Cornwall would increase, and that they should also find strangers flocking to their county for the bene fit of their health, the temperature being so much more mild than that of any other part of England. They would also find great advantages accruing to the landed inte rests on opening the railway in Cornwall, as it would open the Plymouth, Exeter, and other markets to them for their corn and cattle. He would simply add that he was quite sure that whenever their railway was opened, it would increase the traffic beyond calculation, and consequently the interests generally of the county. T. J. ROBARTES, Esq., M.P., could not, as one of the directors, consider himself entitled to their thanks, as he had not been able to attend the meetings of the board, for a year or two past, as his friends had found him work to do in the Commons House of Parliament. He was glad, however, to hear the very flattering report of the progress of the line, and so far as his observation went, especially in his own neighbourhood, the line was being carried out most energetically. He concurred in the observations of their respected chairman, that where ever railway communication had been secured, great ad vantages had resulted to those engaged in trade and agriculture, and more especially to the owners of the soil. He considered himself, therefore, not only bound as a Cornishman to promote a railway, but as a land owner, it was the best thing he could do for his own in terest. (Cheers.) W. M. TWEEDY, Esq. (deputy-chairman), observed that though Mr. Robartes had disclaimed being entitled to the thanks of the meeting, because he had not as sisted them at their board meetings, yet he had assisted them materially as a landowner, and representing as he did a large interest in the county, the support he had tendered them from the first had been of invaluable im portance to their interests, and he had not only met them as regarded his own land in the most liberal manner, but his influence on other landowners had been very great, so that it would be seen that Mr. Robartes had not only aided them directly but indirectly also, and hence the company had derived great advantages by his countenance and s u pp or t in that way. He hoped when Parliament was not open they should have his presence and advice, which were always valuable, but whether he attended the board or not, he was always of essential service to them, and their thanks was as equally due to him as if he had taken a more active part among them. The meeting, which was a most unanimous or e throughout, then separated, apparently highly gratified with the proceedings. • calls should be allowed interest on them, and those not paying up calls should be charged interest for not doing so, and individuals are more likely to exert themselves to pay up their calls when they have a decided interest in doing so than they otherwise would. (Hear.) Thel• is one other point to which I wish to direct your atten tion. We are offered to have the electric telegraph laid down even before the line is completed, and which we should ultimately require. The Company would let us have the use of it at a very moderate sum—at least not more than that paid by the South Wales Company, which is very small indeed ; therefore I think it is our interest to give the company all the facility for so doing as far as we have the power. (Hear.) Since we last met, the West Cornwall Railway Company have obtained a bill to carry their line on to the river into the town of Truro. We may have the use of that portion of the line, so far as we can make it suitable to ourselves, by making a fair compensation for it ; and if we do not use it we shall not pay for it ; if we do, we shall pay only in proportion to the use we make of it. In reference tithe opening a Vt. Austell, before finishing the Lis keard portion of the line, I am not in a position to' say whether it . will be for your interest to open the o'ne before the other. As we get on with the works, we sriall ' consider whether your interest will be best served by opening to St. Austell, first, or not. These openings at short distances are attended with very great expense, more than a common observer might at first perceW We have advertised for tenders for letting the warks from Saltash to Liskeard. As yet we have had no report; when we have it and the tenders are received, we shall be enabled to judge as to the best mode of carrying out that portion of the line. We have made only one call since we last met, and looking at the state of our finances, no further call will be required till the progress of the works are further advanced. At present we do not want it. We have found latterly that we have been enabled to increase our labour. The other day we could not get men on any terms. Gentlemen, I have only one remark more, which is, that your fellow residents of Cornwall, with yourselves, may rely on our best attention being given to your interest in complet ing the line, and the directors have no reason to alter their opinion that they were in a position fully and fairly to carry out this great undertaking. If any share holder present wished to make any remark, the Board would be glad to receive it ; before doing which, how ever,ado h p t e d,e printed, ol and move circulated that the report amo b ere ceived, adopted, t h e ahare holders. NORTH METROPOLITAN. The first ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, No. 47, Parliament-street, Mr. W. Malin in the chair. The report stated that the act had been obtained under the most satisfactory arrangements with the parochial and other authorities, by which all opposition in Parlia ment had been obviated, the preliminary expenses up to the present time did not exceed 3,0001. The line would pass under the New-road, from the Edgeware-road to King'scross, a length of 21 miles, which would admit of easy extension in the same manner, both to the west and into the city ; but as the course of those extensions might be affected by the arrangement to be made with ' the Great Western Company, and by a line projected by the City Terminus Company, from King's-cross to the Post-office, and from King's-cross to the West India Dock Junction, now the North London line, in con tinuation of this company's line, the directors had deemed it inexpedient to obtain from Parliament in the last session powers to construct m ore than the line now sanctioned. The directors, however, were happy to inform the shareholders that the arrangements with the Great Western Company were favourably progressing, and that they anticipated no obstacle to the extension to the Great Western Railway station. In the event of the City Terminus Company not proceeding with its project next session this company would apply for an extension to a convenient terminus in the city of Lon don. It was intended to lay down two lines of railway in a continuous archway under the road, of ample dimen sions, which would be constructed by excavating th e road from the surface at convenient intervals and relay ing it as the work progre,sed. Proper provisions would at the same time be made for the sewage and gas and water services. The directors announced that they had entered into a contract with Messrs. Tredwell and Co., the very responsible c ontractors, for the construction f the entire line, including all the requisite provisions for sewage and gas and water supply, on ter ms w hi c h wou ld insure the line beinglipeechly completed within the limits of the company's capital (300,0001.) Th e cost o f t h e li ne per mile, though traversing the midst of London, would not exceed half that of any of the railways hitherto made through the suburbs. It was in contemplation to estab lish stations at the principal streets crossing the New- OXFORD, WORQESTER, & WOLVERHAMPTON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern yesterday, Captain Rushout, M.P., chairman of the board of directors, presiding. The report, which has already appeared, was taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said, that since the opening of the line to Oxford in June last the traffic had considerably increased, the weekly receipts having augmented from 8501. to 2,409/., which was the amount of the takings during the past week. He congratulated the pro prietors on the passing of the Bucks Junction line, which had already been staked out, and which would give them an outlet for their goods by a through lin_e,tu London. Theyl99ked fora meat, wession of tiafae . from this source, and' in the maritime they had entered into arrangements with the London and North- Western and the Midland Companies, which would place the traffic of their line upon a broad and sound basis. The traffic account showed a balance of 13,2491. which had been carried to the revenue account, added to which there was the Stourbridge Canal account, 1, 716/. ; and rents, 3731.: on the other side, they were debited with the balance of the Stratford and Moreton Railway account-7951., and one moiety of interest on debentures, payable July 15, amounting to 7,21 81 . ; and this left a balance of 7,325/. 16s. 6d., which the directors proposed to apply to a dividend upon the pre ferential stock at the rate of 11. 14s. per cent. per annum, or 17s. per cent. for the last half-year. The changes in the policy of this company had naturally involved them in serious expenses not contemplated in the estimate of February, 1851. The laying down of the extra length of broad guage would cost, at least, 100,0001. ; the extra plant would cost another 100,0001. ; and the cost of the workshops and additional station accommodation would be very considerable, so that the proprietors would not be surprised if the demands made upon the company shortly required the expenditure of the extra capital which they had the power to raise. The directors, how ever, would endeavour to stave off the period for raising this capital as long as possible, so that they might pro cure it at a time when they could do so on the most ad vantageous terms. The traffic returns showed a steady increase of receipts, and the directors anticipated that the expectations lof the traffic manager, who had ex pressed his opinion that, before the meeting in August next the weekly returns would amount to more than 4,0001., would be fully realised. The directors regretted the loss of the Mid-Western and the Cheltenham and Oxford bills. They had had a most arduous struggle in Parliament, and it would be some satisfaction to the proprietors to know that provision was already made for going a third time to Parliament next session, to en deavour to procure a direct entrance into London upon the narrow guage for the Mid-Western traffic. He con cluded by moving, that the report be received and adopted. Mr. B. OLIVEIRA, M.P., seconded the motion, con gratulating the shareholders in this, as it had been, un fortunate undertaking, that the line was now pretty nearly out of its difficulties. A. PROPRIETOR suggested that, in the event of their going again before Parliament for the Mid-Western Railway, a line should be chalked out more for the in terest of the company. Would it not be better that the line should run into the South-Western Railway at Datchet, and so come into London ? (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said, that suggestion should receive the consideration of the board. The motion for the adoption of the report was then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution for the divi sion of the balance of 7,325/. 16s. 6d. among the pre ference shareholders. The directors were of opinion that half only of the total debenture charge for the half-year should be debited against revenue. Mr. LONGMORE moved an amendment to the effect that the whole of the interest proposed to be paid upon the debenture debt be paid from the present revenue account. Mr. TEEHEARNE seconded the amendment. After some discussion the amendment was put and lost, and the original motion agreed to. A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the proceedings terminated. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON. At the fifteenth half•yearly meeting of this company, held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. J. Wyles in the chair—the report, which has already been published, was adopted, and resolutions were passed declaring a dividend of ls. 3d. per share, free from income tax, and payable on the 17th of ,September next, and re-electing auditors and directors who went out by rotation, WEST CORNWALL. At the half-yearly meeting of this company, held yes terday at the offices, Throgmorton-street--Mr. H. 0. Wills in the chair—the report of the directors was adopted, and a dividend was declared of 2/. per share for the half-year, clear of income tax. OPENING OF THE NEWPORT AND HEREFORD. ___ _ On Tue3day the first train passed over the whole of this line from Newport to Hereford, and its appearance in the neighbourhood of this city created quite a sensa tion, its arrival having been quite unexpected. The train, bearing a number of gentlemen, including Mr. Rennie, the contractor, Mr. Law, the traffic superin-, tendent of the Monmouthshire Railway and Can Company, and Mr. Batchelor, of Newport, left New port in the morning, and made several stoppages on the oute for the purpose of inspecting the bridges and road, arriving at half-past 11 at a place within a mile of Herefcri, on the south bank of the Wye. A single line is nearly completed throughout, and, with a little pre vious notice, the train might have passed over the bridge over the Wye, at Hereford, to the Hereford sta tion. The line will be opened to Hereford in October, MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE. The half-yearly meetingoithis company took place yesterday at Manchester, the Earl of Yarborough, the chairman of the directors, presiding. The report, =abstract of which has already appears pilot engine are in custody. Sir J. Duke was (ruing down to attend the funeral of the Rev. Mr. Bran'dling, of Gosforth-hall, Newcastle on-Tyne. The Lord Mayor was in the same carriage with Sir James. and was going down to attend the Master Cutler's feast, at Sheffield. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I regret to inform you that a serious accident has happened to the 5 o'clock down train at the Horn sey coal-sidings, in consequence of the tender of an en gine of a previous train having got off the line, whereby one lady, a Mrs. Harrison, has sustained a compound fracture of the leg, and a Mr. Harrison, of Bell's Life, and Mr. H. Justins, a solicitor, of Bath-street, City road, have each a leg broken, and several of the passen gers are more or less cut and bruised. The Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Enfield, the Lord Mayor of London, and Sir James Duke are among those who are slightly in jured. Every possible means is being resorted to to arrange for the comfort of the passengers, and to clear the line in order that the traffic may go forward as usual. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. Great Northern Railway, General Manager's Office, Sing's-cross Station, Aug. 31. THE NEW ACT ON CHARITABLE TRUSTS. In the important Act for the Setter Administration of' Charitable Trusts there are 68 sections, which took effect on the 20th inst., when it recei ve d th e Royal assent. The preamble recites that it is expedient to provide means for securing the due administration of charitable trusts, and for the more beneficial application of charitable funds in certain cases. Her Majesty is empowered to appoint four charity Commissioners, one secretary, and two inspectors, for the purpose of executing the provi sions of the new law. Three commissioners, who are to be barristers of not less than 12 years' standing are to be paid, and one is to be called " The Chief Commissioner." The Commissioners are to appoint clerks and mes sengers. The Chief Commissioner is to have 1,500/. a year, and the other commissioners 1,2001. each, the secretary 6001.. and the inspectors 8001. each. All are to be allowed travelling expenses. After the end of March, 1857, the annual salary is to be paid to only one com missioner besides the chief commissioner. The paid officers are not to sit in Parliament. The board is to be called "The Charity Commissioners for England and Wales," _ _ _ M The work of the board is defined by theatnhende rieootbfhi, section, th e which enacts that " it shall be lawful for the said board f E ro n m gla t n im d e an to d time, as a th n e d y th the neaitrurdei fit, to examine and inquire into all or sc a r ny tk Ch li a m ri a ti y er in ministration, management, and results value, condition, management,. and application estates, funds, property, and income belonging t e h ac e nt r sd e and the said board may cause examination ana ttle in quiries in relation to the matters aforesaid to be Thad° and prosecuted by their inspectors,together acting or separately in suc h cases, and at such time as the said board may thi n k fit, an d al l suoh i nspectors shall from time to time rep o rt th e i r p roc e e di ngs t o th e said board." Powers are give n t o th e b oar d t o requ ire accounts and statements of charities. The inspectors may examine witnesses on oath, and persons refusing to render ac counts, or to give evidence, are to be deemed to be guilty of a contempt of the Court of Chancery, and may be committed by such court, on summary application , by the commissioners to the same, and be o rdered to pay the costs, if the court shall so direct. The board t entertain all applications for their opinion and advice, bersons acting as trustees, and pe rsons act ing on th y e advice of the board are to be inderanified. Some extensive powers are given to the board to deal with charities, in order to make them ava ilable for the objects intended. In cases of charities, the income of which exceeds 301. a year, the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellors, upon application to them at c hambers, are to have the same jurisdiction as the Court of Chancery or the Lord Chancellor, upon infor mation, &c. The District Courts of Bankruptcy and County Courts are to have jurisdiction in cases of charities not exceeding 301. a year. An appeal is pro vided. The other provisions relate to the proceedings to be adopted, and the m anner of procedure to make available the numerous charitable trusts in Eng aid and Wales. The act is not to extend to Scotland or Ire. laud. It is to be cited as "The Charitable Trusts Act, 1853." us from the that the Aberdeen clipper-bnilt ship Cairngorm, Captain ChLalr brought Straits of Sunda up to the 2d of July, by which we find John Robertson, had passed through, having made the ThTelloEveArraEnir nElaNil run from Lisbon in 60 days. This is another proof that our ship-builders simply want encouragement to compete most successfully with our American friends or any other nation. UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAW.—There were exactly the same number of Scotch cases reversed, on appeal to the House of Lords, as were affirmed during the last session. This exhibits the glorious uncertainty of the law in $ most damaging and discreditable light. __ road, about half a mile apart, and to run trains at I very short intervals—probably every three minutes— ' at the rate of about 20 miles an hour, including stop pages, and at a charge far below the existing omnibus fares. At the same time ample arrangements would be ' made for light, with the free circulation of air, and for pripelling the trains without the use of locomotives. At King s-cross the line would be connected with the Great Northern and with the West India Dock Junc tion Railways, and all the traffic from them proceeding Iwestwards, or to the Great Western Railway, would be' conveyed over this line. The profit could not be lets than 8 per cent. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that, no doubt, the mode of transit in a tunnel would at first appear objectionable to most people, be cause the notion of a tunnel was connected with some- thing very dark, very damp, and very disagreeable. That arose in a great measure from the circumstance that tunnels were flied with smoke and steam from the engines, which condensed upon the walls and occasioned them to be damp ; but that would be obviated in the present instance by the adoption of some different mode of transit from that of the locomotive. They called it a hcf ` oa da` altogetherrtdueian n,nv wouldei e l , view ' archwaya so wbcesartuouyhfesea passinghet that bet t better hoped to, realise ; and as they had provided in their con tractnnbnlutyti ntnhew receivedh termihn,ta,hmaerye. for making it watertight, he hoped that it would be n as e d o e t n h r v e gr ound, e c y om th m e o Post-office the e m room o s t ai importantwhichc o mm no t db h aj e te y i cot werenp whichnt n h w e n tl e°as sembled.yhthey had been in communication with the authorities with the most satisfactory results. They proposed to unite all the termini with the Post-office, and to trans mit from the Post-office to every railway terminating round London thePpst-office Tans as now constructed with the clerks,"By 'which much time would be saved in the receipt and transmission of letters and the conveyance of postmen all over London. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. BURCHELL seconded the motion. After a few words from Mr. ACTON AYRES and other gentlemen, who expressed their highest confidence in the scheme, the motion was unanimously carried. Four directors of the company were thin elected, and the proceeding terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the chairman. THAMES HAVEN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. J. D. Lowden in the chair. The report stated that the bill introduced into Parlia ment to enable the company to abandon part of the line had received the Royal assent. The line now consists of but 4 miles of railway, exclusive of its docks. During the interval, arrangements have been made as well to settle claims arising out of the abandonment as for lands required for the works, and, with but a trifling exception, it may be stated that all land claims are ar ranged. The works are let to Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Brassey, upon terms which the directors are advised are fair and reasonable. The works will be commenced as soon as the extension of the Tilbury line is so forward as to make the commencement necessary. The accounts showed that 12,9641. had been received, and 7221. ex pended, leaving a balance of 12,2411. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, called attention to the past condition of the company, and the difficulties they had to encounter in obtaining the necessary acts of Parliament The company had been in existence more than 15 years, and considering the disastrous circumstances under which it had suffered, it was not so bad, after all, to get nearly the whole of the money back again. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was seconded. In reply to questions, it was stated that the number of the original shares was 6,063, and nearly the whole of them had been forfeited, 4,200 shares were sold to the late Mr. Chadwick, at is a-share, and there were now 12,126 shares in the company. Mr. ANDERTON said, he made the average cost of the shares 81. each, including the proposed call. The report was unanimously adopted, and the pro ceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair man and directors. At the half-yearly meeting of this company yesterday, at the London Tavern, a dividend of 'is. per share (equal to 3 per cent. on the capital) was declared, in accordance with the recommendation in the report. The CHAIRMAN (H. G. C. Fanel said the revenue of. the line was steadily increasing, and for the last two weeks the receipts were 50 per cent. in excess of those for the corresponding period of 1852 ; and he was satis fied that the entire year's traffic would yield not less than 12,5001., he hoped it would be 13,000/. The agree ment which had been entered into between the Eastern. Counties and Newmarket companies was beneficial to both parties, and he believed that before the year elapsed the Eastern Counties Company would derive from it a revenue that would pay not only the whole of the work ing expenses, but also that 5,000/. per annum which they were now under agreement to pay to the New market shareholders. PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—The existing form of railway carriage is proposed to be altered so as to accommodate a larger number of persons. The car riage is to be formed of two tiers of seats instead of one, the body being placed low so as to give the necessary head room for the passengers in each tier, access to be given to the upper tiers by side doors, staircases, and steps, and to the lower or ground tier by doors placed at the ends, the body having a. projecting platform pro tected by railings at each end, to enable passengers to enter the end doors with a passage or thoroughfare (as in America) from end to end of each carriage on the lower floor. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 21, 1853 £18,192 6 0 Corresponding week last year 14,288 18 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 28, 1853 £22,204 2 1 Corresponding week last year 20,947 11 10 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 28, 1853 £7,612 19 6 Corresponding week last year 4,861 1 9 Increase in 1853 £2,751 17 9 GLASGOW AND SOIITH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 27,1853 £5,277 7 1 corresponding week last year 4,503 10 7 Increase in 1853 £773 16 6 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 27, 1853 £2Ol 14 4 Corresponding week last year 2lB 19 2 WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 27 (29 miles) £193 1 9 Corresponding week last year (13 miles) 7l 17 10 COLLISION ON-THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Yesterday evening a frightful collision, resulting in serious injury, in the shape of broken limbs and cuts and contusions, to several passengers, took place on the line of the Great Northern Railway at Bornsey. The colli sion was of so fearful a character, and the alarm created BO great, that anything like a thorough detail of the cir cumstances is impossible ; but the following will be found to be a correct outline : _ It appears that shortly before 5 o'clock, the period for the departure of the down express from the King's-cross terminus, there was a break-down of a coal train at Hornsey on the up line. A portion of the train being left behind, a pilot engine, driven by a man named Paddington, was sent down to take it up, and about two minutes after the express had left King's•cross, a telegraphic message was received that the line at Horn sey was not clear. The express dashed on at its usual speed, but the driver, seeing the stopping signal on at Hornsey, shut off his steam and reversed his engine 200 yards on the London side of the signal-post ; having, however, ten carriages attached, so great was the impe tus that the train ran into the pilot engine, which was at the time shunting across the line, and the carriages of the express were thrown one upon the other. A frightful scene presented itself. Several passengers were taken out in an apparently lifeless condition--three or four with broken legs. Maxwell, the guard to the ex press, lies at the Railway Tavern in a hopeless condition and two ladies and a gentleman, a solicitor of Lincoln, are also so seriously injured as to be unable to be removed. Two or three gentlemen who had their legs broken and limbs fractured were brought up to London. The Lord Mayor, the Bishop of Lincoln, and Mr. B. Dennison, the chairman of the company were in the train, but, with the exception of a slight contusion received by the right rev. prelate, they all escaped. Some of the carriages were literally shattered to atoms. Within six minutes of the receipt of the first message at King's-cross not to allow the express to leave, a second was received announcing the accident and request ing medical aid to be sent doivii. It is stated that the, np.in lino is_tota_up :for - a:conl siderable distance, and th the driver and stoker of the .~.~.~. ~; {°~ ; • ..,4Y TIHE DODD FAMILY ABROAD. By CHARLES LEVER, author, of " Harry Lorrequer," "Charles O'Malley," &c. The Thirteenth number; for September. ispublished this day, price one shilling, with illustrati,ns by H. K. BROWNE. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.