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They h ave b een h onoure d w ith a Spe -14, croneonci to apper bc fore e o her Majesty the Queen, at - w alac, n 6 0,000 of the elitf the Metropolis have l B ooked uckirg with the AZTECS. "Ti - I 1,771 'ions tadt; 5..11; M ar i Clem,do.; tac it ; tristiois; foln3stand; png , v3 sh ; ,rto' C°7l. itralsund ; I garian• 0 11 to. 0, .a a :p a y]. , Arch' las,bet, for g a thild e i sinore for a Ira n -ccr j;le •. bi r ce; jainal_ cs : on i g sba6 al Pr ce n j Daherrs- kips J5 lO ' In do. • 10 • eth, h • ,ry d. y 4, la' t 25 26th, 'at 47 ~ 5, Int• 51 full 21 ' I'4. lat. 44 I'l4 A It Ist. 6 54 lat. 36 lr r 27, 10, 4° li" ' Di ' Lin et° 13' )01, JuIF Ist. J &Y :36 ,15t.43 but IV sive' lots tr >veral larg e ' fel l , 1,0 6 0 14 the v ag yob 5Aa 0; f, pes 6 3a 6d to 10. 0 Pe r per lb' to. o doam 2i OP* down. 13 011 -n. d uP• Od b 5 86 pd b 3 86 sa b 24 0 oj b 455 906 4 0 1304 0 400 4 62 q " 6.10`'t, 11 : ‘2 tbs 3-I;2° 00 0 v as cor e. wer e th e erg • ° 0 1 p er qr , the '` 0 tbot ag 0,„ ' tos s ' , fos barley' t), P er 51) :0 ;;,; t: 05 '00' lat te {; 665 alt, 565 go d° •ed I 1 i ial~lr e i orih AVe A and 0 don e o ianes s " PP 10s. all'l6 nio ollt o itea 60 05 0 °, l eBC L i gt 410 0 pre. et reete t ior vasbut ° at th e PIO 891 ; tail wife °' stri ol ' 0 0i...„ 54 ., . a , is, je 9 . 43 ;:f to poi tbe g of ' 01010000 h ,t. SP ) I,°e, oig $ O4 ! toer t. ' -01 NCIOLL'S AUTUMNAL PATTERNS are 4 cELLP. NOW READY. n o —NCE and ECONOMY com-ined, as illustrated by tie Iri,l.rn Patent PALETOT, at Two Guineas. 44 4n7. ' Tand, Pran ce , cr Germany, the best talent, workma_nsl.:l2, 1 20, bteriala are secured by H. J and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 11. , and 22, Cernhill, London. following NEW MUSICAL COMPOST -46,181:!.NT for the Piano Forte, by a tuvr composer, G. B. E ; thall ad now ready. " I Love at Break of Day to Roam s , 1 4 q.. ra , " c Wo rds by Mrs. HODGES, music by G. B. L. HODG , E h , ated to all lovers' in simple rural scenes, price 23. e W altzes," by th e same author, dedicate d t o the syn,pa b,llon , t11 „ e Cr ystal Palace Progress Movement, price 3s. ; and , the q4ltsr?;"'"'"3 A OM a rc ; at the Spotted dedicted to these interested in the Old ss . London D. Almaine, an I Co., Soho-square. w A-i-aWORTII DOCK COMPANY.- - p arr • , aeL 'anent ' oorate-street. Incorporated . Special Act , of th and 15th Viet., C. 122. Liabilities limited to the 'V, le, ( " Les subscribed for. "1, in 2 ,000 Shares of 50r. each, or 4,000 Half-shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. per share. le" re Y Brow ! , DIRECTORS. E tie 4tieh tnlit r* Tewkesbury, and:- Smith-street, llover, Esq,, Stafford-house, aida-hill. • • Xora l " le riek Will am Grey, Captain R.N., tiowick Grange, unlberland Jos_ I.adbreke • a l . • Esq , Hetisy, Surrey. , I t Esq., H 1 0 er, E., P., Pnnce's-terrace, Hyde •park. ' , suet ' avenue-roaii, Regent's park. Taker Fr urine-parade, -nghtou.N" the Oaks, Ospringe, Rent, and b fton / hue ACTING BARBOUR COMMISSIONERS. p rA u • Eagle Halialey, 4 11 L'erla" e rlek William Grey, R.N., Howick Grange, Northum tilliel.l,;orth h, Esq'' Amble, Northumberland. 's. k tl l a o l b r°k e "l e r V Non • liedleY, Surrey. 44eh mut Chevington, Northumberland. Pr pct, e ver, Esq., Stafford.heuse, Ma da- - W. atl , Avenue -road, Regent's.park. The Royai British Bank, Tokenhotue-yard, City, and Som er ., 429, Strand. E,, °a, -Messrs. Phillips and Sons, Ab . hurch-lane, )31,01c,iNEElt.—George Remington, .ct.. 51.1-0• 5 - le, j ' E4B • Messrs. Eykyn Brothers, Change-alley. Ise f .''_, ° Dart 04 . S ! catT •talr.—A. Walker Wilkie, Esq. E a , - ,'q th an , England has capita' been mare advantageonsly ex- Eastern con the construction of harbours and docks along the , r ; et ers ~,t• Sunderland, Hartlepool, west Hartl , pool, Seaham, le m e sero:'l.l3, Mentioned as creating facilities for the shipment to., end p,„` r minerals with which the counties of Northumber ►tad of e e ' l 7 tor en D `uaill abound, tending greatly to increase the supply of l hoarn t'se a• andespecially to extend the use and reduce t e bonen, . 1 , • Power. But along the whole coast of Northember -34e or waris3alemouth to Berwhik (about 60 miles), with the excep -1.,.:i re e kre'rth, at the mouth of the Oliver Coquet, all the estu taet' dop e fa ' and bays are in a state of nature, and but little has t e , k ina (x t r , the a ccommodation of the trade of the great coal dis ea"' Ni es " , ween Blyth and Alnwick, extending over about 100 t° es th at " defect, and to t a ke adrantage of the great nat . ural tqt N and are afford e d at Warkworth, by the shelter theof ks.: r 4 l, and the tine roadstead formed between it and the to A cts et sive 'works have already been constructed un der the Isker tp ne Tid at arliament ahead, obtained for the purpose, so es naltOUP of about 9) acres, which has now at high te4tiairea43,B.tides a d pth o f 17 feet. Upon this harbour 183,0001 . bon t e ta been expended, hut it is at present incomplete fro m the i eki t d fth, irbikimfoz the more [complete accommodation and preserva . t and aria to enable vessels of large burden at al times , 4 a ' i s a ' ar g' cargo. It is the more requisite to remedy this, .11% 0 , 11[11 1 ,-° - e ater foreign demard for the steam-coal produced at ketart..s collieries than cen be shipped in tie present state . of the e h ' rea d Luther weuld also be imported here from the Baltic ; a4ntipal growth of steam-power will make Warkworth one of pi th I ) .?Ft3 fur the northern trade of England. *it h ' ,l h is li p, all Act of Parliament was obtained in the session ha tam ` e the ompany to construct a dock in connection I),Zete,„ onr ; and among other powers granted by the Act, Whr e h e irle th e Dock Cempany to amalgamate with the har- O' adv.„ C° Pany has revelled itself of; and has contracted, gear.-etageous terms for the purchase of all the debentures, hark * t he amount already expended on the ha , bour, so as th bt4 ir N e i hable the Dock Company to acquire the benefit of all the tae ' ed in addition to their own dock dues The Company has b f or th k es, e n e Purcha eof the site of the dock and all its ap liotii,l4elit 0:1 041 Y advantageous terms. i ltiaVea ti i r ernment contractors have agreed to undertake the 4 t 4 i t ' th e h .!._for the construction of the . 3 ock ann works proposed 1 41., 4 ' 4 h i ;Tour, for the sum of 110,0001., of which 20,000/.. is to e e t l _hP shares ; and also to guarantee to the holders of 1 ; 1 1 4 4 1 ; 1 ' pe r ai °cures in this Company interest at the tate of four ; l ett% Turn, on the paid-up capital, not exceeding 150,0001, ,„ "ve Years, the , taking the profits on the harbour and I. ll s on eieantime, thus securine to the subscribers a profitable amount of their subscripttoes from the day of payment. nfr• 2 0 be - : authorised by the existing acts for the harbour and ite"n p e „ 4 :aaSeet by shares and loans, being upwards ot 170,0001., i lat k ei lol rn , er a are needed from Parliament to ca. , ..ry out the present lh a very lucrative concern by combining the two inte- N, .1111 : i ;' 1 8 at present shipping their coal at the port are the tis ttr ihe r .`uated on the Newburgh property, and Brocanh . tli, on hieht e r, s",Prot , erty. These are connected by railway with the tt,• "Ich end l,," how ship about Ba,ooo tons per annum ; but they have '` e 'Y and works airea ly fitted np to render them capable 1• .` Ileigh,Tiirheodll:lore than 20,000 Duke of Northumberland, Mr. Smith ku, e l aisT 3 td Vernon,' 0h the Duke of Portland, and others, who donh tinor eh t°P their coals Warkworth, as ng the nearest and • s., i , e 't Port ;so that . 600.000 tons of coal per annum would th'"," be the minimum quantity of export. To this has to Seian'tiee g , lieral trade in c , rn, timber, lime, and other g. cats and g, ta t ;lets I ,' which being necessarily much increased is, the pro ett i .kee.i' e of railway from Acklingten to Rothbury, the harbour I,llo i of r one of the t. ost productive on he eastern coast. As a ;N tea k : 'like it is needless to t out its great importance. '44 e t ' a , ilo o of the capital will be as fellows : Ivtlia k r e , t 144111'1 .Tilsr harthebour dock, d extendingebeetnes. andintere-ts ... . ork i tlie sotth ier.. .........• ••- • • • •• • • the north pier, 110,000 al and conting p encies •••••••• ' • • • • • • 10200 Aop f al .. ••• . • • .• • 1170,00 a d a p 4-.),40;;. is b r . and • iid •; 7",7.0 . 01 under th. , borrowinz e se t Compane be Actarrangements for whi hav i e L r 'Y lacilitated by the terms or the con•r :et under wh c , ti 's „ h • e r th,`"„ h hagement have been enabled to secu.e the transfer to . r elk4 !seem haeioer aid dock interests. Py these ter ms !1, l 'ers gainam u stud aiv .ntages Th., vendors have parted I. t ereAt ft the • inn of 50 000/ ,of which only 20,6291. ? 4, ls. tr er. L esh, b n. 1, taltirents proportionate to the am tint ‘e,141, of tti the y ea Marine interest in the mean time ; I tei s e airde p ort, , o ' n of the ' price is to be secured by de iTki.."'l,,er, Mach are ' i p iot ' b. payable or bear interest until he allapit til tinselves shall have received 5 per cent. interest on trott l a,nd the remaining 8,750/. is to be taken in }, 44 11 4 ' e e r ,, e . 1 ,,, 4 ' calculations , based upon present operations , the t o" , 4 m ate that wh, n the accommodation now ontem plated h'b„ afro•dcil, the income to b derived from the trade of nea r r 'ddiitles will yiele, at a moderate computatioa..a Mvi tl,4:p‘olleo-3•Tral° per cent. for the shareholders after providing for 44 - t 4 . 1 1,)1 1 nd capital. a e :_r o. shares, according y to the form annexed, to be ad- Es k u Brothers, Change-alley, Corn to te„ . ..r ec kers, Me, ars .. a a ortettesersyo,fbty he n m h Company, 9, Moorgate-street. ny further information will be 1 4 tlth t rt th, t ° Rig OF APPLICATION FOR Dock flaßEs. Company. 4 1 46 rectors of the Warkwot th shares, or "I'ts ' questrt you will allot to me 111 A h e t ftv 4).1 1 bt r 'hy Pounds each, in the Company,WarkworthlnDeocik.mher to allot undertake to accept the same, or ally tlire tmup ee t .‘l° Me, and to pay the deposit and efahil, event of n of . aid ,o he deed s o f n o empany ; or, in --e ',h I h me, agree t hareshat t e s Jutreeto ereo,n silo be forfeited to the allotted use of to the Company, with the e ti 4,4, 4 'hall so direct. day of , a m, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Address ............•••••••••••••• Profession or business. .. •••• .• • ••••••••• N ame and address of Reference ..... .. • • • • • • Z 50,000 b lt "AL A VICE ON THE SECRET INFIIIMITIEA OF lOUTI.I AND MATURITY. 37 BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, 4 4 fgh Wne, and lila ' tric , .dated Member of the University of m ists o °n° rarY Memer of the London Hot fApothecaries' Hall, London, Ikspc.,i al Medica Pti o t he 8.,?, C o ll9lilted., personally, or by letter, on Se tr ot -.ous disorders of the nervous and generative system, Kir B kore se=nile irregularities and excesses, which have pro tillsery i n n in manhood, and prema -Btht t a o ll 'takes of life% than perhaps any other class of dis ,kit ,4str o ,,, t t llodern c 0 0,." these diseases has Pathologists. Long and practical experience proved that there are in exist. I,4eutilty, trace es self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in t to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous i t llss B ZDltoo lo rMs of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Mart t Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their I; l lti t ,' e ' ,, iolo t - 4 0 11S owe their almost entire origin. th' 4 „ 'o y . ° r pe,,, o ne cessar that all men should know that there are the grio vou.. nal management which cannot be violated without I to b 8 miff Penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc?f i ed thath,gaternsiderato self-indulgence, how these penalties 4' 4 thB,,thie and the sting of their bitterness may be removed, rkNiti;,`„'?eltr4l Its con- equenc es may be avoided, and above all, to 3 's ll Y degree of physical infirmity or functional 141C 4 ex t LA . ,,„'?fl the timely aid of science cannot appy a cure of „fits, has for a long series of years been engaged 4kl %e Practice in t treatment ofthese delicate corn tutkeNitdnt, Itod n ' r4ll 3' legally he qualified l'hysicttan who, regardless trtaioo Bence, th f ivY of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had r B Z• l o f ' ° ugh the medium of the public press, to direct tr,: t rcl B , l 7 3 l ecti ors , ° ,,! l () Mous evils, from which no grade of society is tar, 4, ttit tho ,"' department of practice, he has been amply Dith ,o! un of tho„reat SUCcess that has attended his efforts in the ot ii ?tati o ?ualiaj d e ases, which are too generally confided to the 11 4,fr pa t !: sem.,,antl namespi who, with their pirated A t ,ueet 40'" foreign and titles, and pretended virtues Luer oo 'gdttced 'n'ts, have inflicted serious injury on those who /4,01 ror place faith in their pretensions. A n 'lnitaion daily from Eleven till Two, and from sh o _la a ea ",sh psietters must contain the fee of Li ., and advice and 4 4 , 11 10,), i'lwarcled to any initials or address. Patients wishing to consult Dr. LAIKERT ll: b e ta:B4: t BELP -PRESF,KVATION. (, kal e COPY of his work on "& 4 2:1 ..Pfliti a y • tx,l"6 • °4 the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and BeB. staa ' lll ustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and es . ; f htio . theT i v various disorders resulting from secret habits an 4 1,,,. e h, 6 or th, i 7usal of this treatise will assist In the cor! ,. - tet B Pktish ea ses, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in Ength'p r t 31 loco ,' 2 11 Pltell, Italian or German, of Messrs. Ept . fc ; rra i P aternoster-6w • t B. 4 , 7 r f orty.t ; Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free Hammy, 63, Oxford-stree ttsb ro:b eg at u l ßit. , l to ,o)mo any N addrext from the Author's real- s Si4l3lril\TPtititrS"N AND DT'aEßth'e nlos , t , • 13. 1:d 8l at ti,,, Jies s , i , ESS displaying r maY be °-tai Nea t-end g - qu..- ,-, se aclalatation for the 12th of Angus-, - their Wes NNich"shinent of E MOSES and SON, or a t ts.Viablishinerit n Workr" sn 111 1 , 4-1 Dr . v( c ats. and Tiousers excelling in Ste a-asod SON. b y it," 'Ort,id'USlY ffered, are presented by E. MOSES is posses t t ‘' tt orh tt , loraelisley greater B amount of parsnoar offertt•sportingstress a. rytl,..cheap'eerntltibaluesatirNelorattil elsewhere. .. E. MOSES .4,1(1.184; of Cutting and making only understood s . oyrtsnlen een- I V a oesqnres a graceful and easy St which all P Sre D4rtns. CaPst,tllly‘oatile.tag74,e. jk f el a e n brate_d _?rouse Shooting BootSc ano .:,eieted tllliel si... eons mies , prices. a SON, combining superior quality. 'tt . Of H:ltst Who'esale Clothing Dena '" ereti,,,LuSLS and SON t it offers thertgrmeeaniest I:he %,-a., CaDtains, and all classes of Emigrants. in n ad t v h an e tagsto Universe 13 ':, 4, irsaaitFl.3%r h h e i rgeh f are readyr st:lde and u e s e t r r t r a l i i n a p a r n e d tt t all . other e s Colo taei and i,oieung information and full Lists of Outfits for any.baa part of Xin gu i nay be had on application, or post free to C4l ll , i can. the Dabli c ~, Llel•—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the iroposttion having learned that the untradesman like tt t. It's i ,i'," same °I. 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For an original account of the :pith-ad Gland naval Review, by an Eye-witness, see " TIIE PRESS " of this d -y. The current number of "THE PRESS" silSo contains, besides Edi torial Articles tin the topics ot th . hour—Reviews of the Lite and TiMt-S 0 M dame de Stael, by Maria NATIS—Ttie Grenville capers. a the Duke of Buckingham's Courts and Caidnets ot George ti.e Thir 1 otTe's Autog aph L. tiers to Power—Carlyle on the Niger Question— NI acaulay's Speeches, &0., " faE PRESS la published every Saturday, price 6d., at the Office, 110, strand, =nd may be had of all news-agents, an at the railway -tati e, ons. Money orders for sub-criptons. w hen sent direct to the old: to be made payabse to Mr Alfred lye . --- • GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. -CHEAT and EXPEDITIOU-- I.XCURSION to CR F.PsTOW. - On SUNDAY, August 15, a Train Will leave P&DDINiITON at 7.30 a m . for Glouceter end Chepstow, wi a bran ch time as to Cheltenham. It ha, been arranged, In order to giv th eas much p ible at Chep stow, ti at this train shall run through direct, stopping only ar.Ginu• cester. 'ibis will give part . es ample time to ,isit the magnificent ruins of Tintern Abbey, Chepstow Castles, the beautiful scenery of the River 'We, and the Tubular Suspension bridge. The Train wl return fr o m Chepstow at 7 p m.,Che4enham at 7.31 p.m., and Glouil cester at 7.45 p.m. iuggage can be conveyed by th.s train. FARES THERE AND BACK. Firs ...Class. Covered Carriages. Gloucester.....• •• •• 10s. Od. •• 6s. Od. • ' Chelrenh im ..... • • • • 10s fid. ••.. •• 6s. Od. Ch c p s tcw.• •• .••.• . ...... .•. I is. Od • • •• 7s. Od. Tickets may be obtained previously at 25, King•street, Cheapside ; 269, Strand ; 75, Recent-street, (corner of Jermyn-street); and at the Paddington Station. Paddington. August 5. THE GREAT MILITARY CAMP.- By GREA W ^ STERN RAILWAY, via WINDSOR PARK and VIR 4INIA. 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Continental • essages from Liverpool, Manchester. Birmingham, &c., sent to the Submarine Office at Birmingham, will save s. in telegraphic charge between L ndon and Birmingham, will pro ceed direc , through one set of instruments, errors of frequent cops ing will ha obviated, the Messages will remain under one management, and all delay between Lothbury and Cornhill will be avoided. ()Woes, 104, New•street, Birmingham, and 30, Cornhill, London. " Divide about the broad bride cake, Roun i abou the bride's stake."—BEN Jorisors. WEDDING BREAKFAST, BALL SUP PERA, and DINNERS PRi iVIDED ENTIRE in town or country, by Me-srs. FUR , SELL, Cornhill, including wines of the most recherché description, and use of plate, linen, china, glass, and att ndance, 'eats, tables, It_ hts, dancing hollands, and instrumental music, wedding and invitation stationery, as in Faris. Carr ages, post or otherwise An elegant as.ortment of bride cakes for selec tion, dessert and evening ices. A competent person sent to receive (eiders, and give instructions as to the arrangements of entertain ments. Note —Messrs. Purssell have no other business premises except those in ,'ornhill, near the Exchange. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE - IVI EGE, or Saccharatta C tPsULEs, approved by the French Collede o Physicians, ant successfully administered in the l'arli and London Hospitals. and acitnowleiged Ly them to be the best remedy tor the cure of Gonorrobces, (Meet, end Lettcurrheeal Discharges, on an average of six days (see " Lancet " of 6th Nov., 182, an extract red and s from 'lold tch will be forwarde immedi dell , on applicatioPrepa by G. Jonau, sole French chemist, 49, Ilaym erket, London ; and Jozeatt, Phannacien, 161, Rite Montmartre, Pais; at Liverpool, M.. Clay and Abraham, chemists, Pold-strewt ; and he principal chemists of France, England and the , oloni s Price or bottle of 100 capsules, 4s. 6d.; 50 do., 2c 9d., with ire ions and stamp with the wine of Gabriel Joz. au printed thereon. PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING TRUSSES. SALMON, ODY & Co., most respectfully inform the Public, their Patent self-Adju•tiug frus•es a& id more e,t , e and sec I . .ty for the rclt fof i; NEA than any other instru ment for the rurpose. They will answer for right or left side, re quirmrno unier- trap or any eallim: bau.isge. Persons i❑ the country are requested to send the circumference of the Body one inch blow the ]lips. CAUTION.—As mane mercenary Druggist- are vending an in ferior article, purchasers a - e equested to observe, that SALMON, ODY & Co., 292, Strand, London, Li marked upon the leather case. Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and principal Town or the United Kingdom. GEORGE REEVES, 3,4, and 5, POPES HEAD ALLEY, 19, CUENITII.L. LO DON, (nearly opposite the south Entrance to the It ,, yal Exchange), being determined to supply the Public with the very best WINES and SPIRITS, at the lowest remunerating prices, begs to submit the 101- lowing list for their consideration: — WINES. Good Draught Ports and Sherries ..... 245. per dozen, Superior ditto (second to none) .... • • • 328. per dozen, Very fine Old Cruqei Port, 4 years in Bottle • • .. 425. per dozen, Fine Old z,herry, Pale or Brown ..... 423. per dozen S 'LAUREN CASINO, ARGYLL ROOM.— T (Lessee, CHARLES E S . Fuiham. road.) Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, our•ill the week, "The Sylvan," " Marie," Exhi '`Flow r of the Field," " Rosalinda, ' and "La Croix de Marie," Waltze the " Topsy," " Caraerontans," " England," and tt Lago Maggoire' Quadrilles; "Etna,' and " Constance, ' Galops ; " Fauehette,' "Frankfort," &c., Sce. Polkas.— Admission, Is. Doors open H a lf-past Eight o'clock; commence at Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. These Rooms will close on Saturday, August 13, and Re-o p en on Monday, Augug 29. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—MR.II. PRINCE ALBERT. LECTURES. —By J. H. Pepper, Esq. :On PHOT.IGRAPHY, with Illustration -4 , Mornings and Evenings By Pr. Bachhoffner : On ELEC IRO-GILDING and N G. The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE exhibited in Use and explained Daily. on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS, at Four o'clock, and Every Even ing (except Saturday) at Nine, the FIRST PART of an HISTORI CAL LECTUR.': >n " 'PPE mixt Es," from itssource to its Estuary, by GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq., assisted by \Ass Blanche Younge, with appropriate So , gs and Dissolving Scenery -pen Mornings and e.ve,,ingS admission, Is.; -,chools, and hildren under Ten years of ag., ALI AHMED'S TREASURES. —These are the t.tt ee most extraordinary and valuable remedits in the wor d. Thous inds of cures are effected by them. Incmtr verilble evidence of their warvell.us eft cts may be had, and the original testimonials seen, on application (As the case unty be) ask tier ALI AEI ED'S ANTIBILIOUS PILL, rl.l ARMED' S COUGH PALL, ALI AHNIED' , i HEALING PLAN TER. In boxes, at Is. I%d ,2s 9d., 4s 6 1., and 10s. 6d. The pills are silvered in the Orien;al style, thus proving the absence of mercury. Central Dept, 9. and 10, sa. Bride's-avenue, Fleet-street, and of all respectable medicate vendors. AUSTRALIA ! - GLENFIELD PATENT STAR :11, scotch LOZENGES and COMFITS, JELLIES and JAMS. made and packed expressly for exportation. These goes have always cimmanded a large sale in the colony. Samples and prices may be obtained at the Wholesale Depot, 6G, Queen-street, Cheapskie WOTELERSPOON, MACKAY, & Co. rRE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. I—REDUCTION in CHARGES to the CONTINENT,—)PE • Lbra df theNEW TELEUR ttEIROUTE via thtt ISi TERNATI °NAL TEL EGR t.r a COMrANT LINE. —On and after MONDAY, the 15th August, the stations of the Electric Telegraph Company, e-tabli,hed in all the principal towns of Great Britain, will be placed in direct communication with the whole of the lines of Telegraph on the Continent. Great facilities will thereby be afforded tor the trans mission of dispatch•ts to all parts of Europe at the following reduced rates. Messages of 20 words to Amsterdam..• .. • . X 0 8 4 Hague... • • ...•• £0 7 6 Antwerp .• ••• • • ...... 0 11 6 Ilamburgh .. 0 15 6 Augsburg .• .• • •••• • • 017 6 Hanover -• •• • • ..... 015 6 Berlin .• •..••.•• .. • • • • 017 6 Strasburgh . 0 19 6 'lremen •••• • • • • 013 6 Leghorn • • ••.• • 110 2 Breilan.. ••- • • • ..•• 019 6 Lubeck ...... 015 6 Brussels Colog,ne.. ••.. • • ...... 013 6 Presbnrg •• • • •• • • 1 1 6 Dentate ••.. • • ........ 019 6 Rotterdam ...... •• .. 0 8 4 Dresden • • Elberfeld 013 6 Tritste •• .... . • •• 019 6 Florence... 1 12 2 I Ven ce .. ••• • • • 0 19 6 Frankfort-on-the-Maine 015 6 Vienna ••• • .• . 019 And to other places , on the Continent at proportionately low charges. Toe above rates will be uniform from all the Company's Statiens in Great Britain, and thus—Messages delivered to the Telegraph offices at Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Hult, New castle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c., will pay precisely the same amount for the whole distance as Messages forwarded from London. For further particulars, apply to the Company's stations. FOURDRINIER, Secretary. Central Station, Lothbury, London, August 12, 1853. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. REDUCTION of CHAR , •E • in GREAT BRITAIN. On and alter MONDAY, the 15th August, he charge for messages transmitted within a circ..it of Filty Mles w.ll be reduced to ONE SHILLING for twenty words. This reduction will also apply to messages between London and the following places: Birmingham. Brighton. Cambridge. Oxford. Reading. Windsor. For farther particulars apply to the Company's stations. No porterage charged for delivery of messages when the distance from the station does not exceed half a mile. PRINCIPAL LONDON OFFICES. Central Station, Lothbury, Bank of England. No. 43, Mincing-lane, corner of Fenchurch-street. General Post Office, st. Martin's-le-GrAnd. No. 3 , Fleet-street. opposite St. Dunstan's Church. No. 448, West Wand, corner of Adelaide-street (open day and night). No. 17s. Great George-street, Westminster. No. 59, St. James's-street, oaposite st. James's Palace. No. 1, Park-side, Knig t,t,ridge, opposite Wilton-place. No 6, Edgeware-road, near the Marble Arch. Great Northern Railway Station, King's-cross. Loudon and North Western Railway Station, Euston-square. Eastern Counties Rai way -tation. Shoreduch (open day and night). London t ml south Wester , ' Railway -tation, Waterloo-road. Londoo asd Brighton 11,11.1 way station, London-bridge. Great Western Ralway Station, Paddingtoi. By order, J. S. FOTJRDRINIER, Secretary. Lothbury, London, August 12,1853. SPIRI Gin of the finest Quality, 9s. 6d.. 10s. Bd., and 12s. per gallon. Fine Old Jamaica Rums, 10s. 8d„ 125., and 16s. per gallon. Glenlivet and Campbelton Whi skies, imported direct, 5 years old, and 5 over proof , 20s. per gallon. G. R. having purchased. previous to the rise, 50 Hogsheads of Martell's Pale and Brown Brandies, 4 and s'yard old, feels disposed to offer then at the Original Prices, taking vte of the 3s. advance in the markets. • • Finest Pale Champagne Brandy ••.. • • • • 28s. per gallon. Coloured ditto 265. per gallon. Hampers charged Is. per dozen, and bottles 2s. per dozen. REMPICTANcES in all cases to be made in advance, by Post office Order, or by Cheque payable in London. I C ULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 111.,` To he had ot Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row C each ;by arvalho, 147. Fleet-street , Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling post, Is Gd. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS: —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex euriilns about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Forests, Fields, high-roads, .and other pleasant places Country Nips and Rambles—The Sea -London at Night—Evenings at Home Music—The D r ama— , in Eating, Drinking, bleeping, Bathing , A ir, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., Stc. II FRAGMF.NTS FROM TIIE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT 'lO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Ecc. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; R EMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, Br.c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, . 4 That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debllitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasset the young, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and ern. bitters old age; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu ation 01 every-day life. ic THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as relined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties Oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustratiPns, graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." Paosaaarasns:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temp. rament, complexion, and figure, t. secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &C. By J. CnLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee tu mere matters. Price Is. each ; by, post, Is. 6d. To be had of Sherwood, 23 , Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Culverwell, 10, Argyll-place, Reqent-street, who may be consulted daily from Ten till Five and Seven till Nine. • 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 THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. illustrated by One Hundred A p n eag a as t es o es mi :pi eal rce C 2 o B l . oured 6d., 'by Engravi n g s post, from and e N e w Edition, enlarged to 200 T HE Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, SILENT FRIEND, a MedicalWor n k eed by on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, prod excessive 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, Bemers-street, Oxford street, London. Pu blished by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow 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 Explana tor y Engravings. 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 . IDOL PAST IV. contains a Itemedy"for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is its dues.obvat PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and u The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tut CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively employed in trea ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Ike., 11s and 335. p tic e bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, a n anti-syp remedy, for purifying the blood in cases o f Infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Its. and 335. per bottle. Ferry's Purifying Specific Pills , 2 s. 9 d. , 4 s. 6d., and 115. hili per box, a certain remedy for 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. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 1/., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are In attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday from Sem to One. SM YTH FORGERY CASE. GLOUCESTER, AUGUST 12.—The examination of Dr. Smith, or, as he styles and subscribes himself, " Sir Richard Hugh Smyth," on the charge of forgery, in con nection with the cause of " Smyth v. Smyth," termi nated at nine o'clock last night (Thursday). The other witnesses examined (after yesterday's dispatch) were eight in number. Robert Cocks, the jeweller of Oxford-street, gave in evidence details of the prisoner's application to him to engrave the fabricated jewellery. He was cross-examined by the prisoner, and said the Bandon crest was copied from a book of the peerage, which he showed to the prisoner at his prisoner's request. Prisoner—Did I not say to you, " Engrave on this ring the crest of the Bandon family, because I wish to make a present of it ?"—Witness replied in the negative, and added that when the prisoner brought the miniature to him he ordered him to put at the back of it a rim of brass, and to make good a part of the frame, which was broken off, stating that the work was to be done in such a manner that it would look as if it had been done fifty years. After the work had been done, the prisoner complained that it looked like a new work, and witness then did something to give it an older appearance. When the prisoner brought the miniature, he asked witness how old the lady looked, and witness believed there was some writing on the back of it at that time, but was not certain. Mr. John Roberts, for 40 years a clerk at Miles's bank at Bristol, was well acquainted with the writing of Sir John Smyth, and believed the signature "John Smyth" as a witness to the document marked "A" (the deed of 1822) was not his writing. It was not at all like his signature in 1822, but looked like an imitation of his writing about the year 1846 or 1847. He did not think the signature " James Abbott" was that of the party. He knew Abbott's writing well. Sarah Ann Edwards, of Blair Castle, Henbury, widow of Wm. Francis Edwards, who died in September, 1846, and who was represented as an attesting witness to the deeds of 1822 and 1823, swore that the signatures were not those of her deceased husband, as they purported to be. She had been subpoenaed by the attorney for the plaintiff. Honor Dobson, widow of William Dobson, who died in January, 1852, and was represented as another wit ness to the two deeds, said she did not believe either of the signatures was that of her husband. In one, the name was spelt, with two b's. She had at one time said the small b's and s's were like her husbands, but did not think so now. Noah Cook, corporation rate collector of Bath, be lieved he went to school to the prisoner in 1814. The school was at No. 1, Ladymead, and the prisoner went by the name of Thomas Provis. Never knew him by z,ny other name. His schoolmaster had a mark upon his neck—a scrofulous kind of mark—he believed on the right side of the neck.' [The prisoner has such a mark, by which he was identified as the man who had been sentenced to death for horse-stealing at Ilchester.] He had no doubt the prisoner was the man. He was a young schoolmaster, about twenty-four years old, and he sometimes wore his neckcloth loose in hot weather. Ann Heath, daughter of John Provis, of Warminster, and aged fifty-two, stated that her father had two sons by his first wife, John and Thomas. Her brother John was the eldest, and the prisoner was her brother Thomas. Cross-examined by the prisoner : Always knew him as her father's son Thomas, and had never entirely lost sight of him. Her mother died suddenly, but she did not see the prisoner at the inquest. He had called upon her three times since her father's death, and on the first oeec..;on he asked her to let him have the likeness of her brother John. Never knew, except by hearsay, that the prisoner had assumed the name of Dr. Smith until he came to her again after her father's death. Remembered when about 13 years of age accompanying her father to Bath on the occasion of the prisoner's marriage. He was then called Thomas Provis, and was married to a person whom the witness believed to be Mary Ann Whittick. A son of that marriage, named Frederick, used to come occasionally to her father's, but he was since dead. This Frederick Provis was born about 1815 ; but witness did not remember when he died. Hadheard that Thomas, her brother was in Ilchester Gaol for horse stealing ; and believed the Thos. Provis who was married at Bath, the Thomas Provis who was in Ilchester and the prisoner were the same person. Believed Thomas her brother (the prisoner) to have been born in 1792. Mr. Rawood, a clerk of the Prerogative Court of Chancery, produced the will and codicil of Sir Hugh Smyth, dated July 19, 1814, and, in reply to the pri soner, expressed his belief that it would have been im possible for a person to have taken impressions of the seal and signature of the will while it was in Doctors' Commons. This closed the examination of witnesses. The prisoner then (having been cautioned in the usual formal manner by Dr. Jeune) made a statement to this effect. That being unprotected by legal advice, he did not feel himself justified in entering into any explanation respecting any of the circumstances which had been de posed to, excepting that he considered that the illegality of the documents had not in the present instance been proved by any evidence, nor the facts of the drawing, signing, or sealing by him of the deeds, nor of his pos session of them, except of the document marked " B ;" and considering the evidence given before the judge of the genuineness of the signatures not being overpowered by the' testimony of the witnesses examined before the magistrate, he left the matter to his consideration. He considered and declared himself not guilty of the crime of-which he was charged, and that if he was committed on the charge of absolute and positive forgery he should consider himself unjustly committed. The prisoner was then committed by Dr. Jeune on the charge of forgery and uttering the documents in ques tion, and thus has, for the present, terminated this ex traordinary case, aGENCE. 'E STERN. this company was r the transaction of and in order to ay, Nuneaton, Bir iy interest therein." LONDON AND NORTH- The ordinary half-yearly meeting hold yesterday at the Easton station ,the general business of the underta " authorise the purchase of the Cove' mingham, and Leicester Railway, or , Major-General Anson in the chair. The minutes of various meetings, ~ , having been read, The CHAIRMAN said he felt that t could be hardly ne cessary for him to preface the rem s which it would be his duty to make with any reque4t for the indulgence of the meeting, because he knew ta t it had never been withheld from any one filling the posi on which he had the honour to occupy. He hail, moreo •r, upon the various occasions when he had the pleasure of , eeting the proprie tors of that company, personally exp: ienced their indul gence, and he was happy to say a : . that he had always remarked that the proprietors had b .n anxious to check any unreasonable objections that mi •. t be taken against either the management of that great .neern or the policy of the directors, because he believed hat they had good sense enough to make an allowance fo be fallibility of hu man nature. They knew perfectly wel that, however well intentioned, the directions of a gre• concern like that might sometimes be mistaken in the anticipations, and the result might be different from tha which, perhaps ho prudently, but certainly with the b t intentions in the world, they had ventured to foretelL hough he felt that reliance on their kindness, still he co ..- - ed that he had not undertaken the responsibility wl h devolved upon him without having seriously reflectedsapon it, and upon the difficulties which surrounded him. He knew that to de tail to them the actual position of this lencern, and to state his expectations of what might be its position hereafter, were not matters of slight importaice. They would remember that at the last half-yearly ' eeting he had ven tured to express an opinion that the rec is would continue to increase as they had done from th ornmencement of the year, and that he had also expresse a. hope that those receipts would be so large that they mik t this year be en abled. to return again to the dividend q 1852. He freely confessed that in that respect, he had'Seen disappointed. Their calculations with respect to the screase of the re ceipts had proved correct, but they ha been mistaken as to the very large expenditure, which t ed to red u ce the net profits of those receipts. The co e q ue nce was that they now maintained the dividend o 5 p e r cent., and 3 in order to do that they had to ta k ,000/. from the (.d reserve fund, leaving a balance of 29 00/. as the future reserve. He confessed he thought that that was quite as low as the reserve of that company night ever to be. (Hear, hear.) The proprietors would member th a t thi s time last year they received a divided of 5l per cent. ; but they must bear in mind that at teat time they took 114,0001. from the reserve, which had )eon created in con sequence of the very large traffic of the year 1851. From the reserve then created of 182,000/. they took 114,0001. in order to ro eke up the dividend of 5i per cent. They must also bear in mind that this year they red to pay 20,0001. more than they had last year, being 6e 1 per cent. upon the quarter shares, which began to bar dividend in the month of February last. He thougit, therefore, that there was no great ground for discoungement in the pro spects of their company. More than that, he ventured again to look forward to the next half-fear as likely to re place them in the position that they had been in before they had touched the reserve. (Hear.) Looking back to the receipts of the year 1852, they wood find that the net profit was 557,000/. ; but if it went on increasing as it had done, at the rate of 4,000/. a week, then would be an addi tional 100,0001., which would make a profit of 657,0001, From that, however he made a litera l deduction for working expenses, which would reduce it to 633,0001. To that might be added the reserve of this year, 30,0001., which was still remaining. If, then, trey paid a dividend next half-year at the rate of 5 per cent., that would amount to 533,0001., and there would remain 117,0001. as a reserve in February next. He saidthat that was not a discouraging prospect. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, he thought if they could maintain, un&r existing circum stances, with all the difficulties thcfr. had to contend against, their present dividend of 5 pereent., and have up wards of 100,000/. as a reserve next half-year, that was a position which ought to be highly ertouraging to them. Having said thus much, and not hiving attempted to make out a case which could not be lame out by figures, or to place their actual position in too flattering terms be the meeting, he proceeded to refer to the statements of accounts which were in their hands, aid which he should go regularly through. In the j o int-stock capital they would rind an increase simply of the 507,00-• which was the amount of calls at 21. 10s. per share psi( upon the 121. 10s. shares which were created last year. 13 the general state ment of the capital account they would find an additional expenditure of 220,0001., the details of which were ex elained in the abstract. There was wry little alteration in the state of the debenture account. In the mileage charge for working stock they would fail that the average cost per mile was 2,3301. this year against 2,4271. last year ; and the return of the working stock was 2,105,3211. — total charge to capital. The disbursements on the capital account had all, with the exception of )ne item of 34,0001., been sanctioned by the proprietors; that sum had been in cidental to their Parliamentary proceedings upon new bills obtained this year. It was not a very large sum, and would not amount to above 20,0001., as 148001. was expended upon land in two different places. He now turned to the revenue account, which was, perhaps, theist interesting. They would perceive, as he had stated, thit the receipts were very satisfactory. The increase in t receipts, since the corresponding period of last year, 95,861/., but 4 against that there was an increase in the'i rking expenses amounting to 67,4321., which was not s ' isfactlrry. It was a very large amount, and therefore A ed some explana tion, and he trusted that he should; b able to show that though there had been an increase of l upwards of 2 per cent. over last year in the per centage Of disbursement to receipt, which had risen from 37 . 25 to 39 - 82, yet that it could not have been avoided. Upon the maintenance of way there was a reduction, as compared with the corre sponding half-year, of 3,0001. That was very satisfactory. But that was not all, because, had it not been for the water and the continuous floods, which had calmed very consider able expense, particularly the accident to the bridge over the Tame at Tamworth, there would have been a consider able reduction in that charge. He thought, therefore, that they might congratulate themselves on having arrived at a state of things with respect to the maintenance of their way which was extremely gratifying. The next item was the locomotive power, in which there had been the largest increase in these accounts, being 41,000/. over the same item in the corresponding period of last half-year. That at first appeared, no doubt, to be a very large sum, but a reference to a few heads would clearly explain the mode in which it had been expended. In the first place, their contracts for working other lines were has by 6,000/• than they were last year. There had beet also a very con siderable increase in the locomotive power. On the northern division of the line there had been five new engines, and on the southern division nine ; and altogether the expenses of the new engines, which they had been obliged to provide in order to carry on the very largely in creasing traffic, had amounted to 17,001)& Then, again, they had run 400,000 miles more in the half-year than in the half-year of 1852, which, at ls. a mile, would amount to 20,0001. This would immediately amount for the large increase which was observable in that item, b eca use they cou ld not expect to ru n their en g ines over 400,000 miles without a very large increase in their expenditure. Since that period also th Stour Valley had been opened, which they could not calculate had entailed upon them a less ex pense than 5,0001. If, then, they wenl3 add up these sums, the proprietors would find that the balance was rather in their favour than against it. In the coaching expenses there had been an addition of 10,0€01. Here again the opening of the Stour Valley formed an element, for they had to pay for a new staff, &c., which had amounted to about 5,0001. There had been a considerable rise also in wages and in the price of everything, and he thought that it was not a very large sum when they considered all that was involved in it. Upon the merchandise traffic expenses there was an increase of 12,0001., bu, against that, upon the other side, was the increase in receipts of 75,0001., and h e thought that the outlay of 12,000/. was fully justified, in order to secure the earning of such an amount. (Hear.) There was one item here which he could not help remark ing on, " Charged through the clearinghouse, &c., for wag ions used by this co m p an y , 1,1951." That was an entirely ' new charge, for last year they had That to receive instead of to pay, under that head. It showed, however, that their stock had not been sufficient for the increased traffic, because they had had to pay that for other waggons coming upon their line instead of using their own waggons. That was a sufficient reason f or asking the proprietors for a vote of money, which they must pay, and which they must be content to pay, out of their capital for an increase of the working atnelr. The total working eXpenaos this half-year showed an incre ase of 67,4321. over th 6 half -year of 1852 r but he endeavoured to exp lain the prinpipal items on which that increase had arisen, a nd he trusted that the proprie tors would give credit to the directors and officers of the company, who had had the managemeit of the working of that enormous increase of traffic, for having endeavoured to do their duty as well as they posdbly could. (Hear, hear.) Upon rates and taxes there 'was an increase of 6,0001., arising out of a disputed claim which had been made by the parish of St. Pancras lest year, and which they had been obliged to pay. It was, however, still dis puted, and their legal adviser told them that ifort might be re covered. There was a charge of 10,0001. Parlia mentary expenses, which was one of those items which they hoped hereafter would be very much diminished, though he confessed that the san g uine view which he had entertained of it hitherto had not been realised. With reference to the subsidiary lines, they were much in the s ame condition as at this time last year. They always formed a bad item in the accounts ; but he must repeat .1 1 y os d s id to bri tli ng e what he had stated last February, that he id not think that those subsidiary lines were main lines as might be supposed. They so gre ce a rt t . ai a n_ an immense amount of traffic upon,the main lines, and he had had some statements prepared, hach were too detailed broughtera to go into at that moment, to show the real " Balance tion of them was. Under the head of down" they would see an item for renevial otreef terailsbof 21, 318/ that Th a t was charged to revenue, a nd the. rs ope be brought into that state in by degrees the road would gmes Slat were now brought which it ought to be in ordeernto. beay the increased traffic and the very large weight 4f P upon . it. It was quite . evident that, they . must make up m ein minds to some considerable expense in the improve ment of their line, because what would. have originally cost 2,0001. per mile could notbe weightdone now under 3,000/., of traffic that was in consequence of the increased t subject which he would call brought upon it, their attention we n s th e eneaxbstract J, " works, stocks, and estate account," upon which they would remember there had had been a discu ssion at the last half-yearly meeting. The di r ectors then' told. the meeting thaMat expenditure been examined, and that it . had been found that various to cawital; end upon that occa items had been charged to it hich ought to have been fairly and justly sion thevoted should be paid out of proprietorseha gave their t t h h e eir psanction to 79,0001. being withdrawn from it which He confessed that he could add capital. The directors had y now had that subject again under their consideration. the subct in the ve ry little to what paragraph respecting witasin the report. That paragraph was headed by a 1849, and the 30th of June, comparative statement for the years end ing the 31st of Lecembe , e' would see what an enor -1853, and for the half-years ending the 30th of June, 1852 and 1853, and from it the meeting, thg,weight of goods car mous increase there Theybeen 'du rigid over the lips.. also :see what a very small woul RAILWAY INTEL within their grasp. (Hear, hear.). The directors of this company had always expressed their sincere desire to come to an arrangement with respect to the carrying of traffic to any common point. They had made the Great Western directors now a similar proposition to that which they had made before. He hoped that they would accept it, but he really was afraid that they would not. Their answer had not yet been received ; but if they did lie should be extremely glad, because the present competition was ruinous to all parties, and he was perfectly satisfied that they would experiecce immense benefit from it if they could come to the understanding to carry at equal charges to itn. mingham he was much disinclined to sa y one word. He did not think that they stood high in p ublic estimation at comamnodnctoheettehre and the the all Shrewsburyp oints rew W sb it u h ry re a s nPedeSt to this moment. The facts were before the proprietors, and they were as able to judge as he. Those companies had not made a very pleasing appearance before the public lately ; but the matter was now unde r investi g ation, and he should be sorry, therefore, to say a single word wi th respect to them. The directors of th is com p an y had always been of one opinion, and had always been anxious to support the proprietors, because they believed that the proprietors of those companies supported their true in terests. They knew that the Shrewsbury and Birming hamNorth-Western—that Shrewsbury, Valley—thatitwas anxious was in alliance with this company when it started, and that it had nothing whatever to do with the Great Western—that it was, in fact, under the wing of the express n • tia • partner no r l North- Western in their stations at Wolverhampton and at which it ought to form. (Hear, hear.) He had now gone through the principal items in the report, but before re suming with run adnttehesoeivraeel alliance oa t n h ed e e everything in his power to promote the interests of the company. He had felt ever since he had been connected with them the deepest interest in their prosperity ; and in fact nothing but that, and the flattering opinion which had been formed of him by his brother directors, would have induced him to take the position which he had occupied durinc , the last year. That connexion was now about to be severed. Still, he should look to all the intelligence which might reach him from this country with the utmost eager ness to see how their affairs were progressing, and he hoped that some day or other, when he returned to this country he should have the opportunity of resuming his connexion with the company. Nothing, he assured them, could give him greater pleasure or satisfaction. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the gallant chairman expressed the obligations which he felt to his brother directors and the vice chair man, to the whole of the officers of the company, and to the proprietors, for the unvarying courtesy and assistance which, severally and collectively, he had experienced at their hands. charge had been made to capital for their carriages, wag gons, and locomotives. The increase per cent. during the half-year, compared with the corresponding period of 1852, in the number of passengers booked was 24. The increase per cent. in the number of tons moved was 18: The in crease per cent. in the number of tons of coal moved was 19 ; and the increase per cent. in the charge to capital was nil. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible to suppose that that enormous increase of traffic could be carried on, and that the cost of all the engines, waggons, and carriages which were to produce that traffic, and the receipts conse quent upon it, was to be charged to revenue. He thought it must be quite evident to every one, that it would not be fair to the present proprietors that the whole of that sum should be charged to revenue. (Hear, hear.) That was the opinion which he had always entertained. He did not believe that it would be possible for a gigantic undertaking like theirs to close their capital account at present. He did not mean to say that the day might not arrive when the capital account might be closed ; but the railway system was not yet sufficiently extended throughout the whole of the country, nor had the resources of the country been so completely developed, as to allow them to say that the railway system was perfect. The day might come when it would not be necessary either to improve the de scription of railways or to increase the number of lines with which they should be connected, but that day had not come yet, and until it did arrive he said that it was impossible for them to close their capital account. (Hear, hear.) For that reason, although there might appear to be some inconsistency in their decision, the directors were satisfied that they had come to a right conclusion, and that it would be much better for the proprietors to make up their minds to augment the capital, in order to provide the means for carrying on the traffic, than to leave themselves in a state of uncertainty every half-year with respect to the amount of dividend which they were going to receive. His g reat object, if he were about to remain in the posi tion he now had the honour to occupy, would be to en deavour to maintain for them a fixed dividend, believing that that was of the utmost importance in any concern like this. (Hear, hear.) He would not be induced to change that decision by any actual variation that might take place in the amount of the reserve or of the' receipts f ro m one six months to another ; and the result of the present half-year had shown, he thought, that they were quite right in the month of February last in not endeavour ing to increase their dividend at that time, although they had a considerable reserve in hand. He was the more par ticularly induced to say this, because they were still in the same position in which they had been hitherto with regard to competition. He had looked to the possibility of Par liament interfering and assisting them to improve their position. He had told them in Februar y that he hoped that the select committee of the House of Commons which had been appointed to inquire into railway legislation would have resulted in something good. He did not thi n k now, however, that they were likely to enjoy any great advantage from an y chan g e that might be pro• t - posed. The evidence that had been taken fore that comm ittee had p r oceeded from the nrs eminent men that the gentlemen who had sat upon in this kingdom connected with railways, a t n h d e he be lieved he thought ht been a long time coming to a decision, and If g mittee were remarkably able and clever men, but they m ai i erence fault with of opinion among them. He did not find _ working expenses it was pretty clear that there had been some d their summing up of the evidence which had been taken Percentage of disburse ment to receipt The increase in the expenses relatively to the receipts 37.25 39'82 receivedb ef o r before them, the e m , but bea theevididdefinnced fwauhlitehwieotheitdhepmosetihhalty, .be be ob- ~ • is principally under the head of locomotive charges, and tained, and admitting that that e vidence satisfied their own minds, they yet had done literally nothing. The Pro - arises partly from an increased number of miles run, but prietors would remember that the repo rt p resented to the chiefly from the infusion into the stock of a larger number last half-yearly meeting contained a paragraph in which of new engines, in substitution for those of less power, no the directors stated their opinion that com p etition was l o nger suitable under the altered circumstances of the traffic. The expenditure for repairs and renewals during not maintainable. The select committee of t he House of Commons now gave a very strong opinion al so, against the past half-year has been 76,0341., as against 53,2411. in competition. That was the result at which the members June 1852. The higher price of materials and the advance of the select committee had arrived, -- some of the m he be- generally in the rate of wages throughout the country lieved very unwillingly—because he had no doubt that they have also had their influence in increasing the rate of work would have been very glad to make out that competition big charge ; while, at the same time, the continuance of was still practicable in this country. Persons not person - endeavours to a bstract tr affic from this company by a reek ally and pecuniarily interested in railways, often said " What does it signify ? The more railways the better— l e ss reduction of rates has prevented the directors from profiting by that economy in the working arrangements we shall get better carried, and cheaper carried." At the which they hoped for, and which they believe may be ulti same time they forgot that they would not be so safely = say carried, or so well accommodated, as when the corn - e ff e cted without any detriment to the service of the pany were in a position to keep up their staff in a state of public. "The directors have availed themselves of the o pportunity the greatest efficiency. (Hear, hear.) One of the results afforded on the expiration, in November last, of the contracts at which the committee had arrived was this. They for maintaining the permanent way, by taking the duty en said,— tirely into their own hands. Experience thus far justifies "It follows from general reasoning, and appears to your them in calculating on a considerable saving under this committee to have been established in evidence, that corn- head. They have been enabled, notwithstanding the extra petition fails to afford to the public the same security in ordinary expenditure consequent upon the long-continued respect of railway accommodation which it gives in the floods of last winter, and the recent advance in wages, to transactions of ordinary trade." " effect a considerable reduction in the expenditure, as well as Then they said— to maintain and improve the condition of the road. "As the practice of Parliamentary legislation stands at " The comparative statement for the years ending the 31st present, it is in the power of one rival co m p an y materially Decem b er , 1849, and the 30th June, 1853, shows an increase in. the number of miles open of 135 i or 27 per cent. ; of the to affect the interest of the other : o r a small number of speculators, with or without the encouragement of a rival, number of passengers booked, 3,450,399, or .56 per cent. ; can injure the position of an establishedcompanY by laying and of the receipts 116,0 411 ., or 9 per cent. The increase in )ut a line within their neighbourhood,and so compel them the number of tons of merchandise moved, 1,154,187 tons, to bring forward, in self-defence, and as part of their own or 88 per cent. ; receipts, 231,5271. or 33 per cent. ; in the system, schemes which, upon a wider review of t he p ublic number of ton s o f coals moved, 481,337 tons, or 63 p er cent. ; advantage, it is probable that Parliament would have refused receipts, 58,9471., or 82 per cent.; the increase in the to sanction."• parcels, mails, cattle, &c., 8,9921., or 4 per cent. The total They were satisfied of that, and yet nothing had been done increase in the receipts during years amounted to to prevent, during the next six months, any number of 415,5071., or 19 per cent. ; and in the charge to capital for schemes being projected which would have the e f f ect of working stock, 133,3221., or 7 per cent., including 4 1 ,8 231 . forcing this company to incur those large Parliamentary for carriages, and 91,4991. for waggons. expenses in which was to be found one of the principal "In tha comparative statement for the half-years ending lemons for the depreciation of the value of their property. 30th June, 1852 and 1853, the increase in the length of rail (Hear, hear.) With respect to their parliamentary cam- way open was 13 miles, or 2 per cent. ; in the number of paign, the report would be found to contain a detail of the passengers booked, 895,473, or 24 per cent. ; and amount, bills which had been promoted by parties hostile to the 25,1241., or 4 per cent. ; the increase in the number of tons London and North-Western Company. He be lieved he of merchandise was 190,433, or 18 per cent. ; amount, might use thephrase " hostile " because they were more or 62,6331., or 15 per cent. ; increase in the coals, 107,611 tons, less concerned with the broad gauge, and he could not con- or 19 per cent. ; amount, 10,2291., or 16 per cent. ; mails, ceive that any proposition coming from parties connected parcels, and cattle, 1,0341., or 1 per cent. The total increase. with the broad gauge could be otherwise than hostile to the North-Western. All those bills had be en thrown out, in the receipts amounted to 99,0204 or 9 per cent. ; and in the charge to cattle for working stock, 2,3111. for carriages. and this company had had, if he could call it so, a very .c The increase shown by these returns has been so great, successful campaign, for they had been very much inte- espec ially in the weight of goods and coals moved, as to rested in opposing those bills, and their opposition had render necessary a considerable addition to the carrying and been successful. (Hear, hear.) They had thrown out the locomotive stock, and to the stations, sidings, and accommoda- Mid-Western, the Birmingham, Shrewsbury, and Chester, tion generally; and, accordingly, it has been provided, as promoted by the Great Western ; the bill to lay down the shown in the accounts. This expenditure has been charged to a broad gauge on the South Staffordshire; and the bill which, separate account, with a view to its gradual liquidation at the above all, he rejoiced to have defeated, for a line upon the cost of future revenue ; the object of the proprietors mixed gauge between Worcester and Hereford, which had in adopting the principle being, as stated in the auditors' been promoted jointly by the Great Western and the Ox - report, 14th of February, 1850, that ' The capital account be ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Companies. An- rigidly closed, and not again reopened unless to meet the other paragraph in the report contained a list of the bills requirements of a positive increase of traffic. The objection w hich had been promoted by this com p an y , five of which to this principle, on the ground that it would be unjust to had been lost, and five gained, and which were bills that persons immediately interested in the profits to tax the cur they had been compelled to bring forward in self-defence. rent earnings beyond the efficient maintenance and renewal of The select committee now recognised the truth of what he the existing stock and works, appeared to the directors out had always told them, that they had been obliged to bring weighed by its probable advantages. During the last 3i forward measures of self-defence, because, if they did not years there has been an increase in the weight of traffic moved occupy the country others would, and would compel them of—Merchandise, 1,154,187 tons, equal to 88 per cent. • of to buy lines at a much hi g her rate than they could have coal, 481,327 tons, equal to 63 per cent. ; total, 1,635,5 141 ., cons t r ucted them for themselves. It was dee p l y to be re- e q ual to 79 p er cent. ; while the charge to capital for ad gretted that in cases of this sort they could place no re- ditional rolling stock has been 133,322 e—equal to only r per cent. on 1,971,9991., the cost of the stock in 1849. l i ance whatever upon Parliamentary decis ions. To show how uncertain those decisions were he would instance a " The directors feel that they cannot, consistently with an case or two in point. They had promoted a line from Ox- efficient performance of the service, and with equity to those ford to Tring this yea r. The bill p assed the House of i n t e rested in the current profits of the undertaking, attempt Commons unanimously. It arrived at the House of Lords. to provide, at the cost of revenue, the additional capital no- The committee of the House of Commons had expressed cessar y for so large and sudden au increase of traffic ; they an opinion that the best line for making the communica- have therefore resolved, with the sanction of the proprietors, lion between the Sout h Wales district and the metropolis to cease charging to revenue the additions to stock and works was upon the narrow gauge, which would have cost only r equired for increased traffic, and that, the balance of the 400,0001., whilethe Mid-Western would havecostl,ooo,ooo/. account shall be transferred to the debit of capital ; the sum For no reason in the world, however, that bill had been of 97,7701. 17s. 6d. having been already liquidated at the cost of revenue. It is probable that 150,0001. will suffice to rejected by the cap rice of a committee of the House of Lords. (Hear, hear.) Th e same thin g occurred last year meet the requirements of the present six months. with respect to the Worcester and Hereford. It passed ~ Of the bills promoted by this company, the Amersham branch, the Coalbrookdale branch, the Shrewsbury and New the House of Commons , b ut the House of Lords rejected it without any reason, and without knowing why or town, the Stourbridge (withdrawn in the Lords), and the Tring w h er efore. It was impossible then, he said , to dep end u p on and Oxford, have failed ; the St. Albans branch, the North the decisions of Parliament as to the merits of the bills ampton and Market Harborough, the Shrewsbury and Crewe, brought before them. There w a s the case of the Shrews- the Buckinghamshire Junction, and the Oldham Deviation, bury and Newtown again, which had been projected by thi s have passed committees of both houses. Of bills promoted by co mpany. That bill was rejected by the House of Com - parties in connexion with this company, that for the Warwick mons, but they gave a line from Newtown to Llanidloe, and Stratford line has failed, that for the Hampstead and City which was a mere patch in the middle of the country about Junction is still before Parliament. The line from Worcester 12 miles in length, without head and without tail. That to Hereford has passed both houses, on the narrow gauge only line must be continued to Shrewsbury next year or the The junction between the Buckinghamshire Railway and the year after, and if the North Western abandoned that narrow gauge of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton country, it was evident that other parties would construct will immediately afford an unbroken communication between that portion and would compel them probably to purchase the metropolis and the mineral districts of South Wales. it. The fault of the Legislature was, that they did not The bills to authorise amalgamation between this company lay down a system which should protect large companies and the Midland and North Staffordshire Companies were, in like this, in which the interest of so many persons was common with all those for similar powers, suspended by the concerned, and in which so much money was embarked, reso l u ti o n of the special committee on railways ; this, how from being robbed year by year, by, to use the words of ever, has not affected the working arrangements with those the report of the select committee, " adventurers who companies, who continue to co-operate with mutual advantage embody schemes which they have no intention of carrying and to the convenience of the public. The relations with the into effect, but purpose using as a means of extorting ad- various companies to the north and east continue on a friendl; vantage from the bona fide undertakers of railway enter- footing. prise in the district." (Hear, hear.) In the course of 12 ~ I n order to avoid further litigation in regard to the months he- hoped that they would have a much greater covenants under the lease of the West London Railway, in protection for their property . than they had at present. which this company and the Great Western are jointly in. There was not one of those bills mentioned in the report terested, it has been mutually agreed between the directors in which he could not show the caprice of Parliament, and those of the West London Company, subject to the either of the House of Lords or of the House of Commons, sanction of Parliament , to refer the disputed points to arbi in the mode in which they had dealt with it. He now _ tration, with a view to a complete settlement of all matters came to the next point —the question of amalgamation be- in difference, on equitable terms, and this arrangement will tween the Midland and the North Staffordshire a nd this now be su b m itt e d for the approval of the sha re h o ld ers. company. All the evidence which had been addlloodbefore With the Great Weste rn Com p an y th e board regret to say no s ettlement has been eff ecte d. T hey have uniformly re the committee was in favour of the amalgamation , and showed the economy and convenience to the public which fused to conclu de an agreement repeatedly offered to them, would result from it. The only fear was th at the bill an d have persisted in demanding, as a prelimi nar y con would place too large a power in the hands df the board of dition, the admission by this board of th e i r a ll eged exclusive directors, and that that power would be abused. It was agreements with the directors of the Shrewsbury Companies ; therefore, in common with all bills for similar powers, sue- agreements which, apart from the circumstances of their oris pended by the resolution of the special committee upon gin, your directors stac i feel it would be inconsistent both with railways. That power, however, never would be abused your interests sn engagements to recognise. From the state sofor renewal of rails, 21,3181., showing a disposablesun of long as the company chose a good board of directors. ment of the half-years accounts it will be seen that the net The proprietors would not allow it,' and public opinion proceeds are 490,9901., to which add the balance carried from would not allow it to be abused. (Hear, hear.) He coil- last account,' 92,7861. Total, 583,7761., less further balanceallowarrce o w r e e re be a n m efi al c g ial am t a lty d 562,4581. The directors recommend a dividend per cent. for the last six monthsteeenddedhrotuhsahttthientomoorneetheyeosetemra,iltwhaeyms , apapnleoaurendtinign to 533,1551., of 21. 10s. would be to the 1 tions• • An abstract of the accounts house had, however, at once quashed those atna garna _ . leaving a balance of 29,3021. Bs. to be carried proprietors and to the public at large. The but he was happy to say that would not affect the working nowt half-yearly account." forward to the arrangements, but they were not arrangements between the companies. allowed to make such ' They might make Saturday last. of by the authority an arrangements secure and binding The CU the North Stafford- AIRMAN moved the ad • act of Parliament. With respect to . not ea culation among the shareholdersoption printing, and cir shire, he hoped that there would be no objec to an of the report, and the statement of seem t amalgamation with that company. He could r expect Mr. PIERREPOINT U 13. that there would be, because the select committee . ex -(a director) could not permit the fare that from their general rule against amalgamations well speech of their gallant chairman minor or special cases, where it clearly appeared that . the (Hear, hear.) He was sure he s to pass sub silentio. brother directors d spoke the sentiments of his true object sought to be obtained was increased economy an of the proprietors generally, when of management and he x ressed consequent advantage to the pub- e P the regret with which theshould lose his services. lie. He believed that it would be a great a d vantage lt was impossible for any man to have devoted to the whole of the country to have the North himself with more zeal, ability, and activity to the into- Staffordshire a malgamated with the North-Western, for rests of the company than he had done. His services, in it was, in fact, a part and parcel of the same system. He fact, had been beyond all price; and he was sure that, go had no doubt, therefore, that the amalgamation with the wherever he would, the General would carry with him the North Staffordshire Company would be granted, and that kindest and best wishes of all those who had had the plea they should be able to form as perfect a union between the sure of acting with him. (Cheers.) Midland Company and themselves as could be wished. Mr. H. EARLE, another director, amid the cheers of the (Hear, hear.) There was one more subject mentioned in • meeting, bore similar testimony to the services and the the report to which he must briefly refer. The directors character of the gallant chairman. stated, " with the Great Western Company, the board Mr. LOCKE, M.P. having concurred in the sentiments regret to say, no settlement has been effected." The ~ expressed by the two directors, wished to have some prietors would not be surprised to hear that that P--- detailed information of the cost of the locomotive establish case. He believed that the proprietors of both was the the ment at Wolverton and Crewe. It had been stated out o would be extremely surprised to find that any s c e o t in tl Pa - s doors that there was a great difference between the to co of had taken place. He could not say, ~ v d; , settlement state s 4 . 1 the two establishments. He could not venture s because he believed that the proprietors • y ' ' exactly, what that difference was, since the directors had refused . wished it • , but lieved that since there was some sinister influence behind which information upon the subject ; but he be always of the Grand Junction and the London prevented it taking place when it appe are d t o be almo s t the amalgamation cliff had minted to between d N rth Western, the differenceam an 0 - Mr. H. BOOTH, one of the secretaries, then read the report, of which the following is an abstract : " The half-yearly statements of account placed in the hands of the proprietors exhibit the following results, as compared with the corresponding period of last year : Passengers, parcels, and 1852. 1853. Increase. mails £668,799 £689,746 £20,947 Merchandise, &c., £1,136,276 £1,232,137 £95,861 £423,304 £490,736 £67,432 A l l 14 1 A -, -. .' 200,0001. and 300,0001. He was informed that the engineore‹:% . \--- A. \ IT, from Crewe had been tested, and that they had been foned4,47 I . ' • ' ... -).,' `• , ,'"1 7 ,:, ~., competent to perform the most di ffi cult duty with eqetl f i.7‘. ;-:'.:;i- ' =,---\ z : : 73 certainty and exactitude with the larger engines exp :.; . 1 2.: 0 -.-- • -' ''' , constructed at Wolverton. If that were so, and if A, .?-`' ,o `- ' -- -- 7„, '(''.- Crewe engines could be worked at 30 per cent, less t i'C'. .. ' 4 • - - . v.,........")" / the others, he thought the directors should pause before., 1.-1. • -'- -.. '''rii - CO"N ". they persevered in the construction of large and expensive • tli, . l i 4" . engines. There might be objections to publishing the de- 4 4, i tails of the establishments in question ; but he suggested that the auditors should be instructed to inquire, and to report at the next meeting of proprietors, whether there was any difference whatever between the systems adopted at the two establishments, and, if so, whether any advan tage might be obtained by introducing the best plan, which ever that might be, into the whole system. Mr. TITE agreed with the last speaker in what he had said with respect to the locomotives ; but suggested that the best persons to make such a report would be, not the auditors, but the directors themselves. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the competition with the Great Western Company, he was of opinion that the day had come when an arrangement of a most beneficial character might be come to between the North-Western, the Midland, and the South-Western, for he had arrived at the conclusion at which his friend Mr. Locke had arrived long ago, that the broad g auge was a na ti onal curse. (Hear , a laugh.) He was of opini on th a t th e b road gauge sh ' ould be put a n end to at once, an d h e was i n f ormed that the whole of it might be taken up at a cost of 1,000,000/. However,he would do no inju s ti ce t o th e G reat Western proprie tors, but would pay them off. Mr. GLYN, M.P., said that the figures which Mr. Locke had mentioned would not be found to be accurate. Know ing the weight, however, which atta c h e d t o the opinion of so practical a man as his hon. friend, who was so well qualified to give an opinion upon such a subject, he en treated him to allow the question to stand over for the present, upon his (Mr. Glyn's) assurance that the whole subject was now receiving the most minute and careful in vestigation on the part of the joint committee who man aged the locomotive department, and who had called in the assistance of two very able engineers, not immediately , I connected with the company. There was a difference, un doubtedly, between the cost of the locomotive power on the northern division and on the southern, but it was no thing like the extent which had been stated. (Rm.) After a few words from Mr. EARLE, Mr. LOCKE said that he was perfectly ready, after the statement which had been made by Mr. Glyn, to leave the matter in the hands of the directors. (Hear.) The motion for the adoption of the report was then agreed to. A resolution, declaring a dividend of 24 per cent. for the half-year ; another, approving the heads of an agreement, dated 10th of July last, with the West London Company ; and another sanctioning the purchase of eight shares re maining outstanding in the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birming. ham, and Leicester Railway, were also agreed to. The Audit Committee for the ensuing year was ap pointed, and the meeting was about to adjourn, when Sir C. SMITH moved that a committee should be formed to consider if any and what mark of respect should be paid to the Chairman upon his retirement from that onerous and responsible post. Mr. LOCKE recommended that the subject should be left to the consideration of the directors, feeling certain that anything which they might propose would most readily and cheerfully be assented to by the proprietors. This recommendation appeared to be adopted, and , af t e r a few wo r d s o f acknowledgment from the Chairman, the meeting broke up. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday a special general Court of Directors and Proprietors of the East India Company was held at the company's house, Leadenhall-street, for the purpose of further considering the bill recently introduced into Par liament for the future government of India. Russell Ellice, Esq., Chairman of the Court of Directors, pre sided. The CHAIRMAN informed the Court that they were called together to consider the amendments that had been introduced into the bill in the House of Lords. He regretted that their petition had been attended with so little success, but congratulated the m th a t t h e c l ause in troduced by Sir John Pakington in the House of Com mons with regard to the salt duty, had been rejected by the House of Lords. There was one amendment re cently introduced which he thought they ought to direct particular attention to—namely, the alteration that had been made with regard to the signatures to dispatches, and which gave the power to the Board of Control, or their secretary; to sign the dispatches and forward them. To that the Court of Directors strongly protested, and he thought it would be advisable to read to the Court the correspondence that had taken place between the President of the Board of Control and the directors on the subject. Mr. LEwiN, before the correspondence was read, begged to call to the attention of the Court to the fact that there were only seven proprietors present. The notice calling the court had evidently been seen by very few, and under the circumstances he did not think they could properly discuss this question at present, and sug gested that the court should be adjourned till a future day. The CHAIRMAN observed that there would be no use in calling together a court after the bill had been read a third time and passed. The SECRETARY read the correspondence between the Court of Directors and Sir Charles Wood. The first letter called attention to the 44th clause, which materi ally interfered with the due administration of the affairs ilia, the tax which had been so tampered with being ,ne of the principal sources of their revenue in that em pire. They felt strongly and forcibly that this was an interference effectually calculated to impair their respon sibility, and trusted the matter would be taken into con sideration by her Majesty's Ministers, so that it might be withdrawn from the bill. The CHAIRMAN—That clause, I have the satisfaction of informing the court, has been expunged by the House of Lords. The next letter, dated the 10th instant, was then read by the secretary, and referred to the note which pro hibited any dispatch being forwarded until it had re ceived the signature of the directors, and which had been abrogated by a proviso in the bill empowering the Commissioners of the Board of Control or their secretary to sign and forward dispatches. He earnestly protested against any enactment which would interfere with the government of India by the East India Company, and which would be the effect of the proviso alluded to, if re tained in the bill. The CHAIRMAN said the bill would be read a third time in the House of Lords that night, and the only further proceeding to-morrow (this day), when the House of Lords would be called in to take into consideration the law amendments, and the bill would in all proba bility become the law of the land the following day. There was therefore no time to be lost, and any adjourn ment would be worse than useless, and only make them the laughing-stock of the public. The bill still upheld • the principle of the double government, and although the Court of Proprietors had lost something of its privi leges and power, he trusted they would be induced to accept the bill ; and he should now, with the sanction of the Court of Directors, move a resolution to that effect. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving the resolu tion, which set forth that, whilst regretting that the pe tition that had been presented to the House of Lords aad not been attended with the desired success, the court concurred in the views and opinions of the court as stated on the 29th ult., regarding the bill for the fu ture government of India. Mr. Lirwrx rose to propose an adjournment. He thought it was disrespectful to the Court of Proprietors that no sufficient notice had been given to them of what was about to take place that day. As to signifying their compliance with the bill, that was all mere moonshine, And he regretted the subject of responsibility had not been referred to, as the present bill went to perpetuate the non-responsibility of all concerned in the govern ment of India, and could not give his assent to a bill which, while attaching a great moral responsibility to them, operated with the greatest injustice towards the natives of India. He had told the people of India to Agitate, and to endeavour to obtain their right. He thought the statements made to Parliament on the sub ject were most scandalous. The petitions were said to be got up by influential parties, but they were, he had the best authority for stating, the real sentiments of the people. He could tell them that there was an agitation going on in India which would shake that empire to its centre, and he hoped they would hold possession of India no longer than they did justice to the natives. He strongly objected to the transaction of any business of so much importance in so small a court, and there fore moved that the court do now adjourn. Capt. DOVETON seconded the motion for adjournment. He highly approved of the clause introduced by Sir John Pakington for doing away with the salt monopoly, which would immortalise his name i n I n di a as much as that of Sir Robt. Peel was immortalised in this country. He re gretted the East India Company themselves had not proposed doing away with this most vexatious impost. The people of India were becoming every day more en lightened and intelligent, and would not much longer submit to be treated with so much injustice. He recom mended the court to pay more attention to the finances of India, and to endeavour to govern it for the benefit of the natives of that country. He considered the in fusion of new blood into the Court of DireCtors—he meant the nominee members—as an intervening body between the directors and the government, which would correct the evils of both. The hon. proprietor then re ferred to various details in the management of the affairs of India, but was repeatedly called to order by the chairman and other proprietors. Mr. WEEDING said the proprietors ought to have looked out for meetings of this sort, and seen the adver tisement. It was rather hard that their negligence should entail frequent meetings and adjournments upon the court. He cordially supported the resolution of th e directors, and hoped it would be adopted. Mr. TWINING regretted the small attendance of Pr° - prietors but did not think that an adjonurn all that had place them in any better position. Scei a g. Goud. w ont would been effected by the government of the East Inal. tted to find pany during the last twenty years, that their exertions bad been so slightly i e n stirna bis fed ori; d a o r n id , had lead to no better result. .I\T e n r e n e m so t u o ld f the lace e was of more importance tdhanittshaintdteheerdvehn e East India Compa n y a r n tant changesp had taken p ; maintained ; very p ine antici 'out he trusted thaitultline sangupations of some w ith regard to the harmonious and effec tive working of t hon. proprietors the new system would be realised. Under the circumstances in which they were placed, he did not think they could do otherwise than accept the proposition of the Court of Directors. The motion for adjournment was then put and nega tived, and on the original resolution being then put, Mr. LxwiN rose to move another amendment to the effect that the bill being adverse to India, and not doing justice to the people of that country, they do refuse their assent to it. The measure was not yet passed into law, and they were justified in refusing their assent to it until that had been done. Captain DOVETOR seconded the amendment, which was then put and negatived. The original resolution proposed by the Court of , Di rectors was th en pu t an d agree d to, and Abe court ad. , punted. 4. =I