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n_II,I3AT WESTERN RAILWAY. Nol 3CE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That on GOOD FRIDAY the ;rrains Wil I nut as on Sundays, with the addition of the Day Mail, from_ P , sdaington to Bristol, at 10.15 a.m., ; and from Bristol to Pad. eingtva at 8.35 a.m., calling at the usual stations. arn Tickets issued on Thursday, the 24th March, and on Good j ___' fi dzki, will be , available for the return journey on either of tho se '7 B , or on the 26th, 27th, or 28th inst. For flirther particulars see handbills, which may be obtained at the Stations, or at any of the offices of the Company. Paddington Station, 16111. March, 1853. VONTRACT for TELEGRAPHIC INSTRU MENTS.—BRITIS Et ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. --The Directors of the above Company are prepared to receive 'ENDERS for the MINUFACTURF. of INSTRUMENTS under the Patents of the Company, in Sets of not less than Fifty Insti leuts, SPecifie.ations may be seen (am', copied at the expense of the par. IleS tendering) and pattern intexamet.ts may be inspected app'l. eaUon at the Central Office', of the Company, Ro3 al Exchange, Zondon, between the hours 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily. By, Order. _ _ . _ GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary, Central Station, 2 9i, 'Royal Exchange, London, March, IM. SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELE GRAPH COAIP ES INSTAN TAN I , OUS COMM U AICATION with PAR.LB.—REDUCTION of TARIFF. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Wires of these Companies have been connected with the telegraph of the French Government; and on and after this date, MESSAGES wili be transinitted instant aneously between London and Paris, thus avoid lag the delays teat have hitherto occurred at Calais. Notice is a so given, that A REDUCTION has been made in the Rate of CIURGES between Londen and the Continent, particu aars of which can be obtained on application at the offices. No Message that is unintelligible can be transmitted to the Con 41,11ent in cenacquence of the regulations of the French Govern ment. —.All Dispatches containing more than one Message w4ll be charged as it' sent separately. These C anpanies reserve to themselves the right of refusing all those Dispatches which, in their opinion, are 11111 11telligible or contain more than one Message. By order of the Directors, G. L. PARROTT, Secretary. 30, Cornhlll, London, March 14, 1853. THE FEATHER RIVER LAND and GOLD MLNING COMPANY, Nevada District, California. astablished in France as a Societe en Commandite, by which the res.onsibility of Shareholders is expressly limited to the amount of their subscriptions. For the purchase of a valuable freehold auriferous landed estate, 21,600 acres in extent. Capital, 300,000/, in 160,000 Shares of 21. each. To be increased to 500,0001. so soon as dividends to the amount of twenty per cent. have been paid on the present capital, which is an tiCipated from the first twelve months' actual operations. Neventy-five thousand of the above shares will be issued at once, of Which twenty-five thousand have been subscribed for in New York ; And the remainder are reserved to be issued when the property has been Inspected and reported upon by a surveyor, and approved of by " "wird of Supervision, orsooner, a general meeting of the • .areholders so determine —no payment beyond a deposit of five per ee nt- upon the first moiety of the purchase money to be made to the Vendors until the property be thus approved. BOARD OP . In Paris—Monsieur Drouil ard, Ranker SUPERVISION and Director of the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway. Monsieur Monternault, Director of the Paris and Orleans Railway Company. In London—John Bagshaw, Esq. R. Hartley Kenne iy, Esq. Y. W. t.chneider, Esq. Pt John Stewart, Esq. 19 Charles Trueman, Fsq. Capt. Leicester Vernon, R.E. GERANT IN Peals—Mons. Ennemond Bagary. BROKERS. Messrs. G. nurnaud & Co.. Cornhill. Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, Old Broad•street. BANKERS IN LONDON. Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co. The London and Westminster Bank. BANKERS IN PARlS.—Messrs. P. Gil and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhonse•yard. SECRETARY.—Mr. William Bray. _ . Offices.—ln London :-64, Old Broad-street ; - in Paris, 79, Rue Richelieu. This Company has been enabled to secure, in the celebrated Ne 'Ude District, California, the right to purchase the large property of ' Thos. 0. Larkin. Esq., reported upon, as after mentioned, to contain 31,600 acres in extent, and to possess extensive gold-bearing quartz /reins and auriferous deposits, and gold washings, and to be well adapted for agricultural purposes. The property is described as being situated on the west bank of the Feather River, which is a tributary of the Great Sacramento /giver, and to be at a disc ance of about i 95 miles by water commie cation from San Francisco. The Sacramento is at all times naviga ble for steamers ; and it is stated that, during a greater portion of the year, vessels can navigate the Feather River up to the property. The estate is freehold, and the vendors guarantee an indisputable title, free from incumbrances. The mineral importance and value of the property will be best .judged of by the following extract from the report of the Surveyor, Nicholas Gray, Esq., who, in September, 1852, surveyed it as an officer Under orders from the United States Government. fter giving a detailed description of each lot, ho sums up his report as follows :- 4 ' I class the whole estate, containing 21,656 70-100 acres, as mi sieral land. Gold is found from the bottom of the smallest gully to the summit of the highest mountain on the land, in the soil as in the quartz rock. Some indications of iron are to be observed at the south-west corner ofthe Table Mountain. Quicksilver has been dis covered in the same vicinity, and I have been informed by men of veracity that a few diamonds have also been dug from the slope of the same mountain. The whole front of the estate on Feather itiver is about 24 miles, taking its meanders, and I believe the gold bearing quartz rock is to be found all along the bank of that stream, and extending back generally two or three miles. By reference to to the mar you have all the principal points laid down of q uartz reek, rich diggings, &c." A Further important details will be found in the accompanying .'octunent and map of the property; and other pa rticulars of an in teresting nature respecting this extensive territoi7 may be inspected at the office of the Company. Mr. Gray states is his Reports that specimens of the quartz veins **ere taken by him from the estate. These Mr. Larkin forwarded to London for anal) sis, and the result of that analysis, as given in the aPPendix, shows that with careful manag2ment a large return for the capital invested may be reasonably expected from the Company's t» fining operations. The working capital of 100,0001., leaving the remainder for pur chase money, will, it is anticipated, be amply sufficient to conduct all the operations of the Company; t• nd it is intended to expend the same chiefly in erecting ex' ensive central mills for grinding the auriferous quartt on the property, and for reducing and extracting the gold from its matrices, whether sands, earths, or quartz, in the 'most complete, perfect, and economical manner; and also in en araging farmers to settle upon the property, whose rents would he commensurate with its value and location, and who would in no w ay Tb inr e z e interfere with the extraction of its mineral riches. Whig Is agreed to sell the property at a price one-half of is to be pad uded in the present capital, and the remaining half when the cap ital is increased to £500,000, and when dividends to the amount of 20 cerit. have been paid to the Shareholders as b e f ore mention: r d. The entire price to be. thus paid in moities is probably not one-hundredth part of the mer e value of the gold to be extracted from the lands, independently of their fitness and eligibility for cultiva•loll ; and the company have been met with the greatest fairness by the vendors, who do not seek to be paid for the estate, ex?ept v a deposit of 5 per cent on one moiety of the purchase money, until an English surveyor, nominated by the Board of supervision, shall have examined the estate, resorted upon It, and declared it to be in accordance with the prospectus. The Price per acre on the portion of purchase-money payable out of the Present capital is less than .01. The Company may find it it esirable that a town shall bo erected near the junction of the Feather River with the north fork of that river ; and as great facilities and advantages will be offered to resi dents, the particular lands to be set apart for this city, looking at the Nvell known rapidity with which' American cities are created an I 'Peopled, may probably, in a few years, realise prices sufficient to re store to the Sharehwlder, the entire purchase money. An organised system of granting leases of mines on the estate is also in contemplation, which will yield large returns to this Com pany; and the Board of Supervision desire to call the attent!on of other individuals and companies contemplating the purchase of farm ing lands, alluvial diggings, cr quartz milting locations, to their vast tracts of territory. The Board will be prepared to make sales and grant leases of portions of the Feather River Estate. The Board of supervision believe that they indulge in no exagge ration when expressing their conviction that the estate fairly put to Work to its full capabilities will, for many years, annually yield as dividend—what may reasonably be expected from all succes ful gold c°2nPanies—at least 20 per cent. on the ent ir e ca p ital besides bonuses. The Investment in the shares must, therefore, be equal to that offered by any other company, either in Australia or California. The Board of Supervision will have the power of carrying out the contract with the vendors. and of settling the statutes of the com pany, under which all its affairs will be regulated. The deposit will be 21. per share, thus paying up the shares in lu ll at the time of allot rnent, a nd all deposits applicable to the purchase money received from shares sold will be held in like manner as the shares would have been if not sold—viz., until the surveyor's report has been received, (inlet possession given, and a good title exhibited, and a proper con veyance executed. Applications for shares to be addressed to the Secretary, and to the Brokers of the Company; and no application can receive atten tion unless references be given to Bankers or Stcokbrokers. APPENDIX. ErisAar OP ♦ LETTER FROM NICHOLAS GRAY. U.S., Surveyor to the Hon. T. 0. ',Altura Dated Hamilton, June 11th, 1852. " "Pirkh this you will receive a small box of specimens of gold bearing quartz. The specimens here sent are not selected specimens, because I wished to inform you corrretly, or within the truth, so as to bear future examination. I saw much richer specimens. " This was dug out of a hole about I 4 miles from Poo3nlx Mill known as the Bloomingdale ledge or lead." It is stated by Mr. Larkin's agent in this country that the box wag Sent unopened from San Francisco to London, and assayed by John lon and Matthey. and that in the specimens no gold was visible to the naked eye. The report of Messrs. Johnson and Matthey is as follows " Assay-office, 79, Hatton-garden, London, August 25, 1852. "The box of gold quartz had half of each piece taken off, and the Whole crushed together very fine, giving grains of gold, which would not Pass through the sieve , equa l to Soz. 10 dwt. of fine gold to the ton of 20 cwt. The fine powder produced, by assay, gold equal to lloz. 10 dwta. of fine gold to the ton of 20 cwt. 0 5. dirt. " JoHNOoi Lid Minim" 8 10 11 10 20 oat the present price of fine gold—viz., 84s. 7Ud. per oz.— Rives a value of about 841. to the ton of 20 cwt. It is intended that the machinery to be erected by the Feather River Company shall be capable of crushing and reducing the same q u antity at least of gold ore per annum ate is minded and crushed by the celebrated St. Ju in del Rey Company of Brazil. viz., about 60,000 tons per annum. The averag e p roduce of gold per ton, ob tained by that company, as per their published reports, gives a value of 11. lls. per ton, of ore only as co ntrasted with the above extraor utnarY produce of 841. per ton. An average produce per ton of ore of one-tenth only of this sum—say 81. per ton—must yield profits InUch larger than the 20 per cent. dividend anticipated by the direc t rs. RA VES E N D ST AR PACKETS, call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Partied' Piers. 1 at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) NI T ERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. NC olher Packets The Packets call PRO] SUNDAYS. WEEK Terrace) Pier. 1 Time. Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London "..._erY quarter of an hour. zuguNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the lowing Trains from the Fenehurch-street Station. Wars DAYS. SUNDAYS. •—____________ 0 'i *. i - g . .B . 0- i ' ''. A t Ti n , V .c 1 A , ~, • . ' . e. ~,, efs 0 os 4 Time. 0 tE A 8 0 S , z , '2, 4 $lB It ' 0 g i 6 IA co,i 11 11 12i , .... 21 / —a s u, _ *s ya — , ___ Passages marked * are run direct, Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and 10d. .. Is. 2d. lt,!! Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolmah Bd. •• Os. 10d. '„,, weep Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6 d. • • Os. B d. AT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, N. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; i u ree Months, 2?. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the ackets ; or of M r . M on k, T errac e Pier, Gravesend. ZPast' and Comm Odious Packets to Let for Bictlisloa. Ter Terms, Y . in Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch-street Ter r . Blackwell Railway. 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A. resolution declaring a dividend of lie. per 301. stock was then declared. The meeting then proceeded to the election of three directors in the places of Mr. John Bradshaw, the Honourable James Byng, and Mr. John Charles Jack, who retired by rotation, the two last-named gentlemen offering themselves for re-election. Mr. W. READ proposed Mr. Coles Child, whose no mination was seconded by Mr. JOSIAH WILSON. • Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, M.P., proposed Captain Warren, whose nomination was seconded by Mr. LEVY. Mr. J. WILSON, seconded by Mr. G. SMITH, proposed the Hon. Mr. Byng. Mr. HAVES proposed Mr. John Charles Jack. The nomination having been seconded by a Proprietor, Mr. JAMES WHATMAN, M.P., whose name had been mentioned as a candidate, said he did no t w i s h t o b e proposed in oppositi on to Ur. Warren. (Hear.) Mr. HATES demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Jack, but did not persist in his intention, Mr. Jack expressing himself willing to abide by the decision of the meeting. A discussion arose as to th e a p po i ntment of an audi tor in the room of Mr. Coles Child, and it was ultimately agreed that the consideration of the question should be postponed until the next meeting, the directors being requested to frame a by-law, providing that due notice be given in future of the names of the candidates to be proposed for the offices which may become vacant. A resolution was then passed authorising the for feiture of the shares in arrear ; and a committee of five proprietors was appointed to confer with the director's m on itte an e y eeinewnsstmig e measuresf Mr. John j ma ehn y be m e p r r ga op n osed, xtr. thievyeaf; com mittee, George Smith, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Wilkinson. The usual vote of thanks having been given to the chairman, the meeting separated. .. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1853. AUSTRALIA. Parties about to proceed to Australia can be assured in the PROFESSIONAL LIFE AS SURANCE cObIPANY, 76, Cheapside, London, without payment of extra premium for voyage to or residence there. EDWARD BAYLIS, Resident Manager and Actuary. PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, admitting, on equal terms, persons of every class and degree to all its advantages. Offices, 76. Cheapside, London. .. kotice is Hereby Given, that the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Corporation will be holden at the Offices of the Company, 76, Cheapside, on Wednesday. the 2'd day of March instant, at 12 for 1 o'clock precisely, for the reception of the Annual Report of the Directors of the said Company ; for the declaration of a Dividend ; the ele,tion and reelection of Directors and . Awl tors of the said Company; and for any other general business usually tran sacted at an Annual General Meeting of tne said Company. EDWARD BA.YLIS, March 11th, 1853. Resident Manager and Actuary. All Policies issued by this Company are indisputable. No charge made for Polley Stamps to the assured. Capital, £250,000, guaran teed by nearly 1,400 Shareholders. T HE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72, LOMBARD-STREET, and 24, CONNAUGHT-TERRACE, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Richard Malin.. Esq., Q.C., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq.. M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq. I James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq. J. Atkins, Esq. H. Augustus Bevan, Esq. John Hingerfleld, Esq. R. Henry Forman, Esq, BaNakas--The London and County Bank. J. Hamilton, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. W. Williams, Esq. The POLICIES of this Company being ISIDISPUTABLE. in terms of the Deed of Constitu ion duly registered, are TRANS FERABLE SECURITIES,—and used as FAMILY PROVISIONS, they relieve the ..tsstred from all doubt and anxiety as to the future, and their validity not being dependent, as in the case of ordinary PpUcits, upon the import of passed, and perhaps forgotten, circum stances, and Office documents. Agents have been appointed in most of the tots , nB id England and Scotland, from whom, or the Manager, all information, Forms of Proposal, &c., may be obtained. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. L ONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION. Instituted 1806. Office, 81, KING WILLIAM•STREET. PRESIDENT—CHARLES FRANKS, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT—JOHN BENJAMIN HEATH, Esq. This Society is essentially one of Mutual Assurance, in which the Premiums of its Members are reduced after seven years. The rate of reduction of the Premiums for the last year was 70 per sent., leaving less than ene-third of the original Premium to be paid. The Society also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance, in which the Assured do not become Members, and having ceased to allow any commission to Agents, the Society has been enabled to reduce the Premiums for this class of Assurances to the following very low rates : Annual Premiums for the Assurance of £lOO. Age Xs.d. 11 Age s. d. 11 Age r . d. 20 1 13 7 35 2 7 6 50 4 1 2 25 1 17 0 40 2 15 5 55 5 1 0 30. 2 1 5 45 3 6 0 60 6 5 10 The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement , o advance money on the security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary. LLADIES of delicate complexion, who suffer from exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWLANDS' KALY DOR. It allays all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and renders it soft, smooth, and pleasant; removes cutaneous disfigurements, freckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance. Gentlem'en, after shaving, will End it allay the irritability and smart- In; pain, and render the skin smooth and pleasant. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is a delightfully fragrant and transpareit preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness. premature greyness, and tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application. ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRIFICE, preserves and beautifies the Teeth. strengthens the Gums, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gardens, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. AFFAIRS OF BUSINESS.—In every affair of trade, buying or selling, equality and prices, are the condi tions of satisfactory contract. The superior quality of all goods offered No public inspec ion, or made to order by E. MOSES and SON, Is so well known, and has been so long tried, that very little need be said on that subject; but the unity of low prices, and the very best qualities. Is a system of business which E. MOSES and SON wre the first to introduce, and have been the most successful in carrying out. This they have made applicable to every branch of their gigantic business, and have adhered to it during all changes in the seasons or the markets. They have never hesitated to pay the best prices for the most artistic and accomplished workmanship— hut they will by no means inflict higher charges on any of their pa trons. The LADIES are furnished with HABITS the most graceful in style, and from the finest and most fashionable materials, or with HOSIERY, the neatest, most novel, and useful. GENTLE MEN a'e provided with the best materials and workmanship in every description of ATTIRE which their professions, engagements, or the season mar render necessary. All good+ or orders are charged much lower prices at E. MOSES and SON'S, than at any other house in the world. GOLD FROM AUSTRALIA.—The last arrival amount ed to upwards of one and a half millions sterling —a large por tion of which was for business transactions in Australia, by E. MOSES and SON, their CLOTHING having sold for a vast amount of " Golden Treasure," and the satisfaction it is giving, warrants in ve'tments to any extent. All EMIGRANTS, MERCHANTS, or SHIP PERS, may avail themselves of the most SALEABLE, because the BEST and most SW TABLE GOODS, at E. MOSES and SON'S, the pric, s being c msbferahly lower than at any other house—the same advantages are offered to Emigrants of every Class, their Outfits or any portion of them, being charg.ut wholesale prices 1 depart ment kept for Outfitting, and full List of Outfits and shipsalling in formation may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like talsehood of " Being connected with their 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 N• CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF L•DIDON, except their own Establishments, as follows :7 London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 94, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxfoid-street, 1, 2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (York.hlre) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Varate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, arid General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will b exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All clods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no &pat ement 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, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions tor self•mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1653 can be had gratis, on application. _ . _ lci I'on park Francais. Qui si parla Italian. Hier st richt man Dent,ch. Aqua se habla Espanol MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SI AMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matric dated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. VI AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on Vit the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile Irregu'arities and excesses, which have pro duced snore 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 forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitfill 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 pen:ales, 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 Rs con•equences 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 free. In selecting this 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 Six till Eight. All letters mast contain the fee of It., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desira'tle that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on BANK OF ENGLAND, March 17, 1853. THE GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice, That the GENERAL COURT held at the Bank this day is AD JOURNED till TUESDAY next, the 22 t inbt , at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of taking the determination by vote in print or writing, of the question in the following resolution proposed at the Court for a dividend, &c. : That a dividend be mare of 4/. per cent. inter est and profits for the half-year ending the 28th February last, without any deduction on account of the income tax, The voting will commence at Eleven o'clock, and terminate at Four. JO (IN BENTLEY, secretary. THE CEYLON LAND AND MINING CO Ni l'A • Y. lsoncE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no further ArPLICATIONS for SHARES In this Company will be received after TUESDAY, the 22d day of 21,ach Instant, except in country cates, which will be received Inc naive of WEDNESDAY, the 231 inst. Dated this lath day of March, 1853. By order. W. GALBRAITH, Secretary. LAW LIFE ASSURA N CE OFFICE, Fleet-street, near St. Dunstan's Church.— London, March 1 I, 1853.—.NoT1ca 18 HEREBY GIVEN, That the BOOKS tor Transferring hares in this Society will be CLOSED on. THURSDAY, the 24th inst., and will he reopened cn Wednesday, the 13th day of April next. 'the Dividends for the year 18:42 will be payable on Monday, the 11th day of April next, and on any subsequent day (Tuesdays excepted), between the hours of Tell and Thee o clock. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY. NOTICE Is lIEREBY GIVEN, That this Company's Iron Screw Steam- Ship ARGO, 1,800 tons, George Hyde, Commander, will leave South ampton for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on W EDNESDAY, the 4th of May next. he accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are fully furnished. The rates of passage money—After Cabin, first class, 80/. ; Fore Cabin, second class. 50/. These rates are exclusive board at moderate prices. Tit!? 1. 8 -4 will carry an experienced however, may be had on of wines, beer and epiritous liquors, whi c h , surgeon. - - ' - Applications for passage to be made at the Company's Offices, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings ; and for fi eight and parcels, to Messrs. Balfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe. NOTICE. TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHERS. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC TION is now CLOSED until EASTER MONDAY, for the purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW ROOMS fora PEtOTO GRAPHIC SCHUOL, &c., Stc. MODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to the Visi tors, WORKS of ART, &c., are RECEIVED for EXHIBITION, free of expense to the Depositors. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during the week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock." "Rose," and "Amine" Waltzes, the "Napoleon" Galep, "Le Cirque" Quadrille; "La Valerie," "Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas.— Admission, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight; to commence at Nine o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. Just published, In two large charts, price 2s. 6d., by post 35., AVIEW of the RESOURCES of NATIONS, exhibiting at a glance the Political, Commercial, Financial, and Military Statistics of the Principal Countries in the World at the Present Time, with other Valuable Information, collected from the best authorities by 11. FRASER, Esq. London: W. Smith, 172, Strand; Wyld, Charing•cross ; Sherwood Piper, and Co., Paternoster-row ; and all Booksellers. MASSACRE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ENG LISH SHIP BERENICE, AND BURNING OF THE VESSEL. A most painful event was made known at Lloyd's On Tuesday, as having unhappily befallen the master, his lady, and officers.of the English ship Berenice, in the Straits of Gasper, while on a voyage to Sydney, who were horribly murdered on board, and their ship after wards destroyed by fire. A previous mail had given rise to some fears of a vessel having been burnt in the straits, and an impression was entertained that the ill-fated ship was the Berenice, which was missing, and the fact of some of the fragments of the wreck having been picked up bearing the Berenice's initials, little doubt was felt in the matter. Much anxiety then arose as to the fate of those on board, who comprised Captain Candy, his wife, first and second mate, a Frenchman (a passenger for Aus tralia), two servants of Mrs. Candy, and about thirty five hands ; with the exception of the officers, there were but few Europeans among the crew, who for the most were Java and Manilla men. The ship sailed on the 6th of Tune from Singapore for Shahghai, and then from that port to Sidney, on the 4th of November, with the intention-of calling at Java. Several of the crew evinced a strong desire to leave the vessel on her reach ing that island, but the captain holding out an increase of wages and additional rations to take the ship on to Sidney, they were induced to remain, and the vessel proceeded. Nothing was heard of her until about the 10th of December, when a report reached Marabaya (the residency of Tagel) of the remains of a burned wreck having been discovered in the Straits. A day or so previously a boat, containg 15 persons, arrived at Marabaya, who on landing dispersed themselves in'- land before the authorities had time to institute inquiries about them, and on the day following another boat came in with a similar number and character of men, a mixture of,/ ava and Manilla men. When interrogated, they stated that they were the crew of a prahu belonging to Rio, laden with gambrie, which they, represented had capsized, and that a boy had been drowned. The whole of them ad hering to that one statement, they were believed, their story at the time being thought to be true. The police; however, had their suspicion aroused by the conduct of some of the men, as they displayed much anxiety to part from each other's company, and to leave the place, and it was not until they had been subjected to a most search ing inquiry that the truth was revealed. Some of them at length confessed to having belonged to the Berenice, and to the horrible fate which the captain and his officers met with. According to their representations, it seems that on the 2d of Dec. a mutiny broke out amongst several of the Manillamen, on account as alleged of the master not hav ing allowed them the additional rations which he had previously promised. About midnight they got Mr. Candy on the quarter-deck, where they horribly mur dered him. His, wife, hearing his cries, rushed on deck with two of the officers, when they almost immediately fell a sacrifice. The third mate and the French pas senger, who witnessed the tragedy, leaped overboard to escape the vengeance of the wretches, and perished. Mrs. Candy's servants shared a similar fate as their unhappy mistress. The whole of the bodies, with weights attached to them, were hurled into the sea. The ringleaders then took to plunder the ship of every thing that was portable, and after some two or three days' luxurious living on board, they commenced de stroying her. Having lowered the boats, they kindled a fire in several parts of her, and when she had got com pletely alight, they abandoned her. By the last ac counts the authorities were using every effort to bring the principal actors in the barbarous acts of murder and piracy to justice, and as many as nine had been lodged, in the gaol of agel. The Berenice was freighted with a valuable cargo of tea, and her loss is therefore con siderable. SUSPECTED MURDER IN THE CANONGATE, EDINBURGH. On Sunday morning, between four and five o'clock, a labourer, named John Davidson, was found dead, under circumstances that afford some suspicion of his having been murdered. The deceased resided in Hume's-close, Canongate, in one of those overcrowded haunts of po verty and vice which abound in this locality. He was, it is said, given to drinking, which propensity his wife unfortunately shared'in. The latter, who is named Sarah Brannan or Davidson, had formerly led an abandoned life, and quarrels arising from the jealousy of the hus band are said to have been of frequent occurrence. They were both between 30 and 40 years of age, and had lived together for some time. The deceased was last seen alive, except by his wife, about 11 o'clock on Saturday night. Early on Sunday morning high words and a scuffle in the room which they occupied were overheard by some of the neighbours, but the noise suddenly subsided. After a brief silence, the woman came into an adjoining apartment, and told the inmates that her husband had fainted. On en tering the room they found the unfortunate man stabbed to the heart, and quite dead, though still retaining heat. The instrument of death was a shoemaker's knife, which had been worn by use to a very sharp point. There was little blood to be seen, and to all appearance the man's death had been instantaneous. Both parties had on their clothes, and had not apparently gone to bed, having in all probability spent the night in dissipation. The attendance of a sergeant of police was then obtained, who took the woman into custody. On Monday the prisoner was brought before the sitting magistrate and remitted for examination. Her declaration was then taken by Mr. Dymock, the Procurator-Fiscal for the city, and it will be followed up, we believe, by the precognition of witnesses. It is not, of course, yet known whether there is sufficient evidence to commit the woman for trial ; and from the privacy with which it is customary here to conduct all judicial examinations, -it is impossible to arrive at the exact truth of the case, more especially as the statements afloat are very conflicting. It appears, however, that the prisoner attributes her husbands death to suicide, and it is stated that the direction of the in strument was such that the blow might have been struck by the deceased himself. On the one hand, it is said the woman was heard in the course of the night to threaten to stab her husband : while, on the other the man is stated to have, not long ago, spoken of committing suicide, in consequence of alleged provoca tions to jealousy. Some time ago, it is said, the prisoper stabbed the deceased on the brow ; but the affair being slight, the matter did not come under the notice of the police. The body of the unfortunate man was on Monday examined by medical men. The wound was found to have been in the heart, and to have caused almost in stant death. It seemed to have been inflicted in an up right position. FARRINGDON - STREET IMPROVEMENT. Yesterday Messrs. Pullen and Son commenced the sale, by auction, of several houses which are to be cleared away for the purpose of forming the new street leading from Farring don-street to Coppice-row, Clerkenwell. The buildings are situated in Sharpe's-alley, Ray-street, and Coppice row, adjoining Clerkenwell workhouse. There are now but few premises to be removed to complete.the newiline of street, which, when finished, will form a direct tho roughfare from Blackfriars-bridge to Clerkenwell and IslingtOn. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge, on the general business of the company, and for the electioh of three directors and an auditor, in the place of those retiring by rotation. Mr. James Macgregor, M.P., the chairman of the company, presided. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said- The statement of accounts which has been submitted with the half-yearly report shows that the gross revenue of the company has exceeded that of the half-year ending on the 31st of January, 1852, by the sum of 18,8391. 75. ld., the earnings last half-year being 424,5471. Bs. Dd., against 405,7081. ls. Bd. in the corresponding half of last year. The sum of 18,8391. 7s. ld. consists of an increase in the receipts fOr the car riage of goods of 12,0471. 16s. 7d. ; of passengers, 3,643/. 15s. 9d. ; of dues received at the harbours belong ing to the company, 1,1631. 12s. 5d ; of earnings of the electric telegraph, 1,2601. 15s. 11. ; of additional rent, 4221. 12s. 9d. ; and of fees on the transfe r o f s t oc k, 3001. 13s. Bd. In th charges on the debit side of the account there is an increase of working expenses, as compared with the corresponding half of last year, to the amount of 13,7701., and a decrease of 3,1011. 3s. 7d. in rates, taxes, tolls, and Government duty. The locomotive working exhibits an increased expenditure of 2,5581.125. being 58,7711. 155., against 56,2131. 35., consequent on 87,825 more miles having been run by engines the latter -half-year. In the rates, - taxes, and • tolls, there is a diminution in the amount paid during the half-year of 2,3411. 18s. 4d., the charge last half-year being 15,9801. 16s. 2d., against 18,3221. 145., 6d. It will not be out of place for me here to remind the proprietors that the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench stated from the Bench that legislation on the subject of railway rating is indis pensable, but yet no steps have been taken to accom plish it ; and meanwhile railway companies are obliged to submit to the grossest extortion, and to keep up for their defence against injustice a costly and wearying sys tem of appeal, not always ending satisfactorily, in con sequence. partly of the tribunal before which they are brought. The issue of the 44 per cent. guaranteed stock increased the comparative charge against revenue by the sum of 3,3181. ss. 11d. The result of the working expense of the half-year is, that of the 18,8391. 7s. ld. of surplus profits earned, 10,668/. 16s. sd. has been absorbed by charges additional to those which occurred in the half-year ending on the 31st of January, 1852, and 8,1701. 10s. Bd. thereof represents the additional net profit in working the railway for the half-year ; and the profit and loss account shows, therefore, that there is, 'after deducting additional charges for rent and interest on the guaranteed stock, a sum of 5,442/. 4s. 7d. avail able for dividend over and above the sum which was available at the termination of the corresponding half of last year, the sum now divisible being 136,4641. Os. 5d., against 131,0211. 15s. 10d. on the 31st of January, 1852 ; and this will admit of a dividend of 11s. per share, and leave a small surplus of 1,5201. 12s. id., against 10s. 6d. per share last year, and it applies to an increased expen diture of 369,2561. 19s. sd. As the proprietors will observe, during the last half-year 199,0661. was spent on capital account, during the preceding half-year 170,1901. Bs. sd. The mortgage debt of the company is now 1,932,5751. or 72,6001. more than it was on the 31st July, and 64,4851. less than it was on the 31st Janu ary, 1852, the rate of charge per annum being 4•10481., or 0•2710 per cent. less than last year. The increase in the home traffic of the line is certainly satis factory, and the directors trust and believe that it is an increase which will continue and progress, and when the long-anticipated opening of the French lines of rail way to the south takes place, it will no doubt tend to develop the continental traffic, a large increase of which might be received on the South-Eastern Railway, without any addition to its working expenses. The total num ber of passengers travelling between England and France last year was 172,600, and of these 106,844 passed ,through Dover and Folkestone. The total traffic gives an average of 473 persons per diem travelling between England and France, or 236 persons each way. Of these there travel by night between Paris and London 71 per sons each night-namely, to Paris from London, 39 per sons, and from Paris to London 32 persons. 'lt thus appears that 10,210 persons came through from Paris to London during the year in the night. I may remind you how anxiously we pressed on the Government from time to time the propriety of giving the same facilities on this side of the water to continental travellers Coining to London, as that which is given in France to those who go from hence to Paris, as the French authorities have long allowed the baggage to go through unex amined to Paris, which is a great facility to persons making an express journey ; and I am glad to be able to inform you that the Government have at length granted this request, and that the travellers by the night mail from Paris to London will henceforth have the facility of having their baggage examined at Dover, when they arrive in time to do so before the train leaves for town, or in London when time does not permit it being done at Dover, to allow them to avail of the first train for London. I hope that this is only an instalment on the, part of the Government, and that hereafter we shall re ceive a like permission for all travellers who travel by the express tidal trains from Paris to London. It is a step in the right direction, and we may trust that whilst great interests press for improved Custom-house regula tions, further facilities will be extended to the important traffic between England and France, which passes over the South-Eastern Railway., We state in the report that permission to bring up bonded goods to London for transhipment has been refused us, and chiefly because we made the demand, and not the merchants of the city of London ' • but I hope those gentlemen will ma k e th e i r sentiments known to the Government on the subject. The report shows the amount received for periodical tickets during the half years ending on the 31st of January, 1851, to have been 9,304/. 3s. ; 1852, 10,812/. 14s. Bd.; 1853, 13,3171. 15s. 3d.; but it may be well for me to state also that the recepts for those three years for periodical tickets were, in 1851, 12,2241. 14s. 2d. ; in 1852, 14,4591.105. 4d. ; and in 1853, 18,751/. 17s. 10d., showing an increase of receipts from this source in two years of 50 per cent. As an instance of the progress which is making in local traffic on the line, I will take , the case of Abbeywood station, on the North Kent line, which is familiarly known to many gentlemen in that district as the Deputy Chairman's station. The number of travellers to and from that station for the first year of its opening was 22,996, and the earnings 7981. 10s. 10d. During the last half year the number of persons travelling to and from the Abbeywood station was 60,203, and the earnings 2,9781. 9s. 3d., showing an increase in two years of 37,307 persons and 1,2791. 19s. 3d. in money. I may mention that there is at this station a fine estate belonging to the governors of Christ's hospital, which is now being divided into allot ments for building ground ; that a large number of villas are being erected there, and that there is every prospect the traffic will continue to increase. Towards closing the capital account, a necessary step is the sale of the shares forfeited, and to be forfeited at this meeting, to accomplish which a further resolution of the proprietors is needed. The proprietors will observe that 29,9771. 13s. 4d. of calls in arrear has been paid during the half year, and that the • account now to be - reovered from shares forfeited and to be forfeited is 58,7941. lls. Bd. The outlay of capital for works has increased beyond the estimates of former years • and this has become apparent on the final settlements taking place with the contractors. There is only one ac count for works which affects former estimates remaining unclosed about which any difficulty or doubt exists, and that account has been referred to arbitration, the party claiming 20,0001., which the directors entirely dispute. The expenditure of capital to Jan. 31 is 10,553,2531. 3s. sd, ; deducting from this sum 371,495/. 13s. 10d., which was written off on the consolidation of the shares into stock, and which was something less than the interest which has been paid back out of capital to the holders of No. 3 and No. 4 shares, the amount of outlay is re duced to 10,181,7571. 9s. 7d. The value of surplus pro perty in former estimates was taken at 312,0001. Ac cording to the last report on the subject from the sur veyor employed by the company, the sum shown to be the available value of surplus property is 280,076, and the amount that would remain as capital spent, if that surplus property be deducted, is 9,901,6811.95. 7d. This result, after allowing for certain other sums which have been applied in reduction of capital expenditure, already exceeds the sum at which the capital of the company was formerly estimated by 283,000/., or thereabouts, and the contents of the report show that 70,0001. must be further spent, and that 230,0001. beyond that should be spent in the next three years in increasing the rolling stock of the company, in warehouses, and other conveniences. It has become necessary to consider, during the present year, the most important of the measures alluded to in our letter, viz., the extension of the Greenwich Railway through Greenwich-park to Woolwich, the Astronomer Royal not having completed the experiments ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty in sufficient time for the pre sent session of Parliament. The measure is one of great consequence, and the directors believe that it will be more lucrative than any in which the company has yet embarked, especially connected with the extension which the directors still propose for the consideration of the proprietors from their Charlton station to the point im mediately opposite the East and West India Docks, and the point of conveyance of the northern lines of railway ; and further, as effecting the means of carrying passen gers from London-bridge and the other stations on the line, to join the steam-boats at Blackwall-point for Gravesend and other places on the river, and forming with the steam ferry at Blackwall, a direct communica tion with Camden-town and the London mid North- Western Railway. I may also mention that there are parties who contemplate the construction of docks in the Greenwich marshes adjoining the extension, which docks would be a great advantage to this company. The cost of the extension from Charlton to Blackwall-point, in cluding the construction of a wharf and landing -place, and of a steam ferry, and the other works included in the bill, viz., carrying a dangerous footpath, now crossing the railway on level at Redhill, in a tunnel under the line; and substituting a level crossing on the Bricklayers' Arms branch for a bridge, is estimated at 50,000/. I , need say little about the project for effecting a julacti on . of the station of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate branch and the Great Western station at Reading, the r immediate outlay would be 10,0001 . T he Strood and [PRICE SD. Maidstone line is estimated, with a new station at Strood —much wanted there—to cost 50,0001. The directors consider this line to be one which should not longer be postponed making. In the month of October last no less than 13 separate railways, some with extensive ramifica tions; were projected in the south-eastern districts, and affecting our interests, and we saw the necessity of lay ing before you measures which we thought might, under the circumstances, be demanded for the protection and advancement of the company's interests, and among them was the project for extending the line from Lewisham to Bromley and Croydon, which we proposed should be in joint account with the Brighton Company. The directors of the Brighton Company gave their assent, but subse quently, without notice or communication to this company, negotiated with the South-Western Company for amalga mation with them, and on the last day for the purpose of Parliamentary notices, there appeared the notice of the Brighton and South-Western Companies bill to amalga mate. Much correspondence necessarily took place. We objected to that amalgamation, thinking that the natural alliance of the Brighton Company to make was with ourselves, the South-Eastern Company—not with the South-Western Company. The Brighton and South- Western Companies since have determined to withdraw the amalgamation bill, and the present state of affairs is that the Brighton Company propose now the withdrawal of the Lewisham, Bromley, and Croydon bill also. It will be for you, gentlemen, to consider whether this is the wisest step to take under the circumstances, or whether further attempts should not be made to settle now, either with the Brighton Company, or on our ac count, the question of communication between the me tropolis and`Bromley, which, while unsettled, may ever be a source of contest. The estimate for this line is 24,0001. It is right I should state that no bills contain ing powers for a combination of interest between railway companies can be read a second time this session till 1 1 after the 11th of April, or until after the report of the committee of the House of Commons now sitting on rail way amalgamation and future railway legislation shall have been made. I earnestly trust that railway pro perty will be benefited by the inquiry which is taking taking place before the distinguished persons constituting that committee, convinced as I am that the interests and safety of the public never can be promoted by a reckless competition in the construction and working of railways. I have the honour to move that the report of the direc tors and statement of accounts, as now read at this meet ing, be received and adopted. Mr. JOHN HAMILTON, after complaining that the com pany had not yet got a tenant for the Lord Warden Hotel at Dover, and that the directors were going to an unnecessary expense in the erection of some ornamental iron railing at the hotel at Folkestone, proceeded to censure the general system of management, which he contended was not such as to develop the traffic of the line in a proper manner. Having censured the conduct of the chairman with respect to some transactions in shares, he addressed him se lf t o ano th er ma t ter, an d ob served that out of 288 miles of railway belonging to the company, not less than 165 miles consisted of branches. Those branch lines had cost 4,078,0001.; and 118 miles of those branch lines, which had cost 2,809,0001.,. did not pay the expenses of working. The 28 miles between Tunbridge -wells and Hastings, which had cost 724,0001., were in the same position, and the passenger traffic on that portion of the line for six months was something under 6,0001. The company therefore had 146 miles of railway which did not pay the expenses of working. The total cost of that quantity of mileage, including 300,0001. for locomotion, was 3,833,0001. The only 88 miles which paid a dividend were constructed before the present chairman came into office. All the branch lines, with the exception of the Maidstone branch, 10 miles, and the Canterbury branch, 14 miles, had been made since the present chairman came to the board. Such management as that accounted for the shares being at only 481. He trusted he had stated sufficient to show that the construction of branch lines should not be left to the board, and moved that a committee of ten gentle men should be named by the body of proprietors to con fer with the board on the subject of branch lines, and to report thereon to a special meeting. In answer to a question by a PROPRIETOR, The CHAIRMAN said that, at the last meeting, a cor respondence was submitted to the proprietors, between Lord Sondes, Mr. Lushington, and the directors, with regard to the Chilham line, and the directors distinctly intimated that, on looking at what had occurred in pre vious years, and considering the expectations held out that the North Kent line would be continued, they did not recommend the proprietors to offer any opposition to that line, provided the points of junction and the plans and sections were approved of. But it had been found necessary to oppose the bill on the standing orders, because it contained clauses seeking powers to run over the South-Easteai of so unsuitable a character that the directors considered they should have been guilty of a gross dereliction of duty if they had consented to the granting such powers. The objections of the bill were unanswerable ; but the com mittee resolved to allow the promoters of the bill to pro ceed, on depositing a fresh plan and amending their errors. The bill had been read a second time, and there the matter now stood. He would now state the objec tion to the line itself. There was a line called the Chatham and Canterbury line. The line of Lord Sondes formed a junction with the South-Eastern line at Strood, crossed the Medway, and formed a junction at Chilham. To that the South-Eastern Company offered no objec tion, but they differed as to the way of forming the junction at Chilham, because the gradients were bad, and it set out a fork of six miles running parallel with the South-Eastern line to Canterbury. With regard to the other bill, he did not think there was the least pro spect of its passing. It was intended to come up from the South-Eastern Company's station at Chilham, and stop at Chatham without crossing the Medway. He did not think the Legislature would pass any line except on the principle of its being a continuation of the North Kent line from Strood downwards. Now, with respect to the accusation made against him, of having con structed all the branch lines of the company. On the day when, contrary to his will and wish, he was placed in the direction, he found projects in existence for th e extension of the South-Eastern line much more expen sive than those which had been constructed ; and the first measure against which he set his face was a propo sition which was absolutely carried by the directors, that if the South-Eastern Company constructed the North Kent line, it should pay to the Croydon Company for its assent a perpetual toll, collected at the rate of five miles of running over the North Kent Railway. With respect to the other charge made by the honourable proprietor, he positively denied the statement that he had, either alone as an individual or in conjunction with any body of men, ever done any act to enable any man, or any company, to sell shares for the purpose of realis ing high prices, to the prejudice of the affairs of the company. Mr. HAMILTON asked if the chairman would deny that he had been a jobber in shares. (Oh, oh ?) The CHAIRMAN said he would give the honourable proprietor a flat denial face to face, and tell him that he had asserted an untruth, and that he had no foundation in fact for his assertion. (Cheers.) So far from admit ting that there was the shadow of a shade for such .a charge, he could produce evidence to show that in no case whatever had his hands been soiled by any transac tion, and that he had never done anything inconsistent with the interest of the company—that he had never availed himself of his position to accept any shares, and that he was now the holder of all the shares he had ever held, with the exception of some which had been sold under pressure, and which he had not the means of re taining. (Cheers.) He was no jobber in shares, and enjoyed what he esteemed more than wealth—a character unblemished for integrity. With respect to the Dover Hotel, contracts had been entered into for its occupation —and as to the ornamental rails at Folkestone, they would be erected at a small cost, and the work had been undertaken in justice and out of compliment to Mr. Breach, who had paid a rental of 2,2401., and had ex pended a great sum of money on the establishment. (Hear, hear.) Mr. JOSIAH WILSON accused the chairman of dealing in shares and rigging the market, and after reading a letter written by Mr. M‘Gregor, and dated December 2, 1847, referring to some private matters, said if the chairman would grant him a committee of two or three gentlemen, he would show such a statement of trans actions in shares as would make the boldest man's hair stand on end. (Great confusion.) The CHAIRMAN said the letter produced by Mr. Wilson referred to matters which were inquired into and fully disposed of in 1849,. and he held in his hand the report of a committee of five gen tlemen appointed by the proprietors to examine into the subjects then in dispute. With respect to his (the chairman's) conduct, they said :—" They feel bound to state their conviction that, notwithstanding errors of judgment and an undue assumption of indivi dinal responsibility, his conduct has been honourable throughout, and marked by a sincere, unflinching, and— excepting in his character of a very large proprietor —a disinterested devotion to the interests of the South ' Eastern Company. (Cheers.) Mr. WILSON said the committee would not look at letters which he held in his hand. H e h a d fidence in the board of di rec t ors of which Mr. Mlore con was the autocrat, and with w h om he could do as he liked. (Oh, oh, and l aug ht er. ) Mr. JAMES RENSHAW (the deputy chairmd,an) said the assertion made by Mr. Wilson, that thet 'rectors were wholly led by the chairman, was not (Cheers.) They were as independent as any other g r e u n e ti be, and the chairman always listened to their opinions, and at times Was guided by their advice. Mr. HENRY LEWIS SMALE (a director) expressed his concurrence in the remarks which had fallen from the deputy-chairman. The CHAIRMAN then put the question that the repor t be adopt e d . T he motion was agreed to, there being only one dissentient. Mr. COLES CHILD said that at the last meeting he pro posedte as a reso l ution that, with a view of determining amount at which the capital expenditure cease,sl.itoaulcdleted the directors should be requested to b estimate of the amount required to completesu estimate had been r' the works and lines of the company. That given, and he moved that the estimateof7o,ooono/a.cbcoeurnet ceived a n d a d op t e d, an d that the 10 623,253/. 3s 5d., expenditure of the ori g i na l c apital be closed at subject to realisation when e xpedient of the surplus pro perty of the company: and that, with the view of con- SELF-PRESERVATION. 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Yesterday at the Bow-street Police-court Mr. Edward Truelove, of 240, Strand, appeared before Mr. Henry, upon an information, laid at the instance of the Commis sioners of Inland Revenue, under the 6th and 7th of William IV. chap. 76, charging him with having know ingly and wilfully sold a certain newspaper, printed -on paper not duly stamped according to law, and called The Potteries Free Press, and Weekly Narrative of Cur rent Events. From the copies of the periodical exhibited in court, it appeared that four numbers had been published, at each. They were printed at Stoke-upon-Trent, "for the proprietor, Collet Dobson Collet," the Secretary of the Society for the Abolition of Taxes on Knowledge, and avowedly (as inserted at the head of the paper) " in conformity with the practice of the Stamp-office, which permits records of current events, and comments thereon, to be published, without a stamp, in the Athenceum, Builder, Punch, Racing Times, &c." The defendant is one of the London agents for the sale of the paper, the leading articles of which invite a Government prosecu tion of the journal, "in order that a jury of Englishmen might determine what description of news is to be en titled to exemption from the penny stamp." Mr. Phinn, M.P., the Standing Counsel for the In land Revenue, appeared in support of the information ; and Mr. Humphries Parry represented the defendant. Mr. ,Wood, Chairman of the Inland Revenue, Mr. Scholefield, M.P., and Mr. Ricardo, M.P., were present during the investigation. Mr. Phinn, in opening' the case, drew attention to the 17th section of the act, which enacted that any person who shill " sell, utter, or expose for sale " an unstamped newspaper, shall forfeit a sum of 201. The object of the act was to amend the laws relating to the duties on newspapers, and in schedule A definitions were given of the kind of papers liable to the stamp. The first clause of the schedule defined it to be " any paper containing public news, intelligence, or occurrences printed in any part of the United Kingdom, to be dispersed and made public." The third clause of the schedule added, " and also any paper containing any public news, intelligence, or occurrences, or any remarks or observations thereon, printed in any part of the United Kingdom for sale, and published periodically, or in parts or numbers, at inter vals not exceeding 26 days between th e publication of any two such parts or numbers." Now he (Mr. Phinn) presumed that no person who looked at the paper in question could have any doubt that it came within the class here described, for it contained all theinformation of an ordinary newspaper. It was true that a recent decision in the Court of Exchequer, limited the definition of a newspaper to certain conditions relative to size, in terval, and price. Mr. Henry—Do you think the decision went so far as ,hat ? Mr, Phim—That was the construction which had been put upon it, and he was wilting to give it its widest interpretation for his present purpose, although he aught state that the Government and the Stamp-office had always contested that decision, and that application of it ; and that Baron Parke dissented from the judg ment of the other judges. He did not consider, how ever, that the question could arise in the present in stance, from the obvious difference in ,the character of the two papers. JamesMaddett, a messenger attached tr) the Inland Revenue, proved the purchase of a copy of the Potteries Free Press, of the 23d of February, at the s:lop of the defendant. He obtained it from a woman in the shop, but on previous occasions he had purchased numbers of Mr. Truelove himself. Mr. Parry—On what number of the paper is this pro ceeding founded ? Mr.Phinn—The one published Feb. 23. Witness cross-examined--I do not know anything of a paper called the Athemeum. I never saw it, or heard of it: (A. laugh.) I know nothing of the Builder either. Mr. Parry—Nor any other newspaper, I suppose I Witness—l don't know. The copies produced having been handed up to his worship, Mr. Phinn stated that this was the case for the Crown. Mr. Parry took a preliminary objection to the sum mons, on the ground that the act required proof of the actual and manual sale of the publication, whereas it had been shown that the purchase was made of a woman in the shop. __ _ Mr. Henry did not allow the objection, as it was proved that other numbers of the same work had been obtained from the defendant. Mr. Parry wished it to be understood that he had taken this objection upon his own responsibility. His client had no desire to get rid of the case by a quibble, but he (Mr. Parry) had suggested the point, because it would certainly be raised hereafter, as the question would not be finally disposed of here. The learned counsel then addressed the court at great length in condemnation of the conduct of the Inland Revenue in selecting a penny paper of the description produced for prosecution, while suffering such periodicals as the Athenaeum, the Builder, and Racing Times to escape their notice. The real difficulty of his client had been to ascertain what constituted a newspaper ; and, in order to try the ques tion, he had taken upon himself the responsibility of the present publication. When he spoke of his client, he wished it to be understood that the pro prietor of the paper (Mr. Collet) was the real defendant in this matter, and that he had published this paper on his own account, and not in connection with the society with which he was associated. When he re solved upon its publication, he made the officers of the revenue fully acquainted with his intention, and duly transmitted copies of the paper for their inspection, and the assessment of the advertisements. Then, why was he not at once informed that his paper would be pro. hibited ? No proceedings were taken, and several num bers were permitted to be issued. By the 24th section of the act, all persons having printing presses were com pelled to give returns of the purposes to which they were applied. These conditions had been complied with by duly registered ! Mr. Collet, and it was not until now that proceedin were taken against him ; but the course they had gpur sued would not preverft the final discussion of the q s tion before a jury. He had never been apprised of the illegality of his paper, although it was du and meanwhile other journals unquestionably containing occurrences,then readwere contained d acts from the weekly in- Thinfoereartnioedn counselof Athenaeum and Builder, which con scientific formation relative to thehefinweofouaFr, ionthe debates in Parliament. The disco veries,public importance i & c.--information m thanat deference to the Legislature, smoreay, oppression exercised towards t: Athenaeum rhheesepressp opanel papers tsohcontained adconstantly of a man in Paris for Louis Napoleon in one of the shop windows su o c f h the English reporters for Continent,particulars consideration of the Inland and the recent apprehe p a n a s s ns i t o h n e . brought under the laughing Revenue,at a n ugly portrait ..) f been lined from c , fear or otherwise, to take notice of them, and had capriciously selected defe n da n t ' s paper. the At the close of his address Mr. parry called but they had de- Mr. Joseph Timm, solicitor to the Inland Revenue, to the intention t® publish the Potteries P e r Olfi P e office 6 : copiess aldhat prove that intimation had been duly given to them of of which were duly transmitted to the against the no prosecutions had ever been orl s uch papers. Mr. Athenceunt, Chambers's Journal , had written to request Timm stated that Mr. Collett of news,wilttehresgrt and but that he had declined . p t him would be insufficient. that the prosecution ing that the evidence_ eagains might_ s‘d e be directed ng is e against e si himself, de. rule of the Inland Revenue has By Mr. Pb:i —Th 1111 0 which relate to a special or class been to of information might called prove that he had published Mr. Collett was to . avowedly to test the question, and that he was subject toalbloewexpeniperstfrboeinect chaesitaonxa,lalylthinoeuegrhteda.paragraph the paper as prepared to discontinue it if a jury should decide against him. th ' e w p h a o re per iied itself, upon ae y d inn ely from the oth er the te A i t i f s n t e t e r t r i a u n a:.l. wordse e h v a i r ad in e e n t Fe:: ; d r i e s b fr y e e n r i M t n e r g d . P w b h i journals cited, Mr. Henry announced his intention to reserve his de cision upon the case, with a view of taking time to look through the papers produced.. Thesummone•was - then adjourned until his worship sits again. THE LATE DUEL AT CHERTSEY.—yesterday afternoon the four Frenchmen, Barrinet, Allain, Bartlemy; and Momet were removed from Ilorsemonger-lane to King ston, previous to taking their trial at the assizes. The trial is expected to take place on Saturday. No. 18,872,j Now Ready, price 105 6d. each, bound (completing the Work), VOLS. 111. and IV. of EVELYN'S DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE. NEW EDITION, with numerous ADDITIONS and ORIGINAL LETTERS, Now first published, and a Copious INDEX. " This excellent edition of Evelyn is now completed. The volumes before us contain all the old letters, with an addition of some hun dred and twenty-tive new ones. Among the new letters are four and-twenty written by Evelyn from London. to his father-in-law in Paris, during the months immediately preceding and following the depth :of Charles I. We repeat of this edition of 'Evelyn's Diary and Correspondence, ' that it is one of the most va:uable and inte resting books in the lanzuage. It is now deservedly regarded as an English cla.sie "—Examiner. Published for Henry Co113:Irn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Al arlb or ou gh•str eet . AT a numerous and highly respectable MEET tNG of MERCHANTS and TRADERS of the CITY of ~O DON, herd at the London Tavern, on Monday, the 14th March, 1853, JOHN MASTERHAN, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, It was proposed by J. Horsley Palmer, Esq ; seconded by Samuel Gregson, Esq , That in the opinion of this Meeting the present duty of 2s. 2/ 4 d. per lb. on tea, or from 200 'o 250 per cent., is a most oppressive tax upon an article of universal consumption, N‘ hich enhances the price so considerably as seriously to limit the demand, and that su h is directly opposed to the established commercial policy of this coun try. That the effect of this duty upon our commercial relations with China is prejudicial in the highest degree, inasmuth as the trade being principally one of barter, our exports of British manu factures are dependent upon the extent of our imports from that country—it may, therefore, be fairly expected that our trade would be materially increased, were there a considerable augmentation of the returns at present received from China. That a large reduction of duty is impor , ant, inasmuch as tea is a favourite article of consump tion with she great mass of the people, whose 'comforts and social habits would be promoted by placing within their reach an accept able and wholesome beverage at a reasonable price: And further, that as a Parliamentary Committee, in July, 1847, after a length. ened inquiry, recommended to the House of Commons a considerable reduction of the duty on tea it is highly expedient at this time to urge the Chancellor of the Exchequer to re-consider the Report of the Committee, with a view ofsubmitting to the house a proposal for carrying their rez9pepaopjauk,otrect. It was proposed by W. Crawford, Esq. ; seconded by Hugh M. Matheson, Esq., That inasmuch as protracted discussions upon alterations of duty detrimentally affect the interests of all parties both here and abroad, promote undue speculation, and tend to diminish the amount of duties received for the revenue, it is highly desirable that any reduc tion proposed as regards the tea duties should take effect with the least possible delay It rvas proposed by G. T. Brain, Esq. ; seconded by Lewis Huth, Esq. That as regards the extent of reduction, this meeting is fully im pressed with the importance (Wit. being of such a magnitude as would secure to the people a difference in price sufficiently important to en sure such increased 4 consumption as would promptly restore any temporary deficiency in the revenue. It was proposed by Richard Twining, Esq., jun.; seconded by John Entwistle, Esq., That the following Memorial be signed, for presentation to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, conveying to him the views of this Meeting on the subject, and that the same be handed to him by John Mast erraan, Esq. M P., and Samuel Gregson, Esq., M.P. It was proposed by J. Ingram Travers, Esq.; seconded by Jas. Lay ton, Esq„ That the cordial thanks of this Meeting he given to John Master man, Esq., M.P., for his conduct in the chair this day, and for his ready attention at all times to the wishes of his constituents. To THB RIGHT HON. WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, M.P., CHAN CELLOR OF HER MAJESTY'S EXCHEQUER, &c. The Memorial of the undersigned Merchants and Traders of the City of London. Showeth,—That your Memorialists are deeply interested in the trade with China, or engaged in the sale of tea. That your Memorialists t onsider the present duty charged upon tea to be exorbitant mid oppressive, and most inconsistent with the avowed commercial policy of the nation, of securing to the mass of the people all necessary articles of consumption at the cheapest pos sible rate. That this excessive duty interferes most seriously with the con sumption of tea. That the natural development of the China trade (in most in stances one of barter) is greatly impeded by the imposition of a higk duty uron one of the principal articles of import, as the extent of British manufactures to be introduced into that country must be regulated by the returns of China products which we are enabled to consume That your Memorialists consider that could returns be taken from China in sufficient quantity, the exportation of British manufactures would be increased to an enormous extent, China being not only the most popu'ous country in the world, but its inhabitants are probably the most dress -loving people and the most prone to the Indulgence of cheap luxuries of any nation with which we are acquainted. That your Memorialists are convinced that the reduction of the duty on tea will ensure a largely increased consumption of that article. • That the loss of revenue occasioned by a reduction of duty would be speedily repaired by sacs increased consumption, provided the reductions were sufficiently important to cause a sensible diminution in the price, and one which would be felt by the mass of the people, whose purchases, though made in very small quantities, are enor mous in the aggregate. That the duties imposed by the Chinese tariff on British goods varies from 5 to 7 per cent., while the duty on tea, their staple export to Great Britain varies from 200 to 250 per cent.—a tact which should induce the Government of this country to take the earliest opportunity of lessening the excessive duty now charged thereon. That independently of commercial views, the extended consump tion of tea in this country may be deemei a moral and social ques tion of great importance. Tea yields a wholesome and agreeable beverage to every class of the population, one that is increasingly desired as a subs itute for intoxicating liquors, and is peculiarly valued by the humbler classes, whose comforts would be increased, and whose social habits would be improved were the cost of so important an article of consumption materially reduced. That in reference to navigation, a large reduction is important, Tea is a light and bulky article, requiring considerable tonnage in proportion to its value; the continued emigration to Australia will direct a large amount of shipping to the southern hemisphere, a rart of which, proceeding .to China, would find profitable vaployment, were a large additional quantity of tea required in this country. Th , t your Memorialists w6uld further mention that during the past sixyears, while the shipments of tea from China to Great Bri tain have only increased from 57,600,0 0 lbs. to 65,000,0001b5., the ex ports of tea to the 'United States. where no duty is imposed, have in creased from I 8,000,0001b5. to 34,3 , 0,000 'bs., —a striking illustration of the expansive power at the tea trade If relieved from burthensome and oppressive duties. That in our colonies and dependencies where tea is free or lightly taxed, the consumption is, In proportion to the ropulation, in some cases two, in (3, hers three to one more than in this country, a tact which further strongly illustrates the capability o' greatly increased consumption. In conclusion, your Memorialists will only refer to the elaborate invest.gation into the working of the China trade by a Committee of the House of Ct.mmons in 1847. The Report of that Committee, which entered most fully and ably into all questions arising out of this important br nch of our commerce, contained the blowing re commendation to the house : " Your Committee think themselves warranted in recommending to the house a considerable reduction in the duty on tea at the earliest period which in it. wisdom it may see flt, as most desirable in itself, with a view to the comforts and the social habits of the people, as involvin; but a temporary loss to the Revenue, and as essential to the extension of our trade with China, nay. even to its maintenance at the point which it has alresdy reached." Un•'er these circumstances, your Memorialists pray for a liberal and pr,mpt revision of the Tea Duties. London, 14th Alareh, 1853. B a ring Brothers and Co. W. E. Moffatt M a theson and Co. J. J. Noyes Palmers, Mackillop, Dent, & Co. G. 11. and il J. F. Wulff Fred. Huth and Co. Bent, Williams Gregson and Co. J os eph Rackley John Waring Forbes, Forties, and Co. Rawson, Norton, and Co. J. Crumplon Peter Dickson and Co. Norton, Kilburn, and Co. Sanderson, Frye, Fox, and Co. , Russell and Co. T. A. an H. J. Edwards Ashton and Co. H. C. White G. T. Braine IL C. R. Macduff R. Twining and Co. Charles Hawkins Horrocks, Miller, and Co. R o bert Archer Gladstanes and Co. W. D. Beard Peek, Brothers, and Co. Tbomas Maltby W. J. and 11. Thompson Charles Maltby Layton, Hulbert, and Co. W. J. Bland Elias and Co. Thomas How J. Travers and Sons W. H. Williamson Crawford, Colvin, and Co. Edmund Crawley Harvey, Brand, and Co. Absolom Crocker and Co. Fin'ay, Hodgson, and Co. Mitchell, Blain, and Co. Dantsl, Dickenson, and Co. Lloyd, Matheson, and Co. Reiss, Brothers, and Co. Charles Harris and Co. Small and Co. Charles Ady Hulbert Moffatt and Co. Smith, Kennedy, and Co. Finnis and Fisher Jos. F. Stackhouse Arbuthnot, Latham, and CO. F. and H. Monkfteld Philpot and Buttevant Robert R. R. Moore. R. Gibbs and Co. Thomas Watkins Dallas and Coles Lewis Brothers Cornelius Pugh Timothy Smith Ewart, hi accaughey, and Co. Thomas Howard Phillit p 9, Shaw, and Lowther James Moore George Findlay Hyde and Jones Robert EarnshaW John Entwistle. W. G. A spinall Hayter an d Howell J o hn Nicholson S.nd Co. Carlisle, Capel, and Co. W. 0. Young R. Hillhouse and Sons Win. Wilson Meal and Sons George Buck Delafosse and Wathen George Salntsbury Mitchell and Blain Jos. Goddard and Co. John H. Mason Thos. How and Sons Charles H•ipe F. c larance Wm. Weston J. Deane, jun. racSaCrl Smith and Co. IV. E. Franks, and Sons J o hn Teesdale Heath, Beat on, and Co. • Jo hn Thorman Robert smith and Co. Wm. H. Alcock G. Peabody and Co. John 'f I,: gist John Silverlock John Hawkins Charles L. Fergusson Win. Sentance Rowley and Davies Edwin Hussey Edwards and Sons Robert E. Warwick. Davison, Newman, and Co. Win. Pritchard i arker, Son, and Critchett R. B. Whiteside Wcollatt, Brothers, and Co. David Lloyd J. White J am es CousenS and Sons Fincham, Matson, and C o. Phillips and C o . North, Simpson, Graham, & Co* Andrew Johnson and Co. R. Holb ton and Sons Bennett, Brown, and Co. Charles Hunt W. Smith and Co. Noel Whiting Miller and Lowcock Robert H. Salmon J. A. Abbiss and Co. John Towse, jun. Geo. Duncan Richard Gibbs, jun. Chas. Watson James Gilbertson John Fletcher Betts William spottiswode Chas. Barry and Co. F. Farnan and Sons C. Thorne. W. Hanswell y -ie----.C__ -._.,._