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Parties desirous ontivesting Money are recittesNl to examine. th . e Ilan of this InstitutioinOy which a high Rate of?iat.ohst map be obtained with perfect secuTttY• of the company, be legally made In March, the forth** consideration of the question was, after some discussion, postponed to that period, M r . IVhitham giving notice that upon that occasion he should persevere in his deter- mination of offering himself as a candidate for the office. 13. a ], 01 0 11.13" Interest payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director , Prospectuses free on application. Mr. GEORGE SMITH also expressed a similar deter mination. L .80 5t6 : 10 °4' 0 ; 6t )11 0 . p 1 Th e e r L eis P 16 0 *fil l rs ndt' ( tri° Or" OFFICE OF OIMNANCE, SEPT. 12, i 5537 HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of Her that JESTY'S ORDNANCE do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, thpL 1 1 1 63 ' M will SELL by AUCTION, at the T o wer, on TUESDAY, 2( uk inst., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, sundry Lots of Ming TORES, consisting of Great Coats, t-erge Cuttings, Bolts, e o es, Shutter Bars, Smith's Bellows, West India Hoes, Files, vPper, Steel. Iron, Tools of all sorts, and various other articles; n to the Brine! t :rhole of which may be viewed at the Tower, four days previous the Sale (Sunday excepted), from 10 till 4 o'clock, upon applica pal Storekeeper's Office at that place, where cal QS of the Lots awl conditions of the Sale will be delivered to ?hose persons who may apply for the same. By order of the Board, J. WOOD, for the Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TO SOUTH WALES. lea. 40 NDAY, September 19, an EXCURSION TRAIN will Paddington at 8 o'clock A.M., for Carmarthen, calling at Chep r,• Newport, Cardiff, Brithend. Port Talbot, Neath, swansel, v. a i a . ellY, and Pembrey, and also at the following Stations on the d Or heath Railway, esolven, Glyn Neath, Hirwain, and Abler e, returning to Paddington from the above stntions on WED oppe"A"T, the 28th September. Ihe Public will thus hive an astl'UnitY of visiting Tiutern Abbey, the River Wye, and Chepstow Th e a s well as the Magnificent Scenery of the Vale of oath. .xcurslon will be the last which will take place to Sou th Wales dur ing the present season. Fares There and Back. First Class. .. 15s. • • 17s. .. 20s. 225. 255. 28s. Closed Car. Ils. 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d. 17s. 6d. 20s. Od. 225. 6d. pst,,w • . g:.-Puridgert or Cardiff .. nd or Port Talbot , I : \ , e ath or Swansea .. ' ';,' a nellY or Pembrey • • ,armarth kesol eR •• . . vett, Glvu-Neath, Hirwain and Aber on the Val e o f Neath Railway .. 255. • . 20s. Od. p "se Tickets are not transferable, and are oly available for tl e s il. eu rsion Trains. They may be previously obtained at 27, King - e et, Cbeap s id e; 269 , S t ran d ; 25, R egen t-street, corner of Jer :110-street ; and at the Paddington Station, where handbills of kMjticulars may be obtained. Paddington Station, Sept. 1, 1853. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- 04 CHEAP SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAINS. Cl re SU NDAY, the 18th 'eptember, Trains will leave Paddington for f noester, stroud, Gloucester, and Cheltenham at 7.15 a.m., and v:23tford, Banbury, Warwick, and Leamington at 7.45 a.m. ; e re ,ig e same venin from Cheltenha t 6.30, Goueder I n Str th oud 7.20, Cirence g ster 7.3 . • and frow a l Warwick at c 6.30, -..mi ngton 6.40, Banbury 7.20, and ' Oxtord 8.10. FARES THERE AND Kam. First Class. Covered Carriages. Cirencester or Stroud 9s. • ... ... 5s Gloucester or Cheltenham.... 10s. 6s. Banbury 7s. .......... 4s. 6d. Leamington or Warwick. los. 6d. •• 6s. No .liggage allowed. T ickets, which are not transferable, may be obtained previously at of T k ing•street, Chtapsido ; 269, strand ; 25, Regent-Street (corner e nnYn-street), and at the Paddington Station. Paddington Station, Sept. 8, 1853. TEE METROPOLITAN LIGHT and PA of ,„ TENT LAMP COMPANY, established for the Manufacture vlark's Patent Lamps and Gas Burners. Offices, 36, Mcorgate and 447, Strand. Capital 60,0001 in 60,000 shares of 11. each — voSit 10s. per share. (Provisionally Registered.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. air Charles Nightingale, Earf., 8, Eanchester-squaro- Carpenter Esq., 38, Arundel-street, Strand. °gam - wton croncl, Esq., 10, Bayswater-terrace, and 16, Chancery-lane. Mitchell, Esq., Circus-place, Finsbury. B e B rY hl Motteram, Esq., Austinfriars. uschamp, Esq , Claremont House, Kensington, 16, Ironmon .eNane, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne , - • - - _ Sommon.—Mr. Nickoll, 33, Essex-street, Strand. BANKERS—Robarta, Curti-, and Co., Lt mbard-street. MANAGING DIRECTOIL — MT. Richard Clark, 447, Strand. This Company gle is formed to carry out upon a m ore extensive scale Prodell' valuable patented and other inventions connected with the action of light. Com „ r whi m , ercial undertakings are the best of any calculated to prosper, e there is a certain restriction upon the income of railways e2tenOtther speculations of the same kind, there is no bound to the The to which commerce can be carried. improvements introduced by the patentee in connexion with Ds and lighting in general, consist in the production of the ver tToZalamond, pearl, and ether lamps of the most perfect construe "l?r this country, surpassing all British and foreign manufac taabui rners, w a complete set of lamps um for India and the colonies, and patent tzhimf hich, for illuminating power, are nn a pproached, and - Principles in science never before brought into p ractice in the z • uction of light fiom coal gas. of light estimated value of the articles connected with the production Llght annually sold in the United Kingdom, and the manufacture a . 4,!ele of which will engage the atteution of the Co m p an y , is about ,0001. And assuming that 100,000 L only of this trade falls into the aft er e° l l Many's hands (an vxtreme l y low estimate), the Directors Cent the most careful calculation, are satisfied that at least 20 per Per annum will be insured to the shareholders. i n th e 4, capital of the Company will become immediately reproductive 2 0 ms 'fie extension of its manufactures —the present returns exceeding b A 7 131 . Par annum , and a diildend will be payable to the share- The eminent success attendant upon the adoption of commercial rdertakings similar to the present , su ch as g as companies, Price's pa tent Candle Company, which last year paid a dividend of 10 per , and carried 24,2291. 5s sd. to the reserve fund, and others, ad'ord a strong guarantee for the successful operation of this Com pany. '4Plications for shares in the annexed form may be made to the P rovisional Committee, at the offi ces of the Company, 36, Moorgate treet, and 447, B ra nd; the Solicitor , 33, Essex-street, Strand; at 4i tessrs. Brunton and Son's, stock and share brokers, South Gallery, ...Auction Mart, City; and to Messrs. Duffield and Co., Manchester; .e...essirs Flint and Co., Hull; A. W. Labertouche, Esq., Dublin s e telsrs . . Ludlow, Brothrs, Liverpool; J. Perry, Esq , Birmingham; Thomas, E Bristol ; Henry Hill, Esq., Sheffield ; Joseph ad., Messrs. May and Bidwell, 7, Castle ,rark, Esq., Southampton: eet, Exeter • Thomas 13. Tyeth, Esq., Plymouth and Robert Watt, Esq., Glas ' gow, and of whom Prospectuses may be had. TO THE psovisioNAL COMMITTEE MP OF THE METROPOLITAN LIGHT AND PATENT LA COMPANY. GENTLEMEN, I request you will allow me shares In the above undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller number you may think proper, and to sign the Deed of Settlement. _ ._. .. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full .. .• ....... Occupation • • .• .... • • . Address •••• •••• •• • Reference ... • • .. • • . • .... . THE BEST and CHEAPEST DISIN PECTIN, • FLUID is CREW'S IMPROVED CHLORIDE ° f Z INC for the purification of Dwelling - houses Sta bles, Do g Ken- Ship's Holds, Cesspools, Drains, vi ater-closets, &c. ; the Disin fection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, and for the Prevention of C ontagion. Chloride of Zinc, as the best Disinfecting and purifying agent, is b ' established beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harmless in its Vindication and innoxious in itself. The high price at which it has I ll erto been sold has prevented its general use ; to obviate this - .titacle to its universal application as a disinfecting and purifying rent, the present manufacturer, who was many years with Sir W. 4 ..urnett's Company, has arranged to supply the public with cone en 'Ted Chloride of Zinc in its greatest purity and at the lowest price. It is sold by all Chemists and Shipping Agents in the United King dom, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. each, and in larger vessels at ". Per Gallon. 4' ol Bottle will be accompanied with instructions for its dilution Concentrated Chloride of Zinc in use may be diluted with Jam es its quantity of water. t Orders executed by the Soler Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and on, Bash-lane, Cannoneet. flfLnufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial W harf, Mile End, London. VOR MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE, and ~for more than ONE SEASON. — ATTIR E to MEASURE or . MOSES MADE, which may be obtained at the Establishment of e x 9 B E*4 and Son, or at its West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, la "its an admirable sitability to the season, and is prepared ex- IY for Excursionists u Men of Business, and all others—for Adults, " al ines, and Children. tl a Materials are the greatest novelties which have been pro the styles and workmanship of the most distinguished but the prices charged are very considerably lower than at Uniformsouse b, Military and Naval, Liveries and Official Costumes, are ir'le according to present regulations, and every description of Dress p , ,ded In the most artistic finish, at the lowest possible charges. by Oaps, and Hosiery for Ladies and Gentlemen are presented ar id „ Moans and Sow in every variety, combining the Elegancies ovelties of all countries, the recherché samples of British and Cre me manufacture. In every Article, superior quality, and ex 4elY economical prices are recommendations of the highest order 11 , - ‘ l4 f l newest samples of Autumnal Materials and fashions are to be :fted at E. MOBES and Son's. lPpers to the " Gold Lands," or any other part of the world, will at the Wholesale Department of E. Mos - s and Son's Establish. 4 - ":7, 1 , , t the la rges t s t oc k of the most suitable and therefore the mo st e ze_able good, the great advantages in price render the articles a source of profit than any other class of exports. I,f'ollll lists of Outfits for Ladies ani Gentlemen, with ship sailing he ration, may be had on application, or post free to any part of „Vadoin. 041IilTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard th e fails at against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like he ood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or ob,c a tna concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for NOreasons, they beg to state that they have . " - ` 0 CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR 013 T OF LONDON, t on ., except their own Establishments, as follows : 11 48 s ' .°T1 ity Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, inories, 83, and 8 C 6, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all commun M icating. 'ondon West-end Branch, 505, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. k r i a tiford (Yorkshire) Branch,'l9 and 20, Bridge-street. eo egl i eld Branch, 36, Fargate. 2alal Branch, Melbou ne, Australia. kal.enchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Rosters, Boot and Shoe era, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. ex, h fORTA NT.—Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be lkitCNied if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned prie_out hesitation. All goods arc marked in plain figures, the lo west 1 ,! , from which ne abateme an be made. fia t r Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on A 1. , 4 5 13 when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. of prices , Book, " The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia, bdY to emigrants, ecc., may be had on appl ication, or post-free to of the kingdom. handsome Almanac for tie year ending 1853 can be had gratis, aftlication lei n "On Parle Francais. stricht man Da Qui si pada Itallano. Aqua ae habls Espanol No. 19,0:26.] WANTED, a Small Cargo, about 80 to 100 Tons, of BALTIC ICE, for which Cash will be paid. Apply, stating net Cash Price, to C. J. R., Swift's-court, Castle-street, Liverpool. Just Ready SIR CHARLES NAPIER ON INDIA AND LORD DALHOITSIE'S MISGOVERNMENT. Charles Westerton, Eyde Park Corner. THE GOVERNING CLASSES. A SERIES of PORTRA ITS.—No. 111. The - Earl of Clarendon, K G., 0 C.B.—See the LEADER Newspaper of To-morrow (Satur day), Sept. 17, No. 182. Prize 6d. No. I. R.R.H. Prince Albert; No. 11. The Earl of Aberdeen, appeared in the Lealer of September 3 and 10. The Leader is published every Saturday in time for tae early morning mails, and sold by news agents In all parts of Eng land, or may be had direct from the publisher. Terms of subscrip tion, 13s. for a half-year, to be remitted in advance ; and money orders should be made payable to Mr. ALFRED E. GALLOWAY at the office, 7, Wellington-street, Strand. Printed on Medium Paper, 3d. each, WRITING COPY BOOKS, in a progressive Series, of 20 Soits, by R. Scow, with Engraved Head-lines, from the same Copperplates as are used for his Copy Lines. Lately issued, the same Series, on Post Paper, 4d. each. ** As specimens of the e xcellence of these Copy Books, atten tiOn.is invited to CURRENT BAND (No. 13) and LADIES' ANGULAR HAND (No. 18). • Edinburel : Oliver and Boyd. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and CO, LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, (Lessee,' CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road). The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TEE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter !dilate at half-past 11. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON —H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. CHANGE of the LECTURE on "THE THAMES." The SECOND PART of an HISTORICAL LECTURE on "THE THAMES," from its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with NEW SONGS and NEW DISSOLVING SCENERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock, and every Evening except Saturday at .LNine. LEctusEs.—By J. H. Pepper, Esq.: On PHOTOGRAPHY, with Illustrations, Mornings and Evenings. By Dr. Bachhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING and SILVERING. The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE exhibited in Use and explained Daily. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age Half-price. NdrINING INVESTMENT.—Mr. JOHN S. LVJI. LANE, Mining Agent 32, Poultry, London. offers his services to parties wishing to embark in Mining enterprise, to aid them in the selection of the soundest as well as the most pro. mixing undertakings. At the present time, when depreciation has probably gone to the farthest extent, and when so many safe and valuable shares are so much below their intrinsic value, an invest ment would doubtless be attended by immense profits as soon as a re-action takes place, which may be near at hand. All instructions promptly attended to. GRAV,ESEND STAR PACKETS. Nu other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS. WE , It DAYS. Time. terrace Fier. its t 9) 7% Bw, 11% iNi 3% Direct Trains from the Boats marked t The SU boat on Monday Mornings does not stop at Purfleet. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. ORUNSPTICK WHARF, BLA.CKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. _.------7—,—.. 4 V t 5 g 0 ' Fen- 43 .1: i A' . Fen- . ~ ~., t .. r . , 1 church ri,., a s 11.1 church e s . , al Street. 46" 0 ii a s Street. Ao= ai 0 E 8 w --- -- -- - - N 8% 9M —9% io 4 10 __. II 4 -- io% 12% 11 l't —1% 21A 39 4 —3% al4 ...- 5 —.— *.i% —6% 6% Passages marked * are run dir i eet. Fore Cabin. Saloon. ro or from Gravesend and London•••• • • .... 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blaekwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5..05.; Six Months, 3/. Os . .. Larked * are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. ro or from Gravesend and London— ••.• • • 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. I.od. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. Os.; Six Months, 3/. Os. ; Three Months, 27. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For Terms, apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch-street Ter minus, Blackveall Railway. Sept. Ist, 1853. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. Co Secretaries of Public Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail way Officials, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. rrIIVIES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARAN TEE COMPANY, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated under 7 and S Victoria, cap. 110. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth-house, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas. Esq., 11, Queen -square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN —The Hon. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN —James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. " The Times " Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the same at the lowest possible rate, and divides ;our-fiths of the profits. Thus, by applying the justly popular principle of mutuality to public guarantee, the premiums, instead of being a tax upon honesty, be come a means of saving and investment. Rates —From 7s. 6d. upwards. No charge for stamps or extra charges. An allowance made in the guarantee premium, where a life assurance and guarantee are combined. LI FE ASSURANC Life assurance, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken monthly as well as quarterly, &c. Policies indisputable, save in cas M fraud. Arrangements can be made with this office to pre venes t the loss of a policy where the assured is unable, from temporarY embarrassment, to keep up the paym H. B .n . SHERIDAN, Manager. SIR, WILLIAM BURNETT'S DISINFECT INGK7 FLUID.—The best Concentrated " Chloride of Zinc."— Great Reduction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented by Sir W. Burnett, M.D . F.R.S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &c. ; the prevention of Contagion ; the preservation of Animal Matter from Putrescence; the purification of Bilgewater, Cesspools, Drains, Water Closets, &c , are now so well known to the public as to render comment unnecessary. Sold at the Office, 18, Cannon-street, City, London, and by Che mists, Shipping Agents, and others throughout the United Kingdom, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d.; in Pints at ls. 3d.; in Half- Pints at 9d.; and in bulk at 6s. per Gallon. CAUTION.—BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.—The only genuine Disinfecting Fluid is sealed over the cork with the inscription, " Sir Wm. Burnett's Disinfecting Fluid," and accompanied with nume rous Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for its use. SURGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Twenty eight years in London practice, will REMOVE any CASE of a PRIVATE NATURE before charge be made for medicine. In all female complaints requiring practical professional skill, Surgeon Hamilton will guarantee a succe - sful issue, or no expense will be incurred by the patient. Medicine can be sent to any part of the realm, securely packed, on receipt of particulars. Ladies and gen tlemen consulting by letter must enclose the usual fee, when they will be treated with by return of post. Hours for personal visits from Ten till Four, and from 'ix till Nine daily.—Address, No. 3. King William-street, Strand, London. Medicine to country pa tients, 1/. COUGH, CONSUMPTION, SPITTING of BLOOD, NIGHT SWEATS, and FEVERS.—lmmediate relief is effected by PASCOE'S CONCENTRATED COUGH and CONSUMPTION MIXTURE, in all affections of the throat, chest, lungs, &c. In all cases of cough, hoarseness, wheezing, difficult breathing, &c., however inveterate, this highly-successful remedy will be found the only medicine upon which entire reliance can be placed. It is also very valuable in the febrile affections of children In all BILIOUS DISORDERS, liver complaints, indigestion in all its forms, headaches, loss of appetite, &c., PASCOE'S INFALLIBLE GLOBULES will effect a radical care, as proved by numberless tes timonials. Prepared only by the proprietors, Henry and Co., with out whose signature across the Government stamp none is genuine. To be obtained through Barclay, Sutton, Sanger, &c., or any re spectable medicine vendor, in bottles at Is. 1%c1., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. Wholesale depot, Bohemia-place, Hackney. --....„ Attb, TAKE NOTICE ! DR 0 , RITY. ' , AL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATU MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37 LONDON, -- ' r of A ' d Member of the University of CONSULTED AS USUAL, Ed , Medicine , and Matriculate BEDFORD-SQUARE, Of the London Hospital Medical AT 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD. ZTREET, LONDON, g, s 4 e ullrgh, Honorary Member o . ,_ ~,,, ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES - "s: ty, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, csc., csc• m AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on system, AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND, golds the various disorders of the nervous and generative In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. ig fromjuvenile tw eed ,„.__. irregularities and excesses, which have ro la CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. and prema `nre more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, other class of dis- Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and eas es ~.5. • . . y at all stages of life, than perhaps any Cues. -experience 41 th"; l° lvn to modern pathologists. Long and practical s;,-Av Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the the, treatment of these diseases has-proved that there are in ex's,- - Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, secret causes of I -acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in 1.1 "nee tr se • ' hit to which Nervous TIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical - Work on 031114., , var a i r us ab f l b e saptoscbefrin ty, m il m ppy and Unfruitfhl Mari- the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by Ze " l' I nlPstenc Lo 1 d , C nstitntional Weakness, and their eas 4., Y, CR an 0.. excessive indulgence,.the consequences of infection, or the abuse of It ,_ modiflcationS owe their almost entire origin. mercu , ey with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there a reobservations on Marriage , and the disqualifications lowed by ; ply o f without prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. Num, Personal management which cannot be violated onsulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford the g grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed P ERRY and C 0.,.. PUY of inconsid t s If-indulgence how these penalties kay b, ~....,, era e e , str , eet London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster km 110 unllgated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removee, row , a nd sold by HannaY, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street • Ger th,, „W e the ev,i and its con•equenc es may be avoided, and above all, t • 95 Farringdon-street • W S tt ' Con, 146, Leadenhall-stree , , , . u on, 10, ssare is scarce] n d utler 4 Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Conihill. 4eran g e nle t towhich 3' ical infirmity or functional R o w Church -yard; B , , egree of phys t apply treats of the anaty and physiology of the reproductive lioc,„ n the timely aid of science canro a cure 1 I .2ART I . 28 Col dEn i oure • gray ngs. in nn ". 1 1 , LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged organs, and is illustrated by Alai n ,_e 4 tensive practice in the treatment of these delicate coin- PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting tl2 from sTsten e i xcessiin- or thn Slid is the Only legally qualified Physician who, regardless dulgence, and their lamentable effects pro du cing and , th, : 'aunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had mental ;lid bodily weakness, , nervous excitement , Hvi generative Atte n l ad enee, through the medium of the public press, to direct lca acity. 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A minute det b a . il p e a t the case is required : age, its and posi / Packets with advice, to be had at the Establish %tethrs anish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs, p iper Von t in society k kann R end Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; men only, by w . hi'h the fee, is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, "Y b.: --' C "bhill ; Stogie , t et Haymarket ; or free - -.4 f le, Titchborne-s re ,are in attendance, day, a t 19, Berners-street, Oxford-st. "eet, L0n ct,,...._ or fo r t-_ , don, from Eleven T ,wo and Five to Eight; on Sunday from ' VI I 47. Rob „„ y two stamps to any address from the Author's rebi - --- -Ku-Ruaart,' LONDON. I Seven to One. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIN RAILWAY INTELLIGEATCE. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER. The following letter was addressed to the chairman of the above company, yesterday, by the chairman of the Great Western Railway Company : " Great Western Railway, Paddington Station, 15th September, 1853. "Sir,--I am requested by my colleagues to commu nicate to you, without delay, their intention to tender to your shareholders the same terms and conditions for the permanent amalgamation of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company with the Great Western Com pany, as were conceded by this board to the shareholders of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, at the general meeting held yesterday in London. "We feel it to be due, on every account, to your board of directors that we should, unsolicited by any one, tender through you these improved conditions at the earliest moment, notwithstanding the previous ac ceptance and confirmation of the agreement. "The Great Western board have consented to make this sacrifice under the persuasion that it will terminate all contentions, and leave the three companies to prose cute their application to Parliament with the best chance of success. " It is expressly understood by us that these improved terms are to be carried out, without prejudice to the rights of any of your shareholders who may still prefer to adopt the terms submitted to your special meeting and ratified. "We confidently rely that the half-yearly meeting will adhere to the policy of supporting the Great Wes tern alliance, avoiding any conflicts or disputes calcu lated to endanger the much-desired object of obtaining for your company an early and certain return in the shape of dividend on your shares. " May I beg you to circulate this letter without loss of time among your shareholders, expressing to them our sincere desire that they should co-operate with the board in carrying the agreement into complete effect. " I remain, my dear Sir, yours very faithfully, " C. RIISSEIi, Chairman. " To John Williams, Esq., Chairman, Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, Chester." SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly and a special meeting of this com pany were held yesterday, at the Bridge House Hotel, London Bridge, _Mr. Jas. MacGregor, M.P., presiding. Mr. G. S. HERBERT, the secretary, having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the report, which has been already published in The Sun,' was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN then rose, amidst loud cheers, and said-Gentlemen, th e statement of accounts submitted to you with the half-yearly report of the directors shows an amount of receipts on revenue account for the last half-year of 382,926 1 . is. 7d., which is larger than the amount earned in the comparative half of last year by the sum of 33,702/. 9s. 6d. The balance of profit is 204,604/. ss. 7d., which is larger for this than the com parative half of last year by the sum of 15,2341. 17s. sd. The working expenses, renewals, and reserves, on this oc casion having exceeded those of the comparative half of last half year by the sum of 19,5671. 7s. Bd. whereof 6,812/. 19s. 9d. is incurred in locomotive and carriage and waggon expenses, 3,2211. 7s. 6d. in the mainten ance of permanent way, and 9,5331. Os. id. under the account called miscellaneous working expenses. The go vernment duty and rates are less last half-year by the sum of 1,096/. 15s. 7d. It will be my duty to submit to you that the increased expenses have been legitimately and neces sarily incurred. And first with regard to the locomotive and carriage and waggon expenses, whic h show an increase of 6,8121. 19s. 9d.; of that sum 3,5521. 3s. 9d. is accounted for in the extra cost of coke. The directors made a favourable contract for the coke not manufac tured by the company, which has still a good while to run, viz. :-at 18s. lid. per ton ; but notwithstanding that, the average cost of coke last half-year has increased from 17s. 61d. per ton to 18s. 11 2-sd. per ton over the whole quantity consumed : 2,3741. Bs. lid. is the extra outlay upon the carriage and waggon stock, and the balance is wages. The result of the running of the en gines shows that, although the cost of the coke con sumed has been decimal- . 3123 per mile more than in 1852-being 2d. '4891 per train mile against 2d. .1768 per train mile, the actual running of the engines stands at a charge of decimal .290 less than last year, or 7d. .977 per train mile against Bd. -267 per train mile. The extra expense in the maintenance of permanent way is 3,2211. 7s. 6d. It is accounted for in the report of the engineer. The total sum expended during the half-year in the repairs of the way, works, and stations, has been 17,6841. 3s. ld. upon 243 miles of railway now main tained by the company, to compare with 13,1221. 15s. 7d. expended during the corresponding half-year of 1852 upon 216 miles of railway. To this amount there has to be added the sum of 1,3621. 10s. for 271 miles of the Tunbridge Wells and Hastings branch maintained by ' contract, and charged against revenue, at the rate of 501. per mile for the half-year. There is, therefore, a total sum of 19,046/. 13s. id. chargeable against revenue for the maintenance of the lines and works during the half year. Of this amount the sum of 10,102/. 18s. 6d. has been expended upon the repairs to the road. The cost of maintaining which has, therefore, been at the rate of 411. 11s. 6d. per mile, being an increase of 81. ls. 9d. per mile for the half-year as compared with the similar expenditure in the half-year ending 31st July, 1852. The cost of maintaining the works has been 5,2461. 4s. 2d., being an increase of 2,3191. 3s. 3d. in the expenditure under this head ; but in this sum is included all the cost of repairing the damages done to the works during the winter, not included in the ac counts for the half-year ending 31st of January, 1853. All these'repairs have been substantially executed, and the entire cost of the damages done to the works, which may be calculated at 5,0001., is now defrayed. There has been a decrease in the cost of upholding stations to the amount 6031. 15s. 9d. The increase under the head of miscellaneous working expenses has been 9,5331. Os. id. ; of this sum of 9,5331. Os. ld. 4,1981. 16s. 6d. has been paid in wages, in excess of the amount paid for the corresponding half of last year-viz., to police men, signalmen, and watchmen, 3091. 16s. 4d. ; to guards, porters, and ticket collectors, 1,6171. 13s. 6d. ; to station-masters and clerks at stations, 4821. 14s. 6d.; to managers, clerks, and porters in the , goods depart ment, 1,4261. 12s. 4d. ; to clerks at the London office, 1291. 78. 10d. ; making a total sum paid in wages during the half-year of 4,1981. 16s. in excess of the sum paid under the same head of miscellaneous working expenses for wages in the comparativehalf of last year. In the goods department there is an increased charge of 663/. ls. for the collection and delivery of goods and parcels (the ton nage carried over the line in the half-year ending 31st July, 1852, was 163,977 tons • last half-year, 193,391 tons; showing an increase of 2,9414 tons ; the earnings increased from 57,1031. Os. 6d. to 71,1241. 125., and the number of parcels increased from 140,673 to 185,606, showing an increase of 44,933 in the number of parcels, and 1,4601. ss. lid.) ; of 6991.175. id, for port dues on goods at Boulogne, and of allo - .vance for the depreciation in the value of horses. The company owns 225 horses ; 22 new horses were purchased during the half-year at a cost of 8731. 45., charged to stock, and a deduction made from the total value at which the stock of horses stands in the books at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, to meet depreciation in value. In the item of compensa tion there is an increase of 5611. is. 7d. The electric telegraph showed a profit for the half-year ending the 31st July, 1852, of 1,9061. 19s. lid., but in the pre sent accounts it forms an item of outlay to the extent of 1,3501. 16s. 2d, It is not possible to over-estimate the value of telegraphic communication in conducting the service of the company, and I am glad to be able to state that a system of joint signalling of trains is about to commence, the wires having been erected for the purpose on the part of the Brighton and South- Eastern Company between Redhill and ' the terminus. Gentlemen, I have thus accounted for 8,0291. ss. 4d. of the sum of 9,5331. Os. id. The remaining sum of 1,5031. 14s. 9d. is made up of 1,391/. 9s. 2d. French agency which included 4991.85. furniture for the Paris office. The direc tors consider it essential to the company's interest to have an office of its own in a prominent situation at Paris, seeing that so many and such important railways to the south and east likely to bring traffic to the South-Eastern lines, con verge in that city, and viewing it to be needful to have there an effective and reliable means of circulating time and tide bills and other information connected with the South-Eastern service. 1,2441. ,18s. 6d. is the additional cost of advertising and stationery, 4921. ss. 7d. survey ors' and solicitors' bills, 1041. Bs. light gold, and 4861. 11s. 4d. postages and incidental expenses-making a total of 3,6951. 9s. 5d., which is lessened by 2,1491.145. Bd., saving during the half-year in lighting stations, on stores, steam-boat service, salaries, and wages in store department and minor items. If any observations are becoming in me on the subject of a possible saving in' the company's outlay, they must have reference to this head of miscellaneous working expenses. I am bound, however, to state that a careful analysis of the cost of the company's establishment, and of the staff required to conduct the public service in which it is engaged, bring me to the conclusion that, regarding the number of sta tions and the amount of work to be done, it is not in the power of the directors, or of any body of managers, to ef fect any present reduction. The directors are deeply sensi ble of the responsibility which attaches to them to econo mise to the very utmost the company's F:roper:;y, and to perform the service with which they are intrusted in the most economical manner consistent with good policy. On the other hand, they are perfectly aware that in exact ing from any portion of the staff of the company an ex travagant length of attendance they would not be doing has more compelled haseo lucrative md pureillnegd thethem ploymenteilscoivahmrf ss ot tt marh i directors , steeeeeednd. half-yearriae duringtst h T pe i i f el n o h ynh e , o n so ht i o tu f b ha o a trl ed h h e es ri e i b la fp g ib oe t h ol sr : as eae e dsirwsrnttii positions n o h o o m hu hi f ni e c s n o ash so t li effect, sfe i b - v ot e fa s i n wi industryna o gn u d d i a have done so, to ynt p r a daa i rffi i s y oce.sst, a were wtAe ht e et m th2ha p Bet l r r o employed, e n d this, thet haesexnt c apdhor s yteen o eiv itndomnaosnere; expense is provide the iehtt laahesyrnffeetyrhl questionhhvi directorsee e a adrf n sei sm t aiabn s ffieten o eeatn f urnyt:few o t rb h aol e m ui under this head can be expected at present. It is cheer ing, however, to state that the sources of traffic appear inexhaustible, and promise to meet all fair expectation. The mortgage debt of the company, which stood at an interest of 4,259 per cent. oktbe Ist of August, 1852, now stands at a charge of 440748 per cent. In the profit and loss account ther e is an increased charg e of 6751. for the rent of branch likes, chiefly arising from the increase in the Greenwielt4nt ; of 1,3 84 /. 14s . id., for interest on guaranteed stock; the whole of w hich is now bearing interest; and of 6,1801. 145., being the amount of an award made against the company for rates on the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line for the years 1850, 1851, and 'lBs2—a decision which the directors cannot but ccsrlider a most erroneous one. The directors sought to set aside the award by an appeal to the Court of Qneen's Bench, but with out effect. These sums make a total excess of charge of 8,2401. Bs. ld., diminished by of less charge of 2,2161. on general interest and Parliamentary expenses. The net sum available for dividend is 100,2391. 16s. 9d., which will admit of a dividend of Bs, per 301. stock, and leave a surplus of 1,1231. 16s. 9d. It is impossible to take leave of the question of rating on the Reading, Guild ford, and Reigate branch, and generally, without ob servations. It has been declared by the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench that the whole question needs fresh legislation ; and nothing short of that will' bring it into a compass which will enable the managers of railways to secure justice tra' their dealings with the numerous parishes through whi c h railways pass, or to unjust and avoid a large annual expense in opposing extortionate demands. Th e South-Eastern Railway passes through upwards of twii hundred parishe s, and the business of watching and arranging the different assessments is itself an important and expensive one. Gentlemen, I shall have the ;honour, of proposing a resolution, authorising the directors to raise on deben ture' the sum of 500,000 This will provide the means of paying for, the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, which xou have contracted to purchase, and which is now leased by the com pany at an annual charge of 50581. 10s. Any imme diate saving, by_ this purchase will arise from the sum necessary for the payment (about 100,00.00 being raised at an interest below 5 per cent. ; it will also provide, if the proprietors see fit to complete that transaction, for the purchase of the eight steam-ships and stores of the South-Eastern and Continentak Steam-packet Company. The result if last half-year's working of those ships, as stated in the report, is to pay 4 per cent. to their present proprietors on the valuation: of Lloyd's surveyors, 99,406/., and on the value of tie plant ashore, and to leave a surplus which will come: to this company, with the boats, of net profit of 2,7611. Bs. The balance of the 500,0001. is required for the general purposes of the company, as set forth in the balance-sheet. The amount necessary for completing the extension of the Reading station to that of the Great Western at Reading, will also be raised by debenture. The capital required for the construction of the Strood and Maidstone line the directors do not propose for creation on this occa sion • but they suggest that the arrangement for raising it should be delayed to a subsequent meeting of the company. This delay need not cause any obstruction in proceeding with the requisite arrangements for the construction of the line, and the directors trust that the state of the money market will at a future time be more favourable for the operation of raising 250,0001,—the amount required—than it is at the present moment. The opening of the line from Paris to Bordeaux, 365 miles, is a very important feature as affecting the com pany's interest, and the directors continue to look for ward, as they have so long done, to complete railway communication to Marseilles, as one of the occurrences likely to affect the through traffic of the company to a great extent. That railway is requisite to bring the di rect Indian and Eastern traffic upon the South-Eastern line. The liberality with which the French Govern. ment has always treated those subjects assures the direc tors that arrangements will be made, on the completion of the line, for the transmission of the baggage of Indian passengers through France, without examination ; and the same liberal measures which have permitted the examination of the baggage of passengers coming from France at the London-bridge terminus, on the part of the Treasury and the Custom-house autho rities in this country, are a sufficient earnest that all that is requisite will be done to secure to the Indian and Eastern traveller the great advantages of the South- Eastern direct route to and from Marseilles and Malta, without unnecessary Custom-house annoyances. (Hear, hear.) It is impossible that the vigilance and alacrity of the Custom-house officers at Folkestone and Dover can be excelled ; but the facility to the night-train tra velling from Paris to London, of having baggage examined at the London-bridge terminus, has been rendered nuga tory by the local privileges at Dover, which confine the right of landing baggage, and carrying it to the Custom house, to a privileged body of porters, whose adroit ness in avoiding to give effect to a general chain of rapid communication has been most 'distinguished. I may here observe, that since I submitted the statement I am now laying before you to my brother directors I have re ceived a communication from the town clerk of Dover, which leads me to believe that the difficulties will be allowed no longer to exist, and that, from the let of October, the baggage of passengers by the train alluded to will be at once brought through for examination in London. [The hon. gentleman here read the letter re ferred to. It stated that the Dover porters had agreed to land and place on the Customs waggons all luggage at 3d. per package, large and small, and had further offered to extend the arrangement to all through trains. (Hear, hear.) Since the commencement of the present half-year the traffic has proceeded satisfactorily ; the earnings from the Ist August to the 10th September have been 128,1731. 18s. 2d., against 116,4751. as. Bd. last year, showing an increase in six weeks of 11,6981. 14s. 6d., and thus affording a further earnest of improve ment. I beg to move that the report of the directors and statement of accounts be received and adopted. (Cheers.) Mr. HAMILTON then proceeded to 'read a written statement, which he had prepared, challenging the general policy of the directors ; but he read is so low a tone of voice, and his remarks elicited such frequent in terruptions from the meeting, that it was almost im possible to catch the purport of his observations. He was proceeding to say that the directors had never ven tured to refute any of the charges which he had brought against them, when Mr. SAINTSBURY rose to order. It was irregular for an honourable proprietor to read any documen t without first obtaining the consent of the meeting t o his doing so. (Hear, hear.) The honourable gentleman was readinglud something in so melancholy a tone, that he cone_ he was alluding for something unhappy —. hb t (a laug ) u certainly it was impossible to hear what he said . with any distinctness, and he therefore could not be replied to. The CHAIRMAN had no doubt that the b us Airiness w. Hamouldilton be got through most rapidly by hearing out. Mr. HAMILTON then raised his voice and proceeded was nter to read the. statement, referred to, whic h spersed with strong personal observations. He said i that capital had been debited to the extent of 12,000/. that half-year for rolling stock, and yet they had not a single 'engine or carriage more than they had before. They had obtained an increase in their receipts, as compared with the same half-year of 1852, amounting to 36,000/. ; but of that increase only, 6d. per share, or about 6,000 L, was all that was applicable to dividend ; which was a very small modicum of bread for all Falstaff 's quantity of sack. The low-priced trains which the company ran to Ramsgate and Margate were most unprofitable, and had the effect of drawing away the better paying passenger traffic from Dover. The company also ran a train on their North Sent line at an absurdly late hour at night, and the only reason he could see for running it was that their chairman lived 17 miles down the line, and the train started late to waft him from his senatorial labours. (Cries ;,of " oh, oh," and confusion. Mr. Ham i lton concluded by attributing many of the misfortunes of the company to the ambition of one man, who wielded too great an influence over its affairs. Mr. GEORGE SMITH rose with some warmth, and said that he thought the company had now arrived at that position that the proprietors ought to unite to endeavour to benefit their property. He had not had the good for tune to hear all Mr. Hamilton's remarks, but he could s carcely help thinking that it was hardly fair to allow that gentleman to read to them the contents of a pamph let, whilst others only spoke upon the points before them as they rose. He was sure he was always happy to hear any proprietor make remarks upon the position of their property ; but were the remarks of Mr. Hamil ton such as ought to be brought before a public meeting ? (Cries of "No, no.") In the course of that gentleman's remarks, he (Mr. Smith) had heard his own name men tioned. He had once offended Mr. Hamilton, and he would tell the shareholders how. (Cries of " No, no.") Mr. MORGAN rose to order. He trusted that they were not going to have a debate of personalities. Mr. SMITH had stood in the proud position of a Lon don merchant for 27 years, and he felt it due to his own character that he should be allowed to defend himself against the insinuations of Mr. Hamilton. The way he had offended that gentleman was this. When he (Mr. Smith) was on the committee of inquiry relative to the amalgamation with the Steam packet Company, & c., Mr. Hamilton wished to i nvei g le hi m into a compaCt to second a motion that Mr. MacGregor should not pre side at the meeting of proprietors, with which he refused to have anything to do. As regarded the steam -packets, he thought a most beneficial arrangement had been en tered into ; but it was opposed by five individual pro prietors, the highest holder only having 1,600 shares, and the lowest 300. Yet these five proprietors, banded with rival steam companies , went to Parliament, enabling Lord Monteagle and others to oppose the bill on the ground that it was not supported by all the proprietors—(shame, shame)—and it was a mere chance the bill was' not lost. He would throw the gauntlet down to Mr. Wilson, who always opposed the directors on every question, right or wrong —(laugh ter)—to gainsay his statements. Mr. Hamilton said that the directors overpowered the shareholders by the introduction into their half - y e arly meetings of parties to whom they had given shares. Did Mr. Hamilton mean to 'insinuate that he (Mr. Smith) had had shares given him for any such purpose ? (No, no.) If so, he threw his insinuation back with scorn. He held 3,0001. stock in the company, and he had never sold a single share since he became a proprietor, having pur chased his shares merely as an investment. (Cheers.) He was not afraid to oppose directors if he deemed them in error, but he always stated his opinions freely and broadly before the shareholders. (Cheers.) He trusted he had not unnecessarily trespassed upon the time of the SEPTEMBER 16, 1853. r i / RicE SD. meeting, but he felt bound to give this explanation, ' a further call to the extent of 200,0001. more did not feeling that the statements o f Mr. Hamilton arose remain to be paid up by the shareholders of the Reading, from a miserable personal piqu e aga inst the chair- ' Guildford, and Reigate Company, for the completion of man. (Cheers.) their line ? If that were so, he also wished to know how Mr. HAMILTON explained, in answer to Mr. SMITH, much of that 200 , 0 09 1 . had been expended, and in what that he h a d b een friendly to the amalgamation with the manlier, as he was g i ven t o un d ers t an d th a t correct in steam-boat company, b ut h a d w i s h e d t o s e e the arrange- formation on that point would show that there had been ment effected upon fair and honourable terms. an improper expenditure of this money ? The CHAIRMAN, in reply, said that there was one state- Alderman SALOMONS : Which of the two companies meat in Mr. Hamilton's address from which he thought do you mean has improperly spent it ? the meeting might judge of its whole contents and tenor. Mr. JOSIAH WILSON : The South-Eastern Company ; Mr. Hamilton's address, he must say appeared to him to and he thought that the directors would act wisely if be one tissue of personalities. (Hear, hear.) That gen- they assented to a resolution to the effect that the audi tleinan had had the presumption to state to them that tors be requested to examine into the manner in which the directors of that company suffered a train to run on the amount paid up upon the call of the Reading, Guild the Ncrth Kent railway at an unusually late and useless ford, and Reigate Company had been expended after the hour, and for what purpose ? For his (the Chairman's) contract had been entered into for the purchase of that individual accommodation. Now, if Mr. Hamilton had company. He repeated his conviction that the want of exercised his great talents for investigating matters of confidence in one man had caused all the depression that kind, and had looked at the time-bill of the Brighton under which the South-Eastern Company had suffered. ' Railway Company, lie would have found that during The CHAIRMAN : And that one man had the right to August, 1853, a train of that company left London at stand up at that meeting, or before any body or Eno-- exactly the same hour as the train of the South-Eastern lishmen, and give a flat denial to the statement which Railway ran, as Mr. Hamilton, said for hi s p r i vate Mr. Josiah Wilson had dared to make. During, his accommodation. After discharging the d u ti es o f a nine years' connection with the directorate of that corn director of that company now for a period of nine years, pany, the support of the numerous body of shareholders lie would not attempt any justification of himself; in that room and out of doors had been given to him but he must say that a train leaving London-bridge from a confidence in his integrity and his devotion to at half-past twelve at night would be of very little the intere s t s o f the company --° (cheers and some marks use to him after the termination of his parliamen- of dissent)—and he defied Mr. Wilson, or any other man, tary duties. (Hear, hear.) What he did do aft er to adduce one single fact to invalidate that statement, the termination of those duties was to return to th e or to affect his character. (Renewed cheers.) He'de terminus of the company and repose in a chamber there spised the hon. gentleman's accusations, and he won until he resumed the labours of the next day. As to dered that any man__ (Interruption, and a voice, the alleged inutility of the half-past twelve train, he in- "Lord Torrington.") Th e mouth of the honourable vited Mr. Hamilton to come to London Bridge, and he gentleman surely ought to be closed with regard to that would see how absolutely incorrect his statement was , nobleman at a moment when they all knew that he was because that train was much used by persons residing now bowing under a dispensation of the Almighty, and at Lewisham, Blackheath, and other parts of the line, mourning the loss of an only child. (Hear, hear.) Lord and the same epgiA9 .351lieb, took that train _down re- Torrington was the devoted servant of that company, turned early the next morning with a load of fish from as the proprietors of a former day knew- well. The Gravesend for Billingsgate market. With regard to the honourable proprietor talked also as if something could accounts, they appeared before the proprietors not only be done with the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate lease ; with the sanction of the directors and a private accoun- but the thing was absolutely done and finished, and no tant, but stamped with the authority of the auditors human power could now undo it. All the accounts of and a public accountant who had been employed to ex- the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company had been amine them. At the same time there was one item of examined and authenticated by Messrs. Quilter and charge on the half-year, namely, a sum of 5,0001. odd Ball. The Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company for engines, carriages, and waggons, which had been had spent 600,0001. on their line, and their debts placed to capital, and which admitted of further expla- amounted, he believed, to 79,000. The question was, nation than appeared in the accounts. It was perfectly how they were to raise the requisite sum to extricate true that no additions had been made to the stock of themselves from that debt, and finish the works which the company during the past half - year but then there they had engaged to complete. If Alderman Salomons were building at the company's Ashford works ten new had acted in the same spirit as Mr. Wilson had evinced, locomotive engines, besides a large number of carriages, the South-Eastern Company would have been saddled and this sum of 5,0001. odd represented the outlay upon with the amount of this further call of 200,0001. at the these engines and carriages, which had yet to be delivered rate of 51 per cent. per annum, but he had consented for the service of the line. (Hear, hear.) There was to raise the 200,0001. on a short mortgage at 4 per one question which Mr. Hamilton had raised that was cent. in effect on account of the South-Eastern Company, a very important one, and which deserved a more calm so as to bring down the interest which they had to pay and dispassionate discussion than that gentleman had on the whole outlay of 800,0001. from 5 3 / 4 per cent., the given to it, namely, the value of railway property and rate named in the contract, to 5 3 / 4 per cent., the rate the changes and fluctuations which took place in it. which was now payable. If they referred to the Now, it had been decided in the last session of p arlia- balance-sheet of the 31st December, 1852 , which had ment that railway legislation should henceforth be con- been duly audited by Messrs. Childe, Morgan, and ducted upon a more comprehensive , and probably a Brown, as well as by Messrs. Quilter and Ball, they more certain basis; and he thought that the great rail- would find that, after paying the whole expenses con way companies were much indebted to his right honour- netted with the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line able friend M r . C ar dw e ll, who once sat at that table, there was 34,4611. carried to the general capital ac for his exertions in this matter, and for the recom- count of the company. mendation of the parliamentary committee with re- Mr. Alderman SALOMONS said that before the act of spect to future legislation, that all plans of rail- amalgamation was passed, the accounts of the Reading, way extension should be referred to one committee Guildford, and Reigate Company were subjected to an of the House of Commons, which should determine audit by Messrs. Quitter and Co., such as no other the principle on which such extensions should take company had undergone. He complained that in the place. Another recommendation of that committee accounts of the present half-year there was an item of which was based upon the principle of justice, would 6,000/. placed as though it was a loss on the Reading prevent the enormous expense to railway companies of line, which it ought not to be, as it ought to be taken vexatious Parliamentary contests, because it would fix from the 34,0005. in hand brought from the accounts of upon persons bringing fo r w a rd schemes, interfering the Reading to those of the South-Eastern Company. with the interests of existing companies upon insufficient The CHAIRMAN explained that the 6,0001. being for pleas, the expenses of both parties in the contest. (Hear.) rates, belonged to profit and loss, and had nothing to do With regard to the assertion that an assembly of English- with capital. The line was opened, and they had resisted men representing so large a body as the proprietors of the amount at which they had been rated, but now hav twelve millions of property, was liable to have its de- ing had to pay it, they brought it into the accounts. He cisions affected by the presence of one or two of the did not know that they would have brought it all in the servants of the company who were holders of their stock, one half-year, had it not been for the receipt of 5,0001., the thing was too ridiculous to merit a reply. (Hear, made as interest on the shares sold, also coming into the hear). Again, Mr. Hamilton had thought proper to accounts this half-year, so that one nearly balanced the speak contemptuously of the smallness of their dividend ; other. With regard to the expenditure in opposition to but did he think he could increase it a single sixpence by the East Kent line, it was for the protection of their pro disparaging its amount ? Let him attend before the perty, and therefore he thought fairly chargeable to ca board, and make any practical suggestions which he pital, the more especially as they had succeeded in pre thought calculated to advance the interests of the com- venting that company getting running powers over the pany, and the directors would be happy to consider whole of the South-Eastern lines, an advantage well them, and make that reply which his recommendations worth the whole money. It was, however, quite an open deserved—(hear, hear)—but these extravagant state- question, and if the shareholders wished to have a less ments couldin no way add to the respect due to the hon. dividend than that which they had earned, they could proprietor, and certainly could do no good to the pro- do so. perty of the company. Mr. Hamilton accused the di- Mr. WILSON moved, as an amendment, that the report rectors of heedlessly and fatuously running trains to be received, with the exception of that part authorising Ramsgate and Margate, which were wholly unremune- the payment of the expenses of the opposition to the East rative ; but if he would only turn to the printed accounts Kent line from capital. he would find that the return derived from these trains Mr. HAMILTON seconded the amendment. was not inadequate for the services rendered. And when Mr. GRAY seconded the original motion, and depre the hon. proprietor talked of running trains to Canter- cated the waste of time of the meeting caused by the bury, and Ramsgate, and Margate exclusively, at ruin- discussion of irrelevant and personal topics. With re ously low rates, he must tell him that these observations Bard to the Reading, Guildford and Reigate lease, let would have been more appropriate if they had been hon. gentlemen who objected to that as an unprofitable made to those parties who had thought it worth their arrangement point out, if they could, how the company while to get a bill to make a line from Strood to Canter- could honourably get rid of it. On the subject of the bury. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the wine-glasses East Kent scheme, he wished, in the presence of Alder and washhand-basins supplied for the Lord Warden man Salomons, to say that if he had been in that gentle- Hotel at Dover, to which reference had been made by man's place, he never would have promoted a bill like Mr. Hamilton, he could only say that tenders and pat- that of the East Kent Company's, calculated, as it was, terns had been advertised for by the company, and the to deteriorate the property of the South-Eastern Com directors made their selection of the articles at the spe- pany, and diminish its dividends. (Cheers.) cified prices, without knowing the name of the firm Mr. MORGAN (an auditor) said he was sure the pro which was to supply them. The cacchinations of the perty of the company, if moderately managed, ought honourable gentleman might be agreeable to himself, but never to pay a smaller dividend than it did at present ; he (the chairman) was now speaking of honourable men, and he believed that the dividend for the current half whose conduct deserved the support of that meeting, and year would be 11s. or 12s. per share, or at the rate of the respect of the honourable proprietor. (Cheers.) 51 per cent, on the present price of the shares. He The transaction with Mr. Smith was not initiated, nor considered that the capital account of such a large con the purchase of the goods effected, until a ft er the deci- cern could not be absolutely and entirely closed, but he sion of the committee appointed to consider the question believed that they had already seen the end of all their of the steam-boats had been delivered to the directors occasions for great outlays of capital; and 150,0001. and the proprietors. He wou ld now repeat, on the part would be the only further sum which could be brought of himself and his colleagues, that they regretted that in to share the dividend. He had replied to Mr. Wil the accounts for the half-year did not present a more son when the company's shares stood at 121. 10s., at favourable result ; but at the same time they believed which time that gentleman predicted they would go that the sources of their traffic appeared to be inhausti- down as low as 6/. ble. The expenditure to iwhich they had been obliged to Mr. WILSON totally denied that he had ever made go under the pressure of public duty, and with the pre- such a prediction. sent great demand for labour in all parts of the country, Mr. MORGAN :Itis in print. was, in his opinion, not likely to be greatly exceeded ; Mr. WILSON still repudiated the assertion. whilst the traffic would go on developing in the most Mr. SMALES (a director) said he distinctly remembered satisfactory manner, and add to the prosperity of the having heard Mr. Wilson express his opinion that the company, and increase their dividends. Looking at the shares would not be worth 51. or 6/. in the market. accounts and the price of labour, he felt bound to tell (Hear, hear.) If Mr. Wilson continued in the opposi them that he did not think their expenditure could be tion he had hitherto offered them in Parliament, cats materially reduced, though he had great pleasure in ing them many thousand pounds of expense, he (Mr. stating that their traffic with the Continent was very Smales) could only hope that Mr. Wilson would be satisfactorily progressing—that between Folkestone and personally visited, under Mr. Cardwell's new arrange- Boulogne having increased one-sixth in the six months meats, with the whole of the expense, and then it would ending 30th of June last, as compared with the corre- have to come out of neither the company's capital nor , sponding six months of 1852 ; the number of passengers its revenue. (Cheers). standing 21,381 against 18,618. The Continental traffic The amendment was then put to the sense of the meet for the six months, via Boulogne, Calais, Dieppe, ing, when twelve hands were held up in its favour. Havre, Antwerp, Ostend, and Dunkirk, amounted for The original motion for adopting the report in its en the six months endi ng 30th J une, 1853 , to 8 4 ,6 5 2 pas- tirety was then carried by an overwhelmig majority. sengers against 72,144 of the same period of 1852, A formal resolution was then passed declaring a divi showing an increase of 12,508, of which number 7,433 dead at the rate of Bs. per share in accordance with the went through the south-eastern ports, exclusive of the terms of the report. passengers by tne mail-packets between Dover and The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution authorising Ostend. Last y ear , a t th e same per i od, the total num- the directors to raise a sum not exceeding 500,0001. on her of passengers between Boulogne and Folkestone was debentures to be applied to the purchase of the Canter -27,309 ; whilst during the past six months it amounted bury and Whitstable Railway, and the purchase of the to 31,060, showing an incr e a se o f 3,621 passengers, of steam-ships of the South-Eastern and Continental which 2,063 came over the South-Eastern line. (Cheers.) Steam-packet Company. The facilities of railway communicrtion with the Conti- Mr. RENSHAW seconded the motion. neat were increasing, and he felt they had every reason Mr HAMILTON then proceeded to readanother writt en to look for war d t o a f a i r i ncrease in their traffic, and he speech . , amidst the greatest confusion and uproar. trusted also of thei r di v id en d . (C heers.) Mr. SAINTSBURY a gain protested against such a prac- Mr. JOSIAH WILSON said that the proprietors would tice as being totally irregular. Could they not treat the see in the auditor's report a paragraph stating that a honourable gentleman's essays in th e same wa y as the y sum of 2,566/., the expense s o f th e Parliamentar oppo- had dealt with the report, namely , a g ree to take them sition to the East K en t sc h emes, h a d b een placed to the as read. (Cheers and laughter.) capital account, and which sum, the auditors thought, Mr. HAMILTON renewed his attempt to read his speech, ought properly to pe sharged to revenue instead of capi- but was met with incessant interruptions and other tal, on the ground that the opposition in question was marks of disapprobation, which threatened to protract purely of a defensive character. Now he (Mr. Wilson) the proceedings indefinitely, the honourable gentleman considered that it w as th e duty of the directors to bow declaring himself determined to persevere, in spite of the to the deci s i on o f th e auditors with regard to this 2,5 661 .; opposition of th e meetin g , until he had obtained and indeed h e cou ld not see what was the use of having hearing. auditors if the directors were to set aside their recom- The CHAIRMAN repeatedly interposed, and advised the mendations. He wished to know if Messrs. Quilter and meeting to allow the hon. proprietor to finish all he had Ball, the eminent accountants, who acted in conjunction to say, as being the shortest mode of getting through with the company's auditors, had concurred with th e the business. auditors in thinking that this sum ought not to be set Mr. HAMILTON was at length allowed to conclude with down to capital ? less frequent interruptions, the drift of his remarks bein g Mr. MORGAN, one of the auditors, said that it was a complaint that the directors refused to allow the share not necessary that the auditors should have the concur- h o ld e rs t o i ns p ec t the register of the proprietors, which rence of Messrs. Quilter and Ball, but they certainly he also contended ought to undergo an audit. had their concurrence in this case as a matter of fact. The CHAIRMAN replied that the directors were in- The auditors had stated their opinion as to the source strutted by c ou n sel that no shareholder had a right to from which this sum of 2,566 1 . should be p aid, and it was ins p ect the register of the company, except with regart for the proprietors to decide the question for them- to his own holding. A list of the shareholders' names selves. The increase of 6d. to their dividend had been was published, with an asterisk against the name of every derided because it was so small ; but, at least, that in- proprietor who held 600/, of s t oc k , and was eligible for crease had been fairly earned, and the account of the the office of director. company had been honestly laid before the proprietors. The resolution was carried un an i mous ly, as was one Mr. J. WILSON continued —The chairman had spoken authorising th e raising a sum not exceeding 40,0001. for of his having been a member of the board for a period of carrying out the extension of the Reading, Guildford, nine years ; but it was a singular fact that ever since he and Reigate line to the Great Western station. had been connected with the company confidenceitaffairssh had The CHAI RMAN, i n moving this resolution, said i t was been retrograding. The re could impossible to sa y exact l y how muc h t hi s extens i on wou ld com pany whilst one gentleman satbe noot tlle head of the e e cost. The G reat W estern C ompany h a d oppose d th e board with a prodigiou s amount of salary, and sustain- extension, but the act had been carried, subject, how ing the office of a managing director, who directed the ever, to i ts bein left to the Board of Trade to deter board of directors, an d left his colleagues without any m i ne i n what manner the extension should be made. They propo se d t o s ubmit a very economical plan to the power or control. (Hisse s. ) Mr. RENSHAW, the deputy-chairman, said that he had I Great Western, and if that company did not approve of answered the same assertion as this when it was made it, the matter must be referred to the Board of Trade. by Mr. Wilson at the last meeting of the company, and I t m i g h t b e i mpor t an t t o k now that th e t ra ffi c on th e that gentleman th en ex p ressed himself satisfied with his Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line was improving, it explanation. (Hear, hear.) What Mr. Wilson had I having increased from 1 1 , 000 /. in 1 850, to 90, 0 00/. in just stated with re g ard to the chairman " directing the 1853. This extension would still further improve their di re ctors" was contrary to the fact. (Cheers.) I traffic, as it would enable passengers from the north and Mr. JOSIAH WILSON continued. There were no ac- west of England readily to get on to the South-Eastern counts before the proprietors showing that the expenda or Brighton lines. ture on the Reading, Guilford, and 'Reigate Railway The question of the appointment of au auditor, in had been examined and audited. He therefore, wished the place of Mr. Childe, now a director, was then to know whether the sum of 600 , 000 /. had not been ex- brought forward ; but it appearing that Sir Fitzroy pended upon the railway when the contract was en- Kelly and Mr. Welsh had given it as their opinion that tered into by the South-Eastern Company, and whether the appointment could only, in accordance with the acts The meeting was then made special, and after another of Mr. Hamilton's extraordinary statements had been inficted on the shareholders, a formal resolution, au thorising the directors to complete the amalgamations with the Whitstable line and the Steam-boat Company, was carried, with only one or two dissentients. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. NORTH METROPOLITAN. Yesterday an adjourned meeting of this company was held at their offices, 47, Parliament-street, Westminster —Mr. W. Malins in the chair. The secretary having I read the notice calling the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that they were aware that the ad journment to that day from the 31st ult. had been made in expectation that terms might be, in the interval, ar ranged between themselves and the Great Western Company; but, as they all knew, the fight of the gauges which had raged for so long a time, had just reached its climax, and been brought to a settlement within the last few days. That circumstance had so entirely occu pied the attention of the Great Western officials, that it had been found impossible to bring them to a con sideration of terms with this company. The directors had, therefore, to regret, that all they could now do was to again adjourn this meeting for fourteen days. He might mention that th• North Metropolitan Railway was a subject which occupied a good deal of public attention, and the usefulness of which was every day becoming more and more appreciated ; and, as it was their design to connect the various termini, he hoped that they might be instrumental in promoting among the various companies a better spirit and understanding, by which railway property might be saved from the ruin which seemed impending over it. He had no doubt that it was one of the most valuable species of property in the country, and could be made highly remunerative, if they would only require equal fares, leaving the public the choice of routes. He had, however, to inform them that negotiations were at present pending, not only with the Great Western, but also w ith th e other companies, and he hoped to be able, at their next meeting, to an nounce to them the results. He should now propose an adjournment of 14 days. Mr. BIIRTNELL seconded the motion, and the pro ceedings were concluded in the usual manner. TO THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. (Front the Belfast Mercantile Journal.) o y f ou m r er p c o h s a i n ti t o s n , , an as d the G o E ffi NT e L erTo l f N a '— m l os tak t influential flt v n a t n ia t l ag b e od o y f your personal standing as leading members of our com munity to urge on you the necessity of not relaxing in your exertions to promote the extension of our inland communication. lam fully aware that your attention has been directed to this object, and that you have not spared personal expense and personal labour in endea vouring to effect the various plans for the purpose alluded to ; excuse me, however, if, taking advantage of your known views, I make you the medium of calling on the Belfast people for renewed exertion. I have to thank the proprietor of this journal for affording suffi cient space for my communication on a question that he has himself adverted to from time to time during the last twelve months. Circumstances have turned my attention lately to the state of this country, and I have had the advantage of communicating freely with a gentleman, whose acquire ments admirably fit him for judging of what is going on around him. Our conclusion is—and lam happy to know it is based on solid facts—that, with a very few exception, every part of this island is, as if awaking from a long slumber, and that progress, founded on self reliance, is the general characteristic. Indeed, this is admitted by all, except a few degenerate Irishmen who wish to batten on misfortune, and whose occupation is gone whenever our countrymen take the high stand amongst men that their talents, if they only choose to use them, fit them for assuming. William Dargan and tile Exhibition are both means towards this great end. It is gratifying to know that, as individuals, our great manufacturers have contributed such admirable fabrics to the National Exhibition. For this they deserve our best thanks. But we must not pause here ; we must enlist the same parties in a great effort for carrying out improvements on such a scale as to keep Belfast in its present relative position with regard to other ports of Ireland. An examination of a map of our island shows our geo graphical position to be this—Nature has given us an open sea communication with Great Britain and an ad mirable bay, running pretty deep into the land, so that Belfast is the centre of a circle, out of which s ome thi ng approaching a quad ran t has been cut ; but her trade is not so confined ; she has, from facilities of inland con veyance, been found the most convenient seaport for the general trade of Ulster. Our map further shows us that we are, in some measure, blocked up by a great inland sea, around which our supplies have to be carried by Portadown on the south, and Antrim on the north. Until the extension of railways made a change, our communication with the interior was kept up by means of the Lagan Navigation, the Ulster Canal, and land car riage. Of late years it has been greatly facilitated by the railway to Armagh in one direction, and the Bally mena in another; and had matters continued unchanged, we would have had no occasion to fear injury from the superior advantages others had to offer. But a new state of things has commenced. The Newry Canal has been improved, and made as convenient as possible; and, combined with the improvements of Newry harbour, and the facilities of steam communication with Liverpool, it is now a most important means of supplying the country. In the meantime, the act of 1843, under which the Lagan Navigation was to receive very extensive improvements, remains a dead letter, and Belfast importers are induced to send vessels to another port, because it has better in land communications. Railways, also, with which Belfast has no connection, are pushing out their arms to every direction, and by this means, as the map shows, our position is becoming every day more isolated. For example, the Dundalk and Enniskillen line, and the Enniskillen and Derry line, cut us off from all intercourse, commercially at least, with the north-west coasts of Ulster, and they do more : they offer an inducemant to the counties of Derry, Donegal, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Cavan, and Armagh, to send their produce and receive their supplies either from Derry or Dundalk. Indeed, I do not see on what principle the inhabitants of those dis tricts will come to Belfast, unless the superior capital of our merchants enable them to undersell the traders of other towns, an advantage that cannot long exist, for there is nothing that transports itself to where it is re quired so easily as money. I believe lam not exagge rating the danger of our position, for it seems an easy matter, when a great railway line of communication thus opens the country, for the enterprising projectors to open a few branch lines, or even a few good roads, to turn into it a traffic that formerly passed through Belfast. In fact, Belfast is about to lose her position as a place of entrepot, on which a considerable part of her importance has hitherto depended. It is not my wish to express any sentiment of jealousy towards our neighbo urs ; so f ar f rom i t noth i ng gives me more pleasure than to see Irishmen, as a body, I making an exertion. I have Ito mean feeling that would Iraise Belfast at the expense of other towns ; but, as a townsman, I regret that a golden harvest has not been reaped, in consequence of our own short-sighted policy. There is still time, by exertion, to retrive the errors of the past, and I hope that you and our other public functionaries will make a renewed exertion to extend our inland communication:„ Let the Lagan Navigation be made efficient. Let the Ballymena Company en deavour to open out a trade across Lough Neagh, by way of Antrim. Let the Ulster company g ive every facility to the transmission of goods to Portadown and Armagh ; but, most of all, let them throw out branches to facilitate the trade to Cavan, Monaghan, Tyrone, and Fermanagh. This company have already made an effort to push their line towards Cavan. Let them again bring in a bill, and persevere till they succeed, for their line is the one that must draw to Belfast our most important supplies. They have the same power of diverting trade is to Belfast th a t t h e other lines alluded to possess, and it to be hoped they will be supported by the public in their efforts. In conclusion, I have further to observe, that I think every facility sho u ld b e g i ven to the transmission of coalsinto the int er i or, and here our harbour corporation could give great aid. By a report in the News-Letter, it appears they anticipate an exc ess o f income over 1852, of 3,503/. Now, they charge, lam told, 7d. to Bd. per ton on coal s . W hy not make a reduction here on what is carried inland —say, for instance, on proof being given by a rail way or canal company, that they have carried 100 tons of coals, landed at Belfast, to Portadown, Armagh, or Newtownards, let 4d. per ton be repaid on such certificate, and by this simple process a very large supply will b 3 secured. A. rapid transmission of our mails is greatly to be desired. The Telegraph, shows what can be done in sea going vessels ; but your attention is required to hours' discover the best stations, so as to bring us within a travelling of Liverpool.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, A TRADNR. , I Belfast, 12th September, 1852. -d --- ADMIRAL WEMYSS.—It is said that Admiral Wemyss, for many years member of Parliament for Fifeshire, is seriously indisposed at his shooting quarters in Glenesk, Forfarshire. MONUMENT TO TITIAN AT VENICE.—There is a novelty in Venice this year, and that is, the monument that has been raised to Titian in the Church of Sta. Maria Gloriosa, de Fiori, where he was buried. It was erected at the expense of Ferdinand, and is the joint production of Luigi Zandomenichi and Pietro Zando menichi, his son. It occupies the entire breadth of the aisle on the south, immediately opposite the monument of Canova ; it rises from the nave with three steps. It is said to have cost that monarch 2.00,000fi. It is com posed entirely of marble, is a fine production, a n d good illustration of the power of modern art. TEN PER CENT. REJOICINGS IN DARWEN (1 - •-----n Sa turday evening last the hands in the employ of M essrs. Shorrock and Co. ' Darwen New Mills, had tea together and afterwards s pent the evening in a variety of amusements, such as . s inging, dancing , and toasting. In no town in the coun ty bas this important question been so amicably settled as in Darwen, a general desire having been shown by the masters to meet the wishes of those in their em ploy, and to prevent the unpleasant consequences at tendant upon a turn -out ; and the workpeople generally appreciate this spontaneous act of kindness in their masters. )tioai i: 6 st°„ l nel ,o 91 u " tOrl6. Q ,O . 20 5t0,. Z 0 do. 16d ° ' do eo is 1 50 oar' ,ou o ro des 50' it Pe r poo'; 0 - . bc oll OP , It elllllll‘ 1101/01 f Ij(% o iti 'P tett ti S h er' T a bu► till'e° I