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PRIZE MACHINES, workable by band, show,, or Learn power, dating the days of the Smithfield Cinb Cattle b„,(in view of the space at the Show not being sufficient), 9th of' on 'view, in operation, from 10 till 3, on the oth, 7th, Bth, and i tae December, 1853, at the ATLAS WORKS, UPPER. PARK aIx E, near DORSET-SQUARE. (Five minutes walk from the "-Yard.) Mr. WILLCOX, M.P., begged to assure the gallant vietor that the managing directors had not waited is hint to take the matter into their consideration. Arrangements had some time since been made which would., effect a considerable reduction in their emolu ments, and before next annual meeting a, communication would be made on that head, which he trusted would be satisfactory to every proprietor. After a little further discussion, the motion was unani mously agreed to. The retiring directors and the retiring auditors were then re-elected. On the motion of Major HYSLOP, a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent, for the half-year, free of income tax, was ordered. The _proceedings terminated with votes of thanks to the chairman and/the board of directors. en, volt, MON." LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1853. No. 19,095.] r PRICE SD. NCB. R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC EVERY EVENING (except Saturday) at Eight, and TUESDAY and SATURDAY MORNING, at Two. Stalls, 3a., which can be taken I►em a plan at the box office, every day, from Eleven to Four; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, la. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. swiPec ted PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. W EDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS, EXETER HALL. NOTICE.--The CHAMPION BRICK PRES which : I NG MACHINE.—Tho BRICK PRESSING MACHINES etlgoand others, p,,„,..._ave been made and sold under this name by Mr. W. C. S. chequ e have been proved an INFRINGEMENT upon hereby ..1" PATENT. PUBLIC CAUTION is in consequ c en a ce . , Tile, Pi scr eeritn alt r ett against any infringement of Clayton ' s Patent l3' Pe, and Brick Machinery. (In the Court of Ex- MN t .) Clayton versus Percy. The trial for infringement on oPeciai atutent took place at the Guildhall, in the city of London, on . 3 ' last, the 2d of July, before Lord Chief Baron P . °Roca and a 4150 n, _Jury, when a verdict was recorded, proving tbe infringement tu s _ and establishing Clayton's Patent on every point and claim of agaiipi,attent. Mr. Clayton therefore hereby cautions all persons 4PPART„,e YEANUFAGTURE SALE, or USE of " SCREENING oti ter `..US" for forcing clay , - through to cleanse it from stones or 3 4A.;,Z, Itr aneotis matters, in the TILE, BRICK, or POTTERY hi s Lie . ACTURE, or any other portion of his patent, WITHOUT to "SE. Otherwise shlt persons will be liable to injunction restraineLky_ the further manufacture , sale, or us- thereof . — HENRY Wor6r, Upper Park-place, Dorset-square, Lendon. . e CARMARTHI CARDIG/ irn 11 RELWAY AI and 1 0 41 1) ,ANY (on the Broad Gauge k;Zrn ,wered) and South Wales Ra Capital 1,000,000/., in 10( IIN AND CARDIGAN AN HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT ), under the sanction of the Great tilway Companies (Provisionally 1,000 Shares of IN. each Deposit, t L 1 PROVISIONAL aZZILIeI Crosse, Esq., 29, Thread- Ceedle-streetLondon,and Salis 13111.3 ' Rouse, Edmonton, Mid -4'l3ert Henry Dorr, Esq., *marl ta,rl Nierchant and Banker, 5, " eet arnfer d - court, Throgmorton• nr. a Llstice of Lloyd the Fitzw Peace,lliams Chairmagn .„411(1 Director of the New Quay :larbonr Company, Emlyn Cot 'age? Newcastle Emlyn, and 'Oen F. powe”, I)4lltcYnadda, near Kidwelly. tei? 1 , • ace, Regent's -park. Esq., 20, York "le3? Lascelles, Esq., barrister ( With power to adl ENGINEER.—James It per Sh are. DIRECTORS , at law, Pencraig, Llechryd , Cardiganshire. J. R. Lewes Lloyd, Esq., Justice of the Peace, and Deuty-Lieu tenant, and Director of the N ow Quay Harbour Company, Dol haidd, near Newcastle Emlyn. John Peter Parland, Esq , Wood lands, Glasbury, near Brecon. Colonel Alexander Perceval, 1, Belgrave.road,Belgrave. John Propert, Esq., Justice Coof the Peace, and Deputy Lieutenant, 6, New Cavendish -street, Port land-place, and Blacnfristill, near Cardigan. ld to their number.) tichardsen, Esq., C.E. 1, 0114,,, BANKERS. titr, -- The London and Westminster Bank. Lothbury. arcti art hen-Messrs. Wilkins and Co.-Messrs. Morris and Sons. lia,,, f ga n - Mess -M rs. Wilkins tlint -°r d Wmsrs. Wilkins and. Co. k in P,seter - Messrs. David Jones and Co. ,th n d ,f e rY-Messrs. David Jones and Co. 4 41a n - ,7 5- Messrs. Wilkins and Co. , .... k., -e .Y—liessrs. Wilkins and Co. 8 1 . - . l Yr Tyth 11-MeEsrs. Wilkins and Co. tee'l.--.-s., essrs, Wilkins and Co. SOLICITORS. Ita,Al . llSeW and Co., 4, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-in Lndoe. —4 . - -S. H. Ellfs, jun., Isq„ 1, Copthall-chambers, Angel-court, SEcRETARY.—Owen Bowen, Esq. °races of the Company-29, Treadneedle-street, London. PROSPECTUS. This c ‘11(1 s,, on3Pany, which is under the sarction of the Great t We o st r e p rn o. ritti on 'atil Wales Railway Companies, and patronised by o h p e ri C tietrai 1 24,, 1 2 0 f Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Kidwellv, and th the'2`rates, landowners, and gentlemen of influence interested in fereveral counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke,ao will the ia,,! a direct broad-gunge communication between London d vetT.,rtartt seaport and town of Cardigan ; embracing, also, the ionatsetrle 12agR towns of Kidwellv, Carmarthen, Llandyssil, and Newcastle means of the South Wales and Great Western route; . and Zeh - "co lines of railway ,rom Carmarthen and Kidwelly, will (1 - fl e et the important mineral districts of the Van, Capel, Crw ban, qist r r latgbicca districts of lime-kilns, and Cro;s-hands and Gorsgoch clieti,., l of coal-pits. with Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Landyssll, New the canlyn, and Cardigan, so as to bring both lime and coal to Its connexion bordering on the river Tivy at a moderate cost , and by ttay;, - , n exion with the South Wales, Vale of Neath, and othe r rad try to take b ac k the agricultural produce of that part of th e coun t) rite iron works and other good markets. This Is, therefore, 111 ~Phatically the farmers' and landowners' line. addition to the foregoing i mportan t o bj ec t s , there is one of t ni naLlonal int eres t pro p ose d by this Company, viz —the improv 11104ed,Port of Cardigan, and toe formation of a Harbour of Refuge eqt Itt a I gan Bay for the west coast of Wales, which can be carried comparatively moderate expense. n c onunercial and national point of view, the Harbour of Refuge Bap Paramount importance, for the dangerous navigation of the oth er " Cardigan, which is the great highway for the American and port s t r aders to Liverpool from the south, and to Bristol and other ship s rota the north, evidenced by the fact that upwards of 14,000 the 13 en en average of five hundred tens each, annually sail through t rilor of Cardigan, and pass by the mouth of the port, not one of ,t)se er , present can flni shelter, in the event of bad weather. bet Holyhead and Milford Haven, a distance of upwards of one ,cf tt;,,, e ' l Miles. It will, therefore, readily be seen what an increase tlet a Ze Would come into the port of Cardigan, were a Harbour of °et. - 1; Constructed there, and there is every reason to believe that this '''',°Jesty's Government will materially aid the carrying out of the 1' 4 ' 4 0, The surveys made by Captain Sheringham, by order of Do mea.. fd .. s of the Admiralty, expressly pointed nut the advantages 1 . 1 1 ; e° by Cardigan over any other place or port in that bay. P r oposed Harbour of Refuge is inten ed to be constructed tier l l ° c-ernmes Head outside the bar, and entirely free from dand °ePtik ng good clay-bottom anchorage, with sufficient space an 0 . water, even for ships of the line. b)- - ;•:" distance between London and Dublin is many miles shorter h(ife.rdigan than by Holyhead, and Caraigan is nearly in the direct 1 ,,,f.°111 London to Waterford and Wexford. ; . " .. eXtent of the passenger line will be about 40 miles, an and the t 1 40 0 ,1 1. branches about 23 miles (in all about 63 miles), which, a " Per mile leaves 118 0001 for the cost of the Harbour of ge, . oes The wi a nftrons and valuable supplies of coal, lime, and other qaar broughth saver -lead and copper ores, upon the route, would be %strict' ' lac I mmediate and close connexion with the manufacturing Dou s ef South Wales, Birmingham. Manchester, and the metro the g,manwAthe trade in timber for ship-building and other purnoses, o af v d , ig w a t n th i h in many parts of the counties of Carmarthen, te a r P embroke, has been hitherto almost profitless, will ...The completion afforded °le agricultural produce of the district, have ready If this undertaking will a'so at once effect the , a tr ansmission of cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, poultry, butter, con, and other produce from the south of Ireland, for the 'Pe" of the metropolis and manufactgrint districts of England and tte% l ° s t ; the importation of various descriptions of provisions alone 111, the exceeding 150,000 tons every year. 11),,,e through traffic, and the conveyance of tourists and travellers, to Nl i` Which many railways depend almost entirely, will likewise th pri additional source of remuneration ; the rivers and scenery 48110.11lart of the country affording abundant attractions to the , p,`.kan and lover of the picturesque. )ati,"e distinction which the locality of the Bay of Cardigan . has 'klePla, o POSSeSSed as a stillanm ”*--ot for bathing m be con -4;111? a la e rlTlll u p72l for the passenger traffic will be at Carmarthen, I.4lcoction with the South Wales Railway, thence near on , the proposed ~hat . .3 .s all, and Newcastle Emlvn, to Cardigan and lin o f„"r at the mouth of the Tivy ; thus there will be a continuous Th' %l.l London to Cardigan without break of gauge. tax ° Mineral branch will join the passenger line at Carmarthen, to to c,,, k °eeed by way of Llanddarog, Porthyrhyd, and Ma 1 I.° ''ss-hands and Gorsgoch (where it will abut on th n e h se in tr c o li m ne th o o t or„ a,Mlllo and Llanelly Railway), with another branc 1 411; 4 ' 4'8 Arms, under the varions lime rocks to Van. and thence to N il ells-, where it will again unite with the South Wales Railway; ri lod atr ordingthree several exits to the mineral traffic, and accom boeitoing the whole of the lower part of Carmarthenshire, part! a add o i- f th e „ the country on the main line. The 'gradients on ap line and its branches are so easy that none of them will . exceed I °2 eth‘' n the South Wales Railway, and the whole tunnelling put Zon the lin e w ill no t ex t e nd to one mile, and no viaduct or I v Merit will be more than forty feet in height. tilst i Zre, are about 150 kilns in the neighbourhood of the lime sot Producing at present about 500,000 tons of line annually rod, tl &,cf . which are carried northwards), and many coal pits thi:g onwards of 500,000 tons ; and for • a very large portion iLita Produce the proprietors' of the lime-kilns and coal ietner tran g sit toy %li d ladl avail themselves of this railway, as a erok es o the upper parts of Carmarthen , hire an d Pem • Il e- to hire, and the whole of the county of Cardigan, as wcll Oftre - odatelly, Pembrey, and Llanel directors d from statistics Zsseg ti g . Prepared by this company, the feel justified in eoliv "g; that at least 100,000 tons of coal for burning lime would 1, 11 th e I tYed at ll4d. per ton per mile a distance of six miles at least l al ne, and that at least 400,000 tons of lime, and 250,000 tons , calm for domestic use, would be conveyed every year at " • ° ,ll e an average distance of 30 miles, and these quantities Wei for g r eatly Increased from year to year , to say n othin g of an y ° eks . ste aming purposes brought down to be shipped at Pembrey Th at - Pd Milford Haven or elsewhere. nere r _ llo traffic in coal ' and lime would be borne over this line `qt, j - n gil be no doubt as it will save the consumer at least 75 per d co - ` m coSt of carriage and turnpikes ; and as the cost of the lime 1 ` 4 11.5;' St the pits is trifl ing compared to the cost of carriage at a 'Ol2O miles and upwards. it follows that, with the same out -4(oa , t a i ; Dresent, the farmor will be enabled to Increase his consrunp thikle n"lally times beyond that at present, to his own benefit h e a , of the burners. rti l ~l aa „r e are nearly 2,000 square miles of land in the counties of Car - Cardi ' eltn, and Pembroke, the greater portion of which is e a • ' i 'ed or capable of cultivation. The nature of the soil requires '2l i",„ a manure, the major part of which lime, as well as the neces irj'''PlY of 'sa coals for its mannfacture, and for domestic purposes, / Phor e 3 2 , rn one district of the line of the proposed mineral branch, tagg on ''ny it is to be obtained, is at present convoyed by horses aPer t,,'„ an d eats, at an average expense to the purchaser of 6 d. to Per mile for carriage only; about 300 per cent. more than „. 4 t • is 'Res of the prapod railway. also reasonable to s uppose that the demand for the local coal, .arthenshire would greatly Increase with the facility of ob -1„111, " comparitivel , small cost are many millions of oak, larch, fir, and other trees in the f' i ls a rhood of this line, at present of but small value ; but on its he y tra ction, and when means exist for their economical transit, 2 41 d find a ready and remunerative market. +age tr affics in wheat, barley. oats, flour, Week cattle, sheep, and at e ,''t Increased en much within the last four years, that it is esti- Tr t i; • 4 at from these articles alone a considerable sum per annum ce receivable for transit. h ol e carriage of merchandise heap the various manufactories and t,lthn ea ale houses in England to opkeepers of Carmarthenshire, „let 4 .,.."Zalighire, and the upper part of Pembrokeshire, is also an item bo overlooked. 'ent traffic in Pine to Cardiganshire and the upper ;arts of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, ,con ,Yed on an average a distance of thirty miles, at tt. Per ton per mile (in lieu of 6d. to Is. per mile, Present expense), is calculated to produce.... . £75,000 0 0 to burn the lime carried to the lime-kilns, an ' , age di s t a nce of six miles, I%d. per ton per mile, at and P tln.. ••.. • ..... ••• • • ... •• • • ...... • • 3,750 0 0 calm conveyed on an average the same di. 'mi ce as the ••••• • • • • • •• • • • • 46,875 0 0 M R , 'raffle. including black cattle, horses, sheep, and 1 1 , 4 11 e,; calculated to produce a revenue or, per an- 0 (.1 • e at skiarley, b arley, oats, bacon, butter, cheese, poultry, krid e t re, conveyed to the lime and coal districts %k m e Iron works and manufacturing districtsthi di n at eg to produce, with other merchandise, in briek.!,slates (from the Cardigan slate quarries), cell a ; T imber, bark, wool, lead ore, fish and mis kti 500 5 traffic, exports and imports, and back a ge 6,000 0 0 --- b aa £134,625 0 0 ), eet fo . ' t e ' r w orking expenses 45 per cent. from gross ttpts , .... „ 60,581 0 0 Leo e fs a net income a ---- Or ta l t -- ••••••••• • • • • • • • ...... .. • • £ 74.044 0 0 ° hal ` e a dividend of nearly 734 per cent. per annum on the It the, r-, St •stli b_ ,-.olllpany. r er 44 ektg o bserved that whilst the cattle,wwhbeaett,Bzecr i . traffic calculated rafilclsput hil'asseqenlelY low estimate. no allowance whatever x , s tlz ..‘ger traffic or harbour dues from theport of Cardigan—facts lt4 e ese,' n et fail to strike the most casual obsberevebri.2beTshteewetoirmkientge nt, * „ n e n ' The contrary, are assessed at i ,,nat, le a t , , lY line. The result must be fond t i t n e t t h b e e e d x ec p re en a d s i e t d ur c e o e st i. F l ar u nfi inn, the fruit of a close attention tolliabile ertakings in former years. the b 4 el i r l e efTh e : t is have been held in the vseous town t 0 26 0 ,, ,, _.4 oi, interded Railway, and without the . cost T h 'uOt other usual means of obtaining subscriptions.,sfnapadlwovanergrdtsisoef 5 .4 .,' blaii,‘ e already been subscribed in the country dis e tr n i a cts w . ill be A Mtm ~,, sections, and books of reference are Fe y' ders. tfill'Alitati!,arnple time to comply with the standing l ee,: (14),,,`'ea for shares to be made to the Secretary?,rat_ t_h e e o „, fil_c y es . t. k i"•inlii4any ; to the Solicitors, Messrs. Carnsew and u , n' It tli,,' e l ec,a s ". Gray's-inn ;as also to the Broker, q. H. Ellis% jun., Peooi I pt all Chanibers; and to Mr Edmund Blathwayt. ofKid - J arrif.'' 4.,rnomus, Esq Town Clerk, Carmarthen ; William . 'Qai.,` ~,,, i '"`mlicitor; Carm ' arthen, for the mineral district ; Ben iqu.,t4ll,ns, P -. 50.. Solicitor, Newcastle Emlyn ; R. D. Jenkins, Esq., 'ter....ir;" Sand`ord, Esq., Exeter ; and Tynney, Esq., Man n' any of whom detailed Prospectuses may be obtained. th e , 4.4re, to _ °R . H OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. liatn n c ,or the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and bi , an 'Harbour Impro v ement Company. reCilleSt that yOU will allot to me shares in "Doh 'tt T hereby agree to accept that, or any less nm ; to each se ar „ al lotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 1/. Is. , I and and all calls thereon, and sign the parliamentary •• thhi'uuecribers' agreement when required by you. daY of , 1853. Name in full • ..... Address .. •• ..•• •• •• •• • • •• •• •• •• Profession ........•• •• •• • "•• •• Reference 1 4. ' 4 14j1 6. • '4)t ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages--Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE, Illustrated by One HUndred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3z. 6d. in stamps, rirllE SILENT FRIEND, a Mi3dical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapslde ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductiv organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from Infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and Its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALMII OF SYRI UM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Btc., Ils and 335. per bottle. The Concen trated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitie remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 ls. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, it. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 1/ ,is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, arc in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on Sanisy 'c om Eleven to One. A TKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, _CIL SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. 3/I[ATANZAS •AND SABANILLA RAIL ROAD 7 PER CENT. BONDS.—Notice is Hereby Given that the Half-Yearly Interest on the above Bonds, due on the 15th inst., will 139 paid at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Company, en that day, and every succeeding day, between the hours of 11 and 2. The Coupons, with a list in nume rical order, must be left two clear days previously for examination. Printed forms maybe obtained on application at the , Mce of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Company, No. 6, Lime-street Square. Dec. 1, 1853. oistiAnia: ail, Caen , . charitY , Ontinental ,otitis, for Allisn c _ e ' pith', P o rt. we. reffero,. Or, J ane iro ; . gichar a '- JohanDs Tana, Bar I the 9th of t. . II I at L 1 yea off the OTh the 864 1 the 7th of 1101'0 11 1 and h as ,d " on bo'l .71 an d ;0 ub and has pu t bad ith the IV; ling, oft k • -O w 'rj s), 13°6' SO long. c, 40..1 ,/ ., 10, ng. I IC. 12 w. 0 dal' 1 s t, Oct. It y, pct. r. t9flfer. Nov. 4' Ist. than W e Th/ laitioll.i 'rs" g re3 O t. r for th e ar e presstv .0 2s cb esr week. te, old ° 5 I ca ;, new - d o n • 0 1 ' yUr to ?2s ° 6 0 5 , e, 480 t O , aMS, t iC A T 105 to' f, Cien' Sri l o sc )er q r• eleP leso iyer• ,0 76 s to eid , o '32s ; b ,o 5 88 ; Pe .fe 3 rol l " port s, th inclu s j j w ./„, - 11 , 131 4 1 1, 611 oats. i S e l o el t [all 00 7 es tion. • eck. Del " pig Os to 40s v n d. arket :0" 1, itLe• s , (I:, 5 5 0 ......... ~,., I ..„ ....' .;ite...."3,0 0 eral P' t" :, ,at ed. !..oc pef.6 I.7 o ' er ig nee• 16 Dee' pee. ,6 r a tt7 l6. Pe?' 16 M c : 26 No ., 1 6 DO' 0 sof• NO' p m t. trali pec• II I6P Dec, t' vo) J o o ut 10 0 ' 1 6 vet. 7 R e ?.. I') pe e ' 1 9 !pee. ,6 IDe e ' 58 !Dec' an' rj)ec• 1 6 peC , ,, 0 111 11J110" 16 n pec• n lpec . 1 2 40° 'IS Dee' 0 De e " 16 n pec , lij i 6 - -2 : i 11 .4 ›f C`erg° st park) il° g Au6ooh tor ov° l ' . iorn'° „f 11, e hter Aught' st ,tans' oilDg e ) o d rii" SArti ........---'. 214' Sa - of Pst 6. rwini Pe• GUILDHALL, Dec. 2, 1853.—The Committee for LETTING the CITY'S LAND will meet at Guildhall on WEDNESDAY, the 11th day of December instant,. at one o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING, on leases for 21 years from Chri Imam next, Ty 'O HOUSES, Nos. 14 and 15, on the east side of Queenhithe. Further pint -niers and Plans may be seen, and Forms of Tender obtained at the Architect's office, Guildhad. THO 3. SAUNDERS, Comptroller. BUILDING GROUND, Fenchurch-street.— The Committee for Letting the City's Lands will meet at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th day of December imt., at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING, on building leases for 80 years from Christmas next, several PLOTS of GROIIN t, on the south side of Fenchurch-street, between London street and Mark-lane. Farther particulars, specifications, and plans may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. Guildhall, Dec. 2,,1853. THOMAS S &UNDER% Comptroller. WALLER GOLD MINING COMPANY.- v incorporated by Charter from the State of Virginia, U.S., with liability limited to the paid-up capital. • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to SCRIP HOLDERS, That the SHARE CERTIFICATES of It. each, fully paid up, signed by the President, W. DIOS' Seymour, Esq., M.P., countersigned by the Secretary, and sealed with the common seal of the Company, pur suant to the Charter and Code of Virginia, are now ready, and that the Scrip may and is required to be Exchanged for the same, at the offices of the Company. such certificates being,•like the existing scrip, payable - to bearer, attl transferred without any deed or other for mality. . GOWRING, Sec. The Report ' of Mr. Gregg, the resident engineer, as to the condi tion of the mines and works in progress, with map and plan of future operations, may be had on application. Allhallow's Chambers, Lombard-street, London, Nov. 21, 1853. SALE OF OLD STORES AT PLYMOUTH. ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, sth Dec., 103. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kmgdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on WEDNESDAY the 21st instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the Captain Superintendent will put up to Sale in the Royal William Victualling-yard at Ply mouth, several Lots of Old Stores ;—consisting of provisions, Cook's Fat Biscuit, Bags, Staves, Clothing, Coopers' Tools, &c. &e. to., all lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent for notes of admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Yard. FARMING • STOCK. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. December Ist, 1853. THIS Corporation having determined on a Re duction of " One Shilling per Cent." In the rate of Premium for Farming Stock and Utensils in England and Wales, Insurances on that class of property may be effected accordingly through the Company's Agents, or at their Chief . Offices at the Royal Exchange, and at 29, Pall-mall. ALEX. GRE EN, Secretary. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND. In accordance with the Notice of 23d November last, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, of the Members of the Benefit or Mutual Life Assurance Department of this Association will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgats-street, for the ELECTION of Tso AUDITORS. The following Gentlemen being duly qualified, have been nominated as Candidates:— Mr. William Fabian, Mr. James Richard Lloyd, Mr. John Hooper, Mr. John Pike. Mr. Richard Wm. Dennis Legg, Mr. Francis Frederick Toole. - The Ballot will Commence at Half-past Six, and end at Eight o'clock. . _ By order of the Board. PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secy. 42, Moorgate-street, London. December 5, 1853. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Ipstltated A.D. 1816. Head Office—Edinburgh, 5, St. Audrew•square. SPECIAL NOTICE, The Books of the Society are closed annually on the 31st Dec PROPOSALS FOE ASSURANCES MUST THEREFORE BE LODGED at the Head Office, or at one of the Agencies, on or before the 31st curt., to entitle the Applicant to be ranked as an entrant of this year. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. Wm. LINDESAY, Secretary. P.S.—This Society's Policies are now issued without any charge for stamp duty. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq„ Mark-lace. Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barristdr, Temple. • David Hill, Esq., East India House. John Murray, Esq., Publisher, Albemarle-street. Samuel Laing. Esq.. M.P. Sir John Thomas Briggs. Admiralty. Leonardqo7As gent—Hugh 31`Kean. Office-4, Royal Exchange-buildings. THE HOME COUNTIES AND METRO POLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETT. Office-14, Chatham-place, Bla,ckfriars. Members enrolled Daily. Office hours 10 to 4.—and on Thursday eveninge from 7 to 9. PRESIDENT. Lord Dudley Ceutts Stuart, M.P. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. TRUSTEES. Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. John Williams, Esq. Shares, £3O each. Entrance Fee Is. Subscription, One Shilling per Share Weekly.. The Directors call special attentioa to the class of estates that are purchased for allotment amongst the members of this society. The on e at Wood-green (now almost allotted) is acknowledged to be one of the most eligible for building purposes yet distributed by any Land Society; and a further purchase in Wimbledon-park has just been effected, fully equal, if not superior, to the one at Wood-green, ad mirably adapted for first class villas. There is Dow an opportunity, either by paying up Shares, or taking them, to get Ballot-rights of acquiring plots on this highly eligible and profitable estate. Ballots take place Monthly. HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. Office —l4, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. THE MOST CERTAIN DIS PR COVE EV ERED.NTION OP CHOLERA YET FURTHER GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID is the Best and Cheapest.—The Improved Chloride of Zinc for the purification of Dwelling-houses. Stables, Dog Kennels, Ship's Holds, Cesspools, Drains, Water-closets, &c. ; the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, and for the Prevention of Contagion. The extraordinary power of this Disinfecting and purifying agent, is now acknowledged, and its use recommended by the College of Physicians. Unlike the action of many other Disinfectants, it destroys all noxious smells, and is itself scentless. The manufactu rer, having destroyed a monopoly fostered by the false assumption of the title of a patent. has to warn the public against all spurious imitations. Each Bottle of Crews's Disinfecting Fluid contains a densely concentrated solution of Chloride of Zinc. which may be diluted for use with 200 times its bulk of water. Vide Instructions accompanying each bottle. It is sold by all Chemists and Shipping Agents in the United King dom, in Imperial Quarts at 2s. ; in pints, Is.; half pints, at 6d., and in larger vessels at ss. per Gallon. Agents—Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bush-lane, Can non-street. Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. SECOND EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free,, ss. 6d. t i ,N TRUE & FALSE SPEIMATORREICEA, F with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Erroll , a relation to the Treatmout and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the G inerative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from 'he German of Dr. PICKFORD Dr. Plekford ls known to English readers by hie frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first t:mo, he informs es, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. Vire trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be In hl% , ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa hisers;and Medical Frionds,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would ce saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of 'ess importance, thomrh it is that which the quacks most prize— much nione% , ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhma, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. June 16, 1852. London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. On the 7th December will be given (by desire) "A Second Night with Mendelssohn." After which, Selections irom Music of a popu lar character. Grand Pianoforte, Madlie. Clanss, who has, by spe cial request, delayed her departure to St. Petersburg; Solo Violon eel o, Mr. Horatio Chipp (of her Majesty's Private Band). Principal Vocalists —Madame Amedei (from La Scala, Milan, her second ap pearance), Miss Poole, Miss Thirlwall, the Misses Brougham, Miss Fanny•Ternan, Mr. George Perren, Mr. Weiss, &c. • Conductors, Mr. Benedict and Herr Meyer Lutz. Leader, Mr. Thirlwall. Director of the MusiC, Mr. Box. Managing Director, Mr: Willott. Programmes and Tickets to be bad at the Hall. wILL SHORTLY CLOSE.-DR. KHAN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, Portland Gallery, Regent street. opposite the Polytechnic.—Open for Gentlemen • daily at the usual hours, excestiug on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Two to Five, during which hours Ladies only are admitted. Explanations for Gentlemen by Dr. Leach, and for Ladies by Mrs. Leach. Ad mission, Is. GRAND BAL MASQUE at the CASINO DE VENIRE; High Holborn, on THURSDAY NEXT The Proprietor has the honour to announce that he will give (under most distinguished patronage) a GRAND BAL MASQUE in the above magnificent suite of rooms, on THURSDAY next, Dec. Bth, which for splendour, excellence; and comtbrt will eclipse all similar enter tainments at this or any other establishment in London. Mr. W. M. Packer's renowned Band will perform a programme, consisting of many novelties in dance music, composed and selected expressly for this occasion. Doors open at half-past 9 o'clock, to commence at 10 punctually. Gentlemen's tickets, 55,; Lady's ditto, 3s. each. Supper at one o'clock—tickets, 3s. 6d.—N.B. Mr. Nathan, Castle street, Leicester-square, is the appointed Costumier. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms (Lessee, Cfiss. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, FuLaam - road) , The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE 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 terminate at half-past 11. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, PATRON-ILR.H. PRINCE ALBERT. CLASS LECTURES. Mr. J. 11. PEPPER Will commence TWO SEPARATE COURSES oc Twelve Lectures each on PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY In the LABORATORY on MONDAY, December the sth, at Eleven o'clock a.m., and on the Evening of the same day at a quarter to Nine. Fee for each Course, including use'of Apparatus, Three Guineas. Also, TWO SEPARATE CLASSES on PHOTOGRAPHY, each including Six Practical Lectures on the Paper and Glass Processes, to commence December Ist, at Eleven o'clock in the Morning, and in the Evenings at Eight o'clock. Fee for each Course, Three Guineas. CLASSES on MATHEMATICS by Mr. SMALLEY (a Graduate in First Class Mathematical honours 01 the University of Cambridge) commencing MONDAY, the 28th inst., at Eight p.m. Terms, One Guinea per Month. TKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET zik..-MANITFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET WAREHOUSEMEN, 69, 70, 71, 72,' 73, 74; and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. TO the NOBILITY and PATRONS of WAR WICK-1101J -E, Regent-street.—The SELLING OFF will CO MMENCh. at Ten o'clock each morning after this announcement, and great bargains will necessarily be offered in Silks, Shawls, Dressei. and Mantles. _ _ _ The dissolution. of partnership compels an immediate sale, how ever great the loss, and it is deemed to be but proper that this early information should be given to those who, for a quarter of a century, have been accustomed to honour this establishment with their patron age.-142 and 144, Regent-street. MIDDLESEX PRISONS. —To BAKERS, Butchers, Mealmen, Oilmen, Grocers, Brushmakers, Lea ther sellers, Woollen-drapers, Soap-boilers, and Others. WANTED, at the Houses of Correction, at Coldbath Fields and Westminster, and at the House of Detention at Clerkenwell, SUPPLIES of the amdermen coned ARTICLES, for Six calendar Months from the 25th of Lecember instant—namely : About 19 cwt. of Bread daily. in loaves of various weights ; good Ox Beef without bone, consisting of clods and stickings ; Oa-losads, weighing on an average 231bs each; Mutton, consisting of brews s, necks, and ribs ; Molasses, Sugar, Rice, Potatoes, Scotch Barley, Oatmeal, Salt, Soap, Oils, Leather, Linen Drapery, and Woollen Cloth. Persons willing to contract may see patterns and samples, according to which the tenders are to be made, and obtain the necessary forms of tender, upon applica tion at either of the said Houses of Correction. Sealed tenders are to be delivered before half-past Ten o'Clock on Friday, the 16th instant, at the Session-House, Clerkenwell-green ; and the per sons tendering, or some authorised agent, must be in attendance there at Eleven o'Clock precisely, with the names and addresses of two responsible sureties. The Visiting Justices do not bind them selves to accept the lowest, or any of the tenders.—Dated this 6th day of December, 1853 • CHARLES WRIGHT,_ CHARLES P. ALLEN, IClerkg. READING SAUCE, for Fish, Game, Gravies, Hashes, Stakes, &c.—JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg to CAUTION the Public arainat the daily frauds prac- Vsed by many persons, who are offering their spurious imitations as the genuine Reading Sauce. This . sauce Is p . i . tArmlsettatig, /gni. NAWArt l agvalrett I TITIT01:1 - liPall respectable Fish g ' auce Tenders. Be particular In asking for "Cock's nettling Sauce," which is pre pared miry' by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manufactory, Duke - street, Reading. All others are counterfeits. Observe the name, "J. and C. Cocas, Reading," on the seal and label of each bottle : without this none are genuine. DECAYED TEKTH AND TOOTHACHE._ Patronised by Her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert.—Mr, HOWARD'S PATENT WHITE SUCCEDANEUM for stopping Decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, soon becomes as hard as enamel, and remains• in the tooth many years. Full directions for use are enclosed. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street ; Sanger, 150, and Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; and at, 17, George.street, Hanover-square, and all medicine vendors in the kingdom. Price 2s. 6d. " STIRRING TIMES." THE Cattle Show is attracting thousands from AL the Country, but none should leave the City without inspect ing E. MOSES and SoN's gigantic DRESS EMPORIUMS, in New Oxford-street, and Aldgate, and Minories, where every fashionable order of ATTIRE for LADIES and GENTLEMEN may be pur chased at considerably lower prices than ere charged elsewhere. The coolness of Russia and the enthusiasm of Turkey will yet give rise to "stirring times," on which .we have no wish to calculate fur ther than, if money is scarce and provision dear, none will be the loser if they purchase all their ATTIRE at E. MOSES and SoN's. The corporation reform may create a " stir" rather hostile to the future prospects of" Gog and Magog," but advantageous to the pub lic, who have long felt the benefit of reform in the style and price of DRESS, by patronising the establishment of E. Mons and Sox. " Stirring Times" im Australia. • The colonists are determined to raise one hundred thousand pounds to assist emigration, and if the mother country does not take care of her chickens they are for taking care of themselves, which is best done by purchasing OUTFITS and CLOTHING of the most Suitable and saleable kind at E. Moms and Sox's. " Stirring Times" are most felt and best managed by E. MOSES and Sox, from the vast accommodation of their establishments, from the.employment of the greatest number of the most distinguished artists, and from a system of experience, punctuality, and economy applied to every department—Clothing, Hats, Caps, Fare, LADIES' and CHILDREN'S DRESSES, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c. The JUVENILE ATTIRE prepared for the ensuing vacations by E. MOSES and Sox, is more than ever distinguished for variety, comfort, durability and cheapness. The Wholesale Department offers greater advantages than are found Em l a u t ra an nt y s oatrheefranistashbled withishme f t. ull lists of OUTFITS for LADIES and GENTLEMEN, also with ship-sailing information, post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untraAesman-like falsehood of "Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for ohvlons reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OE LONDON, except their own Establishments. as follows : tendon City Establishment, 154; 155:156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506,507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. BradfoN (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield -Branch, 36 Fugate. Colonial Branch, Melbou. ne, Australia. Merchant fallo. a Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays; when business iv resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Id l'on perle Francais. Qui ai parla Italian. Hier arecht man Deutsch. Amin se habla Espano MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF . YOUTH AND MATURITY. - . DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor a 31edleine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro bleed more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience In the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unheppy and Unfruitful Marri ages, ',potency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless inodiflcations owe their almost entire origin, It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are princi:lis of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and boy' the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all, that the'e 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 en extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate corn- , plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the corridence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. •fr selecting thl4 department of practice, he has been amply rnwardal by the great success that has attended his efforts in the, treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of anqualifled and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications; assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their 'iatent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At Mho for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till lght. All letters must contain the fee of It., and advice and medicites can be forwarded to any initials or address._ _ _ " It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEAT should first obtain a copy of his work on ' SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medial Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generaive Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des- cribingln detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and mess& The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct descriplon of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, Frown, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers,and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann,29, Cornhill ; Storle, Titehborne-street, Haymarket; or free by pore, fbr forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author' s resi dence, 37, BEDFORD•KIJAJLE LONDON. The thirteenth annual meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, in Leadenball-street, for the purpose of receiving.the report of the directors, and the declaration of a dividend. Captain Thornton, R.N. in the absence of the chairman; Sir James Matheson, Bart., M.P., was called to the chair. Mr. C. W. HOWELL read the directors' report, of which the following is copy : - "TO THE PROPRIETORS OF THE 'PENINSULAR AND ORI ENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. " London, Dec. G. " Gentlemen—Pursuant t o th e not i ce, dated November 18, convening the annual general meeting of proprietors for this day, the directors have now to submit to you their report of the company's affairs for the twelve months ending September 30, 1853. • A- statement of the accounts, duly audited, together with the supplementarydocuraents, have been laid on.'the board-room. table, during the last seven days, for the inspection of such proprietors as might be desirous of examining the same. "The accounts of the year'S.operations exhibit the fol lowing results Balance of net profits for the year ending 30th Sept., 1853, after providing out of the earnings the usual reserves for wear and tear at 74 per cent., insoraUce against sea-risk at 4 per cent., and depreciation at 5 per cent. £62,438 1 8 Add the balance of undivided profits from the previous year, as per balance -sheet. 16,169 2 3 Leaving disposable for dividend, Stc., for the year. Deduct dividend for the half-year ending 31st. March, 185$. 36,685 16 0 78,597 3 11 There remains. 41,911 711 From which has to be deducted the half year's dividend of 3 per cent., now About to be recommended, and estimated to amount to 37,500 0 0 A balance then remains, to _meet contin gencies and to be carried to tha next year's account, of . 4,411 711 THE GUARANTEE INSURANCE FUND. At the last annual general meeting of the company, this fund amounted to £201,624 14 9 Appropriation to this fund from the pro prietors' underwriting account, for the year ending Sept. 30, 1853 12,000 0 0 And this fund now amounts to • . ' 1213,624 14 9 DEPRECIATION PIIND. At the last annual meeting, this fund amounted to £260,054 10 3 Add the usual 5 per cent. for depreciation on the floating property for the twelve months ending September 30, 1853 Making Deduct amount expended during last year, for extraordinary repairs and improve ments to several of the company's ves sels And this fund now amounts to PROPRIETOR'S UNDERWRITING ACCOUNT. The balance to the credit of this account, as exhibited by the accounts ending 30th September, 1852, amounted to ... 29,042 1 5 Deduct paid to proprietors as under writers, in January, 1853 Leaving a balance of To which is to be added the annual pre mium on the estimated value of the floating property of the company, for the ordinary sea risks for the year end ing 30th September, 1853 There remains Deduct amount carried to the insurance fund to meet extraordinary casualties, &c. And a balance remains, at• 30th Septem ber, 1853, of . £26,517 6 5 " ito casualties of importance having happened to the company's fleet during the period embraced in this report, the directors consider that a payment out of the premium charged, of 14 per ,old share, and 10s. per new share, may be made to the proprietors early in the ensuing year, as on former occasions. " THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH Tlls GOVERNMENT, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF PROCURING COALS FOR CARRYING ON THE POSTAL SERVICE.—In their last half-yearly report the directors alluded to the great dif ficultyland heavy expense to which they were subjected, from the want of shipping, in endeaviuring to procure supplies of coals for the company's stations in the Eastern Seas, and their unsuccessful applicatioi. to the Govern ment for relief, by a temporary suspension of a portion of the new postal service, or otherwise. Their corres pondence with the Admiralty on that occasion having been made public, in a report of a committee on con tract packets, presented to Parliathent, the directors have deemed it expedient to reprint 'it 'from that report, and place it in the hands of the proprietors for their infor mation. A reference to it will have shown that the appli cation of the dir.-‘,..,...., requesting that the extraordinary c..... , ...a.uces which had caused the diffic u lty i n procur i ng oals, and which could neither have been foreseen nor con trolled by them, might be examined into, in order that the company might obtain relief in the manner suggested —was responded to, in the first instance, by an invitation to surrender the c o nt rac t f or the whole service, in order that it might again be submitted to public tender; and subsequently by the proposal of conditions for a temporary suspension of a part of the service, involving such a com promise of the company' s interests as the directors could not submit to with a due consideration of their duty to you. With regard to the first alternative proposed—the surrendoking•of the contract—the directors felt that they might have accepted it with considerable pecuniary ad vantage to the company. To place this in a clearer point of view, they would beg leave to advert to the circum stances under which the existing contract was obtained ; namely, 1. It was subjected by the Government to the most severe test of public competition, the service having been divided into no less than five separate portions, to enable parties of moderate means to compete for any por tion of it. 2. The cost of coals, at the time when tenders were invited for it, was about one-half of what it after wards rose to, and has continued at, during the past year. 3. The terms on which the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company undertook the whole service involved a financial advantage to the public, as compared with the other offers made to the Government, of no less a sum than 86,4001. per annum, or, for the whole term of the contract, eight years, to 691,2001. Looking to these cir cumstances, it.must be sufficiently obvious that, if the pro posal of the Government had been accepted—the contract surrendered—the operations of the company forthwith sus pended, except i n so f ar as ' the. requirements of passenger and merchandiselrafficmil4ht have been remunerative—the postal service with India, and the other important colonies and possessions in the East, must have been interrupted to such an extent as would have soon compelled the Govern ment to seek a new arrangement, either with this company or some other parties, could other parties have been found with sufficient means to undertake such an extensive ser vice. In either case, with such an enhancement of the cost of fuel, and difficulty of procuring conveyance for it, and with the knowledge that a rigid fulfilment of the contract would be insisted on, without regard to unforeseen or un controllable circumstances, the public must have been sub jected to a greatly-increased payment for any new contract which could have been effected. Fortunately, two favour able circumstances have occurred, that could have been no more foreseen or calculated upon than the adverse ones just referred to, which have hitherto obviated the necessity of any such appeal for relief, either on account of a break down of the postal service, or pecuniary loss to the com pany. The first of these was the obtaining, through means of the Government of Batavia, a large supply of coals, though at a very heavy cost, for the Singapore and China stations, at a time when tonnage from England for those quarters could not be procured at any price. The second was the unusually large exportation of specie to India and China which has taken place during the last six months, in consequence of the extraordinary state of the exchanges with these countries. As that exporta tion has been made almost exclusively by the over land route and the company's ships, the increase thereby derived to the company's income has been consider able— has served to counterbalance, to an important degree, the enhanced cost of coals—and to produ ce that state of the company's financial position exhibited by the abstract of account now submitted, which, considering the crisis that threatened the company at theiearly part of the year, can scarcely fail to be satisfactory to the p prie arp. The directors therefore trust that the r course Nov-hich they adopted, under the very difficul t lcircumstances in which they were placed, may meet with your approval. " CONTRACT FOR THE BOMBAY BRANCH OF THE INDIAN MAIL SERVICE.—The East India Company having recently determined to abandon the postal service between Bombay and Suez, and Bombay and Men, the directors were in vited to submit a proposal to th e Government for under . taking a postal service twice a month between Bombay and Aden, the mails at the latter place to be transferred to and received from the company's steamers conveying the Cal cutta and China mails. The directors offered to undertake that service at the same mileage rate as that of the exist ing contract for the India and China service, which offer has been accepted. " APPLICATIO OF THE COLONISTS OF VICTORIA (AUS TRALIA) FOR IMPROVED POSTAL COMMUNICATION.—The directors have recently received a communication from an association of landed proprietors, bankers, merchants, traders, &c., of the colony of Victoria, transmitting copy of a memorial to the Home Government, adopted at a public meeting held at Melbourne, praying for certain improve ments in their postal communication with the mother country, particularly that the steam communication via Singapore and the overland route may be made monthly, instead of every alternate month as at present, and request ing the co-operation of this company to effect the latter object. The directors have sent a reply, to state that they will be prepared, on a reasonable notice from the Govern ment, to !establish, on moderate terms, a monthly line of steam packets with Australia. And that in the meantime they have made arrangements, to be carried into effect with the next outward overland mail of the 4th and Bth of Jan uary proximo, for accelerating and otherwise improving the existing communication, by placing larger and more powerful steam packets on that line than those (the Chusan and Shanghai) which the company have hitherto been obliged to employ on it. The Bombay and Madras, 1,300 tons and 280-horse power each, with screw propellers, are intended to replace the Chusan and Shanghai, of about 700 tons and 100-horse power each, the latter resuming the China station, for which they were originally destined. By means 1 of such powerful vessels, and the, recent arrangement of proceeding direct to Ceylon with the homeward mails, a considerable acceleration of the Australian postal service will be effected. " STATE OF THE COMPANY'S FLEET.--The list prefixed to this report exhibits the number, tonnage, power of ma- „ . chinery, and ships employed as well as those fitting out and in progress o f cons truction, of the company's fleet. It therefore appears to be only necessary for the directors to state, that whetherwith regard to the improvement of the older ships, or the arrangements of the new ones, no efforts have been spared to combine in them every requisite for 1 superior speed, the comfortable accommodation of passen gers, capacity for the carriage of goods, and economy in their navigation, and in these respects they venture to as sert, your fleet is not surpassed by any other ocean-going vessels. In providing the large number of ships comprised in the list referred to, the directors have not only had in view the efficient execution of the services in which the company is already engaged, but to make timely arrange ments for meeting the growing requirements of postal, passenger, and commercial intercourse in the East. This volicy, by placing the company in a position promptly to undertake new and extended services, with more efficiency and economy to the public than could .be otherwise ob tained, has enabled it hitherto to contend successfully against all the attempts which have been made to rival it. "LOAN TO THE PACRA •OF EGYPT.—The first and second re-payments on this loan (of which the company advanced about 100,00014, which fell due on the 31st of March and the 30th of September last, have been duly discharged by his highness; and remittances to a considerable amount have already been received on account of the third and last instalment due 31st of March next, which the directors have every reason to believe will be liquidated with the same punctuality as the re le c an ew , e e d x f p r r o e m ssi h s i g s i h n ig w h a n r c in ss terms t soon wo afterformer hs atnh the ones. oo fnet A lhn se liieemtntp important the company, in so effectively aiding him in this object. ce rendered to him by f r a w t hanset service " COMPLETION OF THE DiBENTURE LOAN.—The - direc tors stated, in their last report, that they had taken up an amount of 383,0001. out of the 500,0001. which they were authorised to raise on debenture. Considering that the appearance of the money-market, towards the close of last slimmer, did not afford indications of money becoming easier, they determined on completing the loan, and were enabled to procure the balance, 117,0001., for three years from the 15th August last, at 4 per cent..interest. Looking to the rise in the rate of interest which soon after ensued, the directors consider the company fortunate in obtaining this sum on such reasonable terms. " DIVIDEND.—They now recommend that a dividend of 3 per cent., clear of income-tax, < for the half year evading 30th September last, be declared, and be payable on and after the 23d instant." Prefixed to the report was a list of the steam fleet of the company as follows : FOR THE SOUTHAMPTON AND ALEXANDRIA SERVICE. Tons. Horse-power. 1. Himdlaya 2. Ripon 3. Indus FOR THE MALTA AND MARSEILLES AND ITALIAN COAST SERVICES. 4.. Veetis , 5. Valetta FOR TEE CONSTANTINOPLE AND PENINSULAR SERVICE. 6. Tagus ' 900 7. Iberia 8. Madrid _ __ .__ _ __ 9. Sultan 10. Engine 11. City of London (char- ILIA 400 paddle-wheel. tered vessel) FOR THE SUEZ AND CALCUTTA SERVICE. 12. Bentinck 13. Hindostan 14: Precursor 15. Oriental 16. Bengal 17..C010mb0 FOR• THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA SERVICE. 18. Pekin 19. Lady Mary Wood 20. Formosa 21. Chusan 22. Shanghai FOB THE BOMBAY AND CHINA SEUVICE. 23. Singapore 24. Ganges 25. Mklta 26. Erin 27. Pottinger 28. Achilles 29. Norna 30. Douro 31. Cadiz FOR THE SINGAPORE AND• SIDNEY SERVICE. 32. Bombay 33. Madras 1,200 .... 1,200 FOR THE CHINA LOCAL SERVICE. 34. Canton 35. Tartar 36. Sir Charles Forbes 450 paddle-wheel. (chartered vessel) ... Mr. MORRIS seconded the motion, and strongly con demned the course tak en by the overninent, as dis closed by the correspondence. He regretted the directors had not thrown up ,the contract, for he was sure the word of command from the Government would quickly have been, "as you were." (Hear, hear.) He called attention to a statement in a morning paper, in a letter from Alexandria, complaining of the state of the steamers, belonging to the Pacha, on th e Nil e , used in the transit ; and inquired whether there was any prospect of the abolition of the transit duties ? Mr. ANDERSON M.P., said he would answ er th e question. But erst .he felt ,it necessary to make some apology for the Government, though it was a hard task, for the course they had taken with reference to the ap plication made to them by the directors. The Govern ment, about the time of the correspondence, were under some disadvantage, inasmuch as its members were new to their respective offices. Probably, therefore, they were not aware of the position of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, or of its general merits in connection with the public service. 65,185 15,610 They were in the position of the new King in The CHAIRMAN said that in making a few remarks Egypt, who rose up and knew not Joseph. But they upon the report he must congratulate the propietors that knew him now. (Hear, hear.) They knew that the the difficult circumstances in which the company had mileage rates at which the company was carrying on an been placed in the early part of the year had been met extensive postal service were somewhere about half the and overcome in three different ways. In the first place, rates of the other large postal services. The rates of humanly speaking, they had overcome the unexpected passage money had been reduced 20 per cent. at the difficulty with respect to their supplies of coals, by re- commencement of the present year. A great deal had ceiving some from Batavia ; next, by the transmission of been said about the sort of monopoly enjoyed by the an unusual quantity of specie to India and China during company ; its monopoly only arose from its efficiency. the last six months ; and, in the third place, under Pro- Great complaints had been made of the East India Cora vidence, by the extraordinary skill, care, and intelli- pany keeping in their own hands the Bombay line of the gence with which their vessels had been navigated by India mail. They had at last given it up. The cost of the commanders in their service. (Hear.) Being him- it to the East India Company and the Government was self of the profession to which they belonged, he desired about 160,0001. a-year ; but this service was about to be to take this opportunity of saying that the gratitude of carried on by this company for something under 25,000/. the proprietors was due to the whole body of their corn- per annum. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the diree maders and officers for their excellent and safe conduct tors not having accepted the Admiralty's suggestion of of the ships committed to them. (Hear.) During the throwing up the contract, he had no doubt that one cir whole existence of the company there had never been a cumstance weighed with them, though it was not alluded year in which the directors had had more anxious duties to in the report. He meant the great importance of to perform than that now drawing to a close. It the mail contracts to the company. He believed that if would be seen by the correspondence with the Ad- the contract had been surrendered the market value of miralty, that by requiring the double performance of the shares would have fallen from 20 to 30 per cent, at the great trunk lines of communication between Cal- once. (Hear.) But he would take this opportunity to cutta and Southampton, as well as with China, disabuse the minds of the shareholders as to the propor- India, and Australia, it was necessary that no less tion of th e con t rac t t o t h e i r w h ole earnings. The whole than 11.1,000 tons of coals extra should be placed amount paid for the conveyance of the Indian mails in the different depots. At the time when this service was little more than one-fifth of the sum required by was required, not only was the price of coals much the extensive operations of the company to yield a fair enhanced, but the power of conveying that indispensable dividend. Wore the company without a contract at all, material to their motive power was almost entirely taken arrangements could be made to accommodate the traffic away, by every British ship being taken up for the Aus- and passengers when they were greatest, and for using tralian trade. At Liverpool two or three Dutch vessels smaller vessels when they were few, and he believed the received cargo for Australia, and in one case even a result would be important. He repeated that if the Spanish ship. Under such circumstance s th e di rec t ors compa n y had no contract at all the company had ground thought it right to appeal to the Government in the to stand upon. (Hear, hear.) No new party could manner detailed in the correspondence. On that corres- possibly compete with them upon equal terms. This pondence he would make no further remark than that was the ground upon which they stood, and by their the directors, at its close, felt it ,their duty to the pro- own enterprise they had achieved it. The prietors not to shrink from the difficulties before them, had never had any official favour whatever d ; bcuotrnwpahneyn They would endeavour to meet those difficulties to the the Government found that they could un ertake public best of their ability ; and they had now the proud sets- business upon better terms than could be done elsewhere faction of meeting their constituents with the report the Government gave it to them. (Hear, hear.) With that had just been read. (Hear, hear.) In coming to regard to the transit throw h Egypt, the reason no their decision the Admiralty had not perhaps take n int o allusion was made to this gsubject in the report was consideration that the company bad been several years very simple. The directors expected to have received in fOrMing their staffs at Calcutta, Bombay, and Si.- by the last mail a communication of .considerable ins gapore, to say nothing of the smaller intermediate portance, which, if they had received, they would. stations ; and that the first outlay of those establish- have laid before the shareholders —namely, the aboli mente had been 100,0001.. Their annual maintenance ton of the half per cent, transit duty, and the open amounted to nearly 7 0 , 0001 . (Hear, hear.) Such being ing of a free transitfor merchandise to and from the the case, it would be impossible for all the wealth even East through .tgycipute.stiTonheasdiroencetoorfs vital d l in a li l ) w o a rta ys no of that great city, without such establishments, to main- garded the t g ran re tain our communications with our deppndencies in the bEoaarrlyd ltaostviyseitarEsihe (Mr. Anderson) was deputed the Pacha e. g a YPt reduction, and o East and in China in the manner they had been main. tamed by the ships of the company, by the energetic and to Abbas commencement t faithful services of the agents and representatives of the thelice presentyear, of the conveyance company at the different stations. He mentioned these cir- of ass rates charged for the cumstances in order that they might not in• future be communication would be multiplied ing commun frightened out of their propriety by the idea of any with by the increas ing p engers . across Egypt, in considering that they Another proposal n fr t o h m a that occasion h e fresh enterprise driving them from the ground they had should India. hitherto so honourably and usefully filled. TT hoped, e free transit remit the half per cent. trans' t for the Oriental and too, that when the time arrived for them to extend their P • through Egypt, not fur for all the world. communications between Aden and Bombay, a n d emnsular Compan alone, but gave him a written promise so (Hear, hear.) The Pacha e g complete the whole line between England and India, propositions upon the con the company would be found still more advanced was, d t t l i j :P t , and o P pe a n eb a a their efforts to secure the comfort and the accommod:: that he would agree to thes in dition that they should o nly differences in which . tion of those who travelled by their ship I Britain and her these feetthe etahrenoeostmdrotreioaotfiotnhebodtiwreecetnorGs retaots. t would be with the Porte had been certain political differe visited Egypt to bring improve and per- year he (1\ .fr Anderson) again be carried into effect after nclusion. e succe‘ in w t as he involved present things to aco settled. Earl b y l d in satisfactorily settled, for the , empire in the East, with her depend • • Australiaassengers and even to the eastward of that country, 8 Inwritten agreement, binding gett they expected there would be other o f entered into ofooorso that relative to p modes communi- himself to through Egypt. As to the other cation with the more distantcolonies h did the .mails ut he trusted he Pacha, was not prepared to name that no events whatever would interrupt sition, the • , it into effect ; but within the communi:. ' prop° transmit passengers a at the same time as cation between Great Britain and.the East, and that the a time had • edprivate he (Mr. Anderson) received p company would realise its motto—adopted from the a day or two . h led him to believe that it would not chivalry of the sister island—of "Q • ' " information wh i ch good reason for the Pacha um separavit. long. There was a Mr. WYNDHAM GOOLD, XP., moved the adoption be v ery kee i n , up the steam-boats. He was making aof the report, and referred at some length to the not p for carrying way across Egypt. This railway was progressing better rail correspondence with the Admiralty. He was gl ad it had been published separately, and circulated c l 4 ' ln' the i connect Alexandria with the Nile, and thus save the than was expected, for below next Low Nile it would the proprietors, because when he first read n....most disagreeable part of the transit. In twelve months report of the select committee of the Househiotffeieulionign: it was expected the whole line mould be completed to mons on contract packets, he did so that Cairo. There was consequently some reason why the and of indignation. And he now di s tinctl_ a sr d nss w o i in this correspondence the Governmenetiht v te e r r ted stepped Pasha should not be spending money in repair ing °light to have k ee ping up the steamers referred to. The transit through fair limits, and passed beyond the l i n t the company. Egypt to the East had now become a European ques. t-iersYteted that in such t i on . Th e Government of this country, he was satisfied, the office of a viewed it as such ; and as a diplomatic agent was about . overnment k (H ep e t a , r i , n b o ea rd r. 7 toHpolabcaeditaslewlfayins hiuensdere, one hand, and the going out to represent this country there, he had matters Government held, as that it was their duty h o p e th a t the question would soon be settled every' the other'not victimized, and that the torily. (Hear, hear.) satisfac contracting party on trustee between the public °n Colonel DAGNOLD said the G this capacity with respect to hayed in a manly • to see that the public vier E v ery one knew that the contractor did not suffer.. had not be way in relation e, to Cunard's lines and to others. himself would have thrown to the contract. He the West India the directorsline, of this company preferred the I depended for profits it up, paid the 35,0001., and But when e uest that they would institute an in- with economy in upon freights and passengers, for, Government had acted in difficulties which the directors experienced _every establishment, he believed that very: these alone • into the . of coals for carrying out the con- would pay well, quirt' . supplies He suggested that the in procuring moderater STEAM COLLIERS. 37. Rsjah 38. Manilla • VESSELS BUILDING AND FITTING OUT. (Will be ready for service in from three to six months.) 39. Simla (Clyde) 40. Nubia (Liverpool) 41. Pera (ditto) 42. Candia (Blackwall) 43. * * (ditto) 44. * * (ditto)] hip) 45. Haddington (transport 1 1,500 screw. s ' STORE AND COAL SHIPS. 46. Zenobia (Suez) .. ..... 900 47. Fort William (Hong / 1,800 Kong) 48. Santa Anna (Gibraltar) 1,500 49. Ariadne (Alexandria)... 900 50. Larkins (King George's 11,000 Sound) 51. Orestes (Port Philip)... 900 tract postal service, whether the fact were so or not, they sent a flat refusal. The Government said in sub stance, "If you do not like the contract, surrender it; but if you do not wish to surrender the whole, surrender the best part of it." This conduct was unworthy of the Government. (Cheers.) The letters addressed by the directors to the Government were characterised by great moderation, justice, and fairness ; but the answers of the Government to the directors were dictated in that sic voleo sic jubeo. manner which Governments at times assumed so well. (Hear.) They did not attempt to give any reasons for The line of conduct adopted, but the special report of the contract packet committee showed the considerations on which relief was refused. In re spect of these reasons, he must say he had never read anything more inconclusive, illogical, or irrational. The request was that inquiry should be instituted whether it was possible to carry out the con tract or not. The question was not one of price, but of tonnage. The select committee said :—" We have ascertained that the rise in the rate of freight has been v er y c o ns iderable, and that the difficulty of pro curing avail a bl e tonnage is still on the, increase." But they add e d, "T hii, ' however, does not appear to us to afford a rea son , time di ofs in terms of a co n t ract so recently entered into as that under consideratio n ." If these reasons were not sufficient to peg i justify the G overnment in entertaining the question, he should lik e t o k now what reasons would be. Then it was added :—" It is v er y pro b able that the rise which their ns entering with or modifyinghas take n pl ace i s greater than the contractors calcu lated upon at th e t ntotheir theagree ment ; but it is th e essence of all contracts that the con tractors should incur the - risk of all such occurrences This was true ; but it was not the essence of all con tracts that impossibiliti es s h ou ld not be taken into ac count. No court of equity' in the w or ld would bindacontractor to 'do that which it was impossible to do. Impossibilities were always taken into account, but not, it seemed, by the Government. The report proceeded : —" We consider that it would be a most dangerous and improper proceeding to release a public contractor from att agreement for no other reason than that it had turned out to be unfavourable to him." Now, this was not the ground upon which the request was made. The re port, indeed, took no notice whatever of the ground of the application—the possibility of obtaining tonnage for the conveyance of coals ; but the committee made it appear as if the company, on finding the rates of freight were running against them, became anxious to shirk their responsibility. This ' the com pany did not do. The Government, however, acted like the Egyptians of old—they required bricks to be made without straw. The committee went on :—" We therefore think it would be perfectly right, and, under ordinary circumstances, the natural course, to decline to enter into any inquiry as to the possibility of obtaining tonnage to convey coals to the company's stations, and to call upon them absolutely either to fulfil their con tract or to pay the penalty of 35,0001." He (Mr. Goold) had never read anything more unjust or unfair. ' (Hear, hear.) The company were indebted for nothing to the Government ; but they had always found the Government ready to take advantage of their services. If the Government wanted, troops to be conveyed to Rangoon or to the Cape, the company took them free. For such services the company received a private letter of thanks. But the Government had taken into consi deration:" that this application On the part of the com pany may possibly afford an opening for the revision of the contract altogether, and may thus, perhaps, enable the Government to make better terms for the public." But they added, "We do not, indeed, think that it would be to the advantage of the public that the contract should at once be wholly broken, because, while it is essentially necessary to make immediate pro vision for the continuance of the monthly mail service, there is great doubt as to the possibility of making an other contract at so short a notice on•equally favourable, terms." He (Mr., Goold), after this, thought the com pany might be inclined to say, " Thank you for nothing." (A. laugh.) But really the course taken by the Government ought not to be allowed to rest, •His own opinion was, that the directors should have surrendered the contract, and then the gentlemen sitting at the Admiralty would have discovered whether it was easy to organise a vast and complicated service, spreading over the most distant parts of the world. (Hear, hear.) He had heard it said that the company depended for its prosperity in a great measure upon its public contracts. He did not believe it, and he should be sorry to believe it. (Hear, hear.) LOSS OF THE STEAMER MARSHALL. The fearful catastrophe which befel the Hull and Ham burgh screw steamer Marshall, and the lamentable fate of every one on board—numbering, it is supposed, no fewer than 150 souls, without one being spared to tell the tale of her loss—has excited a most painful amount of interest at Lloyds. In the absence of all positi ve in formation there is little doubt that she foundered very shortly after coming in contact with the homeward-beund barque Woodbridge. The subjoined declaration of Captain Gatgens, the master of that vessel, taken on oath by the Admiralty Receiver of Droits at Hull, and which has been for warded to Captain Halstead, the secretary at Lloyds, will be found to contain all that is known of the facts attending the destruction of the ill-fated steamer : " Sailed from Stockholm on the 4th of November last, for Hull, with a cargo of iron, bones, and deals, passing Elsinore on the 15th, having very heavy weather, the ship labouring and straining very much, and shipping a great deal of water, the numps being constantly at tended to. We sighted Plamborough Head light on th e night of the 27th, distant four or five leagu es, the wind still blowing hard from S.W. We proceeded without anything particular occurring until Monday, the 28th. At about ten o'clock at night, when off the Newsand floating light, at the mouth of the Humber, we were run into by a steamer, name unknow n ; th e Newsand light, as far as I can judge,, was at the mos went W.S.W., distant about three or four miles, our ship being on the starboard tack, lying S. and by E. half !with the wind at the south-west blowing a fresh breeze, and hazy at intervals. We were all upon deck a t t h e t i me, hav i ng a li g ht a t our bowsprit, and showing two flash lights over the starboard side. The moment we saw the steamer approaching we hailed her, and said she wou ld b e i n t o us , b u t received no an swer. We continued our course, with the exception of varying half a point to the eastward, believing the steamer's head to be to the north, and that by that means she would have gone clear of our vessel, and it being so excessively dark that we bad no time to heave the ship about, as the steamer would have run into our ports amidships, and if we had squared the mainyard to wear she would have run into our starboard In idshiP s. Notwithstandin g th e precautions we took, and the en deavours of myself and crew to make those in char ge of the steamer hear, th e s t eamer ported her helm,anciran into us on the starbo ar d s id e, striking between the breach hooks, thereby starti ng t h e ship ' s stern, breaking several planks in the bow and forecastle floor, besides starting the bows at both sides, and otherwis e sh a ki ng her very much. Her jibboom, jibs, foretopgallant mast, and all the rigging relating thereto, were all carried away, and the vessel was quite unmanageable. Imme diately after the accident I hailed the steamer, and begged of them to stay by us, as I was apprehensive the ship would go down, as she was heavily laden. I received a reply from the steamer, stating they would do so. The steamer, on getting clear from our wreck, got round into toy starboard quarter, and iu a very short pe riod again came into collision with us by running into the starboard side of our stern, carrying away the rudder, starting the stern post, breaking the wheel standard, and otherwise cutting the ship nearly down to the water's edge. Before this second collision I hailed the persons on board the steamer to reverse her engines, but received no answer. It was almost immediately a.fternards that the accident followed. I again begged they would not leave us, as I expected nothing but that the vessel must go down. 1 received, however, no an s mer, and th e i ns t an t our steamer got clear she bore away in a southerly direction. One of my apprentices, named Robert Burns, fell through the aperture made by the steamer's steinlin our stern, and was unfortunately drowned, although every attempt was made to save him. The night was extremely dark and hazy, and the wind increasing from south-west to south to a gale. The steamer remained in sight but a few minutes. I was unable to get a sight of her afterwards. On both occa sions when she ran into us I inquired several times for her name, but received no answer. She was a screw steamer, with painted ports and a bust-head figure-head. Our vessel was totally disabled. I cut away the wreck before the bows, some hands attending to the pumps. She was making water very fast. We afterwards secured the wheel standard and rove fresh wheel ropes to steer the ship. The flood tide being nearly spent, I was enabled to get her into the Humber, when I thought it most prudent for the safety of my men to bear away to the northward of the Humber, and suc ceeded in bringing up with 85 fathoms of chain on the small bower anchor and 45 fathoms on the first bower, the wind blowing a heavy gale. It was then about 3 o'clock in the morning. In the interim I got three boats overboard in order that I might lighten the ship and have them in case of her going down, which I full anticipated, there being a heavy sea running and -the vessel making considerable water. In getting the boats overboard' the skiff got stowed and went adrift ; we attempted to get into the boats, ,for the purpose of plugging up the hole in the stern where the water was flowing in, but the sea prevented us. I then caused all the spare sail to be thrust into the aperture from below, as far as was practicable, and then under-drew a new lower atuddingsail dotible under the quarter, as the only chance of stoppin g th e l ea k,- w hi c h we fortuimtely partl3r succeeded in doing. I then unbattened hatches and loosened the iron, that I might be prepared, if oecasion required, to throw it overboard, so as to lighten her. At 10 30 'a.m., haring a signal for a pilot hoisted, a fishing smack named the Adventure, of London, came to my assistance, and the master of it coming on board I agreed with him to stop by me till the gale was over for the sum of 401., and then to go to Grimsby for a couple of steam tugs to tow the vessel up to Hull. As soon as the gale decreased the smack left, and on the steamers arriving the ship was taken in tow and we arrived at Hull about one o'clock on the following day. "JOHN ADOLPHUS GATGENS, " Master of the bark W oo d house, belonging to Hull." Hopes were entertained that some of the unhap py creatures might hav e b een p i cked up by the mutt?? which almost hou r ly pursue the track where the steamer went down, but the time that has intervened since her loss, without any such gratifying intelligence being re ceived, leaves little doubt but that the whole must have perished. On reference to Lloyd's Re g • .9 t er tpp f sh: 2i we find that the st eamer was an iron vessel of 260 tons, ny and was built at Shields in 1846,rt. and had recently undergone some repairs a t that 130 THE STRIKBS IN THE NORTH. At Burnley the operat — ives whoTiave_ resumed employ. ment en 40 h ours per week at the old rates,continue steadily a t work. Only one or two of the smaller esta blishments have f o u n d any difficulty, but with these there was a disposition on the part of the hands to tyran nise. At the larget mills they complied with the require ments of th e Masters' Association to present themselves at the counting-houses separately to be re-engaged, but to the smaller mills they went in a body. One employer, to whom his old hands went in a body, refused to receive 'them on the Monday morning, but they presented themselves at noon in the same way, and again at morn• ing and noon of the following days, to receive the same answer. To this master some of the workpeople uttered a caution, saying that labourers were scarce, and if he did not act with discretion, he would find all the other mills fully manned, and his own left to stand idle for want of weavers. Urged to exertion by this conduct the master sought out new hands in place of his old ones, and was so successful, that when the old ones again presented themselves in a body lie was able to tell them there was only room for a portion of their number, and that those who made the earliest appli cation would have the vacancies. The persistence of the workpeople in conduct like this is attributed to the cowardice of their late leaders in the turn-out, who, fearing to be marked men and excluded from work, persuade their fellow-operatives to make it a con dition that all shall be re-engaged or none. At Bacup the employers opened their mills on the same terms, yesterday, that had been offered last week with so much success at Burnley, only that instead of four days' work per week they only offer three at Bacup, and at old prices. At Bury there is less probabilityo a resumption of work. Two of the smaller firms, wi th about 300 looms between them, being under wi— p y T these ex ments to pay for steam power, have resumeda at the 10 eng age , per cent, advance, from inability to 1 enhaebirliedilote s4frnAos tnemos. whilst the hands are doing nothin g. paying higher wages than the worik,n,sgwofw. give will be less than from remthaini An other concern in the same town started, the hands agreeing 1010 looms Percent. ' c e h n a t 8 . advance, and take 'old prices. or..- lib2 t : 21 : 1 5' disposed to keep up Theo mwners' the contest with - . appear There is no prospect o f the o ut flinching. Bury before Christmas, At Blackburn the mills continue being re-opened at Millstoru ru n full time, the • demand for the. light, low -needed suitable for India, being Much better than that for the class of goo d s 50 gs ,000 made in P res t on . Of th e l a tt er pieces, now in Chi n a, were offered at Manch es t er to-day to be re-shipped t o Li ver p o ol or to any othe r port at 6d per piece under the selling price of d , Y. It d oes no t . follow, therefore, as some have as serted, that the same advance of wages can be afforded at at Prest on as Blackburn. At least such is the opinion of a Blackburn manufacturer. TUE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT 5T.R.41711.4N. By electric telegraph, dated Dublin, Tuesday evening, the jury in the case of " M‘Nally against the Great Southern and Western Railway," found a verdict for the plaintiff —l,OOO/. to the widow, and 833/. to each of the three children of the deceased 116I‘Nally, making in ali 3,500/. damages. In the case of John 111ohnu against the same com pany the jury gave 501. damages for injury received in his leg on the occasion of the accident. The third case, of Ellen Farrell against the co mpany, wa s settled out f court. SIXTH EDITION. 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