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IrEitrb SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALLS'—crhis Evening.) ST. LEGER. 13 to 8 agat Blink Bonny 9to 4 agst Ignoramus (5 to 2 taken freely) 9to 1 agst Tournament (taken) 15 to 1 agat Arsenal (offered) DERBY. 100 to 6 agst Sedbury (taken) 40 to 1 agst Dumfries (taken) 30 to 1 agst Cock-a-doodle-do 1000 even Clydesdale versus Longrange RADCLIFFE RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HEATON PARK HANDICAP. Lazy Lass De Ginkel Three ran. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Hesperithnoa... Cinderella Lot Three Thre' ran. WILTON CUP. Bracken Game Pullet ... 2 Greencastle —. 3 Four ran. STAND PLATE. Skycutter Pera Fite ran. Won easy. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TRADE IN OPIUM. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, with respect to the lvality of the manufacture and gale of opium. NEWS FROM INDIA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said seeing the noble lord, the Secretary of War, in his place, be begged to DA him whether any further telegraphic intel:igencehad been received from India. Lord PANMIIRE said nothing further than the de spatch which had appeared in the newspapers had been received. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH hoped be would be allowed to suggest that it would be exceedingly conve nient if the Government of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay would endeavour to enlist the service of some gentlemen who would be competent to put upon paper short facts in an intelligible form. If such a course was adopted such ambiguity would be avoided as appeared in the last telegraphic dispatch. Nothing was more unsatisfactory than the terms of the despatch last received. He wished now to call the atten tion of the noble lord the Secretary at War to a subject mentioned a few days ago on the subject of the number of militia the Govern ruent proposed to embody. He under stood the noble lord to say that the Government had taken a vote for 200,000/. for that purpose, and that this sum was;to be applied to the embodiment of 10,000 men. He begged to remind the noble lord that 30 battalions had now been transferred to the service of the East India Company. The expenses and pay of that force would amount for six months to 410,0001. There were like wise four additional regiments of cavalry transferred to the charge of the East India Company, whose pay for the same period would be 29,0001. There wore also 2,000 or 3,000 whose expense for a like time would be 32,0001., there were likewise some sappers and miners to be sent out whose pay might be set down at 8,0001. Therefore, including the 450,0001., the revenues of the country would be charged to a less amount than usual by iabout 559,0001. He calculated that the cost of the militia proposed to be embodied would not amount to more than 300,0001, leaving a sum of 259,0001. surplus. He hoped the Government would see the propriety of employing the whole of the surplus in the erebodyment of a mili tia force beyond the number of 10,000 as proposed. Lord PANMURE said the whole of the balance al luded to would be applied to t►he establishment of such a force as would meet the exigencies of the case. The noble earl should recollect that, independently of the permanent charge of the militia, there wtro no leas than 550 recruiting parties for the line dispersed through out the country. During the last three weeks no lees than 16,000 recruits had been received. Earl PO WIS said it would be very convenient if the noble lord would specify the regiments of militia be proposed to be embodied. Lord PANMURE said as soon as the order in coun cil, which was a necessary preliminary step was issued, every information on the subjmt would be given. The subject then dropped. THE DIVORCE BILL. Lord REDESDALE called the aften'ion of their lordships to what took place on Friday, relative to what took p'ace on the subject of the consideration of the Commons amendments to this bill Having explained his conduct of the occasion, with a view of showing that his motion to postpone the consideration of the Commons'arnendments for six months was perfectly regu lar, and founded upon precedent. He complained of the language used toward him by the noble and learned lord on the Woolsack, as well as the noble earl the Lori President of the Council. His course of prrceeding was termed a trick, although be bad given notice of his motion, and although be had sufficient support on that occasion to defeat the bill altogether, he yec consented, in defer ence to the appeals made to him, to withdraw his motion. He hoped that under the circumstance come apology would be rendered him for the unjustifiable lan guage with which he had been aisaihd. Earl GRANVILLE confessed his surprise at the course taken by the noble lord previously, and' there- fore be was induced to express his opinion rather warmly. Before the discussion terminated he expreFsed his belief that the noble lord, however unusual, was acting en tirely in accordance with precedent, and his own sense of justice. Under these circumstance he felt that he had no need to apologise. [LEFT SITTING HOUSE OF COMMON 9—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 3 o'clock, THE ANN WILSON-EIIIGRANT VESSEL. Mr. COI3DETT asked Mr. Secretary Labouchere whether he had received any information with regard to an emigrant vessel called the Ann Wilson, which sailed from the Port of Liverpool on the 29th day of November last ; particularly as regarded the alleged overcrowded state of that vessel, the short supply of water, provisions and medical com f or t s on b oar d , an d t h e fatal effects that ensiled ; and whether any inquiry had been or would be made into the factsl Mr. LABOUCHERE said that no official informa tion had been received from the colony, but application was made to the owners on the Government being made aware of the circumstances, and an answer was returned stating that she was,properly provisioned, and although she was surveyed for 186 adults, she only took out 169. He thought there must bo some misapprehension about the matter, An inquiry would be icstituted, and if the owners were found to blame, proceedings would be insti tuted against them for the recovery of theumal penalties, TFIE GERMAN LEGION. Sir DE L. EVANS asked whether the German Le gion settlers at the Cape of Good Hope were at present in receipt of full pay as troops embodied, or the rate of pay specified in the army estimate for this year ; and also, what was the present numerical force of that corps, of all ranks I Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the German Legion at the Cape had been called out as soldiers, and they were in receipt at this time of full pay. He hoped their embodiment would enable the Governor of the Cape to send a large number of the Cape troops to India. The German Legion numbered 2,300. AMALGAMATION OF THE WEST INDIA. AND Mr. AUSTRALIAN MAIL COMPANIES. be 71,, ,• J. LOCKE, in the absence of Mr. Coning what manner, the Secretary of the Treasury, in wanner if tion 0 1 t , , not officially, the Amalgams had enraneehWeleosrt4ln.dian and Australian Mail Companies the West India, bins ; alio, whether the chairman of consent of its ad Company had not obtained the shareholdersin to an Amalgamation with the Australian Mail under a more or less posi tive assurance that the would be further extendex,j4till'g Government contracts this wwas.thtotit competition fur two years •; and whether Go vernment guarantee f,,r th,,, mun o be considered as a publc parse for services to be performed in out of the 1862 and 1863? ruled in the years be . of the Mr. WILSON sail no amalgamation of th nanftn ; Q would be agreed to, that was not for the interest --...'" public, The usual pastel guarantee would 0 given i n this instance. COMMUNICATION WITH DUBLIN. Mr. CORRY asked the Secretary to the T reanT whether the terms of the contract for improving t h Y e communication between London and Dublin had hec n finally settled ; and, if so, whether the coctract hal been E xecuted : Also, what sttpi the Government hail taken towards providing suitable accommodalion, and the necessary appliances for the nintwkation add land ing of mails and passengers at Kingstown and! 1101y -11,34d 3 I . Mr. WILSON said this negotiation bad now been brought t o a c l ose, and the .c :editions of a con t r ast to be drawn tip and executed had been signed b y . lil e chair men of the respecti ve ra il way companies. The 13 ce:4ary arrangements for car r yi ng out the contract - u ld b e entered into, but it would t a k e two, pais , bef o they could come into operatior. F our vessel] woul bsi've to Le built, and extensive arrangeme n t s wou ld -he to be made with a view of carrying oat the clntract; i t ad two i Sears, it was thought, would be the shorte s t lied in! which they could be efficiently concluded. friir P. NORREYS asked how 101 l the Government THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY' had been occupied in ;bringing about an arrangement that would take two years to complete ? (Laughter.) Mr. WILSON said the act under which the arrange ment was made was passed in 1855, and he entered into details to sho w th a t th e G overnmen t had lost no time in bringing it about. THE LOSS OF THE TRANSIT. Mr. HENLEY asked the noble lord (Lord Palmer ston) if the Governmentlbad received any further infor mation relative to the loss of the Transit I Lord PALMERSTON said he bad received no ether information relative to the occurrence than the confused telegraphic dispatch which reached this country a few days since. THE 51ST REGIMENT. Major KNOX asked if any answer had been given by .he War-office to a memorial from the officers of the 51st Regiment, praying that their field allowance during the late war might be paid to them ? Sir J. RA.MSDEN said that he was at first under the impression that no answer had been sent to the memo rial, but on inquiry he found that it was sent more than a month ago, but by mistake it was addressed to the officer commanding the 38th, instead of the 51st Regi ment. (Laughter.) He had applied to the former to knew if it had been forwarded to the latter, but had as yet received no answer. He would, however, take care that it should be forwarded to the 51st. THE TRANSPORT OF TROOPS ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ-ATLANTIC CABLE. Mr. D. GRIFFITHS asked if her Majesty's Govern ment had any intention of making use of the remaining part of the Atlantic cable to improve the communication with Alexandria ; and, also, whether it was true that the Paella of Egypt had consented to allow the passage of troops across the Isthmus of Suez, and if her Majesty's Government intended to take advantage of it Lord PALMERSTON said that the cable was not the property of her Majesty's Government and could not be without a vote of that house sanctioning the pur chase. Without venturing to give an opinion on the de sirability or not of so doing, hs should remind the hon. gentleman that it was impossible to make such a propo sition at that period of the session. He was not aware that application had been made to the Pacha of Egypt for permission to transport troops across the Isthmus of Suez, and said that on a former occasion when such permission was granted the passage of troops was attended with considerabledifficulty and expense. CAVALRY BARRACKS.—HYDE-PA Mr. KER asked the - Under Secretary for War:whe ther, there was any intention of removing the Cavalry Barracks at the Kensington-gate of Hyde-park ? Sir J. RAMSDEN said there was, 'as soon as another site could be obtained. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. THE HARVEST. Since 1826 there has not been so favourable a season as the present, and a week or so more of the brilliant weather we have had during August is all that is now wanted to realise the prospect of an early and abundant harvest. There are no longer any complaints of failure in the potato crop, the symptoms of blight which had shown themselves in some localities in the course of last month having quite disappeared. The following report is ex tracted from the Cork papers of yesterday : " This week has been for harvest purposes all that could be desired. A little rain, indeed, fell in the early portion, but for the most peat we have had days hotter than we experienced since the summer began. The golden tinge which only showed upon the corn fields a short time ago has now been exchanged for the brown stubble. Not only have the grain fields ripened in abundance and healthiness great ,, r than has for a long time been remembered, but they are coming to a maturity ' with a rapidity that took farmers almost by sur prise. The consequence is that the harvest bas been gathered in with extraordinary rapidity, and a tremendous amount of new corn has been added to our granaries within the past week. We are happy to be able to say that Kerry has almost en tirely escaped the blight which atacked the crop in the county of Cork, the only place there affected being a limited locality in the neighbourhood of Dingle. The green crops which were a short time ago in a very bad state have recovered a good deal under the influence of the recent rains." Mr. James Clapperton, an eminent practical agri culturist, ia, his last weeky report in the Leinster Express, slys _ t‘ A greater, a more sullen, or a more general revolution in harvest operations was, perhaps, never before witnessed in any kingdom than is being' laudably manifested iu Queen's and Kildare coun ties at the present time, or a more who'esome tone, a more energetic or a more enterprising spirit could scarcely pervade the face of the agricultural com munity than is being practically exemplified from gentlemen of exalted rank down to the smallest farmer. Gentlemen, stewards, farmers, and, in not a few cases, labourers, are to be seen scouring the country from one gentleman's demesne to another, anclfrom one farmer to another, to ascertain where the harvest operations are being carried into effect with the greatest efficiency, upon the cheapest scale, with the greatest despatch, and with the least un necessary expenditure of physical power." DUBLIN, SUNDAY EVENING. RE ARREST OF SPOLLEN. James Spollen was re-arrested ILIA night at his lodgings in Exchange-strcitt, and conveyed by the police to the station in Green-street. He is to be brought up to morrow morning at 11 o'clock on a charge of robbing the late, Mr. Little. Spolien con fessed to be greatly astonished at his recaptare. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST KENT. The half-yearly report by the, directors has just been issued. It says : " Since the last general meeting the works on the line have been steadily progressing, and between Strood and Faversham are drawing rapidly towards completion. Although some delay has taken place, owing to unex pected difficulties which have arisen at the Strood end of the line, still the engineer sees no reason to depart from the expectation which he expressed in his last report of the line being ready for traffic in the autumn of this year. The arrears of calls appear large, but this is owing mainly to the forfeited shares still in the hands of the company, which the directors do not think it prudent to issue in the present state of the money market. In accordance with the opinions expres-ed by the shareholders at the last general meeting, the board proceeded with thetioill for an extension of the East Kent line from Strood to St. Mary's Cray, in conjunction with the West End and Crystal Palace and Mid-Kent (Bromley to St. Mary's Cray). It will be in the recollection of the shareholders that this measure was considered necessary in order to the due conveyance of the Continental and East Kent traffic which will come from Dover over the East Kent line, and which it is admitted by the South Eastern their North Kent line will be unable to carry. It had the further object of securing a West-end Terminus for the traffic to and from Rochester, Chatham, Canterbury, Ramsgate, Margate, Deal, Dover, and the Continent. It would likewise have carried out the views of the Government so often expressed in favour of an inland in• dependent line to Dover. The South-Eastern, at the same time, were promoting a line from Dartford to the Green wich Junction, for the purpose of partially effecting only one of these three objects, namely, the relief of the North Kent, at a cost nearly, if not quite equal, to the more comprehensive measure. The directors have to report that the committee of the House of Commons declared against the East Kent Bill, and granissd that of the South-Eastern, on the ground that " the competition which would be created by the former would be very injurious to the South-Eastern," thus appear ing to ignore altogether the policy of Parliament, which had already passed the East Kent Extension Bill, in 1855, with the avowed object of supplying a second and independent line to Dover. The committee, however, acknowledged the importance of the object contemplated by the East Kent of securing a West-end terminus, by exacting a pledge from the South-Eastern directors, as a condition of passing their bill, that they would call their shorehelders together, and propose to them to come to Parliament next session for the purpose of obtaining a West-end terminus. The committee, in considering this bill in connection with that promoted by the East Kent, have adopted the opinion enunciated by the sth report of the select committee on railway and canal bills bear hag date July 8, 1853. The committee believe that the competition which would be created by passing the bill now brought before it by the East Kent would be greatly prejudicial to the South-Eastern. That the South-Eastern has constructed expensive works autho rised by the Legislature for public use, and that such clear grounds of public policy have not been adduced as to justify the committee in further diminishing the re sources from which their just remuneration was to spring." The passage referred to in this report, and which was contained in the South-Eastern's petition against the East Kent bill, forms only an imperfect ex tract from a paragraph in Mr. Cardwell's report of 1853, which was made before the passing of the East Kent Act in 1853, and two years before Parliament found it necessary to establish a principle of com petition for the continental traffic by granting the East Kent extension to Dover. The whole para graph is as follows, that part. referred to by the com mittee of the House of Commons in their special report being in the in italics :—" As regards te rr it or i a l divi sion the high meaning attached to those words by some of the witnesses, amounting to an assumption that a concession of a certain territory should b e ma d e i n a particular company, and the faith of Parliament be pledged against the intrusion of any rival within the circle so prescribed, your committee are satisfied that no such engagement can in reason be asked for from Parliament, nor would it be of any enduring value if it were given ; the only security which a n y co m p an y can obtain for the undivided possession of a particular dis trict is the maintenance of such relations with the in- habitants of that district with Parliament, the guardian of the general good, as may render the continuance of that exclusive possession consistent with an enlightened regard t 3 the wants and interests of the public. Your committee consider that the principle heretofore esta blished at law, that au Act of Parliament constitutes an engagement between promoters on the ono side and the public on the other, is a principle deserving more con sideration than it hitherto obtained as a guide to future legislation. Tnis principle rightly understood conveys to the promoters no right that their privileges shall be exclusively maintained when they cease to be consistent with the general advantage, but it does imply that having been authorised by the Legislature to construct expensive works for public use, the resources from which their just remuneration was to spring shall not be taken away upon any other than clear grounds of public policy. The directors considering that the decision of the committee of the House of Commons was at variance with the views of the Legislature and Government, and most unjust to the East Kent as welt as to the publics, determined to appeal against it to the Upper House of - Parliament. In this determination the directors were fortified by the strong expressions as to the impolicy of the decision of the committee, which fell from many independent members of the House of Commons on the third reading of the South &stern bid. A petition was therefore presented to the House of Lords in the name of the East Kent, praying to be hoard against the South-Eastern bill, and that it might be rejected. The South-Eastern having op posed the right of the East Kent to be heard, the Lords' eammittee decided that they were entitled to be heard against the bill, but also to set up as against the South- Eastern line the extension line from Strood to St. Mary , Cray rejected by the Commons. After hearing the evi dence of Lord Sondes and Mr. Lushington, the com mittee of the House of Lords—impressed no doubt with the arguments urged by this company of the impolicy of granting a monopoly to the South-Eastern, and thus per forming the circuitous route by Reigate and Ashford to Raresgate, Margate, Dover, and the Continent, of the great national importance of an independent and direct line between Canterbury and Dover and the metropolis, of the great public advantage of a West-end terminus, herd of the convenient mode and small expense at which these objects would be secured by the proposed East- Kent extension—reversed the decision of the House of Commons and threw out the South-Eastern bill. This decision, wiiile it materially supports the views and strengthens the case of the E ts.t-Keat, leads to the Con viction that Parliament will not sanction the whole of the Continental and East-Kent traffic being in the hands of a company who have a direct interest in carrying it over their own circuitous route by Reigate and Ash ford to the city, instead of over a route not materially longer than the old coach road ti the aty and West-oral. The directors consider that the principle has now been affirmed that the East Kent ought to have an access to London from Strood independent of the Sow.h- Eastern. The bill introduced ,by the board fur an ex tension' of time for the purchase cf land for the Dover Extension line till August 1858 has received the royal assent. The directors are making the necessary arrange ments with a view to the speedy cpenirg of - the line. The necessary rolling-stock has been ordered, and a con siderable portion of it is now ready for delivery. The engineer's report expresses an opinion that a considerable I portion of the line may be opened in October. The ac counts show a total receipt of 457,669/. and an expendi ture of 446,426 1 .—1eaving a balance of 11,2431. The wears of calls on 630,0001. is stwed at 243,3051. On the Dover Extension line the receipts have been 52,7291. and the expenditure 44,209/ , showing a balance of 8,5201. The arrears of call on 87,5901. are 41,022/. LAW INTELLIGENCE, Aug. 22, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE THE SURREY GARDENS COMPANY (LIMITED). This was a meeting to obtain an adjudication on the petition of Mr. Horace Jones, architect, a share holder, praying that an order absolute may be made for winding up the above company. Mr. Roxburgh appeared for Mr. H. Jones (in structed by Mr. A. Jones, solicitor); Mr. Bagley, Mr. Linklater, Mr. Chidley, Mr. George, Mr. F. W. Chappell, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. Coombe a'so ap - pearea. in the case. An original printed prospectus headed " Private and Confidential" sets forth that the company (limited) will be formed with a capital of 40,0001., in 4,000 shares of 101. each, and that the commit tee of management, until the choice of directors, are—Wm. Beale, Esq., 201, Regent-street • S. Arthur Chappell, Esq. , 214 , Regent -street ; T. K. Holmes, Esq., 18, Fluyder-street ; George Bain, Esq., 18, Parliament-street ; James Coppock, Esq., 3, Cleveland-row, St. James's • and James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. M, Jullien is named as the diregtor of music and conductor, Howe Joliet, Esq., of 16, Furnivals-inn,, as the architect, and William Ellis, Esq., of 25, Golden-square,. as the secretary pro tern. of the company. The prospectus proceeds to set forth among other advantages offered by the company the following The gardens in the hands of a single proprietor have for more than 25 years been patronised by Royalty, Asc., but it is clear, from the great success of last season, that much larger results may be achieved, and that the public require accommoda tien beyond that which any single proprietor would venture to give. The application of capital, with a liberal but judicious outlay, is imperatively called for ; and now, by the Limited Liability Act, no danger can accrue to the parties supplying it. Ar rangements have been entered into with the pre sent proprietor. Not a moment will thus be lost in making preparations for the next se sson and in suring the large return that must inevitably follow. All preliminary expenses and the outlay which a new concern would demand will thus be avoided,- and if the business of the gardens be carried on with only the usual preparation more than a 5 per cent. dividend on the capital employed may with certainty leo calculated upon. It is proposed to erect build ings of a character and magnitude to command the attention of the public, comprising a music-hall capabl eof accommodating 10,000 people. To this will be added saloons for refreshments, conservatories, aviaries for the display of beautiful and rare birds, and aquaria for marine plants and fishes, while ex hibitions of various kinds will be introduced, afford ing amusement to promenaders. As a guarantee that the music will be of the highest order, the eminent services of M. Jullien have been secured, on advantageous terms, for a period of five years. The orchestra will be on a grand scale, and vocal talent of the v er y hi g hest order will be engaged. The artistic departments of paintings and fireworks will-be confided to the most celebrated men, and refreshments of a quality hitherto unequalled will be supplidd at moderate prices." A beautiful litho graphed sketch of the gardens (appended) is next referred to. Not more than 10 per cent. dividend will be " allowed" to b 3 paid in any one year, and " the surplus will be set aside for a reserve fund from which the entire capital of the shareholders may and will be repaid." Shareholders may, in lieu of receiving a share in the annual profits, have a personal ticket of admission for five years, with full reservation of right to share in the " surplus" to be then divided. The prospectus goes on to state that "no commercial enterprise of the day affords such certainty of success with so large a profit. The promoters have carefully avoided all exaggerated views ; application for shares may be made to the Secretary, at 23, Golden-square, or to the committee of management at their residences. A. large portion of the capital is already subscribed. Early application for shares is necessary, and im mediately upon the allotment a general meeting of the shareholders will be called to appoint the direc tors, solicitors, and other officers of the company, thus avoiding favouritism, and insuring a direction possessing the confidence of the shareholders." Mr. Roxburgh, on applying on behalf of Mr. Jones, the architect of the company, for an order for winding up, said that the prospectus. of the company was put forth in March, 1856. Out of the required number (4,000) 3,740 shares were applied for. Of these 3,256 shares were taken up, which gave the company a capital of 32,5601. to commence business with. The whole of that capital was lost, and there were now diets to the amount of 26,0001., of which 14,5001. were secured by a mortgage of the Music-hall, &a., and the re mainder, 11,5001., was wholly unsecured. The potialoner (Mr. Jones) was the holder of 20 shares, upon which the 200/...had been paid up. Ile was I also a creditor for 1,1001. Mr. Chappell, for certain shareholders, doubted whether an order for winding up would be valid on Mr. Jones's petition. Mr. Jones having pa'd up the full amount of his shares, he could not be said to be a contributory, and he petitioned for a winding-up order as a contributory. Mr. Chap pell referred to the 65th clause of the Act. The Commissioner- 1 ' ou say that calls cannot be -made upon lihn, because he has paid everything Mr. Chappell—Yea. Mr. Roxburgh referred to the 67th clause of the Act, sections 4aud 5, in support of the petition. ' The Conimisdoner observtd th a t i t wou ld b e slrange if an honest shareholder, who had paid up every farthing on his shsres, should be preclud e d from petitioning as a contributory. He might by so doing be able to gat something back. Mr. Chappell submitted that if the petit 7 on were allowed, creditors would have no voice in the mat ter, as the shareholders could elect the official liquidator. After some discussion the Commissioner said he would cut the Gordian knot by admitting Mr. Jones to be a petitioner. He could not conceive that the Legislature had ever int:ivied to preclude him from being a petitioner under the circum stances brought under his notice. Mr. Fleming said the present proceedings came on some of the shareholders like a thunderbolt, and that he had been reqhested to present a me morial to his Honour as a2recd to ysterday at a public meeting of shareholders and creditors. Mr. Fleming handed up a memorial, of whick the subjoined is a copy "This memorial showeth "That Mr. W. Tyler was lessee of certain ground a n d premises at w a l war th, and he there conducted, in a very reTectable way, Z a logical Gardens, hut that for the laat two or three years of his tenancy it turned out an unprofitable undertaking. " That he became indebted to a considerable amount to James Coppock, one of the directors of the company called the Royal Surrey Gardens Company, who became mortgagee of the premises, or in some other way was beneficially entitled thereto. " That for about 18 months previously to the year 1855 the lease and premises were in the market for sale, and several parties treated for the same, but no sale was effected. "That in the latter part of the year 1855 a company was formed, called the Royal Surrey Gardens (Limited), of which the said James Coppock was one of the regis tered promoters, the said Mr. Tyler was appointed manager, and the petitioner, Mr. Horace Jones (who now seeks to wind up the company), was the architect,. " That a company was readily formed, and in the month of March commenced their buildings and laying out their grounds at an outlay of about 25,0001. " TLat at a meeting of shareholders in October, 1856, a dividend of 10 per cent. was declined out of the profits said to be made in a period of 10 week=, during which time the gardens had been open, and the account marked A* hereunto annexed was then circulated among the shareholders. "That in A pril last a second meeting was called upon the following notice, without any account being sent with it : " ' Notice is hereby given, in pursuance of the deed of settletneut of this company, that the second ordinary general meeting of shareholders will be held on Thurs day, the 2d day of August proximo, at the Royal Surrey Gardens, at two o'clock in the afternoon precisely.' • "That from the wording of the above notice, and in timation given to the shareholders that nothing but the ordinary business, such al the arrangement of the enter tainments and the opening of the gardens, would be under consideration, several shareholders did not attend who would otherwise have done so, particularly if it had been known that a-i account affecting the validity of the undertaking woul I have been brought forward. "That at this meeting the shareholders were kept in the large concert-room until the time appointed for the meeting had tanked, and they were then shown into an adjoining room; where a pleutiful supply of sandwiches and wine Wile spread upon a counter, and at one end was laid a handle of accounts, one of which marked B* is hereto rxhibitci, and which accounts were not distri- * The schedule A, referred to in the preceding docu ment purports to be au account of receipts an 1 payments fur the season commencing July 15 and ending OA. 1, 1853. The account states that the cash pail for music, vocalists, sala nos, and all charges for current expen ses connected with the gardens i s 10 4 ,1';81.. ss. 3(1., which with 9081. is. 91 owing on current expense account, leaves a bAanco profit ou the season of 1,9161. is. 11(1.; the cash received for ad mission to the various Performances hiving been 12,6391. 18s. 5d., and the. casb, received from cigar, champagne, and refreshment rooms, 71 - :1; 15s. total, 13,3521. 14s. ld. • The schedule 13 .referred to purports to be a general ba lande sheet 'to ale. 31, 1856. It shows capital paid up, 3),4931.; amount rnceivcd-for admission to gardens, &c., ga 13,6141. 4s. ld.; ' am o un t received - for surplu s stores, 5191. 9d.; from creditors- at on loan, 5 , 080 / . 12s. 3d.; total, 49,-708/. 45.. id,.. A in this aMQ u nt there were: —By pr9p.erty-amount paid for gardens, 11,000/4 on construc tion' account, 196781 . les. 9J.; . prelim inar y ex p enses, 3,1751. lis.; current expenses, 11,6i31. Is. (including AI. Jtillien's salary, 1,2301. •; voca lists, 1, 0401, ; band , 2,4471: ; fireworks, 1,34 'earth 1,160/. Bs, 7d. in hands of bankers; total, 49,7081. 4.4. ld. To this account is affixed the certificate of J. Weston, auditor,. that b.. 9 " has exa mined the same, finds it collect, 44 1 . hereby confirms pie same," - • ARMY PAY. Col. FREEST UN gave notice that early next ses sion ha should move an address to her Majesty praying for an increase of the pay of captains and subalterns in the regular army. RUSSIA AND THE BLACK SEA. Viscount RAYNHAIII asked the nobis lord (Lord Palmerston) if it was true that, in violation of the treaty of Paris, Russia had sent a large naval force into the Black ea to operate against the Circassians ? Lord PALMERSTON said that, independently of the treaty of Paris, Turkey, by the treaty of Adrianople, ceded the east coast of the Black Sea to Russia. Russia was at present engaged in hostilities with the Circas• sians on the northern part of that coast, where she had sent some of her cruisers she was entitled to keep in the Black Sea to co-operate against them. He did not ap prehend that by so doing Russia had exceeded her powers. The Lords' amendments to the Joint-Stock Companies Amendment Bill and the Probate and Letters of Admi nistration (Ireland) Bill were considered and agreed to. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord PALMERSTON moved that the house at its rising adjourn till to-morrow at two o'clock. Agreed to. Numerous returns having been ordered, and some other business disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter to four o'clock. Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—AUG. 20. Qrs. Best. Current. Infello 614 Wheat 603 61 37s Od 222 Oats 33s Od 303 lid osi Od 132 Barley 3ss Od 3ls Sid 29 Peas &beans 49s Od _ 47.1 31 HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—AUG. 21. WURAT. BARLRY 1 OATS. I BE M'S First €Bs Od 38 s Od 35s Od 539 01 Second 42s 7d 31s 10,1 1 31s lid ) 481 81 i Third 328 Od 20s 01 I 303 Oct 144 6d Total quantity of wheat in market, 533 qrs., 520 sold barley „ 173 qrs., 159 sold oats ,; 113 qrs., 103 sold IS PP beans ~ 28 qrs., 23 sold AVERAGES PER, mrantAL QUARTER. ►r 1 Wheat, 21. 2 7 4-12ths 1 Barley, ll. 11 10 B.l2the Oats, 11. 11 11 s.l2ths Beans, 24 8 8 7-12 tbs ABERDEEN-AUG. 21. Potato oats 24s 6d to 25s Gd Common oats 2:3s 6d to 24 s Od 1401bs per bushel Bere 30s Od to 31 s Od 1 - Barley 30 s Od to 31 s Od o3lbs ~ Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 403 Od 1 , white 36s Od to 45s Od 621bs „ Oatmeal ' 193 Od to 20s 0.1 per boll. Flour 41s Od to 45s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6,1 to 9d Butteicp lb. is to is to Mutton, per lb 6d to 9d I Eggs, p doz. Os 8d to Os 103 Lamb, do., Os 6d to OA 91 Hens, p pair 2s 6d to 3 o.i Veal, Der lb ... 5d to Os 8d Chickons,do.ls 6d to 2E; 0 Pork, i)0r1b...03 6d to Os 7d Ducks, do., is 6d to 26 0 ; Salmon, per lb .........ls 2d Ducklings,dols 6d to 2s 0 Grouse, per brace., 0s to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 43 6 i Tallow, p stone, OS to 113 0.1 Potatoes, pr pock, d —to 10 Rabbits, each Od to 01. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 1005 to 101- Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen ...... ;I to 7d RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 6d I Barley flour,l4lb.os to 2s 2d Oatmeal Os Od to 2s hi „ dust, Beroiueal Od to 2s Od I , per lb 2d to 2id Peasemoal... Os Od to 23 4d Sid ' s, 7d . . Cltee;ie:pe; imperial atone, 4H. 0,1. to 4s 6 4-Ib. 10af...8d. I 2 7 1 b. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, Atm. 21. We have scarcely any alteration to report fur old grain from last d a y' s p r i ces . Th e su pply wa s small, and it met, a very dull sale. An increased number of new samples of new wheat, oats, bere, and rapeseed, and two samples of new barl e y, a rea d y sa l e, an d con di t i on goo d. In Indian corn tilmost nothing doing. White wheat, 1 3 35a 01. to 373 6;1; red ditto, 3laoa 25 OA. ditto now, —3 ; barley, m a lti ng , 16 s 64 to 25s 6d; grind fid t() ; oats, old, 15s eid to 188; ditto, new, 16 O d ; r aps ; oatmeal, 14s Gd to 17s• bare, new, 163 to 17 Od to 2,11's .ov, Od to 31s 6d per brl ; bakers' flour, 19 lbN. Por clvt; core, 335'61 'to 394 01 pa L OCAL SHARE MARICET4 131.i:2. in this market STOCK ER CITA I N aIVE GE.- I •t aj t;: s Be tern Counties, have been rather buoyant, though little ,; a ne. Lancaehire and Yorkr~hir ©, 99- 8- P:8 4e83 ba : bi3 l : 2 l : South Midland, 2Tttoonrritobn E an a d e N re . rt.345...ii:L.ite:1,1,2t.130:7__ —Grand Trunk of Canada, I.2fi —o , l4darili, B Mi,neheeter, Sheffield, and Liueoln, Cunst. 74—Great Western of Canada, new, 3. 9d uT g 3e. .p; Dutch'Rheniab, 4,1 d,. MONETARY AFFAIRS. While the sta.' e of affairs at Delhi still remains in suspense, and everything connected with the Indian outbreak is demanding public attention, the silent effect of our pernicious monetary system is making itself extensively felt. The decrease of bullion in the bank, according to last week's return, was only trifling (18,3951.), but the amount of the active circulation is now reduced to 19 547 440/. A decline in the funds and in all securities has taken place. The Colombo, which departed for the East on Thursday, was to take out nit le - _:s than 1,250,0001. for China and. India—and the whole amount re mitted since the commencement of this year to these countries will thus be raised to 12,500,000/. about. . _ It thus appears that not only does our present monetary system expose us to constant fluctua tions and depressions arising from the export of gold from the Bank, but that we are also liable to these ill effects from the unsound monetary legisla tion of other countries. We ret lin our own silver 'becalm the rate at which it is coined into money renders our coin au unpeofitable article of commerce. -But France ttnd other countries have not reduced their silver coin age in proportion to ours, and it therefore pays to export silver from them, and to purchase silver for exportation gold is withdrawn by those coun tries from the Bank of England. Put gold at 'its market price, and foreigners would•no longer be able for their own convenience or profit to diminish our circulation, raise our rate, of interest, and disarrange all our commercial trans actions. But till this is done, we are at the mercy of foreign merchants, and of any train of circum stances by which our stock of bul!icn may become an article of profitable export.ition.—Derl;ysl4ire Courier. . . , , , , [ADvErrisinisrer.]—Holloway's Pills ara unueniamy the finest medicine in the world for bile and indiOstion. In all cases of deranged stomach, determination of flood to the bead, bile, sick headache, liver and stomach coin plaints, there is no medicine known that will give such immediate relief as these rcnowned pills ; young and old, rich and poor, patronise them, and so many cures are effected by .their use, that their praise is sounded fr,m the temperate clime to the frigid zone—in truth, persons who travel consider them a necessary requisite.—Sold by all msditine vendors through Out the world, at Profes sor Holloway's E.,tallishrcents 244, Strand, London, and $ O , Malden-lane, New York ;by 1.-Sts r mpa, conotm i inople ; A. G u idi cy, Smyrna, aiad E. 'Muir Malta • EV ENING, AUG. US T 24, 1857 bated, but left to be taken by those who might chance to see them. "That several shareholders bad not time even to read the said account before some gentleman moved that such occount be received, approved, and adopted ; whereupon a question arose as to whether the dividend declared at the last meeting was or was not paid out of capital, when a show of hands was taken and the account was assumed to be passed by a majority of two, as counted by the secretary, all the directors present voting for the passing of their own accounts, and the real and vital question as to the sum of 14,0001. as charged for the purchase of the gardens, was not made the subject of discussion. "That some of the Shareholders immediately atter the said meeting began to investigate the account generally, and upon inquiry they foand that the 14,0001. charged, as and for the value of the lease was for premises which had only an unexpired term of about 12 years to run, and was at a rent of 3461. a-year, besides rates and taxes, and subject to a septennial fine of a year and a half value, and the letter from a shareholder marked C* hereto ex hibited was circulated to every director and shareholder. " That in pursuance of this circular a meeting took place, and the question was fully brought forward, but owing to a statement made by Mr. Coppock, the actin , " director of the company, the subject was not entertained . ' The fact, however, that the lease had only about 11 years to run was not denied, and the sum of 14,0001. as the value of the lease, was justified under a statement make by Mr. Coppock, that several 'offers had been made for the purchase of the lease previously to the formation of the company, but which statements have turned out to be fallacious. . "That in the prospectus issued upon the formation of the company there appears the following paragraph : All preliminary expenses, and the outlay which a new concern would demand will thus be avoided, and if the business of the gardens were carried on with only the 'usual preparation, more than a 5 per cent. dividend on the capital employed might certainly be calculated upon, and yet in the account marked B 3,1751. 17s. is charged fDr Parliamentary expenses, besides 1,359/. 10s. for stock, fixture, &c.,' and in the 3,1751. 17s. is inelnded a sum of 6001. towards a musical festiv#l, 3001. for salary to Mr. Tyler, the manager, and other sums of a like nature, although in the first account, marked A, salaries and all charges are stated to be debited against the company. " Tbat although it is possible that some of the direc tors might have been in ignorance of the short time the lease bad to run, and that all erections upon the ground would pass to the landlord at the expiration of it, still, after they had received the direct communication of the fact by the before mentioned letter of the 2111 of April, they still went on to expend a large sum of money, amounting to nearly 4,0001. in additional buildings, and the petitioner, Mr. Horace Jones, was the architect em ployed in such erections, he at the time knowing the above facts. " Tbat in order to pay for such additional buildings and other outgoings, the directors issued the following advertisement, and which appeared in the Times from about the 24th of April to the 10th of May last : Royal Surrey Gardens (Limited)—Tue directors of the company having paid a dividend at the rate of 101. per cent. per annum from the actual earnings of the first abort season of 10 weeks are ready to issue shares of 101. each at par, if Applied for by the 11th of May proximo, on which day the Gardens will be opened to the public for the season ending the 30th day of September next.' "That under the above advertisement a great many applications were made, and between 1,0001. and 2,0001. received, thus increasing the capital account against the original shareholders. " That at the meeting of shareholders hell in April last questions were asked respecting the sum of 5,0801. 12s. 6. debited as creditors ou loan in the account mark ed B,.when Mr. Coppock, the acting director, distinctly assured the shareholders that such loan was on deben- tures, and the full extent of moneys owing by the com pany, and that the company then was in a very flourish ing condition, and. was not subject to any other liabilities except the current expenses. "That it now appears by the petition and affidavit of Mr. Horace Jones that mottgages to the extent of 14,5001. have been executed by the directors, and that there are other debts to the extent of 11,5001. unsecured and unprovided for. "That it has been ascertained from application at the office that the sum of 14,5001. so secured on mortgage were by deeds executed in December and January last, and therefore well known to the directors, and par- titularly to Mr. Coppock, at the time of the meetine; in April last, and that the putting forth the sum cf 5,0801. 123. 6d, as the only amount due, when mortgages to the extent of 14,5001. had been executed three months pre viotply was not only intended to deceive the share holders, but was an insult upon common sense and fraudulent as against those parties who paid their money under the before mentioned advertisement. " That the time for calling the half-yearly meeting in the:Royal Surrey Gardens Company was the Ist of July last, but such meeting had not been summoned till the 25th init., being more than six weeks after the time at which it should have been Called, and is now about to be postponed. "That from the statement made in the petition and affidavit of the said Horace Jones, the affairs of the company have appeared to have suddenly turned from prosperity to adversity ; and instead of paying a dividend of 10 percent. to be in an utterly hopeless condition, as the figures need by him clearly demonstrates ; " Money raised upon 3,256 shares £32,560 Ditto upon mortgage 14,500 Debts owing, which the; company are unable I to pay 11,500 £58,560 "That at a meeting of the Phareholders held on the 21st inst. certain resolutions were passed with the sanc of your memorialists, approving among other things of the presentment of this memorial to this honourable court. " W. A. GOMEZ, Chairman, "And about 30 Shareholders. " P.S.—That at a very numerous meeting of share holders held on the 21st inst. certain resolutions were passed, and it was resolved that as all the shareholders are taken by surprise that this memorial signed by the shareholders present and presented to the Hon. Com missi•)ner, before whom the petition of Mr. H. Jones has been referred, and that as it is Expected that very impor• tart facts will transpire at the meeting of shareholders on the 25th inst., that the said Commissioner be solicited to postpone the hearing of the said petition till further investigation can be made, and such steps taken by the shareholders as may be advised." The Commissioner said he must decline to take judicial cognisance of the memorial. A protracted discussion ensued whether the term " unavailable" could be said to apply to the com pany's assets. It was admitted that the debts were 26,0001., and that the company had not a shilling of assets ; but it was alleged that there might be something available from the surplus property as held by the mortgage creditors for 14,0001. The Commissioner did not think this could be considered available assets. There were un secured creditors to the amount of 11,5001:, and there was not a shilling to pay them will. It was urged that this was a strange state of thing., the directors having in April last induced share holders to believe that the concern was most pros perous, and declared a dividend of 10 per cent. per annum of the profits. Mr. Coppock was repre sented to be the acting director at the time this dividend was declared, and was the only director whose conduct was specifically complained of or adverted to. Mr. Fleming said lie had been re fused by the secretary information that he sought, and certain shareholders did not believe that the amount owing to creditors had been correctly set forth. lie asked for an adjournment to allow time for inquiry. Mr. Roxburgh urged that there were executions out against the company, and that everything could be seized and sold on Monday next if a wind . ing-uporder from:this court was not obtained. The a :cretary was here to be examined if the objectors wished. He held writs in his hind under which executions of the amount of upwards of 1,0001. could be put in on Monday next. The Commissioner said he was relieved in some degree from the consmu-nce of adjourning the order, as he observed by a clause in the Act (the 80th), that executions would not avail creditors who so obtained payment in the event of a wind ing-up order being obtained within three months. In reply to this it was urged that the clause did not apply to the Crown, and that an execution * Subjoined is a copy of letter C referred to : " 33, Essex-street, Strand, W.C., April 27. ".To the Shareholders of the Royal Surrey Gardens Company. "Notice of Meeting of Shareholders. "Sir,--Several shareholders who attended the meeting of this company on the 2(1 inst. are greatly dissatisfied, not only with the account itself; but with the way in which it wag attempted to be passed. I "The shareholders gentrally are under the impression that the company have a term of about 50 years in the above gardens, but the following facts may be relied on :-- " A lease was granted to Mr. Tyler, the late tenant, for a term of '2l years, from September, 1847, at a rent of 316/. per annum, which expires in less than 11i years, when alt the property passes to the landlor 1. This lease has been assigned to the company, and is the only title upon which upwards of 25,0001. has been, and is being, expended on building alone. But this is not all, the company have to pay a:fine every seven years to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, amounting to ono year and a half improved value. The last fine was paid two years since by Mr. Tyler, and amounted to 500/., when the premises were comparatively valueless, and in five years more an in creased fine must be paid, which, under a similar assess ment, will amount to 2,00 X, and yet for this short term of ll)i years, with an enormous fine to pay, 14,000/. is charged to the company for the interest in the lease, 3,1751. 17s. for preliminary expenses, although the pros pectus issued upon the formation of the company expressely states that all preliminary expenses are avoided 1 I deem it fair to 'state that no portion of the 14,0001. or 3,175 17e. has, I believe, . gone into the pockets of the directors generally ; but. surely it is a question of great importance to kw* who has received this 14,000/, and for what it has beer, paid, if the lease expires in 116 years. "Every disiuterest,,d shareholder must therofore be an xious to know the truth of the foregOing assertions, and for this purpose the directors have notice, and the solicitor t o the landlord has solicited to attend a meeting, to be holden at the Manor House Tavern, close to the Surrey Gardens on Thursday next, the 30th instant, at 3 o'clock precisely, at whiCh time and place you are 'solicited to at -1 tehd,in order that the aboi-e statement may be fully inves tigated, and, if necessary, a committee of shareholders:ap pointed to inquire into and protect their own interests. "I am, Sir (in behalf of myself and others), " Your obedient servant, . , " NV. A. COOMBE. " A holder of go shares." would be in the gardens on Monday for 801. for Queen's taxes. The Commissioner.—You don't mean to say that the Queen will destroy all this valuable pro perty to obtain payment of 80/. ? Mr. Jones.—The Queen destroys everything. She always does, sir. (Laughter.) It was stated that the directors' had an offer of 2401. for the hire of the gardens for 12 days, and that if a winding-up order should not be obtained the amount would be lost. To meet this difficulty it was suggested that the directors and company might venture to incur the risk of receiving the money, and applying it to the payment of the Queen's taxes and Wither pressing necessities. Mr. Coombe urged that the parties whose views he represented complained that a great fraud had been committed on the shareholders, and that the petitioning shareholder was the individual who had very recently recommended an outlay of 4,0001. on the refreshment rcoms. Mr. A. Jones—No. Mr. Coombe—A large body of shareholders con sider that the conduct of the directors is most ex traordinary. The Commissioner—Notwithstanding which you appear to wish, that they should remain in charge of the property, would it not be better to allow it to be transferred to an official liquidator ? Mr. Coombe urged that on Thursday next, at 2 o'clock, there would be a meeting of shareholders, as convened by the directors. Could not an ad journment be granted until after that meeting ? There were shareholders and creditors who thought that Mr. Horace Jones had been put on by direc— tors to take these proceedings. Mr. Roxburgh thought it very hard to have such an imputation made. The Commissioner—Having regard to the entire circumstances, I will grant an adjournment to Thursday next, at half-past 2 o'clock. (" Hear, heir," and clapping of hands for M. Jullien, who stated during the proceedings that Le was a credi tor of the company's for 6,0001., and similar mani festations of approbation for various other parties.) On the application of Mr. Roxburgh, The Commissioner granted an-order restraining proce , idings under all actions until that day, and the Commissioner further remarked that if the directors did not find the means of obtaining the 2401. to insure the letting of the gardens for the 12 , days they would fail to do so at the risk of being .well abused. An application on behalf of Mrs. Seacole to in spect the books of the company and ascertain the amount due.to her on an agreement that she should receive one-third olthe proceeds of certain nights' performance in her favour, must in the meantime stand over. , Mrs. Seacole, it appeared, had been thus far deprived of any benefit from the perform ances. It should be mentioned that during the proceed ings Mr. Coombe stated that it was the opinion of a number of the shareholders that certain directors ought to be indicted—a remark which drew from Mr. Roxburgh a reply that since the proceedings taken against the directors of the Royal British Bank this seemed to be a common notion among shareholders in public companies. Atogether, the proceedings were of a moat angry character, and gave promise of those at the meetings on Tuesday and Thursday next being still more so. CANCER HOSPITAL—LONDON AND BROMPTOA. (Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.) The fifth annual meeting of the governors of this hospital was held on Wednesday, in the b-ard-room of the hospital—Oliver Farrer, Eig., in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Cockerill) read the annual report of the committee, and from which the following extract has been taken : " The committee of management, in making their fifth annual report, have much satisfaction in being able to state that the prosperity and the usefulness of the charity have gradually increased during the past year. " Itwill be gratifying to the subscribers to know that, as an evidence of the value of your charity, the com mittee continue to receive letters almost daily from patients expressive of their gratitude for the benefits received at the hands of your medical officers. " Your committee have long been desirous of extend ing their in-door accommodation. The premises at Brompton were well adapted for that purpose had the title to the freehold been such as to justify the committee in extending the building. But that not being the case, and a most eligible- piece of ground presenting itself nearly opposite to the Consumption Hospital, and front ing the main road, the committee, have, with the sanc tion of a general meeting of subscribers, convened for that special purpose, availed themselves of the oppor tunity of purchasing the freehold at a cost of 4,5001 They have further determined to commence a building in the first instance capable of admitting 50 in.-door pa tients, and to be built on a plan prepared gratuitously by David Mocatta, Eiq., on a design which ma l t' be in creased from time to time, as the funds admit, to accom modate eventually upwards of 300 patients. That this most desirable object may be consummated ere long is the sincere hope of every member of your committee. They therefore recommend a building fund to be forth with opened. " The premises nova occupied at 167, Piccadilly, are admirably adapted for the purpose of seeing out-door patients, and are open on Tuesdays and Fridays for that purpose. They are alscovell adapted for the general busi ness of the charity, as they contain spacious waiting 'rooms, c - )nsulting-rooms, dispensary, museum, board room, and secretary's office. "The medical report is most satisfactory to your committee. _ The well working of your institution depends, in a great measure, on your weekly board ; and your com mittee feel the highest gratitude to tboee gentlemen who have so indefatigably devoted their time and attention to the interests of the charity. " The services of our medical officers, William Mars den, Esq., Weeden Cooke, Esq., Alexander Marsden, Esq , and Dr. Knox, the pathological anatomist, cannot be too highly appreciated, and we hereby, in the naine of the governors, tender them our grateful thanks." The statement of accounts from the lst of January to the 31st of December, 1856, showed a balance in hand from the previous year' 1831. 6i. 7d. ; donations to the amount of 1,3101. 9s. 7d. ; annual subscriptions, 3401. 4s. ; produce of dividends and eales of stock, 4641. 4s. ; legacies, 8081. 4s. ; making the total receipts, 3,1961, 13i. Bd., leaving a balance in band of 1321. ss. sd. THE SURGEONS' REPORT FOR 1856. "The accompanying statistical statement of our labours during the past year must convince you of the appreciatim which your charity obtains among that class of the suffering poor this hospital:was especially insti tuted to assist, Year after year the number of our applicants for relief increases ; and from,the most re mota parts of the United Kingdom, as well as from America, the Mauritius, and other foreign parte, patients journey to seek the benefits of the 'experience obtained iu this hospital. In our 'previous reports we have re ferred in detail to the large accumulation of facts which, shown forth in the statistical tables, must now be ac cepted as sufficient data for us to establish laws for the guidance of the practitioner who has to treat this malady. The average return of the disease after operation. according to our observation in 171 cases, obtains is the ehort space of fourteen months, and that whether the opera tion has been E ffected by the knife, under chloroform without pain, or through the protracted misery of a six weeks' cauterisa tion. The latter proceeding, namely, that of removing cancerous tumours by caustics, hal been practised from time immemorial, especially by uneducated pretenders, eho obtain a fleeting reputation, by throwing the halo of mystery over their proceedings, and vaunting that as cure which is unhappily but a temporary relief, ob tained at the expease of the constitution, ten thousand times more painful than amputation by the knife, and infinitely less efficacious ie removing even the local manifestation of the disease. If it be a cure of cancer to remove the tumour by caustic,- it is also a cure, and an easy one, to remove it by the knife under chloroform, and hundreds are so `cured in all our recognised hospitals. The legitimate professors of medicine, who know that the assertions of such cures' are meretricious, feel them-' selves bound to enlighten the public on this matter, and the large experience ob tained at this hos p ital enables us to speak positively of the uselessness of putting patients to the protracted torture of the treatment by caustics where the knife can be employed. Truly, there aro advanced cases in which caustic applications, in addition to constitutional treatment, tend to check the progress of the disease, but these are not generally the cases which are undertaken by persons professing permanent cures. Our experience leads us to the conviction that the whole system is at fault, and that as long as en couragement is given to the practice of mere local eradication no progress will be male in the treatment of this malady. On the other hand, by constitutional treatment, and such local remedies as experience has suggested, we have the satisfaction of seeing very many patients, who have been the subjects of cancer for 10 or 12 years, and patients of this hospital from its com mencement, restored and preserved in comparative comfort and good bodily health. These gratifying results are now so frequent, that we feel ourselves bound by every possible means to bring them before the public, and especially to invite the attention of the medical profession t, this particular mode of arresting the disease. . , " We have continued to attempt . a classification of the cases which came before us under the heads ' Scirrhns,'- ' Epithelial,' ' Medullary,' Sc., as representing different firms of the disease-recognised by the schools of su r g er y' of ,phis country ; but as our experience becomes inure extended, we feel the difficulty of adhering to this cls,:si iseation, for two reasons —viz„ that these supposed diffe rent forms appear to us to be but stages of the same dis ease—the medullary, cystic, the colloid, orgelatiniform, beingin the greater number of instances, but sequences' of the scirrhus and epithelial forms ; so that a case tvlich appears in our books originally as scirrhus in very m any instances must subsequently be designated medullary, and those which would be called epithelial have many of the characters of scirrhir.. The other reason which in validates these distinctions of the schools is that the diff ere nt tissues of the bod y , accordi ng , generally, to their hardness , o r softness, or to their exnosed or en closed condition, naturally allow of, or re t ar d , t h e de vejopment of the cancer ; and thus we have, in the same . patient, scirrhus in one part, medullary in another, and other forms in another, seen as primary deposits of the disease, influenced thereto principally by the structure which tke cancer has elected to attack, and, perhaps, in some slight degree by the absence or presence of consti tutional power to resist disease, in whatever form itpay arise. We need scarcely say that the popular terms, stony cancer' and bleeding cancer,' are likewise but representations of different epochs of the same affection ; and, respecting the latter especially, we would earnestly abjure the name, since its use so frequently and seriously alarms the poor sufferer as to hasten very considerably the fatal termination. " As in previous reports, our statistics again show that patients generally apply after the disease has made considerable progress, and when, of course, the resources of art are of less avail. It will be seen that one-half of the number admitted have applied when the disease had arrived at the ulcerative stage, while the average of the duration of the disease previous to coming to the hospital of the whole number is three years. The descent of the disease through families is again shown ,to exist, as has always been believed; but, according to the evidence we have been able to collect, only one in six of our patients could trace the affection to an hereditary predisposition—and this, it must be confessed, is are-assuringfact to those who may have bad relatives thus afflicted. The average of cases attributed to blows or other injuries is still less, being one in seven, indicating that this is an accidental cir cumstance rather than a governing consequence, such as is undoubtedly the change of constitution in females (who form the large majority of our patients) at that pe riod of life at which, from our tables, it appears they be came the subjects of this most distressing malady. Oar painful and anxious task of administering to the poor clients of your bounty has often and often now, we are delighted to say, been lightened by ,witnessing the fa vourable results of the principle of treatment previously referred to. We have been enabled to send many poor. and previously desponding sufferers to their now more happy homes ; we have succoured all who came before us, and we have helped to soothe and.let pass in com fort those whose cases were advanced beyond all human power or control, and whose earthly career terminated under your hospitable roof. These blessings bestowed upon the poor of this country are due entirely to the berality with which our directions and Prescriptions are carried out, and we cannot be too thankful, on behalf of our poor patients, to the committee of governors for the confidence they show us in permitting all our orders, whether for necessaries, comforts, or luxuries, to be ful filled." STATISTICAL STATEMENT OP PATIENTS RECEIVED lIP TO DEC. 31, 1856, Males. Females. Total. Ont-patients l9O 1,279 1,469 In-patients . 274 1,568 1,842 Of the out-patients discharged with disease arrested or relieved SITUATION OF DISEASE. Male. race and lip 97 Tongue 65 Special orpus 4O Arms and hand , 5O Bones of face Breast Eye Stomach Back Thigh Female. •--- 243 Females Males 1,520 Breast • 961. Special organs .. Face - Tongue Bye 9 Side .... . 5 Arm Stomach and pancreas Fauces NATURE 0: DISEASE. -171 ... 158 39 1,014 7 ... 54 11 2 1 ... 23 Surface or epithelial Hard or scirrhus Soft or medullary Bony or °stool& Cystic Total 1,520 Cases of doubtful cha racter 1,842 In the second or ulcerative stage of the disease - 742 Average duration of disease previous to coming to the hospital... Had relations previously affected with the disease Average age when attacked 43 years. Had been operated on previous to com- 3 years. • ing to the hospital, and average lapse of time before the disease returned... l7l-14 months. Cases ascribed to blows and other injuries 203 (Signed) W. MARSDEN, w ' WEEDEN COOKE, }Surgeons. ALEXANDER MARSDEN, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, expressed his gratification at its extremely satisfactory nature, and referred at some length to the inestimable qualities of the institution. Some time back, if a case of cancer was found at any one of our hospitals, the poor sufferer was told his case was incurable, and, conse quently, not admitted, but when this institution was founded it was proved that by the constant application of the skill of the medical officers the disease was to be reached, and not only that, but it .was to be cured. It had also been asserted that the disease could not be treated in a separate hosiAal with success, but he thought that was controverted by the facts which were shown every year in the reports of the Cancer Hospital. He was happy that the committee c f management had agreed to increase the accommodation of the hospital for in-patients, and with that view they had bought a piece of. freehold land well adapted for the purpose of erecting a new hos pital. Plans had been drawn up, and the new building would accommodate 53 patients. They were not going to stop there, but intended to go on until the building would hold 300 ; and he wished to live to seethe day when their institution, which, as it were, had started from a grain of mustard seed, had reached that prowl. cent position. That it would be carried out there is no doubt. The first part of the new hospital would cost about 6,000/,, and through the kindness of Miss Bur ,ffett Coutts they had 3,0001., so that a similar amount was all that would be required to set the works going, and when that desirable of was considered be thought there would be no difficulty in getting that amount. In conclusion, he begged to thank the whole of the medical staff and other officers for their assiduous attention to promote the welfare of the institution. Mr. HALSWIDLL seconded the motion, which was car- Thanks were then voted to the committee of manage' ment and the medical officers. In reply to the latter, Dr. MARSDEN assured the meeting that his colleagues and himself would do a'l in their power to carry out the intention of the subscribers and the committee of management. They had found that some of the diffi - culties that formerly attended their pursuits were begin ning to diminish, and their task was now more easy. There was a time when cancer was hardly known except by name, but since this institution had been founded the attention of the whole of the profession had been drawn to it, and if the profession had been induced to take the matter up, then, if they did nothing else, they might con' gratulate themselves on having done that much. ne /cr could understand how it could be said that any disease was incurable. He did not believe there was any malady for which our Creator bad not provided a remedy' . His opinion wa3 that they were in the right path, and that ere long this dreadful riffliction would be better under' stood and the majority of cases treated successfully. The various officers were elected, with thanks for their past services, and the usual compliment to the chairman brought the proceedings to a close, several subscriptions having been previously announced to the building fund. [AnnulusEmzxr].—Nothing can be more interesting than the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine of Indi gestion (Dyspesia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bill' ous, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility effected by Du Barry's delicious Health-Restoring ReValenta Arabica Food. We give a few.—Winchester, De' climber 3d, 1847. Gentlemen,-1 am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta wee' procured has derived a very great benefit from its use ; dig longgyp of Dropsy, Dyspepsia, and Constipation of standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above mentioned-case] I - can with confidence recoa" mend it, &c. JAMES &ORLAND, late Surgeon, 96th Regiment. 65, Piccadilly, Loudon, Bth Nov. 1847. 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