The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-13 00:00:00

DORSE rSIIIUL. (Frora the Sherborneoal.) We never remerub:r so calm a u e ve More a general election, and we doubt whether there will be a single 0 9ntest for any borough or division of either the coun ties of Dorset or Somerset. The accumulated sums of money have been so thoroughly circulated by railway calls, that very few hoardsare available for contesting corrupt boroughs. There is a report that Weymouth wi ll be contested, but up to the present time no other candidates have appeared than Colonel Freestun and Mr. Christie ; but the friends of two other ttentlemen roun dl y assert t h at t h e y w ill appear. he politics of B r idport are in a languid state, and yme will probably pass off quietly, although several c andidates are talked about. At Poole we think the Liberal cause has been badly dealt with by one of its own p rof essors. We understand that Mr. Turner has no chance of success, and we would put it to his better judgment whether it is not incumbent on him to retire, and not let opponents take advantage of his wrong post tio9. Dorchester, Shaftesbury, Taunton, Tiverton, Bridgewater, Wells, and Frome are all provided with candidates; and it appears to us that we shall have the Most quiet election that has taken place since the passing of the Reform Bill. ESSEX (NORTH). (From the Esser Standard.) The result of the canvass places the return of Sir J. Tyrrell and Major Beresford beyond a doubt. FROME. Mr. Thomas Sheppard retires, and Major Boyle has b een canvassing this borough on the Liberal interest. His opinions aro not of a sufficiently decided character to snake any party zealous in his cause. He came forward originally on the Dissenting interest, but he does not Come up to the requirements of the most consistent of this party ; and at a most respectable meeting of the Dissenters on Wednesday evening a paper tantamount in effect to a declaration that they would not support Major Boyle was signed by a considerable number of the electors present. The Conservative party is strong, and anxious to measure their strength with the Radicals, but no candidate except Major Boyle has yet declared himself. GLOUCESTERSHIRE (WEST.) Mr. Grenville Berkele-, who has, as is well known, been b roug h t f orwar d under the auspices of Lord Fitz hardinge, in opposition to Mr. Grantley Berkeley, has been canvassing during the week at Wickwar, Thorn bury, &c., but, as far as I can learn, with very equi neat success. I know that his immediate supporters boat of his having received a great number of pro mises, but others who have had opportunities of con iersing with many of the electors and who would be less likely to be partial in there statements, say that there is a general feelin ,, against the unfair influence which is being be exerted by e ' the castle and a disposition to support the old members, Mr. Grantley Berkeley and Mr. Robert Blagden Hale. Mr. Grantley Berkeley is likewise fully n the field, and has issued an address to the electoral body in which he denies that he is about (as has been industriously circulated) to retire from the representa tion. He says he will assuredly go to the poll in the confidence of success, and intimates his intention of commencing an early personal canvass. HALIFAX. (From the Halifax Guardian.) There are five candidates in the field for the represen tation of this borough. The two sitting members, Sir C. Wood and Mr. Protheroe, offer again ; the anti-state educationists have called forward Mr. E. Miall ; and the radical section of the electors have resolved to support E. Jones, a barrister. Mr. 11. Edwards, a resident in the neighbourhood, possessing considerable local in fluence, has also offered on the Conservative interest ; and it is not improbable that he and the Chancellor of the Exchequer may be returned. HEREFORD (COUNTY.) (From the Worcester Herald.) The new Conservative candidate for the county of Ilereford, Mr. F. It. Haggitt, presented himself to the electors of this town and vicinity on Thursday last, and, we are told, made a very successful canvass. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Potersmount MONDAY.—Major-General the Right lion. Lord F rederick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., Lieutenant- Governor of P ortsmouth and Comman d er -i n- Chi e f o f the south-west district, made his first official inspection of that efficient and serviceable arm of the naval service, the Royal Marine Artillery Corps, under the command of Lieutenant -Colonel D. A. Gibsone, this afternoon, at Fort Cumberland. The inspection comprised the following practice from a sea-service battery :—one 68-pounder at a target, range 425 yards; three 32-pounders, same range; one 32- Pound cannonade same range; one 24-pounder, same r ange; three 10. inch mortars for land service in rear of an epaulemenf, range of flag-staff 560 yards. Officers attached Lieutenant-Colonel Gibsone, Major Castieau, Captains Fraser and Tait, and Lieutenant Parke. bPractic e f rom a " heavy b attery " w i t h one 8-i nc h °itzer, at a t arge t seawar d, range 1,350 yards; one . pounder medium gun, same range; one 24-pounder howitzer, 90 0 yards range; one 12-pounder, ditto, same (-Irange; one 6-ounder light field gun, same range. r , attached, " ffi cersLieutenant-Colonel Gibsone, Major .;ELstlean Captain s Fraser and Tait, and Lieutenant Practice from a rocket battery of two 12-pounders; °11 .,, e 6 -pound er; two 2-pounders. Better or more perfect gunnery practice than that ex hibited by this distinguished corps to-day has never been witnessed; out of the 42 shot fired from the sea Serv ice battery only five missed the target, and they went very close t o it. All th e o th ers e ither entered the bull's eye, or shattered the target to atoms. The mortar practice was similarly perfect, and the same numb er o f rounds were fired. All the shells took a iftiarst accurate di rect i on, and, when the vicinity of t h e staff was in s p ected after this portion of the practice, the' _ spot was thi c kl y covered with the shells, an d so closely thrown that they presented the appearance of having been bowled there at the staff, instead of having In project e d f rom mortars at a range of 560 yards. -pl the w or d s of Lord Fitzclarence, bl Nothing could e better or more accurate." The missiles fired from the heavy battery consisted exclusively of spherical (Shrapnel shell). Eight case leundsat the were fired at targets moored in the sea above range ; they were riddled at every discharge. ...he rockets ranged seaward 900 and 1, 400 yards at target s placed at those ranges, and the direction of their Pro,,,jection was most admirable at all the five rounds fired. 4710 8-inch live shells from a land service howitzer W - " art elev a ti on o f 45 d egrees , a t a t arge t se a w ards, burst to fired, which ranged about 2,000 yards, and u rst to the instant calculated upon, and struck the mark. .& 24- pounder s h e ll, w i t h sp h er i ca l case , was then fired v ~Ith an inch fus4e, at a reach of 1,000 yards, and struck tnooobjeet. This concluded the inspection. Col leaving the groun d Lord Fitzclarence ex p re ssed to onel Gibsone his thanks for the gratification he had experienced , and begged that gallant officer to deliver to th e officers, non-commissioned officers, and men under ai l command his highest encomiums upon their service uLe and eminently efficient state—a state which he should not fail to Lords Commissioners of the Ad • , report to the Admiralty. T yr© wer e General and his e on the ground, besides the staff, Colon e l Aslett, Commandant of this division of ti ° e Yal Mari nes; Lieutenant-Colonel Ballinghall, R.M. ; Stevens, R.M.A. • Captain Langley, R.M. ; lieutenant and Adjutant ' Lawrence, R.M.A.; and Dr. Elliott.z anstd)7 Wednesday the General will inspect the fire barns f 0_ M : oratory on S out h sea . common , un der the direction jo r Stevens, R.M.A. Another of t h ose melancholy accidents which are so blp zu9n in this h ar b our when vessels are prepar i n g to paid th °fft occurr e d on S atur d ay n i g ht. A seaman of e Helena either fell overboard, or went over volun .a_rilYs for th e purpose of swimming ashore—for t h ere 71etvvo versio ns o f t h e story. Both agree t h at t h e man o ,ts w in a st a t e o f sem i-i ntoxicat i on, b y means o f li quor taiAed frogs persons who, from their obtaining a living chiefly by this means, are technically termed "swaggers," and t e unwholesome trash they vend is called " swag.' L i e called f or ass i stance soon a f ter h e got i nto t h e water, but before it could be rendered he had disappeared. It is to be hoped some effictive means will be adopted to prevent and punish the illicit introduction of spirits into s hips, which is the cause of more than half the accidents Which occur. Tho Avenger steam-frigate, Captain Sidney C. Dacres, Went out of harbour to-day, and after taking a short run to the westward, returned and anchored at Spithead. The squadron at Spithead has been ordered to prepare for proceeding to sea on Wednesday. The Queen and Caledonia, from Plymouth, had not bore in sight at six O'clock this afternoon. CREAP METROPOLITAN .TRA VELLING : Yesterday (3ro nibuses commenced running from Hungerford Market to the Ham st e ad-road, conveying passengers the entire l instance for P one penny. Persons can now ride from all e western parts of the metropolis to London - bridge 46) twopence, either by omnibus or steam-boat, and fro m r * Men -town, P a ddi n gton, and the northern d istricts aOr lid. and 20.; from Newington to Hackney for 3d.; an d f rom Charing-cross to Fulham for 3d., being less tha n one halfpenny per mile. under stand OF LIVERPOOL. tothat a requisition to stand for this borough is abou t o _ t ? 1 be presented to Mr. J. Macgregor, the chairman f w t b.se So uth -Eastern Railway Company. There are e ,: 44 m livin g upon whom the choice of the electors of this attraiPortant borough could more fitly fall. In addition to k? c , 111 acquaintance of long standing with its interests f b e j• 'llsegregor possesses the essential qualification o of Tg a thorough man of business; and in the discharge C i s duties a s c h a i rman o f th e S ou th-Eastern Railway t4 ln v •PallY, has given proof of his capacity for much higher s ' ° R EADruL OCCURRENCE.—At a quarter past twelve e ock last night, or rather this morning, a frightful 17eurrence took place in Back Piccadilly. An old man, 4 113 ed Hard ale, who resides with his son at Mosley eir Ts Tap, got up, as is supposed, in his sleep, and pre t.llll;titate.€l himself out of his chamber window, in the store alighting in the street. When picked up • unfortunate man was quite dead.—Manchester Con of Saturday. Saturday. t erti l lE DANGER OF LENDING BOATS TO BOTS.—Yes w ay a small skiff, containing no fewer than ten lads, as • einset near the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge, and ° the party, named Alfred Smee, of No. 111, Fra ✓ street, South Lambeth, was drowned, the others being iZ e o tt c'd by some persons who put off from the shore. the accident was caused by the lads not understanding th e taa nagement of the boat, and she was swamped by boy 8 ,,w01l raised by a passing steamer. The body of the ,onlee was not recovered. Ano?L aiti tlt FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD..— il i ac Kier reduction in the price of the 41b. loaf took h rett e 4 yesterday th roug h out the metropo li s . Th e b es t bidis now charged 10d., aecond•rate Bd., league ~ 4 Blce d., Weighed cla delivery housolipld 7d. gild Oil THIC StlX_ CHARING-CROSS - BRIDG E. A special general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday, at the offices of the com pany, 9, Villiers-street, Strand, " to reconsider and rescind, if it should be thought fit, the determination of the special general meeting of the company, held on Saturday, the 19th inst., against confirming the arrange ment made by the directors.with Messrs. Jackson, Sir J. Walmsley, Reed, and Fuller, respecting the contract for the sale and purchase of the bridge and the property of the company. And also to reconsider and rescind, if it shall be thought fit, the resolution passed at such meet ing, whereby the proposition made by the directors for raising the sum of 20,000/., by the issue of 32,000 new shares of 61. ss. each, and to be called quarter shares, was negatived, and an amendment thereupon, for appointing a committee of seven shareholders to examine and re port upon the accounts of the company, agreed to ; and to adopt such measures upon each of the said matters as may be then deemed expedient." Mr. William Hawes occupied the chair. A considerable number of share holders were present. The clerk (Mr. Lawrence) having read the advertise ment convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN was about to explain the object of the meeting, when he was interrupted by Mr. ELKINS, a solicitor, who stated that he had become a shareholder since the last meeting, and that he was anxious to know how the Chairman proposed to get rid of the resolution agreed to at the last meeting, which, judging from the respectability of those who supported it, would, he thought, not be allowed to fall to the ground? He asked the opinion of the Chairman on this matter, in order that the gentlemen who supported the resolution to which he referred, and who were still of the same opinion, might know how to act. The CHAIRMAN said the committee mentioned in that resolution was not appointed at the last meeting, and as I that was not an adjourned meeting, it could not be ap pointed at it. The business which the last meeting was called to transact had been determined and completed when it rose. It was absolutely essential for the good conduct of public assemblies that gentlemen should observe the rules on which such assemblies were gene rally conducted, and therefore he trusted that no one would speak more than once, except in reply.— (Hear.) It was necessary for him to state this, as no doubt strong expressions would be used ; and as much irregularity would no doubt prevail on this as on the last occasion, he trusted the meeting would adhere to the rule he had laid down. He wished it to be distinctly understood that the proceedings of the meeting_ commenced de sieve. Mr. STUTELEY adverted to a circular which he had issued in reply to charges which had been made against him by the Chairman, and wished to know whether it would be fitting for him to make some observations on the matter before the commencement of the business of the meeting? The CHAIRMAN said, with respect to the observations of Mr. Stuteley, as far as he was concerned, he was perfectly careless whether or not he accompanied any observations he intended to make with fresh allusions to his conduct as chairman. He did not intend to allude to the correspondence which had taken place between them at that stage of the meeting, though it might be neces sary for him to do so before its close. He should first state the whole of the proceedings of that company, and then submit certain resolutions seriatim to the meeting. The object of the meeting was simply to bring before the shareholders again the resolutions which were negatived at the last meeting. Two resolutions were then brought forward—the first to determine the contract with Mr. Jackson, Sir Joshua Walmsley, and others, for the sale of the bridge ; and the second to authorise the directors to take means to raise a certain sum of money to enable them to place the liabilities of the company on a much more satisfactory basis than at the present moment. He stated, he thought, clearly at the last meeting that the sum sought to be raised was not for the purpose of discharging any liability not previously known, and accounts of which had not previously been submitted to the meetings of the company, and which had not been audited by the auditors of the company, but of sums regularly placed before the company from time to time, and at that meet ing they took the opportunity which then presented itself, and which had been delayed by the negotiations with respect to the sale of the bridge, of placing their affairs before them, and of devising some plan by which they might be placed upon a satisfactory basis. The remarks made at that meeting against the conduct of the directors showed that those who made them had either forgotten that accounts had been submitted to them, or they had treated them as waste paper, and been put out of sight altogether. They asked the share holders to give them power to raise about 20,0001. upon the creation of new shares under their second Act of Parliament, but they stated in making this proposition that it was a bad mode of proceeding; but no other course was open for them to adopt, as they had raised all the money they could on debentures. The money they thus proposed to raise was to be devoted to the repayment of the money which Mr. Jackson and others had deposited, to discharge several outstanding liabilities, but especially the debt due to their bankers. The amount due to Mr. Jackson was taken credit for in the balance sheet submitted to the meeting in July, 1846, and at the meeting in the following August they would find that not only did many gentlemen, who were now op• posed to :each other, take part in the discussion which then ensued on the matter, but the question of the propriety of applying the money to defray the liabilities of the company was openly canvassed, and Mr. Adams, whose acquaintance with accounts was surpassed by few, stated that the investment of the money at interest of five per cent. was the best thing that could be done with it. Out of it, however, they paid the Exchequer Loan Commissioners the first instalment of the money they had borrowed from them, as they were well aware that the whole of their property in the bridge was mort gaged to them, and they could not have disposed of the wharf, or of any of their property, until that amount had been paid. Believing, therefore, that the:contract would be carried out in all its integrity, that it was a bond fide contract—that there was no doubt about its being car ried to a successful result—they appropriated the sum of 5,0004 to discharge a part of the claim of these compa nies, together with 2,5001. in discharge of old debts to the bankers, and 2,5001. was carried into the general assets of the company. They, therefore, simply asked for power to raise a sufficient sum to discharge their contract with Mr. Jackson, to repay him 9,000/. out of the 10,000/. he had deposited, and to defray other lia bilities which pressed heavily upon them. It was said that they did not require so much as 18,000/. for this purpose. It was true at that moment they did not re quire so much, but in order to place the funds on a satis factory basis the amount they sought would be absolutely necessary. However, a considerable return would ensue as they would, by means of an accession of funds, be enabled to sell the wharf on the other side of the water, which would, no doubt, realise about 7,000/. ; so that he might repeat what he stated at the last meeting, that a considerable portion of the 20,000/. would be returned, because a great increase of traffic, and consequently of tolls, could not fail to result from the opening of the south-western terminus on the Lambeth side of the river. The directors had been told that they had de ceived the shareholders, as they were unprepared for such a financial statement as the one submitted to them at the last meeting; in fact, they were plainly told that they had been squandering the money of the share holders. Now the bridge was the very first public work of the kind on record which had been constructed at an increase of but 5 per cent. on the original estimate, which was 83,0004 The cost had been 87,738/., which in cluded several extras not specified in the original con tract ; therefore, so far as that bridge was concerned, they had carried out the contract to the letter ; and the shareholders had no right to turn round now and accuse the directors with having squandered their money. Then the whole of the law expenses amounted to only 3,2731. —(Cries of" Oh, oh.") But the first and second Acts of Parliament cost 2,300/. of this, and the whole cost of the ordinary law business of the company, from 1836 to 1846, including the formation of the company, only cost 9731.—(11ear, hear.) Let them bear in mind that this sum had reference to the whole of the transactions of the company, which were spread over a period of ten years; it included the cost of perfecting the treaties and arrangements with the market company, and he believed he was paying but a just tribute to the solicitors of the company when he said that but few solicitors would have conducted the legal proceedings of the company for a period of ten years at so moderate a sum. Therefore, looking at the question of the law expenses, he contended that no charge could be made against them on that head. Then the cost of the management of the company had been far from exorbitant, as the directors and auditors for their services for ten years had received no more than 1,5001., and the clerk and other officers 1,4001.; and i s n urel during y these withdrawing eleventya o m ha er i si t re, confidencebs did not but t 9 50l .from ma justifyw, men th an e shareholders whos, hhoa d had re ceived spent, but 1,5001. f or th e i r serv i ces. were they to adopt a t t h e nresent momWenetl?l, w T h h a e t v c c o a u l r l e s d e for an investigation oe well aware accou h n t ts a , taant thdhe laedsitd meeting he i he gave a casting vote for the c appointment eer of a com mittee for this purpose.—(L ou d that meeting, on the part o f his se,t that bothcolleagues,s taatned tie co a n n fident t ed were it perfectly then, careless whether he He d and his col leaguesr epe examina tion of the accounts took place or not, so er they of the result; but , in order to show that they had no objection ,to such an examination, they intended to propose the appointment of a committee to investigate them—(Cheers) —and the first name they intended to propose was that of Mr. Stuteley, the deputy-chairman of the market company, Mr. Cope, Mr. Few, one of the largest shareholders, and two original and independent shareholders, who had taken a part in the proceedings of the company since its formation. A SHAREHOLDER—You bad better leave it to the meeting. The CHAIRMAN was not indisposed to do so. They likewise intended to propose a resolution confirming the agreement for terminating the arrangement with Mr. Jackson, to move the appointment of the committee to which he had referred, and to submit a resolution for the purpose of raising 20,000/., upon the understanding that nothing should be done until the committee pre sented the report of the result of their labours,, which he proposed they should do at the annual meeting on the 12th of August. They would thus give the directors an opportunity of showing that the accounts were correct, and of hearing the report of the committee to that effect at the annual meeting, when the confirmation of the resolution for creating the new shares would be proposed. He thought the business of the meeting would be best conducted and the interests of the shareholders pro moted by the course he had pointed out. lie had said that he did not intend to notice the letters which had been circulated amongst the shareholders, and he should adhere to that resolution ; but there was one charge made against the directors with respect to which it yeas important that the shareholders should be set right. They were told that they should have ascertained that they had power to sell the bridge before they eridea- T mcd gy, Th©y did locerialia 1 4 Ihoy had the L t power, and when it was proposed to the shareholders 1,813 voted for the sale, and but 95 against it. He con tended, therefore, that in every case the directors had acted bond fide, but with a strict regard to law, espe cially with reference to the mode in which they brought the question of the bridge before the shareholders. At the request of the shareholders they came forward and proposed the rescinding of the contract for the sale, stating, at the same time, that they had been obliged to eithdraw from their application to obtain a Bill from Parliament to effect the sale by the opposition of one of their own body—(Hear, hear, and cheers) —but they would have been enabled to carry that Bill if they had received that support from the proprietary and from the Hungerford Alarket Company which they thought they might have asked for. Opposition came from their own body, and the Hungerford Market Company refused to sign a petition which would have gone far to pass the preamble of the Bill. He believed he was justified in saying that he did not think the sale of the bridge ad vantageous. Messrs. Jackson had met them fairly in the negotiations which they had had with them, and though some might think the forfeit of 1,000/. too small a sum, when the difficulties of obtaining the Act was borne in mind he considered that they would be of a different opinion. Messrs. Jackson had agreed to re ceive the 9,000/. in the most convenient manner to the company, as they consented to receive one-fourth at the earliest possible moment, and the rest in any shape most conducive to the interest and convenience of the com pany. The chairmen then submitted the resolutions seriatim, and stated that he would be happy to receive any amendments which the shareholders might think proper to propose. The first proposed the rescinding of the contract, the second the appointment of a committee to investigate the accounts, and the third the creation of 3,200 quarter shares, of 6/. ss. each, for the purpose of raising the 20,000/., subject, however, to the approval of a special meeting to be held on the same day as the annual meeting, on the 12th of August, on which day the committee of inquiry was to furnish their report. The direetors were still of opinion that these new shares should not be used for any other purpose save the crea tion of a temporary loan, as, by the sale of the wharf and the increase of the traffic, he thought they would be enabled to call them up, and, if necessary, to distribute them amongst the shareholders. It was advisable that they should not form additional capital. It may be well here, perhaps, to publish an abstract of the accounts circulated at the meeting. No. I. _ ACCOUNT of RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the COMPANY, to the 31st July, 1846—circulated amongst the Proprietors after the Annual Meeting held on the 13th of August, 1846 : DR. X s. d. BRIDGE— To Calls „.. ... 80,000 0 0 Loans of Bankers ... ... 5,000 0 0 Exchequer Loan Commissioners ... 21,000 0 0 Hungerford Market Company ... 6 15 0 •Messrs. Jackson and others ... ... 10,000 0 0 Forfeited Shares 646 0 0 Balance ... 2,234 14 5 118,887 9 5 CR. By Works— £ s. d. Executed under Contract ... 80,000 0 0 Not in original Contract ... 4,700 0 0 Extras on Contracts ... 3,038 15 2 --- 87,738 15 2 Enginers and Surveyors ... .. 4,445 6 1 Law and Parliamentary Charges— Ordinaryßusi ness, from 1836 to 1846, including the for mation of the Company... 973 13 9 First and Second Acts of Parliament ... ... 2,300 0 0 3,273 13 9 Stationery, Printing, &c. ... 1,433 6 0 Directors ; Clerk's Salary, &c.— Directors and Auditors— Eleven Years ... ... 1,575 0 0 Clerks—ditto ... 1,436 5 6 Charges—ditto ... ... 379 18 8 3,391 4 2 Interest Account ... ••• ... 1,160 14 2 Ditto—Loan Commissioners ... „.. 2,582 3 10 Approaches— Hungerford Market ... 6,000 0 0 Lambeth Wharf ... ... 8,524 6 3 14,524 G 3 Ilungerford Market Share ... 21 2 G Office Furniture, &c. &c. 316 17 G 338 0 0 118,887 9 5 No. 11. Dn. Eighth Share Account— 'l'o Deposit 1,564 3 1 To Parliamentary Charges—Few and Co. 600 0 0 Balance ... ... .... 964 3 1 1,564 3 1 No. 111. CAPITAL ACCOUNT from July, 184 G, to Janmary 31, 1847. Dn. s. d. To Loan from Bankers ... 3,000 0 0 3,500 0 0 CR. By Balance from June 30,1846 „, ... 2,334 14 5 Sundry Payments for Works in the Six ➢lonths from July, 1846, to January 31, 1847 ••• ... .. ••• ... 926 6 4 Balance ... ... ... •. • .... 338 19 3 3,500 0 0 NO. IV. LIABILITIES to July 12, 1847. Dn. s. d. To Engineer—agreed Balance 1,000 0 0 Contractors—Estimate of Ex tras unpaid 2,000 0 0 Sundry Works, including the alterations of the Toll houses and the division of the Bridge ... 1,828 10 8 Hungerford Market Claim, subject to reference ... 1,000 0 0 Law Charges, Parliamentary Proceedings, and the cost of the suit with the Market Company ... 1,000 0 0 6,828 . -10 8 Bankers—Loan ••• 3,500 0 0 Less Balance, as per Account No. 111. 338 19 3 3,1G1 0 9 Jackson and Others—assum ing the conditional agree ment will be confirmed ... 9,000 13 0 Balance ... ... 1,010 8' 7 20,000 0 0 Cn. By 5,200 i Shares, proposed to be issued, at 6!. ss. each ... ... ... ... 20,000 0 0 No. V. TOTAL COST of the Caul:la-moss BRIDGII, as ascertained to this day, July 12, 1847 Dn. s. d. Account No. I. ... 118,887 9 5 No. 11. ... 964 3 1 No. 111. ... ... .. ••• 926 6 4 No. IV. .. 6,828 10 8 127,60 G 9 6 Total—Less estimated value of the Wharf on the Surrey side 8 9 000 0 0 •.. Cost of the Bridge and its approaches ... 119,606 9 6 Balance available to reduce the debt of the Company, as soon as the Wharf is sold ... 7,046 5 6 126,652 15 0 Ca. By Capital on Shares ... . ... 80,000 0 0 Ditto on Debenture ... ... 26,000 0 0 Ditto on Shares forfeited and Sundries 652 15 0 Ditto on # Shares proposed to be raised 20,000 0 0 126,652 15 0 REMA lIXS.—The Account No. I. is a copy of the last Annual Balance-sheet, with the addition of the explanatory figures in the inner column, and, with the Accounts Nos. lf. and 111.. has been audited by the auditors of the company, Henry Vaughan, Esq , and James Farish, Esq. The 4i.ecount No. 111., with the expenditure to June 30, in the ordi nary course of business, would have been audited for the annual meeting in August, and then sent to the pro prietors. The Account No. IV. shows the intended appropriation of the ne•av capital. The accounts of the company are open to the inspection of every shareholder. Mr. M'CALLum inquired what objection there would be to , raising capital by means of the eighths, which, with. the sale of the wharf, would produce all the money thc,y required. Surely there would be no objection to tbal creation of new eighths. What balarace was there cAtt of the money received, and what had become of the money received out of the eighths? The CHAIRMAN—The balance has been carried down to the works. Mr. M'CALLUM—What balance is there no\ w ? The CHAIRMAN None it is all app 'ropriated. There was a balance of 9641 3s. Id. on that account, which:had been carried to the account No.s—tl `te cost of constructing the bridge. Mr. M'CALLUM said, it appeared to him, th at there was a balance of 1,303/. 2s. 4d. on the first and second accounts. Then 10,0001 had been received on t Ile May calls on the eighth shares, and 1,564/ 3s. Id. as I Jeposiits, snaking with the above balance 9,7381 19s. 3cl. .The n the wharf cost 8,5241 6s. 3d.—its estimated value wa• 8 , 0 001.-so that they could raise 17,7381. 19s. 3d. by these means, and without the aid of the new quart, sr shares proposod by the directors. It appeare. l that they had more property than they required, • and, therefore, be objected to the creation of new shares. The balance agreed to be paid to the engineers was 1,0004, to the contractors 2,0004; sundry works, 1,8284 los. Bd.; claim of the Hungerford Market Company, 1,0001; and law charges (supposed) just incurred, I 4004—making together 6,828/. 10s. Bd. They had to pay 3,1611. Os. 7d. to the bankers, and 9,000/. to 'aslessrs. Jackson. They had thus to pay 18,989/. 114, 3d., for which the amount he had stated was available. He had discovered that there was a; i error of 300/. in, the accounts. 1 hey wanted but Little beyond the amo Lint he had stated, and surely they could easily obtain • money at interest from the bankers. They could get 17, 7381. in a moment at 5 per cent. from aiy of the respec.' cable banking houses. He submitted that the course , he had pointed out was the proper one to -pursue. M EDWARD Euttris then presented himse,lf to the to ec,e ing . He said he considered that the decisic to of the Chaia rman with respect to the business of the meeting was 1 nairely wrong, and wholly at variance with the laws by -, rhich popular public assemblies were regulated, as the meting certainly could not be looked upon in any other lilght than as an adjourned meeting, f or t' be put.. pose of completing what was left unfinished at th e l as t nseeting ; still it seemed to him that the direc 4 tars bad SA?. (1/ 14 , () yawed ii dispo§iti9Th $ IA WWI ipari the 'DOM TUESDAY Er-ENING, shareholders ; • but their confidence in them had been much shaken by the way in which they had acted towards them. However, if they had been unjustly suspected—if charges had been made against them which were without foundation, the appointment of a committee would at once set the matter at rest; and surely when they had been directly charged with mismanagement, with squandering the money of the shareholders, it was incumbent upon them not to hesitate for a moment to submit themselves to such an unobjectionable tribunal. They must either confirm or rescind the resolutions agreed to at the last meeting, and he considered that it was, therefore, competent for the meeting, nay more, that it was incumbent upon them to confirm in all its integrity, the resolution which they passed so unanimously at the last meeting.—(Cheers.) Little credit, however, was duo to the directors for coming forward, after a lapse of fourteen days, and offering an inquiry, when they knew they could not withhold an investigation into the affairs of the company any longer—(Hear, hear)—but they accompanied this concession by a salvo, as they said " We must have a committee of our own."—(hear, hear, and cheers.) Nothing was more legitimate, or more common in the ordinary transactions of life, than for a committee of proprietors to be appointed to inquire into the financial position of a company, at the request of the proprietors themselves, without objection on the part of the directors, because they were merely the trustees for the shareholders, from whom all power emanated. — (Cheers.) For the sake of their own characters, they ought not to have objected to inquiry, more especially when a great body of the shareholders demanded it. It was one of the most astounding things he had ever heard in connexion with commercial matters that, after a body of persons had passed a resolution for the ap pointment of a committee, that they were incompetent to carry out their determination.—(Hear, hear.) Why, the plan adopted by the high court of judicature—the Parliament—was to appoint committees of inquiry at all times and on all subjects, and to take care that the mover was one of its members—(Cheers) —and, there fore, he was perfectly justified by precedent and common sense in asserting that the decision of the Chairman was illegal—(Hear, bear)—and he called upon him to say that he was wrong in his conclusion; but, above all, he earnestly called upon the shareholders to be true to themselves, and to stand by those who, out of their own pockets, had brought this matter to its present juncture. —(Cheers) The time had come for solemn and searching inquiry, and inquiry after a lapse of fourteen days was considered necessary, and due to the shareholders by the directors themselves. Presuming that the great body of the shareholders agreed with him, ho should conolude with an amendment proposing the appointment of a committee; but. first of all, he wanted the shareholders to know what they had met to decide. The question they had to decide was simply this :—Should they support their former resolution, or stultify it by acceding to what the directors now proposed?—(No, no.) What, he would ask, had happened since the last meeting to induce the directors to offer that fraternal advice which they had to day? Then he should also like to know whether the letter issued by the directors was signed by Lord Devon, and whether upon their minutes it appeared that the conclave which issued it consisted, in addition to the directors present, of that Noble Lord, of Mr. Christy, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Seeger, and other gentlemen?— whether they approved of it, and, if they did not, as he apprehended, whether it could be considered as rather conveying the sentiments of the chairman and those actively engaged with him in the direction, than of those h bad mentioned?—(hear, hear.) He was not ashamed to confess that he was a lawyer— (Laughter)—and he should be unworthy of the profes sion to which he belonged if he did not call upon the directors to uphold their decision. Let them look at the accounts which had been presented to them. He would ask Mr. Stuteley, who was a man of business — he would ask any one at all conversant with commercial matters, if the accounts were so clear and satisfactory that on the very face of them they would consent to the enormous powers sought by the directors ?—(Cries of " No, no.") He submitted to the meeting whether they ought not, in justice to themselves—in justice to the public—and in justice to the example of that society which formed an example to all the world, to support their decision. He understood,bef u 'o s re yo h u e r c a a u m th e o i r n i t t o y? the room, that the directors int ende d to carry their pro• positions. The AM r. Q C u H 1 DIRECTOR A N I_R m N A to s s h, (Fuog7hkitellienp you give honour that the authority for such a statement should be given. Mr. EusiNs said his honour was in his own keeping. The resolution at the last meeting was carried by a majority of 89, and surely that evidenced a want of con fidence. The amendment be proposed was to the effect, that the meeting considered it expedient to defer any affairs decision of o t n h e t propositionsch.oempauy have beenof the investigated directors untilbya mittee of the shareholders, and that a committee of seven be appointed, with power to inspect all documents, books, and papers, and to call in the aid of an accountant if necessary, and to report the result of their decision to an adjourned meeting. He wished to know from the Chairman what course he should adopt, as from his mode of proceeding, he was unable to say how he should proceed ? The CHAIRMAN said it was not for him to advise him as to what course he should adopt. A SHAREHOLDER said, as the Hon. Proprietor had called himself a partizan, it would be well if he would state to what party he belonged. The CHAIRMAN said he would explain. He became a shareholder on Saturday last, by a transfer of shares from Mr. Varnham. Every one who was present at the last meeting must be aware that the Hon. Proprietor was not present from the mistakes he had made. Mr. ELKINS admitted that he became a shareholder on the proceeding Saturday; but could any blame attach no.)to frankly otnhatthahtescwo,raes?—on(Ntoh,eie of a o d se mi w tt h e o d also f brought the matter to its present state.—(Cheers.) lie appeared in no false colours. He confidently submitted his motion to the approval of the meeting. — ( Cheers.) Mr. MOORE seconded the motion with great satisfaction. He said he was connected with both comp anies, and lie th seeing that the conduct of certain parties had not con duced, and was unlikely t o con duce, to the benefit of either, which were two noble companies if they were properly managed, and seein g that that company was so much indebted to its directors the market company, and that directors were endeavouring to injure that compa n y , h e felt that he was discharging his duty honestly to both e i by not only seconding th e mo ti o n, but calling upon t. shareholders to give it their most strenuous suppor interests were clearly identical—( In effect they ought to have been one concern, as theirhhad comprised but one company there would have which had none of the jealousies and illegal proceedings taken place.—(Cheer;.) He d en ied that they were er l e i ignorant of the proceedings of the directors, and of a Bear) —if they been a that had taken place; at any rate he had kept his . re- s ports, and would read a few extracts to show the views of the directors from year to year. On the 2d of August, 1838, they issued a very elaborate report, in which they stated " They hoped that the total cost of the bridge 42at would be 105,0004—Meer, hear) —in February', 18 , the next meeting, the cost was stated to be tie_ to b same; and in August, 1842, the probable cost was stated 102,254/. In February, 1843, the Hungerf ord Market r Company relieved them from their difficulties, and they . repeated then that the cost would be no more than that very dif O riginally estimated; but in August, 1845, a would l oot ft rent report was presented, and they learne not be si t tie that all those sanguine expectations 0_ 1838 re t dised, yet the report stated that the estimate t ;bnt wo old be found to be as nearly as possible coChairman C hoi v had that prediction been verified? but he had s , zit 1 the accounts had been regularly a udited ' Hear. ts.—( ) an iv er seen any auditors names to the accou n had been Tau 're might have been one account which cost t wo he bridgebe 1 ts• a,t 000/.; and therefore, as co-partners l ' ation that was had. 1 ?roved a more advantageous apecua ght to be no anti'ci pated, he contended that there r obild.ies were so seer, st s. When they knew that their have increased the great he too;thught they ought not to h . ih a ) cen t,...-kt ear, eT. divid es ad even and a half per as 'stated, as they Th e iis bilities were greater thanLwori n Commissioners, owed 121 ),000/. to the Exchequer liabilities altogether and 01, 000/. besides, making the loss a loss to understand 41,0001.- —akar, hear.) He was aandour evinced on the why ebea e should not be more c e v h y should deceive the part of ith e directors, and wh- ]scions statements to sharelsolth , rs by presenting fa e rford Market Com them, 'r he directors of the Hung rietors, and he be pany had . : nover deceived their p 9e - w r hich so much unani lieved their never was a body 1 ) The bridge company mity prevai . ku d.—(Loud cheefras;v, : when they must have ought not to have gone to offer a shadow of opposition known that t hey could not ... _ (Hear, hear.) He called to the claims of the compesmnYia a bear) full and succinct states upon th e proVietors to d llear, . 1 ment of the accounts.—( have( it. A Vo ICE-- We will then submitted the proposition to the The Clllantat AN solution at the last meeting was meeting. He said the re . . ttdb M E • majority, as aa e y r. lkins, not cams d by a large as he gate the casting v Mr. Erse would leave accounts. adjourned one, for the purpose of impos sible for the proprietors ote in favour of it. the chairman to deal with the contended that the meeting was not an He if it had been they could only have met a similar purpose, w , put forward this staked his opinionl looking at each other. It was to move or second resolutions for on .is them. just addressed . hen the first had been carried. the put authority as a b • • arrister; against that of the solicitor who had N o w, it appeared to him that this considered a qpestion of was simply consi , ut; s. ps o N o, no ," and ' Yes, ..y . s Well party•—(Cries of , it so appeared to g good property, and their interests as him. They bad - a ent i c al.—(Cbeers.) proprietors were sin cerely desired was All they i to make their property as luerativeasit could be made, , promote that end..and he came there to do his best to called • Th©y were upon to discharge liability of 10,000/., but they had no without delay a out of which to dischar thing in their coffers 9,000/. of this immediate ) ! it if I ti ley did not pay y they 10,0001., and sure] • w a mid have to 1)7 .. so than 10,0001.—(Hear,it was Le a tier to y P a - 9,0 • n how it was to bepaid, hear.) Tl 4. en came the questdio and un ut that 10 000/ les: ; the directors had p, • into their own i eta and had only to take it out again, ho could not pos 1 tto discharge this and other liabilities, Bess in. 'w they were he means of doingraise but so. "e was fre• that they should lo,oool.—(Hear, o f 05...... 9 n time lie was of -• I tear —bot at the same could not " ,_ with l ess , and therefore it w as use l ess f or time in talking about each them to waste racters ; instead of doingt beso they should consider calmly what was best odonee to promote the of their property.—(Hear he ) F advantage ew la's Byers knew much were available; it appeared to him that the eighths of debts, and if they met for the payment listed he should be the first to stop the direction by pr injetnetion. They we re created for the purp ose o f ma ki ng aroaches. They had had enough of fighti ng , an d he ag pp rod with b9u , Pr o Pri 9 t 9 r s than they did ;act wrest of itfLf law.—(lrrekr, hear.) He Ilad shown no avidity for law; hut he wished them distinctly to understand that if they carried the amendment they would lose 1,000/.—(Cries of " No, no.") The time had expired when they should have paid. Mr. STAUNTON was surprised that Mr. Few did not support the amendment. lie wanted to know what had become of the tolls. Why were they not carried to the payment of their debts; if they had paid them away in dividends, he thought they had adopted an unwise course.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FILMORE said ho had investigated the accounts, and he could not find account No. 1 in the books. He defied the directors to say that it was in the books, or that it had been audited.—(Hear, hear.) Ho had en- deavoured to trace many of the other accounts, but he could not find them, and he was told by the officers that they could render him no other assistance beyond what the books would supply. He found a loun of 21,000/. by the Exchequer Commissioners, on which 2,5821. 3s. 10d. interest had been paid; also that there was 5,000/. due to the banker, on which 1,160/. 14s. 2d. interest had been paid.—(Hear.) This showed that some explanation was necessary. No. 5 showed the cost of the bridge to have been 118,000/, but there was stated to be a balance of 964/. in hand, which he could not find, and that and other items showed that an inves tigation by an independent body was necessary. but if it was to be made by the directors they might as well accept the accounts in their present shape. There must be a balance somewhere. Mr. FOWLER considered that they could not well go into the accounts at that meeting. They should therefore appoint at once a competent tribunal to investigate them, and the object of the meeting was simply to select gentlemen to fill that office. The great question was, should they confirm or not the decision of the last meet ing ? if they did, the natural consequence would be that they must appoint gentlemen to carry out the resolutions. It would be premature to do anything until they had brought their labours to a close. Mr. STUTELEY said after what was stated at the last meeting it was necessary that he should contradiA the assertion that that meeting was got up by the Hun gerford Market Company. It was got up by those gen tlemen who for their own interests thought proper to create opposition to reasonable measures. The Hun gerford Market Company, on the sth of June last, were informed that a meeting was to he held for the purpose of creating new shares, and knowing that such a course, without duo investigation, would prove most injurious to the company, they ultimately determined to oppose it. He stated this be cause it was said that the amendment agreed to at the last meeting was drawn up before the report of the directors. They thought that was the most civil and the best way of proceeding. Several shareholders waited upon the Market Company, and urged them to oppose such a determination on the part of the Bridge Com pany; but ho stated, at first, that that company would take no proceedings in the matter. He told them that he believed additional shares would injure both com panies, but that on the part of the board he could do nothing. He was glad now to find that the direc tors did not consider it a very inconsistent thing to appoint a committee—(Loud cheers)—as it was the first and the best mode of determining a dispute be tween shareholders and directors. Although he had occasion to differ with Mr. Few, he entertained too high an opinion of his character to say anything disrespectful of him ; but ho must say that he appeared to be one of those in favour of a committee—(Hear, hear)—and, therefore, he could not see why he should not support the amendment as well as the resolution ; indeed, ho saw no difference between the two. Mr. Jackson's claim must be paid, although there might be some doubt existing about it. The bridge had now been finished long enough to have enabled the directors to ascertain the exact amount of Messrs. Chadwick's claims. All charges for extras ought to be made out by this time. It was stated out of doors that their account would be greater than 2,000/., in fact twice as much; he, therefore, wished to know the probable amount. The accounts presented that day were the first that they had received, and none, save the chairman and direc tors, ever knew that they were incurring liabilities. Then there was no account of' the tolls, and in fact no one looking at the accounts could tell whether they were competent to pay 1,2, 3,4, or 5 per cent. The Hun gerford Market Company furnished its proprietors with an annual statement of the accounts, in which any loss or increase was plainly sat down. For the future they ought to be simplified. lie had never seen any account but the one he held in his hand with the name of an auditor attached to it. Ile should support the amend ment, because he believed by so doing that he was carrying out the feelings of the proprietors.—(Hear.) Mr. LYS SEAGER said, on the part of himselt and his colleagues, that he did not wish to shrink from the responsibility which attached to them during the time they were connected with the direction. Circumstances had occurred which would have rendered it most in decorous on their part to have remained in the direction. lie believed, however, on inquiry, that the accounts would be found correct. Mr. FaAsTex defied any ono to understand the accounts except the person who had made them out. This alone was a ground for inquiry ; but if they were found to be correct it would be most satisfactory to all parties, but at present little honour rested upon the directors. Mr. ELKINS briefly replied, and contended that no thing had been stated against his amendment. He, therefore, called upon them to ratify the resolution they had passed. No fundamental reason had been adduced to show that they should depart from their determina tion.— (Ifear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN replied. lie said the whole time of the meeting had been wasted, as they were entirely mistaken as to the busi ness before it. The directors had proposed the appointment of a committee, which they proposed should consist of Mr. Stuteley, their great opponent; Mr. Blunt, Mr. Lancaster, and Mr. Few. Surely they were as competent to judge the accounts as any one present. If they did not pass the original motion, they would lose 1,000/.—(No, no) —and it was only by persevering ap plications to Mr. Jackson that he had consented to let the matter stand over until the present moment. Why should 'they endanger this amount for the sole purpose of getting up a sham fight?—(No, no.) Ile repeated that it was a sham fight. All the speakers against the directors were connected with the liungerford market, and all the opposition against which they had had to contend came from that body.—(No, no.) Mr. ELKINS solemnly declared that he was not ac tuated by any litigious spirit of opposition. the CHAIRMAN did not include the lion. Proprietor. The shareholders had a perfect right to demand in quiry —(Hear, hear)—but all ho said was, "Do not injure the company in the meantime—do not lose a thousand pounds, and raise a fight for that which we concede."—(Hear, hear.) Then with regard to the estimates. The bridge had been increased one-eighth in size—from eleven to fifteen feet. Lie believed they did state from 1838 to 1843, that the original estimate would not be exceeded, but nothing was done between these years—(Hear)—except buying the wharf, and paying rates to the market company for right of way. —(llear.) The works were within a trifle of the esti mate, and the increased charges had arisen from the lapse of time, and from necessary alterations; and any engineer in England would come forward and justify it. One of the piers was more expensive than was antici pated, from the nature of its foundation, which Mr. Brunel stated was probable, but the other pier was less experience than was estimated, and there the gain in some measure counterbalanced the loss. They were indebted to the advances of their bankers for their success, and not to the kindness of the Market Company, who got as much as they could out of them, though he did not mean to underrate what they had done. The tolls were not capital, but a return of their amount had been regularly published, and what they were expended upon. The Hon. Gentleman then read returns showing that this had been done. The whole claim of the con tractors was 3,5001., but 1,5001. of it had been paid. After some further observation, he concluded by trusting that the amendment would be withdrawn, as the resolution they proposed would answer the purpose sought by the , amendment. 41 hands were held up for the amendment, and 27 against it; majority, 14. Mr. FEW then demanded a poll. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to take the names pro and con. He stated that he should refuse any more shares than five on behalf of tho Market Company, that being the number to which they were entitled by the Act. He stated that ho acted on the authority of Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Hill. Mr. STUTELEY and Mr. FLOODGATE protested against this; and the last gentleman threatened to file a bill in Chancery immediately against the Chairman and direc tors in consequence. The result of the poll was this—against the amend ment, 136 ; for, 132 ; majority against it, 4. The original motion for rescinding the contract was then carried, but Mr. Stutely protested against it, on the ground that it was not legally carried. The other resolutions of the directors were then agreed to in the same manner, and a committee was appointed, consisting of Mr. Stutely, Mr. Few, Mr. Lan caster, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. Cope. Mr. FLOODGATE said, after what had taken place, ho should take no further part in the meeting, and he should therefore withdraw, and he did so. The meeting, after passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman, adjourned at a quarter to five o'clock till the 13th of August. Mr. ELKINS handed in a protest against the whole of the proceedings. SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY. —An accident of a serious nature occurred on the Brigh ton Railway between ten and eleven o'clock last night. The annual excursion of the Printers' Pension Society took place yesterday to Brighton, and all proceeded well, giving the utmost satisfaction to all parties until the re turn of the train, when, near the New Cross station, a collision took place. It appeared that a Croydon train was but a short distance before the excursion train, and so near that the latter train was frequently slackened; but on nearing New Cross station, the engine of the excursion train ran with great violence against the hinder most carriage of the Croydon train. The engine re bounding at the same moment against the long train attached to it, consisting of about twenty or twenty-four carriages, the shock was tremendous. The party was thrown into the utmost alarm. After a delay of an hour the train was again set in motion, and ou its arrival at the terminus at London -bridge several persons were conveyed to Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, where assistance was rendered. One man had hi s r ib s broken, another his teeth knocked in, and oundefracturesd, were numerous. A lady was very severely wounded, by being thrown from one department of the carriag e it was feared the next, her head being much cut, and feared that her skull was fractured. The_ accident s is supposed to ha ve arisen from the absence of the red or cautionary light on the last carriage of the Croydon train, which being stationary at New Cross leaving pas sengers the engine driver of the follQwill • WO WM he 7(141 upQu it, g WAS not COURT CIRCULAR. A very full chapter of the Honourable Military Orde of the Bath was held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon in Buckingham Palace. The Knights Grand Crosses were robed in their splendid mantles of the order by Mr. Hunter and Mr. Ede. Each of the Knights wore the Collar of the Order. There were present his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Royal highness Prince Waldemar, of Prussia, the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Strangford, Viscount Combermere, Sir Edvvard Codrington, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Gordon ' Sir James Hawkins NV hitshed, Lord Strafford, Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Sir J. Willoughby Gordon, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Anson, the Earl of Minto the Earl of Auckland, Lord Aylmer, Sir Thomas Bradford, Sir Andrew Barnard, the Earl of Ellenborough, and Sir Harry Smith. The officers of the Order present were the Dean, the Dean of Westminster ; the Genealogist, Walter Aston Blount, Esq. ; Bath King of Arms, Algernon Greville, Esq. ; and the Gentleman Usher, Albert W. Woods, Esq. After having been robed, the Knights Grand Crosses, attended by the officers of the Order, assembled in the Green Drawing-room, where they were called over by Bath King of Arms. Her Majesty's pleasure having been signified, the Knights and officers entered the presence of the Sove reign in the Chapter ( Throne) room. Her Majesty was seated in a chair of state, and wore the mantle and collar of the Order. his Royal highness Prince Albert, acting Great Master of the Order, stood by her side, and also wore the mantle and collar. The Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain stood on either side of the Queen. The Chapter-room was lined by her Majesty's Honourable Corps) f Gentlemen-at-Arms. By command of the Sovereign, the Earl of Dun donald was conducted to the Royal presence by the Earl of Ellenborough and Sir Barry Smith, the two Junior Knights Grand Crosses present. The Noble Earl knelt near the right hand of the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert received from Bath King of Arms the Ribband and Badge of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and her Majesty was gra ciously pleased to put the same over his Lordship's right shoulder. Lord Dundonald rising had the honour to kiss the Queen's hand, and having received from her Majt.sty the Star of the Order, withdrew. Sir Charles William I'usley was introduced between Bath King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order, the former bearing upon a crimson velvet cushion the star, ribband, and badge of a Knight Commander of the Bath ; Sir Charles, kneeling, had the honour of Knighthood conferred upon him by the Queen, and was afterwards invested by her Majesty with the ensigns of a Knight Commander of the Bath. Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot was introduced, and was invested by the Queen with the ensigns of a Knight Commander of the Bath. The Knights Grand Crosses were again called over, and with the Officers of the Order retired from the pre sence of the Queen. The Court was attended by the Countess of Depart, Lady in Waiting, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamber lain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the grand hall and staircase, commanded by the Exon in Waiting, Captain Kincaid. His Royal Highness Princo Waldemar of Prussia was attended by Baron de Laner, Count Oriole, and Count Groe ben. The Queen's Guard, of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards was on duty with the band of the regiment during the investiture on the palace lawn. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and Lit utenant-Colonel Seymour, attended on horseback. Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual airings yesterday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the per formances of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desart, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Mac donald, the Earl of Ducie, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.- Colonel Seymour. Her Majesty and Prince Albert inspected yesterday the magnificent diamond and pink pearl suite which Messrs. Hunt and Roskell have just completed for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge gave a grand dinner last evening at Cam bridge House to his Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Mai chi( ness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and Countess Bruce, the Earl of Auckland, Viscount and Viscountess Comber mere, Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, Viscount Morpeth, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord Foley, Baron do Lauer, Count Oriola, Count Groeben, and Colonel Ashburnham. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. TILE LIVERPOOL CUP. 4 to 1 agst Dawson's lot 6 to 1 agst Sir William Stanley's Pic Nic—taken 7 to 1 apt Mr. B. Green's The Conjuror 10 to I agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress 12 to I agst Mr. Wormald's Quadruped 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscura 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Queen Mary. Of the horses quoted, Pic Nic, Plaudit, Inheritress, Quadruped, Camera Obscura alone were really backed : a few small sums were laid out on Lightning and Lady Wildair, but their starting appears to be doubtful. The Cossack, alter being backed for several hundred pounds, was scratched at half-past nine o'clock in the morning. Geraldine is also struck out. LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER. to 4 offered on Van Tromp. 000nwoon STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Stultz. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Sainsbury's The Questionable 13 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Milliner 15 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyro 15 to 1 agst Mr. Elwes's Miss Elis 20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Saudford's Kimblesworth—taken Very little doing on this event ; the prices arc nearly the same as last week. GOODWOOD CUP. 2 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The llero—t 9 to 4 5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx—taken and aft. al. lo to 1 agst Mons. Aumont's Fitz-Emilius 16 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Sir Tattoo Sykes We understand that 20 to I was laid agst Fitz Emilius at one of the club houses on Saturday. He does not kook very " healthy." Asch Asch is declared not to start. ST. LEGER. 9 to 4 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack 13 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken to 1001. 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red llart—do. do. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure 2800 to 2000 on Cossack, Van Tromp, Red Hart, and Mr. Martin agst the field. DEBBY. 25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken 33 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Sesostris—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's The Stinger—taken Even on Mr. Green's, John Day's, and John Scott's lots agst the field. THE EBOR lIANDICAP. The acceptances for this event arc reduced to thirty two. The following horses having also been struck out:—Remorse, Rough and Ready, Fair Helen, Little Jack, Mirmillo, and Catamaran. Lady Tightleg re mains in. ACCEPTANCES. Yrs at 1b 1 Yrs st lb Pyrrhus the First... 4 8 7,Crozier Mendicant 4 8 6 halo St. Lawrence a 8 3 Limestone 3 6 2 The Conjuror , 4 7 1211illiner ....... Miss Elis ...... ... .. 5 7 10 Farnham Grimston Bourton 4 7 6 Bingham Arthur 5 7 5 Ulysses Conspiracy..... 4 7 2 Comme it Faut 3 5 7 Woodpecker 4 6 12 Mathematician 3 5 7 Malt Duke of Kent ...... 5 6 7 Cast-steel Filly 3 5 5 Flahowlagh ..... ... 5 6 7 Deloraino ... 3 5 5 The Premier....... 4 6 6 Lady Tightleg 3 5 5 Forinualla .... 4 6 4 Sir Martin 3 4 10 Punch - 4 6 4 Glenwhelt ... THE ORDER or THE FAMILY REQUIRED IT.- " Another leaf from my scrap-book ; and you may be sure that I shall only state facts, derived from sources in the truthfulness of which I have implicit confidence r and I say this once for all. A Christian womha large one of the slave states, a lady who, although a i o f n o for slave-bolder, sustains at this moment a 0 7 th u o ta re ti piety such as few enjoy, and who, in life, discharges every duty as in i t ri h m e ' ' s e i s si s t r to o r, f lady holds now as a slave a Christian for manyyears of irreproachable character, and valued as a o unwell that she was servant. This cook was one day s . e _ p . and who also God—this i in the household the place of cook is highly unable to leave her bed without h ~ ghly got, as a ed to take the re sponsibility; dinner should be prepared. pitality required that a g had just a rrivect id southern hos carriage-load of company None but the sick woman but a mthaern woman, then one of the family, so far as she could, in getting dinner. the table, the mistress of the family Pan : could be allow late• and before cutting • t in o a fine called for an extra p , vvvolhuonnteietre,,d,otso aid,po placed before her, she carefully cut off and put crumbs of the crust which was slightly don ono side. After the company departed, this burned l a dy brought out the pieces of burnt crust, and, charg ing Ch i aside e t k h ea e n f- m eC i i s e http . upon the cook, sent for the constable, and had the sick slave most severely whipped. She did this, although the lady who aided in preparing the dinner petitioned for her, and said she was herself most to blame; and although the woman was so ill that her hus band had to lift her out of bed to take her whipping. And why did she do it? Because, as the mistress her• self said, the order of the family required it, and she had told the cook what she might expect if guilty of suck carelessness 1 ! If this be Christian slave-holding, wha may not the poor slave suffer under ungodly men? Alas! we know but too well what some suffer." —Letter from IV. E. Whiting, Esq., Mtrehant, of New York, and Treasurer of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery So ciety, dated May, 1847. THE DUKE OF CORNWALL STEAMER. -- FAL MOUTH, SUND AY EV ENlNG .—lntelligence has reach e d us that this steamer was g ot off by the evenin g 's tide from her perilous s it u ation, and has . been Y, and has towed re ceived injury to her fore foot, but When the no casualty Falmouth. She is strained considerably, into to her passengers has occurred. the tide receded emheprty casks from her coals and stores c d h e a ck in s s w w e e r r o e p a l t a ta c o e h d e u d nd a e t r h h er b er, o a w n a d ; a§ 114111VVI ca, aucl bail were placed in lighters, and w i t h the. assistance of the Sir Francis Drake steamer she W.. cm brcnigh; is here. LYTER A T V-RE. VANITY F 411:: By, TY. M. nacheray. Matt 1 7 u. The story ii his number retrogrades a little, and to account fott-lhe sudden appearance of Captains Dobbin at Brighton, relates to us the unsuccessful attempts which he had made to mollify the father of George Osborne. Old Osborne, on being informed of George's marriage, returns to his own room to ruminate. - -- " Behind Mr. Osborne's dining-room was the usual apartment, which went in his house by the name of .the study ; and was sacred to the master of the lions.% Hither Mr. Osborne would retire of a Sunday forenoon when not minded to go to church ; and here pass the morning in his crimson leather chair, reading the paper. A couple of glazed book-cases were here, containing standard works in stout gilt bindings. The ' Annual Register, the 'Gentleman's Magazine," Blair's Sermons,' and ' Hume and Smollet.' From year's end to year's end he never took one of these volumes from the shelf; but there was no member of the family that would dare fur his life to touch one of the books, except upon those rare Sunday evenings when there was no dinner party, and when the great scarlet Bible and Prayer-book ,nerd taken out from the corner where they etood beside his copy of the Peerage, and the servants being rung up to the dining parlour, Osborne read the evening service to his family in a loud grating pompous 'mice. No member of the household, child or domestic, ever entered that cellar -book. i n i c e e n o c u e nt h s, e a co n u d ld ov c e o r m ha m el a e n >ci d, room without a certain terror. Here he cheekod the butler's clean gravel con t • 1 . 3an , the back entrance of the stet- tiles with which r - th a e er across into this one of his bells communicated, and yard the coachman issued from his • premises as into a dock, and Osborne swore at him from the study window. Four times. , a year Mi s s Wi r t entered this apartment to t,et her salary ; • and his ceive their quarterly allowance. George as a boy had been horsewhipped in this room mo ther sitting sick on the stair listeningmany times ; Lis whip. The boy was scarcely ever known to the c u ts mt . the the punishment ; the poor woman used to to cry under to fondle and kiss him secretly, and give him money to soothe him when he came out. _ . .. .. " There was a picture of the family over the mantel. piece, removed thither from the front-room after Mrs. Osborne's death—George was on a poney, the elder sister holding him up a bunch of flowers ; the younger led by her mother's hand ; all with red cheeks and large red mouths, simpering on each other in the ap proved family-portrait manner. The mother lay under ground now, long since forgotten—the sisters and bro ther had a hundred different interests of their own, and familiar still, were utterly estranged from each other. Some few score of years afterwards, when all the par ties represented are grown old, what bitter satire there is in those flaunting childish family-portraits, with their farce of sentiment and smiling lies, and innocence so self conscious, and self-satisfied. Osborne's own stately portrait, with that of his great silver inkstand and Arm chair, bad taken the place of honour in the dinis'sg room, vacated by the family-piece. " To this study old Osborne retired then, greatly to the relief of the small party whom he left. When the servants had withdrawn, they began to talk for a while volubly but very low ; then they went up stairs quietly, Mr. Bullock accompanying them stealthily on his creaking shoes. lie had no heart to sit alone drinking wine, and so close to the terrible old gentleman in the study hard at hand. " An hour at least after dark, the butler, not having received any summons, ventured to tap at his door and take him in wax candles and tea. The master of the house sate in his chair, pretending to read the paper, and when the servant, placing the lights and refresh ment on the table by him, retired, Mr. Osborne got up and locked the door after him. This time there was no mistaking the matter ; all the bousehuld knew that some great catastrophe was going to happen which was likely direly to affect Master George. " In the large shining mahogany escrutoire Mr. Os borne had a drawer especially devoted to his son's affairs and papers. Here be kept all the documents re lating to him ever since he had been a boy : here were his prize copy-books and drawing-books, all bearing George's hand, and that of the master : here were his first letters in large round hand sending his love to papa and mamma, and conveying his petitions for a cake. Ilis dear godpapa. Sedley was more than once men tioned in them. Curses quivered on old Osborne's lived lips, and horrid hatred and disappointment writhed in his heart, as looking through some of these papers he came on that name. They were all marked and docketed, and tied with red tape. It was—' From Georgy, requesting 55., April 23, 18—; answered, April 25,'—or Georgy about a pony, October 13,'—and so forth. In another packet were— ' Dr. S.'s accounts'—` G.'s tailor's bills and outfits, drafts on me by G. Osborne, jun.' &c.—his letters from the West Indies—his agent's letters, and the newspapers containing his commission : here was a whip he had. when a boy, and in a paper a locket containing his hair, which his mother used to wear. " Turning one over after another, and musing over these memorials, the unhappy man passed many hours. Ilis dearest vanities, ambitions, hopes, had all been here. 'What pride he had in his boy! Ile was the handsomest child ever seen. Everybody said he was like a noble man's son. A ro3 al princess had remarked him, and kissed him, and asked his name in Kew Gardens. What city man could show such another? Could a prince have been better cared for? Anything that money could buy had been his son's. lie used to go down on speech days with 'our horses and new liveries, and scatter new shil lings amoi g the boys at the school where George was when he went with George to the depot of his regiment, before the boy embarked for Canada, he gave the officers such a dinner as the Duke of York might have sat down. to. had he ever refused a bill when George drew one? There they were—void without a word. :Many a general in the army couldn t ride the horses he had I He had the child before his eyes on a hundred different days when he remembered George—after dinner, when he .stpj b leapo y ninntw3 l ee i ,id i st s :isitt f o a tßeh t to l rhe i ui e egli r dih ' iu s n:nro s , ittn i ns d ,rnep e orao.li a di t eunge t oee l in A in e etatei l aleen e ta a nrd d teelaridey o yt f lhoewe t v.uh h enie e egi n7 t i used to come in as bold as a lord and drink off his glass he ee d table—an wasd on n ipi the erpet f w e h o e n w all A S' n t a . this, this was the end of all !—to marry a bankrupt and fly in the face of duty and fortune! What humiliation and fury: what pangs of sickening rage, balked am bition and love ; what wounds of outraged vanity, ten derness even, had this old worldling now to suffer under! " Having examined these papers, and pondered over this one and the other, in that bitterest of all helpless woe, with which miserable men think of happy past times—George's father took the whole of the documents out of the drawer in which he had kept them so long, and locked them into a writing-box, which he tied and sealed. with his seal. Then he opened the book-case, and took down the great red Bible we have spoken of—a pompous book, seldom looked at, and shining all over with gold. There was a frontispiece to the volume, representing Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Here, according to custom, Osborne had recorded on the fly-leaf, and in his large clerk-like hand, the dates of his marriage and his wife's death, and the births and Christian names of his chil dren. Jane came first, then George Sedley Osborne, then Maria Frances, and the days of the christening or each. Taking a pen, he carefully obliterated George's names from the page; and when the leaf was quite dry, restored the volume to the place from which he had moved it. Then ho took a document out of another drawer, where his own private papers were kept, and having read it, crumpled it up and lighted it at one of the candles, and saw it burn away entirely in the grate. It was his will ; which being burned, he sate down and wrote off a letter, and rang for his servant, whom he charged to deliver it in the morning. It was morning already: as he went up to bed, the whole house was alight with the sunshine ; and the birds were singing among the fresh green leaves in Russell-square." lie then directs his solicitor to George, informing him that 2,0001., which is his share of his mother's fortune shall be paid to his order, but that henceforth George is to cease to con sider himself a member of the Osborne famil y . Rebecca manages to bring about (in the absence of mrs . and his aunt; and at the conc lusion of this number Bu we leave Rawdon, George, and Dobbin en route for Belgium, to join the army w hich afterwards fou g ht. at Waterloo. LAMENTAB LE CASE OF DROWN. inquest u thees body b_ t w ho o a e r s fr o s u , gm Mr. THE. THAMES. ING IN ~... ' rrL• c. ° I i l l e D f before W i l v J z J. llSNlaGrrini", li E is sq. a , i t t h ern e coroner for sorisheh the King's Arms, Thames side, ou , of the firm of Jacob-. r a c t hants, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgata.. Julius Jacobson, street, who was unfortunately drowned yesterday after• noon while bathing in the Thames, a short distance be• l ow Windsor-bridge. !t e l eß oy Dr. Hermann Scherer, of 36 , Half-Moon -street, Pic• cadilly, the gentleman who accompanied the deceased. deposed as follows: —The deceased and I arrived in. Windsor yesterday, and shortly afterwards engaged 116 boy to take us in a punt to a part of the Thames where there was plenty of room for swimming. I had no doubt the deceased could swim, as we had been bathing toge ther last week at Richmond. We told the lad we could. swim. I first plunged into the water, close to the weir. from off the bank; the deceased shortly after following me. I soon after, while I was standing upon h we t h aa e rtde w rhiti: saw him struggling through the stream, but I utter no cry. I immediately sprunginto tu lm re of the cur or two, in consequence of the rapid his assistance, but was unable to reachb . na I managed rent. I found him sinking and exhausted,hole of his body to get hold of his shoulder, the whole weight, and so being under water, but suclei,nw 1 s trength failed, and it deep was the river, that my , the for a minute. exhaustion. The body was after when I fell down from hele, within a few yards whence wards found in a deep - witnesses were examined, and the it sunk. Some other was with difficulty I saved myself and reached the shore, Jury -..---_ ._ 1 ' bati l i i n 'e g t . urned a verdict of " Accidentally drowned while I Flat AT DOCKHEAD.—Yesterday afternoon, be. tween tho hours of three and four, a fire of an alert:dog character was discovered on the premises in the me.. pation of Messrs. 011ey and Border, coal and charcoal merchants, 52, Shad Thames, Dockhead. The flame when first perceived had obtained a firm hold of up— wards of two thousand bushels of charcoal deposited is one of the lofts. An attempt was made to extinguish the fire by heaving buckets of water upon it, but owing to the suffocating gas from the burning material, the men were obliged to make a precipitate retreat. The firemen, by dint of great exertion, succeeded in getting the mastery over the flames, but they were not entirely ex tiuguished until considerable damage was done. TIT precise cause of the disaster could not be ascertained, 0 7; the prevailing opinion is that it originated spont from the intense heat of the weather acting on Ma, W 114? firm Will insured in ine Mille Fire tre e .ocharl