The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

.......-•...e - AY. r was held Alin, Esq., ing bee' and the rovernber, substance g able to I receipt., a t e 4 they ionnts to iterest on lowing a ectors re ect to in ch next• that the ected by n the Ist raised for comP!n° mplet ion , st that a ezt half eholdt rs, rYto the irticipati .ocke on and the h e great :e severe •ranee to ye to TV' :be con- Ation Ialmio8; hertseY; rorks ars to York rily, al ickwork• ace With THE SUN, ll ed up until th e next half-yearly meeting, which was pu • an lost. Mr. Ilibbert, jun., was then almost unanimously elected. A Paormaron ten moved for the election of a board of auditors, to which II The CHAIRMAN stated that the, board of directors no objection to such officers, but in his opinion, their appointment would be injudicious. He had never lost money in a ny concern but one, and that had auditors. In is opinion the appointment would only be ea removinc , the Pro per responsibility f rom t h e di rectors , w hi c h t h ey ought i to br. ,On the mot i on of Mr. CURRIE, it was unanimously de ;Wed that the allowance to the directors should be increased f llll,OO O/. to 2,0001. per annum , t h e i ncrease to be made rozi the last quarter-day. .• Thank were then vot e d t o th e Chairman and directors, and the Meeting separated. • 40X1) ON-DERRY AND ENNIS KILLEN RAILWAY. The half•yearly , eneral meeting of the directors and shareholders in this l' companv was held on Saturday, at the i Q h l,an,),''s offices, 5, Church-passage, Guildhall; J. G. an,i,tiTti_Lusa..etrisrean of the company, presided. dement calling the meeting having' been read, e ue minutes of last meeting confirmed, to" Cifarastax said that it would be unnecessary for him hearadd °lle word to the report which the shareholders would :, read, as that document had been very carefully consi tered and was most full in its details. He should therefore ,Ree call u pon the secretary to lay it before the meet i ng . _ Rh. SEC RETARY, Mr. Hemming, then read the report, of Ica the following is a summary : Portil.our directors have the satisfaction to report that the of the line from Derry to Strabane is finished. futEcient locom o ti ves an d carr i ages a re provided to corn toll" a passenger traffic forthwith. Goods and cattle wag be added by degrees, as the means of the company t ti;""t, with a view also of as speedily as possible developing treaources of the carrying department, from ° t n. ! vu'eusitiesatisfactory results are anticipated. The greatlaboured fr om 9ee under which the city of Derry has so long dint , its Post -office arrangements will be forthwith much •. m i o t rell, the Postmaster-General having consented to this • •`. alai' 3' carrying the mails; for which the necessary pre „;!tries are now under consideration. lour direc•ters, availing themselves of the discretionary ',;;eciwers given to them at the last half-yearly meeting, have Au,' s uch means for collecting arrears of calls as the indivi ,Zaes of the defaulting shareholders appeared to demand; , s in e result has been, to a certain extent, satisfactory. in:e, november, of the arrears then due, an amount exceed '2,7°oi. has been paid up ; and of the amount still due, e,°,naidered that a large portion will yet be collected. th e ',though circumstances have for the present prevented Woel e d i „ te nslon of the works beyond Strabane, your directors ad v .„"rge most strongly upon the shareholders the great wit,C a ge which must result from their being proceeded Per din the direction of Omagh, at the earliest the er ,' as the further development of the internal traffic of " 41 ntrY with the port of Derry, would greatly increase the s ; ., tie lin k coMpared with the necessary expenses of working Sion ; T e of t 7 directors, being fully convinced that the construe . 10t h railways would form one of the most important le g d i a , rl " to the Government in relieving the daily increas urge fr ets, felt it their duty to express this opinion, and to 441 1 serious consideration on the Executive; and they the G : re port that th e y h ave h a d repeated conferences with labieetverntuent authorities here and in Ireland on this thei t ( ?! l t hese various occasions they submitted the result of th e olliquiries and experience, which had confirmed them in traej ) ,P i °n, that the Irish ralways at once offered the most ernpr!ate, the most extensive, and the most profitable the l in ent to that class of persons who require it ; and at Feat fo r e t ime afford the most ample security to the Govern ?rein to!any loans which they might advance for this purpos h e. • 1-iffe re „ u . e great attention paid on all these occasions t e tc members of the Government to the details laid be re th e Your directors had hoped this would have been one th e Measures .prominently put forward by Government for edepril distress in Ireland ; and although it has not yet been ~pi ect, Your directors remain fully impressed with the i t t ( ; ) n that it will be found the only efficient mode of relief; porn o in in the experience of your directors that a very large are o f the works on this and other Irish lines of railway labeoer)tecuted almost exclusively by that class of Irish 'tat o ()errs, thousands of whom are at the present moment in a I>itlyTtiohtem:l:ptittioeh;ingrehetat,es, t destitution from the want of remunera -44 following report was also read from the engineer : Mtn—As it is only recently that I have been ap laakee4 engineer to this line, I have but few observations to they - h' e sPectin the works connected therewitb, so far as a ve come under my superintendence. tra te e arly the whole of the work between Derry and Stra- Alet e ?, ' , jell is the only portion contracted for) . was com- Natio Defore my appointment, with the exception of the of he m of the two bridges across the Foyle, and the laying • titiio these way across the bog at Pothall. Since that to y Luese works have been finished, and the whole line is ano n co mpleted, and ready to be opened for public traffic so hail 43 inspected and reported upon by the officer of the lo cum Commissioners • for which object all the necessary Ib ",rnents required by die Board have been forwarded. 411 e engines and carriages are now on the line, and t i re made an experimental trip on one of I a to say that that portion of the line the•engines th across Poral in l Le nt referred to, seems to stand well, although the perma lavrictakDvetehrasrybeen laid but a few weeks. . 0 °faces and sheds are now in progress of erection and Strabane, which will be completed in the nth of a few days. These buildings have been put up m ere l y i n a temporary 'atiner as'there is every reason to expect that the stations 4 t either terminus may be hereafter erected on more suitable yd convenient sites.—l have the honour to be, g en tl emen, 111 ' most obedient servant, " CHARLES LANYON. :14.11 financial Feb. 23, 1847." to .• statement showed that the receipts amounted 110 1 ... 4,7 464 15s. 5d., while the expenditure was 96e • :°'• 18e 7d leaving a balance at the bankers of ' Aft er 's- e lod,' Parts 6. a le st remarks on one or two paragraphs in the re *, 'PI different shareholders, the report was adopted. LEATitAst, a local director, and Sir IL FERGUSON, t:' advocated the progression of the works as speedily as e u33lhl ea because in proportion as the railway advanced I °l 4 Strabane, the farthest point to which w r h ea ic s h ed th a e n rAii w lw h ai n w 4i t e s holee es length w ed , a t s h c e o t tn ra p fl i i e c ted w , o u t hl heN h . e believed the line w ould t4r n out profitable as any one in Ireland. • CMAIRMAK moved a resolution, confirming the for ;e,,,tare of shares on which the first call had not been paid, l e`Whole number being 533, which having been carried, 4 he Criamatasr afterwards moved a vote of thanks to Sir r ot Ferguson, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Kerry, ir his valuable services to their line both in and out of Par FERGUSON returned thanks, and assured the pro tietora that the line, as being beneficial to the county with tr " 1 P he was connected, and the city which he represented, . always have his support and best wishes. ieB4auks BeParated. were then given to the Chairman, and the meet- Ln _ 1) — T NI)ON AND MANCHESTER 1;14E0T INDEPENDENT RAILWAY CODS- I tt 'NY (REXINGTON'S LINE). 11 04,,"aformity with a requisition; signed by nine share ; the above company, the provisional committee con % tha 4 t tleati,ng of the shareholders on Satarday, pursuant to ta, P.rovisions of the Railway Companies Dissolution Act, soh,;`,,e Into consideration whether the company should be dis • tt r " , bi and in what manner its affairs should be wound up.; to 4,,'Paocas took the chair, and called upon the solicitor I; e the notice calling the meeting, which being done, eaitit ioe a mstasr said the next business would be the sp nt A l. „ . of the scrutineers. rieto-2“)Pate•roa. then said that he stool there as the pro- (i be w „.' of 120 shares, which he purchased at 11. premiu . m, an Plana surprised that none of the parties who could give ex -1"a were there to make them. He wanted to know 4 t had b ecome of the funds? sernenkatataNtax said that he himself was in a similar predi- Pro re i, t Fie could give them some information, hut he did not Rit e c he to satisfy them. The only information he could Pity.„_„ra was this, that they would have nothing more to A p"'aughter.) He had no report to give them. Th„a_olPßlF.TOli.—Will the directors make no report ? tAlEtatAlt—We have no report to give. e ou !LaPittizok said, if the chairman had a secret to tell, i reuk rit to throw himself in the hands of the meeting, who The pro throw him from the consequence of disclosing it. la a A l:ti - i nio, ;in ne yit hA h l :ale' tETm (, i N pp.: l 2"astati would give no further information. directory,asaadin,orasnkoetd? if a report, or offer, was to be that he had 800 shares allotted to never sold a share at a premium. He sold them to m _ raoPatEToe. wanted to know if an offer had not been a.,„): certain directors of 7s. 61. per share? by -uAss, a director, replied that that offer had been made 1 7,..ti1e of the directors on account of certain shares. hir n ''CHAIIMAN, in reply to the frequent calls made upon th at 4,Y several shareholders to account for the money, said he had no report to give. The law-suits in which the I - VPalav wereengaged made this course necessary. r. 11 'd en E f, no one would be more delighted than 011 Asy sat— t a 'r Id to see the accounts in the hands of the share holders. When a deputation of the shareholders was ap- I 110 inted at a former sleeting, to confer with the directo rs as to sbe affairs of the com p any , h e was i n f avour of the propo- ition; but some difficulty arose in carrying out thi s o bj ect, s ' l ting . to the absence from England of a director, and to actions Notting at the time in the courts of law. This course, how- Zer, did not obtain his full assent, but the majority of the ~..toetors then ruled what should take place. With regard Z).•_oontributions, he thought, for the sake of peace, the direc b"uora would make some contribution, but after conferring with tintneeoeft th , ,,, , ,x 1ie saw they could not obtain a SUM sufficient pectations of the shareholders. Under these c l li re ar n ' tar 'eas, he, from representations made to him by the t o Ti o r m'an of the c , mpanv, made an offer of 7s. 6d. a share to to t , t'r 5 ,000 sharehold e r s ou t o f th e 51,000. Wi t h regar d ,ilee books of the company, they were in a mutilated state, th e t t ecretary of the company had been out of the way,for tt 7t six months. of th D • W. MULVEY entered into a lengthened statement Dfietzat:ra3rticulars of the meeting in July last, when the de fttßia of shareholders was appointed to confer with the as to the affairs of the company, which exertions tvulrodnhe arrasAltttoegeernthener abortive. He acquitted Mr. Bass, Mr. Brooks, to- a lew other of the directors, but the ,neat bulk of the would make no sacrifice to meet the wishes of 11,areholders' deputation. b 0, .; I:aoPareTon asked Mr. Bass if, in the event of his itt/', 11 ,g al) the 5,000 share, at 7s. 6d. he would give his assist s , ri 4 get the affairs of the company into bankruptcy, with tg dissolving the company ? kr aßre e ;b, Ass replied, that as an individual, he was poite r eal : , e to the shares bein used in that way, and he was to . render every assist ance in his power. atiTorutnieers were 'then appointed, and after the lapse of Wer e` ' ur spent in examining the scrip, reported that there For the dissolution 7lO shares Against ditto For bankruptcy And Against ditto - -..nd ~_ •Luus ended one of the most noisy, angry, and irregular 4 'o We have ever attended. ---- N IhsI,9RTH WALES RAILWAY. —.fur-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this Corn . toy w a-3 held on Saturday at the London Tavern, B.ishops tlf e street, for the purpose of receiving from the directors adopt ed as to the course they recommended to be al n „ e `l i 4 future, and for transacting the ordinary bu '3 of the meetings title elte.ii r was taken one o'clock by W. J. Chadwicke, ellear.man. the e notice, convening the meeting having been read, thenq3ort stated, that as some important matters were to , under their consideration, they were not in a situa th:a3 before the proprietors, in that report, the course st4,regotemended to be adopted. The repot also that there were five vseezkeies is the 13osrd, r which the &rectors proposed to be filled up by the election of the following gentlement-- . —Alexander Ross, Esq., Walter Joni-s, Esq , Joseph ;haw, Esq., R. J. Lawton, Esq., Thomas Holmes, Esq. Mr. Charles Hll, the au ditor, would retire, and he of himself for re-election. The following were the assets and liabilities of the company, up to Jan. 30, 1847 : ASSETS.. Investment at bankers' £30,000 0 0 Current account at bankers', Cash is secretary's hands Call unpaid . Forty shares on hand l4O 0 0 Interest on investment to this date Furniture, fixtures, &c. LIABILITIES. Sir John Rennie claims *.£ 1 0,488 0 0 Messrs. Williams and Breese claim Mr. Sturmy Auditors Direction Dividend on deposit and cull not yet applied for Incidentals, including salaries and rent 40 0 0 350 0 0 87 15 8 80 0 0 • Amount disputed, and now under the consideration of a court of law. The following abstract of expenditure from passing of the Act, 1845, to the present time, was laid before the meeting : Engineering expanses Parliamentary agents Law expenses—Mr. Shaw, solicitor to Mr Archer, taxed costs in suit against him 2lB 12 4 Compensation—Messrs. Poole and Powell, solicitors to Mr. Griffith. of Llanfair 4OO 0 0 Stationery account—books, stationery, stamps, printing, engraving, certificates, &c. Salaries Rent Direction Furniture, &c. Sic 223 13 6 *Office expenses, 1845 and 1846 202 14 2 *Miscellaneous expenses, 1845 and 1846 Travelling and deputation expenses Auditors .£3,596 19 7 • These items include the entire expenses since the forma tion of the company. - - - - The CHAIRMAN then said that the directors had hoped to come to some arrangements with other Companies to take the concern off the hinds of the Company at a fair and ample remuneration. The mee , ing was aware that great influence had been used to injure the interests of the Company by a person whom he would not then descend to name, neither would he enter into the state ments put forth by that person. It was the opinion of the directors that it would be advisable to construct the line only between Bangor and Carnarvon. He would be perfectly ready to answer any questions which might be put to him. He would move that the report read, be received, adopted, and circulated. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know the position of the company in regard to the claims of Sir J. Rennie. Mr. STORMY, the solicitor to the company, said that Sir J. Rennie had brought his action, which had been pleaded to upon two grounds—first, that of payment ; snd the second plea would raise the whole question, by trying the general issue. Sir J. RENNIE wished it to be understood that he had done all he could to arrange the matter with the com pany ; he did not wish to go to law, far from it. At tempts to arbitrate the matter had failed, and he would have no objection to have the matter referred. Mr. BUTLER put a number of questions to the chairmih as to the truth of a number of statements contained in a pamphlet published under the title of " A Black Book with a White Cover," by the late secre tary of the company. The CHAIRMAN said that there was not a word of truth in any of the statements contained therein. Mr. ARCHER, who, it appeared, was the late secretary of the company, contended that the statements were borne out by fact, and prepared to read a number of entries from a suspicious looking book with a cover of brown paper (the only document in existence containing the early history of the proceedings of the company), but in consequence of the confusion created by this mode of proceeding, ho was length compelled to desist. Mr. MOTT proposed, and Mr. SHAW seconded, an amendment that the meeting be adjourned, and a com mittee be appointed to inquire into the state and pros pects of the company. The amendment was lost by a large majority, and the original resolution was then agreed to. The following gentlemen were then appointed directors of the company for the ensuing year : —Mr. Alexander Ross ; Mr. Walter Jones Joseph Shaw, of Hud dersfield ; Mr. Lawton, of Manchester ; Mr. Thomas Holmes, of Hull. Mr. Charles Hill was also re-elected to the office of auditor to the company. Again a scene of the utmost confusion ensued in con sequence of Mr. Archer's entering again into the question of the statements of the " Black Book." In the midst of this confusion a shareholder proposed a vote of thanks the chairman, which was unanimously agreed to. The meeting then broke up, h av i ng lasted for upwards of three hours, and leaving Mr. Archer to the perora tion of a very violent speech. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. RENEWAL OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE GREAT WESTERN AND LONDON AND NOR l'H- WESTERN. On Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, the usual half yearly meeting of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Company took place at Dee's Hotel, Birmingham. As it was expected that the quarrel between the two great companies, the London and North-Western, and the Great Western, would be re-opened, mostprobably, with greater violence than ever, there was a very strong muster of the friends of both companies from ...diverpool, London, and all parts of the country. Among the per sons present we observed Lord Hatherton, Mr. Charles Russell, M.P , chairman of the Great Western ; Mr. Spooner, M.P. ; Captain Carnegie, M.P. ; the Hon. J. C. Talbot ; 51r. Minim ; Mr. Brunel, engineer of the tireat Western ; Mr. Saunders, secretary of the Great Western ; Mr. Mosely, of Liverpool ; and several of the directors of the London and North-Western Company. Mr. Muntz, chairman of the company, and brother of Mr. Muntz, M.P., took the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement calling the meeting, and also the report, which was very brief, and merely referred to the measures which were being taken to forward the works, and to the cir cumstances of a call of 51. being about to be made, The CHAIRMAN rose to move the adoption of the report. and in doing so, begged' to state that every effort ! would be made to complete the line as speedily as possible. Some unavoidable delays had taken place, but he had no doubt that the line would be completed within the specified time. With regard to the delay which had taken place in getting the transfers made, and regarding which there had been many complaints, he begged to say that the delay arose in consequence of the impossibility of getting the transfers completed as rapidly as they were applied for. For some time they had had as many as one hundred and fifty applications for transfers in one day. The call had been met with a promptitude never surpassed in the history of any company. Indeed, so eager were some gentlemen to make sure of having paid their calls, that they actually wished to pay them twice over—(Loud laughter)—and he was sure the forthcoming call would be quite as well responded to. He wished to take that opportunity of stating, that since the agreement with tha Great Western had been completed, an offer had been made by the London and North Western Company, of much higher terms than they had received from the Great Western. He felt it his duty to make this inti mation to the shareholders, in order that they might officially be acquainted with all the circumstances con nected with the case. It was the more necessary he should do so in consequence of what had since occurred. The directors could not accept of the offer of the London e an who Western g av e and North W estern to take the line at 151. premium, because they h a d prev i ously ratified the bargain w i th gentleman 1 Greatmthe Company.hvst i Mr. Moseley ntimation of the of the London and North-Western Company to make this offer. w nt a e s n intention Mr. MusELET—I beg to state that the offer was made by me, but not in the name or -on behalf of the London and North-Western. I wish this to be distinctly under stood.—(Order, order, and hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—Tho London and North-Western had since then made the same offer in a letter from that company.—(Hear, hear.) I deeply regret that the offer has been made ; for the offer having been made after the line had been legally sold to the Great Western Com pany, it had only had the effect of creating a great deal of unpleasant feeling.—(Hear, hear.) I must also al lude to a letter which some time ago appeared in the public journals with the name of Mr. Moseley attached to it. I presume Mr. Moseley - acknowledge the letter. MY. MOSELEY—I do. The CHAIRMAN then went into a statement of the various circumstances alluded to in that letter. He dwelt with much emphasis on the fact tht.t. in October last year, at a meeting of the shareholders, they unani mously, not even excepting Mr. Moseley, called on the directors, indeed morally compelled them, to enter into negotiations for the sale of the line, and even named the Great Western as the only company with which they were to negotiate.—(Hear, hear) This was not only without the knowledge of the directors of the Birming ham and Oxford Junction, but it was against their incli nation. They merely agreed to negotiate with the Great Western, because they felt they were bound to accede to the unanimous wishes of a meeting of the shareholders. Ile denied that the directors hail done anything wrong They had but carried out the wishes of the shareholders, and the agreement being made, they would abide by it. He now moved that the report be adopted. Mr. CROSSWAITER, of Liverpool, seconled the motion for the adoption of the retort. Captain CARNEGIE, M.l'., wished to ask, before the question was put, whether it was the intentio:: of the four directors, who, according to the Act of Parliament, were to retire at that meeting, to retire from the board ? The CHAIRMAN—The point as to whether they are legally bound to retire at this time is one which we anti cipated might lead to some misunderstanding in that room that day, and we have therefore taken the precau tion of getting the opinion of the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. J. C. Talbot, and Mr. Godley, and they are unanimous in the opinion that none of the directors are bound to retire. Captain CARNEGIE said that a body of shareholders had also taken the opinion of the most eminent counsel on the point, and that opinion was, that if the usual number of directors did not , retire, the directors would occupy their places at the bead illegally. (Loud cheers.) As many of the shareholders had not had their attentoin called to the matter, it would only be a matter of courtesy on so important a point, that they should have a fortnight to satisfy themselves on it. He would there fore move, as an amendment, the adjournment of the meeting till that day fortnight. Mr. MosELEv wished, before the question of adjourn ment was put, to make some observations of an explana tory nature, in order that no misconception might exist as to the facts of the case. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN.—I have no wish to stop Mr. Moseley. The more he speaks the better for us; but Mr. Moseley must be aware, that on a question of adjourning the meeting it would be irregular to go into matters of the nature which Mr. Moseley wished to bring before the sharehold rs. Mr. MOSELEY--I think it very extraordinary on the part of the directors, that, having acted contrary to what was believed to he the law of the case, and also in oppo sition to the interests of the shareholders, you should now seek to shirk the question and get rid of the responsibility you have incurred by availing yourselves of a mere ques tion of form.—(Loud cheers.) I should have thought you would have been glad of an opportunity of giving an explanation. It is well known, at least it is believed, that you, the director s, have parted with the greater part a your interest in the company.—(Loud cheers.) If you will tell the meeting on what grounds you attempt to justify your procedure, when the meeting thought that procedure contrary to law, the meeting will now be Wad to hear what you have to say in your own justifica tion. If you have nothing but the interests of tho share holders at heart ; if having made all the profit you could out of the property—(Loud cheers)—you are now de sirous of beeefiting the shareholders by the course you have determined to pursue, you surely can have no ob jections to state the grounds on which you have acted, and still mean to act. A SHAREHOLDER (with much 'vehemence)— Why do you conceal anything ?—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—That gentleman need not gesticulate so violently. A SHAREHOLDER—Give us the opialons you have received from counsel. The CHAIRMAN—This is not the proper time for that, when the question of adjournment is before the meeting —(Cries of " Oh, oh.") Mr. MosELEr —You must be aware that there are reports current in Birmingham and everywhere else, which are not creditable to your character as directors of this company. It is currently stated that you have purposely sacrificed the interests of the shareholders to purposes of your own, and that- The CHAIRMAN—The statement you make is false.— (Cries of " Order, order," and a great sensation among Mr. Moseley's friends.) I do not mean that what Mr. Moseley says is false, but that the report to which be alludes is so. Mr. MosELEY—I am glad, Sir, that you have with drawn that word. If you had not I should have sat down. It made the blood rush to my face. Though I do not belong to a certain assembly, I have the spirit and sense to resent any insult, by whomsoever offered,— (Hear.) Lord lIATHERTON—It was not meant personally. I did not so understand it.—(Hear, hear.) The Crtainaraar—l did not mean anything of a per sonal nature to the Hon. proprietor. I merely referred to a statement of others which he was quoting. Mr. MosELv—l am glad to hear Lord Hatherton say so, and also to receive a renewed disclaimer from you. Sir. I will now forget the matter. I repeat that the Property has been sold much below its real value. It is wish the view of getting a fair price, and not getting the line for the London and North Western, that I am pur suing the course lam now doing. If the Great Western had given the full value for the property, you should never have heard a word of complaint from me. It was because the proper value is not given that I resolved on adopting the course Tam now pursuing. —(Hear.) It is not as a shareholder of the London and North-Western that I stand here. I stand in this place as a shareholder only of the Oxford and Birmingham Junction. I have to complain of the chairman of the Great Western (Mr. Russell) representing me as having said at a former meeting that I was the mouthpiece of the London and North-Western. I beg to deny that I ever said any thing of the kind. It was a personality to attribute such words to me. I ask the chairman of the Great Western, as a gentleman, is he prepared to substantiate the words he has imputed to me ? The CHAIRMAN—We are not here for the purpose of going into matters of this nature. The words Mr. Moseley complains of were not used at any meeting of this company. Mr. MosEnEv—They were used by Mr. Russell, and that gentleman is present. I should have supposed that, as a gentleman, he would feel glad of an opportunity of either substantiating oa retracting his words.—(Cheers.) Mr. RUSSELL—I beg the chairman not to interfere between me and Mr. Mosely. When he has finished his observations I will answer him.—(Hear.) Mr. MOSELET—It is the custom in the House of which Mr. Russell is a Member, for gentlemen to make any personal explanations which may be necessary whenever appealed to for the purpose. Mr. RUSSELL—The Hon. Proprietor is quite wrong as to the practice in the House of Commons. The Speaker will not allow any such interruptions to the usual proceedings to be made. Mr. MOSELEY—Mr. Russell must be aware that such is riot the practice. Whenever a Member complains that he has been misrepresented, the party of whom he complains must get up and explain at once. The Hon. Gentleman refuses. This is only a continuation of what has before taken place. The directors are to be every thing, and the shareholders nothing.—(Great cheering.) I will not submit, so far as I am personally concerned, to conduct of this nature. I demand a retractation or substantiation of Mr. Russell's words.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—I cannot see what I have to do with a quarrel of tnis nature, which arises from what appeared in the newspapers. Mr. Mosanv—l give you great credit, Sir, for your anxious endeavours to serve your colleague.—(Loud directors ll, t, c b, hhxl unlessi e e pn e eed r ehe s t ta , eirdtt r a ghhthwe i eh x er nipa e rftr d eon3 ,tifiwoino profits se. e t thyrßrteeuharus interested, dhe e at gd f n a aide i ssm n l sttaehaa matter a(nslbtettoylsoeeu. else. — (Lou d their gentleman, wi s pwvh h isei o aohe u u fthaie l sl rl d doaet Isdilvwilt, he. ti have nhas:i laughter.) lam Mr. Russell's equal in every respect. and will not tamely submit to be maligned by him. I wish that there may be no mistake on that point. 1 state in the boldest, broadest, and most distinct manner, that I never used such language, and I defy any breath ing man to prove that I did.—(Applaust-.) I will not be daunted nor diverted from pursuing the course which 1 think proper in reference to this company. I repeat what I before said, that the sale of the line to the Great Western was made when the real share holders were not in a position to vote.—(Deafening applause.) I say that it was disgraceful to act ;in this manner. You may " Jump Jim Crow" as you will, but you shall not be allowed to have matters your own way. I warned you that when the registration was com pleted, we would undo what you have done. You have acted illegally throughout, and that you will find out before a long time has elapsed. You have sacrificed the shareholders. The value of the line, as being confessed by yourselves the battle-field of the broadguage question, must have been apparent to you. You could not have acted as you have done from ignorance ; but we have de termined not to be defeated. I have entered on my course and will pursue it.—(lmmense cheering.) We have at least seven-eights of the shareholders with us. I shall not retire from this contest so long as there is one inch of ground on which to battle with you. Mr. Moseley then sat down amidst greet cheering. Mr. RUSSELL, M.P.—I will now answer the question of the Hon. Proprietor. I was not present at the meet ing at which he was said to have made use of the lan • guage imputed to him. In making the statement I did, I acted on information communicated to me by gentle men who were present, and they assured me, and they still believe, that he did use the expression, that he was not only authorised to make the offer of 15/. premium on the shares of the Birmingham and Oxford , Junction Railway, but that he was the mouth piece of the London and North-Western Com pany. I have no right to doubt that gentleman's word, after the disclaimer he has made, but it is right I should say that the whole circumstances connected with the conduct of the London and North-Western Company in reference to this company, must come before a higher tribunal, in order that the whole matter may be thoroughly sifted. It will then be for us to get what proof we can of what was actually said on that occasion, and it will be for Mr. Mosely to disprove, if he is able, his having so expressed himself. But even supposing the words had been erroneously imputed to him, I cannot see what right he has to complain. It is no imputation on him. Good God ! am Ito be prohibited from re peating language which I had been told by most respect able persons the Hon. Gentleman made use of at a public m uf e u e .i, t r i rs n i guAßni.iouesTs3Es,hLoEiEuLsrL,y_ga( authority.") ih t t l woh e r m i t y ei ; is perfectly puerile.—(Cries Mr. MOSELEY Gr . we us the name of your informant at Aonee.—(Uproar and cheers.) discreditable. is most and then seeks to sh e lter lt. u i v s i s e e hg l . h e l i ini ve erl n c o o_ an T sw ha e t r , I he s r a e y . I will answer it in another place proceedaiungos.ffouLeeet, and dmh tea himselfk em b r ings7eiisf bya charge threat a g o a f i n futures t me, c a o h u a r u s e. , P s p a l i a d us t e h .) e meeting h ave hd e t o wanderedha s bearcom mitted pu ls n i is r h . m sr. e o n o t. N — E ( E l : o m u d .p a . from the great question at issue. The g directors only acted in accordance with the wishes of the shareholders the in selling the lino to the Great Western. It was n choice of theirs ; on the contrary, they were unwilling at the time to dispose of the line at all. They will now , as holiest men, carry out the agreement under any cir cumstances. curnstances. The motion far adjournment till this day f or t n i g h t was than put and carried , with onl y one dissentien t voice. The friends of the Gre a t Western, seei ng their oppo• namenetnsdhinsednat.n m r 'e h r e w e l x ie t l r m a( i ) n r g di m na a r j y ority,d idnot (oPtpth thee proceedingsday then closed, without even the customary vote of thanks -hairman. t® the Ci :GREAT ---NORTHERN RAILWAY. The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Hall of Com merce. We sent a reporter to the meeting, who, although well known as the railway reporter of our paper, was refused ad mission, on the ground that be did not produce a card signed by the secretary. What may be the objec t of the directors In pursuing this unusual course it is impossible to guess. The effect is that the proceedings of the meeting are un reported. lIL WAY. - - WEST CORNWALL R.__ A sufficient number of shareholders not having attended at the meeting called for on Saturday by the directors of the Neat Cornwall Company, the meeting was adjourned, sine die. The Marchioness of Lansdowne has left town for Bowood, ,Wilts; but is expected to return ehoray. The Earl of Shelburne continued gt BOW& LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1847. MAGAZINE-DAY. FRASER. The opening article of Fraser will be read with great interest, It is a carefully digested resume of all the various systems of National Education at pre sent in operation in the different countries of Europe, and it contains more really useful informa tion on the subject than is to be found in all the pon derous octavos and lengthy letters with which the public has of late been bored on the subject. This article is followed by a romantic Mexican tale, " Mate siete, the Hunter ;" and then we have a paper on the " Condition of Authors in England, Germany, and •sranee," from which it appears that pencraft in Eng land is more amply remunerated than in other countries, always excepting those brethren of the quill who devote themselves to the concoction of dramas, for whom France is a very El Doralo, and which fact f u ll y accounts for t h e monopo ly of dramatic manufacture which France at present enjoys. Lord John Manners is the literary legis lator who sits for his portrait this month. The article is elaborately written ; the author treats his subject evidently con amore, but he rates far too highly the talents and the influence of this interest ing, but, certes, not altogether disinterested enthu siast—if enthusiast he be. The political article for the month treats of Lord George Bentinck's desti tute shareholders' relief Bill, under the title of " The Great and Comprehensive Measure." The writer evidently began his article with the intention of going " the whole hog " in praise of the proposition of "the stable mind," but as he went on, his common sense revolted at the stupendous folly (and if not folly the something worse) of the proposition of his hero, and he ends by confessing that he " cannot much lament the issue." He, however, throughout argues as if that proposition were to advance money to the Government to con struct national railroads, instead of being what at really was—a proposition to advance money to share holders to rig the market with public money, over the expenditure of which the Government was to have no control. The question as to the propriety or impropriety of the Government undertaking the con struction of railroads in Ireland as great national works for the national benefit, was not brought be fore the House by Lord G. Bentinck. It was brought before the House some years since, by Lord Morpeth, at a time when it would have been advantageously carried into effect, because the private enterprise had not entered the field. At that time the proposition was rejected by Lord G. Bentinck and his party, out of the mere spirit of fac tion, and it ill beconnee them now to complain, unless they first cry peccavi. In the following observations on the measures to be adopted for the social regene ration of Ireland, we entirely concur, and we trust that landlords of Ireland, when they read the senti ments of this, the organ of the Tory party (they al ready know the opinions of every other party in the empire) will, instead of indulging in vain complaints or vexations, because fruitless, opposition to the Go vernment measures, set their shoulders to the wheel, and aid and assist those who are doing their best to regenerate their couutry. The writer says— " The tenures by which land, is held, in property and in occupancy, in Ireland, exhibit such a mass of confu sion and complexity as cannot be paralleled any where else throughout the world. This must be remedied. The right of sale, in whole or in part, must be conceded to every Irish proprietor ; and leases for nine hundred and ninety-nine years, and such like, converted into pro perty. Nor is there any just cause why Ireland should not in every other respect be assimilated to England. If English rights and immunities be conferred upon her, it, is but fair that she should pay English taxes. Hereto fore her extreme poverty, and the backward state of her population, have afforded excuses for a tardiness in le gislation which could not stand a moment's impartial consideration. But the moment you nut her in a fair way of getting rid of these evils, you have a perfect right to deal with her, in other respects, as you deal with the rest of the Queen's dominions. Probably the inter mediate result will be, a prodigious changing of hands in the landed property of the kingdom. If we be rightly informed, there are few estates in Ireland which are not mortgaged to half their money value ; there are many which, if sold to-morrow, would leave no residue, or next to none, to the nominal proprietors. Most of the former, all the latter, will, of course, pass into new hands, and many a family of historical note disappear. But though we may lament this as a shock to private feeling, on public grounds we are constrained to add, that it is " a consummation devoutly to be wished." Of all the incubi on the improvement of a people, a poor but ancient gentry is the heaviest. The peasant looks up to the descendent of a long line of proprietors, under whom ho and his fathers have worked for ages, with a degree of reverence which he cannot feel for a new man; and the poverty of the chief, as it keeps the serf poor likewise, so it effectually hinders both the one and the other from rising in the scale of humanity. Indeed, we will go further. Though we are no advocates for the French system, and the minute subdivision of landed property which it occasions, we confess that very large estates do not appear to us to be desirab'e in a country circumstanced as is Ireland. Very large estates, embrac ing whole counties, or half counties, cannot be rightly attended to by their owners, even if they be resident ; and as in Ireland almost all such belting to absentees, they operate as a hotbed for the growth of agents, —a race not very popular or useful anywhere, and least of all in the Eitu , r,hl Isle. We believe, therefore, that the facilities ta,id d to Irish proprietors for disposing of their land, will accomplish good in this respect.amotvg others, that it will l'irgely increase the numbers of the resident gentry; being copied and that the manners of the rich .eing copied in the farm house and in the cottage , Ireland, under a better sy stem of social management, may vet become th e mos t flouri s hin g s e c tion of the United Kingdom." And that it will so become if these measures are ho nestly carried out, there can be no doubt. Then, and not till then, will be the time to consider the pro priety of giving Government assistance to railroads. file remaining articles of this numbea are all good ; the best, perhaps, being a paper be Sam Slick, enti tled " llow many Fins has a Cod ?" DOLMAN'S. In accordance with a custom which 1;43 become somewhat prevalent with mon thly publication. Dolmanis reduced in p r i ce b y half of its charge. Otherwise there is scarcely any perceptible alteration in the periodical. Saving that its amount of pages is slightly diminished, the magazine is characterized by all its previous excel lence. Under the conduct of its new editor, the articles are, as heretofore, selected with care and di s crimination. Without lapsing into a merely ecclesiastical organ, Dol man still continues the indisputable mouthpiece of the Ro man Catholics of England ; it combines agreeable com positions for the general reader, and contributions essentially of a nature peculiar to the religion . From a paper entitled "Future prospects of Ireland," we w ould, had our space permitted, hav e made copious extra2ts, seeing that the suggestions contained therein are sensible and new. The editor continues his serial upon the Penal L . aws, a subject which has latterly acqu i re d a p eculiar interest, from the gradual p assage of Mr. Watson's Bill, for their abolition, through the Lower House of Par liament. His eloquent predecessor, Mr. Miles Gerald Kenn, pursues his interesting p a per upon "Holy We ek at Oscott," it is written with a loving tenderness of pur pose, and a calmness of contemplation that o ccasionally merges in philosophic profundity. The contribution throughout is large from its thoughtfulne ss ; stud the miscellaneous contents are arranged with an attention compatible with the excellence of the preceding portions. Inobler arena for the display of his peculiar abilities was there than London ? London, the most venerable city in the British islands, the most gigantic and extraordi nary of civilized times, the contemporary of Coesar and Boadicea, the central point round which from age to age the tragic drama of our national fortunes has revolved and fluctuated. Whether we contemplate London, in regard to our sovereigns, as the spot in which our Edwards and Henrys, and Richards, have dwelt, as the scene of Charles's decapitation, of Lady Jane Grey's imprison ent and execution, of Crommwell's summary vengeance upon the Long Parliament, of James's flight, of William's entrance, or of the fourth George's de baucheries; whether we consider it in relation to the poets it has harboured, from old Chaucer to blind Milton, and so on to lame Byron, or in reference to the statesmen and philosophers who have been numbered amongst its denizens, from Sir Thomas More to Lord Bacon, and from Verulam downwards; or, in allusion to its military reminiscences in the age of Marlborough and Prince Eugene, or its artistic reminiscences in the ages of Hogarth and Flaxman; or its literary reminiscences in the ages of Farquhar and Johnson, we must always look upon it as invested with a charm in praise of which the most extravagant panegyric could scarcely be counted as hyperbolical. Under all aspects London is fraught with interest, even in i's rookeries as connected with - Turpin and Howard, and its prisons as associated with Sheppard and Mrs. Fry. And even in those dege nerate regions investigation would prove by no means uninstructive. From the western boundaries of Houns low, to the eastern limits of Bow, from Highgate and Hampstead in the north, to Dulwich and Peckham in the south, taking in the whole circumference from those suburbs, there is scarcely a single point which dues not prove attractive as the home or the haunt of some re markable individual. Mr. Smith, indeed, was so con scions of the fruitfulness of his subject that he has doubtless restrained his inclinations, and has restricted his antiquarian rambles to a continuous line beginning with Hyde Park-corner, and ending with the Tower. In his pilgrimage, therefore, he comes successively upon Charing-cross, Waterloo-bridge, Temple-bar, Blackfriars, Cheapside, and London-bridge, branchinc , off occasionally as circumstances requi re d, or as thee opportunity so permitted, into the smaller thoroughfares leading into Piccadilly, Trafalgar-square, the Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's Churchyard, Cheapside, the Poultry, King William -street, and so on by " the silent highway " to the Tower of London. Only once does he diverge con siderably from the main artery of the capital, namely in his chapter on Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall, and the Houses of Parliament. As may be readily con jectured, the main portion of the two volumes is corn posed of recollections naore or less modern, the more antiquated parts of the city having been either consumed by the great fire of 1666, or obliterated by the encroach ments of time, or the innovations and improvements effected by the ingenuity of man. Some conception may be formed of the difficulties which present them selves to the antiquarian is his researches through the metropolis, when we remember that the birthplace of Chaucer is a spot altogether undiscoverable, and that the famous " boar's head" in Eastcheap, immortalized by Shak , pere, as the resort of Prince Hal and Sir John Falstaff, stood on the very spot now occupied by the statue of William the Fourth in King William-street. From the restriction, therefore, of the present work, imply to the line running from Piccadilly parallel with the Thames, it is manifest that Mr. Smith's work can ,nly be regarded as one of a series in a delineation of London. Those who bear in recollection the glorious papers published some years since in Blachwooars Ma gazine, by John Fisher Murray, and entitled the " World of London," will know how much may be written upon the capital of Great Britain without ex hausting the subject. And that impression will only be confirmed by the perusal of those two volumes. The deficiencies of the work as an antiqua rian ramble in the streets of London are too apparent to require enumeration, but they are such deficiencies as it would be impossible to cast in depreciation either at the writer, Mr. J. T. Smith, or the editor, Dr. Charles Mackay. Both those gentlemen have performed their labour of love with industry and talent. As far as the work is concerned individually it is complete ; it is only as an antiquarian account of London in the abstract that it is so marvellously incom plete and unsatisfactory. One word alone upon the title-page redeems the production from a charge of in sincerity, namely, the word which designates it as a " Ramble." A desultory ramble enough it certainly is, but a pleasact one withal, and from the beginning to the end the author chatters away with a voluble and delight ful fund of information. It would be almost as super fluous, if not as preposterous, as the presentation of a brick as the sample of a house by scholasticos in the " Witticisms of Hierocles," to quote a mere fragment from the chapters herein contained about the streets of London. We shall leave the literary fabric of Mr. Smith unflawed by the abstraction of a solitary brick, dismissing it from our consideration with senti ments of gratitude for the pleasure which its perusal has afforded us. The author of " Nollekens and his Times," has here presented his countrymen with a legacy appropriate to both donor an donee. THE SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENA OF DO MESTIC LIFE, familiarly explained by C. F. Gower. Second Edition. This is a most interesting and instructive little work ; its object is admirable and it is admirably carried out. In his introductory observations, the author remarks that, in the present intellectual age, while it is customary to teach children every art, every science, and every ac complishment that the mind of man can suggest, we too often forget to teach them that which would turn all these to good effect : we forget to teach them to think, to reason, to observe. It is fir this purpose that thi, litde book has been written ; it is to illustrate the great book of nature." In all books of instruction, the wan ner of teaching is almost of' as much importance as is the matt,r that is taught. The ars celare artem is here most necessary ; it is desirable to give inf 'rmation without see.ning to teach. Children, at d indeed persons of all ages are generally and often d..ligh.ed to learn but they cannot bear being taught. Hence there are doubtless many who will experience much pleasure, an: derive much profit, from the perusal of Mr. Gower's little volume, who would turn coldly and carelessly away , from the very same information, if conveyed in a m ire preti': ding manner. But perhaps the most valuable quality of this work is, its so ably fulfilling its author's intention of inducing people to think. In ordinary edu cation, far more is thought of learning . by rote than by reason ; it seems generally to be forgotten, that the great object of education should be to cultivate the mind rather than store the memory. It is not the absolute knowledge of certain facts that is desirable, but the improvement that the acquisition of such knowledge should occasion in the intellectual powers. To under stand one thing, however simple it may be, is infinitely more advantageous than to possess superficial informa tion regarding a hundred. The best system of educa tion is undoubtedly that which secures both objects, of • fording information in such a manner as to make it tend to develop the reasoning faculties. Such is the system pursued by Mr. Gower. Taking as the subjects of his investigation the common occurrences of daily life he enables us to understand what is going on around us, and by showing what wonders are contained in things a pparently the most simple, he induces a habit of thought and inquiry. Thus beginning with the bed room, he tells us how the frost is formed on the window ; why the marble feels so much colder than the carpet, &c.; and so on through the succeeding chapters of the " Break - fast Parlour," where the tea-kettle gives rise to an inte resting account of the discovery of steam ; the " Morn ing Walk ;" the "Study ;" the " Summer's Evening ;" Naviption—Latitude—Longitude ;" and the " Sea shore.' In each of these chapters the explanation of any little incident or object imperceptibly leads the way to some more important information ; thus we learn what effect the moon produces upon the tides ; about atmospheric pressure ; the barometer and the atmos pheric railway, & c ., sc, In visiting the kitchen we are instructed in the mysteries of bread-making ; in the walk in the fields some useful information is given about evaporation—practically useful indeed. We are told, that evaporation produces cold, and for this reason re maining in wet clothes is dangerous ; the evaporation that takes place, during the time they are drying, carries away so large a portion of heat from the body, as almost certainly to induce cold, and all the thousand diseases which follow in its train. When a person is obliged to remain in wet clothes, the best method to adopt is, to prevent evaporation, by covering them with a makintosh or any other garment that will keep the moisture in." The perusal of this little volume, besides affording useful knowledge on subjects of which many, even educated persons are ignorant, must necessarily have a beneficial effect upon the mind and hearts of its readers; upon their minds by habituating them to look around with a spirit of in quiry, and by enabling them not only to learn, but to understand, how certain effects produce certain causes ; and it can hardly fail to have a beneficial influence upon the heart, for it is hardly possible to contemplate the wonders, and admire the beauties of creation, without increased sentiments of veneration and love to the great First Cause whose power and whose goodness has pro duced them. Such sentiments have evidently influenced the writer, and, let us hope, will influence the readers of liese " Scientific Phenomena." As a brief' epitome of the wonders Whichsurroand us, we transcribe the author's concluding observations, and dismiss the little volume with a tnost cordial recommendation. _ " To the — observing mind an hour never passes with out food for reflection. The rich, though often unculti vated soil of human intellect, will be constantly furnish ing us with subjects for contemplatign. The air in which we breathe, the earth on which we tread, th e broad expanse of ocean, and the starry vault of heaven above us, are all replete with wonders. The vegetable kingdom alone would afford subjects for a lifetime. The flowers that draw their nourishment from the soil, the air, and the dew, are all furnished with functions suited to their different natures ; some turn their delicate heads to the cheering rays of the sun, and seem to drink deep from that fountain of light and heat, and close their petals the moment he parts from their view ; whilst others hide themselves in the shade, and shun the ap proach of day: to each Nature has appointed its proper place, and proper powers for keeping in the station allotted to it. In the brute creation we may observe the same order. To the domestic animal she has given strength and docility; to the beast of prey, the eye capable of pit rc in g the darkness, and agility to seize on its destined victim; to the bird of passage she has given strength of wing, and a wonderful instinct to direct its Hight. Again, if we descend into the depths of ocean, fresh wonders meet our view—from the mighty whale, the monarch of the deep, down to the diminutive min now, each as perfect as the other, though on so different a scale. Then, turning to the insect world, we see the laborious ant heaping up her store for winter consump tion; the bee, building her hexagonal cells with a regu larity equal to that of the nicest architect ; the spider, w eaving her delicate thread to catch her prey ; the l ow - w orm, ' with its modicum of light,' sparkling in the d ewy grabs ; each with i ts separate sphere of usefulness, each separate insect affording a fresh theme for inquiry; and, were it possible to exhaust all these, one glance at Lthe microscope would again overwhelm us in t ndless ob jects of research. The secrets hidden in a single arop of water, which the microscope has revealed, are almost beyond our conception, discovering to us myriads of beings filling every atom of creation, and forming a world of which we scarcely know the existence. But even all these sink into nothing when compared with the wonders of the starry firmament, where thousands and thousands of suns, each the centre of a system of worlds, peopled perhaps with beings destined for immortality, are nightly presented to our view. The extent, the magnitude, the harmony of Nature, fill us with awe and admiration, and we are lost in the contemplation of the attributes of that Being whose Almighty arm supports, controls, directs, and governs all." DO2IIBEY AND SON. No. VI. Ey Charles Dickens. As might have been anticipated, there is a mo,urnful description of the sorrowing of Florence for her dear dead brother" in the present number. It is exquisitely, delineative of the woes and memories of a young and lonely heart. The account of her mid night visit of conciliation to her inexorable father, with his repulse of bar proferred affection is beautiful but harsh. " Let him remember it in that room, years to come!" Diogenes the " ridiculous dog," not the cynic philosopher, Mr. Toots, even Towlioson and the wooden midshipman who is declared to be quite a " callous, obdurate, and conceited midshipman" in his way, are severally introduced. But Captain Cuttle, the s uperb diplomatist of B r i g _ place, the gentleman who wears a silver watch of such plethoric dimensions, that it comes out of his fob like a bung, the simple-hearted sailor, who sticks a small sunflower in his button-bole "to give him a relish of the country," the sympathetic listener, w h o s i ts w ith a grin on his face and " a tear on his s hi r t collar," stupid , is t h e principal feature i excellent, delightful, ab surd Captain Cu ttle f ro m his interview w ith Mr. Carker andPerchNo . 6 to s Mr.re n his farewell with Walter on the latter setting sail for Barbadoes. The same lavish drollery, the same pensive and pathetic sentiments, the same natural and unaffected eloquence which have characterised the preceding portions of this inimita ble work stream through these three addi tionalchapters. In an advertisement prefixed to , the numb er we observe the an nouncement of a pro j enteu republic tion of the various writin g s of Mr. Dickens in a form a conecaient as it is novel , and at a p rice w hie j t with perfect truth be te rmed unprecedented. rich noble casket of wisdom , wit, and the g en tlest humanity, will thereby be opened i ndiscriminatel y to the people. - LITERATURE. AN ANTIQUARIAN RAMBLE IN THE STREETS OF LONDON. 2 VA By John Thomas Smith. Pleasanter books cannot well he written th an those descriptive of the ancient localities of ancient cities, with all their historical associations. So many personal recollections are connected with the old piles of brick and mortar, so many anecdotes about illustrious personages are combined with the decaying tenements, s o many inci dents of an attractive character have transpired in the more dilapidated quarters of an antique metropolis, that the imagination is carried back throagh centuries by the mere sight of the crumbled walls and mouldering lintels. The late keeper of the prints and drawings in the British Museum, Mr. Smith, was fully con scious of the fullness of this fascinatio n , and he has shown by his former writings, his " B oo k f or a Rainy Day," and " Nollekins and his Times," that he pos sessed all the capabilities of selecting hi s materials from this eccentric store with discrimination. He was, moreover, peculiarly qualified by his professional pur suits, as well as by his domestic manners, to glean the most interesting, if not the most recondite, facts associated With the history of London. And what HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Coletti, the greatest of baritones, made his debut for the season at her Majesty's Theatre on Satur day evening, in the character of Nino. The public owed him an omende honorable for the manner in which it had tamely suffered hini to be victimised by an un principled clique some four years since. (The disgraceful Tarnburini row will be fresh in the recollection of our readers.) That amende was made on Saturday evening. It is seldom that so much enthusiasm is exhibiteel within the precincts of this Theatre as that with which the appearance of Coletti was hailed, and the applause was richly deserved—a great actor, a great singer, and a handsome man, he was the very Nino of the author. His voice, of immense power, great flexibility, and of fine quality, is completely undo r command. His taste is exquisite, and he is an accomplished musi. cian. Sanchieli, who was the Abigail, is greatly im proved since last session—as powerful, as energetic as ever—her rower and her energy are more completely under command, and that detect of intonation which last season marred some of her most meritorious efforts, has disappeared. Mademoiselle Fuggiani, Asher appeared in the part of Fenana, is a great improvement upon Ma demoiselle Corbari. The choruses were magnificeetly given. Full justice is now done to the choral music of Verdi. Those who have only heard the old chorus under the inspirations of the Maestro can form but a faint idea of the beauties of his choral music. The or chestral effects, too, were splendidly brought out ; there was none of that "jangling and jarring" which, from whatever cause, was, last season, sometina, s painfully apparent in the orchestra, but all went har moniously. When it is considered that the present is almost entirely a new band, it must be admitted that Balte has performed wonders. His orchestra need not shrink from a comparison with I any in the world. The new ballet of Coralio concluded the evening's entertainments. The house was crowded in every part. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied. by Prince Frederick of Heise, and attended by the Baroness Hammerstein, the Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay, honoured the performances at this theatre on Saturday evening with her presence. There were also present his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marchioness of Douro, his Excellency the Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunow, and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, the Eail of Lonsdale, the Earl of Granville, the Viscount Can talupe, the Earl of Munster, the Viscount Morpeth, the Hon. William Ashley (who occupied her Majesty the Queen Dowager's box), Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Mac donald, Lord Gardner, Lord Sandys, Sir William and Lady Freemantle, Lady Curtis, Lady Grant, Sir George and Lady Carroll, Lady Smyth, Lord Suffield, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Count Koudriaffsky, M. de Berg, Sir George Woombwell, Bart., the Hon. G. Byng, the Hon. R. Curson, the Hen. Sir T. Harvey, Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir Id. Meux, Mr. Hubert De Burgh, Mrs. De Burgh, and Miss De Burgh, Mr. Townley, Mr. H. Broadwood, M.P., Mr. Forde, Mr. C. Phillips, Mr. and Miss Trelawney, Mr. Broadley, Captain Greville, Col. Bowers, Captain Murray, Captain Lynn, Mr. Sand ford, &c. MISS CLARA SEYTON'S ENTER- TAINMENTS AT MISS PALMER'S SOIREE. Miss Clara Seyton gave her entertainment on " Eng lish Comic Opera at Miss Palraer's scientific and musical soirée last week. These soirees are most delightful re unions, combining the attractions of a private social party with those of public entertainment. They com mence at eight o'clock, and some two hundred ladies and gentlemen are assembled in a drawing room. There is music, singing, and then a lecture. on some scientific or artistical subject. The lecture on Wednesday last was delivered by Miss Clara Seyton, the subject English comic opera. Never did Miss Clara Seyton appear to greater advantage ; she was full of spirit and humour, was in excellent voice, and was much and deservedly applauded, and as the soiree partakes of the nature of a private reunion, the audience were at terwards afforded the gratification of paying their indi vidual compliments to the great talents which had been so successfully exerted for their gratification. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. CHESTER Cur.—Not a bet made to-day on either this race, Derby, Oaks, or the handicaps. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-5 to 1 agst Brunette (taken) —8 to 1 agst St. Leger (taken)-8 to 1 agst The Roarer —lO to 1 agst Culverth,rpe• (taken)-13 to 1 agst Saucepan —l4 to 1 agst Red Lancer-15 to 1 apt Avoca-100 to ti apt Pioneer (taken)-100 to 6 asst Jerry (taken)-100 to 6 agst Matthew (taken). LORD SEFToN's 50/. PLATE.-50 to 10 agst Nottingham (taken)-30 to 5 agst Jovial (taken)-30 to 5 agst Ukraine (taken) —4O to 5 agst Robin Burns-100 to 5 agst Robin Burns winning this aid Chester Cup. WARWICK SPRING RACES, 1847. Nominations for the Stakes which closed Feb. '24. Warwick 11a - ,dicap—Redstreak, 5 yrs—Godfrey, 6 yrs— Susannati, 3 yrs—Buttress, 4 yrs—lnfringe, :3 yrs—Congress, 3 yrs—Trifle, 6 yrs—ldolater, 5 yrs. Willoughby Handicap—Roper's Daughter—b gby Young f 'adland—Satyr—Alirxi, --Godfrey, 6 yrs—Pantasa, 5 yr,— Perpetual Motion, 5 yra —Columbus, 5 yrs--Trojan, 6 ) s Idolater, 5 yrs. Handicap Stakes—br g by Young Cadland— Eagle, aged—Red Lancer—Belshazzar—The Parson—Gipsy Queen—Adrian. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Baron Rothschild's stglids., Thurs., Wilig-11. Mr. Brand's hds., Thurs., liibley eath ; Sat., Wrest Park —lO Cleveland hds., Thurs., Capt. Cook's Monument-11. Devon hda., Thurs., Godstone Gate. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Middleton Toll-bar ; Th urs ., 1; v cote Kennel; Sat., Warkworth Village-10i. Bedale hds., Wed., Wood End • Fri., Kirby Fleetharn —ll. Durham County lids, Tues., Thorpe; Fri., Elmore-10 F. B. hds., Fri., Trewithen Cross. Haydon hds., Wed., East Woodburn; Sat., Dlanetley. llurworth lids., Tues., Hornby Village; Thurs., Over Dins dale; Sat., Kennels—Hq. Mr. S. Lowndes' lids., Wed., Whaddon Common; Sat., Beachampton Grove--11. Oakley hds., 'Thurs., Kempston Wood ; Sat., Thurleigh Windmill- 1 A to 1 I. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Holton Park; Fri., Chequers Court. Raby lids., Tues., Mansfield ; Thurs., Winston Bridge; Sat., Wakerfield-11. Sinnington lids., Tues., Dial Stone Inn ; Fri., Tylass Bridge. Tindale lids., Thurs., Shortflat Tower; Sat., Warden-10i. Mr. Watsou's lids., Wed., .s...ialtwick Village; Fri., sun ny kirk.—lo 4. York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Skip Bridge; Thurs., Pill Moor; Sat., Copgreve. A.ikton hrrs., Thurs., Higham Leddie Inn, Aikton ; Fri., Blue Bell Inn, Woodhouse. , W l a 'h lk. urs., Victoria Inn, Hornmill Station ; Wed., Kirkbythore ; Sat., Longwathby— Her Majesty's staghounds meet three days next week in Wed., Great Milton ; Sat., Postcomb. Holderness hds., Mon., Lowthorpe Lodge; Thurs, Cavil Hall; Fri., .Neswick ; Sat., Brandesburton--i to 11. Dyke—* to 11. Brighton hrrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Racecourse ; Fri ; Brookside hrrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels tShaebEeti.aaN,rmr:sauF°tls:nlaecntokfedhl:Asarrriryhesslerssbury. combe-tye-10%. Findon hds., 'rues., Michelgrove ; Thurs., Kennel ; Sat., Thunders Barrow-11. Eastbourne hrrs., Mon., East Dean Lighthouse; Thurs., Snap Hill ; Sat., Willingdon Old Miil- 1 / 4 to 11. Glyndbourne hrrs., Mon., Newhaven Barn ; Fri., Broyle. Worcestershire lids., Mon., Witley ; Wed., Old Hill • Fri., Bredon Hills-10i. Ledbury hds., Mon., Kennels ; Fri., Highwain. Lord itedesdale's hds., Mon., Heythorp ; Wed., North As ton ; Fri., Moreton in the Marsh ; Sat., Blenheim. Ludlow hds., Wed., Oaker ; Fri., Sowdle-10. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Stoke Lacy Turnpike ; Fri., Harewood End. Crawley and Horsham lids., Mon., Monk's Gate ; Wed., Braid Ridge; Fri., Kingsfold. Essex Union hds., Wed., South Wood ;Sat., Rettenden Mr. Horndon's lids., Mon., Trebartha Villa; Thurs., Ta merton Mr. Roe's lids., Wed., Babl3nd Gate; Sat., Ratisbon Cross. Tiverton lids., Morebath ; Thurs., Dulverton ; Sat., Bick leigh Bridge-10%. Wheatland hds., Mon., Monkhepton ; Wed., Willey-Park ; Fri., Harpsford. • Mr. Drax's hds., Mon., Hurton St. Mary; Thurs., King's Arms, Charlton Horethorne. Burton Vale hds., Tues., Wall-bridge ; Sat., Bishop's Caundle Hill-11i. on Wednesday evening, at his official residence in the s:ei.or ßear - Admiral o,uhsaollii Ad miralty. PAINLESS OPERATIONS UNDER THE EFFECTS OF ErtßEß.—O❑ Saturday last, at the Royal Free Hospital, Mr.. Gay performed the dittcult operation of removing the foot of l a n,i several sional gentlemen, an operation which requires that two f D em r. a C le on a q t u t e h s e t, m ll e r s . je it t in a e " s a , joints should be cut through. The time . required to produce perfect insensibility was one minute ; the ot in her m a . y o ' c o e un o g r. removal of the foot, including the tying of the e u d antdac within public-houset the e i three ifue nce minutesodfrether; tn hkei rn after ;g after fat i i e t l s id. vesse l s was performed in another minute, and the girl restored to sensibility without any knowledge of the opera completion. On another occasion Mr. Gay performed a its completion, on . being asked what his sensations were, if he had felt any pain, replied," He had felt no pain whatever, thoughtoperation tlbiioeene been a n i l e a r . f b n o t e r a e m n n that his wife had come to fetch him." Mr. (,;,a. • ' t e formed these operations, is one of the most rising? ' who ;) . r. London, and is one of the medical officers of surgeons in Clerks' Association. the Provident AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—We regret to announce that an altercation took place on Sunday last in Ballinrobe be tween two highly-respectable magistrates of the county, old and intimate friends and near relatives, w hi ch led to an Bindon, S. I. of co ns t a b u l ar y.— assault. The parties were immediately arrested under the n Esq.. R. t., by that ver y act i ve a nd DON CARLOS AN D CADRERA.—A letter from Nice, dated February 16, anno unces that Don Carlos returned from warrant yoffiT ie o ei f n Charles egr ohaffiplia r e l .e es r, A c r a a p b t i a n i Modena to Genoa on the 13th. Cabrera joined him there and dined with him. , • P., -4G`,,itZP 7 _ , ,•• _ , . . a S J N • SMALL MEASURES FOR IRE TO THE EDITOR OF THE sS'Et SIR,—At a moment of almost unparalleled,/ dare', ley, 7-- - 71 when the lives and properties of millions of th'eepeeiple of-eel= this great empire hang, with a painful importance upcai :4 k t the measures of the Government, and upon ilie'fiat of the Legislature—when the heart must be permitted to bring her dictates to the wisdom of the head —may so humble an individual as I tun he permitted, through your kind courtesy, to offer a few remarks upon the all. important subject of legislating for Ireland, to bring ray. feeble taper to the blaze of light which is now, through the columns of an unrivalled press, thrown over her wants and her misfortunes; and to crave your indulgence while I take a short entice of the ungenerous tone which has, on this subject, been adopted by what I may call the great history of " the 7itnes." Feeling, Sir, with other Irishmen, very grateful for much that this influen tial journal and its talented commission have done, from time to time, to rouse our Lisle landlords to a sense of la t , h .sn, ! ltiri d ed u d t b i t ei aat a si n tte d ri sn r t os s fet p ne o ,„n t e )s ic i m, b t i p l p i e t til i t e l : e %o ti f iou dt t ; l .) 7 so ir trils p la oi c i w t a i n o h n afi , tnmd an aiy d n these sentiments little to pollute, nothing to justify, the recent mast unfair, violent, and sw eepr:g attacks, in that paper, upon Irish land lor d s , b ut am very reluctantly obliged to Juin in the alini , st univer:al feeling of painful indignation with v.hich these statements have been re ceived. No or,e is more aware of the high, and often onerous. nuties which the press has to perform in-wield ilia for the pireelic good the enormous power which its own talent, and public confidence, may place in its hands—no ore more blaiol.l3 to bear humble testimony to the wisdom. moderation, and justice, in ‘shich it has generally upheld this sacred trust, no one more ready to admit that where strong feel ings are aroused, it is difficult to stag the pen of an honest and enthusiastic writer. Still I would ask in all courtesy. if, while the dark clouds of a mysterious and deep eftliction, still hug over this ill-fated country, whils the hand of the Almighty has let loose upon it, the withering. scourge of famine arid of pestilence, while we know not where his mercy may place a limit to our sufferings, if, it is only, Sir, at such a season the Times can strike with such cruel anti unrelenting blows, the already overtaxed, overtoiled, and overabused Irish gentry ? Why is it that in this instance as in that of the Court Martial, in the seventh Hussars, last Septem ber, we find the bulky influence of this journal thrown so reedit) and so recklessly into the scale of public prejudice and misconception—defeating only the poor ambition of the writer? Colonel Whyte and Lord St. Laurence, the Adjutant of that distinguished regi me3it, in the strict and proper performance of a most paiefal duty, carried with them in a gnat degree the sympathy ot a right-minded arid intelligent public, when the Times assailed them and made that feeling universal. My present object, however, in addressing you, Sir, is not so much to offer a feeble vindication of my gallant brother officers of the British army, or to Irish landlord; as to express my crateful admiration of the manner in which my talented countrymen have met their ungenerous assailants; they have replied to empty words by energetic action, they have met irritation and anger with forbearance and manly temper, they have borne down prejudice and opposition, by an eloquent and earnest vindication of their character and of their rights ; they , have appealed in enlightened argument, in a high spirit of confidence and courtesy, to a noble public, and they have been met with universal sympathy and respect. Their time, their money, and their health, are freely 'acrificed to relieve their starving fellow-countrymen, and God will bless them for it. Most truly have they proved themselves worthy to cope with the great and afflicting exigencies of their unhappy country—they have fairly won the admiration of a world, and can well afford to pass by such statements as some of those in the Times and House of Commons, in the consoling convic tion that such must ever carry with them their own best refutation, their own most complete condemnation. Having thus performed a pleasing duty towards the great Irish party—a noble confederacy in a noble cause —you will, Sir, I am sure, permit me once more to assure you of the regret I feel in being obliged thus strongly to ex press my disapproval of the unmeasured length to which this paper has carried its condemnation of Irish land lords, a vast number of whom are not to be surpassed in the civilised world for every feeling which can adorn their position or benefit mankind ; enlightened, gene rous, and humane, the condition of their properties best attest their worth. While I must now join in deep dis approbation of another class of Irish proprietors, from whose " penny wise," short-sighted views, reckless or rapacious conduct, spring up, in my opinion, the chief sources of Irish discontent, poverty, and outrage. A man comes to one of these gentlemen with 400 t. in his pocket, to take a farm of a hundred acres. The really needy, or habitually im provident landlord, asks him what fine he is prepared to pay him, as there are many who wish for the farm, and he cannot afford to let it without one. The man offers one, or even two hundred, but the previous infor mation of an agent or bailiff gets from him finally the third hundred pounds, and he goes into the farm a san guine but a ruined man. Glad to get a respectable wife and family settled, the poor hard-working fellow struggles en fur years, perhaps in want, privation, nod in waning hope, to inevitable beggary, when the exasperated land lord enters the house with an execution in his band, and drives out upon a cold world an intelligent, respectable, used industrious, but heart-broken man, involuntarily to swell the number or those homeless and forlorn beings who goad and sting our nob tippy country into madness, misery, and crime, while the wretched landlerd loses is the non-payment of his rant, soil deterioration of his land, four times the situ for which 'he blindly awn ti el perk p, an entire family ; Al the high rewlr . s his posi:ion, aid all the best fi line, of his, hoer. In t sir. and in small holdings, het , .~ the yearly value of 10/, lies the master evil which afflicts this country, and moil this class of Irish pro prietors recognise their duty and their interest to be identical with the great principle of " Live and let live," we can hope for huh. to emend, little to amcloriate. How great is the contrast, how different the results on the properties of such landlords as Lord Fur uham, Lord Erne, laird Besteirtiugh, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Lord Deron, Lord George lltil, Lord Abercorn, Mr. Fortes cue, Sir A. Brink, eel. Bruen, and thank God, an hundred others. Here you will see the reciprocal duties of landlord and tenant wisely and warmly recognised. Here you e iie see tnen protected, contented, and happy, whose sole ambition is in all things to evince their gratitude to their letidliird, and to hand down to their children a fair farm and a fair fame. When such teelines spring from the heart, you tray feel assured that the morel and social condition of that people is sound. Which is best ? I would ask of Irish landlords, the shot of the midnight assassin, the howl of the starving incendiary around them, or the long loud shouts of joy which welcome back to his home the friend, the benefactor, and the guide? Surely, it must be such sounds as these is hide make the happy man happier, the good man better ; it must be such sounds as these which open wide the fountains of the heart, and sends the glad current of life hounding in joy and triumph over the cares and crosses of a fickle world. I agree very much with Mr. Hamilton, that it is a series more of n little measures " which we require than of great and sweeping changes ; but as few have pointed any such out, or seem willing to do so, I am sure I will be allowed to offer one or two suggestions which may at ttll events lead to a better and more practical considera tion of this important subject. In the first place, I cer tainly think an "absentee tax" would be only a fair instalment of the compensation due to this country for the money yearly drawn and spent out of it ; and, al though I also concur with Sir G. Wood, that some of the absentee landlords are among the very best, and might naturally enough strongly object to be thus taxed to swell the public Excheg ea t t e at r ni , ed c . a la u n s t,d e il t ic h o e atnt f sa : g n_ ce d sr s , f s o or draining, itraisedyou to be spent on their own several estates, in giving pre miumsfrostra ngreen n d e fencing, rols a rnse will anihilate their opposition ; for this reason—that although these enlightened landlords do at this moment spend, and have for years done so, large sums in the aevancement of agneulture and improvement of their estates, they will have simply to withhold such portion of that suns as may be equivalent to the new tax._ They arc thus no sufferers in their in come, and all their best objects are equally attended to, while the like benefits are compulsorily conferred on the poor tenants of the thoughtless, the reckless, and the improvident, and to give them still a direct and pleasing interest in the benefit accruing to their estates, they could point out six names of their most respectable farmers to the nearest deputy-lieutenant of the county, who should nominate three of these as judges for the year, for the distribution of such prizes as the tax on the property may yield In the next place, Sir, I propose that money be at once, and for many years to come, perhaps, advanced in loan from the Consolidated Fund, for the purpose of giving a stimulus to manufactures in this issue for an over agricultural population," he as t talented Member for Dublin, Mr. Gregory , justly terms them ; • e thee- are, indeed, what we really requir e, and ithreel4muidlE, the esteam-engine, the loom, the print work, manufactory—these elements of wealth, George Bentinck, and and manly sympathy of Lord . I did fear with ardent best wishes for his successtn his measure that there were some points bringing it before the in the moment and manner .of objected to by the which would cause it to be country, situated as Lord chief Minister of the Crown, although warmly and gratefully recognising present he proposed must be imperfect., unless aided and kind mwehternomthitsheomut,laayceoismdpualnyiecdertbiy illustrated by the important auxiliary one of encourage. evaci:sl)panariyoinmpliiouesssisyme.ef dt p ori l fot e hif tii p otimih l ,a a esvn n ier tlafehnorceueo nearest n b adoptede the rag is : —When interest and John Russell is, and I still think every enactment of the e dfftm m int eihueloeue, certi fied, 31:: t reb(so)i pyune t ra o sr :e receiving certain sme lt n ctey a :tuon n ihmsntv u i :tiotopnlsaliaogc company, furnished security. h,pr r : e e ti afilt s iaolass , l yradhl themselveswi et f h oh cttld, safe nsmnci somethinghu raisingalways kotyttn.attested et t ihl h l ible e s a ys ff g :oeo c iecrlanrul mane factories, generous a n o od thr serd e gi T ail he i e n a d ec ivi u - - property so far completed, everlasting n impoverished country some in th s u m s advancing an equal sum to that already expended. In doing so a generous and enlightened Ministry justly the happy medium, through the high influence of which surplus English capital, a lbleschoamr share becoming in return for the hundreds of thou sands annually drawn from poor Ireland, and squandered in rich and happy England ; and for the repayment of which I can imagine no better security than what is here proposed. I would earnestly recommend, also, that money he advanced on the same priUciple, as nearly as can be, to encourage the construction of a capable and strong description of vessel, and thus make deep sea fishing w hat it is not, and ought to be, a great source of national profit and employment. The next point I consider most essential is, to infuse a more healthy tone into the rural population of the country, by stimu lating industry and self-reliance, by the gradual aboli tion of small holdings, and by a better and more com pact allotment of tillage land to farmers, all nearly of which may be accomplished through a wise system of encouragement to eaugratiori, and which might be t h e a AO d lule 4 #"' irti I OWi;iof , `4