The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-24 00:00:00

RAID WAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST KENT. The half-yearly report by the directors has just been issued. It says : " Since the last general meeting the works on the line have been steadily progressing, and between Strood and Faversham are drawing rapidly towardscomp letion . , Although some delay bee taken ia unex pected di ffi culties which have arisePnact_e owing to the Strood end of the line, still the engineer sees no rea son to depart from the expectation which he expressed in his last report of the line being ready for traffic in the autu mn .of this year. The arrears of calla appear large , but this is owing mainly to the forfeited shared still in the hands of the company, which the directors do not think it prudent to issue in the present state of the money market. In accordance with the opinions expres ed by the shareholders at the last general meeting, the board proceeded with the bill for an extension of the East Kent line from Strood to St. Mary's Cray, in conjunction with the West End and Crystal Palace and Mid-Kent (Bromley to St. Mary's Cray). It will be in the recollection of the shareholders that this measure was considered necessary in order to the due conveyance of the Continental and East Kent traffic which will come from Dover over the East Kent line, and which it is admitted by the South Eastern their North Kent line will be unable to carry. It had the further object of securing a West-end Terminus for the traffic to and from Rochester, Chatham, Canterbury, Ramsgate, Margate, Deal, Dover, and the Continent. It would likewise have carried out the views of the Government so often expressed in favour of an inland in dependent line to Dover. The South-Eastern, at the same time, were promoting a line from Dartford to the Green wich Junction, for the purpose of partially effecting only one of these three objects, namely, the relief of the North Kent, at a cost nearly, if not quite equal, to the more comprehensive 'measure. The directors have to report that the committee of the House of Commons declared against the East Kent Bill, and gran' ed that of the S tith-Eastern, on the ground that " the competition which would be created by the former would be very injurious to the South-Eastern," thus appear ing to ignore altogether the policy of Parliament, which had already passed the East Kent Extension Bill, in 1855, with the avowed object of supplying a second and independent line to Dover. The committee, however, acknowledged the importance of the object contemplated by the East Kent of securing a West-end terminus, by exacting a pledge from the South-Eastern directors, as a condition of passing their bill, that they would call their shareholders together, and propose to them to come to Parliament next session for the purpose of obtaining a West-end terminus. Tho committee, in considering this bill in connection with that promoted by the East Kent, have adopted the opinion enunciated by the sth report of the select committee on railway and canal bills bear ing date July 8, 1853. The committee believe that the competition which would be created by passing the bill now brought before it by the East Kent would be greatly prejudicial to the South-Eastern. That the South-Eastern has constructed expensive works autho rised by the Legislature for public use, and that such clear grounds of public policy have not been adduced as to justify the committee in further diminishing the re sources from which th e i r j us t remunera ti on was to spring." The passage referred to in this report, and which was contained in the South-Eastern's petition against the East Kent bill, forms only an imperfect ex tract from a paragraph in Mr. Cardwell's report of 1853, which was made before the passing of the East Kens Act in 1853, and two years before Parliament found it necessary to establish a principle of com petition for the continental traffic by granting the East Kent extension to Dover. The whole para graph is as follows, that part referred to by the com mittee of the House of Commons in their special report being printed in italics :—" As regards territorial divi sion in the high meaning attached to those words by some of the witnesses, amounting to an assumption that a concession of a certain territory should be made in a particular company, and the faith of Parliament be pledged against the intrusion of any rival within the circle so prescribed, your committee are satisfied that no such engagement can in reason be asked for from Parliament, nor would it be of any enduring value if it were given ; the only security which any company can obtain for the undivided possession of a particular dis trict is the maintenance of such relations with the in habitants of that district with Parliament, the guardian of the general good, as may render the continuance of that exclusive possession consistent with an enlightened regard to the wants and interests of the public. Your committee consider that the principle heretofore esta blished at law, that an Act of Parliament constitutes an engagement between promoters on the one side and the public on the other, is a principle deserving more con sideration than it hitherto obtained as a guide to future legislation. This principle rightly understood conveys to the promoters no right that their privileges shall be exclusively maintained when they cease to be consistent with the general advantage, but it does imply that having bees anthorised by the Legislature to construct expensive works for public use, the resources from which their just remuneration was to spring shall not be taken away upon any other than clear grounds of public) policy. The directors considering that the decision of the committee of the House of Commons was at variance with the views of the Legislature and Government, and most unjust to the East Kent as well as to the public, determined to appeal against it to the Upper House of Parliament. In this determination the directors wore fortified by the strong expressions as to the impolicy of the decision of the committee, which fell from many independent members of the Howie of Commons on the third reading of the Soath- Eastern bid. A petition was therefore presented to the House of Lords in the name of the East Kent, praying to be heard against the South-Eastern bill, and that it might be rejected. The South-Eastern having op. posed the right of the East Kent to be heard, the Lords' committee decided that they were entitled to be heard against the bill, but also to set up as against the South lantern line the extension line from Strood to St. Mary Cray rejected by the Commons. After hearing the evi dence of Lord Sondes and Mr. Lushington, the com mittee of the House of Lords—impressed no doubt with the argumects urged by this company of the impolicy of granting a monopoly to the South-Eastern, and thus per forming the circuitous route by Reigate and Ashford to Ramsgate, Margate, Dover, and the Continent, of the great national importance of an independent and direct line between Canterbury and Dover and the metropolis, of the great public advantage of a West-end terminus, and of the convenient mode and small expense at which therm objects would be secured by the proposed East- Kent extension —reversed the decision of the House of Commons and threw! out the S suth-Eastern bill. This decision, weile it materially supports the views and strengthens the case of the East-Kent, leads to the con viction that Parliament will tot sanction the whole of the Continental and East-Kent traffic being in the hands of a company who have a direct interest in carrying it over their own circuitous route by Reigate and Ash ford to the city, instead of over a route not materially longer than the old coach road to the Cay and West-end. The directors consider that the principle has now been affirmed that the East Kent ought to have an access to London from Strood independent of the Sou'h- Eaatern. The bill introduced by the board for an ex tension of time for the purchase of land for the Dover Extension line till August 1853 has received the royal assent. The directors are making the necessary arrange meets with a view to the speedy opening of the line. The necessary rolling-stock has been ordered, and a con siderable portion of it is now ready for delivery. The engineer's report expresses an opinion that a considereble portion of the line may be opened in October. The ac cennts sho v a total receipt of 457,669/. and an expendi ture of 446 , 4 26/.—leaving a balance of 11,2431. The arrears of calls on 630,000/. is stated at 243,3051. Oa the Dover Extension line the receipts have been 52,729/. and the expenditure 44,2091. , showing a b a l ance o f 8,520/. The arrears of call 0n87,5904. are 41,0221. MONETARY AFFAIRS. While the state of affairs at Delhi still remains iu suspense, and everything connected with the Indian outbreak is demanding public attention, the silent effect of our pernicious monetary system is making itself extensively felt. The decrease of bullion in the bank, according to last week's return, was only trifling (18,3980, but the amount of the active circulation is now reduce] to 19,547,440/. A decline in the funds and in all securities has hken place. The Colombo, which departed for the East on Thursday, was to take out net leis than 1,250,0001. for Chiva and India—and the whole amount re mitted since the commencement of this year to these countries will thus be raised to 12,500,0001. about It thus appeirs that not only dues our present m .Qtlehry system expose us to constant fluctua t")43 and de r ' essions arising from the export of gold f ro , these in exthOPßank, but that wo are alsl liable to tion of other countries. from the unsound monetary logisla coountries. We ret, i n which it i, 3 come l.,r _own silver because the rate at artiuoliento money renders our coin an uppeofitable other couutri c -, havoc! commerce. But France and to ttie rs, noteit, reduced their silver coin age in pmportio n from them e, and it therefore pays to export silver for exportation gold in with 7 (il to purchase silv e r tries from . the Bank of Ence ar : d awn by these co' n- Put gold at its market p r i ce .- ra c i e s e c v enille() e would no longer be able for their' o , % a foreign rs or profit to diminish our circulatio n , 41. - of interest, and disarrange all our com morei O a r t r ra‘e actions. But till t!iis is done, we are at the mercy ( f foreign merchants, and of any train of ei reum stances by which our stock of bullion may h ecome an article of prolitab!e expil trtiol/. —Derbyshi re Courier. __ FEADVICRTISZIf EZI T. 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This was a meeting. to obtain an adjudication on the petition of Mr. Horace Jones, architect, a share holder, praying that an ord.erabsolute may be made for winding up the above company. Mr. Roxburgh appeared for Mr. H. Jones (in structed by Mr. A. Jones, solicitor); Mr. Bagley, Mr. Linkl&er, Mr. Chidley, Mr. George, Mr. F. W. Chappell, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. Coombe &so ap peared in the case. An original printed prospectus headed. " Private and Confidential" sets forth that the company (limited) will be formed with a capital of 40,0001., in 4,000 shares of 101. each, and that the commit tee of management, until the choice of directors, are—Wm. Beale, Esq., 201, Regent-street ; S. Arthur Chappell, Esq. , 214, Regent-street ; T. K. Holmes, Esq., 18, Fluyd.er-street ; George Bain, Esq., 18, Parliament-street ; James Coppock, Esq., 3, Cleveland-row, St. James's • and James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. M, Jullien is named as the director of music and. conductor, Horace Jona., Esq, of 16, Furnivals-inn, as the architect, and William Ellis, Esq., of 25, Golden-square, as the secretary pro tem. of the company. The prospectus proceeds to set forth among other advantages offered by the company the following : " The gardens in the hands of a single proprietor have for more than 25 years been patronised by Royalty, &c., but it is clear, from the great success of last season, that much larger results may be achieved, and that the public require accommoda tien beyond that which any single proprietor would venture to give. The application of capital, with a liberal but judicious outlay, is imperatively called for ; and now, by the Limited Liability Act, no danger can accrue to the parties supplying it. Ar rangements have been entered into with the pre sent proprietor. Not a moment will thus be lost in making preparations for the next season and in suring the large return that must inevitably follow. All preliminary expenses and the outlay which a new concern would demand will thus be avoided, and if the business of the gardens be carried on with only the usual preparation more than a 5 per cent. dividend on the capital employed may with certainty be calculated upon. It is proposed to erect build ings of a character and magnitude to command the attention of the public, comprising a music-hall capable of accommodating 10, 000 people. To this will be added saloons for refreshments, conservatories, aviaries for the display of beautiful and rare birds, and aquaria for marine plants and fishes, while ex hibitions of various kinds will be introduced, afford ing amusement to promenaders. As a guarantee that the music will be of the highest order, the eminent services of M. Jullien have been secured, on advantageous terms, for a period of five years. The orchestra will be on a grand scale, and vocal talent of the very highest order will be engaged. The artistic departments of paintings and fireworks will be confided to the most celebrated men, and refreshments of a quality hitherto unequalled will be supplied at moderate prices." A beautiful litho graphed sketch of the gardens (appended) is next referred to. Not more than 10 per cent. dividend will be " allowed" to be paid in any one year, and " the surplus will be set aside for a reserve fund from which the entire capital of the shareholders may and will be repaid." Shareholders may, in lieu of receiving a share in the annual profits, hive a personal ticket of admission for five years, with full reservation of right to share in the " surplus" to bi then divided. The prospectus goes on to state that "no commercial enterprise of the day affords such certainty of success with so large a profit. The promoters have carefu‘y avoided all exaggerated views ; application for shares may be made to the Secretary, at 25, Golden-square, or to the committee of management at their residences. A largo portion of the capital is already subscribed. Early application for shares is necessary, and im msdrately upon the allotment a general meeting of the shareholders will be called to appoint the direc tors, solicitors, and other officers of the company, thus avoiding favouritism, and insuring a direction possessing the confidence of the shareholders." ' Mr. Roxburgh, on applying on behalf of Mr. Jones, the architect of the company, for an order for winding up, said that the prospectus of the company was put forth in March, 1856. Out of the required number (4,000) 3,740 shares were applied for. Of these 3,256 shares were taken up, which gave the company a capital of 32,5601. to commence business with. The whole of that capital was lost, and there were now debts to the amount of 26,0001., of which 14,5001. were secured by a mortgage of the Music-hall, &c., and the re mainder, 11,5001., was wholly unsecured. The petitioner (Mr. Jones) was the holder of 20 shares, upon which the 2001. had been paid up. He was also a creditor for 1,1001. Mr. Chappell, for certain shareholders; doubted whether an order for winding up would be valid on Mr. Jones's petition. Mr. Jones having paid up the full amount of his shares, he could not be said to be a contributory, and h e petitioned for a winding-up order as a contributory. Mr. Chap pell referred to the 65th clause of the Act. - The Commissioner—Y ou sa y that calls cannot be made upon him, because he has paid everything i Mr. Chappell—Yes. Mr. Roxburgh referred to the 67th clause of the Act, sections 4and 5, in support of the petition. The Commissioner observed that it would be strange if an honest shareholder, who had paid up every farthing on his shares, should be precluded from petitioning as a contributory. He might by so doing be able to get something back. Mr. Chappell submitted that if the petition were allowed, creditors would have no voice in the mat ter, as the shareholders could elect the official liquidator. After some discussion the Commissioner said ho would cut the Gordian knot by admitting Mr. Jones to be a petitioner. He could not conceive that the Legislature had ever intended to preclude him from being a petitioner under the circum stances brought under his notice. Mr. Fleming said the present proceedings came on some of the shareholders like a thunderbolt, and that he had been requested to present a me morial to his Honour as agreed to yesterday at a public meeting of shareholders and creditors. Mr. Fleming handed up a memorial, of which the subjoined is a copy : "This memorial showeth : "That Mr. W. Tyler was lessee of certain ground and premises at Wa'worth, and he there conducted, in a very respectable way, Zoological Gardens, but that for the last two or three years of his tenancy it turned out an unprofitable undertaking. "That he became indebted to a considerable amount to James Coppock, one of the directors of the company called the Royal Surrey Gardens Company, who became mortgagee of the premises, or in some other way was beneficially entitled thereto. " That for about 18 months previously to the year 1855 the lease and premises were in the market for sale, and several parties treated for the same, but no sale was effected. " That in the latter part of the year 1855 a company was formed, called the Royal Surrey Gardens (Limited), of which the said James Coppock was one of the regis• tered promoters, the said Mr. Tyler was appointed manager, and the petitioner, Mr. Horace Jones (who now seeks to wind up the company), was the architect. "That a company was readily formed, and in the month of March commenced their buildings and laying out their grounds at an outlay of about 25,0001 " That at a meeting of shareholders in October, 1856, a dividend of 10 per cent, was dec'ared out of th'e profits said to be made in a period of 10 week, during which time the gardens had been open, and the account marked A• hereunto annexed was then circulated among the shareholders. "Twat in April last a second meeting was called upon the following notice, without any account being sent with it : "' Notice is hereby given, is pursuance of the deed of settlement of this company, that the second ordinary general meeting of shareholders will be held on Thurs day, the 2d day of August proximo, at the Royal Surrey Gardens, at two o'clock in the afternoon precisely.' "That from the wording of the above notice, and in timation given to the shareholders that nothing hut the ordinary businev, such as the arrangement of the enter tainments and the opening of the gardens, would be under consideration, several shareholders did not attend who would otherwise have done so, particularly if it had been known that an account affecting the validity of the undertaking would have been brought forward. "That at this meeting the shareholders were kept in the large concert-room until the time appointed for the meeting had expired, and they were then shown into an adjoining room, where a plentiful supply of sandwiches and wine was spre id upon a counter, and at one end was laid a bundle of accounts, one of which marked B 5 is hereto exhibited, and which accounts were not di,tri- * The schedule A, referred to in the preceding document purports to be an account of receipts an 1 payments for the season commencing July 15 and ending Oct. 1, 1853. The account states that the cash paid for music, vocalists, sala ries, and all charges for current expenses connected with the gardens is 10,4(i8/. s s . 3d., w hi c h w ith 968/. 7s. 93. owing on current expense account, l oaves a b a lance profit 0 te season of 1 916/ ls lld the cash received for ad -11118188.8150au. tc , : n t a he various . per . forma " nces having been 12,639/. refre!t, -1. Thesehr°"l3 the cash received from cigar, champagne. and (ltd. 8 7121. 15s. Bd.; total, 13,3521. 14s. ld. l ance sheo, to .....sreferred to purports to be a general ba ; aulreoceived for admission to gardens, &c , 30,4931.; arnee 'r i :c• 31, 1856. It shows capital paid up, 13,614/. 4s. Id. 7s. 9d.; from creditoilrsat received for surplus stores, 519/. _ a l: . amount there wore : —By 4 9 ,7 08 /. 4 s. id, Agains°tutti.an. 5,0801. 12s. 3d.; total, property—amount paid for this 2,447/. tiou account, 19,678/. itiZ Za . 8 . 1 - 1 .q00!.; on construe cash 1,160/. (including M. 3,17.5/. 178.; current. expense., ii. 6 %e l liminary expenses, ld. To this Jullicn's salary, 1,2a01.i vocalists' account4l 7il . aands of bankers; total, 1eaving t 1 0 , t 3 3 1 1, 4' 4 . 9 ), 3081. 4. the certificate of J. Weston,. auditor, that h e i,llffi e xed re ined the same, finds it correct, anal hereby gowirras it same." * Subjoined is a copy of letter C referred to : "33, Essex-street, Strand, W.C., April 27. "To the Shareholders of the Royal Surrey G.rdens C.Anpany. "Notice of Meeting of Shareholders. . _ " Sir,—Several shareholders who attended the meeting of this company on the 2d inst. are greatly dissatisfied, not only with the account itself, but with the way in which it was attempted to be passed. "The shareholders generally are under the impres s i on that'the company have a term of about 50 years i n th e above gardens, but the following facts may be relied nu :-- " A lease was granted to Mr. Tyler, the late tenant, for a term of 21 years, from September, 1847, at a rent of 316/. per annum, which expires in less than lli years, when all the property passes to the landlor.l. This lease has been assigned to the company, and is the only title upon which upwards of 25,0001. has been, and is being, expended on building alone. But this is not all, the company have to pay a fine every seven years to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, amounting to one year and a half improved value. The last fine was paid two years since by Mr. Tyler, and amounted to 5001., when the premises were comparatively valueless, and in five years more an in creased fine must be paid, which, under a similar assess ment, will amount to 2,0001., and yet for this short term of 11i years, with au enormous fine to pay, 14,000/. is charged to the company for the interest in the lease, 3,175/. 17s. for preliminary expenses, although the pros pectus issued upon the formation of the company expressely states that all preliminary expenses are avoided ! I deem it fair to state that no portion of the 14,000/. or 3,175 179. has, I believe, gone into the pockets of the directors generally ; but surely it is a question, of great importance to know who has received this 14,000/, and for what it has been paid, if the lease expires in 11. years. "Every disiuterested shareholder must therefore he an xious to know the truth of the foregoing assertions, and far this purpose the directors have notice, and the solicitor to the landlord has solicited to attend a meeting, to be holden at the Manor House Tavern, close to the Surrey Gardens on Thursday next, the 30th instant, at 3 o'clock precisely, at which time and place you are solicited to at tend, in order that the above statement may be fully inves tigated, and, if necessary, a committee of shareholders ap pointed to inquire into and protest their own interests. "I am, Sir (in behalf of myself and others), !` Your obedient servant, " W. A. COOMBE. !`A holder of 20 shares." THE SUN, L"ONDON, mo..lnAy EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1857 buted, but left to be taken by those who might chance to see them. " That several shareholders had not time even to row' the said account before some gentleman moved that emlch occount be received, approved, and adopted ; whereupon a question arose as to whether the divi,lend declared at the last meeting was or was not paid out of capital, when a show of bands was taken and the account was assumed to be passed by a majority of two, as counted by the secretary, all the directors present voting for the passing of their own accounts, and the real and vital question as to the sum of 14,0001. as charged for the purchase of the gardens, was not made the subject of discussion. "That some of the Shareholders immediately after the said meeting began to investigate the account generally, and upon inquiry they found that the 14,0001. charged, as and for the value of the lease was for premises which had only an unexpired term of about 12 years to run, and was at a rent of 346/. a-year, besides rates and taxes, and subject to a septennial fine of a year and a half value, and the letter from a shareholder marked C* hereto ex hibited was circulated to every director and shareholder. "That in pursuance of this circular a meeting took place, and the question was fully brought forward, but owing to a statement made by Mr. Coppock, the acting director of the company, the subject was not entertained. The fact, however, that the lease had only about 11 years to run was not denied, and the sum of 14,0001. as the value of the lease, was justified under a statement °sake by Mr. Coppock, that several offers had been made for the purchase of the lease previously to the formation of the company, but which statements have turned out to be fallacious. "That in the prospectus issued upon the formation of the company there appears the following paragraph : • All preliminary expenses, and the outlay which a new concern would demand wilt thus be avoided, and if the business of the gardens were carried on with only the usual preparation, more than a 5 per cent. dividend on the capital employed might certainly be calculated upon, and yet in the account marked B 3,1751. 17s, is charged for Parliamentary expenses, besides 1,3591. 10s.for stock, fixture, &c.,' and in the 3,1751.175. is inclnded a sum of 6001. towards a musical festival, 3001, for salary to Mr. Tyler, the manager, and other sums of a like nature, although in the first account, marked A, salaries and all charges ere stated , to be debited against the company. "That although it is possible that some of the direc tors might have been in ignorance of the short time the lease had to run, and that all erections upon the ground would pass to the landlord at the expiration of it, still, after they had received the direct communication of the fact by the before mentioned letter of the 27th of April, they still went on to expend a large sum of money, amounting to nearly 4,0001. in additional builiings, and the petitioner, Mr. Horace Jones, was the architect em ployed in such erections, he at the time knowing the above facts. " That in order to pay for such additional buildings and other outgoings, the directors issued the following advertisement, and which appeared in the Times from about the 24th of April to the 10th of May last : Royal Surrey Gardens (Limited)—Tux directors of the company having paid a dividend at the rate of 101. per cent, per annum from the actual earnings of the first short season of 10 weeks are ready to issue shares of 101. each at par, if applied for by the 11th of May proximo, on which day the Gardens will be opened to the public for the season ending the 30th day of September next.' "That under the above advertisement a great many applications were made, and between 1,0001. and 2,0001. received, thus increasing the capital account against the original shareholders. " That at the meeting of shareholders held in April last questions were asked respecting the sum of 5,0801. 12s. 6. debited as creditors on loan in the account mark ed B, when Mr. Clppock, the acting director, distinctly assured the shareholders that such loan wag on deben tures, and the full extent of moneys owing by the com pany, and that the company then was in a very flourish. ing condition, and was not subject to any other appears by m o t h r t e g p a e g t e i s t i o t n o a t n h d e affidavit of of liabilities except the current expens e s. Mr ". T ll ll a o t ra i t c e n o J w o n a e p s 14,5001. have been executed by the directors, and that there are other debts to the extent of 11,5001. unsecured and unprovided for. "That it has been ascertained from application at the office that the sum of 14,5001. so secured on mortgage were by deeds executed in December and January last, and therefore well known to the directors, and par ticularly to Mr. Coppock, at the time of the meeting in April last, and that the putting forth the sum of 5,0801. 12s. 6d. as the only amount duo, when mortgages to the extent of 14,5001. had been executed three months pre viously was not only intended to deceive the share holder, but was an insult upon common sense and fraudulent as against those parties who paid their money under the before mentioned advertisement. "That the time for calling the half-yearly meetinc in thelßoyal Surrey Gardens Company was the Ist of July last, but ouch meeting had not been summoned till the 25th intt., being more than six weeks after the time at which it should have been called, and is now about to be postponed. "That from the statement made in the petition and affidavit of the said Horace Jones, the affairs of the company have appeared to have suddenly turned from prosperity to adversity ; and instead of paying a dividend of 10 per cent. to be in an utterly hopeless condition, as the figures used by him clearly demonstrates ; " Money raised upon 3,256 shares £32,560 Ditto upon mortgage 14,500 Debts owing, which the company are unable to pay 11,500 £58,560 "That at a meeting of the shareholders held on the 21st inst. certain resolutions were passed with the franc of your memorialists, approving among other things of the presentment of this memorial to this honourable court. " W. A. COMBS, Chairman, "And about 30 Shareholders. " P.S.—That at a very numerous meeting of share holders held on the 21st inst. certain resolutions were passed, and it was resolved that as all the shareholders are taken by surprise that this memorial be signed by the shareholders present and preeented to the Hon. Com missioner, before whom the petition of Mr. 11. Jones has been referred, and that as it is expected that very impor taut facts will transpire at the meeting of shareholders on the 25th inst., that the said Commissioner be solicited to postpone the hearing of the said petition till further investigation can be made, and such steps taken by the shareholders as may be advised." The Commissioner said he must decline to take judicial cognisance of the memorial. A protracted discussion ensued whether the term " unavailable" could be said to apply to the com pany's assets. It was admitted that the debts were 26,0001., and that the company had not a shilling of assets ; but it was alleged that there might be something available from the surplus property as held by the mortgage creditors for 14,0001. The Commissioner did not think this could be considered available assets. There were un secured creditors to the amount of 11,5001., and there was not a shilling to pay thorn with. It was urged that this was a strange state of things, the directors having in April last induced share holders to believe that the concern w.is most pros perous, and declared a dividend of 10 par cent, per annum of the profits. Mr. Coppock was repre sented to be the acting director at the time this dividend was declared, and was the only director whose conduct was specifically cotnplained of or adverted to. Mr. Fleming said he had been le fused by the secretary information that he sought, and certain shareholders did not believe that the amount owing to creditors had been correctly set forth. He asked for an adjournment to allow time - . for inquiry. Mr. Roxburgh urged that there were executions out against the company, and that everything could be seized and sold on Monday next if a wind ing-up order from this court was not obtained. The secretary was here to be examined if the objectors wished. He held writs in his hand under which executions of the amount of upwards of 1,0001. could be put in on Monday n ex t. The Commissioner said he was relieved in some degree from the consequnce of adjourning the order, as he observed by a clause in the Act (the 80th), that executions would not avail creditors who so obtained payment iu the event of a wind ing -up order being obtained within three mouths. In reply to this it was urged that the clause did not apply to the Crown, and that au execution NY".rald. ho in the gardens on Monday for 801. for Queen's tue3. The CommiPsioner.—You don't mean to say that the Queen will destroy all this valuable pro perty to obtain payment of 80/. ? Mr. Jones.--The Queen destroys everything. She always does, sir. (1 - Jauhter.) It was stafed that the diecton hid an offer of 2401. for the hire of the gardens for 12 d a ys, an d that if a winding-up order should not be obtained the amount would bo lost. To meet this difficulty it was suggested that the directors and company might venture to incur the risk of receiving the money, and applying it to the payment of the Queen's taxes and other pressing necessities. Mr. Coombe urged that the parties whose views he represented complaiued that a great fraud had been committed ou the shareholders, and that the petitioning shareholder was the individual who had very recently recommended an outlay of 4,0001. on the refreshment rooms. Mr. A. Jones—No. Mr. Coombe—A large body of shareholders con sider that the conduct of the direL;tors is most ex traordin at y. The Commissioner—Notwithstanding which you appear to wish, that they should remain in charge of the property, would it not be better to allow it to be transferred to an official liquidator ? Mr. Coombe urged that on Thursday next, at 2 o'clock, there would be a meeting of shareholders, as convened by the directors. Could not an ad journment be granted until after that meeting ? There were shareholders and creditors who thought that Mr. Horac3 Jones bait been put on by direc tors to take these proceedings. Mr. Roxburgh thought it very hard to have such an imputation made. The Commissioner—Having regard to the entire circumstances, I will grant an adjournment to Thursday nex', at half-past 2 o'clock._ ("Hear, hear," and clapping of hands for M. Jullien, who stated during the proceedings that he was a credi tor of the company's for 6,0001., and similar mani festations of approbation for various other parties.) On the application of Mr. Roxburgh, The Commissioner granted an order restraining proceedings under all actions until that day, and the Commissioner further remarked that if the directors did not find the means of obtaining the 2401. to insure the letting of the gardens for the 12 days they would fail to do so at the risk of being well abused. An appllcation on behalf of Mrs. Seacole to in spect the books of the company and ascertain the amount due to her on an agreement that she should receive one-third of the proceeds of certain nights' performance in her favour, must in the meantime stand over. Mrs. Seacole, it appeared, had been thus far deprived of any benefit from the perform ances. It should be mentioned that during the proceed ings Mr. Coombe stated that it was the opinion of a number of the shareholders that certain directors ought to be indicted—a remark which drew from Mr. Roxburgh a reply that since the proceedings taken against the directors of the Royal British Bank this seemed to be a common notion among shareholders in public companies. Atogether, the proceedings were of a most angry character, and gave promise of those at the meetings on Tuesday and Thursday next being still more so. CANCER HOSPITAL—LONDON AND BROMPTOA. (Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.) The fifth annual meeting of the governors of this hospital was . held on Wednesday, in the board-room of the hospital—Oliver Farrer, E3q , in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Cockerili) ' read the annual repor of the committee, and from which the following extract has been taken : "The committee of management, in making their filth annual report, have much satisfaction in being able to state that the prosperity and the use,fultuss of the charity have gradually increased during the past year. "It will be gratifying to the subscribers to know that, as au evidence of the value of your charity, the com mittee continue to 'receive letters almost daily from patients expressive of their gratitude for the benefits received at the hands of your medical officers. "Your committee have long been desirous of extend ing their in-door accommodation. The premises at Brosupton were well adapted fur that purpose had the title to the freehold been such as to justify the committee in extending the building. But that not being the case, and a most eligible p ece of ground presenting itself nearly opposite to the Consumption Hospital, and front ing the main road, the committee have, with the sanc tion of a general meeting of subscribers, convened for that special purpose, availed themselves of the oppor tunity of porchasing the freehold at a cost of 4,5001 They have further determined to commence a building in the first instance capable of admitting 50 in-door pa tients, and to be built on a plan prepared gratuitously by David Mocatta, Elq., on a design which may be in creased from time to time, as the fuads admit, to accom modate eventually upwards of 300 patients. That this most desirable object may be consummated ere long is the sincere hope of every member of your committee. They therefore recommend a building fund to be forth with opened. "The premises now occupied at 167, Piccadilly, are admirably adapted for the purpose of seeing out-door patients, and are open on Tuesdays and Fridays for that purpose. They are also well adapted for the general busi ness of the charity, as they contain spacious waiting rooms, consulting-rooms, dispensary, museum, board room. and secretary's cffiFe. "The medical report is most satisfactory to your committee. The well working of your institution depends, in a great measure, on your weekly board ; and your com• mittee feel the highest gratitude to thoe gentlemen who have so indefatigably devoted their time and attention to the interests of the charity. " The services of our medical officers, William Mars den, Ehq., Weeden Cooke, E,q., Alexander Marsden, Esq , and Dr. Knox, the pathological anatomist, cannot be too highly appreciated, and we hereby, in the name of the governors, fender them our grateful thanks." The statement l3 of accounts : 7 7 1. 7 a fromunua annual thelat subscriptions,o f January 3101.t0 the 31st of December, 1856. showed a balance in hand 101. from the previous year, 1831. 64. 7d. ; donations to the ' 4 tm s. o ; u p n r t o o d f uce of dividends and sales of stock, 464/. 4s. ; legacies, 8081. 4s. 43. ; snaking the total receipts, 3,196/, 13 BJ., leaving a balance in hand of 1321. ss. sd. other forms in another, Eeen as primary deposits of the *disease, influenced thereto principally by the structure which the cancer has elected to attack, and, perhaps, in some slight degree by the absence or presence of consti tutional rower to resist diseaie, in whatever form it,may arise. We need scarcely soy that the popular terms, stony cancer' and 4 bleeding cancer,' are likev.ice but representations of different epochs of the same affection ; and, respecting the latter especially, we would earnestly abjure the name, since its use HO frequently and seriously alarms the poor sufferer as to hasten very considerably the fatal termination. " As in previous reports, our statistics again show that patients generally apply after the disease has made considerable progress, and when, of course, the resources of art are of less avail. It will be seen that one-half of the number admitted have applied when the ieease had arrived at the ulcerative stage, while the average of the duration of the disease previous to coming to the hospital of the whole number is three years. The descent of the disease through families is again shown to exist, as has always been believed; but, according to the evidence we have been able to collect, only one in six of our patients could trace the affection to an hereditary predisposition—and this, it must be confessed, is are-assuring fact to those who may have bad relatives thus afflicted. The average of cases attributed to blows or other injuries is still less, being one in seven, indicating that this is an accidental cir cumstance rather than a governing consequence, such as is undoubtedly the change of constitution in females (who form the large majority of our patient-) at that pe riod of life at which, from our tables, it appears they be came the subjects of this most distressing malady. Our painful and anxious task of administezing to the poor clients of your bounty has often and often now, we are delighted to say, been lightened by witnessing the fa vourable results of the principle of treatment previously referred to. We have been enabled to send many poor and previously desponding sufferers to their now more happy homes ; we have succoured all who came before us, and we have helped to soothe and let pass in com fort those whose cases were advanced beyond all human power or control, and whose earthly career terminated under your hospitable roof. These blessings bestowed upon the poor of this country are due entirely to the li berality withsvhich our directions and prescriptions are carried out, and we cannot be too thankful, on behalf of our poor patients, to the committee of governors for the confidence they show us in permitting all our orders, whether for necessaries, comforts, or luxuries, to be ful filled." STATISTICAL STATEMENT OF PATIENTS RECEIVED ET TO DEC. 31, 1856, Males. Females. Total. Out-patients l9O 1,279 1,169 In-patients 274 1,568 1,812 Of the out-patients discharged with disease arrested or relieved 463 SITUATION OF DISEASE. Male. 97 Female. Face and lip Tongue 65 Special organs 4O Arms and hand 5O Bones of face Breast .. Eye ..... Stomach Back. Thigh NATURE 0 Surface or opithelial Hard or seirrhus Soft or medullary or osteoid Cystic - Breast 9GI Special organs .. Face Tongue ... 25 Eye . 9 Side • • 5 Arm Stomach and pancreas Fauces Females Males T0ta1........ Cases of doubtful cha racter PBICL'S OF 211A.RES. From the Official Lzst. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENII/41 LONDON, FRIDAY, Aua. 21, 1857. CANALS. Names of Companics. AshtnOldl , Birmingham Coventry.... Derby .. •• •• GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester.... Lelcstr &Nth Loughborogli Macclesfield. Neath 0xf0rd...... Dividend' .4 ! per 'Annum. 98 71. p. et. 40 41; 190 11/. 100 6/. 15s. 100 21. pr. et. 10 Gt. pr.ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 63. 100 251. 100 51. 83 11.55. 143 701. 100 21. 10s. 100 161. 100 Name of Company. Berlin .. ••• • . East London... Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction .... • • Do. New ••• • • • Kent.... • . Lambeth New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex ...... Do. Do, .. •• • • Name of Company. flungerford........ Southwark ........ Ditto New of 7% p.c. Water 100............. Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial „ ~ . •,,••• Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand iurry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .. .. Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London ... .. •. •• St. Katharine ........ Southampton ........ Victoria .• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto New • • •• •• •• British Provincial •• •• Brighton •• •• .• •• • •• City of London ...... Equitable.... •• .• •• •• European .• • • . •• • • •• Great Central ........ Imperial •• •• •• •. •• •• Ditto New Ditto Debentures Do. Continental Ist Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent ... • London Par'. Preferen. Phcenix . • • Rateliff Sarre? Consumers United General • • •• • • Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... • • • • Western A. Ditto B Name of Company. Albion •• •..• •• •• • • •• Allianze Brit. and For. Ditto Marine ..... ••• Athenwarn .......... Atlas .. krgits Life British Commercial .. Church of England City of London ClericlAed.SG Gen. Life County Crown • • • • • • • • .• .. • • Eagle Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment •• General. . Globe • .. •• .• •• Gresham Life Do. Do.. Guardian Imperial Fire Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire ............ Law Lite.• • Legal and General Life London . London & Prov. Law • • Med. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva • • • • Monarch New Equitable Pelican .....• •• •• •• •• Phoenix Professional Life • Provident Life........ Rock Life.... • • •• .. Royal Exchange Sun Fire ...... • • .• •• • • Ditto Life United Xingdom .... Universal Life • ..... Victoria Life •• ..... . Price Names of Companies. Peak Forest. Regeia t's • • •• Rochdale.... , &lira &Wor, Stonrbridge. Severn and Wye Rail. Warwick & Birming. Warwick & Napton.. Worcstr & & Brk, 5/. per cnt. til.per cnt. 4/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 44 per cnt. Name of Company. Si. per cnt. Al. per cent. BRIDG: Dividend per Annum. 103 per cent.' li. 125. Od. li. Ss. Od. 2Ss. DOCK! Dividend per Animm. 51. pr cent. Gl. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4%!. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. [T AND COK. Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. 81. per cent 101. per cent 31. ss. 4/. 158. 4/. 10s. Amount of Share. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 ' 61 0 0 '5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. 6/. per cent 534. per cnt. 5/. Si. per cent. 16s Od per sh, 7 per cent. 71. per c. 71. 14s. Get. 4. p.c. & be 15s. 04. & bs 41. per cent. V. 10s. 71. 10s.' 5/. 5 pr ct.& bs. 41._ per share Il 185. ss. 5 1 4 per cent. 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Dividend per Annum M. Os. 17s. 281 121. lOs 1/. ICs. 10s. is. Od. Paid. 57. per cent 121. per cent • - 14 s. .51.p7et.&bs. 2s & 2s bons 214. per sh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. , 1% per cent 51. per cent 51. per cent. 6;4 per cent 5/ p. et. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 12% per c. p. c. & bs i i3 l / 2 p c & bs il. 14s. 41. & bonus. 52. & bonus. 5/. & touus. X s. d 100 all Paid. X s. d Paid. X s. d. Stock. 100 0 0 00 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 COMPANIES. Amount Share. X s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 /INT-STOCK :PANIES. Price. Amount of Share. Dividend per Arinum. s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 tl 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. A.u.stralasia.• • • • • • •• • • Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London ...... 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 Paid. Price X s. d. all 1201. per cent, British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch City _ _ 1 - 150 8 C 12 10 6 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 104 243 j 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. Colonial ........ Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New ...• London and County •• Lon & Eastn. Bnkg. C. London Joint-Stock . • . Londe and Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New .. • • • • • • Ditto ditto Natiorial Bank .••• • • New South Wales .. Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland .. 71. p. c. & bs. 41. per cent, 51. per cent. 6 5 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 BANKS. Price. Amount of Share. X a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 Paid. £ B. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 Price, le/. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. la'. per cent. 16p c. &bs 51. per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 1006 90% 20 . 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 Ditto, New.. • .. • • • . ••• • • • South Australia • • -... Union of Australia.... Ditto .............. Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n....... Unity Mutual .. .... • • Western Danko(' Gonda Price. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cent. 11/. per cent., 49% 350 19% 134% 151. per cent. _2% Price 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 15 . 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50. 0 0 THE SURGEONS' REPORT FOR 1856. "The accompanying statistical statement o r our labours during the pest year must co nv i nce you of the appreciation which your charity obtains among that class of the suffering poor this hoepital.was especially insti tuted to assist. Year after year the number of our applicants for relief increases ; and from the most re mote parts of the United Kingdom, as Kell as from America, the Mauritius, and other foreign parts, patients journey to seek the benefits of the experience obtained in this hospital. In our previous reports we have re ferred in detail to the large acesonaulation of facts which, shown forth in the statistical tables, must now be ac cepted as sufficient data for us to establish laws for the guidance of the practitioner who has to treat this malady. The average return of the disease after operation. according to our observation in 171 cases, obtains in the short space of fourteen months, and that whether the Operation has been effected by the knife, under chloroform without pain, or through the protracted misery of a six weeks' ce.nterisa tion. The latter proceeding, namely, th a t o f remov i ng time immemorial, e especially c c i a a u l s l y t i cbsy uneducated pretenders,, has been p rac ti se d f rom who obtain a fleeting reputation, by throwing the halo of mystery over their proceedings, and vaunting that as `cure' which is uLhapply but a temprary relief, Ob tained at the expense of the e eismitution, ten thousand times more painful than amputation by the knife, asd infinitely less efficacious i s retnoving•even the local manifestation of the disease. If it he a cure of cancer to remove the tumour by causVc, it is also a cure, and an easy one, to remove it by the knife under chloroform, end hundreds are so 4 cured' in al our recognised hospitals. The legitimate professors of medicine, who knol that the assertions of such cures' are uneretricicus, feel them selves bound to enlighten the public on this matter, and the large Experience obtained at this hospital enables us to speak re,sHvely of the uselessness of putting patients to the protracted torture of the treatment by caustics where the knife can be employed. Truly, there are advanced cases in which caustic applications, in addition to constif utiOnal treatment, tend,to check the progress of the disease, but these are not generally the cases which are un brtaken by persons professing permanent cures. Our Experience leads us to the conviction that the whole system is at fault, and that as bag as en couragement is given to the practice of mere local eradication no progress will be male'in the treatment of this malady. Ou the other band, by constitutional treatment, and such heal remedies as experience has suggested, we have the satisfaction of seeing very many patients, who have been the subjects of cancer for 10 or 12 years, and patients of this hospital from its com mencement, restored and preserved in comparative comfort and good bodily health. These gratifying results are now so frequent, that we feel ourselves bound by every possible means to bring them before the public, and especially to invite the attention of the medical profession to this particular mode of arresting the disease. " We have continued to attempt a classification of the cases . which c ame b efore us un d er t h e h ea d. ; Scirrhu.4,' Medulary,' (!cc., as representing different forms of the disease recognised by the schools of surgery of this country ; but as our experiende becomes more extended, we feet the difficulty of adhering to this cla-el fication, fur two reasons--viz., that these supposed diffe rent forms appear to us to be but stages of the same dis ease—the medullary, cystic, the colloid, or gelatiniform, being in the greater numbsr of instances, but sequences of tho ceirrhus and epithelial forms ; so that a case wLich appears in our loJoka originally a 3 ecirrhus in very many instances must subsequently be designated medullary, and those which would be called epithelial have many of the characters of scirrhus. The other reason which in validates these distinctions of the schools is that the different tissues of the body, according, generally, to their hardness, or softness, or to their exposed or en closed condition, naturally allow of, or retard, the de veiopment of the cancer; and thus we have, in the same patient, acirrhus in one part, medullary in another, and DISEASE. 171 ... 158 39 ...1,014 7 ... 54 11 ... 2 1 ... 23 .. 1,520 1,520 1,842 In the second or ulcerative stage of the disease Average duration of disease previous to coming to the hospital. •. Had relations previously affected with the disease Average age when attacked 43 years. Had been operated on previous to com ing to the hospital, and average lapse of time before the disease returned... l7l-14 months Cases ascribed to blows and other injuries 203 (Signed) W. MARSDE N, WEE DEN COOKE, }Surgeons. ALEXANDER .MARSDEN, The CIIAIRIIAN, in moving the adoption of the report, expressed his gratification at its extremely satisfactory nature, and referred at sore length to the inestimable qualities of the institution. Some time back, if a case of cancer was found at any one of our hospitals, the poor sufferer Was told his case was incurable, and, conse quently, not admitted, but when this institution was founded it was proved that by the constant application of the skill of the medical officers the disease was to be reached, and not only that, but it was to be cured. It had also been asserted that the disease could not be treated in a separate hospital with success, but he thought that was controverted by the facts which were shown every year in the reports of the Cancer Hospital. He was happy that the committee of management had agreed to increase the accommodation of the hospital for in patients, and with that view they had bought a piece of freehold land well adapted for the purpose of erecting a new hos pital. Plans had been drawn up, and the new building would accommodate 53 patients. They were not going to stop there, but irtendtd to go on until the building would hold 300 ; and he wished to live to see the day ' when their institution, which, as it were, had started from a grain of mustard seed, had reached that promi nent position. That it would be carried out there is no doubt. The first part of the new hospital would cost about 8,000/., and through the kindness of Miss• 'Bur dett Callas they had 3,0001., so that a similar amount was all that would be required to set the works going, and when that desirable object was considered he thought there would be no ciifficu!ty in getting that amount. In conclusion, he begged to thank the whole of the medical staff and other officers for their assiduous attention to promote the welfare of the institution. 3 years Mr. HLLSWELL seconded the motion, which was car ried. Thanks were then voted to the committee of manage ment and the medical officers. In reply to the latter, Dr. MARSDEN assured the meeting that his colleagues and himself would do a l l in their power to carry out the intention of the subscribers and the committee of macagement. They had found that some of the diffl culties that formerly attended their pursuits were begin ning to diminish, and their task was now more easy. There was a time when cancer was hardly known except by name, but since this institution had been founded the attention of the whole of the profession had been drawn to it, and if the profession had been induced to take the matter up, then, if they did nothing else, they might core gratulate themselves on having done that much. H e never could understand how it could be said that any disease was incurab!e. He did not believe there was any malady foi. which our Creator bad not provided a remedy. His opinion was that they were in the right path, and that ere long this dreadful affliction would be better under stood and the majority of cases treated successfully. The various officers were elected, with thanks for their past services, and the usual c Anpliment to the chairman brought the proceedings to a close, several subscrir ions having been previously announced to the building fund. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. THE HARVEST. Since 182 G there has not been so favourable a season as the present, and a week or so morn of the brilliant weather we have had during August is all that is now wanted to realise the prospect of an early and abundant harvest. There are no longer any complaints of failure in the potato crop, the symptoms of blight which bad shown themselves in some localities in the course of last month having quite disappeared. The following report is ex tracted from the Cork papers of yesterday : " This week has been for harvest purposes all that could be desired. A little rain, indeed, fell in the early portion,-but fur the most put we have had days hotter than we experienced since the summer began. The golden tinge -which only showed upon the corn fieds a short time ago has now been exchanged for the-brown stubble. Not only have the grain fields ripened in abundance and healthiness '' eroater than has for a long time been remembered, but they are coming to a maturity with a rapidity that took farmers alm - .st by sur prise. The consequence is that the harvest has been gathered in with extraordinary rapidity, and a tremendous amount of new corn has been added to our granaries within the past week. We are happy to be able t say that Kerry has almost en tirely escaped the blight which atackel the crop in the county of Cork, the only place there affected being a limited locality in the neighbourhood of Dingle. The green crops which were a short time ago in a very bad state have recovered a good deal under the influence of the recent rains." , Mr. Jaynes Clapperton, an eminent practical agri culturist, in his last weeky report in the Leinster Express, a ays " A greater, a more sudden, or a more general revolution in harvest operations was, perhaps, never before Nritnessed in any kingdom than is being laudably manifested in (queen's and Kildare coun ties at the present Ili:lie, or a more wholesome tone, a more energetic or a more enterprising spirit could sf3arcely ;pervade the f ace o f t h e agr i cu l tura l com munity than is b?itpy, practically exemplified from gentlemen of exalted, rank down to the smalleat farmer. Gentleinen, stewards; farmers, and, in not a few cases, labourers, are to be seen scouring the country from one gentleman's d.omesne to another, and from one farmer to another, to ascertain where the harvest operations are being carried int) effect with the greatest efficiency, upon the cheapest scale, with the greatest despatch, and with the least un necessary impeuditure of physical power.", DUBLIN, SUNDAY EVENING. RE ARREST OF SPOLLE.N. James &pcdlen was re-arrested last night at his 'lodgings in I]xchange-s'rect, and conveyed by the police to the station in Green-street. He is to be brought up tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock ou a charge JD f g the late Mr. Little. Spolleu con fcsied to be greatly astonished at his recapture. LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amcnat Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - - X a. d. £ a; d. Bank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 195108 British Linen Coman 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2%4110 Caledonian Bank . .....5i. per cent. 10 0 0 210 03t 16s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13117 s Clydesdale Bank .... 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 .0 0 141 7s C,mmercial Bank ~. 7/. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 248/Os Eastern 8ank........ 61. par cent. 25 0 0 .10 0 0 141 5s Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3% L p cenla 5 0 5 0 0 51 2s National Bank .....• 636 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 19310 s North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 10 0 0 -2 10 0 51, 105 Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 140105 Union Bank of Scot. - 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 106110 Western Bank- -•-• Tl, per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 821 Os Alliance ; Fire and We.. 8541. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17/12s British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11 7s Caledonian Fire Incur. tOc. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgovt Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 11 4s Cdonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 4 Os Edinburgh Life Insnr. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28115 s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.0er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 6s Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 051 153 National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 21 Os North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36/15s Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 16s Scottish Provincial ...• - 5 O 5O 0 0 2 0 021 19s Scottish Unlon Insrnc. 7 3 1 . pr cant. 20 0 0 1 00 11 15s Standard Life MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A a. d. A a. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam lea •• .• ...... G'. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Aucti,n Mart........ : 1 4 Iper cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian Alriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 - Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. it. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land Si. per cent. 50 6 0 40 0 0 - Canada ............. 51. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 5 por cent Bonds 5/. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Tato, 6 per cent. -6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per sent. Stock 100 0 0 -- Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 - Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City Nurigation Bonds 3%1. per cent - - - Electric Telegraph Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt - 5 0 0 all 1% Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry 51per cent. 100 0 0 'OO 0 0 - Dittc New - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest 5l. p c and 11. 100 0 0 tOO 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0, 0 all - Gen.SteamNavigation 101. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 o 0 - London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 . all 3% Hudson's Bay 5/. per cent. Stock Ftoek - Hungerford - Lon. Ne. &Na. Mauso - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary 5/, per cent. 1 0 4 - Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 0 0 sal 0 l 00 - 3% Nat. Discount Comp - 25 10 N.S.W. G09.5p.c. Deb 5l. per cent. - - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 10 0 all North of Europe, Stm. ill. per cent. .20 00 17 10 0 23% 0 - , Price's Patent Caud. Co - a al l l l - -- Peel Rlver.Land&Min. . allo 0 69 I Ditto New Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 2 50 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 - Reversionary Int. Soc. cent . 0 20 0 0 - , Ditto New .• •• •• •• PAL pr 100 0 g 4/. pr ce nt 100 0 0 all Royal Mail Steam si , p. sha re. 100 0 0 60 0 0 , GO per cent. 25 1 0 0 all Scottish Ace.lnvest. 1 5 /. South Australian Land2 o 0 0 5 0 0 Van Diemen's Land • • 103. • 100 0028 10 0 -- 71. 4 . . perp c cent. . Trust and Loan Comp. 7 Do. G10v..6 per ct.bes. 6 per cent, ,A 17 , i -- i Z - - GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. FRANCE CO. Dividend per Annum. Paid. X s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 all 4 0 0 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0' 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Country Market!, DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Aua. 20. Qrs. Best. Current. infeifor 614 Wheat GOB 61. 37s Od 222 Oats 33s Od 3OB 11d 25, 03 132 Barley 35s Od 3ls 84d, 23 al 29 Peas & beans 49s Cd 47s 3d }IADDINGTON GRAIN MARRET—AuG. 21. WHEAT. BARLEY I OATS. 4IIIA I‘ s. First CBs Od 38s Od I 354 Od 53s Od Second 42s 7d ) 31s 10l / 318 lid ) 481 81 Third 32 s Od 1 20s 01 I 30, Od 144 Gd Total quantity of wheat in market, 533 qrs., 520 s old PP barley „ 173 qrs., 150 sold oats ~; 113 qrs., 103 sold PP beans 28 qrs., 23 sold AVERAGES PER IMPrRIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 21. 2 7 4-12ths l Barley, ...11. 11 10 B.l2ths Oats, ... 11. 11 11 5-12ths ) Beans, 21. 8 8 7-12 ti s PP , ABERDEEN—A uct. 21. Potato oats Common oats 2 2f s s 6 6 d d t t o o 2 2 4 5 5 s Odl 401bs per bushel Bore o,s Od to 3 :s Od 1 531bs Barley 30s Od to 31 s Gd ID Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 40s Od 1 621bs , white .. 36s Od to 45s Od Oatmeal ' l9s Od to 20s Od per boll. Flour 44s Od to 45s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d. to 9d I Butter, p lb. is —d to is 1 I Mutton, per lb 6d to 9d 1 Eggs, p doz. Os 8d to Os 101 Lamb, do., Os 6d to On 9.1 I Hens, p pair 2s 6d to 3s 01 Veal, per lb ... 5d to Os 8d I Chickens,do.ls Gd to 2e 01 Pork, per 1b...0s Gd to Os 7d Ducks, do. is 6d tu 2e 01 Salmon, per lb .... ..... ls 2d D uc kli ngs ,d o 1 s Gd to 2s 0I Grouse, per brace—. 0s to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 4.4 61 Tallow, p stone, Os to Us 01 Potatoes, pr pock, d —to 10 1 1 Rabbits, each Od to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 100 s to 101; Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen --d to 7d RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s Gd Oatmeal Os Od to 2s ld Beremeal ....Os Od to 2s Od Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 4d Cheese, per imperial s 4-lb. 10af...8c1. Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 2d ), dust, ..... Os to 0310 d per lb 2d to 20 7,1 me, 4s. Od. to 4s GLI 2-lb. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, Aim 21. Wo have scarcely any alteration to report for old grain from last day's prices. The supply was small, and it met a very dull sale. An increased number of new samples of new wheat, oats, bore, and rapeseed, and two samples of new barley, a ready sale, and condition good. In Indian corn almost nothing doing. White wheat, 358 01 to 37s 6d ; red ditto, 31s Od to 35 Od; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16a Gd to 25s Gd ; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 15s Gd to 18s; ditto, now, 1G Gd to 178 Od ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 17s; bere, new, 16s to 17 Od ; rapeseed, 29,s Od to 31s Gd per brl ; bakers' flour, 19 Od to 24s Od per cwt; ludian corn, 33s Gi to 39i Od pe 480 Ib6. LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL, AUG. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in this market have been rather buoyant, though little business has been done. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99--Eastetn Counties, 114 Midland, 83k—North Eastern, Berwick, 231 — South Eastern, 21 —London and N, rtli-Westerns, Bin -Grand Trunk of Canada, 14 6—Caledonian, 39; 2 -- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 394—Luxernbourg Const., 74—Great Western of Canada, new, 3s. 9d. p: Dutch Rhenish, 43 d.. MANCHESTER, AUG. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was moderately active to-day, and prices declined I to 4 per cont. Blackburn, 7 9-16 —East Lancashire, 96--Eastern Counties, 11/ Great Western, 52i 3—London and N or th W es t erns , 102 —Sheffields, 40--Leeds, 9;Ji• —Ditto, now, d. —Grand Trunk of Canada, 12 9.l6—Great Western of Canada, 21 —Caledonians, 39i—Dovers, 21 2,—Midands, 83—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 99. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull to.day, and prices have been lower. Great Westerns, 534 Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 71--Bilmiug" ham and Stour Valleys, Bh—South Staffords, LEEDS, AUG. 22. STOOH EXCHANGE.—The market rather inactive, and the quotations rather lower. North Eastern, Leeds, 22i —Ditto Berwicks, 23p—Canada New, par- Midlands, 8:3B Lancashire and Yorkshire, 981. Letters from Chambery state that great prepara tions are being made there for the reception of King Victor-Emmanuel on the Ist of September, when he is to lay the first stone of the bridge near Culoz, destined to unite the Sardinian and French rail ways. It was believed at Chambery that Prince Napoleon would attend on the part of France. In consequence of the refusal of Marquis Palle,- vicini to accept the office of Syndic of Genoa, the Government appointed Advocate Mooro, who was accordingly sworn in on the 18th. Accounts from Rome of the 16th inst. inform us that the Emperor Louis Napoleon's fete was cele brated with great pomp in that city. The French troops were reviewed by General de Goyon, and defiled with cries of "Vive mpereur A solemn mass in music, followed by a Te Deum, was cele brated in the French church of St. Louis. In the afternoon the establishments occupied by the Fi each were brilliantly illuminated. General Count de Goyon gave a splendid ball at which the entire Corps Diplomatique attended. THE "GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY oP THE LAw,"—An instance has occurred during the late session of the Old Bailey which illustrates in a remarkably forcible manner the old adage respecting the uncertainties of the law. Some months since, the case of Evans v. Robinson came before the superior courts in an action for crim. con. ; the verdict went for the defendant. Some time after a new trial, was ordered, and a verdict passed for the plaintiff, with 5001. damages. Having obtained his verdict, the plaintiff next applied to the ecclesiastical courts, and there Sir J. Dodson, detecting some discrepancies in the evi dence which Mr. Field and his assistants bad collected, refused to entertain the application, and this time law once more favoured the defendant, and the plaintiff was dismissed to seek his remedy elsewhere. Again the case is brought forward, and at the Old Bailey an indictment is preferred for perjury against the parties on whose evidence the ecclesiastical judge bad decided, and the grand jury once more inclined the scales in favour of the defendant, and found a true bill for perjury against the parties on the other side. The trial may probably give the plaintiff a victory in his turn, leaving it to law to continue the game of fast and loose with the unfortu nate litigants. Already several thousands of pounds have been expended in the case. Happily, however, the new divorce courts will shortly be in operation, and then we may expect to see the case at once and for ever disposed of.— Moaner. [ADYERTISEMENTI—Nothing can be more interesting than the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine of Indi gestion llyspesia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bili ous, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility effected by Du Barry's delicious Health. Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. We give a few.—Winchester, De cember 3d, 1847. Gentlemen,—l am happy to bo able to inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta was procured has derived a very great benefit from its use ; dis tressing symptoms of Dropsy, Dyspepsia, and Constipation of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above mentioned-case I can with confidence recom mend it, dic. JAMBS SHORLAND, late Surgeon, 96th Regiment. 65, Piccadilly, London, Bth Nov., 1847. Gentlemen,—Hav ing been for a long time a great sufferer4from piles and severs constipation of the bowels, I commenced taking, about three weeks ago, Du Barry's " Revalenta Arabica" twice a day. The result induces me herewith t) express my unbounded gratitude. My bowels and stomach begin to remind me of what I was years ago ; in fact, I am fast approaching com plete restoration to the enjoyment of functions without which life is but a painful burden. No medicine has ever done rue the good I have derived from the "Revalenta." Digestion has, in my case, began anew. With thanks, &c., Wm.PATcume. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors et Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle. stnart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full in structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; 51b, Ils ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters aro sent carriage free, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, & Co., 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations : —The V_ce-Chancel lor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 21st inst., at High Asburst, Surrey, Lady Mug• geridge. On the 21st inst., at 1.3, Norfolk-street, Park-lane, the wife of George Alan Lowndes, Esq.,, of Barrington Ball, county of Essex. OF A DAUGHTER. On tho 21st inst., at Hyde-vale, Blackheath, Mrs. Alfred M. Raymond. On the 19th inst., at Ashford, Middlesex, Mrs. .1. H. Butler. MARRIED- On the 20th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, Charles, third son of the late Deputy Assistant Commissary -Gene ral Hazard, to Edith Ann Jones, second surviving daugh ter of the late John Newbold, Esq., of Bedford-row, and Oranmer-road, Kennington. DIED. On the 20th inst., Lady Massey Stanley, of Haggerstone Castle, Berwick-on-Tweed. On the 21st inst., John Henry Elliott, only son of J. IL EMott, of Martiu'.-lane, C annon - street, aged 24. On the 201 h inst., at Corshain, Wilts, the Rev. James Mackenzie, son of the late Sir George Stewart Mackenzie, Bart., of Coal, Ross-shire, aged 37. On the 19th inst., at Hastings, J. Goldsworthy Shorter, Esq., agod 52. On the 19th inst , at Mount Radford, Exeter, Rear-Ad mind Thomas Folliott Baugh. On the sth inst.,.at Castellamare, near Naples, Captain I 2•. T. Claridge, of 131, Piccadilly, several years a resident at Nice. On the 17th July, at Fonntainebleau, the Rev. J. 11. 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