The Sun. — London, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

...: • 0' 'V V t i rl , , A ... .. , / t '-or ► r t i - 4 -- f. _,.... TilE SUN , LONDON ) TUESDAY EVENING, .1.....• 11, V., .'" ^"...".`••=- - CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. I ......,. A T • room of Mr. Ricardo ; an d a vo t e o f t h an k s having LEST PRICES OF SHARES, John Bow been uuanimously adopt e d t o th e Ch a i rman an d di- I BIAS YKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM- We have received advises from this colony up to , - the 12th June. The Kafirs had resumed their depre- /7,....„ o A t trxi Utlittou rectors, the meeting separated. PANIES' STOCK. John Hor dations on the frontier farmers, and it was impossible , SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. From the Official Li s t, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. Mary-lc James Pill for isolated families within twenty miles of the border WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY, ---,bi-_ - to feel otherwise than insecure. At no former period (THIS DAY.) Dividend William had the prospects of the eastern districts been more LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10. JOINT-STOCK .A pnperenru: nen.t COAST RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) --.....-_.square, The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was gloomy, as recent experience had proved the incon- The half-yearly general meeting of the share -33A!!:rie1.75. ceivable difficulty of protecting agricultural property held, at one o'clock this day, at the offices of the com against marauders armed with guns and mounted holders of this company took place to-day, at the B Name of Company.of Paid. Price Matthew London Tavern. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq., M.P., PanY' road-street-buildings ; Edwin Ley, Esq., of on horses. Guns were becoming more and more the took the chair shortly after one o'clock. Penzance, in the chair. The report stated that the -- xso s. O d i: .) 50 . t s o . d. o _ the coin The advertisement calling the meeting having been Bill which was brought before Parliament, for the Australasia ..........BORI choice weapons of the natives. The Kafirs in their . 40 0 0 40 0 0 - persons are strong and active ; in their tempers dar read, and the usual forms e having following bees gone reportth r through, g t h h , e construction of a branch railway to St. Ives, and for Charles H The SECRETARY read th(3 o r i m i s n h i c a t. c o i r t . i ii American 01 London 6/. per cent . . 100 mg and resolute. With the weapon that enabled thewharfs and quays at Hay le, had not received the seamiae. . i 51. per cent. 100 0 ( o ) 25 0 ( o ) - 19 Richard II civilised nations to overpower the savage and barba - directors :- sanction of the Legislature. Scarcely half the call Londe and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2'7 London Joint-Stock . - 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - rian they are rapidly acquiring skill. In such cir due February 22 had been paid up, and they Metropolitan ••.•• • • • • - 25 0 0 710 0 William S cumstances it is impossible to view the contest be- " Your directors, at the half-yearly meeting in did not think it, therefore, prudent to enter into10 51(1 0 00 0 0 0 2 10 5 0 0 0 0 -__ county ( tween civilisation and barbarism now raging on the February last, gave a statement of the condition of the various lines then in progress ; they have now the plea- any contracts for the construction of the line until Prov i n c i a .,0 ,1 ef o ,,, f ,1..1...n.d. Ireland.. :.. 81.:11. )ppereerr :4:4.. ~; a l t ) l i o tt n o a , l 5 6 1 1 .. per per cent. 20 25 0 0 o o 12 10 5 0 0 00 - frontier without painful apprehensions. The feeling sure to announce, that the Epsom line was opened on the they had ample funds at their disposal. With refer- Nat. l'rovncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 g 2305 0 0 -- Gilbert G I Joseph Br of security is gone. It is difficult to imagine by what 10th of May ; and the extension from Chichester to ence to the pecuniary difficulty, the directors had Ditto, New ' •••• • • • • means it can be restored. the Kalumna, a small Portsmouth throughout, on the 14th of June. It would entered into an agreement to dispose of the unappro- L mon of London. •• .. 5/. per cent.. 50 0 0 1 10 0 0 13yi In the neighbourhood of be premature, from so short an experience, to attempt to priated shares to Mr. Mowatt, subject, however, to Union of Australia.... stream to the east of the Keiskamma, the Kafirs had judge of the advantages to the general concern which the consent of the shareholders. The number of un- Names of CANALS. Joseph Ba made several incursions, and captured cattle, which, these new lines offer in prospective ; but your directors appropriated shares was 5,000, and Mr. Mowatt Herefor however, had been generally retaken. In one of I Francis I have every reason to; believe, that the development of agreed to take them up at a discount of Si.sl per share, Names of t) Dividend price. these forays a Kafir named Zandama was killed, and the traffic . , under the two heads of passengers and goods, such • discount to be payable when 151. per share shall Companies. 2 , per ' sl Dividend! Co mpan i es . t,,i , per Price. county, f /1111 UM. George C. many were wounded. These depredations have been will fully justify the expectations with which these un- cf. Annum. have been paid up, either in cash or by debentures of - - in the c committed in the lower part of the boundary, where dertakin s were recommended to the proprietors for £ ' 1 x the company having three years to run. Mr. Mowatt the missionary post called Wesleyville was established. their approval. g The arrangements for the goods traffic Ashtn & 01411 5/.55. pe 70 Monmouthsh 100 10/ - agreed to pay forthwith the deposit and call, being 4/. Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. - Mntgoinrysh 100, 51.. _ Sir Robert In the upper part of the boundary the state of affairs are yet incomplete, and the stations at Portsmouth and Barnsley.. • • !160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 1001 - 15 Henry M with the Gaika, Slambic, and li I" re Is Kafirs is equally Epsom unfinished. per share on the 5,C00 shares. The directors had Basingstoke..lloo - 7 Neath •• •• •• 100 20/. 340 unsatisfactory. The tribes must be w punishedrd then " The engineer reports, that the lines to Lewes and not been enabled to close an account of the liabilitiescounty of the company up to the period of the Act receiving t . i r r o a m e a fo ss r .. d s . s . r . g . : 5 0 g 1 5L . 85 Notti n g ham . ,e a ktorest .1 . 8 0 1 3 2 1 / . . - Newhaven - 40 humbled in the true meaning of the the Royal Assent, in consequence of the solicitor's Dudley lOO, 41. - Regent's .... 33 1/. 4s. 20 George A and . . n i ruled with firmness and jeistice. The ;lan of giving ng the distance between London and Lewes and Hast- Derby •- - 100,1 6/. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 Derby, ings by eight miles, and avoiding the Lewes incline accounts requiring their opinion and revision. The Ellsmre&Chs 133' 4/. 51 Shropshire •. 125 . 81. - the Kafirs tickets of registration has .1 d signally fai e 2 altogether, will afford great facilities to the direct inter- report concluded by stating the resignation of Mr. E:ewash • llOO 321. -• . Somrset Coal • 150 7/.101. 130 Henry B. as might have been expected. The ticket was used course with those towns • while the Newhaven Extension R. F. Gower as a director of the company, and the Forth &Clyd;100 4/. - Do LkniSt 12 6/ c GrandJunctnlloo 6/. 80 s tff i d B , w •P• ' - in the c 1 as a safe-conduct pass when occasion suited, and thus from Lewes willenable 9 . 1 12 4 5 0 2 1, 8 51 1 . . 275 The Hon( became the means 13which fraudand d • y receipts to 30th June were 48,097/. 10s., and the 13 81. - Olamorgnsh .1172 1 Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 305 ilistr&Brklylloo - - • Strtfrdon Av 79 1/. 10s. - the saic successfully practised. Continental Steam-packet Company, to secure a full balance in hand 6,1961. 9s. 4d. arantham • .11N, 12/. -,.. Severn and] ... William But whilst the Kafir tribes show every disposition share of the Continental traffic. The sea passage will 26 ii Bs. - The report was adopted, and ordered to be circu- K n e ta t ers 1 ss fl A el v d i il 39' 7s. 6d. - 5% T lN rn r i e & R A a f i r l. Esq. at to continue their predatory assaults, the colonists and be made in about four hours •; and the railway fated among the shareholders. Lancaster .• .1 47 1/. 10s. - sey ... -.} 50 30/. - from London to Paris will be shorter, by the Fingo levies are harassed and wearied as much A resolution, to the effect that the agreement entered r ae " e's & te L r i vrP I ;To, 14011.. 50 7 5 5 T i t r iams&Med. 19 - - George C seventy miles, than by the route by Bou by the demands for their services in the field, as by logne. It were almost unnecessary to call the into with Mr. Mowatt should be confirmed, was pro- Leicstr &l:Cth 83 41. 36 ; r i ca nn tr ing B l 78 2/. 41X, the claims of their families, of whose neglect by the propr i etors ' attent i on to the great b ene fi t t h e i r ra il way posed by the Chairman, and seconded by Mr. Barlow, Loughborogh 142 70/. 530 IWil ts & Bike 67 11 . 11 Colonel Colonial Government:heavy complaint is made. The I t i „s ro e p e e u rt t y he w t i w ll o de c r o i a v: ts fro n m ot t l h es is rapid co d in s mu h n e ication be- and, after a short discussion, unanimously passed. DoCB.B. William (Fingo) native troops have their distinctive pecu- t s ha as n re i g n ar refe t renc P e ar t i o s acid e and A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman liarities of character, which must be studied if their general Continental ; tra ffi c,direc tors, the meeting separated. i Dividend Amount i services are to be again invited or demanded. One manufacturing and trading population of the important Name of Company.' • per of Paid. Price. peculiarity is, that they are entirely insensible to districts of wbich Rouen is the capital, as well as to the - • Annum. Share. Archibali threats. But to just and considerate treatment they are beautiful scenery of Normandy and the southern pro- READING, GUILDFORD, AND .c s. d. 'XS. d. John Dal as yielding as wax, Of what value is a. soldier whose vinces of France, which hold out every inducement to REIGATE.-(THIS DAY.) Commercial - heart is not with von in a nartican war pTn a the tourist. - a .-- East and West India 6/. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country .. .... 17 110 7. eh lAA A A A loran/if We have received advices from this colony up to the 12th June. The Kafirs had resumed their depre dations on the frontier farmers, and it was impossible for isolated families within twenty miles of the border to feel otherwise than insecure. At no former period had the prospects of the eastern districts been more gloomy, as recent experience had proved the incon ceivable difficulty of protecting agricultural property against marauders armed with guns and mounted on horses. Guns were becoming more and more the choice weapons of the natives. The Kafirs in their persons are strong and active ; in their tempers dar ing and resolute. With the weapon that enabled the civilised nations to overpower the savage and barba rian they are rapidly acquiring skill. In such cir cumstances it is impossible to view the contest be tween civilisation and barbarism now raging on the frontier without painful apprehensions. The feeling of security is gone. It is difficult to imagine by what means it can be restored. In the neighbourhood of the Kalumna, a small stream to the east of the Keiskamma, the Kafirs had made several incursions, and captured cattle, which, however, had been generally retaken. In one of these forays a Kafir named Zandama was killed, and many were wounded. These depredations have been committed in the lower part of the boundary, where the missionary post called Wesleyville was established. In the upper part of the boundary the state of affairs with the Gaika, Slambic, and Kreli's Kafirs is equally unsatisfactory. The tribes must be punished and humbled in the true meaning of the word, and then ruled with firmness and justice. The plan of giving the Kafirs tickets of registration has signally failed, as might have been expected. The ticket was used as a safe-conduct pass when occasion suited, and thus became the means by which fraud and deception were successfully practised. But whilst the Kafir tribes show every disposition to continue their predatory assaults, the colonists and the Fingo levies are harassed and wearied as much by the demands for their services in the field, as by the claims of their families, of whose neglect by the Colonial Government:heavy complaint is made. The (Fingo) native troops have their distinctive pecu liarities of character, which must be studied if their services are to be again invited or demanded. One peculiarity is, that they are entirely insensible to threats. But to just and considerate treatment they are as yielding as wax, Of what value is a soldier whose heart is not with you in a partisan war ? In a Kafir war, among bushes and ravines, in following or guarding cattle, how could you, either by day or by night, force a discontented native to do his duty ? One of the main distinctions between commanders is in the faculty of gaining the confidence and affections of men, even in armies where discipline supplies so many personal defects. Among the suddenly-raised and semi-barbarous levies on the frontier nothing can make up for the absence of this conciliatory faculty in the commander. A mass of discontented men there is a mere heap of sand. The Fingo levy stationed at Graham's Town, at a muster for the purpose of ascertaining whether the men composing it were disposed to continue their services, to a man answered in the negative. The authorities evidently mistake the true character and circumstances of these men. It is thought that 6d. per day and a soldier's ration are sufficient induce ments for them to place themselves at the disposal of the Government. But this is a great delusion. The Fingoes at this place earn from 2s. to 4s. a day, and at Port Elizabeth, upon an average, a third more. Many of this class of the community possess waggons and oxen, and can command an amount in money which persons unacquainted with their thrifty habits would find it hard to believe. They are not - likely to serve voluntarily when a measure is adopted with a view to shorten their allowance, and especially when it goes to diminish or entirely discontinue that scanty support which has heretofore been given at the public expense to their wives and families. " The new line of policy towards the Kafirs," says the Graham's Town Journal, " is to make arrange ments for the location of the rebellious chiefs. It is thought that the mischievous propensities of the com mon Kafirs can be more effectually checked and con trolled through the influence of the chiefs and head men, than by direct interference with the barbaric mass. Acting, then, upon this principle, it is pro posed to assign to certain chiefs certain portions of territory, to lay down certain regulations for their guidance, to hold them responsible for the good order and peaceful conduct of certain kraals, and to punish every chief or head mar' on the spot who refuses to punish any offender amongst his people. Thus the authors of the Kafir war of 1846-47, it seems, are only to be punished for any new acts of treachery or bad faith they may commit." THE STATE OF THE GAOLS.—The gaols in the several country districts are detestable dungeons, in which offenders of every class, without distinction of sex or degree of immorality, are intermixed—the convicted criminal with, perhaps, the unjustly ac cused, the murderer with the thief, the juvenile offender with the hardened miscreant, the whole, with perhaps little exception, passing days and nights in the corruptible society of each other. Moreover the prisons are too small, dilapidated, and generally unfit to keep the prisoners in safe custody. In one of them, shortly before and immediately after the close of the late session, an endeavour was made to escape--the first of which succeeded so well, that eight or nine offenders frustrated the ends of justice, whilst the latter was only prevented by speedy and timely in interference.—Zuid Afrikaan. POST-OFFICE.—The " money orders" system has been recently introduced into the Colonial Post office. Commercial --1 X 8. d. ' X IL d. ' 1 31. per cent. Stock. - - East and West India., ' 6/. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country ..... • • 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 - - L.3ncion - 103 St. Katharine .... • • •. ; 5 per cent. ' Stock. - I 85 Southampton • • - • • • • 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 0 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Pric, Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. 4. 3/. 103 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 171, , , Ditto Marine... - .. 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 5‘,.4 138.6 d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14% British Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 2 10 0 20% county ........ „ .... 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle ........ ..... ... 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Eng.& Scot. Law .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life •••• • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Freemasons' ......... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 ' Globe - 127 Guardian - .... . • • ... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 i 47 Imperial Fire .....• • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 210 Imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine. - 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 5 13 1 - LAW Life............ 11.55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - .•egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - - ..ondon Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% Laudon Ship .... • • . • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14; Marine.. ..... • ..... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% National Lelia Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - National Life., ... • ... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life..,..,.. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s xd Pacenix ...... .... .. 3/. p. et. & bs. - - 185 Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 3s. Provident Lite.. - ~ •,1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - !Lick Life . - - .. - - - 4s. 5 0 0 0 10 0 4% Royal Exchange ...... 51. per cent. Stock. - - inn Fire.. - - - Ditto Life . . • • • . • . • • 1/. 6s. - - - Universal Life - LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. X a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 101 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 151 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank • • •• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14 Union Bank of Scotland 7141. pr cent. - 50 0 0 i 88 Western Bank.... • - 50 0 0 82 1 4 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6% Clydesdale Bank.... • . 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. 2s Eastern Bank - - 10 0 0 111 lOs Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 4/. Os Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 5 0 0 161. 18s City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. I - 10 0 0 12/. 11 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 23a. Ocl Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 1 12% Insur. Co. of Scotind- Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9 North British Insur. • • 5%1. pr cent. ,200 0 0 10 0 0 26 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent.loo 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. ,100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Ellin. & (Haag. Railway 1/.los. per s. 5O 0 0 50 0 0 63 Ditto, 1 4 Shares 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 16F4 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 19% alas;:w Ar Ayrshir itail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 61 1 ,4 ' nasgw&Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 An paid. 18% ..11,,,v1/.. CI ftrrskir. Itstil. Ni. per cent.; 25 0 0 All paid. 39 I iundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 standard LiteAsaarnce.l 51. per cent. 1 50 0 0 2 10 0 i 9 The second half-yearly meeting of this company was held to-day, at one o'clock, at the offices of the oompany, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings ; D. Salo mons, Esq., in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, and the seal of the company affixed to the register of proprietors, The SECRETARY' proceeded to read the report, which stated that the directors were gratified to state that the agreement between this company and the South-Eastern Company, for the lease of the line upon the terms sanctioned by the shareholders, re ceived the seals of both the companies on the 11th of May, from which date a dividend of 5i per cent. in perpetuity had been guaranteed by the South- Eastern. The contracts for the execution of the works between Reading and Farnborough, and Rei • gate and Dorking, had been let, and the works on these portions of the line are now proceeding. The Bill introduced into Parliament authorising a deviation of the line at Ash, and the immediate construction of it ; and a Bill authorising a deviation between Goomhal and Dorking was car ried through both Houses of Parliament, and had re ceived the Royal Assent. Steps would be taken to ensure the construction and completion of the line within the shortest practicable time. The di rectors congratulated the proprietors and them selves on the great punctuality with which the calls had been paid. Si. per cent. interest would be charged upon all calls in arrear. A call of 21. 103. was due on the sth inst., and was now in the course of payment. The receipts were 157,7661. 17s. 9d., and the expenditure 39,1211. 17s. 2d., leaving a balance of 118,6451. Os. 7d. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the satisfactory condition of the undertaking. At former meetings different opinions existed with respect to the delay caused in carrying out the agreement with the South-Eastern. These differences had now no existence, as the arrangements had been com pleted, and they were now on perfect terms of amity with that company, and the delay complained of solely arose from an anxious desire, on the part of both companies, to leave nothing open which might hereafter cause any dispute.—(Cheers.) Every diffi culty had been overcome, and a community of feeling existed between them. The South-Eastern, the chairman of which (Mr. Maggregor) was present, might congratulate itself on the advantageous nature of the contract into which they had entered, because he believed it would yield them an ample return. By this line the narrow gauge would be car ried into the Great Western at Reading, and in the courac of a year and a half they would be in a con dition to carry the traffic not merely of the midland counties, but of the western counties, from the Great Western at Reading. to London-bridge, and with advantage to the public and profit to the lessees of the line. They had gone to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining powers to disengage themselves from the contract into which they had entered with the Portsmouth Company, as well as for the purpose of obtaining power to deviate their line in several places. lie should not have alluded to this if they had not been charged with want of faith ; but the charge had been investigated by both branches of the Legislature, and they stood acquitted • and it was unlikely that th e H ouse o f L or d s , which was one of the greatest guardians of honour, and examined wit nesses on oath bef o re th em , wou ld have come to such a verdict if there had been any ground for such a charge. The contract to which he alluded was this :—This company entered into an agreement with the Direct Portsmouth, that when they got a Bill to connect the lines that they (the Reading and Reigate) should run a certain distance on the line—namely, five miles, on condition that they paid them toll for seven miles. The Direct Portsmouth directors, entertaining the opinion that the Brighton and Dover lines had en tered into a compact for the purpose of strangling their company, imposed a condition on the Reading and Reigate to the effect that they should not purchase any land for eighteen months, they agreeing to complete their line in three years. Of course they had nothing to object to, provided they constructed their line to Portsmouth. They gave the usual notice, and the charge was at once made against them. Still they refused to retrograde, and they offered to make their line, and to pay them for the use of the five miles at the rate of seven, whenever they should make their line. They refused those terms, and an expensive contest had been the result, in the course of which they were acquitted of the charge of breach of faith by both Houses of Parlia ment. In opposition to the construction of another line to Portsmouth, he might cite the speech of the chairman of the South-Eastern on Satarday last, in which he pointed out the folly of a third line to Portsmouth being made. He was happy to say that they had a continuous line from Dorking to Reading, but if the Direct Portsmouth should be made, they were under an agreement to give it up to them. He did not, however, think that the Direct Portsmouth would be constructed. They had felt bound for the protection of the interests of the share holders, Ito enter into this engagement. Con tracts had been entered into for those parts of the line with respect to which there was no dispute, and he trusted that by the end of the year 1849, their line, which could not fail to be considered ono of the greatest cross lines in connexion with the south, would be completed.—(Cheers.) Such was the good repute in which the company and the directors were held, that 75,0001. of the 100,000/. due on calls on the sth had been paid.—(Cheers.) He assured the shareholders that the directors would leave nothing undone to promote the interests of the shareholders . and concluded by proposing the adoption of the report; Mr. MAGGREGOR (the Chairman of the South- Eastern Company) seconded the motion. He assured them that legal and other matters had prevented the earlierwere to i completion o f th e agreement, b y wh i ch they srecepr cent. T receive, in perhpeey, were to receive tuity, fromeive 4 the South Eastern per cent. during the progress of the works, subsequently, 4i, and ultimately, and in perpetuity, 51 per cent. an arrangement so important, and altogether so diffi cult, that time was necessarily required to consum mate it; but the banns had been published and the marriage solemnized at last — (Laughter)—and, as in acctual married life, the greatest good feeling sub sisted between them.—(Laughter.) No doubt the fact of an alliance with a company which had capital paid up to the amount of 6,000,0001. had contributed in some degree to the alacrity with which the calls bad been paid. He looked forward confidently to the time when the South-Eastern would be enabled to pay the 53- per cent. with profit to the shareholders, besides giving the public the advantage of complete railway communication by means of the South- Eastern, which was the great line to the coast South. 600,0001. would have to be found by this company and the rest by the South-Eastern. In reply to several questions, The CHAIRMAN stated, that if the Portsmouth line was made, the line they were constructing would be given up to that company at prime cost, having the right of running over the line at a certain rate, the South-Eastern agreeing to defray all incidental ex penses. This company had nothing more to do than to pay 600,000/. ; they would be entitled to receive Si per cent., quite irrespective of the entire cost of the line, and every shareholder who paid up his calls would be entitled to receive it. The replies appeared to give the utmost satisfaction. The report was then received and adopted, Mr. Pocock was elected to the vacant auditorship, and a vote of thanks having been awarded to the chairman and directors, the meeting separated. " The line to Horsham will be opened in about a month; the works on the Hailsham and Eastbourne branches are progressing favourably, and will be finished in the spring of next year. Steyning now occupies your engineer's attention, and the remaining branches will be proceeded with in succession. " It is important to add, before leaving this part of the subject, that the second line of rails upon the whole of the coast from listing to Portsmouth, is now complete. " The Bill for legalising the agreement between this company and the South-Western Company has re ceived the Royal Assent. Powers have also been ob tained for a division and enlargement of the London bridge Station—a measure of the highest importance, as the increasing traffic renders the present accommodation wholly inadequate to the wants of the public. Your directors regret that their application to Parliament for the purchase of the Direct Portsmouth Line has not been successful; the steps necessary to be taken in con sequence will receive their closest attention. From the insufficiency of power, by atmospheric traction, to work the Epsom, in addition to the Croydon traffic, your directors, by the advice of their consulting engineer, and with the sanction of the Rail way Commissioners, have substituted locomotive power. The atmospheric apparatus has been in part disposed of. The third line will greatly add to the facilities for work ing the general traffic. " In submitting the accounts for the half-year endinc , in June, your directors think it right to state, that the very large expenditure in the locomotive department arises from the high price of fuel, the increase of wages for mechanics and others employed in the workshops, and the greater number of miles travelled by your engines, consequent upon the opening of the lines to Epsom and Portsmouth. It is, however, satisfactory to state, that the gradual increase of working power will soon enable your directors to reduce the expenditure under this head, and to work the extended lines more advantageously. " The maintenance of the whole of the permanent way and works is now under contract to responsible parties ; which will secure economy, as well as efficiency. " A motion will be submitted to the meeting for the conversion into stock of the fifteenth shares, whereon the 5 per cent. preference interest has been abandoned. " The revenue for the past half-year has been affected by the pressure of the times ; but it is not too much to indulge the hope, that an abundant harvest, and restora tion of confidence in the commercial and tradine , classes, will revive the general traffic, and promote the''develop ment of the many miles of railway recently opened, which, in connexion with your main line, cannot fail to ensure improved results. The gross revenue for the six months ending the 30th June, including the reserve of 1,0741. 7s. 93., was £184,072 14 3 Working and other expenses j Leaving a disposable balance of ... .005,232 0 10 Which enables your directors to recommend a dividend of 2 per cent. for the half-year. "Messrs. Wilkinson and Baines have resigned their sea's at the board since the 1 ist meeting, but your directors do not propose to fill up these vacancies." The CHAIRMAN then shortly addressed the meeting. He felt convinced that those who viewed the proposed dividend in a proper light would feel, looking to the pressure that had taken place in the money market, that the directors had done all they could for the pro prietors. He believed that the famine in Ireland, and pressure on the money market, was the sole cause why the directors had not been able to keep up the promise with respect to the dividend which was held out at the last meeting. Added to this, they had large amounts to pay upon unfinished lines, which, though not at present, would ultimately, he had no doubt, pay excellent dividends. The worthy Chairman having gone, in considerable de tail into the working statistics of the company, stated that although the engines of the company had travelled upwards of 100,000 miles more than they did last year, the company had lost upwards of 10,0001. of passenger traffic alone. In some of the under takings of the directors he was sorry to say they had not been supported as he thought they ought by the pyoprietors.— (Hear, hear.) He alluded espe cially to the steam communication which the directors had adopted between this country and France.—(Cheers.) Notwithstanding they had not received that support, the directors were determined to persevere. Many reports had gone abroad with respect to the management of the concern that were totally untrue, and some of them were now the subject of proceedings in the courts of law. The reports with respect to Mr. Clarke and Mr. Kirtley were based upon untruth, and he had no hesitation in saying that no company had two more efficient servants than those two gentlemen.--- WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount per I of Name of Company. Paid. Annum. Share, East London..• • •• •• •• Grand Junction .- •• •• 31. 10s. 31. DESERTION FROM THE 90TH REGIMENT.—By the notices in the Colonial Gazette it appears that deser tion from the regiment, which is stationed at the Cape, is not very uncommon. In the Gazette of the 10th June there were no less than five adlertise ments for deserters. MR. COBDEN'S SPEECH AT BERLIN. We have been favoured with Mr. Cobden's speech at the late dinner given in his honour at Berlin : " Allow me, gentlemen, he said, to express to you my warmest thanks for the honour you have conferred upon me. It is with heartfelt satisfaction that I find myself surrounded by so many learned men of this enlightened capital who participate in my views in favour of free trade. Gentlemen, during my long sojourn on the continent I laid down the rule, and I have always acted up to it, of never meddling in the internal policy of the different countries I have visited, and it would he an ungracious act if I were to deviate from that rule in the present instance. Your land is too rich in patriots, too rich in talants and learning, to need the aid of a foreigner to instruct you on a qu es ti on so intimately connected with German interests ; nor can I forget that it was Prussia's statesmen who, thirty years ago, gave the example of a liberal commercial policy. Unhap pily at that period England did not come forward to Since meet those enlightened views then all Europe has gone backwa r d s in commercial legislation, nor did Germany resist th e un i versa l i mp opinion may be compared to th e waves of thefPublic ocean, subject to ebb and tide—for now agai n a reaction in favour of the principles of free trade is visible both i n Europe and America; and it were strange if it were not so, living as we do in an age of universal peace, when the progress of the arts and sciences strives mightily to frame fraternal bands between all the na tions upon earth. What are railways, steam-boats, and electric telegraphs but so many startling proofs against a restricted commercial policy ? Under the influence of those speedy means of intercommunica tion nations are in a certain sense reduced to pro vinces, and an entire continent is contracted into one nation. Under such circumstances nothing can im pede the circulation of wholesome ideas, and no barrier is high enough to obstruct the progress of good ex ample. Gentlemen, during our long and hardly-con tested struggle t. for free trade in England, we endeavoured no triumphoffer other of by t o the a world great the principle spec tacle of th e attained by persuasion, and strictly weapons than those of confining ourse l ves w ithi n the boundaries prescribed order and the laws. We trust our example w ill he followed by other na ti ons in a similar manner. I h ave f principles of free trade w ill strikelll confidence d that the principles root in every soil, inwardly convinced that the3;ohoarecpntoonise with th e romote the mankind. laws of nature, and that they tend peace, the happiness, and the welfareopf co m o n el usion, , Let it not be thought disrespectful if, in I quote the words of your great German reform er If our doctrine is from God, it will live --if not, it is doomed to perish.' " (Cheers.) The worthy Chairman concluded by stating his readiness to answer any questions that might be put to him by any of the proprietors. Ile concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. WHIsErAw had entered that room certainly with gloomy forebodings, which had been in a great measure removed by the statements of the Chairman. He was sorry that so many accidents had lately occurred on the line, and he was afraid that they had in some measure limited their passenger traffic. He was anxious to know how the two companies, the Brighton and the Direct Portsmouth, stood to each other. After some observations from Mr. FLOOD with respect to the mode of keeping the accounts, which were repeatedly met with cries of " Question," Mr. PARSONS, in answer to the Hon. Proprietor, said, that this company had not issued any stock in payment of mortgages. After some discussion with respect to the accounts of a desultory character, The CHAIRMAN said, the directors were most wil ling and anxious that the proprietors should have every information with respect to the accounts. As to the observations of Mr. Whishaw, he was anxious to say that no accident had happened on the main line of the London and Brighton Company. Th e only inquest that had taken place arose f rom an accident to an engineon i t in he e nCahidchecsatnesrebdrtahne deathwherech,of the engine run off the ethuerreengine-driver; assneg accident,onnenr.eiAn o s h tf o o w t e ht v ihs eer, company questionatoci y- with respect to the connexion p " r i o t p h rie t dd not think the nego tiations Portsmouth Dine, h ir i e tn ct fro L m in g e, ivi h n e g ahnoypeedxptlhae nation. If the proprietorsi c r i e a s t p i e o o n t s t osafe that in s u h t j h e e e h t a h n e d y s k o n f e. t w h e w d h i a r t e c course o o r u s rs e wi t t o h a g d o o n p e t s . sh A on s li to he th hy e g a n t n m es o , sp a h n e d ri t c h l e m le e s , s h t e ug h t a h t o wa h s t said d about them the better.—(Laughter.) Though he was ready to confess the Brighton Company had paid too much for their whistle in their connexion with the Croydon Company, yet he was not without hope that the whistle would play a good tune at last. The report was then unanimously agreed to, as was a dividend of 2 per cent, for the last half-year, pay able on the 27th instant. A PROPRlBT wipstdeedto wkinthowanwyhnetehwerlinthees directors intend:dß' to this year. He alluded particularly to the Wands- worth Branch. THE POLIS H TRIALS. BERLIN, AUG. 4. Theinprtohceeeadfitnergnsooofnt.heA3dmcolnogsesdt at a quarter past three . other statements, AL udsescilaa,readndthatht that t th i e t conspiracy was directediraogsal;inws,stkiß within its was not their intention to re-establish its limits of 1772 ; that according to statutes of the Democratic Society, Prussia w" ex cluded in 1845, and no projects were entertained rela tive to the Duchy of Posen ; that he was to have been the leader for the first rising in the duchy, so as to guide the troop s from there into the kingdom of Po rand. The fact that all the troops were destined for Poland proved that the insurrection was not directed against Prussia. The documents seized in M. Mires lawski's apartment were placed before him ; most of them he acknowledged to he his. He declared the report of a projected " Sicilian Vespers" to be a pure fabrication, and that a sham attack was projected on Posen to put the troops on the wrong scent. The Court then broke up. The CEIAIRMAN said the directors certainly did in tend to proceed with the they felt convinced it would be for Wandsworththei Branch, as so; and he might add they were determined benefit to doined not to proceed with any line that bad not t . at object in view.—(Cheers.) Resolutions empowering the directors to raise, by the issue of shares , the sum of 82,057/., and also t co nvert the 15th shares into which the fiv e per cento preference interest had been abandoned, int o s t oc k , were also unanimously agreed to. The common seal of the company was affixed to the new bye-laws approved of by the Railway Commissioners. Mr. John Young was appointed auditor, in the A young otickoo being . closely pursu edlose by a h awk a 1 . 4./ days ago, took refuge in a school-room at Edmond: yerg, by breaking through a pane of glass. El. IX s. d. 1001 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 Vauxhall •••••• • • • • • • 100 0 0 West Middlesex • • • 51.10s.prend 63 12 9 COURSE OF EXCH, .msterdarn C.F. 12 6% Ditto, at sight •• 12 3 !totterdain ...... 2U. 12 73 Antwerp• • ..... 25 90 flamburgh .... • • 31.8. 13 13% A.ltona Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 55 Ditto, •••• • • • • ...... 25 85 Marseilles • 25 90 Bourdeaux ••• • • • • 25 90 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... •• Berlin • • •• • • • • • • • • • • •• Vienna, effec.flo• ••• •• 10 4 Trieste, ditto.... ••• • • • 10 4 Madrid • . 47 kNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Naples i a b p r l a e l s t a r . ..................• Leghorn .. •••• • • '• • 3 0 65 • Genoa .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 25 90 Milan ..•• • • ~ •• • '— Venice... ..... • • • • • • • • 121 40-- Palermo, per oa .... Lisbon.... •••••• • • ' • • ' f2 l Oporto .... . ..... ••• • • • s ) Rio Janeiro ••••• • • • 26 Bahia .. . .... ... Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. .••• • • • • PSICIEB OF BCLLION, PEA OZ. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 10 Portagal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • • 0 5 0 Barcelona • . • • • • • • • DDLESEX ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) SECOND DAY'S POLL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) THREE O'CLOCK. Grosvenor "• ••• ... ... 4,650 Osborne ... ••• ..• ... ... 3,849 Wood —• ..• —• ... ... 3,332 THE POLL. 214 137 3: FINAL Grosv e n c i o l r , 544 . Osborne. Wc 462 2: 351 358 2! 175 121 1: 285 205 2( 716 676 41 140 105 1&: 668 553 41 474 401 3: 678 557 3( 209 181 - 1:.: 466 354 3E Bedfont Bethnal-green Brantford Edgware Enfield ..• HammQrsmith Hampstead ... King's-cross ... City of London Mile-end Uxbridge Westminster ... Total . - - - ...4,920 4,110 3,508 THE LONDON GAZE" TE. (THIS EVENING .) FOREIGN. OFFICE, Auc. 9, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Richard Pearce, as Consul at Penzance for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. DOWNING-STREET, Auc. 10. The Queen has been pleased to appoint E. M. Cole. Esq., to be Commissioner to reside with the Tambookie Tribe of Kafirs, at the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Wil liam T. Mercer, Esq., to be her Majesty's Treasurer, and C. B. Hillier, Esr., to be Chief Magistrate for the island of Hong K ong . CROWN-OFFICE, Ara. 7. - _ MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PARLIAMENT SUMMONED TO BE HOLDEN AT WESTMINSTER, ON TUESDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1847. COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER. NORTHERN DIVISION. John Wilson Patten, of Bank Hall, in the said county palatine, Esq. James Heywood, of Acresfield, in the said county pala tine, Esq. SOUTHERN DIVISION. William Browne, of Liverpool, Esq. The Honourable Charles Pelham Villiers, of the city of Westminster. BOROUGH OF LANCASTER. Samuel Gregson, of Upper Harley-street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. Thomas Greene, of Whittington Hall, in the county pa latine of Lancaster, Esq. BOROUGH OF PRESTON. Sir George Strickland, of Boynton, in the county of York, Bart. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, of , Belgraye-square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. Edward Cardwell, Esq. Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart. BOROUGH OF WIGAN. Lieutenant -Colonel the Hon. James Lindsay, of Haigh hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster. Ralph Anthony Thicknesse, of Beech hill, Wigan, Esq. BOROUGH OF MANCHESTER. The Right [lon. Thomas Milner Gibson. - John Bright, Esq. BOROUGH OF BOLTON. William Bolling, Esq. AUGUST 10, 1847. John flowring, L.L.D. BOROUGH OF BLACKBURN. John Hornby, of Park-crescent, in the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. James Pilkington, of Park-place, Blackburn, Esq. • BOROUGH OF OLDHAM. William Johnson Fox, of Charlotte-street, Bedford square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. John Duncuft, of Westwood House, Oldham, Esq. BOROUGH OF CLITHEROE. Matthew Wilson, of Eshton Hall, in the west riding of the county of York, Esq. BOROUGH OF ASHTON-UNDER LYNE. Charles Hindley, Esq. BOROUGH OF BURY. Richard Walker, Esq. BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE. William Sharman Crawford, of Crawfordsburn, in the county of Down, Esq. BOROUGH OF SALFORD. Joseph Brotherton, Esq. BOROUGH OF WARRINGTON. Gilbert Greenall, Esq. COUNTY OF HEREFORD. Joseph Bailey, jun., of Easton-court, in the county of Hereford, Esq. Francis Richard Haggett, of Belmont, in the said county, Esq. George Cornewall Lewis, of Kent house, Knightsbridge, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. CITY OF HEREFORD. Sir Robert Price, of Foxley,in the county of Hereford,Bart. Henry Morgan Clifford, of Llantilio Crosseny, in the eounty of Monmouth, Esq. BOROUGH OF LEOMINSTER. George Arkwright, of the Sutton-hall, in the county of Derby, Esq. Henry Barkly, of Eaton-place West, Belgrave-square, in the city of Westminster, Esq. COUNTY OF WESTMORLAND. The Honourable Henry Cecil Lowther, of Lowther, in the said county. William Thompson, of Underley, in the said county, Esq. and one of the Aldermen of the city of London. BOROUGH OF KENDAL. George Carr Glyn, Esq. COUNTY OF RENFREW. Colonel William Mure, of Caldwell. TOWN OF GREENOCK. William Hugh Elliott, commonly called Viscount Melgund. THE WEATHER AND CROPS. HEREFORDSHIRE. The Hereford Times says, " reaping will commence in several of the forward situations in the course of a few days. The cereals have escaped the blight fly. Clouds of these flies are seen in the atmosphere, and cover the wayfarers ; while vegetation presents a picture of filth which would be incredible if not witnessed. The hops, the beans, and the pease partially have been destroyed by this all-devouring insect, while in the garden, flowers and vegetables are alike, and almost indiscriminately covered by them ; the potato is an exception, the haulm being free and looking healthy and vigorous. The hay harvest is drawing to a close; generally, the crop is 25 per cent. lighter than it was last year." LEWES.—Some early pieces of white wheat are under the sickle. We are not without rust and red gum, but they do not appear to be extensive. Oats and barley promise unusually large crops. Pease are good. Beans a good deal blighted, but this did not make its appearance until too late to lessen the yield materially. READlNG.—Although symptoms of blight made an appearance about a month since in some of the fields, we are happy to hear that the thunderstorms and rain that prevailed at that period destroyed that pernicious agent, and the wheat generally recovered from the attack. We think that in the neighbourhood of Reading there might have been some of the finest crops of wheat that it is possible to conceive, and the yield must be a good one. The barley in this neigh bourhood could not [possibly look finer, and a con! TOWN OF PAISLEY. Archibald Hastie,EQq. COUNTY OF WIGTON. John Dalrymple the younger, of Fordel and Cleland, Esq. COUNTY OF AYR. Alexander Oswald, Esq. COUNTY OF PERTH. Henry Home Drummond, of Blair Drummond, Esq. TOWN OF PERTH. The Right Hon. Fox Maule, her Majesty's Secretary at War. COUNTY OF STIRLING. William Forbes, of Callendar:Esq. COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. Esq. Edwin Richard Wyndham Quin, commonly called Viscount Adair. BOROUGH OF SWANSEA. _ John Henry Vivian, of Singloton, in the said borough, Esq. BOROUGH OF CARDIFF. The Right Hon. John Nichol!, of Merthytmawr, in the county of Glamorgan, Doctor of Laws. BOROUGH OF MERTHYR TYDVIL. Sir Josiah John Guest, Bart. August 9. COUNTY OF CAITHNESS. George Traill, of Ratter, F.sq. COUNTY OF INVERNESS. Henry James Baillie the younger, of Tarradale and Redcastle, Esq. COUNTIES OF CLACIKMANNAN AND KINROSS. Major-General William Morison, of Greenfield, C.B. BURGHS OF FORTROSE, INVERNESS, NAIRN, AND FORRES. Alexander Matheson, of Ardross, in the county of Ross, Esq. COUNTY OF SELKIRK. Allan Eliott Lockhart, of Borthwickbrae, Esq. COUNTY OF ABERDEEN. Rear-Admiral the Hon. William Gordon, R.N. CITY OF ABERDEEN. Alexander Dingwall Fgrdyce, Esq., of Culsh and Bruck lay, Commander R.N. COUNTY OF itOXBURGH. The Hon. John Edmund Elliot. BURGHS OF ELGIN, CULLEN, BANFF, INVE. MARY, KINTORE, AND PETERHEAD. George Skene Duff, Esq. COUNTY OF HADDINGTON. The Honourable Francis Charteris. COUNTY OF ARGYLL. _ Duncan M`Neill, Esq. Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. COUNTY OF KINCARDINE. Lieutenant-General the Honourable Hugh Arbuthnott, of Hatton. COUNTY OF LINLITHGOW. George Dundas the younger, of Dundas, Esq. COUNTY OF MERIONETH. Richard Richards, of Caerynwch, in the said county, Esq. COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON. NORTHERN DIVISION. The Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, of Heckfield place, in the said county. Sir William Hcathcote, of Hursley-park, in the said county, Bart. SOUTHERN DIVISION. Charles Wellesley, commonly called Lord Charles Wel lesley. Henry Combe Compton, of Manor-house, Minstead, in the said county, Esq. CITY OF WINCHESTER. John Bonham Carter, Esq. Sir James Boller East, Bart. BOROUGH OF PORTSMOUTH. The Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring, of Stratton Park, in the said county. Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., of Leigh Park, in the said county. BOROUGH OF NEWPORT. William Henry Chicheley Plowden, Devonshire•place, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. Charles Wykeham Martin, of Leeds Castle, in the county of Kent, Esq. BOROUGH OF LYMINGTON. William Alexander Mackinnon, of Hyde Park-place, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. The Hon. George Thomas Keppel, of Grosvenor-square, in the said county of Middlesex. BOROUGH OF ANDOVER. Henry Beaumont boles, of Middleton-house, in the county of Southampton, Esq. William Cubitt, of Bedford-hill, Streatham, in the county of Surrey, Esq. BOROUGH OF CHRISTCHURCH. The Honourable Edward Alfred John Harris. BOROUGH OF PETERSFIELIS. Sir William George Ilylton Joliffe, Bart, COUNTY OF RADNOR. Sir John Walsh, Bart., of Warfield Park, in the county of Berks. BOROUGH OF RADNOR. The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, Bart. COUNTY OF RUTLAND. Gilbert John Heathcote, of Stocken-hall, in the said county, Esq. The llonourable Gerard James Noel, of Exton, in the said county. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK. (EASTERN DIVISION.) The Right Honourable Frederic Baron Rendlesham. Edward Sherloch Gooch, of Ashmans, in the said county, Esq. WESTERN DIVISION. Harry Spencer Waddington, of Caverham, in the said county, Esq. Philip Bennet the younger, of Rougham, in the said county, Esq. BOROUGH OF IPSWICH. John Chevalier Cobbold, of Ipswich, Esq. Hugh Edward Adair, of Flizton-hall, in the said county, Esq. BOROUGH OF BURY ST. EDMUNDS. The Right Hon. Frederick William Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn. Edward Herbert Bunbury, Esq. BOROUGH OF EYE. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Kerrison, of Oakley Park, in the county of Suffolk, COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY. The Right Hon. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, of Pentrego, in the said county. BOROUGH OF MONTGOMERY. The Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley. David Pugh, Esq. COUNTY OF BRECKNOCK. Joseph Bailey, of Glanysh Park. in the said county, Esq. BOROUGH OF BRECKNOCK. John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, of Pennoyre, in the said county, Esq. August 10th. COUNTY OF SUSSEX. EASTERN DIVISION. Augustus Elliott Fullek, of Rose-hill, in the said county, Esq. Charles Hay Frewen, of Northiam, in the said county, Esq. . _ WESTERN DIVISION. Charles Henry Gordon Lennox, commonly called Earl of Maroh. . Richard Prime, of Watberton, Esq. CITY OF CHICHESTER. John Abel Smith, Esq. Henry Gordon [Lennox, commonly called Lord Henry Gordon Lennox. BOROUGH OF NEW SHOREHAM. Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, of Knepp-castle, Bart. Charles Goring, of Wistow, in the county of Sussex, Esq. BOROUGH OF LEWES. The Hon. Henry Fitzroy, of Grosvenor. street, in the county of Middlesex. Robert Perfect, of Bryanston•square, in the said county, Esq. - BOROUGH OF BRIGHTON. Captain George Richard Pechell, R.N., of Castle Goring, in the county of Sussex. Alfred Hervey, commonly called Lord Alfred Hervey, of St. James's-square, in the county of Middlesex. BOROUGH OF HORSHAM. John Jervis, of Eaton-square, in the county of Middle sex, Esq. • BOROUGH OF MIDHURST. Spencer Horatia Walpole, of Ealing, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. BOROUGH OF ARUNDEL. Henry Granxille Fitzaran — Howard, commonly called the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, of Carlton-terrace, in the county of Middlesex. COUNTY OF LINCOLN. PARTS OF KESTEVEN AND HOLLAND. Sir John Trollope, of Creswick, in the county of Lincoln, Bart. William Alleyne Cecil, commonly called Lord Burghley, of Burghley House, near Stamford. PARTS OF LINDSEY. Robert Adam Christopher, of Bloxholme Hall, in the county of Lincoln, Esq. Sir Montague John Choimeley, of Norton-place, in the said county, Bart. BOROUGH OF STAMFORD. Charles Cecil John Manners, commonly called Marquis of Granby, of Bt•lvoir Castle, in the county of Leicester. The Right Hon. John Charles Ilerries, of St. Julians, Seven Oaks, in the county of Kent. BOROUGH OF GRANTHAM. Glynne Earle Welby, Esq., The Lion. Frederick James Tollemache. BOROUGH OF BOSTON. Sir James Duke, Knight. Benjamin Bond Cabbtll, Esq. BOROUGH OF GREAT GRIMSBY. Edward Heneage, of Hainton, in the county of Lincoln Esq. WHITEHALL, AUG 4, 1847. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Ape, jurr. of the city of Bristol, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William T. Cooke, ironmonger, Aylsham, Norfolk. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Thomson and William Sabin, brewers, Ro chester-row, Middlesex, to surrender August 17, at half past one, and September 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignae, 13irchin-lane, Cornhill ; Burbixge, Hatton garden. Edward Goddard Shackel, grocer, Leadenhall-street, Aug. 19, at half-past ten, and Sept. 28, at halt-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall- street ; Wright and Bonner, Lon don- wall. Robert Powell Saph. hatter, Salisbury, August 21, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 1, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Murdoch, Furnival's- inn, Holborn. Richard Baker, tailor, Cheapside, Aug. 20, at fwo, and Oct. 1, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lloyd, Milk street, Cheapside. James Osborn, glass and china dealer, Aug. 21, at half past eleven, and Oct. 1, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Coverdale and Co., Bedford-row. Joh❑ Ratcliff, spirit merchant, Derby, Aug. 20 and Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Hine and Robinson, Cl-arterhouse-square, London. John Jordan, James White, and John Lewis Al dridge, brewers, Coventry, Aug. 21 and Sept. 23, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Harding, Birmingham. William Beaumont, grocer, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Aug. 20, and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Sheffield District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Pope, Gray's Inn-square, London; Badger, Rotherham. James Holdsworth, farmer, Lidget, Yorkshire. William Ward, cloth-dealer, Liverpool. Samuel Hurdle, cheese-factor, Hazelbury Bryan, Doi - setshire. John Hoefler, commission merchant, Manchester. Thomas Alletson, drysaltet, Liverpool. Thomas Hill, ironmonger, Liverpool. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Aug 10. SUGAR.—To-day, although merchants were desirous to realize, and submitted to further reeuced rates for most kinds of raw Sugar, still i the home trade could not be induced to operate with more freedom, but the ship pers were desirous to do business. West India Musco vado was operated in with caution for grocery an refining purposes, although the rates accepted were 6d per cwt under those of Friday for all qualities, and the private purchases are only 460 hhds. A public sale 142 hhds 11 tierces Barbadoes went off with helviness, and at a fall on the prices of the last auction of 6d per cwt, and not above half found buyers. REFINED.—To day the market for Refined Goods had a dull aspect, and a further decline in the value took place—brown lumps selling at 54s to 555, and standard lumps 55s 6d to 56s per cwt. For bonded Crusned Sugar there are few buyers, but prices remain the same. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar submitted to public sale amounted to 1,945 bags; the white sold at full rates. Ot Madras 473 bags were sold at the full worth, but the chief part consisted of the better sorts. FOREIGN.-,-Tb- day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar. Privately, however, purchases to a fair extent were made by exporters, but upon low terms ; the home trade operated cautiously. MAURITIUS —This afternoon the quan'ity of Mauritius Sugar offered at public sale amounted to 6,616 bags and 13 casks, there was not much desire shown to do busi• ness, but merchants submitting to a fall on former rates of 6d to is per cwt, nearly caused the whole to be sold. MoxassEs.—The stock of West India continues on the increase, and there are in consequence sellers upon further reduced terms, but few buyers are to be met with ; East India met with a dint sale at 15s to 19s. Honey is not much required, whil4t the supply is good, and a further fall in the value must be quoted. COFFEE.— This afternoon there was little desire evinced on the part of exporters or the home trade to operate in coffee privately, and the tendency of prices is downwards. The only public sale was that of 6 trcs and 7 brls of Jamaica, which were taken in at 52s to 54s for fine ordinary rather mixed, and fine ordinary at 50s per cwt. Cocok.—Holders of British Plantation are asking previous rates, but little desire has been evinced to operate, and the supply exceeded the demand, especially of the low and middling sorts ; at auction a small part only of 485 bags found buyers. Rica.—To-day there was no public sale of East India Rice, whilst the amount of business transacted privately was extremely limited. TEA.—The demand for all descriptions has decreased since this day week, but in the value there is little varia tion to make known. Black is held for nearly the previous currency, but there has been little desire evinced to do business in any description, good common Congou 9id to 9id per lb. cash. The demand for green of the better qualities is good, yet there is no improvement to notice in the value, in the low and middling kinds purchases to a fair extent have been made, but at previous quotations ; holders are inclined to sell, and in some eases even rather under. For Scented Teas, prices remain low, there is boa ever, a better demand, and a fair amount of - business concluded, but there is yet a plentiful supply of all kinds. At public sale the quantity of Tea offered . amounted to 2,000 pkgs; and little desire was shown to operate, only 600 were sold, and as the chief part consisted of Tea in small pkgs and out of condition, the prices obtained formed no criterion to the market. SPICES.--Nutmegs continue to be much wanted, and previous advanced rates are well sustained. Privately several parcels have been disposed of. At public auction 51 chests of Penang were all disposed of. Mace sells more freely at the previous value. The market has been in a quiet state for black Pepper, and the quantity brought forward is larger. SPIRITS.—To-day former rates were asked for all sorts of Rum, but there was less demand from the home trade in consequence of the decline in the price of liritish Corn Spirits. SALTPETRE.—To-day Rough met with attention privately, and the parcels sold were at full rates. At auction 500 bags of Calcutta were offered, but taken in above the value. COCHINEAL.—The market has a dull appearance, and prices still on the decline, whilst arrivals are near at hand. OILS.—The demand for Linseed Oils on the spot has been active since our last report. For forward deli very several contracts have been concluded at 27s to 27s 3d, but at which the crushers appear disposed to sell, as prices are much above those of this time last year, whilst the market will be better supplied shortly. Rape-seed Oil is not much required at present. The market for Olive is firm, and the demand is good. Palm is wanted, and several parcels have been sold, but at 36s 6d to 37s 6d. Of Fish Oils several par cels have been received since our last report, and the demand having been less active, holders have mani tested less firmness. Cod is little required. Seal has been operated in with caution, and the tendency of prices is downwards. Southern is not so much in request. TALLOW.--Since Tuesday last there has been little desire manifested to operate in Russia on the spot, whilst merchants have been anxious sellers, and sub• witted to a reduction on former rates of 3d to 6d per cwt. At auction 21 casks of Petersburgh were sold at 46s 6d, but 25 casks of Soap were taken in at 45s 6d. For forward delivery few purchasers, though 46s 6d per cwt would be accepted fur last three months of the year. Home made is not much required, and can be obtained at 48s to 483 6d nett cash. With other kinds of Tallow the market has been well supplied, and a decline in prices took place, but the parcels offered at auction were all sold. Price, siderable quantity has yielded to the scy the during the week, and we have heard instances where the corn was carried almost as soon as it was cut, it being in such prime condition. On the hills in Oxford shire, which is generally a forward country, we have ben heard that the principal part of the barley, has ee° cut and carried, and that the crops are ve r y luxuri t. an The crop of oats, we are informed, is not likely W of so productive as that of other grain, but of that beans and peas there is nothing to complain, at least in this neighbourhood.—Berhshere Chron icle. THE HARVEST AT N EWBURT.—Reaping has gen e : rally begun, but very unfavourable reports of p artial blight are current. At Beedon we hear there ar c e i many acres which will scarcely pay for reaping, ale'd in other places the same disease has be en obsery though to a smaller extent. We had one very fie° sample of new wheat at this market, for which 75 was asked, but ultim a tely 665. was accepteßerh' shire Chronicle. Iced PROLIFIC OATS.—There was last week from a field on the farm of Megray, two heads of eel —the full shot pickles on each of which nowhere° respectively 226 and 227. The field, w hich is sit ud ated on Mr. Macdonald's sub-contract of the Ab er. deen Railway, had been covered with earth from e. 34; cavations in the neighbourhood, and is sown vil" tares and oats:—Stoneharen Journal. f poOrt ABERDEEN.— It is gratifying to be able to A-s that we are still without any accoun ts of the aPPe::. ante in this district of the potato disease of la st y elm ; and were there now good evidence of its effeetS, ° these reason to apprehend its presence, we doubt net E p. would soon spread themselves, and become kfi e- o w y . The plants, generally speaking, continue stria 4; healthy, and luxuriant, almost beyond precede:lo' and such specimens as are now brought forWanilditi market, in large quantities, are excellent i n q u and appearance.— Montrose Review. NEwRY.—For some time past we feared that three corn crops, from the dry and hot wea ther ' v i,:te. being rather prematurely hurried into a ripe s but on yesterday a thick gentle rain commenced' o f has continued at intervals during the early r — ipt tnis day, greatly allaying our fears on the o f above alluded to. The immense fall in the Polo bread-stuffs during the past week should surely P. o f more liberally within the reach of the rnechall' of of small means the necessarie s o f existence.--01-- UlAter. so o SCOTLAND.—The weather has been such fo r ft time past as tends to prepare the crops for baril e has on the whole been dry but not sultry , w 1 3,1 f shl. casionally we have had refreshing s howers "• A,. The appearance of these was not unfreclu e nsbli tended with alarm, as copious falls would /flood have very bad effects on the unprecedentedlY 00, crops with which the fields are clothed. T he se ote. kinds of grain crops are hastening to the reaping. o toil A better appearance generally was never seen I :v t he neighbourhood, nor, so far as we can learn, ; se at whole northern part of the kingdom. Every g il l br prospect bears us out in predicting that fo uu tbo more plentiful, and consequently cheaper c1ur1073,40 , coming winter, than in any w ithin the m eei 0 40 t nn man. Potatoes, we are glad to say, 1 sound in every part of the country, while the cm truly luxuriant. —lnverness Journal. MARK ET RAILWAY SHARE IVlAlti''- •,,e0 LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 9. _„, Coan ti STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Easter r.. 1,707 (York Extension), 1 dis.-L ou d on and N or th-WeAt e Dead li _._,, -Ditto, New, Quarters, 9 1 / 4 p -Manchester an (I, 105, Fifths (late West Riding Union),. IA dis.- 401$11 rro 4 1•1 0 Ditto, 40/. Shares, 45 1 4-Ditto, Halves, 2 1 h ?.--:,.....r.--„, and Berwick, New, 4 p.-North British. New, '4,Noci arid Wyre, 37 1 / 2 -Ditto, Sixths, 6-York an' - tiOPI ." Preference, 31A 2 p.-Ambergate and Eastern Juac • dis.-North Staffordshire, 2 1 / 4 p. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 9. /Otte. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergatelrori, P,.., ham, and Boston, IV 2 dis.-Eastern Counticii, I tto ,? 10 " tension, I 15-16 dis.-East Lancashire, 1 3 4 dis.-- - D d, prer.7f 1% dis.-Ditto, New (scrip), % clis-kleetwoomoopess and West hiding, 1:-% die.- Huddersfield an d od 5 °11 ,.... Railway and Ca ...1, % n. p.-London, Brighto n ' - 4 n o o • ' Coast, 503q-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shair"'",,,facbcr...), Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Unio), 1 / 4 / dis' -- . 1.. 0 - 1 135 trI' Sheffield, and Lincolnahire (.-heffield and L;n Ais ,. ....,,T O , _o E r T s t i. t E r i ni a •o n r d dshi 3 7-16 dis.-Manchester and Southampton , V 4 ", P e Be ams land, 50/. Shares, 2 7-16-Newcastle and 1,41 d-isl . 6 - 1 S ). o - Eastern re' Dover, 2 ilet LEEDS, AUGUST 9. ~,.Canners'_.. STOCK EXCIIA NGE. -Ttsales --Ea... 00- le are Qa c. New, 1 1 / • • ' 4 dis.-Ditto, New (scrip), 2s. 6d. clis•-:„0„I'li r field and Manchester, 18s. p.-Leeds and De w i r s ' e - ds, i'vir - sit p. -Ditto, Extension, Scrip (green), 1N dis.- - ',. e a ,„,ds l''s field, and Midland, 235. dis.-Manchester and Lids ;W; r e Riding Union), 4s. dis.-Newcastle and Berwlc' th ' SW p.-North British, Extension, 2s. 6d. p•-lc °r- ~ shire, Is 3d. p.-North-Western, 40s. dis. Sb el6." SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 9. Pi tt* ho stel'', . STOCK EXCIIA NGE. -The sales are-Manc dov •--, , ~...• Vssop..-4,0743i1dhda: .. and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield) , Bc ' N SYS. '.... 29/. Shares, 695. dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln/Poi ,p. 4 Ditto (Lincoln Union), 33-.-North Staffordshirec'oss4 North. Western, 1 1 dis.-South Yorkshire, Don '''' Goole, :I', dis. &O f' HULL, AUGUST 9. a nd . • STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--llull 11',0101rit Halves, 52-Manchester and Leeds (West Itidilic,l4,4 4s. dis.-Newcastle and Ben.' k New, 31 ' 163 . P. Of ' British, Extension (seri ) "c ' 1 York and Isle . P , Is. 9d. p.- -- Preference, 3% p. EDINBURGH, AvGIIST 7. „0 31414 , 4 , D dee $' STOCK EXCItA NC; I. The sales are- Uri or e Quarters, 625.-Edinburgh, Leith, and GrantofVl.4ol4l36o, 20-Ditto, Quarters, 10s. 9d.-Edinburgh an u ho df i ar New, 565.- Di tto, Newport, New,36s.-Edinbarg'" - ' ll l3, 235. 6d.-Great Northern, 735. ex int.-North Brill 2 7. tern, 118. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 435.-Scottish Cen tri" • co y GLASGOW, AUGUST 7. 081! 4 g!" STOCK ExcirANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen' ‘'.1.6,910. donian, New, :365.-Caledonian and Durnbartelltiodu .... Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 61s. 6d.-Edinburg 3P' gow, Halves, 211.-Edinburgh and Northern , Il e Manchester and Southampton, New,l9s. 3d. r uieetitil:Oett TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROEBUCK.- --t tee t ' o dd Mr. Roebuck's friends and supporters too* r Monday evening, at the Lamb Inn, Stul l ' s for the purpose of taking into consideration a_A-goeolf and testimonial to Mr. Roebuck, in acknoW for lelhie . _ a el, his T past services as one of the members bA? The chair was taken by Mr. Saunders, th e ,vrn The principal speakers who followed him in t",,," P i ; and seconding of re,olutions were Messrs. Jus3i,:itv Archard, Cox, Sidwell, C r i s p, a nd G r '., te osi ° lio , 11 for Amongst other topics touched on, were the e•—, the suffrage to the workingand th e -6 ia the protection of class"' vote intimidated and coerced v was particularly insisted on, in connexion little • subjects, that Lord Ashley had but verf 0,7 e - 0 during the late election, in the popular te' ll ti .oll 4 a l dons we re passed determining on uresentinf-in oop OE o t r id raising a o stimorned either to be- present o dttl i ii in some otle r way to Mr. Roebuck. e t IP° as about fifty supporters, both electors and non-electors, s i ci j t hst ; ;lo h Edwards was chosen treasurer. He annotroodcioook, "ere appointed to subscripo°-d ot of already bt en subscribed, principally* in i h' s t bat /, 0 1 f acquaintance. Ile had no doubt, he sahn i e ell - would WWI be raised for the purpose. the led the business Mr. Crisp informed the Meeting, be 1 1 0 ": received a letter from Mr. Roebuck, in Wh' i c r,v 01P' OP that he was in good health, enjoyed tranquil"Nee and expressed his thanks d "/ and hearty goo his friends in Bath.— Lord Auckland crosse d BOARD OF ADMIRALTY —POItTSMO u/11' n 101n1 $ terminus yesterday ., aftteorntohte, South -I(ellreeteij : ; u rtlP:ll;3ler. onierset Gazette. 1 0 10. g o o' e To bswrs : i-t4 0 15° , , .1 1 Russell • both the Noble Lords a then Black iagle, and went down to Cowes 11ilajesty, and had the honour of dining 14 04e, i bil House. Lord Auckland returned this an t 11 / 0 01 with the whole board went on board her 3-s l e i:e Excellent to witness the shot and shell Prl e nn 11.110 ship. The board remained two hours, 1 02 "..,; m r expressed to Captain Chads their high a1e,,i;17 . ,;0te: excellent order the men are in, and the clit 4 which they had witnessed. Lord Auckluri-nigiter h ow. s _ p o g, Mr. Bedingfield, mate, to the rank of board afterwards went on board the the warrant-officers and men of the shiP s A lli ef ib ., ° ll lll / se vere.. beeep from thence they proceeded to view ti nance ships, and those building. They " re es his e ns. t occupied during the rty. Their Lordship Sots large party of naval officers at the Getd>/" . evening. Victorp oerpo On the 4th inst., theCo ß u l n ß te r s i r Ducie, e .„ lll ..g j e . r ef 'l6llil f ton -hall, 28th ult., at Heidelberg , Mrs. Pr' PI ". On the H. .Bonsey, Esq., Pi l l s o t n i t n g s o t m . ,o e af r ta y s ss h ol i no r .u e g , o h f , a ß d u a e u k g i t h i g t e l f; ni, ._ iv ir e - ..roy 6 , _ the Re v . Bayswater, Susanna Horne, wife of So" the a daughter. e-e- w e tbe iirli o 06/ 0 ° a n the 5 3 t h d i inst ., nst . , s e t t : l a t ° t o n n m , nearthed Norwich , "5 14°14- •ein th °f SI: Rev. E. H. Ravenbill, ofatton, a son. o --i-.11 So O ut n h On the 7th inst ., at Park! di the l ( of t L h a e m 6 b th et i i n i, S o t. t ? a t s h t e ill- w b if r e of Henry ..etbe .f. 6 s hoat Mr. Robert Edward Turner ovnfil. l4 o ta of a daughter. On the 7th inst., High-street , Shoreditc"' , ' at . 1 300, 31". On the 7th instat St. John 's, t Gravesend,., of a son. ----- ------------ 'aic ~, Fr - Aitt MARRIED. syt .....c.- On the sth inst., at St. John's, Upper golloWrcci.erc:ioolg, p. Richard Pickersgill, Esq., of Leigh-street, 131/ moos, to Mary N. E. the eldestof the Hon. daughter Pen t/it of Sierra Leone . . ho e° ds08 11 : On the sth inst,, at Dilbam, Norfolk, ~ rr ietto , ores. Waters, Esq., solicitor, Great Yarmouth, to " a b ,,bi11 , . ter of Richard Wheeler Preston, E'cl. , 13egc ego Derby. _ .. . nu are, A te On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanove r 7, (per r a alasgoenE daughter . ast, :Us . 1 iJr7v-t:. 077 . , Whyte Melville, sq., Captain in the Coldstrea nc Aog hte the Hon. Charlotte Bateman Banbury, sews:: the late, and sister of the (resent Lord Batern h ii i6rie* DIEb. On the 29th ult., at St. Leonard's-on-Sca,7JOTO enn, Esq., Major in the 2d Somerset 31ilitia, agec l _, ThonIS S On tile 4th inst., in Upper Grosvenor -street, • Vicl . Esq., aged 78. T. ~,,,,,bie,t er o f On the sth inst., at Mainem, place, the On the 6th inst., at Cadogan-place, the in g t 4 1 : Robert Synnot, Esq., M.D. On n n the the 6th 6tk inst., inet., sirs . Cuounmneplhlyr,eyStiqaToprir o e f ' ' t i e fjog ' road, Chelsea. of the parish of Christ Church, Middlese, ag a 1 the 11 " Brighton On the 7th inst., Mary, relict of the late e W . 1 4 ili . 1111 " -1 2 ° : On the 4th inst., at Kemp-town , Leonard Pead, Esq., of a daughte. Lon4on : Prlntect ...1 eubitstie , • by 5.10 RD Strand, Printer, ~.t The Suet Once No. 112. SI . A -----Ciroirit ge..iirrolo°l:ol of the Savoy , in the County a 'Middlesex. T 1547,