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At the Carlisle Spring Assizes, on Thursday, before Mr. Baron Martin, William Graham was tried for the murder of Thomas Simpson •gamekeeper, in the service of Mr. FeatlArstenhangh, Staffield Hall, in the county of Cum- Lisrland. Mr. ' Overenl, Q.C., and the Ho n . Mr. Liddell were conn4el for the proskation, and Mr. Monck, Q.C., with Mr. Looming, for the prisoner. The widow of the murdered man, Margaret Simpson, would have been called as the first witness, but she was confined on the vary day of the trial. Her evidence, taken before the wagistrAes, was read, and showed that, on the , night of the 15th November last, her husband came in from watching about 9 o'clock. - ,Ho pad been out several times through the evening. He heard several guns fired, but thought They wore on Sir G. Musgrave's side, over the river Eden. : He put on his upper coat about ten. Ho drank up his coffee, and went out in a few minutes. He put his pistol in his inner breast pocket. He said he was going to the place where he generally went to watch at night, be hind some wall. He - wavalone. He went out, and she beard him run up the'gatdon. In a very short time she heard a double-barrelled gun fired close at hand up the field. She heard nothing more. He never returned. She heard him say on the day- before his death, or the day be fore that, that he had seen one of the Grahams swaggering with his gun, but that he (her husband) did not let Graham see him. He said he believed they were poaching, and he was going to look aiterthem. On the morning of his death he got up before daybreak . to look out for the Grahams. He did not say that be suspected any other persons. Next day, which was a Sunday, men went-out to search for Simpson, who had not been seen anywhere since he left home. His toe coat was found that day. James Elliott, the farm bailiff, and John Pharaah, one of the County police, on Monday found the man's dead body lying in the river. There were marks of blood from the river to a spot near it, where brains sada piee,aolaknil were found scattered about,. The man's head had been smashed to pieces. It was proved , the murder .foldranother man, Francis 'Boustead, that he was going out to shbot the% night. Ile - said he knew where their game ftt. lie knew every - foot and track of the grpund, and." if their -- keeper comes to me this night out gops his brains-; but I 3 will speak once to him. rwill tall himio stand back, and i i (hq stirs an inch towards me after I4peak . out goes his brains. I neither fear heaven nor hell; God or devil. I will be in either heaven or hell before a Month is over. will never die with my shoes off. Now, mark law "words 'this night, this vary night, I will be the --end.' Ile t n put his haul !` up table breast and said, lam the h [ .. man t at'll do,the deed. Thou knoivs all about it. More never phall a ---- ttbout Staffield-hall tale ' me." Rd then Lititarill hand up to his neck and said, " I doa't care a'-- f-„ if .L turned I bb hung up by the neck to-morrow. He and went straight out,: An hour or two afterwards he came vey tipsy to the,house of a woman he knew, Susan Ho gart,h, with 'a gun.. He - said 'it was fine and leet and he worild fetch them doivd. She 'said,' " William, go home and.go to bed ; that man will be watching." She meant_ Mr: Featterstonbaugh's keeper. The prisoner replied;. - “,/let the.— stand back." She said, " Williamiwo home and go to bed. God bless you! Go home and,go to bed, dO." And he said, "I will, Susan, I will;" and shut the door, and she saw him no more. After prisoner was taken in custody he made, on the .21st Deceniber, the following statement :—"I was:very drunk, and I went out to shoot, in Eden Banks.. I saw a man. He told me to stand. I ran away, and he fired a pistol, which did not hit me. After running ten or a dozen yards I tumbled. He came up and got hold of me, and we had a- scuffle. He tried totet the gun from me. I cleared myself of him, and then struck him two or -three times with the small end of the gun. The third blow felled him, and the grin broke off behind the lock. I then took the stock from the barrel, and brayed him till he was dead. I trailed him to the water, and put him in." - The prisoner's brother, Henry Graham, stated, that on the day after the murder prisoner told him the same. This being the evidence, the learned judge observed that there was but ono point in the case which required consi deration. If thepistol were really fired; the man had a right to act in self-defence. Mr. Monck then addressed the jury for the defence, stig matising as a growl fabrication the story of Bonstead, upon whose _testimony alone the charge of malice aforethonht could be sustained. , ' . . Hie lordship likewiie in summing up treated that =wit ness's evidence 4, vile concoction, simply and solely for the, purOose of-obtaiding the reward of 1001. which had been offered; If the jury were of the same opinion, it would be their duty to bring in a verdict of manslaughter; if not, it would require a jury of lawyers to distinguish the casegrom one of wilful murder, were it even susceptible of such a distinction. The jury consulted for a few minutes, and then found a verdict of " 4iyuslaughter." The announcement was received with loud cheers and clapping of hands. His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be trans ported forlif% retharking that his crime approached As near to that of murder as could possibly be. Tn - E,JqF iI E MURDEI?, AT TVELLS. --- - P 1 :1 t i t i (From the Tikes.) ~t 1 • - 0 - We are bold enough to think that := can concern th e p u bli c at l arge mor e k." ' '-' than that whi c h L or d Campbell mooted lastag- ca with direct ref erence t o the press and we 'a area joiced to see that he had th e support of Lord Wens leydale. The interests at stoke are certainly not those of journalism alone, but those of society. It has recently been declared as the law of the land that if a reporter makes a bona fide report of the proceedings at a public meeting, and this report is published in due course, the publication, supposing it to contain slanderous words spoken at the said meeting by A B against C D, gives C D the right of an action, not against A B, the author of the slander, but against the journal in which the speech 1 is reported, although no plea of malice may b e set up. We have already expressed our doubts whe ther tbis.de_cisi_on was so absolutely sod. inanifes , ly I in accordance with the old commoo law of England as to dessrve an immediate ani unhesitating deli very, but we now omit this point of the question, and address ourselves to that elem"nt of common reason which is taken to be the basis and essence of law itself, - Under certain conditions we can understand both a charge and a penalty at'acbing not only to the author of slander, but to the person or persons who gave -that slander a currency which it would not otherwise have obtained, and. rendered it, therefore, proportionately more , injurious to its object The distinction drawn between spoken , and written words appears to have had its origin in some such assumptions as those to which we are alluding. The great element of slander is publicity. We express the unbounded liberty of. purely private opinion 'by the common Proverb that " thoughts are free!' We enlarge .the • limits of .this freedom a little by allowing lati tude to private conversation, as also to communi cattons professedly private hetwecn one person and. another ; and as no such interchange of ideas could attain the publicity which follows upon cir- - onlation inliritit, it may have been argued - that the person who gave thiS publicity to theoraatter-s-lir i w or # 4 s- tho:peigieliorrair. iiiiiiesilialaiejer -zeg::kiii4t nibie ;of the -dinrvire - • dceasi6ned than thtratilerr - - - himself. Some such idea as this Was inala.essed, ott we presume, on Lord CamiA)ell'i mind, when, on introducing-the subject to trite notice of the Loris a' . few days sixicei daepl;gerverl,-1",4t its been said that the person calumniated may bring an action against the man who makesa ‘ speech ; but it mist be re- Membered that a speech spoken is a smaller off:nee than one that is published and sent all over ,the . world." i : ,W . now proceed to show how entirely reconciles . • ftble Aie i§ vv'aftf , the ease asitlithna which %link' T • exe t the press from the liability a t packing. to it,- :'. . and ' support of our -proposition we siill.,appeal, ~ not our own. interests, bitiOthose of all parties -- nlike ; -In-n few words," we .a.linit that pobliaity cons tutee the gravamen of slander, but we affirm t 14 :that publication in questionsh - ould be charged i to the man who knowingly-utters:such slaiider at a Fublic meeting, and not to,the joarnal *hi* , me chanically, without feelipl, and in the course of its .duty reports the proc - TeMic,rs. -Do u -htf e asiTtr e -sy- .- e • tern Of rep4itiiig Ali to the' 1i:11W - city:of oiviiiibiid . 110 delivered, but- that ii Simply an incident of the ,times in which we , live, and, unless it is Age in jurious, cannot be more accountable for the results thanany other of the agencies, such as steam, rail ways, and so forth, by which the circulation of opinion is facilitated. We maintain that when-a man rises to speak at a public m , eting he does so with all the obligations of. the positioo, including that of being reported. He knows and should feel that his words will be taken down, and that, if the subject or the speaker be of sufficient importance, they will come' in aTe* hours to thi) knowledge of millions. We say:that a speaker in public, under these conditions, is himself - the puOlisher,of his speeeh. He is the author 'lot only of the slander, if slander it- Contains, but of the -ppb licity too. lie took all the steps required for its publication when he uttered .it.knowingly within i reach of an echo which would repeat his words a -, thouisand times. The newspaper represents not4ing ' but he rak - from which the voice - reverberatts, nothing but the substance on whiclithe photograph ' *taken. - All the Consequences attach to the speech Moire. If there. is a *difference 'between ‘sgoken. and written wordq, it prevails eragy b:tween 'wofds spoken in private and spoken,_. public. - - Men they are spoken in public the speaker speaks Chem and writes them too. He seaks, as it were, _.., thropigh a ipeaking tube, .eich, as lee well knows, - wilPatid 'must carry his words over the whole liade of the country. Whatever novelty or aggravation of c haracter mg be: impartedto apt Ily. O(34Et . Mau is is imparted. by the speaker. himself when be deliberately resorts to a public meting for the de livery of his Opinions. - Will anybody urge that this system of publiett- . tier - I:and reporting is undestrabre..in Itself ' and should therefore be depri ve d of ' protection tWe think not. The gentlemen with whom we have . ~ had the greatest differences about the functions of the press are precisely those who uphold this one function above every other. We recollect when Mr. Cobden seemed disposed to limit the duties of newspapers to reporting public speeches, and, if there is one point in which the instrumentality of the press is more prized than another, it is that by which every public speaker is enabled to address not only his own audience, but his countrymen at large. We cannot, indeed, pretend to doubt the opinions of the country in this respect, and we ask therefore, with entire confidence in the jus tice of our claim, for simple protection in the discharge of a public and a serviceable duty. As it is, the responsibility is shifted from those who should bear it to those who are in no' way chargeable with it—who have no malice, and no intent, indeed, of any kind, except that of professional accuracy. In reality, it is quite impossible for us, even if it were so unreasonable as to - demand it, that we should supply that caution which speakers ought to exercise themselves. With reports from all quarters and on all subjects pour ing in upon us ; with sometimes a total absence of information about the parties or politics locally con.- cerned, and with a few hours only in which to re duce all these materials to order, it is out of the question, if - we are to be responsible for anything said About anybody, that we could steer clear of offence; in fact, if the law is held to bass it is, and advantage were commonly taken of it, newspapers would be compelled to give up reporting altogether. We hold to this one proposition—that the publi city of the meeting and the bona fide character of the report should decide the whole case. If the meeting were not a public meeting, or not such an one as would be reasonably thought open to the publication of its proceedings, then there would be, good ground for argument against any journal which, by publishing such proceedings out of the Common course of its duty, had given extraordinary currency and effect to any slander which might have been uttered. [f, again, the report could in any way be convicted of malice in the prominence, colour, form, or any other attribute given to the words of the speaker, an action might fairly lie against it ; but these are precisely the points for a jury to consider. We do not ask to be relieved of fair responsibility. We ask only that in the dis charge of a duty which the country expects at our hands, and which is admitted to be a great public benefit, we should be protected against charges which - properly appertain to others. This would be justice to the press ; as justice to the press it would be an advantage to the public ; and if, as regards speakers at public me etin g s, it should i mpose upon them the obligation of a little more care, we do not think anybody would be found to regret the result. Mrs. Parker, the woman who was so horribly ill-treated by her husband on Tuesday, the 10th inst., lingered until tbenextllionday, but was never ableho utter a sound that was atl'iatelligible. The prisoner, since his committal, seeps td have bv.T. , nro perfeetlr!pensible of the fearful tra- Oa Virechieacloy, at the reopening °file omit, the ooroner stated to the jury, that by the courtesy of the mayor he was enabled to have the prisoner brought before them. He was then ordered to be brought up, and his first appearance ex cited a feeling of commiseration, as supported by two po licemen, pale as death, with his eyes closed, he was led into the room. Upon his entrance, the coroner informed him that he had no wish to cause him unnecessary pain, or to have him made a spectacle of ; but that he deemed it proper that he should have an ovortunity of hearing the evidence brought against him, so as to be able to confront his accu sers; however, if he wished, he might retire. Prisoner, in a sad tone—l know lam guilty. I mean to plead guilty at my trial. I don't wish to live. I've brought ruin and desolation on all my family. Let the matter bo as short as you can, and have no more ceremony than is re quisite. I shall plead guilty at my trial. In the same mournful tone he said—l was urged to it. I was worked up to madness by an accessory. That accessory has mur dered ley wife. We ought to be hung side by side. I don't want to save my life ; I would not raise my finger to save it. The man who urged me to it always heard all he could and published it. I was driven to it. The Coroner—Will you name him ? Prisoner—lt is of little use ; the whole world knows it. I have nothing more to say. The jury, after five minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of wilful murder against Josiah Parker, and he was ordered to be committed for trial.— Wilts Independent. THE EXPLOSION AT THE FOG SIGNAL FAO TORY OF 2HE EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL WA Y. The inquest on the bodies of William Beckingham, aged 25, John Jackson, aged 14, servants in the employ of the Eastern Counties Railway Company ; and Jas. Beckwith, a master blacksmith, killed by the explosion of the fog signal factory, was held at Stratford, on Thursday night. Mr. Bell, of the storekeeper's department of the com pany's works at Stratford, stated that Beckingham super intended the manufacturing of the fog-signals, and that Jackson was the only boy employed under him at the time of the accident. The witness produced a fog-signal, which when empty is a circular tin case about half an inch deep, and said that it was the boy's duty to fix three percussion caps or three nipples in the interior of the cases ; that Beckingham then filled up the cases with gunpowder, fas tened on the lids, and returned them to the boy, who se cured them with tape, and they were then complete. There were about 12 gross of signals manufactured and stored on shelves round the interior of the building. On a moderate calculation the 12 gross contained 441bs. of powder and 5,184 percussion caps. Besides the fog-signals there were about 1201bs. of gunpowder in the building in 21b. zinc cases. In reply to the Coroner, the company's storekeeper at Stratford stated that the distance from the signal-house to the centre of the rails of the Cambridge line was 170 feet ; to the Colchester line 157 feet ; to the nearest point of the general stores 37 feet ; to the public high road 102 feet ; and about 374 feet to the Stratford Station ; and that there were usually from 600 to 700 people employed at the works. The witness further stated that about 2001bs. of powder was kept in the engine -house, but every precau tion was taken to prevent accident. In his opinion the explosion resulted from the ignition of the powder, and not from the manufacturing of the fog-signals, the whole stock of which, 12 gross, with the exception of about half a-dozen, was found uninjured and unexploded. The Coroner suggested the propriety of an adjournment. He put it to the jury whether the existence of such a building, and the quantity of powder which it was admitted it had contained, close to works where some hundreds were employed, and the constant passing of trains on the Col chester and Cambridge line, was not fraught with eon , siderable danger to the lives of the public. Several of the jury acquiesced, and it was agreed to ad journ the proceedings for a few days, in the hope that the Board of Trade would direct their attention to the case. a AUSTRIAN PASSPORTS. USEFUL INVENTION.--n invention has b e en intro dpruecsesd c b op y ie M s t e o ssr b s e . tUaknednerwofooddocanmtd Burt or !is: 3h r enablingcombine printed with written matter. 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Chancery, made in a cause, Parsons against Coke all per claiming to be the next of kin of JOHN PARS' )NS, late of Cn t f l _Cottage, near Neath, and or Swansea, both in the county of th e ur gan, Colliery Proprietor and Worker, who died In or about ,eoruernth of November; 1855, living at his decease, or the . personal are, b "Wive or representatives of such of them as have since died, b orne Y . their solicitors, on or before the 13th day of March, 1857, to Ch am , i n and prove their kindred and make out their claims, at the ing 3, u!ra of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-build vTLincoln's -inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be h ml , t ()ray excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. hoo n ur sdaV, the 19th day, of March, 1857, at one o'clock in the after the-saidat Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating k" 1 the Claims.b c.. tbde 4th day of February, o r ,,A-S- PUGH, Chief Clerk. 1857. TAMPLIN, 159, Fenchurch-street, Agent for Edwd. Strict, of Swansea, Plaintiff's Solicitor. , CONTI NENTALLONDON, HARWICH, and CONTI NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. C kpita , - (Limited). • : 100 ,0001 , in 10,000 Shares of 101. each, with power to increase'. -2/, per share payable,on allotment. "rPorated under the Mt. 19 and 20 Vic., chap. 47, by amoxnt which the liability of Proprietors is limited to the of Weir shares. • TAVSXS. Ralpha, l ,l4l iValters Esq Chairman of the Board of Directors of • the E a stern Counties Railway Company. 'olonel William Petrie Waugh, Director of the London and talas,tern Banking Company. j a ' i u Waddington, Esq., M.P., 4, Spring-gardens. taoshaw Es M P Director of the Eastern Counties C q" Pi P IRECTOAS. 0101101 William Petrie Waugh, Branksea Castle, Dorset, Di rector of the L on d on an d Eastern Banking Company. " M ed L. Leckie, Esq. (late otßombay), George-street,Port (illiarn Shaw., -Esq. inan-/kplare , I, Kensington-park-terrace. Gr egor Y egor Grant, Esq., late Chairman of the Oriental Bank, ), 4, Great Russell-street. Zillesen Esq., Vice-President of the Dutch-Rhenish Itailway Company, Amsterdam. Henry Durrant, Bart., Scottow Norfolk, B,li II ry Ward, Esq., .E.1.C.5., Kl, Albany. "tt gdward Panter, Esq., Director of the St. George's In ra:lce Company, Pall-mall and Fulham. C al Walls, Esq., Lloyd's, and 11, Leadenhall-streot. -- PuOn Rayinond, Albion-square, Dalston, Managing Direc tor bf the- Steam Vessels. ' - (With power to increase.) the BMUS. Imad on and Eastern Banking Corporation, 27, Cannon- It e , street, City. -4.8 * COX, Cobbold, . Rodvrell, and Co., Bankers, Harwich, n,,,, Essex. to Bas n CHUCF—Messrs. Newton and Fuller, 16, King _.... William-street, City. SHAREBROKERS. London Li v -- Messrs. Hu ins and Rowsell, 1 , Threadneedle-street " 13001 —Messrs. H . Davies and Son, 2 ,Royal Bank -buildings GIPPING AGENTS—Messrs. Felgate and Co., 4, Cle 1131int's-lane, City; Mr. R. Twiss, H. Son, Rotterdam. NI: 4"n" Cousssr.—Alfred Hill, Esq., 44, Chancery - lane. dr oss. --Messrs. Rymer, Murray, Rymer, and Jackson, A Ha nover -stre e t, H anover - square, an d 59, Chancery-lane. Broom, Bagsbaw, and \Vestcott, 35, Coleman-street, City. SECRETARY.—HMTIO Greenfield, Esq. This °fl ees of the Company-44, Moorgate-street, City, E.C. Company is established with a view to afford the pub .:_lt!ereased facilities in the conveyance of mails, passengers, it'rle, and merchandise between England, via Harwich, and muprts of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, &e. I nto tr affic arrangement for a term of years has been entered t _ with the Eastern Counties Railway Company on advan jg 40 e olls terms, an d t h e D i rectors have secured the co-opera of the authorities of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Com pany. and the other inland navigation and railway establish cents in H o ll and and Germany, all of whom are so convinced t he advantag es t o b e d er i ve d from this line of communica tron' as the most desirable for passenger traffic, and the ,speed y conveyan ce o f merc handise and perishable goods, that they are anxious to promote the views of this Company to the fullest possible extent. The town of Harwich is 68 miles from London by railway, ,and its port is the most convenient for direct communication between London and all the great seaports in Holland and I lalgium, and thence to the northern and central parts of the eantinent of Europe. Passengers proceeding to India via Trieste, by Harwich, R otterdam, and the Dutch-Rhenish Railway, will effect a saving of 48 hours, as compared with the route via Marseilles; the line from Rotterdam to Trieste being on the eve of com pletion without a break. The harbour of Harwich is safe, commodious, and easy of access in all weathers and states of the tide—advantages Which no other port possesses on the eastern coast south of the Humber. the opening of this route via Harwich the dangers and delays of the intricate navigation of the Swin and the mouth of the River Thames are avoided, whereby a saving of time la effected to Hamburgh, Rotterdam, and Antwerp of from 10 to 11 hours; whilst the rout e t o Ob erhausen an d th ence to the borthern parts of Europe is four hours and a quarter less by Harwich and Rotterdam than that by Dover and Ostend, as Per tabular statement, and thus the former must become the direct route of postal communication. Tun PER SOUTH-EASTERN Tae IS PER EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. RAILWAY. London to Dover 2b hours London to Harwich..2i hours Dover to Ostend 7,r I Harwich to Rotter Ostend to Oberhausen dam .................. 9i (264 miles) 194 ~ Rotterdam to Ober- so ' hausen(l24 miles)4 „ 20 hours Saving in favour of liar* Fel 15/ hours ich us. ?gm SOUTH-EASTERN RAIL- PER EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL WAY. WAY. London, Dover, Ostend, to London,Harwich,Rotterdam, Cologne. to Cologne. lat Class, Rail and Ist Class, Rail and Steam £3lo 6 Steam £2lo 3 2d ditto ditto 2 9 8 2d ditto ditto ll2 5 Saying in favour of Harwich. Ist Class, Rail and Steam ......... £1 0 3 0 17 3 2d ditto ditto ......... A deputation has been in Holland, and submitted the views Of this Company to the Postmaster-General, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of the Interior, who have promised their cordial co-operation in support of the undertaking. It is intended, in the fi • t to confine the opera tions of this London, via Company to the direct communication from This Harwich, to Rotterdam. Company will have swift and commodious packets, and its management w ill be carried out with the utmost care, so as to secure rectors submit that the I°4 ' shareholders, cannot safety, and comfort, and the di sci= dividend to the The capital will be divirdeholders. fail to realise a band on which 21. per share is to e , into 10,000 shares of Hogs per share is to b e paid be paid on allotment. Five slid and their receipt must accompany 101. each, the bankers of the Company, If less than the number of shares the letter of application. proportionate part of the deposit a rea applied for be allotted, a turned. No call will exceed will be immediately re .er share, and will not be at a less interval than three month: Forms of application for shar brokers and offices of the c empa es may be obtained at the City, London, E.C. ; and at th e co ,, 844, Moorgate-street, lianas, Esq., agent to Lloyd's, and . v ". 1 ::_ of Oliver J o h n Wil lands, Harwich, Eseex. 1 uonsul of the Nether. Application for shares and prospectuses to - 0 1, S e cretary, who will give informatio n . made to the All letters addressed " Secretary" will re ceive immediat e attention. FORM OF APPLICATION NOR SHARE S , To the Directors of the London, Harwich, and' c Steam Packet Company (Limited), 44, ....X_oolo .o,ontinental City E.C. ate - street, , Gentlemen, —1 enclose you a receipt for 2 the London and Eastern Banking Corporation,and I paid to hereby request yon will allot me shares in the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited); and I hereby agree to accept such shares or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the calls thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds of the Company. I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Occupation Date RANKERS' RECEIPT. Received the day 1857, the sum of on account of the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited), London. Newilan on University Education. Life in Germany- - - -- Beswbll. The Aides and Iteveries otilir./Es•op Smith.--Continned. Tato* of the ,Young Idea. 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Coventry-street, Leicester-scmare.—OpenGentlemen " Therp is no _book .extat4 that treats so well of the.period to the ald 'win 10 till 10, • containing upwards of one thousand models Illustration of-whir' Mr. Alison's-labours have been devoted: 'lt ex- 11,ait.;eParations, illustrating evel7 Part of the human frame in hibits grlat knowledge, patient research, indefttigable industry, and 3 . 4 and dißease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered 'at 12, vast power. Few Men living.cortld have done greater justicetolhe hishi and half -Past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTori; F.R.G.S.; ands. new and subject."i—The Times. ,--- - . . L i hY-Interesting series of. LectureS is now in course of delivery - " The perusal of Alison's works , indeed, is an educatibn of itself; Sliiiii r „ "nu, at a quafter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One and it is one so intimately connected with yregent tiOlOs, with the tg i . at i;:: . Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered* bj' Dr. Khan ideas an events now influending the world , that without it all others -.....___ ) • •- • • -..: . Weal h imperfect."—Blackwood's Maxedue. , _ --.:—...--------.-- -- , --7 , •er_r , N,, •---7 -: ./ —-. '.WilllaM - filftekwoen thd SfirtaTiratlttrieg% and London, PURSUANT to a Decree of the Higq & o - of .___.... . . • .. - - - 4 - •. tor so _ Chancery, made in a cause, Par Sons against-Coke, the Credi- DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. ii + , rs , JOHN PARSONS, late of Craig Cottage, near Neath, and of THr , No. CCXCI.,IIARC 11, 185 r, Price' 2s. 60. • p,. Q 4 1. ; 1 , ea, both in the county of Glamorgan, Colliery Proprietor. and - • ! _, • ~ • • CONTENTS. , r ••• - th e i r o r , .who died in or about the month of November, 1855, are by - The 00-O.SIW of Dublin.—Chapter I. • ' in a _ tto:lcitore, on or before the 13th day of March, 1857, to come The Fortunes of Grencore.—ChaPs. xrmr.,:xLvirr., and XLIX. g i , v 7 ,, prove e their- debts at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor A Winter . .Nighi Wake. By Jonathan Freke Sliugsby. in default thereof No. 3, Stone-bundings it Clerical Life nlreland. , . . . of th they will be peremptorily excluded fr om the benefit John lrwilier.—Chaps. XV., xvi., and xvtr. e said D e . . _ _ . _ .. . itai,,,, Decree . ,. ,„„ ~ ,„. „•,,,, h . , , h . TransportatiML .• -- - - -•-• ... - - - LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 28, 1857. . . . . . . ~ A'ERSTIOT CAMP. ,-- DETIIboTION , of RATS.--.-Barrack 0111cP, Alderahot, 1857.—TF.NDERS for the Pestructiou of Rats and other Vermin, in the d'iroilh and South Camp, by any moans except by , polsoil, willbe received at the Bar rjtck Office, Soap Camp, addressed to th.e[Sarrack Master there, up to the sth March, 1857, ," Tender for the Destruction of Rats" to be writtenon the left-hand Corner of the envelope. - - C 4 RAT- WESTERN RAILWAY. ‘3l ALTER ITION OF TRAIN4—MARCII isr, .1857. The 10.20 a.m. Cheap Train from Bristol Will not start until 12.10 p.m., the time being proportionately later up to London. 'the 6 p.m. Train from Bristol will not start until 6.10 p.m., the time being altered as far as Chippenham. The 2:45 p.m. Train from Birmingham will start at 2.25 p.m , and reach London at 5.35 p.m. The 5 p.m. Train from Windsor to.raddington will not leave until 5.50 - p.m. A Branch Train will leave Windssrat 4.29 p.M., to Join the 12.55 Traidfrom Bristol, at Slough. ' The Train leaving heading at 7.25 p.m. will be earlier at inter mediate stations to London. . ...... For minor alterations see time bills. . . . . ....... 2] ~ 0 ; MILNER'S 3101.DF .., !RESISTING SAFES (non -conducting and vapourising), with alh the improvements, under. their.. QuittiraPlO Patents of 1840.5144 and 1455, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (withodt which no Safe is secure). Tn STIiONGSV. BRST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT, MILNEILS' PIPZIENIX (212.) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the, most somptite and extensive In the World. Show-rooins; 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON •DEPOT, 475, MOORGATE STREET, City. -Circulars tree by post. , Ilfit RTTISIt COL rat Oki AEALTA, New m_JA road," London.--KORISCIII'S IrkIIVER:SAE 4 MEDICINE is the only medicine that strikes at the root of all afs , eases. This has been proved by an experience of thirty years, daring . .which tube upward§Th(4ol,ooo bases or cure have been effected. The --Hygeian agents throughout the world' are' uneniitionS upon the Ilygeian system of medicine -introduced by. James Morison, the' ilyg,eist., who not only taught the public-how to cum -their own ail , meats, but also rescutfl the :world, front the . dangers.otfalse medical. doctrines. The monument lately raised to his niernory.by a penult, SubscrVtion sufflcientfy attests ilis*asrtsuce of his +liscoveries. - been made of th 3 share and transfer list., and that the dividend .warrants were strictly compared with the amount of stock on which dividend was payable. Mr. SMITE{ hoped one of the auditors might be allowed to explain a little more fully the facts of the dispute with the Eastern Counties Company. Mr. IV - tins, an auditor, said that on Examining the accounts furnished by the Eastern Comities Companyfor the half year ending Dec., 1855, they found that the coin pan had understated the receipts on the credit side of the Eastern Union by upwards of 12,000/. ' and on inquiry it proved that the reason was, th a t th e Eastern Counties hal assumed to themselves the right of judging what they should take on the receipt side. There were also obk &ions as regarded the d e bit s ide ( For instance, there was a charge fur interest on new works for which no accounts were forthcoming, and which it appeared on inquiry had been set - down on estimates merely. There were oth-rr items open . to objenticM, and, on the whole, he thought there was a sure of nearly 3,0001. on the alf-year that ought to come to them from the Eastern Cou sties. Miles opened. 1856. Mr. LEGGE congratulated the company on the poiiticin they were in, and thought the Eastern Counties Com pany had •no reason to grumble with the bargain they bad made. The receipts were increasing, and an in crease of another 4,0001. on the half-year would give them one per cent. more of dividend. (Hear, hear.) He hai much pleasure in supporting the reception of the report. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR said the company only wanted to - be known, and it would be in a better position with the public. The Eastern Counties thought they could keep the letter of their agreement, while they violated the spirit. They said that 46 per cent. was not enough for workipg wears, but purmaring came with a very- ill *Arne- _from_ - theyi; ifitAlar as the Eastern Union was contained; 'for the laaige" . coetendttObey did not get their fair share of profit now. One-seventh was Mit enough ; they ought to have one-sixth at least. If the working expenses of the Eastern Counties were 55'per gent:, it - was owing to their own mismanagement. From the way - they started their trains one would actually think they wanted to drive traffic off their lines. For instance, the train which left London at 7.27 only arrived at Norwich at 2.5, the Yarmouth train having gone at 1.20, so that persons wishing to go through from London to Yarmouth could not do so. Another instance was that of the express train leaving London at 4.27, and arriving at Norwich at 6.30, wbea it was made a slow train, and did not reach Yarmouth till 10 5. The reason was, that by those means the Eastern Counties hoped to bring down the Eastern Union, so that when the time fir a readjustment arrived they might say the allow ance for working expenses was not enough, and they must have a higher per tentage. (Hear, hear.) H e considered the promotion of the Pitsea line was a good opportunity for them to insist on having a n explana tion from the Eastern Counties, whether they meant to act fairly and justly by them, for if not it was not the interest of the Eastern Union to co-operate with them in this manner. He therefore proposed, as an , amendment, to leave out the words , and they do so with regret," in the last paragraph of the report, and also the last two lines, in order to insert the following : —" They propose taking the authority of Pis meeting to oppose, in conjunction with the Eastern Counties and the Norfolk Companies, the progress of this bill in Parliament, should circumstances render such a course expedient." Mr. E. H. BARLEE seconded the amendment. He should be very happy if they could go on harmoniously with the Eastern Counties, but if they could not, and the union was opposed to their interests, he did not see why they should not have a divorce. The CHAIRMAN said there was no great objection to the amendment, but he thought it was not expedient to press it at present. Mr. E. S. ()ALICE said that what the directors wanted was power to treat on an independent footing with the Eastern Counties Board, and that power the sharehol ders could give them. it present their position towards the board was somewhat like that of a debtor towards a ' erel,tor, but if they paid their d:lit they could assume a different attitude. He hoped, therefore, that when .a scheune was laid before them for raising the 200,000/. they e wed the Eastern Counties, they would give 'it E their best aid. (Hear, hear.) to After some conversation, Mr. Digby Seymour with- si drew his amendment, and the report was reoeivorl- Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR then moved the following reso lution, which was agreed to :—" That the directors take . fell power to deal with the bill before Parliamentja I reference to the Pitsea line, as they shall deem expediw ' ent to the interests of the united lines, in the full hope that the Eastern Counties will act in the true spirit of their arrangement." It was then moved and seconded, and carried unani mously, that the dividend recommended by the directors should be adopted. The CHAIRMAN said much inco;ivenience was caused - there being two regis era, one of stock and the other company was held yesterday. A dividend was declared of 4 per cent. on the ordinary shares and the various guaranteed stocks, alter which a balance of 712/. re mained to the next account. NEWPORT, -ABERGAIIENVY, ANP TIEREVORD.—Iib the meeting of this comp an y, h e ll y es t er day, a very favour-, able report was read, alto wing_thaf the net income of.the company for the half-yea r was 13,2901., over 40 miles of road. The interest of the guarante.d stocks at the rate of lilted 0 per cent, was deel tred, qnd s balance of 7,5001. Wee carried to the next account. The report was adopted. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Receipts. NAME OF RAILWAY. 1857. 1856 BRITISH. 115 37% /7 26% 117 191►, 94 _.6% Aherkteen ...... •• •• • •• •• Belfast and Ballymena •• •• •• •• •• •• Belfast and. COunty Down.. • • • • • • • • • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Boltou,BlackixtMedd West York Bristol and Exeter •• Caledonlan.•.,,,,••• •• •• • •• •• •• :.•• •• 22 183% 283 203% 415 25% Chester and H01yhead............... cork, Xt lackr o c k , and Passage ...... Cork and Bandon.. • • .............. Dublin and Belfast:unction ........ Dublin and Drogheda•... • ......... Dublin and King5t0wn:.............. Dundee and Arbroath 'Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen►..... • • +• East Angltan.„. • • • • • • • ; • • • • l• • • .• • • East Lancashire • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • .. Eastern Union•• • • . •••• 3 Edinburgh ! and Glasgow .• • •• .• .• •• • • Edinburgh, Perth, and 'Dundee.... .. Exeter and Crediton— • • .... • • • • • • • • Furness Railway - . Glasgow, and South-Western......: • Great Northerd.•.;. Great Southern and Western (lreland) Great Weitern _ t. Irish South Eastern •• • • •• .. .. • • Lancaster and Carlisle7. - .... Lancashire and Yorkshire w • • ..• • .... Leeds Northern .. ••.. • ........ Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western • ..... London and 81ackwa11...... " ...„. London, Brighton, and - South Coast.. London and_ out)a Wetter it. Londonderry and F.nniskillen ...... • • Manchester, Buston,iind Matlock; Pse. Manchester, Sheilleldowd Lincolnshire Manchester and SouthJunetiOn...... Maryport and Carlisle Midland •• •••••-•.:.• ••••••••.. •• • . • • Midland Great Western (Irish)..... •. Monklands Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• •. •• P• • • North British ••..•••• • • • • —t• • •• • • North Staffordshire North-Western •• .. .. • • ........ •• .. Scottish Central .....• • • ~.. • • • • • • . • Scottish Midland ••• • • • •........... Shrewsbury , and Birmlnghabs Shrewsbury and Chester ............ Shropshire Union • • •••• • • •• South Devon ••• •• •• •• •• •• • • South Eastern..., •• •• •• •• •• • • •• •• •• South Wales South York., Doncaster, and Goole Taff Vale • • a• •• •• •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• Ulster. Waterford r.nd Limerick . ........ West Cornwall 1,113 2,193 1,985 11,625 4,997 1,116 _1,318 1,174 504 909 927 6,166 22,995 4.893 5,061 5,953 21.175 5,513 23,7.05. 5,305 21,646 54,951 . 1,161 10,259 12,365 652 Whitehavcn Junction .•• •... •....... York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. 1,920 4,735 10,249 4,231 163 218 930 1,242 919 436 845 FOZEIG N. Dutch Rhenish •• •• •:•• •• •• •• •• •• •• Lyons and Mediterranean .• •• Montereau and Troyes e. • • .. Namur S and Liege .. •• • ••••••• • •• •• Northern of France • • •••••••• • • •• Orleans and Central .• •• •• •• •• Paris and Lyons . ••••.•••.• .• .• Paris and Ronen• •• .• •• •• •• .• •• •• •• Paris and Strasbnrgh • • Rouen , :and Havre •• •........• .•. Western .of France.. • -• ..... •• .. • • •• 799 5,544 18,023 4,346 4,670 Prop the London Gazette Of Last Night. At the Court at Windsor, the- 7th day of. February, ;57, present the Queen's , Most ,Excellent Majesty in her Majesty was this day pleased, on a represen• tioi of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Commit o o Council on Education, to appojnt the Rev. T.' W. la! Pe, M.A.:;:rellow of Christ's College, Cambridge,tobe ie of her Majesty's. Assistant Inspectors of Schools. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 26. The Queen his been pleased to approye of Mr. George H.Flairfield, as Consul at Port Louis, in the Mauritius, for tl United States of America. CROWN-9171CE, FEB. 25. MR RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT • -PARLIAMENT. tough of Colchester—John Gordon nohow, of Wiven iPark, in the County of 'Essex, in - the 'room of the Hon. John hales Rohert Mantles, e.Onrmbriip Ailed John James Robert Manners, who hair accepted the of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of I, vico Geri. Sir J. A. 'n'llace, RAIL WAY igtELLIGENOE. CANCER HOSPITAL, Low:lo) Brompton.-41ecretaryl Qffice,-167, Pimp 'ion has been established exclusively for t; affilctid with cancerous diseases. Ou Yleeadiily, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. at the Brompton Establishment, for 'one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering' under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may he paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. and West. Institu ,ent of the poor 167, By orrier. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. 11 0 0YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone ; no re commendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application : Week ending 7th November ...... 2,154 Ditto 14th November ..... . 2,043 Ditto 21st November .• 1,972 Ditto 28th November ...• .. 2,309 9th and 30th November 269 Total in November •• ...• 8,747 of which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat- ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, N early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board Is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasw or, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn•. and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. 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Mason, and Co., and Co., '77, Regent-street. London; Fortnum , 60, Gracechurch Purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at Cornh111; 49, ,:street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Baker-Arm . VshoPsgate-strtet ; 55, Charing- cross; 54, Upper . 0 And 150, Oxford-street. EA.STERN UNION. - • , • - The halt:yearly mee ting of this company was held yes terday, at Aadley's Hotel ; Mr. J. C. Cobboll, M.P., ohairman of the conpany, in the chai r . _.. The SECRETARY havirig read the advertisement con vening the 'meeting, a report was read, Ehowing that the total net 'income far the past half-year was 51,0871.; and the debenture interest, and other charges of a like cha -'racter, 37,8471. :The report then proceeded After deducting_the foregoing from your net income there will remain available for dividend 13,2391. Bg. This sum will - enable Your directors to declare a dividend upon the.A stock at the rate of Si per cent. per annum, being 7s. 6d. per share for the half-year, and of 21. per cent. per 'annum Upon the B stock, - being ss. per share for the half-year, leaving 1,250/. 13g. to be carried to the credit of the next half-year's account. The - above dividends are double , those declared for the car-respond ing half-year of 1855. Your directbra feel, therefore, thy are justified in _congratulating you upon the steady and satisfactory improvement which is now taking place in youraffairs. In the, last report your directors stated it was their intention to convene a special meeting for the purpose of arranging for the issue of such of the as sets in the possession of the company as were neces sary for the discharge of the outstanding liabilities ; the state of the money market, however, precluded your directors from carrying out this intention, and left them no alternative but to make temporary finan cial arrangements with reference to the outstand ing debts—a mode of procedure that, for a considerable period, has been adopted, and has been found far pre ferable for the ordinary shareholders, to putting out, at high rates of interest, in perpetuity, or for along period, the unissued stocks in their possession. • Your directors will probably call you together some time in the current half-year for this purpose. It is gratifying to them to be able to state that the. company are in possession of ample assets for the discharge of (every outstanding claitn. Your directors have to report, and they do so with regret, that 'a new_lioe 'has been projected to run from Pitsea Station, on the London and Tilbury line, to Colchester. In'conjunction 'With the Eastern Counties . Boar.), your directors will offer the most strenuous op position to Paillamentary - sanotion being obtained to this project:" - - The CHAIRMAN said he trusted the shareholders would feel that the report which the directors had been enabled to 1s before them was of a gratifying character, inas much as it showed a steady progress, and also contained the gratifying announcement that for a second time they had a double dividend, , (Hear.) They bad no reason to donbt,_from what they _had seen of the traffic of the that that progress would continue, and especially as they were in the fortunate position of having their working expenses limited to 46 per cent., so that 'any improvement in the gross traffic of the separate line would produce a corresponding improvement it their income. The directors of the Eastern Coi ties Corn- _ ..Aat the 50 per cent,entailed on them a loss of 11,3201 a year ; but he did not see bow they could call that a loss, when it really was that they did not get so much profit as if their working expenses were lesA. Meanwhile, if they could not get 54 per cent. profit, they would take 20 per cent., but they would not call the difference a loss. At the time they took the Eastern Union they thought they had got a good bargain, and they ought not to com plain if the expense had increased. With regard to their own report, he would just touch upon one or two facts in connection with it. The debenture interest this half -37' /ear was 18,2181. On the last occasion he had had the satisfaction of stating that they had renewed some of their debentures at four per cent., and others at four and-a-half and five per cent., but he was sorry that he could not report the same of the past half-year, as, owing to the state of the money-market, they could renew none at less than five per cent. There was also an increase in the debentures, as compared with last year, owing to a number having been issued for land claims. The other items remained pretty much the same. There was one of them, however, the rent of the Stour Valley Railway and Navigation, which they would get rid of in 1861, so far as it was at present charged exclusively on their net share of revenue. He then came to the projected Pitsea line, and be must say a more unwarrantable attack on established property could not be conceived. Imme diately they heard of it the Eastern Union directors passed a very strong resolution, which they sent to the Eastern Counties to see if they would join them in any opposition to it ; and, on the advice of Mr. Bruff, their talented engineer, it was resolved not only to oppose the line but to be prepared,if parliament should declare that such an accommodation was required, to state that they were in a better position to give it than the proposed company. The projected line was intended chiefly to form a communi cation between the new camp at Colchester, and the Government arsenals on the banks of the Thames ; but Mr. Bruff said that, by a short line from Sheufidld, the Eastern Counties could effect the same communication at one-third of the cost. At the same time the line was really not wanted at all, as there was already a commu nication by going round by Stratford. (Hear, hear.) It was said that the proposed line would give greater ac commodation to the eastern districts, and that the public would benefit by reduced fares; but unless it got the Colchester traffic it could not live, and yet, between London and Colchester, it was 12 miles longer than the existing line. A SHAREHOLDER—There is no traffic between Pitsea and Colchester. The CHAlRMAN.—Certainly not. The next subject was one which be adverted to with regret, and that was the retirement of Mr. Bruff, the engineer of the Eastern Counties. What had led to that step he was unable to say, as no engineer's report had been ir-sued that half year, by the Eastern Counties Company ; neither was he in a position to say whether they could hope to retain Mr. Bruff as the engineer of their (the Eastern Union) company. He then came to a most important subject. The shareholders were, of course, aware of the circum• stances of the redemption of their preference stock, namely, that a loan of 200,000/., had been advanced them by the Eastern Counties Company for that pur pose, at the time of the amalgamation. Now, it was very desirable, for various reasons, to get rid of that obligation, and therefore the directors would at an early period call the shareholders together for the purpose of considering the means of paying that debt to the Eastern Counties as soon as possible. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Sir S. BIGNOLD, M.P., seconded the motion. A SHAREHOLDER asked how it was that the Eastern Union had been debited with 2,0001. for its share of the expenses of the agricultural show ? The CHAIRMAN said the accounts furnished to them by the Eastern Counties had not at present been sanctioned by the directors of the Eastern Union. Mr. SMITH (a shareholder) asked the meaning of the following paragraph in the auditors' report:—" We have had before ne reports of the examiners appointed to in vestigate the joint traffic accounts, from which it would appear that objections, involving a considerable sum of money, have been taken to the accounts rendered by the Eastern Counties Company. These and unsettled mat ters will probably produce a large sum in the shape of back revenue earnings, which will hereafter have to be dealt with." The CHAIRMAN said that the directors of the Eastern t tv o ha er the meu as:itytcloe rent nEttrrhsAEl e:Hosri CHAIRMAN—We 3,eiLltdtAdDhe they the pepper p ve: vbi lewoeihuron can u g atd w l Unioa had for several successive years past objected to the accounts rendered them by the Eastern Counties. they had objected to the payments to the Blackwell Company, and to the loss on the Harwieh steamboats, n d ib ea s h e r b h e t a s e h h a r e egrotrduet amount warehouses eedsrtoaretugeaol against i tt nß t hyi oleel tat,dispute?tkhsatisfactionbweumatlli.aat n i arbitration, dd s of the shareholders. (Hear, hear.) andA Th thS e charged s iHOL DE R a said against ns t that the be Ea stEastern u understood nion that and several gross he traffic R d w t a i c t h w t h h i c e h p p e e a r r c e e d n i t n . the A t v, h . aes deducted, Norfolk C w o ma spdifferent fromfrom the books of the Eastern Counties Company, and that a comparison would show that a very large sum should be divided between the two former companies. The CHAIRMAN said they had takers exception to that return also, and the Norfolk Company was acting in unison • with them. In answer to another question, The 0110.11111 AN said that a careful examination had 16j 637 bpi) Rig inor conversion. After a few words from one of the shareholders, who said he thought business would be facilitated, and a sav ing effected, by removing the company's office to Lon don, the four retiring directors, Messrs. E. S. Cayley, M.P., John Cobbold, James Grayston, and John George Hart, were re-elected, as was also Jeremiah Head, Esq., the retiring auditor, and the business terminated. 286 5U 183 X 267 173 N 505 126% 52 78% 149 233 87% 32 29)4 573( 289 171% 97 9,060 940 28,3111 3,491 4,690 6,928 ' 713 2,345 5,652 21,319 b OGI 19,371 1 52,81i -1,194 10,075' 116998 538 1 M. • 8,051 't 670••1 BQ6 26,102 , 3,136 4.310 6,569 873 1,611 Foot, to bo Colone • Bart. K. C. 8., deceased. 73cf Foot—Major.Ganeral Chesborongh Grant Falconer to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-Geaeral _Robert Barclay Macpherson, C. 8., removed to the 88th Foot. WHITEHALL, FEB. 26. Artillery Company of London—Lieutenant William Mathew Armstrong to he Captain, vice Middleton, pro moted; Lieut. Edward Kitchen to be Captain, vice Ro binson, who resigns the command of the AttilleryDivision. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Ist Regiment Warwickshire Militia—Thomas Bannister, Gent., to be Quartermaster from the 3d day of November, 1856. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John It'llillan, shipowner, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. Wm. Brownsword Chorley, slate and slab merchant, Hart -street, Bloomsbury, March 10, at half-past eleven, and April 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chidley, Basing• hall-street. John Walker, commission agent, Blackburn, March 12 and April 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Shaw, Sutcliffe, Tattersall, and Handsley, Burnley; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Edward Williams, glazier, Chester, March 12 and April 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, offi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Dodge, Liverpool ; Brown, Chester. Caroline Liddle, common brewer, Great Driffield, York shire, March 18, and April 22, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hell. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; England and Saxelbye, Hull. deorge Wood, coal merchant, Loughborough, Leicester shire, March 10 and April 7, at half-past ten, at the Shire hall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Inglsant, Loughborough. Jciseph West, miller, Beckington, Somerset s hi re , M arc h 16 and April 20, at eleven, at the Bristol DiStrict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittain and Son, Bristol. William Skinner the younger, tailor, Bristol, March 16 and April 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; King, Bristol. David Lloyd, merchant, Cannon-street, March 13, at two, and April 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury • Pawle, New-inn. Arthur Breara Caistor, sadler, Baler -street, Portman square, March 10, at half-past two, and April 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basipghall-street ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. David Cheatham, cotton-spinner, Rochdale, March 12 and April 2, at half-past one, at the Manchester District Cou . Hernamann, official assignee, Manchester ; Hea ton, ochdale. I t H nry Martin Manwaring, grocer, Toxteth-park, near Liverpool, April 3, and March 12, at eleven, at the Liver pool ;District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Smith, Liverpool. Thomas Owen, joiner and builder, Liverpool, March 13, and April 9, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird; o ffi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Teebay, Liverpool. William Hadfield, merchant, Cockapur-street, Middle sex, March 11 and April 8, at one, at the Court of Bank rupt Cy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, Austinfriare. Luke Ward, plumber, Wisbeach St. Peter, Cambridge shire, March 13, at half-past twelve, and April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Abbott, Jenkins, and Abbott, New-inn. Thomas Horner, house decorator, Hart-street, Blooms bury, March 13, at one, and April 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Boydell, Queen-street, Bloomsbury. William Bayley, jun., carver and gilder, Butteslsnd street, Hoaton, March 13, at half-past one, and April 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Taylor, South-street, Finsbury-square. David Morriss, grocer, Wisbeacb, March 16, at two, and April 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Reissman, Col -1 lege-hill ; 011ard, 17pwell, Cambridgeshire. g body andonind, and what is of much as it showed a steady progress, and also contained full power to deal with the bill before ParliernenVin H. 'add, as t which the quacks most prize— well qualified to put an end to the the gratifying announcement that for a second time they reference to the Pitsei line, as they shall deem expedi: for t e United E C natorrhcea, and to place the treat- had a double dividend. , (Hear.) They had no reason ent to the interests of the united lines, in the full hope ysiological basis. It is, therefore, to doubt, from what they _had seen of the traffic of the that the Eastern Counties will act in the true spirit of Mt 11l 1 Circular, . - line, th at that progress would continue, and especially their arrangement." "'" 1, 219, Regent-streit, as they were in the fortunate position of having their It was then moved and seconded, and carried unatai• ' Borough of C hoe \Park, in ---------"""'", working expenses limited to 46 . per cent., so that any monsly, that the dividend recommended by the directors Rio.hit, Hon. jai .. IL,London and West improvement in the gross traffic of the separate line should be adopted. 1414 John Jan sce,-167, Piccactilly.—Thislnstitu- would produce a corresponding improvement in th.ir The CHAIRMAN said much inco;ivenienca was caused office of Stem [rely for the , egtinent of the poor income. The directors of the Eastern Counties Corn- by there being two regis ers, ouP of stock and the other He olme. Oetrdoor teio attend at 167, ~ tierds are admitted on. • I pang complained that 46 Per Cent. was not r of'3oient...fic ci: , ibares now thAt w.,, i , di videc ", ar..l. cxp - rsoiV-sd a hope for one Month. aad for a longer the working expenses, and that the real expense bang that all hoiden of uneratverted Ire':taii would skid them 88 h Foot.—: ..__._2e _3 .., - 1--.. ...0 71 24117 9 •cy•bc••• • .n idIT rnnirprAinn_ the 7.3 d Foot, t, BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 21st day of Feb., 1857. UWE DEPARTMENT. Notes tutted •• ...... 24,168,680 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,693,680 Silver bu11i0n........ - 424,168,680 Dated the 2Gth day of February, BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest . ....... ........ 3,521,386 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 7,445,290 Other deposits ...... 9,294,508 Rcven Day and other Bills •• •• •• •• • • 726,350 £35,550,544 Dated the 26th day of February, EASTERN COUNTIES. [The following appeared in part of our impression of yesterday :—] This afternoon the half-yearly meeting of this com• pany was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate• street ; Mr. Ralph Waters, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The report and statement of accounts, already pub lished in The Sun, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he bad much pleasure in congratulating the meet• ing that they had now better prospects before them. Everything had been done, during the byegone half year, for the benefit of the company, so far as devising schemes and plans for that purpose were concerned. The directors might have erred—doubtless they had on some particular points—but everything had been done by the directors to benefit the proprietors of this great company. (Loud cheers.) in moving the adoption of the report he did so with great pleasure, inasmuch as It exhibited to them a great deal more information than had ever been presented to them before at any pre vious half-yearly meeting--(hear, hear)— and he told them that so far as be knew and believed the report he held in his hand contained " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." (Cheers.) The hon. gentle man then referred to the accounts. The gross earnings of the company for the half-year had been 77,8561., and the shareholders would see from the- accounts that those receipts hail been well applied. The charges on the debit side of that account showed leaving 343 , 523/ . 12 s. sd. f o r division, viz., Counties Railw a y 5-71,b, 245,3741. s d. ; s 0 f 49,0741. 16s. ; an d t h e E as t ern Union 37 43 . 3 1 2 1, 1 , . Eastern i l . 6 7 s t . h 3d. ' I.7th 49,0741. 16s. The reduction of expenses during the half year had engaged the earnest consideration of the directors, and with that view they had abolished the office of treasurer, as being unnecessary, and the direc tors were alio of opinion that it would be to the interest of the shareholders that an amalgamation should take place. (Hear, hear.) The capital account bad increased, but not to the extent that might have been expected last half-year. By abolishing the office of treasurer, and appointing a cashier a saving had been effected, and a more efficient check bad been introduced. The hon. gentleman next referred to the alterations in troduced in the management of the line, and said in con sequence of what had occurred he bad examined the register of shares, and he was happy to say that he had found everything correct. (Hear, hear.) He next alluded to the permanent way de partment, which was being put into an efficient state, and in reference to passenger fares and•season tickets re-echoed the paragraphs in the report in regard to it, observing that the inconvenience complained of by many gentlemen was necessary, it having bees found that one person had travelled for 17 months over the line with an old season ticket. He then went through the various paragraphs in the report as to stones, coal traffic, &c., and with reference to the latter said that every person using the line shoul I be placed on the same footing as regarded charges. (Hear.) In conclusion he referred to the East Suffolk Railway Bill now before referred to it in Parliament, and in speaking of th e London, Harwich, and Continental encouraging terms, e S r r t n e s a , m a Packetnd assured the mp meeting am that what ny the directors had done with reference to that company had been done with a view to benefit the Eastern Rail way shareholders. (Hear.) He hoped that there were better times in store for them, and that there was something looming in the future that would benefit this great and extensive undertaking. (Cheers.) gentleman amst mloouvdecdhteheers. reception and adoption Theof the h report °n. amidst - . Dr. RILEY seconded the motion, and congratulated the meeting on the satisfactory nature of the report. After some discussion the report was agreed to, and a dividend was declared of ss. per share on the consoli dated stock of the company. amounting to 72,9201. 2s. 7d., leaving a balance of 7,5181. 2s. 6d., to be carried forward to the next half-year. The election of two directors was then proceedel with, in room of Mr. Packe and Mr. Broadbent, who retired by rotation. On a show of hands for the several candidates, the numbers were for Mr. Norris unanimous, Mr. Broad bent 19, Mr. Mayhew 7, Mr. Paoke 64, Mr. Henry Haines 17. Th e CHAIRMAN declared Mr. J. T. Norris and Mr. Packe duly electe d. Mr. Soper was e lected an audito r. A vote of thanks w as p assed to the chairman and also a vote o f thanks to the traffic manager a nd secretar y , Thedireco directors loud thenclo t e e e r r m s u .; ated ts(with proceedings NonFoLx.--:The half-yearly meeting of this company took place yesterday, B. Tite, Esq., i n t h e c h a i r . The meeting was for declarirg a dividend of 2 per cent. for and the various di the elialf-eyeatroenguthareanotredied nasrtyocsk.to, s oma y o zsumr, —The half-yearly meeting of this £24,168,680 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. .1857. PAITMENT. Governmentsecurities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .......... 11,530,213 Other securities...... 17 755 796 Notes .• .. . • 5,553,524 Gold and silver coin .. 711,010 £35,550.544 E. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1857. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn puved from the returns made in the week ending Feb. 24, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : B. d. From the British Possessions in America 3B Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 36 41 Average of the two above descriptions 1 37 bi