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NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " COUSIN GEOFFREY.'' Now ready, at all the libraries, in 3 vols., TITARRIED FOR LOVE. By the Author of " Cousin Geoffrey,"&c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. T h°nla4 Baring. Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. I Thomas Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes of s;ciety. Existing Policies.. t , Accumulated Fund.. — • 83,000 Annual Income .. A THIRD BONUS will be declared dining the ensuing year. , The Report and Balance-sheet for 1856 may be obtained at the "nice, 15, Moorgate-street, London. WM. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary. January 31st, 1857: MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v rious Novelties, Vocal and ChA- Pacterisiic. every evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A MORN ING PERFORMANCE every SATURDAY, at Three. 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SEXTON, F.R.0.8. ; and a new and i h h gniY-Interesti ng ser i es o f L ectures i s now i n course of del i very 4.,Dr. }Wm, at a quarter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One watts 7 nling- Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan ). PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in :f cause, Parsons against Coke, the Credi- Vni of JOHN PARSONS, late of Craig Cottage. near Neath—and of c i ;q a nsea. both is the county of 019 Aortra.n. couter ll7 7 o -ewr an d ' th orter, who died in or about the menth.of Noy - ember, 1 55, are by i„ ; solicitors', on or befora the 13th slay .of Marcti, 1857, to come Ff." }(l Prove their debts'-at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor indertley, at No. 3, Stone-baildings, Lincoln's - inn, Middlesex, or h default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit Of the said Decree. Thursday, the 19th day of March, 1857, at One o'clock in the af ternoon, at the said Chambers, is appolsited for hearing and adjudi eating upon the claims. ' Dated this 4th day of February, 1857. CHARLES PIIGII, Chief Clerk. GEORGE TAMPLIN, 159, Fenchurch-street, Agent for Edwd. Strick, of Swansea, Plaintiffs Solicitor. • PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of t„ Chancery, - made in a cause, Parsons against Coke. all per ',ls claiming to be the 'next of kin of JOEIN rARSINS, late of o r i alg Cottage, near' Neath, hnd of Swansea, both in the county of tk a nk 6 rgin, Colliery Proprietor and Worker, who died in or about .."* month of November, 055, living pt his decease, or the personal LePresentative or representatives of such of them as have since died, co a re, by their solicitors, on or before the 13th day of March, 1857, to chate 'in and ptove , their kindred and Make of their claims, at the ot ViCe the - t Ice. 3, Stone-build "'pegs, -Lin c oln's-inn, Middlesex, Chancelior or in ndersle default a thereof they will be T te h ° 2 o _,torilY excluded front the benefit of the said Decree: si o ;" l.s uay, the 19th day of Mtrch,.lBs7, at one o'clock in the after ,. at the said Chainhers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating mPon the c um , Pater! this 4th day Februit,y, 1857. CHAS, PIMA, Chief Clerk. GEORGE TAMPLIN, „159, Fenchurch-street. Agent for Edvrd. &rick, of graniei,Plaintiff's Solicitor; _ RE LOND6,N, JIARWICH, and CONTI NENTAL -STV4II,I PACKET COMPANY. (Limited). C anal 100 ,0001., 10,000 Shares of 101. each, with power to increase. per, share payable on allotment. ne° , r Porated underrtbe pct 19 and 20 Vic., chap. 47, by ' w nich the liability of the Proprietors is limited to the 'amount of their shares. - -TamaEs. Ralph Walters, Esq.; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway . Company. Colonel William Petrie Waugh, Director of the London and „,:Eastern Banking Comp an y. t',VVid Waddington, Esq., M.P„ 4, pring-gardens. ' l ° l M Bagshaw, Esq- M.P Director of the Eastern Counties 'Railway. • DIRROTORS. • ei?. 101101 William Petrie Waugh, Branksea Castle, Dorset, Di rector of the London and Eastern Banking Company. it6b ert L. Leckie, Escf, (late of Bombay), George-street, Port rnan-square- .._ liam Shaw, Esq., 1, Kensington-park-terrace. Gregor Grant, Esq., late Chairman of , the Oriental Bank, Bombay), 4, Groat - Russell-street. • P: C. - Zillesen, Esq., Vice:President of the Dutch-Rhenish 'Railway Company, Athsterdam, Rh. Henry Durrant, Bart., Scottow Hall , Norfolk, fenry Ward, Esq., H.E.1.G.5., K 1, Albany. John Edward Panter, Esq., Director of the St. George's In surance Company, Pall-mall and Fulham. -1, -,ildrew W a ll s , E sq ., Ll oy d' s, an d 11 , Leadenhall-street. 'aPtain Raymond, Albion-square, Dalton Managing Dirac tor of tho Steam Vessels: (With power to increase.) BANKERS. The London and Eastern Banking Corporation, 27, Cannon street, City. liessrs. Cox, Cobbold, Rodwell, and Co., Bankers, Harwich, P4ai Essex. ne CHlEF—Messrs. Newtop. and Fuller, 16, King William-street, City. LondonSIIAREBEGKERS. Liver -- Messrs. !Tugging and Rowsell,l, Threadneedle-street spool—Messrs. H. Davies and Son, 2,Royal Batik-buildings 11 PPM+ AGENTS—Messrs. William Felgate and Co., 4, Cle nlent's-lane, City; Mr. R. Twiss, H. Son, Rotterdam. :! TAlc nnig CouNszu—Alfred Hill, Esq., 44, Chancery - lane. derroxs.— Messrs Rymer Murray, Rymer, and Jackson, nano ver-street, Hanover-square, and 59, Chancery-lane. 4ta nnits.—Messrs. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westcott, 35, Coleman-street, City. SECRETARY.—Homo Greenfield, Esq. Otrees of the Company-44, Moorgate-street, City, E.C. ij 1'44 Company is established with a view to afford the pub e increased facilities in the conveyance of mails, passengers, S pecie, and m erc h andise between England, via Harwich, and e ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, &e. Inttraffic arrangement for a t er m of years has been entered o with the E as t ern Counties Railway Company on advan jge°u° terms, and th e Di rec t ors h ave secure d th e co-opera ion of the authorities of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Com pany, and th e other inland navigation and railway establish. ofnts in Holl an d and Germany, all of whom are so convinced the advantages to be derived from this line of communica tion, as the most desirable for passenger traffic, and the ee dY conveyance of merchandise 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, alld its port is the most convenient for direct communication between London and all the great seaports in Holland and telgium, and thenca to the northern and central parts of the continent of Europe. Passengers proceeding to India via Trieste, by Harwich, Rotterdam, and the Dutch-Rhenish• Railway, will effect a s 'aving of 48 hours, as compared with the route via Marseilles; the line from Rotterdam to Trieste being on the eve of corn ' I)letion without a break. The harbour of Norwich is safe, commodious, and easy of • access in all weathers and states of the tide—advantages Vhich no other port possesses on the eastern coast south of the Humb er. Ey 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 is effected to Harnburgh, Rotterdam, and Antwerp of from 10 to 11 hours ; whilst the route to Oberhausen and thence to the !y)rthern parts of Europe is for hors and a quarter less by Harwich and Rotterdam than u that u by Dover and Ostend, as per tabular statement, and thus the former must become the direct route of postal communication. TIMS PICR, SOUTII-EASTERW RAILWAY. • London to Dover 24 hours Dover to Ostend 7 Ostend to Oberhausen (2(34 miles) 104 ~ TINS PER EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. London to Harwich..2l hours Harwich to Rotter dam Rotterdam to Ober hausen (121 miles)4 „ 20 hours ch 4.} hours. tss. Pas. BOUTII-EASTERN RAIL- PER EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL- London, Dover, Ostend, to London, Harwich ,Rotterdam, Cologne, to Cologne. ht Class, Rail and lI let Class, Rail and Steam £3lo 6 Steam £2 10 3 2 d ditto ditto 298 2d ditto ditto ll2 5 Saving in favour of Harwich. Ist Class, Rail and Steam £1 0 3 2d ditto ditto /1 17 3 A deputation has been in Holland, and submitted the views of this Company t o t h e P os t ma ster-General, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of the Interior, who have promised their cordial co.° • •It is intended Aeration in support tions Of this o of the undertaking. in the first instance, to confine the opera- London, v i a Company to the direct communication from This Com pan w iell, to Rotterdam. managementwili 1, and its —ave swift and commodious packets, so as to secur will be carried out with the utmost care, rectors submitthatthition, safety, and comfort, and the di some dividend to the :h traffic cannot fail to realise a ha nd- The capital will b e di , holders. on which 21. per shar e is toerl into 10,000 shares of 101. each, lings and their eceier rshare pt is t must obe aceaidom " t : Paid on allment. Five shil the bankers of the Company, If pro less or tionate part of than the number the ef shares the letter of application. applied for be allotted, a turned. p No call will exceed /. d 2 e poit will b e i mmediate l y re a less interval than three montht r s hare, and will not be at Forms of application for shares 44, Moorgate-street, brokers and offices of the Company, be obtained at the of Oliver John City, London, E.C. ; and at the offi ces Earns, Esq., agent to Lloyd's, and lands, Harwich, Essex. lc Consul of the Nether- Application for shares and prospectuses to be made to the Secretary, who will give information. All letters addressed " Secretary" will receive immediate attention. _ . Saving in favour of FORM OF APPLICATION FOR S HARES. To the Directors of the London, Harwich, and Contin Steam Packet Company (Limited), 44, Moorgate•sternetaeti City, E.C. Gentlemen,—l enclose you a receipt for £ paid to the London and Eastern Banking Corporation, and I hereby request you will allot me shares in the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Li mited); 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. Price Three Pence. SAVINGS BANKS, their History, L aws , Investment, Management, Interest, Defalcations, Responsibility of Government, Trustees and Officials, Past Progtess, and Present Results ; with Remedial Su4gestions. By the Rev. J. BEAUMONT HAWKINS, B.A. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. Complete In 2 Volumes, PROFESSOR JOHNSTON'S CIIEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE. With numerous Engravings on Wood, price I is. 6d. "Mr. Johnston's book is a book for the people; there is hardly a fact or a principle that it would not be for the benefit of the richest as well as the poorest to know."— Athenaeum. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON'S HISTORY OF E - lIROPE, from the Commencement of the French Revolution, 1789, to the Battle of Waterloo. Lteasaz EDITION, in 14 vols. decay Bvo., with Portraits.. £lO 10 0 Crown BTo., 20. volumes •• •• • ..... •.•••• • • • • .. G 0 0 PEOPLE'S EDITION, 12 vols.,closely printed in double columns, £2 88., and Index Volume, 3s. "There is no book extant that treats so well of the period to the illustration of which ➢ir. Alison's labours have been devoted. It ex hibits great knowledge, patient research, indefatigable industry, and vast power. Few men living could have done greater justice to the subjact."—The Times. "The perusal of Alison's works, indeed, is an education of itself; and it is one so intimately connected with rresent limes, with the ideas and events now influencing the world, that without it all others would be imperfect."—Blackwood's Magazine. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. rr HE TITIS-L UN-TVERAII . ZiTY. 11ACIAZI3tjE. CCXCI., 7.7. ARC B, 1857, Price•-tt. 6d. - • - - CONTENTS. - The Castle of Dublin.—Chapter I. The Fortunes of Gleneore.—Chaps. XLVIL, XLVIII., and XLIX. ' A Winter Night's Wake. By Jonathan Freke Slingsby. Cleriehl Life in Ireland. - John Twlller.—Chaps. XV., XVI., and XVII. Transportation. Newman on University Education. Lifein GerraanY. - Boswell. The Rifles andlteveriei of Mr../Esop Smith.--Continued. Tutors of the Young Idea. By W. Blanchard Jerrold, • Dublin: Hodges, Smith, and Co., 104, Grafton-street; Hurst and Blackett, London ; Menzies, Edinburgh; and sold by all booksellers. 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Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMACH, LIVER, NE R VES, LUNGS, Sze., - without 'Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience, and'expense, by an easy, natural, pleasant, end infallible remedy, which-saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew Tire ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Ila vey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countets of Castle-S tuart Major-Gen. Thomas Bing, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, 58. 6d. ON TRUE dr FALSE SPERMATORItH(EA, with. the View, of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this diseases and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr.PICKFORD. fun , . Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions ,to German medical literature. Thi s i s ' the first Iv informs s, that he has addressed himself to the nom-needi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if ho shall detect any other zegtießY flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor reet."—London likedi,cal Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet_lay mpsthisers' and 'Medical P l ia n t's,' are -mercilessly esposed; ind if this book could grid its way into the hands of those whe suffer from the corn plaint.of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved mucliu,eedlessisuffering of body and mind,..and what is of em.fruportance; though it is that which the quacki most much m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to Put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a mere rational and physiological basis. is, therefore, likely to do much goOd."--Itedical Circular. -London: 11. Maniere, 119, Regent-Weil,. CANCER -- HOSPITAL, London irnci dir Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, On Tuesdays. at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted 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 be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's ion-fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By oreier. IV. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 182 g. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required. During the past mouth the following number received the benefits 0f this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal ,pplication : 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. • • • 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 tho aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, 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. 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N ew an d improved Edition, enlanied to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, Just published, price, free by post, 1 THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from th effects of solitary indulge nce, infection, and th e injurious conse quences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By R. and L. P i, RRY and CO., Surgeons. Sold b y Piper Brothels, 23, Paternoster-rove; Hannay, 63, and Ssnger, 160, Ox ford•strect ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic ; its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervpus and sexual de bility, obstinate gleets, impotency , bar renness, and debilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. 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ARABICA FOOD saves fifty times its remedies, haenmd orrholdaolf t affections, flatulency, disten sion, complaints and their cost consequences,inother su ity,h neuralgia,e ar tbu d rn e a , palpitationfness,no ino i ses In h e heart, nervous headaches, the head and ears, pains at hstihntp'eiraticaoidf the stomach and between poverty of erysipelas, erup tionsof the blood, scrofula, .spasms, y cn s ess during pregnancy, of the skin, impurities and t y nI t unfitness epi l ept i c s in f v o e r study, e : t 1 dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and after eating, or at sea; low spirits, s tremors, inquiet ude , dislike to s t, ci sle eplessne s s,c at"' blushing, involuntary me mory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, general paralysis, deb i l i ty, exhaustion,melan choly, groundless fear, wretchedness. It is Imo best food for infants and invalids generally, , as it the turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes it w never rood liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and d i i t n h n a , and restores the faculty of digestion aud nervous and muscular ene d inner, to the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the eelebrgray ted Professor of Chemistry Dr Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr .llar vey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, Lard Stuart de Decies, the Dowager Cuuntess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 other well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of reesvery aban toned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure, AL D., F.R.S., &C., Sw. " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square. " I hereby certify, that having examined Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica I find It to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole- So me, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to c ounteract dyspepsia (Indiges tion), constipation, and their nervous consequences. ANDREW TIRE, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1847. The Consul-Genera l'inform Messrs. Barry , Du Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his the al i n i B , '' ' En l Peror, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to Suitably pack ed of the Imperial Palace. canisters, I p i a b el . ced for all climates, and with full instructions. In quality, lib 6s 28 9d; 21b 48 6,1 ; 51b lls ; 121 b 22s ; super refined canis ters : 21b 1 •Is , 51b 21. s ; 101 b 33s The 1010 and 121 b MlS are forwarded Barry Du Barry carriage free, on receipt of Post-oflice order. Mason, and Co.Y and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, 60, Grad Co! and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortflum, CoCbch purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at Cornhili ; 0 , B ret ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Baker-street; 63 ana opsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross; 64, Upper 150 , Oxford-street. (1 REAT .WESTERN RAILWAY. ALTER kTION OF TRAIN,i—MARCII IST, 1 857 - 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 at far is Chipdenham. The 2.45 p.m. Train from Birmingham win start at 2.25 p.m., and reach London at 5.35 p.m. The 5 p.m. Train from Windsor to Paddington will notleave until 5.50 p.m. A Branch Train will leave Windsor at 4.20 p.m., to join the 12.55 Train from Bristol, at Slough. 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The Ilygeian agents throughout the world are unanimous upon the Bygeian system of medicine introduced by James Morison, the Ilygeist, who not only taught the public how to cure their own ail ments, but also rescued the world from the dangers of false medical doctrines. The monument lately raised to his memory by a penny subscription sufficiently attests the importance of his discoveries. fr. 4 1' ; INTAtErGESCE. EASTERN UNION. The hilf-yearly meeting of this-company was held yes terday,,at Radley's Hotel ; Mr. J. C. Cobbol 'M.P., chairman of the company, in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, a report was read, showing that the total net income for the past half-year was 51,087/. ; and. the debenture interest, and other charges of a like'cha ract3r, 37,8471; The report then roceeded "After deducting the foregoing froni yetir net income thera will remain available for dividend 13,239/. 83. This sum will enable your directors to declare a dividend -upon the A stock at the rate of 3/ - per cent, per annum, being lie 6d.- per share for the half-year, and of 21: per cent, per annum upon the B stock,' tieing sa. - per share fonthe half-year, leaving 1,2501. 134.-to be carried to the credit of the next. half-year's account. The above dividends are,double those declared for the correspond ing half-year of 1855. Your directors feel, therefore, tirj are justified in congratulating you upon the steady and satisfactory improvement which is now taking place in your affairs. In the last report your directors stated it wee 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 a long 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 ,ampler assets- for the discharge of every outstanding claims Your director, ha‘ve to report, and they do so with regreti‘that a new line has been projected to run from Pitsei Station, on the London and Til bury line, to Colchester. In-conjunction with the Eastern . Counties Board, your directors will offer the most strenuous op position to Parliamentary satiation being obtained to this project." The CHAIRMAN said he trusted the shareholders, would feel that the report which the directors had been enabled to lay before them was of A gratifying character, inas much as it showed a steady progress, and also contained the gratifying announcement that for a secebd time they had a double dividend. (gear.) They bad no reason to doubt, from what they had seen of the traffic of the line; 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 IPPlvprov-ercient in elm gross - traffic - of lieptfrate would produce a corresponding improvement in their income. The directors of the Eastern Counties Com pany complained that 46 per cent. was not sufficient for the working txpenseP, and that the real expense being 50 per cent. entailed on them a loss of 11,320/ a year ; but he did not see how they could call that a loss, when it really was that they did not get so much profit as if their working expenses were less. 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 year 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 hat' 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, ho wever, 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 cams to the projected Pitsea line, and be must say a more un warranta bl e attac k 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 Shenfield, 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 t-y 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 he adverted to with regret, and that was the retirement of Mr. Bruff, the engineer of the Eastern Counties. What bad led to that step he was unable to say, as no engineer's report had been issued 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 tie 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 colligation, 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 2,000/. 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 i had before us re p or t s o f th e e x a miners appointed to n 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 bank revenue earnings, which will hereafter have to be dealt with." The CHAIRMAN said that the directors of the Eastern Un on had for several successive years past objected to tt e accoonts rendered them by the Eastern Counties. Choy bad objected to the payments to the Black wall Company, and to the loss on the Harwieh steamboats, to the rent of the pepper warehouses at Blackwall and various other items, being charged against them, and the matters in dispute would be referred to arbitration, and they trusted they would be settled to the satisfaction of the shareholders. (Hear, hear.) A SHAREHOLDER What is the amount in dispute ? The CHAIRMAN —We can hardly tell yet, but it is several thousands. Another SHAREHOLDER said that he understood that the gross traffic charged against the Eastern Union and the Norfolk Companies, from which the 46 per cent. a•as deducted, was different from that which appeared in 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 taken txneption to that return also, and the Norfolk Company was acting in unison with them. In answer to another question, The CliaimaN said that a careful examination had ' been made of the share and transfer lists, and that the dividend warrants were strictly compared with the amount of stock on which dividend was payable. Mr. SMITH hoped one of the auditors might be allowed to t xplain a little more fully the facts of the dispute with the Eastern Counties Cernpany, Mr. W EBB, an auditor, sail that on xernining the accounts furnisher) by the Eastern Counties Company for the half year ending Dec., 1855, they found that the com ps ly had understated the receipts on the credit side of the Eastern Union by upwards of 12,0001., and on inquiry it proved that the season was , that the Eastern Counties hal assumed to thern4elves the right of judging what they should take on the receipt side. There were also objectiors as regarded the debit side. For instance, there was a charge for interest on new works for which no accounts were forthcoming, and which it appeared on inquiry had b een set d own on estimates merely. There were other items open to objection, and, on the whole, be thought there was a sum of nearly 3,000/ on the I alf-year that ought to come to them from the Eastern Counties. Mr. LEGGE congratulated the company on the position they were in, and thought the Eastern Counties Com pany had no reason to grumble with the bargain they had 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 had much pleasure in supporting the reception of the report. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR said the company only wanted to be known, and it would b e i n a better position with the pnblic. The Eastern Counties thought they could keep the letter of their agreement, while they violated the spirit. They said ;hat 46 per cent, was not enough for working expenses, but that murmuring came with a very ill grace from them, so far as the Eastern Union was concerned, for the latter contended they did not get their fair share of peofit now. One-seventh was not e.anugh ; they ought'' to litife one-sixth at least. Tithe working expenses of the--Eastern Counties were 55 per cent , it was owing to their own mismanagement. From the way they started their trains ono would actually think they. wanted to drive traffic off their lines. For' instance, the train which left London at 7.27 only arrived at Noce ich '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 expiesi train leaving London at 4.27, and arriving at Norwich at 6 30, when 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 far a readjustment arrived they might say the allow ance for working expenses was not enough, and they must Lave a higher per tentage. (Rear, hear.) He considered the promotion of the Pitsea line was a good opportunity for them to insist on baying an 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 this 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 'CIIA.IIMAN said there was no great objection to the amendment, but he thought it was not expedient to press it at present. Mr. E. S. CALEY 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. At present their position towards the board wag somewhat like that of a debtor towards a crettor, but if they paid their debt they could assume a different attitude. He hoped, therefore, that when a scheme was laid before them for raising the 200,0001. they owed the Eastern Counties, they would give it their best aid. (Hear, hear.) After some conversation, Mr. Digby Seymour with drew his amendment, and the report was received. Mr. DIOBY SEYMOUR then moved the following reso lution, which was agreed to :—" That the directors take full power to deal with the bill before Parliament, in reference to the Pitsea line, as they shall deem expedi 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 nnani . monsfy 4 that:the dividend recommended by the direct o rs - stOtirl 0.447: The CHAIRMAN said much inconvenience way caused by there being two registers, one of stock and the other of shares now that was a dividend, and expressed a hope that all holders of unconverted shares would send them in for 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 Jahn George Hart, were re-elected, as was also Jeremiah Head, Esq., the retiring auditor, and the business terminated. NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND TIEREFORD.—At the meeting of this company, ha I yesterday, a very favuur able report was read, showing that the net income of the company for the half-year was 13,290/ , over 40 miles of road. The interest of the guarante d stocks at the rate of 5 and 6 per cent. was deel fired, and a balance of 7,5001. was carried to the next account. The report was adopted. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles opened, 1856. NAME OF RAILWAY. BILITIS )1. Aberdeen ....... Belfast and Ballymena • • ............ Belfast and County Down.... • ... • • .. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • • .. Bristol and Exeter •• Caledonian. Chester and Holyhead... ...... •• • • Cork, Blaekrock, and Passage .• •• Cork and Bandon .. • • .............. Dublin and Belfast J unction .... • • .. Dublin and Drogheda.. •. • • • ••• • • • .. Dublin and Kingstown... • ........... Dundee and Arbroath •• . .•••• • • • . Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk anA Enniskillen .• .. • • • • • • • • East East Lancashire • • • • ........ • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk...• 1 Eastern llnion •• • • •• Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee•. •• • Exeter and Cred1t0n.........• •• •• • Furness Railway • alasgow.And Great Northern,.... - Great Southern and Westarn (heliind) Great Western Irish South Eastern - -; Lancaster and Carlisle...—. . Lanciihire and Yorkshire--; ...... Leeditliorthern .• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and North Western . ...- • London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and south Coast London and South Western LondOnderry and Enniskillen Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, Ste. Mlinchehter, Sheffield And Lincolns hi re Manchester and - SonthJunction•..... Maryport and Carlisle • •-• MidhUld •• •• •-•• • 0, ••-•• •• •• •• •• • ledland Great Westert (Irish) •• .. . Monklands •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• . Newcastle North,British •• •• •• •• •• •• •• North Staffordshire •• ••.••••• • • • • • North-Western .... 5r ••............ Scottish Central •• •• •• •• „ •• •, .• •• •I Scottish Midland • • •,;;;;•.• .• •• •••• " Shrewsbury and Birmingham ..... . Shrewsbury and Chester Shropshire Union • • ....••• • • .• • • •• •. South Devon ••• •• •;••• 1•••• •• •• •• •. South Eastern•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• South Wales •••• •• •• ••.•• •• •• •• •• •• South York., Doncaster. and Goole Ulster. •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• •• •• •• •••• •• Waterford And Limerick .. West Cornwall .. .• ••• .• •• • • •••• • • • Whitehaven Junction :.............. York and Newctuitle. and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. FOREIGN: Dutch Rhenish •. •• •• .. •• .• •••• •••• Lyons and Mediterranean •......... Montereau and Troyes •••• .... .. •••• Namur and Liege . ..........•• Northern of France •• •••• •••• •••••• Orleans and Central ..... Paris and Lyons •• •• •• •••• •• .• •• •• FILMS and Itonen.r •• .• •• ...• •• •• •• •• Paris and Struburgh •• ••••••• •• . Rouen and ILsyre ! . Western of Frauds.. •• ..... •• • .. Receipts. 1857. 1856 From the London Gazette of Last Night. At the Court at Windsor, the• 7th day of February, 1857, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Conncil, - her Majesty was this day pleased, on a represen tation of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Commit.. tee of Council on Education, to - appoint the Rev. T. W. Sharpe, M.A., Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge,to be one of her Majesty's AsSistant Inspectors of Schools. FOREIGN-OFFICIt, FEB. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George H. Fairfield, as Consul at Port Louis, in the Mauritius, for the United States of America. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 25: MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Colchester—John Gurdon Rebow, of Wive!). hoe Park, in the County of. Essex , in-therooni of ` the -IlightAitan.---Jelso-Jaraesersicetutnonty called Lord John James Robert Manners, who has accepted the office of Stewaid or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Hemphohne. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 27. 88th Foot.—Lieut.-Gen. R. B. Macpherson, C.B. from the 73d Foot, to be Colonel, vice G en . Si r J. A. Wallace, Bart., K.C.8., deceased. 73d Foot—Major General Chesborongh Grant Falconar to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-Ge,eral Robart Barclay Macpherson, C. 8., removed to the 88th Foot. WHITEHALL, FEB. 26. Artillery Company of London—Lieutenant William Mathew Armstrong to bo Captain, vice Middleton, pro moted ; Lieut. Edward Kitchen to be Captain, vice Ro binson, who resigns the command of the Artillery Division. 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 Mltillan, 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, Sut c liff e , Tattersall, a n d Handaley, Burnley ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Edward Williams, glazier, Chester, March 12 and April 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, offi eial 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-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; England and Saxelbye, Hull. George Wood, coal merchant, Loughborough, Leicester. shire, March 10 and April 7, at half-past ten, at the Stiire hall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Inglesant, Loughborough. Joseph West, miller, Beckington, Some rse t 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 Brears Caistor, Radler, Baker-street, Portman square, March 10, at half-past two, and April 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. David Cheetham, cotton-spinner, Rochdale, March 12 and April 2, at. half-past one, at the Manchester District Court. Hernamann, official assignee, Manchester ; Hes ton, Rochdale. Henry Martin Manwaring, grocer, Toxteth-park, near Liverpool, April 3, ani March 12, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Smith, Liverpool. Thomas Owen, joiner and builder, Live r po o l, Ma rc h 13, and April 9, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Birl, official assignee, Liverpool ; Teebay, Liverpool. William Hadfield, merchant, Cockspur-street, Middle sex, March 11 and April 8, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, Austinfriars. 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, Buttesland street, Hoxton, 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, Wisbeach, March 16, at two, and April 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Heilman, Col lege-hill; 011ard, llpwell, Cambridgeshire. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on &turd: 1881,2 DIP, Notes Issued ••....•. 24,168,680 ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria. cap. 32, for ►y the 21st day of Feb., 1857. ,AILTIIENT. X Government debt.... 11,015.100 Other securities .. .. .. 3,459,00 Gold coin and bullion 9,693,680 Silver bu11i0n........ - £24,168,680 Dated the 26th day of Februi £24,i68,680 M. MAR :HALL, Chief Cashier. F. 1857. ;raaTmEta. Governmentsecurities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .......... 11,530 213 Other securities...". 17 7.! , 5 796 Notes .............. 5.553,5 25 Gold and silver coin.. 711,010 435,550,544 [. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1857. EASTERN COUNTIES. [The following appeared in part of our imprasion 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 had mach 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, bear)— and be told them that so far as he 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 bad been 77,8561., and the shareholders would see f rom the accounts that those receipts had b een we ll a ppli e d. The c harges on the debit s id e o f that account s h owe d v 3 i 7 z 4 .: 3 E 3 a5 2/ t . e l r 6 n s. c 3olunt , es Railw a y 5-7 t h , . leaving 343 , 528 1. 12e. sd . f or di v i s i on, 245,3741. sd. ; Nod 1-7th 49,0741. 16e. ; and the Eastern Union 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 alm of opinion that it would be to the interest of the shareholders that an amalgamation should take place. (El ear, heat..) The capital account had 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 had 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 bad 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 been 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 should 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 Parliament, and in speaking of the London, H arw i c h, terms,Steam nPda assuredck et Compa ny the meeting that what the directors had done with reference to th a t company had been done with a view to benefit the E as t ern Rail wayin and encouraging Cont i nen t al shareholders. (Hear.) He hoped that there were better times in store for them, and that there was something 1 coming in the future that would benefit this great and extensive undertaking. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman moved the reception and adoption of the report amidst loud cheers. 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 ci 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 proceeded with, in nom of Mr. Packe and Mr. Broadbent, who retired by rotation. On a show of bands for the several candidates, the numbers were for Mr. Norris unanimous, Mr. Broad bent 19, Mr. Mayhew 7, Mr. Packe 64, Mr. Henry Haines 17. The CHAIRMAN declared Mr. J. T. Norris and Mr. Packe duly tlected. Mr. Super was elected an auditor. A. vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and directors (with loud cheery) ; also a Vote of thanks to the traffic manager and secretary. The proceedings then terminated. NORFOLL—The half-yearly meeting of this company in the chair. The Molt meeti p t) l;c l, 3 yesterday, vasforde l i t ii T rg ite a , d E iv e i q d . e , nd of 2 per cent. for the half-year on the ordinary stock, and th e var ious di vidends on the guaranteed stock., SOVTII YORKSIIIRE.—The half-yearly meeting of this 115 37% 26% 117 191% 94N 6% 20 183% • 283 203% 415. 25 - % 90 286 161 637 183 N 267 60' ..._ , 173%. _9)(1 505 126% 52 7814 142 233 87% 32 29% 48 57N 289 17114 97 27% 12 682 BANKING DE' Proprietors'capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ...... 3,521,386 Public deposit s (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 7,445,290 Other deposits . . 9,294,508 ‘t.ven Day and other 726,1:0 $35,550,544 Dated the 2Gth day of February, AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted 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 : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 3B Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 36 4 Average of the two above deseriptions„ ~ 37 5i At the Carli4o Spring Assizes, on Thursday, before Mr. Baron Martin, William Graham was tried for the murder of Thomas Simpson, g tirekeeper, in the service of Mr. Featherstonhaugh, of Staffiold Hall, in the county of Corn bErlabd. Mr. Oven - qv - I, Q.C., and the Hon. Mr. Liddell were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Monck, Q.C., with Mr. Leeming, for the prisoner. The widow of the murdered man, Margaret Simpson, would have been called as the first witne , s, but she was confined on the very day of the trial. Her evidon co, taken before the magistrates, was read, and showed that, on the night of the 15th November last, her husband came in from watching about 9 o'clock. He had been out several times through the evening. He heard several guns fired, but thought they were on Sir G. Musgrave's aids, over the river Eden. He put on his upper coat about ten. He 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 lee generaly went to watch at night, be hind some wall. He was alone. He went out, and she beard him run up the garden. 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 after them. On the morning of his death he got up before daybreak to look out for the Grahams. He did not say that he 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 top coat •was b id that day. James Elliott, the farm bailiff, and John Pharoah, 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 and a pieceof skull were found scattered about. The man's head had been smashed to pieces. It was proved that Graham, who was" a farm labourer, on the evening of the murder URI another - man, Francis - Bari/item),• that he - was going out to - sheet that night. He saidhe knew where their game sat. ‘ He knew every foot and track Of the groun d, and "if their -- keeper comes to me this night out goes his brains ; but I will speak once to him. I will tell him to I stand bank, and if he stirs an inch towards me after I speak 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. I will never die with my shoes off. Now, mark my words—t' is night, this very night, I will be the ----- He then put his hand up to his breast and said, " I are the man that'll do the deed. Thou knows all about it. There never shall al-- about Statfield-hall take me." He then pat his hand up to •liis neck and said, " I don't care a if I be hung up by thei neck to-morrow. He turned and went straight out:: An hour or two afterwards he came very tipsy to the houie of a woman he knew, Susan Ho garth, with a gun. He said it was fine and feet and he would fetch them down. She said, " William, go home and go to bed ; that man will be watching." She meant Mr. Featherstonhaugh's keeper. The prisoner replied, " Let the -- stand hack." She said, " William, go 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 male, on the 21st December, 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 to get 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 gun broke off behind the lock. I then took the stock from the barrel, and brayed him till be 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 one point in the case which required consi deration. If the pistol wore 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 gross fabrication the story of Boustead, upon whose testimony alone the charge of malice aforethought could be sustained. His lordship likewise in summing up treated that wit ness's evidence as ",vile concoction, simply and solely for the purpose of obtaining '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 case from 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 Manslaughter." The announcement was received with loud cheers and clapping of hands. His Lordship , then sentenced the prisoner to be trans ported for life, remarking that his crime approached as near to, that of murder as could possibly be. 1,113 2,193 4,985 11,625 4,997 211 1,116 1,313 1,174 504 909 9'17 6,166 22,995 4.893 5,061 5,953 21,175 5,563 23,705 5,305 11,646 64,951 1,161 10;259 12,315 652 9,0i0 940 28,310 3,491 41,9 (I 6,928 713 2,345 36,924 1,920 4,735 10,249 4,231 163 218 930 1,242 919 436 845 799 5,544 18,023 4,346 4,670 5.425_ 18:445 5,652 21,319 5 061 19,371 52.812 1,191- 10,075 11,918 538 8,051 670 806 26,102 3,136 4.310 6,569 873 1,611 32,065 THE WIFE MURDER AT WELLS. - Mrs. - Parker, thelvomaii - verd - iias so horribly ili-treated by her husband on Tuesday, the 10th inst., lingered until the next Monday, but was never able to utter a sound that was at all intelligible. The prisoner, since his committal, seems to have become perfectly sensible of the fearful tra gedy of which he has been the cause. On Wednesday, at the reopening of the court, the coroner 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 male a spectacle of ; but that he deemed it proper that ho should have an op ortunity of hearing the evidence brought against him, so as to be able to confront his aeon 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 rain and desolation on all my family. Let the matter be 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- I was urged to it. I was worked up to madness by an accessory. That accessory has mur dered my wife. We ought to be hung aide 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 alike 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 s ty. i The jury, after five min u t es ' d e lib era ti on , re t urne d a I verdict of wilful murder aainst Josiah Parker, and he was ordered to be committed for trial.—Wilts Independent. THE EXPLOSION AT THE POG SIGNAL PAC. TORY OF THE 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 Beckinghan2 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 Beckinghatn 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 moderato 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 stoles 37 feet ; to the public high road 102 feet ; and about 371 feet to the Stratford Station ; and that there were usually from GOO 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 fcund uninjured and unexploded. The Coroner suggested the propriety of an adjournment. Ho put it to the jury whether the existence of such a building, and the quantity of powder which it was admitted it had containe•l, 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 con 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 Tr a d e wou ld di rec t th e i r a tt en tion to the case. ---- -------- ii USEFUL INVENTION.—An invention has been intro- 1 duced by Messrs. Underwood and Burt for enabling press copies to be taken of documents a hioh combine printed with written matter. Most of the principal rail way companies state that it will be of extraordinary service to them in economising time and labuur. At the Post office likewise, and all other Government offices and establishments where forms are used with printed headings, it is calculated to meet a want that has long t o o a l u t is g t o been felt. The invention simply consists of a printing ink which, with the ordinary copying press, will g i ve off an impression on copying paper analogous to writing ink. [A ev ssvissusxv.]—The following extraordinary cures with out medicine of indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulenc y, Consti pation, pa ti o n, Nervous, Bilious, and Liv er Complaints, A s thma, Consumption, and Debility, effected by c Du Barry's delicioushealth-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, are not the least remarkable :—From the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart.— Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor' County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1851.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feelsinduced, in the i n t erest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica F . her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, nervousness and irritability, of has cured Food deserves the confidence' g of ti a il l . l u suff er ers . r s a u s standing. n m d i a n y g b . Yyea con sidered a real blessing. Ir , :i , e . s .. will be ch . eerfull e F ilani e- agony from dyspepsi a , an swered. Cure No. 49 832 - - - bon,. .flatulency, spasms, sickness nervousness,,. t itty years' indescriba t. ble . been removed vomiting, have asthma,at cough, eons a ipa , bv p the ß vr stc: s ms: x h ;ene n u nt Food,—MARIA JOLLY, Wortham Liii ,-, n u elr aDijssr., Norfolk." Supported. by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure • Dr. Shorland ' • Dr. Harv e y Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattnr ' k ' • Dr. Dowager Coun t e ss of Castle- Wurzer; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies • the stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King , a nd many other re s p ectable persons, whose he a lth h as been re s t or ed by it, afteral l other l means of cure had failed. For further particulars re,pect,- ing this invaluable f o od our readers are referred to Du Berry s dvertisoment in another part of this paper. (From the Tit fi vi V" We and b o ld enough to th i n \ - can concern th e pu b l i c at large ingitp in imay_ than that whi c h L ord Campbell molOted Tast nig with direct re f erence the press, and we are , re joiced to see th a t h e h ad the support of Lord Wens leydale. The int eres t s at stake are certainly no t 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 public ation, 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 AB. Ole author of the slander, but against the journal in which the speech is reported, although no plea of malice may be set up. We have already expressed our doubts whe ther this decision was so absolutely and manifes'ly in ace rdance with the old common law of Englaed as to deserve an immediate and unhesitating deli very, -but we nliv omit this pent of the question, and address ourselves to that elem eat of cornin , m reason which is taken to be the basis and esseuce of law itself, Under certain conditions we can underst Ind both a charge and a pen ally at - aching not only to the author of slander, but t' the person or persons who gave that slander a currency which it would not otherwise h i v e o bt a i ne d, and rendered it, therefore, proportionately mo re injurious to its object. The di s ti nc ti on d rawn be tween spoken and writt,n 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 libery of purely private opinion by the c minion proverb that " thoughts are free." We enlarge the limits of this freedom a little by all 'wing lati tude to private cenv , rsation, as also to conununi catioes professedly private t4etween one person and another ; and as no such interchange of ideas could attain the publicity which f )Ilows upon cir culation in print, it may have been argued that the person who g4ve thispublicity t, tlic matter—in other, words, -the publisher —was ausitteratb!s, for more of the damage occasioned than the anthor ' himself. Some such idea as this was ira9ressed, we presume, on Lord Campbell's mind, when ; on introducing the subjeot to the notice of the Lords a few days since, he ob , ervad, "It has been said that the person calumniated may bring an action against the man who makes a speech; but it must be re menibered that a speech sp:,lien is a smaller clfatc,e than one that is published and sent all over the world." We now proceed to show how entirely reconcile-. able is this view of the case with that which would exempt the press from the liability attaching toe it, and in support of our proposition we will appeal, not to our own intere-ds', but to ihose of all parties alike.. In a few.words, 'we admit that publicity constitutes the gravarnen of slander, but we affirm that the publication in qu=.sion should be cbarged to the man who knowingly utters such slander at a public meeting, and not to the journal which me chanically, without feeling, and in the course of its duty, reports the proceedings. Doubtless, the sys tem of reporting adds to the publicity of opinions so delivered, but that is simply an incident of the times iu which we live, and, unless it is itsef in jurious, cannot be more accountable for the results than any 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-et;ng he does so with all the obligations of the position, 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 a few hours to the knowledge of millions. We say that a speaker in public, under these conditions, is himself the publisher of his speech. He is the author not only of the slander, if slander it contains, but of the pub licity too. He took all the steps required for its publication when he uttered it knowingly within reach of an echo which would repeat his words a thousand times. The newspaper represents nothing but the rock 'from which the voice reverberates, nothing but the substance on which the photograph is taken. All the consequences attach to the speech alone. If there is a difference between spoken and written words, it prevails equally between words spoken in private and spoken in public. When they are spoken in public the speaker speaks them and writes them too. He speaks, as it were, through a speaking tube, which, as he well knows, will and must carry his words over the whole face of-the country. Whatever noVelty or aggravation _character may be imparted to speech by theae— results is imparted by the speaker himself when he deliberately resorts to a public me e ting f or tlae H de livery of his opinions. Will anybody urge that this system of publica tion and repotting is undesirable in itself; and should therefore be deprived of protection i We 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 oth r. , 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 confict.nc s 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 i s s hif te d 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 dnce 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 be as it is, and advantage were commonly taken of it, newspapers would be compelled to give up repotting 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 meting, 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. If, again, the report could in any way be convicted of malice in the prominence, colour, form, or any other attribute given t.) 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 th e p ublic ; andif, as regards speakers at public meetings, it should impose upon them the obligation of a little more care, We do not think anybody would be found to regret the result. AUSTRIAN PASSPORTS. For the information of travellers travelling to and in Austria, we publish the following epitome of the new passport regulations, 1. As a rule, every person tra velling to Austria with a non-Austrian passport roust obtain the visa of some Austrian Minister or Consul re siding abroad, but the frontier authorities have the power to permit a traveller to enter the country for . a fortnight even i f his passport has not the visa question. Th a t every traveller will do well to ta ke care that his passport is in perfect order need hardly be said. 2. Atter the 15th of March the passports ...$ o n their of travellers in Austria will only be vr. will no t in arrival at the frontiets. 3. As the passport town in future be deposited at the po which the traveller is staying, h to enter his name, mis sion of suj , urn," but he willa b v ook directly after his profession, &c., in the strangers ' A the traveller has had his arrival at the hotel. .x. Alterbe w ill not be sutjected to rise .he passport on . frontier, . f h w i n g it again during his journey. the inconvenience c- showing been given, because several The foregoing s utnin b ar e y p hliece:egeneed no " per ace establishments in the pro of the directors of saytstetemcap,tatnodgoit biseypoonsadibblise that one or tether. vinces are inimical o l i t t t o is t e b ni e nineawy ulcersf PILLS.— from specifics mL h s. t ha — er e e a s i i y [ADVIIRTISEMENT.] -11 OLLOWAY'S OINT3UNT AND :the joint acti on o f these two i nest i ma bl e i s l ' cutaneous erupti ons are qu i c kly banished system, the w orst d escr i pt i on o f wounds or eradicated, the morbific matter which na ture finds injurious to her is thrown out, and a tho roughly healthy state of the blood and fluid is the result, restoring a sound mind and body to sufferers after other treatment has been found ineffectual, in many cases saving surgical operations, and even life itself, by their miraculous power. 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