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kV•) Fletir• ,02 0 tki liatitell in 7.) A Anif eSte' un l o l°n' 10M ;rt he W lo° ' bus itieSS ar refined e iit b' market, , ty reen se as thei have not rate.% itl33 lcu wer terms. n are equa l u iL ee. nnot, en h a ve been ~.ast India; operated in ade, whilst •e sellers at a tion, and its the de , e equal to ' s and t he turieient for ared the vly at 13e q uest; 3° 5 1 of the 13 A has been 0,1 SPer° l South ell :, 261 IT, gm(' Yr"°. b e qu oted tra d e bale sellers, al, last sellers] . led 47s to , eimrs bargh Nabs of the e is a desire Is of Talloa' ler rates, as ou red Si r to inspect 3 and vie% rv i c e Club ;eneral Sir r handsoolB e busin esi West Indi c -eek's rilt d et ed Maniir and 173. 6 "' ruins: Le r ; Jansaith the ISTa v i ched Hoz ° sol 7; sided,c.pt— ord L ' ie u' r d of 8ed 6 1, — ,... • tit vra e ir e r :ly til ts° ifri move' r: onveysto durivg th ° ear 1846 ' ce y of in ed n • 1846' 1 ° or 1 1 • olocn' • of . tk erked'ist front miner • Ei A rent* ? Mondsf sod much, a had Mk board WI; the vessel ailed,' who stance, and Iphi .ning last be thrown aka IVO &hire, the 8, of a 5 ° S. Webb' .hi. road, Dire. ander aptain H• en, CAM • 3011. ' Ohnston 4 ife of Lb' gm Leon 1, J an ie* )13 , of het i ughtet of istol. innwortb AI Elea l' k , Baco t r )0 000:1° - aged gi• gi•: isle 1 in good a rise oa ate% • • '' , V-- shit - 4 ''''. T r ead`:`(; , , .4,4--.. ,. .y,.. , nesi.f!. • ! ‘-‘,:- oh , ,:P, , : . 01 ' .;. f 3 5:'? . .... - ;'. 'ago ) ..:,-, '.,..•.. ofrer ed ij tv viTe r 'eo ° b 3° r n , b e en l ove k's r at 1- r ates d in 74 e r rite& rine- ' 011 i c es ars e .thei3nt:rl:et an" I.)lgs • Ito. rri. fiteg.ani`u ..,ar Z 4 , v idoif ced 7 1 . Pg. , /•J, • char, tb.• i 7 e:10° Na 11 • rreci o• 3(81 alod COLT:CTRS RIDER, Barnet - Bromley Enfield - - Enfield Highway - Hampton - - Harrow - - Croydon - - Highgate - - Stun-tore - Hounslow - - Twickenham - - Kilburn - - Putney - Edgeware - Clapham - - Tottenham - - Norwood - - Tooti ng - - LeYtonstone - - Wandsworth - Tlampotead - Hammersmith - Streatham - - Kensington - • Paddingt on _ - . BRAN CH COUNTRY AMP -3. Despatches From I Roxley to Bl ac kh eath - Kingston to Wa n d sworth p er 22: day, Carshalton to Mit c h am - - - 2 Kingston to Put ney Romford to Stratford -- 2 Fulham to Bro mp t on : • „ Woolwich to Deptford Railway Station - Norw to Hood Dal wich - Waltham Cro•s to Edmonton- - Barking and Ilford to Stratford - - 17.13. —The above Rides are employed every day, Sundays exceptee• MUNCH COUNTRY RIDES. Despatch Daily. • Frani Hounslow t o B rompton ~ Hounslow to Kingsgate Station - 1 Barnet to High ga t e 1 ~ Waltham Cross to Stoke Newington - 1 o Croydon to Brixt on New Cross Station t o W oo l w i c h - - - 1 ,17,•11.—These rides are employed every day throughout the year. the‘ue Conditions and full Particulars may be seen on alication to Superintending President of the London District P ost -Office, General P ost - Office, and of whom Forms of Tender may be obtained. I T enders are to be sealed up and addressed to her Majesty's Post r!aster-General, and endorsed Tenders for conveying the Country on ,1 1 : ' i d l o st riD ay l st O ri t c , t T, P ii o ie st ne B x o t gs," and delivered before Twelve o'clock 11.- so Tender will be received unless made on the proper printed form. General Post-Office, May Ist, 1847. • - - - 1 , • _ it—F JACOB EVERARD MEYER, who was b Howard•street, in the parish of St. C lement's 411esformerly of . i Strand, hi the county of Middlesex, and afterwards of Shad d - Auat, n n ,l h e same county, will apply to Messrs. Hale, Boys, an SW.;.,'°. G. Ely-place ADVANTAGEon so.icitors, he will hear of Ste y „'` "ING TO HIS . The said Jacob Everard carri ed ls o believed to have been. a Russian or German by birth, and he 11 2 in 41 a mercantile business for some time prior to the year t °tber 1 e in ttortes, London, trading, or having connexion among tion .t a ces, with St. P. tersburg. Or any person giving Informs u__ e t the said solicitors of the death of the said Jacob Everard --key r, Will be also rewarded. LYCEUM THEATRE, late ENGLISH Th e Holders OPERA-HOUSE. Debentures on thi are req to meet the Sa loon o n FRIDAY NEXT, s the Theatre 14th , May instant, uested at Eleven 6 'clock precisely , for the pu r p ose o f cons id er i ng the best means to b e adePted for recovering the arrears now due on the Debentures. tea?'7 1847 ' • , &c. GINEERS' SURVEYING COLLEGE, LONDON. Conne Conductors. Messrs. SMITH and LEWIS. • Tg . — Railway Surveying and Levelling will commence on ...t:aday next, th e 11 t h instant. oin 2 .—Lan4 and Estate Surveying will commence on Wednes next, the 12 th instant. u _ Course 3—Engineering and Government Surveying will commence ll_Thursday next, the 13th instant. r;ourse 4.— Architecture, Building, Draughting, Measuring, and ~.4 1. _ig of Land, Timber, Buildings, Townships, &c. w a il . commence on Fr iday next, the 14th instant. pih r " c ieneY guaranteed. Terms, till perfect, very moderate. Pu p on completing gyth Corse, may be introdnced to employment ßed . t lLi o ,:a p rosPectuses, e.,e apply at the offices, 4, Harpur-stree , -square. HE CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. This N o.q„_, 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS. &Row, — ..viety is established on the principle of combining all the e t, v a r ntages and conveniences of the oldest Life offices, with ,Ll , .. ni esvibiof their experience. Seal e „„`fu Tables are adjusted on the most economical yet safe 1. 11 ... u► embrace three distinct divisions or departments :- 1 11 ,, ,4 , Policies may be effected MUTUAL SYSTEM, securing all its advantages without its risks or liabilities, AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO ASSURERS . THE PItOPRIETARY SYSTEM, with the full benefits of its acknow ledged SECURITY. SIMPLICITY, and ECONOMY; and THE ACCUMULATIVE t)R DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED DT Tilts SOCIETY, which perfects the principle of Life Assurance, the full amount of the Deposit—Premiums being at all times available to the Assured. AL riiiii l 6l.EDlT PREMIUMS for stipulated periods, a pecu llarly advantageous arrangement for YOUNG LIVES and for all per sons WITH ADVANCING MEANS OR INCOMES. And, Tattles expressly calculated for NAVAL and MILITANT RISKS in all quarters of the world, en the most moderate terms. Together with all the usual divisional rates, accommodations, and conveniences. EDWD. F. LEEKS, SECRETARY. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. 11„ LOMBAXD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCIIERE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. iPancis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Thonsson Hankey, jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. J ohn Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morri.4, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. "L4eLtoyild' Egg. henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. Lewis John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. TORS. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. lavies, Esq., F.R.S. - . A. W. Robarts, Esq Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. AcrtisarL-Grifilth le In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effecte , 1 f Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates e th , a rticiPation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At 4 1 ,.. of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made, lui: u l / 4 ) ,_ n uses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum ktict or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; 1) 01 7 whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com t'eeded 530,000/. vin,; ( r: 3 granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro ettai,neh Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have In each case a value not under SUI. hthe - ;„ I RE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared lehi.„no of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies I heen In force seven years at Christmas 1845, and the same hetn,„„l n Course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office; and "Y t he Agents in the Country Districts. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. 11 N ITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE c Geor e . ° 2 lP ANY. - 8 , Waterloo - place, Pall - mall, London : 97, le ge __ . __ . ..ce o, _t. Edinburgh, 12, St Vincent-place, Glasgow ;4, Col- Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. the the 81841 , Codipany added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on Urrte the y Were to all policies of the participating class, from the nextdivision Y Were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the When t he of profits in 1848 should make immediate application. ne e d t Insuranceis for-life, only one half the Annual Premium . "v Paid f or the first 5 years. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident '..rettor, E. T ennox Boyd, Esq., No. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where Prospectuses. &c.. may be had. 97, GEORGE-S MEET, EDINBURGH. 12, ST. VINCENT-PLACE, GLASGOW. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, ESQ., Chairman. HANANEL DE CASTRO, Depu'y Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. F. C. Maitland. Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. William Itallton, Esq. H. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. John Ritchie, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. F. IL Thomson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834—its ANNUAL INCOME. BEING UPWARDS OF 84,' 00/. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum on the sum insured to all policies of the participating class from the time they were effected. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De cember, 1840, is as follows: N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL. LONDON, Capital £lOO,OOO. Erepswered by Act of Parliaraent. This Institation embraces important and substantial advantages l e l % respect to Life Assurances and Deferrd Annuities. The assured f m , ox all occasions, the power to borrow, e without expense or to r of the Policy. two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); ' &80 the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. A ssurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The Is , remarkable success and incre aoing prosperity of the Society ' 4 l enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation. to declare f ourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per ce t. en the premiums paid ou "eh Policy effected en the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. - - ' P remium. ct'4, Bonus Bonus in g g Assured ftddee. Cash. E c c may gE 3 3 Borrow. • l I • 4 t s. d. 1-1 : 8 8 : , 8 3 71 I CM`) 3 4 1:16391 1f440! 18411 ~£217 15 1 £lOO 0 11' 1W 3 0, 87 1 165 II 10. 74 1 9, 116 7 6 54 0 10 , 111 6 8, 49 10 01 416 0 4L£445 0 0 13 10 395 11 1 11 3 11 34 2 3 1 , 71 S 101 29f. 13 4 710 41 247 4 5 the divisionbteenth er 0 - of profits is annual, and the nex t Will he made is f the present year. .—______ F. FERGUSON CANIROUX. Secretary. DR. CVLYE RAVELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and In pocket col LONG LIFE. n times Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. Gd • each. -‘? 01V T 0 B E HAPPY Jucande There."--Clc. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) be, °r its and its MYSTEnIES. To not to be, titat is the gm stion."—Shakspeafe. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. These . . " Cura ut valeas." ..,_ Publications are free from em - ",inecl t to tlie intelligence of the times. - le Author, svu . ' . 39, Coill hill z ' ( ...' e had of ,lierwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, pyrical mysticism, and are *1 ' tn. a lb°, 147, Fleet -4treef • and all Booksellers, or direct trom t4ll Moroi ose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta ,_ ....n a lit to A,.,_,_g t l ll Three, and in tile Evenings from Seven till Nine, .—"."."PlAce. Regent-street, LA REINE DES ALPE S. A beautiful new Perfume, made from the above-named flowers, expressly for ROSS and SONS, who can strongly recom mend it. Also, their EsPRIT DE LAVANDE, one. of the most lasting and agreeable Perfumes extant. They have likewise the largest and most fashionable assortment of Scents, four times the usual strength, the Foreign from the South of France, Italy, &c., and the English their own peculiar manufacture, so well known and highly approved of by the first nobility and gentry in the country. Address, ROSS and SONS, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, prig 2s. fut. Jr post paid, to any address, for 3 s. 6 d. in r oS+a g e tam . direct 'front the Author's residence. 4a ELF. PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise L J on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturi' y. illus.rated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Disease! of the Urmary and Reproductive Organs. exiilaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showhig the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and othfr excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. _ _ By SAMUEL LA'IVIERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, gtedforii-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorer. Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c CONTENTS OF THE TEEATISE. CHATTEE 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance and Obligations, and on Intelicitous and Unproductive Unions. — CHAPTER. 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ , Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grew Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action —CuarrEa 3. On Solitary habits; their various effects en th, Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function of the Stomach. Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CNAPTEE 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youtt, and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cuarrsas 5 and 6. Or the Disorders arising from indischininate Excess, Gonaorhcea Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ;ills Urethra. SEVIEWSI OP TYE WORIC. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali fied ste heal man, who has zvidently had considerable experience of the trr xtment of the various disorders arising from the Lollies an I frailties of early Indiscretion. The engravings are an Invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal m any questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit t no ap peal, uvem to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also rom Kent and VichardJ, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, ,ord-street Starts, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146 Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool and ic y all Ilsoksellers. t 'Horne for Consultation daily, rom Nine till Two, and fro e till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, it conta i nin Five u fee ue, LON for Advice, BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD. mDON! f ; 1 ' ' 79' " r ' oll.l l . AvD ql? TT:. rt MA.TESTY'S PO= TMASTER GENERAL TOWN I', )N ritACT f, - /r ~. ) is; 'EYING the ~, Losr) •-•- liIsTMCT POST LET FE?. HAA ;S. be'sxice is hereto gi,', n, that ber Mtlit,Rt 'a Postmaster General will con , ad i to receive TENDERS On ci• tw.;ore the tot i.,f Juno next, for ' e Y' n f- r the I , liden District Letter Rags by Horse Ilides and Mail Carts to and from the following place..:-- Charing Cross - - - 2 O 2O despatches per day. North Row Stepney 12 do. Southwark - - - - 12 do. S i dinouth Street - - - . 12 do. Shore. itch Southwark to Rotherhit! e - - 6 do. Greenwich Rail w,-..y, Loudon Bridge 5 do. Sloans, Street - - 1 do. - . York Street. Maryleboue - - do. New Kent Road - - - - 1 do. Camden iteliffe I do. town - - - - f do. 11 % 1 t i ° l: % i a aY m be th - - ' -3 3 do. 80 do. C.imberwell do. Hackney IT.B. The above Rides are employed every day, Sundays excepted. The particulars an I full coml.tions may be seen on application t• the S ‘Perintending I'reeident of the London District Post-office, General Post-office, and of whom Forms of enders may he obtained.. Ten ders are to be sealed up find aldressed to .. tier ,tajesty's Pos tmaster -Gen e ral," and endorsed " Tende i s for conveying the Town i ondou Distriet Post Bev," and delivered before Twelve o'clock on the Ist of J une next. Bev N-11 . Ne Tenders will be received unless made on the proper Printed f orm. General Post-offize, May 1, 1147. No, 17.047. isonsaveravosymoommiWit. THE UNITED - KINGDOM ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY. SALES BY AUCTION. Capital 500,000/, In 50,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposits 7s. 6d. per Share. IN NOM' UANIPTONSIIIRE. Provisionally Registeied, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria. chap. 110 and Notices, Specifications, &c., for an Act of Incorporation served on the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, pursuant to 9th and 10th Victoria, chap. 106. CATESBY ABBEY, with its important ESTATE of 646 ACRES of the RICHEST GRAZING LAND in the COUNTY, divided into FIVE FARMS, an ANCIENT MANOR HALL, with CHAPEL ATTACHED, NOBLE AVENUE of ELMS and OR NAMENTAL TIMBER, MANORIAL RIGHTS, and EVERY ATTRACTION for a RESIDENCE, in a TRULY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. R. ROBINS is favoured with i ns t ruc ti ons t o LR. STIBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, London, on Tittrasm...,, July I i, at Twelve o'clock, in One Lot, A Mud" INTERESTING ANCIENT MANORIAL ESTATE, FREEHOLD of INHERIT UNICE, CATESBY ABBEY, situated In a beautiful part of Northamptonshire, four miles from Daventry, six from Weedon Station, about fourteen from the county town, not tar distant from Leamington, and within sight of War w;ckshire. By COm I!AND OF HER M , JESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENERAL. COUNTRY CONTRACT, for CONVEYING the LONDON DISTRICT POST-LETTEft BAGS. belotiee Is hereby given, that her Majesty's Postmaster-General will nev l re adY to receive TENDERS Oil or before the Ist day of JUNE b„7 Horse, for Conveying the London District Post Country Letter Bags , Rides, Mat Carts, Stage Coaches, Omnibuses. or any other age conveying Passengers, or Pareele, to and from the following s Thi• famed nroperty is briefly noticed ;n Dugdale's Monasticm " as Cateshy Nunnery, and since more particularly described in the Beauties of Northamptonshire ;" and to which the reader is re ferred. It pr gents strong claims to those who would invest with security and at the same time pos-ess some feeling of admiration for, and who know how to appreciate the charm and importance con ne2ted with an estate poss,ssing so many interesting relics of an tiquity, and since that period the true stamp of the good old English time. The first object of importance to be noticed is THE ANCIENT MANOR HALL, an abode of singular pretension, erected with due regard to dura• Nifty, placed in the centre of the domain, and commanding from its front a quiet, picturesque, and lovely scene. It is a quaint and sin gular building in stone, of a very early period, containing eumerous lofty and well-proportioned chambers, many of them enriched with fine old carved oak, offering every accommodation for a large family, which. if assisted by a tasteful and judicious outlay for embellishment and furniture, in accordance with its character, a residence not only of the first importance but of extraordinary attraction would be obtained. Despatches per Day, A PORTION OF ONE WING IS DEVOTED TO A CHAPEL, DULY CONSECRATED. fitted up with carved oak pulpit, reading-desk, and pews, and con stantly used for Divine service. The offices are numerous, and open to a spacious court-yard, opposite to which is a capital range of stabling, coach-houses, Sze. A pleasure garden of some extent, laid out, with much taste Is in front, and a 12.00KBRY, WPM A BEAUTIFUL GROVE OF LOFTY LIMES close to the mansion, whilst a road through A NOBLE AVENUE OF STATELY EL%TS, leads to an ancient cemetery, and the ruins of a chapel, a time hallowed spot of singular beauty, presenting a highly interesting feature, the interesting village of Catesby, In all As pristine quietude, being close at hand, forming no small addition to the importance and rental of the estate. several fish-ponds adorn the grounds, particu larly one of considerable promise, encircled by a grove of finely grown trees, where numerous wild-fowl congregate, and a never failing supply of fish is obtained. THE DOMAIN INCLUDES 646 ACRES OF FIRST-RATE LAND, principally the richest pasture, well supplied with water, and several woods, affording excellent preserves for game, in the parishes of Catesby and Herndon, divided into FIVE CONVENIENT FARMS, each with suitable residences, the principal farm having a newly erected abode, with capital buildings, let upon leases to a highly respectable tenantry, and producing a rental exceeding 1,0001, a-year, but there can be no question a considerable increase may be obtained. The annual value, with the mansion house and land attached to it, being estimated under the most adverse times for a farmer, at more than 1,5001. A YEAR, _ including the manorial rights and other sources of profit. Mr. Robins cannot close this announcement without calling upon the capitalist to pay a visit to Catesby Abbey, in the full essurance that It possesses true elements for permanent investment of capital and real enjoyment of country life. he estate may be viewed twenty-eight days prior to the sale, by applying at the mansion ; and particulars, with a plan and sketch of the hall, then had ; also at the George, Weedon ; , Da ventry ; George, Northampton ; Spread Eagle, Rugby ; of Messrs. Fuller and Saltwell, solicitors, 12, Carlton Chambers, Regent-street 6 at the Auction Mart; and at Mr. Robins's offices, Covent-garden. 3_4ON DON, SAT t.ll DAY MORNING r EIHE WELLINGTON SURTOUT CAUTION.—The great success of the Wellington Surtout having caused several unprincipled persons (against two of whom proceedings have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat, although in a material derogatory to its reputation, all persons are hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether worn by male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER OR SLEEVE TOP SEAMS, whatever may be its shape in other respects, is a direct infringement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be visited by an action at law. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, also the name and address of tho patentee, JAMES POUGERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT STRE ET, and I I, POULTRY, near the Mansion-House. LONDON, to imitate which is felony. PRICE SD. f! / 7 / 7 7 : /./ • • ''7 l 7- t Q•4'4,„ Aate. . dia • At , • 4 tea` r r„ i g o ;or J tr, 0, ti 4 I kte • _ A O/ 4t hiE DRorr.# oR PATRONS The Most Noble the Marquis .4' NORTHAMPTON, Be'grave-square. 'I he Right Hon. Lord ArikiLEY, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-sq TRUSTEES. Lord Chas. Beauelere, Lowndes- I Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., street, Lowndes-square. 31. P., Portland-place. Wlilim Alexander WKinnon, Luke Jas. Hansard, Esq., South - Etq., M.P., Hyde-park-p!ace. I ampton-st., Bloomsbury-sq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. . John Boni, Esq , M.D., ILlt c. 14. L and E., George-st., Portman-sq. Edward Smith. Esq., R.N., John-street, Adelphi. Gerrard Barry, Esq., M.D., M Char:est-st., St. James's-Sq. Jo hua Stoptord, Esq., East India Chambers, City. Charles Blunt. Esq., Montagu-place, Russell-square. \. William Henry Mayne, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S.L., Howland-street, Fitzroy-square._ Ellis Price Sutton, Esq., Great Ormond-street. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. London Joint-StOck Bank, Princes-street, Bank : Commercial Rank, Lothbury. SECRETARY--Joshua Stopford. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—Richard St. George Graham. 21, Last India Chambers, Leadenhall•atreet. PROSPECTUS. When we look to the vast Population, And consider the eminence, the trade, the enterprise, the great manufacturing and commercia: interests of this metropolis, it becomes a matter of no little surprise that the most active means have not, long since, been taken to ob tain a better supply of water, and to get rid of the mud- and-water monopoly which has so grievously existed for many years past. The subject Is one upon which so much has been said, and such universal complaints made, that it is altogether unnecessary to dilate upon the crying evil, or to offer a single remark beyond that which is rendered so self-evident to every disinterested and dispas • sionate mind. Of the eight companies supplying London with water, the New River is the most extensive. It was constructed by Sir Hugh Middleton, at an expense of about 150,0001. When„ in 1834, ths public were much excite in con-equenee of the bad water supplied, Parliametitary inquiry on the subject took place, and Commis ' stoners were appointed. From the evidence then given it apeared that the capital invested by the New River Company was 1,116,9641., by the other Companies 2,127,5951., making a total of 3,224,5591. Although the New River Company paid an enormous bonus (300 per cent. on the paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders, tkere was a balance o' 157,2061. 10s. Gd. remaining, which is more than the ori ginal cost of construction. The average number of houses supplied in 1834, aceordim: to the minutes of evidence, was 196,492, at the annual value of 276,2001., about IL 10s. yearly per house. Pure water can be supplied for one-third that sum, and leave a profit, to the capitalist who invests in this speculation, more enormous than that of the New River Company. Hence the opportunity has presented itself for the formation of a Company for the supply of pure water at an inconsiderable outlay, and upon those sure and unerring principles of Artesian Springs which have been so generally adopted on the Continent —unfailing and succes- fully established to the satisfaction of the most sceptical individuals. With reference to supplying London with pure spring water, let it be understood, that the surface of chalk on which London is built re ceives and retains rain on an average of twenty-one iaches per an num. This chalk-bed or basin has an extent of 12,600 svare, miles. Each square mile contains, allowing one-third for evaporation, no less than 3,208,228 hogsheads of water per annum, or on a hundred square miles, one-twelfth of the surface, 320,822,800 hogsheads. The supply of water last year by the different companies was 314,553,012 hogs heads. Thus the London bed is capable of supplying more than twelve times the quantity needed, sufficient for all the towns in Great Britain and Ireland. So certain and conclusive have been the experiments tried, that the most successful result has attended every instance in procuring water upon the principle stated. The metal pipes, as now used by the London Water Companies will not be adopted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Com pany. Glass, and some such tubes as cannot be corroded, will only be in use. The recent repeal of the duty on glass and porcelain make such pipes cheaper than metal. Shareholders shall be protected from all responsibility beyond the actual amount of shares taken. All applications for Shares must be addressed to the Secretary of the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company, at the Office, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street, City, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FuR SHARES. Sir,—l hereby request you to allot me Shares of 10/. each in the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company ; and I gua rantee to pay, when called on, a deposit of 7s. Gd. per Share for such Shares, or any lesser number that you may allot to me, and to sign the deed of partnership when necessary. Residence • • ...... •• •• Names of two Refereences, FREEMASONRY. THE TWELFTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL in aid of the ASYLUM FOR AGED FREEMASONS, will take place at the Fre e masons' Hall, Great Queen-street, on WEDNES. ni.v, the 16th of JUNE, 1847, under the direction of the following Board of Stewards : Brother The Right Hon. LORD SOUTHAMPTON, No 652, President. S. B. LEE, No. 107, Vice-President. • ~ H. B. LEESON, M.D., No. 324, Treasurer. J. WHITMORE, No. 329, Hon. Secretar y. Brothers Major Gen. Cooke, LL.D. ; James Harmer, P.G.D. ; Wil liam Pringle, (Edinburgh) ; J. J. Blake. P.G.W., (Surrey), No. 1 ; Francis Crew, No. 1 ; W. E. Walmisey. No. 1; William Rayner, No. 3 ; J. A. Joseph, No. 4; T. B. Barnard, No. 49: Douglas Jerrold, No. 49 ; P. F. Martin, No. 108 ; Z. Watkins, No. 108 ; T. M. Bacon, No. 108 ; Richard Farmer, No. 113; W. Foster White, No. 229 • S. Scoltock, No. 328. TICKETS, 15s. each, to be had of the Stewards, of Bro. John Whitmore. Secretary, 125, Oxford-street, and of Messrs. Bacon and Co.. at the Freemasons' Tavern. Dinner on Table at live for six precisely. THE CONCERT. The Stewards have much pleasure in an nouncing that several Professional Ladies and t;entlemen have, in the most obliging manner, volunteered their kind assistance and powerful support, so as to render the usual Concert in Vie Hall and Glee Room as effective as on the preceding Anniversaries of this Institution. OUVAIN A LA SAMBRE RAILWAY: iJ DIRECT TO NAMUR AND TO CHARLEROY Notice is hereby given, that the SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEE 1 ING of the SHAREHOLDER 4 of this Undertaking will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopigate-street, London, on TUESDAY, I ith of May Next, at ONE o'clock precisely, on the Gene ral Business of the Company. Resolutions will also, on this occasion. be taken relative to the Shares upon which the Call of 2/. per Share, due on the 2d of Octo ber last, has not been paid, the time for which payment was, by a resolution pA.ssed by the Board, and duly advertised, extended to the 31st of March last past; and a proposition will be submitted on the subject of the formation of the important line from Brussels to Namur. JOHN BARNES, President. GEO. DANCE, Secretary. 28 Threadneedle-street, March 16, 1847, N.B.—By the Statutes of the Company it is necessary that all Shareholders intending to be present at the above Meeting should deposit their Share Certiticates with the Secretary at least Ten Days before the 11th of May proximo, in order to intitle them to take part in the proceedings. LOUVAIN a la SAMBRE RAILWAY. DIRECT to NAMUR and to CHARL • EROY. The Shareholders are most respectively informed that on MONDAY next, May I , ', the day previou•,ly to that fixed upon for the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, there will be ready for delivery at the Office of the Company 1. Proposed sketch for ag-cement for makiug and working, jointly with the Great Luxemburg Company, the line from Brussels to Namur, with branch line to Wavre. 2. Proposed plan for the creation of the portion of capital to be provided by the Louvain a la Sambre Company for the construction of the line from Brussels to Namur, which line it is intended to make jointly with the Great Luxemburg Company. 3. Proposed plan for the revival of Shares in the Louvain a la, Sambre Company which have become forfeited. JOHN• BARNES, Chairman. GEO. DANCE, Secretary. No. 28, Threadneedle-street, May 6, 1847. GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, PEARLS, and all the most precious and costly gems, are imitated to such perfection, that but very few uninitiated persons can positively tell a paste brooch or a ring from a diamond, the real pearl from the imitation, or German Silver from the genuine ; but put them into the hands of the connoisseur, how soon the delusion vanishes when he affirms they are but vile and base imitations. So it is with the most valuable inventions as well as stones and metals. None but the inimitable in value are imitated in appearance, and as soon as the consumer (the best connoisseur) attempts to use them, how soon he finds out their utter uselessness. Thus it is with the most valuable of all inventions ; the celebrated METALLIC RAZOR TABLET of GEORGE SAUNDERS has been the target for imitation for the last thirty years. To Gentlemen who shave themselves the following query is pro posed.---Why do all the first cutlers in Europe use and recommend Saunders' Four-sided Tablet Razor Strop ? • The answer is simply because it is the only one that gives to a razor a keen and smooth edge. DEPOT, 278, STRAND. To wholesale purchasers a liberal discount will be made. THE COLLAPSIBLE SHOWER BATH, the only real novelty of the season, by the aid of Vulcanised India-rubber, only occupies (out of use) a space of 11 inches diameter and 3 inches deep, while it holds three gallons of water. It is thoroughly simple, and hot likely to get out of order. Price 155.; if packed complete in a japanned case, 12 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep, 3s. 6d. extra. To be h-td of the proprietor and ma nufacturer, WILLIAM S. BURTON (late Rippon and Burton), whose BATH SHOW ROOM contains, besides t-ikt 9. is Japanned in imitation of fancy woods, china, marbles, &c., enormous va riety. all the requisites for the season, so arranged in one room, de voted exclusively to articles of that character, that patterns, sizes, and sorts can be instantly selected, and at thirty per cent. ut•der any other house where attention is paid to the quality. Fa/I-sized Port able Shower Baths, very strong and japanned, with curtains and copper valve, Ss, each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conduct. in). tubes, brass force-pump and top, complete with curtains and japanned, from 60e. Hand Shower Baths, japanned, 3s. 6d. The Omni-directive Bath Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per post) free.-39, Oxford street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. IN SUFFOLK, close to the Town of DEBENHAM. A most Inviting FARM of 80 ACRES of SUPERIOR MEADOW, • PASTURE, and ARABLE LAND. MR. ROBINS is directed to OFFER to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, London, on THURSDAY, June 10, at Twelve, in One Lot, — A most inviting property, part Freehold and part Copyhold. ad joining THE RURAL TOWN OF DEBENHH3f, In SUFFOLK, About 14 miles from Ipswich, and 9 from Needham, comprising . 80 ACRES OF TILE BEST FARMING LAND in this excellent County, at present divided into Upland Pasture, Meadow, and Arable • the position admirable, lying most compact in a ring fence, and divided by the excellent turnpike-road to Eye. There are two sets of farm-buildings, and at present three Tenants updß lease, PRODUCING 2111. PER ANNUM ; and there can be no question that the situation is irresistibly tempt ing, and a little judicious outlay in improvements would render the Farm WORTHY OF A RESIDENT PROPRIETOR. The rich and deep loamy soil, under skilful management, being ca pable of the most abundant return; indeed, it offers an excellent op portunity to form AN EXAMPLE FARM, ON A SMALL SCALE, May be viewed until the Sale, by applying to Mr. Crow, one of the Tenants, and Particulars had at the Cherry Tree, Debenham Swan, Needham ; White Horse, Ipswich ; of Messrs. Rackham` Cooke, and Rackham, Solicitors, Norwich ; at the Mart; and at Mr. Robins's offices, Covent-garden. LIBRARY of Valuable BOOKS, including many Works splendidly and uniquely Illustrated, and a Collection of Rare Engravings and Original Drawings of Ancient and Modern Masters, the property of a Gentleman of acknowledged judgment, culled from the most renowned Sales of the last few years, no expense having been spared in the selection; MESSRS. ROBINS are instructed to SELL by AUCTION, at their Rooms, in Covent-garden, on MONDAY and TUESDAY, and FRIDAY and SATURDAY, in next week, at Twelve, a collection of choice BOOKS, including numerous highly prized works, selected chiefly from the libraries of Richard Collinshaw Sale, Esq., William Fletcher, Esq., Thomas Waller, Esq., the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, &c., including a very fine copy of Grainger's Ho garth's Works, from the original plates ; Hogarth illustrated by Cook, and another copy, in 3 vols., ; Picturesana Works of Ifelan , / ; a very fine series of inigtitsnags by Holttr, attending to near 500; the Works cf Guercino, a fine and original subscription copy ; a splendid edition, in red morocco, of Boydell's Shakespeare ; Rapin's History of England, by Tindal; Horace Walpole's Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors ef England, with numerous portraits ; the Bridgewater Treatises ; Schench zeri (J. J.) Physica Sacra, Iconibus lEneis, illustrated cura J. A. Pfeffel, portrait and 750 plates ; Shakspeare and Moliere illustrated by the works of trravelot, Virtue, Walker, and L. Cars ; Chambers's Imitation of the original Drawings by Hans Holbein for Henry VIII., 2 miniatures and 81 portraits, finely coloured, an ori ginal subscription copy ; a matchless selection of engravings, illus trating the subject of St. George Slaying the Dragon, many of them unique, by Aldegrever, Albert Darer, Cranach, Wolgemirt, Col laert, Lorraine, Vasterman, Titian, Francis, Barlow, &c. ; splen did gallery of engraved theatrical portraits ; series of classical sub jects, after Mengs, by Campanella; Shakespear Gallery, comprising Boydell's large illustrations; besides an extensive selection of en gravings and drawings, comprising gems tram the collection of Sir Jo , hua Reynolds, Benjamin West, Sir Thomas Lawrence, the Mar gels of Bute, Erasmus Madox, Esq., Thomas Thane, Esq., Josiah Wedgwood, Esq., Including some fine proofs and brilliant impres sions from the celebrated works of the Italian, Dutch, and Flemish, and English artists, particularly Rembrandt, Bubens, Vandyke, P. Wovermans, N. Poussin, Sir J. Reynolds, Sir Thomas Lawrence ; also from the early works of Albert Durer, Visscher, Claude Mellan Sir Robert Stange Woollett, many of which a re un i que; b es i des many interesting Drawings by the old Masters. Catalogues will be prepared one week previous to the sale. May be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the sale, at the Auction Rooms, in Covent Garden. FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD ESTATES at BRADFORD and BOWLING, in the County of YORK. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of " ROUSE versus ROUSE," with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, oir of the Masters of the said Court, 011 THURSDAY, the 27th of May, 1847, at five o'clock in the afternoon, at the Talbot Inn, Bradford, in the County of York, In Seven Lots, Freehold and Lean-hold Estates, consisting of several pieces of land. with mills, warehouses, reservoirs, steam-engines, machinery fixtures, yards, outbuildings, and other premises, situate In the town of Bradford, and in Bowling. near Bradford, in the County of York, lately occupied by Messrs. William Rouse and Sons, as worsted spinners and worsted manufacturers. Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained (gratis) at the said Master's office, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, ; of Messrs. Hawkins, Bloxam, Stocker, and Bloxam, New BoAwell- ,Ourt, Carey-street, London, solicitors ; of Messrs. Walter and l'emberton, Syrnond'i Inn, Chancery-lane. solicitors; of Mr. William Wells, Bradford, solicitor; of Mr. Richard Tolson, of Bradford, solicitor ; of Mr. Joseph Smith, of Bradford, land agent and surveyor ; of Mr. George Thompson Lister, of Bradford, auctioneer ; at the place of sale, and at the principal Inns at Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax, and Huddersfield. O' ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIXTH SPECIAL SALE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, MAY, 1847. FOlt SALE, by order of the Honourable a.'Com missioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, on THURSDAY, May 13, 1847, for home consumption, sundry SH WLS, EMBROIDERY and NEEDLEWORK, consisting of CURTAINS, COLLARS, CAP-PIECES, CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, &c &c. To be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-House, on the day preceding, from Ten in the Morning until Three in the After noon, and on the Morning of Sale, from Ten in the Morning until the hour of Sale. Take notice, that the Geods sold at Dar Sale may be paid for on any day after the Day of Sale, at the Office of the Receiver of Fines, until the 31st of May, between the hours of Ten in the Morning and Two in the Afternoon, and must be taken away on or before Thurs day, the 3d June. i2ittalogues may be had, Two Days before the Este, at the Queen's Warehouse, price Sixpence. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL It , celebrated throughout the world for its genial and nour falling qualities for the Human Hair! It produces and restores hair; stops it from falling off or turning grey ; restores Gray Hair to its original colour; frees it from scurf and dandriff, and renders it soft, silky, curly, and glossy. For Children, it is esnecially recommended as forming the basis of a Beautiful Head of Hair, and ren dering the use of the fine comic unnecessary. Its invaluable properties have obtained the especial Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the whole of the Royal Family, and of every Court of the civil ised world ; and the high esteem in which It is universally held, to gether with numerous Testimonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest proofs of its merits. Pr ce 3s. 6d., 75., or Family Bottles (equal to four small) at 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. Caution.—On the Wrapper of each Bottle of the Genuine Article are these words. in Two lines, " ROWLANDS' DELCCASSAR OIL." Sold by the Prcprietors, at 2.6. Ilatton-garden, London; and by all Chemists and Perfumers. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KER ^ produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it Is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7s. ; and doable this size, lls. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." By post, 48. 6d., 75. 8d„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co„Cheapside • Fisher and Teller, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 88, Cernhill • and by all chemists. Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver User-office. TO THZ LADIES. This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news paper on Aug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put int• the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, BO;rough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using itabout four months, and the whole of her hair is much stronger and mere luxuriant than I ever was before the baldness appeared. "Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gliidly purchase an lls. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, bnt as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above factz,.-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and orevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product et the most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion o the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops n the erown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an our. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces air on children's heads in a few appplications. If used on infants' eads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See pamphlet of testimonials. Aut e tt oro & do n ned to wOlisui Grimstotte Rotary. Highgate. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAY 7.—Wind this day at noon S.E., light pleasant breeze and fine. DEAL, MAY 6.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W.—Acrd. Virginia, Jausson, New York, for Gothenberg ; Abel Gower, Alexander, Callao ; La Bonne Mere, Musgrove, Callao ; Hope, Alexan der, Callao. • OFF DIMGENESS, MAY 4.—Stadt Tiel, Chevalier, Ban joewangie (Batavia), for Amsterdam. OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 2.—Hermann Foss, Krogh, Monte Video, for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6.—Wind S., moderate. —Acrd. John, Warwick, Calcutta; Ethiope, Africa, left Fernando Po 22d Feb.; Fame, Pernambuco, with part of cargo thrown over An American ship, of about 400 tons, was seen to founder on the 2d ult., in lat. 38, long. 60. The Eugene, New York to Ireland, was abandoned on the 11th March; crew arrived at Boston. The Matilda, br ig , of and from New York to Cork, was abandoned on the 18 th March; crew taken to Norfolk, V. The Concord, schooner, of Ply mouth, dismasted and abandoned, was passed lat. 45, long. 39, bv the England, arrived at _New York. Large quantities of barrels and half barrels of flour, marked P, were seen on the Ist ult., in lat. 42, long. 44, by the Republic, arrived at New York. The Snowden arrived at Fernando Po previously to the 22d Feb., with loss of rudder and damage, and was dis charging to repair. Naples, Prince of Syracuse, the brother of the King of ADEhRasTISaErrMiZiITi.)—PaBr.is.OTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin and falling off, the head, is the pplied alternately, the the only effectual remedy,dbe:osroitdticselsfersso,hmaaving scurf and as a ati se as a nourisher. If any further use of . the r er o t a o b c o l v ea e botanic wa grease for I nevnidiaenntc9eawnadstrheequh i e r a e r d n'n: of the 1 the l grease age virtueslength o f hair of a i r be ar ' s by some of reno vating and preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the the e nd l i e a n ns would be a sufficient answer.— quantitythe s ort North used, American and t psgate• street, who first country, and who' Ross introducedand Stohne'sw, use of and els2grease h 1: :t t the fat and kill the animals, recommend public to purchase none other but with their names and addresspr spurious inted on the a pot, or the chances are they. are obtai n i ng iicle. All vegetable oils applied to the hair are worse than useless. t st A t lt 8 OINTM ENT AND PILLS.— F OR ALL Krim OF rv A HoLL C o U w RE ' [ A DvERTISESIE NT. ] S WEL LINGS AND TUMOEBS: -- Mr. John Young, of Worcester- st ree t , orces er- ree , Ki dderminster, had been afflicted for nine years with a tumour, or s welling on his leg, which at times prevented him from attending b tUti'is business. H e h a d use d everything that could be thought of, only got worse instead of better. In two months he was perfectly_ cured by H o ll oway ' s Pills and Ointment. Messrs. Pennell and Mark, the v ery respectable b oo k se ll ers , Kidderminster, will vouch for the correctness of this s:aternent. Glandular swellings, unnatural enlargements, contracted or stiff joints, may speedily be cured by these celebrated medicines.— Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. day of May next, GUILD/1..t.L, APRIL 30, 1 847 . THE COMMITTEE f or LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET a t G u ildh a ll, OD WEDNESDAY, the 12 th LE TTING, on -Lease, tor thi r t een y e ars. from Lady-day last, a HOUSE on the north s id e of LIME-STR EET. and oil the east sine at One o'clock pre c i se ly, to receive TENDERS f o r of Beehive-passage ; and also for LETTING, on Lease, for twenty• one years, from Midsummer next TWO ROUSES, Nos. 2 and 3, SAINT JAMES'S, DUKE'S-PLACE, near PIOUNDSDITCFI. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the (Mee of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. GUILDHALL, APRIL 30, 1847. THE COMMITTEE f or LETTING the CITY'S LAND will MEET a t G u ildh a ll, on WEDNESDAY, the 26 th day of May next, a t T we l ve o ' clock at soon, t o r eceive TENDERS for a DEPUTATION an d L EASE for three yea rs, from Midsummer next (subject to a COLLECTOR and RECEIVER of the CITY'S TOLLS an d DU :TIES at Whitech ape l Bars and all the l ib er ties of this City from power of resumtion), of the offi ce or p lace of p thence southward to the Custom-house, together with the same Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties at Bishopsgate Bars, and all the liberties of this City from thence west ward to the site of the late Bethlem Hospital, and eastward to White chapel Bars exclusive, together with the same Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputation au ,s" Lease ath City's Toth. and Duties at Aldersgate Libra and ail t* liberties of this City from thence east ward to the site of the late Bethlem Hospital, including Cripplegate and Moorgate, together with the same Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties at Smithfield Bars, and all the liberties of this City from thence east ward to Aldersgate Bars, exclusive, together with the same Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of this City's Tolls and Duties at Holborn Bars, and all the liberties of this City from the southward to Temple Bar and eastward to Smithfield Bars exclusive, together with the same Tolls and Duties. _ _ Also a like Deputation and Lease of this City's Tolls and Duties at Temple Bar, and all the liberties of this City from thence southward to Puddle Dock, together with the same Tolls and Duties. A Deposit of three calendar months' rent on each district of the Tolls is to be made at the time of the Meeting of the Committee on any tender being accepted, and to be forfeited on non-performance of the contract, and three calendar months' rent is to be continued to be paid In advance. The conditions for letting the said tolls may be seen at the Comptroller's-office, Guildhall. The Tenders are to be sealed up and delivered at the said office before Twelve o'clock on the day of the Committee's Meeting, after which time no tender can be received, and the party tendering must attend the Committee at One o'clock precisely. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller.. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. Programme of the FIFTH CONCERT, MONDAY Evening next:— Sinfonia, G Minor, Haydn—Aria, Signor Salvi—Concerto, Violin, Herr Joachim, Beethoven—Aria, Mad. Persiani—Overture, Oberon, Weber—Sinfonia in A, Beethoven—Dnetto, Mad. Persiani and Signor Salvi—Overture, Les Deux Joumees, Cherubini. Conductor, M. Costa. Single Tickets, One Guinea, and Double Tickets, 11.105., to be had of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IN S'rall PIO N. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor •f Comparative Anatomy at King's College, on Tuesday, Thursday, mid Saturday, at Half-past Three o'clock. On CHEMISTRY, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nine, by F. H. Holmes, Esq. On ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed in its production, by Dr. Bach hoffuer. Experiments with ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY ex plained. The varied Optical Effects include, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &c. EXPERI MENTS with the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c.. &c. The Evening MUSIC, under the direction of Dr. Wallis, commences at Seven o'clock. Admission Is. Schools,half-priCe. PUBLICATIONS. GRATIS! GRATIS! GRATIS! 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Ask for FRAMPTON•S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of "Thomas Prout, 229. Strand. London," on the Government Stamp. 7 Z, 7„, ) - //>l77<(<l "--'._ i . V ) ally'll, ,'; .. :At .—) , .1 , '.-::: c,..• - -......,:t , 4 ____ , , 5. * ._. ~. 7. ) ... ~ _. , e . + , _,A.,..it„,,...... _. „...., ......,_ . _. ..,. Vii:• MAY 8, 1847. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TRURSDAY. THE BIRMINGHAA AND OXFORD JUNCTION, AND BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUD LEY RAILWAYS AMALGAMATION. The following is the argument of Mr. Cockburn in this most important case, in support of a locas standi, on the part of the petitioners against the Bill, and to which we could only allude last evening, in consequence of the late period at which the Learned Counsel concluded. Mr. WHATELEY having addressed the Committee on be half of the promoters, The CHAIRMAN wished to know who were the opposing parties? Upon which Mr. COCKBURN rose and said :—Sir,—Some difficulty has, it appears, arisen as to the rights of certain parties for whom I have the honour to appear before you. I have now to make an application on their behalf, and claim to be heard for them in support of the allegations contained in their petition. I am prepared to support that application by numerous precedents, and I am satisfied that from the facts of the case, as I shall have the honour to bring them before you, you will say that if there were no precedents this is a case in which a precedent should be made. I have :lie honour, Sir, to appear before you on behalf of certain parties, who are neither more nor less than the great mass. Allow me for a moment to descend from the prayer of the petition to the objects sought to be attained by the petitioners. The petitioners pray that the Bill may not be allowed to be pro ceeded with, and they pray to be heard by counsel against the Bill, and against the clauses, as affecting their interests. The CHAIRMAN—II is with tha preamble of the Bill that we have to deal, we have nothing to do with the conduct of the directors. Mr. COCKBURN—I really hope that the Committee will allow me to proceed with my address to the Committee. I will not put forward a single argument which, when you have heard me, will not, I think, lead you to the conclusion that that which I seek to effect on the part of the petitioners is entirely within the power of this Committee to grant. Ile preamble of the Bill states, first, that an Act was passed in the last session of Parliament, called the " Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Act, 1846," by which Act a company was incorporated for carrying the undertaking thereby authorised into effect, under the name of the" Bir mingham and Oxford Railway Company," and then comes the important recital to which I beg to call your particular attention, as it is a part upon which the shareholders are re solved to make their stand before this Committee—they being convinced that justice cannot be done them, or them selves protected from, t o sa y th e l east o f i t, most flagrant in justice. The Cnainatax—lnjustice to individuals is not part of our province to inquire into. Mr. COCKBURN—I trust you will hear what I have to say, if not I shall not further trouble the Committee. If, Sir, you have made up your mind not to hear my case, why then I shall sit down. The CHAIRMAN—Go on, Mr. Cockburn. Mr. COCKBURN—Sir, I beg to call your attention to the recital of that Act. Now I turn to the petition: the peti tion states that the recital in the preamble is positively unjust. And what does it recite? It states to your Honourable House that it is expedient that the three railways should be united into one; and the Birmingham and Oxford are desirous of being united into one with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley ; and upon this ground they come forward and require powers to dissolve both companies and fuse them into one—one destroying altogether the con• stitution of the essential bodies, dissolving the constitution and forming a new company out of the two existing corn• panies. And in order that that could be done it was neces sary that the consent of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway company should be obtained. You cannot when a company is constituted purchase the right vested in them by their Act of Parliament, unless by the consent of the shareholders. It would be a monstrous thing, to use the mildest terms, to take away that right from them, and appropriating that to some one else. Then it is essentiallythe very foundation of these whole proceedings that that part contained in the recital of the Bill to which I have alluded should first have to be proved. How then, is it to be proved ? Is it to be proved by ex parte statements ? or if not to be proved by ex parte statements, how can it be proved except by allowing the petioners to give evidence upon the subject? But that is not given ; but, upon the contrary, if all the statements of the promoters which this Act contains be, received as true by the Committee, they would evidently be g o i ng , if the f a ct s contained in the allegations of the petition be proved, upon a false and erroneous position. It is impossible to collect from the prayer of the petition, which is of the common form, without looking to the petition itself, the scope which the petitioners have in view in framing their petition. Nor can any person see to what that petition relates except the whole facts and statements contained in the petition are care fully considered. In the usual form of presenting petitions, it is usual to set forth your grievances in the body of the pe tition, and then at the end you commonly pray to be heard by your agents—by your counsel—against the Bill. It is not necessary, in the prayer of a petition, to recite all the points of the petition. You state your facts, and then you pray to be heard against the Bill. That petition begins by reciting that a Bill is pending now. Now, Sir, I show that it was quite necessary that the consent of the shareholders should be received under the Act of Parliament. Let me pause for a moment,, and turn to the Act incorporating the Oxford and Birmingham Railway Company. By the 69th clause of that,Act nrovision ia mad.. t hur stae r --.... or leasing oe selling the line to the Great Western Company shall not be enacted unless by consent of three-fifths of the shareholders. (The clause was here read.) The next section is the 70th, which makes further provision on the subject. (Clause here Teed.) These two sections appear in the allegations of the petitioners to which I have called your attention, and you will find by and, bye, as we go on, that the sale or lease of the Birmingham and Oxford to the Great Western Company has not been approved of (as we are aware the provisions of the Act require) by three-fifths of the shareholders. A special general meeting had been assembled for the purpose of considering the propriety of the transfer of the line to the Great Western. On the other hand, it was also important to bear in mind that by the provision contained in the next clause it is enacted, that in the event of the sale or lease not taking place, the Great Western Company has the right con ferred upon them by their Act to compel the Oxford and Birmingham Company to convey to them, by what is called in. Parliamentary language running clauses, by which they should have the power of running over the line under such circumstances and regulations as the Board of Trade, or whatever public department that may be intrusted with the management of these railways should determine. The petition then went on to say :—" That a Bill is now pending before your Honourable House, intituled, ' A Bill for uniting the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company into one company, and for authorising the sale of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, and other new works to the Great Western Railway Company.' " That your petitioners are shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company. "That besides the object of opening a second line of com munication from Birmingham and the North of England to London, by means of the said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, another main object aimed at by the pro moters of such railway was a better communication from Lancashire and the north, as well as the central parts of England, to the port of Southampton, for the purpose of effecting which the line of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway was so laid out as to join the line of the Great Junction Railway at the station of the latter at Birmingham. "That in the Act of Parliament iccorporating the said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, after giving powers of sale or lease of the railway to the Great Western Railway Company, it is expressly provided, that if the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway should not be purchased or rented by the Great Western Railway Com pany, it should be lawful for such company to use the rail way, by the said Act authorised, on such terms and subject to such regulations, and on payment of such rates and tolls not exceeding the rates and tolls by that Act limited, as might be agreed upon between the said companies, or in the event of difference between them, as might be settled by re ference to arbitration, the umpire being appointed by the Board of Trade or other Government board for the time being intrusted with the supervision of railways" .. The petitiorrthgn goes on to state " that the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Company was thus subject to the right of the Great Western Railway Company to use the line, in any event as an independent company, and was at full liberty to receive and .Friake arrangements for the transit over its line of the traffic of any other company as well as that of the Great Western Railway Company." That is clearly the ex pressed intention of the Legislature. They contemplated by the passing of this Act that the Great Western Railway Company should have the .power of purchasing or leasing this line, and that the shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway should have the power of selling their line to the Great Western Railway Company. Powers were given in the Act for the one party to sell or to let, and for the other p t t o ou le p sio u t rrhycehrpaooswte power r r ew to ps as t a rgt k ir e ea , st: a s teeidt t h h he e yr y tpo w at o rhl u i e l a d ms h b ea e nrte m ihno i n ld d e e r d s . N passingof this the e o B AT ni Act - o t n h e e h o a t h n e d r , ; o b o r t t h o r i e a t n o d r s 0 fOxfordth the Great Company w e s t o e u r n ,' t h o e n in th i e ng p h r a o ni p parties were left perfectly free, they could they thought proper, to sell, to buy, to let, or to take, if they thought proper, or hold the line if they thought proper. Then, in case no suc h arrangement was madewith hte Great Western Company with respect to the lease or pur chase of the line, both parties were left precisely in the same situation ; a permission was granted to the Companies to do certain things, but no obligatory power was given to either parties, either parties were left entirely at liberty to enter or I not into contracts if they thought proper. The petition then goes on to state " that, on the 12th day of August, 1846"—I call particular attention to these dates, as they will be found to be important in the consideration of this question—" that, on the 12th of August, 1846, the directors of the said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com pany issued an advertisement, calling on the shareholders to send in their scrip certificates by the 15th of September then next, to be exchanged for sealed certificates, and that they afterwards extended the time for sending in such scrip cer tificates until the 24th of October next. That many of the shareholders in the said Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion Railway Company sent in their scrip certifi cates accordingly before the end of the month of September, 1846. That many others of the shareholders sent in their scrip certificates before the 24th of October, but that no sealed certificates were issued by the said directors until on or after the 14th of December, 1846 ;" and I observe here that these facts and dates will be found to have a material bearing upon the question with respect to whether the consent of the other shareholders ever has been given at all to this undertaking. We say that the petitioners have been prevented from express ing their opinions on the subject by the use on the part of the directors of undue and unfair means, and that the real sense of the shareholders has never been taken in the affair at all, and even when the sense of the shareholders was taken it was found to be decidedly opposed to the course proposed to be pursued by the directors. They go on to say, " That in the interval between the sending iu of such scrip certificates and the issuing, or coming out, of such sealed cer tificates, large quantities of shares in the said company were sold, or contracted to be sold, and accordin g to the custom of the share market , it was a condition of such contracts that they should be completed and the purchase money paid, on the issue or coming out of the sealed certifi. tales, until which time the shares remained registered i n t h e books of the company in the names of the sellers, who alone could vote in respect thereof at any meeting of the said corn -1 pany held before the issuing of such sealed certificates." N ow, Sir, it is possible that Hon. Members who have had nothing to do with railway shares m a y not perfectly under stand the meaning o f t h i s—if not, allow me to explain it to the Committee. You are aware that when a party signs thePar liame,utary contract, and pays his deposit, he receives what is called scrip shares, which simply record the fact of the holder having been a subscriber to the undertaking, and that the payment of the deposit money has entitled him to the shares in the company. That scrip, whether legally or not, has often been parted with from hand to hand, so that perhaps the party who signed the deed is separated by an interval, not by the board or provisional committee as before. The direc tors their issue an advertisement, calling the parties holding scrip certificates to bring them .in and receive in exch , age the sealed certificates of the company, making theta members of the company, and registering them as such. At that time the shares are in of twenty, thirty, or eve n fif t y persons from the party who is entitled to receive the shares in the company. When the Act of Incorporation passes, then the directors who continue in office, till, according to the provisions of the Bill, a general meeting is called fur the election cf fresh directors, and effect their title to the interest which they have in the company. The directors of the compan) issued an advertisement, that the scrip certificates should be sent in by the 15th Of September, 1846; that time was afterwards extended to the middle of October, 1846. The petition, Sir, then goes on to state as follows:—" That the first general meeting of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company was held on the 30th of October, 1846, and up to that time the Great Western Railway Company had made 11 overture whatever to the shareholders, nor, as your peti tioners believe, to the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, for any purchase or lease of their undertaking. That at such meeting the following reso lution was put, namely, ' That as this meeting deem it expedient that an amalgamation of this company with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company should be formed, the directors be authorised and requested, in con junction with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company, to apply to Parliament in the next ensuing session for an Act or Acts to carry such amalgamation into effect, providing in the said Act for power to lease or sell the two lines when amalgamated, or any part thereof, to the Great Western Railway Company, the directors being requested and authorised at once to negotiate with that com pany for some arrangement for that purpose. That at the said last mentioned meeting— (I beg to call your particular attention to this fact)— that at the said last mentioned meeting Mr. Charles Russell, the chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, being also a director of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, was present, and a discussion having arisen on the subject, it was stated by the said Charles Russell that he was not prepared to make any overture on the part of the Great Western Railway Company for the purchase or lease by them of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, referring at the same time to the power of the Great Western Rail way Company, under the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Act, to use the line of the Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Railway in any event, and expressing a strong opinion in favour of the proposed amalgamation with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Rail way Company." Now, it will be observed that the proposal made at this meeting was entirely different from that pro posed in the Birmingham and Oxford Aet, for the sale or lease of the line to the Great Western; but it was a proposal for a totally different thing; it was a proposal for an amalgamation of th e Bi rm i ng h am and Oxford Junction Railway with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley • Railway, and proposi ng t o un i te t h em both into one line. But the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Rail way was a totally independent and different company from that of the Oxford and Birmingham Railway Compa_ You will observe this most important fact, that when Mr. Russell, the chairman of the Great Western Company, was called upon to say whether or not the Great Western Com pany proposed to rent or to purchase the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, Mr. Russell says—" No; we are not pre pared to do that, for it is not necessary to do so; we have already the power to use you we can use you, whether you will or not. It is not at all essential to us to purchase a lease of you ; but I tell you what I will do : if you, the Bir mingham and Oxford shareholders, will consent to a dis solution of your own company, and an amalgamation of your company with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company, then we, the Great Western Company, will be prepared to take you up and agree to puchase both companies." The share holders, as might justly be expected, dissented from the proposition made to them by Mr. Russell, the Chairman of the Great Western Company. The petitioners then proceed to state in their petition " That many of the shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company were wholly opposed, and several of those present at the said last-mentioned meeting expressed themselves as opposed, to the proposal made at the said meeting for the amalgamation of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway Com pany, and the negotiation then proposed for the sale of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway to the Great Western Railway Company, inasmuch as the undertaking of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company would be more valuable by being in a position to receive and make terms for the traffic of other lines, and by not being confined to that of the Great Western Railway Com pany alone, and inasmuch as the shares of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company, were of much less value and at a much lower price in the market, than those of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail way Company. That, notwithstanding the opposition so made at gash natotl.e yr Luc ova. s,caioer , the sac s resolu r.r.prited as aforesaid was pressed by the directors, and declared to be carried." Now, Sir, I come to a most impor tant allegation in the petition, as tending to show that the consent of the shareholders was not obtained. The petition states "That the shares of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway were, and are still, of much greater value than the shares of the said Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway Company, and that the shares of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company • are, in the opinion of your petitioners, wor th considerably more than a premium of 101. ss. per share. That your petitioners believe that the pro posal to amalgamate the same two undertakings was supported by the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company contrary to the interests of their proprietors, and because they were, to a great extent, direc tors in both such companies, and because three of the directors of the Great Western Railway Company were also directors in both such companies. That the interests of the shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, as a separate company, were in conse quence attempted to be sacrificed to the interests of the Great Western and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Companies. That at the time of the said meeting _ of the 30th of October the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company held large quan tities of shares in that company, and in consequence of the changes which had taken place in the real ownership of large qnantities of shares in the said company during such interval , between the sending in of the scrip certificates and the coming out of the sealed certificates as afore said,thenumber of bond fide shareholders in the said company entitled to attend and vote at the said meeting had become very much reduced." The petition then goes on to state the various provisions of the Act, and the agreement entered into by the directors with the Great Western Railway Company to the six articles of which I beg to call your particular attention, more especially to the sixth article in the agreement. I will now read to the Committee the general terms of an agreement entered into between the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Rail way Company, and of the said two lines by the Great Western Railway Company : " Ist. The capital of the Birmingham and Oxford and Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Companies to be considered as amalgamated, and taken at 1,700,0001. " 2d. The Great Western Railway Company agree to pur chase the said two undertakings by payment of 10/. ss. premium on each share of 201., the said premium to become payable within six months after the completion and opening of the lines. The Great Western Railway Company are to be subject to any liabilities necessary for the completion of the said lines, and for the purchase of the Stratford-upon- Avon Canal, over and above the same capital. "3d. That if the railways shall not have been completed by the Ist, of January, 1850, the premium of 101.55. per share shall be considered due on the Ist of July, 1850, to those proprietors who have duly paid up the amount of their calls, and who have not been in arrear at any time for three months, interest being paid half-yearly at the rate of five per cent. per annum on the said premium of 101. 55., from the Ist of July, 1850, until the said premium shall become payable as hereinbefore provided. The Great Western Br; , way Company may require the opening of any portion of th e line previous to the completion of the whole of the works being executed, in which case the premium of 10i. Se. shall become due and payable within six months after such pa rtial opening in the same =saner as if the whole li ne had been completed. "4th. Interest at the rate of five instead of four per cent. per annum to be allowed to the proprietors of the said com pany upon all calls duly paid duri n g th e cons t ruc ti on o f t h e lines, and in respect of any sums paid in anticipation of calls, interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum shall be al lowed on so much as is advanced until it shall have been called up, when five per cent. per annum will become pay able; coupons:to be given by the Great Western Railway Company when the 201. share shall have been paid up or advanced, entitling the holder to the p r e m i um o f 101. 5 5., and interest upon the terms hereinbefore provided. "sth. That any further capital required for the purpose of the said companies shall be provided by the Great Western Railway Company, either by creation of shares or otherwise, as may be sanctioned by Parliament. 6th. The Birmingham and Oxford and Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and Dudley Companies are to be amalgamated, and powers taken for laying the broad as well as the narrow gauge thereon, and an arrangement is to be made for blend ing the Great Western board with the directors of the amal gamated company in such manner as to give the Great Western Railway Company an effectual control over the expenditure of the said undertaking." Now the petition: goes on to allege; this important point— namely, that such an agreement was not within the powers of the Act of P ar li amen t b y w hi c h t h e Bi r mingham an d Oxford Company had been incorporated, and that it was a violation of the power s conf erre d by such Act on the directors the of the company. With res p ec t t o that there cannot be slightest shadow of a doubt that the Act which constituted the Birmingha m an d O x f o rd Railway is an Act to form a company to construct a railway between Oxford and Bir mingham. This claim, therefore, made by the directors to carry out that which was the very essence—that the shareholders should be consenting parties—had been totally disregarded. The proposal was to amalgamate the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company with the Birmingham and Oxford Rail way Com pany. ow the Birmingham and Oxford shareholders say this—they say it is not fair upon us that the Great 'Western Railway Company do not choose to purchase us, and give us those terms which the value of our shares in the market co • title us to expect. The Great Western Railway has, it is true, offered to purchase us , prov i ded we became fused with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley R w a o i l i N v v e a r ) . : Company. Now the sh ares of the Bir min gham, hampton, and Dudley Cempany are not so valuable as our shares. They are lower in the market, and the consequence of the fusion or amalgamation to of the t wo li nes will be that of bringing the shares mean value, eq u i va l ent to th e premium to whi c h t h e respective companies are entitled, and the effect will be a loss and great sacrifice on our part, be , cause that, whereas we can get 15 per cent. for our shares, if we are amalgamated with the Birmingham, Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley Railway Company, we shall only get a something for our: shares equivalent to the mean valise of the shares of the two companies. The petition then goes on to state, " That certain of the shareholders of the Birming ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, who had at the same meeting, of the 30th October, dissented from the proposal of amalgamation then made, be tween the said 12th of November and the en b ecam e aware, d of that month, of the said agreeement of the 12th_ Of November; they entered into a communication with ( / e s - ) 7 \ Arvi\ S 1J • 'I 1 t- • - with the directors , of the London and .• • .a: way Company, End addressed to them- ••••- o - clrn the following is a copy." I will just calor. • - • - :s• LO 4- this as important because it is necessary ; •'was' • t opinion of the shareholders upon the sub be material except to show that at that • "-St ltts body of the shareholderslwere dissentient*. r- • pas they had the opportunity of making their ilpgfin atm aP" they were dissentients trom the propositions and - designs of the directors, and you will see after, I take you further, that when the sense orthe shareholders had been taken it is the clearest case wht-J 1 was ever brought before the considera t!on of the Legislature. The memorial goes o Wes tate— ' To the Directors of the London and Northtern Rail- , in " em t G he en ß tl irm e i z—W hatn e ' andtwhae way m. nr a r d pi ga Junction an ye d . ,propr n ie s to il r w s s o y f , shares g wholly dissatisfied with the reported proposals made to us by the directors of the Great Western Company, and especially disapproving of the injurious attempt whi , sh is being made, as part of the treaty with the Great Western, to unite the Birmingham and Oxford Railway as a prelirninary measure with another and distinct undertaking, the Bir•mincham Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railw a y C sa - ' npany, respectfully request that you will consider the propriety of proposing some arrangements by which the Atirmi : glisis, arid Oxford line might be connected with the London and North-Western Railss.iv Company, and if 3 tio think such a measure de sirable, that you will at once submit some offer for con sideration." Mr. Glynn, the Chairman of the London and North estern Railway Company, sent in reply to this memorial the following answer " London and North-Western Railway, London, 2d Dec. 1846. " Sirs,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the memorial signed by you and other parties interested in the Birmingham and Oxford Railway (having received a ineaairial from other shareholders in that company reel-lent in Lancashire), expressing your dissatisfaction with the terms oferred by the Great Western Railway directors for the purchase of that usdertaking, and calling on the Lon don and North-Western Company to propose some other ad vantageous arrangements, and to secure the effectual carry ing out of that past of the original intention of the under taking which had reference to a continuous communication between Lancashire and Oxford and the South. There is no doubt that the London and North- Westm Company have still tbe,same interest that the Grand Junction had before their union in obtaining the most uninterrop. cd communication between Lancashire, Oxford, and Southampton, and they would on that account, as well as with a view to the local objects of the line, and the purposes of their existing traffic, be ready to consider your suggestion. They would be pre pared to unite with the Gr ea t W estern Company in a j oint lease of the Birmingham and Oxford line under which these objects might be secured, and th e public would have also the advantage of a very low scale of rates and charges; and by the amalgamation Act of the London and; North- Western Company lower than that of the Birmingham and Oxford, and much lower than that of the Great Western. With this view, and to effect this joint arrangement, the London and North-Western directors are prepared to unite with the Great Western Company in proposing terms considerably more ad vantageous to the Birmingham and Oxford Company than those which have been offered by the Great Western. If the Great Western decline this suggestion, which we have com municated to them, the London and North-Western, desiring still to carry out these important objects, are prepared, when the present offer of the Great Western is dispoaed of, to pro pose on their • own account a basis of arrangement which will, they doubt not, meet with the views expressed by yon and the other memorialists. I beg to add, that we shall be ready at any time to receive a deputation from the memorialists as soon as you may think it desirable that a meeting should take place.—l have the honour to be, Sirs, your obedient ser vant, " GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman. " To James Buchanan, Esq., and others." Now, Sir, it is clear that at that time the shareholders had the full right to recede from any engagement into which the directors might have led them. This fact is important, because the petitioners allege that on the 12th day of November the directors entered into an agreement with the Great Western Railway which could not be binding, inasmuch as it had not received the sanction of the shares hareholders, but preparatory they called a meeting, a special general meeting, which was convened on the 4th day of De cember. On that day the meeting was held. The petition stated—" That a general extraordinary meeting of the Bir mingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company was called by the directors for the 4th day of December, 1846, for the purpose of considering the said agreement between the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company and the directors of the Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley Railway Company on the one part, and the directors of the Great Western Railway Company on the other part. " That on the said 4th of December a still greater change had taken place in the ownership of shares in the said Bir mingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, and fur ther, large quantities of shares had been sold on the condi tion that they should be paid for the purchase completed on the issue of the said sealed certificates ; and several of the directors of the said company had, previously to the said 4th day of December a gree d to sell certain of their shares on the same condition, and they had obtained for the same, in consequence of the nego ti at i ons aforesaid, premiums. " That shortly efore the sd 4of December the id directors had decl b ared their intent th ion to c issue the sea s l a ed certificates on the said 14th of December. That strong representations had been made to the said di rectors before the said meeting, but after it had been advertised, by Mr. Elias Joseph Masley, Mr. John Meeson Parsons, and others of the dissentient shareholders, calling upon them to postpone the holding of the proposed meeting until the said sealed certificates should be issued, in order that the bona fide proprietors cf the shares might be repro• sented; but the directors wholly disregarded such repre sentations. " That under the circumstances before stated it was - highly improper =ale . f a r . t .-g rze ; - a Of ' so vital leg or tuesean. of a matter as the absolute sale of the undertaking, inasmuch as no sealed certificates of shares had been issued by the said directors; and in consequence of non-issue of such cer tificates many persons who had agreed for the purchase of shares in the said company were unable to complete such purchases, and were unable, therefore, to attend and vote in respect of such shares at the said meeting." Now, Sir, I pause arid ask whether, under these circum stances, considering that the Act of Incorporation passed in the month of August, and that the directors had advertised for sending in the scrip with a view to the issue of sealed certi ficates on the 15th of December, that they themselves after wards postponed the issue of those sealed certificates. On the 24th of October, the first general meeting was about to take place; on the 13th of October they further postponed the issue of the sealed shares till the 14th day of December. and then having entered into an agreement with the Great Wes tern Railway Company, of th e di rectors of which six were directors of - the Birmingham Wolverhampton, and D u dl e y Railway Comp an y. A number of these directors sold their shares on the 4th of December anterior to the issue of the sealed certificates, knowing, as they must have well known, of the fact of the postponement of the meeting, and of the issuing of the sealed certificates till the 16th day of December- and knowing, as they well did, that by the postponement of the issue the effect would be, that a great body of the share holders would be prevented from attending that meeting, and giving their voice, or expressing their opinion upon the sub ject of the agreement. Let us see, now, what took place on. the 14th of December. The petition goes on to state, "That,. notwithstanding these remonstrances, the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company per sisted in holding such a meeting. Philip Henry Manta, the chairman of the said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, then referred to and produced a copy of the said reply of the said Mr. Glyn to the said memorial, which is stated to have been forwarded to him by the directors of the Great Western Railway Company, to whom the same had been sent by the directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and many of the proprietors then present opposed the then proposed arrangements with the Birming ham, Wolvciaampton, and Dudley and Great Western Rail way Companies, and insisted on the propriety of making terms for the possession of a portion of the traffic of the Lon don and North-Western line, as well as that of the Great Western Company. " That at the said meeting of the 4th of December the said Elias Joseph Mosley, being called upon to do so by certain observations then made on the subject produced, and referred to the said letter from the said Mr. Glyn, stating the readiness on the part of the London and North- Western Railway Company to treat on such an offer of 151. per share. " That at such meeting of the 4th of December the said agreement of amalgamation and sale made on or about the 12th of November, was read to the meeting, and a deresolu tion was proposed that such agreement should be ratified and confirmed, and that the directors should be au the e authorised and requested to take the necessary steps for carrying into effect; whereupon an amendment was moved by George Turner, an original shareholder, to the following effect:—' That, inasmuch as by the non-issusing of certifi cates in this company it has been impossible to complete the purchase of a large number of shares, by which parties en titled to hold them, not being able to obtain the necessary transfers, are precluded from giving their opinion on the subject submitted for the consideration of the meeting this day, and and it appearing that the certificates are to be issued on the 14th instant, it is expedient that this meeting be adjourned until the 14th of January next." Such was the nature of the proceedings to which I have alluded. If that was too long a period, why did they not adjourn to the 15th December, so that all the shareholders entitled to vote would then be able to be pre sent and express their opinion of the agreement with the Great Western Railway Company ? By adjourning to that time all the persons shareholders in the concern would have been enabled to be present to vote. I ask, therefore, is it not the bounden duty of the directors, if they were bona fid e e anxious to serve the true wishes of the shareholders upon the 9ti l i ss alu t t and whether, conformably to the p e rovisionof Birmingham s and 10th Victoria, an Act constituting th of shareholders at Ox ford Railway, and requiring an attendance such agree ments—l ask whether the a general meeting for the purpose of approvingere not in duty bound directorsw • They had postponed issuing their to call that meeting? shares from the middle of September till December, that being a period of three months . .The meeting was called for the month of October. It was again postponed till the 14th of December. We believe that had not this arrangement been carried out a great number of the parties holding shares in the company were adve rse to the arrangement made with the Great Western Company, and had they postponed the meeting till the 14th of January, when the sealed certificates would have been issued, these parties would have been enabled to attend the meeting and express their opinion as dissentient shareholders. Now, the shareholders present did not represent, we are sure, the majority of the company; they were but a small minority. They might have said we are a miserable handful, the mere minority of the proprietary of this company, and sealed certificates not having been issued, the great majority of shareholders cannot possibly have the right; and had such persons been present at the meeting there is not the smallest doubt that the resolution would have been carried. They persevered, however, with the resolution, and it was carried. I know it is an argument to be relied upon by my Learned Friend, that it was not necessary that those sailed certificates should be issued to enable the body of shareholders to vote. I have no doubt, my Learned Friend might o ( 1511 y, that if the meeting had been postponed till the_ 14th ) f all • January it would have been fatal to the Bill. Net at a , becau se the directors of the company could have gone on r with the preliminaries of the Bill What wa s required only to commence the initiatory proceedings. That w as all that was necessary b e fore the directors came to th e Com mittee to ask them to sanction the dissolution of the Bir mingham an d Oxford Railway Company, and its amalgama tiwith another company. 1 cannot, then, think that there can be be much weight in the argument of my Learned Friend on this point. I will show you, if I am allowed to do so, that they could have postponed the meeting without the l ea st danger to tlie Bill. The directors, however, boldly took up their position, and said—We are the directors of the company—we are the majority of the persons present—we have got a majority, and we will exercise our right. Now let us see what took place after the amendment was lost. The petition goes on to state, " That such amendment was declared to be lost, and the original resolution was then put, and declared to be carried at the same meeting, although the directors of the said Birming• I r z c=.` 1 0 \ , ' IC o _‘ tee. 4 rd. * / / . _ Y mow tt We oupd. tt r oact--- esdriS, at the .4 ,puled lay, 41