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It would not be material except to show that at that very time a great body of the shareholderslwere dissentient*. As far, at least, am they had the opportunity of making their opinions known, they were dissentients from the propositions and designs of the directors, and You will see after, I take you further, that when the sense of the shareholders had been taken it is tilts clearest case which was ever brought before the considera tion of the L eg i s l ature. The memorial goes on to state— To the Directors of the London and North-Western Rat " Gentlemen, —We, way Company. the undersigned, proprietors of shares in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, being wholly dissatisfied with the reported proposals made to us by the directors of the Great Western Company, and especially disapproving of the injurious attempt whieh - is being made, as part of the treaty with the Great Western, to unite the Birmingham in a g n h ot a i m ier an a d nd Ox d f i o s r t d in l c i t ai u l Railwaywne ' r t a s s undertaking, Company, re t i the Birmingham, a i r respectfullymi n e g a h s m u m re : Wolverhampton, and Dudley request that you will consider the propri e ty o f p ro p os i ng sonic arrangements by which the e tirmingh;n4 and Oxford line might be connected w it li the London and North-Western Rail cay Company, and it your 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 N or th_ 1‘ (-stern Railway Company, sent in reply to this memorial the following answer : " London and North-Western Railway, London, 2d Dec. 1846. " Sirs, —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the memorial signed by y ou and other parties interested in the Birmingham and Oxford Railway (having received a similar memorial from other shareholders in that company resident in Lanca•hire), expressing your dissatisfaction with the terms 'Directed by the Great Western Railway directors for the purchase of that undertaking, and calling on the Lon don and North-We,tern Company to propose some other ad vantageous arrangements, and to secure the effectual carry ing out of that part 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-Western Company have still the same interest that the Grand Junction had before their union in obtaining the most uninterrupted 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 Great Western Company in a joint lease of the Birmingham and Oxford line, under which these objects might be secured, and the 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 itoint 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 thau those which have been offered by the Great Western. If the Great Western decline this suggestion, which we bare 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 disposed of. to pro pose on their own account a basis of arrangement which will, they doubt not, meet with the views expressed by you and the other memorialists. I beg to add, that we shall be ready at any time to receive a deputation from the memorialists as coon as Voll may think it desirable that a meeting should take place.-1 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 share 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 agreed to sell certain of their shares on the same condition, and they had obtained for the same, in consequence of the negotiations aforesaid, premiums. " That shortly before the said 4th of December the said directors had declared their intention to issue the sealed 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 Mosley, 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 ;ra 3 r " ..( ' ). ' 7 '.. , .' , 77) rs^ -•-,.. „ :. .. kyr....,T 1,-, ,rl s .Tlf AqTER fIEXTM 'L. ‘ 1 ' ' ','-'-\ 1;: 'C I t .'- C o i:C V1‘.1. 7 ':..7 , !..- , Li,, , I- -, _.-. A)ls - i RIC 1 PO ,T LL'I Te... ,3A .i.-... ..o,i, e . ~, . . b e - ..' ••-- -,.. , :iveit, th?,t her Majest3's Postntaster General will really to i ece.ive TENDERS ..n or I ie! - ore the lit of Jim,. next, for Carts the London District Letter Bogs by Horse Rides and Alai! , arts to and from the following place* : Charin,* err's, North Itow Stepne- southwark ' SW I IIOII,II Street - - - ' 12 do. Shore itch i ., do. Southwark to It.4therhit: e - - 6 do. Greenwich Itailw,y, Lon lon Bridge 5 do. Sloane Street - - - 1 do. . York Street. Maryleboue - - I do. New Kent Road - - , do. Ratcliffe I do. Camden Town - - - - 3 do. Holloway South Lambeth - -' - 3 do. Camberwell - - - - - 3 do. Hackney *• 1 1. The abo ve Rid es are em ployed every day, Sundays excepted. The Particulars and full contlitions maybe seen oil application t• th ' e SulPerintentlin , r President- of the L on don District Post-office, Ge neral Post-oftlee s , and of whom Forms of enders may lie obtained. 'ren ders are to be sealed up and a 'dressed to " lier 7 , ; ajesty's ~ °‘troaster-Getieral," and endwrscd " Tende: s for conveying the To w n ' ()tutor' District Post Bags," and delivered before Twelve o'clock on the Ist of June next. IC ' ii • N ,, Tende - ill be received unless made on the proper pi nto form. rs vi General Post-ofilze, May I, 1837. .....___ PRICR SD. Brodi THE UNI . 1 - ;D KINGDOM ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY. Capital 500,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposits 7s. 6d. per Share. Provisionally Registered, 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'loth Victoria, chap. 106. SALES BY AUCTION. H E 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 t his registered coat, although in a material derogatory to its reput ation, all hereby warned that to make any garment (ha vin g sleeves) whether w WTIIOUT SHOULDER worn by male or female, I persohs are R 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 Mg arm' , with a number indicative of the size, also the name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT= STREET, and it, POULTRY, near the Mansion-House. LONDON, to imitate which is felony. IN NORTUAMPTONSIIIRE. CATE s B y 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 lor a RESIDENCE, its a TRULY BEAUTIFUL PATRONS The Most Noble the Marquis i:INORTHAMPTON, Belgrave-square. '1 he Right Hon. Loy ASHLEY, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor -S q . TRUSTEES. Lord Chas. Be:mitre, Lewmlcs- I Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., street, Lowndes-square. M.l'., Portland-place. Wiliam Alexander M'Kinnon, I Luke ,las. Hansard, Esq., South- Etq., M.P., llyik-park-place. anipton-st., Bloomsbury-sq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. John Bon t, Esq , M.D., M R.C.S. L and E., George-st., l'ortman-sq. Edward Smith, Esq., R.N., John-street, Adolph!. Gerrard Barry, Esq., M. 1)., R.C.S.L., Char:est-st., St. James's-sq. Jo hua Stopford, Esq., East India Chambers, City. Chi:ries Blunt, Esq., Montagu-place, Itussell-square. William Henry Mayne, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S.L., Howland-street, cot,- NITY • yr R. ROBINS is favoured with instructions to stTumt - r to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, London, on Tnunsnh., July I at Twelve O'clock, in One Lot, A .M ST INTERESTING ANCIENT MANORIAL ESTATE, FREEHOLD of INHERIT SCE, CATESBY ABBEY, situated in a beautTul part of Northamptonshire, four miles from Daventry, six from Weedon Station, about fourteen from the county town, not tar distant front Leamington, and within sight of War wickshire. Anal- 30, 1817. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 12 th day of May next, at One o'clock precis:ly, to receive TE"F•11", 144_"/" 'TING,Lt on Lease, ior thirteen years. from Lady-day ,4. .' HOUSE on the north side of LIME STREET, and on the east sh4e of Beehive-passage ; and also for LETTING, on Lease, for twenty • one years, from Midsummer next TWO ROUSES, No , . 2 And 3, SAINT JAMES'S, DUKE'S-PLACE, near tIOUNDSDITCH. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applyhlg at the Office of Works, Guildhall. TROMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. By CO\I NI AND OF lIER M \JESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENERAL. COUNTRY CONTRACT, for CONVEYING zi the LONDON DISTRICT POST-LETTErt BAGS. b e °lief* is hereby given. that her Majesty's Postmaster-i;eneral will x r ," (l Y to receive TENDERS on or before the Ist day of JUNE 4 - V,, f or Conveying the London District Post Country Letter Bags, . 43 e , Rides, Mail Carts, Stage Coaches, Omnibuses. or any other age conveying Passengers, or Parcels, to and from the following 8 Thi- famed r rcrerty is briefly noticed in " Dugdale's Monastiusn as Catesby Nunnery, and since more particularly described in the BeauVes of Northamptonshire ;" and to which the reader is re ferred. It pr, scuts strong claims to those who would invest with security. and at Cie same time possess; some feeling of admiration for, and who know how to appreciate the charm and importance con ne:led with an estato possessing so many interesting relics of an tiquity, and since that period the true stamp of the good old English tio:e. The first object of Importance to he noticed is THE ANCIENT MANOR ItALL, on abode of singular pretension, erected with due regard to dura• billy, placed in the centre of the domain, and commanding from its front a quit, picturesque; and lovely scene. It is a quaint and sin gular building; in stone, of a very early period, containing numerous 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. Fitzr,y-square. Ellli Price Sutton, Esq., Great Ormond-street. (With power to add to their number.) BAT:I:Ens. London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes- . street, Itank : Commercial Bank, COI:STET RIDES, Despatches per Day. Barnet - Brentley - Entkid - Enfield Highway - Hampton - - Harrow - Croydon - - Highgate - Stantnore - Hounslow - - Twickenham - - Kilburn - - Putney - FAgevrare - - Clapham - - Tottenham - - Norwood - - Tooting - - LeYtonstone - Wandsvrorth - Hampstead - Hammersmith - Streatham -- Zennington Paddington - - • BRANCH COUNTRY RIDES. From Bexley to Blackheath Camilahen to Mitcham - „ Kingston to Wandsworth Kingston to Putney - Romford to Stratford - 4 , Fulham to B rompton - - 3 WNo°r°wlwoodiclitotoD%,pvtifeohrd Railway way Sta . tlon :4 „ Waltham Cro ato Ed monton - Barking and Ilford to Srratf,,rd - 1 N.B.—The above Rides are employed every day, Sundays excep t re. •aitaticu CO UNTRY RIDES. Despatch Daily. From Hounslow to Brampton • - 1 , , Hounslow to Ki ngsgate Stat i on - Barnet to Highgate • - - 1 Walthara Cross to Stok e N ew i ng t o n Croydon to Brixton --•- 1 New Cross Station to W oo l w i c h - - 1 `,.." 3 —These ride 3 are employed every day throughout the year. the Conditions and full Particulars may be seen on application to n Bn Perintefilting President of the London District Post-Office, Post-Office, and of whom Farms of Tender may-be obtained. •r,eoderti are to be aostletrup and addressed to her Majesty's Post nerd, and endorsed " Tenders for conveying the Country -.aldon District Post Bags." and delivered before Twelve o'clock on The bit Dri n t of June next n d - fo N rrn o . Tender will be received unless made on the proper General Post-Office, May Ist, 1847. Lothbury. SECRETARY—Joshua Stopford. ASSISTA'NT-SECRETARY—Richard St. GeOrZe Graham. 21, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street. PROSPECTUS. LAND will MEET at Guildhall. GUILDHALL, Aran. 30, 1847. T HE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S on Wanstasna the 26th day of May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to receive TEN DERS for a DEPUTATION and LEASE for three years, from !MUMMY' next (subject to a power of resumption), of the office or place of COLLECTOR and RECEIVER o f th e CITY'S TOLLS an d DU TIES at Whitechapel Bars an d a ll th e liberties of this City from thence southward to the Custom-house, together with the same Tolls T. and Duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of thit.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 Bothlem Hospital, and eastward to White chapel Bars exclusive, together with the same Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties at Aldersgate Bars, and ail the liberties of this City from thence east ward to the site of the late Bethiem 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 with the from thenc same e east Tolls - to Aldersgate Bars, exclusive, together and Duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of Weeny's Tolls and Duties at Holborn Bars, and all the liberties of ibb4.9 l 4Y from the southward to Temple Bar atxl eastward to fil„rkotylegayars e*clusite, together with the same Tolls and Duties. • Also a like Deputation and Lease of this City's Toils 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. When we look to the vast population, and consider the eminence, he trade, the enterprise, the great manufacturing and co.nmercia: interests of this metropolis, it becomes a matter of no little surprise that the most active means have Hot, 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 Itugh Middleton, at an expel:se of about 150,0001. When, in 1834, the public were much excited in con,equence of the bad water supplied, a Parliamentary inquiry on the subject took place, and .2ommis• sinners were appointed. From the evidence then given it apeared that the capital invested by the New River Company was 1,116,9C , 41., by the other Companies 2,127,5951., making a total of 3,224,5391. Although the New River Company paid an enormous bonus (300 per cent. on the paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders, there was a balance o- 157,2061. 10s. 6d. remain:fig, which s more than the ori ginal cast of construction. The average number of h. - uses supplied in 1831, accordin_ to the minutes of evidence, was 196,492, at the annual v,.lue of 276,2001., about 1/. 10s. yearly per house. Pule water can be supplied for one-third that sum, and leave a profit, to the capital st who invests in this speculation, more enormous than that of the New River Com, any. Hence tile opportunity has presented itself for the formation of a Company for the supply of puts water at an inconsiderable ..,utlity, and upon those Pure and unerring principles of Artesian Springs which have been so generally adopted en the Continent tuff Ming and succes fully established to the satisfaction 01 Hie most sceptical With reference to supplying London with pure spring water, let it be unders'oud, that the surface of chalk on which London is built re ceives and retains rain on an average of twenty-one lashes per au num. This chalk-bed or basin has an extent of 12,500 sq :are miles. Each square mile contain., allowing one-third fur evaporation, no less than 3,203,228 hogsheads of water per annum, or on a hundred square miles, one.twelfth of the surface, 320,822,800 hogsheads. The snpply 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 net be adopted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Com pany. Glass, and some such tubes as cannot be corroded, will only b 6 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 Full SHARES. Sir,—l hereby request you to allot me Shares of 101. each in the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company ; and I gua rantee to pay, when called en, a deposit of 7s. 6d. per Share for such Shares, or any lesser number that you may allot to me, and to sign the deed of partnership when necessary. Name •• ........ ....... Residence • • .....• •• • • ........ Names of too Refereences, 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, &e.. A pleasure garden of some extent, laid out with much taste Is in front, and a ROOKERY, WITH •A BEAUTIFUL GROVE OF LOFTY LIMES close to the mansion, whilst a road through A NOBLE AVENUE OF STATELY ELMS, leads to an ancient cemetery, and the ruins of a chapel, a time hallowed spot of singular beauty, presenting a highly interesting feature, the interest ng village of Catesby, in all its 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 wld-fowl congregate, and a never failing supply of fish is obtained. THE DOMAIN INCLUDES 646 ACRES OF FIRST-It ITE LAND, principally the richest pasture, well supplied with water, and several woods, affording excellent preserves for game, in the parishes of Catesby and Hallilan, di ided into FIVE CONVENIENT FARMS, each with suitable residences, the principal farm having a newly erected abode, with capital buldings, let upon leases to a highly re,spectabie tenantry-, and producing a re.ita! exceeding 1,0004 a-year, but there can be no question a considerable increase may be obtained. The annual valu", will the mansion house and land attached to it, being estimated under the most adverse times for a farmer, at more ,ot 9 - - 2 ear ° 11. Despatches per day. 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 rssurance that it possesQes true elements tor 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. NY , edon ; , 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. 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—Duetto, Mad. Persian' and Signor Salvi—Overture, Les DeuxJournees, Cherubint. Conductor, M. Costa. Single Tickets, One Guinea, and Double Tickets, 11.105., to be had of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street. IN SUFFOLK, close to the Town of DEBENIIAM. A most inviting P FARM of 80 and ACRABLES of S L ANUPERIOR MEADOW, ASTURE, ARE D. MR. ROBINS is directed to OFFER to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, London, on TnuasnaT, June 10, at Twelve, in One Lot, A most inviting property, part Freehold and part Copyhold. ad joining THE RURAL TOWN OF DEBENHHM, in SUFFOLK, About 14 miles from Ipswich, and 9 from Needham, comprising 80 ACRES OF THE BEST FAR PIING 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 updin lease, PRODUCING 21H. 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 Particnlars 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. p 0 YAL POLYTECHNIC IN sTrru LION. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Half-past Three o'clock. On CHEMISTRY, on Monday, Wednesday,. and Friday Evenings, at Nine, by F. 11. Holmes, Esq. On ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed in its production, by Dr. Hach hoffner. 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. - J'Alln __Li E'VERARD MEYER,' who was wi f "inerlY of Howard•street, in the parish of St. Clement's ep ea l_FtrOd;,in the county of Middlesex, and afterwards of,sShaaiditi A us 7 en '%3he same county, will apply to' Messrs. Hale, B 80/4pei ." ', 6, EIY-place, Holborn, London, solcitors, he wil o l 3 hear of MeTel- lIII.iO other TO HIS ADVANTAGE. The said Jacob Everard 13 believed to have been a Russian or German by birth, and he ism, on a mercantile business for some time prior to the year the Minories, London, trading, or having connexion amongst u m P l aces, with St. Petersburg. Or any person giving inform lirey,ro wi the llb V al szlic r tr a s rd o e f d. the death of the said Jacob Everard '.............___ Admission Is. Schools, half-price. PUBLICATIONS. LYCEUM THEATRE, late ENGLISH The OPERA-HOUSE. v_ Holders of Debentures on this Theatre, are requested to meet ocl 8 4 100 11, on FRIDAY- NEXT, th e 14th M ay i nstan t, a t El e ven oock p r ecisely, for the purpose of consideri ng th e b es t me ans to be Pted for recovering the arrears now due on the Debentures. MaY 7, 1847. GRATIS! GRATIS! GRATIS! Every person who shall subscribe for II E D I S P A T C II During the Month of JUNE next, Will be presented with a finely Engraved Portrait of ELIZA. COOK. The likeness of this poetic genius is most striking, and the En graving is by Adlard, in the first style of the art. An Edition of the DISPATCH is published at Five o'clock every Saturday morning, for transmission by the First Trains and Morning Mails, so that persons residing in towns 250 miles from London may receive it the same evening. This Edition contains the Lon.lon Markets of the week, including those held on Friday; also the spirited letters of Publicola, Caustic and Censorius ; and frequently original poems by Eliza Cook. Persons desirous of being supplied with the WEEKLY' DISn PATCH, may give their orders and pay their subscriptions to any News-agent, or to Mr. Richard Wood, at the DISPATCH Office, 139, Fleet-street, London, who, by a remittance of 25., or postage stamps to that amount, will supply the DISPATCH throughout June next. The terms for the DISPATCH are, per Quarter - 7s. Od, Per Year, in advance - - - 6i. Od. Ditto on Credit, payable by reference in London LI 10s. Od. Arrangements have been made with respectable manufac turers to supply elegant Frames, at prices varying from 3s. to 25s , and any Subscriber to the DISPATCH may, by transmitting to Mr. Wood the sum for the Frame he wishes to obtain, be supplied with the same. F e in • the We'* FREEMASONRY. THE TWELFTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL in aid of the ASYLUM FOR AGED FREEMASONS, will take place at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, on WEDNES. DAY, the 16th of JUNE, 1847, under the direction of the following Board of Stewards : Brother-The Right Hon. LORD SOUTHAMPTON, No 652, President. S. 11. LEE, No. 107, Vice-President. 11. B. LEESON, M.D., No. 324, Treasurer. J. WHITMORE, No. 329, Hon. Secretary. Brothers Major Gen. Cooke, LL.D. ; James Banner, P.G.D. ; Wil liam Pringle, (Edinburgh) ; J. J. Blake, P.G.IV., (Surrey), No. 1 ; Francis Crew, No. 1 ; W. E. Walmiscy. 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. 22 .Ba 9 ; s con,: s ek, s No c . oi l t 0 0 8; Richardo 32. B Farmer, No. 113; W. Foster White , No. TICKETS, 15s. each, to be bad of tile Stewards, of Bro. John 1 1 1 hitmore, Secretary, 125, Oxford-street, and of Messrs. Bacon and ,Co., at the Freemasons' Tavern. Dinner on Table at live for six precisely. TILE CONCERT. The Stewards have much pleasure in an nouncing that several Professional Ladies and Gentlemen have, in the most obliging manner, volunteered their kind assistance and powerful support, so as to render the usual Concert In the Hall and Glee Room as effective as on the preceding Anniversaries of this Institution. , &c. ENGINEERS' SURVEYING COLLEGE, LONDON. t . Conductors. Messrs. SMITH and LEWIS. T ""l'e I . —Railway S urve yi ng and Levelling will commence on ul'sday next, the llth instant. . u ourse 2.—L an d and Estate Surveying will commence on Wednes day next, the 12th instant. Course 3. — Engineering and Government Surveying will commence next, the 13th instant. i,._,11.11e 4 . — Architecture,Building, Draughting, Measuring, and ain g of Land, Timber', Buildings, Townships, &c. wit: commence -"cridartext,"the 14th instant. pih refic iencY guaranteed. Terms, till perfect, very moderate. Pu , c omPltting .the Course, may be introduced to employment. l 'i° pros pectuses,&c.,apply at the offices, 4, Harpur-street, Red - stivare: --- 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., 'I Minas Waller, Esq , the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, &c., including a very fine copy of Grainger's Ho garth's Works, from the original plates ; Ho,garth illustrated by Cook, and another copy, in 3 vols., ; Picturesque Works of Ireland ; a very fine series of engravings by !Lollar, extending to near 500 ; tho Works of Guercino, a tine and original subscription copy ; a splendid edition, in red morocco, of Boydell's Shakespeare ; Rapin's History of England, by Tindal ; Horace Walpole's Catalogre of the Royal and Noble Authors •f England, with numerous portraits ; the Bridgewater Treatises ; Sehencli zeri (J. J.) PhySiefl, Sacra, Iconihus illustrated cura J. A. Pfeffel, portrait anti 750 plates; Shakspeare and Mollere illustrated by the works of Gravelot, Virtue, Walker, and L. Cars ; Chambers's Imitation of the original Drawings by Hans Ilolbein 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 Durer, Cranach, Wolgemirt, Col- Inert, 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 from the collection of Sir Jo hua Remolds, Benjamin West, Sir Thomas Lawrence, the Mar gals 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, Ruben;, Vandyke, P. Wovermans, N. Poussin. Sir J. Reynolds, Sir Thomas Lawrence ; also from the early works of Albert Durer, Visscher, Claude Mellan, Sir Robert St-ange Woollett, many of which are unique; besides 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. that the bona fide proprietors cf the shares might be repre sented; but the directors wholly disregarded such repre sentat tons. " That under the circumstances before stated it was highly improper in the said directors to hold the said meet ing of the 4th of December for the determination of so vital 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 fiticates 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 re-pect of such shares at the said meeting." Now, Sir, I pause and ask whetlnT, under these circum stances, considering that the Act of Incorporation passed in the month of August, and thst 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 She ..lth of October, the first general meeting was about to take place; on the 13th of October they further postponed the issue of the scaled shares till the 14th day of December. and then having entered into en agreement with the Great 'Wes tern Railway Company, of the directors of which six were directors of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company. A number of these directors sold their shires 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 bo, 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 11th 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 Mintz, the chairman of the said Birmingham and Oxford IHE CITY OF LONDON, LIFE ASSURANCE SGCIETY. T his No. 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS. krar,„ Society is established on the principle of combining all the the c ,lt_dvantages and conveniences of the oldest Life o ffi ces, with It 3 -117 .11 results of their experience. nev e. l'enitum Tables are adjusted on the most economical yet safe Tk 4 nd embrace three distinct divisions or departments : .14 4 ;;nst Policies may be e ff ected on - • . r , MUTUAL SYSTEM, securing all its advantages without its THEOr liabilities. AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO ASSURERS. ItOPRIETARY SYSTEM,with the full benefits of its acknow ledged_ SECURITY, SIMPLICITY, and ECONOMY.; and VIE ACCUMULATIVE OR DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED BY Tins SOCIETY, which perfects the principle of Life A.euren,e, the full amount of the Deposit—Premiums being at all times available to the Assured. ALSO lIALF-CREDIT PREMIUMS for stipulated pe-iodA, a pecu liarly advantageous arrangement for YOUNG LIVES and for all per sons WITH ADVANCING MEANS OR INCOMES. And. Tables expressly calculated for NAVAL and ?currant RISKS in all quarters of the world, en the most moderate terms. Together with all the usual divisional rates, accommodations, and conveniences. HARLEROI' L OUVAIN A LA SAMBRE RAILWAY. DIRECT TO NAMUR AND TO C Notice is hereby given, that the SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEE !ISO of the SHAREHOLDER.: of this Undertaking will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishortgate-street, London, on TOZSDAT, 11th of May Next, at ONE o'clock precisely, on the Gene rat Business of the Company. Resolutions will also, on this occasion, be taken relative to the Shares upon which the Call of 21. per Share, due on the 2d of Octo ber last, has not been paid, the time for which payment was, by a resolution passed 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. QOYER'S CIIARII'ABLE COOKERY; or, kj the POOR MAN'S REGENERATOR, price Gd., out of which one penny is for the poor Irish. Published by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; John °Uhler, Pall mall ; Hodges and Smith, Dublin, ar.d all Booksellers in the United King dom. Mons. Soyer begs to acqaalirt the public that the extraordinary sale of that little work i i Dublin, Where it was first publ shed, has obliged hilt to have a London edition printed. 100,000 shed, h be ready for sale. JOIIN BARNES, President. GEO. DANCE, Secretary. 28, Threadneedle-street, March 16,1847, N.ll.—By the Statutes of the Company it is necessary that all Shareholders intending to be present at the above Meeting should deposit their Share Certificates with the ~e cretary at least Ten Days betbre the 11th of May proximo, in order to ladle them to talta part in the proceedings. COMFORT FOR TENDER FEET, AND A CERTAIN CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND, which gives RELIEF on the FIRST APPLICATION. PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND (CORN PLAISTEIt) is ge nerally admitted to be the best emollient application for Corns and Bunions, and is worthy of a trial on the p art of those who are afflicted with such unpl easant compan i on s. Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the reates t eminence, as well as from many Officers of both A rmy and Navy, and r . e arly one thousand g private letters ftom the gentry in town and country, speaking in high terms of this valuable remedy. Prepared by John F ox, i n boxes at Is. 1 1 10 ~ or three sm all boxes in one for 2s. 9d.; and to be had, with full directions for use, of C. King, 34, Napier street, Hoxton New-town, London; and all whole sale and retail medicine vendors, in town and country. The genuine has the name of " John Fox" on the stamp. A 2s. 9d. box cures the most obdurate eon's. Ask for " Paul's Every Man's Friend." Sold also by Barclay and Sons, Farringdou - s treet; Edw St. Paul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheaps i de ; Newbery, St. Paul's ; ar ds, 67, Sutton, Bow Church-yard ; Johnston, 16, Greek -street, Soho ; and 68, Cornhill ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Willoughby and Co., 61, Ittshopsgate - street Without; Owen 52, Marchmo nt-street, Burton crescent ; lade, 39, GOSlvell street :Front, 229, Strand; Hannay and ' Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Hunter and James, Webber-row ; and retai by all respectable chartists and medicine vendors in every town in England. . EDWD. F. LEEKS, SECRETARY. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No, 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Mary liaise Berens, Esq. LyaII, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq.. M. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Robert Milford, Esq. John Gelllbmnd Hubbard, Esq. James Morrl4, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry It. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Loch, Esq. Joh n Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roharts, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Leyd , Esq. Houry Norman, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effe cted at low Rates with ou t participation in the Profits ; or at modera te Rates with Participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium r eceived ; and the whol e amoun t of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Coin- PonY exceeded 530,0001. v i4 ans granted on Life Policies to the exten t of their values, pro -21, e!:1 such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have *tilled in each case a value not under 591. on FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared the Able" 3th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies „ e " had been in force seven years at Christmas 1845, and the same 1,.;.f ° in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), also the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office; and "`""' by the Agents in the Country Districts. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. LOUVAIN a la SAMBRE RAILWAY. DIRECT to NAMUR and to CHARVEROY. The Shareholders are most respectively informed that on MONDAY next; May I , ', the day previouly to that fixed upon for the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, there will be ready for delivery at the Office of the Company — I. Proposed sketch for ag-eement for making and working, jointly with the Great Luxemburg Company, the line from Brussels I o Namur, with branch line to NVavre. 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 fort'elte d. JOHN BARNES, Chairman. GEO. DANCE, Secretary. No. 28, Threadneedle-street, May 6, 1447. i H pin O , L rt D hoe R E C S I T I A n4yt T y E o S fsTo a o t Rt B KD R A , , DFORD and pursuant FREEHOLD o BE E a ß n po d Ew. L IL E tI A EN S G : to a Decree of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of " ROUSE versus ROUSE," with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, on 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 Leasehold 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 Boswell-eourt, Carey-street, London, solicitors ; of Messrs. Walter and Pemberton, Symond's 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. FRAMPTON's PILL OF HEALTH. Price Is I lid per box. This excellent Family Pill is . a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the common symptoms of which are costiveness flatulency, s pasms, loss of appe- - tite, sick head-ache, giddiness, and , pains in the stomach sense of fulness after meals, dizzlness of the eye', drowsiness, and bowels. In digestion, producing a torpid state of the liver, and a consequent inac tivity of the bowels, causing a disorganization of ever y function of the frame, will, in this most excellent prep ara tion, by a little perse verance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels , an d kidne y s will rapidly take place; and, instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun diced appearance, strength, activity, amt renewed health, will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions ac companying each box ; and if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Persons of a full habit, who are subject to head-ache, giddiness, drowsiness, and singing in the ears, arising from too great a flow of blood to the head, should never be without them, as many dangerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. For Females these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all ob structions; the distressing Head-ache, so very prevalent with the sex ; depression of spirits, dulness of sight, nervous affections, blotches, pimples, and sallowness of the skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. As a pleasant, safe, easy aperient, they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no restraint of diet or confinement during their use; and for Elderly People they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hi therto prepared. Sold by T. Pront, 229, Strand, London. Price, Is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. per box, and by the venders of medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S 'rm. OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of "Thomas Prout, 229. Strand. London,". on the t Stamp. 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 ilventions ; the celebrated METALLIC RAZOR TABLET of GEORGE SAMSTDERS 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. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIXTH SPECIAL SALE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, MAT, 1847. 11 OR SALE, by order of the Honourable 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 511 AWLS, 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 Goods sold at thie Sale may be paid for on untild o the e tte Afternoon, of ab:nt d we m e u n s t t h b e e h t o a u k rs en o f awayTe Ten in n tohre before Morning T 1 Thurs day, r s n any day after the Day of Sate, at thp Office of the Receiver of Fines, day, the 3d June. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.— 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London : 97, t''' lr ge - street. Edinburgh ; i 2, St Vincent-place, Glasgow ; 4 , Col i 'eg_ Be-green, Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament in 183 4 . Companythe added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on assured to all policies of the participating class , from the time they l, w the were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the n division of profits In 1848 should make immediate application. W hen the Insurance is for life, only one half the Annual Premium need be Paid for the first 5 years. : "" v ery information will be a ff orded on application t o the Resident , 'rector, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., No. 8 Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where Prospectuses, spc., may be had. 97, GEORGE-S MEET, EDINBURGH. 12, ST. VINCENT-PLACE, GLASGOW. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. lIANANEL DE CASTRO, Depuiy Chairman. Samuel Anderson. Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. William Rallton, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. John Ritchie. Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. F. S. Thomson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most pc - fect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended,ll since its commencement in 1834—lie ANNUAL INCOME BEING UPWARDS or 84, 1 00/. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. 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 iblipws 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 ald 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 not likely to get out of order. Price 155.; it packed complete in a japanned case, 12 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep. 3s. Gd. extra. To be had of the proprietor and ma nufacturer, WILLIAM S. BURTON (late Rippon and Burton), whose BATH SHOW ROOM contains, besides toilet sets japanned in imitation of fancy woods, china, marbles. &c., in 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. under any other house where attention is paid to the quality. Full-sized Port able Shower Maths, very strong and japanned, with curtains and copper valve, Ss, each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper cenducU in.; tubes, brass force-pump and top, complete with curtains and japanned, from 60$. 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. i2ittalogues may be had, Two Days before the Sale, at the Queen's 'arehouse, price Sixpence. uf l ra r ol mi c t e i e l f e sa b i firotanrtgte the eoffH rni throughouttaunrnni turning g h r rworldel ytproduces i f .e o s r to i t r s e sa g no e d n r i ar a cy l th in rae d i flour- ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL r fishing tr original colour; frees it from scurf and dandruff, and renders it soft, silky, curly, and glossy. For Children, it is especially recommended as forming the basis of a Beautiful Head of Hair, and ren dering the use of the tine comb 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, sad 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. Price 3s. 6d., 75., or Family Bottles (equal to four small) at 103.6 d., and double that size, 21s. Caution.—On the Wrapper of each Bottle of the Genuine Article arc these words. In TWO lines, " ROWLANDS' MLCCASSAR OIL." sold by the Proprietors, at 20, Ilatton-garden, London; and by all Chemists and Perfumers. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. I "MONs ALIT 7.—Wind this day at noon S.E., light pleasant breeze and fine. DEAL, MAT 6.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Virginia, Jausson, New York, for Gothenberg ; Abel Gower, Alexander, Callao ; La Bonne Mere, Musgrove, Callao ; Hope, Alexan der, Callao. OFF DVINGENESS,MAY 4.—Stadt Tiel, Chevalier, Ban joewangie (Batavia), for Amsterdam. OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 2 . — Hermann Foss, Krogh, Monte er May, hire, the Dt a eon rg b, the NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL. LONDON, Capital 000,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages With respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, oz all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. ♦ssurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rides Video, for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6.—Wind S., moderate.—And. John, Warwick, Calcutta; Ethiope, Africa, l e f t F ernando Po 22d Feb. ; Fame, Pernambuco, with part of cargo thrown over board. An American ship, of about 400 tons, was seen to founder on the 2 d u lt., in lat. 38, lon g. 60 . The ' Eugene,New York to Ireland, was abandoned on th e 11 th March; crew arrived at Boston. The Matilda, brig, o f and from New York to Cork, was abandoned on th e 18th hlarch ; crew taken to Norfolk , V. The Conco r d, schooner, of Ply mouth, dismasted and abandoned, was passed lat. 45, long. 39, by the England, arrived at New York. Large quantities of barrels and half barrels of 4 flour, marked P, were seen on the Ist ult., in lat. 42, long. 4 , by the Rep u bli c, arrived at New York. 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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 difliculiy has, it appears, arisen as to the rights of certain parties for whom I have the honour to appear before von. I have now to make an application on their behalf, slid 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 the 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 theirinteresia. The CHAIRNIAN—It is with tha preamble of the Bill that we have to deal, we have nothing to do with the conduct of the directors. Mr. COCKRURN—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 great. The 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 1 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, to say the least of it, most flagrant in justice. The CHAlRMAN—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 1 shall sit down. The CHAIIMAN—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 therecital 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 com 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 iu 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 essentially the 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 "going,if the facts 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 m'ament, and turn to the Act incorporating the Oxford and Birmingham Railway Company. By the G9th clause of that Act provision is made that, the power of leasing or selling the line to the Great W estern Company shall not be enacted unless by consent of three-tifths of the shareholders. (The clause was here read.) The next section is the 70th, which makes further provision on the subject. (Clause here Iread.) These two sections appear in the allegations of the petitioners to which 1 have called your attention, and von will find by and bye, as we go on, that the sale or lease of the Birmingham arid 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 Grtat 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 f.nd 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 lino of the Birmingham and Oxfotd 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 incorporating 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 tor the time being intrusted with the supervision of railways." The petition then 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 make 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 Birmingha m and Oxford ailway 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 Bell or to let, and for the other to purchase or to take, as they would be minded. No com pulsory power was granted by Parliament in passing this Act to either of the parties, either to the shareholders of the Bir mingham and Oxford Company on the one hand, or to the proprietors of the Great Western,! on the other; both parties were left perfectly free, they could come to terms if 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 such a rrangement was made with the Great Western Company with respect to the lease or pur chase of the line, both pa r ti es were l e f t prec i sely i n 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 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 certificates 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 he found to have a material bearing upon the question with respect to whether the consent of the other i • s hareholders ever has been g iven at all to this und e r taking. 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 t h e interval between the sending in 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 according 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 coining out of the sealed certifi cates, until which time the shares remained registered in the books of the company in the names of the sellers, who alone could vote in respect thereof at any meeting of the said com pany held before the issuing of such sealed certificates." Now, Sir, it is possible that Hon. Members who have had nothing to do with railway shares may not perfectly under stand the meaning o f this—if not , allow me to explain it to the Committee. ion are aware that w hen a party signs the Par pays Lis deposit., he receives what is ling entary contract , and called scrip shares, which simply record the fact of the ho lder 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 then issue an advertisement, calling the parties holding scrip certificates to bring them in and receive in exch use the sealed certificates of the company, making them members of the company, and registering them as such. At that time the shares are in of twenty, thirty, or even fifty 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 for the election cf fresh directors, and effect their title to the interest which they have in the company. The directors of the company 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 O c t o b er , 1e46, and up to that time the Great Western Railw a y Company lied made no 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 he 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— (1 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 Birmi ng h am an d O x f ord A ct, f or t h e sa l e 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 the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway with the Birmingham, Wolverhampt on , and Dudley Railway, and proposing to unit e th em both into one line. But the Birmingham, Wolverhampt on , an d Dudley Rail way was a totally independent and different company from that of the Oxford and Birmingham Railway Company. 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 ter 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 kwer price in the market than those of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail way Company. That, notwithstanding the opposition so made at such meeting of the 30th October, the said resolu tion so proposed as aforesaid was pressed by the directors, and declared to he carried." Now, Sir, I come to a most impor- I tent 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, Wolverhampten and Dudley Railway Company, and that the shares of the Birmingham and Oxford - Junction Railway Company are, in .the opinion of your petitioners, worth considerably more than a premium of 10/. ss. p. r share. That your petitioners believe that the pro posal to amalgamate the same two undertakings was supp , rted by the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company contrary to the interests of tin ir 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 aforesaidahenumber of bon,i . 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:— " let. The capital of the Birmingham and Oxford and Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Companies to be considered as amalgamated, and taken at 1,700,000/. " 2d. The Great Western Railway Company agree to pur chase the said two undertakings by payment of 101. 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 lit of January, 1550,' the premium of 101. ss. 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. is., from the Ist of July, 1850, until the said premium shall become payable as hereinbefore provided. The Great Western Rail way Company may require the opening of any portion of the line previous to the completion of the whole of the works i being executed, in which case the pr emium of 101. ss. shall become clue and payable within six months after such partia l opening in the same manner as if the whole line 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 the construction of the lines, and in respect of any sums paid in anticipation of calls, interest at the rate of four per ceat. 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 premium of lOi. 55., 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 Parliament by which the Birmingham and Oxford Company had been incorporated, and that it wa t s or a s violation of the powers conferred by such Act on the o d t ir h e e c the of the company. With respect to that there e slightest shadow of a doubt that the Act w n •hic Act to form a the Birmingham and Oxford Railway is which constituted company to construct a railway betweenabOxfoordo adnirdec core mingliam. This chains, therefore, d to carry out that which was thmeeanyteFnrgyy essence parties—hadthat the shareholders should be con s was to amalgamate been totally disregarded. The p roposal and Dudley Railway the Birmingham, Wolverhampton,im ad Oxford Railway Com- Company . with the Binning pany. 'Now the 13irminghaifand Oxford shareholders say t hi s —they say it is not fair u p on 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 eie title us to expect. The Great Western Railway has, it is true, offered to purchase us, provided we became fused with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company. Now the shares of the Birmingham, Wolve hampton, and Dudley Company are not so valuable asour shares. They are lower in the market, and the consequence of the fusion or amalgamation of the two lines will be that of bringing the shares to a mean value, equivalent to the premium to which the 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 value 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, di ssen t e d from the proposal of amalgamation then made, became a ware, 0 - f tween the said 12th of November and theen end that month, of the said agreement of the withl2th of NOVcnaber; they entered intv a communication 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, Wolvit iamptan, 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 Comnany. "That at the said meeting of the 4th of December the said Ellis 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 resolu tion was proposed that such agreement should be ratified and confirmed, and that the directors should be authorised and requested to take the necessary steps for carrying the same into effect i whereupon an amendment was moved by Mr. George Turner, an original shareholder, to the following e ffect :—‘ That, inasmuch as b y the non-issusing of certifi cates in this company it has been impossible to complete the p ur chase of a large number of shares, by which parties en titled to bold 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 NV extern 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 fide anxious to serve the true wishes of the shareholders upon the subject, and whether, conformably to the provisions of the 9th and 10th Victoria, an Act constituting the Birmingham and Ox ford Railway, and requiring an attendance of share su l:; l 3ldera re a: a general meeting for the purpose of app ments—l ask whether the directors w ere r° n v o i nt . duty boun d to call that meeting? They bad postponed issuing etc that was shares from the middle of September tiAleDmeceemetibnerg, being a period of three months. called for the o f October. It was ag a in postpone d till the Inl4otillof D e cember. We believe that had no t this arrangement been een carr i e d out a great number o f the parties holding shares in 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 kcertificates 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 Leal ned Friend, that it was not necessary that those sealed certificates should be issued to enable the body of shareholders to vote. I have no doubt, my Learned Friend might say, that if the meeting had been postponed till the 14th of January it would have been tidal to the Bill. Not at all; because the directors of the company could have gone on with the preliminaries of the BilL What was reqnired of them was only to commence the initiatory proceedings. That was all that was necessary before the directors came to the Corn mittee to ask them to sanction the dissolution of the Bir mingham and Oxford Railway Company, and i . ts amalgama- Railwa y c then, think that there tion with another company. can 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 least danger to the 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 Binning- A REINE DES ALPE S. 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