Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

AMITSEItIENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS; &c. THIS DAY. ROYAL A M ilEATßE—DranAtic Performance -7 p.m.. OLLIToN s HAu., Claytoa-elnare—Gordon Cumming-8 p.m. ROYAL CoLosasum—General Entertainment-8.30 p.m. lionLocneaL GAR.DEN3—Grand.,nd Varied Entertainments AZUOPtIiI CRYSTAL PALACE, Lime-street —lO a.m. to LO p;m. tom' For particulars see advertisements. Ar* 1 - r t ije ;,01,0 I Pril SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1857, THE DAY'S NEWS. We are in receipt of detailed accounts of the ews from India. Delhi was still in the hands of he insurgents on the 27th of June. On the 18th he mutineers,who had taken up a position outside he town, were driven into Delhi with great loss, he British capturing one gun. A portion of the orces from Mussurabad had joined the rebels. 'he mutineers are said to be much broken and ispirited. On the evening of the 10th,` and the corning of the 20th, another attack was made upon he enemy, and after much slaughter they were riven into the city. The loss of the mutineers res over six hundred killed; the British loss was ut trifling. At last accounts our forces were eeping up a formidable attack upon Delhi. The uarters and buildings outside the city in which le rebels had sheltered themselves, and given us such-annoyance, have been taken possession of by ie British. A. number of the Del i Gazette 'xtraordinary says the wounded, inside the city 703 reported to amount to two thousand. The iilitary at Bareilly was very treacherous. The sing at Fyzibad occurred on the night of Sunday, ►e Bth of June. Several more regiments had iutinied ; and the Bombay Times, of the 14th July, ►ys that there .are now no more regiments to utiny, unless they are to be those of Bombay and [adras. In fact, the Bengal native army does not List; at every station it has mutinied or been sarmed ; and yet, though W 3 have not 'only ap trendy lost the hands of 70,000 good troops, but ad many thousands 01 them actually in arms ;kunst us, our military pDsitions—with the solitary Lception of Delhi—are still in our possession ; our lief communications are open ; the enemy has ily to face us to be beaten and beaten again ; and Le numerous troops in the other presidencies are atainted with disaffection. In the meantime, the 000 English troops, destined to attack the hinese, have been diverted to India, and had ready commenced arriving before the mail came vay. The present mail brings no fu4lier infor ation in support of the notion of the rising being dyeastie rebellion, and not a military mutiny. he ample summary of the Indian news in another olumn will, we have no doubt, be read with the :most interest by the public at large. In the House of Lords, last night, the Earl of llenborough drew attention to the militia question id the mutiny in India. He was of opinion that e £200,000 voted by the C nismons for the abodiment of the militia this year was a totally adequate sum. He at some length entered into e subject, and maintain - A that as the demand r recruits for the army in India would in future •erage some 15,000 men yearly, it was desirable at the full militia force of 1855 should be abodied. Lord Panmure stated that every :ertion had been and was being made to suppress ,e mutiny in India, and the Government had no ars for the result. The recruiting for India was dog on most satiifaetorily, and he was not an lvocate for recruiting for the line from the ilitia. After some conversation, the subject 'upped. The passage of the Divorce Bill through the ouse of Commons is being fought inch by inch. .sterday, at the early sitting of the House, only te clause (25th) was passed, and the House Ijourned before the decision on the 26th ause. The House will resume, on Monday, e further consideration of this bill. Sir Estcourt drew the •attention of the house to e scheme for the furtherance of .railway commu cation with India, via the Euphrates, and hoped at the Government would give its sanction to the oject, Mr. Gladstone and Lord Palmerston :re opposed to grants of the public funds for any ivate project, no matter how beneficial it might to the nation at. large. The trials at our assizes yesterday were of a ther interesting description. It. will be seen that atrick Kilroy, who was charged with the murder John Kilduff, in New Bird-street, in this town, Ls been acquitted- of the capital crime, but found Lilt of manslaughter; he will be sentenced this urging. Three ruffians were found guilty of pe on a married woman, at Manchester, and sen need—two of them to fifteen years' transporta- MI, and the other to twelve years' penal servitude breach of promise of marriage case ended in a rdict of X 350 damages. At the police court, yesterday, a young man was ant for trial on charge of embezzlement. The ,half-yearly meeting of the London and orth Western Railway Company was held in ondon yesterday. We give a full report of the .oceedings. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent• annum was agreed to. There is not much news of importance from the ontinent this morning. The Paris Constitutionel ' Thursday has an article on the Chinese diffi ilty, signed by the secretary of redaction, M. onifac©, in which the following paragraph occurs, licit, taken in connexion with the " Conferences Osborne," is curious :—" No doubt we must ppose that England will ultimately vanquish the iinese ; but her triumph is adj mimed, in consc ience of the events in India ; and inasmuch as the times in which we live interests apparently stant are intimately connected with those close horn,e, we may add that a good and prompt dution of flit llTerences which have arisen at anton must depend in great measure upon the oderation which the English cabinet may show its European policy. Great Britain must have )thing upon her hands hi Europe, in order to rike a decisive blow in Asia." Count Bucl and the Frcneh Ambassador at ienna have had an interview, with satisfactory sults, on the question of the Principalities ; an d Porte has instructed its Ambassadors at the ur Courts to remain at their posts ; so it is likely ie Sultan will give way. We have late news from the Cape of Goof Hope, üblio attention was being directed t.) railway )mmunication, and two had been surveyed - which was proposed to carry out between Graham's own and Port Etizibeth, and Cape Town and rellington. Large numbers of Kiffirs were coming Lto the colony on service engagements, being xed by the settlers. 1,500 had passed through Graham's Town with permits in one month. The new settlements of the German Legion in Kaffraria was progressing. A bill was also before the Legis lative Council for raising a ldan of £lOO,OOO, to be expended in public works and immigration. A bill for imposing a land-tax of a farthing an acre had been thrown out. Great improvements were mak ing in the harbour, and a steam-tug was about to be procured from England, to bring vessels, passen gers, ttc., otter the bar. The steamer Tagus has arrived at Southampton with the Peninsular mails. The Bank returns for the week ending August 7th shew a * decrease of £18,398 in the stock of bullion, as compared with the retarns of previous week, viz., £11,283,754, against £11.302,152. MADAME RISTORI AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, Macbeth" drew a crowded house last night to the Theatre Royal. Madame Ristori took her leave, on that evening, of a Liverpool audience, in the character of Lady Macbeth The tragedy being well-known, the foreign language offered less obstruction to following the action of the scene. We did not discover the new reading the London critics observed upon, bat it was a fine represer, taticn of the character of Lady Macbeth, as understood from the traditions •of Mrs. Siddons. Nevertheless, we cannot for's, moment put it in comparison with the wonderful personification of Cantina on Wednesday. In that every look, every tone, every action, every arrangement of dress, was perfection itself. But in Lady Macbeth ,as in Bianca in" Fazio," played on Monday last, we thought there was a little too mach of the descent from grandeur to-common nature ; a little too much of the animal suffer iog conjoined or intersprsed With the intellectual, and the dress in the sleep-walking scenes of _Lady :Macbeth though the tradition of Mrs. Sidelong, was not so advan tageaus as on all the other occasions on which Madame Ristori appeared. But her acting .of this scene excited the most enthusiastic applause, and the tragedy was inter rupted to call her forward twice in succession. After the comp'etion of the tragedy she was called forward again, and appeared in undress, led on between Signor Vitaliani (who had played Macbeth with spirit and energy) and Signor Belletti-800, who had acted Macde. We have noticed the previous performanus at length as they took pace, and can only now say that altogether the visit of Madame Ristori, and her very effective dramatic troupe, has afforded a great gratification to those who ceould appreciate such fine tragic art, and for which they were greatly indebted to Mr. Copelaud. Next week he provides a series of Italian Operas, which will comprise some of the finest s ngers of the day, and be put on the stage with all the effect that the s'ze of the theatre will allow. .aa/MT X - R atlTAcr y THE NORTHERN TIMES.—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, AUGUST - ,15. 1857. AMPHITHEATRE. Mr. Barry Sullivan has gone through a series of his popular personifications of Othello, Hamlet, and other great characters, and with his accustomed BUMS?. Not withstanding the extraordinary attraction at the Theatre Royal, he has drawn large audiences to the Amphitheatre. To go into detail would be but to repeat our former com mendations. We are indebted to Mr. Shaw, of Rainford place, and Mr. Coart, of the 17-iderwriter's Rooms, for late papers and despaches in anticipation of the delivery of the mails frona SECOND BALLOON ASCENT AT TICE Z/OLOGICAL GARDENS. —We see that Captdin Bedey will make a second and last ameat this season on the 24th instant, and on this occasion will detach a parachute from the car of the balloon, at a great altitude, containing one of the quadrupeds from the menagerie of the gardens. Other attractions are in pre paration, and a treat for the million may be expecte& CARNARVJN REGATrA..—The ab Are regatta took place on Thu-sday last, amidst a large attendance of people, and the day being yelp fine, every one present appeared to enjoy it. For the principal race (the Prince of Wa'es' Cup), the new yacht North Star, built last week at Birkenhead, was amongst the number, and her sating qualities were much admire'. However, when a mile a-head of the others, owing to the stupidity of her pilot, she got on a bank, and after remaining 40 minutes, a steamer had to be sent to assist her off. With this draw back, however, she again started on her regular course, and after all, beat her competitors by 12 minutes, being at her winning post that time before the second boat (the Plover) came in. Bat as the owner of this boat protested against the North Stir, on account of her having had assistance to draw her off the bank ; and as the regu lations on this point being clear, the prize was awarded to the Plover. There was a balloon ascent and fireworks in the evening, which terminated the day's pleasure. Pointsl'las' ANNIVERSARY.—On Tuesday evening last, the members of Court No. 713, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, commemorated their eighteenth anniversary by dining together, with their wives and children, at the house of Mr. Crewe, Coopers' Arm;, Henry street, P.C.R Langan presiding on the oelasion. The substantial; (which were got up in Mr. Crewe's usuel style of liberality) having been fairly discussed, the chairman proceeded to give 'n succession the following toast; :—" The Qieen, the Prince Consort, and the rest of the Royal Family ;" " The Officers of the Liverpool district, coupled with the name of D.O R. Foley;" "Continued prosperity to Court No. 713 ;" " The Secretary ;" " The Trees firer ;" " The Ladies present ;" " The Host and Hostess," &c., which were all heartily responded to. P.D.C.R. Evans, secretary, in a neat and effective srech. dwelt on the present successful state of the Court. P.D.2R's. Richardson and Foley also addressed the assembly, after which the vocal efiorts of several of the members were called into requisition, and dancing was kept up until a late, or rather early hour, Mr. Brannan'a bind adding considerably to the enlivenment of what might be truly called a pleasant entertainment. THE FOG.—STICIMER ASHORR.—A thick fog pforailed in the Irish Sea on Tuesday eight, and Wednesday, so that some of our cross channel steamers were not able to make their passages in the ustril time, and one of them has gone ashore. The Waterloo, Captain Philip Q sail, was adver tised to leave Liverpool on' Tuesday night, about twelve o'clock, but did not probab'y leave till an hour afterwards. She proceeded at fair speed, but on Wednesday forenoon the fog increased in density, and betwern one and two o'clock, p m., the vessel ran ashore on the rocks at Bally. waiter. Information was immediately conveyed to Messrs. Langtry & Co, and it is hoped that the steamer will be got off without any very serious injury being done to her. There were only two cabin passengers on board at the time of the mishap, which was entirely owing to the fag, as every precaution which experience and ability c3uld suggest was taken by the captain to guard against such an cccurrenca. The Fleetwood s'eamer Prince Patrick, was delayed fully twelve hours after her usual time, in conse quence of the fog. S'ae was due here at six o'clock on Wed newhy morning, but did not arrive until seven o'clock in the evening, the hour at which she should have "eft this for Fleetwood with the mai!. Through the extraordi nary exertions of the agent here, Mr. Robert Henderson, the Prince Patrick was discharged and re-loaded in four hours, and sailed again at eleven o'clock, v u.—Belfa3l News-Letter. It is said that the command of the camp at Shorncliffd, vacant by Major-General Sir F. Love, becoming Inspeator- General of Infantry, will not be filled up. The Aroniteur of this morning announces that Cardinal Mcrlot has barn appointed Grand Almoner, and that M. Laity and General Deumas are named senators. HARVEST WAGES.—Labourers are now demanding and gettirg as ex'raordlnary advance of wages. It is almost impossible to get men to work for less than 3s. per day and their dipt, or women to bind sheaves at 'less than from 2s. to 2J. 6d. with diet.— Cork Consti tution. THE NEXT INDIAN NEWS.—The next Indian telegraph may be looked for on the 28th August. The vessel will be the Nubia, a fast screw steamer, and as the recent l oss o f the Erin will cause a blank in the China mail, the possi bility of a detention at Gallo, waiting for its arrival, will be avoided. . _ The Emperor has decreed a new medal for the war 3 of the: revolution and the empire. The medal will be in bonze, and will exhibit on one side the . effigy of the Emperor, and on th e o th er s id e the words inscribed— " Campaigns of from 1792 to 1815, to his companions in glory, his latest thought, 51 of May, 1821." INAntQuATs REINFORCZNENTB FOR INDIA —The Daily News says that Experienced Indian officers complain of the inadequate amount of rei n f orcements w hi c h governmen t profess to consider requisite for India. The mutineers in India, it says, have now every prospect of being able to hold out till October. Meanwhile the spirit of mutiny is already creeping southward, and according to the latest accounts has extended as far as Indore and loW. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Ty British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph INAUGURATION OF THE LOUVRE. PARIS, FRIDAY NIGHT. The inauguration of the Louvre took place to-day. The Emperor, in his address, said that the monuments of a nation portrayed itchistpry. He then congratulated the nation upon the pos session of political order, that permitted the realisation of a project which had occupied the attention of every dynasty in France. The Emperor's pardon will be extended, ;on the occasion of the fete of August 15, to 932 persons condemned for various offences. _ THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. BERLIN, J lILY 13. The Chambers are to be convoked for the month of October• SARDINIA. A despatch from Turin announces that the King of Sardinia is suffering from indisposition. LUPE LIIAL PARLIANIENT. (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph•) HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The House met at five o'clock. The Eastern (Bengal) Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. WILLS OV BRITISH SUBJECTS RESIDING ABROAD. Lord St. Leonards urged the government to take into consideration, with a view to legislation, the difficulties experienced in the preparation of wills by British subjects refiding abroad. Lord Campbell also urged the government to introdt:ce a bill on the subject. The Lord Chancellor admitted the existence of the diffi culty, but doubted whether they could legislate effectively up3n the subject in a particular country unless there was s►milar legislation in other countries. THE MILITIA. The Earl of Ellenborough inquired how the govern ment prop-sad to apply the inadequate gum of £290,000, voted by the House of Conamons for the embodiment of the militia, and, at the same time, drew attention to the preparations to meet the emergency that had occurred in India. He calculated that the total force employed in India would amount to fifty-two battalions of infantry, which was more than was employed in the Crimea, But at that time the militia force employed was 66,000, of which seventeen regiments were stationed in the Mediterranean garrisons. He believed that £200,000 would enable the Government to employ 9,000 militia for sir months, and be•calculated that they would Wave 8,000 more regulars and 46,000 less militia at home, than they had during the Crimean war. They were now carrying on a war at a great distance withoat an ally, and the naval force was employed in China. He calculated that they would require to keep up the army for India every year, 10,000 recruits for the infantry, 400 for the artillery, 960 for the cavalry, and with the demand to recruit.rhe East India Company's army, 15,360 recruits would be required, besides those necessary for keeping up her Majesty's forces at home. Lord Panmure entered into a detailed explanation of the steps taken to provide a force adequate to the sup pression of the mutiny in India, and stated that the recruiting to provide for the draw upon the army, was going on satisfactorily. There was no reason to doubt that a force could be obtained sufficient to meet any emer gency that might:ocmr, and he objected to the militia being made the medium for recruiting the line. After some remarks from the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Earl Granville, the subject dropped. ME OE LLANEOUS BILLS. The Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) Bill, the New Zealand Loan Guarantee Bill, the New Zealand Company's Claim Bill, and the New Zea!and G vernment Act Amend ment Bill, were read a third time and passed. The House adjourned at ten minutes past seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. At the morning sittirg, MATRIMONIAL CAUSES RILL. The committee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was resumed, and the consideration of the 2.5 th clause was proceeded with. Several amendments were proposed, but were withdrawn after discussion, and after two hours spent in this manner, the question was put from the chair that the clause as amended stand part of the bill. Mr. Gladstone took the opportunity to review what had taken place in the committee in regard to this clause, and referring to the various important questions which had been disposed of, vindicated. himself and those who had acted with him, from the charge of Lord Palmerstcn that they bad wasted the time of the house in unprofitable debate. Lord Palmerston admitted that he had been under the impression that it was the intention of the opponents of tho measure to defeat it by delay, but the explanation of the right bon. gentleman had convinced him that he - was in error. He was anxious that the bill should receive the fullest consideration, and be was sincerely thankful to those who lent their assistance to render it perfect. . Mr. Gladstone cordially thanked the noble lord for this exfsession of his apinioa. In reply to remarks from Mr. Henley and Lord Join Manners, The Attorney-General explained words be had used in the course of the discussion on this clauee, and, observing that he had received some hard knocks, expressed a hope that bygones would be passed over in the desire to render the bill perfect. Ho admitted the danger of unsettled legislation upon this subject, and denied that it was contemplated by the government in a future smsion to introduce a bill for the further extension of divorce. Lord John Russell tendered his thanks to the Attorney- General for this statement, and trusted that the measure would now be discussed without faction, aad that the government would entertain with candour any amendments which might be prowited. Mr. Napier feared that the measure would not be final, and expressed as opinion that they han got into difficulty by not arlopting the simplicity of the Scotch law. The clause was ultimately agreed to. On clause 26 Mr. Puller proposed an amendment to the effect that on the proof of adultery, to the satisfaction of a jury, the court should have power to punish the crime by fiae or imprison or by fine and imprisonment. This proposition was under discussion, when, at ten minutes to four, the Chairman left the chair. Lord Palmerston, in reply to Lord John Manners, stated that it was proposed that the House should meet to-morrow for the transaction of some formal bu3ines3,aiad that the Divorce Bill should be taken at twelve o'clock on Monday. The Mutiny (East India) Bill was read a second time. The Militia Pay Bill passed through cammittee. The sitting was then susuenderi. EVENING SITTING: IPIC)BiTE, &C BILL. In reply to Mr. iladfiell, TheAttorney-General said it was not his intention to iltroduce any clause in tho Probate Bills to give Scotch continually] force in England or Ireland. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED lures SISTER Mr. Schneider gave notice for Lord Bury of his intention early in the ensuing seision, to ask leave to bring in a bill to lega!iza marriage with a deceased wife's sister. RAILWAY COMIVNICATION WITH INDIA. Mr. Estcourt moved that the house at its rising, should adjourn to Monday, in order to hare an opportunity of drawing attention to the expediency of facilitating railway communication between Great Britain .and India by the route of the Euphrates. He disclaimed antagonism with the Suez Canal, which formed the natural route to Chiaa, Southera India, and Australia, and stated that it would form a more direct communication with Northern India than bythe Red Sea by 900 miles. Ho urged the especial claim of this route at the present time, when all were anxiously looking for the arrival of the Indian mails, to the eonsideration of the louse and the c oun t r y. Th e ex p ense wou ld be 1,l 00,000, upon which the Turkish Government had offered to guarantee .6 per cent., and he expressed a hope that this session would not he allowed to pass without the House and the government giving their sanction to the plan. Mr. Crawford recommended that the sanction of Go vernment should be given to one of the two telegraphic schemes suggested, in preference to the scheme recom mended by the hon. member. - Mr. Gladetene thought the Government slloUid be careful how .thergranted money out of the public funds, for the furtherance of any commercial project. Lord Palmerston was also of opinion that, in these private projects, notwithstanding _the benefit which they might confer in regard to both commercial and political communication with India, the Government ought to appear only as benevolent spectators. In answer to a question from Sir J. Kelly, Mr. V. Smith explained the circumstances which lead to the arrest of the King of Oude, and expressed a hope that he would be foand to be innocent of the charge for which his arrest took place, namely, of complicity in the Indian mutinies. In answer to Mr. Gladstone, Lord Palmerston repeated his former explanation of the dispute as to the validity of the Mc:Mari in and Wallachian elections, and added_ . that Austria had agreed to take the same coorse as that adopted by England, the result of which was that there was no difference between Lord John Russell drew attention to the occupation of Italy by foreign troOps, and observed that under such circumstances the 'States could not be considered as in dependent. Reverting to the question relating to :.the Danubian Prihcipalities, he remarked that the elections ook place under the authority of the English ant Aus trian ministers, and that it was on that aeeJunt that_the other powers took exceptions to them. , - Lord Palmerston stated that all that had been'done by England and Austria was to offer advice. After some further discussion upon miscellaneous matters, the motion for adjournment over Saturday was withdrawn; and the House went into committee on the D'vorce Bill. r I, ['he amendment discussed at the morning sitting was withdrawn, on the understanding that the Attorney- General would give his attention to the principle involved, and some further amendments having been proposed and I disposed of, the clause was agreed to. 1 1 Clause 27 was also agreed to, after which the chairman reported progress. The Joint Stock Companys Act (1856) Amendment Bill wai read a third time and passed. • The Consolidated Fuld, Appropriation Bill, the Militia Bill, the Customs and Excise' Bills, the Jurisdiction in Siam Sill, and the Trustees- Relief Till were read a second time. The Charitabie Trusts Acts Continuance Bill, the Pro bates and Letters of, Admiuistration (Scotland) Bill, the Parochial Schoolmasters(Scotland, 2) Bill, and the Mutiny (East India) Bill went through eoranf tee. Ttie Militia Pay Bill was read a third time and passed, The house adjourned at a quarter to two. TH E LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN-RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) The 'halt yearly general meeting of the directors and shareholders of the London and North-Western Railway Company was held at the Euston Station ati twelve o'clock yesterday. The chair was taken by the Marquis of Chandos, M.P., Chairman of the Company. The Secretary read the advertisement calling the meeting, and the minutes of the last half-yearly meeting, and the special meeting subsequently held to consider drafts of bills referring to•railway companies then before the Muse of Commons. The Report was then laid before the riveting.. The Chairman said : The circhlation, gentlemen, of the report and accounts at an early date. before the meeting, has considerably lessened mylabours in explaining to you the proceedings of the half.year ; but I am afraid it has also considerably lessened the attendance, for, certainly, since the publication of the report, the attendance of the proprietors of the company has not been quite so nume roue as before. It is, indeed, the result which we antici pated, but it is a result which. however, I regret, for I should like to see a large and an influential number of proprietors attending here to-take part in the proceed ings, and to hear the discussions which take place upon the conduct of their affairs. The circulation of the-report has, as I have said, very much lessened my lab Ours. You have had an opportunity of considering the statement which the directors have made of the results of the-work rug of the half year, and it is therefore unnecessary for me to enter •at length upon them. There are one or two points in the accounts to which I may, however, call your attention. From these accounts it will be seen that we have made during the year the amount of five per cent dividend, and it would not have been difficult for the directors to have shown, perhaps, a larger nett profit during the half year had they confined themselves strictly and entirely to repairs, and to maintaining your stock and your roads in the identical form in which they were placed, without any improvements, or in the event of their improvements, asking you for votes of capital. But iret.wo or three items of the accounts, as you will perceive, there is an apparently considerable increase, namely per manent way, locomotives, waggons, and carriage repairs, in which considerable sums have been expended from revenue in actual improvement of way and of stock, and even in new works. The increase in the permanent way department, is attributable to a considerable outlay in bridging the Peterborugh, line, on which line less capital was laid out originally, the bridges being formed of woo.]. These bridges, which are now being repaired, wo are having replaced by stone bridges, which is rather a costly work, but is being paid out of the revenue. This account also includes - - f.:2,000f0r new sidings and other works, which are not strictly maintenance, altOough they have been brought to that account. In the locomotive account, also, as well as the carriage and waggon department, a considerable sum has been expended, beyond, perhaps, the strict maintenance or improvement of stock. A large portion of increase under the head of locomotive power, will be noticed to be in con formity to what I have said as to the improvement of stock, and the items of repairs and renewals. In the report of the directors, we have pointed out to you some thing upon which we ask you for a further capital. Tne principal items are for houses on the Stour-valley line, for carriage sheds, and for additional stock, passengers' and goods' carriages. With regard to the first vote, namely, houses on the Stour-valley line, for which we ask you to grant .4 . 6,000, this vote has been long postponed, but it is now, in the opinion of the directors, absolutely necessary, to prevent great demoralisation among your servants, which must result trom the wretched and inferior classes of lodgings which they are driven to seek among those dis tricts, and which, by bringing them into contact with bad characters, have injured the characters of some, aad must, if not prevented, taint the characters of all.. (Hear, hear.) The carriage sheds are required to prevent an amount of your carriage stock, in slack periods, when there is little traffic, from being' exposed to the weather, by which exposure they would suffer as much depreciation and injury, or even perhaps, more than they suffer while run ning. It is proposed to erect in different parts of the line, at convenient points, sheds to shelter them. With regard to the additional stock, we require some addition to the waggon stock, and some addition - tee - the passenger stock, by the inreasing requirements of your passenger traffic. It needs not perhaps a stronger instance of the necessity of some addition to your carriage stock than to state that, upon one or two occasions recently, trains have been actually Unable to run, because there were no carriages to run them with, and that, even for the most important trains, great difficulty has been experienced in providing the necessary stock. We have also to bear in mind that a few branches, authorised some years ago will be opened soon, at least in the course , of another twelve months, and that some additional stock, and some of a peculiar character, will be required. During the past half year, as the report points out, and as you have heard from other sources, we suffered some inconvenience and loss by the destruction of the warehouses at Camden Town, but the proprietors will grant that the reports circulated, and the statements made on the part of news. papers and elsewhere, as to the amount of loss to this company, were entire mis-statements—(hear, hear)— almost, indeed, to the fullest extent. The proprietors will see that, instead of a loss of a quarter of a million, as was stated in t one instance, the loss was but a vary few thousands. The - directors have also mentioned in the report that, in re-erecting the warehouses, it is,-in their opinion, desirable and proper for the sake of greater se curity, and in order to take advantage of the opportunity of providing accommodation for a future traffic, to remove from these warehouses the horsy stables and the large stores of fodder for the horses, which, no doubt, contri buted to the rapid extent of the fire, and which are cer tainly of a 'very dangerous nature. It is proposed to re move them to a portion of ground which already belongs to you just outside the boundary wall of the stables, and immediately adjacent to the canal, which is peculiarly eligible for the purpose, although not useful for any other. The vaults of these warehouses, and the other parts for merly used as stables, will become very valuable for stores hereafter. The directors are very glad to be able to state that they have little doubt but that the warehouses de stroyed will be re-erected and ready for use ia.the winter time. In the meantime, the temporary aecommodation, and the activity and energy of your agents have prevented not only any loss of traffic, but even any unusual damage to the goods consigned to our care. (Hear, hear.) I have called your attention to one or two points which I thought necessary, referring immediately to your own line and your own works. The works on the branches of the Hue are proceeding even more favourably than the directors coukthave anticipated. From the weather we have_had, and the exertions of the contractors, the works are more advanced than we expected they would be. Among other matters mentioned in the report, are the proceedings in Parliament during the past year in connec tion with your own lines, and other matters introduced into . these questions. You are already aware of the results of tne bills before Parliament immediately affecting you in "particular. • Oae bill, however, was introduced, to which the directors thought it necessary to allude in the report, namely, the bill for the conveyance of the mails. Your directors united with those of, I believe, every railway in the kingdom in praying the Government to withdraw that bill, and it was withdrawn. Your directors conceived that the importance of that bill could not be QvgrAted. They feel that it is your duty, r 7 11 and the linty of every railway company, to give to the Post-office service of the country every facility and every accommodation which can possibly be afforded; but at the same time they feel, that while it is your duty, it is also your right to be properly and fairly remunerated for such services. :(llear,thear.) They consider that the bill would trench upon those rights, and to - Impose upon you duties which you ought not to be plvecl under. (Hear, hear.) With that view they took every-step to'oppose it, and at the same time. I may ads, that if the same or any similar measure should be introduced again, they will feel it their duty to take the same course. I trust that in doing so they will receive the cordial support of every ,persou interested in railway property. (H ea r.) I have no faith in the success of legislation measures in securing punctuality and speed upon railways. (Hear, hear.) I believe the more legislative measures are directed to effect that object, which was part of the purpose of that particular bill, the greater will be the diflieuPy, and the greater the failure. (Hear, hear.) I have no faith what ever in the success of placing railway companies under penalties,: fcr the purpose of enforcing at all times, and under all circumstanc.es;a - speed which by the most care ful arrangements cannot, at particular moments, be safely effected. I believe die system of penalties sought to be introduced by this bill, would result 'ultimately in' ' , ncreased danger to the public, and in no increased 1 1 punctuality, certainty, or 'speed of the trains, '(Hear, hear.) With reference to the other matters mentioned in the report, and the position of the company with respect to others; circumstances, of which the proprietors haie been fully informed before this meeting by the correspon dence in the papers, have occurred, which have materialty affected our relations in many quarters. I should not, after ihe statement which has been sent out to the pro. prietors, and by which the directors Are content to abide, have troubled you here with' any further remarks now. had it not been that one gentleman alluded to as , con. cerned in the letters and the statements on which charges against the company are based, has- ad., dressed to me a letter, desiring; as he has a professional character, and the character of' an honest and honourable man to sustain, to clear himself from the imputation of being a party to building up evidence for, such charges. He addressed to me a letter inJuly, which I told him I should have much pleasure in reading to this meeting, with trey reply acquitting him of any imputation supposed to be thrown upon him by the proceedings. The noble lord then read correspondent between himself and Mreßaxter, formerly solicitor to the Great Northern Railway Company, in which that gentleman desired to be freed from any such imputation, and the Marquis of Chandos fully exonerated him from the slightest suppo sition of the kind. The noble chairman then contintfed These proceedings however have, no doubt, materially affected our relations in many quarters. The conduct of one company in breaking off an agreement entered into deliberately and under the seal of the company, cannot but act prejudicially upon such relations, and upon any similar agreements and engagements, and tend to loosen the bond which has been held binding, at all events in good faith and honour, between the companies, what ever has been the legal position of their agreement. (Hearr hear) We also have to report to you that the agreement between this company and the Ilidland Company has been,- in consquence of certain legal proceedings, cancelled. But the' proprietors of the company need not, I can assure them, be under any apprehension that the cancelling of that agreement will in any way affect the real relations, namely of friendship and concord, which have subsisted between the Midland Company and this company;. and if any other proof were needed, I think the presence of the chairman of the Midland Company to-day al I be sufficient to assure you that whatever hostile attempts have been made to promote discord between us have utterly failed, as they will fail, whatever future attempts may be made. (Hear, hear.) With reference to the position in which we are placed by the loosening of engagements and relations with other companies, the directors-feel perfect confidence that your position is such that the traffic of your own line, properly deteloped and economically worked, will main tain your position, and enable you to protect yourself against such attacks as are now made upon you. (Hear, hear.) They feel that the safety of your revenues and profits must rest nofupon agreements which are liable to be broken or disturbed in any manner, but upon the accommodation you afford to the public —upon the efficiency and certainty , with which your business is performed, and the public conveyed on-the different parts of' your line. (Hear, hear.) To the recources of your line, and the proper and economical workieg of them, your directors look with confidence' to maintain them against attacks. They look to the future with confidence. They feel confident that they will receive your support, and that with the support--the unanimous and hearty support they now receive from the shareholders of the company—the attacks made on them will not result in any ultimate or eveutual loss to you; - whatever may be the monetary effect—although even that they do not look to with any great fear, as they do upon the results which the overthrowing of agreements cannot but have upon railway companies generally. Your directors believe that ' the agreements which' have •subsisted between this com pany ;and many companies, and which existed more or less. with all, must result, whatever may be said to the con_. trary. in advantage to the interests of the proprietors, and in additional convenience to the public. (Hear, hear.) Your directors believe—at least I do, and I think we all believe—that public convenience and public benefit do not really consist in competition carried on under special circumstances, lasting, only temporarily, and frequently resulting in eventually higher rates and less accommodation to the public than was previ ously afforded. (Heir. hear,) We believe that' the interests of railway proprietors, and the iotoieoto tho public, are identical. The interest of the , proprietors is,. that the line shall be worked so as to afford them a fair and full remuneration for the outlay which they have incurred. The interests of the public lie in the railways• being well and efficiently worked, and the traffic upon, them fully developed. Neither of these results can be attained by forced competition under special circumstances. (Hear, heir.) Ido not think any past experience centro-. verts what I have now said. I called your attention in the early part of the few remarks I made, to the different points in the accounts, and the different items of capital for which we have to ask for further votes, and I do not think any subject now remains upon which I need to address you further. I shall therefore conclude by moving —" That the report now read, with the half-yearly state ment printed o f a a n c a cou u circulatedt s, be receivedsand the ad, e a t o n r d s ~t , h at it be Mr. G:yan, M.P, seconded the motion. Mr- James Riley moved, as an addition to the resolu tion, the following—" And that it be an instruction, to the directors, firmly to persevere in the policy they have adopted in relation to the late breach of agreement on the part of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire rail way company, and to adopt such measures as may be necessary to protect the traffic of the company from unjustifiable 'aggression, and as may be requisite to secure the permanent interests of the company." In moving the resolution, Mr. Riley said, it was his wish especially to avoid, making any remarks which might be personally offensive to anybody, or to attempt to dictate to any other company what should be its course of proceeding and management, But as an old shareholder in that concern, one who, from its very com mencement, had held shares, and had never held them for the purpose of jobbing, he claimed the right of expressing freely what his opinions were on what has already taken place, and freely to state what he thought , was the course which ought to be adopted for the future. He had read the whole of the documents which had been published teuching the unfortunate breach of agreement. He had read the long statement circulated by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway . Company. He had read all the correspondence which had been issued by that board. He had also read' the statement which had been forwarded the previous day, and he could only come to the conclusion, that the conduct of that board had been from the first honest and straightforward. (Hear, hear'.) He, therefore, called upon the proprietors now present to join him in a vote of approbation of the con duct of the Directors, and he believed they should best promote the interests of the company by thus offering to the hoard of directors their firm support, their unflinching support, in fighting that or any other similar battle. (Hear, hear.) He had no notion of parties coming to contest, as he considered it, unfairly with them in their own district. He could not for one moment admit that the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway was a north and south railway. That line of railway was east and west. Mr. Hatfield, M.P., asked how long was the attention of the meeting to be thus diverted from the business ? The Chairman said the honourable proprietor had forwarded a notice that ha would move- an amendment to the report, and was perfectly in order. e Mr. Punshon: It is not annanendment—it is an adder, dune - Mr. Riley said when the Manchester and. Sheffield Company came to. interfere with the traffic from Man chester to London, he trusted that board would take such steps as should perfectly protect that traffic. If there was to be competition he hoped it would be no sham. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He had no idea of parties interfering unfairly because that company had a good dividend and they had a very poor one, in order that the latter might raise their dividend at the expense of the former. He trusted that company would unflinchingly determine to protect what fairly belonged to them. lie had long been individually an advocate of peace, but peace to be permanent 'must be just; and whenever it was to be :infringed he hoped the advice given by the Duke of Wellington respecting England;would be followed out by the London and North ,Western Company respect ing railway traffic—" it there is to be a war let it be a good one." (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Let them not have any peddling, work. (Hear, hear.) Let them go at once td the mark, and then he had no doubt that the parties who thought to obstruct their traffic would find out their mistake, and then, to the advantage of all parties concerned, they would have peace. (Hear, hear.) When such differences were brought to a speedy terminal tion by effectual and strong measures, it was always to the advantage of both parties concerned, and would save a great deal of money. He congratulated his fellow share. holders that that mighty concern was presided over by a nobleman and gentleman who would not be any party to connive at statements affecting the character of their officers. (Hear, hear.) If the'ir officers had done wrong, the company had a right to know it, that they v might deal with them aeedingly, but if, as in that in stance, they h4cl aete o 4 , as 'he believed, honourably and with Ihtegrith OW. they ;had uudispatably the right tq protection from such insinuations. (Hear, hear.) He rejoiced most sincerely to find that that protection they had received. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Riley then proposed his resolution. Mr. Bassett seconded the motion. Mr. Locke complained of the dismissal of a superinten— dent at Crewe, who, he stated, had shown the company bow to save £30,000 a-year. Mr. Panshon complained of want of energy at all the stations. He'contended that the working expenses were above 60 per cent, if fairly stated. He asked whether the men would have to pay rent fur the cottages proposed to be built. The Chairman : Yes. Mr. Hatfield. M.P., complained of the increase of the working expenses. Mr. 'Dcan, deprecated the remarks of Mr, Riley as urging the directors into war. Mr. Riley explained that he did. aot mean to urge the directors into any mad competition. He was an advocate -for peace,.but he. desired a just peace. The motion he proposed said' nothing about war. After some remarks from Mr. Haley, Captain .Porter, and Mr. Dickenson, Mr. Wrigley, of Bury, expressed a desire that a perse vering effort should be made to ascertain why, with greatly increasing profit, they could still only pay 5 per cent. divi dend. _ He complained of the money spent in subsidising other companies. Several gentlemen having spoken on the report,. The Chairman said, in reply to a question, that the - Manchester and Sheffield Company having broken off the 'agreement before the half-year, were not to receive anything from that Company. In reference to the dismissal of the official alluded to, he stated that it had been the- subject of lOng discussion, and, after weighty deliberation, the directors had adopted a resolution, in which they belayed they were acting for the interests of the company, and' which would' promote an cemomical system of working the traffic. It was the only course left to them to take, if they had a due' regard for the eompany's- interests and the maintenance of economy. (Haar, hear.) The report was then adopted. The Ch unman put Mr. Riley's addendum, which was also carried, only two votes being given against it. The Chairman proposed tine second resolution—" - That a dividend of £2 10s, per £lOO stock, and so on in propor tion on shares of a lower nominal amount, be now declared out of the net profits of the company, np to the 30thlune list, open the stock and shares of the proprietors entitled to the same, after making or allowing the usual deductions on the am runts not paid up, and deducting the proportion of dividend payable in respect of any perioi for which the proprietors of shares ale not entitled to dividend." The resolution was carried. The third:rcs , Aution was—'' That the proposal to executer' the works stated in the report of the directors-, be approved, • and that this meeting sanction , the addition to capital expenditure of the company 9f the sum of £107,255, for the purpose of such works." The resolution was carried. Mr. Deane proposed that the sum of £241,451, cer tified by the auditors as having been expended' upon improving, the p3rmanent way, be transferred to five capital account, under a separate and distinct head. Mr. Penshon opposed the motion, on the ground that it took the meeting by surprise, and urged that it be post poned to the next half-yearly meeting. Some discussion followed, which resulted in M. Deane consenting to withdraw his motion and gays notice of it for the next meeting: The Chairman propos9d the fourth resolution which was agreed to—" That William Rutsoo, Esq., of Newby Wiske, Thirsk ; James Earnshaw Marshall, Esq., of Belmont Park, Taunton ; James Ryley, Esq., of Liverpool;: Samuel Charles Whithread, Esq., of the Brewery, Chiswell-street ; and James Tyrer, Esq.., of Liverpool, be the Audit COM mittce for the ensuing year." The fifth and sixth resolutions were also passed. They were as follows :—" That Messrs. Thomas Banbury. and R. W. Moore be, and they are hereby appointed Auditors of the Accounts of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway,, to act in that matter jointly with the Auditors of the Lon don and North Western R iilway Company." "That the sum of £2O be paid to Messrs. Thomas , Banbury and R. W. Moore for their trouble as such Auditors. This closed the busines; of the meeting. Mr. Riley moved a vote of thanks ►o , the Chaiiman, whiSh was• carried by acclamation. The meeting then separated. EXHIBITION OF A LIVERPOOL CLIFPER IN THS THAMES. —Messrs. James Baines and Co. intend to despatch their celehrated clipper ship Lightning, at the end. of . thisi week,. to Gravesend, where she will embark' troops for India. We understand that the Lightning, which is the sister ship to the James Baines and the Champion of the Seas, recently inspected by the Queen and Court at Portsmouth, will be thrown open to public inspection, for a short time, at Gravesend;: and as she is one of the handsomest, and, cer tainly, the swiftest vessel in the world, she will doubtless excite a great sensation amongst the residents on the banks. of the Thames.—London riper. NASMYTH% &BAH PILANG.ENGINE.,--Thig etrine, -the arrival of which was noticed in Tuesday's Constitutiob *as at work yesterday laying piles for the Custom-house-quay. Its modus operandi is simple, rapid, and satisfactory, and was watched by numbers 'of professional gentlemen and • others with much interes'e In four minutes and twenty seconds it drove a half-pile, consisting of an- oblong balk of timber 21 feet long, 12 inches wide awl 6 inches thick, pointed and shod with iron at the extremity. to a depth of 21 feet—effecting this feat with the utmost precision and regularity. Oa the old hand-driving system this would have taken several days to accomplish, besides causing a. waste averaging one-seventh of the material. This great superiority of steam over hand power is due partly to the enormous dead weight brought to bear on the pile, con sisting of over five 'tons, but chiefly to the regular and powerful blows, of a ponderous hammer, which weighs 35* cwt.; and which strikes the head of the Pile at the rate of about 60 strokes per minute. The result is, that an entire pile is driven to the required depth (21 feet) in a little over six minutes, and a half-pile in 4 . 1 minutes—the timber being as sound and as little injured at the end' of the operation as at the beginning. The coat of working the machine is trifling. . INDIAN DiscoxTEmr.—A return to an order of the House of Commons," that the appendix to the. report of' the select committee on Indian territories, in session 1853, p. 429, he reprinted," has been recently issued. This appendix consists of a pstition from the Hindoo inhabitants of Bengal, Behar, and ()rims ' setting forth at considerable length the gr i evances w hi c h have arisen to the Hindoos from an act of the legislative council of India, passed iii 18.20, the object of which is to EX`end throughout the provinces of the East India Company the principle of a regulation established in 1832 for Beneal. This regulation, as the petitioners believe, was intended merely to protect from loss or forfeiture of property persons who should con scientiously change their religion, especially such natives of India as should embraee the Christian religion. Objection-- able as this measure was to the petitioners, the act in clues. tion is still moreno, inasmuch as it extends to-other objects. not contemp' ated by the regulation. -By the Ilindoo law alt property of Hindoos descends. in case of intestacy, from the ancestor to the heirs, sulejeet to the condition-that the latter shall, dufing their liwes, perform certain rites and ceremonies, upon the religious and faithful fulfilment of which the Hindoo founds his hopes of happiness, in a future sate of . existence. Other laws,_ which deprive of_ caste persons guilty of vari on a kinds of immorality, an d entitle a Hindoo, in certain cases, to disinherit, an only see, and to adopt another, are abrogated by this act, which the petitioners consider to be subversive of the in'ereste of morality and religion ns upheld in the social, relations of the Hindoos. They also consider it to be a violation of their established rights, and of: a long course of policy and legislation pursued in goad faith by the. British crown, and conclude by praying the House to repeal the act and regulation complained of. A Pecuezen Peceetenerv.--Amongst the expiring wits and beaux of high life I can jos, recollect, when I was a boy, the famous George Selwyn, whose name is nearly now forgotten, but whose bon-mots then were in everyone's mouth. He had a peculiarity see graftsd in his nature that it might be ailed, a passion —this was an irrepressible thsire to see public executions. On one occasion of some particular culprit being executed at Tyburn, a friend, who knew his foible, betted him one hundred guineas that he would be present at the ceremony ! he accepted the bet, and was discovered in the crowd in the dress of an old apple-woman, and paid the money. During the period which followed the rebellion is 1746, he had attended the execution of Lord Balmerino at the Tower, and when reproached with emelty, in witne-sing the death of one whom he had personally known, be exculpated himself by pleading his foible, and adding, that if he had erred in going to see Lard Balmerino's head cut off, he had after wards made every reparation in his power -by-going the next day to see the head sewed on again, previous to the interment. When in Paris, his anxiety was so great to see a famous malefactor broken upon the wheel, that he hit upon a curious expedient. Upon great occasions of this sort (I think it was that of Datniens) the head executioner of Paris was wont to invite his comrades from the provinces to assist at this specimen of their art. Selwyn con'rived early to be near the scaffold, and when the provincial artists made their appearance, he joined their party at the bar through which they were admitted ; the first was announced as Monsieur de Lyons, then Monsieur de Bor deaux, &c., but when it came to Selwyn's turn, the atten dant, seeing he was an Englishmen, said, in an inquiring tone, " Monsieur de - Lendres ?" to which Selwyn bowed assent, and mounted the scaffold in the character of the Rnglish Jack Ketch.-4 portion of the ,Tourna kept by 1 T Raik , s, Esq.