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

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but were withdrawn after discussion, and after two hours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 country. The expense would 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.
11 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 intone 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,

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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. (Hear.) 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 11
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
aancacou u
circulatedt s, be receivedsand
the
ad, e at
onrds
~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 aeteo4, 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 grievances which 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 varion
a kinds of immorality, and
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.

-_____ .

NDIA AND CHINA.

Soubandar Major of the 22a.djtegiment had been ap-
pinted to the coifamand of thVatation, and that -etteh
corps had been appoiated one of its officers to be their

VY e
%,are now in possession of full details of the
Ins Per the Overland Mail. The dates are—
g'
I°ll4 J °I ; Calcutta,4 . and Born-
yi Jul ! June ~,_ , July ,
The following are the fullest details,
az tii,, ,
c India anp China papers.

• chief.
We are as yet without particulars of the mutiny
at Saugor, the news of which reached
,us on the
Bth instant from our correspondent at .Kamptee,
who was able, however, to inform us that uo atro-
cities bad as yet been committed, all the officers
and families, with the European Artillery, having
taken refuge in the fort: Saugor is the chief station
in the districts known as the Saugor and Nerbudda
territories, and must have a considerable European
population in the shape of writers, conductors, and
.others, concerning whose safety, after what has
transpired at Jhinsi„,:in these same territories,
much uneasiness must be felt. It is to be hoped.
that these men and their families have taken refuge
in- the fort also.

INDIA.
.(ril\c./.tla the Bombay Times of the 14th July )
fit`t last fortnight we have probably passed
t 0 ari °3 of the insurrection, and may no :v hope
•
eeitai utere advices will be chiefly occupied with
d ut the subsidence of this great rebellion,
icese re,storation of order in the disturbed pro-
ems.. t the truth is that there are no more regi _
IbutinY, unless they are to be -those of
lieh-tt.,,!rid. Madras, concerning the fidelity of
elhi h is not the slightest ground of suspicion.
Geri. 54 not fallen up to the ,27th June, the date
od deat,eat advices, via Lahore,. There has been a
ing ,alti of fighting outside the walls, the rebels
lighter on _every occasion with' great
iat thel"3 and it is matter of much congratulation
l'eete„Pnarent hopelessness of their case has
eth'ettruY checked the disposition of the mutineers
1, stations to proceed to their assistance. The
cal
atternet
p which has been made to reinforce
erablPears to have been on the part of the Mus-
ad mutineers, 'who were cut up dreadfully
the
he th occasion, by General •Bernard's force,
then soy of them got inside the walls or no.
bite,lot.
say.
eeiv flg the fortnight just elapsed. we have
for e
ec,ci intelligence of the mutiny of the troops at
adabad, F3zabad, Seetapore, Sanger, Nov-,
e t°, seancla, Futtehghur, Mhow, and. Ihdore, and
rteeeed briefly to relate the particulars of each
jt sear
ifas they are known to us.
'twee now evident that an arrangement existed
itekn the troops at Bareilly, Shabjehanpore,
,iti,tlaw, and Moradabad to effect a simultaneous
it,
of th A glance at the map will show the 'wok:-
aJicese stations to each other, and the out-
Y. nccurred at each on the inorning of the same.
The
at we eatinY at Bareilly, which we reported in a
ead'r..,4s in our last issue, seems to haie been
"te' with circumstance of peculiar atrocity
tbr are with
Only the day before their
recall the Sepoys appealed to their officers
is their their wives and families from the
Where they had been sent for 'safety,
even to the last moment 'these mis-
,etittta sWore, to protect their (Zeus to the death.
le r__
e ,l'urients rose en masse on Sunday morning,
th`st of Juno, a shotted gun being fired
eheeeignal about 11. o'clock. The men at once
tilled upon the officere' lines, and opened, a
try ttupon the bungalows. Such officers as
adefble immediately got on their horses, and
,()Ti, or the rendezvous previously agreed upon
ilf,b them—the cavalry parade ground. An
itet'ettisl effort was made to bring hack the troops
e.`!eir allegiance, but the scoundrels opened upon
efar With grapeshot, and they had to ride for
t:Bl,ives• The'country having risen in all direc-
'e lot cw,aa
.with extreme
.diffieulty, and only by
yet i 0 miles, that the little hand at last found
Nynee. Tal, in the hills, where they bad
malY sent their. families. Here the refugees
v 2greated in numbers which will probably awe
"I„:ttempt to attack them, and, as the place is
sari difficult approach, we may hope they are
erti,.'et3'• At Moradabad the desire of plunder
4ahi have prevailed over the murderous pro-
es
eir these miscreants, and they gave.
ca Officers two hours' grace to make their
tore' in which they fortunately succeeded, the
e of the officers (29th Regiment) and the resi-
ate, ,
itta their families, escaping' to Nynee
e B,aY after the arrival of the Bareilly. refugees.
at after
ilast, advices that -great fear .was
tent , our
11n, 41110 that the whole of the stationeof Shabje-
icarue°re had been massacred. We are happy,
rs-ver, to learn that a good many have escaped,
Ih''e are unable as yet to give the particulars.
tied(,), rising at Fyzabad occurred on the night of
tre„l3 the 8% ulto., the 611 Regiment of Oude
',tact Infantry giving the signal, which was
tiv otately answered by the 22nd Regiment
Ilelnfantry. They at once.teok possession of
be
cIY, and would not allow the officers to ap.
ihati ' do not seem to have offered them any
111,1er ~
violence. Fyzabad is in the very heart of
he Etr'd is situate upon a branch o the Ganges.
oe,"ineers determined to endeavour to escape by
Ile)walled were allowed quietly to embark. What
I a'e,,,4 is thus related by one of` the party :
Nerrie:thber the officers in the two boats ; I mom-
-"4eutenant Bright, 22nd Native Infantry ; Lieut.
dire Oude Irr.gulars; Lieutenant Cautley, 22nd
t '''fantrY geint Busher, Sergeant-Major,
etre ie_rmster-Sergeant .52nd Native Infantry, and myself
rte
ur
boat ; Colonel Goldney, Lieutenant Carrie,
Nit Lieu•etianr` Ritchie, 22nd Native Infantry, Ser-
eeoed 4wartis, and Sergeatit-Mij tr Matthews in the
4ject boat. three other boats tollowed behind. We
w 9 hours for them, but as they did rot come we
ePoys 11' As we were getting into the boat we saw the
et a of 0,
0,4ime,..e 22,d rushing towards the Treasury; there
(il 17' 2 'aides and 40,000 rupees in Ciptair, Drum-
letli4-"'e (where the treasure had been placed.) On
eanvni, Mace called Blumgunge, about ten miles
lfit„r•PastYza°4,l, we met some mutineers encamped ; at
them these men fired on us; there were 800 or
"0 ;„ tis"erae; about 100 men fired on us when we were
the r '4. Colonel Goldney advised our pushing off
1404°61)posite bank of the Gogra ; we got oa an island
,141feon,erae .I')ow fields. The mutineers got into dinghees
,geillr na; we made fur the main boat from the island;
•vvere about 40 or 50 yards of water between. Maj
i; right,
na3 The Serjeant-Mejor, Lieutenant
the and drowned.eken prisoners, and taken to the camp
t4tive Infauletreerss who were men of•the 17th and, 37th
iveo before a...nd the 17th Irregalar. Cavalry. bWees were
tQe
t moon
iehin 6oubandar commanding the.
1. I
7th Nativsname; he was a Hindoo, and b,.10n4
to
4h Native
fi- Infantry. He was an ?Id. man, slightly
trboiar ye feet eight inches high,• with gray hair,
ert his face
He asked us
11 We we v$ and dark complexion.
,essujni re, we replied. He then appealed to the
of tar,ll! on the Koran and 'to the Hindoos on the
the 77,'„" in °n
us, and told us to go away. Two men
said Lip.— then stepped out and shot the Sergeant-Maj or
dis veis-uhiciaa,n Bright. I was rescued by an artilleryman,.e
ti„tuise. a Sorai at Beguingunge, and sent off
"else ee e talkin, to the Soubandar some .
, e we we
,IXteen of the Irregular Cavalry, and ten or
aidwe h 1/4'3l)oys, went after the remainder of our party.
eard ring across the river ; the party returned,
rte,P)rted they had killed Colonel Geldney and
4triv9eder officers, and that three had escaped. On
kill th'B4,st anda, on the 10th invent, I heard people
in 41(141 saying that six or seven officers had been
%ruck twin or three were sheltered by some zewindar
taallgtin,POre district; After this I. came via Mattoopoor,
klasary ;'ee' and, Juanpere. Captain Reed, Deputy-Cum-
. itradloP:r P. Orr, Assistant-Commissary pilati mann
s? ditto ; and Captain Thurnburn, reached
ib°teetiore Ws house, and he promised shelter
that the hove
°facers ten I was at Mattoopore I heard tha" t
tilllifies, escortedere
ail ear, that agoing down in boats, with their
ear,by some of the Rajah's guard. At 'reticle
tie, ""er'd office and
Mr' d, clerk in the Deputhy Com-
tha fam.
iiiesOvereeer Sereant Hers' o werae
r44lll‘atipore, Were killedof t""
sergeants
Imottlered. Ido not kno, to, Allahabad, via
;avndthe women and cfhtilhderen
wwere in the boats be what
has become of
Fyzabad. officers
„haVe reason to belieffivuse,Whboewnewveer, that a con-
eeearhsele number of the cars have effected 2 their
tahe've from this station
et,s•t place
ti'°37B at after leaving it, the conduct
tof..,tleie
the the time seems to have been charac
,strangest moderation. We cannot resistA~a the
The ,'lort of quoting from a letter on the subject:
b4tl3' oalgeaen°‘n.t of the mutiny of the 22nd Regiment beats
thePahlo,,„ 'e, they guarded their officers and their
es „-.! after mutinying, Placed sentries over mag-
?t nq all public prop?rty, sent out pickets to prevent
Li 40:TIle)ple and servants from looting held a council
Which the cavalry (Fisher's Irreg'nlar) proposed 11it 4,T that Miters, but the 22nd objected, and informed the
the they 'would be allowed to leave, and might take
140pert:In their private arms and property, bait no public h(tnelaj,' :13that all belonged to the King ut Oude. Their
2essaigs°'el for boats : the rebel Commissary-General, a
rely ;I. 'was ordered to provide them. He did so, but
adte dingle., so that they could only bring away a
ich theleh, and then they were presented with 900 rs.
theta. e rebels had taken from the treasure chest to give
they r Virtif'n the of% Officers tried to recall them to their duty.
the "Peetfuly assured them that they were now uttfler
etders
or their native officers and that the
•

Concerning the mutiny at Nowgong, we simply
know the fact that the head quarters of the 12th
.Native Infantry and of the 147 h Irregular Cavalry
stationed there have followed the example of the
left wing of each corps which was stationed at
Jhansi, but that the officers are safe. The news of
the Jhansi mutiny we communicated by last mail,
with an account of, the bloody tragedy enacted on
that occasion by the massacre of all the Europeans
in the place. We now learn that, besides Mrs.-
Skene and family, Mrs. Browne, Miss Browne,
and Miss Davidson were killed. Altogether twelve
of our countrymen and women were slaughtered
in this small station. The only persons known to
have escaped are two Customs' officers, who have
reached Agra.
_The only particulars we have of the mutiny at
Banda.are contained' in a letter from Nagode, dated
June 19, of which the- following is an extract :
We have escaped from Banda to Nagode, and, through ,
OAPs mercy, have hem miraculously preserved. On Sun-
day, the 14!b, the Nawah's tro sps mutinied, as well as the
Native Infantry. -The Mahomedans planted their fi.g and
.wanted to kill us, but the Nawab stood by us, and we got
into buggies and on horses ant got off. The place was in
a blaze before we bad got a mile ; it was a fearful scene.
We start again to-night for Mirzapo-e, and hope to reach
it safely, but this district is very much disturbed. We
have in our party Mr. and Mrs. Edmonstone, Mr. and
Mrs. Webster, Messrs. Mayne, Sherer, Clark, Bews,
Cousins, Hutchinson, Oswin, and Glyn. We are staying,
with Major and Mrs. at Nagode, Their kindness is
extreme, and we have rested two days. '
Of the whole country of Rohilcund, Futtehghur
(Furruckabad) was the last station to rise. The
10th Regiment has tinquestionably given in simply
to the force of the dangerous example all around
it. The sepoys of this corps continued for weeks
to guard, the treasury and maintain discipline,
while every station near them was in open mutiny.
They did not appear to have offered any violence
whatever to their officer& but a most melancholy
rumour. prevailed in Allahabad, on the 23rd inst.,
as to the fate of the unhappy fugitives after they
left the place. We take, it from the Englishman, of
the 29th ult

Did the report of the massacre reach you of the Futtel-
ghur fugitives?, .It surpassed in atrocity all that has
hitherto been perpttrated. 132 Europeans, men, women,
and children, in 5U boats, left Futtehghur for this place.
They were all the .non-military residents of the place.
On arrival at Bhitoor the Nana Sahib fired on them with
the artilery the government allowed him to keep ; one
round shot struck poor Mrs. -, and killed her on the
spot. The buai3 were thee boarded, and the inmates
landed and draped to the parade ground at Cawnpore,
where they were first fired at, and then literally hacked to
pieces with tuiwars. Report says not one esciped.
Bhitoor is a little place a few miles to the north
of Cawnpore, and we sadly presage a confirmation
of this intelligence, in view of the state of matters
in that neighbourhood. A bloody reckoning will
surely be exacted of these fiends in human shape
At Mhow the 23c1 Bengal Native Infantry have
mutinied ; the number Europeans slain is at
present unknown, but it is said to be four. Tie
officers are holding a fortified square in the place,
where the ladies and all the other Europeans have
taken refuge. If the 3rd Nizam's Cavalry prove
staunch, they will soon be relieved, as Captain
Orr %Nas within 60 miles of Mhow some days ago.

We know little of the' state of matters at Indore,
beyond the fact that the two regiments of the
Maharajah Holkar have openly mutinied and
proceened with the Bengal Regiments towards
Oojein; on their way, as is supp ised, to Delhi
The Maharajah seems to be in no way implicated
in 'this business, but to have' acted with the same
good •faith that has characterised the conduct of
the G-walior Prince.

We have now again arrived at the close of a long
and tragic story. We can, of course, understand
well the intense excitement this intelligence will
produce at home, and we pass on without comment
to notice the state of matters before Delhi, and the
progress of the siege.
The force at General Barnard's disposal has

r mutinied, and the presence of -the- force at that.
station will doubtless overawe effectually an open
disaEction in that quarter For the future.
As some uncertainty seems to exist as to the
real strength of General Barnard's force before
Delhi, we may as well state that it is composed as
follows :-- Ce!

EUROPEANS (About 8,000 Alen of all ArmF.)

Her M-jesty's 61h Carabineers.
Her Majesty'szkh Lancers.
Her Majesty's 81 R-giment of Foot.
Her M 1 sty's 61st Regiment of Foot (one wing).
Her Majesty's 63 Wiles.
Her MAjesty's 75th Foot.
Hon. East India Company's Ist Bengal Fu'ileers.
Hon East Ind a Conapany's 2ad ditto (6 .cpnaPanie3).
Fire Troops Horse Artillery (about GOOinen)::--20 6
pounders, 4 9-pounders, 2 18-pounders; 5 howitzers.
(Artillery Recruits:l72o then.)
The seige train from the Sut ej
NATIVES ( About 5,000 Men of all Arms.)
. .

One :11adron 4th Regiment Light Cavalry.
Two Light Field Batteries, each five 9-pounders, one
24-ditto. .
A detachment of Sappers and Miners. •
The Simoor Rifle Battalion-700 str ng.
The Punjab Guides-250 sabres, 500 bAyonets.
1,000 men Punjab Infantry Irregulars.
1,200 sabres Punjab Cavalry Iriegnlars.
The Rajah of Jheend's Force (strewth unknown).

There. cannot be fewer than- 7,000 Europeans
now before the place, If indeed they are not already
inside. The native portion, of this force hai proved
itself trustworthy ; and, considering the ',powerful
artillery now at General -Barnard's command; and
thestrength of his cavalry arm .(3,500 sabres), we
shall have room to express the deepest dissatis:
faction if the blow which is here struck be not
final so far as the mutineers of Meru', . Delhi, and
Nusseerabad are concerned. The miscreants
are fahly caged; and will find their gravy in the
spot they have polluted by tlr...sir bloody and
atrocious crimes.

OFFICIAL NEWS. ,
(From the Lahore Chronicle, June 27 )

LAnon, Jane 27.

Intimation has been received from Ural:mita that all
remained quiet at Delhi during the 24th and 25th. The
loss of the mutineers during the fight of the 23rd is stated
to have been 400.

•
Colonel Hartley's force was to reach Delhi to-day,
having reached Lassouli at the last accounts.
Several ressalahs of Punjab horse have been despatched
from Lahore, and aro now cn their way to join the force
before Delhi. R MoNToom say, Judicial CommiHiioner.
The men of Major ICnatch.hall's Battery have been dis-
armed at Meean Meer.

(From the Lahore Chronicle Extra, June 29 )

Judicial C:mmissioner's Offlee, Lahore; June 29.

It is reported from army head•quarters that the muti-
neers made several atta ks on our pickets on the 27th, but
were repulsed with loss, there being but trifling casualties
on our side. The rains appeared to have set in. The
bridge at B;gliptit has been broken, and the river has now
become swollen by the rams.
Intelligence has been received from Peshawur that the
10th Irregular Cavalry has been disarmed at Nowshera.
A considerable' body of Jowanah horse have reached
Lahore, on their way to Umballa,
The number of irregular horsemen despatched from
Lahora during the last month is fully equal to the strength
of three regiments
R. MONTGOMERY, Judicial Commissioner.

(From the Lahore Chronicle Extra, June 30.)

J adici4l Commissioners' Office, Lahore, Jane 30.1

Some further brief detailsi have been received by tele-
graph of the skirmishes which occurred before Delhi on
the 27th.
It is stated that our artillery did great execution, while
the killed on oar side did not exceed 12. Lieut. Harris,
of the 2nd Fusil'ors, was wounded, and Lieut. Chalmers,
of the Guides, slightly.

A letter received from Delhi, from the political agent at
Bhurtpoor, dated the 22nd, states that all was well a'
Lucknow and at Allahabad up to the last advicas ; and at
the latter station it is stated that the mutineers were very
severely dealt with by the Sikh regiment stationed there.
The letter further mentions that a large force of Europeans
was collected at Benares, which will, doubtless, have moved
upwards ere this.
It is reported that the mutineers of the Gwalior Contin-
gent are endeavouring to coerce tha Maharajah, bat their
ultimate intentions are not kno

Further details have been received of the action at Delhi
on the 231, on which occasion the efforts of the mutineers
were more detormihd than on any Kevious one. It is
said that their dead, at the close of the day, were counted
by hundreds, their aggregate being estimated at not less
than 1,000, The gardens and baildinas outside of the
city, in which they had sheltered themselves, and given us
much • annoyance, have been taken possession of by us ;
and it is said that, since the above date, they have, in a
marked manner, evinced less boldness in their, ttacks than
heretofore. R. MONTGOMERY, Judicial Commissioner.

doubtless been inadequate for the reduction of the
place, but as important reinforcements must have
joined his camp long before this, we entertain a
confident hope that our next advices will announce
the fall of the place. Meantime, the force has not
been idle. Animated by the courage of despair,
the mutineers have made the most desperate
sorties, but ever, with the same result. They have
been driven back into the pity with terrible lees on
every occasion, to find eventually, as we trust, their
tomb within its walls. Our columns contain ample
details of these several actions, and to attempt to
summarise them here would swell our epitome to
an inconvenient length.
General Van Cortlandt, who _is marching upon
Jhansi and Hisser with the Buttian ah Irregular
Force, has had two engagements -with the rebels in
the neighbourhood of Sirsa, defeating them in
each instance with severe loss: The last action
was a very decided one, and the rebels fled in dis-
order, leaving 200 men dead upon the field, besides
many prisoners in our hands. The troops of the
Bikanir Rajah, 2,700 men of all arms, have joined
General Cortlandt's force, though what reliance can
be placed on these men remains to be seen. Major-
General Nicholson's moveable colunan was at Jul-
lundur at the date of our last advices, via Lahore.
The whole Punjab remains quiet, than.ks to the
energetic conduct of the .Commissioner and the
men in command. Many of the disarmed native
regiments have begged the restitution of their
weapons, add to be led against Delhi, but it would
be madness, after what has transpired, to listen to
such prayers. The men may be loyal in their
present.mood, but, in the presence of an example
such as that offered now at Delhi, would yield 'to
the dangerous influence to a certaintp.
To overawe the Mower territory, and keep the
Gwalior contingent in check, a considerable force
is on the march from Deese, and must now be in
advance of Nusseerabad . It consists as follows:-
3 Horse Artillery guns (Europeans).
• 600 men her Majesty's 83rd Regiment of Foot.
400'1-nen]. lth Regiment Bombay Native Infantry.
Two squadrons 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry.
TO quell the mutiny, which is now general along
the valley of the Nerbdda, fr om Mhow to Bundel-
kund, a light field brigade has been ordered to as-
semble immediately at Malligaum, under the corn-
meal of'Celonel C. H. Somerset, and the troops
are already on their march thither. This force will
be compoied as follows :
Halt-troop Horse- Artillery (Europeans).
A squadron of her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons.
A wing of her Majesty's 30th Regiment Foot.
sth Regiment Bombay Native Infantry.
3rd Regiment Nizam's Cavalry.
A detachment of the Poonah Horse.
A. detachment of Sappers and Miners.
_General Woodburn'e moveable column, originally
ordered to Mhow, stands fast at Aurungabad, and
this arrangement is doubtless a judicious one, in
view of -the unsettled state of the Nagpore terri-
tories and the doubtful *temper of the Nizam's
troops. We regret to learn that the General has
been compelled to resign the command through
severe sickness. Colonel C. S. Stuart is appointed
to succeed him- This force is composed as fol-
lows :

(From the Delhi Gazette Extra.)

News from Sir Henry Lawrence of the 13th inst , where
he was holding on well at Lucknow.
There have bsen a good many mutinies of regiments
in the interim., bat he had still with him in the canton-
ments a large remnant of corps that ha t mutinied, and
that were behaving in an orderly, and satisfactory manner.
Latest date from Delhi the 18th inst.—" The enemy en-
deavoured. on the"l7(h, to erect a battery to annoy our
picket at Hindoo Rto's house. They were cherged on that
evening, driven bsck, and one of their guns was captured."
H. A. PRINS/LP, A. D.C.

Government House, June 24.
Intelligence has been received, through Meerut, that
Colonel 0. Troup has reached Nynee Tel in safety from
Bareilly. . --
lATTERg FROM THE BRITISH CtMP, TO Tall 16T1i.

An early assault is expected on the arrival of reinforce-
m-nts. 1,000 Pußjab infantry were expected to reach on
the 18 'lhe Bth Queen's, a wing of the Gist, and three
or four Punjab Regiments, a troop of Horse Artillery, two
companies of Foot Artillery, and large supplies of ordnance
and other ammunition are being pus. ed on from the Sutlej.
(Signed) H A. PRINSZP, A D.C.

DELHI.
(From the Delhi Gazette _Extra, June 25.)
The following letter, dated Camp before Delhi,
will be ibund highlynnterestiniz :
June 18 (Waterloo Day), 1857.

My Dear —,
Rather a brick affair occurred here yesterday. During
the day, but particularly in the afternoon, the-enemy were
observed outside the Lahore gate in large numbers,
evidently planning and carryiag out some special project.
At half-past 4 o'clock, p.m,, our troops were turned out to
ascertain, if possible, what it might be, and in vary short
time they were busily engaged in most laudable musketry
'practice. Tombs (Itejor), with his troop of Horse Artil-
lery, was, as usual, on the ground. The Rifles (11.31.'s
60th) and the Ghoorkas being the principal Dramatis
Personae. After a time it was observed that a large Serai,
called "Eed Ghah," opposite the Ajmere gate, was being
occupied by the enemy, and that it had been strengthened
from without by the defences which had been const.ucted
during the day.
It was resolved that the said Serai should be ours,
though I must tell you that it was an exceedingly strong
position, which a few hundred stout hearted men might
hold in face of thousands. It was attacked accorSing y,
and taken in glorious style. The enemy stood for a time ;
but their show of resistance was, on the whole, brief. The
gates of the place were smashed, the enemy's ammunition
(two hackery loads) blown up, and the only gun (a nine-
pounde ) which they had time to bring to the scene of
action, spiked, taken, and walked off with taut le suite.
Their loss was probably considerable —I should say, at
least, 100 killed—whilst, I rejoice to say, we lost only
three or four men in all, exclusive of a small number on
the list of wounded.
In the evening, whilst we were sitting at mess, in the
open air, General Barnard rode up and asked if Major
Tombs was present. On being informed that he was
not, the General, without dismounting from his horse,
said that he had come to the artillery mess publicly
to expreSs his opinion of Major Tombs' gallantry in the
affair which was just terminated. Ile said, considering
the strong nature of the enemy's position—the resolute
manner in which it was attacked—the masterly way in
which our troops were handled, and the happy result of
the whole engagement he had never, in the course of his
military experience Sion more remarkable bravery, or
cooler, better judgment displayed by any officer in the
field than by Major Tombs of the Artillery. The word by
which the General characterized it was Glorious.'
Tombs was slightly wounded on the arm by a musket
bullet—and had two horses shot under him—haiing
already since we left Meerut, lost area chargers in the
same way. With such facts, such results, and each praise
as I have mentioned surely the Vietotia Orate would, be

_
Two squadv.ons her Majesty's 14th Light Dra-
goons.
A BatNry European Horse Artillery.
25th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry.
24% ditto (one wing).
The Light Infantry Battalion (Persia).
General Woodburn's column has already erusheii
the rebellion at Aurungabad, where our readers
may remember a regiment Qf the Nizam3 s Cavalry

THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOLI
_SATURDAY, AUGUST r 1857.

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reward to such
an- officer, who- has
already his share of medals-And-ordinary-honours.
The Rtfies, Ghoorkag, and .Fusiliers behaved splendidly
yesterday.' Jack Sepoy's courage w,:s of Dutch character,
probably ipringing from Bang' Carus,
,aul like e,ombas-
tibierk
Our camp keeps healthy, whilst rumour says that in
Delhi hundreds of wounded are screaming all day long for
the sons of 2E,culapins.
The order of the day here, as regards the slogs, seems
to be "delay" till reinforcements arrive. Shortly (within
a week, I believe) 1,500 European bayonets, two troops of
Horse Artillery, and two Sikh Regiments may be expected
in this camp. Then for a trageiy such as the Chaqdney
Chowk has certainly not witnessed since the days of Nadir
Shah. If anything escapes destruction may -it be the
Palace gardens, with the mange topes, cascades, and
fountains, and the ice pits. Du reste, let aretne.)logists
and antiquarians write and fight.—Ever yours, &c,

Camp before Delhi, Jane 24.

I am sorry it is not in my power to
.give you any news
from this quarter. Yesterday the enemy attacked us in
great force from the Subjee filundee side, and f ,ught most
desperately the tilt-de day long. They had a strong posi-
tion in a village and among tue garden walls. Our lo,s
has been great for us, but the loss of the mutineers has
been very considerable. We have been quiet to-day ; how
long it will last it is impossible to say. Ever since the
day we have arrived here have the troops been more or
less knocked up by exposure to sun and fatigue, & , but
the men, notwithstanding, keep up their ;silty Britishspirit, and it is surprising how cheerfully all endure this
harassing work, and how manfully, through God's blessing,
We have• repulsed every one of their desperate attacks.
We have now been here sixteen days. A small portion of
the reinforcements arrived yesterday, and 13rigrdier Chsm
berlain came in, I hear, to-day.—From the Delhi Gazette.
Extra, June 27.
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The Head Quarters of the 9th Irregular Cavalry reached
Umb ilia on the morning of 'the 25th instant, and ia ex-
pected t) be at D4ltii by the 30th.—Ibid.
The lqt Regiment Punjab Cavalry reached Ferneppre
on the 25th, and marched ag on the 26:h en route to
Delhi,—lbid. • ---

Camp before Delhi, Jane 21.

Aborts our two attacks yesterday and the day before.—
the second was made early in the morning. Tney plied
us with round shot, but halted as soon as we begin to
advance. Our reports from the city today are much
better ; they are said to be disheartened, and deserting in
graa numbers; and to wish to make overtures. They say,
" What's the me of going out to fight ; they always get the
best of it." We certainly did them considerable damage in
the attack on the 19th ;—the ground was horrid to look
at.
We shall have 400 more Europeans two days hence, and
a few days later awther reinfo-cement.

Our supports are coming from Ferozepore, Jullundur,
and Lahore.
Colonel Becher's wound in the arm is not serious, and
he will be fit for work in a few days.
We are sorry to learn, from later letters, that on the
19th the Nusseerabad mutineers, with some (said to be six)
guns, contrived to get in rear of our position and created
great confusion. They were of course driven back, with a'
heavy loss in kilted and wounded and two gees, but our
loss was also severe, and when we consider that common
precaution weuld have averted this loss, we feel bohnd to
state that there must he great incompetency somewhe..e ;
and the sooner the valuable lives of our brave soldiers are
entrusted to other care the better._ The losses we have to
deplore are Colonel Yule, 's 91 Lancers, Captain
Alexander, 3rd Ni.,.r. Humphrey,.and ten men killed •
Coronet Becher, Quarter-i '
Master General, and several
others wounded.
If our brave men, the heroes of our. country, are to be
made targets of after this fashion, we see no po'icy in
delaying the assault. It would surely be better to lose
them and gain the city of Delhi, and the punishment
of the traitors within it, than to lose them and gain—
two guns!
Tao wing of her Majesty's 61st Regiment reached
Loodiana on the morning of the J9th, en route to Delhi,
and expect to j ,in Head Quarte s' Camp on the 22nd ; the
the men all in good health and spirits—an,ious to have a
charge against the enemy. The wing is armed with the
Enfield rifle, with which, they say, they can make good
practice at 009 yards : they are dressed in dust coloured
uniform—lbid.

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atici Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Blake,..._MrsPra ctor,
Mrs,. Coopland..
Mrs. Al o t wo: Children; lirgr errmitr end- eh. ild,
rs;Wrbb, Mrs. hoes, Mrs. Quick died oa•the road. I