Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-31 00:00:00

DEMERARA RAILWAY COMPANY.

The h tlf yearly general meeting of the proprietors of
this railway was held yesterday, in the hoard-room of the
West India Association, Liverpool. Mr. J. Crosthwaite
was called to the chair. The eecretary, Mr. P. Garnett,
read the half yearly report, which included a long cor-
respondence with Mr. Manifold, who had the manage-
ment of the line. Mr. Manifold had, as reported at the
last meeting, repudiated his engagement with the corn
pary ; bat a letter was read ye-terday, in which he, on
further consideration, thought it advisable, to continue
the former arrangement, and take the exclusive manage-
ment of the line uitil 811113 determination was come
to by the company. The board did not hesitate to accept
this proposition, but erressly stipulated that all revenue
arising from traffic, &c., should be under the control of the
ro, anal trti'sregrentti Iniftl.rgqt4PSYVCAlitt
b The real of jest of Mr Mlnifold having become
eppa-ent, the board upg d and sent out a new superinten
dent. Tryst offilid give a very gloomy acceuet of the
position of the line, and reported that the locomotives
w re in a very lamentable condition, and the whole line
was in a very bad state. Notwithetandin e this eta' eof
affairs, the total revenue of the board for the past half
year had been £10,116, being an increase over the
carresp coding period of :he former yes- of L 2,043 64. Bd.,
and there was every prospect of the line becemming re-
munerative. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of
the report, alluded to the present helplessness of the
board in England who had not a penny at their disposal
They had rec ived 1 trge orders from Dsmeraes fo: enghoes
and other articles necessary for the working of the line,
but the board could not execu a them for the want of
funds ; the directors having individually subscribed
several hnndred pounds for the exeetrion of the more
pressing orders. Et!, n eupposing that the revenue
should b 3 £20,000 per annum, it would only just
keep the line aft tat, they having among other
things between £6,000 and 17,000 for bonds on
preferential stock to pay. The Chairman severely
commented upon the conduct of Mr. Manifold. The
report was unanimately adopte 1. A resolution, that a
draft ordinance, entitled " au ordinance to empower the
Demerara Railway Company, to raise a sum of matey not
exceeding £200,000, to guarantee the payment of interest
thereon, and :o extend, alter, and amend certain previsions
in an'onirance relating to the sa:dCompany," be approved,
that the common seat of the Company be affixed to it, and
that it be transmitted to the Lace' Committee to be laid
before the G overnor and Court of Policy, was passed.
Some formal resolutions wve passed, and the meetir•g
separated.

The propsals of Penni,' in the matter of the Holstein
diffinlry will ba tubraitted to the diet on Tuesday next, at
Ptarikfort.
A great storm has taken place in the Black Sea. Seven
merchant vessels are reported to be lost in the ne:ghbour-
hood of the Suaua, mouth of the Dar u'ae. .
The' Greek ministry have invited the employers of
pvernmant to join in a suescriptiln to the Relief Fund.
King oth t has put bye his 1111219 fir up yards of £4OO.
Tne negociations of France and Ru sia with the Porte,
for resin ling tha regulaiou whereby the passage, by
night, of vassals through the Parlanells is prevented, has

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The Scotch papers announce the suspension of Mr. Jas.
Condiewriter, which took pilots at Perth, on Friday last.
The liabilities are estimated at .0180,600, and it is feared
the erects will only realise 24. 61 in the pound.
At the Coart of Bleikrtiptev, on Thursday, evidence was
given in support of the serious charge egainit Mr. Semuel
Adams, the bankrupt banker of Ware and Hereford, of
tasvine fabricated untrue accoults and concealed a sun of
£3 500 from his creditors.. A summons was issued for nis
appearance at tho court to meet the complaint.
Thnse hop gr ours *hes: gardens have suffered lions
blight intend mern trialisir g Treasury for a remission, or
at least a postpaned ptjmeut, of the du!), falling due in
November. Thtir case rosy ba a laird ore, but to concede,
their wishes w,,uld supply aft awkward precedent. Wou'd
not all persons who have p aid duty on damaged goods be.
'entitled to .a drawback cn the smile groun4 ?
DFATIf. (F PitorEi.ott. RANLISsoN.— We regret to an-
nou .ce the death of the Rev. Ge irge Riwlir.s in, Processor
of Applied Sciene.ei in the Elphinstore I s itu'ior, which
took plau.early on the 24th instant, from abscess of the.
liver. Mr. Rawlinsoo has ntt been long in India, baying
only= arr:v .d i t 13..mbay about ten ineutt,s ago, but dulicg
his short sojourn t mons his ex.:eilent cr.alit;es endeared
him to all those who made h's acquaintance. Tie remains
of M-. 'Rawlinson ices enterred on Thursday evening and
a e -e fello wed to the grave by a nuitier.;uscirce of his friends
and adnirery. —Bombay Times.
INnußktioN OF PLASTIR OF rAIIIS CASTE.—A Neapol-
itan b Si nor Abate, has *submitted to the Academie
Sciences: nomerous specimens of plaster casts, as hard
as merbl , and as scsesprible of receiving a file polish.
Instead of saturating the plaster, as is o:dinari,y the
mode with eight times its volume of water, Signor Abate
combine.s it with the mUlimarn quantity of water, whereby
porosity is av rickd and the clessquent liabili y to disin-
reglad:in of The mai after exposure fur a catkin time to
the illl ience of the asmosphere. Fur this p irpose the
plaster is reduc d to a state of powder in a hJr a utal
cyl'n !er, to which rotary motion is communicated, and
s,eini is admitted into the interior. By this meaus the
quantity of water absorbed by the plaster slay be regulated
as dos rerl. Toe pl.:s!er th is prepared still re-nains in
a powder, and in rh .t state is filled into moulds, [mei
submated to hydraulic pressure for a short time. The
articles are removed from the moulds, and faun I to
posqfss great eJnipactness, and to take a Ellie poiish.—
Mining Journal.