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London, England, 1855-08-16 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16; 1855.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.

The half-yearly ordinary meeting of this company
was held yesterday at Euston-square Station, for the
transaction of the general business of the company ; the
Marquis of Chandos, M.P., in the chair.
The CHAIM:TAN said he had no longer to call their
attention to an increasing traffic, but a falling off in the
most important branch—the passenger traffic. The
diminution was from 704,0001. to 680,0001., which he
thought was to be attributed much to the war dimi-
nishing the means of persons to travel. The di-
minution was not confined to stations where they had
competition, but was observable in others, and he re-
ferred, in illustration, to the decrease of traffic at the
stations between London and Layton. Another cause
of diminution was the numerous new lines, and the
altered position of others from recent legislation being
brought into competition with them. Amalgamations
had been effected, which the directors always predicted
would be injurious to them, and the result had verified
these prognostications. If they compared the traffic
of the past half-year with those of previous years
they would find that, when new channels of com-
munication had been opened, they tended to di-
lute and but slightly increase the traffic of
the district. The diminution of their passenger traffic
might be divided into two heads, 20,000/. owing to the
opening of new lines, and 12,0001. from a diminished
traffic, arising from what he had already alluded to.
There was a large increase of income connected with the
merchandise and mineral traffic, which it was gratify-
ing to find had been earned at a reduction of working
expenses, arising from arrangements made by the direc-
tors, and the accounts showed the excess of receipts over
the corresponding period to be 7,0001. Arrange.
ments bad been made to meet the reduction of
passenger traffic, and the directors thought that,
having placed a check on increasing . expenditure,
they might hold out hopes of reductions in the working
expenses commensurate with its being carried out. The
noble chairman alluded to the payment of 4,0001. to the
Shropshire Railway over the usual half-yearly payment,
which would be done for the future until that account
bad been brought up to the date of all the others. After
referring to the bills that had been passed this session of
Parliament connected with this line, he adverted to the
bill for improving the communication with Ireland,
which ultimately would have to come specially before
them before anything could be done under it.
The rejection of the North Staffordshire Amalga-
mation Bill was to be regretted. It was intro-
duced into Parliament under a belief that it was a
wise measure, believing from the position of the North
Staffordshire Rail way it could be worked in cordial
co-operation with this line. It .was with that view the
company entered into arrangements with the North
Staffordshire Company. The bill had, however, been
rejected a third time, but he hoped it would not render
a less harmonious working of that line by the two com-
panies. By the arrangement between the two com-
panies, if Parliament rejected the bill three times
on its merits, and not on formal points, the arrangement
was to be at an end; and the bill having been rejected a
third time, the board of directors considered they were
no further bound by the arrangement ; but it had
been asserted otherwise, and the directors designated
repudiators in consequence of expressing such an opin-
ion. His lordship then entered into the details of the
proceedings in Parliament, relative to the three applica-
tions for the bill, and said there could be no doubt three
applications had been made, but denied there bad been a
suspension of either of them, as had been stated, so
as to make it appear there bad been but two applications
made to Parliament instead of three. He contended
the applications had been refused by Parliament entirely
on their merits ; that of amalgamation, which was so
understood by the North Staffordshire Company, and
who were aware the last was the third application.
The directors of this company, after reviewing the whole
of the circumstances, were of opinion they had fully
carried out their euga;ements with the North Staf-
fordshire Company, and that the agreement was at an
cud. •

Mr. BOOTH, one of the secretaries, then read the re-
port, which recommended a dividend of 2/. 7s. 6d. per
cent. for the last six mouths, amounting to 535,865/.
ls. 2d., leaving a balance of 6,950/. is. 6d. to be car-
riedforward to the next half-year's account.

Mr, BENsoN (Deputy Chairman) moved the adoption
of the report.

Mr. UPCROFT called attention to the high rate of in-
terest they paid for their money, which he considered
arose from the directors settling it amongst themselves,
instead of advertising for it. Were they to. do so they
might save 40,0001. per annum.
Mr. HADFIELD. M.P., said he thought the time was
come when the directors should allow a deputation of
shareholders to look into the accounts and ascertain the
cause of the diminution of the dividend. He understood
a committee of the Board of Directors had investigated
the subject, and that they suggested enormous reduc-
tions. It was a notorious fact that, whilst the traffic
had increased in four years equal to one per cent., their
dividend had decreased. There must be some cause for
it which he wished to see explained. Ile for one did
not consider the management of the line was what it
ought to be. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman proceeded
to make some remarks on the expenditure of the com-
pany, observing that the fighting expenses of this com-
pany averaged 100,0001. a year, which had to be paid
out of revenue. (Hear. He was satisfied one per cent.
of revenue might be sated fh3m the expenses of the com-
pany. The committee he alluded to had taken evidence,
and he called on them to speak out. The appointment
-of the deputation he named was not intended as a vote
of censure on the Board of Directors.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, M.P., called attention to the
debenture debt, which amounted to 10,834,0001.
The CHAIRMAN said he thought much good would
ultimately be effected by the return recently moved for
by the member for Sheffield with reference to railways.
He had always been opposed to extensions and Parlia-
mentary warfare, alluded to during the meeting ; and in
reference to the appointment of a deputation, as pro-
posed by Mr. Hadfield, said the board of directors would
be most happy to meet a deputation, and that, as re-
garded extensions generally, the board was opposed to
them. No doubt excursion trains had been used much
to the injury of companies, and he believed they had
much decreased this year. He was not there to approve
or support views entertained many years since by share-
holders, but now very much moderated by experience,
and entered at some length into the general state of the
railways throughout the country. The board had no
wish to keep anything from the knowledge of the share-
holders, but they doubted the policy of making every-
thing publicly known for the information of the public
and other railway companies.
A very lengthened discussion took place relative to
the management, the rate of fairs charged, and the int-
policy of running excursion trains at so low a figure, and
the interference of Parliament with railway property,
which latter, it was stated, had had the effect of placing
this line in its present adverse position.
The report was then put and carried, and the dividend
declared of 2/. 7s. 6d. per cent.
A resolution embodying Mr. Hadfield's views was
then agreed to, and a committee of gentlemen nominated
and approved of.
A discussion then took place relative to the rejection
of the North Staffordshire Amalgamation Bill, after
which the meeting terminated.

NORTH LONDON.
The half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held yes-
terday at the Euston-square station ; Mr. John Scott in
the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting having been read and
confirmed,

Mr. CHuss, the secretary, read the report of the di-
rectors (already published), which, after some discussion,
was adopted, and a dividend of 21. per share declared
out of the profits of the last half-year. Power was also
taken to borrow 25,0001. on debentures, and the 501.
and 101. shares consolidated into stock, after which the
proceedings terminated.

was present at the time appeinted, but after waiting for
an hour in vain for the assembling of a quorum of his
brother directors, the meeting was adjourned according
to the provisions of the act.

EAST LANCASHIRE.
The half-yesrly meeting of this-company was held yes-
terday, at the Bury Station ; Mr. Thomas Dugdale, the
chairman of the directors, presiding.
The report was carried unanimously, and also a xeso-
lution declaring a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum on the 6 per cent. capital ; of 6 per cent. on the
amount called up of the preference fifth shares ; of 44
per cent, on the amount called up of the 41 per cent.
preference shares ; and of 34 per cent. on the ordinary
stock of the company.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to
the chairman.

SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD.
Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company
was held at Shrewsbury ; Mr. W. Ormsby Gore pre-
siding. The report stated that the traffic receipts during
the past half-year showed an increase of 154 per cent.
beyond those of the corresponding half-year. Dividend
warrants, after the rate of 4 per cent. per annum (less
income tax), would be issued to the shareholders, pay-
able on September 1.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL.
At the half-yearly meeting held on Tuesday a dividend
of 2s. 9d. per share was doclared.

NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION.
The half-yearly meeting was held on Tuesday, at the
Euston-square terminus of the London and North;
Westin'n Railway ; ToatitTivaLin the_chair. "
The report was carried, and a dividend cf 14 per cent.
was declared.

A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors con-
cluded the proceedings.

NORTH-EASTERN.

The directors of this company have agreed to recom-
mend to the approaching half-yearly meeting of the
shareholders a dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. on
the Berwick stock, of 2 per cent. on the York stock,
and of 6 per cent. on the Leeds Preference Quarter
Shares.

THE SATURDAY HALF-ROLIDAY

MOVEMENT.

Yesterday evening a most numerous and respectable
meeting was held in Guildhall, for the purpose of con-
sidering the steps necessary to be taken to ensure the
cessation of business in the City from two o'clock on
Saturdays. Sir James Duke, M.P., in the chair.
Mr. LILWALL, the honorary secretary to the Society
for Promoting Early Closing, read letters from the Earl
of Ebrington, Mr. Gregory, of Bedford-row, the Rev.
Thomas Binney, the Rev. Henry Allen, and Alderman
Salomons, regretting they could not be present at the
meeting, and expressing their cordial concurrence in its
objects. He then read a statement of the progress of
the early-closing movement, from the oommencement to
the present time, which was received with much
applause. _

J. W. HUBBABD, Esq., late Governor of the Bank 'of
England, moved the first resolution, to the effect that
as the Saturday half-holiday had been tried in Edin-
burgh, Glasgow, and all the principal towns in Scot-
land, in Liverpool, Manchester, and many large towns
in England, and even in many important branches of
trade in London, and was found to work beneficially for
both the employers and the employed, it was expedient
to adopt that practice wherever it was practicable. He
said be should have been unwilling to have moved such
a resolution at the commencement of the movement, for
he thought it would be dictating to employers what
time they should let their people work ; but that diffi-
culty was removed, for he saw that those very masters
who were interested in the matter were not only the
supporters of the motion, but the actual promoters of it.
(Cheers.) There was a stupid axiom extant that capi-
tat4nri labourmere in antagonistic positions ; and with
narrow. minded people it was so, for they sacrificed every-
thing and everybody to gain. But the enlightened eapi-
taliPt found that his greatest gain was in not wearing out
his labourers by overworking them.
The Rev. TRESHAM GREGG seconded the resolution,
which was carried unanimously.
Mr. J. R. TAYLOR proposed the next resolution, to the
effect that a memorial be presented to the proper autho-
rities praying for the closing of law, public, and other
offices, at two o'clock on Saturdays. He said that 236
firms of London had petitioned the judges to this effect ;
but 'one of them feeling that be could not give up so
much time belonging to the public, would not consent
to it, and the others would not act without him.
Mr. TARLTON seconded the resolution, which was car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. A. MoonE proposed, and Mr. Deputy HOLT
seconded, the next resolution, recommending the masters
to pay wages on Friday, or early on Saturday.
Thin and some complimentary resolutions having been
put and carried, the proceedings terminated.

STORMY PEACE MEETING AT ST.
MARTIN'S HALL.

Last night a public meeting was held at St. Martin's
Hall, Long-acre, to take the opinion of the public
upon the momentous question of peace or war." Mr. J.
Hamilton, of Southwark hustings notoriety, took the
chair. The attendance was comparatively thin at the
commencement of the proceedings, but towards the close
the hall was pretty well filled.
The CHAIRMAN, in a long rhapsodicspeech, continually
interrupted by tempests of mingled cheers and hisses,
proceeded to state his opinions upon the war and its con-
sequences, assuring the meeting that he did not know
the amount of treasure expended, nor did he know how
much sacrifice of liberty had been made ; but he would
say without hesitation that nearly 500,000 human lives
had been lost ; and it was hie duty to inform them that
a grave impression had gone aoroad that the bravo Bri-
tish army in the Crimea might possibly be doomed to
perish without returning to their native land. He would
not tell them what they fought for, unless he were to utter
dark suspicions; but if the Christian religion bad never
been known, and if there had been no recognition of eter-
nal justice on earth, there could not have been a war more
recklessly carried on ; and history, he believed, would
brand the war as an atheistical one. (Hisses and cheer-
ing.) In conclusion, the chairman, as the best advice
Le could give them, recommended the people of England
to refuse to supply to their Government those materials
of war which were only used for their own destruction.
(Uproar.)
Mr. B. O'BRIEN attacked the newspaper press of the
metropolis because they would not gratuitously publish
an address, of about two columns in length, emanating
from a society of which he (Mr. P. O'Brien) is president.
Alter characterising tslse war as an aggression upon the
part of England, aati malting a fierce attack upon the
Governments of England and Franc amid much con-
' fu-inn he concluded by proposing a long resolution con
demnatery of the war, and strongly protesting against
its further continuance; (Uproar.)
Mr. J. G. HARRIS, in seconding the resolution, ex-
pressed the assurance that it would be unanimously
adopted, and that it would have an electrifying effect
throughout the country, that the Government would be
turned out, and universal peace prevail. (Laughter.)
Mr. PASSMORE EDwARDS rose to propose an amend-
ment, denouncing the war " as a mockery, a delusion,
and a snare ;" hut the meeting decided that this was no
amendment, and refused to hear him.
About fifteen other gentlemen, anxious to address the
meeting, then jumped to the front of the rostrum, con-
tending for a long time for precedence, amid a scene of
indescribable confusion, in which the chairman found
his seat anything but one of rose leaves. Ultimately,
Mr. HORACE ST. JOHN obtained a hearing, and moved
as an amendment, "That this meeting recognising both
the justice and necessity of the war in which we are en-
gaged, and seeing that the great objects for which it was
undertaken are still unaccomplished, pledges itself to
support any honest government that will vigorously
prosecute it to an honourable and victorious termination."
Mr. St. John, in speaking to his resolution, aroused the
ire of the peace party, one of whom advanced and shook
bis hand in the speaker's face, and another scene of up-
roar took place, which it is impossible to describe.
Afterwards,
Mr. 11. COOKE seconded the amendment, asserting his
opinion that the people of England had not abated
one jot of their determination to carry on the glorious
war. (Confusion.)
Mr. W. WsucEs vehemently opposed the amendment,
exciting considerable surprise by characterising the bom-
bardment of Sweaborg as the crowning proof of ministe-
rial treachery, because it was calculated to do more harm
to the Fins, our friends, than to the Russians, our ene-
mies—an announcement which was met by a storm of
ridicule and disapprobation ; but Mr. Wilkes afterwards
recovered ground by advocating the extension of aid to
Poland. He advised them to stop the war until they
had put down Palmerston and got universal suffrage.
Mr. S. KTDD observed that the wishes and ascendancy
of Russia could not possibly be better promoted than by
stopping the war unconditionally. He loved peace; but
peace, in the present state of Europe, meait fighting and
conquering Russia. (Loud cheers.) War was a great game
and they must not be idle at it ; either let them make
peace in earnest or make war in earnest. (Applause.)
Mr. G. THOMPSON supported the resolution.
The amendment and the original resolution was then
put by the chairman, when the latter was carried by a
majority of two to one.

W. S. LINDSAY, M.F.

TTNEMOUTSI, Wednesday.— -Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M. P.,
who is threatened with opposition from Captain Linskill,
a liberal conservative, and a cousin of the Greys, has
taken the first opportunity to meet his constituents, and
addressed a large assembly of the electors of the borough
last evening. His reception was most cordial.
Mr. LINDSAY, afte thanking the meeting for the
hearty reception they had given him, passed in review
the measures brought before Parliament during the ses-
si.m. He referred the meeting to a thick pamphlet he
had published as a complete refutation of the charges
brought against him by Sir C. Wood. He denied that
he had derived any advantage from his position of mem-
ber of Parliament ; on the contrary, he had been attacked
and abused for his exposure of Government mismanage-
ment—mi,management that had lost many precious
lives and squandered much of wealth. The admin;.stra-
tive reform movement was going on quietly, but he said
he would have liked to have seen them show more nerve
and agitate for Parliamentary reform and the immediate
sbt.lition of all patronage as the most speedy means to
reach their end. After reltrring to Mr. Linskilt and
his address, of whom he understood the Government
knew nothing, for the Secretary of the Treasury bad
told him that he was not aware that there was such a
gentleman in existence, he urged upon the electors not
to allow him (Mr. Lindsay) to be stabbed behind his
back, but to support him as their independent member,
and as an honest and independent administrative re-
former.
Mr. Lindsay retired amidst general cheering.

A return moved for by Mr. H. G. Langton, M.P.,
gives a list of the seizures made and of prosecutions for
breach of the tobacco laws in the years 1852, 1853, and
1854, with a list of the offenders. It appears that about
6D persons or firms were so prosecuted in England and
31 in Ireland during the said period. The cases of adul-
terated tobacco are very numerous, and the materials
for adulterating it consisted of sugar, alum, lime, flour
of meal, rhubarb leaves, saltpetre, &c.
POISONING IN SOMEESETSHIRE.—The quiet little ham-
let of Clapton, in the parish of Midsomer Norton, in the
above county, has been alarmed by the almost sudden
death of Mrs. Emma Candy, wife of a highly respectable
farmer of that place. The deceased was 27 years of age,
and in consequence of the suspicious nature of the cir-
cumstances attending her death the coroner, Mr. Bruges
Fry, has felt it his duty to commence an inquest on the
body. At the express request of that official we with-
hold for the present the evidence which has been already
taken ; but we may add that the contents of the storoaFt
having been submitted to analysis by Mr. Herapaatrhs,etni°
eminent chemist of Bristol, undoubted traces
sof
.ourneidc
have been discovered. The inquest stands d
till Monday, the 20th inst., and though there isjnow no
doubt that the deceased died of poison, the question
whether it was administered by her own hands or the
hands of another remains to be decided by further tyi-
demo to De adduced, and by the verdict of tile jury,
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THE LATE COLONEL TrLDEN.

The late Colonel Richard Tylden of the Royal Engi-
neers, C. 8., and Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, was born
on the 22d November, 1819. He was the second son of
the late Brigadier-General Tylden, of the Royal En-
uineers, and Lecilena (his first wife) eldest daughter of
William Baldwin, Esq., of Stede Hill, in the county of
Kent.
Colonel Tylden entered the Military Academy at Wool-
wich, as a cadet, in 1534 ; got his commission as second
lieutenant in the Engineers, 14th December, 1837; first
lieutenant, 19th March, 1840 ; second captain, 9th No-
vember, 1846 ; brevet major, for his services at the
Cape, 23th May, 1853 ; captain, 17th February, 1854 ;
brevet lient.-colonel, 12th December, 1854 ; colonel and
aide-de-camp to the Queen, 29th June, 1855, and Com-
panion of the Bath at the same time.
Ho went on foreign service to Corfu, in Jan., 1840 ;
remained there until April, 1844 ; then returned to
England, and was stationed at Portsmouth until 1847,
when he was ordered to the Cape of Good Hope, where
he remained until 1854. _

During his service of five years at the Cape he was for
more than two years constantly employed on a difficult
but very important survey of the wild and mountainous
district of Kafir land, called the Amatola mountains.
On the breaking out of the Kafir war, Sir Harry Smith
gave him the command of the very extensive frontier
district of North Victoria, with his head-quarters at
Whitlesea. The only force he had to protect this large
territory consisted of the small detachment of Sappers
and Miners that had been with him in his survey, about
twenty mounted Burghers, and two or three hundred
Fingoes. With this very small force he attacked and
completely routed a body of 2,000 Kars under the
warlike chief Sandilla, and thus secured the safety of
the district entrusted to his command. This was the
first and most successful general action with the Kaffir
during the war, and, speaking of this daring and gallant
exploit, Sir Harry Smith thus expressed himself—" If
anything dashing is to be done, Tylden is the man to do
it." At the close of the war he got leave to return to
England. On his arrival he found the war with Russia
commenced ; his father appointed to the command of the
engineers with the army under Lord Raglan, with the
rank of brigadier-general, and that the situation of major
of brigade was kept open for his acceptance. With the
true spirit of a gallant soldier he immediately accepted
it, and although he had been nearly seven years absent
from home and friends, in three weeks from his arrival
he again embarked for the seat of war, and joined his
father at Varna. He was present at the landing of the
army in the Crimea, and at the battle of the Alma, and
two days after that glorious battle he had the melancholy
satisfaction of being with his gallant father when he died
of cholera, brought on by the great fatigue he had gone
through during the action, and afterwards the sad duty
of depositing his remains in a soldier's grave, at a spot
particularly marked on a plan he bad made of the country
around the battle-field.

On arriving before Sebastopcl ho gave up his staff
situation to share the more arduous and dangerous duties
of the siege, and had the command of the right British
attack. From that time until he received his fatal
wound he was never absent from the trenches, was pre-
sent at every skirmish and sortie that took place near
his batteries, and particularly distinguished himself in
the attack and capture of the enemy's Rifle Pits and
Ambuscades, in April last. In this attack his gallant
conduct and scientific knowledge were highly eulogised
by the lamented General Egerton, than whom none
knew better how to distinguish merit amongst the offi-
cers under his command ; and he was mentioned in the
despatches, on this and many other occasions, by Lord
Raglan, who had the highest opinion of his experience
and abilities.

In the unfortunate attack of the 18th of June last he
was most severely wounded in both legs, so muck so that
the medical officers did not think it safe to remove him
to Scutari until the 28th of July, whe❑ he was unfortu-
nately attacked by diarrha, though his wounds were
progressing favourably, which had such an effect upon
his weakened and shattered frame that he sank under it
on the 2d of August, the day after his arrival at Malta.
Amongst the many gallant and noblo spirits who have
fallen in this war none are more regretted by the officers
of his corps ; and so highly were Colonel Tylden's ser-
vices appreciated by his Queen that he was made one of
her aides-de-eamp, with the rank of colonel, and Com-
panion of the Bath—honours of which he was scarcely
aware when death deprived his country of his services
and his family of a beloved relative.
We ought not to close this short memoir of a young
and gallant soldier without recording the noble conduct
of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Burton Tyiden, who left Eng-
Ilaed for the Crimea the same day she received the newi
of his being severely wounded, and had the melancholy
satisfaction of being with the young hero when his gal-
lant spirit left its mortal tenement f,r a better world.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S ENTERTAINMENT.

Just now, when novelties in every conceivable variety
in the shape of amusement are ministering to the public
taste, which, no wonder, has in consequence grown
rather fastidious, the ability of one indivi ;ual, aided
only hy his own versatility of talent to inspire a mixed
audience with good humour, an I an unflagging interest
in his exertions for two full hours, must obviously it.
volve no ordinary amount of capability, and a never-
failing repertoire. Such, however, is the case with Mr.
Woodin, to whose new entertainment we have great
pleasure in again calling attention. The Olio of Od-
dities, is, indeed, worthy of its eccentric designation,
and although the season is fast waning, its attraction is
not diminished in the least degree ; night after night
firming the elegant sulle at Polygraphic Hall—as its
proprietor has characteristically christened it—filled
with fashianable and delighted assemblages. Much
more compact in itself, and defined in its object, than
the Carpet 13ag and eketelb Book, in which Mr. Woodin
made his debut with such signal success, the Olio affords
a better and more extended scope fur the display of the
remarkable genius that gentleman possesses for hitting
off with striking fidelity the salient peculiarities of some
of the oddities of human nature, supposed to be met
with during an imaginary tour through the English
lake district, and elsewhere. These portraitures, though
purely fictitious, are so truthful, that, whilst viewing
them one cannot resist the idea that we have met
their prototypes somewhere or other in our intercourse
with every-day lite—and they are assumed by Mr.
Woodin, one after the other, as illustrations of his mono-
logue in all the perfection of dress, voice, and manner
with a rapidity which is quite astonishing. The agreeable
character of the entertainment is much enhanced by a
beautifully painted panorama of some of the most
interesting scenery of the' lakes, and the appropriate
musical accompaniment of a clever pianist. As a whole,
we could scarcely point to any public amusement where
a more pleasing, and, indeed, instructive, evening could
be spent.