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WATERWORKS COMPANY fur MADRID.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 800,0001., in 80,0001. Shares of 10/. each,
(Of which '21,300 are appropriated.)
• Deposit 1/. per Share. "
DIRECTORS.
1 Lieut.-Colonel Lord Arthur Lennox. - • ' " "
Joseph Thornton, Esq., Beaver Hall, Southga!e.
Lewis 11. Ilaslewood, Esq., Highgate. •
R. S. Wilkinson, Esq., Pall-mall, London.
James Walkinshaw, Esq., Parthenon Club.
Charles Waring, Esq., Haworth Hall, Rotherham.
E. W. Roberts, Surbiton, Surrey.
Williams„ Esq., Merchant, Madrid.
(With poWer to add to their number.)
BANKERS —Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co.
CONSULTING ENGINEER —James Simpson, Esq., Great George-street,
Westminster.
ACTING ENGINEER —A. M. Ross, Esq., Parliament-street,
Westminster.
SOLICITOR—James Wheeler, Esq, Upper Charles•street,
Westminster.
SECRETARY—Mr. T. P. Bond.
Offices, 42, Charing-cross.

The City of Madrid, which contains a population of 250,000 souls,
is the worst supplied with water in Europe. Excepting a few pri-
vate springs, there are no • other means of obtaining this first ele-
ment of llie, but from the public fountains, which are wholly insuffi-
cient, and fail in their• supplies. Several thousand persons are now
employed in the mere-labour of carrying water to, and distributing
it over, the houses, at an ascertained expense for 'carriage alone of
6s. Bd. per 1,000 gallons,, or in the aggregate prom 120,0001. to
150,0001. per annum.

It has long been an anxious aim of the authorities to remedy this
great and growing mischief; and at length, a scheme has been ma-
tured for bringing a supply of water to MactiiirproPortionate to the
wants of the people, by a oonduit from the river Lozoy a, about 52
miles distant, the waters of which are found to be at once pure,
healthful, and abundant, whilst the nature .of the elevations, and
other local consideratibus, are suitable for its conveyance.
The requisite plans, estimates, and detailed reports have been
prepared by the Government and Municipality of Madrid, and it is
found that the works necessary may be substantially executed by
an expenditure which will not exceed 1,100,0001., of which sum the
authorities at Madrid are prepared to provide 450,1pl1:
The English promoters having first submitted to Mir. ampson, the
eminent Engineer, the plans and reports. 9t the., Spanish officials
and' the proposals thereon, subsequently dispatched to Madrid Mr.
A M. Ross; with experienced asfistants, carefully to inspect the
country to be traversed, and to investigate the local peculiarities of
Madrid, the Government reports, plans, and estimates ; and his
reports confirm the views of the Spanish Government as to the ex-
cellence and sutliciescy of the proposed . supply, the soundness and
scientific fitness-of the works so far as executed, the • perfect feasi-
bility of the whole other cost. • •
Applications for Shares, which must be accompanied by.a satisfac-
tory reference, may be made to Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., 15,
Angel-count; or to Messrs. Oswin, Toutal; and Co., 10; Angel-court,
Throgmorton-street ; and to R. S. Wilkinson, Esq., 3, St. Mildred's-
court, Poultry ; at the Company's - Otlices, 42, Charing-cross ; at
all of which Plans, Prospectuses, and Forms of Application may be
obtained.

THE WEST of IRELAND LAND INVEST-
MENT COMPANY.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
By which the liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount
• of•their shares.
Capital, 500,0001., in 2.4000 .shares of 251. each.
With power 10 increase to One Million.
A Deposit of 11. 10s. per Share payable on Allotment.
TRUSTEES.
The Right lion. the Earl of Devon.
gir John Young, Bart., M.P.
Joseph Cockileld Dimsdale, Esq.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
William Digby Seymour, Esq., 2, Inner Temple-lane, and 29, Thur-
-I°e-square, Brompton.
Rear-Admiral Sir William Henry Dillon, K.C.H., 23, Burton-crescent.
Thomas Colpitts Granger, Esq., Q.C., MX., Crown Office-row, Inner
Temple.
Joseph John Wright, Esq., Dep.-Lieut., Sunderland.
Rear-Admiral Sir Richard O'Conor, K.C.H., 6, Stanhope-terrace,
Hyde-park.
Joseph Hannah, Esq., Bridge-street, Westminster, and Stockwell,
Surrey.
John Murray, Esq., C.E., 5, Whitehall.
Joseph Napier Higgins, Esq.. M.R.1.A., 3, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn.
Daniel Adolphus Lange, Esq., 82, Mark-lane, City, and Drayton
Grove, tsrompton.
George Hudson, Jun., Esq., Albert-gate, and Newby Park, Tbirsk.
The Rev. S. Harvey Ashworth, J.P., 10, South Audley-street, Gros-
venor-square, and of East Woodhay, Hants.
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.
London--Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers, and Barnard.
Ireland—The Provincial Bank of Ireland.
STANDING COUNSEL.
England—Kenyon S. Parker, Esq., Q.C.
Ireland—Joseph Napier, Esq., Q.C., M-P-
-SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Capes and Stuart, Gray's Inn.
Mr. Evan Hare, Temple.
AGENT IN DUBLIN.
• Walter Bourne, Esq., 18, Fitzwilliam-Square West.
• SECRETARY.
Captain Bridges John Hooke.
The West of Ireland Land Investment Company Propose to pur-
chase estates in the province of Connaught, and to improve and let
on lease, or resell the same in such portions as may be deemed ad-
visable.
The extremely low price of land in that portion of the
Kingdom, its unrivalled natural resources, the uLiformly peaceful
and loyal character of Its inhabitants, added to the cheapness and
security of the title) which can now be acquired under the Encum-
bered Estate Court), are a few of the obvious advantages that must
recommend the present undertaking to the
The Directors have the satisfaction of stating, that out of the
numerous plans for a land company in connexion with Ireland,
which of late years have been submitted to the Board of Trade, the
present is tue first, which has received the approbation of her Ma-
jesty's 'Government.
On the sale of any of the lands of the Company, the produce is
to be either divided rateably among the shareholders, or re-invested
in further purchases if deemed expedient.
By the terms of the cnarter the Board of Trade have the appoint-
ment of one of the Company's auditors.
For prospectuses and further details application may be made to
the Secretary, at the offices of the Company, 75, Comilla.
•

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the West of Ireland Land Investment Company.

Gentlemen,
I request you will allot to me Shares of 251. each in
the above Company. I agree to accept the same, or any less number
allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and all future Calls as
and when made payable, and to sign the Deed of Settlement when
required.

Residence•.... ....... •• •• ••
Occupation ....................
Reference•..........•

An early day will be flied for the allotment of shares.

FREMONT ESTATES
SAand
CAL GOLDNIA MINES
COUNTY of MARIPO, IFOR.

SALE to THOMAS DENNY SARGENT, Esq.
We the undersigned Solicitors have this day examined the fo]
lowing documents :
_ _ .

Ist. A Notarial Copy of the Power of Attorney, dated San Fran-
cisco, Ist October, 1851, from Colonel John Charles Fremont to
Colonel Thomas H. Benton, recorded in the District Court of Co-
lumbia, on 22d January, 1852, authorising the latter to bargain, sell,
and convey the Mariposas Estate of Colonel Fremont, and gene-
rally giving to Colonel Benton full power and authority touching
the premises, to do, execute, proceed, and finish in all things, in as
maple a manner as he, Colonel Fremont might do if personally pre-
sent, thereby ratifying and confirming all that his attorney, Colonel
Benton, might lawfully do touching all the aforesaid business,
2d. A Notarial Copy of a Deed of Ratification, dated 29th Ja-
nuary, 1852, signed by Colonel Fremont, by Colonel Benton, as his
said attorney, ratifying the Sale, made on 7th July last, by Mr.
Flandin, in New York, to Mr. Thomas Denny Sargent, of the Ma-
riposa Estate, which sale had been accepted by Mr. Sargent on the
Bth of August following. '
3d. A Notarial Copy of the Conveyance by Colonel Fremont,
dated the 29th January, 1852, signed by Colonel Benton, as his at-
torney to Mr. T. D. Sargent, of the Mariposas Estates, together with
all rents, royalties, and premiums of every nature whatsoever due,
or accruing due to Colonel Fremont, subsequent to the said Bth day
of August last.
And we have to state that the Notarial Copy of the said deed of
ratification is certified to be correct by George Woodman, Notary
Public, New York, and the Notarial Copies of the said Power of At-
torney and Conveyance; ate certified as correct by Charles de Seld-
ing, Notary Public, at Washington, and his Certificate is verified by
the Honourable James Dunlop, Assistant Judge of the Circuit Court
of Columbia—further by the Honourable Daniel Webster, Secretary
of State for the United States ; and further by the Honouon ra
forble John
F. Crampton, the present Ambassador at Washingt Great
Britain.
And we further certify that in our opinion the said several instru-
ments do convey all Colonel Fremont's interest in the entire estate
of M ariposas to Mr. Thoraas Denny Sargent, his heirs and assigns
for ever, together with all rents, royalties, and Premiums, of every
nature whatsoever, due, or accruing due, to Colonel Fremont, sub-
sequent to the said Bth of August last.
And we farther find by the arrangements made between Mr.
Sargent and Colonel Fremont, acting by Colonel Benton, as his
attorney, that Mr. Sargent has the full power, while the instalments
of the agreed purchase money shall be duly paid, to grant, donfirm,
annul, and extend leases, to grant waivers of forfeiture, and to do
all and everything appertaining to the ownership iii fee simple of the
estate

Solicitors of the
West Mariposa
HUGHES, KEARSEY, and 31ASTERMAN, Gold Mine Com-
an
y. .Solicitors of the
WILKINSON, GURNEY, and STEVENS,/ Ave Maria Gold
Mining Company.
- JOHN DUNCAN', Solicitor of Thomas Denny Sargent, Esq.
London, 21st Feb., 1852.

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ROOMS, Great
St. James's.
of the
The PRIZE QUADRILLE, awarded to Mr. J. R. Tutton, _
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Doors open at Eight o'clo'ck. Dancing to commence at nine, and
terminate at half-past eleven.
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IV.
THE PASSIONS.
"What passions hurt the body -what imprOve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." d.
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TIIE MARRIAGE STATE.
•
"To be or not to be, that is the question."
PROGRAM= :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
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choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring', with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &C.

By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824). T wenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
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87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
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IMPORTANT DECISION.
POTTERIES COUNTY COURT.
SWAIN AND CO. V. BRIGGS AND DOODY.

This action, which was tried before a jury, occupied
the Court from half•past six till midnight en Friday
night, and excited so much interest, that, notwithstand-
ing the lateness of the hour, the court was crowded to

the close.
Mr. Swain, the plaintiff, carries on a large wholesale
business in London, under the firm of Swain and Co.,
and is the proprietor of the Registered Syrian Paletot,
the rival of Mears. Nicoll's garment. The defendants
are extensive and very respectable mercers and drapers
at Stoke-upon-Trent. The action was brought to re-
cover the amount of 142/. 103. for goods sold and de-
livered. Mr. Collette, of the firm of Prichard and Col-

tette,' London, conducted the plaintiff's case; Mr. J,

Stev6ton for defendants. From the evidence it ap.

neared that Mr. Swain called on defendants on the
12th or 13th of May with samples of his paletots and
jlckels, and solic:tid their inspection of them. The re-
sult of the interview was an order for the amount already
stated, which was executed on the 271 h of May. On the
4th of June the defendants 'wrote to Mr. Swain, propos-

inn that some of the geods.should be exchanged for others
of a stouter quality. Mr. Swain acquiesced, and on re-
ceiving the returns , with a further order, some
days afterwards, caused the goods wished for in ex-
change to be forwarded; but as the order sent on the
occasion by the defendants did not amount by some
pounds to the invoice value of the goods returned he
made up the amount by sending a larger proportion of
jackets, of which their first letter (now produced) had
spoken highly. Meantime the defendants had sent back
o Mr. Swain a coat torn in several places, and about
the time the parcel of exchange goods should have ar-
rived at Stoke a second letter was received from the de-
fendants, complaining of the quality of some of the
jackets, and countermanding altogether the order for the
very goods they themselves had so commended. Some
days after this the case of exchange goods was sent
back to London, in pursuance of the countermand, but
Mr. Swain refused to receive it, and it remained in the
carrier's hands. There was some unpleasant correspon-
dence, and a still more unpleasant interview with Mr.
Swain and Mr. Briggs, and eventually proceedings
were commenced in the Court at Westminster,
on which occasion the defendants paid 151. into court,
which was withdrawn on finding that the Westminster
Court had no jurisdiction in the matter, the cause of action
having arisen elsewhere. On proceedings being taken
in the local court the defendants again paid 151. into
court, as the invoice value of the portion of goods which
they retained out of those first ordered, and for which
alone they acknowledged their liability. During the
bearing of the case the plaintiff produced the samples
exhibited to the' defendants in his first interview with
them, and stated that those supplied were far superior
to his samples. He also stated that,* although he had
sent out 1,000 garments weekly, he had only had three
returned, out of transactions extending over some years,
and among 1,100 agents. Mr. John Swain, the director
of the plaintiff's
..vvarehoutes, deposed that the goods
sent out were taken indiscriminately from " stock," and
that the torn jacket returned could not have been
brought to such a state by fair means, emphatically
adding that " it was regularly mangled by violence."
Mr. Neale, foreman to their agent at Walsall, and Mr.
W. Mounteastle, jun., Manchester, gave evidence as to
the cheapness and quality of Messrs. Swain's goods, as
extensively sold by them, and said they considered them
superior to Nicoll's in all respects. For the defence,
Mr. Ihody admitted that the good had undergone no
examination till the torn_ jacket was returned to
them, and the countermand was sent to Mr.
Swain after that occurrence. When the cx•
change goods, came :they were inclined to keep them,
notwithstanding the circumstance, and only sent them
back cn finding that they were open to the same objec-
tions as the first lot. Mr. Beardmore, th© defendants'
cutler, gave evidence, in a truly Hibernian accent, as to
the deficiency of " sthays." Mr. Crosbie, of Stafford,
elppeared to support the defence, but was rebuked by
the Learned Counsel for the intoxicated state in which
he appeared, and ordered to stand down. In summing
sip to the jury, his Honour (R. G. Temple, Esq.) said
the case was important both in point of principle and in
point of, fact. The question was, not whether the goods
supplied by this eminent .firm were equal to ituy one
else's, but whether they were equal to the samples ex-
hibited to the defendants before their order was given.
That bad not been denied. Indeed, they were admitted
to be superior to those samples. If they could have been
shown to have been at all inferior to sample, that would
have been material, but it had not even
been attempted. ..The proposal to exchange
some of the goods for others was made after
the execution and acceptance of the first order,
and that acceptance, and consequent liability, was shown
by the very terms of the defendants' letter, in which
they asked to be " allowed" to make the exchange, and
expressed a wish to have heavier material instead of the
light paletots, adding, " we have no doubt we shall get
through a good mnny of the stouter jackets." After
this acceptance and dealing with the goods sent in ac-
cordance to the first order, the defendants had no right
to repudiate it, and to countermand the order for the
goods in exchange; but Messrs. Swain having liberally
acquiesced in that eXchaug,e were entitled to send goods
in pursuance, thereof to the amount returned to them.
As to the quality of goods they might or might not be
superior to Mr. Nicoll's; but that had nothing to do
with the case, unless there was distinct warrantry, which
nobody attempted to show; and his Honour thought it
scarcely fair to submit such luxurious articles as the
Syrian Palstot to the severe test of rough wear, or put-
ting a garment intended for a thin man upon one of
huge bulk, either of which circumstances might have
happened in the single instance on which the present
defendants seemed to rely in iproof that the goods were
defective. The jury gave an immediate verdict for t e
whole amount claimed, and costs .—Staffordshire Adver-
tiser, Feb. 21.

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London. •

CONVERSION OF A CATHOLIC
—The Rev. Charles L. Fisher, who
boutsome time since filled
withtothteheßePv.
W.
officia-
tingS.ThoasPsianewerEbSeTenANTlSM
t ltep o s post
conjointlyof chaplainh
Agar, at the Roman
Catholic Chapel, Lyme Regis, announced
,ITEnd on the
intention, on
the 18th instant, to abjure the Popish falig
stateseof thetie
gation of
ensuing Sabbath to attend the parish chureb.nvesti
change in his views to be the result of an 1
the Scriptures with a view to testing the doctrines
Papal Church.
FLOATING FISH MARKETS. —At Petersburgh,
Copenhagen, and several other ports in the Baltic, the
fishermen have got large floating tanks where fish are kept
alive. Buyers go to these tanks, and the water being very
clear, the fish are seen swimming about in them. The seller
of fish has a long pole with a hoop and net fitted on one end.
When a buyer sees a fish that pleases the eye, an order is
givm to lift it out of the water. The seller, having intro-
duced his net carefully beneath it, and lifting it up, on exa-
mination., should the buyer not be satisfied, . it- again re-
turned to the tank, and another is brought out, and so on.
Surely such a system as this must be the very essence of
perfection in the fah trade.

LONDON ANDysaiatoi
RAILWAY IN
NORTH-WESTERN.
TELLIGENCE.
On Friday the bale.
numerously attended.
directors; G. C. Glyn, Es
con:Tony was held at the.E 3' general meeting of this
reaTdi:oanatidvetrhteismemineunttees::fq.hol.usLtpoi: Station, and was verb
e‘t
th chairman h
laai
sr
tm an
half-yearly oft he board e
eth
iof
The CHAIRMAN addressed the
the meeting having been
confirmed, - -
lowing effect :—Gentlemen
part of the information ithe.proprietors to the fol.
your attention for a very sitter'twenlii bee. to trespass on,
First, I will take 'the liberty
views as' to your general ' period whilst I state my
the accounts, and I hope there
other members of the board.
afterwards require to
leaving the greater
will agree in opinion wthalluding to the steal of
me,
thatvvith regard to. them, you
be detailed to you by: thYo°4ol:4l3"rtayiell'
Great Exhibition has realisee, trail's
' derived
ffecsteoifatttihan
factory. The result of the:' they are highly satis7
that the apprehension I entertaifiPY
lest :expectations ; and I
former occasion; namely, that the from 'the
to be able to state
urn happy will perceive, our fult
traffic would probably lead to a cofiap
and expressed on a
iii the
,You will see
of our traffic, has-not been
the item of por-
tionsexpendi-
Eoxthheibritient nthatve ; therebut,
ihasn e
every
yn
instance,an increase
th a
arisen from the ne-
e of the Exhibition
cessity of providing for the largetthraaffis
with the exception of that arising from the maintenance
of way, and this, in consequence _e
be twabur
reyenne, which you
the repairs done to
stations,
is
made a
charge,
must expect frouiAime to tametamete
To _ inerittfe.f expense 1a le.-
called upon to
defray.--(Heels', bear.)
coniouve power for the past .year -u-
-over the previous
half-year is 20,000/.; in the coaching department it is
10,0001.; and upon the merchandise 9500/
' .
ac-
counts, gentlemen, I. am happy to announce
:facYfour dividend for
tunate as to be
enable us to propose an increase
this half-year; and should we b
that
it in the
permanently at
able to continue that increase for
do, in
labour that
reanother half-year, I
atthite ilsighint o.ofnar
this half-year in
am anxious that you should rather
shape of a bonus and not conceive
held out enodtthsauch a course.
permanent dividend. end. You
power at prtsent to keep up the dividend
six percent. I hope you will view theincrease as large
.dsomething
eporonpsergieuteonrsceinofthe h
00 i tlya:goemeextitme
neteodfo
bonus, though we have not done that •
likeY o u
swiilplerreccoelnite.cwt
would be the result of the adoption .
are not to suppose, then, that if we continuet the six
per cent. this half-year, and perhaps next halt veer
and if then we go back to our former-'' half-year—
and always
our
that that should be considered like rate,
a
breaking
down of oar dividend.—(Hear.) I think I may congra-
tulate you generally on the position of the
company.
There has been an increase of traffic in every branch,
and I must say that the ratio of that increase looks if
it would be likely be compensate us for theeffectsas of
competition. We. have increased that description
traffic which is usually attended with remarkable of
e results
to the people of this country. We have encouraged the
coal traffic to a very considerable extent, and the saving
been
effected to individuals on that account has really
extraordinary. Again, lam happy to think that the
agricultural part of the populstion are now beginning
to appreciate the value .of the railways to a greater ex-
tent then they ever did before. They are beginning
find out and acknowledge now, that not only to
additional saving of money can be effected, but that
t an
ha
great social comforts and facilities can be afforded by
t
advantages conferred by railway communication.--(gear,
hear.) Last half-year a curious fact was developed. I
was the discovery—and it is curious in these days itt
should be a discovery—of a large mineral district -
ln
Nottinghamshire; and, as between that neighbourhood
and parts of Staffirdshire much trade is carried on, that
discovery will very probably lead to a considerable increase
of our traffic. We here also renewed our contract with the
Lost-office during the past half-year; and, though Ido
not mention that circumstance as likely to be produc-
tive of great increase, yet it shows that we have again
met the public service, and placed it on a footing of mu-
tual arrangement. In short, if you view the effect of the
railway
system generally throughout England, and go
back to the period before that system was brought into
play, I am at a loss to know what the condition of this
country would be without railways.—(flear, hear.) I
believe its condition's would have retrograded if this
mighty system had not been brought out about the pe-
riod •
It was. There is one instance in proof of this to
which lam fond of adverting--I mean the penny post-
a_ e,..a scheme in which all parties from the highest to
theowest are interested : how could that have been
carried on without railways ?---(llear, hear.) Why,
without them you could not have moved the weights,
nor facilitated the conveyance of transit, nor otherwise
realised that great scheme of Mr. Rowland Hill for the
general improvement of the social condition of the
p: ople.—(Rear.) Gentlemen, lam quite certain of this
—that I never addressed you at a time when, upon the
whole. I was,more confident of your position and prospects
than lam at - ourproperty is
sound, and it is as gradually
developieg itself as any
reasonable man had a right
to expect, and it is better
than I at one period antic •
pated it would have been.
who i
But, in spite of those say that lam too much dis-
posed to act the part of a wet blanket—(Laughter)—
there must ho a little reverse. If left alone. we are as
prosperous an uudbrtaking as
any in the kingdom.—
(Hear, hear, and applause.) It is not the disposition of
my mind to act the part
Of a wet blanket—on the con-
trary, I am rather Bangui
it right to state to you ile than otherwise; but I think
attention. Let me refer the facts which press upon my
as external operations; a,a,.then, to our internal, as well
notices this year comprise Q when I tall you that the
in-
troduced into Parliament, fortYstwo projects to be
affect us, you will see that
which directly or indirectly
be externally, yet-.internallyhowever prosperous we may
watch our interests. (]jeer, we must endeavour to
jects have died of the are heart.
) Some of these pro, .
course of nature. Others, I tun
sorry to say, are going on; and the vexation, and
assures,
you, opposingconsiderafile and watching them are, I
will see . from the ace; Your legal expenses, you
reason why Ido 'not ts, are increasing, and the
idea of decreasing them hold out to you the slightest
they are now all chargedat present is this —because
will 0111 Y eomeel—tbut, against revenue. If you
use—if you will only perha-lls, is the proper word to
their legal expenses compel other companies to put
capital—(Hear, hear) against
--.are revenue, and not against
gating the evil; but as long ealight have a chance of miti-
tary contests to fight on tiem we have these
ex-
penses Parliame-
ntary
cannot be decreased,present footing, these
trouble and cost of watoeh We have not only the
but we have the en/eels-tat and opposing these projects,
variety of measures something likewise that in such a
will be detrimental o you leg' may creep through that
railways. What we want is
interests and the interests of
carrying these projects throughig some general principle in
the Parliamentary Committee
Parliament; for I believe
hoaourably, and do their tj'tce act their part fairly and
they have no general priac.i.tiY; but they complain that
and, therefore, by insane of by which to be guided,
professions of couneele th eonflictitig evidence stud the
which must be in many Ca? are led to arrive at decisions
body of the railway thteresseta detrimental to the general
ever we may have the hone,;,, But,', I hope, that when-
ever
have considered the measures in question, it may
mentary.campaign.—near, ahgood report of our Parlia- I,
our immediate relations vieehtar.) I will now touch on
am happy to state that " other companies. I
nee
conformity with what I tetar;-it our last meeting—in
—namely, that our dispute :, I mentioned at the time
with
should be settled by' a proper referee, ,although the
the Great Northern
question did not take the shapeit was limited, as we conceived,we wished, and although
utility, nevertheless the Great so as to impair its
agreed to refer to Mr. Glad Northern and ourselves
sto
authority--a question at issue h Gladstone—a most competent
ewe, to a limited district of cu between us with refer-
been' given; it is awaiting its final
His award has
then it will be acted upon. sine"' legal shape; and
com-
munication has been re-opened : that period a
panies, which leads me to hope th:ttween the two com-
panies, nut, perhaps, fa more extensive
nent a charietist as tlielaiit, may be' ° quite so perma-
Therefore's-SIP Or as' the Groat oat Northern effected between
us.
conceraelatve,Ray look forward to a charms Company is
test, riOw, continued for months witiie of the eon-
abtitedt(Hear, hear.) I abstain frontseveity, being
relative to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham. the question
so complicated that I will not attempt to It is.
I believe it must be settled by the P- to unravel it..
at all. events the position of the courts of law ;
companies with the directors is such
prietors of both
cannot be decided without the courts f that I think it
pad to the Great Western, we are inathlaw. With re-
as when last we met, except that um:, same position
common interest we are uniting with tViii-one point of
object which will be mutually beneficial to ,to effect an
regard to any comment on our relation O 11S both, With
with them, I
pose at this moment to abstain from any pro-
gentlensen, I cannot quite quit that subject
remark. But,
ferring to a paper which has bad extensive without ro-
tted which is dated " Manchester, Dec. 181.ive circulation,
" One of Yourselves?' It is in the form of. an" and signed,
letter, bat has the names of some most highly anonymous
proprietors affixed to it. It purports to
naddressed to
the directors of both oar companies •;',it is hi
joint proprietors; and holding as they do that:'d by 1,100
cannot pass it over n i'hout notice. I ziet Position, I
whether it is your inteution to take action ti_t not aware
en it at this
meeting.
Here two proprietors iu the body of the m
de-
clared, that although their signatures were affixedetng i
to it,
they had not signed it themselves, nor authorised any
any person to sign it on their behalf.
The CHAIRMAN continued—Gentlemen, this letter was
sent to me, and I oen not Fesponsible 1,,)1.
any a
con-
nected with it. It was sent with the intention doubtless
tless
p
of producing on the minds of Your executive a
abcertain
effect. I asked whether any proprietor was ut to
take action on it, and if there be not, let me
point °n
to you that it would involve the directors in a
false "L.-
it
tip with the majority of their shareholders. It
is all
very well tor those having an interest in th
Western and North-Western that one pockete Greathould
s
take the receipts obtained by the other; butthose who
have an interest in this:company, and who compose A
very large majority, reckon among them _man who have
hold from the first, and held most steadily it and largely.
It is quite clear that they would be inclin d n e to call upon

to ine t
ttehre, Londonan 000
we not take care of those who hold that parti-
cularthetam h4O
suteklivx:eitcouuractbisv: if any false
!my ?—(Elear.) Gentlemaetnts,otate,htPiioswnw
were made;
• instead s:i:a: aonfbdet ranti' hy
and North-Western
wNhoirothh-yWouesrterdnirceootol
it had laid down any hound and general
woilld• have hinnies' every
strong languege towards the, Great'ilrestern Company
and ourselves,
principles on which a union, or rather the cessation
of hostile feeling between us was to take placee but when
it merely calls on us to suspend our quarrels, that
money • may not be wasted upon lawyers--(and we
ere sprite anxious it should not be so wasted)—l ask,
dotyou want us to lay down our erne; end surrender?
Because, whether you look to the east Or the west at the
policy of the Great Western or the. Great:Northern, this
must be borne in mind—that it is from your traffic and
receipts both those companies are now trying to derive
an advantage--(Hear, bear)—and, therefore, unless you
ordsr us to lay down our arms--unlees you lay down
some principle of action—l do not see ,how it is possible
fdr us to take any different course frOrn that we have
taken. We have always desired union. We know com-
Wition, is a fallacy in railway matters. 'We are never
forced into if but by necessity, and ,we are: ready, and
alwayd shall be ready, on properly 'defined principles, to
come on terms of union and amity with all with whom
we have ,to deal.—(Applause.) In fact, the whole
railway interest ought to be bound by one common
b6nd. It is perfect nonsense to talk of competition,
Nit -it is forced upon us by the force of cir-
cumstances. • I' am not now going into a- history of
thOlvl44lr3,4ave often clePlOred—asatnely, that the
-Parliament does not interfere and do as in Fiance, where
the companies -are placed under proper regulations, and
where certain duties having been done the proprietors
have certain rights. But it is too late to talk of that now.
We have been driven into our position by necessity, and
until Parliament has defined more clearly than it has
done hitherto the relative positions of the companies we
cannot do otherwise.—(Hear.) I may mention that
neither the Great Western nor the Great Northern, in
any application' they made to Parliament, have pre-
tended to say that the traffic they sought to obtain was
traffic derived from. you; in other words, in their traffic
Acts they did not put out the claim which they have in
their conferences with us upon the subject.—(Hear.)
We deplore as much as any set of men can the position
in which we are placed. It is one of giant anxiety, and,
whenever the proper opportunity arises, it will be our
diity, as I em sure it is our wish, to avail ourselves of it
fo'r the purpose of effecting a satisfactory
.arrangement.
--(Hear, hear.) I should not be doing justice to my-
self if I did not refer with feelings' of -satisfaction
to the several companies with which we are on terms
of agreement. With the Midland we are on terms of
the strictest amity. With the Lancashire old Wirkshire
We have developed arrangements effectual for both.
With the Sheffield and Manchester we are on the best
footing. I might enumerate others, but it would be only
taking up your time. When general principles are laid
down by Parliament, we shall be ready and willing to
meet all parties with whom we may come into contact.
Our own applications to Parliament this year' are very
few. We have been forced to introduce a Bill for the
protection of our interests with Birkenhead, and we have
another for a small line of two and a half miles in length
in connexion with the Worcester and Wolverhampton;
and these Bills provide for the gradual funding of our
bond debt into a guaranteed 31 per cent. stock—a mea-
b
sure which in due time, I believe, will be carried out,
because there is nothing in this country which presents
such a good opening as the permanent guaranteed stock
of this company at 3i per cent. There is only one other
point to which I wish to refer, for it may remove an im-
pression as to the extedf of the consequences of the ac-
cident at Bicester. There' is a paragraph in the papers
of this morning, stating that we shall have to pay
30,0001. for the accident there; but I am happy to
say in reply, that nearly every case is settled, and
that the total sum paid in compensation only amounts to
5,0521.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BoOTH, one of the general secretaries, read the
report' of the directors, as follows
" The traffic of the past half-year haft realised the ex-
pectation of your directors, as recorded in your report
presented on the 21st of February, 1851 ; the earnings
exceed those of the corresponding perjo of 1850 by
213,254/, as follows :
1851..

1850.

Increase,

Passengers, parcels, and
mails £729,546 941,548 212,002
Merchandise, 84c
477,743 47t3,995 1,252

£1,207,289 1,420,543 213,254

Working expenses £390,362 450,002 59,640
'Pm merchandiae :returns show o)ely a slight im-
provement-;• yet -the `actual treffio- has 'been much
larger. From motives. ,of prudential,. policy in some
cases, and from. the eeettiewhate reckriesesaampetition
carried on against the company in others, the rates of
freight have in numerous instances bean materially re-
duced ; 88,000 tons of merchandise, and ' nearly the
same weight of coal, have boon conveyed, beyond
that of the corresponding period. The receipts
are now again increasing under the reduced tariff.
The per tentage of disbursements to r sceipts is, exclu-
sive of rates and taxes, 31.67 against 32.33 in 1850;
and, inclusive of those items, 35.60 against 36.61. The
North and South-Western unction line, forming a con-
nexion with the South-Western Railway, is in course of
c o
con
teept
drr
euaacnot
odi ot n, n
a3d,
evaaerrd.
ti wsali
dl be
The
reorsortpoecuandrir for
txivgoi us
e R 4;
,ii. n i 1 twhe ay a v
rti taus r ao no
mo
..ff
n
last, but owing to the course pursued
bury and Birmingham Compen3, in attempting forcibly
to exercise an alleged right to use the line, in virtue of
powercconditionally granted, the Lords of the Privy
o tl , eby lseschernie br
w ea-
Council for Trade decided on the ground of public safety
to prohibit the opening of the lino, and consequently the
Wolverhampton district continues deprived of the ad-
vantages of the Stour Valley
Railway,
also of this company, the lessees of tto the injury
the line. The Shrews-
bury and Birmingham Company, however, have, within
the last few days, intimated their intention ton
appeal to the proper tribunal, t tin,- manner eug-
ge§ted, by this company, prior to the proposed opening
on the Ist December, undertaking, in tin meantime, to
abstain from any . further attempt forcibly to:use the
railway; there is every prospect, therefore, of its being
shortly opened to the public. Sinop the last general
meeting your directors have been in friendly negotiation
with the directors of the North Staffordshire Company,
and concurring in the opinion expressed by them in their
last report to their proprietors, that the excomtnodation
of the public and the interests of the shareholders of
both concerns would be best promoted by their being
worked in union, your directors will be willing to concede
to that: company terms highly favourable, whether as
compared with the present earnings of the line, or
with its prospects, if placed in a siate of hostility to
this company. Simultaneously with the negotiations
referred to, the directors of the North Stafford-
shire Company introduced into Parliame at, and con-
Lieu° to Prosecute, three measures affecting this com-
pany—viz., a Bill to authorise the union of the North
Staffordshire and the London and North-Western
Company ; a Bill to authorise the construction of a
line from colwich to Wolverhampton; a. Bill to sutho
rise the construction of a line from Sandbach, to join
the Cheshire Junction line near Warriogl on. The first
of these measures being in conformity with the arrange-
ment proposed with th North Staffordshire Company
(and which your directors were willing to carry out),
appeaia unobjectionable; but the object of the two latter
Bills being inconsistent, not only with the arrangement
just referred to, but with the spirit of the existing agree-
ment, under which the North Staffordshire Company
profit
,hylBtshOis, participatedcompany.,n
traffichave, since
silic
for by any public necessity, your directors feel it their
cear Ariperdi!
duty to oppose them. With respect to any questions of
aladrZelli tieing iinng the
uncalled
i
difference under the existing agreement, it is only neces-
sary to state that the North Staffordshire Company ap-
pealed to the arbitrator, the Recorder of Ld onfdoono,min.
August last, without establishing anyhgronhne
h do so,
since preferred any further claim. S u .
ny an im-
your directors will be quite ready to concur leo
pt and
mediate application to the arbitrator, and to a
plaint against this company, and thoatiii
tyeohave not
have
entered into an amicable agreement with the St. Helens
line
to the docks, now being constructed a use of their branch
company, in reference to the
t Gersten, on
cheerfully act upon his award. Your directors a
In con-
they hope will be mutually advantegheeor.
last report,
formity with the policy indicated in t
wohrking agree-
your directors have concluded tt_
art, Merge.-
ment• with the directors of the N P
the Mersey, with other important arrangementhich
tfeawastne- thereby,
venny, and Hereford Company: ,
Iferefcird line, the bill for • which Is w
tent mineral dis-
liament, a connexion with the imporead,
Lancashire,
trict of South Wales. The Birkeinihaving
declined the
and Cheshire Junction Com n
Pa" Y'answer to their pro-
offer of this company (made in
at 90,5001. per
through the medium of the projehetet!loWonbrocreosrteekraanrd-
having subse-
ar.num) ; and the Birkenhead h',
measures for uniting
quently adopted the preliminary
&Le GreatWestern
their interests exclusively te:kt
some other access to Biel
it became necessary to
seek
comPiln3h as well as for that
keuhead for the traffic of thisb .
posal to .lease their line !or 2hlorpaarosy
the Chester sled Holyhead
brought from North Watt,liel:
and 3 North 'Western here, so
line, in which the to!
13,
ccordi v g 1 y , a Bill hal 1.1 2 Ull intro.
to authoriso the construction of
h -to Birkenhead, at a es teittte.d cost
a doe from Chester ,
ssity for such an outlay of capital
Parliament a Bill to autorise the forma-
t will be far less onerous te t'
is to bOregretted, buh
near Oxford.uo It is a matter of regret to
have acceded to the terms required
eethpanics than. to
Company. The directors'
Birit-ohead
(I,l;:u:cgseesdoain,lol
otiorol
i11.P3 e rest;rT tle teau
necessity
n:
but
~,
t
t
dr ethpeor
Greet
rtehaet settlementNortbern
line-, to connect the Buellingletmshire
forma-
tion With the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolve.rhamp-
ttheue
board that theyana are
consequent able
dis ute
atno
increase. Cf business
ibcil 1-31f°tiat;t:4olciettu.heatelpliol°;:rols in -I3between them (in conjunction
gonlhouse, has rendered necessary a very
cwoitvahptuaney.alidland Company)
The extension of the railway system through-
co6:finttshtihdeeecrlkseittslnlrgeidrlenlargement of that establishment. As
the building and land are the property of this company;
trustfes of the associated and leased to the companies,
the proprietors are recommended to sanction the ex•
penditure of 9, sum not exceeding 11,5001., for which a