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LONDON MONDAY

Just Ready. in 3 Vole., post Bvo., 31s. 6d.,
MEMOIRS OF THE BARONESS D'OBER-
KIRCH; including Numerous Curious varticulars illus-
trative of the Secret History of the Courts of Russia and France.
Written by Herself, and edited by her grandson, the Count DE
MONTBRISO r.

Also just published, in 2 vols., 215.,

COLONEL LANDAANIN'S ADVENTURES AND RECOL-
LECTIONS.

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" These volumes contain a series of very amusing and remarkable
occurrences, well calcul.ted to attract attention and interest."—Sun.

LIFE OF MARIE DE MEDICIS. By Miss PARDOE. 3 vols.
Bvo., with fine Portraits, 425.
"A work of high literary and historical merit, possessing the most
absorbing and constantly-sustained interest."—John Bull.
Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE ASSO-
CIA NON.
In 40,000 Shares of 51. each.
Paid up in full, no further liability.
Registered provisionally, and to be incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8
Victoria, cap. 110, or by Royal Charter.

The Duke of Leinster.
The Marquis of Clanricarde.

TRUSTEES.
I Frederic Mildred, Esq.
Benjamin Oliviera, Esq., M.P.

COMMITTEE.
PRESIDENT—The Marquis of CLANRICARDE.
The Earl of Harrington. Sir John Bayley, Bart.
Major-General the Hon. H. F. C. Barry Baldwin, Esq.
C. Cavendish.
With power to add to their number.
STANDING COUNSEL—C. A. Noggins, Esq., Q.C.
BANKERS—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. ;
Messrs. Charles Hopkinson and Co.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Masterman,
No. 17, Bucklersbury,
A large proportion of the shares have already been subscribed.
This great Metropolis must always possess one leading Theatre as
the centre and principal depository of the best schools of Dramatic
Music, an art which has now become the pursuit and relax-
ation of the highest and most cultivated portion of the community.
The site of her Majesty's Theatre—near the Palaces of the Sove-
reign, the Houses of Parliament, the Political, Military, and Lite-
rary Clubs, and in the centre of the most fashionable districts—is the
finest ant_ most valuable in Europe.
The beauty of the interior of the theatre, its unrivalled acoustic con-
struction, and the harmony of its proportions, adapt it admirably for
^ rmr., ti on of ho maatikrnif,c.PA-.Lthie. streaky* rensielans• sold for
the most perfect display of choregraphic art.
These advantages sufficiently point it out as the fitting seat of
grand national opera ; but it has other important recommendations
—in old-established habits and associations, and as having been the
scene of the triumphs of all the leading artistes in Europe.
A contract has been entered into for the purchase of the lease
of her Majesty's Theatre from the present proprietor, and the
Association will have the benefit of this agreement, the purchase-
money being represented by 20,000 paid-up shares. In this
purchase is Included the lessee's interest in the sum of 12,5261.
12s. 9d. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, invested as an accu-
mulating guarantee fund. This fund will be increased from time
to time, so as to form a sinking fund, and place the Associa-
tion on the firmest basis. The properties are to be taken at
a valuation, which In no case is to exceed 25,000/. The Associa-
tion to have the benefit of any surplus beyond that sum.
The property of the Assoeiation will consist of—
The Lease of the Theatre and Concert-room, which has
nearly 40 years to run, estimated at ••••••.. • • • • .. £lOO,OOO
The Properties greatly exceed in value 30,000/.
But amount to be paid by the Association is not to ex-
The effective Capi'al .. •••. • • • •

£200,000
Associated capital is admitted to be the most effective means in
this country of carrying out great enterprises ; and the support of
a powerful body of proprietors interested in the success of the Theatre,
and an able management, must ensure to the enterprise the mo.t
successful results.
The affairs of the Association will be conducted by a Managing
Director, appointed by the Committee. The Committee will have
the exclusive control over the receipts and expenditure; and no
liability can in any event be incurred by the shareholders beyond
the amount of the subscribed capital, as the Committee will have no
power to bind the Association, or to contract any engagement be-
yond th at amount.
Previous to the commencement of each Season, the plirsonal
privileges to be reserved to the Shareholders will be defined by the
Committee.
The Association, being in possession of ample capital, will be able
to release the establishment from the trammels which have hitherto
weakened the operations of former Directors ; and the Committee
have in contemplation various improvements in the administration,
which will develop new sources of revenue, and justify the expecta-
tion of a large return on the subscribed capital, and will render her
Majesty's Theatre the most distinguished reunion of Science, Art,
and Fashion, hitherto known in Europe.
It cannot be doubted that this magnificent Theatre, conducted in
a manner combining the most perfect beauty and efficiency of re-
presentation with experienced and economical management, will
attain a veat degree of prosperity, and maintain its high position
amongst the dramatic establishments of Europe.
If the terms of any Charter of Incorporation, to be hereafter
granted, should require the shares to be of larger amount than five
pounds, the number of shares granted to each applicant will be
rateably reduced.
Applications for shares, in the enclosed form, to be made to
Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Masterman, at their office, No. 17,
BucklersburY ; or to the Secretary of the Association, at her Mtii-
jesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London.
To the Committee of her Majesty's Theatre Association.
Gentlemen,--I request you will allot me shares In
the above Association ; and in consideration thereof I agree to ac-
cept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me,
and to pay the amount thereon.
I am, Gentlemen, your very obedient Servant,

Name ...... •• • • • • • • • • • .
Address .. •• • • • • •• • • • • • •

SOUT H-EAS TERN RAILWAY.
At the THIRT I -br.,U0.1.,ip HALF-YEARLY (.RNERAL
MEETING, and at the SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, of the
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, held at the Bridge
House Hotel, London-bridge, on Thursday, the 9th day of Septem-
ber, 1852,
JAMES MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P. Chairman, in the Chair,
The advertisements convening the meetings were read, and the
following resolutions were passed .-
1. That the Report of the Directors, and statement of accounts, as
now read at this meeting, be received and adopted.
2. That a dividend (less income-tax) for the half-year ending on
the 31st of July last, at the rate of 7s. 6d. per 301. stock, be now
declared on the Consolidated Stock of this Company, and be made
payable on the 13th inst.
3. That, with the view of determining the amount at which the
capital expenditure will cease, the directors be requested to submit
to the proprietors, at their next half-yearly meeting, a detailed esti-
mate of the amount required to complete the lines and works of the
South-Eastern Railway Company ; also a statement of the entire
debts and liabilities of the Company, and of its property and assets
with the half-yearly accounts.
4. That the declarations of forfeiture by the several resolutions of
the Board of Directors of the 22d day of Atoll' last, so far as any
such forfeiture, or any such declations thereof, relates to the follow-
ing shares thereby declared to be forfeited, or any of them-viz., the
shares numbered 5,732 to 5,733, 21,518 to 21,520, 56,297, 57,674 to
57,678, 59,834 to 59,836, 67,248 to 67,264, 68,813 to 68,827, 69,777
to 69,786, 70,481, 70,671 to 70,685, 71,178 to 71,182, 71,510 to
to 71,519, 71,758 to 71,787, 73,738 to 73,762, 78,799 to 78,728
79,133 to 79,145, 80,785 to 80,799, 81,258 to 81,264, 81,453 to 81,467,
81,476 to 81,478, 81,678, 81,716 to 81,730, 82,606 to 82,615, 84,448
to 84,452, 85,404 to 85,408, 86,752, 86,755 to 86,789, 91,340 to
91,349, 91,391 to 91,493, 91,898, 92,841 to 92,852, 96,953 to 96,958
97,463 to 97,477, 98,156 to 98,162, 101,676 to 101,685, 101,823
to 101,842, 104,737 to 104,743, 105,592 to 105,594, 105,889 to
105,891, 105,912 to 105,919, 107,112 to 107,126, 107,547 to 107,576,
' 109,327 to 109,336, 110,177 to 110,240, 110,624
to to 114,490, 116,380 to 116,384, 116,495 to 11,6497,
107,782 to
110147:845361
116,796 to 116,799, 117,162 to )17,171, 117,681 to 117,685, 118,376
to 118,385, 118,535 to 118,612, 118,783 to 118,790, 119,566 to
119,574, 120,025 to 120,029, 120,040 to 120,044, 120,648 to 120,659,
121,586 to 121,600, 122,570, 122,962 to 122,964, 123,114 to 123,116,
123,268 to 123,277, 124,325 to )24,342, 124,855 to 124,856, 125,216 to
125,240, 125,482 to 125,491, 126,715, 131,561 to 131,575, 132,331 to
132,343, 133,680 to 133,682, 136,118 to 136,122, 136,817 to 136,841,
136,972 to 136,991, 137,576 to 137,585, 139,376 to 139,387, 141,035 to
141,043, 141,149 to 141,166, 141,192 to 141,203, 142,013 to 142,017,
144,766 to 144,774, 147,132 to 147,256, 150,741 to 150,817, 151,085 to
157,087, 151,779 to 151,781, 151,838 to 151,842, 152,172 to 152,177,
153,326 to 153,327, 153,575 to 153,585, 154,814 to 154,818, 154,975 to
154,984, 157,133 to 157,138,
157,251, 157,282 to 157,297, 157,362 to
157,363, 157,367 to 157,370-be, and the same are hereby respec-
tively confirmed.
5. That the Directors be, and they are hereby ordered and di-
rected to dispose of all the shares declared to be forfeited, and as to
which the declarations of forfeiture have been confirmed at and by
this meeting in manner directed by the Act of Parliament, made
and passed in the sixth year of the re'gn of his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for making a Railway from
the London and Croydon Railway to Dover, to be called the South-
Eastern Railway."
6. That this meeting approves the views of the Directors as ex•
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pressed in their letter to Lord Sondes of the 2d of September instant
with regard to a proposed extension of the North Kent Railway
from Strood to Chiiham, and that the Directors be instructed to take
such future steps in relation to that extension as they may deem
most conducive to the best interests of the Company.
7. That the Directors be, and they are hereby authorized t• bor-
row: at interest, on mortgage of this undertaking, any further sum
of money not exceeding 180,0001.
8. That the Directors be instructed to give notice to the Canter-
bury and 'Whitstable Railway Company, of the South-Eastsrn Com-
pany's intention to exercise the option given to them to
purchase
the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Harbour and Works on the
terms agreed on between the two companies.
9. That the Directors be authorised to negotiate terms with the
South-dastern and Continental Steam Packet Company for the
purchase of that company's steamboats ; such terms to e
andsubmitted
to a future meeting of this Company for their conside b
ration ;
that a committee of five proprietors, who are not proprietors in the
Steamboat Company, be associated with the Directors to consider
and report on the terms that may be So proposed.
10. That the following proprietors do constitute such committeelt.
—Coles Child, Esq., James Ivyleafe, Esq., George Smith, Esq.,
A. Gray, Esq , R. S. Wilkinson, Esq.
11. That Thomas Browne, Esq., who vacated his °Tee of Auditor
of this Company by becoming disqualified (but is now again qualified
for the office) be re-elected an Auditor of the Company.
12. That the consideration of the question of converting the mort-
gage debts of the Company into preferential stock be adjourned.
JAMES MACGREGOR, Chairman.
The Chairman having left the chair, it was resolved
13. That the best thanks of the meeting be presented to him for
his conduct in the chair.
14. That the best thanks of this meeting be and. are hereby given
to the Secretary and other officers of this Company for their zeal,
attention, and efficiency in the discharge of the duties of their re-
spective offices. G. S. HERBERT, Secretary.

SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS.
TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,
CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS,
BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS.
TIMES LIFE ASSURANCEand
GUARANTEE COMPANY.
32, Ludgate-hill,London.
GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST.
PROFITS DIVIDED.
RATES—From 7s. 6d. per cent. upwards. No charge for Stamps
An allowance made in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As-
surance and Guarantee are combined.
LIFE ASSURANCE.
Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud.
Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a
Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment,
to keep up the payments,

H. B. SHERIDAN
TIMES FIRE AND PROPERTY ASSURANCE COMPANY
Every descriptioa of Fire Assurand.
ce. Profits Divided.
Agents Wante

11. B. SIIERIDAN,

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ERCHANTS and TRADESMAN'S
MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
5, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London.
And all the principal towns in the kingdom.
TRUSTEES.
effery Smith, Esq. 1 Thomas now, Esq.
David Fergusson, Esq.
miATshseurDerirse Advantages offered by this Society
Policies Indisputable, except in cases of fraud.
Board
the Medical Fees paid by the Society.
Assurances of every description effected.
Non-forfeiture of Policies.
unable, or who find it inconvenient to pay their Pro-
m they fall due, may have a credit on application to the
Loans granted on Personal and other Securities in connexion with
ceive applications
Life Assugr
round the being desirous of extending the Agencies in and
• Metropolis and throughout the Provinces, are ready to re-
with a reference. from influential and active persons
with accompanied

GEORGE THOMSON, Manager.
THOS. MUSGRAVE, Secreta*

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION TO SOUTH WALES.
On WEDNESDAY, September 15, an EXCURSION TRAIN will
leave Paddington at 8 15 A.m., for Swansea, calling at Newnham,
Lydney, Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Llantrissant, Bridgend, Port
Talbot, Neath, Swansea, and all Stations on the Vale of Neath
Railway; and will Return from Swansea on WEDNESDAY, Sep-
tember 22, calling at the same stations, thus affording the Public an
opportunity of visiting Chepstow Castle, Tintern Abbey, the Wyhe,
and the Magnificent Scenery and Waterfalls of the Vale of
Neat.
Passengers for stations on the Vale of Neath Rai way must alight at
the Neath Station, and proceed the same or following day by any
of the Ordinary Trains of that Company, and must return to Ne-ith
on TUESDAY, September 21, in order to meet the Excursion Train
from thence on WEDNESDAY, at 7.50 A.R.
Fares There and Back.
First Class.
Newnham, Lydney, or Chepstow.. 15s.
Newport or Cardiff .. 17s.
Llantrissant, Bridgend, or Port Talbot .. 225.
Neath or Swansea .. 225.
Resolven, Glyn-Neath, Hirwain Aberdare,
on the Vale of Neath Railway .. 255. • . 20s.
The Excursion Tickets are not transferable, and are only available
for the Excursion Train. Tickets may be obtained previously at 27,
King-street, Cheapside ; 269, Strand; and at the Paddington
Station.
N.B. The times of stopping at the different stations, and other
particulars, will be given in handbills, which may be had. at the
above-named places, or at any of the offices of the Company.

Closed Car.
Ils. 6d.
12s. 6cl.
16s. 6d.
17s. 6d.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION to CHEPSTOW.
On SUNDAY, the 19th September, an Excursion Train will
leave Paddington at Half-past Seven o'clock, for Chepstow, calling
at Stroud, Gloucester, and Cheltenham, and will return from
Chepstow the same evening at Half-past Six o'clock, calling at the
same stations.

Fares There and ..Back.
Ist Class. Closed carriages.
To Stroud
To Gloucester or Cheltenham -10 s. .. 6s.
To Chepstow - - - lls. .. 7s.
Tickets, which are only available for the Excursion Train,
may be obtained previously at 27, King-street, Cheapside, 269,
Strand, and at the Paddington Station.
Passengers having Luggage can only be conveyed at the ordinary
fares.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION TO THE WEST OF ENGLAND.
On MONDAY, 20th September, an Excursion Train will leave
Paddington at 8.15 A.M. for Plymouth, calling at Weston-super-
Mare. Bridgewater, Taunton, Ti‘n.r.o. ..12.aad. Exeter. Starcross,
Dawlish, Teignn.Joi.u, iuoiquoy,.; 'rot..., and Plymouth, and will
return from Plymouth at 8.15 Jar. on Saturday, 25th September,
calling at the same stations.
Fares there and back :
First Class. Closed Carriages.
Weston-super-Mare or Bridgewater.... .. 255. .. 13s.
Taunton or Tiverton Road .. .. 28s. .. 15s.
.. .. 30s.Exeter .. I6s.
Starcross, Dawlish, or Teignmouth .. 325. .. 17s.
Torquay or:Totness .. .. .. 335. • . 189.
Plymouth .. 20s.
The Excursion Tickets are not transferable, and are only avai'able
for the Excursion Trains. Tickets may be obtained previously at
37, King-street, Cheapside ; 269, Strand ; and at the Paddington
Station.
N.B. The times of stopping at the different stations. and other
particulars, will be given in handbills, which may be had at the
above-named places, or at any of the offices of the Company.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS,
Just published, by IL BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, London.
No I.

Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d.,
ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ;
with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
n relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the
Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis.
Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.
"Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi-
cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
• ime, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi-
cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall
cower any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his
cower to correct."—Londoe Medical Gazette, May 30, 1351.
—"
The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this
distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare
the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to
cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object
than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperma-
torrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are
accurately described, and thus a safe guide is offered for the
treatment of the malady "—Medical Circular, May 5, 1852.
—"
We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preliminary
chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of
the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate
price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of
every one interested in the matter."—Dublin Medical Press, April
18.1852.

No.
Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by, post free, 4s.
THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi-
ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate
and apparently Intractable Forms. To which is added, PRACTICAL
OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF SPERMATORR-
HCEA BY CAUTERIZATI ONlnefficiency and Danger.
BY F. B. COURTENAY,
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Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
"Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not
how to use the common instruments
geons has been inared with all kinds of violence, an indifference
about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and
proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has
all the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical
of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad
Observations.—"
given the history
as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated.
Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a
period of twelve yesrs, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally
removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both
symptoms, of a more ag-
grinadvuartaatdionch, saervaceritatryt,haanad coaamypldicaetatilloendobryMr.Syme,
and yet the
treatment adopted by Mr, Courtenay proved eminently successful."
—Proteas,r Llzars on the Treatment of Stricture.

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COMMERCIAL TREATY' BETWEEN
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
It has, we understand, been rumoured at St. Cloud
during the past week, that M. De Persigny has settled,
with the British Cabinet, the basis of a treaty of reci-
procal Free-trade between England and France. It is
stated that the principle of the arrangement on which
the two Governments have agreed is, that all the com-
modities of each country shall be admitted into the other
on payment of a low duty—the highest impost levied by
either on the productions of its neighbour not to exceed
15 per cent. It is added that the rate of postage be-
tween the two countries is to be reduced to seven sous,
instead of sixteen, as at present. How far theme
rumours may be regarded as authentic, we have no
means of Judging, otherwise than as they derive more
or less of antecedent probability from the political
position or the expressed opinions of the respective
Governments. With reference to the alleged commer-
cial treaty between the two counties, it is obvious that
each Government has strong inducements for entering
into some such arrangement as that which is stated to
have been mutually agreed upon. On the one hand,
the President of the French Republic—especially if the
early proclamation of the Empire has, as is stated, been
finally decided upon—may naturally be solicitous to
stren then his position against the Northern Powers, by
sealing an English alliance, cemented by the interests of
the commercial and industrious classes of this country.
On the other hand, it is no less obvious that a treaty of
commerce with France on the basis of reciprocal Free-
trade would be the most plausible answer which the
Government could offer to the complaints of
their Protectionist supporters, should they decide
either to abandon Protection or to accept a
collusive defeat on their commercial policy. Air.
Disraeli has repeatedly, if not very consistently, advo-
cated that form of commercial freedom which is implied
in Reciprocity; and should he be able to announce to
the House of Commons the conclusion of a liberal
Reciprocity treaty with France, he may possibly hope
to convince a portion of the Country Party that he has
given them the best available substitute for that Protec-
tion which the verdict of the country has condemned.
So far, therefore, as the intentions of the Government
may be inferred from the position in which they are
placed by the result of the general election, and by their
party interests, the rumoured Free-trade treaty with
France—whether it be really determined on or not—
may at all events be regarded as prima facie probable,.
Morning Chronicle.

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244, Strand, London.
ACCIDENT IN THE FLEET DITCH.—On Saturday
a fatal accident occurred, about half-past three o'clock, in the
open common sewer of the Fleet Ditch, at the back of St.
Peter's Church, in Saffron-hill. Until very recently it was
not known that any portion of this abominable river of filth
was left uncovered, either in the City or through its course
as far as Kentish-town, and in the latter place, even, it has
been covered as the buildings progressed ; bat lately the re-
moval of a mass of wretched hovels, inhabited by the poorest
of the poor, in order to form the line of new street from Far-
ringdon-street to Islington, showed that the archway of the
sewer terminated in the rear of St. Peter's Church, at which
point, the new sewer being considerably below the old ditch,
a perfect cataract was formed of the sewerage, occasioning a
most offensive and pestiferous exhalation. Until the houses
were pulled down, the authorities never troubled themselves
in the matter ; but after the plague spot was brought before
the public gaze, a wooden fencing was put up. It was at the
spot above mentioned that the accident occurred. A little
boy, six years old, named Wan. Martin, whose parents reside
in the vicinity, was playing in the open space, when he
climbed on the pailings, and, his danger being perceived by
a little girl about 10 years old, she held to his clothes, and
was also pulled over, and both fell into the stream. A num-
ber of persons who witnessed the accident at once scaled the
pailings, and succeeded in saving the girl, but the little boy
was swept away by the flood, and carried towards the Thames.
Several men subsequently searched the sewers, but, unhap.
pily, without effect.
froth EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH.--The East India Cora_
pany, stimulated by the necessity for quick communication,
as as well for the purposes of good government in times of peace,
as for the command of an army at a distance in times of
war, have decided upon connecting the principal cities of all
the presidencies by means of the electric telegraph. we
wo
ut
inmdee rst
the a n
lines it
shallis
intendedhe
completethat
direction,y ears frrn
time furthest
communication extent
between
latent and any remote district almost instantaneously. The
order for the wire (about 3,000 tons) has been placed in the
hands of Messrs. Morewood and Rogers, of London, to be
by them galvanised, so as to ensure the most perfect protec-
tion from oxidation. The wire, we understand, is unusually
strong, and has to be prepared with the utmost can, as it
will have to bear not only its own weight from post to post,
but also, in many districts, the weight of immense cambers
of monkeys, who will come from the woods to swing upon it,
also huge eagles to roost at night. The East India Company
have put the telegraph under the charge of D. W. 13,O'Shaughnessy,
constructed a line of several hundred miles ih India with the
of their medical staff, he having already
most complete success.--Minting Journal.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTED.
On Saturday an extraordinary meeting of the
shareholders in this company was held at Chester.
The meeting was convened by requisition, signed
by 13 shareholders, to consider and decide upon the
propriety of removing the present directors of
the company and to elect new directors in their
place. The whole of the directors were present. Mr.
W. Wardell, the chairman of the board presided. Im-
mediately on his right was Mr. Batt, the Queen's
Counsel, and behind him was Mr. W. 0. Hunt, the
solicitor of Parliament-street.
The CHAIRMAN proceeded to open the business—
He said that the meeting had been called, as they
were aware, by a section of the shareholders of the
company, and not by the directors. They did, how-
ever, consider it to be their duty to attend the meet-
ing not only as shareholders looking after their own
interests, but after the interests also of the bona "ide
shareholders in the company, for whom they were the
trustees ; and in order that their property might not
be jeopardised or injured by
any proceedings which
might take place. Under the circumstances in which
the company was placed the board had thought it ex-
pedient to request the attendance of Mr. Butt, Q.C.,
and under the advice of that gentleman he should
conduct the proceedings as
chairman, in order that
they might be regular, lawful, and in corformity
with the existing engagements of the company.—
(Hear, hear.) He hoped that every gentleman would
avoid the expression of approbation or disapprobation
of what might be said by any of the speakers. He
had a right to presume, and he
did presume, that
every person present had an honest opinion to give ;
and it was only by bearing fairly and fully that the
truth could be arrived at_
Mr. G. MUNRO said it devolved upon him to sub-
mit to the meeting a motion following up the requi-
sition which had been read.--7A44, reading some
correspondence-to show tratilitatiTctors haa?efused
to meet to consult with some of the remonstrant
shareholders, he proceeded to observe that the unjust
steward and lax official were at all times subject to
dismissal by their superiors the instant that they failed
in the performance of their duties—
when they ex-
ceeded them as well as when they failed to execute
them—above all, when they opposed themselves to the
interests of their constituents. It was for the meeting
to determine how the present directors had fulfilled
their trust. For years the unfortunate shareholders
had received no dividend, in spite of the large pro-
mises of the directors.—(Hear, hear.) For the last
four years every report had been full of a delightful
vista to come, but it had never reached them ; their
affairs were plunged in difficulty, and he was satis-
fied that they did not yet know the end of them.
Though the traffic had doubled, tripled, and qua-
drupled within the last few years, even the few pence of
dividend which they had before received they were
now deprived of, and they were deeper in debt than
they had ever been. He charged against the direc-
tors, first, that, in opposition to the cautions and re-
monstrances of a large section of the shareholders,
holding stock to the extent of hundreds of thousands
of pounds, they had placed individuals in the direc-
tion without the slightest consultation with the share-
holders. Next, there had been a large and constant
succession of Bills in Parliament involving legal ex-
penses, which, for a short line like theirs, appeared
0. Next, there
he
to be very disgraceful. In the last half year,
expensesar ,while
amountedthey were
to
receiving
between4,ol
dividend,o7and 5,00/
had been a most wasteful and extravagant expenditure
in supporting the private ends and wishes of the di-
rectors. Among the charges with which the pro-
prietors never should have been saddled were, up to
31st August, 1851 (the last account received), to Mr.
John Butt, Q.C., fees for attending meetings, 2131 a-
- ;—to Mr. G. B. Ross, a junior lawyer, 92/. ;
for proxy stamps, 5461. Was that a righteous and pro-
per charge to enable the directors to oppress the share-
holders ? For transfer stamps to parties for creating
votes, 121/. During the last 18 months they had
paid to the directors 1,4031. in addition to their 6001.
a year. Of that sum Mr. R. Boy, a director, had
been paid 101/. for law expenses. lie knew not in
what court Mr. Roy practised, but he was clearly
disentitled under the 81st clause of the Act to con-
tinue to be a director. The whole of the sinking
fund bad been swallowed up. There had been the
grossest negligence in the matter of outstanding debts,
and large sums were constantly written off as bad
debts. The whole available revenue of last half-year
was 20,1611., while the money owing them was
38,8851. There had been a determined adherence to
the delusive offers of the Great Western Company,
and a most iniquitous attempt to exclude the share-
holders from all judgment in the matter, notwith-
standing that since the offer of the North-Western
had been promulgated their shares had risen from 131.
to 241.—(Hear, hear.) The last attempt of the
board had been to deprive the
and to tie their
hands irrevocably by a so-called ,6 Traffic Arrange-
ment Bill," which had, however, been most properly
scouted by Parliament. After some further remarks
he concluded by moving.-- proprietors of all power
over their property—to confiscate it—
a That the following directors of this company—viz.,
William Wardell, Robert Roy, Thomas Jeffrey Badger,
and Edward Francis French—he immediately removed
from their office of directors, and that they are accord-
ingly now hereby so removed; and that:the following per-
sons be and they are now hereby elected directors of this
company in the respective places of the said persons so
removed as aforesaid, viz.,
i
Robert
Gardener, of Chase-
ley, Lancashire,
inthepioaerci-Place, London, in the place
of
William Wardell; Henry
of Robert Roy; James Durham, of 107, Gloucester-
place, Portman-square, London, in the place of Thomas
Jeffrey Badger; and Andrew Perstow, of Victoria-ter:
race, Nottingham, in the place of Edward Francis
French. And that the following persons--viz.,--viz.,John
Williams, Richard Ellerton, John Boyle, and James
Kennedy, of Upper Bed
y
Harwell—provided they bo now directors of this com-
pany, be also immediately removed from their office of
directors, and that they are accordingl new
hereby s
removed; and that the following persons, provided they
are not now directors of this company, be and they are
now hereby elected directors thereof in the respective
places of the said four last-named ersons, namely,
Edinburgh,
George Munro, of 54, Albanystreet, o
in the place Of Richard Ellerton ; William
Gordon Thompson, of
- 83, Gloucester-terrace,
1 Hydencl
Park-gardens, London, in the place of John Rog e; .a..
vale, Paddington, in the place of James Haswell. .
Henry Vigors East,
Mr. 11. KENNEDY seconded the motion. His only
desire was to improve their property, and he cared
not not whether the means of doing 0 mime from
of 14, Canterbury-villas, Mar-
N orth-Western or the Great Northern Company;
but he fully believed that there was something to pre-
vent
the shareholders entering upon
which might tend to advance their own interests.tern,
they could get eti per cent, from the North-
oveirrktehnah.tegalii;pe,owers t° it.—
he thought they ought to take it, but they never
would until the present directors were superseded.
the
Mr. R. ROY then proceeded to answer
any agreementeevelrf
seriatim
He commenced by characterizing the motion as_ier
if
gular, thoroughly illegal, and preposterous • f
charges which hid been brought against the irec.trorres:
the gentlemen who assumed to be
who had already in anticipation taken their seats
ally elected,
at the end of the board, had, been leg
again
where was the necessity for re-electing
them
to do the
that day ? He should be sorry, however
directors, and
eminent adviser of those gentleroen the
suppose that he attached the
of the last meeting. It was
slightest importance
at the close
the proceedings which had taken place
unquestionable that the
vacancies
directors had a perfect right to fill up '
to
that there
at the board. Mr. Monro bad themno new
was no dividend. That was unfortunately
the
North-Western to
information, but it was entirely
alone kept down
North-Western Company, who the Shrewsbury and
the rates of traffic in order that
gulp the
more readily e
Chester Company might the
It
was true they had had mans
offer of 4i per cent. the moment it was mad..
when they had them-
but except in two recent cases told be
selves negatived them, he should_.
B ilbl
be
fignitandPeiartrolioawkmnneonwat,t
and got running powers
been blocked up towards Birkenhead' They
ncl now o applied
they
enjoyed the advantages of a stern o
when they had been unsuccessful
dTheir traffic had
ex,travagantexpendi-
Birkenhead, and complete run Din
stamps,Mr. Butt
ture, the sum paid to their
although •
(Hear, hear.) Now, as to tilreaeiti.ec:
friend
required no comment from him,
toit must
nerve have alluded
was 5461.f0r proxy
sent to all sides,
item was have required considerable
to it. Thehut nextuley
were
than that consequent
and he considered that there_ was no mere
to directors.
legitimate or necessary
hands of every shareholder
upon putting into the
a proxy. Then there were Payments speak for himself,
and he
On this head he would only
speh
d
found that during last year he ll. been 256 days in
London on the sole business of the company, three
days in Edinburgh and w, Glasg_ _ .
o and 36 days from
home in the country—
total 295 days- All that he
had received had been
his share of the directors'
allowance, and expenses out of pocket. The out-
standing debts, he admitted, were too large, but some
of these were under arbitration, ant
others were being
received daily-1,000/. bad come in that Morning ;
but during an existence of seven e
.3 y ears
all that had
been put down as bad debts was 412.,
_and that he
thought was not very much.—(Hear, bear.) The
really substantial an— important A i question, however,
T
this : he two greatest
for them to consider was