The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-22 00:00:00

N° 18 722.]
LONDON, WEDNESDAY -7A - : •
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' SEPTEMBER 22, 1852.

WITH A MEMOIR BY TILE HON. SIR T. N. TALFOIJRD.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
ANNETTE; A TALE.
By W. F. DEACON.
With a Memoir of the Author,
BY THE HON. SIR T. N. TALFOURD, D.C.L.
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HELEN TALBIiT. By Miss Pennefath,r.
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The fashionable circle in which th principal personate of the novel
moves is animated in a high degree, and drawn with a bold and
graphic pencil. We have no doubt that many of the leading figures
are painted from originals."—Globe.

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THE DUKE of WELLINGTON, by COUNT
D'ORSAY.—Count D'ORiAI"S PORTRAIT of the DUKE
of ELLINGTON, from sittings given by his Grace at Gore House,
universally admitted to be a most perfect likeness of the Illustrious
Duke, finely engraved by Wagstaff, is published by J. Mitchell, Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street.
Prices Reduced—Proofs, 215.; Prints, 10s. 6d.

CIREMORNE GARDENS.
On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea.
_

Waterside Entrance close to Battersea-bridge Pier.
Fare by Steam-boat from London-bridge or any of the interme-
diate Bridges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be
landed at Battersea bridge fir Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from
Charing-cross, 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East-
and, 6d.

Proprietor. Mr. T. B. SIMPSON.
Re-engagement of M. and Madame Poitevin.
On Thursday, Sept. 23 (instead of his annual dinner) a Grand
13al Masquii, for the Benefit of Mr. T. B. Simpson.
On Saturday, September 25, the Last Parachute Descent from:the
Balloon, La Zodiaque.
The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram.
A new Grand Spanish Comic Ballet, entitled Le Barbier de Cadiz,
every Evening. at Half-past Seven o'clock.
An uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock
until near Midnight.

oen at re o'clock
4
On Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Cara, pribeSa.
Table d'Elote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d.
Private Room for Dinners and Coffee.

AUTUMN.—For the last three months samples
of new materials have been daily pouring in from all the
celebrated manufactories in the world, The amplitude of pattern
and magnificent finish displayed in these new styles for Autumn
have afforded full scope for the matured judgment of E. MOSES
and SON'S buyers, and the novelty, quality, and price of the goods
offered to them in preference to any other Establishment, Induced
them to give the earliest orders on their usual n_agniflcent scale.
These new materials, for every description of Dress, are now sub-
mitted to the incomparable skill of distinct classes of artists, British
and Foreign, in the employ cf E. MOSES and SON, and will shortly
be presented in novel styles, surpassing every other invention.
E. MOSES and SO by immense purchases on their invariable
ready-money principle, have secured great allowances, and conse-
quently their new styles for Autumn will be charged lower than on
any previous season.
FROM ALL NATIONS TO THE "DIGGINGS."
Ships are sailing from almost every port in the world, but the gold
mines are not exhausted, nor the labour market overstocked. The
superior equipment of many of the English is everywhere acknow-
ledged ; their means of comfort facilitates their success. That every
emigrant may be outfitted in the best possible manner, E. MOSES
and SON have employed all the advantages of their maznidcent and
universal trade, and that practical experience with Outfitting, which
is the result of undeviating attention to the largest business in the
world, conducted for the benefit of every class of emigrants to all
countries on the globe..,,Gunts may beaielected to any amount the
emigrant desires, or`the'inost profitable investments may be made in
Clothing, Hosiery, Boots, Shoes, Bats, &c., &c., all expressly pre-
pared for Australia ; a separate section for Emigrants' Outfits, con-
veniently connected with the other departments of their magnificent
business, where every article may be obtained at the lowest price,
and superior in quality to the productions of any house in the uni-

verse.
Full Lists of Outfits, and all information relative to sailing of
vessels and cost of passage may be had on application, or post free
to any part of the kingdom.
SPECIAL NOTICE.—E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments will
be closed on THURSDAY next, September 23, and will re-open on
FRIDAY morning, September 24, at Seven o'clock.
cAurrios.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike
falsehood of ‘. Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons. They beg to state that they have
NO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER [LOUSE IN OR OIIT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows
London City Est.olistiment, 154, 155, lbti, all
i 57, climates, 83,
84, 85, and 85, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-Street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-strest
Shaleld Branch, 36, Fargate.
Merchant Tenors, Clothiers, flatters, Hosiers Furriers, Boot
and Shoemakers, and General Outfitter:3 for Ladies and Gentlemen.
The ..stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to surest on
Saturdays, when business is reamed till Twelve o'clock.
A new Book, entitled "The Library of Elegance," containing a
..11 list of prices, and directions for self-measuremet, can be had,
gratis, on application, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the
iingdom.
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can bo had, gratis,
an application.
Ici l'on prale Francais. Qui si parla
I
Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla EepanoL

SEABORNE MAILS.
(N signifies that the mails aro sent from the General Post-ate
by the night—and M. by the morning--disPateh.l

When mrdo up in ; From what
PLACEI.I. General Post-office port die-
London. patched.

America (by Brit. pkt.)N Sept. 21 .. Liverpool .•
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Sept. 21 .. .Liverpool ••
America (by U.S. pkt.) H Sept. 23 iouthampt.
Australia (via South- j
ampton) M 20th of each rc onth Southampt.
Ditto (via Marseilles) N 24th of etch month Dover ..
Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N 2d & 14th each mo.' Plymouth..
Africa (West coast)•• N 14th ol the month Plymouth
Alexandria* •• • • .... N 19th & 30th of me.' Dover ..
Geo= N Daily • • • • .. iDover ..
dratil . M 9th of the month iSouthampt.
Bueinyt Ayres •• M 9th of the month !Southampt.
Callfornia(viaChavet) M 23& 17th of month , Sou tb fun pt.
Cape of Good Hope Nl4th of the month Plymouth..
Cape de Nerds N 2d of the month .. !Plymouth..
Constantinople* .. • • N 7th I 7th 27 th of mo , Dover
Central America M2d 8c 17th of mon. ISouthampt.
Channel Isles •• N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt.
Chill •• M2d & 17th of ninth ISouthampt.
France .. tNI Twice daily (Dover
Greece.......N 7th 17th 27 th of mo Dover ..
Ilamburgh •• N Tuesday & Friday ,London
golland 'M Wedn es. & Satur. London
doudaras N 17th of the mouth Southampt.
Ireland .. M& N Twice daily !Holyhead .•
India (via S'onthamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt.
India (via M arsenics) N SO& 24th efnionth' Dover ..!
India, via C. of G. Hope N,14 th of month Plymouth..
Mauritius .. • . Nl4th of mouth Plymouth..
liediterranean (via
Southan-pbon) 3/1120th of the month
Mediternneati (via
Marseilles) N Bth& 24th of month !
Mexico .. 111 2d of the month..
Madeira • . • • .. M,9th of the month
Malta*

ISouthampt.

'Dover ..
Soathampt.
Southampt.

Sept. 29

When
due.

Sept. 26
Sept. 28
(Sept. 22

Sept. 24
Oct. 17
Noy. 80

Sept. 18
Daily

Oct. 12
Oct. 12
Oct. 16
Sept. 26
Sept. 26
Sept. 20
Sept. 16
Tu. Th. Bat
Sept. 16
Twiceclail;
Sept. 19
Tmcs. Sat.
SUM. ThOls
Sept. 16
Twicedaily
Sept. 24
!Oct. 3

'Sept. 26
Sept. 26

Sept. 24

:Oct. 3
Ist ea. mo.
Oct. 12

} Dovor

,7th,17th,19th,27th
/1 °a 30th of month
Naples* .. ••• • N sthlsth 25th ofmo Dover 'Sept. 22
Papal States* N ,511115t1a 25th of mo, Dover .. ;Sept. 22
reninsula .. • • .. Ml7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. ;Sept. 26
Peru •• .• Ml2d & 17th ut ninth Southamnt. Sept. 16
Tuscany* .. sth 15th 05th of mo Dover • . St pt. 22
West Indies 17th of the month Southampt. Sept. 16
West Indies (except
Savanna 8; Nassau) M 2d of the month .. Southsunpt.
* The mails to those c °untried thus tnarxed (5) ore convoyed by
French cachet via Marseillott.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE ROYAL EXHIBITION.—A
valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat
pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be
seen and known l miles distant ; they answer every purpose
on the Race-course, at the Opera-houses ; country scenery
and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles; they are in-
valuable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to Sports-
men, Gentlemen, Gamekeepers, and Tourists.—Te be had
at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the
York-hotel. Telescopes—A new and most important in-
vention in Telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers,
that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will
show distinctlyi Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the
Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing only three
ounces, can be seen a person's countenance 3i miles distant,
and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every
other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all
sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and Race-
course glasses, with wonderful powers; an object can be
clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B.
Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable preserving
Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are placed before imper-
feet vision, every object appears clear and distinct, the most
aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to
its youthful, natural, and original state. The Invisible Or-
ganic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief
of extreme deafness.-39, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, ob-
serve opposite the York Hotel.
MVTERIOUS AFFAIR ON BOARD A DUTCH STEAMER.
—On Monday afternoon information was forwarded to Mr. W.
Pae, coroner for the City, of the subjoined mysterious
occurrence, which took place on board the screw-steamer
Magnet, trading between New Dieppe, Holland, and the
port of London. It appears that the Magnet arrived from
New Dieppe on Friday last, and was anchored off Brewer's-
quay, Lower Thames-street. Among her passengers was a
man named Velticus Schadman, who had charge of several
head of cattle, and shortly after the arrival of the vessel
Schadman and another Hollander left to go ashore, and
nothing more was seen of them until about six o'clock
on the following morning (Saturday), when some of
the crew of the vessel heard loud and pitiful groans
proceeding from the hold. A search was made, and Schad-
man and the other Hollander were found lying in the
hold of the vessel in a state of insensibility. They were both
removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where they were promptly
attended to by the house surgeon, and every means was
used to restore animation, but with success only in one
case, Schadman, who never showed any signs of life, was
suffering from a very severe fracture of the skull, and ex-
pired a short time after his admission. The other Hollander
recovered, but was much uisabout the head and bod,
and has since gone back in the Magnet, to acquaint the
friends of Schadman of his melancholy and untimely fate.
The manner in which the two men got into the hold of the
vessel and received the injuries from which Schadman died
is at present shrouded is mystery, and cannot be unravelled
until the return of his companion. However, directions
have been given to hold the investigation this (Tuesday)
evening, which will no doubt be adjourned until the return of
the Magnet.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES. Yesterday information
was received at the different police stations that Ethelstan
J. Maw, booking clerk at the Paddington Station of the
P. Anderson,alsothatGreatWesternofSci ,Lincoln's
Stephen Adam,
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off with 6001., which he obtained from the London and
wiGViretohsstmloclifonlst.hteeiraßsialnykerby forging his master's name; also that
Edward Phillips, a Custom-house waterman, had absconded
that 'John Hoskins
.money belonging to Captain Antre Je
Two Sisters, lying off the Custom-house; and
from Messrs. Gibbs, B. •
thiLlllleMrsDhLalllve? had absconded. stealing 197/. 15s. 8d
Milton-street, City.
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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.
At the adjourned meeting of this company, held at
Wolverhampton yesterday, for the purpose of receiv-
ing the report of the scrutineers (Messrs. Beale and
Peele) on the proposition made the previous day for
amalgamating the Great Western, Shrewsbury and
Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Com-
panies, the following was declared to be the result of
the

PERSONS PRESENT.
For the Mot/n.
08, holding 46,411/. 7s. stock ...
Agoinst the Motion.
49, holding 82,8581. 83. stock ...

937 votes.

... 1,142 „

, 0' -
Majority against the motion pcsrsons present 205 votes.
Majority in stock ... , 'III?: 1 ... ... L 36,447 Is.
i •

PROXIES.
For the motion ... 876 votes
Add as above ... 937
- 9,002

Against the motion 636 votes
Add as above ... 1,142

7,286

Gross majority in favour of the motion ... 1,716
The dissentient shareholders, although in a minority
in votes, hold the highest amount of the stock of the
company.

LANCASTER AND PRESTON.
The annual general meeting of the shareholders of
the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway was
held at Lancaster on Monday afternoon; Mr. J.
Bushell, chairman of the board of directors, in the
chair. There was a very full attendance of pro-
prietors.
ThR yeagiatinsistalenieut,,QL accounts, which Imp
already been Puglisheci, having been taken as read,

Thj CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report.
Mr. Tvlooaa (a director) seconded the motion.
Mr. KAYE (of Bury) said he found the maintenance
of way on the Lancaster and Carlisle and the united
railways amounted to a serious sum of money. For
the half-year ending July 31st, 1851, it amounted to
8,0081. 144. 31.; for the half-year ending 31st of
January, 1852, to 7,427/. ; making 15,4351. for one
year's maintenance of way fur a distance of ninety
miles. In the half-year ending the 31st of July,
1852, there was a slight reduction, the' cost being
6,968/. 35., or at the rate of 14,0001. a year. The
directors had now taken the management of the
maintenance of way into their own hands, but he
suggested that the better and more economical plan
would be to get some respectable contractor to take it
for a certain number of years.
The CHAIRMAN said it was in accordance with a
very generally expressed wish on the part of the
shareholders that the directors had taken the mainte-
nance of way in their own hands.
Mr. GILLow (of Liverpool) asked if the majority
of railways did not undertake the maintenance of way
—the London and North-Western, East Lancashire,
Midland, and others ? He commented at some length
upon the constitution of the directory of the Lancas-
ter and Carlisle Company. At the last meeting of
that company he and his friends bad proposed the
appointment of a gentleman as director in the place
of Mr. Marshall, M.P., but they bad been outvoted
through the use of proxies procured by the board of
directors.
The CHAIRMAN said that he, as a director of the
Lancaster and Carlisle Company, had never heard of
proxies having been applied for until one was shown
him the day before the meeting.
After some discussion an this point, the motion
for the adoption of the report was unanimously
agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed "that the follow-
ing dividends, after the rate of 7i per cent., be de-
clared and paid :—Each whole share, 1/. 15s. 7d. ;
three-quarter share, 1/. 3s. 7d.; quarter share, 9s. 4d. ;
twelfth share, 3s. ld. ; less income-tax."
The motion was carried, and the directors (retiring
by rotation) having been re-appointed, a vote of thanks
was passed to the chairman, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

DUTCH RHENISH.
Yesterday a special meeting of shareholders was
held at the Cotton Sales Room, Liverpool, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the subjects
to be brought before the general meeting of pro-
prietors to be held at Amsterdam on the Ist of Oc-
tober next.
The report, of which the following is a summary,
bad been circulated amongst the shareholders :
The report embraced a detail of the financial and
other measures which the direction considered most
eligible to ensure the execution of the works prepara-
tory to the opening in April, 1855. The way from
Arnbeim to the frontiers having been approved by the
Minister of the Home Department, it was proposed
to proceed immediately with the expropriations of
land for the line. The disbursements required beyond
the expropriations, were—The laying of a new line,
narrow gauge, alongside the present one betweem Am-
sterdam and Utrecht, the removal of the latter to the
section between Utrecht and Arnheim;and the alteration
of the existing gauge on that section. The cost of
this could be defrayed by the contribution of the
1,000,00011. receivable from Government. 2. The
way from Arnbeim to the frontiers. Mr. Joseph
had estimated the cost of a single line at
141006c,k5e0,01\11.;P"
or 1,278,00011. ; indeed, a tender had been
received from Mr. Brassey for this amount, and the
direction considered that 120,0001., or 1,440,00011.,
would cover the whole cost. 3. The way from
Utrecht to Rotterdam. The designs would have to
be worked out afresh, but this would make no diffe-
rence in the estimated cost, which would amount,
according to Mr. Brassey's estimate, to 190,0001.,
exclusive of the cost of signals, turn-tables, stations,
&C. 4. The cost of materiel. This the directors
estimate at 1,800,00011., or 150,0001., not including
coal waggons. The requirements for opening the
entire line will thus be as follows :
Expropriation of Prussian Exten- fl.
sion line and balance of Rotter-
dam line ... 960,000 80 000
Prussian Extension line contract... 1,440,000 120,000
Rotterdam line ditto ... 2,880,000 240,000
materiel 1,800,000 150,000

Total ...fl 7.080,000 £590,000
Of the above, 1,200,000f1, or 100,0001., will be im-
mediately required for expropriations, and for ratifi-
cation of contracts for delivery of materiel. The report
goes on further to say, that the sum of 4,800,000 ff
can be obtained from Government according to article
12 of the agreement entered into; and that only about
2,400,000f1. will remain to be found, of which sum
1,200,00011, or 100,0001., will be required for imme-
diate wants. It is recommended, that to obtain this
sum, recourse should be had to the 2,415 stamped
bonds in the loan of 9,000,000f1., in order to raise money
on their security for the construction of the works.
The direction did not intend to put those bonds again
into circulation ; but they are of opinion that the end
will be obtained, by depositing the bonds in the Bank
of the Netherlands, under trust of two members in
the direction, two Dutch, and two English commis-
saries, to be appointed by your meeting, and by is-
suing certificates in their place, for the same amount
and at the same interest, at par, to be charged to con-
struction account till the opening of the way. Be-
sides this, there were 6,496 shares which had been
declared forfeited. The foregoing estimates had been
framed upon the most economical basis, but the
directors anticipate such an increase of traffic as
would warrant the laying of a double
line throughout, the cost of which was
estimated at 1,440,000f1., or 120,0001., and
would be increased to 3,000,000f1., or about
250,0001., by the construction of a terminus at Rot-
terdam, a quay-wall at Amsterdam, &c. Negotiations
had been opened with the Cologne and Minden Rail-
way Company, which company was charged with
the construction of the line from Oberhausen to the
Dutch frontiers, in order to come to an understanding
on the different points requiring arrangement. The
directors requested to be empowered to conclude an
agreement as to the leasing of that part of the line
between Emenerich and the Dutch frontiers. The
rolling stock for the coal traffic would be provided at
the joint expense of the two companies.
Mr. CHARLES HOLLAND, the chairman, said the
meeting had been convened by the English commis-
saries, with the full concurrence of the direction in
Holland, in order that the shareholders in England
might have an opportunity of conferring together
upon the very important and momentous questions
that arise in regard to the Dutch Rhenish Railway,
as they could not have that opportunity in Amster-
dam on the Ist proximo ; and he thought the share-
holders would agree with them that it was extremely
desirable they should have a full statement of the
present position of their concerns, and likewise that
they should come to resolutions as to what it was
expedient to do with regard to the future.
Although they were aware that the resolu-
tions this meeting might pass could not be
clothed with any legal official character, there still
could be no doubt, from the united purpose and perfect
harmony which existed between the shareholders in
England, and the directors in Holland, that that re-
&tilt would have due weight at head-quarters. And
he was happy to think that that harmony; and united
purpose .must have a due effect upon 'the public in
England and Holland, and would give a still greater

guarantee for the full and efficient carrying
out of
whatever resolutions they might determine upon.
Here ho might pause for a moment to cast a retrospec-
tive glance at the striking contrast between their pre-
tent position and what it formerly exhibited in Liver-
pool.—(Hear, hear.) On the former occasion there
was nothing which could conduce to their confidence
but now he was happy to say there were all the ele-
ments of success presented to them.—(Hear, hear.)
They now started with public opinion both in Eng-
land and Holland in their favour.---(Hear, hear.)
They now started with treaties made in Holland and
with the Netherlands Government for carrying out
the completion of the line; and with a credit that
would enable them to complete their financial ar-
rangements without appealing to the pockets of the
shareholders.—(Cheers.) All these features were
such as fairly to lead to the conclusion that they
should at least obtain a successful result with respect
to the Dutch Rhenish Railway. They would ob-
serve that, as to the financial measures, the directors
in Holland bad obtained a bill with powers to raise
200,0001. to complete the extension of the junction of
the present line. As regarded the completion of the
line from Utrecht to Rotterdam, which would cost
about 400,0001., an arrangement was made with the
years that it was expected to require in construction,
the Government bound itself to para very large sum
of money as interest upon the capital that would be
employed, amounting to about 30,0002 which would
Netherlands Government, by which during the two
:the funds them-
selves wherewith to complete that line. The Govern-
be paid to them if they chose to raise
;the
however, reserved the option of itself advancing
that money-400,0001., without charging interest,
and that you should repay them in three years after
the commencement of the worksHelBss and 1856.
They-held the advantage -of the 'able and, friendly-,
assistance of Mr. Locke, who, at their urgent request,
had sent over a responsible person to Holland to in-
spect the line minutely, and to form surveys and plans
of the whole works. He wished particularly to point
out the fact that they would have as their termini, on
the side of the ocean, the two great ports of Rotter-
dam and Amsterdam, the latter the beet port of
Western Europe. In connexion with their future
miserableprospect prospects he
fractionm i ght aolfludtheeto
57them
fact that, o
even on the
line be-
tween Amsterdam and Arnheirn
there was
at present no absence of traffic. Under all its disad-
vantageousd uced about circumstances,3s 001. of
annual this
and when
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—(Cheers.)
of Liverpool,
secretaryto t
Inconcl usion he called
En
on
Beloe,
gi u
sp depart_
ment, to read the resolutions which were to be sub-
mitted for their adoption.
Mr. BELOE read the following :
" That the parties holding the English proxies at the
ensuing meeting of the shareholders, to be held in Am-
sterdam the Ist of October, be hereby instructed and
empowered to pass the following resolutions:—
" 1. To receive and adopt the report of the direction
to the meeting, and to consent to and support the three
resolutions therein proposed.
"2. To express the cordial approbation and concur-
rence of this meeting to the confirmation of the contract
proposed to be made by the direction with Mr. Brassey
tor the completion of the works, and to request the
meeting of commissaries to that effect.
"3. To authorise and request the meeting of com-
missaries to accord to Mr. Hesleden, the English resi-
dent director, an increase of salary of 2004 per annum,
to commence with the present financial year, in con-
sideration of his increased duties and responsibilities.
" 4. That the thanks of the meeting be given to the
Dutch commissioners for their co-operation in bringing
the agreement with Government to a successful issue.
"5. That the thanks of the meeting be given to Mr.
B. Donker Curtius, for his able vindication of the rights
of the shareholders to a due control over the affairs of
the company, and generally for his advice and exertions
as president of the direction; and likewise to Mr. C.
W. Hesleden, for his zeal and energy in promoting the
interests of the company, and for the prominent part
taken by him in the various negotiations with the Prus-
sian Government relative to the junction.
That the following gentlemen be named as trustees
for the purpose mentioned in article 1 of the resolutions
proposed by the direction:--His Excellency Gerrit Count
Schimmelpenninick, Jacob Ran van Gameren, Mr.
Thomas Edwards Moss, Mr, William Allcard Mr. B.
Donker Curtius, Mr. C. W. Ilesleden." ,
Mr. HESLEDEN submitted a statement of traffic
which he had compiled, both present and prospective.
From the comparisons and calculations which be had
made, he had come to the coultiion that the de-
velopment of traffic on the Dutch 'Rhenish would be
such as to realise about 20s. to 255. per share. This
would not be realised in the beginning, because traffic
was a thing of slow growth.
Mr. LEWIN MOZLEY moved as follows :—That the
cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to the
English commissaries, and to their secretary,
Mr. Henry C. Beloe ; and that a commitree consist-
ing of the following gentlemen, namely, Mr. Joseph
Langton, Mr. Lewin Mozley, and Mr. C. LI. Jones,
be appointed to confer with the shareholders as to the
best method of testifying their high sense of the
services rendered to the proprietors by the gentlemen
referred to, who have so long and so ably protected
the interests of the shareholders, and to
whose
labours the present improved aspect of the af-
fairs of the company
may, in a great measure, be
attributed."

Mr. CHRISTOPHER JONES seconded the resolution.
The resolution was then passed, and the pro-
ceedings closed with the usual compliment to the
chair.

PROPOSED RAILWAY FROM PLYMOUTH TO CUE.'
DITON.—On Saturday last the Mayor of OkehamP"
ton, Mr. J. Carpenter, called a
public meeting of the
inhabitants of that borough and its neighbourhood
for the purpose of taking into consideration the best
means of securing a railway for the central and north-
west parts of Devon. There was a full attendance
of the leading inhabitants of the district, and consi-
derable interest was manifested in the proposed under-
taking. The Mayor took the chair. The great
ob-
ject of the meeting was to obtain the co-operation of
the proposed Plymouth and Tavistock RsilwAY
Com-
pany, in order that a junction might he formed with
the north of Devon; thereby affording a speedy and
direct transit through central Devon. The rev. J.
i '
Downall attended as a deputation from the Ta
Railway Company, and moved the first resolution,
after.d
e
which embodied the object of the meeting, and
being seconded by Mr. H. C. Millet, it was carried
unanimously. A committee was then appointed d-
promote the success of the scheme, and the Procn
ings terminated. vistocic

STOCK WELL AND HIS ANTECEDENTS.
_ Just at this moment a brief sketch of the history of
the winner of the St. Leger this year will be interesting.
He was bred by the late Mr. Theobald at Stock-
well, whence be takes his name, under the
care of John Lowry, who was Mr. Theobald's
stud
groom, and who is well known on
new
the road from Clapham to the City. Before the
colt was weaned John Lowry wrote to all the leading
Lowry said to Mr. Theobald praises
men on the turf offering him for sale, but without
success.t Honest John was fervent in his o the Baron's son, but, although many came to see,
none remained to purchase. Mr. J. Arnold and irlr.
Day offered 1001, for him, but the offer was rejected.
_Just previous, however, to the Briohton races, John
to Brighton;Exeter to buy the
why not ask ' Lord
colt, and then you will have the satisfaction of seeing
him run, even if he don't win?" Mr. Theobald took
the advice, and the result was that Lord Exeter came
to Stockwell to look at the It. The noble Marquis ad-
mired him much,and Lowry what he thought
of him. ~ _ , asked John
~ • lib 'a a splendid colt,
t. NoZir, you are going
but whether he'll turn out a good racer or not, I
he had
can't say; I should, however, advise your Lordship to
have him." The Marquis returned to Mr. Theobald,
and the bargain was strucick; and the new owner of Stock-
well him to Burleigh as
gave John Lowry orders to send
ory lord," said John,
soon as he was weaned. When Lord Exeter was gone,
John, of course, asked Mr. Theobald what sort of bargain
Why, John,
I have sold him for 180/ bat, wind, I would not have
sold him to any one. t that price, so you must say
else a nothing if he wins
it was 2501.,and 01. to
the Derby."
sa you stand 5
made, and the old gentleman replied,"
believe that the ' has never regretted
Marquis of Exeter
his vi • the advice of John
sit thereto, or acting upon
Lowry '
thereof..—Racing Times.
ch is the history of Stockwell, and we

Rotherhithe-wall inquiring into the cir..
„
THE LATE FATAL FIRE AT 110THERHITHE.--Yes,. 1
terday afternoon Mr. 'Wm. Carter, the Surrey coroner, and a I
highly respectable jury, assembled at the Angel Tavern, '
cumstances concerning the respective deaths of Rosins
Ritchie' aged 23, and Jane Brown, aged 27, the two unfortunate
persons who perished in the fire which occurred on Sunday
morning last, at Rotherhithe, particulars of which appeared
, for the purpose of
in this journal of Monday and Tuesday last. Gardener, the
officer, having gated that neither Mr. llogg nor the female
injured were present, and that they would not be fit to be
examined for nearly a month, the jury viewed the bodies, so
that their remains might be interred. The inquiry was ad-
journed for a fortnight.
CONCISENESS IN THE COURT or CHANCERY.—It is
directed by the new Chancery Act (15 and 16 Victoria, cap.
86), that the bills of complaint are to be " concise" after the
commencement of the Act, and to be divided into numbered
paragraphs, but not to contain interrogatories.
PROCR 1
--DT
"8 IN THE COURT Or CHANCIRY --
Among the proceedings about to be abolished in the Court
of Chancery
are the writs of subpoma and SURIDIOnd upon a
claim.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—We said the other day, and we said it
to the credit of this country, that it was impossible to
enumerate or comprehend the various acts and kinds
of homage rendered to the Duke of Wellington
e l in
throughout his long career. Perhaps wmight now
say the same of the honours that have been e
eeciginl3 of
already
offered to his memory. All parties, a
opinion, men the most different, and journalsthoe
most
antagonistic, have agreed to touch with the gentlest
possible hand their old grudges with the Duke, and
to swell one great acclamation to his patrioticvirtues
and colossal powers. The Duke was a thorough
aristocrat, and though he gave his advice, his vote
and his influence for the people, yet he evidently re-
,
garded them as a human mass to be respected for
their power and feared for their violence, to be spared
domestic ills, and saved from a foreign foe. He un-
derstood them as he understood an army or a general
that he bad to deal with ; but he had little more sym-
pathy with them than a careful shepherd might have
for his silly flock. He was not one of them. The
natural result is that he has always been more re-
spected than loved by the extreme Liberal party.
In truth, though it was highly convenient to have
a man in the country who could mediate so ex-
peditiously and so effectually between the people
and the privileged classes, it was not compliment-
ary to the former to be described to the latter as an
animal that must be appeased and tamed. Yet, as
our readers would see by a very able article inserted
in our columns yesterday from a weekly cotempo-
rary, the extreme section of the Liberals shows a
noble anxiety to do every possible justice to this great
champion of monarchies and aristocracies. These
writers generally brush away from the question a heap
ofelittle prejudice* arid- sore recollections, and confess
to an honourable pride in the Duke's genuine English
qualities, in his entire loyalty and submission to the
laws, in his continual sense of duty, in his calm cou-
rage and unwearied perseverance, in his uniform good
sense, in his unwearied industry, in his readiness to
make any sacrifice, to dare any danger, or brave any
obloquy ; in a word, for that rare union of qualities
whims rendered him for half a century the mainstay
and glory of this realm. After a searching analysis
of the Duke's character, and a careful comparison
with the more dazzling qualities of his great antago-
nist, our Radical contemporary awards the preference
to his own countryman, and that in a splendid, though
discriminating, eulogy. Nay, the very anticipations
of extreme Liberalism are made to contribute a new
grandeur to the Duke's memory. He is described as
the last of a procession of great old names, as the
Northmen's ideal of death enveloping in the dark
folds of his robe the whole pageant of
antiquity, of which we have now seen the last.
An equally honourable example of candour and
good sense has been shown in another unexpected
quarter, and it appeared side by side with the English
essay in our yesterday's columns. The Assernblee
.Nationale, the only member of the French press that
now professes to be free, has ventured to tell the plain
truth about Wellington and Napoleon, and told it so
plainly as to incur the formal reproof of the Govern-
ment. The facts of the Duke's life are so patent, so
consecutive, and crowned with such a practical con-
clusion, that it requires great ingenuity to explain
them a wive.
But that ingenuity has long been verna-
cular in France. It is by this time bred into the
race, and is now, as it appears, a matter of political
necessity. The theory that Wellington stumbled
into triumph by
a long succession of blunders,
that from one unmerited victory he boggled
into another, that next to a fortune always
above his deserts his chief means of success
was the excessive stupidity of the British soldier,
who never knew when he was beaten, and that after
Wellington had committed the egregious error of
straying into France, he received a final thrashing at
Waterloo, and was only rescued from annihilation by
the accidental arrival of another army in the field—
all this is believed as much, perhaps, as anything else
is believed, by our philosophical and credulous
neighbours. The journal we have mentioned takes
the safest estimate of the Duke of Wellington's cha-
racter, and ventures to point out what really cannot
be denied—his practical qualities—" a solid judg-
ment, a cool reason, a wonderful justness of percep-
tion, both on the field of battle and in the Cabinet, the
most penetrating good sense, amounting to a power
which became genius, a perseverance which nothing
could tire or turn aside, and the most unshakeable firm-
ness in great dangers." Our Parisian contemporary
points out the perfect harmony between the qualities of
the man and their actual results both in the field and
the Cabiuet. If his military success was the result of
a miraculous succession of lucky accidents, how are
we to account for the splendid position attained by
the Duke in this country, and enjoyed, with continued
augmentation, to the very end of his career, so that
one of the latest public acts of his life was to render
personal assistance to the Qaeen in weighing the
balance of parties ? In the case of Napoleon Bona-
parte the writer is so bold as to admit that in spite of
his prodigious powers he overreached himself and
failed; ED that if the commencement of his career looks
very brilliant by the side of Wellington's, the conclu-
sion is all the other way. Lastly, our contemporary,
after alluding to the splendid destiny which re-
warded this life of labour and self-denial, does jus-
tice to the universal regrets with which England
follows her great commander and statesman to his
tomb. Here, then, are two weighty testimonies, ex-
pressed with great force and even eloquence, and
coming from quarters where political or national an-
tipathy are usually allowed to reign supreme. And
now for another testimony still more weighty, ins-
much as it is offered in spite of a combination of po-
litical and national antipathies. This wreath, not of
bays, but of prickly holly, is offered by two amiable
contemporaries breathing the mild air of the Atlantic
in the classic, city of Galway. They freely acknow-
ledge the " !nighty genius of the departed hero." They
chide the cold tone and scant measure of our praise.
" Wellington," as they express it, was " one of the
eyes of England." He was " the greatest comman-
der that ever led the British armies to victory."
We may well weep over his coffin, for now he is
gone we may soon want one like him. But the
climax of the eulogy—which, however, these
writers express in the language of complaint—is
that Wellington was thoroughly, deliberately, and
consistently loyal to the Sovereign whom ne served.
Perverse, cold, stupid, mistaken man that he was, he
would not rebel. He commanded the British armies
against all sorts of foreign foes, with a certain cold-
blooded, calculating, commercial sort of courage, and
so enabled England to maintain her ascendancy at
home. In doing this he was a traitor to Ireland.
" Msy Erin never rear such another son to turn his
mighty genius to the service of her tyrant !" But
Wellington, it seems, bad no soul for agitation or
rebellion. " There was not an atom of chivalry about
the Duke.—There was no heart in his fighting. He
served a commercial people steadily, rigidly, soberly,
regularly, just as a commercial people likes to be
served.—lle was no boiling enthusiast he was cold,
rigid, and calculating—in a word, the Iron Duke.
He devoted himself to the English service." Yes.
There is the one unpardonable sin in Galway, for
which there is neither political indulgence nor priestly
absolution. The Duke was loyal. He was provokingly,
stupidly, obstinately loyal. With one spark of true
heroism how different his career would have been ! At
the headof the United Irishmen he might have achieved
the independence of his country—and then woe to
England Under him the Irish Brigade would once
more have followed the standard of France. Ireland
would still shout, as of old, Faugh-a-ballagh —what-
ever that may happen to mean—under the bright em
blazonry of the silken banner of every country that
hates England. What would have been the conse-
quence ? The field of Waterloo might have been
another Fontenoy. This delighful daydream, these
pathetic regrets, we give in the very words of our
Galway contemporary. Such is the last touch that
was required to the portrait of this great man,
He lacked but one thing—the generous enthusiasm
that prompted a certain nameless personage to
ex-
claim,

" Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."
Under the tuition of Dr. M'Hale, the probable writer
of the article we quote, he would have learnt to es-
timate at its proper value
the service of his Sovereign,
and he could have realised the romance of Celtic do-
minion, What might Ireland,
whath
bmight Arthurnder
Wesley, what might Dr. ISll`Hale
such auspices ? We have only to atvuerneceovraereyuthing
upside down and substitute the tail for the head, and
then you have the reply.
CHRONICLE.--It is not surprising that, in the
discussions on the income-tax, the case of short an-
nuitants should have been put forward more promi-
nently than even the alleged grievance sustained by
professional men and traders. The great majority of
holders of property are in fact life annuitants; and
the original intention of those who devised the form
of security more commonly known by the name of
Government Annuities, was to facilitate the operation
of sinking capital for the purpose of increasing the
available income of individuals. In the ordinary
tenure of
a terminable annuity, there is no peculiarity
to distinguish this species of income from any other
kind of revenue fairly liable to taxation. The
jointures or life incumbrancer on land pays the 1111-
i red as long as his interest continues ; and the pur-

[PRICE SD.

chaser of a life annuity from Government, or from
an insurance office, enjoys equal advantages, subject
to the same deductions. It must be wholly imma-
terial whether a deceased husband has provided for
his widow by charging her income on his landed
property, or by procuring for her a Government
annuity for life. In either case the saleable
value of her interest is the same, as well
as the annual revenue. Yet it will be found that,
while only a few careless theorists propose to
tax a life interest in land at a lower rate than a per-
petuity, all the actuaries who have given their opinions
on the income-tax concur in asserting that a termi-
nable annuity ought only to be assessed on the intee
rest of the capital which it represents. The reason of
companies,
pt i
ao
of the
this distinction is worth considering, inasmuch as it
is connected with the professional position of its
shortau-
thors. Actuaries are the advisers and principal
ob-
viates thecapi
managers of insurance offices ; and those associations
are amongst the larger holders of terminable annui-
ties. The preference which they give to this class of
securities is founded partly on the higher interest
demands which which they return, even after allowing a sufficient de-
duction
replacement of the principal sum, which
ianthinegincfo
:lief in
ne-investment to ensure the reproduction
selling out stock to meet the
capital. There is also a convenience in the
. necessity of
well as other speculative
capitalists, have no ,as
purpose in sinking . money in a
terminable annuity, except
periodically arise. The insurance
to re-convert it into a per,
petuity. There is, of
course, a profit on the
ments necessary to replace theo
ope-
ration, or it would not eeffected ; but the banker
and' he actuary habitual!
the term emerges
divide an- annuity into the
interest due on the purchase money, and the instal-
which is sunk at the beginning of
The sum
at the end, still subject to
new form of investment ; and althoTe.-tax under any
rated statements of the grievance havegbhemost exaggee
published, it may be admitted that, in thisen repeatedly
all others in which capital is hardly distinguished
as in
from income, the principle of equal assessment
poses a discouragement on one particular mode jai"
of in-
vestment. The ordinary method of replacing the
capital consists in the annual employment of the
excess of the annuity, over the interest of the pur-
chase money, in buying other annuities of the
same kinds. Many advocates of graduated taxation
have assumed, with singular inaccuracy, that a
fresh loss is incurred as often as an annuity is
purchased ; but it is evident that the market price
of all securities adjusts itself to any permanent
fiscal system. The whole grievance, therefore,
whatever may be its amount, was inflicted at the
time when the income-tax was first imposed. If
annuities have since maintained their former relative
value, as is assumed by our correspondent " Igno-
ramus" and others, the fact only proves that the dis-
turbing influence of the tax has been practically im-
perceptible. Even Mr. Hardy, in his evidence, ap-
pears in some degree to have forgotten this obvious
consideration. No permanent impost on any species
of property can have any effect in increasing the price
to the purchaser, so long as other investment, equally
eligible in themselves, remain exempt from the burden.
There can be little doubt that the annuities actually
held by the offices have, for the most part, been pur-
chased with full notice of the tax ; and in all such in-
stances, the Government or other grantor, must have
been the only sufferer from the peculiar incidence of
the impost. The case of the annuities taken by the
Bank of England at the request of the Treasury is,
however, of a different character. The actual
loss suffered by the capitalist or speculator who
holds terminable annuities is easily expressed
in any case which may be selected as an
example. If, in the absence of an income-tax,
A. invests 1,0001. in Consols at par, while B.
purchases an annuity of 901. with the same
sum, it may be assumed that—the interest of the
money remaining the same—B. will be able to spend
301. annually as income, and at the end of his term
of about eleven years, to realise the same perpetuity
which A. has already secured. The relative posi-
tions of A. and B. will be precisely the same if their
respective purchases are made after the establishment
of an income-tax, although the gross terminable an-
nuity will be larger in amount. If, however, the
tax of 7d. in the pound is imposed immediately after
the first investments have been made, B. will suffer a
comparative disadvantage. The income of A. will
be permanently reduced to 291. 23. 6i.. while, if B.
spends an equal annual sum during the continuance of
his term, he will find himself, at the end of the
period, only able to purchase a perpetuity of the same
amount, subject to income-tax, or a net income for
ever of 281. ss. 6J. In other words, his loss in
the first instance, will be represented by the
value of the tax on A.'s tax-free annuity,
deferred to the end of his term. The elaborate

tables which have been published for the purpose
of exhibiting the decreasing values of tt rminable an-
nuities may be accurate; but they are in the highest
degree complicated and perplexing. In calculating
the present value of an annuity at its commencement,
all the elements of the problem are taken into consi-
deration. It is evident that, after the payment of
each instalment, the residue is diminished in value, so
that, if the tax is estimated us a perpetuity, its ratio
to the capital represented by the annuity must in-
crease from year to year. The only question for the
financier relates to the assumption on which invest-
ments of this kind are to be assessed. If, in point of
fact, terminable annuities are habitually reduced to
perpetuities by the holders, the Exchequer will be
justified in regarding the excess of the annual pay-
ments above the ordinary interest of money in thelight
of instalments of capital. On the other hand, common
experience will probably lead to the conclusion that
annuitants are not, as a general rule, mere speculators
in money. Where a principal sum is sunk in the pur-
chase of an increased income, the exaction of an equal
percentage from temporary and perpetual annuities
can inflict no hardship or inequality. The duration
of the tax is equal to that of the income; and the
same total impost is assessed on the sum invested in
Consols in the one case, as on the amount laid out in
an annuity in the other. It is possible that means
might be devised for reducing the rate of taxation
where security was given for the re-investment of
the principal from time to time, so that income could
not benefit by an exemption allowed to capital. In-
surance offices and money dealers will be able to
judge whether such an arrangement would be prac-
ticable and convenient. If it cannot be contrived,
the only future result of equality of assessment will
be to discourage speculations of a peculiar kind in a
highly artificial species of investment. There are
considerations bearing on the tendency of an income.
tax to raise the interest of money, which tend to show
that, even to dealers in annuities, the loss under the
present system is necessarily less than the proportion
which we have assumed for the sake of convenience.
Our immediate purpose has been to show thatire then
t
bond fide annuitant stands in an entirely d
position from the speculator in securities.

REGISTRATION.
CITY OF LONDON.
Mr. MTHRISTIE, the revising barrister, sat at the
Guildhall yesterday, and delivered judgment with re-
spect to the numerous objections that had been taken to
the want of the proper description of the livery of the
several companies, but in which he had allowed the
names to be corrected, retaining them on the register.
He said he should not have fined the clerks of Or tions
com-
panies so heavily as he bad done but hdf t" °bricee, or
arose from the neglect of the clerks off tllllo7:ensEdid not
their clerks. For the future, however, i vlseed on the
take care that their correct addresses were -
register, they would be disfranchised. diep
d ore of the
The Learned BARRISTER proceedhe
list of voters for the several parises of St. Andrew
to
Q John Zachary. St.
Agnes, St. Botol I], Alderegste,:-" st. Andrew Hub-
Leonard Foster, PSt.
bard, St. Andrew Undet,
robeanndg'st. James, Duke's-
ro gaily question of import-
plaee—in none of which arose any
confined to over-
seers' the business being.
for the Conservatives.
seers' objections B.l.mndlixtd4ZLriePdtigerirsappeared for the Re-
Mr. Sidney Su"
of lists of voters for the borough of
The revision
form Association,
commenced yesterday morning before
Marylebone
pewasthe revising barrister, at the Court
ridm ASBlry.
LBEr oßwoas E .
for following
heari
ng i:s_a list of the
HMor.o elde:l3lc,laatir-oYbiliebc°tlioen-leisne6 downTie
chains 4...- - Claims. Objections.
St. Ilarylebone ... ...
...
...
245 :.: l
310
5 Paddington
r d
Pancras
as
1... .. . ... 19 .. .

Total

... 48

Mr. Nicholls claimed to be inserted in the list, and
the only ground of objection to his being so was, that
he had not paid the two quarters' rates due on Lady-
day until the 27th of July, the proper day being the
20th of July.
The REVISING BARRISTER stated that this was a most
important question, and similar claims had arisen in eh,
Westminster and Tower Hamlets districts; and until he
had decided those at the former place, he must defer his
decision. It was his intention to hear two legal gentle-
men discuss the question pro and con, to-morrow (this
day), at Westminster. and he would, therefore, defer his
decision until Thursday morning. He might, however,
state that he and Mr. Bayley had decided similar cases
against the claimants.
OBJECTIONS TO THE RIGHTS OP k7SESSED-TAR COL-