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N°.18,709.] LONDON, %WM
TUESDAY
1, 4 . 7 SEPTEMBER 7, 1852.

THE BRITISH EXODUS, or NATIONAL
EMIGRATION FUND

OF TUE
HUNTER RIVER GOLD MINING COMPANY
(Oa the Cost-Book Principle—no Deed to be Signed),

For working a Rich Mineral District of 2,000 Acres, and granting
FOUR THOUSAND FREE PASSAGES (in first-class vessels)
to AUSTRALIA.
Capital, 126,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 1/. Is. each,

With power to increase to 500,0001., and a proportionate number of
Free Passages.
TRUSTEES.
The Right Hon. Lord Erskine. Slaugham-park, Sussex.
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bart., Barron's-court.
Alexander Maclean, Esq., Harrow, Middlesex.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Right Hon. Lord Erskine, Chairman.
Alfred Acheson, Esq., 102. Leadenhall-street. •
William Carpenter, Esq,., 33; Arundel:street, Strand.
Lieutenant-Colonel Vandetear Creagh, 12, Cambridge-terrttee, Hyde-
park.
W. Greene, Esq., 14, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park.
William N. Lane, Esq., 12, Alpha-road, Regent's-park, and Cheadle,

Cheshire.
AlexandOr MaClean, Esq.. Harrow, Middlesex.

R. J. 3fostyn, Esq., Caleott Hall, Fiintshlre.

BANKERS,

Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martin, Lombard-street.

MINING ENGINEgite.

Messrs. D. Napier and Sons, Tork-road, Lambeth.

SHIPPING AGENTS.
Messrs. Fry and Davison, 113, Fenchurch-street.

BROKER.
Charles Bell, Eq., 19, Tokenhouse-yard.

_ .
AUSTRALIAN AGENTS,
W. Drove, Esq., Melbourne, South Australia.
Messrs. David Dyer and Co., Melbourne.

Messrs. Mackintosh and Hurst, Sydney.

J. W. Presant, Esq., Victoria

ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY,
67, Cheapside, London.
For the YOUNGER AGES the Premiums of Life Assurance re
(mired by this Company will be found lower than those of most other-
Offices ; while the BONUS ADDITIONS that are periodically made
to the sums assured from the Company's profits, tend still further to
lessen the outlay on account 01 premium.
Life Annuities are granted by the Company on terms exceedingly
favourable to the assured.
Prospectuses may be had on application.
T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary.
Chief Agencies—Manchester, 1, Ducie-place ; Glasgow, Buchanan-
street ; Hull, Exhange-buildings ; Newcastle-on-Tyne, Royal Ar-
cade ; Plymouth, 5, Frankfort-street ; and 6, Herman
Hamburgh.
Applications for Agencies, in places wherenone are appointed, may
be addressed to the Secretary.

THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY
COMPANY,
No. 72, Lombard-street
uannEdEs2.4, Connaught-terrace.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Madox, Esq.
Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. William Wilberforce' Esq.
The POLICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of
Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus rendered
CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU-
MENTS OF SECURITY.
This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to the
Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING IN-
SURANCE, whereby in one Policy for ono rate of Premium, are
combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on at-
taining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age ; and
giving the lull benefit of all Premiums that have been paid, although
the payments should at be discontinued.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION,
7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, London.
The investment of money with. this Association, which was
established in May, is is, on a phis peculiar to itself, secures equal
advantages to the surplus capital of the affluent, and the provident
savings of the industrial classes of the community, and affords an
opportunity for realising the highest rate of interest yielded by first-
class securities, in which alone the money is employed.
Moneys deposited with the Association, for Investment, are
exempt from liabilities on account of life contingencies. as Well as
the expenses of management, which are borne by the Life Depart-
ment, in consideration of the business brought to it by investment
transactions ; therefore, Depositors enjoy the entire profits yielded
by their capital free from deduction of any kind—an advantage
which no other Institution, either public or private, holds forth, or
can afford, to its members.
Interest or Dividend, is payable half-yearly, in January and July.

Capital Stock, £lOO,OOO.
The Capital Stock is altogether distinct and separate from the
Depositors' Stock in the Investment Department. It constitutes,
with the Premium Fund, a guarantee for the engagements of the
Association, and has been provided in order to render the security of
the Assured complete.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
This Department embraces a comprehensive and well-regulated
system of Life Assurance, with many valuable and important im-
provements.
Full information and prospectuses may be obtained, on application
at the Head Office of the Association, or to the respective Agents,
throughout the United Kingdom.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
N.B. Applications for Agencies may be made to the Managing
Director.

METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
ts
ot r
le
et
m,
bßank.ers
whose Premiums fall
SOCIETY.
The Directors herNeboy. give 3,
due on the sth of October next, that the same must be PAID
within Thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are paid YeaTly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, o
the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,n
either of which several days constitutes the commencement of th
year to MeraberS. PCTSOII9, therefore, desirous of entering the so-
ciety as Members on the sth of October next, should appear or lodge
their proposals at the office on or before that day.
This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the
whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives
for the whole term of life as Members of the Society.
For the year ending the sth of April, 1853, an abatement of 51 per
cent, has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five
Years' standing and upwards.
RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent.
Princes-street, Bank, Sept. 4, 1852.

UNITED KING-DOM LIFE ASSURANCE
CO3l PAN Y,
Established by
Act of Parliament in 163 ' 4.
No. 8, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, om ion.
The distinctive features of the Company embrace, amongst
others :
Tables of Premiums formed on the lowest scale compatible with
security, and constructed to meet the various wants of assurers,
and every risk to which protection by assurance call be extended.
One-half the Life Premium for the first Five years may remain on
credit.

Loans granted on approved Personal Security.
Assured not restricted in their limits of travel, as in most other.
p
Companies, but may proceed from one
art of Europe to another in
decked vessels, without License, and to Ltritish North America, and
t
many parts of the United States, without extra premium, by merely
giving the ordinary notice to the Office in London of the intended
visit.

Whole-world Policies granted at slightly increased rates of
Premium, thus rendering a Policy in money transactions a real
security.

Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained upon aPPIi
cation to the lieaident Director.

PATRON—11. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT.
OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
LECTURES,
By J. H. Pepper, Esq., on Testing Gold, and on the Australian Gold

Districts.
By Dr. 134chhoffner on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire; and on
the Mode of Preserving Fresh Provisions, illustrated by Specimens
from Messrs. Ritchie and M'Call, and Samples of Fadeuilhe's So-
lidified Preserved Mill:, and Moore's Patent Concentrated Milk.

By Mr. Crispe, on Morrall's Patent Needles.
By George Buckland, Esq., on 51usic, entitled Musical Varieties,
with Vocal Illustrations, assisted by Miss Blanche Youngo, ILA. of
Music.
New Series of Dissolving Views, &a, &c.
A.4inission, Is. ; Fichools and Children under Ten years of age,
Half-price. For Hours, see Programme.

CREMORNE GARDENS.
On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea.
-Waterside Entrance close to Battersea-bridge Pier.

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

Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON.
The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram.
Open for the Season.

By Desire.—Re-engagement of Louis Soullier's Cirque Oriental.
A new Grand Spanish Comic Ballet, entitled Le Barbier de Cadiz,
every Evening, atlf-past Seven o'clock.
THIS DAY, a Grand Gala, for the Benefit of Mr. R. Partridge

Treasurer.
THIS DAY, Signor Devani, the celebrated Ourang-Ontang Con-

tortionist.
An uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock

until near Midnight, including
Every evening, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated
Pavilion, in addition to the following attractions, Louis Soullier's
Cirque Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu-
lars, see Special Bills.
Principal Artistes:—Messrs. M'Cullom, Albert do Bach, Franz do
Bach, Jean de Bacb,,Devani,_Mackney, Victor Soullier;Eemp, Leon
Soullier. Signor ; "Madlles. Clementine and Olga Soullier.
Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and
Boxes, is. ; Amphitheatre, 6d.
Open at Three o'clock.
Admission, Is.; Children, Half-price.
On Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d.
Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d.
Private Room for Dinners and Coffee.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS,
Just published, by 11. Ballhere, 219, Regent-street, Londoß.
No I.
Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, hs. 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 ITypochondriasis.
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
rime, 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
detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his
cower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851.
—" 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, Apr
18,1852.

No. 11.

Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6cl:, 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-
II(EA BY CAUTERIZATION ; its Inefficiency and Danger.
BY F. B. COURTENAY,
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 mar'ed with all kinds of violence, an indifference
about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and
all the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical
Observations.—" In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has
given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad
as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which ho had operated.
Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a
period of twelve years, the treatment by dilatation, and was finally
removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both
in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag-
gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the
treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successi'ul."
—Protess,r Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture.

DR. CIIINERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho,
i 47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author ;
price One Shilling each; by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."

CorrrEptrs :—Early Rising—Spring and 'in Mornings—Ex-
carsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, high-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home
—music--The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Bleeping, Bathing,
Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., Sze.

FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Volr.
L,

VISIT TO THE Wuxi= ac- EDINBURGH, &c,

Vol. 11.
THE LAKES OF BILL kRNEY ; REMINISCENCES 01
DUBLIN, am

WHAT TO EAT, DUNS, AND AVOID,
" That three score years and ten our course may run."

A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
the young, besets the mau of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
_atlon of every-day life.

Iv.
THE PASSIONS.
"What passions hurt the body—What improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."

susJEcT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age, The ac.
vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual-
ties oilicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar.
r 4uve, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages,
V.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
To be or not to be, that is the question."

fltooßAMmE —Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
yd
its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
choice, on both sides, as to
pargine,g,tezthpertahmeeanitt,
ofco mrepalringexiont,heanmd.
, Seven till
RealWanthELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A .
(CP111:118137 .2e:4:1):c. ii.tl
1 ejoCcU securetr V-
fivedefectivenessEh years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
c,litresged:arteil Five. Evenings
matters. mine.
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0, Argyllt-place,

A FURIOUS NJURED
BULL, SEVERAL PERSONS
I.
Yesterday,. about half-past twelve o'clock, as three
oxen, belonging to Mr. Price, butcher, of Clare Market,
were being driven from Smithfield to be slaughtered in
Bear. yard. Lincoln's Inn-fields, one of them became very
resive, and when in Sheffield-street, in which the
slaughter-houses are situated, it started off at a furious
rate, butting at everything in its way. In this manner
it turned into Clare Market, which place, fortunately, at
the above hour, was nut so crowded as usual. Here it
made several attempts to toss the persons it came near,
but not succeeding, vented its fury on every article ex-
hibited for sale in the streets. Il then proceeded lei-
surely into Clement's Inn-passage, where in the first
instance it seriously gored two children named Atkinson,
residing at 46, Clement 's-lane, one of whom was only
aged seven years, the other, its brother, five months; it
then passed on, and in the same passage attacked a girl
named Phillips, aged nine years, whose nose it broke,
and inflicted other serious injuries on different pans of
her body. From this point it proceeded slowly, spreading
great terror, until it reached the northern entrance to
Clement's-inn, which is protected by two upright bars to
prevent the ingress of loads, &c.; havinginserted its head
between the bars it forced its body through, completely
bending one of the bars, and passed through the first and
second squares of the inn without meeting any obstruc-
tion. In the third square, or the first from the principal
entrance, it encountered an aged laundress, named
Smitb, whom it run at and tossed. On being lifted up the
unfortunate woman was found to have some dreadful in-
juries on the forehead, and she was at once ruwoved to
King's College Hospital. From Clement's:inn the infu-
riated beast proceeded into the Strand, through Temple-
bar, Fieet-street, and Ludgate-hill, with a very quiet de-
meanour. •In St. Paul's Churchyard it overturned an
empty truck, and made several attempts on those pass-
leg. Turning into Aldersgate-street an attempt was
made to stop its progress by some Irish paviours re-
pairing the street in that locality, but it put on a bold
front and with great coolness advanced to the charge,
making its valiant opponents seek refuge behind the
piles of stones at which they were labouring. Having
tossed a lad a little farther on without seriously injuring
him, the enraged animal was eventually secured in
Charter-house.square, and having been placed in a
beast-cart was conveyed to Bear-yard, where it was at
once killed. On inquiry at King's College Hospital, it
was ascertained that the two youngest children were but
slightly injured, but that the injuries on the face and,
head of the girl Phillips were of so very serious a de-
scription as to warrant her being kept in the institution.
The wound on the head of the old woman was of a
frighhtfal kind, the scalp being laid bare for several
h
completelyof the hea s
d t ohtohoek eyebrows,that,
her
great age, nearly 70 years, it is feared she will not i B from
had bteheen topso
re-
cover; her wounds, however, having been dressed, she
persisted
in being removed to her residence in Milford-
lane. This is the second occurrence of infuriated ani-
mals " running a muck" that has taken place in the
same neighbourhood within the last fortnight. No ac-
cident, however, occurred by the former one.

EXTENSION OF THE METROPOLIS TO THE NORTH..
WEST.—The metropolis is rapidly increasing in extent in a
north-west direction. Primrose-hill is nearly encircled by
houses, and St. Jobn's•wood appears as if it would soon be
joined to the West-end, and we may safely anticipate that
in a few years the village of Willesden will be included
within the limits of the metropolis. The low fares by the
omnibuses which run from the City, by Holborn and Ox-
ford-street, to Kilburn, and the establishment of a station on
the London and North-Western Railway at this village,
with the facilities now afforded of reaching it by railway
from the City, has caused a great demand for a superior class
of residences, to meet which the freeholders of the Kilburn-
park estate have devoted fifty acres of land for building
purposes, and will immediately- commence making the ne-
cessary roads and sewers.

EADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL of ALDBOROUG n
AND HOLLOWAY'S Pfuus.—An astounding cure by this miraculous
medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract from his
Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn,
Feb 21, 1845.
Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have ef-
fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most
eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had not
been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Ma-
rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOROUGII:" These wonderful pills will
cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's
Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, a
by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised worki.,

RAILWAY INTEILIGENCE. 1
THE GLASGOW AND SWTH-WESTERN.
A. meeting of a few of the nest influential of the
shareholders in this compa, y Nes held at Glasgow
on Tuesday, Mr. Andrew Orr iethe chair.
The CHAIRMAN said, the diretors had thought it
proper, in the present position of the affairs of the
company, to ask a few of the met influential of the
shareholders to meet them for thepurpose of consider-
ing certain matters which peculiarly affect their in-
terest. The present direction 0313 into office when
their line was incomplete, and hives the wish of the
shareholders that exertions sholld be made for the
purpose of continuing., the formeion of their line on-
ward to the south. This effeetel, it became neces-
sary to make further Arran ne
ena for the securing of
the southern traffic. eFirst, they?ad to deal with the
Caledonian Company, with thege-a
Tr* of obtaining the
use of nine miles of their line letween Gretna and
Carlisle. This was ace4eaptlialeek
with considerable
difficulty, because imUre' idiately on effecting a pas-
sage along this porcten of their ay, they became a
rival line to the Caledonian, Comp ye After many
Tr,
negotiations, however, tlV:sae ded in overcoming
the Lancaster
company
After this they had to apply to the Lancaster and
Carlisle Company for admission to their station where
eae
the most determined haltility ot. y.
it was necessary to have --accommodation for the goods
and engines, and the other machinery of the com-
pany. The other companY__,..' with which, the had to
y
deal was the London gild North.Wesfern, and by
that company, as well as the Lancaster and Carlisle,
they were spoken to civilly ; this applies particularly
to the London and North-Western Company. The
arrangements have now been of two years' standing,
and notwithstanding the large quantity of goods
which they had been sending forward to the English
' lines, the fact of the matter was they had been get-
ting nothing down from them in return. When or-
ders have been sent specially asking goods to come by
the line, undoubtedly they have not come by any
other, but beyond this all the fair promises which
they received have resulted in empty words. All
those companies were connected with each other to a
certain extent, and it is only fair that this company
should seek to exercise what power it might possess
to get away from a connexion in which it has hitherto
received anything but fair play. The first matter
which presents itself is the Caledonian, and the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Compaq going to Parliament
for the purpose of effecting an amalgamation. Now,
this accomplished, the Caledonian Company, strong
at present, will have become greatly more so, and it is
the opinion of the directors that they should
oppose the amalgamation of those companies till the
Caledonian Company concede to them something like
fair play over the nine miles to which he had re-
ferred. Last year they were approached by an Eng-
lfianre as
thence to Gretna,
Eng-
lish company, who asked them to join them in a
scheme to connect themselves with the Great Northern
Ripon and to
join shyysttehtmhe:wm in
way o hicthhfac Corby.f i B
oomrmesadtoawanoyfaasthis route they would
have afforded, by means of the projected line, to be
called the Great Northern and Scottish Irish Union,
and their own, direct communication from London to
Glasgow. The directors are unanimous in the opi-
nion that it would be wrong any longer to lie under
those difficulties. The directors had made up their
minds to give every encouragement to the promoters
of the proposed line. It was estimated that the ex-
pense for thus effecting a direct communication be-
tween Glasgow and London would amount to
1,500,000/., and they propose that this company
should take stock to the amount of 200,0001. Some
were of opinion that it would be better for the com-
pany to make the line from Gretna to Corby, by
which means they would not only have a direct com-
munication, but the control of that portion of the way
the same as the Caledonian have of that part of the
line from Gretna to Carlisle.

A SHAREHOLDER—How many miles of
railway
require to be formed between Corby and Gretna ?
The CHAIRMAN—About twelve miles.
Mr. WEBB said that at present there was only one
main line of railway between London and Glasgow,
and the effect of which was that the line in Scotland
with which the London and Northern was in alli-
ance, takes, in truth, the great mass of the Glasgow
traffic to the prejudice of the Glasgow and South-
W eaceru tAmpeny. ,Caking is straight nee rein
Leeds to Lancaster, they had three direct lines—the
London.and North-Western, the Great Northern, and
the Midland to Leeds. Now, if Yorkshire was
entitled to three distinct lines, surely the important
city of Glasgow was entitled to more than one.
When the Great Northern
was proposed there was
also another line before Parliament—the Northern
Counties Union ; for it was not intended that the
Great Northern should be merely a line from London
to York, but an independent line in connexion with
the Northern Counties from London to Glasgow. Par-
liament looked upon the Northern Counties scheme as
one for connecting through Yorkshire the other lines to
Carlisle, and with that line they would have had a
complete and independent communication, be-
sides that of the London
and North-
between Glasgow and London. Great alliances have
been frequently found Powerful for the advancement
of the interests of a company, but they have been also
brought into play for the purpose of danaaging such
interests, and this was the case with the Northern
Counties. That scheme was beset by friends, and,
with the view of befriending if the London , Western,
and
North-Western Company took 3,000 shares, but, by
their interference in a committee in the House of
Commons, however well intended a clause was in"'
troduced which in effect swamped the Bill altogether,
When the directors sought to have an amended Bill,
the London and North-Western Companh by their
agents in Parliament, fought, time after time, till
they ultimately succeeded in annihilating the Nor-
thern Comities as a company. Now, the Northern
Counties does not represent a small number of share-
holders. There are a very large number in England,
many in London, some in Edinburgh, and some in
Glasgow, and from the knowledge he had of the feel-
ings of the shareholders generally, he was satisfied
they were extremely desirous still to carry out
this through line. The powers of the Act of Par-
liament under which the Northern Counties exist
expiring in the month of July last, it had been
suggested by influential parties that the
shareholders ought to seek still to carry out the
object for which the Northern Counties ComPanYwkas
originally formed, as regards the through line,
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means of a new company. There .was another line
embraced in the scheme, a line from Dumfries to
Portpatrick, for the purpose of securing the Scottish
traffic and facilitating tha intercourse between Great
Britain and Ireland. At present there is 'only oned
line for that purpose, namely, that of the Chester an
Holyhead, from which latter place to KiDgßlOwn
there is while the Port-
patrickTh.a sea voyage of 63 miles,
line has only a sea passage of 21 miles' lids
route,n with its short sea passage of 21 miles, would
" only beeeee the traffic between Ireland and Glas-
gow, g°w, but would also accommodate Edinburgh amie
great part of England, for all places north of Leeds
_would find it to their interest to adopt this route to
Belfast. In addition, also, to the through scheme
being an
, it was the shortest betwen
independent line
Glasgow Leeds and Glasgow
and London. Between
there would be a saving of 154 miles, and between
would
re-
Glasgow and Hull a saving of 301 miles. With
th
snect to the traffic estimates, there was no
doubt
the
a very considerable amount would come upon_
line, and The estimated cost
that it would pay well.
of the line was 8,0001. a-
., Dumfries and Port Patrick
s-
mile, and of the line through Yorkshire 11,0001. a-
mile.
After some observations from Mr• Meiklam, Mr.
Logic, Bailie M'Dowall, Mr. G. Weir, and Mr.
Robertson,
The CHAIRMAN stated that this would be the only
Way that they could get quit of the difficulties im-
posed upon them by the Caledonian. They paid that
company at resent 6 300/.
per annum in round
p,
numbers, and it might go on until they paid them
per annum for ninelo,oool, miles of their line ; and, moreover the traffic could not be developed. If they
deprived the Caledonian of the greater part of this
6'300/. per annum, and a further portion of their
present through trade, the result would be to throw
them back into renewed difficulties. An arrange-
ment might be come to by which both parties might
derive prodigious advantages• But, as Mr. Baxter,
an able gentleman connected with the Great Northern,
told him as the result of his experience, "You will
never get anything from a railway company unless you
show that you possess a power to damage their interests
in a correQponding degree." They had great advatnages
to offer to the Caledonian Company. They could give
them advantages at that end of the line fully equiva-
lent to all the advantages which they could give them
over the nine miles at the other end. They said,
"If you relieve us at the other end of 6,0001., or
18,000/ , or 1000001, we will show you how you can
he benefited to a still' greater amount at this eed.i,
Then, supposing the Coledonian were to agree with
this company, the' support of this new line, even at
the risk of 200,0001, would be an immense advantage
to both companies. If the Lancaster and Carlisle
line, which passes over a barren country, could pay
62 per cent., there was every prospect of the pro-
posed line, which would be over a barren country, and
be supported by the Great Northern, paying 5 or 6
per cent., or at least a fair return.
A long discussion ensued, in the course of which
P

Mr. G. WEIR entered into a statistical statement to
show that the proposed line would pay well and have
the effect, in the course of two years from the open-
ti
ehßiinEag ted said
whichev he
ery was
theydifficulty
ffiing, of raising the dividendon the Glasgow and South-
Western line to 4 per cent, per annum.
Mr. A: MACGE OG p
saadtciusnfil
not
yt satisfied, thatraenv
ido tuthhselaiyrt
directors had given this subject the greatest attention,
h
ddanwnothich they were able to prove. He
hctthoeeaanytrsit tdihilleaerycreds hadconcurred:aatned
in their important recommenda-
tions, and would simply move that " The meeting,
having heard the explanations of the directors in regard
to the present position and prospects of the company,
cordially approve of the general line of policy which
the directors propose to adopt."—(Cheers.)
Mr. Loara cordially seconded the motion. The
matter was of the highest importance to the Glasgow
and South-Western Company, and the construction
of the line between Gretna and Ripon could not fail
materially to promote their interests. They should
all feel heartily obliged to the directors for calling
them together on such an important occasion.
The motion was unanimously carried.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman,
and the meeting separated.

BRADFORD, WAKEFIELD, DONCASTER, AND

GREAT NORTHERN DIRECT.

A meeting was held at Normanton on Saturday to
consider the desirability of establishing a direct line
between Bradford, Wakefield, and the metropolis.
The promoters of this line contemplate a considerable
saving in distance between the West Riding of York-
shire and London. There were gentlemen present
ttlore, call upon some gentle-
man principal towns intended to be bene-
xolestwl,aoaunnddseh e
three
eroposed scheme—viz., Bradford, Leeds,
fafirntoedm d 1
vht hya e
kt
ethhe
fi
eld. Letters had also been received by
solicitors to the line from noblemen possessing ex-
tensive property in the district through which the
line is intended to run, expressing their concurrence
in the scheme, and their intention of supporting it.
Mr. R. Hudson was called to the chair.
Mr. HUDSON said he did not know much about the
propt
ih
presentf, and bh ee
were
iu apprehended
the theresame
pweesri e.
therefore, otteahe nue
r. re a
t probablesgi eol d
He,
vn
explainline
in
to the meeting the benefits, the
Mr. WESTMORELAND, of Wakefield, one of the
solicitors to the undertaking, said, before reading the
ould run line
report of the engineer he would state this much
almost as a first principle. It was fully agreed on all
hands that it was absolutely necessary that Bradford,
Wakefield, and Leeds should be put into as direct
communication with the. metropolis, through the
Great Northern Railway, as practicable. Perhaps he
might be suspected of having a strong feeling on be-
half of Wakefield, of which town he was an in-
habitant, which was perfectly put out of the direct
route to London and the greatly populated towns in
the neighbourhood. With regard to the Midland
line, Oakenshaw was the nearest point for Wakefield
people ; and his hearers could well understand the
innumerable objections that might be advanced
against a railway which necessitated a debarcation at
Oakenshaw both of luggage and passengers, and again
at Wakefield. By the Great Northern route they
had to seek the aid of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire line and their Askern branch before
they could get on the main line. To remedy
these defects, it beinghighly desirable there
should be a continuous and direct communication
between Wakefield, Bradford, and the metropolis,
the present line had been projected. This
rei
directel
rfosrn Lo gami sst
object would be attained by a junction, close upon
Doncaster, with the Great Northern Railway, and
by continuing the line from Wakefield forwards to
Bradford, with a branch to Leeds. He might add
that Mr. J. Walker, their engineer, had on two oc-
casions been the engineer to the Great Northern
Railway. The plans he submitted on the present
occasion were identical with those that the Great
Northern Company had laid before the Committee of
the House of Commons, save and except the various
emendations and improvements which time and expe-
rience had pointed out, or which had been adopted to
meet the changed features of the case. He held in
the engineer on the project
his hand the report of
coueseted w;ele the three towns. Mr. Westmorlanu
then read the report of the engineer, from which it
bturnrere:ii
oi
tlgtsi
ntBohdgantinss
,wctl
miles
distance,
with
t ecehb.ie6en:
htgweaTesGoeh ntnrehleyeadßt
furlongs,ci
41rr atloitadowhnfr
the
furlongs
d and
the direct hdsfeui
Wakefield by this new line would be 13 miles 1 fur-
Dm
rloonnolagynkce
earlfis2etelmdr thaniwtl
to the
osttuhh4leel)
distance being 17 miles,
laonnpge,arwedhilteha
to Doncaster,
furlongs, thus only shortihng7
making a difference in favour of
afudrilffoenrgs, and 5 chains,
un-
dertaking of only 6k furlongs. From Bradford
at the Britannia miell, and ne.aerncteo in
W
furlongs ; the
in a straight line, it is 30 miles 4
railway line would be 31 miles 7
Nwoourltdherbnesteacitiuoanusyonfa
distance of 11 miles.
North-Western and Great-Northern on
branch to Leeds, termi-
natingnacned.
et the
hil
a_i
n;t o wholewest,n_ .
road, and lying between the Midland and Leeds
The railway line
fur-
longs, and between the same • t
thedirect distance
is 7 miles 7 furlongs, making a
sof
length as
regarded
the
e London
m i l edsis4t a
Taking ing
.a difference little more
than 7 furlongs.directness and the natural
difficulties of a part of the country into consideration,
the engineer flattered himself
f he had found the best
line, the gradients being
thaevourable, none exceed-
ing 1 in 100, while at the time
.the curves
would be equally so. The followingam?
.est.imates had
been prepared :—To land, inclusive
92,386/. ; earth work, 79,4361. of station ground,
viaducts, &c.,210,0711. ; compen.sationnetO tenants,ridges,
laying the rails, fencing, chairs, pins, sleepers, &c.,
187,864/. ; total, 569,7031., to which being added
a contingency would
obue r
ao
ibnl
favourable
of 10 per cent., would increase it
to 626,673/. ; arching from the Holbeck mill
across the Bradford and Leeds Railway and Midland
Fork,
crossing also over the turnpike-roa
d, Leeds
and Liverpool canal, and River Aire to the Britannia
mills, together with all works and stations at Brad-
ford, Leeds, and Wakefield ; also, nine road stations
say altogether 31,0001.. making a total of 60r7,3 67 1.,
or 16,291/. per mile. The report concluded by call-
ing attention to the extensive coal fields which would
be thus opened to the London and other markets. Mr.
Westmorland continued his
routes the proposed lines would take ; stating that the
project had been registered in June, since which time
a piracy had been made of their scheme ; for this,
however, he said, he did not care, as the superior ad-
vantages offered by the present line would sufficiently
recommend it when once placed before the public ;
and concluded by calling upon Mr. Walker to ex-
hibit the plans.
The plans and sections of the undertaking were
then shown, and various portions of them commented
1 upon. This occupied some time. Afterwards the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously agreed to :
" That this meeting having considered the plans of
the Bradford, Wakefield, Doncaster, and Great Northern
Direct Railway, with branch to Leeds, are convinced
that the project submitted is better calculated than any
other yet laid before the public, to secure a direct com-
munication between Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, and
the metropolis, while at the same time it more fully de-
velopes the most extensive coal fields of the West
aiding.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then awarded,
and the proceedings terminated.

SOUTH WALES.—Several days have been given out
for the further opening of this line from Swansea to
Carmarthen. At first the 30th instant was announced
as the day, but that was subsequently altered to the
14th. We, however, are in a position to state that
the opening will take place on Thursday week, the
16th instant. The distance is about thirty miles,
which will make about 130 miles of railway opened
by this company, and the preparations for the event
are on a large scale. At a special meeting of the Car-
marthen Town Council, held to consider what steps
should be taken to celebrate the event, which will be
of so much importance to the district, the Mayor
(Mr. W. Morris), with a spirit of generosity not
often found to exist, volunteered to take upon himself
the management of the intended festivities and to
bear the whole expense himself. The council thank-
fully accepted the proposal, and the present arrange-
ments are—that a special train shall leave Swansea
about midday, and that a public reception of the al-
yl
take
el
pbleacien,v
citoendeltuod
iangdejwiuitnnear.
rectors, &c., shall take place at Carmarthen, where
they will be invited to a dejèuner. Other festiVlti
the even-
wil
itibeen made
ing. An experimental trip has alreadynded to be
along the portion of the new line
Ferryside,
tance of tIQ sea, between LlanellY 1,!„
_Lowy to Car-
whence it runs up the vale of the I
opened. It runs for some miles, within:lncites
marthen. It is announced
SHREWSBURY AND H
BEE"fitrom Ludlow to Here-
that the remainder of this line b
to Ludlow, is very Midsummer next.
ford will be ready for opening.
openYed, Shrewsbury
The traffic on the part alreadyshort dis-
- STEAMBOATS —The
ball
lther festivities
tievvi
et irei s.
SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . _
steamboats that touch every ten minutes at this com-
pany's pier on the Surrey side have been suddenly
discontinued and the pier closed, the service not an-
good.

[PRICE SD.

swering the expectations of the steamboat company or
paying the working expenses.
LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN.—The extension
of this line to Omagh is now completed for opening.
GREAT-WESTERN.---This company, according to its
published announcements, appears to be more copious
in excursions this season than any other metropolitan
railway, having, between the sth and the 15th of the
present month, excursion trains to Plymouth, Bath,
Bristol, Clifton, the West of England, and South
Wales, besides the usual excursion trains on Sundays.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PROMOTIONS.

in 1832, and was
Three commanders, four lieutenants, and ten mates
have been promoted respectively to the rank of captain,
commander, and lieutenant.
Edward Southwell Sotheby (1841) is the first on the
list promoted to the rank of captain, and we are quite
sure few will grumble at the selection, the gallant officer
having served in two ships as commander—namely, the
Racehorse, 18, at New Zealand, and latterly a term on
the coast of Africa, in command of the Sealark, 8. He
entered the navy in August, 1826, passed his examina-
tionnant in 1835, As a lieutenant he served in the Cale-
donia, 120, as senior of the Dido, 18, and in the Mada-
gascar, 44. promoted to, the rank of liente-

pro-
moted. He iseoze
of
l :p ,
anut 0
and Vestal,
lhet
enhoo ne,ehteansddt hostilitiesbttheheeeti npa
Alligatorpr in toameAeovt
eoa,
promoted
- GeoigeSumner Hand (1841) is the next captain
where in 1825, he commanded°
navy in 1821, and aaonr
and has also ldeear officer than Captain Sotheby,
examination in 1827, and was
two cutters at the takidnegdowo ships. He entered the
Meutlo6o,nes.:anHatise. passed his
Shannon,
in 1829. As a
the formidable fortress
lieutenant he servant in the
18; senior of Rarehorse,
the
h4e62,
coastBG.
he steam-sloop,
oesfs
pnhto
punishments)
Africa,nop omehwre.
and with an indifferent crew (the consequence manderhe served in the Espoir, 8, 0
of which I
ware a very heavy quarterly return
capturedfrom
the a
command great many
of
tslavers.he
Geyser
at Devonport.
Courcy (1842) is the third ne captain,
D
e
Michael w
and his promotion to that rank will stamp the
Duke
Northumberland's administration with an impressione
of
of
immeasurable appreciation • for the noble and gallant
duke has repaired a neglect which his predecessors
ought to be ashamed of. We have peculiar pride and
pleasure in announcing this officer's promotion, for we
claim the credit of bringing his name before the Admi-
ralty on several occasions, with advantage to himself
and credit to the service, although we have not the
honour of his acquaintance. This gallant officer has
been very much neglected, and we must impute to
O'Byrne's excellent biography the almost unpardonable
fault of slurring over one of the most daring, dashing,
and desperate achievements by Lieutenant De Courcy,
that has been performed since the peace; and which in
the height of the war would have secured for him an
earlier, if not a higher reward than he has reaped
from modern Admiralty boards, who daily seek ex-
cuses for the advancement of their friends and rela-
tions. Captain Michael De Courcy is the eldest son
of the late Captain De Courcy, R.N., K.T.S.,
grandson of the late Admiral of the Blue the Honour-
able Michael De Courcy, and cousin of the present Lord
Kinsale. He entered the navy in 1824, passed his ex-
amination in 1830, and served eight years as mate, be-
fore he gained his Lieutenant's rank. He then served
in the Racer, and on the 4th of March, 1841, was ap-
pointed to the command of the Charybdis, 3, brigantine,
on the West India station; from which ship, says
O'Byrne, " he was promoted to his present rank for his
extraordinary gallantry at the capture of the earths-
genian squadron when protecting the British interests in
South America." When we read the almost tedious de-
tails which are appended to certain officers' acts of gal-
lantry (Sir C. Napier's, for instance), given with all the
exciting particulars of the odds on the part of theenemy,
and the numbers of killed and wounded on both sides, we
feel annoyed at the manner in which Captain De Courcy's
vindication of the honour of the British flag is sum-
marised; and, in justice to those who have promoted
him, we must briefly state the facts from memory. The
" Carthagenian squadron" was composed of six armed
vessels, under the command of a Commodore Brown,
interests
ebelieve,ete
during e ac
the
h being
The British man-of-war was detached to protect British
i nt equalne internecine
e forcescivatbob
squabbles
se Charybdis.
among
the
republics, and was entering the port of Carthagena
where Commodore Brown's squadron was at anchor,
when the commodore opened a fire upon the Cha-
rybdis, and, if we remember rightly, killed one of her
crow. Upon this the gallant lieutenant-commander,
notwithstandingnoa.rely he
te the powerful
toowerf quarters, and fell ulcdde that werell to k
agwaionrst
him,
s lTorisigiaenr:
pell-mell on the whole squadron, nor did he cease firing
until he sunk the commodore's own ship, the commo-
dore himself being among the killed, and the rest of the
enemy had struck their flags. De Couroy then landed
and took possession of the town or city, and received
ample atonement for the indignity the British flag had
received. It is true the gallant commander of sixty
officers, men, and boys was promoted by Lord Had-
dington immediately ; but he was allowed to kick
about "marble halls" for a couple of years, and then
to fall back upon the coast guard service for our years,
when the Earl of Auckland rescued this gallant officer
from obscurity, and appointed him to the command
of the Helena, 12, which ship he paid off a few months
since from the West Indies, in a manner most creditable
to himself and all on board, for she was reported as the
most efficient, the most healthy, and the most comforta-
ble ship from the station. The just and graceful thing
would have been to have promoted Captain de Courcy
when he had served his twelvemonth; but it was re-
served for the Duke of Northumberland to recognise
the great claims of his brother officer, and to place him
in that rank which he earned in 1842.-Herald.
The lieutenants promoted to the rank of commander
are-
his examination in 1832, served nine years as mate and 1
as lieutenant in the Madagascar, 44; Queen, 116; and
the OAc t ar
ev
ti
hu
us
sCe
,ta Cumberland r lila ned
entered(lB4 l ), t
hneo wo
efivrys
int lieutenant
1825,pass
passed
df
first of the Brilliant, 19, at the Cape.
passed his examination in 1834,
served in the Alfred, 50; Isis, 44; and during the sur-
veying voyage in the Pacific, as second of the Herald.
Henry Trollops (1841), who enwteareedptrhome notaevdy inn 11882481,,
Joseph G. Bickford (1841), who entered the navy in 1
1828, passed his examination in 1834, and served seven
years as a mate. As a lieutenant he served in the
Rodney, 92, Isis, 26, Retribution, steam-frigate, Ven-
geance, 84, and is now senior of the Cumberland, 70,
flag -ship, in the West Indies and North America.
Robert Hall (1843), who entered the navy in 1833,
John paned
oh nh
Thomasi
and as a lieutenant in the Camperdown, 104, Queen,
116, Trafalgar, 120, Grampus, 50, and last week paid off
.s(,Nov. 7, 1849),
Edward
de xEwaadmrwdi
anradt
Dorani
sti Lun ii
Smith
(Sept. 11.
t .1s served v111e,88d1448f9904)u)9, r:oiyf f eottafhhrteesh
Leander,re as mate,
othoemflomonudnedd, 8,
fo rfrtowmotyheeacros.ast of Africa, which wainhißchullsoheikp. he
The following mates have also bean promoted to the
Augustus Thomas J. Bullock (Nauorvi.ol3;N:t4.h9:2,
rank of lieutenant:-
John Richard Lawrence (June, 1849), of the Hermes,
6, steam-sloop, Rangoon.
Channel sqgnuasutro2nl.,
12, West Indies.
, 1850), of
steam
eeenrd-orfrigate,pheMyrotmnemedaieto(er
jrgGruaaannnmee(maDneleici
the
of
tLondon,he p Dauntless,
tlSheerness.ess,
33
,serewsfrigate, Portsmouth.
sumrvaeyrciunsg
Esedruiviicseivisthrnhitihseftatth(Aeru
Hon. Frederick O'Brien°
Master-commander of theV'
50, Channel squadron.
Thomas Haggerston
Regent, 90, flag-ship,
Lieutenant-J, W.
the Arrogant, 36, screw-frigate, Portsmouth.
less, 33, screw-frigate ei.
Britannia, 120,
flagship,A Armstrong Mediterranean (son of the
Vivid, Dover steam-Docket).
1852), of
APPOINTMENTS.
(1852), to the Daunt-
Paymaster-G. M. ' Portsmouth.
12,
Lowcay (1851), to the Electra'
Portsmouth.
Clerk--13. T. Colley (1852), to the Bittern, 12,
sheer-
ness.
Marsden, from the
Midshipmen-Messrs. Grant and the Electra;
Highflyer, screw-frigate, Portsn2outi.a te.
e rortsmouth, to
Mr. Yonge, from the Victory, flog's Portsmouth ; Mr.
the Termagant, 24, serew-friehtseibam. W. F. Irwin,
Borthwick, to the Daring, 12, s`woolwian;
to the Wasp, 14, screw-slot?, ;
-tin (1842), who was flag
Captain Stephen G.
FirreThomas Herbert, K.C.8., on
captain to Commodore SA
American station, it is reported,
the Brazils and Sodtnh it S.
Robinson in the command
will supersede Captain the Arrogant having
t screw-frigate,
of the Arroganin
commission.
been three v r
te- elti Martin, C. 8., flag captain at Ports-
CePtain -- • ded on leave of absence until the Ist
mouth, has Prwee
of October.
Gerard T. Napier has taken up his corn-
Commander
at Chatham, appointing him to the command of
mission
Daring,• 12, vice Lacon, vice Douglas.
the
The launch of the Impericuse, 50-gun screw-frigate,
is ordered to take place at Deptford on the 15th inst.,
instead of the 14th, as stated yesterday.
If the contractors would bestir themselves, and com-
plete the fittings of the machinery of the Sans Parch!,
al, screw-ship, at Devonport, Captain Dacres would
soon have her ready for sea. She has been in commis-
sion ever since the Bth of June, and only wants about
50 blue jackets to fill up her complement of 700 officers
and men. Filintgzalwood (April178,5)13°10f8:5:::

The screw line-of-battle ship Agamemnon, 90, fitting
Fosbrooke, I aerjoarit, and 19 pri-
nt Woolwich, will be completed by the engiLezrs on the
'24th and the shipwrights on the 25th inst.
The screw ship Hogue, 6O, Captain. Ramsay, mom-
ElApltaartes embarked on board, on Saturday,
missioned at Devonport, will have a full complement of
500 officers and men, consequently she has vacancies for
avbatoeu,tolfBßO.oyCal
to increase the number turned over from the Magicienne.
The screw frigate Termagant,
be manned at Portsmouth
by
a complement of 300, will
be employed on home service. She is reported com-
plete by the dockyard, and only wants men to make her
ready for sea.