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N°.18,709.] LONDON, TUESDAY „
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SEPTEMBE
4 R 7, 1852,

THE BRITISH EXODUS, or NATIONAL
EMIGRATION FUND

OF THE
HUNTER RIVER GOLD MINING COMPANY
(On 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 vesse!s)
to AUSTRALIA.

Capital, 126,000/., in 120,000 Shares of 1/. is. each,

With power to increase to 500,0001., and a proportionate number of

Free Passages.

TRUSTEES.
The Ttight Hon. Lord Erskine. Slaugharn-park, Sussex.
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bart., Barron's-court.

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Alexander I'div:dean, Esq., Harrow, Middlesex

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Right llon. Lord Erskine, Chairman.
Alfred Acheson, Esq , 102, Leadenhall-street.
William Carpenter, Esq., 38, Arundel-street, Strand.
Lieutenant-Colonel Vandeleur Cr.:agh, 12, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-
parr.
W. Greene, Esq., 14, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park.
William N. Lane, Esq., 12, Alpha-road, Regent's-park, and Cheadle,
Cheshire.
Alexander Maclean, Esq.. liarro,r, Middlesex.
R. J. Mostyn, Esq., Calcott Hall, Flintslaire.

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

MINING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. D. Napier and Sons, York-road, Lambeth.

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

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

AUSTRALIAN AGENTS,
W. Drove, Esq., Melbourne, South Australia.
Messrs. Davi Dyer and Co., Melbourne.
Messrs. Mackintosh and Hurst, Sydney.
J. W. Presant, Esq., Victoria (Port Philp).

ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY,
67, Cheapside, London.
For the YOUNGER AGES the Premiums of Life Assurance re-
quired by this Company be found lower than those of most other Offices ; while the BO NiTh ADDITIONS that are periodically made
to the sums assured from the Compalliy's profits, tend still further to
lessen the outlay on account of 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, D.
ucle-place ; Glasgow, Buchana.n-
street • Hull, Exchange-buildings; Newcastle-on-Tyne, Royal Ar-
cade ; Plymouth, 5, Frankfort-street ; and 6, Hermann-strasse,
tlamburgh.
Applications for Agencies, in places where none are appointed, may
be addressed to the Secretary.

TOE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY
COMPANY,
No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terrace.
TRUSTEES.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.

J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Madox, Esq.
Richard Matins, 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 one 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 full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid, although
the payments should at any time 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, 1844, on a plan 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
mp
of interest yielded by first-
class securities, in which alone the money is eloyed.
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.

METROPOLITAsNOCIELTF. E ASSURANCE
e rAfIaDI 1
No. 3, Princes-street, Bank.
The
Ditree sth of Octoberctorsherebygive next,
etr
thati e
thembe samerswho Premiumsmseust b
due on the
within Thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on
the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,
either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the
year to Members. Persons, 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 KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COM [AN Y,
Established by Act of Parliament In 1834.
No. 8, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, ondon.
The distinctive features of the Company emLbrace, 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 can 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
Companies, but may proceed from one part of Europe to another in
decked vessels, without License, and to British North America, and
many parts of the United States, without extra premium,
by merely
giving the ordinary notice to the Office in London of the intended
visit.
ce

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 appli-
catiou to the Resident Dilutes.

PATRON-H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT.

!)OPAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
LECTURES.
By J. IL Pepper, Esq., on Testing Gold, and on the Australian Gold

Districts.
By Dr. Bachboner on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire ; and on
the 3rode of Preserving Fresh Prwisions, illustrated by Specimens
from Mesh's. Ritchie and M`Call, and Samples of Fadeuilhe's So-
lidified Preserved Milk, and Moore's Patent Concentrated Milk.

By Mr. Crtspe, on Morrall's Patent Needles.
By George Buck:and. Esq., on Music, entitled Musical Varieties,
with Vocal Illustrations, assisted by Miss Blkllielle Younge, R.A. of
Music.

New Series of Dissolving Views, &c , &e.
Agmission, Is. ; 'Schools and Children under Ten years of ago,
galf-przeo. Fctr flours, see Programme.

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

Waterside Entrance close to Battersea•hridge Pier.

Faro by Steam-boat from Lonion-bride or any of the interme-
diate Bridges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be
landed at Battersea•bridge Cremorne. Fara by Omnibus from
Charing-cross, 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East-
md, 6cl.

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, at Half-past Seven o'clock.
THIS' DAY, a Grand Gala, for the Benefit of Mr. R. Partridge

Treasurer.
THIS DIY, Signor Devani, the celebrated Ourang-Outang Con-

tortionist.
A.TI 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 Souliter's
Cirque Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu-
lars, see Special Bills.
Principal Artistes:—:Messrs. M'Cuilom, Albert de Bash, Franz de
Bach, Jean de Bach, Devout, Mackney, Victor Soulller, Kemp, Leon
Soullier, Signor Vilderini ; Madiles. Clementine and Olga Soullior.
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:Sandaya, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card. price 6d.
Table d'llote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d.
Private Room for Dinners and Coffee.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS,
Just published, by IL Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, Londou.
No I.
Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d.,

ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRIREA ;
with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
n relation to the Treatmeit and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the
Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis.
Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.

"Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi-
cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
:ime, be informs ns, 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 correet."—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, April
18,1852.
No. IT.

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

Coinzprrs :—Early Rising—Spring and Mornings —Ex-
c arsions about the Environs of London—The Pants, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, liigh•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.,
U
FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vot•.
Vol. I.

VISIT TO THE LAKES ,SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c,

Vol. 11.
THE LAKES OF KILL 41t/i EY ; REMINISCENCES OF
• DUBLIN.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, 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 man 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,

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

SUBJECT :—Lifo'a pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad=
vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The „nal_
Ves oflicentiousness and dissipation, with Illustrations graphic, oar-
r hive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.
V.

TILE MARRIAGE STATE.

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

rsoaxAmmit :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
eheiee, on both aides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
egare, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c.
By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), 11.R.C.5. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
matters. Reception hours daily till Five. Evenings, Seven till
Wine. 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street.

A FURIOUS BULL. SEVERAL PERSONS

INJURED,

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
situated, it started off at a furious
Bear. yard, Lincoln's Inn-fields, one of them became very
yessrleateteig,vhebt,
butting
tar
inihndege
aws
et ebseavnreer in Sheffield-street, in which the
y i
thing in its way. In this manner
flulrytohnen everyproceeded article it turned into Clare Market, which place, fortunately, at
the above hour, was not so crowded as usual. Here it
made several attempts to toss
the persona it came near,
ex-
hibitedbut not succeeding,
fora
sle
lei-
surely into Clement's Inn-passage, where in the first
instance it seriously gored two children named Atkinson,
residing at 46, Clement's-lanr, one of whom was only;
in thveented streets. its
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 parts 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 ingressof loads, Sze.; 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
Smith, 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 rumoved to
.King's College Hospital. From Clement's-inn the infu-
riated beast proceeded into the Strand, through Temple.
bar, Fleet-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-
ing. 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 atones at which they were labouring. Having
tossed a lad a little further 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 keptin the institution.
The wound on the head of the old woman was of a
frighhtful kind, the scalp being laid bare for several
inches from the top of the head to the eyebrows, and her
system had been so completely., shook that, from her
great
age, nearly 70 years, it is feared she will not re-
cover; her wounds, however, having
been dressed, she
m pers ted 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 lazt fortnight. No ac-
cident, however, occurred by thoformor one.

EXTENSION OF THE METROPOLIS TO THE NORTm_
wEsr„—The metropolis is rapidly increasing in extent in a
north-west direction. Primrose-bill is nearly encircled by
houses, and St. John'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.

rA DVE RTISEMEN T. —THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGH
Vila HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An ar;tounding cure by this miraculous
medicine, arter every other means had failed. Sec 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 of
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 ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma-
rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOROUGH." These wonderful pills will
cure any diEease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's
Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand,
by au umucino vcndvrs ulna..hat tux cigiltae3 weid+

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
THE GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN.
A meeting of a few of the most influential of the
shareholders in this company
was held at Glasgow
on TuePday, Air. Andre w'Ore in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said, the directors had thought
i.
proper, in the present position of the affairs of the
company, to ask a few of the most influential of the
shareholders to meet them for the pirrpose of consider-
ing certain matters which peculiarly affect their in-
terest. The present direction came into office when
their line was incomplete, and it was the wish of the
shareholders that exertions should be made for the
purpose of continuing the formation of their line on-
ward to the south. This effected it became neces-
sary to make further arrangements for the securing of
the southern traffic. First, they had to deal with the
Caledonian Company, with the
view of obtaining the
use of nine miles of their line between Gretna and
Carlisle. This was accomplished with considerable
difficulty, because immediately upon effecting a pas-
sage along this portion of their way, they became a
rival line to the Caledonian
Company. After many
negotiations, however, they succeeded in overcoming
the most determined hostility of that company.
After this they had to apply to the Lancaster and
Carlisle Company for admission to their station, where
it was necessary to have accommodation for the goods
and engines, and the other machinery of the com-
pany. The other company with which they had to
deal was the London and North-Western, and by
that company, as well as the Lancaster and Carlisle,
they were spoken to civilly ; this lies ir particularly
to the London and NorttieWesten Company. The
standing,
and have how been of two years'
and notwithstanding the large
which they had been sending forward to the English
lines, the fact of the matter Was quantity of goods
they had been get-
ting nothing down from them in return. When or-
tdheers
line, undoubtedly
buehendosuehnttesdply theyecially asking goods to come by
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
Caledonian,play. and the Edin-
rwehc
which
hv e
pdr
ea
sneyhtths i ni
itself
ebl
fu
ist
tfhaei r The first matter
Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Company 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-
lish company, who asked them to join them in a
scheme to connect themselves with the Great Northern
system, which comes down as far le
as aeipon, and to
join them in the formation of a line thence to Gretna,
by the way of Corby. By this 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
1,500,0001., and they propose that this company
should take stock to the amount cf 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 cf 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-
Western Company. Taking a straight line from
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 Londonl
to York, but en independent line in connexion with
the Northern Counties from London to Glasgow. Par-
liament looked upon tha 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
between Glasgow and London. Great alliances have
been frequently found powerful for the advancementaso
of the interests of a company, but they have
.beensalch
brought into play for the purpose of dam
agNleogrthern
interests, and this was the case with the
Counties. That scheme was besetNorth-Western,
and,
friends, and
with the view of befriending it, the Lond.on. b
North-Western Company took 3,000 sharestl3 r
Houseu
of 3 their interference in a committee in thesCommons, however well intended, a clause
Nbyorth-
the London and North-Western ComPanh
in-
troduced which in effect swamped the Bill altogether.
When the directors sought to have an amended
b their
agents in Parliament, fought, time after time,
they ultimately succeeded in annihilating the_lslorthern
Nor-
thern Counties as a company. Now, the
share-
Counties does not represent a small number ofE.
land,
holders. There are a very large number in
someg in
Y till
many in London, some in Edinburgh, and
satisfied
ings of the shareholders generally, be w"
carry out
Glasgow, and from the knowledge he bad of the feel-
they were extremely desirous still to
~
'Ales exist
Par-
liament under which the Northern Coil
it had been
this through line. The powers of the Act
Counties
.t
expiring in the month of July last,
suggested by influential parties that the
shareholders ought to seek still to
Companywas
object for which the Northern Counties
h line, by
originally formed, as regards the throuagnn
them line
means of a new company. There
was parnfries to
embraced in the scheme, a line from
the Scottish
Portpatrick, for the purpose of securing
etween Great
traffic and facilitating the intercourse between carry out the
only one
Britain and Ireland. At present there
line for that purpose, namely, that of the
Kingstown
Holyhead, from which latter place °bile the Port-
there is a sea voyage of 63 miles, 7,1
miles. This
Patrick line has only a sea passage of f miles would
route, with its short sea passage of L Chester and
not only secure the traffic between
Ireland
and a
gow, but would also accommodate
'b
north of Leeds
great part of England, for all place
this route to
would find it to their interest to adopt
tnrough scheme
Belfast. In addition, also, to th:
shortest betwen
being an independent line, it was
Leedsts and Glasgow
Glasgow and London. Between
e les and between
Glasgow and hull a saving of
there would be a saving of 157 ai- miles. With re-
2eland andC Glas •
spect to the traffic estimates, there
id
come upon the
a very considerable amount would
The
estimated cost
3(4;as no doubt that
line, and that it would pay
Yorkshire 11,000/. a-
of the Dumfries and Portpavitrieclt
mile, and of the line through
mile.
Mr. Meiklam, Mr.
After some observations frog'
G. Weir, and Mr.
Logle, Bailie M'Dowall, gr• line was 8,0001.
Robertson,
The
i
The CHAIRMAN stated L,uat this would be the only
of the difficulties im-
way that they could get quitd onian. They paid that
posed upon them by the
on
annum in round
numbers, and it might go
company at present 6,3C0901ed0.
until they paid them
10,000/, per annum for
moreover the traffic could miles of their line ; and,
railvvLellYth:lminlial:uylul
of the greater part of this
deprived the Caledonian
nine
eet be developed. If they
further portion of their
6 3001. per annum, and
result would be to throw
them back into renewed b
I present through trade, the a
difficulties. An arrange-
mentwhich, both parties might
might be come to yes.
derive prodigious advantea.g,. BA as Mr. Baxter,
with tke Great Northern,
an able gentleman connected with
experience, "You will
They had great advatn ages
told him as the result of
never get anything from
show that you possess
fully
vieeecis unless
themlloau.
a peo,w, er to damage their interests
in a corresponding degree.
lent to all then dvantages which unpanYl• They could give
to offer to the Caledonian Cod
other end. 'rhea • d
them advantaes at that en
they could
over the nine miles at -
the other
end of 6,00y0/sa or
7 theevll show you how yet can
8,0001, or 100,0006., we i amount at this end."
be benefited to a still
" If you relieve us at
greater. ,
to .
Then,
this new line, even at
this company, the support of
Id be an immense advantage
the risk of 200,00017 W"
to both companies. If the Lancaster and Carlisle
supposing the Coledonian were agree with
line, which passes over
a barren country, could pay
6i 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.
4 A. tong dificus4ion ensued, in the wee of which

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-
ing, of raising the dividend on the Glasgow and South-
Western line to 4 per cent. per annum.
Mr. A. MA•cEoRGE: said he was satisfied that their
directors had given this subject the greatest attention,
that they had anticipated every difficulty, and that
they had stated nothing which they had not previously
considered, and which they were able to prove. He
heartily concurred 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. Loots 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 Nortnanton 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
from the three principal towns intended to be bene-
fited by the proposed scheme—viz., Bradford, Leeds,
and Wakefield. Letters had also been received by
the 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
proposed line himself, and be apprehended there were
other gentlemen present who were in the same posi-
tion. He would, therefore, call upon some gentle-
man to explain to the meeting the benefits, the
probable cost, and the line of country through which
the railway would run.
Mr. WESTMORELAND, of Wakefield, one of the
solicitors to the undertaking, said, before reading the
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 being highly desirable there
should be a continuous and direct communication
thern nailw closeay, upon
Doncaster, and
between Wakefield, Bradford, and the metropolis,
the present line had been projected. This
object woulda junction,or
by continuing the line from Wakefield forwards to
wibteh attainedthe
Great by
N
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
his hand the report of the engineer on the project
connected with the three towns. Mr. Westmorland
then read the report of the engineer, from which it
appeared that the distance between Bradford and
Wakefield by this new line would be 13 miles 1 fur-
long, while the direct distance, as the crow flies, is
only 12 miles 4fr furlongs, being only 43- furlongs
longer than the straight line. The distance from
Wakefield to the junction with the Great Northern at
Doncaster would be 18 miles 6 furlongs, the direct
distance being 17 miles, 7 furlongs, and 5 chains,
making a difference in favour of the present un-
dertaking of only 6sl- furlongs. From Bradford
to Doncaster,
in a straight line, it is 30 miles 4
furlongs; the railway line would be 31 miles 7
furlongs, thus
only showing a difference in the whole
distance of 18 miles. The branch to Leeds, termi-
nating at the Britannia mill, and near to Wellington-
road,line would and lying between the Midland and Leeds
Northern stations on the east, and the London and
North-Western and Great-Northern on the west,
difficultiest a n 7 furlongs.
of
a part
of th
would be equally favourable as regarded distance.
The
ngs
otuhledsabme
einpoilnetnsgtthhe Bdirmeeitledsi4stafnuere-
ois 7 miles 7 furlongs, making a difference of little more
e country directnessintoanedontshiedenraattuiornal,
the engineer flattered himself be had found the best
line, the gradients being favourable, none exceed-
ing 1 in 100, while at the same time the curves
would be equally so. The following estimates had
been prepared :—To land, inclusive of station ground,
92,3861. ; earth work, 79,4361. ; tunnels, bridges,
viaducts, &c.,210,0711. ; compensation to tenants,
laying the rails, fencing, chairs, pins, sleepers, &c.,
187,864/. ; total, 569,7031., to which being added
a contingency of 10 per cent., would increase it
to 626,6731. ; arching from the Holbeck mill
across the Bradford and Leeds Railway and Midland
Fork, crossing also over the turnpike-road, 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 657,673/.,
or 16,2911. 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 explanation by giving the
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
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 do.
velopes the most extensive coal fields of the West
Riding.
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
Thursday
yhirty week, the
miles,
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
illTtahkeedpisltaacoemonis
about Thurs
which will make about 130 miles of railway opened
by this company, and the preparations for the event
thel6 t h opening
instant.
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 arra.
ments are—that a special train shall leave Swanseadi
about midday, and that a public reception of, the
where
rectors, &c., shall take place et Carinarthenfestivities
they will be invited to a dejguner.
Other
the even-
will take place, concluding with a band I been made
ing. An experimental trip
hagalready
re7Jended to be
along the portion of the new
linew within a short dis-
opened. It runs for some miles
and Ferryside,
tance of the sea, between Llane
the Ton to
whence it runs up the vale of
Car-
marthen.
Erortr,.—lt is announced
SHREWSBURY AND
e IhTinine from Ludlow to Here-
that the remainder 0. t---
opening by Midmummer next.
ford will be ready for
opened,
part alreadyShrewsbury
The traffic on the
to Ludlow, is very good.
SOUTH- ESTERN R
STEAMBOATS.---The
minutes at this com-
pany'ssteamboats that touch every ten
n the Surrey side have been suddenly
discontinued and pier 0-, the pier een I d! the service not an-

[PAIGE 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,e
iiicnsui the West of England, and South
wa he usuaiexcursion trains on Sundays.
ls besides
slde

NAV AL IN T ELLIGENCE.

PROMOTIONS

nant ini
Cale-
donia, Three commanders, four lieutenants, and ten mites
have been promoted respectively to the rank of captain,
commander, end lieutenant.
E I ward Southwoll 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
and has also commandedn
George the coast of Africa, in command of the Sealark, 8. He
18, anclnnon,
entered the navy in August. 1826, passed his examina-
tionnavy in 1821. and
eB3s2u,
Sumner
Erwas n
dp(r1o8m4olt; di 8 tt
the
et hneexr at nekapotaf
ilnieute -
where in 1825, he c
sa.s
senior
olfietubteeepaindto,hleB,searavdediiiintbteheCale
Mada-
gascar, 44.
the formidable fortreosms
pro-
moted. He is a
two ships. He entered the
older officer than Captain Sotheby,
two cutters at the takingo
bore a part in the hostilities in Avs,
examination in 1827, and
commanded a boat at the capture of
Doi?nooben, and the Alligator's
lieutenant he servant in the
Vestal, 26. As a com-
mlBain
d er seniorhe served
vßeadr ei
nh oar see
(the, one the coast of Africa,
Shannon,
shparomoted in 1829. As a
and with an indifferent crew 46, Grasshopper,
were a very heavy quarterly return of
of which
captured a great many slavers. He
had punishments) he
from the command of the Geyser 6, been promoted
at Devonport. steam-sloop,
Michael De Couroy (1842) is the third new
and his promotion to that rank willstamp captain,
the Duke of
Northumberland's administration with an impression
immeasurable appreciation; for the noble andalanof
duke has repaired a negect which his predecessors
t
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'l3yrne'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 Conroy, 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
,Eiwp aoir2:B"°°l2e. He passed his
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'B)riae, "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 the enemy,
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 ef 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,
we believe, each being equal in force to the Charybdis.
The British man-of-war was detached to protect British
interests during the internecine squabbles 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
crew. Upon this the gallant lieutenant-commander,
notwithstanding the powerful odds that were against
him, immediately beat to quarters, and fell to work
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. Do 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
abouc "marble halls " far a
couple of years, and then
to fall back upon the coast guard service for four rare,
when the Esrl of Auckland rescued this gallant officer
from obscurity, and appointed him to the command
of the Helena, 12, which ship ho 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 sbip 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

areo—ctavius Cumberland (1841), now first lieutenant of
the Arethusa, 50. He entered the navy in 1825, passed
as
lieutenant
tioinn itnhelB,:i2a.dasgerayseed nar,in4e4;yegaursees
an,
Imla6t
;e
and
first of the Brilliant, 19, at the Cape.
pallsseednrhyisTerxolalmopiena(tliBo4nli)n, wlhBo34e,nwteared the
sprom navypromoted
in
d In 1188248,
1,
nerved in the Alfred, 50; Isis, 44; and during the sur-
veying voyage in the Pacific, as second of the Herald.
years jos
e
1828, passed his examination in 1834, and served seven
lieutensoltBh4e9)e,eorvfetdheinthe
aspt Ga.mßaictek.forAd
s(18641), who entered the navy in
caßono:Tddohmnhaeeansy, 92, Isis, 26, Retribution, steam-frigate, Ven-
geance, 84, and is now senior of the Cu, m 1 bBe4r9l)a,ndo,f 70,
fiag•ship, in the West Indies and North America.
Robert Hall (1843), who entered the navy in 1833,
paned his examination in 1839, served four years as mate,
commanded
oßdaleliodelhwiteaionurrdtgetnLmwamoanwtyterseeiannhrcsae.tvh(Gej
uCanlase(m:NplboeByer4ed.9no)lw,3pno,flmilhoo4:49e,d,Q,etourofmetetthenhhse,oo,
116, Trafalgar, 120, Grampus, 50, and last week paid off
the Hound, 8, from the coast of Africa,t wainhißchulsiohcikp. he
rank of lieutenant:-
6, steam-sloop, Rangoon.
John Edward Doran (Sept. 11. 1849), of the Persian,
12, West Indies.
Thomas Edward Smith (Sept. 11,
surveyings steam-frigate,
g- fursitguasset eTr,vh icoem,aws Mediterranean.
ij.th. Bhuisiloe k
father, ger,
Harcourt Thomas Gammen (Nov. 7
London, 92, Sheerness.
Cap
Henry Herbert Morgan (Dec. 5, 1849),
50, Channel squadron. of the Leander,

f:iyekneo(,BJruineen
Eliltzmaqutiraie
flag-ship, Channel s
of the Vivid,
' 1850), of the Prince
deflag
Fredericklißegent,on.Master-commanderE9roe,
of the Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate,
Lieutenant—J. W. Armstrong Marcus Edmiston Bmithett Portsmouth. _
the
Britannia, 120, flag-ship, (August 21, 1851), o!
I), Mediterranean
. (son of I_
Thomas Doer
g
Hon.
.1p29,01,8e500. ),
liaggerston Collingwood (April 7, 1852), of
the Arrogant, 36, screw-frigate, Portsmouth.
APPOINTMENTS.
ICSSI. 33, screw-frigate, Portsmouth. 2
Electra, 1 ,
paymaster—G. Al. Lowcay (1851), to the
Portsmouth. Bittern, 12, Sheer-
Clerk—B. T. Coley (1852), to the
Iless,
tid Marsden, from the
Midshipmen—Messrs. Grant a
th, to the Electra;
Highflyer, screw-frigate, Porq,a2ofich_pt
i Portsmouth, to
Mr. Yonge, from the Victoryitge, Portsmouth ; Mr.
the Termagant, 24, 8°14)72, Chatham; W. F. Irwin,
Borthwick, to the Daring'p, woolwich.
to the Wasp, 14,
eererfireinantla (1842), who was flag
Captain Stephen Gri, Sir Thomas Heroert, K.C.8., on
captain to Commtiodourth
American station, it is reported,
the Brazils and South
B. S. Robinson iu the command
will supersede Cap
screw-frigate, the Arrogant having
of the Arrogan
in commission.
been three years (1852), to the Daunt-
vr 13 Martin, C. 8., flag captain at Ports-
CaPtelin —*•
InOti - ,
of October.
Gerard T. Napier has taken up his corn-
Commander
0 has proceededon leave of absence until the Ist
he Daring, 12, vice Lacon, vice Douglas.
t The launch of the Impericuse, 50-gun screw-frigate,
mission at Chatham, appointing him to the command of
is ordered to take dace ut Deptford on the 15. h inst.,
inst.9ad of the 14,h, as b tlted yesterday.
If the contractors would bestir themselves, and com-
plete the fittings of the machinery of the Sans Pareil,
81, screw ship, at Davenport, Captain DriereS would
soon have her ready for sea. She has been in commis-
Rion ever sil,ce the Bth of June, and only wants about
50 blue jackets to fill up her complement of 700 officers
and men.
.. _

engineers on the
The screw line-of-battle ship Agamemnon, 90, fitting
The screw ship Hogue, .60, Captain Ramsay, recom-
a full complement of
a2t4,NhVaenodl vetihceh ,5
hwiipllwbriegchtt,m3
opal° ttehile by2s
tthh the
inst.
about 180. Captain 1 osbroo she has vacancies for
pri-
vates of Royal Marines embarked on board, on Saturday,
to increase the. number turned over from the Magicienne.
msoiossioeffimeee,lr:ttanDdevAnnp,ocr,ot,nwsetqllukeen, havetl l
rjeant, and 19 y
st ,
The screw frigate termagant, 24, Captain Gafford, to
be mantled at Portsmouth by a compliment of 300, will
be employed on home service. She is reported com-
a, Ar-, tine only wants men to mske her
plate by the dock
ready for ea,
v fl