The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-20 00:00:00

London and Worth-Western Railway.

The half yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this
company was held to-day in the Euston station, Mr. Moon,
chairman of the company, presiding. The attendance was
more than usually numerous. The report of the directors,
an abstract of which has already appeared in onr columns,
having been taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said they would observe with pleasure that the dividend
was 51 per cent. per annum, a dividend better than any
they had recently received, and better than any since 1856.
Mr, WESTHEAD, deputy chairman, seconded the motion,
Sir H, WILLOUGHBY asked an explanation of its item of
X 590,000 in the capital account for temporary loans,
Mr, TAYLOR asked whether the arrangements with the
Irish North-Western Company would ensure their future
amity, or whether they should have at some time or other
to fight them in Parliament--:-giving these " diabolical"
guarantee which had inflicted on them so much injury,
Mr, WRIGHLEY was making some remarks on the gene-
ral policy of railway comr,nies, when
The (CHAIRMAN reminded ram that he thought it was
agreed they should pass the business of the day and declare
a dividend, and then take up the general question of their
policy.

Great cries of " Dividend," " Dividend," then arose, and
much confusion, amidst which

Mr. WRIGLEY said he was going to move a resolution as
an amendment, and proceeded to say the question was,
whether the shareholders were to resume the control over
the policy of the company which they had lost.
[The meeting was proceeding when v e went to press.]
PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 19.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRAIION (IRE-
LAND) BILL.

Order for committee read. Motion made, and question
proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair."
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That"
to the end of the question, in order to add the words "it
be an instruction to the committee that they have power
to make provision for the registration of marriages in
Ireland," instead thereof. Question put, " That the
words proposed to be left out stand part of the question."
The house divided—Ayes, 66 ; Noes, 63.
AYES —66.
Acton, Sir J. Greenall, G. Packe, C.
Adderley, C. B. Greene, Capt. J. Pakington, Sir J. S.
Bar ttelot, Col. Grogan, Sir E. Parker, Major W.
Bentinck, G. W. P. Hamilton, Lord C. Powell, F. S.
Bentinck, G.C. Hamilton, Major
sssßceoohillmrdLawrteeeyensnynr,e,s:j::ScLoßoi.rsoo.ejtrl M.
Lord E.
EWG., W.
Bovill, Wm., Hansard, M. D.
Burghley,Bridges, SirL oßr.d, Bt.
Hennessy,ilay, sir
J.
P.
ButlerJohnstone,ll. Hodgson, R.
Holmesdale, Lord TT
Chapman, J.
Clifton, Sir R. Howes, E. Trefusis, Hon. C. H.
Clive, H. G. W. Humberstone, P. S. Turner, C.
Collins, T. Hume, W. Upton, General
Cubitt, George Hunt, G. W. Vance, John
Dickson, Col. Jervis,
Leader, N- Captain Vandeleur, Col.
.
Dunne, Col. Vansittart, Wm.
Egerton, W. Longfleld, Robert Walpole, S. H.
Fane, Col. Lygon, Hon. F. Watlington, J.
Farquhar, Sir M. McMahon, P. Whitmore, 11.
Ferguson. Sir J. Monsell, Rt. Hn. W. Wyndham, Hon. P.
Forde, Lt.-Col. W. Mowbray, Rt. lin. J. TELLERS.
Gard, R. S. Mure, David Naas, Rt. Hn. Lord
Gore, J. R. 0. Northcote, Sir S. H. George, John
NOES —B9.
Angerstein, W. Gilpin, C. Martin, P. W.
Atherton, Sir W. Glads.one, W. E. Martin,J.
Bagwell, J. Glyn, G. G. Massey, W. N.
Baines, E. Goldsmid, Sir F. Mills, J. R.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Gore, W. R. 0. North, F.
Barnes, Thomas Gower, G. W. L. Padmore, R.
Bonham-Carter, J. Gregson, S. Paget, C.
Bouverie, E. P. Grenfell, H. It Palmer, Sir R.
Bowyer, Sir G. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Palmerston, Visct.
Brady, Dr Gurclon, B. Peel, Sir R.
Browne, Lord J. T. Hadfield, Geo. Peel, P.
Bruce, H. A. Headlam, Thos. E Fender, J.
Butt, Isaac Henley, Lord Pigott, Sergeant
Caird, James Ilibbert, J. Potter, E.
Cardwell, Rt. fin. E. Hodgkinson, G. Russell, Sir Wm.
Castlerosse, Vist. Howard, Hon. C. Salomonq,Alderman
Childers, H. C. E. Butt, W. Scholefie,d, W.
Clifford, C. C. Jackson, W. Seymour, A
Cowper, Hon. W.F. King, Hon. P. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C.
Cox, W King-lake, A. W. Warner, Edward
Crawford, R, W. .King,lake, Seri. J. White, Jas.
Dalglish, Robert Layard, A. H. White, L.
Douglas, Sir C. Lanigan, J. Williams, W.
Doulton, F. Lawson, W. Winning-Jon, Sir T.
Dunbar, Sir Wm. Leatham, E. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C.
Esmonde, John Lefroy, A. Wood, W.
Evans, T. W. Locke, John Wyld, James
Ewing, H. E.C. Lowe, Rt. Hon.R.

Folef,'Hon. H. W. M'Caim,;J.
Fortescue, C. S. M'Cormick, W.
Gibson. T. M. Maguire, J. F.

TELLERS,
Brand, H. B.
Knatchbull-Hugess

BANE RETURNS.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir-
culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending Jan. 10. These
returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and
Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula-
tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the
7th Jan. (the nearest date furnished by their returns),
will give the following results of the circulation of notes in
the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month :

Dec. 13, • Jan. 10, '
- , _
1862. 1861 Increase![Decrease.
—___-
Bank of England... 19,825,158 1,1,696,084 129 074
Private Banks 3,20;,000 3,14,,6211 59,374
Joint-stock Banks 2,875,251 2,974,925 t ..__—..-- 80,326
____
Total in England. 25,905,409 25,636,635' 208,774
Scotland 4,57_,9 1 4,2 7,379 - 355,558
Ireland 5,t,42,768 5,53'',139 304,629
I—___ ..-- - -
United Kinzdora. 36,321,114,, :'5,392,153 • 928,961

United Kingdom.

And, as compared with the month ending the 11th of Jan.,
1862, the above returns show a decrease of £329,552
in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of
£1,038,912 in the circulation of the United Kingdom :
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve-
ral banks the following is the state of the circulation :
The English private banks are below their fixed
issue ............ • ........... £1,183,685
The English joint-stock . bank . ar"c; below their
fixed issue ................ ............... £507,432

Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,691,117
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue £1,468,.108
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £816,c.05
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 7th
of Jan. was £14,873,607, being a decrease of £131,753 as
compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£970,077 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch
and Irish banks during the month ending the 10th Jan. :
(4,1 a +l,..Sontell hanks... =2423,072
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks.. 2,164,106

£4,682,778
Being a decrease of £82,230 as compared with the
previous return, and a decrease of £516,795 when compared
with the corresponding period of last year.
The return from the Bank of England for the week end-
ing the 18th of February gives the following results when
compared with the previous week :
Rest £3,383•678—Increase.... £15,239
Public deposits 5—Increase.... 460,467
Other deposits 13,769,2 76—Increase.... 172,920
On the other side of the account:
Government securities £11.043,079 —No change.
Other securities 4—Decrease.... 397,903
Notes unemployed .. • • 8,99),635—Increase.... 1,001,360
The amount of notes in circulation is £19,310,720, being
a decrease of £520,330 ; and the stock of bullion in both
departments is £14,589,222, showing an increase of £518,671
when compared with the preceding return.

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BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL.--A. meeting of the
Governors of Bethlehem Hospital was held this
morning at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge•street, Black-
friars, and a gentleman from our office accordingly attended
to report the proceedings, but was informed, on application
for admission to the meeting, that the president of the
hospital, Alderman Copeland, had issued an order for the
exclusion of reporters for the public press. We are at a
loss to conceive the reason for such an order, without there
is something which the governors of this extensive charity
wish to conceal from the public.

SHAVING THE LADIES.—We have all heard of an
operation called " shaving the ladies," yet we doubt
if any lady is aware of the very clean shave she is constantly
undergoing. If she is accustomed to frequent " cutting
shops," where the stock is periodically thrown into a state
of convulsions in its efforts to sell itself off, of course she
expects to be done : but possibly she does not know thatfor
years the trade in " small wares," as it is termed, has been
losing its conscience in the most remarkable manner. There
is in short a regular conspiracy to cheat between the manu-
facturers and the great wholesale dealers. If alady,
instance, buys a reel of cotton marked a hundred yards, she
imagines, possibly, that she gets that quantity. Miserable
delusion 1 There are not more than seventy. All goods,
again, that are sold in the piece, run short: "short stick,,,
in fact, is a slang term for insufficient lengths. Some of
the wholesale middlemen will send up labels to the manu-
facturer indicating false lengths, and they are put on, as a
matter of course, by many spinners. The Britisher is thus
cheated out of 30 Per cent. of his goods,—once a wok.