The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

No. 18,872.]

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1853.

PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY, admitting, on equal terms, persons of every class and
degree to all its advantages. Offices, 76, Cheapside, London.
Notice is Hereby Given, that the Sixth Annual General Meeting
of the Proprietors of this Corporation will be holden at the Offices of
the Company, 76, I Iteapside, on Wednesday, the 2±d day of March
instant, at 12 for 1 o'clock precisely, fur the reception of the Annual
Report of the Directors of the said Company; for the declaration of a
Dividend ; the ele tion and re election of Directors and Aud,tc,s of
the said Company; and fur any other general business usually tran-
sacted at an Annual General Meeting of the said Company.
EDWARD BAYLI S,
March 11th, 1853. Resident Manager and Actuary.

All Policies I.sued by this Company are indisputable. No charge
made for Policy Stamps to the assured. Capital, £250,000, guaran-
teed by nearly 1,400 Shareholders.

THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY
. COMPANY, •
72, LOMBARD-STREET, and 24, CONNAUGIIT-TERRACE,
LONDON.
TRUSTEES.
Richard Malin., Esq., Q.C., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
I
J. Campbell Renton, Esq. James Fuller Maddox, Esq.
William Wilberforce, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
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William Adams, Esq.
J. Atkins, Esq.

J. Hamilton, Esq.
John Matthews, Esq.
C, Octavius Parnell, Esq,
W. Williams, Esq.

H. Augustus Bevan, Esq.
John D .ngerfleid, Esq.
R. Henry Forman, Esq.
BANKERS—The London and County Bank.
The POLICIES of this Company being INDISPUTABLE. in
terms of the Deed of Constitu ion dub, registered, are TRANS-
FERABLE SECURITIES,—and used as. FAMILY PROVISIONS,
they relieve the Assu ed from alt doubt and anxiety as to the future,
and their validity not being dependent, as in the case of ordinary
Policies, upon the import of passed, and perhaps forgotten, circum-
stances, and Office documents.. -.., ' -
'Agents haVelieeeappolfitid in most of the towns in England and
Scotland, from whom, or the Manager, all information, Forms of
Proposal, &c., may be obtained.

ALEX. ROBERTSON. Manager.

L
LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Instituted 1806.
Office, 81, KING WILLIAM-STREET. " '
.ritIESIDENT-CHARLES FRANKS, Esq.
VIMPREsinssx—JOHN BENJAMIN HEATH, Esq.
This Society' is essentially one of Mutual Assurance, in which
the Premiums of its Members-are reduced after seven years. '
The rate of reduction of the Premiums for the last year was
70 per sent., leaving less than ene-third of the original Premium to
be paid.
The Society also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance, in
which the Assured do not become Members, and hhving ceatied to
allow any commission to Agents, tile Society has been enabled to
reduce the Premiums for this class of Assurances to the following
very low rates :
Annual Premiums for the Assurance of XlOO.

BANK OF ENGLAND, March 17, 1853.
THE GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the
BANK of ive notice,
That the GENERAL COURTENGLANDheId at the Bank this dap is AD-
JOURNED till TUESDAY next, -the 221 inst , at Eleven o'clock in
the forenoon, for the purpose of taking the determination by vote in
print or writing, of the question in tho following resolution proposed
at the Court for a dividend, &c.:
That a dividend be matte of 4/. per cent. interest and profits for the
halt•year ending the 28th!February last, without wy deduction on
account of the income tax.
- The voting willcomnience at Eleven'n'clock, and terminate-at Four.
JOLIN BENTLEY, Secretary.

THE CEYLON LAND AND MINING
OA •Y.
,NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENC,
That no further APPLICATIONS' for
SIIARES in this Company will bo received after TuEsnar, 'the 22d
day of March insane, except in oountry cases, which will be received
inc usive of WEDNEDAY, the 23d inst.
Dated this lath day of March, 1853.
BY order.

W. OALIIRAITII, Secretary.

I _kW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
ILA Fleet-street, near St. Dunstan's Church. —London. March 11,
1853.—NOTICE I 8 IlErtatrr Givnx, That the nobics for Vransferring
:qires in this Society wi'l be CLOSED on Tnuasnar, the 24th Inst.,
anti will he re-opened cn Wednesday, the 13th day of April next.
Ihe Dividends for the 3-ear 1852 will be payable on Monday, the ilth
day of Apr" next, and oa any subsequent day (Tuesdays excepted),
between the hours of Ten and Three o clock.
By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

206 I si7 A3gse d 2
76. A6goe s
4i d.
2
25 117 0' 40 -2 15 5 55 5 1 0
30 2 1 5 45 3 6 0 60 6 5 10

The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement
o advance money on the security of Policies in this Association.
EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary.

GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING
COMPANY.
.NOTICE 19 HEREBY GIVEN, That this Company's Iron Screw Steam-
Ship AROO, 1,800 tons, Georg Hyde,
George Commander, will leave South-
ampton for PORT rimiip and SYDNEY on A EDNESDAY, the 4th
of May next.
'I he accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are
fully furnished. The rates of passage money—After Cabin, first
class, 801.; Fore Cabin, second clois, 501. These rates are exclusive
01 wines, beer, and spiritous liquors Which, however, may be bad on
board at moderata-pakes— Trelabip win carry an experienced
surgeon.
Applications for passage to be made at the Company's Offices, 2,
Royal Exchange-buildings; and for f, eight and parcels, to Messrs.',
Balfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe.

NOTICE.
TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHERS.
rrHE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTiTU-
A. TION is now CLOSED until, EASTER MONDAY, for the
purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW ROOMS for a PHOTO-
GRAPHIC SCHOOL, &e., &e.

I.4ODELS of MA.IHINERY, which will be described to the Visi.
tors, WORKS of ARI, &c., are RECEIVED lor EXHIBITION,
free of expense to the Depositors.

ADIES of delicate complexion, who miller from
illexposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme-
diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWLANDS' K9,LY-
DOR.. It allays all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and renders
it soft, smooth, and pleasant; removes cutaneous disfigurements,
fleckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance.
Gentlemen, after shaving, will find it allay the irritability and sniai l-
ing pain, and render the skin smooth and pleasant. Its purifying
and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and
the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the
aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle.

AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
LI Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fuinam-
road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during
tin week, "The " Sha'nroci," "Those," and "Amine
Waltzes, the "Napoleon" Galop, "Le Cirque" Quadrille; "La
Valerie," "Jam)," and "Steeplechase" Polkas._ Admission, ls.
Doors open at Heir-past Eight; to commence at Nine o'clock, and
terminate at Ralf-past Eleven.

Just published, in two large charts, price 2s. 6d., by poSt 35.,
,A VIEW of the RESOURCES of NATIONS,
exhibiting at a glance the Fortiori, Commercir., Financial.
and fdllitary Statistic• of the Principal Countries in the World at
the Present Time, with other Valuable Infolinatien, collected from
the best authorities by H. FRASER, Esq.

London : W. Smith, 172, Strand ; Wyld, Charing•cross ; Sheiwood,
riper, and Co., Paternoster-row; and all Booksellers. ",

MASSACRE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE _ENG-
LISH SHIP BERENICE, AND BURNING OF
THE VESSEL.

A most painful event was made known at Lloyd's on
Tuesday, as having unhappily befallen the master, his
lady, and officers of the English ship Berenice, in the
Straits of Gasper, while on a voyage to 'Sydney, who
were horribly murdered on board, and their ship after-
wards destroyed by fire. A previous mail had given rise
to some fears of a vessel having been burnt in the straits,
and an impression was entertained that the ill-fated ship
was the Berenice, which was missing, and the fact of some
of the fragments of the wreck having been picked Up
bearing the Berenice's initials, little doubt was felt in the
matter. Much anxiety then arose as to the fate of these
on board, who comprised Captain Candy, his wife, first
and second mate, a Frenchman (a passenger for Aus-
tralia), two servants of Mrs. Candy, and about thirty-
five hands ; with the exception of the officers, there were
but few Europeans among the crew, who for the most
were Java and Manilla men. The ship sailed on the
6th of June from Singapore for Shahghai, and then
from that port to Sidney, on the 4th of November, with
the intention of calling at Java. Several of the crew
evinced a strong desire to leave the vessel on her reach-
ing that island, but the captain holding out an increase
of wages and additional rations to take the ship on to
Sidney, they were induced to remain, and the vessel
proceeded. Nothing was heard of her until,
about the lath of December, when a report reached
Marabaya (the residency of Tagel) of the remains of a
burned wreck having been discovered in the Straits. A
day or so 'previously a boat, containg 15 persons, arrived
at Marabaya, who on landing dispersed themselves in-
land before the authorities had time to institute inquiries'
about them, and on the clay following another boat came
in with a similar number and character of men, a mixture
ofJava and Manilla men. When interrogated, they stated
that they were the crew of a prahu belonging to Rio, laden •
with gambrie, which they represented had capsized, and
that a boy had been drowned. The whole of them ad-
hering to that one statement, they were believed, their
story at the time being thought to be true. The police,
however, had their suspicion aroused by the conduct of
some of the men, as they displayed much anxiety to
-part
from each other's company, and to leave the place, and
it was not until they had been subjected to a most search-
ing inquiry that the truth was revealed. Some of them at
length confessed to having belonged to the Berenice, and
to the horrible fate which the captain and his officers met
with. According to their representations, it seems that on
the 2d of Dec. a mutiny broke out amongst several of the
Manillamen, on account as alleged of the master not hav-
ing allowed them the additional rations which he had
previously promised. About midnight they got Mr.
Candy on the quarter-deck, where they horribly mur
dered him. His wife, hearing his cries, rushed on deck
with two of the officers, when they almost immediately
fell a sacrifice. The third mate and the French pas-
senger, who witnessed the tragedy, leaped overboard to
escape the vengeance of the wretches, and perished.
Mrs. Candy's servants shared a similar fate as their
unhappy mistress. The whole of the bodies, with
weights attached to them, were hurled into the sea.
The ringleaders then took to plunder the ship of every-
thing that was portable, and after some two or three.
days' luxurious living on board, they commenced.de•
stroying her. Having lowered the boats, they kindled
a fire in several parts of her, and when she had got com-
pletely alight, they abandoned her. By the last ac-
counts the authorities were using every effort to bring
the principal actors in the barbarous acts of murder and
piracy to justice, and as many as nine had been lodged
in the gaol of Tagel. The Berenice was freighted with
a valuable cargo of tea, and her loss is therefore con-
siderable.

ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL ie a delightfully fragrant and
transparent preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and
purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, premature greyness, and
tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application.
ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRIFICE, preset res and
b2autilles the Teeth, stren7thens the Gums, and renders the Brt.ath
sweet and pure.
Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gardens, Londoi ; and by
Chemists and Perfumers.

. FFAIRS OF BUSINESS.—In every affair of
„CIL trade, buying or selling, equality and prices, are the condi-
tions of satisfactory contract. The superior quality of all goods
offered to public inspec ion, or made to order. by E. MOSES and
SON, is so well known, and has been so long , tried, that very little
need be said on that subject ; but the anity of low prices, and the
very best qualities, is a system of business which E. MOSES and
SON w 4 re the first to introduce, and have been the most successful
in carrying out. This they have made applicable to every branch of
their gigantic business, and have adhered to it during all changes in
the seasons or the markets. They have never hesitated to pay the
best prices for the most artistic and accomplished workmaaship --
hut they will by no means inflict higher charges on any of the:r pa-
trons. The LADIES are furnished with HABITS tlfe most graceful
in style, and from the finest and most fashionable materials, cor
with HOSIERY, the neatest, most novel, and useful. GENT LE-
MEN are provided with the best materials and workmanship ,in
every description of ATTIRE which their professions, engagements,
or the'season may render necessary. All goods or orders are charged
much lower prices at E. MOSES and SON'S, than at any other
house 'in th- world.

G OLD FRO Ai AUSTRALI A.-=The last arrival =fount

ed to upwards of one and a half millions sterling—a large prir-
lion of which was for business transactions in Australia, by p.
MOSES and SON, their CLOTHING having sold for a vast amount
or " Golden Treasure," and the satisfaction it is giving, warrants
Ve.tments to any extent. .11 EMIGRANTS, MERCHANTS, or SNIr-
PERS, may avail themselves of tlis most SALEABLE, because the
BEST and most SUITABLE GOODS, at E. MOSES and SON'S, the
prices being considerably lower than at any other house—the same
advantages arc offered to Emigrants of every Class, their Outfits or
any portion of them, being charged wholesale prices A depart-
ment kept for Outfitting, and full List of Outfits and shipaailinE in-
formation may be had on application, or post free to any part of the
kingdom.

CAUTION—E. MOSES and SON regret haying to guard the
public against Imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like
falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they hay*

NO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :

London City Establishment, 154, 155, 15e, and 157, Minorles, 83,
84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West•end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, l, 2,
3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36, Far.ntte.
_ _

Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Alice Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. '

IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not glyesaTl;fac;;;;:liTrill b.
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, from which no abatement can be made.

The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset oil
Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.

♦ new 'Book, entitled " The IVorld'S Pharos," containing the
Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions tor self•mea-
aurement, may be had on application, or post free, to any part of
the kingdom.

A handsome Almanac for t7le year ending 1653 can be had gratis,
on application.
Ici I'on parle Franc&s. Qui si parla
liter turicht man Deutsch. - Aqua ae habla Espanol

MEDICAL ADY[CE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH AND MATURITY.

DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, and Metric elated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic I
Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Elan, London, &c., &c.
VI AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, or
1. the various disorders of the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenile irregu'arities and excesses, which have pro-
duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and firma:
ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dish
cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience
la the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist-
ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in
existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous
Debility, various Corms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfrultfill Marri-
ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removel,
and how the evil and its con-equences may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure.
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged
in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com-
plaints; and is the only legally qualified Fhysician who, regardless
of the taunts and envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society Is
tree. In selecting this department •f practice, he has been amply
rem arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent no-trums, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith in their pretensions.
At home for conemitation daily, from Eleven till Two, and from
Six till Eight. All letters mast contain the fee of 11., and advice and
Medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address.
It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT
should first obtain a copy of his work on

SELF-PRESERVATION.
A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and
Generative Debility, Illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and des-
cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and
excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist
zainesthsnoe
.coir,ripeecrt
description of their cases, and may be. had, price 2s 6d, in English,
French,Bmthers Sanpadncisob:
2l3:uptcahte,mlotsatelianr.r.owor;
German, of
Hannay,63, Oxford-street ;
mann, 39, Cornhill ; Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or tree
ny post for fOrty-twO stamps, to any address from the Author's resi-
dence, 37, BEDFORD.SQUARE, LONDON.

SUSPECTED MURDER IN THE CANONGATE,
EDINBURGII.

On Sunday morning, between four and five o'clock, a
labourer, named John Davidson, was found dead, under
circumstances that afford some suspicion of his having
been murdered. The deceased resided in Hume's-close,
Canongate, in one of those overcrowded haunts of po-
verty and vice which abound in this locality. He was,
it is said, given to drinking, which propensity his wire
unfortunately shared in. The latter, who is named Sarah
Brannan or Davidson, had formerly led an abandoned
life, and quarrels arising from the jealousy of the hus-
band are said to have been of frequent occurrence. They
were both between 30 and 40 years of age, and had lived
together for some time.

-The deceased was last seen alive, except by his wife,
about 11 o'clock on Saturday night. Early on Sunday
morning high words and a scuffle in the room which they
occupied were overheard by some of the neighbours, but
the noise suddenly subsided. After a brief silence, the
woman came into an adjoining apartment, and told
the inmates that her husband had fainted. On en-
tering the room they found the unfortunate man stabbed
to the heart, and quite dead, though still retaining
heat. The instrument of death was a shoemaker's knife,
which had been worn by use to a very sharp point. There
was little blood to be seen, and to all appearance the
man's death had been instantaneous. ' Both parties had
on their clothes, and had not apparently gone to bed,
having in all probability spent the night in dissipation.
The attendance of a sergeant of police was then obtained,
who took the woman into custody.

I.IR. CU LVERWELL' S NEW WORKS.
To be lead. of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row Carvalho
Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One each; b;
post, Is 61.
147. Flect-street ,

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
„Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
pleasant
tEvenings places Country
at Home
CONTENTS:—Early. Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings......E,„
minims about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, HillsTForirpesst:n,dFßaielmdsb,tesll_ighTh-reoast
L
-anodn otherdon a
t
Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, bleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c, ke•
11.
FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Tole.
Vol. I.
VISIT 10 THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH. Ecc.
Vol. 11.
THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, So.
111.
WHAT TO tAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
" That three score years and ten oar 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 ntlesfor the diet and physical regu-
ation 01 every-day life.

THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SUBJECT:—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
vent of the nassions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties
oflicentiousnoss and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra-
tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.

On Monday the prisoner was brought before the
sitting magistrate and remitted for examination. Her
declaration was then taken by Mr. Dymock, the
Procurator-Fiscal for the city, and it will be followed
up, we believe, by the precognition. of witnesses.
It is not, of course, yet known whether there is
sufficient evidence to commit the woman for trial ;
and from the privacy with which it is customary here
to. conduct all judicial examinations, it is impossible
to arrive at the exact truth of the case, more especially as
the statements afloat are very conflicting. It appears,
however, that the prisoner attributes her husband's death
to suicide, and it is stated that the direction of the in-
strument was such that the blow might have been struck
by the deceased himself. On the one hand, it is
said the woman was heard in the course of the night
to threaten to stab her husband : while, on the Other
the man is stated to have, not long ago, spoken of
committing suicide, in consequence of alleged provoca-
tions to jealousy. Some time ago, it iesaid, the prisoner
stabbed the deceased on the brow ; but the affair being
slight, the matter did not come under the notice of the
police. The body of the unfortunate man was on Monday
examined by medical men. The wound was found to
have been in the heart, and to have caused almost in-
stant death. It seemed to have been inflicted in an up-
right position.

V.
THE MARRIAGE STATE.
To be or not to be, that's the question."
• PiOi3RAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c.
By li.J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.E.C.B. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there
matters.

FARRINGDON - STREET IMPROVEMENT. - Yesterday
Messrs. Pullen and Son commenced the sale, by auction,
of several houses which are to be cleared away for the
purpose of forming the new street leading from Farring-
don-street to Coppice-row, Clerkenwell. The buildings
are situated in Sharpe's-alley, Ray-street, and Coppice-
row, adjoining Clerkenwell workhouse. There are now
but few premises to be removed to complete the new line
of street, which, when finished, will form a direct tho-
roughfare from Blackfriars-bridge to Clerkenwell and
Islington.

Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147,
Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Comhill; or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D..
10, Argyll-place. Regent•street, who may be consulted daily from
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trolling further outlay, the ..directors, before incurring
any further liabilities, obtain the approval of a general
meeting, or a special general meeting, of the proprietors.
(Hear, hear.) The closing of the capital account would
enforce economy, create confidence in the financial posi-
tion of the company, and enhance the value of its pro-
perty. He did not object to the five new schemes, be-
cause he thought them wise and prudent measures, but
before incurring any new liabilities, he thought the di-
- rectors ought to follow the course he had pointed out.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WLAREN seconded the motion, which was car-
. ried unanimously.
A. resolution declaring a dividend of Us. per 301.
stock was then declared.
The meeting then proceeded to the election of three
directors in the places of Mr. John Brads6.w, the
Honourable James Byng, and Mr. John Charles Jack,
who retired by rotation, the two last-named gentlemen
offering themselves for re-election.
Mr. W. Itzu) proposed Mr. Coles Child, whose no-
mination was seconded by Mr. JOSIAH WILSON.
Mr. Alderman ThoursoN, M.P., proposed Captain
Warren, whose nomination was seconded by Mr. LEVY.
Mr. J. WILSON, seconded by Mr. G. SMITH, proposed
the Hon. Mr. Byng.,,, , .
Mr. TIAYES proposed Mr. 'John Charles Jack. The
nomination having been seconded by a Proprietor,
Mr. JAMES WI:LAYMAN, M.P., whose name had been
mentioned as a candidate, said he did not wish to he
proposed in opposition to Mr. Warren.
Mr. HAYES demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Jack,
but did not persist in his intention, Mr. Jack expressing
himself willing to abide by the decision of the ine4ing.
A discussion arose as to the appointment of an audi-
tor in the room of Mr. Coles Child, and it was ultimately
agreed that the consideration of the question should be
postponed until the next meeting, the directors being
requested to frame a by-law, providing that due notice
be given in future of the names of the candidates to be
proposed for the offices which may become vacant,
A resolution was then passed authorising the for-
feiture of the shares in arrear ; and a committee of five
proprietors was appointed to confer with , the directors
on any new measures that may be proposed, the,com-
mittee consisting of Mr. John Morgan,. Mr. Isyleaf,
Mr. George Smith, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Wilkinson:
The usual vote of thanks having been given to the
c6liman, the meeting separated. ,

Maidstone line is estimated, with a new station at Strood
- -much wanted there-to cost 50,0001. The directors
- -
SOUTH-EASTERN. - consider this line to be one which should not longer be
The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietor's of postponed making. In the month of October last no less
this company was held yesterday at the Bridge-house than 13 separate railways, some with extensive ramifica-
Hotel, London-bridge on the general business of the i tions, were projected in the south-eastern districts, and
company, and for the election of three directors and an affecting our interests, and we saw the necessity of! lay-
auditor, in the place of those retiring by rotation. Mr. ing before you measures which we thought might, under
,James Macgregor,
M.P., the chairman of the company, the circumstances, be demanded for the protection and
presided.' - advancement of the company's interests, and among them
The rePort, which has already appeared in The Sun, was the project for extending the line from Lewisham to
having been taken as read, BrOmley and Croydon, which we proposed should be in The CHAIRMAN said- The statement of accounts which joint account with the Brighton Company. The directors
has been submitted with the half-yearly report shows of the Brighton Company gave theirea,ssent, but subse-
that the gross revenue of the company has exceeded that quentlY, without notice or communication to this company,
of the half-year ending on the 31st of January, 1852, by negotiated with the South-Western Company for amalga-
the sum of 18,839/. 7s. ld., the earnings last half-year illation with them, and on the last day for the purpose
being 424,5471. Bs. 9d., against 405,708/. Is. Bd. in the of Parliamentary notices, ehere appeared the nutice of the
corresponding half of last year. The sum of 18,8391. Brighton and South-Western Companies bill to amalga-
7s. ld. consists of an increase in the receipts for the car-
mate. Much correspondence ,necessarily took place.
riage of goods of 12,0471. 16s. 7d. ; of passengers, We objected to that ainalganiatiou, thinking that the
3,6431. 156.9 d. ;of dues received at the harbours belong- naeural alliance of the Brighten Company to make was
ing to the company, 1,1631. 12s. 5d ; of earnings of the with ourselves, the South-Eastern Couipeny-not with
electric telegraph, 1,2601. 15s. 11. ; of additional rent, the. South-Western Company.' The Brighton and South-
-4221. 12s. 9d. ; and of fees on the transfer of stock, 3001. Western Companies since have determined to withdraw
13s. Bd. In th charges on the debit side of the account the amalgamation bill, and the present state of affairs is
there is an increase of working expenses, as compared that' the Brighton Company propose now the withdrawal
with, the corresponding half of last year, to the amount of the Lewisham, Bromley, and Croydon bill also. It
of 13,770/., and a decreaSe 'of 3,1011. 3s. 7d. in rates, will be for you, gentlemen, to consider whether this is
taxes, - tolls, and GovernMent duty. The locomotive the wisest step to take under the circumstances, or
working exhibits an increased expenditure of 2,5581.12 x. whether further attempts should • not be made to settle
being 58,7711, 155., against 56,2131. 35., consequent on now, 'either with the Brighton Company, or on our ac-
-87,825 more miles having been run by. engines the latter count, the question of communication between the me-
half-year. In the rates, taxes, and tolls, there is a tropolis and Bromley, which, while unsettled, may ever
diminution in the amount paid during the half-year of be a source_ of contest. The estimate for this line is
2,3411. 18s. 4d., the. charge last half-year being 15798-0 T: -24,0001.- It -iii right I should state that no bills contain-
16s. 2d., against 18,322/. 145., 6d. It will not be out of ing powers for a combination of interest between railway
place for me here to remind the proprietors that the Lord companies can be read a second time this session till
Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench stated from the Bench after the 11th of April, or until after the report of the
that legislation on the subject of railway rating is indis- committee of the House of Commons now sitting on rail-
pensable, but yet no -steps have been taken to accom- way amalgamation and future railway legislation shall
plish it ; and meanwhile railway companies are obliged have been made. I earnestly trust that railway pro-
to submit to the grossest extortion, and to keep up for perty will be benefited by the inquiry which is taking
their defence against injustice a costly and wearying sys- taking place before the distinguished persons constituting
tern of appeal, not always ending satisfactorily, in con- that committee, convinced as lam that the interests and
Sequence partly of, the tribunal before which they are safety of the public. never can be promoted by a reckless
brought. The issue of the 44 per cent. guaranteed stock competition in the construction and working of railways.
increased the comparative charge against revenue by the I have the honour to move that the report of the direc-
sum 'of .3,3181. ss. 11d. The result of the working tors and statement of accounts, as now read at this meet-
expense of the half-year is, that of the,18,839/. 7s. ld. of ing, be received and adopted.
surplus profits.earneel,lo,66Bl.- 16s. sd. has been absorbed Mr. Jour/ HAMILTON, after complaining that the corn-
by charges additional to those which occurred in the pany had not yet- got a tenant for the Lord Warden
half Hotel at Dover, and that the directors were going to an
f-y ear ending .on the 31st of January, 1852, and
8,170/. 10s. Bd, thereof represents the additional net unnecessary expense in the erection of some ornamental
profit in working the railway for the• half-year ; and the iron railing at the hotel at Folkestone, proceeded to
profit and loss account shows, therefore, that there is, censure the general system of management, which he
after deducting additional charges for rent and interest contended was not such as to develop the traffic of the
on the guaranteed stock, a sum of 5,442/. 45. 7d. avail-
line in a proper manner. Having censured the conduct
able for dividend over and above the sum which was
of the chairman with respect to some transactions in
'
shares, he addressed himself to another matter, and ob-
available at the termitiation of the corresponding half of
last year,-the sum nowedivisible being 136,4641. Oa 5d., served that out of 288 miles of railway belonging to the ,
.
against 131,0211. 15s. 10d. on the 31st of January, 1852 company, not less than 165 miles consisted of branches.
Those branch lines had cost 4,078,0001.; and 118 miles
and this will admit of a dividend of 11s: per share,- and
'eye. a sniall surplus of 1,5201. 12se ld., against 10s. 6d. of those branch lines, which had cost 2,809,0001., did
per share last year, and it applies to an increased expen--
not pay the expenses of working. =The 28 miles between Tunbridghe-wells and Hastings,. which had cost 724,000/.,
diture of 369,2561. 19s. 54. , As: the proprietors will .
obser4e; during the last half-year 199,066/, was spent on were in t e same position, and the passenger traffic on
capital account, during the preceding half-year 170,190/. that portion of the line for six months was something
Ss. sd. The mortgage debt of the company is now under 6,000/. The company therefore had 146 miles of
railway which did not pay the expenses of working.
1,932,5751. or 72,6001; more than it was on the 31st
The total cost of that quantity of mileage, including
July, 'and 64,4851. less than it was on the 31st Janu-
ary, 1852, the rate of charge per annum being 300,0001. for locomotion, was 3,833,0001. The only 88
4.10481., or 0.2710 per cent. less than last year. The miles which paid a dividend were constructed before the
increase in the home traffic of the line is certainly satin- present chairman came into office. 'All the branch lines,
factory, and the directors trust and believe that it is an with the exception of the Maidstone branch, 10 miles,
increase which will continue and progress, and when the and the. Canterbury branch, 14 miles, had been made
long-anticipated opening of the. French lines of rail- since the present chairman came to the board. Such
no doubt tend to
way to the south takes place, it wi management as that accounted for the Shares being at
ll
develop the continental traffic, a large increase of which only 481. He trusted he had-Stated sufficient to show
might be received on the South-Eastern Railway, without
that the construction of branch lines should not be left
any addition to its working expenses. The total num- to the board, and moved that a committee of ten gentle-
ber of passengers travelling between England and France men should be named by the body of proprietors to con-
last year was 172,600, and 'of these 106,844 passed
fer with the board on the subject of branch lines, and to
through Dover and Folkestone. The total traffic gives report thereon to a special meetifig,
y turiffoß,
an average of 473 persons per diem travelling between In answer to a question b a Pli
England and:France, or 236 persons each way. Of these The CHAIRMAN said that, at the last meeting, a cor-
there travel by night between Paris and London 71 per- respondence was submitted to the proprietors, between
sons each night=namely, to Paris from London, 39 per- Lord Sondes, Mr. Lushington, and the directors, with
sons,. and from • Paris to London 32 persons. It thus regard to the Chilham line, and the directors distinctly
appears that .10,210 persons came through from Paris to' intimated that, on looking at what had occurred in pre-
Londoii during the year in the night. I may remind vious years, and considering the 'expectations held out
you how anxiously we pressed op the Government from that the North Kent line would be continued,
time to time the propriety of giving the same facilities they did not recommend the proprietors to offer
en-this side of the water to continental travellers coming any opposition to that line, provided, the points
to London, as that which is given in France to those of junction and the plans and sections were approved
who go from hence to Paris, as the French authorities of. But it had been found necessary to oppose the
have .long allowed the baggage to go through unex- bill on the standing ordets, because it contained clauses
amined to Paris, which is a great facility to persons seeking powers to run over the South-Estern of so
making an express journey ; and lam glad to be able to unsuitable a character that the directors considered they
inform you that the Government have at length granted should have been guilty of a gross dereliction of duty if
this request, and that the travellers by the night mail they had consented to the granting, such powers. The
from Paris to London will henceforth have the facility objections of the bill were unanswerable ; but the com-
of having their baggage examined at Dover, when they mittee resolved to allow the promoters of the bill to
pro-
arrive in time to do so before the train leaves for town, ceed, on depositing a fresh plan and amending their
or in London when time does not permit it being done errors. The bill had been read a second time, and there
at Dover, to allow them to avail of the first train for the matter now stood. He would now state the objec-
London. I hope that this is only an instalment on the tion to the line itself. There was a line called the
part of the Government, and that hereafter we shall re- Chatham and Canterbury line. The line of Lord Sondes
ceive a like permission for all travellers who travel by formed a junction with the South-Eastern line at Strood,
the express tidal trains from Paris to London. It is a crossed the Med way, and formed a junction at Chilham.
step in the right direction, and we may trust that whilst To that the South-Eastern Company offered no objec-
great interests press for improved Custom-house regula- tien, but they differed as to the way of forming the
tions, further facilities will be extended to the important junction at Chilham, because the gradients were bad,
traffic between England and France, which passes over and it set out a fork of six miles running parallel with
the South-Eastern Railway. We state in. the report the South-Eastern line to Canterbury. With regard to
that permission to bring up bonded goods to London for the other bill, he did not think there was the least pro-
transhipment has been -refused us, and chiefly because spect.of its passing. It was intended to come up from
we made the demand, and not the merchants of the city the South-Eastern Company's station at Chilham, and
of London • but I hope those gentlemen will make their stop at Chatham without crossing the Medway. He
sentiments 'known to the Government on the subject, did not think the Legislature wquld pass any line except
The report shows the amount received for periodical on the principle of its being a continuation of the North
tickets during the half years ending on the 31st of Kent line from Strood downwards. Now, with respect
January, 1851, to have been 9,3041. 3s. ; 1852, 10,8121. to the accusation made against him, of having con-
14s. Bd.; 1853, 13,3171. 15s. 3d.; but it may be well for structed all the branch lines of the company. On the
me to state also that the recepts for those three years for day when, contrary to his will and wish, he was placed
periodical tickets were, in 1851, 12,2241. 14s. 2d. ; in in the direction, he found projects in existence for the
1852, 14,4591. 10s. 4d. ; and in 1853, 18,751/. 17s. 10d., extension of the South-Eastern line much more expen-
sheaving an increase of receipts from this source in two sive than those which had been constructed ; and the
years of 50 per cent. As an instance of the progress first measure against which he set his face was a propo-
which is making in local traffic on the line, I will take sitiou which was absolutely carried by the directors, that
the case -of Abbeywood station, on the North Kent if the South-Eastern Company constructed the North
line, which is familiarly known to many gentlemen in Kent line, it should pay to the Croydon Company for
that district as the Deputy Chairman's etation. The its assent a perpetual toll, collected at the rate of five
number of travellers to and from that station for the miles of running over the North Kent Railway. With
first year of its opening was 22,996, and the earnings respect to the other charge made by the honourable
7981. 10s. 10d. During the last half year the number proprietor, he positively denied the statement that he
of persons travelling to and from the Abbeywood station had, either alone as an individual or in conjunction with
was 60,203, and the earnings 2,9781. 9s. 3d., showing any body of men, ever done any act to enable any man,
an increase in two years of 37,307 persons and 1,2791. or any company, to sell shares for the purpose of realis-
19s. 3d. in money. I may mention that there is at this ing high prices, to the prejudice of the affairs of the
station a fine estate belonging to the governors of company.
Christ's Hospital, which is now being divided into allot- Mr. HAMILTON asked if the chairman would deny that
meats for building ground ; that a large number of villas he had been a jobber in shares. (Oh, oh ?)
are being erected there, and that there is every prospect The CHAIRMAN said he would give the honourable
the traffic will continue to increase. Towards closing proprietor a fiat denial face to face, and tell him that he
the capital account, a necessary step is the sale of the had asserted an untruth, and that he had no foundation
shares forfeited, and to be forfeited at this meeting, to in fact for his assertion. (Cheers.) So far from admit-
accomplish which a further resolution of the proprietors ting that there was the shadow of a shade for such a
is needed. The proprietors will • observe that 29,9771. charge, he could produce evidence to show that in no
13s. 4d. of calls in arrear has been paid during the case whatever had his hands been soiled by any transac-
half year, and that the account now to be reovered tion, and that he had never done anything inconsistent
from shares forfeited and to be forfeited is 58,7941. with the interest of the company-that he had never
lls. Bd. The outlay of capital for works has increased availed himself of his position to accept any shares, and
beyond the estimates of former years • and this has that he was now the holder of all the shares he had ever
become apparent on the final settlements taking held, with the exception of some which had been sold 1
place with the contractors. There is only one ac- under pressure, and which he had not the means of re-
count for works which affects former estimates remaining taining. (Cheers.) He was no jobber in shares, and
unclosed about which any difficulty or doubt exists, and enjoyed what he esteemed more than wealth-a character
that account has been referred to arbitration, the party unblemished for integrity. With respect to the Dover
claiming 20,000/., which the directors entirely dispute. Hotel, contracts had been entered into for its occupation
The expenditure of capital to Jan. 31 is 10,553,253/. 3s. -and as to the ornamental rails at Folkestone, they
sd, ; deducting from this sum 371,495/. 13e, 10d., which would be erected at a small cost, and the work had been
was written off on. the consolidation of. the shares into undertaken in justice and out of compliment to Mr.
stock, and which was something less than the interest Breach, who had paid a rental of 2,2401., and had e--
which has been paid back out of capital to the holders pended a great sum of money on the establishment.
of No. 3 and No. 4 shares, the amount of outlay is re- (Hear, hear.)
duced to 10,181,7571. 9e. 7d. The value a surplus pro- Mr. JosIAH WILSON accused the chairman of dealing
perty in former estimates was taken at 312,0001. Ac- in shares and rigging the market, and after reading a
cording to the last report on the subject from the sur- letter written by Mr. M`Gregor, and dated December
veyor employed ,by the company, the sum shown to be 2, 1847, referring to some private matters, said if the
the available value of surplus property is 280,076, and chairman would grant him a committee of two or three
the
amount that would remain as
.capital spent, if that gentlemen, he would show such a statement of trans-
surplus property' be deducted, is 9,901,68 V. 9s. 7d. This actions in shares as would make the boldest man's hair
result, after allowing for certain. other sums which have stand on end. (Great confusion.)
been applied in reduction of capital expenditUre, already ' The CHAIRMAN said the letter produced by Mr.
exceeds theaum at which the capital of the company was Wilson referred to matters which were inquired
formerly estimated by 283,0001., or thereabouts, and the into and fully, disposed of in' 1849, and he held
contents of the' repOrt show that 70,000/. must be further in, his hand. the report of a committee of five gen-
spent, and that 230,0001. beyond that shOuld be spent in tlemen appointed by the proprietors to , examine
the next three years in increasing the rolling stock of into the subjects then in dispute. With respect to
the company, in warehouses, and other conveniences. It his (the chairman's) conduct, they said :-." They feel
has become necessary to consider, daring the present bound to state their conviction that, notwithstanding
year, the most important of the measures alluded to in errors of judgment and an undue assumption of indivi-
our letter, viz., the extension of the Greenwich Railway dinal responsibility, his conduct has been honourable
through Greenwich-park to Woolwich, the Astronomer throughout, and marked by a sincere, unflinching, and
Royal not having completed the experiments ordered by excepting in his character of a very large
"proprietor
the Lords of the Admiralty in sufficient time for the pre- disinterested devotion to the interests of the South-
a
sent session of Parliament. The measure is one of great Eastern Company. (Cheers.)
consequence, and the directors believe that it will be .
,Mre WILSON said the committee wouldu not •
more lucrative than any in which the company has yet letters which he held in his hand, look at
embarked, especially connected with the extension which fidence in the board of directors of which e had M
no
con-
the directors still Prelxise "for the consideration of the was the autocrat, and with whom i
I.* "N-L'Gregor
proprietors from their Charlton station to the point im- liked. (Oh, oh, and laughter.) he coul ll-
d do as he
mediately opposite the East and West India Docks, and Mr. JAMES RENSHAW (the deputy chairman) said the
the point of conveyance of the northern lines of railway ; assertion. made by Mr. Wilson, thantotthe directors were
l. any other gentlemen and further, as effecting the means of carrying passen- wholly led 'by the chairman,
gers from London-bridge and the other stations on the They were as independent aswas
enLhceoersul.d)
s istened to their opinions,
line, to join the steam-boats at BlaCkwall-point for be, and the chairman alway Gravesend and other places on the river, and forming and at times was guided by their advice.
with the steam ferry at Blackwall, a direct communica. Mr. HENRY LEWIS 'imALE (a director) expressed his
tion with Camden-town and the London and North- concurrence in the remarks which had fallen from the'
Western Railway. I may also mention that there are deputy-chairnian, parties who contemplate the construction of docks in the The CHAIRMAN then put the question that the repoi,y.
Greenwich marshes adjoining the extension, which docks be adopted. The motion was agreed to, there being
would be a great advantage to this company, The cost onmlyro.nce dissentient.
of the extension from Charlton to Blackwell-point, in- OLES C
eluding the construction of a wharf and landing-place, posedthe
bill, determining
and of a steam ferry, and the other works included in the am as a resolution that, with a view 0
re should cease,
HILD said that atahe last meeting he pro-
and
at which "
bill, viz., carrying a dangerous footpath, now crossin the directorsshouldebcearpeitaquleexstreclto
the railway on level at Redhill, in a tunnel under the list °complete the works
line ; and substituting a level crossing on the Bricklayers' Imate of the amount requiredhat
nditusubmit a detailed
v. T estimate had been
Arms branch for a bridge, is estimated at 50,000/. I and lines of the
need say little about the project for effecting a juncti 1 given, and he movedcu mthpaat
the expenditure on account
of the station of the Reading, Guildford, and R i 011 , ceived and adopted, andestimate of 70,0001. be re-
capital be closed at 10,623,2531. 3s 5d.,
e gate i of the original branch, and the Great Western station* at Read' when expedient of the surplus pro-
outlay would be 10 0001- The' ~,
.ing, the 1 subject to realisation
and that, with the view of con-
) , Strood and perty a the comPanYy, a thatnt-b e

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