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London, England, 1853-03-16 00:00:00

FOREST OF WHICHWOOD.

On the motion of Mr. WILSON, leave was given to
bring in a bill for disafforesting the Forest of Whichwood.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. HENLEY urged an objection to the power given in
the bill of summary conviction and imprisonment without
appeal.
Mr. BARROW expressed his strong repugnance to this
power.

n Mr. FITZROY said that the bill would be nugatory if
clogged with such power of appeal. _

Die bill was then read a second time.

UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND).
On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, leave was
given to bring in a bill to regulate the admission of profes-
sors to lay chairs, &c., in the Universities of Scotland.
EXCHEQUER LOAN FUND COMMISSION.

The CHANOELLOR of the EXCHEQUER laid on the
table a return of the proceedings of this commission, ob-
serving that the gentlemen composing it had performed
their office gratuitously, and had saved the country a mil-
lion and a half of money.
Mr. DISRAELI said that he had never intended to
make any charge against these officers, and he now bore
testimony to the exemplar/ manner in which they had
fulfilled their duties.
The house then adjourned at eleven o'clock.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH-EASTERN.

The half-yearly report of the directors of this company
to be presented at the half-yearly meeting, on Thursday
next, says :

" The directors have to report, that the receipts of the
South-Eastern Railway Company for the half-year ending
on the 31st of January, 1853, have been 424,5471. hs. 9d.,
including 3801. 18s. 9d. received of the Brighton Company
for toll ; and the working expenses and renewals
151,0691. 13s. The sum of 6,2151. 15s. has been lad aside
for renewal of permanent way. The rates, taxes, and tolls
amount to 15,9801. 16s. 2d. ; the Government duty to
13,1711. 14s. 4d. ; the rents of the Greenwich, Canterbury,
and Whitstable Railways to 24,4151. ls. Bd. ; which sums,
in addition to the interest on the mortgage debt, South-
Eastern annuities and guaranteed stock of the company
74,2001. 12s. ld., make a total deduction from the gross
earnings of 285,0531. 12s. 3d. The profit and loss account
shows a credit of 8591. ll s. after providing for the last di-
vidend, also a sum of 1691. 3s. 4d. for dividend and
interest on Canterbury and Whitstable securities in the
hands of the company, and is debited with the sum of
3,2701. 55. 9d. for Parliamentary expenses, and 7881.45. Bd.
being one-third of the loss sustained by fire el the com-
pany's works at Ashford, leaving a balance mailable for
dividend of 136,4641. Os. sd. The total increme in traffic
for the last half-year, as compared with the corresponding
half-year ending 31st January, 1852, is 15,69 F. 12s. 4cl. ;
the through traffic to and from London and Folkestone,
and Dover and Ramsgate and Margate, for the half-years
ending as follows was :

To and from To and from
Folkestone and Dover. Ramsgate and Margate.
Jan. 31, 1851.-1E61,351 2 8 .• .. Z 1,792 611
Jan. 31, 1852 ... • 84,363 14 8 .• • • 9,821 6 2
Jan. 31, 1853.... 68,889 18 2 .... 13,810 10 9

Dec. under '52, X 16,473 16 6 .... Inc. over '52, 44,989 4 7

Inc. over'sl.. £7,538 15 6 .... Inc. over '5l, £5017 f 10
It will be observed that there is a decresae in tie traffic
to Folkestone and Dover of 15,4731.165. 6d. ; but the di-
minution in the continental traffic during the hslf-year,
as against the comparative half of the preceding rear, is
actually 18,9431. There is, therefore, an increase of 3,4691.
3s. &l. of traffic between London and Folkestone and
Dover, not attributable to continental traffic. The whole
increase, therefore, of domestic traffic during the half-year
is 34,634/. 12s. 4d., a fact which the directors cannot but
consider will be gratifying to the proprietors. Of this,
12,0471. 16s. 7d. is derived from the goods traffic; 4,9581.
4s. 9d. is to be attributed to hop traffic ; there was a dimi-
nution, however, during the half-year of 2,1324 7s. 9d.
owing to a deficiency in the crop of fruit and vegetables.
The foregoing tables show that the increase of passenger
and goods traffic during the half-year, compared. with the
corresponding half of 1851, has been 71,9291. 17s. 10d.
The directors renewed their application to the Government
for the privilege of having the bagq,age of passengers ex-
amined at the London-bridge terminus, whereby tit.° con-
venience of those persons who constitute the most
important class travelling between England and
France would be greatly enhanced, and it has been
conceded in favour of passengers arriving in London
by the mail leaving Paris at 7.30 p.m. The contract with
the Northern of France Railway Company, to continue
the fixed train at 8.10 aan. daily, from London-bridge ter-
minus to Dover, and the steam-packet service in connec-
tion therewith to Calais, will be in force to the Ist of July;
but experience serves to convince the directors that a tidal
service, in connection with express trains between London
and Paris, is the best thing for the accommodation of the
travelling public, and their endeavours will be given to
the improvement and maintenance of this service. In any
event, a train will leave the London-bridge terminus
daily, in correspondence with a steamer at Folkestone, so ss
to ensure the most rapid communication between London
and Paris via Boulogne ; and this service is accomplished
daily from London to Boulogne in four and a half hours.
It will be observed, that, notwithstanding the facilities on
the Greenwich branch have been continued throughout the
half-year by a train every quarter of an hour each way,
the traffic has diminished to the extent of 2,3891. 9s. 7d.,
whilst on the North Kent line, although there has been a
decrease of 67,243 persons in number, the increase in the
traffic receipts has been 3,968/. 17s. ld. In the half-year
ending on the 31st January, 1852, the number of miles
run by engines was 1,337,531 ; the coke consumed was
14,585 tons; the total coat being 13,6161. ls. lid., or
2.4432 d. per mile. During the last half-year, the number
of miles run by engines was 1,425,556 ; the coke consumed
was 16,910 tons, being an average of 26.574 lbs. per mile,
at a cost of 14,608/. 9s. &1., or 2.4597 d. per mile. The en-
gines, therefore, ran 87,825 miles more last half-year that
in the corresponding half of the preceding year, and con.
sumed 2,325 tons more coke, at an increased charge of
9921. 7s. 9d. The total running of the engines has cost
8.651 d. per mile, which includes 3.251 d. per mile of re-
pairs and renewals. The carriage and waggon stock of the
company is in good order ; the whole cost of repairs and
renewals of new for worn-out stock, during the half-year,
is charged to revenue. There is a charge to capital ac-
count for additional new stock of 6,316/. 18s. sd. The re-
turns of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line, since
its opening on 24th October, 1849, have been as follows :-
Partially opened, to 31st January, 1850, 7,666/. 12s. 4d.;
six months ending 31st July, 1850, 11,186/. lls. 6d. ; do.
31st January, 1851, 13,6871. 15s. 10d. ; do. 31st July,
1851, 14,700/. 17s. ld. ; do. 31st January, 1852, 16,8111.
15s. sd. ; do. 31st July, 1852, 14,769/. 3s. ; do. 31st
January, 1853, 19,0931. 7s. sd. When proper commu-
nications with the northern lines are established with the
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line, a large increase to
its traffic may bo anticipated. It will be observed
that were there an union of trains with the 5.20 a.m.
train from Dover, which conveys the mail leaving Paris at
7.30 the night before, via Red Hill and Reading, the mer-
chants of Liverpool and Manchester might receive their
correspondence leaving Paris at 7.30 p.m. by two p.m. on
the succeeding day. The advantages to the merchandise
traffic which would result from such arrangements are ob-
vious. The directors were compelled to enforce the rights
of the company as lessees of the Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate Railway by an action against the London and
South-Western Railway Company, who retained the whole
receipts on account of this company at Guildford, and
claimed against them a set-off of larger amount for tolls,
under an erroneous interpretation of the agreement be-
tween that company and the Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate Company. The directors first obtained a decision
in favour of this company in the Court of Exchequer; but
the directors of the London and South-Western Company
appealed from that judgment, and the judges, on a rehear-
ing of the case, in a court of error, affirmed the decision in
favour of the South-Eastern Railway Company, which sets
the question at rest, and the amount due to this company
has since been received. The charge in the account for the
maintenance of the permanent way during the last half-
year is large ; it is 18,449/. 17s. against 14,061/. 13s. 10d.
in the corresponding half-year. That increase is occasioned
by the outlay required in consequence of the heavy rains.
It was difficult at one period of the half-year to keep the
line open in a satisfactory state for the traffic. This object
was accomplished in a safe and substantial manner, though
at a great outlay ; the circumstances were not such as
would have warranted the slightest hesitation in provid-
ing ample means for ensuring safety. The accounts pre-
sented at the last half-yearly general meeting showed
that the sum of 88,7721. ss. was due from proprietors
in arrear of calls. During the last half-year, 29,977/.
13s. 4d. has been received from proprietors in as-rear,
and the sum now due on shares forfeited, and to be for-
feited, is 58,794/. lb. Bd. 49,378/. 18s. 4d. is due on ac-
count of shares, of which notice of forfeiture has been
given, and 9,415/. 13s. 4d. on shares of which notice of for-
feiture has been prepared for the present meeting. When
the resolution is passed,' the whole question may be dealt
with at once, and the capital account to that extent closed.
The amount of mortgage debt of the company on Jan. 31,
1852, was 1,997,060/., bearing interest at an average rate
of 4.375 per cent. per annum ; on July 31, 1852, the
amount was 1,859,9751., at 4.259 per cent. per annum; and
on January 31 last, the debt was 1,932,575/., bearing the
reduced interest of 4.1048 per cent. per annum. In addition
to the capital shown to have been expended to the 31st
January loausttay in works,lthedirec andtorsh buildingsavetostatenow
that tihnere willbe
a further progress,
which will reach the sum of 70,000/., and any outlay beyond
this sum must be in the discretion of the proprietors hav-
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directorsthe
prospective
will take the advantagest o
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placing the matter in a shape for their decision. It is right
to say that the settlement of the contractors' accounts up
to the present time has required a larger sum than had
been estimated, but the accounts open on the 31st January
are within moderate compass, and are not likely to occa-
sion any material variation from the estimates. If, when
full statements are prepared, the proprietors are of opinion
that hop and corn warehousesshould be erected at the Brick-
layers' Arms station, bonded warehouses at the London-
bridge terminus, and cottages and other auxiliary works on
the line, and that the locomotive and carriage and waggon
stock of the company should be increased, thenthe outlayof
70,000/. now proposed will be increased by 230,0001., and
make up a total stun, in addition to the capital expendedon
the 31st January, of 300,000/. The directors have taken
steps to realise the surplus property 'belonging to the com-
pany; but they are bound to state that, notwithstanding the
instructions given to them at the last general meeting, they
are not in a position to offer more than an estimate of what

the result will be, and that estimate they will submit to
the meeting. On the 15th November last, the directors
laid before the proprietors a summary of the measures
which they thought were then demanded for the protec-
tion and advancement of the interests of the South-Eastern
Railway Company. One of those was to effect a junction
or approximation of the stations of the Reading, Guild-
ford, and Reigate Branch, and of the Great Western Rail-
way, and as no arrangement has been offered by the Great
Western Railway Company, the bill for that, purpose is
proceeding, as is one for extending the North Kent line,
by the Angerstein branch, to Blackwall Point.. The di-
rectors are convinced that no wiser step can be taken by
the company than to continue the Greenwich Railway
through Greenwich-park, at a suitable time, so as to give
a direct communication between Greenwich and Woolwich,
and to Blackwall Point, to connect the Greenwich line
with the East and West India Dock Junction Railway by
a steam ferry. The opportunity for considering the mea-
sure for passing through Greenwich-park this year has not
been afforded, as the Astronomer Royal has not completed
the experiments with which he was charged by the Admi-
ralty. The directors deposited plans for the continuation
of the North Kent line from Strood to Maidstone, and
also for a line from Lewisham to Croydon and Bromley,
which they hoped to accomplish on joint account with the
Brighton Company. The directors commenced a correspon-
dence in October last with the directors of the Brighton
Cornpa,ny, suggesting to them the fitness of constructing
the Lewisham, Vromley, and Croydon extension at the
joint cost and on the joint account of both companies. To
this they had hoped that they had received and would meet
with a ready assent and co-operation ; but to their surprise,
witholit any notice to them, or any communication leading
to a supposition that such a measure was afloat, they
saw, in the public prints, inserted on the last day
which the standing orders of Parliament admitted of, a
notice that the Brighton and South-Western Companies
proposed to amalgamate. The Brighton Company offer
now to assent to the construction of the Lewisham, Brom-
ley, 4nd Croydon line on joint account, or to concur in its
withdrawal ; but the whole matter requires a more full
attention on the part of the proprietors than the directors
can invite in a half-yearly report. In obedience to the
resolution of the proprietors at the last half-yearly general
meeting, notice was given to the proprietors of the Can-
terbury and Whitstable Railway Company of the South-
Eastern Company's intention to exercise the option to
purchase the railway. The directors communicate with
satisfaction the report of the committee appointed by the
railway company and by the South-Eastern and Conti-
nental Steam-packet Company, with the object of assisting
the directors in proposing a plan for the amalgamation of
the interests of the two companies. A copy of the 'report
is annexed. It will be observed, that the committee had
'the steam-boats valued by the surveyors of Lloyd's,and
and that their -united recommendation is, that those team
ships be purchased at the valuation so arrived at, and that
thus the interests of the two companies become united.
In the bill for the purchase of the. Canterbury and Whit-
stable Railway, and for the purchase of the steam-boats,
permissive powers for the company to raise 500,0001. are
included. Nearly 100,0001. of this sum is required for the
purchase of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway,
99,4061.. for the purchase of the steam-boats, and 300,0001.
for the general purposes of the company. These subjects
will come before the proprietors for consideration at
a special meeting, which the directors will call for the
purpose, at' such time as the proprietors shall de-
termine, and as shall be consistent with the rules
of Parliament. The state of the money market in the
autumn, and the , speculative tendency which was
thereby induced, led to proposals for the construction of
various railways in Kent, interfering with the interests of
this company, and the completion of the railway system in
that district, and hence the suggestions contained in the
letter to the proprietors of the 13th Nov. The proprietors
at the special meeting which will be held, will no doubt
decide on these projects, not only with regard to their ab-
stract fitness at any time, but also with regard to the im-
mediate effect which their execution would have on 'the
company's position and interests generally. No further
communication has passed between the directors and the
promoters of a line from Strood to Chilham and Canter-
bury since the last meeting, except that the noble chairman
of that company called for a statement from the chairman
Of this company whether the report in the Times newspaper
of what passed at the general meeting of the South-Eastern
Company, held on the 9th of. September last, were correct,
and he was answered in the affirmative. The directors
have felt it to be their duty to appear as opponents to that
project in Parliament, and it will be necessary for the com-
pany to continue in the attitude of opponents in order to
prevent the company's interests being compromised. The
directors earnestly hope that the position of railway pro-
perty, and of railwayproprietors, maybe beneficiallyaffected
by the measures which result from . the labours of the com-
mittee of the House of Commons now sitting on the sub-
ject of railway amalgamation, and future railway legisla-
tion. The amount at the credit of the profit and loss ac-
count, 136,4641. Os. 5d., will allow of a dividend of Ils. per
301. stock, and will leave a balance of 1,5201. 12s. ld. The
increase which took place during last half-year in the do-
mestic traffic of the South-Eastern Railway gives the direc-
tors confidence in the position and prospective resources of
the company."

The following is the report of the committee of pro-
prietors of the South-Eastern Railway and the South?
Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Companies asso-
ciated with the directors to negotiate terms for the con-
solidation of the interests of the two companies :
" Your committee have to report that at their first meet-
ing, held on the 14th of October, 1852, an account of the
origin and history of the South-Eastern and Continental
Steam-packet Company was laid before them, and it was
resolved, ' That the chairman and committee of Lloyd's be
requested to appoint the surveyors of Lloyd's register of
shipping to examine and report the condition of the hulls,
materials, and machinery of the steam-packets now the pro-
perty of the Sonth-Bastern and Continental Steam-packet
Company, and their present value: The chairman and
committee of Lloyd's accordingly instructed Mr. Martin
and Mr. Courtenay to carry out the wishes of the com-
mittee, and these gentlemen furnished the following
report :

" `Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping,
" ' London, December 6, 1852,
" ' 3, White Lion-court, Cornhill.

" This is to certify that the undersigned surveyors to
this society did, at the request of G. S. Herbert, Esq., secre-
tary to the South-Eastern Railway Company and to the
South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company,
dated the 26th of October last, and in obedience to the
committee's commands of the same date, proceed at various
times to Folkestone, " for the purpose of ascertaining the
present state of efficiency of the eight steam-ships hereafter
mentioned, and their fitness for the purpose for which they
are intended, viz., plying between the ports of Dover and
Folkestone and Boulogne and Calais, in the service of the
South-Eastern Railway Company, also their present value."
We, the undersigned, having thoroughly examined the said
vessels, with their engines and equipment, are of opinion
that, when the inconsiderable repairs now in progress are
completed, the said eight steam-ships named at foot will be
in an efficient state, and we consider them well suited to
the service for which they are intended, and we estimate
their aggregate value at the sum of ninety-nine thousand
four hundred and six pounds (say 99,406/4, including hulls,
machinery, furniture, boats, and stores complete, also the
necessary repairs above-mentioned—Princess Mary, of 212
gross tonnage; Princess Maude, 233 ditto; Queen of the
Belgians, 216 ditto; Queen of the French, 216 ditto; Prince
Ernest, 247 ditto; Princess Clementine,`2BB ditto; Princess
Helena, 302 ditto; Lord Warden, 308 ditto.

JAMES MARTIN.
" PETER COURTENAY.'

" Your committee have resolved to recommend, for the
adoption of the proprietors of the two companies, the fol-
lowing resolutions, viz.:—That the sum of 99,4061., being
the valuation made on the 6th December by the surveyors
appointed by the committee of Lloyd's on the eight steam-
ships belonging to the South-Eastern and Continental
Steam-packet Company, viz., the Princess Mary, Princess
Maude, Queen of the Belgians, Queen of the French,
Prince Ernest, Princess Clementine, Princess Helena, and
Lord Warden, be the price at which, upon the passing of
an act of Parliament enabling the South-Eastern Railway
Company so to do, the steam-ships and other property in-
cluded in the report and valuation be taken over from the
South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company.
That to facilitate the settlement between the two com-
panies, the working of the steam-ships from the Ist Aug.,
1852, to the 31st January, 1853, shall be considered to bo
on account of the Steam-packet Company, and that the
sum of 99,4061. and the amount of the valuation of the
plant and stores on shore on the 31st January, 1853, shall
bear interest at the rate of 41. pei cent, from the Ist
January, 1853, until three months after the passing of the
act. That the proprietors of the Steam-packet Company
shall then have the option of receiving the amount respec-
tively due to them in cash, or in a debenture of the
South-Eastern Railway Company, at five years date,
bearing 41. per cent. interest per annum, and that at
the end of the five years, the steam-packet proprietors
shall have the option of receiving payment of that deben-
ture, or of converting it into the ordinary stock of the
South-Eastern Railway Company at par, provided three
months' notice in writing of such option be given, expiring
prior to the termination of the five years. Your committee
have every confidence that this proposed arrangement of
the relations of the two companies will be deemed by both
a fair and honourable compromise and settlement."
The report of the auditor says :•

" The capital expenditure of the half-year is 199,0661.
Us., the character of which may be thus indicated :—Main
line and Bricklayers' Arms extension : New sidings, tim-
ber cranes, turntables, approach roads, passenger sheds,
coal stores, and stabling at stations. Proportion of cost of
converting timber viaduct into an embankment, substitu-
tion of iron for wooden bridges, strengthening roof of the
station, cost of new weighbridge and paving, additions to
stock in the goods department, land purchases
and cost of apportionment of tithe-rent charge, and the carrying
pre-
paring for sale of surplus property.—North and Mid Kent
lines, Greenwich widening and London station enlarge-
ment : Balance of Mr. Brogden's contract, and legal ex-
penses attending the same. Land purchases, apportion-
ment of the rent charge, redemption of land tax, extension
of sidings, ballasting of new roads, erecting new sheds and
stabling,
timber cranes, turntables, bridges, signals, elec-
tric telegraph erection of waterworks and engine house,
asphalting and paving, and architect's charges.— Ashford
to Canterbury : Land purchases settled. New turntables
and waiting
Yooms.—Ashford station enlargement : Erec-
tion of gasworks, waterworks, foundry, carriage sheds,
cottages, and making new roads.—Tunbridge Wells and
Hastings : Balance of contracts for construction, extension
of sidings, approach roads, timber cranes, weighing ma-
chines, waiting rooms, and goods sheds, alteration in in-
clination of cuttings, 'and apportionment of tithe-rent
charge.—Ashford, Rye, and Hastings : Final settlement
of contractor's accounts. Land purchases and costs. New
schools at Ashford, cottages at Hastings and St. Leonards.
oApportionment
eoafaintgit,hGe
uirlednftordyaarngde
Raenigdate: redemption
Parlia-
mentary and law costs of amalgamation of the two compa-
nies. Approach roads, fencing, electric telegraph, cranes.
Apportionment of tithe-rent Charge, redemption of land
tax, preparing
for sales of surplus land. Locomotive de-
partment : The expenditure under this head is chiefly on
account of 179 new waggons in course of construction, and
which will form an addition to the working stock. A pro-
portion of the salaries of the engineer in chief and staff is
allocated to capital, in consideration of the superintend-
ence required by the lines and works in course of construc-
tion. The reserve fund, for tho renewal of permanent way
and works, has been increased by 5,5251., being the value
of old materials (principally rails) applied for new sidings,
and charged to capital—and has, in addition to ordinary
renewals, borne an expense of 6,3631. 13s. 3d. for works to
Gravesend basin and locks, proportion of conversion of
Bricklayers' Arms viaducrinte an embankment, the con-
struction of bridges and platforms, for damage done to the
embankments and the Strood tunnels by the heavy rains,
and for repairs to Dover sea wall. The sum of 5,1381. 6s.
has been expended in promoting the five bills now before
Parliament, referred to in the directors' circular of 15th
November, 1852 ; this sum, pending the consent; of the
proprietors and the decision of the Legislature, stands on
the credit side of the balance-sheet, with a view to a proper
distinction being preserved between the present and any

new capital which the company may be authorised to raise.
As to the closing of the capital account, we desire to reite-
rate the opinions we have previously expressed in reference
to that subject. The attainment of that important object
will be facilitated by the estimates which, by resolution of
the last half-yearly meeting, the directors were requested
to prepare, and upon the approval of which it appears to
us that the exact limits of the capital expenditure may be
finally determined, subject only to reduction by means of
the proceeds of surplus lands and property."
From the engineer's report it appears that—
" The total length of railway belonging to the South-
Eastern Railway Company open for traffic is equal to 2701
miles of double line. Of this length 54i miles are still
maintained by contract, and are charged against revenue
at the rate of 507. per mile for the half-year. The length
maintained by the company is there 216 miles. The sum
expended during the past half-year in wages, ordinary
stores, engine hire and staff for the maintenance of this
length of road has been 10,1097. 14s. 4d., or at the rate of
467. 16s. ld. per mile. This is an excess of the usual
cost, and was occasioned by the extra labour and watching
required in consequence of the extraordinary amount of
rain that fell during four successive months of the last
autumn. By the expenditure thus incurred, the company
was enabled to carry on the traffic of the line throughout
an unprecedented season. The effect of the season upon the
road has been most severe, but it is being remedied by the
introduction of a more efficient system of drainage, and the
substitution of creosoted sleepers for those found to be de-
cayed. Fresh ballast is at the same time being laid down
in most of the cuttings. These works will be carried on
without increasing the ordinary current expenditure of the
company in this department, The sum of 3,2327. 17s. Bd.
has been expended in the maintenance of the works. This
sum is also large, and the excess is due to the same cause.
The sum of 2,5967. Os. 2d. has been expended out of the
renewal fund in repairing such damages as exceed the na-
ture of ordinary works of maintenance. 7,246/. Bs. 9d.
has been expended in relaying various portions of the line.
This sum includes the cost of 18,000 creosoted sleepers,
and a proportionate quantity of chairs and other materials.
Upwards of five miles of additional sidings have been laid
down at various stations with the materials so replaced.
These sidings have been charged to capital at the market
value of the materials used, and the renewal fund has credit
for the same. The other works charged to the renewal
fund are the repairs and deepening of the Gravesend basin,
the completion of the earth-work on the Bricklayers' Arms
Branch, the partial reconstruction of bridges, and some
minor expenditure."

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARcn 11.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robert
Bunch, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at New York, to be
her Majesty's Consul at Philadelphia,
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 15.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Lan-
dell as Consul in Australia, to reside at Sydney, for his
Majesty the Emperor of Brazil.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 15.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Charles
Sargeaunt, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the district
of Natal, in South Africa.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 12.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint Duncombe Pyrke,
junior, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of
Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Robinson, retired.

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 15. •
The following Lieutenants to be promoted to be Cap-
tains, without purchase :-
3d Light Dragoons—Edward George Swinton.
9th Light Dragoons—William Richard Newport Camp-
bell.

10th Light Dragoons—Thomas Sargent Little.
14th Light Dragoons—Robert Johnston Brown.
15th Light Dragoons—John Macartney.
Bth Regiment of Foot—Ellis James Charter ; Robert
Stuart Baynes.
10th Foot—Robert George Jephson ; Charles Doyle Pat-.
terson.

18th Foot--Anthony William Samuel Freeman Arm-
strong ; Isaac Henry Hewitt.
22d Foot—Herbert George Bowden ; Robert Blackall.
24th Fodt—Charles Mackechnie ; Thomas Mayling Green
sill.

25th Foot—George Bent ; Charles D. Pogson.
29th Foot—Henry George Walker ; Sir George Mervyn
Nugent.

gd Fool—Henry John Davies ; George Jeffrey.
51st Foot—John Henry Dickson ; James William Mans.
field.

53d Foot—Thomas Moubray; Macartney Hume Oldfield,
60th Foot—Stephen Kenny ; William Hutchinson..
61st Foot—Andrew. Grant; Drought, Richard Croas.
daile.

64th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Francis ; Alfred Picton
Bowlby.
70th Foot—James Maxey Buchanan ; Archibald J.
Oliver Rutherfurd.

75th Foot—William Thomas*Smith ; Edward William
John Knox.

78th Foot—Alexander Mackenzie ; Douglas Hastings.
80th Foot--George Samuel Young ; William Frederick
Adams Colman.

83d Foot—lt. H. Payne Crawfurd ; John Sharman
Molony.
84th Foot—Spier Hughes; Alexander Half hide.
86th Foot—John Rees Croker ; Charles George Butler.
87th Foot—John Halkett le Couteur ; John Fitz-Gerald.
94th Foot—James Stewart Menzies ; George Dorehill.
96th Foot—R. F. W. Cumberland ; Herbert Vaughan
Mundell.

98th Foot—Henry Thomas Richmond ; Richard Young.
The following Cornets to be promoted to be Lieutenants,
without purchase :
3d Light Dragoons—Frederick Thomas Ongley Hopson,
vice Swinton.

9th Light Dragoods.—Robert Charles Kidd, vice Camp
bell.

10th Light Dragoons—Edward Martin Roper Stapylton,
vice Little.

14th Light Dragoons—John Pitt Kennedy, vice Brown.
15th Light Dragoons—George Barrington Price, vice
Macartney.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire.

William Wootton Abndey, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, March 4.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
George Ruddle, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March 12.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding

of Yorkshire.

Ist Regiment of West Riding Militia—John Roddam
Stanhope, Esq. • Edward James Maude, Esq.—to be Cap-
tains ; John Esq.
Richard Hewley Graham,
Henry Robert Baines Graham—to be Lieutenants, March 9.
3d Regiment of West Riding Militia—Thomas Marshall,
to be Lieutenant, March 9.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North
Riding of Yorkshire.
Captain Alan Frederick Cathcart, commonly called Lord
Greenock, to be Major, vice the Earl of Mulgrave, resigned;
the Hon. Amiss Charles Orde Powlett to be Captain, vice
Lord Greenock, promoted, March 7.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Regi-
ment March 12 ; the Hon.
of Militia--Lieutenant Alfred Hurst Lowe to be
Thomascalled
Stanley, Parker
tt to
Captain ; Robert John George Henry Hewitt, Gent., to be
Ensign. .
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancaster.
yLiPeuatreknearn,
t,Gviencet.,to
German,be
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Captain Montague Joseph Feilden to be Major, vice Hindle
vice Feilden, promoted, March 11 ; Lieutenant
'icholson to be captain, vice Parker, promoted,
deceased, Mevniarrihitl.
Stanley,lrn; Captain
commonlyresigned,
WilliambEb
be captain,
ci
yaaprtda Major,iHnN
Lieutenant, vice Meads, retired, March 11 ; En.
March.Thomasl2 ;
Woodcock Frederic Ttoownblee
sign
promoted, March 11 i Ensign Thomas Ellames Withington
to be Lieutenant, vice Worthington, resigned, March 12 ;
Thomas Hargreaves, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Clarke,
resigned, March 14.
The following article is substituted for that which
ap-
peared in the Gazette of the Ist March :
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham..
lets Militia—Ensign Frederick Brush to be Lieutenant,
Feb. 26.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire.
Royal Montgomeryshire Militia—Maurice Jones, Esq.,
to be Captain ; Henry Nicholls, Gent., to be Lieutenant ;
Herbert Owen Johnes, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 6.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant.of Ayrshire.
The Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire
Militia—Ensign John Crichton to be Lieutenant vice
Charles M`Vitie, deceased, Feb. 28. ,
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire.
Huntingdonshire Regiment of Militia—Arthur David
Veasey; Gent., to be Captain ; Francis Madryl Cheere,
Gent., to be Captain P • Frederick Nicholson Vane, Gent.,
to be First Lieutenant; Gilbert John Ansley, Gent., to be
First Lieutenant'; George John Rust, Gent., to be First
Lieutenant ; Arthur Pearse, Gent., to be Second Lieute-
nant, March 10.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Enoch Jones, ironfounder, Elton, Lancashire.
BANKRUPTS.

John Gaily Hartley and William Jubilee Reed, ship-
wrights, Rotherhithe, to surrender, March 11, at eleven, and
April 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Miller and
Horn, King William-street.
Joseph Dunthorn, corn and flour dealer, Broadwall,
Blackfriars-road, March 22, at half-past one, and April 26,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official
assignee ; Archer, Racquet-court, Fleet-street.
Robert Syer Hoggar, builder, Wolverhampton, March 31
and April 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Corser and Un-
derhill, Wolverhampton ; Motteram and Knight, Bir-
mingham.
Francis Young, draper, Union-place,
March 22, at half-past one, and April 26, a
, Reed,
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee -
Lanford, and Marsden, Friday-street.
Distract Couri. Lee,
8 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchesterand• son Robinson,c Man-
official assignee, Manchester ; Hig
Chester, April 7 and 28, at
,Manchester, April 5
Wt
twelvealw°r t h
road,
cheNfiteicrh.olas Crook, tailor and woollen-draper, Preston April
William Gill, fustian
nchester District Court_
and 26, at twelve, at
IClourtrd.. Lee,
official
or
a ffiy2:!si,-ai lnant assignee,;
erla
kv aEt, ats
th epee
ro
at
,f
igneetr,actloearn,Mchaester ; Sutcliffe, Hebdon-
Fbrrrdgere,. official ass
James Burgess, con
assignee, Manches
Basinghall-street ,•
April 1 and 22,
Nottingham Court. Harris, official assignee, ; Shilton and
William Butterworth,atten,graotcetrb,
the Birmingham
bNamottip.nigshtriamet,
eleven, at the Manchester
Son, Nottingham. ,stKnrictut
Francis Robert Graham, licensed victualler, fleet-street,
April 4, at one, and May 5, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.eSsteedrglDeyi
Willis, Queen-street, Cheapside ; Laurance, Plows, and
Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Robert Temple, grocer, Brisley, Norfolk, March 22, at
Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury
aDoyle,Johnson,nd April
O
hNNaioffer
Norfolk,
pastolk. two,ant

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
3. Barton' Sutton Valence, Kent, brewer, April 2, at
eleven—A. Belletti, West India Dock-road, Limehonse,
mahogany merchant, April 7, at eleven—J. Winzar, Salis-
bury apothecary, April 5, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
J. Roberts, Liverpool, grocer, April 6, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—G, Pryde, D. Jones, and J. Gibb, Liver-
pool, sailinakers, April 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool—S. Flatow, Leeds, jeweller, April 5, at half-past
twelve, at the Court, Leeds—S. C. Harrison, Sunderland-
by-the-Sea, linendraper, April 7, at half-put twelve, at

the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne--J. Burlingham, Worces-
ter, milliner, April 5, at twelve, at the Court, Birming-
ham.

PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS.

J. B. Drew, Williams-buildings, Old-street-road, car-
penter, 6d., on Saturday next and the three subsequent
Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
G. Bolton, Albany-street, Regent's-park, coachmaker,
15.90. on
.Saturday next, and the three subsequent Satur-
days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abchurch-lane, City.
R. J. Danovrfield, Dunstable, printer, 2s. 6d., on Satur-
day next, and the three subsequent aturdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-
lane; City. •

T. Sha'w, Birmingham, wholesale stationer, sid., any
Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Whitmore, Birmingham.
C. J. Wragge, Stourbridge, banker, ss. 3d., any Thurs-
day, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whit-
more, Birmingham.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
Aethe Court, Basinghall-street.
R. Grear, Bradley-terrace, Wandsworth-road, tallow-
chandler, April 6, at twelve—J. Tyars, New Crane Corn-
Shadwell, coal-merchant, April 8, at eleven.

• In the Country.
G. Coldwell, Ashton-under-Lyne, bootmaker, April 5,
at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—G. Rogers, Cheshire,
grocer, April 7, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W,
Mayfield, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocer and draper, April
8, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
J. Harper, Gloucester, hotel-keeper, certificate of the
first class—G. Gardner, Woolwich, and of Plumstead,
ironmonger, certificate of the first class—J. Emmens,
Elizabeth-street, Eaton-square, hay and straw salesman,
certificate of the second class—J. Franklin, Great Marlow,
tavern-keeper, certificate of the third class—W. Harknett,
Courland-grove, Larkhall-lane, Clapham, builder, certifi-
cate of the third class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. H. Lidbetter and J. Newnham, Tonbridge Wells,
brewers—. H. Lidbetter, E. Kelsey, and H. Kelsey, Ton-
bridge Wells, brewers—E. Cook, E. J. Cook, and G. K.
Cook, Stratford Saint • Mary, Suffolk, and Colchester,
Essex, auctioneers—J. Chadwick, J. Chadwick, jun., and
R. L. Chadwick, Eccles, cotton spinners—R. H. Warden
and T. C. Johnstone, Manchester, carpet manufacturers—
J. Russell, W. J. Horsfa.ll, and T. Wheeler, Risca, Mon-
mouthshire, iron and coal masters—J. Mawdesley and E.
Graham, Holcome-brook, Lancashire, cotton spinners—R.
0. Milledge and J. Sparshatt, Hilperton, Wiltshire,
brewers—J. Pye and E. Woods, Manchester, exhibitors of
panoramas—J. Walker and A. Burns, Liverpool, oil manu-
facturers—T.R. Lawrence and H. Neale, Sarum, plumbers
—W. Dredge and H. P. Stephenson, Robert-street,
Adelphi, civil engineers—W. L. Leplastrier and R. J. W.
Morgan, Chancery-lane, watchmakers—R. Castle and J.
Castle, Oxford, builders—M. L. Daynes and J. Meeds,
Keymer, Sussex, brickmakers—T. Gawthorp and M. Gaw-
thorp, Huddersfield, plumbers—J. Kemp and J. Kemp,
Trowbridge, linendrapers—T. Gilbert and J. Turner,
Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, grocers—W. E.
Heathfield and H. Burgess, Wilson-street, Finsbury, ex-
perimental chemists—G. Robinston and J. W. Wayman,
Sunderland, ship brokers.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Thomas Roberts, Henllan, Denbighshire, butcher.
James Frost, Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, licensed vic
tualler.

Henry Edward Swann, Brighton, Sussex, bookbinder.
William Ashton, Lincoln, plumber.
William Pyle, Lincoln, accountant.
Emerson Nichols, Longton, Staffordshire, stonemason.
John ' Haggardy Craske, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk,
baker.

Stephen Lushington Goodwin, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk,
fish merchant's clerk.

Mary. Harriet Ovules, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Edward Buck, Liverpool, attorney-at-law.
Thomas - Carwardine, Hanley-castle, Worcestershire,
farmer.

James White, Kempsey, Worcestershire, butcher.
James Hatton, Herne Bay, Kent, proprietor of bathing
machines.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

I. Middleton, Kincardine, woollen manufacturer, to meet
within the Commercial Hotel, Stonehaven, March 18 and
April 8, at one. . .

J.
J Young, Stirling, dealer in minerals, to meet within
the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk, March 18 and April 14, at
one.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERpIT.

Am5terdam............ 11 17% Gibraltar •• ••
Ditto, three months 11 19 %ILeghorn ..............30 15
Rotterdam • • .... 11 19 Genoa ................25 40
Antwerp .............. 25 30 Milan ................
Brussels ....... ..... 25 30 Venice ................
llamburgh ............ 13 8% Naples 41%
Albans ................ Palermo .............. 124%
Paris ........ • • .... 25 73¢ Messina .............. 125
Ditto, three months .• 25 30 Lisbon ................ 53%
Marseilles • • .... 25 32% Oporto 53%
Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ...
Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120 Buenos Ayre5..........
Berlin — New York, 60 days' sit.ht '
Vienna .. • •
Trieste .........• •.• • .. 11 6 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Petersburgh............ 38% Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9
Madrid 501, Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Cadiz .................. 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
8arce10na.............. New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
SeyWe ................ Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1%

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE-MARCH 15.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Nonpareil, from St. Michael's;
Lionne and Lion, Gravelines ; Wilberforce, Hambnrgh ;
Amor, Ghent ; Oriental, Sydney ; Two Brothers, Rouen ;
Emerald, Messina ; Eliza, Demerara; Melchior, Trieste ;
Julia Pepita, Havannah • Isaac, Dantzic ; Panama, Hobart
Town ; Duke of Lancaster, Mauritius ; Lady Kennaway,
Calcutta ; Isabella Hercus, Mauritius ; Mary Ann, Lisbon ;
Georgina, Mauritius.

ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—Lady Bird, for
Geelong ; 'ltavensbourne, Antwerp ; Seine, Boulogne ;
Leontine, Bremen ; Jesus,' Havannah ; Tiger and Wilber-
force, Hamburgh ' • Panama, Hobart Town ; Excel, Ant-
werp ; Esperance, Rouen ; Catharine, Elsinore; Chryialis,
Madras ; Rubicon, Kurrachee ; City of Paris, Boulogne
Samuel Bernard, Rouen ; Treasure, Port Philip ; Menem,; Sydney ; King Alfred, Bermuda.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Geertina, for
Wolgast ; Truth, Brussels; Juno, Sydney ; Immanuel
and Sjamke, Hamburgh ; Panther, Ostend; Neptune,
Hamburgh ; Concordia, Rotterdam ; Seine, Boulogne ;
Menai, Calais ; Ceres, Rotterdam.

LIVERPOOL, March 15.—The barque Wenham, arrived
yesterday from Baltimore bad a portion of her cargo
(wheat) pumped up, having experienced very bad weather,
which caused her to leak.
CUXHAVEN, March 12.—The George Canning, from New
York to Hamburgh, is on shore on Sand Reef, and lies in
a dangerous position.
HALIFAX, March 3.—The Winchester, from Liverpool
to New York, was assisted in here, Feb. 28, with consider-
able damage, having encountered a severe gale Feb. 20.
SHOREHAM, March 13.—The Georges (French smack),
from Cherbourg, in attempting the harbour to-day at half
ebb, went ashore at the back of the West Pier, where she
now lies.
SALONICA, Feb. 24.—1 t blew a heavy gale at E.S.E., on
the 19th and 20th, which did considerable damage to the
small craft, barges, buoys, and stores near the shore, and
several vessels are reported to have been lost on the coast ;
several vessels drove from their anchors, and much valu-
able property was saved by the prompt and able assistance
rendered by the captain of the Turkish brig of war,
Kevsefer.

CALCUTTA, Feb. s.—The Governor Higginson, loaded
for London, was totally destroyed by fire, at Madras,
Jan. 25.

HONG KONG, Jan. 28.—The Bangalore, from Port Philip
to Shanghai, put in here Jan. 18, after being well to the
north of Shanghai, when for twenty-six days she encoun-
countered a series of gales from N. to N.E., which drove
her to the southward.

QUEENSTOWN, March 14.—A ship, with masts and bow.
sprit gone, and supposed to be waterlogged, was passed,
March 4, in lat. 40 N., long. 10 W., by the Science, ar•
rived here.

and coming in contact with
after having broken her chains,
PARIS, March 15.—The Privat put into Carlo Forte,
two French vessels, was thrown on the rocks on the coast,
on the night of the 24th of February ; crew saved. The
llenriette Armandine, of Rouen, which put into Bahia on
the sth of Janry, had received damage, having touched
the Bar in leaving the river Cotinginba, and would pro-
bably be condemned.
ELSINORE, March B.—The Sound is constantly filled with
drift ice, and is sufficiently strong to impede the naviga-
tion. The Borussia, of Memel, and the Thetis, of Born-
holm, drifted past Cronberg Castle in the ice to-day.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—The Marie Laurie, of Marseilles,
went ashore on Pemba Island, east coast of Africa, Nov.
14 and became a total wreck. The Italy, from New
Orleans, for Genoa, was fallen in with, abandoned, in lat.
32, long. 79,
Feb. 15, by the Males, Gardner, arrived
here ; the Italy had been on shore on Manilla Reef, Feb.
24. A French brig, laden with coffee, was lost on Man-of-
War Key, Abaco, previous to Feb. 12. Fears are enter-
tained respecting the Fairy, Holbrook, for this port, which
has bee
Stn out 115 days, from Gibraltar.' The Susannah,,
from . Domingo to this port, which put into Nassau N.P., Jan. 29, leaky, has discharged her cargo, and has
commenced repairs.
CAGLIARI, March s.—The Robert Moffatt, of and from
Newcastle, for Calvi, was stranded at Porto,Paglia, on the
west coast of this island, Feb 25 ; crew (except the chief
mate) drowned; cargo
expected
to be saved and perhaps
the hull of the vessel. The Contractor, Stewart, cleared
at Demerara, Nov. 2, for London, andhas not since been I
heard of.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Thetis, from London, Feb. 25, lat. 42 N., long.
12 W.
The Soren Winkel, from Aalborg, March 3, lat. 44 N.,
long. 10 W.
The Belle Creole, steering W., March 9, lat 47 N., long.
12 W.
The Cambria (s), March 3, between Boston and Halifax.
An American barque, Bth, lat. 49 N., long. 36 W.
A brigantine, steering E. 9th, lat. 50 N., long. 33 W.
The Lady Bannerman, Rowena, and Atkinson, off Cape
de Gat t.

The Czar, Dundee to St. John, New Brunswick, March
1, lat. 49, long. 28.
The Gem, Liverpool to Genoa, Feb. 27, lat. 38 N., long.
12 W.
The Brothers, Calcutta to Hull, March 7.
The Stirlingshire, Cardiff to Valparaiso, Dec. 28, lat. S.,
long. 50 W.

The Serenus, Sunderland to Madras, lat. 38 S., long. 71.

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