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London, England, 1854-08-30

ARRIVALS, &c., AT MALTA.

MALTA, AUGUST 22.
The following troop and store•ships have touched at this
;land for water :

On the 14th the French steam-frigate Ajacio, from
Toulon, with 11 sailors for the fleet-

On the 17th, the Oronoque frigate, from Toulon, with
120 troops and 145 sailors.
On the 18th, the Caffarelli frigate, from Toulon, with
100 sailors, 1 officer, and 2 artillerymen.
Besides the above a great many small transports, with
men and horses, have touched here. Among the English
may be noted as having arrived—
On the 12th, the Trent steamer, from Barcelona, with
298 mules.
On the 15th, the Sea Nymph, and
On the 17th, the Industry, both with stores and provi-
sions for the troops at Varna.
On the 18th inst. the 3ledway steamer, from Wool-
wich, with 211 men of the Royal Artillery, 30 horses, 5
artificers, and the following Officers :—Major Freese, com-
manding ; Lieutenants Guille, Keen, Turriano, and
Broughton ; Staff-Sergeant W. Haughton, in charge; and
Messrs. Doherty anti Gilbery, of the cominisaariat. The
Medway male a prosperous voyage until she passed
Gibraltar, when Asiatic ch le a broke out, caused by the
immoderate quantities of fruit in waich the troops and
crew indulged, and accelerated, perhaps, by the vessel
being overcrowded. On her passage from Gibraltar six
soldiers and two of the crew died ; on the 19th two more
died in the Lazaretto here, and on the 20th another death
and three now cases Occurred. To-day there are two
deaths and eight new attacks. Captain Boynton was at-
tacked, but after an intarview with Dr. Stewart, of the
Naval Hospital, returned to his ship and put to sea at 7 30
p.m. of the 20th.

Among men and officers left behind are about 160,
but beyond the cases above reported their state of health
is now improving. Th 3 coalheavers employed on board,
after slight suffering, are doing well.

On the 20th, arrived tho English serew.stemer, No.
121, Cottiogham, having on board Captain Weatherhead,
of the 05th Regiment ; Lieutenants Neville and England ;
Assistant-Surgeons Bayfield, Hamilton, Wolsely, and
Carter; of these two are for the staff, and two to join the
20th Regiment.

On the 20th the Progress came in laden with hay and
oats for 'Varna. The captain, on hearing that cholera pre-
vailed, hoisted the quarantine flag, and refused communi-
cation with the island. When about to proceed on his
voyage, 17 of the crow refused to weigh the anchor and
struck work. They were taken before the magistrate, and,
having been offered the choice of going on board or accept-
ing the consequences of a refusal, declined the former and
eoetne4 to prefer the latter, Four, marked Al the
London, England, 1854-08-30

PRUSSIA.

Letters from Berlin, of the 26th, received at
Paris yesterday, state that M. Benkendorff had not
then arrived, but was expected on the following
day. He was to be the bearer of the Russian note.
It was generally thouglit that the King of Prus-
sia was at length decidedly disposed in favour of an
alliance with Austria and the Western Powers.
London, England, 1854-08-30

RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS.

A letter from Varna, dated the 12th, published
in the Moniteur, states that the Russians were
then continuing their retreat, and that nothing bad
occurred up to that period of a nature to indicate
with any precision the positions they intended to
take up in presence of the danger which would
hereafter menace them upon their Bess2rabian
frontier. The arrival of Dervish Pacha was hourly
expected, he having been nominated by the Porte
to represent, in the quality of a commissioner, the
sovereign authority inihe principalities. The letter
adds that the loss by the fire which broke out in
the night between the 10th and 11th inst. was un-
important, and that it would have no effect upon
the operations of the allied armies. The intensity
of the epidemic had considerably abated, and the
cases, now becoming- rare, were generally followed
by a speedy recovery,
London, England, 1854-08-30

NEWRY AND ENNISKILLEN.

The haY-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the
Guildhall Coffee-hotse. City.
W. F. SrAcKnakr, Esq., took the chair.
The CHAIRMAN Said he had a-few remarks to make. jr
the first plac•?. he would congratulate them on the posi-
tion of their affairs at prestst to what it .wee On a former
occasion. Their working expenses had been 3051. The
directors had a troublesome and expensive correspond-
ence with the Dublin and Belfast Compaq, in which
they offered to yell them the line. or to lease it at a price
less than Mr. Dargan offered to the company. To these
overtures no assent was given.
After soine observations from a few proprietors, the
report was adopted, and the directors and auditor were
elected.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the ellaairrop, and
the meeting adjourned.

NEWRY, WATERPOINT, AND ROSTREVOR.
•7
The seventeenth'fiaif-yearly meeting of the above rai..
way was held yesterday in the Clarendon-rooms, South
ohn-street, Liverpool, at 11 o'clock, Francis -Shandy
Esq., Chairman of Directors,.presiding.
The traffic returns upon the line continue to show.
some increase over that of the corresponding half-year of
1853, although the addition anticipated from the opening
of the Newry and Enniskillen line to Gorah Wood has
not been realised. The directors have to express their
gratification that the liabilities of the company have been
so far arranged, by conversion into debentures, bearing
five per cent. interest, as to get rid of,all disputes, with
consequent legal charges, and that the amount outstand-

mminlk
in 4, with the exception of the Irish Law Dill, is now rk--
duced to 2731 3s. 31.
Toe report ant the statementof accounts hay'nz been
adopted, the proceedings, which only oJcapied a few
minutes, then ciosed.

OXFORD, WORCE3TER, AND WOLVER-

NI PTO N..

meeting was held yesterday at the
LondonThehaTlfa-yveeratarlT
Bishopgate-street. J. Parson, Rig.,
took the chair, in the absence of Capt. Rushout, M.P.
The report has already appeared.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and
the declaration of a dividend of 2 per cent. for the half-
year on the preference shares.
An amendment was moved for leaving .ut that part
of the report relating to the broad gauge, but it was
negatived.
The report was then adopted, and a dividend of 2
per cent. for the half-year on the preference shares was
agreed to unanimously, and the meeting adjourned.
London, England, 1854-08-30

THE RUSSIAN ANSWER TO THE DEMAND

OF AUSTRIA.

The folloWing telegraphic despatches has been
received :

VIENNA, Tuesday.—The Russian answer to the
demand of Austria has arrived ; but Prince
Gortschalloff delays its formal communication until
the return of the Emperor to Vienna.
VIENNA, Wednesday.—The Presse states that
the Russian head-quarters were at Berlad on the
25th, and will be in Jassy on the 2d of Sept.
The Russian hospitals and magazines are being
removed to Bessarabia, but the troops are sta-
tionary.
The Russians are still at Galatz.

The Moldavian militia, having received orders
to join the Russian army, intend to rise in a body.

THE ALAND ISLANDS.

yesterday announces that the
Governments
M
ernmenntetisoufr of
England and France have resolved
to destroy the fortifications of Aland, and that
Bomarsund will be evacuated.
London, England, 1854-08-30

CHOLERA.

The Medical Officer of Health reported the cases
of cholera, 61 in number, which had occurred in the
whole city during the four weeks ending Monday, the
28th instant, and stated the gratifying fact that, it+
consequence of the vast exertions of the commission.
the dreadful disease had nut appeared in a severe
form in any of the districts of the city, where on
former occasions it had assumed the very worst
features. The Medical Officer also stated that he had
felt it to be his duty to adopt measures by which, in
cases where owners of property in the city bad not con
formed to the orders of the court to amend their houses
and put them in proper condition, the neglect might
undergo investigation before an inquest jury in case 01
a death from cholera on any such premises, and the
responsibility be fixed upon the party answerable for
such preventable evils.
The commissioners most warmly expressed their ad-
miration of the vigorous and skilful zeal of the Medicai
Officer of Health, and congratulated their fellow-citizens
upon the comparative sanitary condition of the populous
districts within their jurisdiction. Several parties,
whose premises had been neglected by themselves, and
repaired by the commission, were ordered to be sued for
costs.

The Blenheim, Indiaman, Failed from Spithead yester-
day, at five p. in., for Calcutta, full of passengers.
TEE MILBANK CONVICTS AT DORCHESTEII. --The
excitement in Dorchester on the subject of the recent re-
moval of the healthy portion of the convicts from Mil-
bank prison to the vacant military barracks in that town
is gradually subsiding, and as the prisoners all continue
healthy, and many of the local tradesmen have received
extensive orders for provisions and other necessaries, the
Government decision is regarded rather as a boon than
otherwise to the inhabitants. In the establishment it-
self operations are going on quietly. Some extensive
buildings are in contemplation, for which the plans and
sections have been approved by the Government. The
high wall at present entirely surrounding the barracks
is to be immediately carried considerably higher : and
other alterations, it is said, will be made with the view
of forming the buildings into a permanent convict es-
tablishtnent, auxiliary to the Government depot in the
Isle of Portland. The warders from Milbank have
been accommodated within the establishment, and a
number of the Coastguard have been billeted at the
various public-houses in the town. The only additional
precautions at present. adopted for the safe custody of
800 convicts are the erection of perpendicular iron
bars to the outside of the windows, and the removal of
the partitions from the passages leading to the
apart-
ments over the stables. There is, however, a guard
f
kept at each entrance, for the twofold purpose of
_
dm of
strangers into the establishment. The convictsa are at
preventing the convicts escaping and the
admission
present exercised, by circular parades, under the inspec-
tion of the warders, but, as more activet.weaving
appa.
and
profitable
occupation is imperatively needed, ama
ratus hae been ordered.
London, England, 1854-08-30

GREAT BATTLE AT KARS.

Letters from Constantinople of the 20th an-
,
nounce that a great battle had been fought on the
7th before Kars.
The result of the combat was indecisive.

The loss on both sides was reckoned at 5,000
men. Hassan Pacha was killed, and Mustapha
Pasha wounded in the action.
Three Russian Generals were disabled.

THE RUSSIAN ANSWER TO THE DEMAND
OF AUSTRIA.

The following telegraphic despatches bas been
received :

VIENNA, Tuesday.—The Russian answer to the
demand of Austria has arrived ; but Princo
Gortschakoff delays its formal communication until
the return of the Emperor to Vienna.
VIENNA, Wednesday.—The Presse states that
the Russian bead-quarters were at Berlad on the
25th, and will be in Jassy on the 2d of Sept.
The Russian hospitals and magazines are being
removed to Bessarabia, but the troops are sta-
tionary.
The Russians are still at Galatz.

The Moldavian militia, baying received orders
to join the Russian army, intend to rise in a body.

THE ALAND ISLANDS.

The Moniteur of yesterday announces that the
Governments of England and France have resolved
to destroy the fortifications of Aland, and that
Bomarsund will be evacuated.
London, England, 1854-08-30

RAILVIAIIi.

Aberdeen
Asnbg Nottng. Bost.
and Eastu. Junct...
Belfast & Ballymena.
Binning. Wo &
Stour Valley
Birkenhd. Lanesh.
Cheshire Junct
Do. Chesh. At
£5O had £25 Cons.
Myth & Tyno origina
£25 (issd. at £45
.

Bristol and Exeter...
Caledonian
Chester & Holyhead.
Cork and Bzindon...
Cork, Black, &Pass
Cornwall

Orloff Junction
Dublin&BelfastJunc.
Dundee PerthdtAber
deeu Junction
Do. New ......
London, England, 1854-08-30

EGYPT,

ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 20.—Fereed Effendi, a man
in high office in the Sultan's household, arrived on
the sth inst. with the firman constituting Said
Pasha Viceroy of Egypt, and it was publicly read
in the citadel of Cairo in the presence of the
European consuls, officials, and dignitaries who
were there assembled for the purpose. The new
Viceroy returned to Alexandria on the 12th, when
the town was brilliantly illuminated for two nights,
and on the 14th his
Highness
left for Constanti-
nople to receive from the hands of the Sultan his
formal investiture of the Pashalic of Egypt.
Before his departure, Said Pasha ma,le all the
necessary arrangements in the administration or
affairs, and appointed new men to every post of
confidence, and during his absence the Govern-
ment will be carried on by a Council formed by the
Princes of the Viceregal family, his brothers, and
nephews.
Elfy Bey, the President of the Council, under the
late Abbas Pasha, who had attempted a diversion
of the Pashalic in favour of Abbas Pasha's son,
died of dysentery on the 7th inst. Fear must have
contributed much to Elfy's death, as he had twice
acted in such a manner as to bring down upon
himself Said Pasha's anger.
The Nile is rising very slowly this year, so that
the next year's crops may not be of an average
abundance. Trade is dull and prices of produce
are falling.
London, England, 1854-08-30

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT,

[The following article is substituted for that which ap
peared in the Gazette of the 23d of June last.]
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 20.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of L Angusl
Wehner as Consul in London for his Majesty the King of
Hanover.
London, England, 1854-08-30

LONDON, WEPNESDA Y

THE WAR

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.

The Malacca, 14, screw-sloop, has arrived at Spithead.
Her engines have broken down in coming from Sheerness.
The Rhadamanthus paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Master
Commander John Belem, is now ready for sea, and only
awaits the Diligence store-ship, being loaded with the ma-
chinery of the Falcon screw steam-sloop, to tow the Dili-
gence to Portsmouth. Two of the crew of the Rhada-
'nautilus got into trouble on Saturday last, through some
quarrel with their sweethearts, as during the misunder-
standing one of them struck a police-constable, for which
he was fined 51. by the presiding magistrate, on Momiay,
and the ocher 11. for being riotous and treat'ng a disturb-
ance. On the rest of the crew of the steam store-ship
being made acquainted with the sentence on their mess-
mates, forty-six of the crew voluntarily subscribed a suffi-
cient sum to pay the fines, and prevent their messmates
being sent to prison. The magistrate considerately reduced
the fine of 5/. to T.

The Vivid, Master Commander Allen, went out of
Portsmouth Harbour yesterday afternoon, and down to
Cowes.

THE COLOSSUS.
The Colossus, 80, strew, Captain Spencer Robinson, was
swung yesterday at Portsmouth, hulk and all, by Mr.
Peter Wellington, attached to the Victory, to ascertain
the deviation of her compass. The Colossus has completed
outside painting, and looks a picture. She has only to re-
ceive her 70 days' consumption of bread, when she will be
ready to leave the harbour. After she has received her
powder and shells at Spithead, her lower port sills will be
about six feet six from the water's edge. The Colossus is
now wishing to complete her complement with A.B.s only,
•having refused many ordinaries. Barring her orlop-deck
model fighting ship; and as handsome a vessel
•zus evor,eiA upiei:#4o moreover, is' perfect;
and coDamands te attention 'ot
London, England, 1854-08-30

all Agua Fria .. ........
all Anglo Austrin. Gold
all Anglo Californian
2 Australasian
6 Australian

all Australian Cordillera
all Australian Freehold ,
all Ave Maria

all Baden (Gd.llaelly of)
all Blmnarvon Iron and

Coal
all IBritish Austrin. Gold
13. 51British Iron
44 Brazilianlmp.(issued
at £5 pm
all Do. Comes & Culatia
15 Do. St. John Del Rey
Carsons's Creek
all Cobre Copper
1 Colonial Gold
16 Copiapo
all Copper MM. of Eng.
all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent.
all English and Austin.
Copper Smeltg. Co
all General
all Gt. NuggetVeiußeg.;
2 Do. Registered
all Great Polgooth
all Lake Bathurst
all Liberty
all Linares
all Lond. &Californ. Gold

Quartz Crush. Co :
all Hariquita
9 Mexieau&S.Amerien.
all New Granada

all New Linares Mining
and Smelting C 0...,
all Nouveau Monde
all Pontgiband Silva'
I. ad Min. & Smelt
1 Port Philip
all Quartz Rock
all Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New

11 I Santiago de Cuba
all South Australian
7 Tin Croft ........
all United Mexican
all Waller

all West Granada
all West Mariposa
12s. Worthing Mining of
Australia
all Yuba
London, England, 1854-08-30

OXEN FOR SALT BN:EF

ai shag from time to time be demanded between the 2d October
next, and the 31,1 varch next.

I It. conditioi s of the Contract may be seen at the said office, ,r
on application to the Superintct dents of the Victualling Yards at
Deptford, Gosp, rt. and Plymouth
No "I ender will be received after One o'clock, on the day of treaty,
nor any noticed, unless made on the printed form provided for the
burpose. but it will n t be necessary that the party tendering, or'en
ngent appointed by him, should attend at this office, as the result of
the offer received from each pet scn will be communicated to him In
writing.

Eveiy tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
nd near in the lest•hand corner the words " Tender for Oxen,"
and must also be delivered at Somerset House, accompanied by a
letter Ahmed 1-,y two responsible persons. engaging to become bound,
with the person tendering, in the sum of 5001. for the due perform-
ance of the Contract for each port.
London, England, 1854-08-30

BELGI UM.

THE RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY.
All that is known con cerning the cause of the
resignation of the Belgian Ministry is, that they
expected to be in a minority at the next meeting of
the Chambers upon certain questions. The Einan-
cipation, merely says:—"
On Tuesday last Messrs. Liedts and Piercot re-.
turned from Ostend to assist at a Cabinet Council,- in
which the contingent resignation of the Ministry was
warmly discussed. M. Liedts afterwards proceeded to
Ostend, and M. Piercut remained in Brussels. On
Friday morning, M. de Brouckere, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, convoked anew his colleagues, and insisted on
the necessity of an immediate and collective resignation.
His opinion having prevailed, in the evening all the
Ministers tendered their resignation to his Majesty.
The Liberal Association has thus succeeded in over-
throwing a.l C tbinet whose sole crime was the having
refused to undergo the yoke attempted to be imposed
upon it. The ex-Ministers had the courage to resist
the pretensions of twat party, but were afraid to meet
the Parlianientary opposition which menaced them."
SPAIN.

A despatch has been received from Bayonne an-
wincing that Queen Christina loft Mulricl for
Lisbon at seven o'clock on the evening of the pre-
ceding day (Monday). Her departure,was not ob-
structed.
Letters from Madrid of the 24th announce that
the Royal denree has appeared suppressing the so-
called Junta--; of Safety and Armament which had
been formed in the provinces.
The Government also proposes to close the clubs.
Three perCdnt,;., 34.40.

A despatch from Bayonne of the 29th announces
Vtat the Spanish Government has obtained a loan
of 65,000,000 of reals, secured on the revenue of
Chiba.
London, England, 1854-08-30

MARKET NE WS--(TITIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
The show of English wheat in to-day's market was
chiefly composed of new qualities, in excellent condition,
many of the samples weighing 641bs per bushel. Very few
millers were in attendance, and the trade was in a de-
pressed state, at Monday's decline.
Foreign wheat was in full average supply, and heavy
request. Prices were nominally the same as last advised.
Floating cargoes were considerably lower to purchase.
The barley trade Wai very dull, and the quotations had
a downward tendency. In malt scarcely any business was
doing.

Oats moved off heavily, and the quotations were not
supported. •

Beans, peas, and flour were almost nominal. The top
price of English flour was 55s per 280 lbs.

ARRIVAL* TIIIS IVESIL.
Wheat. Barley. 1I alt. 1 Oats.
1,050 20 1,770 llO
1,1:.0
6,040 i 3,130 12,046

English ..
Irish .. ..
Foreign ..

Flour.
740

120sks
400brl

WHITECHAPEL.
The sale for each kind of meat was heavy, as follows :
Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb,
4s 2d to 5s 4d ; veal, 2s 10d to 4s Od ; pork, 3s 4d to
4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
There is a slight improvement in the demand for most
kinds of hops, at very full prices. Duty, 50,000/. to
55,0001.
London, England, 1854-08-30

RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS.

A letter from Varna, dated the 12th, published
in the Moniteur, states that the Russians were
then continuing their retreat, and that nothing ha.)
occurred up to that period of a nature to indicate
with any precision the positions they intended
take up in presence of the danger which would
hereafter menace them upon their Bessarabian
frontier. The arrival of Dervish Pacha was hourly
expected, he having been nominated by the Porte
to represent, in the quality of a commissioner, the
sovereign authority in the principalities. The letter
adds that the loss by the fire which broke out in
the night between the 10th and 11th inst. was un-
important, and that it would have no effect upon
the operations of the allied armies. The intensity
of the epidemic had considerably abated, and the
cases, now becoming rare, were generally followed
by a speedy recovery.
London, England, 1854-08-30

CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS

Yesterday the Commissioners assembled in the Guild-
hall for the first time since the holydays ; Deputy Pea-
cock in the chair. There were but few members present,
and the paper of business was a blank.
It was stated that during the last month the officers
of the commission had been most actively employed in
surveying the crowded localities of the city, and that,
under the direction of the Medical Officer of Health,
much work of cleansing and purifying had been accom-
plished.

Mr. Daw, chief clerk, stated that he had obtained the
consent of the New River Company to supply water for
purposes of cleansing courts and alleys during the present
season, on demand of the inspector of nuisances. That
consent had proved extremely advantageous, and had
been acted upon vigorously, especially in the poor and
crowded districts.

It was stated that the slaughter-houses bad been care-
fully examined, and Mr. D. Stubbing, of Leadenhall-
market, and Mr. Sawtell, of Newgate-market, had been
summoned before the magistrates for non-compliance
with the rules of the commissioners, and severally fined
in penalties and costs.
London, England, 1854-08-30

GREAT BATTLE AT KARS.

Letters from Constantinople of the 20th an-
nounce that a great battle had been fought on the
7th before Kars.
The result of the combat was indecisive.
The loss on both - sides was reckoned at 5,000
men. Hassan Pacha was killed, and Mustapha
Pasha wounded in the action.
Three Russian Generals were disabled.
London, England, 1854-08-30

BLACK ;BALL.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at the London Tavern. Captain Mangles took
the chair. • _ _

The report has appeared in print.
The CHAIRMAN apologised for the absence of Mr.
Daniel, through illness. He had to compliment their
engineer on the stability of his works, as well as their
traffic manager on the safety with which their line was
managed in regard to accidents. Their traffic was enor-
mous. It would give some idea of the arduous duties
of their manager when he stated that they bad 280 trains
a day. He was happy to congratulate them on the
prospects of the Tilbury line, where the traffic was gra-
dually increasing, and would no doubt turn out more
steady than that of any steam-boat company. The chair-
man having regretted the loss of Mr. Alderman Thomp-
son, moved the adoption of the report.
JOSIAH WILSON, Esq., seconded the motion.
Mr. SMITH wished to know whether they had any
binding agreement with the Eastern Counties Company,
in respect to the extension works, and front which such
an increase of revenue bad been prognosticated?
The CHAIRMAN said they had a direct claim of 2,5001.
a year on an outlay of 50,0001. (Hear, hear.) •
The report was then adopted.
A dividend of 3s. 3d. per share was agreed to unani-
moußly.

Aft-er a vote of thanks had been passed to the chair-
man and directors, the meeting adjourned.

LIVERPOOL, CROS.BY, AND SOUTHPORT.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at
Liverpool, yesterday afternoon, at the Clarendon Rooms;
R. HORNBY, Esq., in the chair. The gross receipts for
traffic during the past half-year amount to 15,7491. Os,
9d., showing an excess of 2,3581. Is. over the corres-
ponding period of 1853. This increase was more than
absorbed by the additional charges for the tolls, 8891.
12s. 6d., and for working expenses, 1,774/. Bs. Bd., re-
spectively, as compared with the like period of 1853.
The balance available for dividend is 2,150/. 141. 84d.,
but under existing circumstances the directors recom-
mended that this sum be carried forward to the current
half-year. After the report had been received and
adopted, the meeting separated.
London, England, 1854-08-30

NORTH-EAST ERN.

Yesterday the Exst meeting of the shareholders of this
company, which, ai our readers arc aware, is an amal-
gamated company, the parties to such amalgamation
being the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, the York and
North Midland, and the Leeds Northern Railway Com-
-anies, was held at the Festival Concert Room, York,
lone o'elock. There was a very numerous attend-

nee of the shareholders, the chair beino• occupied by
James Pulleine, Esq., who had recently °been chosen
unanimously as chairman of the new company.

The CHAIRMAN addresied the meeting, observing that
they were met together for the first time as the share-
holders of the new amalgamated company, and, he be-
lieved the amalgamation would afford increased facilities
for bringing out the traffic, and rendering it as profitable
as the railway was capable of. the traffic, he was happy
to observe, was going on increasing week after week at
the rate of about 3,0001. as compared with the corres-
ponding periods of last year. This was a gratifying
result. In conclusion, the chairman moved the adop-
tion of the report, a copy of which had been in the hands
of the shareholders for some days, and which was taken
as read at the beginning of the meeting.
Mr. CRAWFORD moved an amendment. --

The amendment was put, when only 17 hands were
held up for it, and the report was then carried almost
unanimously.

A motion for allowing the directors 1,0001. per annum
for their services was agreed to nem. con.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend for the
half-year should he declared as follows :—On the ordinary
stock and shares of the Berwick capital stock at the rate
of 31 per cent. per annum, on the ordinary stock in the
York capital stock at the rate of 2i per cent. per an-
num, and on tie preference quarter shares and exten-
sion shares 1848, Nos. 1,2, and 3, in the Leeds capital
stock, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
A vote of thanks was then moved to the chairman and
carried, and the meeting separated.
London, England, 1854-08-30

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

Edwin James Gardner, of Birmingham, milliner—John
Bottrell, of Birmingham, brick dealer—Charles Taylor, of
Birmingham, tailor—Henry James Horton, of Birming-
ham, coal dealer—Daniel Watts,'of Birmingham, grccer—
Eliza Cameron, of Edgbaston, Warwickshire, milliner—
John Furneaux* of Devonport, beer-house keeper—Chas.
Church, of Newport, Monmouthshire, beer-house keeper
Sayce, of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, inn-
keeper—John Thomas, of Abet gavenny, Monmouthshire,
labourer George Jubilee, of Abergavenny, Monmouth-
shire, plumber—Joseph Jackson, of Mould Green, York
shire, joiner-:4-ames Molyneux, of Huddersfield, York-
shire, journeyman salesman—John Thomas, of Boston,
Lincolnshire, out of employment—Joshua Watts, of Bos-
ton, Lincolnshire, out of business— Gregory Page, of
Folkestone, Kent, out of business—Charles Frederick An-
thony, of Hulme, Manchester, teacher of music—Margaret
Williams, of Brynmawr, Breconshire, beerhouse-keeper—
Watkin Williams, of Brynmawr, Breconshire, innkleper
—James Shackleton, of Bradf.ird, Yorkshire, woolstapler
—Thomas
_Goddard, of Caversham, of Oxfordshire, tile
maker.
London, England, 1854-08-30

PRUSSIA.

Letters from Berlin, of the 26th, received at
Paris yesterday, state that M. Benkendorff had not
then arrived, but was expected on the following
day. He was to be the bearer of the Russian note.
It was generally thoughit that the King of. Prus-
sia was at length decidedly disposed in favour of an
alliance with Austria and the Western Powers.
London, England, 1854-08-30

THE LAW OF MARRIAGES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—It has for some years been too much the habit
of English writers to st,gtuatise the law of marriage in
Scotland as unsatisfactory, and productive of injurious
cinsequences ; and I observe it in your leading article
in yesterday's Sun on the Mountgarret case. The
monstrosity there does not pertain to the Scotch law,
but to the English jury, which could decide against the
validity of the English marriage on such evidence as that
produced to prove the Scotch ; and if the laws of mar-
riage obtaining in the two countries are examined, it
will be seen that the English law gives value to the form
of marriage, while the Scotch disregards the farm, and
attaches value to the essence of the contract. The
essence of the Scotch law is present consent to live toge-
ther as husband and wife ; but the essence of the English
law is the form in which the marriage ceremony is con-
ducted.

An instructive instance is now the subject of judicial
investigation. A girl complains that she thought she
was married, but found she was not, because the cere-
mony was performed by a Romish priest, without the
presence of the Registrar. In her evidence the girl says :
—" He promised marriage, and after that we became
more intimate, and found myself pregnant." Now, Sir,
had this case happened in Scotland, a marriage would
have been constituted by the promise of marriage, and
the consequent connection, and the woman could have
proved the marriage by the evidence on oath of the man
—a mode of proof of old standing in Scotch law, though
but lately introduced into England.—l am, Sir, your
obedient servant,
London, England, 1854-08-30

:MPROVEMENTS AT THE ROYAL ARSENAL AT

WOOLWICH.

In the month of March last the demand for the munitions
of war for her Majesty's sea and land forces became so great
that although the workmen in the laboratory department
were employed from five o'clock in the morning until 11 at
night, and many of them for the whole night during two
nights in the week, and often on Sunday, it was found
that they could not accomplish the orders given to them
to execute within the required time. On the appointment
of Captain Boxer, an artillery officer of great scientific
acquirements, who had devoted much of his time to prac-
tical experiments connected with artillery, and invented
the Boxer tubes now in general use in the rocket service,
to be fire-master in the laboratory department, he turned
his attention to the introduction of machinery as a means
of performing much of the work that was at that time exe-
cuted by skilful mechanics with great exertion of mind,
and muscle, and bone, and, although overtasked in every
way, unable to accomplish all that required consequent on
the declaration of war with Russia. Captain Boxer having
matured his plans to a certain extent, with the concurrence
of the Master-General and the Board of Ordnance, pro-
ceeded to Manchester and placed himself in communication
with some of the most eminent machine makers in that
large manufacturing town, and ordered machinery to be
constructed according to his views of what was requisite
and most eligible for executing the work of the fire depart.
mont over which he had the control in the laboratory at
Woolwich, and he has now had the satisfaction during the
last two months of witnessing the machinery put up in a
temporary building appropriated for the purpose until the
new fireproof and extensive range of buildings are ready
for their reception ; executing every order with prompti-
and despatch by the simple aid of unskilled labourers, or
boys, with no mechanical knowleelge, who can now pro-
duce, in many cases, five times the quantity of work in a
day that had hitherto been accomplished by the most skil-
ful artisans by manual labour only, and thereby saving
hundreds of pounds of value of money per week, at the
same time that all the work is executed with a correct-
ness which it was never possible to obtain by the most
capable workmen by mere manual labour and dependence
upon the eye for justifying the various parts intended to be
joined or worked into each other. The whole of the new
machinery is set in motion by a steam engine, and the
whole conducted in a highly creditable manner for the
benefit of the services.
London, England, 1854-08-30

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THE CAPTAIN OF T 11.5 Hl' ALAY.A
' AND THE SCOTS GREYS.

Her Majesty's steam-ship Hinialaya arrived. at
Scutari, after a rapid passage from Liverpool of 10
days 22 hours, on the evening of the 7th inst. Col.
Griffith and the officers were so gratified at the re-
sult of the voyage, and so pleased with the atten-
tion that had been paid to and care which had been
taken .of them, their horses, and men, that they
presented to aptain Kellock a handsome piece of
plate, with a letter of thanks and a suitable inscrip-
tion, expressive of their feelings at the termination
of the voyage.
The following are copies of the addresses pre-
sented to Captain Kellock and Mr. Lane, and of
the replies of those gentlemen :‘

" Koulalie Barracks, near Constantinople,
Aug. 11.
"Dear Captain Kellock,—We the undersigned officers
of the Scots Greys, canna allow thS Himalaya to-leave
us without our expressing to you how grateful wie• feel
for the unvarying kindness and attention with which we
have been treated by you during our passage to Turkey,
which has been more like a pleasure excursion than a
voyage on service. Your care and skill in the manage-
ment of the noble ship which you command have brought
us in safety to our destination ; all our wants and
wislie
have been met in the kindest possible manner, and eves
since we landed we have been indebted to you for many
a comfort which we could not have enjoyed but for ycur
considerate care for officers and soldiers. We beg that
you will do us the favour of accepting a, small testimonial
hi token of our sense of all you have done for us, and,
with every wish for your welfare and prosperity,
" We remair, dear Captain Kellock,
"Yours very sincerely,
"Lieutenant-Colonel GRIFFITHS,
and all the Officers.
" 'Presented to Captain Adam Kellock, of her Ma-
jests's steamer Himalaya, by Lieut.-Colonel Griffiths
and the officers of the Scots Greys, as a small token of
their esteem, and in recollection of his skill and kindness
while conveying them on service to Turkey.' "

"TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GRIFFITHS AND THE OFFI-
CERS OF THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH DRAGOONS,
OR SCOTS GREYS.
" Steam-ship Himalaya, Constantinople,
Aug. 11.
" Gentlemen,—lt is impossible for me to convey to
you how much I feel gratifiA by the receipt of your
letter of this date, and a!so by the testimonial ytni have
been pleased to present me with. It is at all times
pleasing to find (in the ex cution of a public duty) that
:ippreciation which the contents of y,ur letter lead me
to believe you have formed of my efforts ; and I hope
you will :tinny me to add that I have felt honoured by
the opportunity afforded me of conveying so distinguished
a regiment to the seat of war. In conclusion, al.ow me
to offer you my earnest good wishes for your success and
increased honours.

"I am, gentlemen, yours very faithfully,
"ADAM KELLOCK:'
A similar compliment was paid to the purser,
Mr. Lane.
London, England, 1854-08-30

NORTH-EASTERN.

Yesterday the first meeting of the shareholders of this
company, which, as our readers are aware, is an amal-
gamated company, the parties to such amalgamation
being the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, the York and
North Midland, and the Leeds Northern Railway Com-
--anies, was held at the Festival Concert Room, York,
stone o'clock. There was a very numerous attend-
nee of the shareholders, the chair being occupied by
James Pulleine, Esq., who had recently been chosen
unanimously as chairman of the new company.
The Gammas addressed the meeting, observing that
they were met together for the first time as the share-
holders of the new amalgamated company, and he be-
lieved the amalgamation would afford increased facilities
for bringing out the traffic, and rendering it as profitable
as the railway was capable of. The traffic, he was happy
to observe, was going on increasing week after week at
the rate of about 3,0001. as compared with the corres-
ponding periods of last year. This was a gratifying
result. In conclusion, the chairman moved the adop-
tion of the report, a copy of which had been in the hands
of the shareholders for some days, and which was take❑
as read at the beginning of the meeting.
Mr. CRAWFORD moved an aniendment.

The amendment vvas put, when only 17 hand were
held up for it, and the report was then carried almost
unanimously.
A motion for allowing the directors I,OOOZ. per annum
for their services was agreed to nem. con.

The CHAIRIINN then moved that a dividend for the
half-year should be declared as follw.vs : —On the ordinary
stock and shares of the Barwick capital stock at the rate
of 3* per cent. per annum on thE ordinary stock in the
York capital stock at the rateof 2i per cent. per an-
num, and on the preference quarter shares and exten-
sion shares 1843, Nos. 1,2, and 3, in the 1,4 e ed F, capital
stock, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
A vote of thanks was then moved to the chairman and
carried, and the meeting separated.
London, England, 1854-08-30

FRANCE.

The Moaiteur, in announcing the return of the
Emperor to Paris from Biarritz, states that the
Empress will remain there until the middle of Sep-
tember. Sea bathing, it is added, has been pro-
ductive of great benefit to her Majesty. •
All the Generals appointed to command in the
different camps have left for their degtination.
General Hautpoul, Commander-in-Chief of the
camp of the south, has set out for Aix.

A trial of a new incendiary projectile was made
at Puteaux; near Paris, on Saturday, in presence
of a commissioner of the. War Department.
The export trade of P aris experienced during the
week a marked improver merit. Considerable orders
reached from Portugal, the Brazils, and other parts
of South America, Tipper. Peru, Chili, and Caraccas.
The last advices from Nc firth America state that the
French goals with which the market of New York
was of late overstocked i vere nearly exhausted, and
some orders were also received from that quarter
by the last two packets. All regular trade with
Spain is now at an end ; .but during the last three
weeks a considerable qu:Lntity of French merchan-
dise was smuggled into the country. The fall in
the price of corn is genei,al throUghout France, and
in Paris, although the saupply is very small, there
is an irresistible downward tendency. The new
wheat is beginning to appear in the provincial
markets, and will soon arrive in abundance at the
Halle of Paris. In the ineantime, the bakers con-
sume the portion of the reserve which has been re-
stored to theni, and make no purchases. Thisiness is
accordingly very dull. 'The sack of flour lost lor
2 francs in the week, and wheat between 2 and 3
francs per hectolitre .an d. a half. In the marketS
from which Paris derives its supplies the fall varied
from 2to 3 traucs per hectolitre. The accounts
from the north of Europe speak aavourably of the
result of the harvest along the coast of the Baltic,
and in the interior (>ll Germany and Poland:
There is no prospect of a diminution in the price
of meat, all the account s from the cattle Markets
describing the rates as likely to undergo an aug-
mentation, owing to the. scanty supply. The ad=
vices received from the vine districts are deplorable.
In several the vintage will be totally inadequate to
the ordinary wants of the consumption. The price
of wine has consequently kacreased anew in the
Bercy market. No cha nue has taken place in the
value of Montpellier brandies. Spirits extracted
from-beet have declined if., selling at 186 f. per
hectolitre.

The Three per Cents, closed yesterday at 73f.
95c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-
Half, at 100 f. ; and the Now Loan at 73f. 50c. ;
Orleans Railway Shares, 1,230 f. ; Rouen, 975 f. ;
Havre, 59Uf. ; Great Northern, 8551. ; Strasburg,
805 f. ; New Shares, 630 f.. ; Paris and Lyons, 975 f.;
Lyons to the Me(literramean, 875 f. ; Western of
France, 675 f. ; Bordeamic and Cette, 623 f. 75c. ;
Great Central of France, 520 f. ; Lyons and Ge-
neva, 5251. ; Bank of Credit Modilier, 7261. 25c.
London, England, 1854-08-30

CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.

John Solomon, of 12, Circus, .Minories, shipowner, Sep-
tember 20 —William Fowler, of A.bcrgaven ay, Mon outh-
shire, grocer, September 20—James Hope, of Burnley,
Lancashire, grocer, September 30—John Bawling, of Man-
chester, currier, October 2—Richard Fairbourn, of Preston,
Lancashire, wholesale grocer, September 26—CharleiRobin -
son, of Brierley-hill, :Staffordshire, boot am I shoe manu-
facturer, October 12—Henry Rubbra, of Dudley, Worces-
tershire, grocer, October 9—Thomas Archer and Samuel
Archer, of Burslem, Staffordshire, tailors, October 9
William Burrows, of Leicester, tailor, October 10.
London, England, 1854-08-30

AUSTRIA

VIENNA, Aug. 25.—Count Buol is said to have
I displayed unusual warmth during the conference
' which he yesterday had with the Prussian Minister.
He enumerated the sacrifices which Austria had
Made in order to prevent the encroachments of
Russia, and gave .Count Arnim to understand that
the stipulations contained in the treaty of April
20 were, under present circumstances, insufficient.
It is believed that Count Anrim will go again to
Berlin. Prince Alexander Gortschakoff has re-
ceived some intimation relative to the probable
fate of the Austrian note. It is likely that no
direct answer will be given, but that Austria will
be desired to give explanations relative to her
real intentions. and wishes.
The armaments here are on a greater scale than
ever. In the course of the last week 100 guns
were sent Out of the arsenal, and yesterday orders
were given to prepare eight cavalry batteries (64
guns) with all possible speed.
BUCHAREST, 22d. Nothing of importance.
There is little chance of Moldavia being speedily
evacuated. The victories gained in Asia were
celebrated by the Russians on the 16th at Foks-
ehani,•and the firing gave rise to a report that a
battle had been fought at Busco, in Wallachia.
On the 20th the united fleets had not left for
Varna.
Prince Demidoff, who lately arrived here from
St. Petersburg, will remain as attache to the Rus-
sian embassy, which appointment he has already
filled at Turin.
Kiautel Effendi, the ambassador of the Porte at

the C

1,,Y:

of Enlin, is expe-lted to arrive here tiliFj

The ex-diplomatist, General Count Ficquelmont,
has just publis!,e 1 a work entitled Russian Politics
and the _Danulrian Principalities, in which he re-
cants his former heresy relative to its not being to
the advantage of Austria to oppose Russia in the
Oriental question. The book in question is often
as discursive as it is abstract, but it contains one
most important passage, to which both statesmen
and military men in the west of Europe will do well
to direct their attention. The Austrian General,
who is of opinion that Russia is likely to prove
more dangerous in Asia than in Europe, says :
" Russia is in possession of the fortress and province
of Akhaltzik, which is only 150 French miles from the
Mediterranean—in the neighbourhood of Aleppo. He
who is in possession of the chain of mountains (I- robably
the Tchisheghi Dagh is meant) is master of all the prin-
cipal positions. At his pleasure he can pass down the
Tigris and Euphrates to the Persian Gulf, or from the
other side advance to the Black Sea or the Mediterra-
nean. A line of defence might easily be formed between
the Euphrates and the Mediterranean against an attack
from Syria. The whole territory lies within an equicru-
ral triangle, of which, if Akhaltzik is taken as the ver-
tex, the one side reaches to the mouth of the Euphrates,
and the other to the Dardanelles."
London, England, 1854-08-30

BLACKWALL,

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at the London Tavern. Captain Mangle 3 took
the chair.

The report has appeared in print.
The CHAIRMAN apologised for the absence of Mr.
Daniel, through illness. He had to compliment their
engineer on the stability of his works, as well as their
traffic manager on the safety with which their line was
managed in regard to accidents. Their traffic was enor-
mous. It would give some idea of the arduous dunes
of their manages when he stated that they had 280 trains
a day. He was happy to congratulate them on the
prospects of the Tilbury Une, where the traffic was gra-
dually increasing, and would no doubt turn out more
steady than that ot any steam-boat company. The chair-
man having regretted the loss of Mr. Alderman Thomp-
son, moved the adoption of the report.
Josten WILSON, Esq., seconded the motion.
Mr. SMITH wished to know whether they had any
binding agreement with the Eastern Counties Company,
in respect to the extension works, and from which such
an increase of revenue had been prognosticated?
The CHAIRMAN said they had a direct claim of 2,5001.
a year on an outlay of 50,0001. (Hear, hear.)
The report was then adopted.
A dividend of 3s. 3d. per share was agreed to unani-
moumly.
After a vote of thanks had been passed to the chair-
man and directors, the meeting adjourned.

LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT.
LThe
half
f-yearly meeting of this company was held at
iverpool, yesterday afternoon, at the Clarendon Rooms;
HORNBY, Esq., in the chair. The gross receipts for
traffic during the past half-year amount to 15,7491. Os.
9d., showing an excess of 2,3531. Is. over the corres-
ponding period of 1853. This increase was more than
absorbed by the additional charges for the tolls, 8891.
12s. 6d., and for working expanses, 1,7741. Bs. Bd., re-
spectively, as compared with the like period of 1853.
The balance available for dividend is 2,1501. 14s. Bid ~
but under existing circumstances the directors recom-
mended that this sum be carried forward to the current
half-year.
After the report had been received and
adopted: the meeting separated.