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EAST INDIA HOUSE, JUNE 13, 1849.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice—
That a Proprietor of East India Sto_k has given notice that at the
Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to b, held
at their house in Leadenhall-street on WEDNESDAY, the 20th inst.,
he will submit the following motions, viz. :
" That the Court of Directors be requested to take such measures
as may be necessary to instruct the Local Government of India to
insert in the articles of war for the native army a clause conveying
the same privilege to the native army, of demanding copies of the
record, as is now enjoyed by the Eura,can soldiery under the articles
of war framed by the British Legislature. 4th October, 1848.
That the Court of Directors do lay before the Court of Proprie-
tors the proceedings of the general court-martial held on Sheik Ali, a
private in the TT company of the 30th Regiment of Madras Native
Infantry, held at Vellore on the Bth November, 1842, together with
copy of the judgment of the Marquis of Tweeddale, releasing ;he
prisoner on the ground that he had been permitted to return to his
duty after the offence.
" That the order of Lord Geugh, the Commander-in-Chief of the
army of India, passed under date 13th March, 1844, with the case
connected with it, be placed before the Court of Proprietors."
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

"PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made is a cause DAWKINS
v. ROSE, the Creditors of JOHN TOWNSEND, late of Fairferd, in
the county of Gloucester, Esquire, deceased, who died in the month
of July, 1836, are by their Solicitors, on or before the 14th day of
July, 1849, to leave their claims of debts before N. W. Smior, Esq.,
one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Office in South-
ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, and are, on or before the
21st day of July, 1819, to establish such claims, before the said Mas-
ter, or In default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit
of the said Decree and the general Orders of the said Court.
JOHNSON, SON, and WEATHERALL.

FDUCATION AT WIESBADEN.
A Married Gentleman, an A.M., residing at Wiesbaden, in
Germany, is desirous of undertaking the charge of Three or Four
Young Gentlemen, to educate along with his only son, in Classics,
Mathematics, the Modern Languages, and all the requisites qualifi-
cations for the Universities, the learned professions (of one of which
the advertiser is a member), for Commercial pursuits, or for the
Army, pursuant to the recent regulations of the Commander-ill-
Chief. The pupils would enjoy all the comforts of a private home,
and have the strictest care bestowed on their moral and religious
training.
Application for particulars to be addressed to the Rev. Richard
Garde, Harold Vicarage, Tedford. Ample refer,ncas will be given
to gentlemen resident in London.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.-8, Watarloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97,
George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col-
lege-green, Dublin.

DIRECTORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES GRAHAM', Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq.
Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq. F. IL Thomson, Esq.
SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords
the most perfect security in a large patd•up Capital, and in the great
success which has attended it since its commencement—ns ANNUAL
INCONE BEING UPWARDS OF 94,0001.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of Si. per cent. per annum on
the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from
that date to 31st December, 1847, 2MI. per cent. per annum was
added at the General Meeting on the 6th of July, 1848.
The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of
December, 1847, is as follows:

Sam Sum added to Sum added to gum payable
Time Assured.
Assured. Policy inlB4l Policy in 184 S at Death.
£5OOO 13 years 10 mths £683 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8
5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0
5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 • 6087 10 0
5000 S years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0
5000 6 years .. .. 675 0 0 5675 0 0
.. 450 0 0 5450 0 0
5000 4 years ..
5000 2 years .. .. 225 0 0 5225 0 0
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
...,.. „,,...h.if np..,1 be bald for the first five years where the In-

The P 1
)nly one•
surance is
No Ent
Every i
Director,

•emiums, nevertheless, are on till
-half need be paid for the first
s for Life.
trance Money or charge except t'
information will be afforded on
No. 8, Waterloo-Place, Pall-ma

he Policy Stamp.
application to the Resident
all. London.

METROPOLITAN PARLIAMENTARY
AND FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.
A Public Meeting for the Borough of Finsbury, of this Association,
will be held at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, St. John-street-ro:d, on
MONDAY Evening next, the 18th June. Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY,
M.P., the President of the Association, will take the Chair at Seven
o'clock, precisely. The Representatives of the Borough and other
Liberal Members of Parliament have been invited to attend.
Members enrolled and Subscriptions received daily at the Offices
of the Association, 11, Poultry. The Offices are open each day, from
Nine o'clock in the Morning until Nine o'clock in the Evening,
Tickets to the Boxes and Pit of the Theatre may be had at 11,
Poultry ; and at the Belvedere Tavern, Pentonville.
The admission to the Gallery will be without Tickets; Cards of
Membership will admit to the Pit.
By order of the Council,
J. WALMSLEY, President.

June 14, 1849,

LA W LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE
Fleet-street, London, June 9, 1849.
Notice is hereby given, that in conformity with the provisions of
the Deed of Settlement, a General Meeting of the Proprietors will be
held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on Sa'ruanar, the
231 day of Jane instant, at Half-past Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon,
to elect Five Directors and Two Auditors, when those who go out of
office by rotation will be proposed for reelection; and also for ge-
neral purposes

By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.
Business will commence at Twelve o'clock precisely.

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF
ENGLAND.
112, BLSHOPSGATE-STREET.
London, 15th June, 1849.
The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England hereby
give notice that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of 6
per cent. per annum, will be payable on the Company's Stock, on
and after the 16TH of JULY next, when the Dividend Warrants will
be obtained at the Company's Offices, 112, Bishopsgate street, or at
different Branches. The Transfer-books will be closed on and after
Thursday next, the 21st instant, until the Dividend becomes payable.
By order of the Court of Directors,
DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager.

HEAP S UMMER EXCURSIONS.
From LONDON to EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH,
STIRLING, DUMFRIES, CARLISLE, PENRITII, the LAKES,
LANCASTER, PRESTON, DUBLIN, WALES, ISLE OF MAN,
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, or CHESTER, on the 23d and 3Gth
of JULY next, under the sanction of the directors of the various lines
Further particulars, as to the hour of departure and days of return,
will be announced in future bills and advertisements, and every in-
formation moy be obtained by addressing a letter, postage-paid, and
enclosing a postage stamp, to H. R. Marcus, Conductor, 23% Crosby
Hall Chambers, Bishopsgate-street, London.

NAVAL CURIOSITIES.
Ivory Models of the PEGASUS, the lIEROS, and the AT-
LANTE, on a scale of unprecedented magnificence, will he offered
for sale at the Grand Fancy Fair for the Royal General Annuity
Society, on TUESDAY next, at the Bazaar, Baker-street.
The price of the Pegasus is 6001., and that of the Ileros and At-
lante 2001. each.

UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE.
BEWLEY, FISHER, AND CO.'S
CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER.
—This Preparation contains, in a highly concentrated state, and
without the addition of any more heating stimulant, all the car-
minative and restorative properties of this useful and grateful aro•
matic, separated from the ligneous fibre which constitutes the bulk
of the root. As few stomachs are able to bear a sufficient quantity
of the powder to produce the desired effect, BEWLEy, FISHER, and
CO. conceive this form of exhibition the most convenient, when
taken in water, tea, beer, wine, &c. ; or for combination with other
medicine, ten drops being equal to eight grains of the powder. It is
recommended to persons of Phlegmatic, Gouty, Dyspeptic, and Ner-
vous habits. Its beneficial effects are quickly diffused throughout
the whole system, relieving cramps, spasms, flatulency, pain, and
sense of oppressi-n after meals, and restoring the tone of the
stomach. Its utility is also manifested as an adjunct to other medi-
cines, and in correcting the chill which soda and other aerated or
mineral waters give the stomach, as well as in adding to their tonic
property.
In bottles at 2s. 6d. and 45., prepared by BEWLEY, FISHER,
and Co., 64, Dame-street, Dublin. Also their Anodyne Lettuce
Lozenges, for coughs, colds, asthma, and affections of the chest.
Doctor Duncan, of Edinburgh, and other leading members of the
profession, have strongly recommended Lactncarium (the iuspis-
sated juice of the garden Lettuce) as possessing peculiarly soothing
and quieting properties in the above complaints, and especially in
the troublesome cough attendant on consumption. To increase its
efficacy, Bewley, Fisher, and Co. have combined it with hippo and
demulcents, and have adopted the form of a lozenge as being the
most agreeable mode for its administration.
Sold in packets ls. I%d. each. Agents—T. Cooper, Chemist,
26, Oxford-street ; Turner and Spratt, French Chemists, 7, Titch-
bourne-street, Haymarket ; and Depot, Pantheon, Oxford-street ;
Dietricksen and Hannay, 63, Oxford-street, London.

street,

THE ROYAL SHAVING CREAM, as used by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the King of the Belgians,
and his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
This ELEGANT and 'UNIQUE Chemical COMPOUND is now
(under the patronage of Royalty) introduced to the notice of the
Public, with the full conviction that after a SINGLE TRIAL it
must form a necesary appendage to the Toilet of every Gentleman.
It posse,ses au exquisite perfume, and the VERY SMALL
QUANTITY required to produce a RICH PERMANENT L ITHER
is truly wonderful. Also the lather so produced, from its peculiar
nature, materially assists the razor, and leaves an agreeable sensa-
tion upon the skin.
Sold in Pots at Is. and 2s. each, by all respectable Chemists and
Perfumers in the United Kingdom.

Prepared only by Bewley, Fisher and Co., Wholesale Chemists
and Perfumers, Dame-street, Dublin. London Agents—T. Cooper,
Chemist, 26, Oxford-street; Turner and Spratt, French Chemists, 7,
Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; R. Wass, Perfumer, 51, King Wil-
liam.street, London-bridge ; and Depot, Pantheon, Oxford-street ;
Dietrichsen and Hannay, 63, Oxford-street, London.

A It It IA G E.
desolately single, and the other
them married, questionably contente I. Diffidence, or a
siipPoging
In One half the world are
e of right determine thehopes em-
sells- - The solitary one shield himself under the plea
isitter the latter.
d ^ and the indissoluble, regret nn-
of but the truth Iles deeper. Physical incapacity,
°"llPmejlg h ; e the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and broken health, ar
The
dowry
of caution and wor dly pru en,e,
should not be the only marriage set-
and social content.
me fi the alliance. Blighted hopes or dine rat
heenct
0.
m Honour
pact
;andjustleenidleand that health should form aa item
than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
aeglect wound more sorely
it alone ~..b
re Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
these surmises concern yen, procn
Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols. ls.
MEMOIRS "On Single and
L t no imaginatively
each (by post, in stamps,
ls• fid.• each). e
refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
from obtaining
oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents,
idle curiosity, brit
them. They are not intended certainly for mere
to whom
or the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested,
put forth on
hey are offered as antagonistic to the erepYrice brash
~
he above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
by post le. fid.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid,' and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblingi of the hour, but the study of the author's
ifs who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servance of the maxims he would Inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always
on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
Sherwood. VI, Paternceter-row ; Carvaiho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann,
89, Cornhill; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
wise) hmmt the author (who may be conferred with personally,
aorniggs and, 'woo, 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all
BoNellgh

NELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelplai Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.
Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee- rocm,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the
most comfortable and reasonable in the metropolis.—Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untf. One
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.
N.H. An Entrance also from Maiden lane.

THREE CROWNS HOTEL, AND COM-
MERCIAL HOUSE, LIUCESTER.
THOMAS FREER returns his most grateful thanks for the very
liberal patronage he has met with during his residence at the above
Hotel, and begs to assure those Commercial Gentlemen who may
favour him with their support, that every exertion shall be used to
merit a continuance of the same.
N.8.--A Porter in Waiting for the Night Trains.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
A Lecture on Floral Botany, by Thomas Graham, Esq., M.R.C.S.,
on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Half-past Three.—Lecture
by Dr. Bachhoffnor on Master's Patent Process of Freezing, &c.,
in which the formation of Ica in a red-hot vessel will be shown.—A
Lecture on Character, with Musical Illustrations, by J. Russell, Esq.,
every Evening at Eight o'clock.—Lectures on Experimental Philoso-
phy.—The Microscope.—The Dissolving Views include scenes in Van
Diemen's Land, from Original Drawings taken on the spot by J. Skin-
ner Prout, Esq. ; also a new Series of Dioramic Effects, by Mr.
Chil3e.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
•ftturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, ls.

-111 IE EXHIBITION of ETTY'S PAINTINGS
1 and STUDIES, to promote the formation of a NATIONAL
GALLERY of BRITISH ARP, is OPEN daily, except Thursday,
14th instant.

Admission, Is.; Season Tickets, ss.

An impression of " Mercy Interceding for the Vanquished," en
graved by Mr. G. T. DOO, will be presented to subscribers of 11. Is.

1 RAND FLORAL AND FANCY FETE,
R patronized by her MAJESTY, in aid of the ROYAL
ASYLUM of Si' ANN'S SOCIETY, for Children of those once
in prosperity, at Hanover-square Rooms, on THURSDAY and FRIDAY
next. Contributions gratefully received by
E. F. LEEKS, Secretary.

2, Charlotte-Row, Mansion House.
Mr. Leeks has much pleasure in acknowledging 5/. forwarded
For St. Ann's, with I. S. C.'s warmest wishes.

THE NEW MODE OF DRAWING.
Specimens of this original and rapid mode of Sketching from
Nature, may be seen on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satnidays, till
One o'clock, at 26, Orchard-street, Portman-square.
The Materials, or a Prospectus, are supplied on application to Mr.
Walker, who has had the honour to instruct many of the Royal
Academicians and the Nobility and Gentry.

rat.
18th.ER R MAX BOHRA begs to announce his
GRAND CONCERT at WILLIS' ROOMS, on MONDAY,

Vocalists, Mesilms. Palm, Giaconnen, de Treffz, Herr Plscheck,
Ptagelle, Schonhoffe, and the Hungarian Singers. Instrumentalists,
Madlle. Dulcken, Messeurs. Ernest, Pratt, Lucas, Hansmans, Coso-
nans, Max Bohra, Hy. Bohra, pupil of Madame Max Bohra, with
Strauss' celebrated Band.
Tickets at the principal Music Sellers, and of Max Bohra, 51,
Margaret-street, Regent-street.

rrIHE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
11. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-

The leading OVERCOAT for the present season Is made from
cloths of the lightest and richest textures, and faced and lined with
silks of especial costliness. From the distinguished prestige of the
firm with which this Paletot originated, it is unnecessary to speak
upon the recherehe character of its style.
The following Merchant Tailors are the Agents for its isle in their
various localities :
Mr. W. Bevin, Chester.
Mr. F. Bare, Ipswich.
Messrs. G. and W. Clarke, Bury St. Edmund's.
Mr. John Crisp, Norwich.
Mr. George Davison, Sheffield.
Mr. John Hollingsworth, Birmingham.
Mr. Martin liutsteln, Bristol.
Mr. Thomas Hubback, Berwick-on-Tweed.
Mr. John Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Mr. Robert Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Messrs. S and S. Smith, Manchester.
Air. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury.
Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin (for all Ireland).
Mr. William White, Edinburgh.
Mr. Robert Wilson, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mr. Henry Whitmore, Stockport.
Mr. Thomas Wright, Northampton.

Illustrated by 2ti Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steal.

PHYSICAL-DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.

stew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
FiriElE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
11. the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ea-
'waive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate nse of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
piallflcations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oa-
`ord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange,
21, Paternoster-row Ilarmay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ;
Static, 23, Titehborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hall-street.

PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
,rgans, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PAST IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and ;•,enerative neapacity.
Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PAST 111. treats of the diseases resulting from Infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and centabsa explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.
PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention) of Disease
by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the
reader's notice.
PART T. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
dities. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
TiIICORDIAL Balm ox SYRIACIIM is exclusively employed in treat-
ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Esc., 11 s. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cues ofinfection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, l Is. and 335. per bottle.
Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. ad., and Ils. per box, a
aertain remedy for gonorrhom, sleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute
retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
Si. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, ty
which the fee, IL, is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attet.-
d Anse daily at 19, Ber:era-streat, Oxford-street, London, from Ric-
ven till Two. and Five to Eight ; oa hlandays from Eleven to One.

rather under 3 -_)0 hhds West Indian, for which rather lower
prices have in some instances been submitted to. In refined
goods there is no alteration to notice.—Bristol Mercury.
CHELTENHLM, JUNE 14.—Our markets, for many weeks
past, have partaken of the general character prevailing in other
places. Prices have been low, sj that holders arc unwilling to
sell, and purchasers will have good samgles or none. To-day
there was more than the usual amount of business done, but
prices were steady. Wheat was 42s to 524; Barley, 22s to
B°s. ; and Oats, 2 to 263 per quarter. Beans were from 33
10d to 5s per bushel. Hay, 70s to 80s ; and straw, 38s to 40s
per ton.
LLANERCHYMEDD, JUNE 13,—The prices of all kind of
grain was much the same as last week's quotations. The de-
mand for oats was brisk. At the butchers' stalls beef sold at
from 51 to 6d per lb. ; mutton, 6d to 7d ; veal, 5d to 6d.
Young pigs sold at from 9s to 14e each ; ditto stores, 18s to
28s ; fat ditto, 3%d to 33/d per lb. Fresh butter, 8d per lb.
RUTHIN, JuNit 11.—A very small attendance and a dull
market, with little alteration in prices since the quotations of
last week.
MOLD, JUNE 13.—Another small attendance and little
business done, with not much variation in prices. Wheat, 15s ;
barley, 9s to 10s ; oats 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; potatoes, 16s per hobbet.
RHYL, JUNE I2.—We cannot note any, improvement in any
kind of grain. The demand continues dull, and the prices so
unremunerating as to retard any increase in the production.
There was only a slender attendance, and the trade was a good
deal depressed. Prices unchanged. Wheat, 16s per 1681bs. ;
barley, 9,6 d per 1471bs ; oats, 5s 6d to 6s per 1051bs. In beans
and peas there were no transactions worthy of report.
INVERNESS, JUNE 12.—New wheat, per quarter,
weighing 621 b per bushel, 44s to 47s ; barley, 541 b per bushel,
21s to 255; oats, 421 b per bushel, 18s to 20s Od ; seed oats, per
qr, 421 b per bush, OOs to OOs Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 15s;
second, 14s ; barleymeal, 118 8d ; peasemeal, 14s to 15s ; bran,
per stone, 6d to 8d; first flour, per 2801 b, 36s to 375; second,
28s; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, ls 5d to Is 6d ;
second, Os Od ; barleymeal, is 2d; peasemeal, Is 6d; first flour,
2s 9d cash, 3s credit; second, 2s 3d cash, 2s 6d credit. Pota-
toes, per stone, 7d to 8d ; beef, per pound, 5d to 8d; veal, 4d
to 6d ; mutton, 54 to 8d ; pork, 4d to 6d ; fowls, each, 12d to
15d ; chickens, per pair, 12d to 163 ; eggs, pa dozen, 4d to
sd; butter, fresh, per lb, 10d to I Id; salt, 11d to 12d ; croudie
(curds) Od ; four-pound loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, 6id to
lid; coals, per cwt, 91; hay, per stone, 6d.

of the Eastern Counties Railway to enable me to give
my personal and undivided attention to its interests.
From October, 1845, to March, 1846, I had my family
in Manchester, whilst I was incessant in my attendance
at the Eastern Counties Railway, except the time spent
in travelling to and from Manchester to visit my family,
and arrange the appointment of an agent to conduct any
private affairs in Manchester consequent upon my re-
moval to London, and whose salary I have continued to
pay from that time to the present.
" The traffic arrangements were so incomplete that I
had to organize and re-arrange the whole of that depart-
ment, and during_the large extent of busint as which fol.
1 ,wcd the anxiety of mind I suffered in consequence .of.
the locomotive department proving unequal to the work
to be performed, and the inadequat 3 station and siding
accommodation, it is impossible for me to convey any
idea of as to its intensity; and I can with feelings of
honest prile refer to numberless letters I have received
from proprietors, thanking me for those exertions and
their hopes that I should be amply rewarthd. I ask,
then, was it fair towards me that the Committee of Inves-
tigation, who were cognizant of the great time, labour,
and attention I had devoted in- furthering the interests
of the company, and that successfully so as far as the
traffic department was concerned, not to notice this in
their report, when they alluded-to the sum of 2,0001.
which had been voted to me by the directors. I did not
seek for praise at their hands, but I was entitled to jus-
tice; and in naming the sum, they ought to have stated
that which they well knew, that my labour had been in-
cessant in behalf of the Eastern Counties proprietors.
" Now, as to the mode in which this sum was voted to
me, two directors who are examined prove that it was
proposed by the chairman, and sanctioned by the direc-
tors, two of the directors signing a cheque. It appears to
have been made out to extensions, because it was to be
charged to extension capital; by an accident no minute
of the board for this payment appears, but two
gentlemen of the highest honour declare to the
fact of the directors sanctioning the payment, and
thereupon the report, instead of confirming the complaint
again:t me to receiving from the board what it was
properly the province of the proprietors to bestow, if
they thought fit, level at me insinuations by the man
ner of describing the gift and classing it with unex
plained expenditure, which I cannot refrain from saying
exhibits a desire to prejudice and injure me with the
propretary. Had the report frankly stated that the board
should haverecommended to the proprietors this payment
instead of making it, I should have deferred to such an
opinion with the remark that I believed my heavy and
anxious extra services to the company, far beyond those
of any other member of the board, entitled me to extra
recompense, and my colleagues having so considered it,
when requesting me to withdraw whilst they deliberated
upon the subject, and fixing the sum at 2,000 i., I accepted
the amount with independence and unhesitatingly,
as I felt it my due. It would unquestionably have been
more regular to have submitted the propriety of the
payment to the shareholders, or sought their sanction
to it after it was made. I regret this was not done. Mr.
Hudson contemplated extra remuneration being given to
me at the meeting of proprietors in February,lB47, when
he pointed out the great exertions I sees making to promote
the company's interests, and there was no reason why this
gift should not have been brought before the meeting in
August, 1847. If this had been done it would have been
more satisfactory to my feelings, as I feel convinced that
at that time the proprietors were satisfied of the almost
entire devotion of my time in developing the resources
of the line.

" As to the 1,0001. premium received by me in Oct.,
1846, in respect of 500 Wisbeach and St. Ives shares, I
beg to state ,that I received no premium nor sum in this
nor any other case bat such as I considered I had a right
to receive ; and as an illustration that I would not
receive any premium knowingly, feeling it to be wrong,
I may menticn, that upon the completion of the pur-
chase of the Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway by
this company at lOs. per share premium, that company
having a reserve of shares, offered me 351 shares, which
I declined, although I could have pocketed the premium
without anything further being known about it. I have
a document in my possession which will prove this.
I have further to state upon this subject that there was
no disguise or secresy about the payment. Mr. Hudson's
name and my own were inserted in the cheques and
banker's book, and the cheques were open to the inspec-
tidn of the officers of the company, same as other cheques
paid by the secretary for Wisbeach and St.
Ives shares. Mr. Duncan, the solicitor of the
company, carried through the arrangement up
to the signing of the cheques; and as
he addressed a letter to the board of directors giving
particulars of the transaction, I beg to enclose a copy
for your information, merely observing that a letter was
addressed by Mr. James, the managing clerk of Mr.
Duncan, from the office of the latter at Westminster to
the secretary of the Wisbeach and St. Ives Company,
which is not alluded to in the letter of Mr. Duncan, and
to which I beg to call your attention. Mr. Day, of St.
Ives, the solicitor of the Wisbeach and St. Ives Company,
can furnish you with a copy. As it is a letter which
may be quoted against me on account of my name being
made use of, I have only to say that it was not by my
authority my name was used by Mr. James. Up to that
tune Mr. James and myself were unacquainted with each
other except by sight. Mr. James supposes that he wrote
it by order of Mr. Duncan, and he will confirm what
cannot be disputed, that I did not give him any authority
nor in fact exchange words with him upon the subject.
I repeat that I considered myself entitled to the 1,0001.,
yet I am at the same time prepared to submit this or
any other question that may be in dispute with me to
the fair decision of arbitrators, and to abide by their
award. _

" There is another subject which I will only briefly
refer to, as an inquiry is now taking place by a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons as to an expenditure
by the Size-lane Committee.
" This expenditure was incurred in the aim of putting
a stop to the progress of the London and York Line,
which, if successful, would have been of great import-
ance to this company. The Board of Trade had re-
ported in favour of the extension of the Eastern Coun-
ties Line from Cambridge to York, and I then felt it my
duty to support, by the strongest measures, the scheme
that was submitted to me for defeating the rival pro-
ject from London to York. During the vehement Par-
liamentary struggles of that time I felt that we were
fighting almost for the vitality of the company, and al-
though we were unsuccessful in this case yet we ulti-
mately prevented the London and York party from ob
taming a second line into Cambridge.
"111 had been allowed by the late meeting calmly to have
addressed them it was my intention to have mentioned
that in my opinion an exaggerated statement had
been submitted of the sums charged to capital, and that
it I had been consulted by the Committee of Investigation
and their accountant, I have no doubt I could have
sa-
tisfactorily explained to them that many items charged
to capital, and which in the report it is stated ought to
be charged to revenue, were rightly charged to capital,
I regret that this opportunity was not atnrded me.
" With reference to the impression existing generally
amongst the proprietors, that since I joined the board
we had recklessly engaged in new and additional lines
and branches, ar.d that we had originated the increase
of expenditure from 2,900,0001. to 9,800,0001., I should
also have stated that the only additional lines that had
been promoted and contracted for since that period,
" all the other existing lines of the company having
been previously sanctioned by Parliament or bar-
gained for,' were the Maldon, Witham, and Brain-
tree, and the Enfield and Edmonton lines, together
fifteen miles of
,raile ay, at a cost of about 300,000/.
There has ben a large expenditure for carriages and
waggons, sidings, goods warehouses, and increased sta-
tion accommodation, locomotive and waggon repairing
shops, but I speak with confidence, that the increased
business upon this line could not have been carried on
unless the major part of such expenditure had been
g incurred.
"I hare made the foregoing statement, not in a spirit
of complaint, nor with a view of obtaining friends to put
me again forward as a director; for having sold my
shares, which will be transferred on the Slat instant,
the day on which I understood the new board would be
elected, I shall become disqualified on that day, but I
make it with a view of laying a fair statement before so
important a portion of the proprietors, feeling confident
that they will, upon perusal, arrive at the conclusion that
I am not the mercenary character which has been repre-
sented, for the committee will observe that, although I
have continued to give my unwearied attention to the
company's affairs, I did not ask for any recompense be-
fore the 2,0001. was voted to me; nor have I since, al-
though the energies of both body and mind have been
up to this time devoted, to the best of my ability, to
further the interests of the Eastern Counties Railway
Company.
" Having given so much time and minute attention to
the traffic department, there is no doubt many matters
will arise with which I shall be more conversant than a
stranger; and I have now only to assure you that I shall
cheerfully give every information and aid in my power to
the new board of directors, however much my time may
be occupied in doing so, until all outstanding or disputed
claims aro disposed of.
" I am, Gentlemen, yours obediently,
(Signed) '6 Davin WADDINGTON."
Mr. MEEK then proceeded with his comment on the
conduct of Mr. Hudson and Mr. Waddington. His
answer to Mr. Hudson, who complained that the com-
mittee did not call him in and examine him upon the
affairs of the company, was simply. that they were not
appointed to investigate charges against that gentleman;
but with regard to Mr. Waddington he had another
m
answer. In the early sittings of the committee . mittee it was
strange to sea the number of confidential
interviews Mr.
Waddington had with some members of the committee,
and with one in particular.—(Name, name.) It was
quite clear that Mr. Waddington w
the committee; and this be could tells anxious to join
the meeting, that
had not the minority of the committee succeeded in
sifting out some of these dark facts, it was the intention
of the majority to have joined Mr. Waddington,
and met the proprietors,withn as chairman.—(oh,
a report favourable
to that gentleraan's elect's
oh! and cries of " Name, name!") One member
of the committee to whom he particularly referred was
Mr. Christie.—(oh, oh.) The Hon. Proprietor then
proceeded to discuss the merits of the proposed list of
directors, but as the list consisted of names nominated
by a friknd of Mr. Waddington, he could not give it his
support.