The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-17 00:00:00

N° 17 673.]
• 5 LONDON, THURSDAY 17.6 a.1.74:7; • rtaaFl2

A S T.
G LONDON, MIDDLESEX, AND WESTMINSTER.
SECOND PUP.LICATION FOIL 1848.
List of Persons who have taken out General Game Certificates at
41. Os. 10d. each, including the Additional Duty of 10 per cent., under
the Act of 3 Viet., cap. 17.
Amphlett, Edward, Esq., Bond-street
Anderson, John. Green-street
Astley, D. Loftus, Esq., Lower Belgrave-street
Allen, Henry, 11, Little Tower-street
Appach, Fras. Hobson, Hyde-park-square
Ashley, the Hon. John, Lincoln's-inn
Atkinson, Henry. 33, Chcyne-walk, Chelsea
Atkinson, John, I, Yorick-place, Queen-street, Chelsea
Barker, Alexander, Esq., 101, Piccadilly
Blaudford, Marquis of, 3, Wilton-terrace
Blackburn, George Hallway, Old Broad-street
Bracher, Edward, '29; Neivgate- market
Bower, Julius Tate, 7, St. John-street-road
Bradley, Chas. Lawrence, Model Prison
Bleadon, Leolard, Esq., Grove-road, Mile-end-road
Blue; Sinclair, Mr., 186, High-street, Poplar
Beaumont, John, 4, Essex-street
Bell, Charles, 36, Bedford-row
Bishop, Henry, Gray's-inn
Budd, Thomas William, 33, Bedford-row
Botidle, Edward, 2, Manchester-street
Barrington, Charles. Kensington-palace
Buckle. Christ. Richard, 7, Tavistock-place, Tavistock-square
Carr, George Bowness, 10, Lawrence Pountney-lane
Clarkson, Frederick Scipio, Great Carter-lane
Carslake, Preston, 6, Queen-square
Chaplyn, Henry Cleere, 53, Lincoln's Inn-fielda
Cooke, R diert Francis, Middle Temple
Corder, Charles, 1, New Cavendish-street
ChM, Alexander, 16, Great Castle-street
Cooper, John Douglas, New-street, Spring-gardens
Callington, Daniel, '2, Craven-Street
Cattlin, W., Sebbon's-buildings, Islington
Clanrieorde, Marquis, Carlton-house-terrace
('raker, Bleed William, Hill-street, Knightsbridge
Cardwell, Elward, Whitehall. gardens
Cameron, Captain, Nea-house, (7hristelturch, and Bolton-
street, riceadilly
Day, George Frederick, 2, B -avman's-place, Islington
Drummond, Maurice, Hampstead
Dodson. William Francis, the College of Advocates
Eccles. William, Victoria Hotel, Easton-Square
East, Joejasuee.4o, Lamb's Conduit-street
Eldred, Maud, Middle Temple
Ede, John William, 29, Upper Harley-street
Edgell, Harry, 21, Cadoganplace
Fane, Nevile, 189, Fleet-street
Fano, Cecil, Esq., 4, Upper Brook-street
Farnell, James, 14, King-street, Clerkenwell
Fitzroy, George, Esq., New Bond-street
Foley, Lord, Grosvenor-square
Forbes, Alexander C., Esq., Bond-street
FranKlia, C. A., Esq., Chapel-street West
Fullerton, Alexander G., Esq., 36, South-street
Forster, Matthew, Hampstead
Fardell, Henry Edward, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall
Franeklyn, Item y, 16, Dorset-place
Farrer. John, Hyde Park-barracks
Farquhar, Sir W. IL, Bart., St. James-street
Gipps, Henry I'lumptree, 9, Montagu-place
Gosling, Thos. Geo., 10, Chandos-street
Grethen, henry Riversdale, 27, Upper Thames-street
Grenfell,Paseee St. Leger, 27, Upper Thames-street
Gordon, Duff, Esq., Hertford-street
Gore, Montague, Esq., Mount-strict
tioderich, F.,Kensington
Greenwood, Major J., Westbourn-terrace
Mulkey, Capt. Win., 8, Grosvenor-square
Berries, Herbert Compton, Esq., 14, Bolton-street
Hill, Lord Marcus, Chesham-street
Hogg, Sir James Weir, Grosvenor-square
Horner, James Thomas, 20, Buckhersbury
Hamilton, John, 9, Upper Belgrave-place
Bay, John Holman, Admiralty
II iklyard, Hubert Charles, Inner Temple
Ilnlhert, henry V., Es a, Upper Clapton
'libber... C. J.. Club chambers
Innis, Thos., 33, Fitzroy-square
Ingrain, Herbert, Acton Vale
Jenour, Henry James, Gray's-inn
Keane, Hon. Geo., St. James's-street
Kitchen, Edwin, Esq., Queen-street
Kettle, John Lucena IL., Lincoln's-inn
Knight, Thomas, Esq., Edmonton
Malor-General, Albemarle-street
Kirby, G. Waterloo-place
Lukin, William Anthony, 11, New Broad-street
Lloyd, William Jones, Lothbury
lord, Chas. T. James, Hampstead
Ledgard, Henry, 6, licatord-equare
Lucena, James Lancaster, Middle Temple
Morgan William Pitt, 19, Circus-road, St. John's-a ood
Martin, Captain 11. II , 53, Wimpole-street
Marriott, William Frederick, Esq , Tenderden-street
Martineau, Hubert, Esq., 6, New Bond-street
Maynard, lion. Charles Henry, Grosvenor-square
Mortimer, John, Esq., Hanover-square
Murchison, Sir Roderlea, Belarrive-square
Maxwell, John, Mr., Upper East Smithfield
Ai appin, Edward, tore-street
Moffat, George, Fencharelastreet
Mathews, Wilkinson, Lincoln's inn
Melville, Philip, Clarendon-place
Maitland, Sir Peregrine, Craig's-court
N ackeand, William, Maddox-street
Munday, Charles, Shore, Surrey
Nicholson, George, Stewart, Godliman-street
Nalder, Howard, 4, Kilburn-priory
Oakley, William, Esq., 73, High-street, Whitechapel
Patton, Capt., Dean-street
Pakenharn, lion. C. IL, Bruton-street
Tonsonby, Hon. Chyle tit. James's-place
Pinta, Theodore Fereira, Crutched Friars
George Henry, 73, New Bond-Street
Phillips, Win. Augustus, 73, New Bond-street
Riley, Edward Charles, Esq., Whitechapel
Robertson, Charles, Johnson's. court, Fleet-street
Romilly, Esq., 29, Wilton-crescent
Robertson,' Rota. Edw., 17, Villiers-street
Russell, Win. Hugh, .30, Strand
Rickards, S., Acton
Rogers. Arnold, 296, tegent-street-
Richmond, George, Millbank-row
Roots, George, Inner Temple
Scott, Hubert, Throgmorlon-streets
Sanderson, William, 7, Gresham-street
Smithers, /Tenry, 65, Mark-lane
tiaurio Dudley, Esq., Eaton-square
Southeby, Edward, Erg., Portugal-street
St -pford, Captain James John, Eaton-place
Sturgis, Samuel, 39, Charlotte-street
Stephens, Francis Head, 49, Baker-street .
Stanhope, Hon. Fitzroy, Trevor-square
Stewart, John, Albany
Scotlanl, J., Trevor-square and Bishop's Sutton
Saneton, Philip, 9, Gower-street
Smart, William Lynn, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Smith, Charles Mauby, Middle Temple .
Sowton, Willam Marsh, Middle Temple
Stopford, James Sydney, 41, Cambridge-terrace
Tebay, William, George-street
Thompson, Belts William, Oxford-street
Tlirnpp, Henry J., George-streqt
Thompson, Edward, 16, Bernard-street
Thomson, Patrick Johnston, 6, Isilliter-square
Tyssen, Charles, 4, Basingliall-street
Vernon, Henry C.,.llarrow
Wormald, John, Fleet-street
Wagliorn, William Price, 10, Wood-street
Walsh, Chas. Jno , 6, George-street, Hampstead-road
Whitehouse, Joseph, 36, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Williamson, James, Gray's Inn
Wimble, William, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Wieram, Captain Thomas 8., 53, Gleueester-road
Welstead, Chas., 66 Berners-street
Wafter, Win., 60 Great Marylebone-street
Wrangham, Walter Francis, Percy-cross

LIST OF PERSONS LICENSED TO DEAL IN GAME.
Art's, Chas: I)., Moteomb-street • •
Aiey, William, Knightsbridge . •
Bouron, Jo Im, 3, N 4 wcasla-place
Burroughs, John, 61,, North-street •
Bedford, Henry, 60, Poultry-market; Newgate-market
Brown, William, Poultry-market, Newgate-market
Ra.stablc, Alear., 9, Commercial-place, Kentish-town
Iledsor, William, 8, Terrace, High-street, Kensington
Braddick;James, 21, Asylum-terrace, Chelsea .
Biddlecombe, John, Psinces-street, Westminster
Clayworth, Itoty•rt, 'Whitechapel-read
Coaley, William, 10, New Chapel-place, Kentish-town
Clark , Jno.. Matthias, Highgate
Chi perton, F. W., Portsdown-terrace
Clifford, Thos. Harvey, 3, Oatord-m rket
Chittock, Frederick:, 28, High-street, Portland-town
Cuistor, Francis, 2,01, Sloane-street, Chelsea
Daniels, Benjn., 117, High-street, Camden-:own
Evans, Edward,',llvanmersmith
Evans, William, lUgh-street, Notting-hill
Fuze, Dorothy, 146, Sloane-street, Chelsea
Fenn, William. 3, lligh-street
Foulkes, Wiliam, the Auction-mart, Pavement, Bartholo-
mew-lane
Gomm, Stephen, 2'), Tottatham-court, New-road '
Goode, Thomas, 5,, York-place
Hones, Thomas, 11 , Colville-terrace, Chelsea
Haywood, Thomas , Upper Clapton
Hughes, Charles, a nd Beazley, Thomas, 79, Edgivard-road
Hughes, Charles, 0 8, High-street, Portland-town
nankin, John, ar.d Maria Woodward, 9%, Upper-street,
Islington
Jolley, Willian, Charing-cross
Jackson, T. S. 8, Albion-place
Johnson, WilSam, 148, Sloane-street, Chelsea •
Molder, Charles, I tO2, Holywell-street
Martin, Arthur, I,offer Eaton-street
Moody, Charles, St 3, Upper-stree', Islington
MorriF, Samuel, 8, Pleasant-place, Islington •
Zinger, Thomas, 11 3, Holborn-hill
Nlnzayer, Joseph, I Cungerford-market
Malser, Thomas, 6, Lower Dorchester-street
Marlin, Arthur, Hi; ill-street,. Kensington
Mortimer, Samuel, Grove-temce, Brompton
Peark', Henry, LC, over Belgrave-street
Paipmcnt, Henry, 46, Penton-street
Po:Je, Samuel, 22, Newgate.asurket
Paine, Henry, King-street, Hammersmith •
Powell, W. N.. Kin g-street, Hammersixtith
to Redding,cwhtaaridids Jnjo,ol..Fmn
r,ee
Lis% trBBiHolloway
Regent's-park
egen,s
Rice, Henry, 81. t oswell-road
Ri
sck, 51, ilashtrlte'rte,e -
Portland-townpark
Redding, Joseph, tddy's-row, Islington
Felwoosi, Ann Phi'dippa, 1, Paved-alley, N ewgate-market
Simpson, Shepher( 1, North Audioy-street
Sheppard, Thomas 17, litch-street,
Symes, Jos ph, (Zr ,eon's -buildings,
-buildings Knightsbridge
Todd, Anthony an d William, 5, di ridge
Treadaway, Riche rd, 12, Portman-marketgh-street, Islington
Tebtiy, William, 9:1. Crawford-street
Ilirasby, George, !I, Tabernacle-4e
to Townsend, Harris t. Charles-street, st.
Shoreditch,s
Taylor, John, Tyler's-court 'jam"
Willard, George, riangle, Hackney
Wiggins, John, I.o.rwer Clapton
Wallis, Mary, Sw allow-place
weatherleyVert 17; Stafford-row
Westmorland, Jo 3oph, 34, Little Newport-street
Woodward, Thos ~ 7, Brook-street
Weatherley, John , Poultry-market, Newg ite- market
Watling. Phillip, 105, High-street, Camden-toWn
Wilce, James, Vii :o-street
Made up to April 5, 1849.
Inland Revenue Ofit2e.
ENALTIES.By order of the Beard.
P
The Commissioners of I Ramps and Taxes hereby give Notice, that
every person
taking, kiln al, or pursuing game, without first obtain-
ing a cer
Vficate. incurs a I penalty of 201., and Is also liable to be oar-
charged in double the am' 'tint of the certificate duty.
Any person in pursuit •
co game refusing, on being duly required, to
the to be
certificate, or to permit same read, or a copy
produce his
thereof to be taken, or re`-using to declare his true name and place of
residence, alto incurs a pe'salty of 201.
that a certificate at the
are tletire d to take notice,
Gamekeepers •
t authorise any person to kill game beyond
rate of 1/. 7s. 6d. will no
is p which he de ute ,
d • and, in ordr that a
the manor for w
the limits of retect a gamekeeper,e it is re-
certificate at such a rato of duty may p
quisite, u only that ho
.should be deputed by some lord or lady of a
manor or reputed mano
also that such deputation should be r
,but a
ti gamekeeper will be liable
i
re-
gistered with the Clerk thetf.le
Peace, or
to be surcharged in Gout le the duty of 41. Os. 10d., and also to be pro-
secutedmer for the penalty of 201.
by ally common informer
N.8.-It is. the Intel ttion of the Commissioners of Stamps and
f all
Taxes to üblish in a sep rato List tho names and residences o
without Certificates .
persons surcharged in dot ta
ble duty for sporting

1)R. LOCOGK'SASTEFEMALOFDEiciNEWAFERS
HAVE '\O TAnd are the onl y remedy recommended to Females.
Price Is. I'4d., 2s. 9d., and 1 Is. per box.
BLwartE OF IMITATIO Ml.—Unprincipled Persons counterfeit this
Medicine in the forms of "Pills," &c. Purchasers must, theretbre.
roe that none are g ermine but "Wafers," and that the words
"Dr. Locock's Wafers," are on the Stamp outside each box.
OBSERVE.—The count erfett Medicines have words °lathe stamp so
nearly resembling then e, as to mislead the unwary. Purchasers
must therefore strictly Observe the above caution.
Agents—Da Silva and Ce., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London;
who are also Sole Agent s for
DR. LOCIO,',t'S PULMONIC WAFERS
for ASTHMA, CONSU b IPTION, COUGHS, and COLDS.
Price Is. 1%c1., 2s, 941., and 11s, per box. Sol by all respectable
Medicine Vendors.

ITELL. GWYNNE TAVERN end CHOP-
HOUSF, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.
.Messrs. ARCHEit and BOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coff.,e- room,
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 unti. One
o'clock. Private I)ining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior 'Wines and
Spirits, tine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.
N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane.

ICING'S HEAD HOTEL, COVENTRY.
This Old Family Hotel, Posting, and Commercial House,
late in the oczunation of Mr. Williamson, is now conducted by Mr.
CHARLES SABIN, Rho begs to intoim the Public generally that
no exertion shall be wanting on his part to merit a continuance of
the patronage and support hitherto bestowed en the above Estab-
lishment.
N.B. Post-horses always ready. An Omnibus and Flys at the
Station to meet every Train.

NEW AND ILLUSTRATED- EDITION OF CRICHTON.
Now ready, coMpleto 'in . one vol. medium Bvo., bound in cloth,
price 165.,
' A New and Revised Edition of ,
It
CIC H T
An Historical Romance. -
0 N.
• -By W. HARRI.,ON AINSWORTH, Esq..
With Eighteen magnificent illustrations in Steel.
- . . By II BLOT K. BROWNE.
Clhipman and Ball, 186, Strand.

This day, Bvo., 7s. fd.,
rrHE COLONIES of ENGLAND : a Plan for
the Government of some portion of our Colonial Possessions.
By JOhN ARTHUR. ROEBUCK, M.P.
A land there lies
Now void ; It fits thy people ; thither bend
Thy course ; there shalt thou find a lasting, seat ;
There to thy sous shall-many Englands rise,
And stales be horn of thee, whose dreadful might
Shall awe the world, and conqu::r nations bold.
London : John W. Parker, West Strand.

• -
rill E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
A Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffnor on the various modes of pro-
ducing Artificial Light, daily at Half-past Three, and on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nino, in which the Bude Light,
the Oxy-Hydrogen Light, and the Electric Light, will be exhibited in
juxta-position.—Lectures en the Ventilation of Mines, &c., by
means of a Jet of Steam, daily at rwo o'clock, and on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday Evenings, at Nine.—The Microscope.—The
New Dissolving Views include scenes in Van Diemen's Land, front
Original Drawings taken on the spot by J. Skinner I'rout, Esq.—
New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c.—An extensive Col-
lection of Models of Agricultural Implenlents, specimens of Manures,
&c.—The Music is under the direction of Dr. Wallis.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (Including
Caturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, ls:.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, IS.

ROYAL MISSISSIPPI PICTURE,
EGYPTIAN HALL.
BANVARD'S great PAINTING having returned from WINDSOR
CASTLE, where it has been exhibited, by command, to her Majesty
the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, is NOW OPEN to
the Public at the usual hours, at the Egyptian Ball. Morning, Half-
past Two ; Evening, Half-past Seven.
Admission—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.

THE WONDER OF THE SEA.
GTAINETIMS NORTHUMBRICUS, recently captured off
the Northumbrian coast, and, as a young specimen, coinciding in its
principal features with descriptions of the SEA SERPENT, will be
exhibited at the Cosmorama Roan's, Regent-street, on and after
TUESDAY, May 22, from ten till dusk.
Admls lon, One Shilling.

PSOM EPSOM COATS, price 305. ;
11.4 •
ALPACA. OVERCOATS, from Lis., at
Messrs. SWAIN and CO.'S REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT
DEPOT, •
379, OXFORD-STREET..

-,‘.71 FENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE.
►The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty
years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to he the only
article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or
grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black,
without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro-
duces, by one application a pleasing and permanent change; and it
can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy
the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing
the roots till the latest period of life. Prico 3s. Gd., Ga., and 10s.
per bottle. . .

To be had of the Proprietor', 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate-
street, Whiteeinspel-read, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, GB, Corn-
hill ; Butler, 4, Chelpside ; Prout, a 29, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-
street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge;. Hannay,
Oxford-street ; Finrdgin, Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-
street, Birmingham ; Roberts, 23, Church-street, Liverpool ; and of
most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country.
Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-
paid.

- Neese to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid flair Dye.",
Ob:erve. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper.

A It X 1 A G E.
_ One halt the world are desolately single, and the other
•uppodsig them married, questionably contented. Difildence, or a
!ens° of right determine the former, and miscalenlate,i hopes em-
•:tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
at caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret tal-
lowiprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
end broken health, are the great hlndrariedi to domestic happiness
end social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
Icnsent. Honour and ja:ticedernand tkat health should form au item
In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
ileso surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVICRWELL'S little
81F.11,10111S "On Single and Married Life," pnb. in 2 vols., Is-
mch (by post, In stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let no imaginatively
refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
them. They are not intended certainly for mere Idle curiosity, but
far the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
troy are offt,red as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
together, aro a disgrace to the age. Furthermore. two other
ittle publications claim ;our attention (same price .ls. each,
by post Is. Gd.) called " What to Ent, Drink, and
Nvold," and " How to be Trappy." They are not merely
painAlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
life who owes his present existence, health, and position to thiz ob-
servan of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
au the "sunny side of tlie way." The above works may be bad of
Aberwood, 23, Paternester-raw; Carvalho, 117, Fleet•street • Mann,
89, Cornish? ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
arise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally,
.nornhigs and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo liegent-street; and all
Ii vsksellers.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE•

SOUTII-E k STERN RAILWAY•

REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION COM-

MITTEE OF SIIATtEIIOYDERS.
It will be seen from the following abstract of the
report of the committee of investigation that the
chairman, Mr. Mac Gregor, and the directors who
voted with him, are entirely exonerated from the many
serious and cruel insinuations and charges made and
urged against them at the last half-yearly meeting of
the proprietors.
The committee, in dealing with the rancorously
personal attacks made upon Mr. Mac Gregor, say—
" We cannot conclude this report without special
allusion to the chairman of the company, who, it
must be admitted, has been as it were en his trial.
They have already shown the utter groundlessness
of the charges which have been alleged, or rather
suggested, affecting his integrity in the administra-
tion of the finances of the company. They moreover
feel bound to state their conviction, that, notwithstand
ing errors of judg
ment and an endue assumption of
individual responsibility, his conduct has been honour-
able throughout, and marked by a sincere, uVinching,
zothe
and, excepting in his character of a very large pro-
prietor, a disinterested devotion • interests of the
South -Eastern Company."
It will also be observed that the committee ex-
press their " firm conviction that the position of the
company is sound and its prospects favourable."
The report states that the. committee at their first
meting directed their secrete,
t
directors of the company, and also to Mr. Brogden,
late director, intimating their readiness ttoreceiveany
communication that he might be each of the
desirous of making to
them ; communications of a similar purport were also
made to Mr. e
Johnf
London,Windo a
r, of Manchester, and MrJameses Cunliffe, representatives respec-
tively, of shareholders resident in those two cities. In
consequence of the intimation thus given by the cora-
mittee, there were laid before them, in the order of the
dates indicated, statements from the following parties—
viz. :
March 19.—Mr.: C. IL' Cope, secretary of the Man-
chester committee of shareholders.
March 31.—Mr. James Cunliffe, chairman of the
London committee of shareholders.
April 10.—Mr. M. L. Pritchard, a director of the
company.
company.the
AApprri26.—Mr. W. G. Thomson, a director of thei
16. Mr. John Brogden, a late director of
company.
And in addition to the foregoing there was submitted
to the committee, on the 3d April, a statement from Mr.
R. S. Wilkinson, of St. Mildred's-court; and, on the
10th April, one from Mr. Josiah Wilson, of Stamford-
hill, bo:h those gentleinen being shareholders. " The
statement of Mr. M. L. Pritchard," the report proceeds,
"is c nsfined almost exclusively to explanations
respecting the part he personally bore in the
transactions had by the company in its own shares,
and in the mr.king up of the accounts for the half.
ear ending 3 let July, 1848. All the other statements
consist of allegations of discrepancies in the accounts,
and of acts of irregularity cr inipolicy in the manage-
ment of the affairs of the company. The Manchester
statement, clearly drawn up and promptly submitted,
was contidcd unreservedly to your committee for in.
vestigation, as was also that of Mr. lt. S. Wilkinson.
This proper and business-like course of the Manchester
proprietors was nut taken by the other parties, Messrs.
Cunliffe, Thomson, Brogden, and Wilson; they were not
content that your committee should investigate, but
sought each for himself, and in his o e n way, to conduct
an inveetigatien into particular 8.11,-gatione or sug-
geetiens put forward by him, and so to subordinate
the duly constituted authority of the committee to
the unauthorised pretensions of individual,. Your
committee saw no grounds for, and therefore re•
fused to sanction so unusual a mode of procedure, con-
ceiving it to • calculated to impede the legitimate
course of
they, nevertheless, tendered to
11
gentlemen inci
their
those
assur-
ance ttiat any statement they might put in would
much
re-
ceive full investigation; and' at length, after
dis-
cussion, hesitation, and delay, they placed their respec-
tive statements in the hands of your committee. Your
committee state these circumstances in order that you
may be enabled to judge of the propriety of the course
taken by them in this respect; had they acted otherwise,
they consider that they would have essentially failed
in their obligations towards you by a practical
transfer to others of the execution of . duties which
you had appointed them to perform; they, moreover
felt it to be their duty, as far as it lay with them, to do
so, not only to prevent the inquiry from being subjected
to needless embarrassment, but also to keep it free
from the injurious action of personal prejudice; and
that your committee are justified in fearing that
Bach would have been the effect of their com-
pliance with the requisitions made to them, it is only
necessary to point out that the gentlemen known as
dissentient directors,' advised. by theic attorneys, and
active assisted by a former secretary of the company, were the
voefe
eadne
nintrusion
the history
ry your
o f similarcomm ittee
bcetliievveeptroombeot unprecedented
in-
vestigations."

THE INVESTMENT ACCOUNT.
Some extremely injurious reports were circulated pre-
vious to the last half-yearly meeting respecting the man-
ner in which the following resolution of the board of
di-
rectors, dated 26th Oct.,
1847, had been carried out, viz.:
—" Resolved—That a sum of money beinvested either in
the paid. up stock or the No. 4 shares of the South-Eastern
Railway, at the discretion of the finance committee, to
rnectathe accounts sent in by J. P. Fearon, Fearn and
Clabon, and Robt. M. Stephenson." The amount claimed
was by Fearon and Clabon 116,463/. 6s. 10d., and by R.
Stephenson 20,8391.55. 2d., or in the total 137,3021. 12s.
On the 25th May, 1848, the board of directors passed
the following resolution That the shares purchased
under the resolution of the board of the 26th Oct., 1847,
be sold and converted in No. 2 and No. 3 shares." At
this date the investment consisted of 430 old shares, 469
No. 1 shares, 101 No. 3 shares, and 6,346 No. 4 share.
With the exception of the old shares the whole of the
above yet remain on hand, notwithstanding the order
made by the board for the sale, and, say the committee
of investigation, "instead of the intention of that order
which appears*" to have been
bringmerely
c carried ivary
i ntthoee ffet,
descriptionc of stock, the investment
was very largely increased; for although No. 2 and N 0.3
shares were brought under its authority, none of the
shares previously purchased were sold, excepting the old
• shares referred to.

"Reckoning the dividends and interest on shares at
the rate declared at the last half-yearly meeting, the an-
nual income derivable to the compay from this invest-
ment would be 7,6811. 18s. 4d., equal to about 44 per
cent. per annum. The committee state that a list of the
transferors of the registered shares have been laid before
your committee, from which it does not appear that such
shares were bought of persons having any official con-
nexion with the company. And the committee further
state there appears no reason for doubting that the
de
in-
vestment was intended by the directors to be bona fide
for the object declared in the resolution of October, 1847,
nevertheless, your committee disapprove of the measure
itself upon the general principle of the inexpediency of a
public company entering the market as a purchaser of
its o-vn stock.
"But having regard to the actual transactions which
took place subsequently to the resolution of May, 1848,
under cover of its authority, your committee cannot tou
strongly condemn the utter disregard exhibited of the
recorded order of the board of directors.

" Not only were the shares order©d to be sold not
original
directed to be sold, the
sold, but further large purchases, to the extant of dou-
insOlmientviMetsme inn his' e ar) pinaraacit made
of
acting broker being Mr. M. L. Pritchard, the deputy-
chairmancharaeter, osefintrhtietnceosui:spaanny;ember of the firm of Pritch-
obfliteee the amount
description of th the of
Pritch-
ard and Dale." ~

CONSOLS, EXCHEQUER-BILLS, AND LOANS ACCOUNT.
One of the most serious charges against the chairman
of the company and some of hie colleagues was an al-
leged improper series of transactions with the company's
money, in Consols and Exchequer-bills.
October,o . The report
f 1845
It appears from their committee's report that the
transactions under these heads originated in the neces-
sity for making provision for the Parliamentarycidueepr-obsiitlsis,
andas
tnadt
ecsotmh Consolema
te—nebeydthweitchomthpeaupy7rchase
that—
" The total expense attending these loan transactions,
by way of interest, commission, and continuation charges,
does not readily appear on reference to the books, the
items being for the most part mixed up in the general
interest account of the company; but from the examina-
tion made by the committee, with a view to ascertain the
point, it appears, after allowing for ' interest on Ex-
chequer-billsl3ool.
,Consols, to amount to
enTdhseoativerage
purchase price of
the Consols was 98 3-16, and the average sale price 85,
resulting in a loss of 13,1621. 10t.” The report proceeds:
orthearendaboduivtsid.
" The most important result of the investigation of this
particular account is, that your .committee are enabled
to report that the proceeds of the Parliamentary deposits
and of the several investments made in connexion with
them, are satisfactorily accounted for in the books of the
company; at the same time they cannot but express
their regret that the transactions were not entered in a
more clear and explicit manner in the books; had that
been done the questions which have been raised in rela-
tion to them could never have existed." A detailed re-
port of the accountants of the examination made by them
of this account is given in the appendix.
LOAN OF 15,0001. TO MESSRS. W. SCOTT AND SON.
Another strong charge against
the chairman of the
company was an alleged improper loan of 15,000/. to the
above-named gentlemen. The committee state that the
allegation that the money was lent in an irregular man-
ner, and the more serious imputation that it was cor-
ruptly made use of for the private purposes of the chair-
man, are completely negatived, nothiug having occurred
in connexion with the transaction inconsistent with per-
ceet integrity on all sides, and the ordinary mode of con-
ducting business.
THE CHARGE OF THE SUM OF 14,8791. 38, TO THE DEBIT
OF PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE HALF-TEAR
ENDING JAN. 31, 1849. .
In reference to the items of which this amount is cons-