The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

No. 17,155.] LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SITN, SEPTEMBER 13, 1847.

"Itragter are executed in a good, substantial, and workman/Ike
isanner, and lam well satisfied with the exertion used by the con-
tractor in pushing on the works.
The whole of the plans, sections, and drawings for Contracts Nos.
2 and 3 are ready. Contractors are preparing their estimates to
tender for these works, which may be let any day after the 24th of
this month.

One of these contracts will commence near Nottingham, by a
Junction with the Lincoln line, at Colwick, and will include the
bridge over the river Trent, and extend to Contract No. 1, at Bot-
tesford ; and the ether will commence at Grantham, and extend to
the junction of the Mlealord Branch, making a total distance from
Colwiek, near Nottingham, et twenty-three miles, including the first
contract.

The whole of the lice to Boston is staked out, as well as the tine
to Spalding and the Branch to Sleaford, the plans, sections, and
drawings for tame different contracts will be next proceeded with.
On that portion of the tine from Nottingham to Ilulevel!, which is
making jointly with the Midland Counties, Nottingham, and Mans-
field Railway Company, a distance of four miles, eeyeral bridges are
now building, the fencing and earthwork of the line are advancing
satisfactorily.

I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Aug. 11, 1847. JOHN U. ItASTRICH.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, 7Tn Aracsr, 1347

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A SPORTSMAN'S INVITATION.
About a week ago, or rather better,
While walking in a field I found a lettor ;
Picking it up, and finding how it ran,
I saw 'twas written by a sporting man.
And now for MOSES' sake I can't do better,
Than let you hear the contents of
THE LETTER.
Dear Mr. Phlzz,—l hope you are well and hearty,
For, Sir, we want you in a sporting party.
Our worthy friends, Popp, Marker, Shott, and Ramm
have all agreed to come, and pleased I am ;
And, sir, I hope you'll come and join us too,
But now I'll tell you what we have in view.
All have agreed to what friend Popp proposes,
That every one shall wear a coat from MOSES ;
We think our taste, as sportsmen, will be shown,
In wearing shooting-coats which stand alone—
Alone in quality—alone in style—
Alone in lasting us a long, long while.
MOSES and SON deserve support from us,
And that's the reason I address you thus :
I've one of MOSES' coats, and really, Sir,
In every sense its just what I prefer;
And yet it cost but very little cash,
Pray go to MOSES, like your friend,
FRED. FLASK.

LIST OF PRICES.
MADE TO =ABUZZ.

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Cashmere Codrington, from .... • • •••••••• •• ........ £0 16 6
Taglionis, silk collar and cuffs .
Cambridge Coat, lined throughout .• .. •• ......... • 2 5 0
Tweed Coats
Sporting Coat ••..• • • • • •• • ................... • . 0 13 6
Dress Coat.. .. •.
Bost quality manufactured -••••• • . • • • • ............ 2 15 0
Frock Coat -.•
Best quality manufactured ••••..• • • • • • ............ 3 3 0
Rich pattern Vests ••.. • • ........ • • .... •• • • ........ 0 8 •
Cashmere, or cloth• ••••••••••••• • • •• •• . . •• • • .... 0 8 6
Tweed Trousers • .. ... • • •• .
Single-milled Doeskin ditto .. ••••• • • • • - ••• • • • 1 2 0
Best, or Dress ditto .. • • .... ..... •••' •• •••• ' • .. 1 6 0
Boys' Hussar or Tunic Sults ••••••• • • • •• • •

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(I,Z ELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise
on Matriage, and on these Secret Infirmities and Disorders of
Youth and Maturi,y, that are n,ually acquired at an early period of
life, which tend to destroy physical and mental energy, ardour, pas-
sion, and all the attributes er Manhood. Illustrated with Twenty-
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various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that
are produced in them, by solitary habits, excesses, and infection.
With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility,
Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and other
diseases.

Ey SAMUEL LVMERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
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CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE.

CHAPTisa I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance,
and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Gencrativt
Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that Brea•
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
—CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the
Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility- of the function*
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the
Mental Faculties. CRAFTER 4. Oa the Secret Disorders of Youtt
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTXI3 i and 6. Or
the Disorder arising from Indiscriminate Excess, Strictures, and
other Diseases.

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DEATH OF A POOR POET.
(From the Leinster Express.)
On last Sunday a dead body was found on the road
side at the Sluggies, between Maryborough and the
Great Heath. It bore no marks of violence, and it is
evident death was not the result of hunger, for 7s. in
silver was found in the pocket of deceased : some
bread was also found on his person, with a small
diary containing scraps of poetry and prose, on a
variety of subjects, written with a pencil, and bearing
recent dates. But no clue tending to elucidate the
name of the deceased was found amongst his papers.
On Monday an inquest was held before John Hely
Owen, Esq.
The first witness examined was Mary Doran, of
hilminchy. The deceased called at her house on
Saturday evening, and asked for a night's lodging.
Told him he could not get it, as there was no one in
the house but three lone women. " I'm a woe-worn
old man," said he, " and what have lone women to
fear from me ?" He also said tobacco and beans
(query Bacchus and Venus) had lost all influence over
bim, that the seven sleepers put together were not
half as torpid as he was. Seeing he had no chance,
he asked them the way to Clonaslee ; they showed
him the Mountmelick road, but on leaving he said he
would go by Maryborough. The man appeared to be
going very slow, he had a stick in his hand.
After some deliberation the jury found a verdict
that " Deceased died by the visitation of God."

THE GREAT MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF
THE THAMES, BETWEEN ROBERT, COOMBES AND
NEWELL.—The preliminaries of this match are slowly
progressing, but still little or nothing is being done in
the way of betting, notwithstanding the confidence of
success expressed by the friends of either party. The
further sum of 151. aside was deposited on Monday, at
the Star and Garter, Putney, making 601. aside; and
the final and great deposit of 401. more each, to com-
plete the 2004 is appointed for Monday, the 27th.
Newell launched on Tuesday a boat of very unique
and peculiar build, being constructed without any sax
boards outside. She appeared very pretty on the
water, and was much approved of. Cownden is laying
down a boat for Coombes, who trains at Adams's, the
Red Lion, Hammersmith-bridge, and Newell has already
tiik,,n up 3,is qnsrters at Lentil's at Battema,
PONTOONS FOR GENERAL SIR lIARRY SMITH.—
SEPT. I I.—This morning two India rubber pontoons
were brought to the Gun-wharf, at Chatham, from the
Royal Engineer Department, for the purpose of con-
veyance to the Vernon at Portsmouth, which takes out
o f
Matter-General Good Hope.
the new Governor-General Sir Harry Smith to the Cape
oTfhe the
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are portable, each of then forms three canoes, 18 feet
in length, and about seven feet in width, and on their
being required for use they are filled with air. The
process of inflation is by three bellows screwed on
at each end of the canoes, and each takes about five
minutes to fill it with wind, and when they are fittd
with rafters form a very buoyant bridge. These
pon-
toons were exhibited to General Sir Harry Smith when
he was at Chatham, and witnessed the late siege opera-
tions. On that occasion a 6-pounder field-piece, with
50 men, were carried about the river for some time on
these pontoons, and General Sir Harry Smith was so
delighted with them, that on his return to London he
made special application for them at the Board of Ord-
nance. It is the intention of General Sir Harry Smith
to use these pontoons in the Great Fish-river, for the
conveyance of guns and troops across. Captain Richard
Howarth. of the Royal Engineers, goes out in charge of
the pontoons, and six other engineer officers embark
with the new Governor for the Cape. Other pontoons,
similar to those given to the Governor-General Sir
Harry Smith, are to be immediately put in their places,
as the pontoons in question were sent to Colonel Sir
Frederick Smith for his opinion as to their efficiency for
general service, who is to make a report to the Board of
`Ordnance regarding them.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE
HIGHLANDS.
LOCH LAGGAN, WEDNESDAY.
Court Circulars are very meagre documents ; and
although one is published every day giving an outline
of the manner in which the royal party spend their
time at Ardverikie, it is probable that the curiosity
of the public on the subject remains unsatisfied—l
mean, of course, the reasonable and fair curiosity of
the public ; for, as the Court has withdrawn into the
wilds of Badenoch to escape observation, it would be
unbecoming and rude to act the Paul Fry upon its
movements. In these remote districts, where nature
reposes amidst a solitude as perfect a 5 Zimmerman
ever pictured, it would be improper to chronicle the
circumstances which give their hue and character to
each day's amusements. Yet as these amusements
are peculiar, and capable of general description, it
appears only right that in this sense the public should
know how the royal party kill time in the High-
lands.

The Queen's present residence in the shooting
lodge at Ardverikie, surrounded by a great forest,
at once gives the clue to Prince Albert's principal
occupation. I propose, therefore, to give you a
short account of deer hunting in the Highlands,
and the different modes by which it is pursued.
A deer forest in this country is a very different thing
from a deer forest in the south, and has, as a field for
sport, far nobler and more commanding attributes. It
covers a vast territory, from the precincts of which
flocks of every kind, an even " the human face di-
vine," except the owner of it be a forester, are rigidly
excluded. Erery where around lonely mountains
swell from the moorland below in endless and irre-
gular succession ; some with grassy declivities, others
heathclad and sombre to their very tops, while not a
few present their bald and scathed summits to the
storm, all verdure disappearing from these Alpine
heights, which are gathered into broad and frowning
masses of rock, or sharpened by contending tempests
into peaks and savage ridges. In the hollows between
this labyrinth of hills is many a wild retiring corrie,
with the ceaseless play of silvery streamlets sounding
through its depths, with hillocks and ravines of
countless number and varying proportions, giving
shelter over its extent, and upon its surface spreading
a carpet of the richest grasses. Through such a
wilderness the eye in vain roves for any object
which can connect the scene with the humanities of
life—no house better than a deserted shieling, no yel-
low patches of corn land, no broad plantations, no sign
nor symptom of man, but in their stead straggling
birch trees along the rough watercourses ; old vener-
able pines standing in melancholy grandeur among
the crags and precipices of the stern mountain sides,
and, obtruding from the moss amidst vast boulders of
granite, the mouldering trunks of trees, which in
years long gone by covered the expanse with their
stately vegetation. Such are the general characteris-
tics of a deer forest in the Highlands. For the animals
themselves, to whose preservation these wastes are
devoted, they are, as every one knows, except at
certain seasons, gregarious in their habits. You will
see them at early dawn when morning mists are
creeping up the hills and melting away, or, again,
when the shadows of evening lengthen over the pros-
pect, browsing where a bright green spot high up in
some corrie marks where a spring well, copious and
cool, gushes out from the rocks. In the heat of day
you will find them in the cover of deep woods, or
high heather, or braken, enjoying the luxuries of a
siesta. You may also catch a glimpse of a herd at
this time resting on the brow of some mountain, over
which the fresh air is creeping. Here, with their
heads turned down the wind, and with a watchful
hind in advance—her eye searching from the summit
what her companions cannot guard by their keen ears
and nostrils—they occupy a position which it is
almost impossible to approach unobserved, and which
gives some idea of the acute instincts which protect
them against the hunter.
And how are they circumvented ? For that there
are at present in the Highlands three different ways
adopted, all legitimate and manly as sources of sport,
but of which unquestionably the first is stalking. A
deer-stalker must have an iron frame, a keen eye,
fleet feet, a deadly aim; he must be able to track, to
calculate the shiftings of the wind, and the distances
and cover of remote positions ; he must be fitted to
bear cal and heat in rapid succession, to endure fa-
tigue and hunger, and to be patient, and silent, and
cool under all. He must look at scaling a brae face
with as much composure as a run upon a level ;
and among the various exigencies of a mountain
life his invention must be ready, and his nerve firm.
When he issues in the grey light of the morning
from the bothie where he has passed the night, dressed
from top to toe in shepherd's plaid, a telescope slung
behind his back, and his rifle in his hand, he studies
the direction of the wind, and from the weather con•
jectures where the deer may be found. Then taking
to the hill and traversing with swift but cautious
steps the high grounds of the forest, he proceeds
to some particular corrie or glen where he believes
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progress opens up to him, at last, after many a pause
and lengthened survey, the deer are detected, their
dun hides faintly discernible from the surrounding
objects, and seen at that great distance like specks.
Then the work of stalking begins. Slowly and si-
lently, and in a recumbent position, from behind the
nearest shelter, the game are examined, their number
counted, their position accurately marked, with the
direction of the wind upon it, and what the deer are
about. Upon this state of things the hunter takes
counsel with himself, and having arranged his plan of
action away he starts, keeping in such a direction as
to prevent their getting wind of hips, and, holding as
far as possible the high ground, he circumvents his
prey, and after a circuit of several miles, perhaps, ar-
rives at last within reach. His path has been through
soft morasses, in the bed of rugged watercourses, over
gray cairns, and among sharp shingle, the debris of
mountain torrents, until at last, dragging himself
silently and stealthily up to the edge of some shelving
rock, or on the shoulders of some projecting steep, he
sees the antlered heads of the quarry moving before
him. Not a moment is then to be lost ; the rifle is at
his shoulder, and levelling his eye along its barrel,he aims
low down under the fore shoulder of the largest stag.
At the flash of the discharge the noble animal staggers
and drops, and one moment of exulting triumph re-
pays the long-doubtful and arduous pursuit.
Deer-driving and passes also form an agreeable
and exciting mode of hunting in a forest. The stag
has his accustomed track in the wilds, which he fre-
quents, just as men have their pathways. Those
who are acquainted with the habits of the animal of
course know where it is likely to pass, and place
there the sportsman. In his ambush,
which is gene-
rally on the brow of some mountain, or overlooking
some hollow or ravine, he watches the approach of
the game, while beaters are scattered over the space
thus commanded, and with many a shrill whistle and
prolonged halloah, try to drive the deer towards him.
Sometimes, however, they are not within the :beat ;
sometimes they suspect danger, and burst back
through those who urge them from behind ; some-
times they make for themselves new paths and escape
from the threatened evil. In the meantime the
sportsman crouches upon his pass, the cold mountain
winds rushing past him, mist, rain, or snow—the
concomitants of his solitary post, and, reaching his
ear and eye from the valley stretched beneath his
feet, the unwonted sights and sounds of these remote
and stormy regions. He listens and watches during
minutes that seem hours, and hours that seem days,
and at last his patience is rewarded ; the clatter of
hoofs is herd among the rocks, ascending to where
he lies in breathless expectation, and in his lurking-
place he sees the herd pass by at a swinging trot.
Steadily he surveys them, until the rough mane,
rounded flanks, and spreading antlers of the heaviest
stag appear in sight, and then, collecting himself for
a moment, he brings the proud animal down.
The third and last kind of deer-hunting still used I
in the Highlands is that with deer hounds, and a noble
sight it is, though belonging more to the sports of
remote and barbarous times. The dogs themselves
are splendid animals, familiarised to the public by the
writings of Sir Walter Scott and the paintings of
Landseer. There can be few finer sights than to see
a large deer-hound of the true old breed, his long
wiry hair bristling with excitement, bounding after a
stag, and at last, after many a struggle, closing on
him and bringing him down. No one who has ever
ling interest with which it must have inspired him—
seen a spectacle of the kind can ever forget the thril-
the desperate terror of the deer as he fled, or the
pitiable expression of the poor animal when hunted to
death and gasping With
peculiar
fascination which these wild sports have about them,
his last breath.
it is not to be wondered at that deer forests are rapidly
on the increase, and threaten to overspread the land.
Thirty years ago there were comparatively few forests
in the Highlands, the principal being those of the
Monie, Leah, Glenartney, Gaick, Braemar, and
Athol. At a subsequent period those of Dalness,
Gallovie, and Benaulder, were revived, and others
created in Glengarry, Lochiel, Glenmoriston, and
the Black Mount. And now, in addition
to these, there are in existence the forests of Glen
Strathfarar and Dalcataig, belonging to Lord Lovat.
The land thus covered with deer, and preserved for
their sole use, is of immense extent, and would, at a
rough guess, if under sheep, yield a rental of about

2(1,0001. It would be travelling out of my province
wt?..re I to speculate upon the effect which this great
appropriation of the soil is likely to have upon the
permanent prosperity of the Highlands, but it must
be obvious to the most cursory observer that that is a
q uestion which it is of the utmost consequence to
bring to an immediate issue.

To-day his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accom-
partied by Sir James Clarke, visited Glen Roy, to the
construction and appearance of the parallel roads in
which I referred at some length in my last commu-
nication.

The Fairy and the Garland steamers have left their
anchorage beside the other vessels of the squadron,
and proceeded up the Caledonian Canal, it is said,
with the view of enabling her Majesty to examine the
scer.'ery of Loch Lochy and Loch Ness.
Nothing yet appears to have been positively settled
as to the time of her Majesty's departure for England,
but I have good ground for believing that it will take
place early next week, and that the royal squadron
will return by the west coast.—Times.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION.
A meeting of the shareholders in this project was
held on Thursday, at Wakefield, Mr. J. Houldsworth
in the chair.
The So!.icrroit read the report, which stated that
the committee were much disappointed in not having
received the sanction of Parliament to the scheme,
which was not rejected on its merits, but in conse-
quence of the Great Northern Company being de-
barred, by an error in levels, from bringing their
scheme at the same time before the Commons' Com-
mittee for an independent entrance into Leeds ; that
after all outstanding claims had been satisfied, a
balance would remain of 26,8931., including 10,0001.
received from the Midland Company, under the agree-
ment entered into on the 29th of September, 1846,
and a further sum of 1,2001.; that although they
were fully convinced of the superior merits of the
proposed line over either of the rival projects, they
would not recommend an independent application to
Parliament in the next session, after having suffered
two defeats in former sessions, at a heavy loss to
themselves and to the Midland Company.
They thought it better to dissolve the com-
pany and return 1/. ss. Bd. per share to
those who had paid the deposit of 2/. 2s.
in full. This would require the sum of 26,3271.,
leaving a balance of 1,889/. to meet the outstanding
claims against the company, including the demand of
Sir William Pilkington. The accounts showed that
43,081/ had been received from the shareholders, and
a subscription of 11,2001. from the Midland Company
towards expenses. The sum expended amounted to
26,3931., including unsettled claims of 1,3341., leaving
a balance at the bankers of 28,0131.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that they could probably
make up 11. 6s. 61 per share to return; that the pro-
ject could not pay as an independent line, and that
it was not likely that the Midland would assist them
again, having already lost so much by the scheme.
After some discussion, resolutions were unani-
mously passed adopting the report, and authorising
the directors to take immediate steps for the dissolu-
tion of the company and the return of the deposits.
Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.

DUFFRYN, LLYNVI, AND PORTHCAWL
At a special meeting of this company, held on
Tuesday at Pyle, Mr. M. P. Smith was unammoLsly
elected a director to represent the company at the
Llynvi Valley;Railway board, in accordance with the
terms of amalgamation of the former with the latter
company.

GLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, AND
ARDROSSAN.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
on Thursday at Glasgow, the Earl of Eglinton in the
chair. The report stated that last session they ob-
tained Acts to construct branches to Fenwick and
Rowallan, and to the Ayrshire main line near Kel-
winning, and their Busby branch near Springside ;
to substitute an open cutting for a tunnel near Dun-
lop, and to extend the main line to the proposed
station in Portland-street, Kilmarnock ; also empow-
ering the company to run engines and mineral trains
over the Ayrshire line and branches from the junc-
tion with the main line of the latter at Fergushill and
Kilmarnock, to the mineral fields at East Colliery
and Loudon. These powers were granted in consi-
deration of the proposed Colliery, Loudon, and Au-
chenharvie branches not being conceded. The di-
rectors congratulate the shareholders on the results
of the successful opposition to the branches proposed
by the Ayrshire company for the district occupied by
the projects included in the Bill of 1846. They state
that the revenue of the existing Ardrossan line more
than justified their calculations and anticipations of it
held out in December last ; that it is expected that
the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston line will be
opened in December next from Glasgow to Barrhead,
and the more difficult portion of the line from Barr-
head to Crofthead, was:considerably advanced, so that the
continuation of the line to Glasgow would be soon esta-
blished. The directors have refrained from entering
into any contract for the execution of the heavy works
on a portion of the main line, in consequence of the
high price of labour, and as there were every prospect
immediately after the extensive railway works in the
country were completed, that more advantageous
terms could be made with able contractors. The di-
rectors have limited their operations to the branches
from the existing Ardrossan line to Perecton and
Springside, and to the Ayrshire line at Fergushill,
part of which is already opened. That they have
given instructions to the law agents to proceed to
recover the arrears due on calls. That the meeting
was also made special for the purpose of considering
and determining the question of amalgamation with
the Caledonian Company on the following terms :
" That the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan
Railway Company's capital stock of 700,C00/. be
amalgamated with the Caledonian stock and bear a
dividend of 6 per cent., provided the net profit of that
line yield that return, with an option to that company
of availing themselves, in lieu of such guarantee, of
the dividend which may be paid by the amalgamated
company." This arrangement was stated to be ap-
proved of by the shareholders, at a meeting held in
1845, and ratified by the shareholders of the Caledo•
nian Company in February last.
The CHAIRMAN said, that the principal topics were
contained in the report, and he congratulated them
on the revenue from the Ardrossan line exceeding
their anticipations ; that of course the revenue of the
harbour would increase with it, and he had no doubt
the latter would prove remunerative ; that in con-
sequence of the depressed state of the money market
and the high rate of wages, and the difficulty of
going on at once, they intended to apply next session
for an extension of time for the completion of the
works. He did not think they were justified in hesi-
tating any longer to enforce the payment of calls.
He thought that the agreement for amalgamation
with the Caledonian would be advantageous to the
company; that it would give them increased strength
and influence if they were backed by that company ;
that the Caledonian Company had acted in every re-
spect in the most honourable manner towards them.
He felt himself, in honour and inclination, bound to
recommend that the shareholders should agree to that
proposal, and, in conclusion, moved the adoption of
the report, which was seconded.
Mr. SMITH regretted that he could not approve of
the report in one or two points. He was glad to hear
that the revenue had been more lucrative than was
expected. With regard to enforcing the payment of
calls, he could not agree to it. Looking at the state
of the money market and to other circumstances, he
thought great indulgence should be shown before they
proceeded such a length, for he could conceive nothing
more injurious to their company than to authorise
law agents to bring 20 or 30 proprietors into court
and prosecute them for arrears without any pressing
necessity for such proceedings.
The CHAIRMAN said it would be extremely desira-
ble not to proceed unless absolutely necessary, but it
was now seven or eight months since the last call
had been made, and arrears to an enormous amount
were still due. They had also contracts to purchase
the Ardrossan Railway, which would require a large
sum of money, and which they were bound to carry
out, and for which that company would pay interest.
It was therefore necessary for them to try to raise
money in some way or other.
After some observations from Mr. GRAHAM with
respect to the necessity of going on with a portion
of the works,
Mr. SMITH moved an amendment to the report,
that the portions of it which related to the enforce-
me4 of calls, and for the amalgamation with the
Caledonian Company, be not approved.
Mr. GRAHAM seconded the motion.
Mr.he
stFtnce, that that part of the report
Company
to the
amalgamation with the Caledonian be not
approved.
On the votes being taken, there was a considerable
Iyn,enadtme the
nts suggestion
separately; o f Chairman,
moved IT
his amendments the
The motion with regard to the payment of calls
was not put, the directors agreeing to the sugges-
tion, that unless they felt it to be absolutely neees-
they would not enforce their immediate pay.
majority in , e feaavard of the amendment, which was de-
:
et:l
wy
ment.
Resolutions were then passed re-electing one of the
four retiring directors (the Earl of Eglinton), and
electing three new directors in the room of those who
retired.

After the election of auditors and a vote of thanks
to the Chairman, the meeting separated.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Nassau and
suite embarked, on Saturday morning at Blackw•all-pior,
on board the General Steam Navigation Company's mail
steam-ship Giraffe, for Rotterdam, en route to his palace
at Bieberich.

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