The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1847.

paid on the amounts paid and to be paid up in respect of the
shares of this company commonly called the No. 4 shares.
Mr. GREGORY, chairman of the company presided.
Mr. FEARON, solicitor, having read the titles, preambles,
and marginal notes of the several Bills,
The CHAIRMAN then • said, that the projects which they
were about to promote in this session of Parliament had all
received the approbation of the shareholders, with one single
exception—that of the Lewisham, Bromley, and Croydon
Bill. There had been much public and private discussion
with regard to the conflicting interests of the South-
Western and London and Brighton and East Coast Junc-
tion Railway Companies. Statements had been made
unwarranted by the circumstances, and it would be
his duty to relate these circumstances as they
actually occurred. They were aware from the cor-
respondence which had already been made public,
that a conference had taken place, on the 4th November,
between a deputation of the South-Eastern Company and the
Brighton Company's Board, and misunderstandings having
arisen as to what had passed at that conference, in order to pre-
vent a recurrence of the same error, it was suggested that a
short-hand writer should be in attendance at the next meeting.
The shareholders had had already a verbatim report of what
took place circulated among them, and he should not, there-
fore, occupy their time with comments upon these proceed ngs.
The deputation had had two more interviews since that period
with the chairman and Mr. Shuster, of the Brighton Company,
and an endeavour was made to bring about an amicable
settlement of the differences existing ;between the com-
panies. In order that the meeting might be aware of what
had taken place at these later interviews, he would read to
them the draft submitted by the Brighton Company. The
Chairman then proceeded to read the terms of the draft
which were briefly that the South-Eastern Company
should pay for the use of the Brighton Company's line,
the sum of 20,0001. for five years; that the Brighton
Company should discontinue the promotion of their
North Kent projects, the South-Eastern at the same time
withdrawing their Lewisham, Bromley, and Croydon Bill;
that both companies should enter into an agreement not to
make-or support any line hostile to the interests of the other ;
that with regard to the enlargement of the London-bridge
Station, the arrangement should be left with Messrs. Ste-
phenson and Cubitt, the engineers, to report thereon;
that in the event of the Brighton Company accepting
the accommodation of the Bricklayers' Arms Station
from the South-Eastern Company, any difficulties which
might arise as to the cost of erecting warehouses, or other
expenses, should be referred to other and disinterested
parities ; that in the event of an amalgamation being decided
on between the companies, a term of years (to be agreed
upon) should elapse in order that the proportionate amount
of capital to be paid by either company should be determined
by the amount of traffic on either line, such traffic at the
present time not having been fully developed. These
suggestions were placed in the hands of the chairman
and Mr. Shuster, and they, after some considera-
tion, returned them with certain amendments, which could
not be acceded to by those representing the Eastern Counties
Company. This was on Thursday, and on Saturday they
met again, and a desire for a settlement of these differences
was evinced by all present. It was then suggested by the
chairman of the Brighton Company, that the South-Eastern
should lease that line. The proposition was well worthy their
attention, but it was one on which they had no data on which
to found a conclusion_ If any arrangement should be come
to which they could safely recommend for the adoption of
the shareholders, they would lose no time in convening a
special meeting, in order to lay the terms of the agreement
before them ; but whether such an arrangement were come to
or not, they had the fullest confidence in an impartial hear-
t:lg before Parliament, and they believed, also, that they
had the public opinion with them, that their wants would
be better served by their lines. The Lewisham, Brom-
ley, and Croydon line was one which the directors would have
asked the shareholders to sanction, even if they were already
united to the Brighton Company. It was a surface line,
with good gradients, and would bring the ttaffic of Wool-
wich, Greenwich, and Gravesend some seven miles nearer to
Croydon. It was their duty to recommend the carrying out
of this project. He would now move that the shareholders
sanction the introduction of a Bill to enable the South-
Eastern Railway Company to make a railway to connect
the London and Greenwich Railway and the North Kent
line of the South-Eastern Railway with the Bricklayer's Arms
Branch Rail way. The estimate for this project was 55,0001. The
Bricklayers' Arms station had already cost a sum closely
approaching to 300,0001., and he believed that this line
would, by giving increased traffic, assist in defraying that
heavy expenditure.
Mr. LEVY said that he had always considered, and had on
every occasion stated his opinion, that the Bricklayers'
Arms station would turn out, as it had done, a failure; and
unless assured by the chairman that there was a legitimate
ground for believing that the scheme now proposed would
amend matters, he should oppose the introduction of
the Bill.
The CHAIRMAN admitted that the Bricklayer's Arms Sta-
tion had entailed a heavy expense upon the company; but
matters were beginning now to assume a brighter aspect, and
they should not so much look to the past as to the future.
The station would be found really useful in times coining, as
that at London Bridge was so circumscribed, and he believed
that the line now proposed would be a really healthy adjunct
to it.
Mr. CASH hoped the line would pass unanimously.
The motion was then put and carried.
The CHAIRMAN then put the other projects seriatim to the
meeting, and, after some remarks from the shareholders in
different parts of the room, they were carried unanimously.
It was also moved and carried that 5 per cent. interest
should be paid on the shares of the company, commonly
called the Nos. 3 and 4 shares, respectively.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meet-
ing broke up.

WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK-
LOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The aojourned meeting of the shareholders was held at the
offices, 449, West Strand; Lord Courtown in the chair.
Mr. SLADE, one of the scrutineers, then announced the re-
sult of the poll, yesterday, to be in favour of the re-appoint-
ment of the former directors ; majority 16,833 shares and
1,620 votes. The report further stated, that certain proxies
tendered by Mr. Boyce subsequently to the last meeting had
been rejected.
Mr. DICKSON questioned the propriety of this rejection.
The CIMIRMAN said such a discussionwould be quite irre
levant, and declared the directors' list carried.
Mr. Pinny protested against the report of the scrutineers
bein', received, and intimated that the rejection of the proxies
would form the basis of future proceedings at law.
The CHAIRMAN moved that the directors should be em-
powered to apply to Parliament, during the present session,
for a Bill amending last year's Act, in reference to the space
between the 45th and 49th miles of the line, and such parts
of the Act as restricted the compulsory purchase of land, till
all the shares should be taken up, and to enable the company
to pull down the Ferry Carrig-bridge, over the Slaney, and
build a new one.
Seconded by Mr. LEWIS.
Mr. PERRY moved that the directors should be empowered
to go to Parliament fora Bill dissolving the Waterford,Wex-
ford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway Company. The Hon.
Proprietor then read a printed draft of the proposed Bill.
Dr. GRAY seconded it.
Mr. HAYTEI, M.P., considered that such an amendment
could not be put, no notice having been given in the adver-
tisement making the meeting special for the purpose.
Mr. PERRY handed in his motion, and begged it would be
noted by the secretary.
Mr. REYNOLD moved an amendment negativing the
motion.
The CnAmmax put the amendment and the original mo-
tion, and declared the latter carried.
A poll was demanded, and Messrs. Slade and D. W.
Harvey were appointed scrutineers' the poll to remain open
till six o'clock this evening, and the meeting to stand ad-
journed from that hour till eleven o'clock to-morrow.

MADRAS RAILWAY COMPANY
MEETIN G.—(T iIIS DAY.)
A general meeting of the proprietors of the Madras
Railway Company took place this day, at the offices of
of the company No. 2, Winchester-buildings. Colonel
Duncan Lim in the chair.
The SECRETARY road the following report, which was
unanimously adopted. The following is the substance of
the report:—
" The directors of this company have still to direct
their inability to inform the shareholders, that any
material progress has been made in forwarding the
objects of the company, since the last half-yearly meet-
ing. On the 3d of September last, a letter was ad-
dressed to the secretary of the court of directors of the
East India Company, with a request that the same
might be submitted for their consideration.
"No reply having been received to this communica-
tion, another letter was addressed to the India House,
on the 26th of November last.
" Not having received any answer, the chairman and
secretary waited on the Chairman of the East India
Company, at the India House, on the 14th ult., with a
view, if possible, to ascertain the sentiments of the Court:
it was suggested, at this interview, that the attention of
the authorities at the India House should again be called
to the subject, and, in consequence, another letter was
sent to the India House on the 29th ult.
" No reply has been received to this letter up to this
time ; but, from private inquiries made by the chairman,
it is understood that the following is the present state of
the ease:—
" From statements which have appeared in the public
papers, it is generally known, that the authorities at the
India House, and the Board of Control, have offered
certain encouragement for the construction of a line of
railway to connect Calcutta with the north-west
frontier of the Bengal territories : from a state-
ment made in Parliament by the President
of the Board of Control, it appears that it is not yet
decided whether the company, or companies, to whom
this offer has been made, will accept it, or not; as the
directors consider that our line deserves a preference
over any other, of the same extent, that can be made in
India, they deem it advisable to await the result of the
negociation now pending, between the Government, and
the Bengal lines, rather than to press for an immediate
decision, which perhaps might not, under existing circum-
stances, offer to the shareholders a sufficient induce-
ment to go on with the line.
" The directors are in daily expectation of hearing
the issue of the negotiation with the Bengal lines. And
as soon as they can ascertain the effect of that upon the
prospects of the Madras Railway Company, they will
lose no time in calling a special general meeting of the
shareholders, for the purpose of laying the same before
them ; and offering their opinion as to the advisability
of proceeding with the line or taking steps to wind up
the company."
The following is an abstract of the letter sent by the
directors of the East India House :
" The grounds upon which it is considered that the
Madras and Arcot line is entitled to the support of Go-
vernment are the following :
" Ist. Great facility of construction.
" 2d. A confident expectation of its proving a remu-
nerative undertaking.
"3d. That the risk incurred by Government in
guaranteeing a dividend upon it, wilt, in consequence, be
little more than nominal.
"4th. That the construction of a paying line of such
modetate length, as may render its completion within a
short period probable, will be of the utmost importance
in its bearing upon the future extension of railways in

" sth. That the advantages to be derived by Govern
ment from this line, both in a financial, and political
point of view, will far exceed those which will accrue
from its construction to the shareholders, as a commer-
cial investment.
" 6th. That the Presidency of Madras, which has no
means of water-carriage, for the transport of the produce
of the in:erior to the ports of shipment., is so situated as

to derive the utmost conceivable advantagca from the in-
troduction of railways.
"From the inquiries of the provisional committee at
Madras, it appears, that the cost of this line, constructed
in the most substantial manner, with a single line of
rails, and a roadway capable of admitting a double line
hereafter, would not exceed 4,6501. per mile ; the
opinion of Mr. Simms is, that, although he thinks this
line might be made for 500,0001., or about 7,000/. a mile,
yet he considers that, in prudence, the capital should be
axed at 600,000/.

"2d. The grounds upon which the expectation that this
line will be remunerative rests, have already been laid
before you in my letter of the 23d of May last. It is
there stated, that the immediate traffic which would
come on the line would yield a net income of about
16,0001. per year, exclusive of mails ; and this would be
sufficient to pay a dividend of 5 per cent. on the
capital which we have estimated as sufficient to make
the line at the rate of 5,0001. per mile. All ex-
perience, warrants the assumption that the traffic upon a
railroad judiciously situated, goes on increasing in a
ratio to which no limit has yet been assigned ; it is im-
possible for any line in any country to be more favour-
ably situated ; it is the road by which a very large pro..
proportion of the whole produce of the interior must pass
to the only considerable shipping port on the coast, and
there never can be any line of road, or water, to compete
with it. Upon these grounds, then, we think that
the capital invested in the construction of this line may
be expected to yield a return of from 10 to 15 per cent.
when its effects upon the commerce of the country shall
have been fully developed, and the probability is, that,
before the expiration of a year, the profit available for a
dividend would amount to full 5 per cent. upon the
capital estimated to be necessary by Mr. Simms.
"If India is to have railways, it appears to be of the
greatest importance that the first undertaking of the
kind should be one that may soon be in action, and that
it may be a paying line. The Madras and Arcot line
is of a sufficient length to demonstrate, in the fullest
manner, the results of the system in India. It is twice
as long as the Liaerpool and Manchester line ; the
results of the construction of which led to the
enormous development of the system, accomplished,
and now in progress in this country. It is
not so long as to: require the expenditure of a very
large capital before it can be brought into actual opera-
tion. There is, probably, no proposed line, of equal ex-
tent in India, that could be constructed in so short a
time, and at such a moderate cost; and as there can be
little doubt of its yielding a remunerative return from
the date of its being opened, its influence upoa the
future extension of the railway system, in other parts of
India would be of incalculable importance.
" Of the advantages of railroad to Government, in a
polhical point of view, it is quite impossible to form a
pecuniary estimate ; but upon this ground ; the line
from Madras to Arcot, leading, as it does, to all the
principal military stations within that Presidency, can
be considered as second in importance to no line
throughout India.
"Of the three Presidencies in India, the territories
under the Government of Madras are by far the worst
off, for the means of internal transit of. produce. There
is a considerable grain trade coastwise; but so little
available is this for equalising the effects of failure of
the crops, that famine is constantly recurring in
some part or other of the Madras provinces ;
there is no means of water-carriage to any extent
worth speaking of, for any of the produce from, or into
the interior of the country ; and if ever means of
transport are to be provided in that part of India, it
can be assuredly be done by railroads, in a more effi-
cient manner than by the construction of common roads."
The following is an abstract of the account, which was
received with great satisfaction.
Dr. s. d.
To balance from last half-year 7,938 0 3
Calls paid and interest.
Balt year's interest received from Lon-
don and Westminster Bank..

113 8 6

8,130 6 10

CR.
By postages, salaries, and stationery £l36 4 10
Office expenses, rent, advertising, and
registry
Balance carried to next half-year's account 7,841 4 7

£8,130 6 10
A vote of thanks was then passed unanimously, and
meeting separated.

SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY
(THIS DAY.)
The half• yearly meeting of the proprietors of this
company was held to-day, at the offices of the company,
19, Bishopsgate-within, Mr. G. E. Pratt, Barlow, in the
chair.

The Secretary having read the advertisement calling
he present meeting, and the minutes of the last meet-
no., proceeded to read the report, from which we give
.he following extracts :
"In submitting the accounts for the half-year ending
31st December last, the directors have much pleasure in.
calling the attention of the proprietors to the continued
and steady increase of their business, exhibited by the
comparative statement of the half-year receipts for the
last three years, and by the return of the aggregate
amount of tonnage of the shipping which entered the
docks during the past year; the amount of tonnage'
which entered the docks in 1845 having been 158,680
tons; in 1846, 228,777.
th" The revenue Recount shows a surplus, which. in the
opinion of the directors, warrants their submitting to
the meeting the propriety of declaring a dividend, clear
of income-tax, of one pound per cent. for the half year
(ten shillings per share), being at the rate of two per
cent. per annum. After payment of this dividend, the
revenue account will still retain a credit of 1,5144 15s.
Sd. It will be for the meeting to determine whetber it
is not desirable to begin to make a return upon the
capital of the proprietors by declaring an immediate
dividead, though small, in preference to awaiting a
postponed one of larger amount—and to deal with this
question as it may think fit.
" The directors have to report that they have executed
an agreement with the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Customs, to 'build on the Dock Company's land, and
lease to the Crown for twenty-one years,fa Custom-house
on an enlarged scale ; an arrangement affording greatly
increased facilities and accommodation to the trade e.f the
port of Southampton generally, as well as to that carried
on through the company's docks. A contract has been
entered into with Messrs. Baker and Son for the comple-
tion of tle, work by the 30th June next ; and the build-
ing is in rapid course of construction.
" The dry dock has been in constant work, and has
proved a most important addition to the accomodations
of the company's docks ; but already since the (Tailing,
the Oriental Cempany have been obliged to send two of
their large steamers to Cowes to be repaired, in conse-
quence of the dry dock having been at the time occu-
pied by other vessels ; and it is apparent that a second
dry dock could be advantageously :employed is afford-
ing accommodation to the smaller class of stew niers
and sailing vessels, and thus render the large dock
(now at times unprofitably occupied by small vessels, to
the exclusion of the large steamers,) more available for
the first-class steam ships which frequent the Southamp-
ton Docks. The Directors propose, therefore, to place
by the side of the other a smaller dock of much cheaper
construction, which, it is expected, may be completed
by the month of November next ; and they have reason
to believe that both docks will be fully occupied, and
will afford a fair return on the capital expended on them.
" The directors have not lost sight of the important
advantages which will result to the Dock Company from
the extension of the South-Western Railway to London-
bridge, for which extension an Act was obtained during
the last session of Parliament, and which they have
reason to believe will be carried out with all passible
expedition.
" The directors propose to secure suitable warehouse
accommodation, with a water frontage contiguous to the
London bridge terminus of the South-Western Railway,
and thus realize the object they have long had in view,
of being able to offer to merchants the option of housing
such portion as they may think fit of their cargoes
in the Company's warehouses at Southampton, and
the remainder in London ; and of transferring their
goods from one to the other by a railroad running from
the doors of the warehouses at Southampton, to those
of the warehouses at London-bridge. The Directors
contemplate including in this arrangement the removal
of the London office to the London-bridge terminus, and
thas, by means of the railroad and electric telegraph,
place the London establishment and warehouses a the
company in direct and immediate communication, with
their docks and warehouses at Southampton.
" The directors have the satisfaction to repor ~ that
the boring for water in the docks has been attended with
complete success, and that an abundant supply of pure
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dock paid?
The CHAIRMAN observed, that it had been only' open
for a period of six months, and there hal been; two
large ships that had entered and had not been ch nrgod,
but the amount it paid for that time was 4 per cent.
He should say that the most expected from it was
5 per cent., and, in conjunction with the small dock,
it was expected that it would be a great deal more.
The great importance, however, of the dock NI as to
afford facilities of accommodation, and to bring addi-
tional trade to Southampton.
Another PROPRIEToIt asked what had become of the
agreement with Mr. Pileher.
The CHAIRMAN said that that agreement was :still in
abeyance.
A PRO,•FIETOR wished to draw the attention tof the
Chairman to a paragraph in the report, which saye that,
" The directors have further to report, that the have
entered into an agreement to erect on the Dock Com-
pany's land, and lease to the Royal f item
Packet Company, workshops on a large scale
for the repair of their ships and machinery."
Now, he was desirous to know if any agreeme t.t had
been made with the Royal Mail Steam Packet COI tipany
for a definite term, as it would be desirable to fix them,
as had been done so advantageously with the G-I,vern-
men t.

The CHAIRMAN observed that there was a lune for
twenty-one years.
Several other questions having been put, and an: rwered
satisfactorily,
The CHAIRMAN then put the motion that the report
be adopted and circulated, which was unanii nously
agreed to.

-The CHAIRMAN then put the next resolution : "that
the dividend mentioned in the report, of 103. pei ? share
for the half year, should be declared, and that tht IP same
be paid ou the Ist March proximo."

A PROPRIETOR asked, before the resolution was put,
whether from the past proceedings and future prospect
of the company, they might expect that such a dividend
as that now proposed would be continued in future half-
years ; otherwise he thought it was a matter for consi-
deration whether they should not decline making any
dividend at present.
The CHAIRMAN said it would not be prudent in the
directors to pledge themselves to future dividends, but
if they had not anticipated a probability of that amount
at least, or perhaps a larger, and they would not have
pvoposed the present dividend.—(Hear.)
A conversation ensued as to the working of the com-
pany, and the advantages to be anticipated from the
railways to Southampton, in progress and projected.
The resolution was then unanimously agreed to.
A vote of thanks was then given to the auditors,
Chairman, aad directors, and the outgoing directos were
re-elected.
The meeting then separated.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Smut)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
The cases numbered from 321 to 339 inclusive in the
general list were disposed of to-day by Mr. Smith. The
standing orders were complied with in each case. They
were as follows :
Caledonian Railway (Purchase or lease of Wishaw and
Coltness Railway).
Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Branches
to Benham Coal Works).
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway (Devi-
ations, &c.)
Strathtay and Breadalbane Extension Railway.
Glasgow and Shotts'-road Act Amendment
Thorne and Crowle Moor Drainage and Improvement.
Colchester and Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Rail-
way. (Purchase of Stour Valley Navigation).
Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Amendment of Acts and
Purchase of Navan Branch Railway).
Southwark Improvement.
Ross, Cromarty, and Nairne District Road Act.
Aberdeen Improvements.
Worcester Improvements.
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (New Branches).
East Lothian Central Railway.
Cork and Bandon Act, 1845 (Amendment of and Devia-
tion).
Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Amendment Act.
There were no opposed cases in Mr. Smith's list to-day.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.)
OPPOSED CASE.
EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN.
Mr. May was engaged the whole of the day in hearing the
allegations in this opposed case. Several of them were sus-
tained, but the inquiry had not terminated when the exami-
ner rose.

IMPERIAL PA RLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Earl of SHA.FTEEIBURY took his seat upon the
Woolsack at Five o'clock.
DISTILLING FROM SUGAR BILL.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
the landed proprietors, farmers, and others of Dunferm-
line, against the use of sugar in distilleries; also a peti-
tion from the county of Forfar to the same effect.
POOR REMOVAL ACT.
The NOBLE DUKE also presented a petition from the
Board of Guardians of the Cardigan Union against the
Poor Removal Act of last session.

Lord VIVIAN presented a petition from the Boar'
of Guardians of Swaffham Union to the same effect.

DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
Earl MOUNTCASHEL presented a petition from
Kilkenny (as ‘‘e understood), supplicating the attention
of their Lordships to the famishing state of the poor of
Ireland, and earnestly praying them to devise immediate
remedies.

rumour that the prisoners were about to escape, they
were taken out of the frigate, and placed on board
a small brig-of-war, and the Portuguese Govern-
ment came to the resolution to send the
officers to Angola, on the coast of Africa,
one of the most unhealthy places on the coast of Africa.
In their passage to that place, they endured the greatest
hardships, being crammed into a less opener than even
that which was allotted for slaves in the slave•vesseis.
He believed, that though the fleet was there for the pro-
tection of British interests, the officers in common would,
if the division under Count Bomfin had been successful,
have covered the embarkation of the Queen's forces, and
protected them from any injury that might have been
offered to them. If; then, protection was to be given to that
side, he thought that they were bound to see that the cor-
vettes to which he had adverted should be protested
against, lest the feelings of the country should be ex-
cited against the Queen's Government. In order, there-
fore, to preserve their neutrality, the British Govern-
ment should exert their influence, before those
officers perished, to induce the Portuguese Go-
vernment to revoke the decree against them, and
to place them in the :same position they ought
to have been after they had surrendered, namely,
as prisoners of war. As some impatience had been
manifested by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord
Brougham) he would not detain the House longer, but
proceed to ask the Noble Marquis whether any corre-
spondence had passed between the Portuguese Govern-
ment -and her Majesty's Government relative to these
circumstances, and, if so, whether any steps had been
taken by this Government with respect to them.
The Marquis cf LANSDOWNE said the question was
one of considerable importance, and ono which he was
most desirous, and he trusted able, to give him and the
House a satisfactory answer. Before giving that an-
swer, however, he could only express that regret
which he felt in common with the Noble Lord and the
House, that the country to which he had alluded should
be in a state to give rise to transactions to which the
Noble Lord had so pointedly, and not impro-
perly, adverted. He regretted that that country which
was connected with this by so many ties—so much
community of interest—so many historical relations and
recollections—should be in tho state which Portu-
gal was in at the present moment.—(Hear.) And
it would be a matter of the deepest satisfaction
if any effort on the part of this country, if even par-
partially applied, could promote an amendment of that
state of things. As their Lordships well knew,
in the course of last year an insurrection broke out
in Portugal, which had assumed most decidedly the
character of a civil war, in the course of which, from
the opposition not only of particular factions,
but of particular families, which was deeply
to be deplored, and which were apt, on too many
occasions, to exceed those limits, and those rela-
tions which generally subsisted between nations,
considerable animosity was excited. A body of persons
were taken with arms in their hands, and made pri-
soners, on the understanding that they would
be treated as prisoners of war. A great num-
ber of this party consisted, he understood, of
principal offices, and numbering about 40, were placed
aboard a small brig in the bay of Lisbon, for the pur-
pose of being transported to'Africa, but many of them
were too unwell or too sick to undergo the voy-
age, and a representation was made to that effect.
by the captain and the surgeon to the Government.
From the moment the conduct of these persons was
made known in Lisbon, great interest was excited, and
her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, Sir G. Seymour, who ar-
rived immediately after the resignation of Lord Howard,
as well as the representatives of the French and
of the Belgians, who acted separately, made
similar representations, and he (the Marquis of Lans-
downe) hoped that these representations would
not be without avail, and that they would 'be
sent to a more unexceptionable place than Africa. He
was in a rendition to state that that was the
case ; but he entertained a confident belief that
the destination of the ships had been altered, and
that their prisoners would be se sent to a place less fatal
to their health, and more consonant with their position.
lie had been informed that in no instance had anything
like adequate punishment been inflicted, and he
argued, therefore, that the sentence would be re-
versed, which would be a source of great satifaction to
her Majesty's Government—who had sent a force to
Oporto and the Bay of Liehon—but their object in
sending that force has been in no way to interfere in the
contest, but to afford protection to British enterprise.
It would be a satisfaction to that force, if they were also
enabled to give a refutation to such persons as
were in danger of their life and it would be above
all, their duty to give protection to the Queen.
if she would require it, as long as the contest lasts.
Maintaining the character which it now holds of
a civil war, it could not be the inclination of her
Majesty's Government actively to interfere, nor was
there, under any existing treaty, a justification for
their so doing, but circumstances might assume a
different character, and if Don Miguel, or a
party acting for him should appear, a new state of
things would arise, which would revive former treaties.
Such a course might strengthen the Portuguese Govern-
ment, and tend to allay the existing dissensions. It
must be the earnest wish of this country to see peace
established in that country, at present so much disturbed.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he was not quite
satisfied with the course to be pursued by her Majesty's
Government. It must be the desire of every person, as
much as possible, to mitigate the calamities attendant
upon a war, and therefore it was perfectly praiseworthy
and necessary that all persuasions should be used to
produce .a humane and merciful conduct on the part of
these persons. But if the Noble Marquis had made
up his mind to make an official representation
from the Government of this country to the
Government of Portugal on the subject. He (the Earl
of Aberdeen) begged to differ from him. As far as
private solicitation and perst *don, and personal
influence could be employed there could be no ob-
proper
which
adopt, jection ; but if once, in a contest of th's descrip-
don, the Government should officially interfere with
ott hlpienlek precedento coursef chate lis bm ph a
might
had
a dangerous,
Portuguesegreiatt
vras
aul
objection. to
to es
Government might
be stated to the credit of the Portuguese Govern-
ment, that in the various disturbances which had
taken place of late years in that country, there had been
very little cruelty exercised, and there was very little
appearance of a sanguinary disposition in any parties
That furnished a very strong contrast to the people of
the neighbouring nation, where they had seen acts of
vengeance and bloodshed committed on all sides. An-
other reason why the Government should be particularly
cautions at present in any interference of that description
was—he knew not how it had arisen—but the belief
was strong and general in Portugal, that the cause of
the insurrection possessed the good wishes of her Ma-
jesty's Government. He could not believe that to be
the case, but he believed it to be indisputable that the
persuasion of the generally of the people in Portugal
was such, and therefore it was incumbent upon her
Majesty's Government to be very cautious in any
act that might lead to confirm that opinion.
The Government undertaking to protect the lives and
property of British subjects, and the personal safety of
the sovereign was a legitimate course ; but he
submitted that the naval force in the Tagus, was
more than sufficient for that purpose. That force
was overwhelming, and he did not know the
cause of it, but from the feeling regarding it which pre-
vailed in Portugal, it seemed to strengthen the belief
which he had referred to. Several years the Government
of this country had taken an active part to place
the present Queen on the throne of Portugal, and
having done so, he thought they would be
justified in supporting the Government with that moral
force which would at least convey the impression that
they disapproved of the insurrection, instead of appearing
to countenance it. One party of the insurgents were
against the monarchy, and in favear of the
republic, and the other were supporters :of des-
potic power. He thought the presence of the
large fleet at present in the Tagus gave countenance to
the insurrection, whereas it might be made to operate
otherwise anti in favour of the Queen's Government.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that the
anxious wish of her Majesty's Government was to main-
tain the Queen on the throne, and he knew not of
any act that gave evidence to the contrary.
He defied any one to point out a single
instance wherein they had countenanced the insurrec-
tion. The Noble Earl must he aware that it would
occasion the greatest dissatisfaction if it were known
that the Government supported one side in preference to
another. Undoubtedly rumours such as those referred
to may have circulated, but they were false rumours. It
was not, however, on the Queen's side alone that such
rumours prevailed, but on the other side; it had been
surmised that the leaning of this Government was in
favour of the Government of the Queen of Portugal.
He did not wish to pronounce an opinion on the dis-
mbuitnisttherias
or
rheto was e
Ebnouvonyd to ay,
sent to that
at that act
country,
terrye,
ghat
had
been no instructions to the admiral, to the
t
sensions that at present prevailed in that country,
had not for their object the preservation of a
perfect impartiality, and in any advice re-
spectfully tendered to the Portuguese Government
the object had been to conform strictly to these in-
structions, and such friendly councils could only have
been given with the view of proving that
the English Government would not in the slightest
degree, either directly or indirectly, lend its
snpport or influence to the insurgents. It had been
thought expedient that (under circumstances such
as those which existed in Portugal) a squad-
ron supererior to that any other power would
be likely to send, should be placed in the Tagus,
for the preservation of the interests of England;
her
but the officer who had been appointed to the
h.
command was not only one of the most able in
jesty's service, but one remarkable for judgment,
his
dis-
cretion, and the care with which he carried out
instructions.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 17.
(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.)
FOSTER V. IRELAND.
This was an action for the recovery of certain sums
due for commission for the superintendence of certain
buildings at Walworth.
Mr. Montague Chambers appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Sergeant Byles for the defendant.
It was shown in evidence that the plaintiff had been
engaged to make plans for two cottages at Walworth,
the amount of the expenditure being restricted to 4001.;
but the plaintiff brought in a plan which would involve
the spending of more than 600/. On that account tthe
services of the plaintiff were repudiated, and it was now
sought to recover the amount for the work actually done.
The defendant had no objection to pay it; but the damages
ought to be limited to that point. From the documents
submitted to the Court, it appeared that the charge
made would give 441. 10s. to the plaintiff. There was a
commission beyond this for a few pounds, but the whole
amount did not exceed 5/. or 61. On these grounds the
Learned Sergeant submitted that a verdict should be
given for his client.

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the jury
returned a verdict for 1941. 4s. 6d.

OLICE INTELLIGENCE,
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday Mr. BROUHTON resumed the adjourned investi-
gation into the conduct of police-constable Charles Andrew
Amos, of the II division, who stood charged with having
grossly assaulted, and unlawfully taken into custody, a young
woman named Ellen Bolton, on the night of the 10th inst.,
under circumstances which were stated in our paper a few
days since.
Mr. Medlicott, the superintendent of the division, was
present to watch and report upon the case, and Mr. Heritage
was retained for the defence.
The evidence given upon the former occasion having been
read over by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, the complainant,
Ellen Bolton, and her witness, Jano Reeves, were subjected
to a severe cross-examination by the defendant's solicitor,
and fully corrobated each other in the main facts of their
previous statement; but, upon being further questioned
differed most materially upon several essential particulars of
too indelicate a nature to be distinctly detailed, and which
carried the assault to a much greater and more gross extent
than had been before sworn to. The witness Reeve added
that upon the officer being balked in his desiglis upon Bolton,
he used towards her the most insulting language, and not
only ordered her off, but rushed her along by the back with
great violence, until she threatened to report his previous
misconduct at the police-station, when he at once took
her into custody. The witness followed the con-
stable and Bolton to the door of the station, with
the intention of giving evidence in favour of the com-
plainant, but was prevented doing so by Amos, who told her
she was not wanted there; and, although she next morning
requested the officer on duty there to take care of Bolton,
who was subject to fits, she was not admitted to see her.
Bolton herself also stated, that she felt so much hurt at the
insults to which she had been subjected, that she was in
tears all the way to the station-house, on her arrival at which
she communicated to the inspector on duty the fact of her
having been ill-treated, but was prevented making a full dis-
closure of the particulars from the precipitancy with which
the charge was taken, and she was locked up in the cells.
Sergeant Coleman, the acting inspector at the time, was
then called and stated, that on Bolton being brought to the
station she was certainly not crying, as she had stated, nor
did she bear the appearance of having previously done so;
and that although she complained to him that the policeman
had offered her money to accompany him down the court,
she said nothing of the gross acts of indecency alleged to
have taken place, although she had ample opportunity of
doing so. The sergeant added (as indeed the women them-
selves had acknowledged), that both the complainant and
her friend were common prostitutes, and lodged at the house
of a man named Sheen, which was the resort of the lowest
characters in the district.
Mr. Heritage addressed the Magistrate at great length on
behalf of his client, who had instructed him to deny in the
most decisive manner everything that was alleged against
him, and to whom a conviction on such a charge would be
little short of destruction ; and after pointing out the dis-
crepancies which appeared in the statement of the two
women, said that he was necessarily precluded by the very
nature of the case from offering any direct evidence to rebut
their testimony, but should call numerous witnesses he had
in attendance, who would give as strong a refutation of it as
the circumstances would admit of. The Learned Gentleman
then called—
Police-constable Galavin, 73 11, who stated, that while
going the round of his section, at half-past twelve on the
night in question, he came updn the defendant's beat in
Well-street, Mile-end, and saw him desiring the two women
Bolton and Reeve, who were using most disgusting language
in a loud tone of voice, to go away quietly. Witness also
desired them to go home, and Reeve persuaded Bolton to
do so, but they still kept repeating the same filthy ex•
preesions through the length of several streets, and witness
left Amos and them together, Amos telling him that he
should be obliged to lock them up, "they were going on
so." The women were surrounded by a large crowd of
persons, whom their conduct had collected, but whose pre-
sence did not stop their disgusting language. Witness was
not present at the commencement of the transaction, and
could not, of course, speak as to what might previously have
taken place.
Green, 61 11, also deposed to the utterance of this language
by the women, and to his own interference and telling them,
as they were making a great disturbance, t hat if they had any
complaint to make they should go away quietly and lodge it
at the station-house.
Mary Webb and Martha Walbank, two married women
living in Anne's-court, Well-street, the scene of the alleged
outrage upon the person of the complainant, stated, that
they were both up on the night referred to till long after the
time at which the offence was stated to have been committed
by the constable, and that they heard no cries for assistance
whatever, or struggle, or noise of any description, and that
if there had been they must have heard it, 83 the court only
contained four houses, was very quiet, and was not a
thoroughfare.
Richard Graves, a tradesman at the corner of the court,
gave precisely the same testimony as to no screams or
remonstrance having been uttered at the time spoken to,
and, as his shop was not closed till a quarter past one
o'clock, had any woman been so ill-treated, she had an
opportunity of procuring assistance or complaining, and no
one did so.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hodge, the wife of a pewterer, also stated
that while a male customer was making some purchases at
her shop in Old Montague-street, about the time in question,
the man was most grossly insulted by two women outside,
although lie had never seen them before, and who uttered
such foul language towards him that it was impossible for
her to repeat it.
Mr. Wellesley Medlicott, the superintendent, Inspector
Ellis, Sergeant Teakle, and Alderman, the gaoler, were then
called as witnesses to character, and all described the de-
fendant as an exceedingly well-conducted, promising, and
pains-taking young man, who was very anxious to perform
his duty correctly, and who had kept his beat, which was the
resort of prostitutes of the lowest order, more peaceable than
ithad ever previously been. Alderman had know him before
he entered the force, when he was in business for himself, and
both he and his friends were respectable. He was also a
married man, with one child, and his wife was the daughter
of a tradesman in the neighbourhood.
Mr. Heritage said he could calla number of other witnesses
to the same effect, but considered it useless to do so.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that this wasundoubtedly a question
of much importance, both as regarded the administration of
justice, the conduct of the police force in general, in which,
if the charge were established, it must go a great way to
shake the public confidence, as had been Justly stated else-
where, and the defendant himself, who, if the statement of
the women were true, had been guilty, if of anything, of an
attempted violation, followed by gross perjury, for which any
judge who tried him must sentence him to transportation ;
for the moral status of the women offered no extenuation of
the offence, and a case was upon the books in which two
soldiers had been tried and executed at Exeter for a rape
upon a prostitute. The Learned Magistrate then went care-
fully through all the facts of the case, end the evidence bear-
ing upon them on both sides, and after commenting upon the
important discrepancies in the woman's evidence, and the
improbability that an officer should attempt such an offence
in full uniform, by which he could be so easily identified, and
with the knowledge that the other woman was close at hand,
and that he might be momentarily detected by one of his
superiors while going their rounds, concluded by saying, "It
the evidence of thiSse two women had been consistent in its
chief particulars, or corroborated :by other impartial testi-
mony, I should certainly have felt it my duty to send the
defendant for trial for perjury, when, good though the cha-
racter may be that he has hitherto borne, I have no hesita-
tion in saying that it would have very little weight in the
sentence; but, after taking every pains that I possibly could
in sifting and investigating this matter in all its bearings, I
must express it as my opinion that the evidence of the
women, with such manifest contradictions, is not such as
any jury or magistrate can safely depend upon, and under
those circumstances I shall order the defendant to be dis
charged."

The case, which was not over till a late hour, excited great
interest, and the court was most inconveniently crowded
during the whole proceedings.

Yesterday Mary Ann Brooke, an exceedingly good-look-
ing woman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott on a
charge of robbing her master, Mr. Denny, a surgeon in the
London-road, and presenting the property to a person in the
Queen's Bench prison, who represents himself as a Lieute-
nant in the Royal Horse Guards Blue.
It appeared that the day before Mr. Denny received a let-
ter from a person confined for debt in the Queen's Bench
prison, who represents himself as a Lieutenant P—, of the
Royal Horse Guards Blue, stating that some time before he
had met his servant (the prisoner) at the ttalbleofa
B—, a fellow-prisoner, and that she subseqen
these visitsy
visited
during
him
very frequently in his own room ;that
the Ltieeutheenanhter
own—) withpro-
perty,
various prisonerriousartieles
hadw presented him
(
now that they
but he (Lieutenant P—). suspecting
wprenrpeetrhl3e, pprnospseessrteydohf
eArlsr. eIDf
nefnnty, heamn,dwthasatwthile prisoner
lingtng adivhethiem-
m
up. This appearedte
lettaller
right
wenta ande
clearly
ly to show that
proper, but th e remaining
the
part of h
prisoner had become more intimately acquainted with other
debtors than Lieut. P— fancied, and that the letter forwarded
to her master had been written more from a feeling of
jealousy than compunctious visitations about the property
being dishonestly come by. On receipt of the letter, how-
ever, Mr. Denny proceeded to the Queen's Bench prison,
and in the room of Lieut. P— found two carpets, a footman,
a china basket, and other articles,ivbich he recognised, and
which were at once delivered up to him. He then returned
home, and accused the prisoner of stealing these articles,
when she replied that she had merely lent them to the
gentleman in whose rooms they had been found, ar.d he
then gave her into the custody of an officer. Her boxes and
the drawers which she used were examined, and they were
found to contain several articles of property belonging to
Mr. Denny.
Police-constable John Payne, 156 L, deposed that he had
been called in to take the prisoner into custody on the pre-
ceding evening, and on his telling her what it was for, she
replied that she had lent the things to Mr. I"—, who was in
the Queen's Bench prison. She also said she was sorry for
what she had done, but Mr. 1) wished her to take her
master's property. She said she should not do so, but would
lend him two or three things, which he was to return.
The prisoner offered a similar defence, and was remanded
to a future day, when the case will undergo the most search-
ing investigation.
THE LATZ EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—After making the ap-
plication to this court on Tuesday evening, the parents of the
lad who had been detained at the Railway Hotel, Nine Elms,
by Mrs. Boys, proceeded there, as directed by the magistrate,
for the purpose of possessing themselves of their youthful son,
and arrived just in time to accomplish their object. It seems
that at the very moment the parties had been making appli-
cation at this court, the father of the other two lads whom
Mrs. Boys had with her, arrived at the Railway Hotel, and
not at all relishing the then condition of the lady at whose
charge they had been confided, at. once removed them from
her care. Finding herself freed from this encumbrance, Mrs.
Boys sent for a cab, and expressed her intention of at once

leaving the hotel; and had it not been for the fact of the,
ignorance of her youthful companion as to what should
pay the waiters of the establishment, she wotil i have. :-uf•
ceeded in carrying him oft. She was seated in the cab with
a jewel -case and several small boxes, containing, it was said,
considerable property, beside her, and ready to start; while
her " dear Frederick," as she called him, was left to settle
the bill. He did so, and left the hotel to ask what he should
pay the waiters? She replied five shillings, and this sum
the youth offered, but it was refused. He returned to the
cab to inform the lady of the circumstance, and the latter
directed him to give them ten shillings, or even 11., so thet
they might get away; but before he had time to settle the
matter, his parents came up, and by threats and menaese
succeeded in getting him away. Mrs. Boys, in the 10'
terim, and upon seeing the parents of the lad come up, di:
rected the cabman to drive on, and she was driven in cab
No. 870 towards town, but whither no person at the hotel P
aware of.

WESTMINSTER.
Captain G. Losack attended at this court to prefer a corn'
plaint against a cab-driver for conduct of the most ruffianly
description. The proprietor of 2,813 had been summoned 1.
produce the licensed driver of the cab, which he did; bet
the latter having stated that he had been suddenly take
ill, and had employed what is generally termed "a buck,
on the night the offence was committed, who had driven t,:
gentleman, William Stacey, the man so employed, and IT_
was in attendance, was ordered to stand forward, and th..
licensed driver put into the witness-box to prove that 9'
had entrusted the cab to his care.
Captain Losack, of the let West India Regiment, sta
tel
that a little before twelve o'clock on the night of the Slot
instant he hired the defendant's cab at the Harnerices,
Theatre, and ordered him to drive to Shaftesbury-terra,
Pimlico. On arriving at King-street, Westminster, the ee;
fendant suddenly stopped at a public-house, and,
brutal oath declared he would not move another inch un':„;
the gentleman gave him something to drink. Complainio
observed that he appeared to have had enough, and told
if he did not go on, he would lodge a complaint against he'
Defendant, after using two or three more oaths, and exl3l;
ing his determination "to give the gentleman a tuts
slammed the cab-door with great violence and man:6
the box again. He then drove into Great George-st"-0".
where he caused the wheel of the cab to come in
tact with a stone, put for the protection of a lamrl
and which caused the cab to jerk considerably. On resell°
the park gates he refused to drive through them, and turns,
down Princes-street. Complainant told him that he le
going the wrong-way, when defendant observed, " Oh, f°,
be d—d, I know the way better than you do," and then Pa
ceeded towards Westminster .Abbey, where he sudde 01
turned off in the direction of the bridge. Complaiee
several times put his head out of the window, and told
to stop, and each time that he did so defendant struck h,,,
i"
over the hat, and said, "If you don't get in I'll cut yourl
head off:" On arriving at Bridge-street, a person to /e,t°,4l
complainant called stopped the cab, and then two or 141:14
other cabmen came up, and asked defendant what was
,r". 4
matter, when he informed the bystanders that a fellow
got into his cab with a woman, and that she would not eto
out of it, nor would the fellow pay the fare—ls. 6d. ',he
persons then stepped out of the crowd, and inquired wbe'"i,
defendant was hired? to which he replied in the /vegan o,
and added, "As soon as I get this woman out, I'll take
up." The cab was at this time in the middle of the
with the snow ancle-deep, when complainant, who l'ilebsd
companied by his wife, handed her out, and although be be
not ridden a mile took the advice of some gentlenzellb.
came up, and paid the driver the eighteenpence which
demanded.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said, "I want Woo
the cab to the stand and there some gentlemen g:a/e ere
something to drink. I suppose I must have taken this f‘
tleman (Captain Losack) up, but I don't remember it. /
think half of what he has said is false, but I was tiPO
know." • M
0
heti
r. BRODERIP observed, that of all the cases that
ever come within the experience of a magistrate, thin ;.ja
one of the most ruffianly. All the answer, if answer it c 0 i•
be termed, made to it was, that the defendant was jut,,°ol
cated ; but that was no justification, for if it was to be
so, no person would for a moment be safe. He shoula be
that he but ill discharged his duty to the public
neglected to mark his sense of the series of offences be "hit
committed—namely, demanding considerably more the All bil
fare—his extremely abusive and offensive conduct-40'4 it
wanton assault upon the gentleman. As a punishmeu'ro.
this case, and as a warning to others, he should, for the P,AO
tection of the community, commit defendant for six Y"
to hard labour in the House of Correction.

BOSTON, STAMFORD, and Mgt
INGHAM RAILWAY (STAMFORD AND 157'w
BECia LINE). of
The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholdartig,
this company was held yesterday at their offices, N't,,
Abingdon- street, Westminster. Thomas Macaulay,
president of the board of directors, in the chair.
After the usual preliminaries, bid
The CitemaraN said that, although so short a tint° tb'
elapsed since the last meeting of the company, yet 110,41
present was a regular half-yearly meeting, the Secretary
thought it right to make a report.
The SECRETARY then read the report, from which 13 ere,
peered that the shares had been reduced from three toe 11
and that the directors had made a call of 1/. 14s. a share; ,0
also stated that all the Bills alluded to in the report had
4170,
read a first time, and that the balance of assets was 6,
6s. Ed., the sum stated at the last meeting. sato
The CHAIRMAN said it would not be necessary to 113100
any lengthened observations. It could not be supposed I,y
since the last meeting the directors had much to
iO%
municate. The directors were carefully superintenueo.
the progress of the Bills laid before the last toed
ing. The latter part of the business mon° est.
in the advertisement was a subject for the special fa to
ing that would take place after the conclusion 0,8 tr
present meeting. Considerable advances had been rm.'', for
wards the capital of the company, though the per tto
nat
the payment of such had not arrived, and there W47,,en.
doubt that the requisite capital would be supplied bYcrii%
tlemen who knew the value of five per cent. certain, all bad
per cent. in perpetuity.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Person
given his most valuable services to the company as a cup
,Br'
intendent, for which they proposed to allow him 4004
annum, only 2001. per annum of which would come out of
the perzkets of the company. He would conclude by moving
the adoption of the report in the usual form.
Mr. GRIFFIN seconded the motion.
Mr. LEACII3IAN proposed as an amendment that the
salary of the secretary should be increased from 1501. to
3501. per annum.
After some discussion the amendment was altered
_A
into a resolution, to the effect that the meeting considar7,
it inexpedient to increase the allowance of 1,000/. r
annum for any salary to the managing director.
This amendment was negatived. large
The original resolution was then put and carried by' a
majority.
This terminated the business of the half-yearly meefiligitt
A special meeting was then held to confirm the agreeol6
entered into with the directors of the Great North9_
Railway Company by the directors of the B°9Wto
Stamford, and Birmingham Railway ComPaul.„o9
sell and lease their line, with the extenol;ed
to the former company, which had already been aPPrq,d
at a general meeting of the shareholders, and also to conw-
the following Bills, viz.:—
A Bill to empower the Boston, Stamford, and Birrnifo
ham Railway Company_ to make a railway from the Sriktba
and Peterborough Railway, at or near Peterborough, t°
Stamford and Wisbech line of the Boston, Stamfordt,PV
Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Thorney and 10
Ely.
oris
A Bill to empower the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingbtbs
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from 4
Stamford and Wisbech line of the Boston, Stamford, --_„4
Birmingham Railway, at Wisbech, to Wisbech Harbour, ""
to construct certain works at Wisbech Harbour.
A Bill to empower the Boston, Stamford, and Binningat°
-h
t.
Railway Company to make a Railway from Wisbech to Pt,
ton Bridge, with a Branch to Sutton St. Mary, and to 11)*
prove the Harbour at Sutton Bridge.
The agreement and the Bills were confirmed without (lir
sent or discussion.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and the y
rectors.—The meeting then separated.

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[ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT 'WHOLESALE -is / - •
No. 2, BUCILLER9BURY, CHEA PSlDE.—Fatnilies wil°lo
consumption is large, and study economy, will derli,
considerable advantage at this establishment. One °tile
form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a sia
pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade.
Black Tea 2s. Bd., Cs., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 4v., 4s. 4d., 5*
Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 75. ge,
Coffee 9d., 10d., Is., Is. 2d., Is. 4d., ls. 15L.03
One pound sent free to any part of town. 'Orders no
the country forwarded the same day; and when
quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the earriag"paid to any part of England.—MANsELL and Co.L
wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside.
0
THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 1 . 8
Oriental Company's steam. ship Madrid, Captain Weekiat
which was to have sailed this day with the Pepineu'ot
and Mediterranean mails, has been ordered by Geverurae;
to remain here until further notice to await any extra dis-
patches they may have to send. The West India mails .1"d0
dispatched by the Royal mail packet Clyde, Capt. Sylnon
at three P.M. She has forty-seven passengers.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colon
ifil:
office from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also froD
the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
The Bishop of Toronto had an interview with Ear
Grey yesterday. Mr. James Field had also an inter
view with his Lordship at the Colonial-office.
[A DVERTIBEDIEN T.] —A DISEASED KN E E.—A WoN.
DESFUL CUES BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—John Weir
aged 19, of Kinnegs, parish of Longhall, near .Armagh, was seize
with a pain in his knee, which lasted for three months, and the°
commenced to swell; six months afterwards, it broke out into 0
dreadful wound, and discharged for twelvemonths, although over,'
remedy was used that medical men could devise, both at tile
county infirmary and local dispensary, yet no appearance of healt
presented itself, until his father purchased some of Holloway's Pt
and Ointment, which soon effected a sound cure. No wounds, sores'
or ulcers, however long standing, can resist the proper use of thes-
„
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fine medicines. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Hellowal'
establishment, 244, Strand, London.

On the 10th Inst., the wife of John Potter, Esq. solicitor. waloth
of a son.
Oa the 12th Inst., at Greenwich, the wife of F. L. Wallace,
of a son.
On the 14th inst., at Porchester-terrace, the wifo of EdmundEdmundl7'
Bourdillon, Esq , of a daughter.
On the 14th inst., at Cheltenham, the wife of the Rey. S. B. Arnett,
of a son.
On the 14th inst., at Canonbury-square, Islington, the lady of 3f.
Guedalia, Esq., ef a son.
On the 14th inst., in Orchard-street, Chichester, the lady of Robet
llenty, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 15th inst., in Albemarle-street, Mrs. B. J. mukintosl4
of a son.
loigerl
On the 15th inst., at Tooting-common, the lady of P. W. - c
Esq., of a son. late
On the 15th inst., at Hastings, the lady of W. B. Knipe, EN.,
Captain sth Dragoon Guards, of a daughter. Arth
u
rOn the 16th inst., at Hyde-park-gardens, the Hen. Mrs.
Kinnaird, of a son.
On the 16th inst., in Aussell-square, Mrs. G. Clowes, of a

MARRIED.
On the 7th of October, at Meerut, in the East Indies, "tosslit
Helena Angelo, fourth daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Angf;
of the 3d Regiment Bengal Cavalry, to Captain John Abarcrolla
of the Bengal Horse Artillery.

DIED.
e late
On the 21st ult., at Nice, Letitia Sarah, only daughter Of --
th
Major-General Robort Sewell.
On the 24th ult., at Tottenham, Sarah, relict of the 1411-te4loBeP
Huiram, aged 73.
On the 6th inst., at Leamington, Andrew Murray, Esq., sheriff of
Aberdeenshire.
On the 15th inst., at Pelham-place, Brompton, Emma, YOUllge°
daughter of the late W. Webb, EN., aged 36. LL•• On the 16th inst., at Doctors'-commons, J. Daubeny,
wife
of
On the 16th inst., at Union-place, Lambeth-road, Janne. Tri
William Sawter, Esq. the in'
On the 16th inst., at aleucester-road, Hyde-park-gard,.—'
fant sen of Edward Morris, Esq.

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Strand, Printer, at The ,Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Pre.Z.,,
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lx-uary 18, 1847.