The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1847.

They hail been taunted by the Hon. Member for Portsmouth
with (he impossibility of raising the money; but did they re-
flect that for every 4,000,000/. of money raised, 2,0. 0,0001.
were to tic secured on the property of the country ? Then it
was asserted, that only 25 per cent. r:f the two and a half mil-
lions to be raised, in the first instance, would be expended in
-the payment of wages. But he would come to facts and
figures—figures which could, if they were wrong, be
controverted the next mornieg. The Noble Lord who had
made this statement had said, that out of the first six millions,
four midions would be conserved in the payment of wages.
What was the case? Why, in the Midland Counties Railway,
which cost upwards of 40,0001. a mile, 5,00 a. was paid
for the plant, and 6,0001. per mile for the perma-
nent way. What then became of the remaining 27,0d0/.?
Why, it was spent in the payment of wages. What waa
the case with the York and North Midland, on which the
works were small? They cost 23,600/. per mile. There was
1,8001. for the plant, and e,500/. for the permanent way.
What became of the remaining 17,5001. ? It was paid for la-
bour. In the Leeds and Bradford, which he had just con-
structed, the cost was $3,000/, per mile, of which
23,000'. were paid for labour ; and in the sleepers,
the rails, chairs, and all the other works occasioned by the
employment of no labour, the remainder was expended.
Rut they might say that there was great consumption of bricks,
for there was a great quantity of labour used in
the construction of bricks. He could assert, however,
the immense cost of bricks on a railway was not more than
6001. per mile. What, then, became of the allegation that
'only from 25 to 30 per cent, of the money expended on a rail-
way was used for the payment of labourers? If the Hon.
Member for Lincoln had been in his seat he could have told
them that on an average 1,3(,0 men per mile were engaged in
the construction of a railway. He did think it, then, any-
thing but right that the motives and the conduct of an indi-
vidual representing as large a constituency as any man in that
House should he so grievously misrepresented. 'The lion.
Member for Oxford had stated that in 1939 he had voted un-
reservedly for the advance of five millions for the benefit of
Ireland, with very little expectation of receiving it back again
—hut there was security, valid security, fur the proposed grant.
The financial state of the country was very different now to
what it was at the time alluded to by Right Hon. Gentleman
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. At the time the Right Hon.
Gentleman had referred to there was a deficiency in the
revenue, and yet the Right Hon. Gentleman came down there
to school them upon the extravagant nature of their demands.
The state of the country now was very different to what it was
then. At the present time there was no deficiency in the
revenue, and he thought it was not too much for them to
come down to the House to ask for the assistance of a
few millions to promote the enterprise of the country. The
Right Hon. Gentleman had selected them because they had
asked for a vote to facilitate the returns to this country ; and
yet, in the face of all this argument to the contrary, the Right
Hon. Gentleman came down to that House and asked them
to vote money without the slightest chance of a return. The
Government seemed to entertain some alarm upon this ques-
tion, but, for his own part, he had not the slightest hesitation
in saying that he was prepared to risk every 6d. of his
property in Irish andertakings, provided always that
there should be a strict and searching examination into the
merits of the undertakings upon which it was proposed to in-
vest money at the risk of the Government. lie considered
that the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman was exceedingly
injurious, because, even supposing these Irish schemes might
yield nu returns, it was- not right or just that the Right lion.
Gentleman should depreciate their value by expressing his
concurrence in such an opinion. He should regret
very much the rejection of this measure. He had
supplied the Noble Lord with every information
on the subject, and, having done so, he felt that he had per-
formed a duty to his country which he should never regret.—
(Cheers.) Undertakings of the same description had succeeded
in this country, and he could not see why they should not do
the same in Ireland. At all events, they were of the utmost
use to this country, and he did not see why they could not be
rendered of the same utility to Ireland. It would have
been presumptuous in him had he brought the
measure forward, but still, so convinced was he
of its safety, that he repeated that he was prepared to
risk every penny in Irish railways of a bond fide and useful
character. He felt. convinced, therefore, that this was the
only measure that could redeem the condition of Ireland.
He had long and deeply considered the question, and he
solemnly declared that that was the conviction he had sin-
cerely come to. He thought it unfair to make a comparison be-
tween the measures of the Noble Lord and measures before the
House. It had been said that it was a measure in oposition to
that of the Government ; it was only brought for-
ward as an auxiliary to eie measures of
the Government. The measure for the reclamation
ef the waste lands in Ireland was in his opinion a good inn-
sure, but the Government should take care to begin at the
right end—let thesis construct the roads before they attempted
to improve the land —( Chem s)—they could then reclaim it
at half the expense. lie considered the measure of the Noble
Lord as a funda.naental measure.—( Cheers.) With reference
to the difficulty of obtaining the money, he did not think there
would be any difficulty in that respect. Not two months since
he, in connexion with one or two different companies, suc-
ceeded in creating, in one week, a capital of 10,e00,C00/. of
money • the calls were made, and within six days there was not
25,000/. of arrears. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers. )
He had not the smallest doubt but that the money
would be readily obtained.—( Cheers. ) It was well known that
in this cauntra there were always large sums which could not
be invested in anything hut Government securities, which
could not be lent to railways or to any other works of that
nature—there was always a large surplus ready to invest in Gos
vernment securities, and he believed that the funds would not
vary one quarter per cent. even if the whole sum were required
at once.—(Loud cheers.) They had been expending in this
country, during the last four yeara, in railway undertakings, at
the rate of 15,000,000/. a-year, and the same sum would, in all
probability, be required for the ensuing year. Surely, then, the
country could spare 4,010,000/. a year for Ireland.—( Cheers. )
That was a country calling loudly for something to be done for
her. Government after Government had felt it to be their
greatest difficulty.—( Cheers.) They had never yet attempted
to open up the resources of the country— the Government hail
now an opportunity of doing so. If the present opportunity
were embraced, Ireland then, instead of being the source of
anxiety to the Goireroment, would be one of its strong arms;
they would be able to reduce their military establisments—
(Loud cheers)—and other great expenses.—(Cheers.) He
thought very few Hon, Members knew anything about
Ireland.—(Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) 'rho
House was legislating for a country of which they
knew nothing. Let the Government give to her the
means of ready access—(Cheers)—and a quick communication
from point to point, and the House would soon find that there
would be very few Members who would not be visiting Ireland
once or twice, at least, in the year.—( Loud cheers.) He be-
lieved that if the House refused to sanction this measure, re-
commended as it was by gentlemen of the greatest practical
experience, and confirmed in their opinion by that of the lion
Member for Salisbury (Mr. Chaplin), and assured by them
that the security offered was of the most unexceptionable kind,
and that the country would not lose a single sixpence
of the money to be advanced, then, he thought,
their conduct wonld be the means of greatly adding to the
weight of the arguments used by the Hon. Member for Cork
( Mr. O'Connell) in favour of the repeal of the union. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer had said that there would be no
valid security for the money. Why, at least there would be
rails, which would be worth 5,000/. per mile, which the Go-
vernment might take possession of. 'There was not, be be-
lieved, a single railway in Ireland which, if properly selected
and conducted, but would prove remunerative to the
proprietors and the shareholders.—( Loud cheers. ) The
Chancellor of the Exchequer dwelt upon the cir-
cumstance the. they would be able to employ only able-
bodied men, but from the statements laid upon the table with
respect to those who were now receiving pay on the public
works, he would ask were not they also able-bodied labourers?
'They had at present 500,000 employed in that country, and
did no benefit aacrue to the rest of the population ?—( Hear,
hear.) They could not employ a large body of men without
assisting the vast mass of the people.—( Hear, hear.)
The House might look gravely at the outlay of sixteen
millions, but it was not long ago when they
voted twenty millions to a certain interest to compensate
them for certain losses, and there was this difference in the two
cases, that with the latter it Was money never to be repaid,
but by the proposed plan there would be abundant security for
the repayment of all the advances. He was satisfied that the
security was most satisfactory. He hoped the measure would
be discussed witho'tt any personal imputation. He was glad
that he had assisted the Noble Lord in preparing the mea-
sure, and he regretted that her Majesty's Government
did not think it necessary to accede to the proposal.
The Right Honourable Gentleman, the Member
for Portsmouth bad thrown ridicule upon the measure, but
the promoters of it did not enunc;ate a new principle, but
merely raked the Government to assist private enterprise in
developing the resources of Ireland, and to adopt the same
course as Belgium anti France had done to effect the same
object in those countries.—( Hear, hear.) He believed the
same results could follow in Ireland as elsewhere, and
that the permanent prosperity of that country would be
secured, and contentment, civilisation, and every comfort
would be introduced.—( Hear, hear.) He did not see why
Ireland should not reach the same pitch of greatness and pros-
perity as I:A:gland. Was there anything in the men or in the
capabilities of the country to preclude such an expectation?—
(Hear.) He believed not, and if they had the means of bring-
ing her produce to market, and the capabilities of the
country opened up by railway communication, the results
which he anticipated would soon be realised. Besides, if Ire-
land was benefited, England would be benefited ; if the south of
Ireland, the north of Ireland; and the whole country in all di-
rections would partake of the advantage.—( Hear, hear.) Ile
Right Hon. Member for Portsmouth talked of the Dublin and
Kingstown Railway, but if it existed in a populous part of the
country, it should not be forgotten that it was constructed at a
very great cost. Now the promoters of the proposed scheme
had estimated the construction of the railways at 16,000/. per
mile, and it was his opinion they could be laid down for less.
That was another argument why they ought to pass this Bill.
_(Hear, hear.) He regretted sincerely that the Govern-
ment intended to oppose the Bill, and considered that they
were indebted to the courtesy of the Noble Lord in intro-
ducingHe had no interest to gain by the
measure. it . —H( lei
wasea r,
content with the throne on which he sat.—
(Roars of laughter, hear, hear, and cries of " Divide.")
Mr. GOULBURN then rose to address the House, amidst
cries of " Divide, divide." Ho said he was anxious
to say a few words on the question before the House.
He slid not wish to share any pant of the Hon. Gentleman's
throne—(Laughter)—neither was he inclined to impute any
improper motives to him for the course ho had taken in the
preparation of the measure. He gave him the credit of having
dune s r in the sincere belief that it would contribute to alle-
viate the greatest and deepest calamity that could be inflicted
connected
nna
people.
him upon all
But he admitted also that the Right Honour-
ableGentleman was agreat authority upon questions
with railways, and he willingly bowed to
himself the strongest reason questions
but he deduced from
foro f 0
pdoestianigl. —the( (Hear, hear. h :el:a:h.
e)
that example of the Hon. Gentleman
measure proposed to introduce.—(l-ipear, hear.) He had stated
that by constant attention be had succeeded in establishing in
England a complete system of railway—a system of lines which
were, he said, managed with economy by private companies,
and producing results most valuable to those who had invested
their capital in them,
traversed
r to the commerce of the
districts which they
that, in carrying out these
; enormous sums,
projects,he he
elso told
hadhadthenmn
by which this great object had been contributions,
achieved.—(
difficulty of raising, by voluntarythe strongest
Hear, hear. )
Therefore he had furnished to his mindtetroreirndiieviduat
individual
trustingreonegroets proof i
hot
exertions,
ra tt
hh
eart
tli)narrilioafmthenestehgardeactomspmeniuttleadtinanns
dtowhinatdew
ehreiinrg,mboyneeyn enormous mthnnums
.loaAn loans, to
induce
thteedr
fiii.ersons
the construc
t :rence
between embarking capital in Irishand
thanto embarkin ter
ft
in English
railways ? Were they not all led to
that Irish lines were constructed by Irish supposecaptal
alone, and that English railways were constructed by English capital ? Was that the ground on which this discussion
was to proceed ? If it war, he would tell the house that it
was altogether ill. founded. The House had had before it in
detail in former sessions an account of the money embarked in
different railways in England and Scotland. Returns had been
called for showing the names, residence, and commerce of
those who had contributed capital for perfecting these works
in either part of the country ; and what was the result of an
examination of that doeumeet ? It ssae this—that of the total
amount of money contributed towards the construction of Iri-h
railways, three-fourths was contributed—not by Irish pro-
nrietors—not by gentlemen who were supposed to be desirous
to have such undertakings carried out for the

sole benefit of the people, but by gentlemen
of the monied ir tet ests cf England—(Loud cheers)—by per-
sons who had embarked in common in railways in both Eng-
land and Ireland, and who were prepared, effectively to con-
duct railways in Ireland with the same advantage, the same
economy, and with the sarre superintendence which the Hon.
Gentlemen Lad shown to be perfectly effectual for the purpose
of establishirg and completing railways in England. If the
Hon. Geatleman found that the necessary capital could he so
in that
Irelandt hey wereere to
likelysuppose, easily obtained in England, on what ground was it
that. if
railways
and public benefit, the same individuals who lied
wslp' to be of
applied their money to railroad, in England and Ireland could
not get the means to be able, without the assistance of Parlia-
ment, to effect in Ireland what had been effected in England.
He said this was first prima fizeie evidence against the 13111.
It might not be a serious matter to those who proposed this
novel plae, but it was to the Chancellor of the Exchequer;
it might not be of much consequence to those who, without
consideration, and by a measure which he could not help
saying had not received due consideration—especially of its
effect upon she money market. It was a measure of uncertain
character. They must not singly look at the expenditure of
the 16,000,0001., but whether the expenditure of that sum
would relieve them from providing for those of which the Bill
took no cegnizence, who were a considerable distance from the
works, or who were unable to work at them. They must, there•
fore, in addition, incur the expenditure which the lion. Gentle-
man the Chancellor of the Exchequer had foreshadowed. The
4,000,000/. proposed to be expended during the first year,
would, with grants already proposed, be increased by the end
of the year to 11,00.3,000/. ; the Government proposition
amounts to 7,000,000'. for the year, and this with the certainty
of having to pay 4,000,000/. more for the three succeeding
years. The lion. Gentleman (Mr. Hudson) had taunted the
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Baring) with having been willing, in
1839, to lend 5,000,0001. for a purpose totally different, whilst
there was a deficiency in the revenue of 1,400,0001,, and that
is was quite inconsistent for him to oppose the measure of the
Noble Lord. They had seen by the late returns that the sur-
plus of the year would be 3,000,0001. ; but if the grants to
Ireland were to be defrayed, they mutt raise 6,C00,0001. or
7,000,000 . to meet them, so that there was no superabundant
revenue ; and the present period was likely to be
one of more embarrassment than 1839.—( Hear, hear.)
He did not think that they should depart from the principle
upon which the country had ever acted, upon which public
works had been executed, and not less successfully than they
had been conducted in other countries. Although he did not
deny that there were occasions when it might be necessary to
interfere, he did maintain: that, coming into the field with
individual enterprise was a measure which was inexpedient
in itself, and not calculated to effect beneficial results.
The Honourable Gentleman had stated that the suc-
cess of a line depended upon prudence and economy,
it was a principle perfectly true that in dealing with borrowed
money people went far more extravagantly than with any
other—( Cries of " Oh, oh 1")--and that when a manager had
a lien on a concern he was far more careful than otherwise.—
(Oh, oh !) He was one of those who did not think that rail-
ways offered a fair security ; he would state why. They
had a railway in Ireland called the Dublin and Drogheda,
that passed through four-and-tyre nry miles of a most pro-
ductivecountry, and which opened a channel of communication
with the northern parts of the country which were the most in-
dustrious and active. And it appeared, by a public document,
s tat
that 75/. shares in that line, on which 70/. had been paid—were
selling within the last ten days for 56/. The Honourable
Gentleman
state.
wasßut did extremelyhe anxious
Honourable to
Mem
impress
be r uponrell
cotehcet
House, that borrowed money was not the money of
the
that taxes should be imposed to pay the interest
on the capital. If they once began on the • • principle of lend-
ing money to promote individual exertion, they would continu-
ally be called on to advance loans for works equally specious
and affording promises equally tempting of giving emplayment
to the people, and they would thus be continually
disposing of the surplus revenue of the country.
lie was bound to say that the Hon. Gentleman in his
opinion hat completely failed to make out his case, or show
that it would lead to any immediate beneficial effect. There
might be come excuse for adopting an erroneous principle, if
immediate beneficial effects were the result. But he considered
there was no reasonable hope of such a result. The number of
railways were limited, and before they could begin to embark
in them, they should take care to enter into an examination as
to what would make one railroad a more profitable undertaking
than another ; and that very delay itself suppressed the pos-
sibility of immediate relief. If the people of Ireland would
exert themselves they had within their own country quite suf-
ficient capital to execute the proposed works. if they took,
for instance, the case of a railway from Dublin to Galway,
made at the expense of the nation, and another line, in a pa-
rallel direction, on private speculation, the effect would be not,
only to destroy that line, but also to discourage enterprises-,
uneertaken by private individuals.
On the motion of Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL,
The debate was then adjourned.
LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND).
_ _

On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the second reading of
the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill was postponed.
DISTILLING FROM SUGAR.

the Distilling from Sugar Bill was read a third time and
patsed.

NAVIGATION LAWS.

On the motion of Mr. RICARDO that the following Mem-
bers constitute the Select. Committee on the navigation laws :
—Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Hume, Sir
Robert Peel, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Hutt, Sir George
Clerk, Mr. Brownrigg, Mr. Bright, Mr. M'Carthy, Viscount
Sandon, Mr. Brown, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr.
Thomas Baring,
Mr. WAWN begged to ask whether the Government ap-
proved of the composition of this Committee on the subject of
the navigation laws?
Lord J. RUSSELL, who was spite inaudible in the gal-
lery, was understood to say that, on seeing the names of the
Committee, he was not aware that there seas anything objec-
tionable in its composition.
Major BERESFORD thought that on a 'sub!ect of such
importance they should have appointed a fair, just, and honest
Committee - a Committee whose report would gain the con-
fidence of the House of Commons. But he observed, that on
that Committee, although there were several free-trade
Members, there were only three protectionists to contend for
the principles of the laws under consideration.
Mr. HUTT thought the Hon. Metn)er who had just sat
down must be mistaken. It was not necessary that a free
trader should be opposed to the Navigation Laws.—( Hear,
hear.) He could point to the lion. Member beside him.—
( Laughter, and hear, hear.) That Hon. Gentleman had asked
for free trade, but he was yet a staunch supporter of the Navi-
gatkn Laws. —( Renewed laughter. )
Lord GEO. BEN TINCK could assure the Hon. Member
that nothing was meant more than the Committee to give a
fair consideration of the shipping interest. It appeared that
out of fifteen members named in the Bill eleven voted the
other night for an inquiry upon the navigation laws, and he
would assure his Hon. Friend that the shipping interest, from
to
Lordbe c o
jn d. u
Re tue dsosnEal.L principlesai
said
th car dhue crt,i v
we
at
so heirstnn t
hi ni triegr alant s.
one end of England to another, thought that the inquiry ought
whatever might
navigation
rmi
laws,
,ee fliers were
certainlyhis tour
Friend
if
ahvaod u
r of t
eta eid, what
n
be the opinion of the Committee.—( Loud laughter). There
were four who were of opinion that they ought to be entirely
repealed, and seven who would give their opinion in neither
one way or the other, but retained a medium course.
Mr. FERRAND objected to the present system of the
Committees of that House. According to the Noble Lord,
there were a certain number prepared to vote against the navi-
gation laws and a certain number in favour of them. He also
objected to many Hun. Members who did not give their
opinions fairly, according to their profession. He had heard
touch of his side of the House; he should like to know what
that term meant ; for there were many Members on his side
of the House which kept up a show of opposition across the
table, but voted with the Government on every important ques-
tion. To say that they would give a Committee composed
of a certain number of his own side was plainly to say
that they would give them a Committee in which they should
have fifty Members of their own opinions, although sitting on
this side of the House.
Mr. RICARDO thought that the opposition of the lion.
Member was not fair. Ile would be ready to give eight
Members from his side of the House to seven of the other.--
(Loud laughter.) He did not understand Ni hat Hon. Memhers
laughed at. He was nut aware that any set of gentlemen
hail assumed the power to direct a Committee.
The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER said,
that as lion. Members on the other side of the House were chs-
sati,fied with the constitution of the propost d Committee, it
would be better to postpone its appointnient till Monday.
that time he hoped some arr.rngeiiient would be come to;
The motion was then withdrawn.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER moved for a copy of the order
given by the Admiralty to officers to submit to the com-
mander-in-chief at the ports, fur hts approval, crimes that re-
quire corporal punishment.
Mr. WARD had no objection to the production of the
circular order ; and the motion was accordingly agreed to.
COMPENSATION TO IRISH TENANTS.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD brought up his Bill for
securing Compensation to Tenants in Ireland, which was read
a first time.

EJECTMENTS IN SLIGO.
Lord CLEMENTS gave notice that, as the Right Hon.
Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer had left his
place, he would, on Monday, ask him on what authority
he had made the statement which he had done that night in his
speech as to the ejectment of tenants by landed proprietors, at
Sligo?
The other order. of *h• day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock.

Viscount Melbourne entertained Viscount and
Wed-
nesday,Nov Eati,blisloLAorxd.s—hipA's rceusirdieonucse in Sh-
hoaoxutwastsree.
platedoff
on Mr. George Pavia, of Oldbury, near Bridgnorth, last
week, by some kind neighbours spreading a report that, in
consequence of the severity of the weather, he had given
pais,o
rit
y ti,
e ld
and o f
it, about
was eight
iit till c re s a
full o f capitalt wo
a e
r swedees
had beennipa
leave to the poor people of the town to gather turnips from
one
turnips
was
that a t
u linen
of his fields near the church. The consequence of this was
coleardedenostfltyheerop thronged
that byth partieseo owner
ner availing themselves
apprised
ofl vh
what
wasof
the
going on. Great was his ant° - I *lent and as great his vexa-
tion, particularly so as ritiannlasylarties who had benefited
being applied to he said he had hemaratdte
dl, l eittt c,hgeair,na. baker,3tr. Do of
It.
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thereby informed him that
the
Upon that person
NotehwersTh";,,ahnadd httiodld(tihleymmofenthtieonre. leseport, the same as
caused two women to be apprehended, and taken before the
magistrates, at their meeting on Saturday, when the case
was heard; and as the proceeding bore u-o'fewoenious intents
:asclk.
Qe ua
leaveie It
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hxel discharged,,ocayT i
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vi trehercasetsecotvaeeraarsgtahia3rnyne
the parties, Sarah Adams and Jane Hurst,
Kensington, on
two years, who
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ctohof
PEAT'S IN TUB STREET.—Yestcrday, Mr. G. I.
Arms,jthenerCeyhsu,rcahgiteld fii
t, -
was found on Sunday night, opposite the residence of the
Princess Sophia, apparently in a dying state. It ap-
peared that the deceased was a widow, carrying on the busi-
tilliellabhoudi)d• ofan E inquesti' zah e tal at
busi-
ness of a laundress, at No. 13, Camden-street, Kensington
Gravel-pits. About nine months ago she broke a blood-
vessel, from the effects of which she was believed to have
recovered. On Sunday last she
left home at eleven o'clock
in the forenoon, to go and see her married daughter at Wool-
wich. She lift there late in the evening, and came from
town in an omnibus to Kensington Church, and was seen
about twenty minutes to twelve o'clock at night sitting in
Church-lane, opposite the Princess Sophia's residence, on
the kerb•ston. She appeared very ill, and complained of
pain in her chest. She was promptly conveyed home by the
police, and Mr. Cobb, surgeon, was sent for, but dedeath bad
ceased had
expired. Mr. Cobb gave it as his of
been that
been caused by the rupture of a vessel on the lungs, from
natural causes. The jury returned a verdict to that effect.
CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.—
The Duke of Cambridge has honoured Mr. H. F. Richardson
with his commands that the festival cf this charity should
take place on the 31st May, when his Royal Highness will
preside. The illustrious Prince has before presided. Up-
wards of seventy merchants and others have already joined
the stewardship, and by the period of the announcement of
the list, it is anticipated it will be the largest of the season.
Lord Ashburton is president this year, and 110 vice-preai-
deuta adorn the publications issued by the society.

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

The Queen held a levee (the first this season) yesterday
afternoon, at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince
Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock, at-
tended by the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes;
the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting; the Earl of
Morton, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in
\Vaitieg to Prince Albert ; Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in
Waiting; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to
Prince Albert ; Colonel, the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in
;Waiting; Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, Equerry in
Watt iug to Prince Albert; and Mr. Forbes, Page of honour
in Waiting.
Iler Majesty and his Royal Highness were received at
St. James's palace, by the Lord Steward and the Lord
Chamberlain. _ _

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
:\kior Stephens, and Count Alexander Mensdorff attended
the levee. _

Before the Levee, the Queen gave audiences to the Mar-
quie of Anglesey and Lord John Russell.
The Duke of St. Albans bad an audience of her Majesty,
and returned the badge of the Most Honourable Military
Order of the Bath wore by his late uncle Admiral Lord
Aurelius Beauclerk.
Captain Sir George Graham Otway, Bart., RN., had an
audience of the Queen, and returned the riband and badge of
a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, worn by his
late father Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bart.
Captain Barlow, R.N., C. 8., had an audiunce of her Ma-
jesty-, and delivered the riband and badge of a Civil Knight
Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath worn by his late father
e,ir George 'Nero Barlow, Bart.
The Field Officer in Waiting, and the Captain of the
Guard, had audiences of her Majesty.
In the foreign diplomatic circle, the following presentations
to the Queen took place :
Mr. de Schentioth, Consceller d'Etet actual do S. M.
l'Empereur de Ruseie, and M. Kornileff, Ca; itaine do la
Marine Imperiale, by Baron de Brunnow, the Russian
Minister.
Mr. John R. Brodhead, Secretary of the Legation of the
United States of America, by Mr. Bancroft, the American
Minister.
Le Comte A. E. de Rosen, Lieutenant-Colonel du Corps
du Genie do la Marine Suedoise, by Baron Rehausen, the
Swedish Charge d'Aflairs.
The General Circle was attended by the Lord Chancellor,
the Bishop of London, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord
of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home,
Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President
of the Board of Control for the affairs of India, the Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner of
the Woods and Forests, the President of the Board of Trade,
the Paymaster-General of the Forces, the Chief Secretary for
Ireland, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Cap-
tain of the honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the
Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord
Langdale, Master of the Rolls; Right lion. Sir Thomas
Wilde, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas;
the Secretary at War, the Chanceller of the Duchy of Corn-_
wall, Mr. S. Mark Phillipps, Under-secretary of State; the
Adjutant-General of the Forces, the Quarter-Master General ,
to the Forces, the Lord-Advocate, the Lord Mayor, the So-
licitor-General.
Sir George Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the
Yeomen Guard, Mr. INI. Wyatt, Standard-bearer of the Hon.
Corps of Gentleman at Arms; the Solicitor-General for
Scotland, Mr. Sheriff (Malls; Mr. Sheriff Kennard, Sir C.
Young, Garter; Lord A. Paget, Clerk Marshal ; Sir Harris
Nicolas, G.C. M.G., Chancellor of the Order of St. Michael
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Queen ; Lieut. Gen. Sir James Macdonell, K.C.B• ,K.C.11. ,
Honorary Equerry to the Queen Dowager ; Captain E.
Somerset, Equerry to her Majesty the Queen Dow-
ager ; Major Stephens, Equerry in Waiting on his
Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge; Colonel Berkeley
Drummond, Scots Fusilier Guards, Field Officer in Brigade
waiting ; Mr. Under-Sheriff Tilleard, Mr. Under-Sheriff
Baylis, Mr. James Bunce Curling, Adjutant of the Honour-
able Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Sir Samuel Hancock,
Exon of the Yeomen Guard; Captain Sadler, Exon in Wait-
ing ; the Queen's Registrar, Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S. ; Rev.
Halstead Cobden, Lord Mayor's Chaplain ; Captain Green,
Gentleman Usher in Waiting; Major-General Godwin, Gen-
tleman Usher to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert in
Waiting; and the following
Le Chevalier deTacon, Charge d'Affaires d'Espagne, Baron
de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires, and Le Comte
Adrien de Revel, Charge d'Affaires de S. M. le Roi de Sar-
&Agile, were severally presented to the Queen by Viscount
Palmerston G.C.13., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
The Foreign diplGomoott.dtrn.2.ib,cae.DTiiar,vcilde wasjam easttended by Count de
St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador; le Comte de Jarnac,
first Secretary, Mr. George de Rabaudy, Chancelier, and H.
Felix Cottu, attaché to the Embassy ; Count Dietrichetein,
the Austrian Ambassador; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian
Minister; Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister; M. Mo-
reno, the Buenos Ayrean Minister; Baron de Brun-
now, the Russian Minister; Baron de .Nicoley, Se-
cretary to the Legation, and Captain Schwabe,
Imperial Russian Engineers; General I'rince Castelci-
cale, Neapolitan Minister, and M. G. Canofari, Secretary
of Legation ; Count de Kielmansegge, Hanoveriau Minister;
Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister • and Prince Lowen-
stein, Secretary of Legation ; is 'Commandeer Marques
Lisboa, Brazilian Minister; and J. T. de Amaral, Attaché to
the Legation; Count de Ileventlow, Daniell Minister; and
M. de Bielke, Secretary of Legation ; Colonel Iturregui,
Peruvian Minister ; Prince Callimaki, Ottoman forte
Minister; ; Mr. George Bancroft, United States Minister;
Count Schimmelpenninek, Netherlands Minister; Baron de
Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires; le Chevalier de 'facon,
Spanish Charge d'Affaires, and le Chevalier do Pedrorena,
Secretary to the Mission ; le Comte Adrien de Revel, Sar-
dinian Charge d'Affaires, and Marquis I'allaricini, Secretary
to the Mission.
DUKES—St. Albans, Buccleuch.
3IARQUISKS.—AngIesey, Granby, Worcester, Westmeath.
EARLS.—De La Warr, Listowel, Clarendon, Auckland,
Lincoln, Denbigh, Clare, Fitzwilliam, Rosalyn, Radnor, Ripon,
Wilton, Ellenborough, Somers, Sheffield.
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LORDs.—Stanley, Walsingham, Ernet Bruce, A. Fitz-
elarence, Rivers, Mahon, ysheton Colchester,
Hotham, Cremerne, Brooke. Hereford.
Rioter HoNOURARLES —Sir Robert Peel, Sir Thomas
Wilde, Sir James Graham, Henry Goulburn, Sir Thomas
Fremantle, Edward Strutt, M.P. ; Sir S. Canning, Sir T.
Frankland Lewis, R. V. Smith, M.P.; E J. Stanley, Sir A.
H.P.ios,er, Bart., H. Ellis, Colonel Darner, M.P. ; F. Shaw,
June K.—Vaughan Williams.
F. L. Gower, W. Cowper,
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Mr. }'sicker,
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Edward Stonor, Spencer Pontonby,
P. Fielding, P. P. Bouverie, E. P. BOUvetie, H. Fitzroy,
W. 0. Stanley, M.P. ; Captain Crofton Colonel Finch, H.
M. Sutton, ltev. F. J. Noel, Dean of Windsor.'
BARONETS.—J. Henry Pelle, James Weir Hogg, Moses
Montefiore, W. Somerville. C. Hunter, J. Carmichael, A. B.
Brooke, G. Clerk, R. H. Inglis, D. Norrey, M.P. ; F.
Hamilton.
Sias.—Roderick J. Murchison, J. South, Fitzroy Kelly.
Frederick Thesiger, Francis Palgrave, Peter Lawrie, J. Kirk-
land, H. Willock, C. Napier, W. Pell, J. Atkinson, A. L.
Hay, M.P., G. Walker.
COUNT.—G. Metaxa Mirarque.
QUERN'S GOUNSEL.—Kindersley, W. Page Wood,
Walpole, John Romilly, M.P., Rolt, Bacon, Richard Godson,
M.P., H. W. Tancred, M.P., Joseph Napier.
REV. DOCTORS.—JeIf, llawtrey, Symons.
Ray. Messtaufts.—William Webster, Randall Ward, John
Spencer
Jackson, Henry Howarth, C. Cavendish, T. C. Glyn, Ann
Anson, W. H. Biedermann, H. Palmer, G. W, Carl-
son, R. Burgess.
DOCTORS.—Ringland, Billing, It. Ferguson,
Laitham, F. 'Winslow, Bowrieg, M.P. L. Roberston, W.
Loney, Peterkin, W. Lloyd, Henderson. Bolton
'AIF.SSIEURS—CharIes Russell, M.P., G. 13,Ickley ,
William Tottie,
Thomas Richard Walker, James Little,
Lawrence, E. Duke Moore, Rich, M.P , It• William
Daniel Grey,
Sergeant_Thompson, Farrein'Greese, 51. f". • Atk;nson,
burn
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O'Connell, jun., M.P., John O'Connell, 111'.P.,..
Henry Lee,
G. Berkeley. Kenlock, Sergeant Talfourcl,
Judd, R. M. Martin, E. Rice, M.P., Hodges, J. H. U.
W. D. Bruce, R. Neville, M.P., A. Moregomereen J.
Addington, H. G. Ward, W. Cooper.
Whiskin, Stanley, J. Parker, Ai. P., G. Close,
Pfie Inarn n) in g C.
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Arch-
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F. P. Bar-
IL Reeve, J. Homfray, Ingham, C. J• Palmer,enrr,
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E. Rice, M.P., J. Gardner, J. O'Brian, i'l. Fortescue, N.
M.P., Wyse, M.P., E. Denison,
dish, J. Blackburn, M.P., J. A.
Klifult° 2%1. P. , C. E. Tre-
Vaughan, M'Gildowney, W. Cripps,l‘FL.Pi'i
M.P., T. Clifton, M. P., G. !lepton, pe'dd, M.P., G. B.
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of Douro, Borth'wick, - e. 'Lew, C. 8., Codrin t n .1 1 of
Cardigan, A. Irvine, C.l3.7cit'e H. Wade, c.B gsec ,
Henry K.
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Lenout C. 8., Sir u!
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Pottinger, Owen, Ham, aulet, Tinting,
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Daniell, Sadleir,
n• Mortimer S. West, Polhill, Al P Hon.
Hamilton . .
wr F. Hall, Tyler, Charles White, • • ;
Hamilton Duncan,
t H . es White, Car-
Polska Somerse , Henry etudd, Wh
B. Bateman, yte Mel-
ville, J. D. Shakespc
Sairssmore, Yonne, Gardiner,
Frederick Sympsen, J. A. Keane.
Felix Ashpitel, Hon. Hamilton,
arthew, Ed-
ward lieneage Dering, Manners Wood, J.
Henryr Bliss, C. C.
51‘Callum, C. H. Hinalnae, L. E. Mackinnon,Plunkett A.
, Sir Edward C.
Dew, F. J.
Goldsmid, Edmond Walker,Burton,l"
- ellY, Charles
Edmund Thornton, John Davenport Shakespeare, Winfield
LIEUTENANTS.—kers, E. H. Smith, E. c
Julius Richard Glyn, Sidney Farrell, Hon. IL F. Keane,'
Mowbray Smith,
Wood, R. L. Newman, E. A. Noel, Hopper,
M•Gowan, Cormack.
ENSIONS.—George Angustus M‘Nair, John Morrison Allan
ADMIRALS.
Dundas. C. 8., M.P.
Strode, K.C.B. ;
—Sir Edward Codrington
; Sir Charles
Adam,
K.C. B. ; Sir H. Dillon. Shirreff, T. Brown, Pym, Sykes.
CArrAiNs.—Elliee, R. Eden, Berkely, B. Ham il: 'es..
G. A. Westphal, D. Curry, Newell, Sir J. G s• ton, Sir
T. Hastings, Nevill, G. Macdonald, G. G. inelair, Sir
Broke, Sir G Otway
Eden, Hon. D. Pelham, C. Buckle, Lord J. Hay, A. an-
shawe, Sir E. Home, Sir F. Nicolson, E. Belabor
D,,, A. F
CArTAlNS.—(Trinity house) Edward , arlow.
Foord, John Shep-
herd, Henry Bonham liax.
COMMANDERS.—PeIIy, G. Brown, William Peel,
Katen, J. Sanderson, A. Ryder. V. m • J. E.
assingberd, Crispin, le
Inglefield, W. Griffiths, Robson, J. Finch ... E.
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G. Keane.
LIEUTENANTS.—Freestun, Darell.
The following Noblemen and Gentlemen
being presented to her Majesty : had the honour of
Sir James Weir Hogg, on being created a Baronet, by Sir
The Marquis of Anglesey, on promotion
Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, on his appointment as Lord
Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, by
the Lord Chancellor
Hon. Colonel Sir Edward Cuet, upon his appointment to be
her Majesty's Matter of the Ceremonies

Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, by the Lord Chancellor
Viscount Anson, by Viscount Palmerston
The Hon. and Rev. Reginald Sackville West, in his appoint-
ment as one of her Majesty's chaplains, by his father, the

Earl De La Warr - -
The lion. Spencer Lyttelton, on his appointment as marshal,
of the ceremonies, by the Lord Chamberlain
Sir Moses Montefiore, on being created a baronet, by Sir R

Peel, Bart.
Right Hon, Sir Thomas Freemantle, on his appointment as
Chairman of the Boazd of Customs, by the Chancellor of

the Exchequer
Hon. Mr, Vereker, by Viscount Gage
Sir Charles Napier, by Lord Auckland
Mr. Humphrey, on his appointment as ono of her Majesty a
Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor
Mr. Bacon, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Coun-
sel, by the Lord Chancellor
Mr. Bolt, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Counsel,
by the Lord Chancellor
Mr. Thomas Richard Walker, on his appointment as one of
her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by Lord
Foley
Mr. Spencer Walpole, on his appointment as one of her Ma-

jesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. James Little, on his appointment to her Majesty's llon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by Lord Foley
Mr. Kinder'sley, 'Q. C., on his being appointed Chancellor of
the County Palatine of Durham, by the Lord Chancellor
The Rev. Dr. Jeif, on his appointment as Sub-Almoner to the
Queen, by the Bishop of London
Mr. Joseph Napier, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's
Counsel in Ireland, by the Lord Chancellor
Doctor Reingland, by the Right lion. Frederick Shaw, M.P.
Rev. John Jackson, Rector of St. James's Westminster, by the
Lord Chancellor
Mr. William Tottie, Sweedish and Norwegian Vice-Consul in
London, by Baron Rehausen, his Sweedish and Norwegian
Mak3sty's Charge d'Affaires
Mr. Farrer, on his appointment as Captain in the Royal Bucks
Yeomanry Cavalry, by his Grace the Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos, K. G.
Mr. Rich, M.P., en his appointment as a Lord of the Trea-
sury, by Lord John Russell
The Lord Mayor, by Lord John Russell
Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, on being created a Ba-
ronet, by the Duke of Norfolk
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, on being appointed one of her Ma-
jesty's Sergeants-at-Law, by the Lord Chancellor
The Lord Advocate, on his appointment, by Sir George
Grey
The Solicitor• General, on his appointment, by the Lord

Chancellor
Mr. Sheriff Kennard, by Lord John Russell
Mr. Sheriff Challis, by Lord John Rimell
Sir George Hayter, M.A. S.L., &c. &c., Painter of History and
Portraits, and Principal Painter in Orginary to her Majesty,
on his marriage and return from the Continent, by the Right
Hon. the Lord Chamberlain

The Solicitor General for Scotland, on his appointment, by
Sir George Grey
Mr. Undersheriff Baylis, by Sir George Grey
Mr. Undersheriff Tilliard, by Sir George Grey
Mr. Henry Edward Fox Young,:on appointment as Lieutenant-
Governor, Eastern Districts, Cape of Good Hope, by Earl

Grey
Surgeon-Major Judd, Scots Fusilier Guards, on his appoint-
ment as Surgeon in Ordinary to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, by Colonel B. Drummond
Mr. R. Montgomery Martin, to present his report on the
English opium traffic in China, by Viscount Sandon
Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., en being appointed Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, Kerry county, by Mr. Labouchera
Mr. Daniel O'Connell, jun., M.P., by the Right Hon. H.
Labonehere
Mr. Atkinson, by Mr. Greene, M.P.

Mr. Frederick Wm. Jerningham, by Earl Grey
Mr. Ingham, on his appointment as Attorney-General of the
county palatine of Dublin, by the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey
Mr. Sergeant Shoe, on receiving a patent of precedence, by

the Lol:d Chancellor
Mr. Gibson Crai2., on being appointed a Lord of the Treasury,
by Lord John Russell
Mr. Penrhyn, by Lord Stanley
Mr. William Henry Cooke, on his being appointed a Deputy-
Lieutenant for Herefordshire, by Earl Somers
Mr. Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, Lord Lieutenant of Brecknock-
shire, by Lord John Russell
Mr. Jamas Whiskin, on being appointed Deputy-Lieutenant
for the county of Middlesex, by the Marquis of Salisbury
Mr. ff. G. Ward, on his appointment as Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, by the Earl of Auckland
Mr. Mantell, Member of Council, Gambia, by Earl Grey

Mr. Alfred Montgomery, on his appointment as a CommissiOner
of Stamps and Taxes, by Sir Robert Peel
Mr. Frederick Pratt Barlow, on his appointment to the Deputy-
Lieutenancy of Middlesex, by the Marquis of Salisbury
Mr. Beardmore, High Sheriff of Himpshire, by his Grace the

Duke of Wellington
Mr. Quiblier, by Earl Grey
Mr. William Morris, by Mr, C. Reginald Gibson
Mr. Charles James Palmer, by his father, the Rev. Henry

Palmer
Mr. Hodges, Recorder of Poole, by Sir G. Grey
Mr. Francis Fortescue, Lieutenant, Scots Fusilier Guards, by

the Earl Fortescue
Mr. Wyse, M.P., on taking office as Secretary of the India

Board
Lieutenant-General Sir John Doveton, K.C.8., on promotion,
by General Lord Aylmer
General Sir George Anson, G.C.8., on his appointment to
the Lieutenant Governorship of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea
Colonel Cornwall, on appointment to be her Majesty's Assistant
Master of the Ceremonies, by the Lord Chamberlain, and on
promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
Lieut.-Colonel Everest, F. R. S., on his marriage, by the Earl
of Denbigh
Rev. William Webster, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Kennard, by
Mr. Sheriff Kennard

Mr. Sergeant Manning, on being appointed Queen's Sergeant,
by the Lord Chancellor
Colonel Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, Grenadier Guards, on
promotion, by Colonel Home
Colonel Hodges, her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul.
General to the Hans Towns, on his return home on leave,

by Viscount Palmerston
Colonel Thomas Le Breton, Royal Jersey Militia, by Sir
George Grey, Bart.
Colonel Sir Henry MacLeod, late Governor of Trinidad, by
Earl Grey
Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville 'West, on his marriage,
by his father, the Earl Delavrarr
Major General Cavendish, Ist Life Guards, on Promotion, by
the Marquis of Anglesey
Lieutenant Telly, Madras Cavalry, on his return to India, by
his Father, Sir J. Pelly, Bart.
Ensign John Harrison Allan, on his appointment to the Royal
London Militia, by Colonel Sir Claudius S. Hunter, Bart.
Lieutenant Edward Heneage Dering, on his appointment to
the Coldstream Guards, by H.R. H. the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieutenant Akers,on appointment to the Royal Engineers, by

the aGrladredilnee\rV,
Royal arr.
Captain
Horse Artil'ery, on promotion and
appointment to the Royal Horse Artilery, by the Marquis of
Anglesey.
Captain \V. F. Hall, on his appointment to the Adjutancy of
the Royal London Militia, by Colonel Sir Claudius S.
Hunter, Bart.
Captain Henry Bonham Bax, Elder Brother of the Trinity
Captain the lion. Hamilton Duncan, Scots Fusiliers Guards,
pt En
by the Duke of Wellington.
Captain Edward Hood, Elder Brother of the Trinity House,by the Duke of Wellington
Colonel Hall, M.P., Ist Life Guards. on promotion; and
Lieut.-Colonel Parker, Ist Life Guards, on promotion, by
bliyoCus Col Drummond
Berkeley Drummond
Viscount Corabermere
Captain John Shepheard, Elder Brother of the Trinity House
by the Duke of Wellington
major-general iligginson„ on promotion, Major-general God-
win, on promotion, and Lieut.-colonel Goodman, by Lord
Fit zßoy Somerset
Lieut.-colonel James Stopford, C. 8.; Captain J. Mac Duff;
Lieut. Cormick; and Lieut. 111‘Gowan, on return from
foreign service, by Lieut.-general Sir Alexander Woodford,
K.C.B. and G.C.M. G.
Dr. Wm. Loney, surgeon, R.N., on promotion, by Sir Wil-
liam Burnett
Dr. William Lloyd, by Colonel Sir Robert Nickle, K. H.
Dr. Henderson, R.N., by Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym
Mr. John W. Allen, by Captain Sir Thomas Hastings
Mr. Granville Close, by Lord Northwick
Mr. Charles Dashwood Goldic, on going abroad, by Lieutenant
General Latter
Assistant-Surgeon George Borlaxe Childs, on his apPoiiitment
to the Royal London Militia, by Colonel Sir C. S. Hunter,
Bart.
Mr. John Andrew Kirwan, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county
of Galway, by the Marquis of Clanricarde
Mr. M'Gildowney, by the Marquis of Donegall
Hon. John Forteseue, by Earl Fortescue
The Rev. Randall Ward, on return from India, by the Earl of
Clare.
Rev. Charles Cavendish, by Major-General Cavendish.
Rev. Henry Howarth, Rectory, St. George's 1ia......er-square
by the Lord Bishop of London.
Rev. Anchitel Anson, by General Sir George Anson.
Dr. Forbes Winslow, by Sir James Clark, Bart.
Dr. Lockhart Robertson, by Sir James 111`Grigor, Bart.
lion. Spencer Ponsonby, by Viscount Palmerston.
Rear-Admirals.—Sheriff, on his promotion ; Dundas, on
his appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty; Captains.—
A. Fanshawe, on being appointed one of her Majesty's
Naval Aide-de-Camps ; Sir E. Belcher, on return from the
China Seas • D. Curry, Macdonald, G. N. Brooks, on
promotion, and return from service ; Hon. Crofton Berkeley,
Sir G. A. Westphal, Lord J. Hay, A. Fanshavre, on
being appointed Aide-de-Camp ; Sir G. Otway, Sir
T. Hastings, Ellice, I. Shakspeare ; Lieutenant-
:Colonel A. Irvine, C.B. ; Commanders Rawstone, on
promotion and attendance on Royal and Distinguished
Personages at Portsmouth ; J. W. Finch, the Hon. G. D.
Keane, Robson, J. Sanderson, A. Ryder, on their promo-
tion; V. A. Messingberd, on appointment to H.M. steam
vessel Alecto ; G. Brown, E. A. Inglefield ; Lieutenant
Darrell, on promotion, Hopper and Sir W. Pell, on
appointment as Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, by
Lord Auckland
Colonels Codrington and H. Bentinck ; Lieutenant-Colonels
Forbes and F. Paulet ; Majors I. L. Ebrington and Daniels,
Captain C. White, on their promotion ; Lieutenant P. Bur-
ton and Hon. I'. Fielding, on their appointments ; and Cap-
tains W. Melville and P. Somerset, by the Duke of Cam•
bridge
Right Hon. Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, on being created a
Baronet, be the Earl of Ripon
Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.B. and
K.C.H., upon being appointed Knight Commander of the
Bath, and on taking the additional name of Strode, by the
Earl of Haddington
Captain Nevin, R.N., on his return from the East India and
China stations, and on promotion, by his Grace the Duke
of Buckingham and Chandos
Commander Pelly, R.N., on his return from the West Indies,
by his father, Sir Henry Pelly, Bart.
The Hon. Thomas Edward Stoner, by his father, Lord Camoys
Sir William Somerville, on his appointment as Under-Secretary
cf State, by Sir George Grey
Lieutenant-General Sir G. Scovell, on promotion, by the
Duke of Wellington
Captains Sir F. Nicolson, on promotion and return from Ser-
via, Sir E. Home, on being nominated a Companion of the
Bath; Commanders W. Griffiths, on promotion, J. K. Katon,
by Sir C. Adams
Colonel Montgomerie, A.D.C., on appointment; Lieutenant-
Colonel Lumsden ; Major W. Forbes ;.
and Mr. T.
Boyrenson, on return from India, by Sir l
Captains D. Ward,
d
Tylee ; Lietenants Winfield and F. God sJrn liohhouse
Lieutenant-General lion. Wm. Gardner, on being appointed
Colonel-Commandant
and on promotion ; Colonel
Oldfield, on his promotion ;
Lieutenants C. Smith, E. Carth w e , A. Dew, and J. Shake-
spear, by the Marq • u;s of Angiesea.
Peel, 11. N , by
Lieutenant Sidney Farrell, on appo.n Sir Robert Peel
Command, r ; tment to the Royal Engi-
neers, by the
Earl of Denbigh
Lieutenant R. L. Newman,
the West
7lst Highland Light Infantry, on
his returnfrom
Indies, by the Earl Fortescue
Lieutenant E. H.Noel,
41st Regiment, on his return from
service on the Sutlej, by the Hon. and R ev. F. J . J. Noel
Ensign George Augustus M•Nair, 67th Regiment, on appoint-
ment, by Lieutenant-General Clitherow, K. G.
Major. General John M'Donald, on promotion from 92d High-
landers, by Lieutenant-General Sir W. Mac Bean, K.C.G.

Colonel Yorke, Scots' Fusilier Guards, on promotion, by
Colonel Drummond
Lieut. -Colonel J. K. Lenout, C. 8., Madras Army, on being
appointed Companion of the Bath, by Lieut.-General Sir J.
C. Dalbiac, K. C. H.
Lieut.-Colonel Hutchinson, Madras Army, by Major-General
Sandwith
Lieut.-Ceionel Lockyer, 97th Regiment, nn promotion, and
going to Malta, by Lieut.-General Sir H. F. Bouverie,
K.C.B.
Major Hutt. on receiving the honour of Companion of the
Bath, by Viscount Palmerston
Major Sadlier, 4th Kings Own Regiment, on his return from
India, by Gen. Sir Thos. Bradford
Captain the Hon. John Arbuthnot Keane, Rifle Brigade, on
promotion, by Sir Andrew Barnard, G. C. 8., G. C.ll.
First Lieutenant Julius Richard Glyn, Rifle Brigade, by his
father, the Rev. Thomas Clayton Glyn
Lieut. Edmund Walker, Royal Engineers, on appointment
and promotion, by General Lord Aylmer
Lieutenant Alanners Wood, A.D C. Bth Hussars to Gen.
Thorne, by Mr. Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
Captain Felix Ashpitel, sth Fusiliers, en appointment, by
Lieutenant-Colonel Gaspard Le Merchant
Captain Yenge, 60th, or King's Royal Rifles, on promotion,
by Lieutenant-General Sir W. G. Davy, K.C. H.
Captain Sissmore, Bengal Artillery, by Lieutenant-General
Sir James Watson, K. C. B.
Captain Carlyow, 10th Royal Hussars, on promotion, by Cul.
Middleton
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., cn appointment
to the Admiralty
After the levee the Queen gave audience to Viscount
Falkland.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal
suite, returned to Buckingham Palace.
Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, was prevented
by his long-protracted illness from attending her Majesty's
levee.
The Rev. Mr. Perry had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were re-
ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN

RAILWAY.

Yesterday morning the February half-yearly meeting of the
above company was held at the Euston-square Station, at
twelve o'clock. On the arrival of the chairman and directors
in the board-room,
The SECRETARY proceeded to read the advertisement con-
vening the meeting, and the minutes of the last half-yearly
assemblage.
The CHAIRMAN then said—Gentlemen, it is now ten years
since, through your kindness and that of my colleagues, I
have had the honour to hold the situation which I
now occupy, and in presenting the accounts to you
on the present occasion I cannot help feeling the extraor-
dinary difference between the position which the company
occupied in the year 1837 and the position in which it is at
the present moment. It will be in the recollection of many
proprietors that the year 1837 was a year of extraordinary
commercial pressure, and its depressing effects were felt more
especially in those districts of England through which the
line passed, and in those classes of society which constituted
the greater part of our proprietors. I confess that at that
time, in common with many others engaged in similar
large undertakings, I felt a degree of anxiety and suspense
upon what was generally regarded with considerable dismay.
However, by the help of our shareholders and by perseve-
rance the difficulty is now overcome. Ido not say on the
present occasion that I apprehend that there is the
slightest idea of a state of things similar to the year 1837,
quite the contrary, but 1 may say that our currency
is established on a more secure footing, and upon a better
regulated basis than it was then, and, I may add from expe-
rience, that the commercial organisation of the country is in
a better state. I have not the slightest idea of drawing a
comparison between that period and the present, but I think
that from the public papers you must have perceived
lately a great tendency to continued and untiring
exertions on the part of those to whom, in the first in-
stance, devolved the responsibility of these great undertakings.
I confess, gentlemen, that it does appear to me that upon
those who first tried this great experiment upon so large a
scale—and really it was nothing but an experiment—it is
rather hard that on the successful result of their schemes,
they should be called upon to give up any of the ad-
vantage they have justly earned. I believe, gentlemen, and
on this subject, circumstances authorise the belief, that if the
Kilsby tunnel had proved too much for Mr. Stephenson, the
Box tunnel for Mr. Brunel, or the Primrose Hill tunnels
for Mr. Locke, we should have had not the slightest as-
sistance from Parliament. And, gentlemen, I do not think
that we should have found any talented leader of the Oppo-
sition to propose a vote of sixteen millions in our favour.—
(Hear, hear.) That would not be done for us.—(Hear, hear.)
However all our difficulties are over, and they have been
surmounted by the energies of those whom I see before me.
I am happy to say that on the present occasion we
are enabled to oiler you, as we have invariably
hitherto done, accounts of which the gross results are
entirely satisfactory. At the same time the accounts deserve,
and I hope that if you take them home you will give them, a
careful analysis. You are aware that we have lately made
very large reductions. Those reductions on the goods traffic
have been repaid by an enormous increase, and on the pas-
senger traffic by an increase in a smaller degree, but not in
an equal ratio. With regard to the passenger traffic, I must
draw your attention to that, es it is vary important that
you should ace, and that the proprietors of other companies
should be made aware, by the medium of the public press,
of ens fact, for I think it will put a stop to the very danger-
ous competition which at present exists. The total number
of passengers during the last six months who have travelled
over every part of the Loudon and North-Western Ilailway
amounts to the extraordinary number of 3,277,596; and just
let me observe, in passing, that out of the whole number of
passengers transported, we have not had one single serious ac-
cident. The number transported in the same period in 1845 was
2,793,372, showing an increase in a period of two years of
481,224. Now mark the conclusion. From the diminution
of fares, the gross receipts for passengers this year has been
less than in 1845, while the expenditure has been, of course,
much greater, in consequence of the increased accommode-
tion. The deduction which I draw from that is, that the
reduction in fares and the altered mode of travellirg has been
no benefit to the public and none to ourselves. Ido not wish
to conceal from you that it is possible, in the course of time,
by improvements and increased accommodation, we may reduce
in some degree the working expenditure. That is a point
which I hope the Legislature will deal with with the greatest
care and caution, for nothing is so eetrimental w foolish or
overstrained economy in large undertakings of this sort.
We ought certainly to be economical, but not at the
expense of the public. There are evils connected with
competition which I have always viewed as most se-
rious. It is the call made by competition, which causes
such a reduction in the rates ; and if proprietors do force upon
us the overstrained economy consequent upon it, the result
will be that the public must eventually suffer—and thenlyou
will regret it when it is too late—by a loss of life. Another
point in view, which will create fresh traffic, and to which I
wish to call your attention, is the necessity forced upon us of
providing in some way or other increased means of transit
for the traffic which already offers itself. Before going into
this question I must say that traffic has come upon
us in an unexpected rate of increase, and therefore, during
the two latter months of the past year, we have not done our
duty towards the public in the way for which we were for-
merly celebrated. We have failed in some degree in regin
larity and in; our ordinary punctuality, but during the last
month the evil has been repaired, and we are now going on
as usual. The point which you must carry out is to give us
better means of transit. The subject has occupied our atten-
tion for a long time. We are not disposed to increase the
expenditure unnecessarily, but the question has been
forced upon us lately, and in such a shape,
and way, that slow as I was to be convinced on the subject,
I have yielded to the necessities of the case. I must say, in
justice to ~everal of my Hon. Colleagues, who have, from time
to time, pressed the question, that they have long been con-
vinced of the necessity of adopting such a step. The mea-
sure which we shall propose ie, to lay down between Primrose
Hill tunnel and Watford„two additional lines of rails. We
hope to accomplish that without going to Parliament for in-
creased powers, but if there is the smallest necessity for such a
step, we shall not hesitate a moment to apply to Parliament at.
once. We propose also to continue this increased accommo-
dation from Watford to Tring, in order to take advantage of
the Buckinghamshire lines, and we shall go on until we meet
the Birmingham and Oxford line, by which means we hope
;to render to the district and the traffic the most ample ac-
commodation that can be wanted. The estimated cost of
laying down the second line i 3 350050/. have
not yet got the estimates as between Watford and Tring,
but they are in the course of preparation. I think
gentlemen, if we are to judge from the state of the internal
traffic in which we have engaged during the fast six months,
although I am prepared to .4airt that traffic is very unsafe
to trust to as e ..I,erion of what the state of the country
mom, n4cause it may have been diverted for a time from
other channels; but, taking our own experience, and th. ca..
perience of railway companies, we are inclined to think that
the internal traffic of the country has, during the last year,
taken a prodigious stride. The internal prospects ef the country
are increasing daily, and are recovering from the commercial
pressure which has lately acted as a drawback to it, and
which, I believe, is passing away now, but which, at all
events, will not be of any lengthy duration, if it does last.
I hope, even, that if we go on in the same ratio of increase,
that not only the existing railways, but even the canals,
may keep their own. Under the circumstances, gentlemen,
I will not detain you any Imager. You have in the report
nearly every subject which it will be necessary
for the directors to bring before you; and I am
most anxious to save time as much as possible, by
not going over ground unnecessarily at this meeting;
but there is a point upon which you must allow me to make
a few observations as Igo on. I allude, gentlemen, to the
state of your echools at Crewe and Wolverton, which are on a
satisfactory footing ; and I believe, I may say, that it is re-
garded by the parents of the children connected with the
works there, as well as by the whole neighbourhood, as a
real blessing to the country. The object of these esta-
blished schools is to make the education furnished there
a practical and useful one, and one which shall serve as a
model for other schools of the same nature. We have had
children of all denominations educated in these schools, and

although they are under the immediate superintendence of
your clergyman, Dr. Waithe, the principles of the education
administered are such that we have never had a single
parent who found the slightest fault. We have also had
applications from other parts of the country for sub-
scriptions to their schools. We have not thought it
right to accede to these applications, not having any autho-
rity from you to administer your funds for that purpose. We
should like to be enabled to allow subscriptions for a thing
of that sort. We should like to carry the principle out fur-
ther. I can mention that I have received notice that some
of the directors sitting at this table have, of their own accord,
volunteered from their own purses the means of supplying
spirdial instruction to many of your men. When I mention
that fact, lam sure that it is not a way in which you would like
to leave it. Ido not think it right, because individuals at
the table have furnished funds for these schools, that no
further measures should be adopted. I conceive that the
principle to be acted upon is the principle that property has
its duties as well as its rights and advantages, and many
here have thought it a duty to furnish the means from their
own pockets. and they can hardly doubt that it is
their duty, as well as their advantage, to furnish
spiritual instruction to their men. On this subject
I speak without having any previous communication
whatever with any of my colleagues, but I believe that they
are all actuated by one sentiment—l think, unless they have
your permission, I will not say votes, to apply certain funds
to this purpose, many of them will not take the oppor-
tunity of receiving any funds, for they would sooner pay it
out of their own pockets than have it sparingly and
grudgingly bestowed for a purpose so essential to the general
benefit of your men and the country.
The following is an abstract of tile Report :
In comparing the traffic receipts for the six months ending
of
31st December last, with those the corresponding half-
year to the 31st December, 18-13, it will appear that both in
and
the number of passengersquantity of goods conveyed,
there has been a considerable excess, while the rates of
charge have been materially reduced. In merchandize the
increased quantity conveyed has more than compensated for
the reduction in rates; the excess in the goods' receipts being
68,3621. In the coach department, on the contrary, the re-
ceipta have fallen off 6,796/,

By the accounts of tha half-year now sub-
mitted to the meeting, it appears that the -- S-- • 17 - N
~..
net profit (after deducting the interest on
~
borrowed capital) amounts to ... •.. X 65 7::
To this sum must be added the rest, or surplus !.. 1,:,. :,-
fund, shown in the accounts for the six i'.7 '7
' . ''' -3
' -r* (:)11 \" -il::; 'it •
• ' ....k,
months, to the 30th June last . t

Amounting together, to

The di recomend a dividend of 5.
per sharerectors of 1001. on the London and North. '11;4,11'al -SAVA 14
Western stock, amounting to ... £578,604 0 0
And 41. 108. per share on the Manchester and
Birmingham stock, in conformity with the
terms of agreement, amounting to

74,229 0 0

Being together ... £652,833 0 0
And leaving a balance of £103,722 0 0
to be carried to the credit of the next half-year's account.
The directors have to communicate to the proprietors the
following new measures, for 10dch application will be made
to Parliament in this present session :-
1. A Line from Cheltenham to Oxford and Tring, to to
called the " London, Oxford, and CLielthenhani" Line. It.;
oropoaed that the London and North-We-tern Company shalt
guarantee a dividend of 41,./2 per cent. on 162,6001., the whole
capital to be provided being 1,500,000/.
2. A Line westward from Cheltenham, by Gloucester, to
Hereford, in connexion with the Gloucester. and Hereford
Canal, and in extension of the Line (No. 1) -from :Tring to
Cheltenham; this company prcvidin a the capital of GOO,OOOl.
without guarantee as to dividend.
3. A Line from Bletchley to Wellingborough.
4. A Branch from the Trent Valley Line near Atherstonc.
The estimate is 170,000'.
Coventry and Nuneaton Branch is already sanctioned by
the proprietors ; estimated cost 25,000/. It is also isiteiale;l
to make, in concert with the Great Western Company, a
short extension of the existing West London Railway to the
river Thames. The application to Parliament fi,r the fol-
lowing works, which were sanctioned by the proprietors in
the last year, are also renewed :—The Watford, St. Alban'-- ,
and Dunstable Railway, with an extension to Leighton. Ex-
tension of the Buckinghamshire Railway from Tring to Win-
slow, arid Brackley and Banbury, with a deviation to Oxford..
A line from Northampton to Banbury. An extension of the
Rugby and Leamington line to Warwick. Branches from the
Stour Valley line to Stourbridge and Hales Owen, and a de-
viation of the present line at Smethwick. In the Northern
Division, the Bills for which application will be mama
to Parliament in the present session, are for—let.
a line from Portobello to Wolverhampton, I
from Wolverhampton to Bescot; estimated costso,ooor.
2d. Branch lines in connexion with the Liverre ii and Man-
chester Railway, for the accommodation of the St. llelen'a
district; estimated cost, 380,000'. 3d. A Bill to improve ant
extend the stations at Liverpool, and at Crewe ; estimated cos. ,
70,0001. 4th. A Bill to vest in the London and North-West-
ern Company, the Huddersfield and Manchester, and Leeds and
Dewsbury lines; the conditions being that the London and
North- Western Company guarantee to these companies a
dividend equal to 7-10ths of the dividend which shall bu
payable to the London and North-Western proprietors, with
a condition that the shareholders in the guaranteed line par-
ticipate in any new creation of shares. The amount of
capital of the Huddersfield Company, to which thia
guarantee attaches, is 1,007,000/.; and of the main
line of the Dewsbury Company, 600,000/. The di-
rectors have made a provisional arrangement with
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley
Company for the lease of the Stour Valley line in perpztuit‘,
at a rental which shall be equivalent to two-thirds of tlie
dividend, for the time being, of the London and North-
Western Railway Company. The proprietors of the
Stour Valley Company being entitled to a pro -
portionate allotment of any new stock which may
be henceforth created by the London and North-
Western Company. The capital of the Stour Valley
company being taken at 760,000/., one4ourth of which
already belongs to this company. The directors request your
sanction to thir opposition, in conjunction with the land-
owners, to a proposed line from Southern to Coventry (called
the Oxford, Banbury, and Coventry Railway), which ap-
pears to be uncalled for by any public necessity
The directors have to report the opening .of the Lancaster
and Carlisle Railway, which took place from Lancaster toi
Kendal on the 22d of September, and the whole distance to
Carlisle. on the 17th December. From the short experi-
ence which the directors of that line have had, both in the
passengers and goods traffic, they have every reason
be satisfied with the result. The construction of the
various works on the Holyhead Line, in which the
proprietors are aware that this company holds a large
interest, has proceeded satisfactorily during the la t
six months. Arrangements have been made for the
construction of a commodious station at Chester, for the
joint use of the Holyhead, the London and North-Western,
the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction, and the Chester ant
Shrewsbury lines, in concert with the respective companies.
The Trent Valley Railway will be completed and opened
for traffic in the course of the ensuing summer. Tha
directors are compelled to offer a determined opposi lea
to the Regent's Canal Railway, which interferes directly
with the company's station and works at Camden-town.
The new arrangements for the accommodation and extension
of the goods traffic over the whole line have required front
the directors a close and anxious attention. After the mo t
careful consideration, they are of opinion that to this source
the proprietors may look for a most important accession to
their net revenue; an advantage to be at least as much aa
ticipated from an improved system of operations, and a more
experienced management, as from an increased tonnage over
the line, it.the existing traffic were placed under the Mame-
diate control of the company.
The CHAIRMAN moved that the report be adopted, and re-
ceived, and circulated amongst the proprietors.
Captain WATTS complimented the chairman on the line of
conduct he had assumed, He considered that the alterati.lt
in the policy of the board was a credit to themselves and a
boon to the railway world. As to the additional projects, they
might safely be left to the discretion of the directors. Ile
had great confidence in them. He begged to second the
proposition, that the report be received and adopted.
Mr. EaartvisaE, M.P., asked whether the sanction of the
Bills for the amalgamation of the company with the Leeds
and Dewsbury and Huddersfield and Manchester lines would
be deemed an approval of them?
The CHAIRMAN, after a pause replied that by implication
the passing of the report would be construed to be an ap-

proval.
Mr. ENTWISLE then would oppose such a policy. This
company were involving themselves in a gigantic scheme of
amalgamation which could not in the end be productive :.f
anything but certain confusion and eventual doubt and
trust in the railway world. It. was a question whethe r
this company was not paying more than it ought ti .t.
the lines it was so greedily swallowing up.—(Hear, hear.)
Let the proprietors know the price; there was a lack of
in-
formation on the subject He himself was perfectly astounded
at the magnitude of their engagements, and before tho a
agreements were confirmed he wished the proprietors to I.a
satisfied by facts and figures that the acquisitions would Le
beneficial.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN—If he understood the Honourable Pr -
prietor, he did not wish to discuss the propriety of enterir.;
into those engagements now, but wanted to know whether
the lines they had already taken had proved so protitahie
as was expected. He felt bound to admit *at the calculatien
made previous to the atnalgam.dicn had not for the past
year beer. borne out. There was a loss of 17,0001., but tit( a
they must remember that a reduction of rates and fares had
taken place.—(llear, hear.) Besides, and he laid great
stress upon it, the acquisition of the Birmingham and Mal-
cheater line had been forced upon them as a matter of nece e-
sity ; if they had not taken it, the Great Western would.
A PuoratETur. inquired whether the report that they were
going to take the Gloucester and Birmingham line was
correct? _ _ _ . .

v~The CHAIRMAN was glad the question had been askrd ;
the report was not true. He then moved a series of resol,i-
dons including one authorising a dividend of 5 per cent. on
London and Birmingham and Grand Junction stock, and
on the remainder
The retiring auditor was re-elected.
Captain WATTS, who had previously given notice of the
proposition, moved that the proprietors be allowed to travel
free on the line to and from special and general meetings.
Gentlemen lived in remote parts, and were called upon to p:ty
for the honour of attending a meeting like this.— (Hear, and a
I tugh. ) The meanest functionary of the company could pass
free, and yet a proprietor could not. A share might be pur-
chased to enable a person to come to town.—(A cry, and
pay 2001. for such a journey.") He could travel on the Mid-
land free; he lived in the county of Durham, and gave the
company the'bereetivot 100-rniles of railway.- -Tbossletib ob-
jected to his proposition lived within the sound &Bow bells.
—(Laughter.) They were..a great company, ultirnately irbuld
be a British one, load proprietors front all parts of the kin:,
done would like to attend. Was the Midland affected by Vie
concession? No.—(Confusion, and loud expressions of dis-
approbation.) He suggested the propriety of Ake.
being held at Birm;-.os--. tue great
euvviie tin Um line.
There being no seconder, the proposition fell to the grOund.
Mr. ENTWISLE thought a general expression of confidence
in the directors should emanate from the meeting.
The motion was seconded and carried sub silentio.
A PROPRIETOR inquired when any calls would be made on
the quarter shares?
The CHAIRMAN replied in April and July, and the amount
would be 51. at each call. As to holding the meetings at
Birmingham, it was impossible; the Act would not allow
them to do it., and their convenience prevented it.
Mr. BASSETT moved a vote of thanks to the chairman and
board of directors; the motion was carried by acclamation.
The CHAIRMAN briefly acknowledged the compliment, and
remarked that he and his coadjutors concurred in all that had
fallen from the Hon. Member for Guildford in. the House of
Commons last night.
The meeting then terminated.

DIRECT BOMBAY AND MADRAS

RAILWAY.
A meeting of the shareholders in this company.,_ called
Captain Bouchette, formerly engineer to the ritilwaLthees!
held yesterday at the London Tavern, for. the purpose
ing submitted to them some "startling
ing the affairs of the company."
issued by the directors.
A counter-advertisementae beep .
ntertam the exorbitant claim
information respect-
stating that they refused
te
company.
the time appoi .
made by Captain Bouchette against the funds of the
'nted for the meeting the
TOM was moderately
called to the chair,
Shorty
after filled; sand Mr. Giles Hull having been
lofthe -
his clients case, when severe
Mr. TowsismixD (Capp Bouchette's solicitor) was pro.e
ceeding to open
men in the body of the room having risen to order,
The CHAIRMAN decided that Captain Bouchette could n;:.,
be beard by his solicitor.
That gentleman then proceeded to address the meetir 1
but as he was entering upon matters entirely personal, cep
tain of the shareholders objected that the "startling cou4
munications" were withheld, and that their time w,,
maw; wasted i
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laceetdteheaPterligaricl;
but the impatience of his auditors was too strong
expressed for him to persevere, and he was at length oblig •
to sit down, after having put a series of questions to Mt
Chappel, the solicitor of the company, who was present.
Mr. CIIAPPEL replied. The first question asked had be,
Who were the board of directors?—The board of direct()
were Mr. Hutting, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Palmer, Mt. Smith, ar
Mr. Gerard, all most respectable individuals. Capta';
Bouchette also referred to the registered proprietory, ae.
stated that the name of Mr. Wormall only al •
pearecl in that instrument. True it was so, ar
he would ' mention how that had happened. M •
Fuller, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Wormall, were in the fir'
instance registered as promoters, but Mr. Wormall, mL .
was a needy man, having in vain endeavoured 1,
extract money from the other gentlemen, went :t7
the registry-office and gave in another document, cat
ceiling the other names, and leaving
his own onl,
.
remaining. So much for the single register pre.
prietor. With respect to the capital of the compan.l
he could only say that it was so well husbando
that the directors were enabled to pay four per cent. divideut,.
and they hoped that even if the railway were not cos.
structed they would be enabled to return to the share-
holders the amount of their deposits intact.
After some further observations,

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