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

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 film 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 cf
Morton, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in
Wz,iting to Prince Allwrt ; Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in
W..uting; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to
Pi ince Albert ; Colouel, the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in
Waiting; Captain the Hon. A. IL Gordon, Equerry in
Waiting to Prince Albert; and Mr. Forbes, Page of Honour
in Waiting.
Her 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
Major Stephens, and Count Alexander Mensdorff attended
the levee.
Before the Levee, the Queen gave audiences to the Mar-
quis of Anglesey and Lord John Russell.
The Duke cf St. Albans had an audience of her Majesty,
and returned the badge of the Most Honourable Military
Order of the Bath woru by his late uncle Admiral Lord
Aurelius Beauclerk.
Captain Sir George Graham Otslik Bart., R.N., 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 fatter Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bart.
Captain Barlow, R.N., CB., bad an audience 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
Sir George Hilaro 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 Schemioth, Consceller d'Etat actual de S. M.
l'Empereur de Russie, and M. Kornilotl; Capitaine de 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 de la Marine Snedoise, by Baron Rehausen, the
Sweedish Charge d'Atlairs.
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 fur
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 Rolle ; Right Hon. Sir Thomas
Wilde, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas;
the Secretary at War, the Chancellor 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. M. Wyatt, Standard-bearer of the Hon.
Corps of Gentleman at Arms; the Solicitor-General for
Scotland, Mr. Sheriff Chalis; 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
and St. George; Sir A. Clifford, Bart., Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod; the Queen's Proctor, Major Hon. R. Boyle,
Groom in Waiting; Sir John Henri}' Petty, Bart., Deputy-
Master of the Trinity House; Sir }rancis Palgrave, K.H.,
Deputy Keeper of her Majesty's Public Records; Mr. Law-
rence, Surgeon Extraordinary to her Majesty ; Major Ge-
neral Brown, Deputy Adjutant General; Sir George Hay
ter, M.A.S.L , Painter of History and Portraits, and
principal Painter in Ordinary to her Majesty; Col. Bouverie,
Equerry to Prince Albert; Colonel Owen, A.D.C. to the
Queen ; Lieut. Gen. Sir James 3lacdonell, K.C.8., K.C.H.,
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-
' leman Usher to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert in
Waiting; and the following
Le Chevalier de Tacon, Charge d'Affaires d'Espagne, Baron
le Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires, and Le Comte
Adrien de Revel, Charge d'Affaires de S. M. le Roi de Sar-
daigne, were severally presented to the Queen by Viscount
Palmerston G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
'The Foreign diplomatic circle was attended by Count de
St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador; le Cointe de Jarnac,
tirst Secretary, Mr. George de Rabaudy, Chancelier, and M.
Felix Cottu, attaché to the Embassy; Count Dietrichstein,
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 Nicolas, Se-
cretary to the Legation, and Captain Schwabe,
Imperial Russian Engineers; General Prince Castelci-
cala Neapolitan Minister, and M. G. Canofari, Secretary
of Legation; Count do Kielinaneegge, Hanoverian Minister;
Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister; and Prince Lowen-
stein, Secretary of Legation - le Commandeur Marques
Lisboa, Brazilian Minister; and J. T. de Amaral, Attaché to
the Legation; Count de Reventlow, Dania' Minister; and
I. de Bielke, Secretary of Legation ; Colonel Iturregui,
Peruvian Minister ; Prince Callimaki, Ottoman Porte
Sinister; Mr George Bancroft, United States Minister;
Count Schimmelpenninck, Netherlands Minister; Baron de
Rehruisen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires; le Chevalier de Tacon,
Spanish Charge d'Affaires, and le Chevalier de Pedrorena,
Secretary to the Mission; le Comte Adrien de Revel, Sar-
dinian Charge d'Affaires, and Marquis Pallaricini, Secretary
to the Mission.
Duxes—St. Albans, Buecleoch.
MARQUIS/S.—Anglesey, Granby, Worcester, Westmeath.
EARLS.—De La Warr, Listowel, Clarendon, Auckland,
Lincoln, Denbigh, Clare, Fitswilliam, Rosalyn, Radnor, Ripon,
Wilton, Ellenborough, Somers, Sheffield.
VISCOUNTS. —Anson, Folkstone, Cantilupe, Duncan, Syd-
ney, Newry, Gage, Goderich, Clements.
Bisnors.—Hereford.
LORDS.—Stanley, Walsingham, Ernest Bruce, A. Fits-
clarence, Rivers, Mahon, Camoys, Hatherton, Colchester,
Hotham, Cremerne, Brooke.
RIG HT HONOUR.% *LES —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, H. V. Smith, M.P. ;
E J. Stanley, Sir A.
Foster, Bart., H. Ellis, Colonel Darner, M.P. ; F. Shaw,
M.P.
J unaz.—Vaughan Williams.
lioNottaasers.—Rev. Reginald S. Wee, Colonel Sir E.
Cust, Spencer Lyttelton, Mr. Vereker, John Fortescue, Thomas
Edward Stonor, Spencer
ouver Ponsonby, F. L. Gower, W. Cowper,
P. Fielding, P• P. Bie, E. P. Bouverie, H. Fitzroy,
W. 0. Stanley. M.P. ; Captain Crofton, Colonel Finch, H.
NI. Sutton, Rev. F. J. Noel, Dean of Windsor.
BA ItONETS.__J. Henry Pelly, James Weir Hogg, Moses
ogg,
montegore, W. Somerville. C. Hunter, J. Carmichael, A. B.
Brooke, G. Clerk, H. H. Inglis, D. Norrey, M.I. ; F.
Hamilton.
sn
si„ F.._Hoderiek Murchi oJ. South, Fitcroy Kelly.
Frederick Thesiger, Francis Palgre. Peter Lawrie, J. Kirk.
land, H. Willock, C. Napier, W. avPell, J. Atkinson, A. L.
Hay, M.P., G. Walker. .
Couscr.—G. Metaxa 31irarque.
QUEEN'S Corr xszt.—Kindersley, W. page Wood, spencer
Walpole, John Rorailly, M.P., Rolt, Bacon, Richard Godson,
m.p
H. Tancrea, ALP., Joseph Napier.
Re.v. Docroas.—Jelf, Hawtrey, syrnong.
REV.
'MESSIEURS.--William Webster, Randall Ward, John
C. Cave •
Jackson, Henry Howarth, Cavendish, T. C. Glyn, An-
chitel Anson,
V. H. Biedermann, H. Palmer, G. W, Carl-
son, R. Burgess..
Ringland, Billing, R. Ferguson, Henry
DOCTORS•--- ry Lee,
F• Winslow, Bowring, m.p.
Laitham, F. L. Roberston, W.
W. Lloyd, Henderson.
Loney, Peterkin,_
Charles Russell, 31 P
MESSIEURS— • •, G. Buckley Bolton,
Thomas Richard Walker, James Little, William Tottie,
Lawrence, E. Duke Moore, Rich, ALP , R. William Grey,
moson, Farrer, Greece, M.P., Atkinson, Daniel
Sergeant Tho r
• 31 P., John O'Connell, ALP., F. Go lb
O'Connell, inn., • u urn,
G. Berkeley. Kenlock, Sergeant Talfourd, H. E. F. Young,
Judd, R. M. 3lartin, E. Rice, ALP •1 Hodges, J. W. Allen,
W. D. Bruce, R. Neville, M. A. Montgomery, H. U.
Addington, H• G. Ward, W. Cooper, T. B oyrenson, J.
J. Parker, 31 P
• •, G. Close, Penrh •n San-
ders,Whiskin, Stanley, -• . _
Sergeant ).
Bax, G. Craig, Morris, M Manning, C.
Lewis, W. H. Cooke, Gwynne, Cardwell, C. Bruce, Arch.
C. D. deacon Hale,
C D Goldie, Sergeant Shee, J. Wood, Mantell,
H. Reeve
„ " infray, Ingham, C. .1. Palmer, F. P. Bar-
• J. ri
F. W. Jerningham, W. Partridge, Qublier,
Bar-
low, Beardmore, c
C. Plowden, W. Morris,C
L. V. Watkins, Mr• C. R. Gibson,
0. Higgins, P. Fowerie,Beckett, M.P., It. Palmer, ALP.,
E. Rice, M J. Gardner, J. O'Brian, M.P., Bramston,
AI. p • E. Fortescue, N
Vaughan, APGildowney, W. Cril PE• Denison, M.P., H.
M. Rs Wyse,s, F. Fortescue, F. Caven-
dish,. J. Blackburn, M.
p., J. A. Kirwan, Oliveira, Packe,
31. P., T. Clifton, A.-. •,
P G. Re ton, Hutt, M.P., C. E. Tre-
-
velyan T.
W T• Egerton,P Dodd, M.P.. G. B.
Childs
S. Flood, - •
FIELD MARSHALS—The Duke of Wellington, Grosvenor.
.
GENERALS—Sir Henry Wheatley, Sir John
Doveton,
K. C. B
K.C.8., Sir Robert Gardiner, Sir John Gardinertr,
George
S
G.C.8.,c0 W.
Hon. W. H. Gardner, Cavendish, Huskisson,
Sir
Anson, Lomax. Sir George neeigginson, ll Sir
Sir
Macßean, K.C.8., John McDonald, Godwin,
Charles Dalbiac, Lord Charles Manners,
Latter.
COLONELS—Meyrick, Cornwall, lion. George Koppel,
Everest, F.R. S. Sir J. M. Burgoyne,
Hodges, the Marquis
of Pouro, Borthwick,: Yorke, Thomas Le Breton, Earl of
'
Cardigan, 13" A. Irvine, C. 8., J. Low, C. 13.,
C°dngton, J. K.
Sir Henry
Lenout, C. 8., Sir Claude 31. Wade, C. •
MacLeod, Hutchinson, Parker, Oldfield, A.D.C•, ,
Hall. 31. P;•,
Lockyer, Forbes, Goodman, Lurasden,
C. 13"
B Nlontentingcmerick, W.
Dunn, James Stop ford C. 8., Clitheroe, Henry ,
Pottinger, Owen, Hamilton, Lord Frederick Paulet, •riming,
Rolleston, M.P.
Udne
MAJORS.—John Lewis, Hutt, Morse Cooper, y,
Daniell, Sadleir, H. Forbes, J. L. Elrington, O. Ewart.,,r,
CA PTA I NS.— HOD. Mortimer S. West, Polhill, 11,. • ;
Hamilton Du • W. Hall, Tyler, Charles White, ar-
nun, F. Whyte Mel-
ville, Bateman, Poulett Somerset, henry Rudd,
d George
Frederick J. D. Sbakespear, David James Ward, Woo • rge
Frederick Sympson, Sissmore, Yonge, Gardiner, J. M'Duff,
Felix Asispitel, Hon. J. A. Keane.
LIEUTENANTS. Ak E. H. Smith, E. J. Carthew. Ed-
LIEUTENANTS., Akers,
ward Heneage Dering, Manners Wood, Henry Bliss, C. C
M'Callum C. H. Hinamae, L. E. Mackinnon,.A Dew, F. J.
Goldsmid, Edmond Walker, Plunkett Burton, Petty, Charles
Edmund Thornton John Davenport Shakespeare, Winfield,
Julius Richard ',in, Sidney Farrell, Hon. H. F. Keane,
Wood, R. L. Newman, E. A. Noel, Hopper, Mowbray Smith,
M'Gowan, Cormack.
ENsizsrs.—George Augustus NPNair, John Morrison Allan.
ADMIRALS.--Sir Edward Codrington, Sir Edward C.
Strode, K.C.13. ; Dundas, C. 8., 31. P. ; Sir Charles Adam,
K. C. B. ; Sir H. Dillon. Shirreff, T. Brown, Pym, Sykes.
Ca terains.—Elliee, R. Eden, Berkely, B. Hamilton, Sir
G. A. Westphal, D. Curry, Newell, Sir J. G. Sinclair, Sir
T. Hastings, Nevill, G. Macdonald, G. Broke, Sir G. Otway,
Eden, Hon. D. Pelham, C. Buckle, Lord J. Hay, A. Fan-
shawe, Sir E. Horne, Sir F. Nicolson, E. Belcher, Barlow.
CAI.TAINS.—( Trinity House) Edward Foord, John Shep.
herd, Henry Bonham Bax.
COMMA N G. Brown, William Peel, J. E.
Katen, J. Sanderson, A. Ryder. V. Massingberd, Crispin, E.
Inglefield, W. Griffiths, Robson, J. Finch, Rawstorne, Hon.
G. Keane.

LIEUTENA.NTS.--Freestun, Darell.
The following Noblemen and Gentlemen had the honour of
being presented to her Majesty :
Sir James Weir Hogg, on being created a Baronet, by Sir
Rob.rt Peel
The Alarquis 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 Cust, upon his appointment to be
be; Majesty'. Master of the Ceremonies

Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, by the Lord Chancellor
Viscount Anson, by Viscount Palmerston
The Hon. and flee. Reginald Sackviile West, un his appoint-
ment as one of her Majesty's chaplains, by his father, the
Earl Dc La Warr
The Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, on his appointment as marshal,
of the ceremonies, by the Lord Chamberlain
Sir Mows Montefiore, on being created a baronet, by Sir R
Peel, Bart.
Right Hon, Sir Thomas Freemantle, on his appointment as
Chairman of the Board 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 one of her Majesty s
Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor
Mr. Bacon, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Coun-
sel, by the Lord Chancellor
Mr. Rolt, 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 Hen. 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 Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by Lord Foley
Mr. Kinderslev, Q. C., on his being appointed Chancellor of
the County Palatine of Durham, by the Lord Chancellor
The Rev. Dr. Jelf, 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 Hon. 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
Majesty's Charge d'Affaires
Mr. Farrar, 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 Russell
Sir George Haver, M.A. S.L., &c. &c., Painter of History and
Portraits, and Principal Painter in reinary 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 ;or, appointment as Lieutenant-
Governor, Eastern Districts, Cape of Good Hope, by Earl
Grey
Surgeon-Major Judd, Scots Fusilier Guards, on his amooint-
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. Labouchere
Mr. Daniel O'Connell, jun., M.P., by the Right Hon. H.
Labotschere
Mr. Atkinson, by Mr. Greene, M.P.
Mr. Frederick Wm. Jerningham, by Earl Grey
Mr. Ingham, on his appointment as Attorney-General of the
ty palatine of Dublin, by the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey
Mr. Sergeant Shse, on receiving a patent of precedence, by
the Lord Chancellor
Mr. Gibson Crai•a, 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. James Whiskin, on being appointed Deputy-Lieutenant
for the county of Middlesex, by the Marquis of Salisbury
Mr. H. G. Ward, on his appointment as Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, by the Earl of Auckland
Mr. Alantell, 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 Hampshire, 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.B. , 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. 8.5., 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 Chargé 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 Delawarr
Major General Cavendish, Ist Life Guards, on Promotion, by
the Marquis of Anglesey
Lieutenant Pelly, ;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 Earl de le Warr.
Captain Gardiner, Rove! Horse Artillery, on promotion and
appointment to the Royal Horse Artilery, by the Marquis of
Anglesey.
Captain W. 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
House, by the Duke of Wellington.
Captain the Hon. Hamilton Duncan, Scots Fusiliers Guards,
by Col. Berkeley Drummond
Captain Edward Flood, 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
Viscount Consbermere
Captain John Shepheard, Elder Brother of the Trinity House
by the Duke of Wellington
Major-general Higginson„ on promotion, Major-general God-
win, on promotion, and Lieut.-colonel Goodman, by Lord
Fitzßoy Somerset
Lieut.-colonel James Stopford, C. 8.; Captain J. Mac Duff;
Lieut. Cormick; and Lieut. M‘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./se, on promotion, by Sir W,
ham 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 Goldie, on going abroad, by Lieutenant
General Latter
Assistant-Surgeon George Borlaxe.Childs, on hi, appointment
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. AP Gildowney, by the Marquis of Donegall
Hon. John Forteseue, by Earl kortescuss
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 Hanover-square
by the Lord Bishop of Loudon.
Rev. Anchitel Anson, by General Sir George Anson.
Dr. Forbes Winslow, Sir James Clark, Bart.
Dr. Lockhart Robertson, by Sir James M'Griger, Bart.
Hon. 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. Brooke, on
promotion, and return from service ; Hon. Crofton Berkeley,
Sir G. A. Westphal, Lord J. Hay. A. Fanshawo, on
being appointed Aide-de-Carnp ; Sir G. Otway, Sir
=CI. Hastings, Ellice, I. Shakspeare ; Lieutenant.
olonel 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. Bentinek ; Lieutenant-Colonels
Forbes and F. Paulet ; Majors L L. Ebrington and Daniels,
Captain C. White, on their promotion; Lieutenant P. Bar.
ton and Hon. P. 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, by 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 Nevtll, R.N., on his return from the East India and
ChiHa stations, and on promotion, by his Grace the Duke
of Buckingham and Chandos
Commander Pell y, R.N., on his return from the West Indies,
by his father, Sir Henry Petty, Bart
The Hon. Thomas Edward Stonor, by his father, Lord Camoys
Sir William Somerville, on his appointment as Under-Secretary
a 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
jK.Eaton,ofthe
Bath; Commanders W. Griffiths, on promotion.
by Sir C. Adams
Colonel Montgomerie, A. D. C., on appointment • Lieutenant-
Colonel Lumsden ; Major W. Forbes ;
sCartfi and Mr. T.
D. Ward,
d
Tylee; Lietenants Winfield and F. m
Boyrenson, on return from India, by Sir J. Hobhouse
Lieutenant-General Hon. Win. Gardner, on being appointed
Colonel- Commandant of the 10th Battalion Royal Artillery,
his and on promotion ; Colonel Oldfield, on promotion;
Lieutenants C. Smith, E. Carthew, A. Dew, and J. Shake-
spear, by the Marquis of Anglesea.
Command r William Peel, R.N., by Sir Robert Peel

Lieutenant Sidney Farrell, on appointment to the Royal Engi-
neers, by the Earl of Denbigh
Lieutenant R. L. Newman, 71st Highland Light Infantry, on
his return from the West Indies, by the Earl Fortescue
Lieutenant E. H. Noel, 41st Regiment, on his return from
service on the Sutl, j, by the Hon. and Rev. F. J. Neel
Ensign George Augustus 11,1• Nair, 67th Regiment, on appoint-
ment. by Lieutenant-General Clitherow, K. G.
Major. General John Ai'Donald, on promotion from 92d High-
Lieutenant-Genertl
binders, by Sir W. 31ac 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
wointed Companion of the Bath, by Lieut.-General Sir J.
C. D-Ibiae, K. C. H.
Lieut.-Colonel Hutchinson, Madras Army, by Major-General
Sancta ith
Lieut.-Colonel Lockyer, 97th Regiment, on promotion, and
going to Malta, by Lieut.-General Sir H. F. Buuverie,
K.C. B.
Major Hutt, on receiving the honour of Companion of the
Rath, by Viscount Palmerston
Major Sadlier, 4th Kings Own Regiment, on his return from
India, by Geu. Sir Thos. Bradford
Captain the Hon. John Arbuthnot Keane, Ride Brigade, on
promotion, by Sir Andrew Barnard, G. C. 8., G. C.H.
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 Manners Wood, A.D C. Bth Hussars to Gen.
Thorne, by Mr. Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
Captain Felix Ashpitel, sth Fuailiers, 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 Col.
Middleton
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C. 8., on 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 3ou
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
eepeeially 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 I 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 yoc 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-
vantages 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 nut 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 offer 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 vou 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, as it is very important that
you should see, and that the proprietors of other companies
should be made aware, by the medium of the public press,
of one 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 London and North-Western Railway
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
484,224. Now mark the conclusion. From the diminution
of tares, 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 accommoda-
tion. The deduction which I draw from that is, that the
reduction in fares and the altered mode of travellir g 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 detrimental a 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 n ith
competition which I have always viewed as most se-
rious. It is the call made by competition, which causes
uch 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 themjvou
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 nf
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 unexpec ed 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 regu-
larity and in our ordinary punctuality, but during the last
mouth 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 several of my Hon. Colleagues, who have, fronetime
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 is, 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 is 350,0001. We hare
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 last six months,
although I am prepared to admit that traffic is very unsafe
to trust to, as a criterion of what the state of the country
may be, because it may have been divteted for a time from
other channels; but, taking our own experience, and,the ex-
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 of 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 longer. 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 schools 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,tieesta-
blished
as a
real blessing to the country. The objectof ms
schools is to make the education furnished there
a practical and useful one, and one which shall
shalilvesehrvaveeaheada
model for other schools of the sameucated atuin these schools, and
children of all denominations d
although they are under the
immediatee superintendence of
the principles of the education
your clergyman, Dr. W
administered are such that we have never bad a single I
parent who found the slightest fault. We have also had
applications from other parts of the country for sub-
scriptions
to their school?. 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 fur 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
spiritual instruction to many of your men. When I mention
that fact,l am 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 front 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 the Report :
In compaling the traffic receipts for the six months ending
81st December last, with those of the corresponding half-
year to the 31st December, 1845, it will appear that both in
the number of passengers and quantity 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-
ceipts have fallen off 6,7964

By the accounts of tha half-year now sub-
4
mitted to the meeting, it appears that the
net profit (after deducting the interest on
borrowed capital) amounts to ... X 653,010 0 0
To this sum must be added the rest, or surplus
fund, shown in the accounts for the six
months, to the 30th Juue last ... 102,645 0 0

Amounting together, to £756,555 0 0

The directors recommend a dividend of 51.
per share of 1001 on the London and North-
%Vestern stock, amounting to 4578,604
And 41. 108. per share on the Manchester and
Birmingham E tock, in conformity with the
terms of agreement, amounting to ... 74,229 0 0

Being together ... .E 652,8.330 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'
fallowing new measures, for which application will be made
to Parliament in this present session :-
1. A Line from Cheltenham to Oxford and Tring, to be
called the" London, Oxford, and Chelthenbam" Line. It is
propssed that the London and North-IVestern Company shall
guarantee a dividend of 44 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 providing the capital of 600,0001.
without guarantee as to dividend.
3. A Line from Bletchley to Wellingborough.
4. A Branch from the Trent Valley Line near Atherstone.
The estimate is 170,000!.
Coventry and Nuneaton Branch is already sanctioned by
the proprietors ; estimated cost 25,0001. It is also intended
to make, in concert with the Great Western Company, A
short extension of the existing West London Railway to the
river Thames. Tne application to Parliament for the fol.,
lowing works, which were sanctioned by the proprietors in
the last year, are also renewed:—The Watford, St. Alban's,
and Dunstable Railway, with an extension to Leighton. Ex-
tensi 41 of the Buckinghamshire Railway from Tring to Wine
slow, a. .d 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
Divis on, the Bills for which application will be made,
to Parliament in the present session, are for-Ist.
a line froM Portobello •to Wolverhampton, • and
from Wolverhampton to Bescot; estimated cost, 50,000 L
2d. Branch lines in connexion with the Liven-et A and Man-
chester Railway, for the accommodation of the St. Helen's
district; estimated cost, 380,0001. 3d. A Bill to improve and
extend the stations at Liverpool, and at Crewe ; estimated cast,
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 be „
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 this
guarantee attaches, is 1,007,000/.; and of the main
line of the Dewsbury Company,e. 600,0001. The di-
rectors have made a provisional arrangement with
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stcur Valley
Company for the lease of the Stour Valley line in perpetuity,
at a rental which shall be equivalent to two-thirds of ,the
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/., one-fourth of which
already belongs to this company. The directors request your
' sanction to their 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 to
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 to
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 last
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 and
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 opposLion
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 from
the directors a close and anxious attention. After the most
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 an-
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 imme-
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 chairmau on the lice of
conduct he had assumed, He considered that the alteration
ation
in the policy of the board was a, credit to themselves and
boon to the railway world. As to the additional preiecti:
might safely be left to the discretion of the directors.
had great confidence in them. He begged to
Fix:position, that the report be received and adopted
f the
Mr. ENTWISLR, M.P., asked whether the sanction o
Bills for the amalgamation of the company with
the Leeds
second the
and Dewsbury and Huddersfield and Manchester lines would
be deemed an approval of them?
The CRASKMAN, after a pause replied that by implication
the passing of the report would be construed to be an ap-
proval._

Mr. ENTIVIsLR 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 of
anything but certain confusion and eventual doubt and dis-
trust in the railway world. It was a question whether
this company was not paying more than it ought for
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 perfectlyastounded
at the magnitude of their engagements, and before those
agreements were confirmed he wished the proprietors to be
satisfied by facts and figures that the acquisitions would be
beneficial.—(Hear.)
The CIIAIRMAN—If he understood the Honourable Pro-
prietor, he did not wish to discuss the proprjety of entering
into those engagements now, but wanted - to. know whether
the lines they had already taken had proved so profitable
as was expected. He felt bound to admit that the calculation
made previous to the amalgamation had not for the 'wait
year been borne out. There was a loss of 17,0001., but then
they must remember that a reduction of rates and fares had
taken place.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, and he laid gre"
stress upon it, the acquisition of the Birmingham and 111an-
cheater line had been forced upon them as a matter of neces-
sity; if they had not taken it. the Great Western would.
A PROPRIETOR inquired whether the report that they will
going to take the Gloucester and Birmingham line ival
correct?

The CHAIRMAN was glad the question had been asked;
the report was not true. He then moved a series of reaolll-
- including one authorising a dividend of 5• per cent. on
Loudon and Birmingham and Grand Junction stock, and it
on the remainder

The retiring auditor was re-elected.
Captain Wierrs, 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 ps7
for the honour of attending a meeting like this.— (Rear, ands)
laugh.) The meanest functionary of the company could psis
free, and yet a proprietor could not. A share might ,be per:
chased to enable a person to some to town.—(A cry, "and
pay 200/. for such a journey.") He could travel on the Mid-
land free ; he lived in the county of Durham, and gave the
company the benefit of 200 miles of railway. Those who ob-
jected to his proposition lived within the sound of Bow bells.
—(Laughter.) They were a great company, ultimately would
be a British one, and proprietors from all parts of the king•
dom would like to attend. Was the Midland affected by the
concession? No.—(Confusion, and loud expressions of dis•
approbation.) He suggested the propriety of the meetings
being held at Birmingham, or alternatively et the great
towns on the line.

There being no seconder, the proposition fell to the ground.
Mr. ENTWISLE thought a general expression of confidence
in the directors should etnagate from the mailing.
The motion was seconded and carried sub
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 .st
Birmingham, it was impossible; the Act would not allow
them to do it, and their convenience prevented it..
Mr. Bass Err 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.

MAILS DUB Y ESTERDAY.—The following is a list
(alphabetically arranged) obtetrhealtreailsyduAematerithm, B
half-pasta e
illsetroenn,
o'clock yesterday, viz.:—A g nn,
Bishopscastle, Brackley, Brecknock, Bailth, Bridgecd, Car.
digan, Carmarthen, Cardiff, Chepstow, Crickwell, Chirk,
Oritfirld, Hay, Haverfordwest, High-Wycombe, Hereford,
Horndean, Hobspoint, Hungerford, Ironbridge, Jersey
and Guernsey, Kingston, Llandillo, Llandorrey, Llanga-
dock, Liphook, Llanelly, Ledbury, Merthyr' Tvdvil,
Milford, Monmouth, Warbeth, Neath, Nuneham, yew-
town, Newport (Salop), Newport (Monmouth); Oswes-
try, Peterstield, Presteign, Pembroke, Rhayeder, ,Ross, St.
Chard, Stokenchurch, Sheffield, Sr. Leonard's, Swansea.
Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Shrewsbury, Shoreham, Tenby,
Tetsworth, Theme, Taibach, Usk, Whately, Wedneebury,
Worthing, Welshpool and Wellington (Salop). The follow-
ing Irish mails are likewise due :—Derry, Galway,. Limerick,
Sligo, Waterford, Wexford. Six mails dueyesterday have
not arrived, viz Aberystwith, Cardigan, Haverfordwest, Mu"
ford, Narbeath, and St. Leonard's, making a total of eighty.
two bags due at the above hour.
ROBBERY or 1,5001.—0 n Saturday a parcel, con-
taining 1,5211., belonging to the Tipperary Joint-stock Bank,
was placed in the boot of the Nenagh and Limerick coach*
On arriving at the Limerick coach-office the parcel was
missed, although the lock of the boot in which it was place?,
was not disturbed. Suspicion at once fell upon a man named
James Corboy, son to the former driver of the coach, who
got up on the coach a short distance outside Nena:gh,
left it on entering the suburbs of Limerick. Soon 4ter the
coach reached its destination, Corboy made his apPgarance,
and, although none of the money was found on his person,
he has been committed.

SOUP KITCHEN FOR THE DISTRESSED POOR.—The
soup kitchen, opened three weeks since in Liecester-square,
for the distribution of bread and soup to the poor during the
inclemency of the weather, is relieving about 300 individuals
daily. About 4,000 necessitous persons have, since its open-
ing, participated in the bounty thus dispensed.
The Government contract for 100,000 gallons of
rum for the navy was again taken on Thursday by Blesirt-
Lemon, Hart, and Son, of 59, Fenchurch-street.
OxroaD, FEE. 11.—A fire broke out this afternoon
at the Bishop of Oxford's, Cuddeaden Palace, but was b.f.;
pily extinguished before much damage was done. it is ea!ll
to have originated with some warming apparatus newly laid
down. his Lordship was absent at the consecration oi Tub-
ney Church.
THE FAMINE RELIEF FUND.—The subEcription
list of the 12th Royal Lancers, at Hounslow, for the relief of
the distressed poor in Ireland and Scotland, has just now
closed. It amounts to oyer 604