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!PEAST MLA norm SIirtIMBEA 8,1847.
IE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
Th INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
Pip! at 4
GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at
house, in Leadenhall-streot, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th of April,
or the ELECI lON of SIX DIRECTORS for Four Years.
,_oWhe form of Letter of Attorney and of a Declai ation for enabling
Prietors of East India Stock to vote by Proxy on this occasion,
',V be obtaintxl upon application at the Treasury in this House.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

EAT INDIA lIOLTSE, SEPTEMBER 8, 1847.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
co That the List of such Proprietors of East India Stock as by the
'
lieu on Books appear to be qualified to vote at the General Elec.
on WEDNESDAY, the 12th April, 1848, will be ready to be de-
livered on MONDAY, the Bth November, 1847.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

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manner. and lam well satisfied with the exertion used by the con-
tractor in pushing on the works.
The whole of the plans, sections, and drawings for Contracts Nos.
2 and 3 are ready. Contractors are preparing their estimated to
tender fur these works, which may be let any day after the 24th of
this month.
One of these contracts will commence near Nottingham, by a
}unction with the Lincoln line, at Colwick, and will include the
bridge over the river Trent, and extend to Contract No. 1, at Bot-
tesford ; and the other will commence at Grantham, and extend to
the junction of the Sleaford Branch, making a total distance from
Colwick, near Nottingham, of twenty-three miles, including the first
contract.
The whole of the lime to Boston is staked out, as well as the line
to Spalding* and the Branch to Sleaford, the pl .ns, sections, and
drawings for ti.,,ao different contracts will be next proceeded w th.
On that portion of the line from Nevtingham to ttulweil, which is
making jointly with the Midland Counties, Nottingham, and Mans-
field Railway Company, a distance of four miles, several bridges are
now building., the fencing and earthwork of the line are advancing
satisfactorily.
Aug. 11, 1847.

SOUTH ESSEX ELECTION.
CELEBRATION OF THE RETURN OF SIR

POSTAGE STAMPS OF ONE SHILLING.
Stamps and Taxe.. Somerset House,
Bth September, 1847.
NOTICE i 3 hereby given, that on and after the
13N, 1301 September instant, adhesive POSTAGE STAMPS of
of ;SWILLING each may be procured by the public, at the Office
1`
ReZistrar of Licenses, in this Department, and at the Sea
3 Office, at liank.buildin^,s, in the City of. London.
By order of the Board,
THOMAS KEOGH, Assistant-Secretary.

E. N. BUXTON, BART.
ROMFORD, WEDNESDAY.—Last evening one of the
most magnificent demonstrations in favour of Liberal
principles ever witnessed in the county of Essex took
place in this town, which from an early period of the
day presented a most animated appearance in conse-
quence of the intense interest display( (1 by the Liberal
electors of this division of Essex. This interest was
increased by the fact that it had become generally
known that some measures would be adopted for re-
turning another Liberal Member, in conjunction with
Sir Edward North Buxton, whenever another elec-
tion should take place.
The dinner yesterday was attended by a large
number of freeholders from the principal towns in the
southern division of the county.
Mr. B. W. Rawlins, presided,
and was supported
by Mr. Owen Gray, Mr. Ashdown, Mr. C. Buxton,
Messrs. Collier, Higgs, Macarthy, Ray, Curtis, Wode-
house, Havers, Bartlett, Towson, Woodfine, C. Raw-
lins, Last, Hobbs, Brittain, Rankin, &c. The dinner
was served in excellent style, and consisted of all
seasonable delicacies. Sir E. N. Buxton presented a
remarkably fine buck.
The chair was taken at six o'clock, and after the
dinner the toasts of the Queen and Prince Albert were
given from the chair, and were received with the usual
loyal demonstrations.
Mr. B. W. RAWLINS (the chairman) gave " Lord
John Russell and her Majesty's Ministers," and
said that, by returning Sir Edward Buxton, they
had already declared their approbation of the princi-
ples and measures of that nobleman and his colleagues.
He felt certain that they all agreed with him in con-
sidering that in the difficult position in which this
suffer
country was placed with respect to the other nations
oAflinEisutreorps,e,feethlienyg
assured that would mightden dthuerh her
not Majesty's
the British name to be tarnished.—(Loud cheers.)
The toast having been duly honoured,
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had the
honour of proposing was the health of a gentleman
whose triumphant return for that division of the
county they had met to celebrate.—(Loud cheers.)
That triumph, he would confidently assert, was
without parallel in electioneering annals. He had to
congratulate them and the country upon the suc-
cessful result of a contest of no ordinary importance.
They were not met there either to mislead their
friends or insult their foes, and he would not hesitate
to declare his conviction that the meeting which
recently took place at Colchester was held for the
express purpose of misleading the friends of the Tory
party and of insulting their opponents.—(Cheers.)
Their procession, but more especially the device
in the waggon, were puerile and disgraceful, and cal-
culated to mislead and gull the people. They exhibited
the large loaf, the rich cheese, the fat bacon, and the
fed poultry as the food of the English agricultural
labourer, and the small black loaf; watercresses, and
cabbage as being the only food of foreigners Of the
same class. Even in Essex, unfortunately, the first
part would not be believed, and even in Essex the
latter part, he hoped, would not obtain credence. It
may, however, be said that there was some truth in
that device, he would therefore not dwell longer on
that point, but there could be no doubt as to the
speeches that were made on that occasion. They
called the Colchester gathering the celebration of -a
triumph, a Conservative triumph. Where was their
triumph at Maldon ? Where was their triumph at
Colchester? Had they triumphed at Harwich ? And
he need not say how they triumphed in that, the
southern division of the county. No, they had sus-
tained severe losses, and felt sure they would never
recover them.—(Cheers.) Let them contrast that
meeting at Colchester with the previous meeting to
celebrate the return of the Conservative ten at Chelms-
ford. The triumph of which they boasted at Col-
chester was the logs of four of that ten. At that
meeting Sir John Tyrrell, from whom, from his posi-
tion, one might expect some degree of decorum,
indulged in some jocular remarks upon Buxton's
entire, Hardcastle's small beer and half and half
representation, whilst at the same time he seemed
carefully to avoid political topics. Sir John Tyrrell
well knew that his party were in a very critical
position between Lord John Russell's party on one
side, and Sir Robert Peel and his supporters on the
other. He therefore threw out a bait by saying Lord
John Russell might, if he liked, be as good a Con-
servative as any other man. They knew well enough
what that meant. Sir John Tyrrell, in effect, said,
grant us some few things, and my party will support
you. They were, however, quite certain that Lord
John Russell would consider such en overture an
insult.—(Cheers.) If Lord John sought for support
it would be from Sir Robert Peel, so that by associ-
ating with that great man he might be better able to
meet the exigencies of the times.—(Loud cheers.) Sir
Robert Peel, whatever may be said to the contrary,
has been a consistent man, shaping his course to the
circumstances of the day. It was ridiculous to charge
Sir Robert Peel with inconsistency, unless they were
content to accept Mr.lSmijth's views of consistency,
who would have the principles which prevailed in
Queen Elizabeth's time in operation at present.
At that Colchester meeting, Major Beresford declared
that he never, under any circumstances, would sup-
port Sir R. Peel, but that he pinned his colours to the
standard of Lord Stanley, who, he said, had given up
power and place for principle. Did it not suggest itself
to such as made use of that argument that it told as
much for Sir Robert Peel as for Lord Stanley ; for
had not Sir Robert Peel given up power and place
for the principles he advocated ? Had he not aban-
doned public position and private friendship for the
cause of his country ?—(Loud cheers.) With respect
to what more immediately concerned them—the
recent contest for their division of the county—ac-
cording to all accounts, Mr. Smijth came forward
unsolicited as a candidate for their suffrages, upon
the strength of his being descended from an old and
and honourable family in that county, and his having
hoisted a blue flag, which he considered was sufficient
to render his success certain.—(Laughter.) Sir
Edward Buxton was then solicited to come forward
on liberal and independent principles. He, after
some hesitation, consented to be put in nomination,
thereby giving the electors an opportunity of res-
cuing the southern divisson of Essex from Tory
thraldom, and of that opportunity they had nobly
availed themselves.—(Loud cheers.) These two can
didates being both untried men, they had only their
speeches and private characters to judge by. Mr.
Smijth had only told them that if returned he would
do all he could to re-enact those laws which he felt
satisfied were abolished for ever. He, of course, al-
luded to the corn-laws. He further said that he
would on all occasions oppose Lord John Russell and
Sir Robert Peel, the latter of whom he denied to be
either consistent or talented. Now Sir Edward Bux-
ton presented himself with a character descended
from his father, whose name was familiar with every
(min who knew anything of public affairs —(Hear,
hear.) Every one knew the name of Buxton, the
noble and eloquent advocate for the abolition of sla-
very—(Cheers.) There was from the first but little
doubt which would be selected. They had selected
a gentleman who not only would represent his con-
stituents, but also those who had no votes. In Sir
Edward Buxton they had a representative in the
House determined to support her Majesty's Minis-
ters, and who he bad no doubt would be found at his
post whenever questions of implodrt.fence were to be dis-
cussed, and that his votes wouut
the ulfill their best ex-
pectations. He had therl.rbEdward
easing duty of
proposing the health of sir North Buxton,
Bart., M.P.
The toast was drunk with tumultuous applause.
Mr. CHARLES BUXTON rose to acknowledge the
compliment,
and was most warmly greeted. He
said, on behalf of his brother, he tendered them his
thanks for the manner they had received the mention
of his name. It would hardly become him to con-
gratulate them upon letting his brother into Parlia-
ment, but he might without impropriety be permitted
to congratulate them upon keeping Mr. Smijth out.
—(Laughter.) The Tories set up their Elizabethan
notions, and were astonished that others were in-
clined to go on making progress. They held that no
innovation ought to be permitted, and considered as
highly dangerous any attempt to promot% the well-
being of the community. Their plan, on the con-
trary, was to assist, not to oppose the course of
nature, and whilst looking to the past not to forget
the future. The Tories hoped to have brought in
men whose notions of progress somewhat assimilated
to the idea of the Coggeshall volunteers, who
advanced by taking their steps backwards.—
(Laughter.) He trusted that they had that
day laid the foundation of future triumphs,
for at no period had it ever been more important
than at the present to have men of fixed and inde-
pendent principles in the House of Commons. No
one who had travelled on the Continent could fail to
have observed how closely foreigners followed the ex-
ample set by England ; and although they professed
to feel contempt for this country, envy y was the real
feeling that actuated them. Prussia had recently
obtained a constitution so similar in many respects
with that of England, that it was impossible not to
arrive at the conclusion that it was formed upon our
model. In Italy and other states of Europe a po-5
pular feeling is springing up, and as far as they were
a new light had then dawned on South
Essex. That light, he trusted, would ere long dawn

L 0 ND O N to BOULOGNE, DIRECT, at
ItEDITCED FARES.
?IA co Saloon, 12s. ; Fare Cabin, Se.
_ ,MMETICIAL COMPANY'S' splvndid Steam-sbips CITY of
I;,`;Li-K.XE EMEItALD will Wave London-bridge W hart
r 7 Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday (weather permitting).
Friday, September 10, 10 31orn:ng.
Sunday, September 12, 10 Motning.
• Tnesday, Ceptember 14, 1 Morning.
Friday, September 17, 2 Morning.
Sunday, Sept=ber 19, 6 Morning.
And ev.„
._,T,l,94Titleysd,frayii,dSeayp,teinhor 21, 8 Morning.
ti e
r!:51 Night or andXanday according to .d .
Passage apply at Offices of the Company, 17,
, or Chaplin's-Universal Office, Regent-circus.

I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
JOHN U. IhASTHICK.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS; 7TH Avatar, 1947

ErxEtrrs.

From Feb. 8,
To Feb. 8, 1847. I 1817, to Total.
Aug. 7, 1847.

I • - - .
VTWER,P, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE. x s. d. £ s. it £ a. d.
LOIBDOX TO COLOGNE IN THIRTY HOURS. To Fl r,,t Depoeit of
IL 71. 6d. per
The A (Sea Passage Seven Hours only.)
share upon 27,897
Stetru Antwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite
shares in the Not-
-11;44 -11 P ANTWERPEN, THOMAS JACKSON, Commander (re
tingham & Bes•
1e0..1,n(1 re-decorated throughout in the most sumptuous manner),
ton Company... 38.358 7 6
Tea; the Gt, Katharine's-wharf, Tower, every Sunday Morning atnt
Upon 95 ...• .. 130 12 6 35,489 0 0
oa, ,clink. returning from Antwerp every Wednesday Afternoon --
**lleerec°:,l• DV this steamer and the railroad from Antwerp, tra-
tea° •,•••ng to the Rhine reach Cologne in thirty
trunodati hours. The general T.o..Fir7set.De6pod.slpteorf
as her _ On for passengers on board this renowned ship, as well .4
share upon 17,237
c,,,_ sPacions Ladies' and Private Cabins, are entirely unequalled.
hour b :fore shares in the Not-
tb'''', 2,ages tied horses may be sent to the wharf tm tingham, Vale of
eau:till* of starting, but all applications for the shipmentto of goods
s Lightly and Simon, Belvoir, & Gran- •
123, 4enrnae to the London agents, them Railway... 23,700 17 6 23,700 17 6
_.rhurch-street, where, as
ilteeent well Masessart ihe Packet-office, 33,
and every ineceale. To First Deposit of
tlon obtainci cwt Piccadilly, berths may be secured
ea, 11. 7s. 6d. per
-...._,share upon 18,4e0
shares in the Not- I
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND tingham, Ere-1
The b. WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. wash Vail ey, Am- !
'rectors will receive TENDERS of MONEY, to be advanced her Gate, & Man-
iri7 Lean for Three, Five, or Seven Years, at lutereat after the rate cheater Company , 25,410 9 0 25,410 0 0
,r`,•,_Por Cent. per Annum, payable halt-yearly. To Second Deposit!
b(,° Debentnree will be issuable, on or after the let Septem- of 11.53. pershare 1
next.
Tea, upon 63,621sharee
.ors may be addressed to the undersigned. in the Amber I .
By order of the )Beard of Directors. Gate, Notting-
NOEL TIOMAS SMITH, Secretary. ham & Boston, k
fiord, war motor, and Wolverharapten Eastern Junction 1
Railway ()face, .. Company ...... , 79,826 5 0
Worcester, August 10, 1647. 140 0 0 79,676 Er 0
..-- Upon 120...... i
' - ••••••••• •••••••••••••••••• ......... .
1 ................1....
.1) 0 N C A S TE R ST. LEGER. To Twelve Shil- ;
lings per share I
JAMES BAKE, of the Post-office Hotel, Manebeetar, has upon2s,244shares !
sit hand a Five Pound Sweep of Two Horses each, for
ht. Leger, feat filling. 69 Subscribers, at 51. each. the
Doncaster
in Grand Union j
First Prize..
15 146 8 0
Second Prize • •• •
Thaal Prize ••••• • • • • 20 • 0 ....------
Fifty Pounds to be divided amongst the other runners. Upon 915.• •• ..
--. -------
'Aim the Math and
Scribers, are fast fillingT. enth Sweep of One Pound each, 139 Sub-
T:f S e coun. dsl:e posit
First Prize ............ ..... . £B4 0 0 share upon 42,540
Second Prize .................. 15 0 0 shares In Grand
Third Prize. •••.•• • • • - • • ...... 70 0 Union claims •
Twenty-flve Pounds to be divided amongst the other runners. for Amber Gate
.........__To he drawn on Monday next, but sooner if full. shares
g,51 I 0 30,686 3 0
Upon 2,009 ....•
---- --
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE To Interest re• •
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
ee- CBPital l'a 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. celYed ...... 3,160 2...2 2,157 0 2 5.317 2 7
To Transfer Fees I
‘
ante /,,s, -00,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. 110 7 6 , 186 0 6 296 8 0
*lth 6thition embraces important and substantial advantages received ....
-
°R, Peet to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured 219,271 6 1
ktrui.(.l)..ll occasioes, the power to borrow, withoat expense or for-
t the e it
‘llO the •-°••0Y, tYro•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); DISSURSSMIINTI.
41
tl.es,.
_Wien of selecting benellts, and the conversion 01 his in-
.4.44"L'0 tneet other conYeniencies or necessity.
'''. tea for term, 01Amount ex- Amount ex-
years on the lowest possible rates. pended up to pended from Bth Total.
The hi DIVISION OF PROFITS.
;',,,t,..,t12, Bth Feb. Feb. Co 7th Aug.
,erLuttg_prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors 1847. 1347.
~o....ea,rar.in..,e_eeung held on the 12th May. 1847, to declare a fifth
v 'ley „.. J -, from 35 to 85 per cent on the premiums paid on each
s-gected on the profit scale. * £ s. ti. £ s. d. £ s. d.
By Engineering
...---1-;_PLES. and Surveying,
'the ' 1 I Perms- Sum the including Plana-
"a Annual
~ c. I'
,Policy Bonus in vent Re- Assured meu 12,940 14 9
193 : 21,461
1113 : 196;119871
171 11
g
By "_arks ..... • •
g a ',re- ; taken addition : Boors in duction of may bor. • .
z ' 4"14. lout la Assured. Cash. Annual row on By R Chairs,
13,450 0 0 13,450 0 0
......„__ 1 Sleepers, &c. •• •
------.......„1 Premiums. Policy.
----- By Land and Corn-
-15,211 18 3 15,211 18 3
. A _c . , 4.. . , -------,- penAatiOn .. .. ..
.. t . £ - -.'
.... ... -...-. -.- - d' By Law Charges.. 9,957 4 6 11,129 18 5 21,087 211
r 1837 243 9 3112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 Balance of Sea-
-1 s a 1838 216 48199. 8 10 'l5 13 5 445 0 0 sion, 1846.
°" 74 i i 1839 192 116369 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 2.701 9 9 5,204 19 3
By Parliamentary ~ ,n., , (..
18 i 0 143 51066 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 - `''''''' - - [1846 and 1847
Charges.... • • • •
• 1841 1391 14 2 GI 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4
By Traffic Taking 1,438 5 0 . , 1,438 5 9
ee ' 1842 1111 6 8 49 10 0, 7 10 4 247 4 5
ti A, ---------- By Direction and
Mee, , :Lai, It_ e. port, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the Andit..........
iore.„,::: .' Li branches in the country ; 500 0 0 1,050 0 0 1,550 0 0
By Office Ctharyrgese,
'"` Post free, or, on applicatioa. will
-------.._._.__2' '. FBROUSONek IR CA.MItOISX, Secretary. Clerks' Salaries.. 4,257 15 7 926 •7 10' 5,184 3 5
By Advertising, •
'4IIERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, and 130 - Stationery, and
3,549 7 6 462 15 8 4,012 3 2
ToN. 4,,,, _ _ Printing.. • • • • • ;
'3oft" ordie,„"T; r-,ASTEffST JUNCTION RAILWAY. By Miscellaneon •
'te -• held --' HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the I'ROPRIE- Charges and Tra-
&it'
11e..0,43,°,
fothet)2.4th day of August, 1847, at the Ezehange Hall, Telling Expenses 2,389 7 3 444 10 2 2,819 17 6
A. le '" 4f
the Directors..'
purpose of receiving a statement of the pro- By Benker's C01n-
,,,,, °Moe. v, and the Accounts of the Company, W. F. mission ........516 12 2 31 0 4 547 12 6
44'tnel'onowin-qa in the chair, By Interest, One
I,' 4-.raclinrY 4,...,1t.,E1'DffT was read by the Secretaryt-Since the Shilling andTwo-
tie -.' veith ii"nil of the Proprietors, yet r Directors have con- pence per share,
(lee hetwe,r• Wythes for the formation of that portion of due Sib of April,
uke trby-hill Tu,,n„ ,nottesford and Grantham, including the 1847, up0n88,341
,ri,'rorke are p ""ei, and the Canal Branch (about eight miles), and shares ..• •..• • • • 5,153 4 6 5,153 4 6
the a''Y hare ahiroTeasing to tne satisfaction ot your Directors. ---- - -
reilll7'erneet c , 'ell tailed upon by the Midland Company to 01301 ByPostitgeStamps
ie.._ west ,f ~ ,?red into tor the joint constrwtion of the four on hand .. •• • • 10 11 9
...,.1a this corn" ott,
nZharn to Bulwell, which will effect a large say- By Cosh in Bank-
,sgur_ Dire,tec;';3.'loB,222 8 3 103,233 0 0
erg hands..
net ~,,sets. *rt., i" have not deemed it p aident to enter into any other •--
11...._-.' Pres... incur am! n. 1..... 11-i :. Ari - I - --...........•na of the MG- . 219,271 6 1

a--.........,
AMIIERGATE, NOTTINGHAM,
TON.
and 1305..
.. At the e . and EASTERN' JUNCTION RAILWAY..,
Eighange Hall,
'4B, heldrd'nary HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIE-
Nettet4, on the 24th day of August, 1847, at the
t of the Pro-
&Milli; I, for the purpose of receiving a statemen
Company,
N.
F.
1‘• Berton, ;,bo Directors and the Accounts of the ,""
,_Theeee "'"le in the their,
etat ordin,"lne P.EPOPTc Ives read by Netee -,felrtYela"ting of the 'Pro rietors, yet r Directors h
tle 11,
tus'n lir, n the Secretary
. '''Ythes forpthe formation of that P,ing
ortion of
t—Since
the
4°, llerbe.hilt,7-"I nottesfOrd and Grantham, lnelnuile.), and
--t'works ar;,.,Unnel, and the Canal Branch (about el
to Nal
„.11ty erogreesing to ftio ot your IC;lirtelor-is.
~_'"o agree e also bee e ealledupon by the Midland C9llll,
f the four
'nee. vo inent entered into for the joint construetion
()ler e Salr-
tit-to thacerb OtCrlZliarn to Bulwell, which will effect a N
Your
4.J'oteac•-• Ztore have not deemed it prudent to enter intooaf
hetery ;res. t 0 Incur and other liabil flee, in conse.
Itieneehe last onli-
rityheotmhe,er-
tarY meet, nre, and al•
front an assnrance given at t
the Pre'ent
"eetie ng that no further call should be mole ly2fore_o, _ takt„ I. 'Mei, yo
have no heeltation in de-
_ elsrin. At
tit
your opinion. might be consulted :led directi . 8
by .4
that th t same time your Directors
best promoted
- COnaw,, e true interests of the Company
eerlieet
~Innit the line between Nottin
ill be un-
able to .'",vr,iod; and they regre. that by tide delay
they'
w ation of
gham anWliliGberanthain at the
• %tee ~;',.Z themselves of the 'summer' months for the •orrt
Si s' 'which Would have been greatly to the advantage of the
or, Th.; 1,
thereein. Midland
1141way:.r:t_ aPplicittion to Perliaraent for the conatritctlonn
_of, tr.
ibstie
or interested Company w ere large shareholders, a d
enclexg.
—, it was not thought advisable to incur th
and
in
litilrt
..efererna'nk_ar.s.eparate station, wharfs, &c., at Nottingham. .
taen for that purpose
. het ZT;eanyti.thhe original Acthwt Zlpetr,sii.nneer the
)r-early meeting in.Februsaturyg
auttestnutevit.,,,,„hi,ttul-eerew their connexion, your
%eh' e0,44.t0 Petliturient to deviate the line, and by increa.
.}.._'!,o ths ,',l). eee!ire en independent position.
but two ta'4anY 8 trains would have to pass over the Lincoln line
44" the rate ,! tbe Midland Company had the power to ch. awrgae.
Mother 1,.... c'• elx Miles. To be relieved item that heavy toll 3
the peentts''',,,Portent
detederatum—and though the Company
tbhye
stecontn.xxiteioef the Nottingham Canal had the best depet
independentfr a„.
i Was 2ectireder ,the town of Nottingham, yet no
de .
skedeketin • 1., ruler these circumstances your Directors el
...,-"" congree„i,PDlY to Parliament to effect the above objects, and t,,e-eZetie tn th.--4,,,e the shareholders in haying
"'lcee i'' auvantagc of the Company After the Bill had been au. 'nto arliament, the lelidlaaComPanY
succeeded upon terms
t° etreeZrY liberal and friendly Wilt and after some negotiations,
met your Direc-
"'llatie, 7t was entered into uncle; the corporate seals of loath kath ~ 1.,_ Y whleh the Midland Company consented to repeal so
rat, the Lincole Act its enabled them to charge the six
taleriel a clause to that effect hu been introduced into their
hae ed A.ct e
be._ , Y 'which this Company pay a mileage only. Thmey.
ete, ; for the pus,,
Zito,iit,,;' aZretxt to this
the necessary stations and other acco
teiliZare, the extent and terms to be airanged by
gen and traffic, both at Nottingham and
bY
r6nt
each Company, and In case of difference, to be settled
14
ee rnpire. a Director ap-
,,,_t• obteiZequence of this agreement your Directors only proceeded
'vie".
__ IN..'wers for the construction of the Branch to the Canal
the mill
nottingham, which they Wie obtained, and over svhich
"NI, a (I ComPany have power tour n their trains, out payment
The ~....,„_
Perten;'"eneeeilo rand powers thus secured are of the utmo.stir-
Itatione`..a.,a ads.tage to the Company. The most come!
dize
Wn be „'''','" etnple accommodation ler passengers and merchan
niche
i")orrided. both at elation
and Ambergate, and the seeing
Intblle wilia_r °I *444 au ,'''
li • h onvenience to
cattle.,ti
- ot gre„u ' we as time and te c
arid hear V good 7 effected. As the traffic in coal, corn,
loge, ~_-_ , 8, according to the estimates proved, will he very
,„
et
theile aus mane obtained by the
le of
nflat consideration, as it 'l4'essessithis Company the best
,5.‘e...1. amp: lition in the town of
Nottingham,t"esto which could not oth.er-
T.., have „
t4een secured, eXCept at an eiiormous sacrifice of money.
,11 e prospenty and elin tvitality of
the line wore m
Y attacked during ' " by the Great
onhorn the last session et Parliament,
it pits alai Eastern Countice Companies. The former' projected
of ors'rorn Gosberton en the Boston loop to Houghton MilL.nort
th
Iceee.,_tbani ; and the lett 'ed line from Spalding 011 "'a, each er project a
tion 01 your
ne, A
_, of vilaich were parallel to the eastern port
ee,,,,,..
derAbisTin lt either had been obtained, would have diverted a
Fast
Pectax,?"rtloe of the eastern traffic. The Great Northern and
1.
"adalso introduced other Bills the effect of which, if t ley
etetio-' 'zeta defeated, yrould have been' to destroy your prtop,o,seced
Crlio:,4.t it oaten, Great the branch to the quay,
iattlti hatolelneeci
4 deem'e‘ees. The Northern also, by another ,
'attack upon
Aire c'n of their line near Grantham. made another .
btns at that place, which would have been most prejudielal had
a iththeir duties and
th,,,A4ttia.., eeksitful. In'accerdance. howev-r, nwndenvoerea to exer-
,le la, •ve vigilance your Directors haveeome;ruy,
they offered to the
leveekift?tecting the interests o
• r theand they are happy to say with
,the ree„?die every legal opposition,
thrown out all the Bills except the
ast ~,,,Z; eoMplete suceem, having
kethe
junction at Grantham
biee" 'uch w,,,,, so modified
to
nlltme time, more independent.
(lleossafivantageous, and, at the st
empowering the two Compa-
IP -11,„a`te been inserted in that Ac
the Great Nor-
' ti'
-"ake joint station, and also empowering
of an equitable toll.
I.:re to
.... a .
ofyour line on payment
in
the
"pinion
of
those
t.,„ eeti it,
'4•,e it portion e
cenclusiee that
fZernalmPted projects are ,
_t is important and capable of deve-
'"nt el °I-44M0; the district
success attending the
1 exertions of
Zeier e,„ %Ile traffic, and by the
t has been infringed upon—all
net te4etereho Put of that dietrlcheen
preset", .
eu intact. f
sea
*ll4 tt4ttalature has granted has
r Direetors have not re u
ar.endly muvlefeating aggression, ests. They
171. mince to yourinter i
Ira y trainees et n they wou... co _ -
now exist betwee
Pr' m laY t'wh -e
t understanding .
ng these tion of
tee i olnpany
at the bee
In fixing adt r Wiabee and the F.astern Counties- they have
OPt -ca line at the latter
place,
into for the
-° Plod your and Spalding
t has been entered
ilsteeett_ site, arid an agreement
expense of the two ComPa-
4tee, me t°° of ouch station at the joint thened by arrang ng
i for
4 'Ater
‘. he alliance has further been
trains,streng
between Granthenat. and epai,;.ange of trafilc, and running of
the
terms and details o /Nth are''06, and epadding and Wisbeach,.
ement will promote
es4l. ke th t° be settled by arbitration. This !tgre
d the interests of
.ett co„- facility and convenience of the public, ane
intimate union,
.antln-hT.IlanY, and may ultimately lead to a
more
1 General Meet-
'ait so t,''' agreement will be submitted to the Specie
ArrAi„ the 21st or
to consider the propriety of cen-
t.en '1 the same
September neat,
one of the
Atmit",,Mnlrlity With the Act, four of the Directors, and o
,th rji retire, whe areeligible for re-election.
have
arl„ ae„ ihreetore are happy te state that the differences
I be. ''.reetw.
whichwird have
le`4liteei cen a Portion of the Shareholders and the t
rum.
to
tae NI, c 4.17 arranged, and that the Directors will be ne 4 _ the 'd,,,antber of sixteen ; seven of whom are to be recommended
of three
of thet;rninitteea of the Shareholders. And for the election
w..eh
'' thee ‘tinther, a Special General meeting will be necessary. ni
co_ Kir Tuesel September next.
ret,Any,s
oraeaz,
,tylytheeeelisetr
ogfaieepNottingham, August It, 1847.

Audited the 11th day of August, 1R47.
FRANCIS SIKH` AT,LIOTT.
CHARLES MIDDLETON.
Resolved—That the report now read be adepted.
Res•olved—Tlint Benjamin Itdger.
of London, Wllam
Durham, of Mancheit•er. Esq.; Herbert Ingram, of London, E4q. ;
and Mena d Septimus kin.on, Esq., be elec•cd Directors. in
lieu of Sir James Duke, Knight, 31,P.; Francis Braithwaite,
Frederick Plant, Esq. ; and Frederick Fowler Robertson, Esq., who
r. tire.
Resolved—That Mr. Frames Stifles Alliott be re-elected an auditor
to the Company.
Resolved—That the seal of the Company be affixed to the Register
of Shareholders.
Resolved--That the thanks of this meeting he given to the
Chrirman, for his excellent, temperate, and impartial conduct in
the chair.

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4 1",
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-, lat ,„,, ,''' of the 1
(
"°4ltri.4io",o:e
' ‘, at
of the land for this contract is now obtainoi, and the
~...,,More tll to work on every part
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sold-',llt 200 0,3 fencing will he shortly completed.
44 "Ut
then euble yards have been got out of the excavations
..rd Of
Ziltie , earth...„ k
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Ism oridge.
, neari...,. are built, with the exception only of the parapets,
ii..!othi :su the necessary culverts are put in. .
"e slci, ,-"nterby 11111
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upon North Essex also, and having taken one step
forward, they should continue in the path of pro-
gress.—(Cheers.)
Several other toasts were drunk, amongst which
were " Civil: and Religious Liberty," " The 1,729
Electors who:voted for Sir E. N. Buxton," " The
Chairman," " Mr. Charles Buxton," &c.
It was resolved, that at the next vacancy for the
county, whenever that might occur, Mr. Charles
Buxton or Mr. Charles Gurney (son of Mr. Samuel
Gurney, the banker) should be put in nomination with
Sir E. N. Buxton.

The convivialitirs were kept up until day began to
dawn.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PRO-
MOTING THE REAL REPRESENTATION OF
THE PEOPLE.
Last night a public meeting of the association
known by the above title was held at the Eastern
Institution, Commercial-road, which was crowded by
a large assembly chiefly composed of the inhabitants
of the Tower Hamlets, amongst whom there was a
considerable number of ladies.
It was announced previously that Mr. G. Thomp-
son, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, would take the
chair at half-past seven o'clock ; but, as the Hon.
Gentleman did not appear at the time specified, it
was agreed to postpone the commencement of the
proceedings till eight o'clock. At that hour Mr.
Thompson had not come forward, and Mr. Ebenezer
Clark, having been called to the chair, proceeded to
explain the object of the meeting.
Soon after Mr. Thompson entered, amid loud
cheering, and explained that he had just come from
Yorkshire to redeem the pledge he had given to
preside on the occasion, and that he should have been
present at the hour appointed but for an untoward
detention on the railway between Rugby and London,
which detention was not rendered a whit more
pleasant by its having taken place in the very centre
of the longest tunnel on the line.
The chair was then vacated by Mr. Clark, in favour
of Mr. Thompson, and the business proceeded.
Mr. DICK, the secretary of the Alliance, reported
that since the late general election he had received
two or three valuable contributions to the funds.
One of these was a subscription of 51. from Mr. John
Norton, of Lincoln ; another was a sum of 101. from
the Earl of Radnor—(Great cheering)—and the
third was a donation of 501. from one who styled
himself "A friend to the cause."—(Cheers.)
Dr. Errs then moved the following resolution :
" That every House of Commons hitherto elected
under the provisions of the Reform Bill has contained
a majority of Members having no claim to the confi-
dence of the earnest friends of civil and religious
liberty ; and therefore this meeting is of opinion that
the time has arrived for creating a great national
movement for the purpose of extending to the whole
people their political rights."
He ridiculed the idea which many people attempted
to impress upon them, that they possessed anything
like real civil and religious liberty in this country.
What was the tact as regarded the franchise? There
were 6,000,000 male adults in the country, and yet
not more than 1,000,000 of these possessed the right
to vote for representatives in Parliament. In these
circumstances it was impossible that society could
ever be safe; and he therefore rejoiced in the present
movement for extending the representation of the
people. It was a movement begun and promoted by
men who could have nothing to gain by disturbance.
They were men who during the last agitation
for the same object kept aloof, because they saw the
cause injured by the manner in which that agitation
was promoted.—(Hear, hear.) He was persuaded
that they were at the commencement of a mighty
movement,—that if ordinary discretion and prudence
were exercised they would as effectually rouse the na-
tional mind as the Anti-Corn-law League had done
in its successful efforts for the abolition of the corn-
laws.—(Cheers.) He then congratulated the electors
of the Tower Hamlets in their selection of such a man
as Mr. Thompson to be their representative, and ex-
pressed his confident belief that that gentleman would
succeed in securing for himself a respectful and atten-
tive •hearing in the new House of Commons, just as
Mr. Cobden had done, notwithstanding all the efforts
made to crush him.—(Cheers.)
Mr. J. BROOKS seconded the resolution. lie ob-
served that the National Alliance was intended to
embrace men of every class, sect, and creed,—their
object was to unite all the friends of civil and reli-
gious liberty in one immense body ; to teach them
principles of self-reliance, and to enable them to carry
out their views in a spirit of firm but peaceful deter-
mination, very different from that ebullition of phy-
sical-force feeling which broke out during the last
agitation for the extension of the suffrage.—(Hear,
hear.) They were anxious to avoid even the appear-
ance of physical force, and to establish their resistance
to oppression and their demand for equal rights on a
higher an .1 more rational principle.—(Cheers )
The resolution was then unanimously adopted.
Mr. FRASER (a working man) moved the following
resolution :
" That the National Alliance, formed for promoting
the union of all Reformers, and having for its object
the real representation of the people in Parliament, is
worthy of the support of all classes, because it seeks
to extend the suffrage to every man of full age ; to
protect his vote by ballot ; to abolish property quali-
fications; to establish electoral districts ; to provide
for the just remuneration of Members of Parliament,

and to have Parliament elected for a short and fixed
duration."
He gave his support to the National Alliance because
he thought it was likely to bring together the scat-
tered elements of democracy, which, powerless in a
state of isolation, were, when combined, organized,
and directed, irresistible as the mountain torrent that
swept every obstacle before it. He supported the
Alliance, too, because it strod virtually upon the
principles of the Charter, and upon the bill of rights
of the Complete Suffrage Association.—(Cheers.)
As a Chartist he gave the gentlemen who had formed
this alliance the right hand of fellowship, and hoped
that however such men as Macaulay might babble
about the extension of the suffrage, and talk of
" going back to a state of barbarism," the union of
all the true friends of the people would effectually
secure to every man the just right which he possessed
by nature of exercising a voice in the formation of
the laws he was called on to obey.—(Cheers.)
Colonel THOMPSON, M.P., seconded the resolution,
and observed that there could be neither. peace nor
concord in a country where a large proportion of the
people were deprived of their just rights, and so long
as they felt the gross injustice of the deprivation under
which they laboured.—(Cheers.) He rejoiced to
know that at the late election there were exhibited
many symptoms of great progress having been made
in the cause of popular rights. The ,tone of their
adversaries had been greatly moderated. One set of
them, the Tories, had gone off the field altogether,
and left it to a gentle lamb-like thing called " Con-
servative," the members of which had raised their
gentle voices in a very subdued strain against the
friends of an extended suffrage.—(Laughter.) And
if they looked at the friends of the Liberal cause—
the moderate-going friends of popular rights, they
found that in many places their conduct had under-
gone a very promising change.—(Hear, hear.) He
came from a place (Bradford) that had given the
most marked proof of progress in this direction.—
(Cheers.) There was no place in England where
extension of the suffrage walked in such good
clothes as it did there..— (cheers and laughter.)
And why ? Because those-who were formerly spat at
for having holes in their jackets, had evinced in their
whole conduct a prudence, a judgment, and a pro•
priety that gave the lie to the abuse with which they
had been assailed.—(Cheers.) There was not a
power in this country that could prevent the working
classes, when they conducted themselves with pro-
priety and in an orderly spirit, from taking their
right position in society. If they themselves chose
they need not longer remain as a slave class, to use
an expression uttered by a great man whose voice
they would never listen to again. And why should
the working men remain as they were ? Was not
everything changing ? Were not new modes of me-
chanism introduced into every species of art and ma-
nufacture ? and was the political position of the
by ?
working classes alone to stand unchanged ?
He would noCbelieve it. The common sense of man-
kindbe must retrograde—
their judgments must
wheeled backwards, before such an anomaly could
exist.--(Cheers.) The Gallant Colonel concluded—(Chee —(Cheers.)
Was there to be no improvement in their condition
expressing his satisfaction at
place, and
tfhe
operative and middle classes o
which had that day taken expressed his be-
lief that it was an earnest of many similar unions all
the unionr between the
lower hamlets
over the country.
The resolution was then unanimously agreed to.
Mr. E. MIALL, of the Nonconformist, moved the
third resolution, which was as follows :
" That this meeting pledges itself to the earnest
and active support of the movement, and that indivi-
duallywill place themselves in connexion with
andit, they
usetheir utmost endeavours, both pecuniary
and otherwise, to promote its success."
He stated that the attachment which he had formed
to the People's Charter was excited totally and exclu-
sively by his study of Christianity, and that when he
saw large masses of his fellow-countrymen deprived
of tho ;igbts of CitizeUbirl end treated as 5111 M, he

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felt himself bound solemnly to avow his convictions
before his fellow-religionists. He contended that
there had never been a real representation of the
people of England, and never would be till the prin-
ciples of the Alliance were carried out. The speaker
went on at some length to advocate these views, and
concluded by moving the resolution.
Mr. H. VINCENT seconded the resolution. He con-
tended that England owed everything to progress,
socially, politically, mentally, and religiously. .ng
Eng-
land was the child of progress, and could any one
believe that now it was to be fur ever stemmed,
and the great bulk of her population left without
the enjoyment of their rights ? He then stated what
ought to be the line of policy pursued by the Na-
tional Alliance. Their great object should be to con-
vert the middle and propertied classes to their views ;
but they must not merely content themselves with
popular sympathies, they must also have generous
contributions of money. He asked why the millions
of England did not place at the disposal of their best
friends a fund large enough to enable them to fight
the battle of freedom with their opponents ? They
were richer than their opponents ; and in the accu-
mulated savings of the multitude there was the secret
of a stupendous power never yet wielded on the side
of freedom.—(Cheers.) It was proposed also to do
their best to extend the franchise under the present
system. At a meeting at Norwich, where he was
present on the previous evening, a plan was pro-
pounded by which the working classes might
soon possess themselves of the county constituencies.
It was based on the movement of the Anti-Corn-
law League, with this distinction, that it was pro-
posed to create several separate organizations tor
the purchase of freehold votes in the counties
of England. The society contemplated the exist-
ence of different parties —lst, Those who chose to
pay 11. a month ; 2d, Those who paid 108. a month ;
3d, Those who paid 58. a month; and 4th, Those who
chose at'once to pay for freeholds, or to do so by
certain stated instalments. In Norwich hundreds of
members would join this society. It was intended to
concentrate its efforts for a time in one or two coun-
ties, and as soon as a sufficient number of voters were
created then to extend its operation. In this way it
was probable that in Norwich and the neighbouring
districts 50 voters would be created a month.—
(Hear.) Now, he wanted the National Alliance to
further institutions like this, so that while they were
instructing the people they should at the same time
be doing something practically to increase their power.
—(Cheers.) Mr. Vincent then pointed out the im-
portance of contesting every borough that became
vacant, and concluded by insisting upon the neces-
sity of giving the people political power, were it only
to oppose the centralizing spirit of the Government.
The resolution was then agreed to, and it was an-
nounced that the only qualification for the Alliance
was the payment of ls. and upwards.
Thanks were then voted to Mr. Thompson for his
conduct in the chair, and that gentleman having
shortly acknowledged the honour, the meeting sepa-
rated a little before eleven o'clock.