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JULY 2, 1847.

golden stars ; and how she had made chains of dande-
lion-stalks for youthful towers of eternal constancy,
dressed chiefly in nankeen ; and how soon those fetters
had withered and broken.

" Sitting in the window-seat, and looking out upon
the sparrows and the blink of sun, Miss Tox thought
likewise of her good mamma deceased—sister to the
owner of the powdered head and pigtail—of her virtues
and her rheumatism. And when a man with bulgy legs,
and a rough voice, and a heavy basket on his head
that crushed his hat into a mere black muffin, came cry-
ing flowers down Princes's-place, making his timid little
roots of daisies shudder in the vibration of every yell he
gave, as though he had been an ogre, hawking little
children, summer recollections were so strong upon Miss
Tox, that she shook her head, and murmured she wuuld
be comparatively old before she knew it—which seemed
likely."
Enter, nevertheless, Mrs. Chick, suffering from a
peculiar kind of monosyllabic cough; " a sort of pri-
mer, or easy introduction to the art of coughing."
The dialogue that ensues is ludicrously true to
nature. Mrs. Chick announces Dombey's approach-
ing nuptails with Edith Granger, and Miss Tox
swoons in the arms of the wretched native who has
just entered the room with a polite message from the
Major over the way. Mrs. Chick's eyes are
opened, a pair of scales—in her estimation some-
thing like those used in grocer's shops—falling
from them, and she parts in wrath from poor
Lucretia Tox. The next chapter is a most
touching and powerful fragment of pathetic
narrative ; it depicts the growing love of Florence
for her second mother, and the anguish of that second
mother the night before the marriage.

" Slowly and thoughtfully did Edith wander alone
through the mansion of which she was so soon to be the
lady : and little heed took she of all the elegance and
splendour it began to display. The same indomitable
haughtiness of soul, the same proud scorn, expressed in
eye and lip, the same fierce beauty, only tamed by a
sense of its own little worth, and of the little worth of
everything around it, went through the grand saloons
and halls, and had got loose among the shady trees, and
raged and rent themselves. The mimic roses on the
walls and floors were set round with sharp thorns, that
tore her breast ; in every scrap of gold so dazzling to
the eye, she saw some hateful atom of her purchase-mo-
ney ; the broad high mirrors showed her, at full length,
a woman with a noble quality yet dwelling in her nature,
who was too false to her better self, and too debased and
lost to save herself. She believed that all this was so
plain more or less, to all eyes, that she had no resource
or power of self-assertion but in pride ; and with this
pride, which tortured her own heart night and day, she
fought her fate out, braved it, and defied it.
" Was this the woman whom Florence—an innocent
girl, strong only in her earnestness and simple truth—
could so impress and quell, that by her side she was
another creature, with her tempest of passion hushed,
and her very pride itself subdued ? Was this the wo-
man who now sat beside her in a carriage, with their
arms entwined. and who, when she courted and entreated
her to love and trust her, drew her fair head to nestle
on her breast, and would have laid down her life to
shield it from wrong or harm?
" Oh, Edith ! It were well to die, indeed, at such a
time ! Better and happier far, perhaps, to die so, Edith,
than to live on to the end !"

Yet she is calm, ani proud, and self-possessed in the
presence of every one. The abysses of her agony and
remorse nt her own degradation are unseen. She
taunts her mother, and objects to Florence
remaining under the protection of Mrs. Skew-
eon. That decoyed Cleopatra, robed in her
greasy flannel gown, with her ashes lying
round her on the table and sofa, asks, is she not fit
company for a girl ! " What are you, pray? What
are you ?" " I have put the question to myself," says
Edith, ashy pale, and pointing to the window, "more
than once, when I have been sitting there, and some-
thing in the faded likeness of my sex has wandered
past outside; and God knows I have met with my
reply." In the privacy of her own chamber she is
yet more affected by her situation.
" To and fro, and to and fro, and to and fro again,
five hundred times, among the splendid preparations for
her adornment on the morrow ; with her dark hair
shaken down, her dark eyes flashing with a raging
light, her broad white bosom red with the cruel grasp of
the relentless hand with which she spurned it from her,
pacing up and down with an averted head, as if she
would avoid the sight of her own fair person, and di-
vorce herself from its companionship. Thus, in the dead
time of the night before her bridal, Edith Granger
tregtled with hero unquiet spirit, tearless, friendless,'
silent, proud, and uncomplaining."
Peeping in at the door of Florence's Tooln, she finds
the young girl sleeping soundly, and feels herself
irresistibly drawn on towards the couch.
"Drawn nearer, nearer, nearer yet ; at last, drawn so
near, that stooping down, she pressed her lips to the
gentle hand that lay outside the bed, and put it softly
to her neck. Its touch was like the prophet's rod of
old, upon the rock. Her tears sprung forth beneath it,
as she sunk upon her knees, and laid her aching head
and streaming hair upon the pillow by its side.
" Thus Edith Granger passed the night before her
bridal. Thus the sun found her on her bridal morning."
Then comes the wedding, preceded by the following
beautiful passages :
" Dawn, with its passionless blank face, steals shiver-
ing to the church beneath which lies the dust of little
Paul and his mother, and looks in at the windows. It
is cold and dark. Night crouches yet, upon the pave-
ment, and broods, sombre and heavy, in nooks and cor-
ners of the building. The steeple-clock, perched up
abate Ow houses, emerging from beneath another of the
countless ripples in the tide of time that regularly roll
and break on the eternal shore, is greyly visible, like a
stone beacon, recording how the sea flows on ; but within
doors, dawn, at first, can only peep at night, and see that
it is there.

" Hovering feebly round the church, and looking in,
dawn moans and weeps for its short reign, and its tears
trickle on the window-glass, and the trees against the
church wall, bow their heads, and wring their many
hands in sympathy. Night, growing pale before it, gra-
dually fades out of the church, but lingers in the vaults
below, and sits upon the coffins. And now comes bright
day, burnishing the steeple clock, and reddening the
spire, and drying up the tears of dawn, and stifling its
complaining ; and the scared dawn, following the night,
and chasing it from its last refuge, shrinks into the
vaults itself and hides, with a frightened face, among the
dead, unt►l night returns, refreshed, to drive it out.
" And now, the mice, who have been busier with the
prayer-books than their proper owners, and with the
hassocks, more worn by their little teeth than by human
knees, hide their bright eyes in their boles, and gather
closp together in affright at the resounding clashing of
the church door. For the beadle, that man of power,
comes early this morning with the sexton ; and Mrs.
Miff, the wheezy little pew opener—a might; dry old
lady, sparely dressed, with not an inch of fulness any-
where about her—is also here, and has been wai'ing at
the church gate halt an, hour, as her place is, for the
beadle."

Miss Miff comes out wonderfully; so does Mr.
Sownds the beadle, who looks upon the bride as " a
spanker ;" so does Mr. Toots ; so does his familiar,
the Game Chicken, who has been dipping his beak
into a tankard of strong beer, and picking up two
pounds of beefiteak ; so does Csptain Cuttle ; so does
Mrs. Perch, who appears " (but that she always
is)" in an interesting situation ; so does Towlinson ;
so does Major Bagstock, of whose hand his Royal
Highness the late Duke of York did him the honour
to observe, Sir, to his Royal Highness the late Duke of
Kent, that it was the hand of Josh, a rough and
tough, and possibly an up to-snuff old vagabond ;
so does Cousin Feenix—Lord Feenix. The speech
of the Noble Lord at the wedding breakfast is a
capital bit of social reporting. Indeed °—
chapter about the fo.°••''' •
•

. ..,,
_ .—„ ~ s les Is an elaborate pieceentire of
wziwlng from the life" which Charles Dickens
could alone have written.

FRASER'S MAGAZINE,
The number of Fraser for this month opens with
a heart-rending account of a three days' residence in
the district of Schull during the period of the famine,
by Richard Chevenix Trench, M.A. Mr. Trench's
visit to this unfortunate district was in the month of
April, at a time when fever was completing the work
of destruction which famine had begun. Turn we
from this scene of misery to another article in the
same number, " Outlines in Parliament," by
the author of " Literary Legislators "--No. 4.
"Some Members of the Irish Party," and there
we shall find portraits of SOW 111(34 who
oppose the intrgcluotion into Ireland of a
good and
erne' '

4cient system of poor-law relief, which had it ex-
isted, would, in all human probability, hare prevented
the occurrence of these horrible scenes depicted by
Mr. C. Trench, and which will yet save thepeople

rent
' albeit it may Prevent insolvent landlord: from any
longer obterining money (whether in the shape a
or leans), under false pretences. Among the loaders
of the Trish arty gl Dodger of politics, ares fip,',t, and foremost Lord
Mqnteagle, the ' 4rtt'u tics, of whom
this writer justly remarks—
"There is not, among the pres F.-it hoider of peerages
or Fronours efea
really thin? so
been throughoutPerson
leis life, a busy, talkative man; but it
would bP iEnnosi4ie to point to any one act of his public
career, legislative or otherwise, upon which one might
rest the defence of his honours. It may be urged, that, I
in this country, long and faithful party service is allowed
to confef a species of riOt to the rewar& Which, in a
well-constituted community, would be reserved for the
best in intellect and conduct. But of him it may be
answered, that although he served the Whigs much, he
served hin3self mo7e; zrnd, further, that althciugh his
ierviee of them was zealous, even mean, yet it was on
the whole more injuricus than beneficial to the pariy.
For, during years when the first talent and ingenuity of
the country were employed in undermining them and
rendering them ridiculous, the public conduct or Lord

Monteagle was one of their most vulnerable points, and,
with much exaggeration, no doubt yet at the same time
with more truth, he was held up to the world as a type
of the pretension, imbecility, and political double-deal-
ing attributed to those whom their political enemies then
designated as an incapable faction. As in the case of
one or two prominent members of their present adminis
tration, who have apparently been forced upon them by
family influence, they would certainly have done much
better without Mr. Spring Mee than with him; and it
was by no means an improbable hypothesis that he was
betinselled with a peerage, and loaded with the
dangerous reward of an odious sinecure, more because
his reputation had become onerous to his colleagues,
than because he had rendered to them or to the country
any commensurate service."

Then comes a sketch of Mr. Frederick Shaw, a man
of spirit and sense, and who, had he less of
the odium theologicum about him would have risen
high as a statesman. The other members of the Irish
party who sat for their portraits this month are Sir
H. W. Barron, the Marquis of Westmeath, Mr.
Bernal Osborne, and the Earl of Roden. Their dis-
tinguishing characteristics are hit ofd' to the life.
There is only one other political article in Fraser; it
is on the Portuguese question. The writer gives a
rapid resume of the history of Portugal from
the invasion of Junot to the present time.
and concludes by expressing his decided disapproba-
tion of the late intervention of England against the
Junta of Oporto. He gives the following as the hy-
pothesis which foreign nations adopt as to the rationale
of that intervention :

" The King of Portugal and the husband of our
Gracious Sovereign, are near relatives. The King is
understood to be more violently opposed than the Queen
to constitutional Government in Portugal. Costa
Cabral, the bitter enemy of constitutional Government,
won his favour by supporting and enriching the German
clique, of which M. DietL, a mar particularly obnoxious
to the entire nation, is the chief; and Saldanha, if not
personally a friend of Cabral, is yet so connected with
him and his party, as to depend upon them for making
up the Cabinet which he may be expected to form. To
place such a man at the head of the Government is, in
point of fact, to bring back with the strong hand the
faction which is pledged to put down both the charter
and the constitution, and had well-nigh succeeded in
doing so. England, therefore, in supporting him, sup-
ports King Ferdinand, Mr. Dietz, and Costa Cabral; in
other words, principle and justice are as lightly thought
of at St. James's as at the Tuileries, when they stand in
the way of family predilections. Now, we repeat,
that this stupid argument carries no weight with us,
nor will it be listened to by any section of her Majesty's
subjects; but is there not just so much of plausibility
about it as to make it mischievous elsewhere?"

We agree with the writer, that this hypothesis is
too absurd ever to gain credence in this country, and
independently of its absurdity, it should be recollected
that King Ferdinand, and Dietz, and the Cabrals,
have ever been the enemies of English interests and
English influence in Portugal ; that they are,
in fact, the chief of the Afrancesado faction who
have been working in conjunction with Christina;
Gonzales Bravo, and Narvaez to render French, or
rather Orleans influence predominant in the Penin-
sula—therefore, we at once reject this theory, as im-
possible; but yet we could have wished that the royal
table had not been the first at which Mr. Dietz had
partaken of English hospitality, after his arrival in
this country from the scene of his intrigues. The
literary contents of this number are varied and ex-
cellent. The lovers of sentimentalism will be de-
lighted with a review of " nfa ; " for the classic there
is a pleasant ramble at the foot of Mount Olympos.
The antiquary will revel in the account of Lathom
House and the Stanley family, and the admirer of
Isaac Walton will he pleased with the sensations of a
summer night and morning on the banks of the
Thames. The lover of horrors may " sup full of
them" in " Death in life," while the lovers of mirth,
fun, and jollity will roar over Sam Slick's admirably
told story of " Seeing the Devil." There is some •
thing to suit every class of readers in the current
number of Fraser.

PROGRES OF DISC.OVERY.7..
*tc.4
(From *A a:barnstown Journllll, '*:
The following is th account given bylh.,:iN'homrrs
Mitchell of the most important discovery made. by him
in his recent exploratory journey in New Holland. His
dispatch is datitl—
_. l -I •,
- 4 - Cullpysn the River Baloiane, in 10n.4f48 deg.
46 min. 44 sec. E., lat. 2S deg. 2 miii. S. .
On ascending the range early nextmorning, I saw open'
down and plains with a line of river iu the midst, the
whole extending to the N.N.W., as far as the horizon.
Following down the little stream from the valley in which
I had passed the night I soon reached the open country,
and during ten successive days I pursued the course of
that river, through the same sort of country, each day as
far as my horse could carry me, and in the same di-
' rection, again approaching the trcpic of Capricorn.
In some parts the river formed splendid reaches, as
i broad and important as the River Murray ; in others,
it spread into tour or five channels, some of them several
miles apart; but the whole country is better watered
than any other portion of Australia that I have seen
by numerous tributaries arising in the Downs. The
soil consists of rich clay, and the hollows give
birth to water-courses, in most of which water
was abundant. I found at length that I might
travel in any direction and find water at hand,
without having to seek the river except when I
wished to ascertain its general course and observe its
character. The grass consists of panicum, and several
new sorts, one of which springs green from the old
stem. The plains were verdant ; indeed, the luxuriant
pasturage surpassed in quality, as it did in extent, any-
thing of the kind I had ever seen. The myall tree
and salt bush (acacia pendula and salsolse), so essen-
tial to a good run, are also there. New birds and new
plants marked this out as an essentially different
region from any I had previously explored ; and
although I could not follow the river throughout
its long course at that advanced season, I was con-
vinced that its estuary was in the Gulf of Carpen-
taria. ; at all events, the country is open and well-
watered for a direct route thereto. That the river is
the most important of Australia increasing as it does by
successive tributaries, and not a mere product of distant
ranges, admits of no dispute ; and the downs and plains
of Central Australia through which it flows, seem suffi-
cient to supply the whole world with animal food. The
natives are few and inoffensive ; I happened to surprise
one tribe at a lagoon, who did not seem to be aware that
such strangers were in that country ; our number being
so small, they seemed inclined to follow us. I crossed
the river at the lowest point I reached, in a great south-
ern bend, in lon. 144 deg. 44 sec. E., lat. 24 deg. 14 sec.
S., and from rising ground. beyond the lett bank I
could trace its downward course far to the northward. I
saw no callitris (pine of the colonists) in all that country,
but a range showing sandstone cliffs appeared to the
southward. in longitude about 145 deg:. E., latitude
24 deg. 38 min. S. The country to the northward
of the river iA, upon the whole, the best ; yet, in riding
ninety miles due east, where I crossed the southern bend,
I found plenty of water and excellent grass ; a red gravel
!here approaches the river, throwing it off to the north•
ward. _ . . . -

The discovery of this river, and the country through
which it flows, was more gratifying to me alter having
been disappointed in the courses of so many others. The
Cogoon, the Maranoa, the \Varrego, the SAlvaor, the
Claude, the 11-Iyando, and the Nive, are, nevertheless,
important rivers, and a thorough investigation of the
mountain ranges in which they originate, will enable
me, I trust, to lay before your Excellency such a m-^
of those parts of Australia as may Brent'-'
immediate occupation of +'
throurth

._ -r
_ - --7 i twilit-ate the
--. coniiti-y, and the extension
. ~1 a tniioughfare to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
td Vvhioli the Chita way is thus laid open. With a deep
sense of gratitude to the Almighty, and loyalty to ray
Gracious Soicreigh, I named the river watering the best
portion of the largest island in the world, the Victoria;
and hastened back to my party on the Siilvator. j
reached that camp on the Bth ultimo, having been
absent about a month, found the cattle and horses re-
freshed, and in condition for pursuing our route horn
wards. In nine days we reacbed,ethte.h
ci.er' 8t route
l cattle,
and
been at, during the long
I left Mr. Kennedy with the heavy drays 0.- • P'
•, ihnt th
received the agreeable intelligen:-
good condition
period in which that pariy bad
stationary, the
e men were all well;
natives bad given no trouble
Ishupapd
jestraightened
and the oh' cattle Li
the rir,iip In returning,
Soy
permanent
that ' :
'dent road, well watered b it
is
now a most wave'
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,ITfoAiNtiiOn Friday we paid a visit
to TtbgeGrGeßat4l3ATritnsißn
the operations which ;31 purpose of witnessing her-
previous to
vtoerybi:in floated lc are in progress to raise her
off. The arrangements are
iitnygegenniotgs, but cannot be clearly described
to those who
seen them. On each side of the
machvess el
the
ee calerliivdenroctipko, not
nanumber their end seifn regtsh eesfant
it,
huenrtilintheeny
inclined position. Near the top of of these los is to
be a box or ease filled with sand,two weighing abougt fifty
tons. Upon the top of each lis a sheave of iron in a groove in which runs 4 rope wog hich communicates, with
be box and with the vessel. The boxes are supported
X large chain cables, and their object is to raise the
vessel, for according to the principles of mechanism, as
they sink the ship rises. There are to be twenty of
tbetie boxes, ten on each side of the vessel. Eight of
them are at present in the position intended for them,
and in process of being filledi the rest will soon be com-
pleted. The greater UUmber will be placed towards the
ship';, 4n I', where she is deeper in the sand, nearly to the
depth of tour feet two inches, and fewer towards the
stern, where she is not so deep. Tho ship had been sunk
seven feet, but by means of lightening, that is, pumping
out the wapr and placing stones underneath, she has
been raised to berpresent position. She is now perfectly
water-tight. Mr. Bremner, the eminent engineer, is
constantly on board, superintending the operations. Ad
is expected to be ready tor the final effort by the end of
the next month. A Government steamer is ca,
be present p cted to
on that occasion, leading 12cr aniatancee
Down/4;1HO Recorder.

BthIINGHAM AND OX ti.: : .• N
JUNCTION RAILWAY. 4, ~.., -
The second adjourned special general e 11aaa'‘.;' . , :--; -_
shareholders of this company, ie• the p aft ;'t y. :0
10.
into consideration the conduct and pro''•aliftrig.4l4 1'7:',4
directors with regard to the proposed sali...of the lite-to' r
''.....-1:,
the Great Western Company, was held on Wednesdar - -,',"%
At Dee's Royal Hotel, L,. mingham. It is neerilessF --:":4)--.
to say that the refusal of the House of Lords on 'rittilLY=::::);
night to suspend the standing orders in favour of the
promoters of the Amalgamation Bill has very consider-
ably altered the respective position of the contending
parties. Mr. P. H. Muntz occupied the chair, and, as
usual, Mr. Russell, M.P. (chairman), Mr. Saunders
(secretary), and other officials of the Great Western,
were in attendance.
The first question propounded by Mr. Mozley, the
leader of the dissentient shareholders, was as to whether
or not the directors were prepared to submit any terms
of arrangement to the proprietary. As far as he
(Mr. Mozley) was concerned, he would state that he
had thrown no obstacle in the way of an amicable
settlement of all differences. He believed that the
contention, if continued, would be injurious and disas-
trous, not only to the directors, but to all others inte-
rested in the property of which they (the directors) were
the trustees. He (Mr. Mozley) had to complain that,
although an appointed director, he had no means of be-
coming acquainted excepting almost by force, with the
business of the board of directors. Against the
chairman, however, he had no personal complaint to
make. On the other hand, he believed that if all the
members of that body had taken the same course as their
Hon. Chairman had done, the present position of the
company would have been very different. He (Mr.
Mozley), as director, was ignorant of the stated time of
the meetings of that board, and he was at a loss to know
how it was that a mere section of the directors could
legally carry on the affairs of the company. Every
member was assuredly entitled to be made acquainted
with every particular of the business transacted.
The CHAIRMAN observed that no meetings of the
board of directors had been held.
Mr. MoZLEY—A vast amount of business had been
transacted. He should like to know how it had been
done, and by whom?
The CIIAIRMAN—The directors were called together
when a meeting was necessary, and in the mean time '
a committee—the appointed executive—transacted the
business.

Mr. MOZLEY—There had been a large outlay of
money. Who gave the cheques?
THE CHAIRMAN—The finance committee.
Mr. MOZLEY—Was he to understand that the finance
committee, without the supervision of the board of
directors, transacted the money affairs of the company ?
The CHAIRMAN—The finance committee was appoint-
eilby- the board of directors.

MOZLEY—He had been informed that recently a
gentleman occupying a high position in society had
proposed certain terms of arrangement between parties.
He wished to ask the chairman whether he was aware of
that fact ?

The CHAIRMAN replied, that he had not the slightest
knowledge of the circumstance to which the Eton. Pro-
prietor alluded.

Mr. MozLEY—All he could say was that he believed
their chairman ; but he (Mr. Mozley) had heard such a
statement from authority. Before proceeding to the
immediate business of the day he wished to remark,
that he bad heard that before the time at which the sale
to the Great Western was proposed, other agreements,
although not laid before the shareholders, existed ; and
he and those with whom he acted thought that all such
agreements, being bond fide, shou'd be maintained and
acted upon in good faith. He, therefore, with the hope
and the expressed intention of assisting the directors
in the accomplishment of such objects, begged leave,
preparatory to other business, to propose the following
resolution

" That this meeting, considering the main objects of
the Bill now before Parliament to enable the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company to make
certain alterations in the line of the Birmingham and
Oxford Junction Railway, and to purcht,e tie Stratford-
on- Avon canal navigation, and tor other purposes, to
be consistent with the interests of the shareholders, de-
sires to express its concurrence in the provisions of such
Bill, excepting those which confer power on the Great
'Western Company to subscribe for, or to purchase and
hold shares in this company wider the alleged agree-
ment, to the terms of whicti the shareholders in this
company object, and which enable the Great Western
Railway Company to raise capital for that purpose, and
to vote in respe thereof; of which provisions in the
present state of the matter this meeting cannot approve;
and this meeting, understanding that certain share-
holders have petitioned the House of Lards against such
Bill on standing orders, respectfull3 request those share-
holders not to proceed further with such petition pro-
vided the objectionable provisions before referred to are
withdrawn ; and cloth hereby express the desire of the
shareholders that, subject to the withdrawal of such
provisions, the said Bill should be allowed to proceed
without tamper opposition in Parliament."
?Ir. C. lI.rJoNEs seconded the resolution.
41'he-CIIMAN said he did not see any objection to
the resolutM, but Mr. Mozley must be aware that no no-
tice had appeared of any resolution to that efftct being
brought fore ardlit that meeting. He believed, too, that
such a resolution was. altogether unnecessary, even for
rpes e,s conterverted by its proposers. The House
orLords would require the standing orders to be COM..
p4pd with; but if unopposed, or if the opposition was
withdrawn, it was possible the Bill in question, having
for its object the purchase of the Stratford canal, might
be allowed to go forward.
Mr. MOZLEY observed, that the Chairman must exer—
cise his own discretion. If the resolution was wrong it
would be ineffective; if it was right it would assist, as it
was intended, the directors.

The CHAIRMAN was sure Mr. Mozley would see that
the resolution did not come within the objects contem-
plated or named in the advertisement calling the present
meeting.
Mr. MOZLEY, after some further conversation, with-
drew the resolution, stating that he should bring it for-
ward at the close of the meeting, when ➢ir. Muntz had
left the chair.

The Chairman then, at the request of Mr. Mozley,
banded back his resolution.

The CHAIRMAN intimated that Mr. Mozley could
adopt any course he chose.
Mr. MosLE,/ again expressed his deep regret that the
dissensions which prevailed between the directors and
the shareholders had not been brought to a close. A
fearful responsibility rested upon those by whom it
was continued. He believed that as regarded the con-
struction of this line and its management, an expenditure
had been incurred unparalleled in railway history. He
had again to complain that as a director he had been re..
fused the inspection of certain deeds in the possession of
the board of directors, as trustees of the company--
deeds for which he, as a director, was responsible. He
was bound in justice to state that the Hon. Proprietor
whom he saw opposite (Mr. Russell, the chairman of the
Great Western) had fully admitted the principle for
which he contended, and said that he was fully entitled
to the inspection of the deeds in question. Tho only
way to keep directors under control was to be able to
subject them continuously to the power of general meet-
ings. After some further observations, the Hon. Gen-
tleman concluded by stating that he should move another
adjournment; they had now a meeting, and he wag
anxious that it should not be concluded without giving
the directors an opportunity of submitting the proposi-
tion of some arrangement to the shareholders. He
begged leave to move the following resolution :
" That this meeting be and the same is hereby ad-
journed until Monday, the 12th day of July next, at
one o'clock in the afternoon, at Dee's Royal Hotel, in
Birmingham, when the consideration of all and singular
the matters mentioned and referred to in the requisition
of the 29th day of April last, under which this meeting
is held, will be resumed, if neces,ry."
Mr. TURNER seconded the motion•
Mr. STEVENS and the CHAIRMAN mutually explained
respecting the refusal to allow Mr. Mozley the inspection
of some deeds executed before that gentleman became a
director. The existence of these "subsidiary agree-
ments," it appeared, came out before the Standing Orders
Committee of the House of Lords, and Mr. M, aley, as
a director, demanding an imp, ction of them, he was
refused, unless upon a motion he obtained an order from
the Board of Directors.
Mr. MOZLLY declared this proceedin-
and contrary to all er•"•
many

tztre-c-to---3 and/-u cttht te;:y hdeech:a :de "d' conversed
tWhea trahnes: r°with
never before,hearedolitl.l a dictum laid down. The Eon.
Proprietorper sha next
re i%
call upon the sharel;t leistd
to borrowAllof tohteherdicroemetpoarsniems,akiwnhgena
as paid up, had the power, as they had,
/ and that power they exercised• but, in this
company, a further call was made for the purpose ofis
oppreessisltihßemkAhuaredlitsotlidnecrtsfy
di
oppTrhe.sslvetSsrAhaTztzTvlsders.
fendd the repu ated any wish to
then, at considerable length, de-
fend of the directors, and said, that no
gc*".:!eman would rejoice snore than himself if an ar-
rangement, consistently with the honour and integrity
of the present directors, could be effected, and all differ-
ences between that body and the present shareholders
for ever put an end to. Brushing away all rubbish, there
was no question that the contest was now between the
London and North-Western Company and the Great
Western.—(Cries of " No, no.") He thought the
position of an arrangement ought, however ,to have
Pro-
come from Mr. Mozley and his friends.
Mr. MOSLEY thought that four gentlemen thrown into
a room together without the presence of lawyers would
soon come to an arrangement. All the shareholders
wanted was the best price they could get for their pro-
.perty ; they had no wish to injure the Great Western,
but they were desirous that other companies beside the
Great Western should have the right to run upon the
line.
Mr. Muntz then vacated the chair ; and Mr. Turner
being appointed to succeed him, the first resolution pro-
posed by Mr. Mozley was again proposed by that gen-
tleman, seconded, and carried unanimously.
The meeting then adjourned to the 12th of July.
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T MA"

.RQUIS of LONDONDERRY.—We are grad-
fled to learn that the Noble and Gallant Marquis is re•
covering from the effects of his serious accident on Sunday
last.

T LIE BRITISH LADIES' CLOTHING ASSOCIATION NOM
SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.—HER MAJESTY'S BENEyo
LENCE.—The committee of the above association, which
numbers among its members many ladies connected with
the higher circles of society, in consequence of the low
state of their funds, have recently received i! munificent
donation of 5001. from her Majesty, which greatly
assisted in forwarding the objects of the association.
Lord and Lady Stanley leave town on Saturday
1
next for Knowsley-park, the Earl of Derby's seat in
Lancashire, where the Noble Lord and Lady are to re—
ceive a visit from his Imperial Highness the grand IMO
Constantino co' H.,...i. ~.. ,r.,.....1 ........

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY
SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends 1
and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and
to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &C.,
take place every TUESDAY and FuIDAT, at One o'clock, at the
Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, cont.ining instructions (with a reference), are raspectfhllY
requested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
Sorwarded by the lint post after the sale, and the proceeds imme-
diately disposed of according to instrections.
Offices. Hall of Commerce.

:.London.

HER ILAJESTY'S TILLATRE.
TO-MORROW Evening, Saturday, July 3, will be performed
Belltal's opera

LA SONNAMB-CrLA,
Amine, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame Solari ; Count Rodolph
!Signor F. Lablache • and Elvin, Signor Gardoni.
To conclude with various Entertainments in the BALLET DE-
PA.RTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi,
Wine. Rosati, Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon.
The free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted.
Tile Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Publie, are re-
spectfully informed, that there will be a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT
on TtiLItSDAY NEXT, July 8, 18i7, when Mdlle. Jenny Lind will
appear in one of her favourite characters.
To be followed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart-
ment, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. C. Rosati,
Mdme. P. Stephan, Mdlles. Cassan, Honore, James, Julien, Lame-
and C. Gristrenz, , M. Perrot find M. St Leon

TELATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of
THIS Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
EVENING
(For the Benefit of Mrs. Glover.)
will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE
CHASE, Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr.
Howe ; Widow Green. Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Nisbett.
After which Mr. John Parry will sing his New Song, THE
LONDON SEASON.
To be followed by POPPING THE QUESTION. Mr. Primrose,
Mr. Farrell; Miss Blinn, Mrs. Glover; Ellen Murray, Miss Teibin ;
Miss Winterblossom, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Bobbin, Mrs. Humby.
To conclude with the new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE.
Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ;
Lady Somerford, Miss Fortescue.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Will ba produced a new and original comedy, in three acts, called
THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert,
Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith,
Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E.
Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c.
After which The MAGYAR MULATSAG ; or, Hungarian Fetes.
By the celebrated Hungarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru-
mental Vocalists.
After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled
FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans-
sougi, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Montereau,
Madams Celeste; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin.
To be followed by the Opera Butte Sketch, called JENNY LIND.
Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert,
Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
(Summer
THIS Season—Lyce ING um Company.)
EVEN.
Will be presented a burletta, entitled THE WATER WITCHES.
Principal characters by 3leadames Villars, Dickinson, Daly, Arden,
Messrs. Oxberry, Vining, Btc.
To be followed by A MODEL OF A. WIFE, in which Mr. Wigan,
and Mr. Emery will appear.
After which a new grand Ballet, entitled THE CONTRA-
BANDIST, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers, Sig. Mariano
Camprubi, Sig. Juan Alemany, and Signora Dolores Serral, from
Milan, Berlin, Paris, /c.c., will appear, aided by Miss Massall, Mdlle.
Blonce, and a numeronsUorps de Ballet.
To conclude with THE CREOLE ; or, Love's Fetters.

FRENCH PLAYS.—MDLLE. RACHEL.
Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce, that the EN-
GAGEMENT of the eminent Tragiclienne, Mdlle RACHEL, will be
commenced on MONDAY EVENING, July 5. The first Six Repre-
sentations will he arranged in the following order :
Monday, July 5. .. • • ......• Les Horaces.
Wednesday, July 7.• • • • ... . ..... Marie Stuart.
Friday, July 9.• • • • • • • • • Tancred.
Monday, July 12 • • • . • • • • • Polyeucte.
Wednesday, July 14. • • • • • • BrititIMICUS.
Jeanne d'Arc.
Friday, July 16... • • • • • • •
M. Raphael Felix (brother of Mdlle Rachel, and of the Theatre
Fr:unitise), M. Brevanne and M. Marius (also of the Theatre Fran-
vase), and Mdlle. Rabist (late of the Theatre Francais, now of the
Theatre Royal, Berlin) are engaged to assist in these representa-
tions.
Subscriptions for the Six Performances may be arranged at Mr.
Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and the present subscribers
to boxes or stalls who may be desirous of continuing them during
Rachel's engagement are respectfully solicited to intimate their
wish, on or before the Ist July, after which date they will be other-
wise appropriated.
St. James's Theatre, June 21, 1847.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
The last appearance but One of the celebrated Actor Monsieur
BOUFFE.
THIS EVE MING
Will be pre-iented LES DEMOISELLE A MARIEft on, La
Premiere Eutrevue. 21. Dumenil, 31. Dorgebret ; Camille, Mdlle.
Duverger.
After which the popular comedy, in two acts, entitled LE CHE-
VALIER DE GRIGNON. Nogent, M. Bouffe ; Le Due Arthur tie
Morangy, Ithozevil ;La Baronne de Shaffenbourg, Madame
Grassan ; Cecile, Mdlle. Duverger.
To conclude with LE G kMIN DE PARIS. Joseph, M. Bouffe ;
Amede, 31. Rhozevil ; Eliza, Mdlle. Vallee.
The performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre-
cisely.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox. sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING.
Will be presented a comic drama, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH.
Arthur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews; Count Theodore, Mr. Vining :
Princess Blanehe, Madame Vestris.
To be followed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr, C

Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.

Admittance, One Shilling.

BAROMETER, 30.34.—Wmp N.E.; fine.

,-.THIOPIANS' FAREWELL, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS will give their
LAST PERFORMANCE, TO-MOREOW Evening, Saturday, July
3. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Prior to their Departure for
America, on July 4th. On which occasion they will appear fort e
first time in white faces.
Between the parts the Juvenile "Fairy Minstrels," the TURNER
FAMILY, who bad the distinguished honour of performing before
her Majesty on Saturday last, will perform some of their most popu-
lar airs on the harp and violin.
Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

Mathews.
After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY.
Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr Granby ;
Quackit, Mr. C. Mathews; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. Bottleby,
Mrs. Fosbroke ; Mary, Miss Marshall.
To conclude with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !"
Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James
Viking Matilda, Miss Cooper.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty.
Cruder the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert. and the
Royal FAmily.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the
historical events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged from
the original text of Brineley Sheridan's play of " Pizarro." entitled
THE STORMING OF QUITO; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla,
Dlr. W. West.
The extraordinary equestrian performances of La Petite Davidson
and the New ,cenes of the Circle, with the whole of the Entertain-
ments, having been attended with the most complete success, will be
repeated every evening.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee.
in consequence of the success attending the Eminent English
Vocalists, they have been re-engaged for Twelve-Nights more, and
will appear in " M ama," as played at Drury Lane 100 nights.
THIS EVENING

will be presented the opera of MARITANA. Charles the Second,
Mr. McMahon ; Don Caesar, Mr. Harrison; Don Jose, Mr. Stretton ;
unmans, Miss Rainforth ; Lazarillo. Miss Isaacs.
To conclude with a drama, in three acts, and a Prologue, of the
most extraordinary and novel interest, entitled The RAG-PICKER
of PARIS and the DRESS-MAKER of ST. ANTOINE. Jean,
fir' Perre
A Garouse, Mr. Neville ; M. Brrille, Mr. Frede-
Webb
ricks ; Count St. ntoine, Mr. Tindell ; Marie Dieddier, Mil. Henry
; Marie Hoffman,Vining

ROYAL VICTORIA
ING THEATRE.
THIS EVEN
be performed, THE SAUCY LASS ; or, the Log of a British
Tar. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Serie, Bird, Gardner ;
Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, Miss Burroughcliffe, &c.
After which the Fourth and Fifth Acts of MACBETH. Macbeth,
Mr. Bantum Rolt.
To conclade with The KNIGHT CRUSADER ; or, the Deformed
of the Draehenfells
Boxes, is.

BY PARTICULAR DESIRE, JUVENILE DAY FETE.
Extraordinary and novel attraction—the Siege of Gibraltar by
Daylight.
ROY ILL SURREY ZOOLOGLICA L GA DENS.RNS
distin-
THIS DAY, Friday, July 2, at the suggestion y
guished Naval and Military Officers, the Proprietor has resolved to
present the novel feature of the
SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR BY DAYLIGHT.
It will present features more extraordinary, if possible, than the
Evening Representation. Of course, it need not be observed that
such occurrences seldom take place at midnight ; so far the vraisem-
blame will be more perfect, and the various aspects of a Sea Fight,
the Wrecks after the Bombardment and the Explosions of the Ships,
the Rocks and Town emerging from the smoke, will present a tout
ensemble never before witnessed.
M.JULLIEN'S BAND will be distributed in the Fortress and
ships, and, by appropriate music and cheers, increase the excitement
and grandeur of the representation.
Preceding the Pyrotechnic display M. Jullien, and his unrivalled
and of one hundred Performers, will perform a Selection of Music
by native and foreign composers.
The Daylight View of the TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR,
the
splendid Menagerie, the Porcelain Tower of Nankin, with all
the other attractions of the Gardens as usual.
Feeding of the Carnivore at Half-past Three, Concert at Four,
Siege of Gibraltar at Six.

IHE WEATELER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 1.
razamoNETz/t, Lowest, 53; Highest. 68 ; Noon, 64,