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Divided into series of shares of 201. each.
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PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION.
(Proyisionally Registered.)

COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT.

Capital, 20,0007. in 10,000 Shares of 27. each. Deposit, 11. per Share

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on complete registration.
No further call will be made without three months' preTiois
notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
subscribed for. _ _

The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exaitsively used In
theolllces of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the .Royal.
‘...lasohange-balldings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap-
%roved by
The Most Noble the Marquis of .NORTII4MPTON, Presideit of the

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Royal Society.
The Right lion. Earl DS GRIST, K.G.. President of the Royal la-

3titure of British Architects.
Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Assents-
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tier for the .A.dvanoement of Science.
The Right Rev. the Lerd Bish•p`The Bight Rev. the Lord Bishop

of Norwich j of Lichfield
The Bight llon. the Earl of Lei-IThe Most Noble the Martinis of

caster Bristol
Th eLerd Rendlesham, M.P. ,The lion. and Rev. Thomas R.
The Right ROY. the Lord Bishop. Keppel

of Gloucester and Bristol ,The Hen. Fred. Byng
1 Hon. and Rev. Edward S.' The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
Reppel hum, Bart.
The Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart.
mintier, Dr. Buekland
Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir; Sir Francis Darwin
ley The Norwich Union Fire Office
Sir John P. Boileau, Bart. The Gaffolk Fire Office
Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. ,The District Fire Office of Bir-
Dr. Outram, F.R.5.,F.G.5., In-' mingham
specter of Naval lovpitals ;The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Right Hon. Earl Fitaharclinge Office
Ills Grace the Dnke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby-
Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., 3f.P, shire Fire Office
Right Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, The West of England Fire Office,
M.P. Sze.
W. Miles, Esq., M.P.
The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use of
Climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85,
are continually resorted to. This breech of the law is acqaiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the atter im-
possibility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge-
Mous and effective Ramoneur machine has been invented. This
Invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
treating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head or broach are supplied at intervals with
universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle
and the whole is surmounted with a doable revolving ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used ha the Government and
aumemus public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Eat., 39, Jermyn-street, St.
James's; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechnrch-street; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shares may be addressed.

fAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, which roll tke water upwards, without
oither friction or faltering, therefore can never be eurpitaked ; consew
qaently this is the most important discovery ever made ter the pro-
seryatiol of life and property either at Sea or Olt Laud.

AT SEA
numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains grateflilly ac-
knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall
suffice : _ .

" Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain
Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of
saying the ship and 230 souls on board, two seams in the bottom
being partly left without calking."
" The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out
at sea, and soon after her common pump chocked and became use-
less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun-
tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac-
tion without a minute's respite, when all arrlyod safely in London,
with a thank God for the Fountain Pump."

ON LAND
the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a
fire brigade. They act instantaneously at the oitbreak of a fire.
" We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to so-
ciety."—Editors Liverpool Mail.
The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of
Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on
fire in aid near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly,
including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
eleven, Messrs. Horton's dyery, and 12,000/. worth of consigned pro-
perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehouses, just is time to prevent a large quantity of gun-
powder therein from exploding, which mast kave spread around de-
struction and death.
" North Walsham.—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great
service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half
the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfelk Chro-
nicle, August 22, 1846.
At a Norwich fire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were
the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they
will do the work, which proved true. The four large engines present
proved useless.
Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo-
spheres.
Now the feet is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps,
Lift Pumps, and Ckain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and
scrape the water upwards by frletion, which wastes two-fifths of the
power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young
and Hutton, with many other eminent experimenters. lamented
thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom
exceeis half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and
leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had,
tried in vain fbr two thousand years to abate these palpable defects
in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and
won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by
the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from
twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with-
out more outlay.
Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 41 seconcis,;but
some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric-
tion Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can
raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun-
tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most
extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni-
versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power.
John Clenton Roberts, Esq., its his popular work, No. 1,110, did
well in placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good
deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump-
maker, Mr. [laddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the
two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull
and Paddy in No. 1,183, and in No. 496, Book-maker Millington's
remarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk-
beck, Aberdour, Ilay, Parkington, with many other discerning men,
after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the
rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain-
able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve-
ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two
thousand years—the greatest advancement la the useful arts is
modern times.

The Consansmation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out
for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 &et altitude,
for man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per
stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair
trial at copmetitiox ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed
at less cost than common pumps.

W. SIIALDEItS.

Fountain Pamp Works, Norwich, Nov. 30, 1847.
See Mechanic's Magazine, Nos. 231*, 364, 383, 429, 430, 433,
482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 519, 510, 525, .533, 658+
727, 814, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. Neu. illustrated are marked thus*

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THE NEW NOVEL, "ANGELA," by the author of
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Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order
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and its true source In every instance disclosed, in how many could
itbe traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap-
pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when
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application by post. References or cash is expected with
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Bell's Life in London, of Sunday, Feb 20, contain-
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affair, has been reprinted, and copies can be had at
Bell's Life office all this week. Bells Life is regularly
published in time for the Saturday afternoon railways.
The sale of Bell's Life exceeds 27,000
CONTENTS OF YESTERDAY'S " OBSERVER," FEB.
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Birmingham and Oxford, at Dee's Hotel, on Saturday,
a column and a half—East Indian Railway Meeting at
the London Tavern, on Saturday, a column—Bucking-
hamshire and other Railway Intelligence, over a column
—The Gas Question, No. 3, Marylebone, near a column
—Monetary City matters, two columns and a half—Dr.
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bishop's Funeral, together over two folio colums—A
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with Monday's Markets, best adapted for the Country
and Abroad, every Monday afternoon, at four o'clock.
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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND.
YORK, FEB. 21.—This day the half-yearly meeting of
this company was held in the De Grey Rooms; Mr.
Iludson, M.P., in the chair. The attendance of share-
holders was numerous.

After the preliminary business,
Mr. GRAY, the secretary, read the following report:-
" The directors, in laying before the proprietors the
statement of the accounts of the company for the half •
year, ending the 31st of December, 1847, have to report
that the receipts on the traffic account for passengers,
parcels, and mails amount to 126,9461. 3s. 3d.; for mer-
chandise, cattle, &c., 106,9011. 19s. 5d.; and for rents
and staithe dues, 151/. is. 4d.; total, 233,9991. 4s. The
expenses of working the line during the same period are
69,298/. 17s. 7d.; and the interest on debentures,
18.653/. 4a. 4d.; the clear profits of the half. year de-
rived from traffic being 147,765/. 1 la. 2d.
" The directors recommend that a dividend be de-
clared after the rate of ten per cent. per annum on the
consolidated stock of the company, and after the same
rate 101. per share of the East and \Vest Riding shares,
being the amount which was paid up on those shares
previous to the 30th of June last-deducting income-
tax; the total amount of this dividend will be 113,9311.
13s. 6d., the payment of which, together with the half
year's rent of the Hull and Selby and Bridlington lines,
due on the Ist of February last, will leave a balance of
8811. 155.:9d., which, being added to the sum of 16,0001.,
the proceeds of the sale of a portion of the East and
West Riding shares, which were placed at the disposal
of the diredadtp, leaves a gross surplus of 16,8.811.153.9 d.
to the credit of the company.
" The Harrogate line was opened as far as Spofforth
en the 10th of August. The line between File), and
Bridlington was opened on the 20th of October ; and
from York to Market Weighton on the 4th of Oct.; and
the directors expect to open the line from Selby to
Market Weighton and the new station at Hull, with the
branches leading tlaareka in April next, and the remain-
der of the; Harrogate aline in May next. The•greater
part of the works on all these lines has been already
executed, and the statons at Hull and Harrogate are
approaching completion.
" The directors add the following detaila of the traffic
for the half-year :-
"Passengersafirst class, 105,815; second class, 241,443;
third class, 319,713; Government class, 160,094; total,
827,065. Horses, 3,431 ; carriages, 1,172. Merchana
dize-Goods and grain, 396,627 tons; coal, 115,503 ;
coke, 79,955; lime, &c., 13,682; cattle, 15,332; sheep,
64,055; pigs, 6,001.
" The cash statement was suspended. The capital
account showed the receipts prior to July, 1847, to have
been 2,891,6541. ss. 6d. During the half year there has
teen received on account of shares 388,932/. Is., and on
debentures, 134,6781. ; debentures to the amount of
22,000/. have been paid ofl, leaving the net receipts of
the half-year at 501,610/.. Is.; the sum of 300,0001 has
been borrowed from the 6 per cent. guaranteed stock, and
a balance is owing of 106,032/. 15s. 6d. The payments
prior to July, 1847, amount to 3,196,869/. 10s. Bd.;
during the half year there has been expended in works
and stations, 340,0741. 19s. 3d.; sleepers, 38,823/. 15s.
7d.; land and conveyance, 54,4981. 14s. 9d.; iron rails
and chairs, 58,612/. 13s. 9d.; engines, carriages, wag-
gons, &e., &c., 41,5941. 7s. 11d.; Parliamentary ex-
penses 5,0301.; engineering, 7,0001.; advance to Hull
and Selby Company, 55,917/. 4s. 10d.; miscellaneous and
printing, 875/. 15s. id.; total payment in half year,
602,427/. lls. 4d." _ _

The seal of the company was then affixed to the regis-
try of shareholders.
The CHAIRMAN then rose to move the adoption of the
report. He said, he congratulated them u.pon the fact
that he had not to meet them with a diminished divi-
dend; but although that was not the case this time he
would not conceal the fact that ere long, as increased
capital had to be paid upon, there must be a diminished
dividend. But that was a question of traffic. If trade
revived and the means of the people increased, then the
company would be benefited by increased traffic. With
respect to the East and West Riding shares, he proposed
that they should pay on another 5k capital next half-
year, on another W. on succeeding half-year, and on the
further 5Z on the third half-year. He observed that the
interest on these shares had not been paid out of capital,
although their Act permitted them to do so. With
reference to their future traffic, he observed that during
the past half-year they had averaged 8,0001., and he an-
ticipated that next year they would realise an average of
10,0001. per week. He was hlppy to say that this com-
pany had resisted a reduction of fares before Par-
liament, and possessed the sam3 tariff as when first
incorporated. They had not dipped into capital for
working their railway ; no amalgamation of this com-
pany was anticipated with the York awl Newcastle
Company. He stated these facts in contru'iction to re-
ports made elsewhere. He commented <ii the great
increase of traffic to result from their branches when
they came into full working order, and lopked forward
to the day when they would realise 10 per cent. on all
their capital. The company would not-have to go to
Parliament this session for any Bill, and he believed
their property was as secure as any property could be.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. Moon asked some questions ; hat
Mr. RAND objected to such questions being pressed
during negotiations which are pending respecting the
lease of the Hull and Selby, in which the Manchester
and Leeds have an interest.
The CHAIRMAN entered into some further details, from
which it appeared that he expected they had ample capi-
tal to meet all their expenses in the execution of their
branches.
Mr. BROUGH recommended that the East and West
Riding shares should participate sooner in full dividend.
The CUAIOMAN promised to consider the suggestion
before next meeting.
The resolution declaring the dividend, as recommended
report,teconsolidated stock, and 10,,. per share on
namely, at the rate of 10 per cent. per
n and West Riding shares, less income-tax, was
annumthenin
t Eh e:t o has
rried.
Sir J. Simpson and Mr. R. Nicholson, two directors,
were re-elected.
• A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the
business of the meeting.

YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK.
At the close of the former meeting the business of
this company was proceeded with ; Mr. Hudson also in
the chair.
Mr. Close, the secretary, read the following report:-
"The directors be; to present to the proprietors the
usual statement of the capital and revenue accounts for
b1e235.18s td
nDfeacveofue
favour of
ltabset,shoei
companyn
account,g
after deducting working
toahnbe
balance
fe•reyeTevafe rn2ule6,7 endingl4lt.
ex-
penses and interest.
e The directors recommend that a dividend be de-
clared at the rate of 9 per cent, per annum upon the
consolidated stock of the company, and upon 101. per
share of the York and Newcastle Extension shares (No.
1.); and that a dividend at the same rate be paid upon
lee, per share of the original Newcastle and Berwick and
North Shields purchase shares respectively, and at the
rate of 5 per cent, on the remaining 10/. per share of the
North Shields shares. After the payment of these seve-
ral dividends and the half-year's rent of the Great North
of England Railway, a surplus of 45,8331. 13s. 10d., will
remain to the credit of the company.
e The traffic for the past half-year appears to :the
directors to have been most satisfactory, and as there
will be no addition to the rent now payable to the Great
North of England Company for the next eighteen
months, and as a large increase of traffic may be con&
dently expected on the completion of the bridges across
the Tyne and Tweed, and of the different branches yet
unopened, the directors regard the future prospects of
the company as of the most encouraging character.
The directors propose to commence forthwith the
construction of the docks at Jarrow Slake, for which an
Act was obtained last session. These docks, when com-
pleted, will form an important addition to the facilities
which the company now possess for shipment of coals
and other merchandise, and cannot fail to prove highly
advantageous.
" During the lath monetary crisis tho directors have
best an
to forward
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the completion of the bridges over the Tyne and Tweed,
and have proceeded with' the Bedale and Kelso branches
as they obtained possession of the land. The Bedale
branch will be opened for traffic on the Ist of March
next.
to Parliament this ses-
sioninogf the branch line between
a large sum will be saved
e They are also applying for power to lease the Har-
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tlepool Dock and Railway, and to make a line of rail- - _
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in the county of 'Durham. The new Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey ar-
"l he directors add the following details of traffic:- rived in that island on Friday last, and was immediately
fr from
branches
Durham, e
Passengers, first class, 135,518 ; second c1a55;549,438; sworn into office.
third class, 944,431 ; Government class, 88,549-total, ANOTHER SUICIDE IN THE MILLBANN. PRISON.-
1,718,436. Horses, 2,092 ; carriages, 1,002; dogs An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Bedford, in
3,171; cattle, 13,631; sheep, 37,288; pigs, 2,663; goods the Millbank Prison, on the body of Patrick Morgan,
139,121 tons ; minerals, 1,245,067 tons, aged 28, a prisoner under a sentence of 15 years' trans-
" The cash statement presented the following results: portation for robbery, with violence. Edward Batson,
-The amount received on capital account prior to July, a warder, said he had charge of the deceased, and ob-
-1847, was 3,368,1031. is. 2d.; received on shares during served him to be of cheerful disposition. He left him
the half year, 717,392/. 10s. ; and on debentures, . in his cell on Saturday evening, and the next morning
33,310/, los. ; debentures paid off, 188,5201. ; leaving found him hanging by the ropes of his hammock to a
the net receipts on the half-year, 562,181/. 10s. ; loan peg on which his towels were hung. Deceased was
from the Great North of England purchase account, quite dead. Two of the prisoners confined in the same
350,0001. ; balance due to barkers, 186,2401. lOs. ; total, gallery as the deceased, said that he gave away unknown
4,466 5261. Is. 2d. The amount expended to June 30, to the warders, the best part of his food, and would cry
1847, was 3,683,1021. 85.5 d, ; the further charges during like a child. They thought him out of his mind, but
the half-year have been-in Parliamentary expenses, never told the warders so. The jury having returned a
9,676/. 13s. 3d. ; engineering, 3,006/. 16s. 7d. ; tenant- verdict of " Temporary insanity," Captain Groves, the
right,
4s. 7d.; works of roads, stations, &c.; 398,007/. ss. 10d.; the warders had received strict orders to give instant
conveyance, 40,790/. governor, said that since the last suicide in the prison
iron rails
andchairs,s •10,3071.0,13a0n7d1. :ids.
4,1
sleepers, 8,300/. notice of anything strange .they might remark in the
ss. 3d.; Wearmouth Dock, 32,938/. 135.; advertising and conduct of a prisoner.
printing, 918/. 2s. ; miscellaneous disbursements, 1,173/. DEATHS IN GLASGOW IN 1847.-The mortality
18s. 8d ; Poutop and South Shields Reilway, 25,000/. ; tables for Glasgow for the year ending December 31,
electric telegraph, 14,807/. ; interest to shareholders, 1847, have just been prepared. The number of deaths
14,107/. 14s. Id. ; stock, including on,,,,,hics, carriages,
is 18,886, being a total quite unprecedented in the an-
; making total payments nals of the city, and exhibiting an increase over 1846 of
ofn an-
and waggons,alrer, 2
83:,
The traffic account 7,250 deaths. The proportion of deaths far exceeds the
ae17914e283/1.. 9s
125..
9.d.
shoe ed a balance from last half-year of 29,888/. 19s. Id. cholera year. The great mortality has arisen from the
The receipts for passengers, carriages, parcels, and frightful immigration of diseased Irish, from whom fever
mails, 163,477/. 6s. 6d. ; goods, 41,794/. ss. 9d. ; coal, has spread throughout the community. Upwards of
108,7151.45.; catt1e,3,852/. 15s. 9d.; rent 5,3,7381. es. DM.; 7,000 bodies have been buried at the public expense
L demurrage, 9864 105. 9d. ; total, 352,4534 1 le. ticl. Who during the year.

The accounts to the 31st of December, showed 'that
60,6241. had been received, and 41,6231. expended, leav-
ing a balance of 19,001/.
The CHAIRMAN said that, owing to the late severe
pressure in the money market, they thought it more
prudent not to proceed with the works; although there
were some proprietors who would have been glad to pay
up their calls and receive 5 per cent. interest, yet there
were many others to whom it would have been extremely
inconvenient. The directors therefore thought the
better course was to delay active operations. It was
reasonable, also, that they should have some considera-
tion for the Great Northern Company, as well as for
themselves, because the line would have been but of
little value to them if it was opened before they were
ready to work it. Thero was an impression in the Stock
Exchange, and elsewhere, that the six per cent. guarantee
would come into operation on the Ist of July next,
whether the line was finished or not. The Act of Par-
liament provided that it would not come into operation
until the line was opened, which would probably be
eight or nine months later than was anticipated—some
time in the spring of 1849. In conclusion he moved the
adoption of the report.
A PROPRIETOR understood that the date mentioned
was definitively specified in the agreement with the
Great Northern Company, whether the line was finished
or not. _ _

The CHAIRMAN said, that the Act of last session was
so worded that it overruled that part of the agreement.
Resolutions were passed adopting the report, reducing
the number of directors to nine, reelecting Captain
Laws, reducing the amount of remuneration to the
directors and auditors in accordance with the report, and
electing Mr. F. A. Paull to be one of the auditors.
The CHAIRMAN remarked, that although there ap-
peared no charge in the accounts for Parliamentary
expenses during the past half year, there was an out-
standing account against them for the expenses of three
bills, which he believed were very considerable. He was
happy to say, however, that they had no Parliamentary
business this session. It was probable that they would
not make a call for six months.
Thanks were voted to the chairman and directors, and
the meeting separated.