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N°. 18,376.]

SALES BY AUCTION.

The im,ortant and beautifal ESTATE of HARPSDEN COURT, in
OXFORDSHIRE, with its capital Mansien, Manors, and valuable
Farms, comprising above 1,450 Acres, only One Mile from tke
Town of Henley, overlooking the Thames and its rich and splendid
scenery, within sot miles of Reading.
ESSRS. DANIEL SMITII and SON are
commissioned by the Devisees in Trust to SE I,L by AUC-
TION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, Augest 26, at Twelve.
The above very choice and valuable FREEHOLD DOMAIN and
RESIDENCE, delightfully si uated in tee Most beautiful part
of Oxfordshire, about one mile from Henley, upon the road to
Shiplake and Reading, on the borders of Berks and Bucks,
together with the Manors of Harpsden and Boiney. The fine
old family sea': of Harpsden Court stands upon the rising ground,
close to the church, about midway between the river and the hills,
surrounded by beautifully undulated and su,erbly timbered groun ,s,
whit h by a short diversion of the roads and remova of some farm-
buildings. taring in the ro ,kery, Court Farm, orchard, and the great
wood, might he easily formed into a fine and delightful park, com-
manding a vast extent of picturesque shaded drives and walks, and
magnificent views over the river and of its bold romantic wooded
banks. The domain is divided into several capital farms, with supe-
rior homestea Is, let to most high'y resnectable tenants ; the greater
part is very superior sound turnip and barley land, with some excel-
lent meadows. The estate is finely timbered, and interspersed with
woodlands full of thriving beech and oak, and forming good pre-
serves for game, and remarkably bold and pic;ure que features of the'
estate; and being near hounds and a magnificent river, it combines
the advantages of a favourite and choice neighbourhood for residence,
with all kinds of sport, and a superior landed investment.
The Estate can only be viewed by an order, which may be had
at their Offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; or of Messrs. Thomp-
son, Debenham and Brown, Solicitors, Salters' Hall, St. Swithiu's- I
lane ; and of Messrs. Graham and Son, Solicitors, Abingdon.

MONMOUTHSHIRE.
Valuable small FREEHOLD LANDED ESTATES.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, August
26, at Twelve, by order of the Executors and Trustees of the Will of
the late Michael tirayhurst,
Two v .Ittabte FREEHOLD ES PATES, called the GRANGE ES-
TATE, and the R tiOUSE FARM , the former containing about
214 acres, and the latter about 121 acres ; situate in the parishes of
Llanvihangel Yestern Llewerne, Llanyatock Vibonavel, Skenfritb,
Pet rose, and Tregare, in the county of Monmouth, about midway
between Monmouth and Abergavenny. The Estates cot sist of two
Farm Residences and Farm-buildings, surrounded by capital Arable,
Meadow, Pasture and Wool Land, beautifully stuide I with orna-
mental and thriving timber. The Grange House is well adapted for
the recet,tion of a genteel family.
Particulars may be obtained of Mr. Charles Lever, Solicitor, 1,
Frederick's-plate, (tld Jewry; of Messrs. Abbott and Wheatley, 22,
Southampton•buildiogs, Chancery-lane; of Mr. White, of Lindors,
near Coleford; or of the Auctioneers, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

Valuable FARMS, detached Portions of LAND, and near the in-
creasing' town of Leighton Buzzard, let to very responsible and

re.nectabie Tenants.
MESSRS. DANIEL, SMITH and SON will
SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, in SEPTEMBER next,
in Lots, offering most eligible investment, and desirable occupations,
the following FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATES :—viz.,
BILLINGTON MANOR FARM, in the occupation Of Mr. William
Olney; comprising about 170 acres of superior meadow and
arable land; CLIPSTONE FAR A, in the hamlet of Egginton, in
the occupation of Mr. William 1 ickering, containing abuut 85
acres ; and MILE TREE WAY FARM, upon the road to Brickhill
and Dunstable, comprising about 109 acres, in the occupation of
Mr. George Turney; also, about 40 acres of land at Sheoley-hill.
These valuable farms all lie within about one and two miles south-
ward and eastward of the town of Leighton, upon capital roads.
There are re• pectable houses and convenient homesteads upon the
Billington and Clipstone Farms, and farm buildings upon the .Mile
Tree Way Farm; and on all are inviting spots for building, having
good aspects and a great extent of rich and varied scenery, embracing
the Dunstable downs and Aston hills. Also a valuable close of
Meadow Land, within three-quarters of a mile of the town of Hock-
life, near the Grange, the beautiful seat of Colonel Gilpin, aid offer-
ing a fine site for a hunting seat, being near Baron Rothschild's
hounds.
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Particulars and Plans are preparing, and may shortly be had at the
Inns at Dunstable and llockliffe ; of Messrs. Flint and Son, auc-
tioneers, &c., Leighton ; of Messrs. Young, Vallings, and Young, soli-
citors, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry ; at the Auction .vlart , and of
Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, king agents, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall,
Loudon, who are authorised to receive offers by private treaty.

BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL
HIPPODROME, Kensington.

OPEN DAILY.

Unprecedented success has attended this Establishment, which
has become the most popular and fashionable entertainment in
London, _ . _

The Performances will embrace the whole of the well-known ta-
le' tof the Equestrian Corps. The principal features will be the
Chariot Races, with other scenes, on a scale of novelty and grandeur
never before introduced to the British public.
Doors open at Five. Performance to commence precisely at Six.
Private Boxes - • - - -£1 Is. Od.
Admission to the Reserved Seats - 3s. Od.
First-class do.
Second do.
Third do.

C REM GRN E.—Admission, One Shilling ;
Children, Half-price.
Last Week of Deulin's Ballet, The Star of Beauty.
Re-engagement of Franconi's Equestrian Troupe.
The Four o'clock Performance is free from any charge.
THIS DAY—A Grand Balloon Ascent by the celebrated Spanish
Aeronaut, Giuseppe Lunardiiii, in the Royal Cremorne Balloon. at
seven o'clock. Ladies or Gentlemen wishing to accompany him
may apply to the Treasurer.
TO-MOKROW—Night Balloon Ascent with Fireworks.
At Four o'clock in the Afternoon, and halt-past Eight Evening,
Franconi's celebrated Equ strian Troupe, front I e t irque National
de France, no charge made for the Four o'clock performance.
M. Bosisto, the celebrated composer of da ,sing music, con-
ducts the great Cremorne Band, and will execute all the
music which he composed and conducted at her Majesty's
Ball at Buckingham Palace. Exhaustless entertainments daily, in-
cluding the BOSieSIMIIIB or Bush People, Deulin's Ballet the Star of
Beauty, the Ethiopian Serenaders, the rb üble-sighted Youth,
`.; ant ell o's Egg-hatching, the Bowling Saloon, &c. Do,u*s open at
half-past Two, adniis•ioa Is.. Children half-price. The IF tel affords
every accommodation for private and public dinner and su per par-
tie. Steam-boats and omnibuses nightly after the entertainments,
the transit being superintended by Directors. Fare, 4d. by Boat,
and 6d. by Omnibus.
On Sunday the Gardens are open in the afternoon for refreshment,
admission by refreshment card 6d. Table d'llete at Four and six
,'clock, 2s. Gd.

WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE NEXT MONTH.
DR.KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
315, Oxford-street (Sixteen Doors West of Regent-circus),
will cnly remain open until the above time, in consequence of his
term of tenancy having expired. Open oaily from Ten till Ten, and
explanations given every hour by an En-dish Medical Gentleman.
Admission—One Shilling.
Dr. Kahn continues to execute orders for Anatomical and Path°.
lnical Wax Models on reasonable terms.

"{YAM and CO.'S SUMMER CLOTHING.
The difficulty of securing an exact fit from a stock of ready-
made clothing is often a cause of complaint with the publ c, arising
from the want of a sufficient variety of sizes. Every obstacle,
however, in this respect, is entirely removed by HY AM and CO.,
whose Stock of Clothing for immediate wear is so varied in size and
make, as to ensure a perfect adaptation to personal peculiarities.
It is not the practice of YAM and CO. to retain the stale stock of
past seasons (as is often the case), a practice which is rendered im-
possibo, fr,,m the c•rcumstanee of the enormous sales which the
articles of lIYAM and CO. continually command. The best, the
most extensive, and the cheapest assortment! of Gentlemen's
and Youth's Dress is, beyond question, that of lIYAM and CO.
Where a person, through limited means, was obliged to ei•nlne him-
self to one suit, he can now assume two suits a season ; and if any
doubt of this assertion be at ali en ertuined, an inspection and com-
parison of prices will at once remove it. For extent, variety, no-
velty, quality, and cheapness, the Sale Department of EXAM and
CO. is pre-ominently superior to any and every other establishment
in the trade.

Pi:serve !—HYAM and Co., Tailors, Clothiers, and Manufacturers.
West-end Establishment, London .... •...86, Oxford-street.
City Establishment. London .... • .36, Gracechurch-street.
Provincial Establishments.
Manchester —26, Market-street, Hull-17, Market-place.
Manchester-63, King-street. Bristol —42, 42, Wine-street.
Liverpool-63 84 65, Lord-street. Glasgow-48, Argyll-street.
Birmingham-23, New-street. Dublin-30, Dame-street.
Leeds-0,
Brjggate.
Observe.—,-, 0
v business transacte
turday, until the Evening.

at these Establishments on Sa-

mann, 39, cornhill ; or direct from the author
DR.. CULVERWELL'S NEW
147, Fleet-ostrbeee th;ad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row Carvalho;RKB:
prase One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time."
Comma's :—Early Rising—Spriag and Summer Mornings—xi.
=lions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hill.,
Forasts, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
reps and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening., at Home
—Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking,
SieePing, Bathing , Air,
teat, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.
IL
FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOLTNTATNS. Two Vols.

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Vol I.
I VISIT TO TUE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDI2OIOIIOII,

Vol.
TECC LAKE& 07 KILLARNEY; REMINISCHNOLA 07
DUELLN, &c.
111.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
"That three score years and ten oar course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
ionsly-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
bitters old ago, with tables and riles for the diet and physical regu-
ation of every-day life.

IV.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passion hurt the body—what iraprora.
Truths as reined as Atheui ever heard."

Runner ilgrlmage, from infancy to old age. The advent
of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of
liemtiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, tuirrative,
aid remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.;
V.

THE MARItIiGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
inoonsumm:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
ll,clon regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to ago, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
eases, Ice.
By R. J. OULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
1824). T•►enty-five years Medical and Forensic /Referee in these
gr Atter& Reesption hours daily thl Ave, liven no, seven till nine;
10 kge4910009 ROMALS•II

ripHE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
-IL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (enrolled under the
Friendly Society's Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND.
Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.
W. G. Prescott, Esq.
Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.

Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
Thomson llankey, Jun., Esq.

TBRASUB.EE OF TEE BENEVOLENT FUND.
John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
This AC,ociatlon offers the following advantages :

The Mutual Principle of Assurance.
An Equitable Rate of Premiums.

Division of Profits every live years on Policies of three years'
standing, and by a recent alteration of the rules, nine•tenths thereof
are divisable amongst the asrured, in place of two-thirds as formerly.

The last Division of Profits up to the 31st December, 1847, ave
raged 33 per cent.
All Policies Indisputable, except in cases of fraud.
LOANS to MEMBERS on security of their Policies to the ful:
extent of their estimated value.

The sum assured may be MADE PAYABLE to the WIDOW,
WIDOWER, or CHILIhREN, FREE of PROBATE or LEGACY
DUTY, or ANY CHARGE WHATEVER.
By order of the Board,
P. H. BYRNE. Secretary.
42, Moorgatc-street, London, July 30, 1851.

N.B. Clerks becoming Members by an Assurance of 1001. or up-
wards, and subscribing ss. annually, or by an annual subscription of
one guinea, are entitled to all the important advantages of the Be-
nevolent Fund.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, George-street, Edinburgh;
12, ISt. Vincent-place, Glasgow ; 4, College-green, Dublin.
LONDON BOARD.
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Chairman. ,
CHARLES DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
EL Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq:
E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resi!. F. C . blaitlund«Baq. e
Charles B. Curtis,`
Atnuaraxiden6,-tic P. 11. idmsbn, Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st
December, 1847, is as follows :

Sum' Sum addedto Sum addedto Sum payable
fissured. 1
Time Assured. Polley inlB4l Policy in 1848' at Death.
25000 113 years 10 mths £638 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8
5000 1 year .. .. 112 10 0 5112 10 0
1000 12 years 100 0 0 157 10 0 1257 10 0
.1000 7 years •• .. 157 10 0 1157 10 8
1000 1 year •• •• 22 10 0 1022 10 0
500 12 years 50 00 78 15 0, 628 15 0
500 1 4 years •• •• 45 0 0 545 0 0
500 1 yeti* •• •• 11 5 0 511 5 0

EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged
thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which
is 241. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 1601. 11s. Bd. ; but
the profits being 2U per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which
is 221. 10s, per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 1571. 10s. added to the
Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid.
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
on y one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In.
s.i.ranee is for Life.

Every information afforded on application to the Resident Direc-
tor, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London.

Established IS t I .

MED ICAL,TrIN VACL, I D,
Pall-mail AND GENERAL

During the Ten Years this Society has been established, more than
Three Thousand Two Hundred Policies have been issued,—

Covering Assurances to the extent of 'Thirteen Hundred Thousand
Pounds,—
Yielding Annual Premiums amounting to upwards of Fifty-three
Thousand Pounds.

This Society is the only one possessing Tables for the Assurance of
Diseased Lives.

Healthy (Ayes assured at lower rates than at most other offices.
A Bonus of 2 per cent, per annum was added to the policies at last
Division of Profits.

Agents wanted.
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every other Information may
be obtained of the Secretary at the Chief Office, or on application to
any of the Society's Agents in the country.

F. G. P. IsTEISON, Actuary.
C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart.,
Chairman.
HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.

"PHE LATE FATAL ACCIDBNTS
INSURANCE against ACCIDENTS of ALL KINDS, whether
from Falls of Houses, Fires, Railway Collisions, Explosions or any
other cause whatever.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY,
7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, London.
Incorporated under 7th and Bth Vic., c. 110.
CHAIRMAN—KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C.
Distinctive Features of the Company.
A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence.
To Insure 1001. by Annual Payment.
Class I. I Class 11. I Class 111.
2s. 6d. 55. 7s. 6d. to 40e.
Single Payment for Life. Class 1., 1/. Is.
A fled payment in case of death from accident or violence, with
a fixed weekly sum in case of non-fatal Injury, and an allowance for
medical expenses.
To insure 1001. on death, 1/. per week compensation, and 21. for
medical expenses, by annual payment.
Class I. I Class 11. I Class 111.
12s. 15s. 20e. to 50s.
A fixed sum on death by accident while travelling on a railway. with
compensation in case of non-fatal accident, by annual payment.
To insure £lOOO .• 10s.
500 .. 7s.
1 300 .• 6s.
Prospectuses, with further information, may be had at the offices
the Company, or from any of the Company's Agents.
WILLIAM YOUNG, Secretary.

The GREAT EXHIBITION and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION.
All the most interesting Deposits at the Great Exhibition will, in
turn, be lectured on at the
ROYAL POLYTECHN IC INSTITUTION.
The present Lectures are on the Chemistry of the Minerals
at the Great Exhibition, inclalinz the precious Gems, Crystalise-
dons, &c., by J. H. Pepper, Esq. Popular Lecture by Dr Bachhoffner
on the recent Total Eclipseor the Sun, with splendid Diagrams, show-
ng the appearances which actually occurred on the line of Totality.
l'he Rotation of the Earth, exhibited by Foucault's Experiments.
—The great economy of Cooking by Gas explained.—A Lecture on
the History of the Harp, by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., with Vocal
Illustrations.—Two Series of splendid Dissolving Views.—Diver and
Living Bell, Ek.c.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.
Open daily from Half-past Ten to Five, and every Evening from
Seven till Half-past Ten.

LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
Licensed by Act of Parliament.
ALEGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-
. ST REET, ST. JAMES'S.
4010 Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-iquare.)
OPEN EVERY EVENING, '
With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt.
Dmrs open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to COMMEIIIO. alt
Nino and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.
Admission, One Shilling.

TIIE ROYAL PROCESSION TO
PARLIAMENT.
Few prorogations have excited so much interest as that of the
Parham(lat in 1851. It is preparatory to a dissolution. Will the
same Parliament ever meet again, are questions which arise among
politicians, but cannot be answered. The Parliament is rarely at-
towed to die a natural d ath, and the present is drawing nearly to its
close, and may be dissolved before Christmas. taking advantage of
the cairn which succeeds a stormy session, and fr nu the benefit de-
rived from the absence of all political excitement ; meanwhile
everybody is on the qui vlve, providing for the Sporting season, and
the rush to the Establishmentof E. MOSES and SON for SHOOTING
COATS, FISHING COATS, and DARE-WEATHER DRESSES,
of all kinds, reminds one of the crowds at the Crystal Palace.
It is impossible to conceive the effect of the display of seasonable
Clothing, comprising lightness, durability. style, elegance, and
comfort. Every variety of material and design that the most
ingenious artists and the best workwomen can invent and execute,
may be seen at the great Mart in Aldgate and the Mlnories, or the
noble West-end Branch Establishment., in New Oxford•street, corner
of Hart-street. A Gentlemen can, when dressed in one of
Messrs. E. MOSES and SON'S new and fashionable Sporting Coats,
bring his gun to his shoulder or throw a fly with as mach freedom as
if he had no Coat on, and yet clay the weather, for they throw off
the water like a duck's back, and are, nevertheless thin, light, and
beautifully ventilated; in fact Messrs. E. MOSES and SON have
made Sporting Coats, among other things, a study, knowing that
perfect freedom of action, lightness of material, a good fit, a certain
degree of style and elegance, and durability, are all necessary to
make a gentleman really enjoy sport. It is, therefore, with the
highest confidence that Messrs. E. MOSES and SON invite all
Gentlemen, about to leave town, to visit either of their enor-
mous Establishments, to inspect their numerous and various dresses
for the season, which they will at once see cannot be surpassed, and
certainly not equalled in London at douhle the price. Evey article
is marked in plain figures, acid no deviation is ever made under any
circumstances, and no sooner is a garment purchased than it is
replaced. Hundreds of the best workmen are constantly employed
under the best artists and cutters, and Gentlemen who prefer to be
measured can Le suited in an incredibly short time.
E. MOSES and SON, _ _ .

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London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 821,
44, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
Tailors, Clothiers, Matters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boat and Shoe-
makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sa-
turrinv. when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock.

IN SIX LANGUAGES FORTIETH EDITION.
3ONTALNING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF
DISEASE.

Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings on
Stem.

ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
k Now and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price is. 6d.
by port, direct from the Establishment. 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
ill Comaranications being strictly confidential, the Authors have
discontinued the publishing of Cases.
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by
ex ~essive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abase of
mercury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion,
followed by observations on the Married State, and the disqualifies-
Vona which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By
lt. and G. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon-
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PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
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PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
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mental and bodily weakness,
nervous excitement, and generative
Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from Infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit direction§ for
their treatment. This section is Illustrated by 62 Coloured Engiav-
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THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

BIRMINGHAM, Aua. 14.—At Gloucester and Wor-
cester markets on the 9th the wheat trade ruled dull, at
Is to 2s per quarter lower. Barley less in request, but
nominally unaltered in value. Oats realised quite as
much money. Beaus and peas but little inquired for,
and the turn cheaper. During the present week the
weather has continued as favourable as possible for the
harvest operations, but the few sales made have been at
about the previous currency. Only retail sales of bar-
ley have been effected. We have a fair demand for oats
at a reduction of 6d per quarter. Nothing worth notice
doing in either beans or peas. At this day's market
there was again only a moderate supply of wheat from
the farmers, but the trade ruled dull, at a reduction of
Is per quarter. Barley could only be disposed of by
submitting to a similar decline. Oats found buyers at
6d per quarter under the price of this day se'nnight.
Beans and peas both is to 2s per quarter lower. The
millers reduced the retail price of flour 3s 4d per sack.
BRISTOL, AUG. 14.—Wheat was in moderate supply,
but the demand was scanty. English wheat (new), 36s
to 42a per imperial quarter; foreign ditto white, 41a to
445, ditto red superfine, 38s to 41s, ditto fine 35s 6d to
375, ditto ordinary 31s to 335, ditto hard 31s to 33s
per 4SO lbs. Flour was in small demand. English flour
(seconds) 29s to 31s per sack. American ditto (sweet)
21s to 22s per barrel. Oats had a downward tendency.
Devon and Welsh oats, 19s to 20s per imperial quarter;
Irish white ditto, 203 to 21s per 3201b5; ditto black
ditto, 19a to 203 per imperial quarter. Beans were also
a dull sale. English Beans, 28s to 32s per imperial
quarter; foreign ditto, 25s to 28s per 4801bs. The ar-
rivals for the week have been—Bristol wheat, 2,145 qrs;
Gloucester ditto, 1,681 qrs; Bristol oats, 208 barrels;
ditto, 808 qrs; Bristol barley, 160 barrels; ditto, 2,085
qrs; Bristol beans, 64 qrs; Bristol flour, 1,092 sacks, 11
barrels. The averages were—Bristol wheat, 38s 4d;
Gloucester ditto, 40s 4d; Brzltol oats, 21s; Bristol
barley, 24s 4d; Bristol Beans,.4s; Gloucester ditto,
29 a. 4 d.

GLASGOW, Arc. 13.—The supplies from abroad, vl2
the Clyde, consisted of about 1,969 quarters of wheat
from the Baltic, and 2,280 quarters from Egyptian
ports, 3,840 quarters of beans, principally from Alex-
andria, 550 quarters of Indian corn from Gala' a, and
1,104 barrels of fhur from New York; and via Grange-
mouth, about 3,482 quarters of wheat, 1,710 quarters of
oats, 1,221 quarters of beans, and 100 quarters of rye.
Coastwise, and from Ireland, the arrivals have been very
light. No essential change occurred during the week,
busincas being confined to retail transactions. This
day's market was thinly attended. Wheat and flour
met a limited demand, at barely last week's currency.
Barley was little inquired after, and its value remains
unchanged. Oats and oatmeal have to be written 3d to
6.1 lower per boll or load respectively. Beans and peas
.were easier to, purchase. Indian corn, in the absence of
inquiry, unaltered.
DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUG. 12.—The num-
ber of tat beasts to-day was not so large as that of last
week. The best quality were readily disposed of at
termer prices. Thu supply of sheep and lambs was
large, fully maintaining last week's prices. Fat calves
were not so plentiful, and rather better sold. The sup-
ply of fat pigs good. Beef srl to .sii; mutton 5,1 to
siri; lamb 6,3; veal 4d to ,qd per lb; pigs 63 6d to 7s
per score; rough fat 3s 3d per stone of 141bs; hides
IP to 11,1 psr lb; calf skins 2d to 4d per lb.
NOTTINGHAM, JULY 13.—There was a large market,
good quality, brisk sale. Best beet, from 6s t.'d to Os d ;
inferior, 5s to 5s 3d. Best mutton, f.,d to 51d. Lamb,
6d to 6d. Calves, 4d to srl. Pigs, Cs Od to 55. Hides 2s.
Rough fat, 3s tid. Skins, td.- Number of cattle at market—
Beasts, 107 i ; calves, 5 ; sheep, 1,108 ; lambs, 0 ; pigs, 3.
Bosrox, Auc. 13.—Wheat, red 30s to 38s Od, white 37s
to 395, extra 4!s to 00s ; barley 00s to 00s ; oats 16s to 19s;
beans 28s to 325; peas 00.. to Uos per quarter.
LOUTH, Au°. 13.--Wheat 37s to 41s ; barley 245 to 275;
oats 19s to 21s; beans 27s to 33s per qr.
NEWARK, Auc. 13.—Wheat, white 425 to 465, red 38s to 435;
balry, grinding 2 is to 23s ; oats, new, 12g., 2ls to 235, old
Ilst., 24s to 255, 12et., 26s to 278; beans, 35s to 375; malt, 54s
to 56s per qr.
LYNN, Ace. _l2.—Wheat 32's to 335, fine 38s 40s to
12s; barley Oos to 00s, fine 00s; oats Uos to 00s, fine Oos
beans Os to Js, fine Os to Os per qr.
MELTON MOWBRAY, Au°. 12.—Wheat, 37s Od to 42s ;
barley 24s to 275; oats, old 21s to 265, new 18s to 22s ; beans
-3s to 35s per qr. Butter 9d to 10d per lb ; eggs 20 to •2
for ls.

UPPINGIIA3I, AuG. 13.—Wheat Vs to 41s; barley 25s to
27s Od ; oats 20s to 26s ; beans 33s to 35s per quarter. Butter
9d to 9id per lb ' • eggs 20 for Is.
EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, AUG. 13.—We had a
considerable supply of wheat and oats in the market to-day,
and very small of barley and beans. There was only one parcel
of barley sol', and sales were dull for all sorts. The top of
wheat was is (id, and the average 6d down. Oats on the top
4d up, and the average 4d down. Beans on the top the same
as last week, and the average lld up. Unsold-99 qrs wheat,
6 qrs barley. 72 qrs oats, and 7 qrs beans.
Top of Wheat 64 lb. 46s 6d
„ Barley ... b 5 lb. 2is ed
„ Oats ... ••• 45i1b. 29s Od
„ Beans 6611 b. 38a Od
EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 13.—The number
of cattle was 310, or 92 less than last week. Top price 7s Od;
current, Cs to cs 6d; seemsdary and inferior, from 5s Od
to 51 6d per Dutch stone. A good clearance was effected.
The number of sheep and lambs this morning was
3,786, being 2,222 less than last week. Top price of
the best mutton, sicl per Ib ; current, 40; and down to 3d
per lb. Lambs, top, 19s Od ; current, 15e to 164, and down
to 5s 3d a head. A clearance was not effected.
CORK, Auo. 13.

- - -
Barrels. Carreney.
1 White wheat ...17s 6d to 00s Od 00s od-20 store
.. . ..... _ .

O Red wheat 00s Od to 00s Od 00, Od-20 do
O Barley Ws Od to 008 Od 00s Od-16 do
65 Bere qs 4d to Os Od 09s Od
157 Oats
13 Ditto old lls9d to 10s 3d 008 Od
O Pigs Ms Od to 00s Od 00s Od per cwt
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices; _
0 barrels white wheat; 0 red; 0 barley; 0 bere ; 6 oats
0 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last. week ;•—•
Wheat,
PRICES 11. Barley OF, 368.
BUTTER. 4 Oats, 76. Pigs, 0.
CANT. CURRINCT.
First quality ... 71s First quality ... 62s
Second quality
Third quality
Fourth quality
Fifth quality
Sixth quality
Return of Cattle sold for week ending Aug. 9.
Pigs, 437. Sheep, 390. Cows, 63.
CORK.—Hour—First t2s ud to 138 Od; extra 138 6d •
seconds, 100 6d to 11‘ 6d; households 9s to 10a Od; thirds, 63 tot ;
per cwt. Oatmeal 1 1 s 6d to ON; Indian meal 6a 6d to 7s 03; wheat.
meal, Pa 6rl to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 61 Oa to 61 10a Od per
ton. Bran 6756 d to 728 per ton. Hay—Farmers 24s to 295; average
00s ; dealers 5 Ps to 00s Od; average 00s per ton. Straw._ F‘rmers
it .
12s Od to 20s Od; average 008 ; dealers 40s Od to 421 Od;
average 00, Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 5 d to 6d
household loaf ‘ltl to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, Sd t;
93 per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Coals_
Semi:od 14s Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore co, ; cuim
12s 6d per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 39s per cwt:
Whisky, 25 o. p., DS 9d per imperial gallon. Meal
--Beef sid to 7d; muttor! 5d to 6itd ; veal 4{l to
6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages od per lb
Hops 6110 s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor ,lates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ 5, per
ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8/ Os; Valonia 151 to 01; French
61 Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 148 to 15s per stone.
Hemp 29! t 0321 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19, to 00,, ; rEsc;
ditto, 26s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10! Os to 11/ pe,
ton. Timber—Memel, 80s yer ton; red pine, 31 10s; yellor
ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 158 per 100. Hides—
Market 21s to 30s; salted 22s to 30s per owt ; calf skins
3d to 3;d per lb. Potatoes, white 5d to 7d; Minions
00d to 00d. Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 108; Ichaboe, 8/ to 9108
per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

COMPANY.

Yesterday the thirty•secand half-yearly general
meeting of the Great Western Company was held at
the Bristol Terminus, Temple Mead. The chair
was taken shortly after one o'clock by Mr. Charles
Russell, the chairman of the company.
Mr. C. SAUNDERS, the Secretary, haling read the
advertisement convening the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN said that since the directors met
the proprietors on the I.sth ofJune last, their atten•
tion had been chiefly directed to the perfecting
of the means of communication with the north. At
that meeting they were pleased to confirm an ag-
greement into which the directors had entered with
the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Com-
pany, and a meeting was convened of the proprietors
of that company also, for the same purpose, and on
the same day. They came, however, to the determi-
nation of adjourning that meeting, with the view cf
referring the question to a committee of their share-
holders, and they understood it was their intention
still further to adjourn it to the end of this month. If
the object of the proprietors in thus postponing their
meeting, was merely to afford to their shareholders a
fair opportunity of considering the question, to such
a delay, on such grounds, they could offer no possible
objection. They believed that the agreement
was an advantageous agreement for both parties, and
that the more it was examinea,--and the Ifiererdirit'
was understood, the more certain it would be to re-
ceive their approbation and confirmation. But, if the
object of adjourning were not deliberation, but delay,
in the hope that they might be able to effect a better
bargain with them, by drawing them into competition
with any other company, in that object they would
unquestionably not succeed. There was no principle
of their policy to which they were more strongly,
more inflexibly adhered, than to resist any such at-
tempt so to coerce them.—(flear, hear.) By their
own admissions they had offered them better terms
than those which they had actually accepted from
the London and North-Western Company ; and he
was at a loss to understand upon what grounds, either
of justice or of reason, they were entitled to expect
more from them. As to the possible, but he hoped
not probable, event, however, of their determining to
decline the agreement, it would not be disadvanta-
geous to both companies to consider what other course
was advisable. Toe Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Company might endeavour to treat their
line as an independent line, without the aid and
assistance of other companies. To such a course
there would be no possible objection. It was per-
fectly reasonable, if it was perfectly practicable. But
had they not tried to do so, and had they not
failed ? Why, for the last three years what had
they been doing, but making attempts to raise the
means necessary for completing their lines, and what
reasonable expectation was there that those exertions
which had failed them in the past would be more suc-
cessful in the future? Or they might make an alli-
ance with some other company than the Great
Western. But this expedient also had been tried,
and the judgment which was delivered by Lord Cran-
worth, delivered about two months ago, would speak
the result of this, as he was satisfied it must of every
similar one. They had, in point of fact, no legal
powers whatever to enter into engagements with
other companies, and even if such powers could be
obtained, the application to Parliament for them would
necessarily involve a considerable loss of time. But
could they be obtained at all ? The firm conviction
of his mind was, that the Parliamentary obstacles
which they would necessarily have to encounter,
would be quite as insuperable as the legal obstacles
which they had already experienced. There was one
other course which they must not overlook nor forget.
That course was for the Great Western Company to
enter upon and complete the line itself; but though
it was a course which might be called unavoidable, it
was one which they would; reluctantly embrace, as
being injurious to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Company. They had endeavoured, in the
sincere wish of making the best arrangements for the
Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company
consistent with their duty towards themselves, and to
act towards them in a good spirit. He was satisfied
that the arrangement which their directors had made
was a wise and judicious errangement, suited to the
wants and to the interests of both companies, and that
if their proprietors, misled by fallacious expectations,
should listen to other counsellors, they would find—
they might pardon him for saying so—that, as was
generally the case when proprietors took the reins
into their own hands, they had only involved them-
selves in inextricable difficulties, danger, and delay.
The last time they had occasion to advert to their
Oxford and Birmingham line, and to the lines beyond
in connexion with it, was at the end of the month of
May. On that occasion the measures which were
discussed proceeded upon the assumption that it would
he hopeless to seek any further arrangement with the
London and North-Western Company, at all events
until their own system was nearer to completion.
Every circumstance that had since occurred had tended
to confirm them that they were right in determining
to rely upon their own individual resources, and to
proceed with the completion of their Oxford and Bir-
mingham, and their Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and
Dudley lines, with the utmost possible dispatch. They
would remember that that course was entirely consis-
tent with the recommendations of their committee of
consultation which sat the year before last, and, at page
6 of their report they said—" Your committee strongly
recommend the entire completion of the works so as to
enable the Great Western, through traffic of those lines,
to make such arrangements with other companies
north of Dudley, as may produce the greatest possible
traffic upon this route." The works on the Oxford
and Birmingham line, as they could see from the
report of Mr. Brunel], ware in active progress. He
did not, in that report, advert to the Birmingham,
Wolverhampton, and Dudley line, because it had
always been under the control and management of
another engineer; but they were taking the best steps
in their power to proceed with that line with the ut-
most possible dispatch ; and they had already stated
to the gentlemen who were interested in both those

lines, that they contemplated the completion of' the
one line in May, and of the other in April. That
would then carry them to Wolverhampton. Their
last agreement with the Shrewsbury companies,
which was confirmed by the Great 'Western, and also
by the Birmingham and Shrewsbury proprietors in
May last, had since been confirmed by the Birming-
ham, Shrewsbury, and Chester Company. Those
agreements would unquestionably require the sanction
of Parliament, and it was their intention to proceed
to obtain such sanction in the ensuing session. They
had every hope that in that they must succeed.
But if from any accident whatever they should
fail, they would only then fall back upon their
earlier traffic agreements with the Shrewsbury com-
panies, which were made in the month of January
last. They were legal and complete in all re-
spects. They required no further sanction, neither
of Parliament or of proprietors, and with these lines,
and under those agreements, they should still be able
to proceed on from Shrewsbury to Chester. The only
remaining link of communication with the North was
the Birkenhead line, and for that line the Shrewsbury
and Chester Company obtained running powers at the
close of last session of Parliament, which would carry
them on in one direction to Birkenhead, and in the
other by Walton and Altrincham to Manchester.
In those powers over the Birkenhead line, neither the
Shrewsbury and Chester Company, nor those who
acted with them, were actuated by any feeling of hos-
tility ; on the contrary, they were desirous to con-
sider them as their friends and allies. They re-
garded the line as forming an important part of their
new system, and it was so regarded by themselves.
The London and North-Western Company had an
obvious interest in bringing up the formation of a new
system of railway communication upon their west. If
they could control one link of it, they would destroy
the continuity of the entire chain. The first attempt
was directed towards the Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham, but they failed most entirely in endeavour-
ing to withdraw that company from the
engagement into which it had entered with them
(the Great Western). They next tried the Shrews-
bury and Chester Railway, but there also they
signally failed. Could there be any doubt whatever
that they would make similar attempts on the only
remaining link? It was to defeat such attempts, and
not for the purpose of invading the Birkenhead Com-
pany, that these powers were sought and obtained.
If the Birkenhead Company would join their alliance,
as he trusted and believed they would, or if they
would conduct their traffic on a free communication
in concert with them, those powers would become
little more than nominal, for they would, of course,
be used under friendly arrangements between the
two companies. He had attempted but a very brief
outline of the new continuous system of rail way com-
munication which they had been endeavouring to
establish, or which, he would rather say, they had
established under local agreements and powers which
were sufficient for the purpose, and which were bind-
ing on all parties. It would be their duty tempe-
rately, but firmly, to maintain the position which they
had acquired with the force of circumstances, and they
did hope that their proprietors would give to them their
full support, not only by according to them the ap-
proval which they had already received from them of
those measures, but also by taking a pecuniary in- -
Wrest in the shares of those lines. At the present 1

prices of those shares, any money invested in them
would hardly prove disadvantageous, and it would
be most valaable as a counterpoise to several other
pecuniary interests now in adverse hands for hostile
purposes. With the internal position of their aff,ire
he trusted they would be satisfied from the accounts
which had been distributed among them. They
woulu perceive that during the last half-year their
traffic had increased, and their receipts had increased
to the extent of 48,0001., while the Exhibition was
only open for three months, while the charges of the
Commissioners were very high for the largest half of
that period, and while their own excursion trains
were by no means numerous. At the same time,
though their receipts had so much increased, and
though they bad run to many thousands of miles
more, their actual expenditure had diminished.
'aluch of this was owing, unquestionably,
to the vigilant economy and care of all their officers.
But much also was due to the improvements which
had been made in many of the old engines, and to
the larger power which had been given to the new
engines that had been adopted on their line. By
those improvements the traffic of their branches was
most economically conducted by the old ones, while
the more powerful engines were better adapted for
the heavy traffic of their main lines. 'Though their ex-
cursions trains had been so heavy—often carrying
from 1,500 to 2,000 passengers—they had scarcely
ever been obliged to use more than ono engine ;
while excursion trains on the narrow gauge lines
used generally two or three, and often four. He did
not believe he overrated the economy of their manage-
ment when he stated that they were conducting their
excursion traffic with their new and more powerful
engines at one-half the expense which they would
have been put to with the old ones ; nor was there
' such w,iste of power as was generally supposed
in the use of those larger engines for conducting
heavy traffic. It wos a positive fact that there was a
smaller consumption of coke per mile now in those
larger and heavier engines than used to be used in the
lignter and older ones. He had thought it due to
those gentlemen who had taken so much pains in im-
proving their locomotive system, to state those facts.
—(Hear, hear.) They had obtained in the last session
of Parliament a slight advantage with reference to the
coals used on their lines. They had at last succeeded
in obtaining a remission of the City dues on the coals
used by themselves to the extent of 6,000 tons a year.
And they had also obtained a drawback on all the coal
which, being imported within the City limits, was
again exported beyond. However, there being no
duty on the coal landed at Southampton, considerable
quantities were imported from that route, and were
employed close to their line. He himself knew of in-
stances of coals so brought being used in the neigh-
bourhood of Reading, and the expectation was, that
whatever Newcastle coals were now consumed at
Maidenhead or Reading, must and would be carried
over their line. There had been a slight increase in
the charge for maintenance of the way. That had
been examined into, however, and it was found to
have been occasioned from a new and more extensive
system of drainage which had just been introduced,
and which, though more expensive in the first in-
stance, would be more economical hereafter.—(Hear.)
Their interest account, also, had increased. They
would observe, from a report just distributed amongst
them, the circumstances under which the interest on
the money expended in the South Wales line was now,
for the first time, carried to that account. They
would observe, also, that the interest on their Oxford
and Rugby line, and their Forest of Dean line, were
charged against their current receipts. In point of
fact, the only expenditure of capital, the interest on
which was not now charged against their current re-
ceipts, was for the money which had been expended
on the short branches of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Weymouth Railway, between Westbury and War-
minster, and between Frome and Radstock ; and also
on their northern lines, the Oxford and Birmingham,
and the Birmingham, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton. However, a very considerable number of their
lines, which had been made at the expense of capital,
had been entirely brought to a close.—(Hear.) They
had pressed heavily on their resources, and yielded to
them nothing. In about a month they would open
branches to Warminster. In the course of the same
period the Forest of Dean line, and the South Wales
line, between Gloucester and Chepstow, would be
completed ; and he trusted that the period was fast
approaching when those works which, being unpro-
fitable, had hitherto been very properly marked in
black letter on the first page of their accounts, would
lose that mournful aspect, and become profitable and
conducive to a large accession of traffic.— (Cheers.)
The SECRETARY, at the request of the Chairman,
then read the following report, which was received
with satisfaction :

" The revenuo of the company during the half-year
which has just expired, exceeds that of the correspond-
ing period in 1850 to the extent cf 47,9811., while the
expenditure for the same account, has been reduced by
the sum of 3 2661., which two amounts constitute the in-
creased profit of the half-year, as will be observed upon
a comparison of the published Ltatetnentm.
"The traffic i❑ passengers has yielded 37,115/, more
to the company, derived in nearly equal proportions from
every class. The excurAion trains ere included in it,
from which an excess of 5,0001. has been received over
the same period in the former year.
" The receipts for merchandise:have exceeded those of
1850 to the amount of 6,770/.

These results enable the directors, after providing
for the interest upon the whole expenditure of capital,
productive or non-productive (excepting for the lines
under construction and about to be completed), to re-
commend the same dividend as bcfore,lviz., 4 per cent.
per annum, and to leave a balance of 49,9101. 9s. 3d. to
be carried forward to the next half-year.
" With reference to this balance, the directors are de-
sirous of representing the circumstances under which
one charge in their accounts exists, with a view to as-
certain the opinion of the proprietors as to the mode of
dealing with it.

" litiring the continuance of the original agreement
with the South Wales Railway Company, your directors
were advised that under the covenants of the they in-
tended lease,lthis company would be entitled, iA priority
of other shareholders, and before any liability could ac-
crue to pay rent for the line, to receive the interest
during the construction of the railway at 4 per cent. per
annum on the shares held by them in virtue of their
subscription; but that to establish such claim it ought to
be shown, that even although the payment of interest to
others was postponed by the South Wales Company, it
had been uniformly charged by this company as being
due to them.
" In February, 1850. the South Wales Board deter-
mined to apply all tacir fu►sds to the works of their line,
and to suspend for a time the the payment of interest t,)
their shareholders generally, expressing, however, their
intention to pay it out of capital at some subsequent
period.
" Acting upon the opinion already referred to, so
long as the original agreement subsisted, the interest at
4 per cent. per annum was charged in their accounts
against the South Wales Company, end treated as an
asset to be received from them. During the present
half-year that agreement has been cancelled with the
sanction of both companies, and another substituted for
it, which has been specifically confirmed by the Great
Western Railway Act, 1851.
"The interest fur the current half-year on that sub-
scription has consequently become a charge upon the
present Great-Western revenue, and it being still uncer-
tain whether the South Wales Railway Company will
defray the arrears of interest to their shareholders
generally, it is thought desirable, as the prior claim is
extinguished, to provide for the liquidation of the
arrears charged against that company, amounting to
31,8441. 158.

"The directors recommend; that the first receipt*,
whether of interest or of dividend, from the South Wales
Company, should be applied to discharge that amount,
but that in the meantime the sum of 10,0004 in the pre-
sent year, and 5,0001. annually afterwards, should be
taken from the December accounts of revenue for the
gradual repayment of it. The auditors have expressed
their entire concurrence in the propriety of that measure.
"The same Act which rescinds the original agreement
and confirms the now agreement with the South Wales
Company, has also ratified the purchase of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, and dissolved that
company, and has given legal validity to the lease of the
Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway. It is enjoined
under one of the clauses that the Wilts and Somerset
shares shall be consolidatt d into stock, and this meeting
has been made special fur the adoption of a formal reso-
lution to that effect.
.‘ Full powers are given by the same Act to creel an
hot, I at the Paddington station, and to raise the stizZ
under a Parliamentary mortgage on the preml'es'
the additional security of the revenues of the com-
till
pang, which, in acoorci,nee with the resolutions of
general meeting in February last, will be carried out
without delay.
" The directors, having re to the importance of
gard
fixing the second line of Indian steamers_ have
well as the
Plymouth, ha.vueeicron,.sented
Cap packets to the port of Ply
to put down the electric elegr3Piland r I!xneterline, in
concurrence with the Bristol
cud
ablenten Rail-
way Company; for the
be at "," (.1
which an animal sum Is in. p3o the Llecttla
who will construct it at their 'IA it-graph CompnilY, own
t-xp.-nse.
A plan
for affording further essistanc.,, to complete
the docks at Plyniont
hhts also been proposed, and, it
the other companics respond to it, the directors will re-
commend your acquiescence in it. These two points at-
tained, the favourable report of the Select Committee on
po.tal communication with India must secure to the
Eastern Steam Navigation Company a contract for their
strainers, appointed to leave and arrive at Plymouth,
which will probably lead to the same course being
adopted by other steam companies.
"During the last session an Act has hem passed for