The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-28 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 28, 1851.
LONDON, FRIDAY EVE ING ST7N,

N°. 18,232.]

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS.

DIRECTORS.
14T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.

•
Established 1823.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.
DIRECTORS.

*W. A. B. Bennett, Esq.

*John Rawson, Esq.

CHAIRMAN—IIight Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—HENRY FREDERIC STEPHENSON, Esq.
A Kingsford Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart.
Arthur Kett Barcfay, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P.
Henry B:rnett, Esq. John Mendham, Esq.
Robert Biddulph, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq.
Thomas Edgar, Esq. William Routh, Esq.

•Hugh Croft, Esq.
tElPotson, M.D„ F.R.S.

*John Shaw, Esq.
f*Etlinund S. Symes, Esq.

*Ralph Gough, Esq
*M. C. Maher, Esq.
*John Moss, Esq.

14(11ement Tabor, Esq.
t Joseph Thompson, Esq.
t►Augustus Yigne, Esq•

AUDITOR.
f Professor Wheatxtone, F.R.S.
PIITSICIAN.
tr. Eißotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
suzISEON.

AUDITORS.
Edward Charrington, Esq. I Captain Robert Gordon, R.N.
Francis Dumergue, Esq. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq.
PHTSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, M D., Cantab., Hon. 1).(3.,.L. Oxon..
F.R.S., 27, Dover street, President of the Royal College of Phy-

t.E. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.

ACTUARY.
t*W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &c.
SECRETARY.
*D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq.
SUPERINTENDENT.
*W. A. Hawkins, Esq.
RANKERS.

slcians.
SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 12, Bruton-street.
Soucrrou—llenry Young, Esq., No. 1?, Essex-street, Strand.
ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S.

The advantages offered by this Society are :
ECONOMY combined with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums
than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate
in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutua
Assurance Society.
Th WHOL Eof the PROFITS are divided every fifth year amon
the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth
Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale.
if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits.
The BONUS declared in 1849 (arising from the whole of the pro-
fits), upon the Mutual Principle, averaged 62;4 per cent. on the Pre-
miums received.
LOANS granted on such Policies as are purchasable by the Society.
The Assurance Fund exceeds 1,000,0001. Income 180,0001. pet
annum

t*Messrs. Glyn, Hal Wax, .1;1111,7,7z Co., 67, Lombard-stieet.
SOLICITORS, _ . .

tMesers..§..uttma, Ewcns, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall-

street.

*W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE.
CAPITAL-500,0001
The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
sured the greatest possible present, and rospeetive advantages that
can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab'e the Assured is
entitled, at any time, to receive at intercq an immediate advance,
to the extent of one-half the ftlll3litlL of the paid annual Premiums,
without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with-
held during the whole cosi. nuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
Policy, on its surrender one-halt of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health
and payment of arrears of Premium without interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to make them available as securities ht the hands of
third parties.
No Entranee Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present mural income. of the Society from Premiums is
'63,000/.; toe amount covered by the Policies of the Society is
1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to
the Assured, amounts to 82,154/. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums
in cash. or a reversioaary addition to the original sam assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 55 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

The subjoined rtble shows the advant
resulting from low Premiums, and a d

loges offered by this Society.
ivision of the' entire pronto

among the Assured:—

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20., 2 /5 10 1260 260 108 36 • 1404
30 '2613 5 1205 205 110 ' 36 1375
40 31 19 6 1140 140_ 118 33 1313
50 45 6 0 130 30 129 30 1209

Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to
ALEXAND ER MACDONALD, secretary.

Perma
:41.0: Annual 'Policy Bonus in nent Re-
Age. p 4 Pre- taken addition Bonus n duction of
B' V, mituin. eut in to Sum Cash Annual
T. Assured. Premium.
- - -,---- -
X s. d. X s d. £ s. d.
1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1
1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7
1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8
£ Z s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 0)0
60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 Cll
1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3
1843 115 18 10 55 10 10 8 110
1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 S 11
1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1

Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates.
EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE.
Capital-500,000/.
(Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
The leading principles of this Office are -Moderate and equitable
Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits.
The difficulty of collecting the e'ements on which to proportion
Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so
gretti, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess
than calculation.
It has been found by experience, that the total anneal losses of the
different Established Cofnnanies have no: been proportionate to the
amount of annual Premiums received by each.
It is or the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers,
that arch an anomaly should ecase, and an approximation to the
true risk be made. To sect 7e this object the Equitable Fire Insu-
rance Company is established.
The trre rate of Preatiam for Fire Insurance can only be ap-
proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto
been sufficiently acted t n, or systematically applied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as
security against less for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer
is largely interested in this Question, and will consult his interest by
supporting a system where, by a carefu' combination of Classifica-
tion and Average, the Premium will be propertioned to the risk.
The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own
experience, from time to ti. e, adop., such rates of Premium as the
nature of the risk may jastify, and will decline to enter into arrange-
ments as regards tariffs with other offices.
With this view an annual investigation will be made into each
class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett
excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have
been in force for three years.
Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon
every description of Property on moderate terms.
Farming Stock insured at 3s per cent, without the Average Clause.
Prospectuses. and every information may be obtained, on applica-
tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents.

f National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society.
• Equitable Fire
Both Offices.

NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
YJ LJ COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, eArge-street, Edinburgh;
i 2, St. Vincent-place, Giasaow 4. College-green, Dublin.
LONDON BOARD.
PHARLES GRAHA NT, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES DOIVNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
11. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq.
E. L. Boyd. Esq.. Resident. F. Chas. Maitland. Esq.
Charles B. Curtis, Esq. William Railton, Esti. •
William Fairlie, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st
oecemuer. 1847, is as follows:

IMPORTANT TO READ.
ELEGANCE AND ECONOMT COMBINED, AND SILVER
SUPERSEDED.
Nos. 41 and 42, BARBICAN.
END EIGEIT POSTAGE STAMPS, and by
KY return, and post free, you will get a handsome teaspoon of
CHARLES WATSON'S SOLID ALBATA PLATE.
This beautiful material has now enjoyed an unparalleled success
for ten years. It has survived all other solid sub,titutes : ha gone
the circuit of the globe; has been tested for its sweetness and
purity, in all climates, for every domestic use; and, however uto-
pian it may appear to the sceptical reader, C. WATSON stakes his
reputation on its posse sing all the essential attributes of silver, both
in wear and sweetness.
His establishment also contains every article in electro-plate. from
the most neat and simple to the most costly and recherche. Knives
and Forks, Paper Tea-Treys, Dish Covers, and an endless variety of
Jewellery.

Good Strong Electro-
Electro-
Albata Plate. Fiddle. Fiddle. Threaded. plated Threaded.
Fiddle.
Doz. Doz. Doz. Doz. Doz.
re d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Table Spoons .. 16 6 21 0 30 0 45 0 63 0
Table Forks .... 16 6 21 0 30 0 45 0 63 0
Dessert Spoons.. 12 6 16 6 25 0 36 0 43 0
Dessert Forks .. 12 6 16 6 25 0 36 0 42 0
Tea Spoons 5 6 8 0 13 6 18 0 30 0

A WEDDING RING AND A GUARD RING for 215., both of
them sterling gold and stamped. Parties at any distance, by cutting
the circle of 'heir finger on a piece of card, and enclosing it with a
Post-office order, will have them sent by return of post.
This is an agreeable and pleasant mode of purchasing these arti-
cles, and saves a personal application.
A Gold Chain for either Lady or Gentleman, weighing half an
ounce, 40s. ; an ounce, 803.
L MPS.—THE P tTENT f'ANDLE LAMPS have obtained for
themselves a deserverivalled superiority, and reasonably so.
Oil Lamps are most offens to the smell, and the ephemeral Cam-
phine emits such smut and unwholesome effluvia as to injure health
and ruin dresses, &c., whilst the Candle Lamp is inodorous and pare.
CHARLES WAT-4)N invites the public to an inspection of the
above, in every variety, commencing with the Queen's Lamp, from
2s. to 265. ; the mid size, from 12s. to 355. ; and the magnum, from
355. to five guineas. Candles for the above at the lowest price in the
trade.
COMMUNION SERVICES of all sizes.
ESTABLISHED in 1795.—Address, 41 and 42, Barbican.
Merchants, Shippers, &c., allowed a liberal discount.
A Catalogue sent post free. All goods exchanged if not ap-
proved of.

Sum added to Sum added to,Sum payable
Sum 1 Time Assured. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
tssured.l Policy in 11441, Policy In 1848 at Death. Licensed by Act of Parliament.
-_--
£5OOO 13 Sears 10 mths £638 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-
-5000 1 year .. .. 112 10 0 51 t 2 10 0 STREET, ST. JAMES'S.
1000 12 years 100 0 0 157 10 0 1257 10 0 (Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun.. 57, Brompton-square.)
1000 7 years .. .. 157 10 0 1157 10 0 OPEN EVERY EVENING,
1000 1 year .. .. 22 10 0 1022 10 0 With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
500 12 years 50 0 0 78-15 0 628 15 • Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt.
500 4 years •• •• 45 0 0 545 0 0 Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at
500 1 year • • ..i
ii 5 0 511 5 0 Vine and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.
Admission, One Shilling.

['he Premiums, nevertheless, are on thi
only one-half need be paid for the first
,urance is for Life.
Every information afforded on applicat
or, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, Londoi

le most moderate scale, and
t five years when the In-

ion to the Resident ',tree-

ONE PAYMENT FOR THE WHOLE OF LIFE.
T"E RAILWAY ASSURANCE CO .IPANY,
for granting Assurances upon Payment of a Single Premium,
against Loss of Life tir other Pers.llal Injury arising from Railway
Accidents. Incorporated under tt,e Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Vic.,
cap. 110 Capital One Hundred Thousand Pounds. Offices, No. 5,
St. James's. street, London.

TILUBTEES.
The Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam. I The Common Sergeant.
The Hon. Henry G. Spencer. Charles Hopkinson, Esq.
The distinctive feature of this Company consists in the sufficiency
of ONE PAYMENT to corer an Assurance for the WHOLE OF
LIFE.

The first is the only expense and trouble, there being no annual re-
newal of premium.
By granting, Assurances to Passengers only, and excluding all
those persons in the employ of Railway Companies or Contractors
among whom the heavier risks occur, the Directors of this
party are enabled to issue Policies at a lower rate of premium than
is offered by any existing Company.

liTp”n proof being given that a party assured has met with his
death by railway accident, the Company will pay to his representa-
tives the full amount of his Policy.
If the accident shall result in personal injury only, the Company
will pay to the assured a fair compensation for such injury.
Assurers have the option of travelling in carriages of any class, and
on any railway in the United Kingdom.
The Directors arc now granting assurances upon the following
terms, viz.:—
For every Policy of 1007. 0/. ss. For every Policy of 1,0007. 21. 2s.
5001. 1/. ss.
OP 2,0001. 4/. 4s.
Agents are appointed in all the principal towns of the United
Kingdom, through whom Assurances W.
be effected.
W. . WILLIAMS, Secretary.

AP O L LONICO N.
Miss Poole, Wr. and Mrs. Donald King, and Miss Messent.
TUESDAY, THURMAT, SATURDAY, MORNINGS, at Two;

EVENINGS, at Eight.
The Proprietor has great pleasure in announcing the engagement
of the above delightful Vocalists, in addition to the Apollenicon
per-
formances.

ROYAL MUSIC HALL,
ADELAIDE STREET, STRAND.
(Adjoining the Lowther Arcade.)
Conductor . . . . Mr. Grattan Cooke.
PROGRAMME.
PART I.

I. overture--Masaniello
2. Song (Miss Poole)
3. Fantasia on Favourite Airs
4. Song (Mrs. Donald King)
5. Selection -Sc niramide
6. Duett (Miss Poole and Mr. Donald King)
7. Duett—MY Pretty Page.
8. :4ong—Miss Messent

- - Auber.

?Air 11.

- Rossini.

9. Overture—Guillaume Tell -
10 Song (Miss Poole)
11. Fantasia on Favourite Scotch Airs
12. Trio—(Miss Pool:. Mrs. Donald King, and Miss Messsnt)
13. Selection—Don Giovanni . - - - Mozart.
1154A:dFlniiissgtist(:Inar,ro.OnDnierlilSsahlitdilAlKlinrisgng:Reserved Seats, One Shilling and six.
pence.

- . Rossini.

Doors open at Half past One, and Half-past Seven.
Carriages may be ordered Mornings, at Four ; Evenings, at Ten.
N.B. The elegant Hall, capable of receiving 1,500 persons (the
most perfect for sound in London), is open on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays in each week, for Italian Operatic Concerts by the First
Artists.
Director .

Signor liontelli.

U N LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
1 LONDON.
SHARE OF PROFIT INCR E
-FASE.° FROM ONE-HALF TO
FOG R IFTHS.
Polities effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and re-
maining in force a, each Septennial period of division, will PARTI-
CIPATI,: IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society ac-
craing after Midsummer, 1 850, in proportion to their contributions
to those profits, awl according to the conditions contained in the
Society', Prospectus and Act of Parliament.
The Pretlniums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
are much lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers
are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad.
ditto!' to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of
Premiums

EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL ATTRACTION
ROYAL
MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE
STREET, STRAND.
SIGNOR MONTELLI, Director of the Italian Operatic Company,
begs to announce he has entered into arrangements to give a
Series of
GRAND VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL ENTERTAINMENTS,
On MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY EVENINGS
kalternately with the Apollonican performances)—commencing
MONDAY, 10th FEBRUARY, 1851.
SIGNOR MONTELLI has already secured the services of the
eminent Vocalists anti Instrumentalists in London, namely:—
PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTALISTS :

Solo, Violoncello—Mons Rousselot, Mons. Demunck.
Solo, Corset-a-Pistons—Mons. Maffei, Mons. Arban.
Solo, Flute—Mons. Remusat, Mons. Briccialdi.
Solo, Pianoforte Mons. M,,gnus, Mons. Rummel, and Young
Master Warner ; Miss Annie Taylor, Miss Themar, and Made.
Goffrio.
Solo, Harp—Mr. Gerhard Taylor.
Solo, Concertina—Mr. Sedgwlck and Signor Regondi.
Solo, Violin— err Van lieddeghem, Herr Goffrie, Mons. &rola,
and Mons. Sainton.
Solo, Melodiom—Mons. Frelon.
Solo,Bassoon—Signor Templini.
PRINCIPAL VOCALISTS.

CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENE-
RAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-street,
Waterloo place, London.

• TRUSTEES.
SpenPer Horatio Walpole, Esq., Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
M.P. I Edward Yansittart Neale, Esq.
Henry Peter Fuller, Esq.

DIRECTORS.
Samuel 7/river, Esq. I Thomas Littledale, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. Edward Lomax, Esq•
Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. • Samuel miller. Esq.
John Palk Griffin, Esq. Edward Va sittart Neale, Esq.
Peter Hood, Esq. Slr Thomas N Reeve
Capt. Hon. G. F. Hotharn, R.N. William Studley, Esq.
Life A surances, Annuities, and End wmenta. Chree-fourths of
Profits divided amongst the assured. Prospectuses, post-free, on ap-
plication.

Soprani—Made. Lema,re, Mdite. Drummond, and Mdlle. Rummel.
Contralti—Made. Lebrun de Montreal.
Tenori —Herr Brant, Sig. Maccaferri, liar Stofrogen, Mr. Maple-
son, Mr. Stanley Mayo.
Baritoni—Signor tontelli.
Basses—Signor Campanella and M. Henri Drayton.
Spanish Vocalist—Dona Maria Martinez.
P ogramme changed every Evening.
Admission..—Stalls, 2s. 6d. ; Balcony. ts. 6d. ; Promenade, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight precisely.
All particulars may be obtained of Robt. W. 011ivier, Concert
Agent, 19, Old Bond•street.

F. FEII,

UiON CAMROUX, Manager.

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•,fiE LAKES OF KILLUB ARNEY ; REMEtiDICENCES .OF
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HI.
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THE WEEKLY DISPATCH, of SUNDAY
next, March 2, 1651, will present to the public every matter
of interest connected with the Resignation of Lord John Russell and
his Colleagues in the Cabinet ; together with the Speeches Delivered
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The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro•
prietors of the Eastern Counties Railway was held
yestferday at the London Tavern; Mr. Glynn, chairman
of the board of directors, in the chair. The meeting was
not quite so numerous as we have seen, it on former occa-
sions, but
,it was • nevertheless somewhat noisy and
uproarious.
The advertisement convening the meeting having been
read,

Mr. HELPS complained that a vacancy had been filled
up in the board without the previous consent of the
shareholders, which was contrary to the spirit of an
agreement come to at a previous meeting. He alluded,
he said, to the appointment of Mr. Anderson, whose
election as a director the proprietors had already once
pronounced against,—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ANDERSON, after some irregular discussion had
been suffered to go on, explained that daring a period of
intense anxiety in the affairs of the company he took the
chair at three or four of the meetings, and on those oc-
casions he received not Only the utmost courtesy at the
hands of the shareholders, but what was far more dear
to him, namely, their unanimous vote of thanks.—(Hear,
hear.) He had been requested to take the chair he now
filled at the instance of the directors, it was true, but in
accepting that honour his only motive was to advance
the interest of the concern, .and therefore if his appoint-
ment was distastetul to the proprietors, he was quite
ready to place his resignation in their hands.—(Hear.)
Mr. PAULING understood that another new director
had been appointed, or was about to be elected to the
seat vacated by Mr. Betts, and he should be glad- to
know if that was to be made without an appeal to the
s h are holder s ?—( Hear, hear.) -
The Chau/max said the directors had. the power of
appointment, but the same power also rested with the
shareholders, and if the meeting so thought fit they
might exercise it.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. j3ox, asked if it was true- that as agreement bad
been come to of the nature specified by the two preced-
ing honOurable proprietors.
Mr. RONEY (the Secretary) was understood to reply
that ho bad, some slight recollection of such an arrange-
ment having been tacitly come to, but he only !poke
from memory.—(Hear.)
After some further discussion of a similar irrelevant
nature, the common seal was affixed to the register of
the shareholders, on the motion of the Chairman; and
the report of the directors, which has already appeared
in The Sun, having been read.
The CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the meeting,
claiming for himself and all others who were desirous of
addressing it. a fair and impartial hearing, as the business
to be transacted was of an urgent and important cha-
racter.—(Hear, 'hear.) The directors had nothing to
, conceal, they were co-partners with the shareholders,
and in no' degree anxious to keep back anything.—
, (Hear, hear.) All the information they were in pos-
i session of was at the service of the meeting, and he
therefore hoped there would be as little interruption as
1, possible.—(Hear, hear.) The report began with taking
a rather gloomy view of their affairs. The Great
, Northern was opened to Peterborough, and took nearly
the whole of their Peterborough traffic, as the Great
Northern line was some six or seven and twenty miles
shorter than the Eastern Counties. He did not wish to
complain of the directors of the Great Northern for
charging lower fares than they, because he believed they
charged as much as their Parliamentary powers would
oallennd
hear.)wetherrom--(HReeayr,etonto ito
THhenh.inar
o again, when the
frthelionme
p
Hitchin to Royston, there would be another route
tNhoerwiEchastterranffic
Union
ny
to Cambridge, while the opening of the Eastern
;Union Union
route
line
fromcom
Company therefore
hadwas taskheonrtear lathrgane plretti.ron
own,of their
and
s since t h e Eastern
charged
laccordinglto a very low tariff scale.—(Hear, hear.) They
had, however, under all circumstances, thought it better
to come to an understanding upon the subject, and ac-
icordingly they had agreed to, a mileage rate of ear-
Iriage between London and Colchester, which would give
:the Eastern Counties Company a fourth and the Eastern
Union three-fourths.—(Hear.) He would not touch
upon the point of uniting the two companies under one
management, because that would form the subject of dis-
cussion at a future meeting.—(Hear, hear.) Now how
could they contend against such adverse circumstances
'as these? By the Great Northern line the fare by first
Class was 135., while theirs was 19s. Again, the fare to
Norwich on the Eastern Union was as 10a. 6d. against
14s. 6d., and 6s. 4d. against Bs. 4d., and he hoped and
Ousted the two, nay, rather the three companies, wosoo •
hereafter always work in unison together as they-were
bound up in each other's success. They had tried
what a reduction of fares would do; but the.actual loss
!milting from swell causes was very serious, as they had
in one case been compelled to reduce their fares to 10s.
and, 6s. 6d. from I Is. and 9s. The loss in their traffic
to Ciimbridge was nine per ceut., and that to
Peterborough fourteen per Cent., as he had
already stated, while their working expenses
remained tendiminished—(Hear, hear.) In addition to
these losses the company had been suffering from the
strike of the engine-drivers, having had to send to Scot-
land and Newcastle in search of men, at great expense,
and to convert for a time their plate layers into a body
of police, so as to prevent any disturbances on the
line.—(Hear.) All these extensive precautions bad been
required for the due and proper working of the traffic,
and because of the inconvenience which all this gave rise
to, the directors had been forced, indeed they had
DO other alternative, but to charge the expenses
which it involved to revenue. (Hear, hear.)
He would now say a word or two with reference to the
East Anglian line. Since he came upon the direction,
he bad made several attempts to come to an amicable
understanding with that line, and he had always been
met on the threshold with the observation, " Why
don't you pay as the twenty-two thousand.
pounds yon owe to us?" (Laughter.) Now,
they were advised that they did not owe any-
tling of the kind.—(Hear, hear.) That claim, he be-
-1 eyed, arose out of certain Parliamentary expenses in-
curred by the late board in 1847, and they (the new
directors) of course resisted the claim; but whether
there were or were not any ioni fide grounds
for the claim, it ought not, in his opinion,
to stand in the way of an amicable arrangement
between the two lines for the ,'working of both,
to be settled by law, or by any other means which
might be decided upon. Various complaints had been
made that they had used the East Anglian line very ill;
but he knew of only two instances since he had been at
the board in which any hitch had taken
place, and he was a party to one of them.
When he happened to be at the board one afternoon he
received a telegraphic message that the sheriff had seized
the rolling stock of the East Anglian line, and he
thereupon directed the superintendent that the com-
pany should cease to book persons further than
Ely. He was sorry to stop the through traffic., but
under the circumstances he thought he was justified
in tilting such a course. The stoppage, however, only
'toted from Saturday till Monday, when he gave orders
56 the superintendent to resume the through traffic, the
sheriff having ceased to have possession of the rolling
stock, by the use of which alone the East Anglian
line was enabled to convey passengers. The next
cause of difference arose in this way—we booked
passengers from London to Lynn, and they booked pas-
sengers from Lynn to London, each company receiving
the fares which were paid by passengers, and they, the
Eastern Company, required them to deposit in their
hands a sufficient sum of money to meet the differ-
ence in the receipts, which they declined to do.
Now, these differences were anything but hostile,
and on neither side was there any power or control
which could prevent them arising.—(Cheers.) That
company had lately published a notice in the Gazette of
their intention to apply to Parliament for a Bill to lease
the line to another company on a working agree-
ment; but as soon as the Bill was brought before.
Parliament, the .most important clauses were
withdrawn.—(Hear, hear.) Ever since he bad a seat
at the board his great desire had been to work harmo-
niously with all the other lines with which they were
connected, because he believed the course which had
hitherto been too much adopted, of fighting every one
within their reeeh, had proved most disastrous to the
company.—(Cheers.) After alluding to the passages in
the report detailing what had been done with respect
to the Shelford and Shepreth Junction and the New-
market line, he next referred to the various Bills which
it was intended to promote in Parliament, and which
more or less affected their interests. The first was a
Bill for the improvement of Harwich. Their sincere wish
' was to arrive at some means by which the line to Harwich
might be made. The Government had made a splendid
breakwater for the protection of shipping in the harbour,
and the harbour itself was one of the finest, if not the
finest on the whole east coast of England. The next was
the Bill for the Shelford and Shepreth Junction, which
was lost on the second reading. The chairman then
made a passing reference to other Bills, and went on to
say that the Bill promoted by the Blackwell Company
for making a railway to Tilbury Fort was now before
Parliament, and had been read a second time. He might
mention that before that company went to Parliament
with their Bill they made a proposal for carrying their
Bow junction line into the Eastern Counties line at
Stratford. They offered them (the Eastern Counties)
an equal share per mileage after deducting 501. per cent.
for working expenses. Now it appeared that the result
of such an arrangement would be that when a passenger
paid Is. for his fare, the Eastern Counties Company
would only receive id. of it for their share.—(Laughter.)
Besides, a junction of that nature would bring an influx
of passengers to a point on the Eastern Counties
line where the
influx would be extremely dan-
gerous to the public safety, and it was on
that ground that their Bill of last session was thrown
out by Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Nevertheless, they
bad always been desirous to come to an amicable under-
standing with the Blackwell Company. for they be;
lieved if a fair " give and take" agreemen
were entered into, they might have the aroadvan-
tage of the Fenchurch-street Station.—Hear, h
had
The Bill promoted by the Eastern Union Company h
been read a second time, and if they went to a Commit-
teeies
Company would
with it, the Eastern Count .
ntlemen, who might
probably hate to fight_ thoss ga
hereafter be their allies, and perhaps at great ex-
pense and trouble. He sincerely hoped this might
be avoided.—(Sear, hear.) The last Bill
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was the Shepreth Junction, which was simply a renewal
of the Bill which came before Parliament last session.
He now came to a part of the report which was highly
important—that was the question of the dividend. The
balance to the credit of revenue was very small indeed,
and he had explained the reasons why it was so; hut
the sum, small as it was, had been fairly and honestly
earned.—(Cheers.) Every shilling fairly chargeable to
revenue had been so charged.—(Hear, hear.) If ho
were determined on one thing more than another,
it was to set his face against anything in the shape of
fictitious dividends or cooked accounts.—(Hear, and
cheers.) The directors had recommended, is the
strongest te-ms, that no dividend should be declared this
half year.—(Cries of "Oh," and " Let's have a dividend.")
But it was for the proprietors to say whether there
should or should not be a dividend; the question was
one which ]rid entirely in their hands, and they had a
right to determine it as they liked. The amount standing
at the credit of the company for the last half-year was
2',6361, and if a dividend of Is. per share was declared, it
would amount to 17,0001., thus leaving a balance ira heed
of 7,0001. or 8,0001. Then it should be recollected they
might have to encounter Parliamentary contests, and to
preserve the credit of the company. He might remark
that the directors had to bear a great deal of odium,
which properly belonged to their predecessors in office.
—(Ekar, hear.) After alluding to these discou-
raging circumstances, he would refer to those of
a more satisfactory nature.—(Elear, hear.) The di-
rectors had found that, during the past year, a great
saving might be effected by substituting iron instead of
wood sleepers, and especially at the present time, as
iron was almost as cheap as wood. Though their money
and receipts had been considerably diminished, owing to
1-he circumstances he had detailed, he was, however, happy
to say that the aggregate amount of traffic had not
suffered at all, and that there had been little or no re-
duction in the number of passengers or the
quantity of goods conveyel The Chairman
then observed that the desire of the directors
was to act uprightly, honestly, and with the strictest in-
tegrity, and not to conceal anything whatever from the
proprietors, and concluded by moving the, adoption or
the report and the accounts appended.
Mr. Niamey wished to know how much the Eastern
Union owed the Eastern Counties Company?
The CHAIRMAN—Between 11,0001. and 12,0001. The
compauy had judgment for the amount.
Mr. Entas (director) said that there was also a consi-
derable sum due to the Eastern Counties Company,
through the clearing house, from the Eastern Union
Company.
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posed agreement between the Eastern Counties, the
Eastern Union, and the Norfolk Companies, and upon
which subject a committee of shareholders of the first-
named body has been appointed.
The CHAIRMAN deprecated all discussion on this sub-
ject. Everything known to the directors should be placed
before the committee.

Mr. NATHAN, however, persisted in referring to the
subject, and the consequence was a large amount of in-
terruption and confusion.
After the lapse of a few minutes,
Mr. NATHAN again rose, and said he wished to know
the motive that had induced the sending out to the share-
holders, at an enormous expense, the voluminous report
of Messrs. Quitter and Ball. Why, one-half the report
was not correct. One thing they said was, that the
Colchester line was not given out to contract, while the
contrary could be proved by a reference to the company's
books.

The CasinstAN said the directors were bound to give
Messrs. Quilter and Ball's report to the shareholders in
all its integrity.
Captain KELLY had observed with astonishment the
quantity of coke used upon the line. The Brighton
Company worked their trains—both goods and passenger
—at a consumption of only 20 lb, of coke per mile, while
the consumption upon the Eastern Counties line was
34 lb. of coke per

A SIIA.RHROLDER—The traffic of the two lines is totally
dissimilar.

Captain KELLY—Now, if the directors would bring
down the working expenses to the same rate as those of
the Brighton line, the Eastern Counties Company would
have in their pockets rather more than 20,0001. a year
from the saving of coke alone. If he looked at the whob)
expense of the line as compared with that of the Brigh-'
ton Railway, he found it. was as 564 per cent. against
364 per cent. of the earnings. If the shareholders
would take the trouble to calculate they would see that
if ;this line were worked as cheaply as the Brighton
Railway they would save 85,0001. per annum. Again,
the Norfolk Company took out'of the Eastern Counties
net earnings 28,000/. per annum. These two sums toge-
ther made 114,000/. a year, which might possibly be
saved to the eompiny.
A PROPRIETOR—A good deal too promising to
be true.

Captain KELLY—Ho would now aik the chairman
whether it was the intention of the board to bring for-
ward at the special meeting the proxies that had been
placed in their hands, for the purpose of supporting
their views as to the amalgamation of the interests of
the Eastern Counties, the Norfolk, and Eastern Union
Railways? If these proxies were used, would not,
he begged to ask, the labours of the committee be
fruitless?

The CHAIRMAN called the speaker to order. He
would not answer any question of the kind. He
would act as he thought best fur the intrirests of the
company.

Mr. NATHIN—We are sold if the proxies are used.
Captain KELLY—Then he inferentially drew from the
answer of the chairman—(Laughter)—that the directors
did mean to use the proxies. Now he would tell the
directors this much, and he hoped the public press would
notice it, that if the result of the investigation of the
corn raittee—

The CHAIRMAN again called the speaker to order
—(Great confusion.)
Captain KELLY—If the committee approved of the
agreement for an amalgamation of interests between the
three companies, the proxies of the directors would not
be wanted; but if the committee reported that such an
agreement would be injurious to the interests of the
Eastern Counties, then the proxies would be brought
forward, and the shareholders would be swamped;
their interests might be annihilated, and the company
utterly ruined.
Mr. HOWES moved an amendment that a dividend of
ls. per share be declared.
Mr. Box seconded the amendment.
Mr. GEACIS said it seemed to be the misfortune
of every person who attended there to take part in
Eastern Counties proceedings that he should have
some small quantity of dirt thrown upon him. lie
was not going to answer any of the anonymous
publications having reference to himself', but he
did feel it right to say, that throw as much dirt as they
pleased, none of it would stick.—(Cheers.) He alluded
more particularly to a paper which had been put into
his hands very politely—as he had no doubt it had been
put into the hands of others—as he came into the place
of meeting. One portion of that paper charged him
with coming there for other purposes than those which
he avowed. That statement was not true—(Che ,rs)—
but that he came there for other purposes than his own
immediate interests he would avow. The stock he held
in that company, though some 3,0001., would not at all
be an inducement for him to attend there, and give
himself any trouble about the affairs of the company,
because he knew that the better way and the safer way
for him would be, to go on the Stock Exchange and
get rid of his stock, and employ his time more profit-
ably. But there was a large number of shareholders
who had paid a large amount of their shares, and
who had called upon him—having some little faith
at any rate in his honesty and in his habits of business
—to attend there and put his shoulder to the wheel,
in order to assist in getting the company out of the diffi-
culties under which it now laboured. The Eastern
Counties Company was in a very unfortunate pesition
in two respects: they had a large amount of property
invested, on which they got nothing, and they were
likewise in a very unfortunate position, inasmuch as the
arrangements of the company had failed to give a
guarantee to the public that the line could be safely
travelled over. With respect to the figures that had
been made use of by a previous speaker (Captain Kelly),
he must observe that comparisons of working could not
be made between one railway and another. Almost
every railway in the country had peculiarities belonging
to it, which prevented its traffic being brought into fair
comparison with that of any other line. He thought
that a great deal might be saved in the working ex-
penses. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Company, of which he was a director, had been in a
worse state than the Eastern Counties Company, but
it was now rapidly progressing and developing its
capabilities, which required only good management
to bring it out. In the last half-year an increase
of 35,000/. took place in the traffic with an increase
of only 2,0001. in the working expenses. This was
done
by taking large views of the company's Interte.sem , out
giving power to the executive officers to carry h
—(Hear)—and by that executive having the entire con-
fidence of the company, without whicheiftltwas imossible
The proper
to carry out the details of an arrangem
development of traffic required as much still and educa-
tion as any particular trade or business,
intri-
cate, and he did believe that theparticu however
ar business they
had to transact that day
was this—they must set about,
as well as they could, remedying defects of management
tmhart existed in the present hoard. They were told by
Kennard, at the last meeting, that the board of
directors were so disunited, and acte so badl
outd any busy iness,together, and
that was
impossible to carry
it
positively unpleasant to sit at the board. The board was
like a house divided against Itself. There were three
vacancies at the board, and the better way was to fill
them up by sending new men into the direction, and let
them with the rest of the board set about perfecting such
a system of management as should
.bring about such a
diminution of working expenses as ought, he said, to
be made; and also take the best means of developing
the traffic which, he believed, was capable of great
increlse.

Mr. WADDINGTON, M.P., entered his protest against
the use of proxies, on the ground that they had been
obtained without a correct knowledge of the entire case
about to be decided having been laid before the share-
holders. The chairman had told them that the present
board had had cast upon them odium which belongal to
those who preceded them, Why, the present board bad

Mr. WADDINGTON would explain all about that charge
after the meeting had dealt with the directors' report.
They should have chapter and verse. With regard to
the management of the line, the first thing which the
directors should look to was to get the confidence of the
public ; but on the Eastern Counties line nobody could
be certain for how long a period the same trains would
run. The consequence was they had lost the confidence
of the public.
The CRAIRXAN was about to put:an amendment for
the adoption of the report, with the exception of that
part of it which recommended the non-declaration of a
dividend, when
Mr. NORRIS objected to such a motion being put, as
many persons might be in favour of a dividend and yet
object to various portions of the report.—(Hear.)
An amendment for the payment cf is. dividend was
then put and lost.
Mr. NORRIS then moved, as an amendment to the
original motion for the adopts .1 of the report, ;that the
meeting adjourn till the 18th March next.
Mr. Sergeant GASELEE ,advised the shareholders to
bundle the directors out neck and crop if they could he
found.
After considerable discussion on the question of ad-
journment,
Tbj CaAnuitAx said the motion fi r adjournment was
a ver- • anent one; and hi cor .idered it so much
affc position of the e. -..dve and the financi,l
posi le company, that he must state—and he did
SO w. ly intention of giving offence, without any
feeling ue, without intending it in the remotest de.
gree as at—that he should, if it were carried, re-
sign his seat.—(Great interruption.)
Mr. M`LannEar-thotight that. Eh. chairman, if.he were
really and deeply interested in the welfare of the com-
pany, would not make such a threat. He (Mr,
M'Lauren) was prepared to nominate a gentleman to fill
the situation of chairrean.—(Cheers),
Mr. &La (a director) should withdraw lon the fol-
lowing morning from the responsibility of being one of
the executive if the motion fur adjournment were carried.
A PROPRIETOR—The sooner the better.
Mr. ibiatazirrr--Wier what Mr., Nlis hats said the
sooner be re signs the..better.
Mr. WADDINGTON suggested that the mover of the
adjournment should embody in his amendment an inti,
mation to the effect, that the committee of shareholders
be requested to consider the policy of entering on any,
working agreement that might be made with the New-
market, and Chesterfurd and East Anglian lines of rail,
way, and, it so considered advisable, to report thereon,
to the meeting to be held on the 18th March.
Mr. Noanis.had no objection to embody in his amend-
ment the suggestion made by Mr. Waddington.
The question of adjournment with. the suggestion of
Mr. Waddington embodied in the motion was then put,
and

The CHAIRMAN declared it had been lost on a show
of hands.—(Much confusien.)
A poll was demanded.
Mr. MIHGRATE (one of the directors)--I say adjourn
the meeting, gentlemen. Adjourn it if y,ou intend to
save your property.—(lmmense confusion.)
Mr. BROADBENT (a ,iirectur) said that with the board,
as at present constituted, nothing could be carried cut.
Some of the members were like the dog in the manger.
It was all talk, talk, and hours arid hours were spent
upon the most trifling matters. Adjourn the meeting
(said the speaker), if you would save your property.
Mr. SMYTHE (a director) held a large stake in the
company, arid would say it would be most prudent and
desirable to adjourn.
_ _ _

It was announced that the poll would take place at a
quarter-past five o'clock.

Mr. MIRGRAVE (the director) I wish you to under-
stand that they have proxies to the extent of 5,000.
The Pruprietor who had demanded a poll withdrew
his demand.

Sergeant GASELEE moved the adjournment of the
meeting till the 18th of March.
The motion was carried.
Mr. GEACU demanded a poll.
The meein..: was then adjourned till four o'clock this
day, when the result of the poll will be declared.

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lived upon odium for years past. ad cot tfeen
for the odium they had cast upon himself and others, he
really did not know how they could have got on. But
they had lived upon that odium till their dividend had
got beautifully less, and at last the dividend had come to
nothing. Ile would tell the shareholders why the di-
rectors were in their present position—it was because
they did not understand their business. To develop
traffic a man must know what he was about—
A PROPRIETOA—Aud he must understand " cooking"
accounts.

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