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London, England, 1856-02-14 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBR

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW WORK BY MISS 134/NEITRY.
To-morrow, in 3 vole, post duo.,
0 U R
OWN STORY.
SE Bry LINA BUNBURY, Author of "We in Sweden;' &c.
HurstlineliVackett, Publishers, suo.es4ors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great Ifarlbotough:•street.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.=
, •
FENDERS for LOANS.—The Directors are prepared to re•
celye mdnev on loan to pay off D.-bentifrei filing due, and to ac-
cept Tenders for the same at 5 per cent. par annum.
Applications to be made to the undersigned.
By, order of.thc Board.
T. B. OWEN, Se irotArY•
Bishopsgate Terminus, Feb. 8,1856:

CONTRACT for RAILS, • CHAIRS, &v.—
The Joint Committee of the Lancashire and Yorkshire mg
East Law aspire Railway rompanles aro prepared to RECEIYII
TENDERS for the supply of the following M vfERIALS, viz.:-
500 Tons of Malleable Iron Rails.
150 Tons of Chair Castings.
336 Tons of Screw Bolte.
13 Tons of Spikes.
Specifications and patterns may be obtained on application to .the
undersigned, to whom sealed tenders for all or any portion of the
contract must tar addressed, not later than the 20th instant, Endorsed
" Tender ibr Rails, Chairs, &c."—By order.
JOHN THORLEY. Secretary.
Joint Secretary's Office, Salford Station, Fob. 2. 1856.

LONDON and NORTH IVESTW, MAN-
CHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and :LINCOLNSHIRE, and
MIDLAND RAILWAYS.

The publie are informed that the above Companies have RRIIIIMED
WORKING Fest* TsAurs between- London and the undermentioned
plaees, at the.follmiing Fares and Times from London:—

Fares.
A.Y. I P.M. ~....
Ist Class 2d Class.
London .. dci 945 5 0 s. d. s. d.
Nottln Aram
Newark •• .•••• . ••
LinColn .......... ......... „ 220 935 10 0 6 0
Hull, vla Lincoln.• ..... 4 35 -- 15 0 14 0
Shefilebt, VJctorla Station •• ~ 23n .9 415 11 3 5 8
Doncaster „ 250 10 10 6 0 3 0
Norma.nton. . . „ 2.55 10 In 14 0 9 0
Wakefield, via Normanton:. „ 32010 50 15 0 10 0
Leeds ~ ................ „ 320 10 35 15 0 10 0
Bradford .................... „ 415 11 5 15 0 10 0
York , 3 45. 11 0 15 0 10 0

Feb. 7, 1856.

By order.

HARK

JAS. ALL
ED. WAT]

IUISEI.
.POR r.
'KIN.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY
ORDINARY MEETING of the London and' North-Western Rail-
way Company will be held at the Euston-station, London, on FRI-
DAY, the 22d day 'of February, 1856, at TWe've o'clock at noon,
for the transaction of the general business of the Company, and
also for confirming the directors' declaration of the forfeiture of two
401, shares of the late Gr Ind Junction Railway Company ; one 251.
share, and eight 20/. shares of theists London and Birmingham Rail.
way Company ; four 10/. A shares, one 10/. B share, and nine 101. C
shaves of the late Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company ;
twelve 311 shares, and fifty-six 101. shares of the late Huddersfield
and Manchester Railway Company ; five 251. shares of the late Leeds
and Dewsbury Railway Company ; and twenty-four 25/. shares, anti
one hundred and twenty 121. 10s. shares of the London and North
Western Railway Company.

And Not( .e is-Liereby also Given that the Report of the Committee
of Consultation' appointed at the last half-yearly meeting will be sub-
mitted to the Shareholders, and resontions will be proposed in Mr-
therance of the recommendations therein contained.
And Notice is Hereby Further Given, that a SPECIAL GENE-
RAL; MEETING of the Proprietors of the said Company will be
held at the same place and on the same day, after the termination
of a Special Meeting already convened for One o'clock of the same
day, at the same place, for the purpose of considering, and, if ap-
proved, assenting to a proposed agreement between the Company
and the Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway Company
for the use and working, management, maintenance, and repair of
and supply of working stock for the Stoekport, Disley, and
Whaley Bridge Railway, and for the collection, taking, and levying
of the tolls, rates, and charges therecia ; and the division between
the two companies of the receipts arising from the trate upon the
said railway, and for other purposes relating thereto. And also for
the purpose of considering. and, if approved, authorising the London
and North-Western Railway Company to subscribe towards, and
acquire shares, and become shareholders in the Stockport, Disley,
and Whaley Bridge Railway Company, to an extent to be authorised
by the meeting, not exceeding 85,0001.
Dated this 6th day of February, ISM.
CHANDOR, Chairman.
ROBT. BENSON, Deputy Chairman.
HENRY BOOTH,
CHAS. E. STEWART. Secraarles.
Eustott Station, London.

pIIRSUANT to an Order of _the High Court of
Chancery, made in the matter of the Estate of William
Greening. and in a cause, Rtahard Greening and others against Wal-
ter Stanton Boned°id, the CREDITORS of WILLIAM GREENING,
late of No 22, Marlborough-place, Old Kent-road, in the County of
Surrey, Gentleman, deceased, the Testator In the proceedings named
(who died on or about the 6th day of June, 1855), are, by their
solicitors, on or before the 29th day of February, 1853, to come in
and prove their debts at the Chambers of, the Vice-Chancellor Sir
John Stuart, 1•o. 12, Old•sgaare, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or, in
default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit
°Nile said Order. _ _

Thursday, the 6th day of March, 1656, at one of the clock in the
afternoon, at the said Chambers, bi appointed for hearing and adju-
dicating upon the claims.

Dated tinal2th day of February, 1856.
: ALFRED HALL, Metelark.
HENRY RANT, Dyora' Hall. London, and Wandsworth; Sauey,
Plaintiff's Sotteitcit:

HOLYHEAD PASSAGE-BOATS.

(From the Morning Herald of this day.)

The attention of Ministers, we rejoice to perceive, has
been at last directed to the improvement of the commu-
nication between London and Dublin, and a promise has !
been given that an attempt will be made to remedy the
disgraceful state of things that now exists.
At present a traveller from London to Dublin may
leave this city at nine in the morning, arriving in the
metropolis of Ireland at midnight. He may start by,
the express train at five in the evening, reaching Dub-
lin early the next morning ; or he may defer his depar•
ture until nine, completing his journey by noon of the
next day. The transit from Dublin to London is not
quite so rapid, as allowance has to be made at Holyhead
for the delay occasioned by an unfavourable passage.
Whichever of these passages the traveller may select,
he is obliged to spend, even in the most favourable
weather, nearly five hours on the sea. He does so in a
sea proverbial for its tossing ; there is neither seaman
nor landsman who has not heard of the race of Holy-
head. This boisterous passage is performed in vessels
that are said to be built for speed, but are certainly con-
trived for discomfort. If the problem were to be pro-
posed how to attend the passage over the 60 miles of
water which separate Dublin from the Isle of Anglesea
with the maximum of discomfort. the present arrange-
ment would have been entirely successful in its solution.
The evidence taken in 1853 before the committee of
the House of Commons which investigated this question
abundantly establishes this fact. We need not fatigue
the attention of our readers !by repeating the details.
Suffice it to say, that this evidence incontestsblv proves
that the time spent in the steam-boat between Holyhead
and Dublin is to the generality of travellers a period •t
discomfort as great as can well be conceived to attend
on travelling in a civilised age.
This, however, it must be remembered is the interval
which practically separates Ireland from England. If
by an effort of art we could bridge over those 60 miles
of yea, and run the train and the railroad across it, we
would go far to make Ireland and England one country.
We would do so so far as geographical considerations are
concerned. The nearer we can approach to this the
more we diminish the severance between the countries.
Unimportant as some might consider the subject, the
discomforts attendant on crossing the Irish Channel
form the real barrier of separation between the countries.
If we can make the passage to Dublin as easy as it is to
Carlisle, we unite Ireland to London as closely to the
county of Cumberland.
The evidence to which we have referred establishes,
further, that this can be done. A very moderate ex-
penditure on the part of the Treasury would insure for
this service boats that would perform the passage in
three bouts, and which would be of a size and a con-
struct ion that would reduce the inconveniences of the
sea voyage almost to nothing. We protest that this is
a matter ha which it appears to us that the question of
expense is a very secondary one. The consolidation of
the union with Ireland is a subject which must not be
weighed in scales, to be balanced by an expenditure, at
the outside of same 30 thousand a year. The facilitating
of the communication between the countries is an object
of great imperial interest—everything that brings Ire-
land nearer to this country adds to the power and con-
solidates the strength of the empire at large. Let us
shorten the journey to Dubli❑ to ten hours—let us take
from all the annoyance of the sea passage, and for all
practical purposes we have brought every part of Ire•
laud nearer to London.

The increasing inponring of English visitors into Ire-
land that would beyond all question follow the improved
commuoicatiou would in itself do much to unite the coun-
tries. There is in Ireland a mine of wealth for English-
men yet unexplored. Everything that makes the vast
resources of that country easy of access to us opens new
fields for our enterprise. England is at least as much
interested in the subject as Ireland. We earnestly hope
that no penurious economy will be suffered to interfere
reasonably
y bel attained • and
no
Ireland with a project of national importance ; that we shall
have the very
best and speediest communication between
lttohl
:el ce
torruahrvieterl ee sr
deterreds
wt whi°cbhillycaatyhnew isrelto naaldisagreeablevisit prospect of a five
hours' sea trip, rendered miserable by all the contriv-
ances which the ingenuity of modern discovery can
command.

LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING.--Mr. Lowe's bill was
printed yesterday. It contains 52 clauses, the various
provisions of which have already been fully explained
to the public. The act is divided into four parts,
the first relating to passing tolls ; the second relating
to taxes applied to other than 25 shipping purposes ;
the third to differential duties and exemptions ; and
the fourth to miscellaneous matters. The act is to come
into opera,ti ou the let of Januai v, 1857.
THE TOWN DUES ABOLITION BlLL—During the sit-
ting of the Liverpool Town Council yester lay a telegra-
phic message was received from the Liverpool town
clerk, now in London, stating that the new bill intro-
duced into the house by Mr. Lowe had just been printed,
and requiring the immediate presence in London of some
of the corporate officials. The intelligence created con-
siderable commotion in the council, a local paper having
that morning, apparently semi-officially, announced
that the bill would not be printed for another week or
so, and that Government were already so sick of the
question that it would be withdrawn altogether. The
prompt printing of the bill dissipated these pleasant de-
lusions.

Naval and Military Intelligence.-
_

The following account of naval and military move•
mentB at Malta is from a letter dated Feb. 8 :

"The Severn steam-transport arrived from Queens-
town on the6th; brivging Captain Dillon, Ensigns Cur-
zon, Dugdale, and Lawson, and 193 non-commissioned
officers and privates of the Rifle Brigade ; Captain Jones
and Lieutenant Stewart, and 53 non-commissioned offi-
cers and privates of the 13th ; Captain Lambert, Ensign
Ouslow, and 90 non-commissioned officers stud privates
of the 41st ; Captain Phillips, Ensigns Orr and Stan].
mos, and 51 non-commis'siened officers and privates of
the 47th ; Lieutenants Theobald and Trevor, and 63
non-commissioned officers and privates of the- 55th ' •
Lieutenant Agnew, Ensigns Bolton and Chadwick, and
98 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 9th ;
.Ensign Gray. and 82 non-commissioned officera and pri-
vate* of the 39th, and .A.ssistaut-Surgeon Wilhaman.
"The Earl of Aberdeen screw steam-transport left
On the sth for the Crimea, conveying Captain Gould,
63d ; Captain Barron, 18th ; Captain Peddy, 21st ;
Captain Hildee, 50th ; Lieutenant Shaw 'lnd Ensign
Annesley, 97th ; and 50 privates, in addition to the
other 'soldiers who cane out in her from England.
"I%e Spartan screw steamer arrived from Alexandria
on the 6th. •

"The' Peninsular anti Oriental Company's new steam-
ship Pera arrived here on the 6th, alter a fine rua of 73
hourvfrom Alexandria, averaging 11f knots the hour,
her passage to Alexandria having been accomplished in
75 hours. The Fora brought from Alexandria the Bom-
bay snail of the 16th of January, which reached Suez
on the lit of February, and conveyed, amonz other
passengers, Colonel Bowen and Lieutenant Fox for
Malta; Captains Blake, Clark, anti Fearon. She took
her departure for Southampton, on the 6th, having em-
barked, among other passengers, at Malta, Admiral
Sir Lucius Curtis, ?Isjor Putt, Captain Jenkins and
family, Captain Tozer, Captain Mayo:lore, and Lieut.
Dickson ; at 9 a.m. on the 7th, when about 30 miles
east of Pantelleria, she broke the discharge valve of
her starboard air pump, and bad, in consequence, to
return to Malta, reaching the offing at 10 p.m., but did
not enter the harbour until the morning of the Bth.
She will, it is hoped, be able to get a ntrw one cast in
the factory of the yard, so as to get away by the evening
of the 9th.

" Trhe Governolo, Sardinian _steam-frigate, arrived
from Genoa on thesth, and left for. the Crimea on the
7th, with 35 officers and privates of the Sardinian army.
"The Carmel, French postal steamer, arrived from
Constantinople, Smyrna, and Syra on the sth, bringing,
among other passengers, 107 French miNtary
and left for Marseilles on the vatne day.

"The Aquila, imperial Austrian screw steamer, ar-
rived from Glasgow and Gibraltar on the 6th.
"The Berwick screw steamer left on the 6th for
Malaga, Gibraltar, and England..
"The Italian screw steamer arrived from Alexandria
on the 6th, and left for Liverpool on the 7tb.
"The capitole, French. postal steamer, left for Meg-
sine, the Italian ports, and Marseille.; on the 7th.
"The sailing transport-ship Grett Tasmania arrived on
the 4th from Constantinople, bringing Lieut. Wild, of
the 95th, Assistant-Surgeons Humfrey, Morgan, O'Cal-
lagbau, Woods, and Young ; Deputy-Assistant-Com-
missary Hoods ; and Brevet-Mhkir Carter, of the 63d.
She left for England on the 7th, in tow of the Charity
steam-transport, which arrived frOin Abydos on the sth.
" The Saldanha sailing-transport, having on board
Lieut. Hand, of the 63d, for Malta, and for England
Major Lowey, of the 47th,, and family, Capt. Piper, of
the 46th, Assistant=Suroon Bain, Dr. Roberts, Surgeon
Chaunoe, Assistant-Surgeons Adams and Brown, Mr.
Timerty, and 260 military invalids arrived on the sth
from Renkini, in tow of her Majssty's steam-transport
'Assistance ; both vessels left for England on the 7th.
The Pioneer screw steam-transport left on the sth for
Gibraltar.

SirEinLthY: B
ensuing week to resume the corn-
G.C. , will.lekve the Earl of
ArAuddituteittl early
mand of the Mediterranean fleet.

The following is an account of the composition of the
British naval force in comrsissinn on the let of January,
1856 :

Where Stationed. No. of Guns. Consple-
Ships. meat.
Mediterranean and Black Sea 69 1,123 12,774
East Indies, China, and Australia 18 73 3,231
Particular service
West Coast of Africa

Cape of Good Hope 7 73 891
South-east Coast of America
West Coast of Americo
North America and West Indies ' 21. 468 4,874
Particular service l4 257 2,676
Surveying service 5 22 303
Portsmouth
PlsitnoUth
Sheerness
Woolwich

Pembroke
....."" ' 62.
Queenstown • - 6 134 1,413
`Yachts 3 2 138
Unappropriated, refitting, and
fitting out, which includes the

Baltic flea, now home
Ordered home

Total 325 6,231 63,335
There were yesterday iu cominissioa at Portsmouth
only, 54 sail of men-of-war; there were also 1 first-rate
of 131 guns, 1 second-rate of 90, 2 frigates of 50, and a
store-ship of 42 (all screws), 2 paddle steam-sloops of 6
nearly all ready for the pendant ; also 5 mortar-vessels
(the Bfaz2r, Prompt, Porpoise, Havoc, and Cupid) quite
ready for service. Thus at Portsmouth alone there were
65 mee-of-war yesterday.
VESSELS COMPLETE AND BEING BROUGHT FORWARD.
Horse-
Name. • Guns. At what Port.
power.
Marlborough
Victor Emmanuel
Mars
Centurion
Chesapeake 4OO 50 Chatham.
Shannon . 600 50 Portsmouth.
Satellite
Eurotas (mortar)
Fox (store transport) Portsmouth.
Virago 3OO 6 Devonport.
Tartarus
Flying Fish
Besides 5 harbour vessels and 11 gun-boats all in various
stages of forwardness at various ports ; not in hand, 6 ;
advanced-1 first-rate, 12 second, 5 third, 11 fourth, 2
fifth, 2 sixth, 2 sloops, and 4 brigs ; being brought for-
ward, 2 sloops.
By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Madrid, which arrived at Southampton yesterday with
the Peninsular mails, we receive the following items of
naval and military intelligence from Gibraltar :—The
British steam transport Edin, 14 days from London, ar-
rived out on the 29th ult. with ammunition, &c., for
Balaklava. The sailing transport Lancashire Witch left
for Spithead on the morning of the 31st. The steam
transport Victory arrived at Gibraltar with a cargo of
shell from Malta on the let inst. After discharging she
was to leave for England with the following passengers :
t—erEnasriySl giulirgnßr Hutchins, 18th Royal Irish, and servant; Ve-
in ne, 4th Lt. Dragoons; Lieut. Fortes.
cue, Rifle Brigade; two non-corninissioned officers of the
Turkish Contingent, and four soldiers' wives of the 88th
Regiment. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Urgent was
undergoing repairs at Gibraltar, and would be ready to
leave on the sth inst, The steam transports Hesper, Dur-
ham, and Bacchante left Gibraltar for Deptford on the 4th
inst. The Oneida steam transport put into the bay on the
3d inst., on her way from Malta to Spithead, with Major
Dennis, 95th Foot ; Major Somerville, 68th ; Lieut.
Sparke, 68th ; Lieut. Griffith, 23d ; Lieut. Hutchinson,
sth Dragoon Guards ; Assistant-Surgeon Tovey, 30th ;
Dr. Davidson, Land Transport Corps, and 20 sailors.
The steam-transports Golden Queen and Victoria were
undergoing repairs at Gibraltar preparatory to leaving
for Eugland. The Severn steam-transport, from England,
with troops on board, passed to the eastward on the 2d
inst. The Clyde steam-transport arrived in the hay on
the 4th, likewise laden with troops, and resumed her
voyage to the East half an hour afterwards. The Lady
Alice Lambton and Union steam-transports anchored
in the bay from the eastward on the morning of the
4th. Her Majesty's screw-ship of the line Algiers had
arrived from Malta, bound to England. The 'Sir John
Easthope, with medical stores for the Crimea, arrived
the same day. The sailing-transport Herefoidshire and
the steam-transports Cleopatra, Black Diamond, and
Imperial left Gibraltar for England on the 4th inst.
On Saturday Sir G. R. Sartorius, Commander-in-
Chiefon
of the Red on board the Irish station,
osd his-etr flag -sh
uckhisip flag as Rear-
Admiral ,
the Conway,
at Queenstown, and immediatoly afterwards hoisted that
of Vice-Admiral of the Blue, to which rank he has been
promoted. The hoisting of the Vice-Admiral's flag was
acknowledged by a salute from the ships-of-war in the
harbour. In consequence of his promotion Sir G. Sar-
torius will have to vacate his present command, Cork
being only a Rear-Admiral's station.
yesterday afternoon from the
pt. Codrington'e depot-ship for
Tier Majesty's ship Algiers, 91, Rear-Admiral C. Tal-
Bbolta,okarsroledshaot
wSipilituhe,cada
his division of the gun-boat flotilla. The Gorgon, 6, pad-
dle-sloop, Commander Crawford, went out of Portsmouth
harbour to Spithead yesterday afternoon, and joined the
fleet. The Geyser, 6, paddle-sloop, will follow the Gor-
gon to-day, and proceed to Liverpool. The Harrier, 17,
screw-sloop, Commander Derriman, left Spithead atday-
light yesterday for the westward. The steam-transport
Indian, No. 197, embarked detachments of Guards and
a number of officers yesterday at Portsmouth for the
Crimea. The Cleopatra steam-transport went into har-
bour on Tuesday evening.
The ship Herefordshire, Stevenson master, from
Malta for London, arrived at Spithead yesterday after-
noon.
The Eliza, No. 115 transport, Robinson, master,
arrived at Spithead yesterday for orders. On the 10th
inst., iu lat. 45 34 N., long. 11 45 W., spoke the brig
Bravo, from Sunderland for Constantinople.
The Edendale transport, No. 10, Captain Lash, left
Woolwich yesterday for Deptford.
The gun-boat Forward, Lieut. Commander Nelson,
having been victualled at Deptford, and stored with
ammunition, &c., at Woolwich, steamed down to Green-
hithe yesterday morning to have her compasses regu-
lated for sea.
Thu Dee steamer, Master Commander Pullen, arrived