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CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
tl ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON.
The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head
Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the
report, which is too lengthy for publication :
During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England,
and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2501.—making
together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected
mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how
severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last
year.

The number of lines assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and
the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued In
the twelve mouths preceding.
Proposals were made for 138 Pelicies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.:
of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s.
Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 244
was received by the Company in the shape of premiums.
Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last,
assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s 6d., pro-
ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. .11s: 6d. Of these 54 lapsed,
amounting to 23,9901. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were
7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the let of June last equal to
2,991/. 15s. I Id.

Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001.,
but 1,1831. lls. 101. only was advanced.
The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the
last four months they had considerably extended their business on
the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur
de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for
his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,
who. under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris,
the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Everitt°
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con-
siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An-
nuities bath Immediate and Deferred.
After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning
thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice-
Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish-
ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results
and future prospects.

LA W LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church,
March 14, 1851.

Notice is hereby given, that the Books for Transferrin; Shares in
this Society will be Closed on Thursday, the 20th Instant, and will be
Re-opened on Thursday, the 10th day of April next. The Dividends
for the year 1850 will be Payable on Monday, the 7th day of April
next, and on any subsequent day (Tuesdays excepted) between the
hours of Ten and Three o'clock.
By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM SAMUEI. DOWNES, Actuary.

N.B. Policies for the whole term of life effected duriie the prevent
year will participate in the profits to be declared to the end of 1854.

BRITISH COLLEGE OP HEALTH, New-
road, London.—Whereas unprincipled parties in different
parts of the country are pirating the Hygeian system of James
Morison, which they father upon long-lived people, this is to cau-
tion the public against such malpractices. me integrity of the Hy-
geian system it is necessary should be preserved.—March 5, ISM.

MOST IMPORTANT.—Pounds, Shillings, and
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whatever does this must be important.
E. MOSES and
on have for a period exceeding twenty years, by
indefatigable exertions, endeavoared to supply the public at such
pence, in
prices as, prior to their times, was never con-idered possible ; they
have been the introilticers of a new era in their trade, and their suc-
cess proves that :they have made pounds, shillings, and
every sense of the words. available to the happiness of the com-
munity, by placing abaillance in the power of their customers, and
that, therefore, the commercial connexion
stwith them andust the public
is so essentially important to every
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tinuNi.
In every channel of their vast stream of trade as Tailors, Clothiers,
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they ens,
and General
carried out
Out-
fitters for Ladies and Gentle nen, that have
their great principles, a high qualities and low prices, the immense
multitude which has so long and so unchangeably patronised them,
sufficiently testifies ; and if, perchance, there shonld be any who are
not personally aware of this great fact, we invite them on the prin-
ciple of mutual advantage, to enable us to prove, that by saving to
them their pounds, shillings, and pence, we in reality study their
happiness, and they will find that to become our customers, is to
them and to us, most important.
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DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.
With Plain Directions, for their Prevention and Cure.
FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAYENGS ON siTEEL.
lust published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and
Italian, In a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the
Author, for forty-two stamps,
SEi4F-PRESERVA.TION; a
Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on
the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity,
usually acquired at an early period of life, whieh destroy
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations on tke certain Prevention and successful Treatment of
Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
stricture. and ail Diseases and Derangements resultinangdftilmomeltis-,
oration, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mem-
bers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings,
illustrating the Anatomy, rhysiology, and Diseases of the Re-
productive Organs, explaining their structures, uses,
and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary
habits, eXoesses, end infection.
BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
EL BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of min.
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian
Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c.
This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana-
tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative
conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the
highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testhno-
nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man
who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to
the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted vi ith ad-
vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili-
tated through secret practices acquired is youth, or by the excesses
9f later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects
of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of =-
ceasing misery and regret.
Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Titchborne-street,
uaymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill,
or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who
wny be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily,
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TILE LAKES OF EIT.LARNEY; REMINISCENCES 07
DUBLIN, &o.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
"That throe seore years and ten our course may run."

A papular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of nor-
foualy-debilitated health and enfeebled constltiation, that harasses
the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and cm-
litters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical rep'.
e.tion of overylday life.

Iv.
THE. PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt tho body—what Improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." .

RMIJFICT : -I,lfo's pilgrimage, item infancy to old age. The advent
efthe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of
licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
end remodiative. Advocacy of early marriages.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To bo or not to be, that 1.1 the question."

10011AMME :—Lawa and obligations of natire, society, and re-
d:ion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
:hoice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
Igure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of roaring them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Oases, Ise. _ _ _

By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.B. (1827),
1884). Twenty-five years Medical and iforen2le Referee in these
nottant. Reata.tlrm honr. lolly till five. levenings„ seven till nine.
lb Argyll-place. Regent-street.

A. CASE IN POINT.—" Oh, Sir ! they say Lord
John Russell's in office again," said a poor widow woman
joyfully to a friend of our's last week. "Is it true, Sir ?"
" Yes, quite true ; but what difference does it make to you
who is in office?" ",`A by, Sir, it makes all the difference to
me and poor people like me. We cannot live without cheap
bread You know, Sir, lam a poor widow with three
children, and I can only earn 6s. a week. My rent costs me
Is. 6d. a week, and clothes cost me 'mother ls., so that I
have only 3s. 6d. a week for bread for four people. We can
get plenty for 3s. 6d. while it is as cheap as it is now ; but
what would become of us if it was dear? So you see, Sir, it
make a great difference to us whether people who wish for
cheap bread or dear bread are in office." This is not an
imaginary case, but an actual conversation related to us by
one of the parties engaged in it. Nor is it an unusual case,
but, on the contrary, it is that of ,millions of families, with
some slight difference as to the number of shillings earned
and the number of children to be fed. If Lord Stanley and
others, born to spend thousands and tens of thousands
a-year, could by any possibility realise the fact that multi-
tudes of families, many of them amounting to eight or ten
persons, have to subsist on from 6s. to 12s. a week, they
would understand the corn and bread question better than
they do at present. We must have one of two things—cheap
bread or an immense increase of pauperism ; and surely it is
better to allow the labouring classes to feed themselves with
cheap bread, earned by honest independent labour, than to
have to support them at the public expense as wretched and
degraded paupers—Liverpool Times.
IMMENSE ENGINEERING WORKS.—At Mr. Napier's
engineering works, Lancefield, there are two steam cylinders
recently cast, which are for one of the new Cunard steamers,
of larger dimensions than any hitherto made in this country
or elsewhere. The diameter inside is 103 irches, and the
length of stroke about 10 feet. The largest hitherto fitted
up in the steamers of this celebrated line was 96 inches,
which is also the size of those on board the Collins' line of
American s earners. The largest slotting machine in exist-
ence is being fitted up at Lancefield works, by Mr. Robert ,
Napier. Some idea of the immense proportion of this huge
mechanism may be formed when it is a ated that the castings
fo • cutting vertical groov
forming the machine weigleisalitonuitaltgOoc titvinhse.elsl, tsihsafitisit,eandcel
and provision is made for screw-propeller
largest requisite
size "on end," to have the _ grooves cut shaft s the
of
in-
ternally or on the surface. When a single tool for perform-
ing operation weighs 100 tons, the
machinery prepared by it may :.
immense magnitude of the be
im a
gailn) peat e n
1t13,h,
ea
vertical
eerrty simple
i c
a a
crank motion overhead.--
Glasgow Worth British Mail.
Within the last six years w
state; a r
dasnodfn
notwithstanding
tthhsot
aunsdainn dg
new houses have been erected in this town, many of which
are at present in anunfinished l motion of the cutter is given in the
ordinary way, by means of
this enormous increase, and taking into account those that
are unfinished, there are not 400 houses unoccupied. We
very much I question if there be a single town iu the em-
pire that has made, during the past six years, a greater
up
proportionate increase than Ipswich:—lpszcich ,Express

.

Captain Charles Hope Reid (1822), on the retired
list of 1846, died a few days since. He had served
afloat 22 years, and his career is thus sketched by
O'Byrne, in his "Naval Biography":-" Charles Hope
Reid, a protégé of the Hopetoun family, was son of the
late Charles. Reid, Esq., of Watermeetings, county of
Lanark, steward or agent, we believe, to Lord Melville,
by Wilbelmina Grunshield, niece; of General Fingland
Douglas, of Dumfriesshire, This officer (originally in
the Hon. East India Company's service) entered the
navy in March, 1797, as A. 8., on board the Colossus,
74. In the following summer he was constantly engaged
in rowing guard under the walls of Cadiz; and on one
occasion the boat in which he served was so well de-
fended that Lord St. Vincent promoted the cammanding
officer, the late Lord William Stuart. The Colossus
being wrecked on a ledge of rocks in St. Mary's Road,
Scilly, Dec. 10, 1798, he joined, in the course of the
ensuing month, the Magnificent, 74. From October,
1801, until November, 1804, Mr. Reid acted, off Oporto
and in the North Sea and West Indies, as master of the
Netley, schooner; in which vessel he co-operated in the
reduction of Ste. Lucie, June 22, 1803, and assisted in
the following September, at the capture of Demerara,
Essequibo, and Berbice, In 1805, having passed his
examination, he was again placed midshipman on
board the Nimble, cutter. On his return in her,
as sub-lieutenant, to the West Indies, after
having served in the Channel and off the port
of ' Cadiz, he received an acting order from Rear-
Admiral !Hon. Alexander Cochrane to assume command
of the Trinidad schooner of 14 guns. While on his pas-
sage to join that vessel in the Hart sloop-of-war, the
latter, in a gust of wind, fell over on berbeam ends, and
was only saved from foundering by hie great activity
and presence of mind. Attaining the rank of lieutenant,
Jan. 22, 1806, he was subsequently appointed to the
Brunswick, 74, part of the force employed in the expe-
dition against Copenhagen, where he delisted at the de-
barkation of the troops under Lord Cathcart; officiated
as senior-lieutenant during the equipment of. the Danish
fleet, and ultimately, owing to' the illness of his captain,
assumed the sole charge of the ship, which he conducted
home. In the Victory, 100, he aided in bringing home
the remains of Sir John Moore's army, after the battle
of Corunna at the commencement of 1809, and thence-
forward, until promoted to the rank ofeommander, June
2, 1812, served as flag-lieutenant to his patron, who had
been appointed captain of the Baltic fleet. He com-
manded the Fervent, 12, and Calypse, 18. In January,
1816, as acting-captain for four months to the Trident, I
64, guard-ship at Malta, where, as sealer officer, he con-
ducted the duties of the port and of the naval arsenal,
and Dec. 12. 1817, was appointed to lib Driver sloop, in
which vessel, until paid off in Oatelper 1821, he had
charge on the coast of Scotland of all the small cruisers
under the orders of Sir William Johnstone Hope and
his successor Rear-Admiral Robert Miller Otway."
Captain John Mead (1847), on the retired list of 1840,
died a few days since. He was born March 2, 1782,
and was son of the Rev.'R. Meadd, by the Hon. Mary
De Courcy, daughter of John, 25th Lord Kinsale, and
sister of Admiral Hon. Michael Da. Conroy. He entered
the navy September, 1794, as .midshipman of the Meg-
nanime, 48, and served afloat for 146 years during the
war. In the Magnanime, besideabontributing to the
capture of several privateers, he aiiiisted at the taking,
off Cape Finisterre, August, 1798, of La Decade, French
frigate, 36, and at the defeat 'of Bonaparte's squadron
intended for the invasion of Ireland. He was in the
Canada when she saved the Mart 74, from being
wricked on the rocks to the eastward of Ushant. On
the 20th November, 1802, Mr. 314atle was nominated
acting lieutenant of the Cambrian,!4o, to which be was
confirmed April 19, 1803; the Leopard, 50, also on the
Halifax station. On June 22, 1807, he assisted in en-
forcing the surrender of the United States frigate Che-
sapeake, in consequence of a refusal on the part of the
latter to allow the British to searett her for deserters.
He subsequently. from May, 18080 until advanced to
the rank of captain, Nov. 4, 1812, officiated as flag-lieu-
tpnant to his uncle in the Torment, '80; Diana, 38; and
Fourdroyant. He assisted, in the Wonnant, at the em-
barkation of the army after the battle of Corunna in
January, 1809, and was employed in the other ships on
the Brazilian station. Commander Meade married,
Sept. 19, 1814, Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson Quin, and by
that lady had issue ten children,
Vice-Admiral Sir George F. Seymbur, C. 8., G.C.H.,
in his flag-ship the Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour,
was still at St. Helen's, yesterday, the wind continuing
to blow from the westward, with foul weather. The
Sprightly steam-tender is sent down to her daily with
letters, &c.
Mr. Charles Greig, second-master of 1842, the senidr
eligible on the list, and now acting master of the
lark, 8,8, on the coast of Africa, has been confirmed to tlh
rank of master.

Mr. Bellamy, whose death we announced yesterday,
was formerly assistant master attendant of Portsmouth
Dockyard, end lately master-attendant of the Wool-
wich (not Chatham), from which establishment he was
obliged to retire, in consequence of being se:zed with
paralysis.
An accident occurred to Mr. A. Balliston, master-
commander of the Elfin steam-tender, who fell from her
paddlehox, while at Cowes, into the water; but it only
resulted in a ducking, for he resumed his duties imme-
diately afterwards.

LAUNCH OF THE SCREW LINE-OF•BATTLE
SHIP SANSPAREIL.
Tuesday having been the appointed day for the launch
of the Sanspareil, at the royal dockyard, Devonport, a
largo number of persons of the county of Devon had
determined to be present on the occasion. A great many
arrived by the railway from Exeter and other places,
and the applications for accommodation were more than
usually numerous; but, unfortunately, the morning was
most inauspicious, for a strong Wind from the south-
west. accompanied by heavy rain, continued all the fore-
noon. About one P.M. the rain, ceased, and the wind
shifted to the west, still however blowing strong. At
three P.M. the dockyard gates were thrown open, at
which time the street was densely crowded up so far
as the Hotel, when a rush was made fur the ship,
the road to her slip being marked out by a strong
body of police and labourers. About 3.30 the car-
riages of the Port Admiral, Sir W. H. Gage, G.C.H.,
and the Commander-in-Chief of the district, General
the Hon. H. Murray, entered the yard, and soon
after the Commodore Superintendent Lord John Hay,
C. 8., and those assembled at his house, proceeded to the
ship, where the dockyard band were placed, playing
several national airs, &c. The ceremony of naming the
ship was then perfcrmed by 31.1i55 Sophia Gage, niece cf
the gallant Admiral, and at 3.45, a lull having come on,
those in authority thought the sooner she went off the
better, and at eight minutes before
suspended the ballast was parted four the string which
by Miss Gage, and as
it fell on the dog-shores they were knocked away, and
the Sanspareil went off in gallant style, amid the cheers
of the multitude.

it should be remarked that souse hundreds had per-
mission to be launched in the ship; but in consequence
of the strong wind, and fearing uccidunts might occur,
all communication with her was Cut off, and very few
were left on board who were not useful iu assistiug to
moor the vessel.

Many thousands who were in the dockyard saw very
little of the launch, and after the ship was in the watsr,
hundreds still flocked to the Beene.

The Sanspareil, as we have several times stated, was
originally laid down on the lines of the old ship of that
name, captured on the Ist of June, 1794. We believe
the man is now living in the neighbourhood of Plymouth
who fired the first gun at her. In the British navy she
was a favourite ship, as she was then as superior to our
two-deckers as the 84s are to our 725, and bore the flag
of Lord Hugh Seymour. The old chip was the sheer
hulk in Hamoaze for many years, and it was on being
condemned to bo broken up that it was determined to
take off her lines, and to perpetuate her term and dimen-
sions, as well as her name. bile has, however, been
materially altered since she was first laid down, and
since it was determined to fit her with screw propeller
and machinery of 350-horse power. Herdimensions are
now as follow: Ft. in.
Length ... ••• ••• . 200 6
Ditto keel for tonnage ... 166 6
Breadth, extreme ...
52 2
Ditto for tonnage ...
• 51 6
Ditto, moulded
Depth in holds... ... • 50 8
22 8
Tonnage ••• ••• ••• 2,333
He armament is to be 81 guns, instead of 67, as for-
merly arranged; the odd gun being a 10-in. 85 cwt.
pivot-gun, to be fitted on her forecastle,
The Sanspareil is the most powerful screw two.clecker
afloat in the world.
His Netherlands Majesty's schooner Atalanfo, com-
manded by the lion. Lieutenant Clerek, front Flushing,
bound to Curacoa, put into St. Helen's Roads oil Sunday
last, and went up to Spithead. She will proceed on the
first fair wind.

Alecto, 6, steam-sloop, Commander tavie was paid
advance at Devonport yesterday, and will proceed to-day
for the coast of Africa with a mail.
Birkenhead, steam transport, Master amamander
Salmon, is now entering her own complement, and re-
quires about 50 blue jackets to make up her clew of 130.
She is ordered to take troops and stores to Clnada.
Bonetta, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant
'Tuesday
Wake,
was raid advance at Devonport on morning.
She drew her charts for the South Americas station,
and is now ready for sea.
Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, has received her
new bowsprit and lower masts. She will not he out of
the hands of tho doelcard for three weeks,
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Cellal•elartiti are or-
dered to be held on Friday, on board the Vidory flag-
ship in this harbour, on the First Lieutenant (1. Moore)
and the remaining officers and ship's compaly of the
late steam-sloop Flamer, for the lass of that ship; also
on Mr. Balt, r, mate of the lute }lamer, for :notoriety;
on Commander Sr. Leger and the officers of the watch of
the Flamer, also for her loss; and on n innriw, named
Elam, for havieg shot and killed a liroomau.
A Portuguese man•of-war steam-sloop, arrived in
Cowes Roads last evening, and saluted the RcF.al stan-
dard at Osborne this morning. She is auppoW to be
laden with goods for the Great Exhibition of tto Indus-
try of all Nations.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Al!. G. Alit; Master
Commanding, la,,reeded this morning out will Admi-
ralty and other dispatches and letters to Vife-Adnai•

The Vulcan steam troop-ship, Master-Commander
Penn, now on her way with troops for the Cape of Good
Hope, when she left Sheerness, on the 7th inst , for
Spithead, steamed round at from eight to fling knots per
hour, the engines having averaged that speed with 58
revolutions per minute, steam at 71b. psessure to the
square inch, barometer 27i inches, and burning only 22
cwt. of fuel per hour. The engines are 350-horse power,
and the consumption of coals only 71b. for each nominal
horse power, or 2klb. per indicated horse power, the
engines exerting nearly three times greater power than
they were contracted for. The result is highly satisfac-
tory, as the vessel is fully 2,000 tons burden, and her
drauht of water 19 feet 6 inches. The Vulan, after
leaving Plymouth for Queenstown to embarkc the 47th
Regiment of Foot, had a very boisterous passage, and
carried away her foretop and maintopgallant masts. The
engineQ, under these disadvantageous circumstances, are
reported as everything that could be wished, and every
part "worked satisfactorily. The Vulcan will be the
first large iron -vessel of such magnitude used by the
Government for so distant a voyage as the Cape of Good
Hope, and the utility of her and her sister iron steam-
Frigate of 350-horse power now fitting for sea at
Sheerness, will be an excellent test of the comparative
merits of iron vessels and vessels built of wood when
used as troop-ships.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent frets the General Post-office
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

When made up in From what When
PLACES. General Post-office port die- due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.) N March 23 .. Liverpool .• March 26
America (by U.S. pkt.) N March 21 .. Liverpool .. April 2
America (by U.S. pkt.) 31 March 26 Southampt. April 5
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth April 3
Alexandria* ........ N 1911 & 30th of mu. Dover .. March 28
Belgium N Daily .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil . M 9th of the month Southampt. April 12
Buenos Ay;es M 9th of the month Southampt. April 12
California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. March 20
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.• April 3
Constantinople 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. March 20
Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. March 20
Channel Isles N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th.Sa
Chili . M 17th of the month Southampt: March 20
France M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedally
Greets*. •N Ith 17th 27th ef mo Dover • • March 20
Ilateburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Rolland M Wednes. & Satur. London .. 31oR.Thrr
Honduras Nll7th of the month Sonthampt. March 20
Ireland .. • • M.& N1Twice daily .. Holyhead .. Twicedaily
India (via Southamp.) 1120th of the month Southampt. Marth
India (vi a Marseilles) Ni 7 tit& 24th ofmonth Dover .. March 20
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. 3110th of the month Southampt. March 28
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N,7th&24th ofmonth Dover • • March 20
Mexico .. 31 2d of the month.. Sonthampt. April
Madeira • • • • .. lif9th of the month Sonthampt. April 12
th,l7th 19th 27th Dover March 20
Malta* 72c 30th of month }
Naples* N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • March 22
Papal States* N :sth 15th 25th of molDover .. March 12
rent/molar.. 7thl7th 27th of mo Southampt. April 28
Peru .. 17th of the month I Sonthampt. March 28
Tuscany* . • . N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • . March 22
West Indies :. .. 31117th of the month 'Southanapt. March 22
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) M.2d of the month .. Sonthampt. April 5

The mails to those c ountries thus marked (*) are conveyed by
French packet via
Igo ernes.
RAILWAY INT LICENCE. '
EASTER& CI • ' TIES.
—The shareholders of this co.. by -assembled yester-
day at the London Tavern, to receive the reportipf the
scrutineers on the poll clemandecjapitWlSeeting of the
company on the preceding day with reference to the
election of three directors. Four o'clock was the hour
appointed, but the result was not announced until a
quarter to six o'clock, at which time Mr. Glynn took
the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said that as they bad met merely for
the purpose of announcing the result of the scrutiny, and
as the whole of the business of the ordinary meeting had
been concluded the day before, they would confine them-
selves to the matter ho had mentioned, and not go into
anything else.
Mr. GEACH and other shareholders having objected to
that course,
The CHAIRMAN said be had made up his mind on the
subject not to go into anything else, and as soon as the
business was done for which they had assembled, he
would leave the chair. On being pressed for an expla-
nation, he stated that he would send in his resignation
to the board that night.—(Cheers.)
Mr. RONEY then read the result of the scrutiny, from
which it appeared that 273 proprietors voted for the
election of Mr. Margrave, representing 561,2401. stock
in the company and 8,468 votes; for Mr. Boyd, 155
proprietors, representing 189,680/. stock and 3,169 votes;
majority in favour of Mr. Margrave 5,269 votes.—
(Cheers.) In favour of Mr. Smythe, 235 persons, re-
presenting 503,2001. stock and 7,368 votes ; for Mr.
Geach, 161 persons, representing 265,700/. stock and
4 039 votes; majority in favour of Mr. Smythe, 3,329
votes.—(Cheers.) In favour of Mr. Waddington, 268
persons, representing 538,070/. stock and 8,196 votes ;
for Mr. Whalley, 157 persons, representing 237,680/.
stock and 3.833 votes; majority in favour of Mr. Wad-
dington, 4,363 votes.
This result was received with loud cheers.
The CHAIRMAN then declared the meeting dissolved,
and left the room,

__—
Mr. GEACII said, he hoped they could have confidence
in their directors, for without the confidence and support
of the proprietors it would he impossible for the direc-
tors to do what was essential to promote the interests
of the company. He said he was glad that ho had
not been elected a director. He came forward on this
occasion at the request of a large body of the pro-
prietors residing at Manchester, and he trusted that
Ns hat ho had done would have the effect of promoting
their interests.—(Cheers.)
Mr. WADDINGTON, M.P., said he was extremely gra-
tified by the confidence repo-ed in him by the pro-
prietors, and he could assure them that if he found the
directors did not work in concert he would be the first
man to declare it, and to give back the confidence re-
posed in him. The Great Northern Company had
thrown off the mask, and unless they were prepared to
defend themselves they must suffer materially; but if the
directors worked day by day as faithful trustees, he had
no doubt the position of the company would be very
much improved. He would endeavour to do his utmost
for them—(Loud cheers)—and he believed the first thing
would be to examine the locomotive department; and if
he found he could not bring it into a state of economy
he would consent to let the working of the line by con-
tract, provided that it could be worked cheaper by that
means, but not otherwise. He would say that if a re-
sponsible contractor could work the line for less than
they could, by all means let him work the line. He
would make it his business to go into the whole of the
traffic arrangements and the working of the line, and he
would endeavour to show his gratitude for the confidence
they had placed in him by their votes that day. He
was glad they had given him an opportunity of promoting
their interests, and he could assure them that it' his exer-
tions should fail that his health would fail first.

Mr. Lartolta.vu apologised for the statement he felt it
his duty to make at the meeting the day before, and
judging from his position on the poll he thought he
might conclude that they approved of his conduct on
that occasion. He was glad that his conduct had been
justified by their vote that day in electing him ono of
their trustees. He felt satisfied that their affairs only
required to be conducted with vigour and honesty in:
order to place them in a position to set all other lines at
de fianco.—(Cheers.)
Mr. SMYTUE was then called upon to express his
opinion with regard to the undertaking, and in doing so
stated that while ho had the confidence of the proprie-
tors he would work for them to the best of his ability.
Ile said he held a large stake in the company, and having
no shares i❑ any other line they might depend that he
would do everything in his power to promote the pros-
perity of the Eastern Counties Railway.—(Cheers.)
The proprietors then separated.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MARcii 19.

STOCK EXCIIANGF.—Prices were rather on the fall to-day.
The transaction were as follow :—Great Western Stock, 904
—Ditto, New 171. Shares, 2IA dis.—South-Eastern and
Dover, 274 ex div.—Vale of Neath, 4 dis.—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 6.1,4 ex div. York and North Midland, 27,Y4.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been rather heavy
to-day, and prices generally are lower. There was a large
amount of stock offering, lint buyers did not seem inclined to
give the prices asked. The transactions were as follow :
Ambergate and East Junction, 3,4 dis.—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 221. Shares, 43% dis.—
Caledonian, 15—Ditto, Preference, 64—East Lancashire,
17!(3—Great Northern, 184—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
61,4 c.—Ditto, Fifths, 6% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 6 per
cent., l3—Leeds and Tbirsk, 19—London and North-
Western, 131—Ditto, New Quarters, 5"g3 p.—Ditto, Fifths,
iii I).—Ditto, Quarters (C), 3 p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 364—Ditto, Preference, 121%—Matlock
and Midland 3 5-IG—Midland, 644—Ditto, Halves, l 2
—North British, 104,',—North Staffordshire, sti, dis.—North-
Western, 104 dia.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B),
--South-Eastern And PPM, 27%•••WilitehrfeLl aud

Total ... ... ... .£6,717 14 3
Corresponding week last year ... 8,267 18 3

No ETU STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. - ( Miles open,ll2.)
Return of traffic for the week ending March 9;_
Railway and canal .- £4,739 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 4,370 0 0
Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North-Western
Railway Company.

LANCASWIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles
open.)—Traffic for week ending Mar.16....£13,923 4 11
Corresponding week in last year, (219
miles open) .. ... ... ....£11,813 411
LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—Amount of revenue
for the week ending March 16:—
Passengers ... ... £715 8 0
Goods ... .. ... ... 23 5 0

Total ... ... ...£738 13 0
Corresponding week last year ... 598 14 4
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ending March 16 :
Passengers ... £843 1 5

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