The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

LONDoN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1856.

AR(YLL ROOMS.-LAITRENT'S CASINO,
Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above clegan
rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with
Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M.
roulcourt. The Proorietor begs to inform the public that th
ashion,ble pace of resort ha been entirely redecorated during the
►ecess. Doom open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis-
sion One Shilling.

DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen
MY) from 10 till 10, containing npwirdi of one thousand models
‘nd preparations, Mast:sting every part of the human frame in
health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12,
1. and half-past 7, by Dr. G. Strrrox, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and
I'4lllY-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery
by Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling.

ANTERBITRY HALL, Westminster-road.
/ —OPEN VERY EVEN"ING.—The following company of
Vocalists are • ngaged for +he performance of selections from all the
Popular Dpeias, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees. Duets, &c., viz.:—
Miss E. Pearce, M's S. aulfield, Miss Brunel!, and Miss Summers ;
Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans R. Grover. T. Raino, T.
Tarrant, S. Jones, J. Barker. W. 'cluing. and P. Carrie; Masters
Austin, Bennett, and Corti; Mr. Sam Cowell and E Mackney. Pia.
4 nofarte. I. Harroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; direc-
tor. Mr. 1. Caulfield. Commence at seven )'clock precisely. Suppers,
ac., until twelve o'clock.

TWENTY POUNDS REWARD -ABSCOND-
En, GEORGE A ARONS, age 22. height 5 feet 5 inches, full
,lane, and slight red mark on his forehead, dark hair, black snots on
nis face, and very much sunfreckled ; had on small (hecked
trousers, black stripes down the side, black frock coat, black vest,
black broad•brimmed hat, or white felt, gold watch and Albert chain,
locket with dog's head. a set of three charms, small pleted shirt,
black tie, and s• t of diamond studs, enamelled short black boots,
With elastic sides. He took with him 47 Gold Geneva Watches :
has been to New York, and talks like an American Whoever will
his information to Mr. NARKS, I, Bury-street, St. Mary-Axe, of
fits whereahouts, so that it will lead to his apprehension, shall receive
the above reward.

ro .LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth S eas
Ge nine YARMOUTH 13f,0 A.TERS These highly-
!steemed delicacies forwarded to all parts. on receipt of the amount
as under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-oftt!e order :-
100 prime
100 especially selected Bs. 4d IPackage included.
50 ditto ...„ 4s. 6d.
.Rend fell and plain directions, county, and nearest station Ad.
urelft-TRGIKALLEaTgg,,Tua fish Ctrrer,Ctreitirsrfultith.

FRIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATION,
w, for allowing Pensions. not exceeding 4''l. per annum, to the
and Orphan unmarried Daughters of Clergymen o' the
...stablished Church, and for affording temporary assistance to neces-
sitous Clergymen and their families, throughout England, Wales, and
Ireland.
The next ELECTION of PEN =TONERS will take place at the
Louden Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TuEsnev, November 25th,
1856, at 12 o'clock precisely; _ _ _

The Rev. JOSEPFI BROWN. V.A. in the chair.
The Report of the rroceeings of the Corporation during the past
Year, the ,ftlance-sheet, list of subscribe-s and pensioners, &c., may
!e had at the Offices, 4. st Martite.-place, Trafalgar-square, where
donations and subscriptions will be thankfully received.
The Rev. JOCEPH BROWN, M.A , 7 Hon.
The Rev. JOHN EDMUND CON, F.S.A., 5 Secs.
HENRY BRAM bLL, Secretary.

NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION,
48, Gracechurch-street, London.
For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, Er.c.
Enrolled under the Acts of Parliament relating to Friendly
Societies.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman—SAMUEL HAYUURST LUCAS, Esq.
JOIIJ,
11111-adbury Deputy,
ESQ. Chairman—CHAßLES LUSIIINGTON, Esq.
Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq.
William Miller Christy, Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq.
John Feitham, Esq. I William Tyler, Esq.
Charles Gilpin, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq.
PITYSICIANS.
J. T. Conquest, 3f.D.,F.L.5. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D.
BANltzes—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co. ; and Bank of England.
SOLICITOR—Septimus Davidson, Esq.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S.
Abstract of the Report of the Directors for 1855 :
The number of policies issued during the year ........ • • 1,073
Assuring the sum of . • ...... ....... £549,449 0 0
Annual premiums thereon ..
Policies issued from the commencement of the institution
in December, 1835 ...
Policies now in three ........ • • ...... 13,740
Annual Income From Pre-
....
miums(after d ed ucting X 33, 3IR
abatement allowed) •• ...£189,955 15 2
Ditto From Interest on in-
vested capital ...... 49,307 18 3
---
Amount returned to members in abatement of----£239,763 13 5
premiums
• . 240,134 8 Amount of bonuses added to sums assured •
•. 11
126,564 0 0
Amount paid in claims by death from the com-
mencement of the Instittutiheon
Balance of receipts over disbursements in
the year
11.583 7 8
Increasing the capital stock of the Institution to 1,211,049 17 4
At the last division of surplus profits made no to Nov. 20, 1852,
the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent, on the original amount
of premium, according to the age of the member and the time the
policy had been in force ; and the bonuses ranged in like manner
from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received during
the preceding five years.
The next DIVISION of SURPLUS PROFITS will be made up to the
20th November next year (1857), and persons effecting Assurances
before the 2nth November next will be entitled to ONE YEAR'S
PROFITS.
Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist of October are re-
Minded that they must be paid within 30 days from that date.
The Directors' Report for 1855 may be obtained on application.
Sept. 17, 1856. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary.

TOWER. —SA LE OF STORES.
Y order of the Secretary of State for War.—
, To be Sold, by public auction, in the Tower, on WEDNES-
-13,4: ~Y. sth November, 1856. at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon pre-
L'"IY, the following STORES lying at the Victoria (London) Docks,
Blankets and Rugs,
!Meets, Cotton and Linen,
'Waterproof Sheets and CoatS,
hospital Clothing,
Great Coats,
Milts and Socks,

Mitts and Gloves,
Cal.co. in pieces,
Sheepskin coats, &c..
Caps »rid Gauntlets. Sealskin, &c.,
Bedsteads, Iron, Folding,

And Misceraneous articles.
Maybe viewed at the Victoria Docks from JO to 4 o'clock, on the 4
days., previous to the sale, awl catalogues bad at the War Department,
Pall-mall, the rower, Victoria Docks, and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich,
on
i3ayment of 6d. each, which will be allowed to purchasers.
No Person will be admitted to view the lots, or into the sale room,
Without a catalogue.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's
-inn-road.
Patron—The QUEEN. - Founded 1828.
The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no
000ltimendation is required.
During the past month the following number received the benefits
of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal

Week ending 7th Sept 1,841
Ditto 14th Sept 1,895
Ditto 21st 5ept......... 1,784
Ditto 28th Sept 1,780
29th and 30th Sept.. 787

Total in Sept.
inept ^f which 3,846 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat-
) having been admitted previously.
Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten-
sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of
the Public.
3' The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors,
Generol3' elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual
al Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at
4when o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business,
any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at
-tunes desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation.
ysrY.ne Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun-
contributions and legacies, which are received by the Cream er,
Masterman, Esq., M P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts
nd ohnCo. ; Drummond and Co • Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ;
pr'scott, Grote, and Co ; Sm.'itb, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ;
.!ones Loyd and Co.; Co.
relay and Co. ; Denison and Williams.
laDeerascon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber-
-street ; bilasterman and Co.; and at the Hospital.
Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received.
By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman.

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This preparation is one ofl% the benefits which the science of modern
chemistry has conferred upon mankind ; for during the first twenty
Years of the present century to speak of a cure for the Gout was
.eon-
sidered a romance ; but now the efficacy and safety of this medicine
is so fully demonstrated by unsollcite I testimonials trom P
rank of life that public opinion proclaims this as one of the
mistit
discoveries of the present age persons in
Further proof tithe great efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and R—HETT-
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LONDON CORPORATION REFORM.

MEETING OF THE LIVERY.

A public meeting of the Livery of the City of Londot
was held yesterday in the Guildhall, to rece►ve the
report of a committee appointed in April last to consi-
der the provisions of Sir George Grey's bill for the re-
form of the Corporation of the City of London—the
Rigot Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. Considering
the importance of the question, the attendance was very
small, the hall not being near a quarter full during
the proceedings. The notice profusely posted around the
hall, providing against confusion arising from " the con-
gregation of large numbers at Common Hall meet
ings," and to allow those in office to take their places
with sufficient ease and decorum, were superfluous, and
were a burlesque on the day's proceedings.
On the platform were Alderman Sir J. Duke, Bart.,
M.P., Alderman Cubitt, M.P., Alderman Wire, Alder-
man Hale, Alderman Farncombe, the sheriffs and under
sheriffs, &c.
The LORD MAYOR said he had called the meeting in
compliance with a requisition he had received, nume-
rously signed by liverymen. He bad no knowledge of
the resolutions to be passed, but from the names given
him he believed they would be such as would entitle
them to their favourable consideration.
The Crier of the Court then read the following report
of the committee : _

" To the Livery of London, in Common Hall assembled,
"We, your committee, to whom it was referred on the
15th April, 1856, to complete and present the petition to
the House of Commons, as agreed to at the great meet-
ing in Common Hall, in opposition to the bill
then in Parliament, entitled A. bill for the Better
Regulation of the Corporation of the City of London; and
to take such steps as might be considered desirable to op-
pose the second reading of the same ; beg to report—
" That we lost no time in carrying out the wishes of the
Common Hall, and met from time to time to effect the de-
sired object.
" That the petition was signed by 2,130 liverymen.
" The Committee consulted with the Remembrancer as
to the presentation of the petition, as also with the Hon.
George Waldegrave (secretary to the Speaker), who advised
that it should be presented by a member of the house rather
than by the sheriffs, as prolapsed, seeing that one had been
already presented by the sheriffs from another part of the
corporation. _ _

"That we wrote to the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, request-
ing he would be pleased to present the petition to the
House of Commons, which he kindly consented to
do. That we attended from time to time
at the house when the bill was expected to be read a second
time, and having had an interview with Mr. Disraeli, he
requested the petition might be sent to him, when he would
take the best opportunity of presenting it.
" That the right hon. member presented the same on the
13th June, and moved that it be read at the table of the
house ; that it was so read and ordered to be printed with
the votes of the house. _ _ _

" That on the 26th June Sir G. Grey stated in the house
that in consequence of the objections raised to some parts
of the bill, time would not permit the Government to
proceed with it this session, and gave notice therefore of his
intention to withdraw the same and bring in another bill
early in the ensuing session.
“We have thus given a statement of our proceedings and
the successful result of our labours, which we trust will
meet the full approval of this Court or Common Hall ;
and we congratulate the Court that this attempt to inter-
fere with the rights and privileges of the Livery has proved
abortive, as we trust that similar attempts will ever do.
Wm Cubitt, chairman. G. Richardson.
Thomas Q. Finnis. Joseph Causton.
Geo. Scarnell. Wm: A. Rose.
Thomas Snelling. Thomas Lott.
James Josiah Millard. Ewd. Eagleton.
Thu. Stewart. James Clarke Lawrence.
Rob. Davison. J. Hartley Kennedy.
Richd. Grant. William Lawrence.
C. Reed. P. C. Toker.
Wm. Otho Mitchell. Chas. Young.
Benjn. Rider. Warren S. Hall.
John Greenwood. John Finlay, Hon. Sec.
" 28th Oct., 1856."

INAUGURATION OF THE JUNCTION OF THE
DUTCH, *RHENISH, AND COLOGNE AND
MINDEN RAILWAYS.

THE BA.N.QUST AT AMSTERDAM.

This event has been celebrated in Holland, in a style com-
mensurate with its importance to both countries. The
series of festivities commenced on Friday, the 17th, when
the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and several other
distinguished individuals—including the directors of the
Cologne and Minden, and German Union Companies—were
invited to Amsterdam to partake of a magnificent enter.
tainment provided by the Government. The town itself
presented a very gay aspect, flags flying from all the prin-
cipal shops and public buildings, and the people thronging
the streets to witness the preparations for the illumination,
which were eventually displayed with great success. The
banquet was given in the ballroom of the Palace, one of the
most magnificent saloons in Europe, 100 feet high, 120 feet
long, and 60 feet broad, lighted by eight superb chandeliers
besides candelabras. The table was decorated with all the
elegances peculiar to continental habits, and displaying a
mass of gold and silver plate, the property of the King,
which was in every respect regal.
The company, numbering 270, assembled soon after six
•'clock, and presented a gorgeous display of crosses, and
other honourable emblems. The residents were the Minis-

ters of the Home, Finance, and Colonial Departments, and,
in addition to the numerous distinguished individuals from
Prussia, there were present the Burgomasters of Amster-
dam and Rotterdam, the Chief Engineer of the Water
Steet, &c., &c.

The English party, su deeply interested in the under-
taking, wore composed of Messrs. Hesleden, J. E. Moss,
W. Allcard, 3. A. Tinne, G. E. Taunton, R. Waterhouse,
R. J. King, J. M. Still, J. J. Moss, F. F. Goodwin, S. J.
Arnold, James Robinson, Mr. Mozley, the Rev. J. Jamie-
son, Mr. Depledgo, Mr. Belce, &c., &c.
The dinner comprised not only every delicacy, but con-
siderable novelty, inasmuch as the speeches commenced
when the dinner had been bat half consumed. This, how-
eier; by giving Faze to the guests; enable 4 Met& mere fully
to appreciate the feast of reason and the flow of soul. The
music performed during the entertainment was excellent,
and the Railway Polka, commencing with the railway
bell, succeeded by the starting whistle, and proceeding to
the furioso movement of rapid combination, was truly
electrical.

The first oration was delivered by the PRUSSIAN MINI-
STER, who said that the junction of the two railways could
not but tend to the increased prosperity of both countries,
and proposed " The health of the King of Holland." In
reply, the NETHERLANDS FOREIGN MINISTER proposed
" The health of the King of Prussia."
The MINISTER of the HOME DEPARTMENT, in an elo-
quent speech, proposed the happy allianceof Prussia, Hol-
land, and England, and stated that it was mainly owing
to the perseverance of English talent and capital that they
were that day met to celebrate the junction of the two
countries by railway communication.
Mr. FABER VAN RIEMSDYK spoke in energetic terms
on the perseverance of the shareholders, who had that day
completed all that they had undertaken to perform, and
having paid a compliment to the memory of the late Mr.
Donker Curtius, President of the Direction, proposed suc-
cess to both Companies.

The PRESIDENT of the Cologne and Minden Company
returned thanks, and invited the company to Cologne, to
the festivities prepared for the morrow, at the same time
drinking to the alliance of Prussia and Holland.
Mr. VAN DAM VAN 'MELT, chairman of the Board of
Commissioners, in one of his most eloquent speeches, pro-
posed " Prosperity to Amsterdam," as the centre and focus
of all that should be enterprising and good.
The BURGOMASTER of Amsterdam returned thanks, con-
eluding with a quotation from Schiller, which, in plain
English, means " And we'll all be jolly good fellows."
The ADVOCATE-GENERAL proposed "Prosperity to Co-
logne," which was supported by the President of the
Netherlands Trading Company.
The COLONIAL MINISTER, in conclusion, gave " Pro-
sperity to Rotterdam," which was responded to by Mr.
Hoffmann, the Burgomaster ; and the Minister of the In-
terior having adverted to the credit due to the engineers,
the party separated and adjourned to a coined at Fras-
cati's.

THE OPENING.
Saturday morning broke forth with a charming autumnal
'reshness, aided by sunshine, and as the guests assembled

at the Amsterdam station at 8 a.m. all parties seemed in
high spirits to commence their journey to Cologne. The
scene was not only enlivened by bands of excellent music

and the floating of innumerable flags, but also by the pre-
sence of many gaily dressed and elegant ladies. A mounted
guard of honour was in attendance. When the train ar-
rived at Utrecht a slight halt took place at the station,
which was thronged with eager spectators, and,the military
bands were again in attendance, as indeed they were at

every large station. The bridge at Utrecht recently dam-
aged by an unfortunate accident, and which during three
weeks had seriously impeded the traffic, had been repaired
with wonderful energy and despatch, and the party passed

safely over, and in due course arrived at Arnheim, where
an elegant dejeuncr had been prepared. The Prussian
minister here, in a very flattering speech, complimented

Mr. Hesladen and the- direction on their admirable ar-

rangements, to which Mr. Hesleden replied in a short but
feeling address, which drew forth from the Ministers of

State an expression of the warmest sympathy. From
thence the train proceeded to Emmerich, where a vast
crowd was present, and where an address was presented by
the town authorities to the Prussian Minister. Here the

real opening commenced, the line from hence to Oberhau-
sen not having been hitherto traversed. Throughout th•
distance no thing could exceed the enthusiasm of the popu-
lation. Addresses were again presented at several points
of the line, and the party arrived, much pleased with

everything and everybody, at Deutz about four p.m.
BANQUET AND ILLUMINATIONS AT CO LOGNE.
The entertainment of the Cologne and Minden Company
was given in the grand saloon of the Hotel Belle Vise,
doubtless familiar to most of our readers, which was ele-
gantly decorated. About 250 gentlemen sat down to a
sumptuous repast. The chair was taken by the Prussia&
minister, whose ',is a vis was Mr. Hesleden, president of the
Dutch Rhenish Company. Although, of course, this en-
tertainment could not, from its very locality, be compared
in regal magnificence to that given on the previous evening
at the palace at Amsterdam, it was, nevertheless, excellent
in every respect. As on the previous evening, the speeclO3
commenced in the middle of dinner, and the toasts were
similar in character. The healths of the Kings of Prussia
and Holland, and success to the two companies, were very
warmly received. During the evening a copy of a very
beautiful hymn composed for the occasion was handed
round, and subsequently sung. It expressed the delight
of the Prussian nation that a new bond of union had
sprung up between them which they trusted would tend
more and more to cement the good feeling existing be-
tween both countries. Subsequently a very amusing piece
was performed called the Carniwal, in which clapping of
hands, jingling of glasses, sneezing, laughing, &c., were
successfully introduced. The ladies having been duly
toasted, the company began to separate, but unfortunately
a dense fog having set in, the illumination and fireworks
were necessarily postponed until the following evening.
The fog however cleared off on the afternoon of the fol-
lowing day, and the illuminations and fireworks intended
for the aturday were displayed on the Sunday evening
with an electrical effect. Those who witnessed them say
a snore magnificent spectacle was never presented, and
that the varied illuminations of the cathedral were beyond
all comparison. The artillery aided in heightening the
effect of the scene, by constant discharges of musketry and
small cannon. _ _

BANQUET AT ROTTERDAM.
Rotterdam was the scene of the third day's festivities,
and her wealthy merchants and esteemed burgomaster
seemed determined not to be outdone inthe race of splendid
hospitality by the previous displays—although unaided,
as in those instances, by large government grants, the mer-
eantile body themselves raised a fund more than ample
to cover a princely expenditure. The entertainment was
given in the new and very extensive hall of the Yacht
Club, which was most tastefully decorated—the flags of
Holland, Prussia, and England being displayed all round
the enclosure. When the numerous guests—comprising a
host of Prussian dignitaries and the notabilities of Amster-
dam , including all the Government Ministers and the
Burgomaster of that city—had arrived, the company sat
down i to the number of upwards of 300, to a most sump-
tuoiut repast. The Burgomaster of Rotterdam, Mr. Hoff-
man, was in the chair, having near him the Prussian Mi-
nister and officials, and the. Dutch Ministers of the Home,
Foreign, and Finance departments, and opposite to him,
at shoi!t intervals, were placed Mr. Hesieden, President of
the Bo ard of Directors, Mr. Holland, the Chairman of the
English board, and several of the English 'Commissioners.
After the preliminary toasts of the King of Prussia and
the Kii Lg of Holland, given respectively by the Burgo-
master of Rotterdam and the Prussian Minister, had been
duly rocoived and applauded,
the Minister of Finance rose
and adaressed the meeting in a most complimentary
speech, enlarging onthe merits of the English shareholders.
His Exi 3ellency, who spoke in English, in order that our
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country men present might more fully appreciate his re-
marks, concluded an eloquent speech by giving her Ma-
jesty th e Queen of England, observing at the same time his
gratifina tion at seeing so many of the principal English
shareh ciA'ders present on this occasion, and among them Mr.
Hollar id, the head of the English Commissioners, and the
Presid vat of the Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool. The
cheers which followed this toast were of the most deafen-
ing kir id, and showed that Rotterdam feeling responded
most NI Faxmly in sympathy with its English allies. When
a lull i p. the enthusiastic outburst had been obtained,
Mr. lIPLLAND rose and said --(1. M, lo Ministre

and gentlemen, on behalf of myself and colleagues
here present, I beg to tender our most grateful
acknowledgments for the very complimentary manner
in which you have introduced the name of her
most gracious Majesty the Queen of England, as connected
with the accomplishment of this great undertaking, which
we are now met to celebrate. It is unnecessary for me to
say to your Excellency and this vast assembly that I feel
assured they are right in assuming that whatever tends to
promote commercial intercourse between her country and
the rest of Europe, and thus conduce to the progress of
civilisation and a communion of feeling throughout the
world, cannot fail to be an object of interest to our gracious
Sovereign. But, on the present occasion, I doubt not that
when the knowledge of the tribute which has so graciously
re-
sponded to by thisidtohe
r by your Excellency, and so warmly re-
passembly, reaches her, and that she is
made aware of the prominent prat which Englishmen have
borne in this great undertaking, she will feel a special in-
terest, not only from the fact her subjects (my country-
men) being-thus honourably associated with it, but from
the additions: circumstance that in thus binding together
the three great countries of Germany, Holland, and Eng-
land by another chain, which your Excellency has so hap-
pily termed, not an iron, but a golden one, they are fur
ther cementing the relations of England with countries,
one of which has already clainis upon her feelings, arising
from domestic ties of an endearing kind, and the other by
historical sympathies and Immolations. Your Excelleney
has been pleased to eulogise the conduct of the shareholders
of the Dutch Rhenish Compafiy. On behalf of those share-
holders, of whom I feel some pardonable pride in saying
that nine-tenths are my fellow-countrymen, I have, on the
part of my colleagues now present and myself, to offer you
our warm acknowledgments:-Vermit me, at the same time,
to remind your Excellency and this great meeting of the
many difficulties with which those shareholders have had to
contend, and the manner in which they have overcome
them. First, they were Jyrt by the obstacles which nature
has interposed in carrying akraitllway across your country;
but.Alurt-cli (1100.x.vem.;Avittet:Ai tauOgoinelizt th.Atte- gentle-
man whose name is a guarantee for whatever he undertakes
—I allude to Mr. Brassey—contracted to do it. Then came
the financial difficulties, which had been long felt by the
•ompany, and which required the most energetic efforts of
the part of the shareholders; and here I rejoice in having
the opportunity of thus publicly testifying to your Excel-
lency, on the part of the shareholders, our appreciation of
the friendly and fostering spirit shown by the government
of the Netherlands to aid in overcoming these financial
obstacles, and the very liberal feeling they have always
displayed towards the company. Let it be borne in mind,
too, that during these difficulties public opinion in Holland
was sceptical as to the beneficial results for the sharehold-
ers. Old associations and habits looked on the waters of
the Rhine as the natural highway. to Central Europe.
That opinion yet lingers in Holland. It has already bees
practically solved in our country, and we are convinced
that in these days economy of time, beyond every other
consideration, is the essential element of commerce; in-
deed I may say that it has already been proved so here,
for since the introduction of railways in Belgium has not
Antwerp been enabled to seize upon great part of your
former transit trade, and carry it by her railways to
Cologne? From that moment your position at Rotterdam,
as naturally commanding by means of the Rhine the great
transit trade to the centre of Germany was lost—your large
colonial products alone remained to you. Bat Rotterdam
can now. resume the leading position she formerly held,
and regain the trade for which her port so admirably
qualifies her. This happy union of English and Dutch
capital and energy must doubtless soon produce a marked
effect on the progress of Rotterdam ; and it is highly gra.
tifying to us, the English now present, and will be to the
shareholders, to feel that the interests of those sharehold-
ers, and of the communities of Rotterdam and Amsterdam
are thus so clearly identified ; and there cannot be a doubt
that, under such auspices as we see around us, and in close
connexion with such a powerful ally as the Cologne-Minden
Company, the shareholders will be remunerated for all
their sacrifices. I beg, therefore, to conclude by again
acknowledging the grateful sense we entertain of the very
handsome manner in which your Excellency has expressed
yourself, and to propose " Prosperity to the town of
Rotterdam."

The assembly evinced their sympathy by cheers, and
The Burgomaster of ROTTERDAM gave "The City of
Amsterdam," which was responded to by the Burgomaster
of the latter, who, in eloquent terms, while he denouneei
the idea of any jealous feeling between these two great
marts of commerce, called on them to show an honourable
rivalry in the cause of progress and civilisation.

The PRESIDENT of the Cologne and Minden Railway
gave " Prosperity to the Dutch Rhenish Railway," which
was responded to in warm tams by Mr. Hesleden.
Various other toasts and sentiments enlivened the pro-
gress of the entertainment, and those of the guests who
chose adjourned to the ball-room, where dancing was kept
up until a late hour.

Thus terminated the three days' festivities which inau-
gurated the opening of the Datch Rhenish Railway, con-
ducted on a scale of expenditure and magnificence un-
paralleled in railway annals. Two great communities, long
isolated from each other, though such near neighbours, have
thus been brought into intimate union ; and if the warmth
and cordiality of feeling displayed on the occasion be any
criterion, the shareholders may safely look forward to the
realisation of their most sanguine calculations.
_

Among the English guests present were the Chairmen of
the Eastern Counties and Eastern Union Railways. These
gentlemen had crossed over from Harwicl? in the Aquila
steamer, to judge themselves of the facilities offered by this
new route between Harwich and the Continent. Their
advent was hailed with delight, and several of the English
shareholders, including the commissaries, availed them.
selves of the friendly offer of these gentlemen, and returned
with them the next day to Harwich. They thus ascer-
tained that with suitable boats the passage from Rotter-
dam to Harwich could be done in about nine hours and a
half ; or, adding two hours and a half from Harwich to
London, 12 hours between London and Rotterdam. Com-
paring this with the time now occupied by steamers from
London to Rotterdam or Antwerp, which is about 22
hours, the route by Harwich must eventually take the lead,
while the direct and expeditious transit from Rotterdam to
Cologne, in about 8 hours, must give this route a decided
preference for the traveller over the circuitous one by
Belgium or Calais.
The visitors in the Aquila, most of them from Liverpool,
and unacquainted with Harwich, were struck with the
immense capabilities of its harbour; and all agreed that
the shareholders, both of the Eastern Counties and Dutch
Rhenish Railways, would find it their interest to turn
such great natural advantages to account.
MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS.

On Tuesday, the 21st, the shareholders held their ad-
journed general meeting, and also a special meeting. Mr.
VAN DAM VAN ISSELT, in the absence of Mr. Faber Van
Rymsdik, took the chair. The number of shares repre-
sented was between 50,000 and 60,000.
Mr. C. HOLLAND said that the annual general meeting
had been adjourned in consequence of the retirement of
Mr. Donker Curtius, the then president. The shareholders
deeply regretted that retirement and felt awkwardly placed,
and bad anxiously deliberated how to fulfil the pledge
they had given in June, to select, if possible, a native of
Holland to succeed Mr. Curtius. Their efforts, however,
had, he regretted to say, been unsuccessful. The presi-
dency of such a line must be committed to a man of busi-
ness, and it was impossible to find a man willing to make
the sacrifice, If such. position had been conceded, to a
man of high name, he would have been exposed to all the
responsibility of office without adequate knowledge to
protect himself. In this dilemma, Count Schiauelpen-
ninck had exerted himself, but equally without success.
The shareholders had, therefore, come to the conclusion
that now the junction with Prussia was completed, the
office of president should no longer remain in a state of
interregnum, more especially as there was a gentleman
present enjoying the confidence of the English share-
holders and of the Dutch commissaries, and he was
happy to propose Mr. Hesleden as president of the
direction, in doing which he was fortified by the'opinion
of Count Schimmelpenninck ;and various commis-
saries of the propriety of the nomination. Hereafter he
hoped to find a native of Holland qualified to assist Mr.
Hesleden as vice-president, but at the moment he was not
prepared with the name of a suitable gentleman.
Mr. VAN DAM VAN ISSELT agreed with Mr. Holland
thatthe
way a
nomination.president
would without
b e
useless,
seknowledgeess,andcordially concurred in
and experience in rail-
matters
Mr. HESLEDEN was then unanimously elected president,
and briefly returned thanks.
Mr. VAN DAM VAN WELT congratulated Mr. Hesleden
upon his appointment, saying that he enjoyed the confi-
dence both of the English and Dutch ; and although dif-
ferences of opinion had arisen, they (the Dutch) had always
appreciated his energy and talent.
Mr. Zillisen was also named Vice-President for the
current year.
Mr. VAN DAM VAN ISSELT then expressed his regret
that at the meeting of June Mr. Goddefroi had not been
re-elected a commissary. This was a time of general
peace-making, festivity, and joyousness, and on behalf of
himself and the Dutch commissaries, he asked, as a favour,
that his old colleague should be re-elected a commissary.
Mr. HOLLAND then proposed that gentleman's re-election,
and Mr. TINNE seconded the proposition—disclaiming all
personal feeling in the part he had taken on a previous

occasion.
Mr. THOMAS E. MOSS then proposed that Mr. Hesleden's
salary be fixed at 1,0001. per annum, which was seconded
Mr. ALLCARD, and carried.

by M

Tl' o Adjourned meeting haviDg been concluded the

special meeting followed, and was opened by a speech
from T. E Moss, Esq., who said that at the last meeting
the shareholders expressed their sen'e of their obligations
to the commissaries, directors, and officials, for the services
they had rendered to the company, and pledged themselves
to subscribe a suitable testimonial to those gentlemen.
This sentiment has long been entertained by the English
proprietors, and they only waited the proper time to pay
the debt of gratitude which was felt by all to be due to these
gentlemen. That time had now arrived, and the magnifi-
cent festivities which had just been celebrated seemed to
make the present moment most suitable. He could not

but reflect with gratitude and delight upon the changed
aspect of affairs since he, 9 years back, had visited Hol-
land io inquire if such a railway really had an existence.
He acknowledged the obligations of the company to go-
vernment, and to all parties concerned, and although it
was not becoming in him to allude to personal services he
had come, in company with several of his fellow townsmen,
to bear public testimony to the unwearied diligence and
courtesy of the English commissaries, and to the co-opera-
tion they had received from their Dutch coadjutors.
Mr. Moss cmacluded by proposing that a sum of 80,000
florins be held at the disposal of the committee, to be di-
vided in such way as they might deem proper.
Mr. G. E. TAUNTON seconded the resolution, and was
glad to assure the proprietors that the sum mentioned was
only a part of a balance already in hand, derived from the
distribution of the forfeited shares, and would therefore in
no way be chargeable upon the ordinary revenue of the com-
pany. He spoke feelingly on this subject, because he was
one of those unfortunates who had allowed his shares to be
forfeited, but he willingly voted for the amount, even as he
might say from his own pocket, because he had for years
witnessed the untiring, although unpaid, exertions of the
English commissaries, who, aided by their Dutch brethren,
had redeemed the property from Zero to its present hign
position ; and whilst cordially seconding the resolution,
he could not omit to mention the high sense entertained by
all parties of the services of Mr. Beloe, who from the first
_bad acted as secretary to his friends in Liverpool.
The directorswere subsequently authorised to apply to
the government for permission to make a small connecting
link between the two lines near Utrecht, by which the di-
rect line from Rotterdam and Amsterdam would be consi-
derably shortened, and a large saving effected in working
expenses.

Thanks having been voted to the chairman the meeting
separated.

TEE AMERICAN "REIGN OF TERROR."

(From the New York Herald)

A reign of terror has hung out its black flag of sedi

tion, treason, and nullification over one half of the Ame-
rican Union. In all our Southern States, except little
Delaware, there icas little of political liberty as in Russia,
and a meaner, and more sneaking, and more remorseless
espionage over the liberty of speech and the public press
than in any of the Italian provinces of Austria. Under
the auspices of the Jacobin democracy this invisible and
lawless despotism of the South has become as inexorable
as the savage Committee of Public Safety of that horrible
first French revolution, and as bloodthirsty as Robe
spierre, Marat,and Danton. Such is the fierce and shame-
less despotism which reigns over the South, and such is
the government to which the rotten democracy are la-
bouring to subdue the North, under threats of disunion,
a robbery of the public treasury, and civil war.

This overshadowing evil of the day is the ripening fruit
of those seeds of corruption and discord which were
planted at Washington by this Pierce Administration.
There was in 1853 peace upon the slavery question ; Mr.
Pierce was pledged to continue this peace, and studiously
to avoid anything calculated to disturb it. But, false to
the people, false to his pledges, and faithless to his trust
in every way, he reopened the box of Pandora, and scat-
tered its seeds of mischief broadcast over the land. He
sold himself and the peace of the country, his party, his
character, his conscience, his body and soul, for that pal-
try mess of pottage—the support of the nigger-driving
leaders of the Democratic party at the Cincinnati Con-
vention. Bet they had sucked him dry like an orange,
and they cast the empty shell away. They sought another
man, equally reliable as an instrument, but better calcu-
lated for their purposes of public deception in the North.
We see, however, that so far from their being any abate-
ment in the Southern Democratic policy of terrorism
and nullification with the nomination of Mr. Buchanan,
his name, his influence, his pledges, and his autho-
rity have all been used to sink the constitution
in Kansas, at Washington, and in 14 States of the
union, and to threaten us with disunion and an armed
invasion if the rest do not submit.

For practical purposes of their own—for office, profit,
spoils and. plunder—Jefferson Davis, the Democratic
Mephistopheles at Washington, and Atchison, his right
hand man in Kansas, and poor Pierce, their suppliant
tool, set this policy of ruffian tyranny in motion. The
resuits have disgraced the country in the eyes of the
whole world. Armed invasions of ruffian mercenaries,
terrorism, ballot stuffing, spurious Kansas Legislatures
and their bloody laws, have been followed up by the
dragoon's sabre, the ruffian musket, pistol, bayonet, and
bowie-knife ; by murder, scalping, robbery, and other
crimes too revolting to think of, until the plains of Kan-
sas have been reddened with the blood of its unhappy
settlers, and blackened with the ashes of their houses
burned to the ground.
Next, we see this contagion of terrorism breaking out
at Washington in fights and rows, and fearful homicides,
and in brutal violence, even within the sanctuary of the
American Senate chamber—and next, we find the whole
South under a rigid blockade of democratic spies and in-
formers, to cross which a passport is as necessary to a
New Yorker or Pennsylvanian as at the Austrian fron-
tier. Anywhere beyond Delaware it is only necessary
for some hireling democratic vagabond to get up the hue
and cry of "Abolitionist" against any Northern stranger
to put him in peril of his life. South of Mason and
Dixon's, in fact, the country is under a despotism worse
than that of Austria, because it is a lawless, invisible,
and irresponsible despotism. It is, however, a complete
despotism of a ruffian democratic reign of terror. There
is no such thing as a free press in the South, except here
and there a straggler close to the Northern border ;
there is no such thing as free speech, except here arid
there on the part of a man whose position, influence, and
family associations—Mr. Botts, for example—render it
dangerous to disturb him.
Such are the bitter fruits of this wretched Pierce Ad-
ministration and the demoralised Democratic party,
reduced to the whip and spur of the nigger-driving die-
organisers, and ‘disunionists of the South. Is this state
of things any longer to be endured I Will the people of
the North—still free, still living up to the free gifts of
the Constitution, free speech, a free press, and the right
of the people peaceably to assemble in the discussion of
public affairs—will this free people of the free North
thus consent to vote themselves under a Southern nigger-
driving despotism, scarcely less hurniliatin2 to a free-
born white man than African slavery itself ? We say this
in all seriousness ; for when a free-born white man can
consent to have his pen and his voice under the control
of a censorship like that of the ruffian Southern demo•
cracy, and can cry " Hurrah !" for the party which thus
ties him up in boniage, he is ready to mount the block
and be sold at auction like a nigger. We await upon
this question the judgment of the free people of Penn-
sylvania.