The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-28 00:00:00

(From the Court Newman.)
The Queen held a Levee (the second this season) yes-
terday att,,rnoon, in St.
,Jaines's Palace. Her Abjesty
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived soon after
two o'clock, Iron Buclengtiam Palace, escorted by a
detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, and were re-
ceived at St. James's by the Loid Chamberlain, the
Vice.Chamberlam, and the Clerk Marshal.
Viscount Palmerston bad an audience of the Queen
before the Levee.
Viscount Barrington had an audience, and delivered
to her Majesty the RiLbon and Badge of the Order of
the Bath, worn by the !we Sir Robert Adair; • ,
Her MajAty,'m Guard of the Hon Corps of Gentlemen-,
a!-Arins was on duty in the state saloons, under the com-
mand, of the L,:.ir.enant ; Lieut,G.ionels Nevill. and
Cooke, the Sub Officers, %%ere on duty with the Corps.
The Yeomen of the Guard were under the command
of M.jor Phibbe. the Ekon in Waiting. .
His Highness the Mabaraj:ib Duleep Singh attended
the levee. •
r Majesty and his R.+yal Highness tha Prince en-
tered the Throne Room; attended by the Duchess of
Sutherland, • Mistress of the R.,..bes ; Lady alurchip,,
Lady ituW;,itint ; the Marquis of Breadatbane, L G.,
Lord Chamberlain ; the Dike of Wedington, Master of
the Horse; the Marqths of Aborcorn, K.G.' Grown of
the Stble to his Royal Highness •, the Earl of'Mulgrave,
Treasurer of the Househo'd ; Lord E. Brace, Vice-
Chamberlain ; Viscount Drumlanrig, Comptrollrx of the
Household; Lord Waterpark, Lori in Waiting %Lord
G. Lennok, Lord in Wan ing• to his Royal -Highness ;
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Keeper of tier Maturity's
Privy Purse ; MajouGeneral the 1.1,m. Charles .401lreSr:
Private S•crit try to his Royal Highness;
General. Berkeley Drumniand ; Gr ioin in Waiting ;
Major-General Wylde, Groom iu Waiting to his, Royal
Highness ; Major-General B .uyere. Equ"rry in Wait-
ing; Captain Du Plat. Ei,uerry in Waiting to his
Royal Highness ; and Mesa,. Phipps and Macpherson,
Pages of Honour in Waiting.
The queen wore a train of white poplin, embroidered
in gold and coloured flowers, and trimmed with fringe to
correspond. The petticoat was white satin, trimmed
with white satin ribbon.
Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of emeralds and
diamonds.
The Foreign Ministers were introduce], when the fol-
lowing presentations to the Queen tok place in the
diplomatic circle :
. By his Excellency the French Ambvsador—M. le
General Prince de la Muscowa, Beaupore de Son Excel-

Just pnbrshed, in feap. kr° , pri,e 7s ,
PENN —M :CAMAY, a NEW EDITION of
NvimaA
founded
M PEN
on raN ; an
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,Htaito.o io,rical Biography,
By HEPWORTH' DIXON.
With a New Preface, re7lying to the Acme tion: of Mr. Macaulay.
London: Clnonsn'and 1..3. v.

Just published, in post Bvo., with Illustrations and prlca I is..
CUZCO : A. Journey to the Ancient Capital of
Peru : with al A.c.c,unt of the History, Lan,mage, Literature,
and Antiquities of the Incas. •
Awl
.IMA. : A Visit to the Capital and Provinces of
Mo !ern Peru: with a Sketch of the Viceregal Government.
Histerr of the Repubdc, and a Review of the Literature and Society

of Peru.
By CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, F.R.G.S., Author of "Franklin's
Footqcps."
Landon: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

no TRUE & FALSE SPERNIATORRHAEA,
with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the
Real 4ufferem ander this disease. and CArrecting of wide-spread
-Prors in relatinn to their Treatment and Cure.
'`f resslateat from tize Gerreen of Dr.-PLCRFORT).
" Dr. Pickford 43 known to English readers by his frequent practi-
aal contributions to German medleal literature. This is the first
time. he informs as. that he has addressed himself to the non-medl.
reaaer. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any
,ther equally flagrant evil which it may he in his p ,wer to cor-
rect." —London M alies! Gazette. " The tri he of . Quiet Sympathisers,'
And • medical Erimis,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if thiv book
:mould find its w •:y into tho'hands of those who setter from the corn-
daint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would
be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of
:as Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize—
much money.......Thie volume is well qualified to put an end to the
empirical system of treating Reermatorrhcea, and to place the treat-
ment upon a morcsational and physiological basis. It is, therefore,
likely to do much good."
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Ny ET ROPOLITAN COUNTIES and
Int Go:NEI:AL LIFE AS'SUE kNEF: SOCIETY, 27, Resent
street, Waterloo-place, L,,ndon. Capital, 1.01,0001.

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TRUSTEES.
Rt. tin. 4pencer H. Walpole, MP. 4tohar.l •4pooner, E.g.. M.F.
Henry Peter Euler. Esq. F. Vanoittart Neale, Eeq.
Life Asottr thee bualoess transactet in all its branches.
N. R. The bonus deelar.4l at th last division of profits averaged
33 per cent. en all the premiums paid.
F. FEROU ON' VAX ROUX, Man we-.
lESBADEN RAILWAY COMPANI
EIGII r PlSit CENT. PRE FER,.NCE ,al-111tES.
The Comp ley Is prepared to receive A pwications for Preference
S arcs of 6/. each, bearing ELlht rer Cent. inter st, payable Calf-
yearly in London, Paris, or Frankm• t, at the option of the holders.
A first instalment of 21 ner share will be payablo, on allotment,
the seeon I 2/. on the 31st MArch next, and the remaining 21. on the
314 May TM •t. T,e amount of these shares to be issuei will not
exceed 'OO,OOOl, beteg the amount required to open the line to
Rulasheiro, opposio to Bingen.
Applications may be made in the subjoined form to the Company's
broker?, A. A. Ho.;hton, Earl , 11, Arigel-cotrt. Thrygmorton-
street ; and Nie.sars - trap; and !4tocKdale, 6, Throginorton-street ;
or to the zecretary, at th .so offices.
London Agency. IS, Caunoa-s:reet, City, London,
• ISth February, 1550.
By order •:•.1 the Council.
W W. LANDEIt, Secretary.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Connell of Administration of the Wie- haden Railway Company.
Gentlemen,-1 request that you will allot me Eight per Cent.
Preference Shale,. vf V. each in the Wiesbaden Railway Cempany,
and I agrre to accent the a trne or any leas number that you may
allot me, and to pay t e instalments thereon at the dates fixed in
your adver.i.ern.ut of the 16th February. la5G.

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WATSON'S CELEBRA.TED COUGH
PILLO, or Coughs. Colds, Hoarsen.a., Shertnttst of Breath.
A•thm ", Intlaanza, ec.—These invalua.,ie Pills have the extraordi-
nary property of imtnetliat lv relieving' Co.t,gha, Colds. floar-ettet±s,
Difficulty of Proa thing, and Iluskitu•s4 in the Throat. Tn Asthma,
Chron,e t ou:ha, Incitienza, liiffien'ty of Breathing, &c., it is fin; Os.
sib's to deserPte tit- wonders that hwe been performed by tbem:
many, who ,or years have been unable to lie down in their beds
without danger of bring choked by an accumulation of phiegm ;
others, who with difficulty could breathe at all in a recumbent pOB-
- have been immetiateir redeved by ta4ing one dose of thon.
Sold only by IL INTa rsoNT, Chetni4t, Pe tvettry, Cambridge. lin
boxes. Is. 11:A. sod 2e. 9d. each. Ordera sent post Lee on receipt
of cash, or Post•oflice order for the amount. •

yi DESTROYER, 1, Little Queetl-ritret,
I.st High Holborn --,ALEX-I,O,IFt'S.IiEIIrLATORY, for remtv-
eoecinany-Sunerflaous Hair f.orn the race, Neck, Arms, and
Hinds, wiihout the sl,ghte,t injury to the skin. A. l:. will warrant
!! not to irriate the flesh in the smallest deue', and the hair to be
.-ntirehr fistroi-eft.-•-..46'il in bottles; at as. 6d., ss. 'id., and 106.6 d.;
or soplie4 at the Itainolyvinz Establisluneut. as_ahere. Fo.wsried
ior stamps, free by post, eigl:t extra. ,

CONTRACT, FOR SCOTC tl BARLEY.
Department of the Comptroller for Vi quailing,
Somerset-House, ?3 February, I ar,6.
TEM Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the Holten Kinxdom of Great Britain
tut Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on Tiimtsr) kY, the
6th Ma-ch a at., at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
uchp.rsois a' may he willing to contract for supplyhtt and delicerin:
in o her ~!ajesty's Victualling Stores at Deptfcrd the undermentioned

article, viz.:—

When to be delivered.
Lbs. half In 3 weete, and the remainder in
COTO II B.AP.LEY -.50,000 3 weeks afterward°, or earlier If pre-
ferred by the party tendering.
Tenders may he made for the whole or any portion of the Barley.
Their Leviships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten-
Sera era opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part
hereof only as they may deem fit, or far a greiter quantity, or of
lot contracting for ally, and also an unlimited power of selection.
Samples of the Batley trot less than 21'8) must be produced by
the parties tendering.
The samples produced by persons Whose tenders aro not accepted
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con- -
tract Ilea been decided.
No tender will ho received unless made on the printed farm pro-
vided for the purpoie., anal which may be obtained on application at
the sa'd office, or to Commander Bevis. conducting the Packet Ser-
vice at fAvereool, or to the Collec,or of t' ustoms at Itristol.
The co sid 1 t ions of the revised contract, to which larticular at ten-
than is called, may be seen at the raid °Mee, aua at Liverpool and
Bristol.
No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
and it will not he icquWe 1 that the party tendering or an agent on
his behalf shoitld attend at the office on the day of contract, a, the
result of the offer received from each persen will be communicated
to him and his pr,,pesed sureties in writinz.
Every tender must be addressed to the .lecretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for Scotch
Barley," ,and must also be delivered at Somerset House.

lance.
By the Ottoman Charge d'Affaires—Capt. Hussein,
Capt. Mahmoud Effendi, of the Turkish Imperial Guard.
The following presentations took pies., the names
having been previou-ly left at the Lord Chamberlain's
office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval :-
Idr. Weston Amcotts (late Cracroft), on change of name,
by Col. Tomline, H.P.
Captain lion. A. Amherst, on promotion, by Field-Mar-
shal the Earl of Strafford.
Cornet G. Anthony, by LientoGeneral Sir R. Harvey.
Lord Ashley, R.N., br the Earl of Shaftesbury.
Major Ashton, by the Right Hon. Sir G. Lewis.
Camel C. Beget, on appointment as her Majesty's As-
sistant Master of the Ceremonies, by the Lord Chamber.
lain.
Sir D. Baird, Bart., on appointment as aide-de-camp to
Sir Colin Campbell, by Major CO,neral Peel.
Captain 0. S. Baker, by Colonel G. Baker.
Mr. John Bell, on appointment as Under Secretary of
State for the Colonies, by Mr. Labouchere. '
Colonel B•rker, C. 8., on promotion, return from the
Crimea, and "appointment to the. Older of the Bath, by
Field-Men steal Viscount Hardinge. , .
Ensign J. B Barker, by Lord ifatherton.
Mr. Charles Barnett, by Major-General Buckley.
Major W. Barry, on promotion Kral return from the
Crimea, by Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
Cernet E. P. Berougarten, on being transferred to the
4th Dragoon Guards, by Gsnoral Pigot.
Lieut. C. Beaticlei'k, by Lori Sydney.
Major-General Sir H. Beutinck. o;, appointment as
K.C.8., and return foreign service, by Field-Marshal
Viscount Hardinge.
Capt. G. De la Poer Beresford, on appointment to the
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arnie, by Lord Foley.
Mr. Blackburn, M.P., by the Duke of Montrose. .
Mr. Bond, M.P., by the Earl of Crosford.
Mr. Lewin Bowring, by the Chairman ofthe East India
Company.
Major Browne, C. 8., on return from the Crimea, and
nomination to a C. 8., by the Inspector-General of Forti-
fic tions.
Dr. Burke, on appointment to the South Mayoßifles, by
Major-General Robinson.
Major-General Butterworth, C. 8., late Governor of
Prince of Wiles island, Singapore, and Malacca, on return
to England, by the Chairman of the East India Company.
Ehsigu F. W. Cerden, on appointment to the 31st Betio
meat, Ity his father, Sir R., W. Carden.
The Dean of Christ Church, on appointment by Viscount
E,lriieistoo.
LieutoGeuerao Me R. H. Clar,ges, oa-his advancement.,
from Companion to Knight Commander of the Bath, by
Lerd Harding
Captain the Hen. J. Colborne, on promotion, by Major-
General Sir C. Wetherall.
Major-General Sir W. Colebrooke, C. 8., on return from
the government of Barhadoes and the Windward Islands,
by Mr. Secretary Lebouchere. '
Mr. A. Cowell, by his father, Lieut.-Colonel S. Cowell.
Major D'Aguillar, on receiving the Order of the Bath,
by General Sir H. Ross.
Mr. L. Davies, M.P., by Earl Cawdor.
Lieut.-Cul. Dawson, on receiving the decoration of a
C. 8., by the Chancellor of the Exchegeer.
Baron de Lorentz. by Mr. Secretary Labouchere.
Commander De Horsey, R.N., on appointment to com-
mand H.M.S. Victor, by Sir C. Wood.
Captain C. S. Dickins, on return from the Crimea, by
Mr. S. Dickius.
Captain Dickinson, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Lieut.-Colonel George Dixon, on promotion and nomina-
tion to C. 8.. by Sir C. Egerton.
Rear-Aeimiral Hon. Sir R. S. Dundee, on appointment
to be Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and ves-
sels on a particular service, by Sir ' .. Wood. .
Dr. D. Dumbreek, on appointment as C. 8., by Lord
Panmure.
Hon. George Edwardes, on appointment as Governor of
Lithuan, by Mr. Secretary Labouchere.
Rev. IL J. Ellison, on appointment as Reeder at Wind-
For Castle to her Majesty, by the Marquis of Breedelbeete.
Copt. Ewart, on appointment to the Grenadier Guards,
by Colonel T. Wood.
Lieut.-General Fane, on promotion, return from India,
and appointment to the Colonelcy of the 9ith Regiment,
eo. by Field-Margin! Viscount Hardinge.
THE CURRENCY. 'Mr. H. Fenwick, 4.P., by Lord Palmerston.
on promotion, Order of•the
Lteutenant A. Ferguson, on return from the Crimea, by
4, -
Mr. Muntis motion for a committee of 'inquiry Geenemr.alFSitizrmHay.
eDrocug.
Blies:
co ascertain whether the Bank Act of 1844 has or
,by ieatoGeneral De
and return from 'the Crimes, L' Sir Bath,
has not answered the wants of the country comes Lacy Evans.
on this evening. The following is the petition of Right Hun. J. W. Fitzpatrick, by Sir G. Grey.
the Monetary Reform C ,nimittee : Mr. J. Foster, by Lord H-stherton.
To tbe Honourable the Giramons of the United King- Lieut. J. J. PO Fox, onpromotion and. return from In-
dom of
••
Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament as- din, by Maio .-Gener: 1 Paterson.
Lieut.-Colonai Freese, on return from the Crimea, by
sembled : Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
"The humble petition of the Monetary. Reform Cum-
Major Feers, on return from the Crimea, by Major-
mittee, sheweth— General Wylde.
" That this committee is of opinion that the existing i Staff Surgeon Fyffe, by the Director General of the Army
laws for the regulation of our currency have produced Medical Doper-tweet.
great and frequent fluctuations in the amount of the cir- Major D. Freeman, on promotioi,
by Lieut.-Colonel M.
culating melium, and thereby caused periodical pres- Prior.
sures and panics in the Money Market hiohly prejudicial Ensign E. P. Gambier, by Lieut.-Colonel G. Gambier.
to trade and commerce, destructive of productive in- * Fueign F. g.nlordono,nby Lool-ndtG.elletennox.
as Brigade Major,
dustry, and ruinous to national prosperity ; and that
Chatham,
no system of moray can be satisfactory that does not the Gorton,
a tanaatenermal.
otaiooanrrnellltihle Hon. A. Gordon, on his return from the
restore gold to its natural character as a comtn,,dity, so
Crimee and appointment to be Deputy Quartermaster-
that it may find its value in national paper money under General at Head-Quarters, by Field-Marshal Viscount
the law of supply and deman I. In order to remedy I le,„.einio
these evils' the committee humbly submit the following Captein Graham, by his father, Sir B. Graham.
suggestions for the consideralion of your honourable Major Graham, Military Agent fur the Turkish Contin-
house : gent, by Lord Panmure.
"1. That notice should be given by Government to j Major-General C. Hamilton, C. 13., on promotion, by
the Bank of England that its privileges, an they now 1 Fitild-Marshel Viscount Hafcliege.
Lieutenant C. H. Harrison, by the Chairman of the
exist, shall cease and determine at the expiration of 12
East India Company.
calendar months after such notice has been given.
"2 That the existing, debt due to the Bank of Eng-
Colonel E. Harvey. on appointment to the Staff of
Great Britain. by Field-Marshel Viscount Hardinge.
land by the Government, as it appears in the weekly re- , 1
Lieutenant Hill, by Major-General Sim.
turns of that establishment, shall be converted into a ' Ensign S. G. Hushisson, by Major-General Robinson.
public Stock, to be called the ' Bank of England Re- Major A.. Huyslie, by Major-General Mystic,.
dernption Stock,' and by which the debt duo to the Bank Lieutenant Jackson, by Viscount Srdney-
shall be discharged. Lieutenant F. Jones, on promotion, by Lieut.-General
" 3. That in order to provide for the issue of a per- . Sir H. D. Jones.
fectly secure paper money, the Exchequer to be autho- . Lieutenant C. Jones, by Viscount Gough.
rised to Prepare what may be denomitrated Exchequer
Notes, of varlet's amounts, from 11. and upwards. Ensign T. S. G. Jones, by 'Colonel Eden.
"4. That the National Exchequer Note bear upon it Ensign P. Kirk, by the Duke of Richmond.
the followin,o inscription : Major Kirkland, on promotion and return from the
Mr. W. Kirk, M.P., by Colonel. Ailey, M.P.
1 Crimea, by the Adjutant-General.
Lord
' This Note to name current as legal tender, and Capt. KirkSydne y.
pa trick, in promotion, by
be receivable for one pound in any of the Pab- Ensign G. NV. W. Knapp, by Lord Wynford.
lie Revenues, Taxes, or Supplies, Ensign H. J. Lane, by Col. Blagrave.
• Dated at the Exchequer, Capt. W. Lawrence, by the Marquis of Clanricarde.
This day of 1857. Lieut.-Col. Lefroy, on promotion, by Lord Panmure.
(Signed) 'Comptroller.' Lieut.-Col. Hon. C. H. Lindsay, on his return from the
,
"That these notes be paid out by the Bank of Eng-
Crimea, by General Sir E. Elakeney.
land or other office, under the autbolity of cheques, Lieut. Sussex Lennox, by the Duke ot Richmond.
LienteCol. Carr-Lloyd, on being allowed to hear the
orders, or warrants, issued by the Treasury on account additional surname of Lloyd, by the Duke of Richmond.
of all salaries, peo'ions• pay of the army and navy,
Lieut.-Col. the Master of Lovat, on appointment to com-
stores supplied to the State, and dividends payable to mend the Inverness Militia, by Lord Panmure.
the public on the National Debt. Major-General Sir F. Love, on Lein made a K.C.8.,
"G. That the amount of such notes to be issued be by Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
determined annually by Parliament, but in no case to Lieut. Francis Lulls, by Lord Ernest Bruce.
exceed in each year the amount to be raised by that Lieut. G. M'Andrew, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
year's taxation. ' e notes
LientoGeueral Sir J. M'Donald, on promotion in the
" 7. That in order to secure the return of these
Order of the Bath, by Field-Marshal Viscount Harding..
in due course to be cancelled, the collectors of taxes
and all other revenues', shall he required to receive Commander Macdougall, R.N. ,on promotion, by Sir
Charles Wood. ' '
them in payment of all demands due to the State.
Lieut.-Colonel M`Gee
• eon. by the Marquis of 'Donegal].
on return from service on promo-
Lieut. D. M4Gill, by Major-General the Hon. Charles
a I:114
ifilia'nr fate tbsetersatntsbalci
stihoer:
is,
awgiatihn
sforeignhcowtai nut rani etss
of weight should be homed for sums not less than Grey.
ounces ; such warrants to be duly stamped and regis-
Cr M
ttseajor Macke
eld-nzie, on promcountotion
H nddinge a return from the
ti..-Td. might be remitted forpayrnerit of foreign account., ia, by FiMarshal Visar.
Lieut. J. R. Magrath, by General W. C. Fraser.
to obviate the cost of transit, insurance, Sso.
Cast. Lieut. 6 G.
F. Man,
"M
be
Matthews, he Ws,
by e Major-Generalolo Colonel
Ir Gth.eWDentkhestraolfl .R i
oh.
" 9. That the Bank of Eneland J, int-stock banks,
and private banker=, be permitted to issue notes payable
mond.
on demand, under such regulations as shall harmonise Ensign P. W. Matthews, by Lieut.-General Sir De
with the proposed plan, and under such guarantees for Lacy Evans.
their safe convertibility as 'the wisdom of Parlanieut Lieut.-Colonel F. F. Maude, on promotion and return
may deem necessary. from the Crimea, by Viscount Hawarden.
"Your committee further pray that your honourable Captain Mayne, oa return from India, by Field-Marshal
house will, in the course of the present session of Parlia- Viscount Hardinge, '
meet, institute a commission of inquiry, for the purpose Mr. Hall Maxwell, on being appointed a C. 8., by Lord
of ascertaining how far the present money laws are in
Mr. W. J. Bl kb ac urns-Buie, en receivingher Majesty's
conformity with the demands of commerce, trade, and I pflmission to add the of 111 and In' . •
name azo, on .....s marriage,
the taxation of the country. by Isirativav, ,
' "nacos Busch Chairran." Panmure.

Captain Millett, on hia return front the Crimes, by Field-
Marshal the Earl of Stafi'Ord.
Captain the Hon. L. Milks, on appointment to the Rifle
Brigade, by:Lord Sondes.
Captain Molesworth, by Major-General Montgomerie.
Capt. the Hen. R. Money-, on appointment to the Cold-
stream Guards, by Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford.
Mr. H. Money, by the Chairman of the East India Corn-

EASTERN COUNTIES.
, The following is the report of the directors to the 39th
'half-3e ale meeting of the shareholders, to be held at the
London Tavern, to-morrow :-
"Your directors, in presenting the half-yearly accounts
have to draw the attention of,the proprietary to the follow-
ing statement of receipts, expenditure, bonded debt, and
interest thereon as conepared with the half-year euding
Dec. 31,1e54.
"Receerrs. -Half-year ending Dec. 31, 1815, 79,358/.
11s. 9d.; ditto 1854, 637,409L-14e. 5d.; increase, 41,949/.
.ss. 4.1.
" Exneerees.--ellalf-year endieg Dec. 31, 1855, 292,968/-
rwlavanoense.
istiayaciaitlioteoiws,latiat. a,nitilv;eiednmsnl
f,eoAtoe:srensitl.tatih:gwt,
lileoz
4s. 6t. Extraordinary-expenditure : Renewal of line and
bridges, 15,000/. ; additional repairs and alterations of
nd
e a'c'rina'adsr j 0,9761. ictsh'al; previouslyert-
aseerteined, 17,3171. 3s. 7d. ; making together with ordi-
nary expenditure, 240,882/. 16s. Id. ; half-year . ending
Dec. 31, 1854, 277,645/. 2s. 9al. ; total increase- of expen-
diture, 63,237/. 13s. 4d.
"116NDED DEBT.-11alf-year ending Dec. 31, 1855,
2,1!0,385/. 16s. ; ditto, 1854, 2,249,4001. 16e..; increase,
V 0,983/. '
" INTEREST PAYABLE ON BONDED DEBT.-Half-year
ending Dee. 31,1853, 53,088/. lle. 3d. ditto, 18:74, 44,4091.
2s. ld. ; increase arising- front higher rates a 'interest,
8,6791. 9s. 2d.
"The receipts for the half-year are thus 679.35e1. les, oe,,
and the ordinary expenditure 293,965/. 4s. 6d. extraordi-
at
d.
y
n
n
ted
nary expenditnre, 30,5671. Bs. ; set aside to me •t diepntee
tfs.r‘n-pcypioupe,
tselegsi. a:
wheels),ealfl,Puiperae4l,ovnafejio:olyi storese6i sone7.
sacks
n; 9i,lfactory,.
sheets,
amounteseutrs
claims, See., 17,3171. 3s. 7d. ; making a total ef 340,882/.
16s. la. To which has to be added payments to the Nor-
folk, Eastern Union, East _keiglien; Great nirtliern; and
Bleckwall Railway Companies, inte rest on the Newmarket
and Bury capital, the Newmarket line purchase, the Har-
wich lease and new works under a .reements amounting to
129,094/. 2s. 4d., leaving a balance of 209,3W2/. ls. 4d., sub-
ject to payments for preferential and mortgage interest
auounting to 139,6301. 19s. Ode leaving69,7sll. ls. 6d. as
the balance of the half-year's w, rking, to which has to be
added 1,7451. 13s. 2d. from the previous half-year, or
71,496/. 1,45.- Bd. applicable to dividend, out of which the
directors have declared a dividend of 4s. 6d. per share' car-
rying forward 5,8681.125. 4d. Your directors in their half-
yearlyreport of the 30th June last,in ceiling the attention of
the proprietors to the state of the permanent way, and to
the necessity of a large outlay being required, viz., 150,0005.
to place the line in arreffieient and improved state, sug-
gested that this expenditure, although immeiiately to be
entered upon, should be spread over a given nullifier of
3 ears, the engineer of the company (Mr. Bruff) being of
opinion that of•tbis outlay 109,0001. would have to be pro-
vided out of the revenue in putting the line into an effi-
cient state, and 50,0001. in improvements, so as to give
greater stability, to the work than in its original formation.
Of this sum there has been expended 4r,0171. 14s. 10d., in
reduction of which your board have taken 15,003. out of
the half-year's revenue and have debited the capital account
with 14,0001. for permanent improvements, in accordance
with the views of your engineer. The renewal of way and
works account now exhibits a debit balance of 7,7101. ls.
31. Your directors believing it would be satisfactory to
the shareholders, as exceptions have been taken to vari-
ous outstanding accounts and liabilities, if they opened a
suspense account for the purpose of meeting any differ-'
ence that might take place in their settlement, have set
aside out of thisintlf-year's revenue 17,3471. 3s. 7d. Your
directors regret that the ordinary working expenses
of the half-year exhibit a considerable increase; this
is in part accounted for •by the lucre .sed ex-
penditure in the locomotive department, and the high
price of all stores in daily use upon the line, as also the
unsettled state of the company's affairs by the attention of
its officers being distracted during the prolonged inquiry of
the conornitt en of investigation ; but as the directors here
unity of action may now be secured, that R ith strict Wet,-
lion to detail and an imp•overl system of accoents which
they have directed Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co. to submit'
to them; whereby the working expenses of each depertment
may be brought under their supervision at fixed periods
the expenditure of the company will be economised to its
fills, it extent. The proprietors aro aware that, according
to agresmeets with the Norfolk and Eastern Union Com-
peesiee we have to work their lines at the rate of 46 per
cent. upon the receipts. Sines thoserigreernents were made
the cost of coke and other articles consumed in working ra
railway le ,ve been Inaerie:ly increase', the burden of
hi la ba- fallen solely upon this company. Freights are
now (0 Jed es 1),v• reduced and terials genera/1y are tosser
ire price, : nd as this erampsny 1 as hitherto borne a 1 the dis-
adv.int o. i.igh prices, so it will now have tie octire
benefit of the re ructions. The working of the B and
German trate through rbe port of Harwich, although at-
tended with oonsi.lerab!e expenditure, must be treated
ra'.he. a an experimental outles far future advantage than
an abeelute and unproductive, loss. The total deficiency
up,,n this you's working,- payable by this company, is
3,8671. its. Bd., for which has been established by satisfac-
tory experience, that iu certainty, time, comfort, and eco-
nomy, the route via Harwich has great advanteges, is sus- .
ceptible of large and profitable development, and from
which eventually this company' may look for considerable
revenue. Your directors finding, however, that a large
eeeital is necessary to successfully conduct and des-elope
this traffic-that, be einplered of ulaehe
larger capacity and power than those which have hitherto
been upon this station, and capable of conveying goods as
well as passengers at high rates of speed, and that an
amount olforeign supervision and commercial enterprise
must be entered upon, which can alone he looked for from
an association specially formed for the purpose-cannot re-
cenamend the proprietors to proceed further with the un-
dertaking, although your directors have the somewhat
similar instance before them of the Brighton Company's
continental route via Newhaven and Dieppe, which
they are informed commenced in failure, but is now
eminently successful. The directors feel it incumbent
upon them to be thus explicit in their views from the near
avproach to completion of the Royal. Danish Railway,
when this company's line, via Lowestoft, will present
the most direct route to, and from the Beltic, Ham-
burg, end North of Germany ; but, beyond affording
facilities to steam navigation companies, no engage-
ments whatever will be entered upon by your direc-
tors. Your directors cannot refrain from expressing their
opinion that with the increasing revenue or the company
(notwithstanding the adverse reports which have been cir-
culated, the traffic for the 7 published weeks of the half-
year being in excess of the corresponding half year 12,0:10! )
there is satisfactory data before them to juAily them iu
stating that with rigid supervision of the expeairiture and
close attention in elovAoping ths tr..ffi the net revenue
of the company will exhibit hereafter satisfactory rests Is.
Your directors refer with satisfaction to the report of Mr.
Gooch, the locomotive superintendent, as to the eatisfae-
tory state of the working stock of the comp, ne ; 5... i also
to the report of Mr. Br tiff, the engineer, as a hiiri hug the
vigour with which he is applying himself to vac s Ilie line
iu an efficient state. Under the advice of yeer eolicitors a
bill has been submitted to Parliament for the purpose of
consolidating the borrowing powers of this company. The
Norfolk Company are prosecuting a bill in Peeliainent in
reference to the Wells anti Fake:hem line, against which
your directors have felt it their duty to pea, ion. Two bills
have also been submitted to Parliament for constructing a
line from Beccles to Lowestoft, and from Raddiscoe
to
Yarmouth-to which bills your directors will give their
most determined opposition ; air' they feel, Lavieg made
sacrifices to conselidate the whole of the lines east of the
ttihoeny
againstaa e testrong
e
Gclareittntt Nupoornthepr.or,luinuntrntonfiew
ntre4i gr e pmreo tt'et
aggressive schemes. The Norfolk and Eastern Union have
joined this company in petitioning Parliament against
them. David Waddington, Esq., M.P., one of your direc-
tors, retires by rotstioa at this meeting, and is eligible for
re-election. Vacancies have occurred in the direction since
the last half-yearly meeting by the resignation of Lord
Alfred Paget, M.P., and James Packe, Esq. The candi-
dates offering themselves for the direction are :-James
Goodson, Esq., the Albeny, Piccadilly; David Wadding
ton, Esse, MP., Adelaide-house, Enfield ; Charles Horton
Pulley, Esq., 28, Groat Winchester-street •, James Packe,
Esq., Mildenhall, Suffolk ; Joseph Robert Morrison, Esq.,
Theobalds, Herm; Robert Orr, Esq., Sydenham ; Thomas
Williams Helps, Esq., 9, Dean's-yard, Westminster ;
Ralph Walters, Esq., 3, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park;
Michael Reilly, Esq., Bishop's Stortford. James Reeves,
Eaq., one of your auditors, retires by rotation at this
meeting, and is eligible for re-election.

party.
lcler;,tßei.eMloio.r3el,ollra.,P,o..;
obey
etbpepotatrell oefertloestruheercLff
of
the
Turkish Contingent, by Lord Panmore.
Major Malian, on appointment to the Staff at Aldershot,
by Lieut. General Koollys .
Captain Morris, on promotion and return from the Ci
i-
race, by Fiele-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
Paymaster 'Murray,. by 'Lord Pan inure.
Mr. T. B. Myers, by the Marquis of Salisbury.
Major Newdegate, ma promotion and return from the
Crimea, by Geweral Sir R. Gardiner.
Lieutenant W. P. Newton, on promotion, by the tail
of Hard wielo.
Captain F. G. Newnham, by the Chairman of the East
India Company.
Hon. W. North, on aPpsiatataant to the Ist Life Guards,
by Field-Marshal Viscount Comi)ertnore.
Major C. Owen, R.E , on proinotirn and appointment
es Companion of the Bath, - by Lieut.•Ceneral Sir J.
Binignyce.
Ensign E. ,Pearman, by Lieut.-General Sir De Lacy
Evans. -
Major Pearson, on .appointment to the Grenadier
Guards and return from the Crimea, by Col. Wood.
Lieut. C. W. Pearson, by. the Right'Hon. C. P. Villiers,
M.P.
Major J, Peel, cm his promotion and appointment as
A.D.C. to the Field-Marshal Commandiug-in-Chief, by
Viscount Hardinge.
Ensign P. Phelps, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Lieut. L. G. Phillips, on appointment to the Grenadier
Guards, by Colonel''. Wood.
Lout. J; Pollard,.R.N., by Rear-Admiral the Right
HOn. Sir. M. Berkeley.
Mr. M. Ponsouby, by the Earl of Lonsdale.
Ensign G: H. Powell, on his appointment to the 90th
Light Infantry, by the Marquis of Donegan.
Vice- &dmiral -Sir H. Prescott, oa being created a
Knight Commander of the Bath, by Sir C. Wood.
Ensign L. Price, by Lord-Dynevor:
Mr. J. H. Prinsep, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Commissary-General Ramsay, on return from the Cri-
mea, on promotion, by Lord Paninure.
Cri-
mea,,
Rawstorne, on his return from service at the
Cape of Good Hope, by Majer-General Sir G. Wetherell.
Viscount Raynham, M.P., by the Marqnis Townshend.
Mr. Rawson Reid, by Lord Napier.
Colonel Birch Reynardson, on appointment to be a C. 8.,
by General Fane.
Rear-Admiral Rich, by Sir C. Wood.
Captain Struan Robertson, by the.Earlof Ellonborough.
Captain EL Robertson,- by the E al of
,Ellenhorough.
C:iptain Russer, by General Ertl Beauchamp.
Lieut.-General Sir W. Rowan, on being appointed a
K.C.8., by Field-Marshal Viscount Hardiuge.
Hon. Leslie Ruthven, by the Rev. Lord W. Russell.
Assistant-Commissary-General Salwey, by Lord Pan-
Lieutenant W. M. Sanetua.ey, R.N., on promotion and
return from the Crimea, by Sir C. Wood.
Mr. C. Saunders, on appointment. as Recorder of Ply-
mouth and Devonport, by Sir G. Grey.
Assistant-Surgeon R. H. Sawyer, on appointment to
Royal Elthorne Militia, by Lieut.-Colonel L. M. Prior.
Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, on appointment to the
naval command at Portsmouth, by Sir C. Wood.
Captain Skingley, by Lieut.• Colonel Towueley.
Major Somerville, on promotion and return from the
Crimea., by Colonel Hogg,e.
Second-Lieutenant Stannard, by Viscount Sydney.
Captain iytapleton, on appointment to the Grenadier
Guards, by Cdonel T. Wood.
Rear-Admiral Sir S. Lushington, on promotion and
receiving the Order of the Bath, by-Sir C. Wood.
Mr. Stewart, Judge of the Aaluairalty of Nova Scotia,
en receiving the Order of the Bath, by Mr. Secretary La-
bouchere.
Lieut.-Col. Stepney, on return from the Crimea and being
made a C. 8., by Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford.
Sir I{. Stracey, M.P., on succeoding to the title, by Vis-
count Hantingo.
Lieut.-CA H. F. Strange, C. 13., on receiving the Order
of the Bath, by Gen. Sir Hew Aus«. . .
Capt. H. Story, R.N., on promotion, by Sir C. Wood.
Mej,),-General M. W. Smith, on his return to Turkey to
n Salk: ki the command of the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry, by
Lord Inn ure.
Mr. W. H. &imam, on appointment to the 48th Regt.,
by Major-General Sir J. F. Love.
Lieut. W. H. F. Sykes, on return from the Crimea, by
his father. Col. Sykes.
Major Taady, on promotion and return from the Crimea
by Field-Marshal Lord Hardin,ge.
Lieut.Tillard, on appointment to Royal Horse Arti'lery
and return from the Crimea, by Field-Marshal, Lord Hard-

Inge.
Marquis Towshend, by the Marquis of Lansdowne.
Lieut. S. Take, R.N., by Rear-Admiral Bethune.
Major D. W. Tupper, on return from the Crimea, by
Mr. Secretary Labouchere.
Enaigu Walker, on return from the Crimea, by Colonel
Shirley.
Surgeon Wardrop, on promotion, by Col. Wood.
Major-Geo, Sir G. Wetherall, en appoStatment as K.C.B.
and Colonel of the 84tla Foot, by Viscount lfardinge.
Capt. G. S. Windham, on reteru from the Crimea, by
the Earl of Erroll.
Cap`. F. W. Woodall, on promotion, by Lieut.-Col. L.
M. Prior. t
Major & Yongo, on promotion, by Field-Marshal Vis-
count Ha.rdioge.
Major-Gen. Sir C. Yorke, on appointment as K.C.B.
and Colonel of the 331 Regiment, by Field-Marshal Vis-
count Hardinge.
The following noblemen and gentlemen also attended
the levee :
DLKES.—Montrose, Leeds.
MARQUlSES.—Westminster, Camden-
EmiLe.---Gusford, Kintore, Effingham, Grosvenor, Ux-
bridge, Galloway, Sheffield. De.awarr, Malinesbary,
Albemarle, Grey, Clancarty, Carnarvon.
VISCOUNTS.—Monck, Gort, Grey de Wilton, Enfield,
Holuiesclale, Somertou, S maim, Dungannon, Dinah),
Euilyn.
LORDS.—Byron, Trimleston, Clarina, Guernsey, Sondes,
Milford, Overstone, Lovaine, Colchester, Edward Thynne,
Hotham, Hatheito::, George Gordon Lennox, Churchill,
Wyn turd, Alexander Gorden Lennox, Fevershani.
RIGHT HONOURABLES.—W. G. Hayter, M.P., R, W.
Henley, R. Lowe, W. Monsell, M.P., H. Corry, J. Parker.
LIONOURABLES.—W. 0. Stanley, M.P., Hallyburton
Campbell, Elw ,rd Twisleton, Jacob Astley, H. Liddell,
J. Vivian, W. E. Dancoinbe, M.P ,E. Cuiz C. Gore,
G. Byug, M.P., SirE. Butler, Rev. L. Neville, Rev. E.
Moore.
BARONETS.---Michael Shaw Stewart, M.P., J. Bailey,
M.P , Alexander Ba.unerinati, Robt. Throckmortoo, W.
Stirling, Thomas Gladstone, Graham Montgomery, M.P.,
W. Somerville, H. 13edinvfeld. E. Hayes, M.P., J. Duke,
M.P., J. V. Shelley, M.P., R. C. Dallas, J. W. Hogg,
B.' Graham.
Sias. —F. Thesiger, B. Hawes. K.C.B. C. Aldis, 3.
Kirkland, R. W. Carden, B. H. Wilson, K.C.8., J. M-l-
-vill, K.C.8., IL Willock, K. L.S , C. Trovelyau, K.C.8.,
E. Arinita4e, J. Forbes.
The Dan of Ripen. •
QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—G. Butt, M P., Androws.
Rev. Dr. Vivian.
REVERENDS.—W. Cureton, Lord W. Russell, R. Bur-
gess, T. Gregory.
Dooroßs.—Alltiblock, Reath, E. Meryon, Ashley.
Alderman Watkins.
111ESSRS.—Mazo, Bamford Hope, Chas. Mills, Ch's. H.
Mills, Seymour Fi' zoirald, M.P., David Morris, M.P.,
Philip Perceval; Hugh Adair, M.P., Walker Heneage,
W. Brown, M.P., T. Reignald Kemp, Chan los Pole,
Brotherton, M.P., Bazley, Philip H. Howard (of Corby),
Gibson, Edgar Bowring, Hamilton Story, John Dent Dant,
M.P.. Evelyn Denison 111. P., William Law, Smollett, Hol-
ford, M.P., F. Cox, Goddard, M P.. Merivale, C. Bruce,
Tokio, H. S. Illingworth, Hale, M.P.' Goodlake.
William
Knatehbull, M.P., Hy. Roberts, Antrobus, Newilogate;
G. Alan Lowly] 83, Hastie, M.P., Dodd, H. Porteua Oakes,
M.P. Hy. Whitmore, M.P., Palk, A. Buckley, Pollard
Urquhart, M.P., Western, C. W. Grenfell, M. I'. E. Mac-
uaghten, Cumming Bruce, M.P., Colvile, James
Ma.cGrog,,r, M.P., S. Child, M.P., F. Banda', M.P., J.
Carrick Moore, Beaumont, M.P.. E. Bancroft Mackenzie,
Hindley, M.P., J. Booth, J. Stuart Wortley, W. Lane,
Wyville, M.P., Chichester Furtescue, M.P., John
Pritchard, M.P., Pugh, M.P., Franklyn, M.P., S. Davies,
M.P., Philipps, M.P., Merriman, Packs, M.P., H. Baillie,
M.P.. De Horsey, Vincent, Elliot Rankin, Thornely, M.P.,
Meadows, J. Banks Stanhope, M.?• S. Dickens, Sanc-
tuary, Monet, C.B.
FIELD-MARSHAL —Viscount Hardinge. •
GENERALS—Patrick Montgomerie, C. 8., Sir L. Lovell,
K.C.8., Sir C. Smith, K.C.8., Mao Innes, Maclean,
Shawa, Sir R. Harvey, Peel, M.P., Power, Sir R. Gardi-
ner, K.C.8., Arbuthnot, Thaekera.y, Ashburnhatn, Clark"
Kennedy, C. 8., K.H., Right Hon. Sir E. Blakeney,
G C. 8., Huyshe, C. 8., Sir T. M`Mahon K.C.8.,
Sir G. Pollock, Menials, Walton, Wynyard, C.B.
COLONELS—Lord F. Paulet, H. Vyse, Hon. 0. Dun-
combo, Lushington, Gauged, Jebb, 0.13., M. Hodder, S.
Cowell, Clifton, Challoner, Adair, M.P., Sir F. Abbott,
C. 8., V. Harcourt, W. H. Sykes, Burnaby,' North, M.P.,
Pipon, Hogg, Burlton, C.8.,H. Baillie, Greville, M.P.,
Conway, Tomlin°, Mundy, ir J. M. Wilson, C. 8., Lock-
hart, M.P., Turner, Oliphant, Brett, Douglas.
MAJORS—J. A. Moore, R. Brady, J. W. Reynolds, C.
Clements, F. Kane.
CAPTAINS—Houghton Platt, Bolton Edinborougb, Rin-
toul, H. Cooper, Clarence Judd, Sherson, Shea, H.C.S.,
W. J. Bostwick, Fletcher, Mardall, Hutton, F: Vander-
lure Mills, W. G. Kell, Eienlapins Field, D. Galton,
Vane, P. V. Irving, R. M. Piper, Turner, Thomson.
LIEUTENANTS.--PilkingtouJackson,Harrison,J. Clarke,
Burnell, W. Craven, Thesiger, R. Wilkinson, Stirling.
EN SIG N.--Tionshaw.
ADMIRALS.—Sir J. Dundee, G.C.8., Sir J. Ross, C. 8.,
Ferguson, Lysaght, R. Burton, K.H., Scott, C. 8., W. A.
B. Hamilton, H. Collier, D. Bethune, C.B.
CAPTAINS (Royal Navy).----Hon. J. Spencer, Hon. J.
Denman, Hon. F. Egerton, Lord F. Kerr, J. B. Dickson,
R. Gordon, A. S. Haruond, R. J. Macdonald.
DEPUTY MASTER OF THE TRINITY HOUSE.—Captain J,
Shepherd.
CAPTAIN (Trinity House).—W. Pitcairn.
COMMANDER.—P. A. Helpmar.
The Queen and Prince Albert returned to Buckingham
Palace alter the Levee, attended by the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen.in Waiting.

METROPOLITAN.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester-
day at the offices, Great George-street ; Mr. Malins in the
chair.
The report stated that the directors hoped that the time
was now not far distant, should the anticipations of a
bpeedy termination of the war be happily realised, when
they might safely give the order to begin this undertaking,
the value and impottance of which were universally ad-
znittcd.
The capital account showed that 122,9361. had been re-
ceived and 36,918/. expended, leaving a balance of 71,2501.
in the hands of the Accountant-General and 14,683 d. at
the bankers.
A long discussion ensued, in the course of which it Was
stated by some of the shareholders that there were rumours
to the effect that there never had been any serious intention
of constructing the line.
toUadliomurantetlyheitmweaestirengsoflovreda ncoout,pticeroefceraivoentthhex.report, but

a balance of
NORTH-WESTERN.
The Ey:Cl:king and other ex-
104f, It7h3e/
interest leaving
on
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at
Leeds yesterday ; Mr. Henry Alcock in the chair.
The report was read by the secretary and stated that --
18`5`5Tahme roeucnetipttos f27,3tshwe.h,alf-year ending the 31st of ,
pi3enosgetslf.o, for thedebenture
debt and preference hare capital, there remains a sum of
4,4401. available for dividend."
A dividend of 2s. 3d. per share was agreed to.
saVeerie:yimodenot

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ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND AUSTRALIAN CHAR-
TERED BANK.—At a meeting of
the English, Scot.
Cab, and Australian Chartered Bank, held yester-
day, a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per an-
num was declared. Several of the shareholders
considered tbat it would be desireable to present
more detailed accounts ; but, after lengthened ex-
planations from the directors, a proposed amend-
megt was withdrawn, and the report and fivancisl
atatomoutwen adopted.
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