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London, England, 1858-03-01 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, MARCH 1, 1858.

'WONT BLANC MDCCCLVIII TIME
17.1 TO-NIGHT Ist.

HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.
Mr. STEPHEN. MA-;SETT (the celebrited American Vo-
catist, Composer, Imitator, and Elocutionist), has the honour to
announce that he will make his first appearance in Landon in his
New and Original Entertainment (as given by him, with most
marked success, in California, Australia, and the :East Indies), at the
above rooms, on MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1808.
Mr. Massey will, in the course ;of his Entertainment, relate a
thrilling incident of the Blowing away from the Guns of two Mu-
tinous Sepoys, as recently witnessed, by him at Bombay ; with other
interesting details connected with the present Rebellion in India.
Doors open at tlalf-past Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock.
Admission, Half-a-crowns Reserved Stalls, Five Shillings; which
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CFIRISTFA MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall.
TWO HUNDRED and SIXTEENTH ENT ERTAIN V( ENT—
Niany Patrons of the Chri.ty's having been unable to gain admission
owing to the limited numbers of Stalls, thoy have now introduced
an extra row, which will afford more comforts to their numerous
patrons.--El7ening at 8, and on Saturday Morning, commencing
jti; 3. Prices —boxes, 11. Is.; Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Back, Is.

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to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade,
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Pregrn.mme :—LECTUR&S by Dr. KAHN, on the "Philosophy of
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Dr. SEXTON, on "The Chemistry of Respiration, at a quarter past
.me; on "'Skin Diseases," at four; on the" Hair and Beard," at
five; and on "The Relations of Electricity," at nine. The Lectures
,llustrated with Brilliant Experiments, Dissolving Views upon a new
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To HOTEL-KEEPERS AND OTHERS.—
Mr. GARDINER respectfully informs the public that he has
for disposal by private treaty several respectable Family and Com-
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PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of
Chancery, made in the matter of the Estate of ELEONOR
'ICARMAN, late of Pembroke-square, Kensington, in the county of
Middlesex, spinster, deceased, and in a cause" Orme against Bacot,"
the c+ editors of the said ELEONOR SCARMAN, late of Pembroke-
,quare, Kensington, in the county of Middlesex, spinster, who die i in
or about the month of January, 1847, are, by their solicitors, on or
nefore the 12th day of April, 1858, to come in and prove their debts at
the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley,
at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default
thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the
said order.
Monday, the 19th day of April, 1853, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adju-
heating upon the claims. •
Bitted this 26th day of February, 1858.
CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk.
EWBANK and PARTINGTON, 3, South-square, Gray's-inn,
Plaintiff 'a solicitors.

OZEAII'S COPAHINE or SACCHARATED
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itals, and .eknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure

t a certain disorder. ,see "Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852 : a copy of
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,0, 25. 9d. To be had of the inventor, tIABRIEL JOZEAU, sole
tench chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal
herniate.

RAILWAY lIITELLIGENCE.

GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD.-
The half-yearly meeting was held on Friday, at the
offices of the-company, inGreat George-street; Viscount
ViThllieerrseipnotrht,ewchbaicirh.
vi,asceati
by
Mr.
C.
Fay; jun., the.
secretary, stated that since the lest half-yearly .meeting
'considerable progress had been made in the principal works,
and:that arrangements were heing made 'for laying the
permanent way, and providing such shedallit other,acconc-
modation- at the dock as would be: requisite to meet the.
traffic for which it was necessary to provide.. A spacial
meeting had been held for the purpose of raising addi-
tional capital, in Pnrsuan e Of the (tinat Western and Brent-
ford Railway Amendment Act, 1857, at evbich
,a resolu-
tion in favour of that proceeding had Wen unanimously
adopted ; authority was also-given to.thedirectors to raise
30,0001. on mortgage or bond; but the commercial em-
barrassments which ensued had cetnpletely stopped ell in-
vestments in undertakings of .this nature; and rendered it
difficult for companies to plaie =debenture bonds. The
sitiafactory change which had now taken place in the
money market, coupled with the Inhereet soundness of the
undertaking, and its approach Lewards:eoripletion, led to
the belief that there would be little difficulty
in raising the
remainder -of-the capital authorised by the act of 1857, and
in 9b:aining loam; at a moderate rate of interest.
Lord VlLLrens, in moving the`adoption of the report,
congratulated the_ shareholders ; that their railway kid
docks had made as great progress, considering all the
difficulties which had occurred in the last six menthe,
as could have been anticipated. ')IV teas not to
.be ex-;
petted that they alone should have teen exempted
from the pressure which had- Masted elsewhere, and:
he_trusted that they, would., think that the .directors
had exercised a wise discretion in not unduly push-
ing on the works when the collie-000e would have been
that they would have bad to pay an enormous interest, for
the money required to complete the Undertaking. (Hear.)
The whole Of the docks. were noerifpicihed, the- bridges,
were all constructed. the erabantlisents -were PerfictlY
ready for the rails and the machinery, and direction, had
been issued for carrying on the works without any further
delay. Under these Circumstances he believed that he was
justified in stating that before another half-year elapsed
the railway would be in full and efficient operation. (Hear.)
Mr. DARVILL, in seconding the motion, after expressing
his eonfidence in the board of direction and his satisfaction
that no jobbery or speculation had ever taken place in con-
nection with the company, proceeded to remark upon the
prospective advantages to be derived from the undertaking
itself, which induced him to believe that it would be one of
the most valuable portions of railway property in the
kingdom. It would be the terminal line for at least 1,000
miles of a system extending from Eouth Wales and South
Devon and Liverpool to Landon. It was not like the ma-
jority of railways, which had to look out for traffic that
might, or might not, come to them, for here was traffics
actually existing which must be carried on the line as soon
as it should be completed. Again, it could not fail to be
a most valuable adjunct to the Great Western Railway.
It would clear that line of the heavy traffic between
Southall and Paddington, and it would carry it from
Southall to Blackwell at from 45. to ss. a ton, when it
must now cost the company from 7s. 6d. to 10s. a ton to
convey it from Paddington to Blackwell ; and it would
be most useful to the Great Western, by relieving it of
the enormous amount of smokeless coal from the Mer-
thyr. district, which that line Would be enabled to
that line
into
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coaptoiloi ; w
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hbey
porth r
inogfingLondon in a
cheap and easy manner, it would afford great facilities for
the conveyance of goods from Liverpool, Manchester, and
the manufacturing districts generally by that route. At
present there were nearly 200,000 tons of goods taken an-
nually to Bull's Bridge by the Great Western, and trans-
mitted thence to the Thames at Brentford. This was a
tedious and expensive process, and he presumed when this
line should be completed that the whole of that_traffic
would come upon it; and that alone ought to pay a fair
and reasonable dividend. When in addition to this, they
looked at the increased coal, iron, and stone traffic from
South Wales and commercial traffic from the north and
north-west, they must be satisfied that their undertaking
would prove a most remunerative one. (Cheers.) In con-
clusion, Mr. Darvill expressed his approbation of the
course taken by the directors in not borrowing money at a
high rate of interest, which would have been an incubus
upon the concern for years, and urged upon them that
they should now proceed with the works as rapidly as pos-
sible, so as to open the line, if practicable, within a couple
of months.

After a. few words from Mr. Trumper, which elicited the
reply from the chairman that a satisfactory arrangement
had been made with tha Great Western Company for the
conveyance of their traffic over the Brentford line, the re-
port was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Pater Davey and Mr. H. Day were unanimously re-
eltcted directors ; Mr. G. Wyatt was're-appointed auditor,
and the proceedings- terminated with a ,cordial vote of
thanks to Lord -Villiers and the dfreclore for the manner
in which they had •inveristbry:ccruancted'the'aitairs of the
company. .

be took care of his friends, and was taking c ire of by them.
His qualifications for • the 'past of a Cabinet Minister
_werenet pf the highest order, nor was there any connection
between'him and military matters, except that he passed
a feveyears in the army at an early period- of his life. Mr.
Lebouchere is a very wealthy and worthy gentleman, of
literary and elegant tastes, but without application, And
hardly Baited to a post in which application is so much
required as the government of 40 dependencies scattered
over the globe. Mr. Baines is a good working man, and did
very well at the Poor Law Board, but why he should have
been•illeed in the Cabinet no one has ever been able to see.
'Of Mr. Vernon Smith it is sufficient to say that he ad-
mitted his place to be beyond his strength' by taking no
part in the Indian debate, while his management of the inte-
riorduties of his office is receiving strange elucidation before
Me. Butt's committee. Mr. Smith, however,his been &steady
Whigall his life, and is connected with steady Whig fami-
lies. He has risen high, and there is no saying that he will
not rise higher should- the system continue. It is the good
fortune of these politicians that they can only be moved by
being pushed forward. When their heavy wheels are in
the rut oa each-side, not the waggoner :nor Hercules to
boot could get them out of the way for the passage of lighter
traffic. It is necessary- to force them onward in the old
track till they came to some high and dry ground where
they can be shunted off. • The House of Commeni can
never get 'rid of the obstruetion uhtil It has fairly pushed
them up into "another place." Of Lord Clauricarde, the
latest addition to the Palmerston •Cabinet, *ye have long
• since said enough. He _has had the rare fortune of being
able, almost unassisted, to destroy by his mere presence a
Ministry fbrtified by repeated victories, and supported by
the largest majority known since the Reform Bill.
Such politicians as those we have named certainly add no-
thing to the strength of a Government, and if ever Lord
Palmerston return to power it must be - at the
sacrifice of all these encumbrances. That he was able to
work with them so well; and to govern the country so effi-
ciently, is a proof of his ability ; but it is also a proof of
the excellence of our Parliamentary machine, and the
'thoroughness with which questions are, prepared for legis:
Wien by die tress kid by fiblid &iononion: 'Ldid-Pa7t=
made conquering the Russians, Mr. Vernon Smith pre-
serving the empire of India, are witnesses to the strength
of the British Constitution. We certainly seem able to
have measures without men. But still the thing has been
carried too far, the strain has been too great, and the ma-
chine has at last broken down. - If the next Liberal Pre-
mier will boldly overthrow the system it will be all the
better for the country and himself. Pure Whig though
he be, let him wash off his blue and yellow streak of caste,
tear asunder the veil of separation, and take half-a-dozen
of the most shrewd and active Liberals he can find into
his Cabinet. By so doing he will fled the direction of
affairs more easy for himself and more advantageous to
his pasty, his country, and the empire at large.