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sperity in the future. Perhaps they had had
already too many promises ; but he hoped that in the
future they would have, instead of promises, sound
performances. He would onlypromise them whatever
railway experience he had, and whatever exertions
he could make in their service should be faithfully
and honestly performed, and if he succeeded by the
aid of the directors in raising the dividend to that
point which he had always felt it ought to attain,
he should be amply rewarded for his exertions and
trouble. The policy which ought to guide them in
the future was totally to abstain from bringing upon
themselves those heavy obligations to which, un-
fortunately, they had been too much accustomed.
They had in too many instances bought off oppo-
sition by taking over contractors' lines, many of
which should never have been made, and which
were not for the benefit of the country, but simply
for the advantage of individuals. They ought
to leave such lines to find their own resources, and
if the promoters should ever be able to complete
them, which in many cases they would never do
without assistance from large companies, it would
be better policy for the company to light them after
they were completed than to take upon themselves
the liabilities belonging to such lines. He thought
the evil would be found much less in the one case
than in the other. They should, as far as possible,
make arrangemens for utilising the lines of their
neighbours, and giving them the opportunity of
utilising their own lines, so that they might make
the best arrangements for carrying forward the
traffic for the mutual advantage of the different
companies concerned and the accommodation of the
public. There were many portions of their line
where, probably, by giving rnnning powers to one
company over them, and getting in exchange run-
ning powers over the lines of the other companies,
they might greatly benefit the public and be enabled
to work the traffic at less cost. From communica-
tions he had had with other large companies, there
was a general feeling that those were principles
which should guide them. If that course were
generally adopted, he believed they might look for-
ward to a much better position for railway pro-
perty. He regretted that the present accounts
showed so little dividend. The revenue account dur-
ing the past half-year showed an increase of £42,255,
of which £21,330 was derived from passengers, and
£20,986 from goods. The former was worked
at a slight increase of cost, but the latter, owing
to a reduction of rates and an increased mileage of
239,574 miles, was worked at considerable cost.
During the last winter they had been very short of
working plant, and were therefore unable to take
all the goods and mineral traffic that had been offered
to them ; but if they had had a full supply of work-
ing stock the additional traffic, nothwithstanding
reduced rates, would have shown a much better re-
sult. They had had an increase in the item of re-
newal of the permanent way of £7,000, which arose
almost entirely from the reconstruction of the Aber-
gaveny and Hereford line, by replacing the Barlow
rails with a permanent and better road, and of the
line in the Worcester district. In the locomotive
department they had an excess of £5,649, arising
from increased mileage of trains. There was also
an increase of £6,578 in the carriage and waggon
repairs. There was an increase of £11,849 in the
carrying account, but he felt certain that some items
in it might be reduced. The Hammersmith line,
which was formerly worked separately, was now
worked as a joint line, and therefore came rather
heavily on the working charges. The rates and taxes
were growing items, over which they had but little
control. The rent-charges had increased in respect
of various branches, but, as the traffic increased on
them, the charge would diminish. Several of the
branches showed a satisfactory increase of traffic,
and he trusted, by carefully looking after them, they
would eventually yield a profit, instead of involving
a loss. The general interest account had increased, I
not only in consequence of the increased capital ex-
pended during the half-year, but also to some extent
from the increased rate of interest they had to pay
for temporary loans. It was scarcely possible to
control the Parliamentary expenses, because the
directors must protect the property of the company
against the attacks which were made upon it every
Session. The accident account Was an unsatis-
factory one, as in the preceding half-year they had
charged £15,000 to that account, and in the past
. riciht to
half-year the directors had thought it c
charge 125,000 against the revenue on account of
accidents, the balance being so large. The loss on
the working of the Vale of Neath Railway was
put down at £20,000 for the past year, but it was
hardly fair to say it was a loss, because traffic had
been diverted from the Vale of Neath, which was
worked as part'of.thepreat Western system, instead
of being worked separately ; but it was not all loss,
and he had no doubt the actual loss would eventu-
ally be got rid of by judicious management. They
would soon have to consider the question of gauge as
to how it was to be dealt with. It was a question
the Board would have to solve kefore the next meet-
ing. They had recently received a memorial signed
by nearly every firm of any standing in South
Wales, expressing a desire that the narrow gauge
might be carried out in that district ; and they were
also pressed on the same subject in many other
districts. It would involve a large expenditure and
would absorb some of the new capital they proposed
to raise by their bill. There had been about 220
bills deposited in Parliament this session which more
or less affected the company, but they were now re-
duced to 195 bills, which they would have to watch
and look after, some of which were of great impor-
tance. There were lines promoted, not for the
benefit of the district, but from A to B across the
country, merely by an engineer, a contractor, and a
lawyer, hoping that by getting the bill through they
might force some adjoining company to take them
and pay the bill of costs, but he hoped that a policy
of that kind would be discouraged and dot iscou
to let them make
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tenanced. If the promoters of suc
deputy chairman,
Mr. C. A. WOOD,
bills he hoped the policy would their
motion for the report.
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P. called attention to the
adow question. He understood that the
contract between the board and the corporation of
Oxford was at the present moment not valid. But
Colonel LINDSAY, ~
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even if the land were in possession of the company,
the only liability would be to pay £ll2 a year. He
requested the directors to suspend negotiation on the
subject, and in the meantime take into consideration
the expediency of abandoning the project altogether.
He hoped the directors would consider the
liberal proposal which had been made by the corpo-
ration of Abingdon, which he was authorised to re-
new. He contended that Cripley-meadow was deci-
dedly unfit for the erection of any large works upon
1 it, and concluded by moving the suspension of
negotiations between the Board and corporation of
Oxford.

Mr. B. B. WILLIAMS seconded the motion, and
stated that he had known Cripley-meadow for the
last 40 years, and when he visited Oxford some
time ago it was under water, as it usually was for

Mr. ADAMS was glad the present chairman had
commenced by making no promises. The present
dividend was, with one exception, the smallest
they had ever received in the second half of the
year. They had a most excellent staff of officers,
and it was not their fault that the dividends were
small. "With 195 bills in Parliament affecting their
interests, he thought the best thing would be to but-
ton up their pockets and allow no expenditure for
any purpose whatever. The extension policy bad
been tried for 31 years and failed; now let them try
for only five years the opposite p-olicy and see if it
would succeed. They had now 1,280 miles of rail-
way, and he thought they should endeavour to get
their share of the Irish traffic by opening steam com-
munication between Milford Haven and the south of
Ireland. He believed, if the chairman devoted his
talents to the increase of the net profits, the share-
holders would before long get a dividend that would
repay them for the long time they had waited.
Mr. GILES said that the narrow gauge was daily
becoming more necessary at various places, and un-
til it was carried out where required he believed
they would be liable to attack. He hoped the board
would not overlook the vast importance of making
a satisfactory communication with South Wales for
the development of the coal traffic over their lines,
of which they all knew the importance.
Mr. WITHERS said, when he first heard of the 2
per cent. dividend, he asked what had become of the
increased traffic, but he found that the revenue ac-
count had been most unusually and exceptionally
charged. He did not object to it, but he did not wish
it to go forth that their accounts did not stand well.
There was £25,000 for accidents, £24,000 for the
Shrewsbury lines, and £20,000 on the Vale of Neath
account charged against revenue that were excep-
tional, making together £70,000, which did not be-
long to the revenue of the half-year. They had car-
ried over a balance of £12,000, making together
£82,000, which under ordinary circumstances would
have gone into their pockets, and have given them,
with the proposed dividend, 2 per cent. for the half-
year.

Mr. HARPER, one of the auditors, remarked that
the statement of Mr. Withers as to the revenue
was fair and just. He could assure the proprietors
that the accounts had been fully and fairly charged,
and were it not for certain exceptional charges,
the dividend would have been close upon 24
per cent. This statement was confirmed by Mr.
Child, another auditor.

The CHAIRMAN said, with regard to the accounts,
that a more honest or legitimate statement of ac-
counts was never put before any body of share-
sholders. He had had many years' experience of
the details of railway accounts, and if anything was
to be said about the present accounts, it was tllat
they dealt rather hardly with the shareholders. For
a period of 27 years the company had been very free
from accident until the last few years, and he hoped
that freedom from accident would return. Every
gentleman would have an opportunity of discussing
the question of the workshops, which would depend
a great deal on the decision that might be come to
with reference to the narrow gauge.
_ _

The report of the directors and the statement of
accounts were unanimously adopted.

The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend at
the rate of £2 per cent. per annum be declared on.
the Great Western Consolidated stock ; a dividend
at the rate of 18s. 6d. per cent. per annum on the
West Midland (Oxford) stock ; a dividend at the
rate of 17s. 6d. per cent. per annum on the West
Midland (Newport) stock ; and at the rate of £3 ss.
per cent. per annum on the South Wales Consoli-
dated stock for the half-year ending the 31st of
January last, carrying forward a balance of
£12,886.
Mr. A. C. WOOD seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.

The CHAIRMAN said the next business was the
re-election of the directors. He would commence
by proposing the re-election of Capt. Bulkeley.
_ _ _

After some observations by Mr. J. Adams, Mr.
J. Parson, Mr. Withers, and Mr. A. C. Wood, who
explained that Mr. Gooch had been appointed a
director by Sir Watkin W. Wynn kindly exercising
that right at the request of directors and proprie-
tors,

The following retiring directors, Capt. Bulkeley,
Mr. E. Leaning, Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, M.P., and
the Hon. G. Ponsonby, were unanimously re-
elected.

On the motion for the re-election of Mr. E. W.
Watkin, M.P.,

Mr. ADAMS said he would oppose it but on a
show of hands he was re-elected almost unani-
mously, only Mr. Adams dissenting. Mr. C. A.
Wood was then unanimously re-elected ; and Mr.
Daniel Gooch, M.P., seconded by Mr. Williams,
was unanimously elected a director of the company
amid loud cheers.

The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks for the kind
manner in which the meeting had elected him, said
the only drawback was that of displacing Mr.
Williams, who had been a most efficient member of
the Board, but he was very happy to say the com-
pany would retain his valuable services on the local
committee at Chester. (Cheers.)
On the motion of Mr. J. Parson, a cordial vote
of thanks to Mr. Williams for
his past services to
The meeting the company was adopted unanimously.
in powers on the Great Western
Company in relation
s approved.
to their own undertakings and
the undertakings of other companies,
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and for other
for conferring certain
purposes, was unanimously
A resolution was passed, authorising the direc-
tors,3 in conjunctionnwas wl°iuthth then made special, and a Bill
oe of
the
Bristol and
Exeter and South Devon Companies, to raise
£86,000 on 5 per cent. preference shares, for the
purposes of the West Cornwall Railway, and place
it in the hands of the joint committee.
Another special meeting was also held, and agree-
ments with the Bala and Dolgelly and the Corwen
and Bala Railway Companies for working the lines
gu
at 521 per cent. of the receipts in the former case,
and 60 per cent. in the latter, with rebate arrange-
r cent.,
ments to secure the deficiency up to 41 pe

were confirmed.
The next resolution agreed to was to subscribe
£15,000 to the Corwen and Bala instead of allowing
the rebate formerly agreed upon.
A resolution authorising the release of certain
laud adjoining the company's station at Birming-
ham to the Birmingham Hotel Company was agreed
to ; and the proceedings concluded with a vote of
thanks to the chairman and directors.

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pr— ess the full importance of the real occurrences
upon the mind, and induce the public to make some
definite prop osal.instead of vaguely puttingore
ony
oeffthee-
mattltrto the indefinite me rciei, of a more
nient season. The poor in the London workhouses
may be divided into these classes—the able-bodied,
the infirm, the aged, and those afflicted with chronic
diseases. The class which suffers from acute
diseases is that for whose welfare the objects of this
association tend, and rightly so, as they are the
most in need of succour, and amount to 6,000 out
of the 32,000 now receiving relief in the London
workhouses. The "dreadful and disgraceful" con-
dition of these six thousand sick poor cannot pos-
sibly be exaggerated. The salary of the doctors
are ridiculously small, and out of it they are to
provide medicine. It has been calculated that in
one infirmary the amount bestowed for the medical
care of each patient was one farthing. No wonder
that " shame" was called out at this part of the
address. The nursing is equally deficient and badly
managed, and in few cases are night nurses allowed.
It is really almost too painful to dwell on this sub-
ject of the sufferings of the sick poor, and quite too
irritating to contemplate the conduct of those who
are indifferent to such horrors. Lord CARNARVON
truly said that the guardians of workhouses were
unfit for their position, and were returned by the
ratepayers with the avowed purpose of keeping
down the poor rates. The society proposed for the
evils commented upon to remove the sick from the
walls of the workhouses, and to establish neutral
and well-organised infirmaries with an adequate
staff of attendants. The Archbishop of YORK
moved a resolution to the effect that " The present
management of the sick in the metropolitan work-
house infirmaries is highly unsatisfactory; that the
buildings are inadequate and unhealthy, the medi-
cal attendance insufficient, the nursing merely no-
minal, and the general system of administra-
tion radically defective." This was seconded
and carried with only one dissentient, an
amendment which was moved being negatived.
A second resolution was also carried, to the effect
that a deputation should wait on the President of
the Poor Law Board, to inquire if he be willing to
submit a measure to Parliament for the improve-
ment of the condition of the workhouses, and in case
he refused to do so that the Committee of the As-
sociation be requested to take independent means to
introduce an appropriate measure in Parliament
during the present Session. This is very satisfac-
tory, because it promises something definite instead
of vaguely alluding to evils without seeking a decided
or comprehensive remedy. The Archbishop of YORK
stated in his speech that a commission had recently
sat to inquire into military affairs, and that
they allowed every soldier to have 1,200 cubit feet
for the purpose of health. The workhouses gives
nothing like this, and the Poor Law Board only
require 500 cubic feet. Tho condition of the sick
poor in Workhouse Infirmaries is a groat disgrace
to the community, and the sooner it is remedied
the better for the reputation of all classes above the
poorest, and for the welfare of the numerous ob-
jects of parochial relief. Want of fresh air and
cleanliness in health is bad enough, but their ab-
sence in sickness is something dreadful to contem-
plate. Great credit is due to all :those who have
thus come forward to hasten the advent of a
better state of things for these afflicted heirs of
mortality.

The arrival of the Australasian, from New York

on the 21st ult., bring us news of very great inte-

rest and importance. The PRESIDENT has boldly

declared his policy, and has opposed a firm front
to the Radicals. There was, no doubt, before as
to his opinions or wishes ; they were plainly enough
implied in the reconstruction policy with which his
name is associated, but the question was how far he
would have courage to resist the encroachments of
his quondam supporters. Ile had need to be a
bold man who opposes the claims of the United
States, and who, setting aside all the intrigues of
faction, and refusing to be influenced by any con-
sideration excepting the public good, resolutely
keeps on his own course undeterred by clamour, by
abuse, or by political desertion. Such a man, rare
at any time, is now fortunately, at this momentous
crisis, at the head of affairs in the States, and he
has just given a notable example of the determina-
tion with which he will carry out those principles
which ho believes to be for the public good. The
divergence between the PRESIDENT and the Radicals
has long been matter of common notoriety, and all
parties watched with eager interest for the crisis
which should put the PRESIDENT to the test. The
conduct of the Radical party since the meeting of
Congress has been so extravagant, so unjust, and
so unpatriotic, that it was quite evident they must
come to an open rupture with the Government
before long, unless, indeed, the Government was
prepared to submit to their absolute dictation.
Under the plea of defending the rights of the
negro, Mr. STEVENS and his party have attempted
to override all moderate men, to assume an ab-
solute dictatorship over the national councils,
and to make the claims of the blacks an excuse
for the spoliation and degradation of the whites.
Slavery is a national crime as well as a national
loss no doubt, but it is a crime which the North
have tolerated for too many years to give them
the right to be judge, jury, and accuser all in
one. The point at issue is not the past but
the present, and those who know most
of the negro agree in assuring us that it is cruel
kindness to throw him unreservedly on his own re-
sources unprepared. The result of this reckless
and undiscriminating legislation we have seen in
Jamaica, and one might naturally have supposed
that the experience of the last few months might
have modified the views of the most enthusiastic
Radical of New England. Slavery is put an end
to once and for ever. The sins and sufferings it
occasioned are happily numbered among the
things of the past. The great question
now is how to provide for the millions
of emancipated blacks thrown on the
heads of the American Government. Common
sense and practical humanity would certainly seem
to support the policy proposed by the PRESIDENT__
of endeavouring to get the plantations in working
order as soon as possible, so that the negroes may
readily find employment, to which he has been all
his life accustomed, in the old familiar districts
where he is known and liked. There would
be the important difference between his position
now and heretofore that he would be free to
enjoy the results of his own labour, equal to
the white man in the eye of the law, able to hold
Property and to form a household unmolested. By
teaching him to live on his earnings, by a gradual
course of instruction, the whites may in time raise
the negro sufficiently above his present level to
render him fit for the possession of political power,
but to give it to him in his present condition would
be fatal to the negro himself and ruinous to the
country.

LONDON, MONDAY, JLIRCH 5,186 G.

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The Condition of the Infirmaries of London Work-
houses has long engaged the attention of all able to
appreciate the subject, and to a great extent has
also called forth the notice of the public, who, from
time to time, have been shocked at the details that
have come before them of mismanagement or gross
neglect. Last Saturday a public meeting was held
at Willis's Rooms for the purpose of considering
the present state of the infirmaries, and the steps
that should be taken to effect an improvement in
their condition. The meeting in question was called
together by the Association for the Improvement of ,
the Infirmaries of Workhouses, which has for ob-
ject to secure legislative action to redress the many
evils which now affect the poor in these places.
The Earl of CARNARVON occupied the chair, and the
attendance was very good. Many gentlemen wrote
to express their regret at not being able to come,
and to testify their approbation of the object of the
meeting. Among others was Mr. CHARLES
DICKENS, who wrote to say that an annual engage-
ment prevented his coming, and that he could not
thus second the resobation as he had intended to do :
i 4 My knowledge of the general condition of the
sick poor in workhouses is not of yesterday, nor are
my efforts wanting in my vocation to call merciful
attention to it." Mr. DICKENS truly added that
it was a horrible anomaly to consider the un-
checked existence of many shameful sick wards
for paupers side by side ; it :Was no wonder,
that the poor should creep into corners to die in-
stead of resorting to such places. The Chairman
declared that the object which brought them to-
gether was one which concerned all classes—the
poor, because it related to their provision with the
necessaries of life, and the rich, because it
_implied
their duties for which wealth was so responsible.
The noble lord reminded his hearers of a very im-
portant fact ; • namely, that it was of no avail to
read all the details of sickness, want, and misery
that abounded, and then to go on their way and
forget them. This is too much the way with the
world in general, and hence the great
utility and vast significance of such asso-
ciations as this are referred to, for they im- a

Acting on this, conviction, President JoinisoN has
put his veto upon the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, as
unconstitutional and unnecessary," and pro-
posing to establish by Congressional authority
military jurisdiction over all parts of the United States
containing refugee ivechnon. This Lubstitution of

military for civil authority is clearly opposed to the
whole I,minciple of constitutional government, and
entirel y against the hope of restoring internal tran-
q and commercial enterprise to the Southern
Stat es. Such an institution as the Freedmen's
But reau, established to meet an extraordinary and
ext ceptional state of things in a time of war and
co:avulsion, is, as Mr. JOHNSON very justly says in
his Message to the Senate, inconsistent with a time
of peace. Moreover, the legislation which implies
that negroes require public support would, Mr.
JOHNSON asserts, be likely to injure their character
awl prosperity, as it is certainly most inconsistent
with the demand for political rights. The
PE ESIDENT has something also to say for the
Southern white people. The 11 States most affected
by the Bill are shut out from representation, and
one of the fundamental principles of the American
Constitution is that there shall be no taxation with-
out representation. Congress can decide upon the
qualifications of its members, but every State
should bo allowed the right to send loyal represen-

Empress was dressed in white satin, and wore her
orders. Her Majesty had a magnificent diadem of
diamonds and rubies. The Emperor is said to have
chatted very cordially and courteously with several
of the members of the Chambers, and particularly
with those who signed the amendments. I have no
means of knowing whether this latter statement be
true or not.

The Prince Royal of Denmark is expected in
Paris, in order to thank the Emperor personally for
sending him the insignia of the Legion of Honour.
His stay here will be short. He is going to Athens.
His brother, the young King of Greece, will return
with him to Denmark, to be present at the betrothal
of his sister, Princess Dagmar, to the heir to the
throne of Russia. There is a report of the marriage
of King George with the Princess Eugenie of Leuch-
tenberg, which it is said will take place at the same
time as that of his sister.

Mr T. B. Scott, English Consul at Bordeaux, has
just died in that city of congestion of the brain.
Mr. Scott had a very valuable collection of curiosi-
ties and modern paintings.

The Abbe Liszt has composed the music for a
mass at the Church of St. Eustache, which will be
executed by the first artistes in Paris, under his own
immediate superintendence. He comes from Italy
for this express purpose. The receipts will be de-
voted to the communal schools. Since 1849 there
has always been a mass composed for the Caisse des
Ecoles, and performed at the same church. Last
year the music was the composition of Al. Huvard,
maitre de chapelle of St. Eustache.

tatives.
The PRESIDENT'S Message is dignified and states-
manlike, founded on arguments which are un-
answerable if the principles of constitutional govern-
ment are to be maintained. All the members of
his Cabinet, with the exception of Mr. STANTON
and Mr. HowroN, acquiesced in the veto which, as
may be supposed, excited the wildest excite-
ment. Happily the popular feeling is en-
tirely on the PRESIDENT'S side. Salutes have been
fired in different parts of the country to celebrate it,
and a large crowd serenaded the PRESIDENT. The
failure of an attempt made by the Radicals to nega-
tive the PRESIDENT'S veto in the Senate was received
with tremendous applause from the galleries, so that
we may fairly conclude that constitutional principle
has won the day, and that the great body of the
American people refuse to allow their long-cherished
rights and principles to be overthrown by the tumult
of a self-seeking and discordant faction.
The Radicals are naturally infuriated, and have
denounced the PRESIDENT in no measured terms.
As :the only means of punishing him, they have
propounded a measure in Congress rendering any
President ineligible for re-election. As Mr. JOHN-
SON has just declared that he is not a candidate for
a new term of office the arrow is not a very sharp
one. The whole position of affairs is now most in-
teresting and exciting, and we can only hope that
the PRESIDENT will go on as he has begun, and that
the support of the country may enable him to carry
his policy out for the benefit of all ranks of both
races.

TILE 6 UN,', LONDON, MON OA V E VEINING, MARCH 5, 1866.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, MARCIE 5.

Telegraphic advices received here announce that
six regiments of Cossacks have reinforced the
Russian corps of observation, stationed on the
Moldo-Wallachian frontier.

The candidature of the Duke of Leuchtenburg as
the future Hospodar of the Danubian Principalities
is strongly put forward at Jassy.

Military reinforcements have been despatched
from Bucharest to Jassy, and a military cordon has
been established along the frontier line of the Pruth.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF CORK.
LIVERPOOL, MARcH 3

The extra Inman steamship City of Cork, from
New York on the 15th ult., arrived off Holyhead
at 11.30 a.m. to-day.

NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 17
Middling cotton 45c. to 46c.