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London, England, 1857-08-25 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1857.

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ire lower than in many other 014-established offices, and Insurers
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iddition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of
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Policy stamps paid by the Office.
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OR the SEA SIDE.—TRAVELLING SUITS,
IL' with Cap, complete, 2/. IBs. to Three Guineas; the Beaufort
Coat, 2/. 103 ; the new summer Tronsers, One Guinea ;;Baden
Waistcoats, Two for One Guinea. .
EXCELLENCE WITH ECONOMY.
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PRINCE ALBERT ROAD, Hyde-park.—ln
this delightful and desirable neighbourhood are to be LET or
SOLD several select and elegantly finished Residences; their architec-
ural display is of the highest order, and the internal arrangements
,re everything that can possibly be desired; size they are suited
or the occupancy of both the Nobleman and Gentleman, and the
,tudy of comfort has been the chief object of the builder. This now
most fashionable part of London renders the locality 'of these
buildings undeniable, being contiguous to Kensington-gardens, with
'ts beautiful walks, and Hyde-park, with its rides and drives: added
to which the salubrity of the air of Kensington-gore Is proverbial,
and considered by the faculty the most healthful in the vicinity of
*he metropolis. Apply at the Office, 1, Prince Albert-Road, South
Kensington.

CHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER
\_ WATER, manufactured by J. SCHWEPPE and Co., the sole
lessees of the Holy Well, possesses all the celebrated properties of
the Na.sau S;4ring. SCHWEPPE'S SODA, MAGNESIA, POTASS
WATERS and LEMONADE, are manufactured as usual. Every
Bottle is protected by a Label with their signature.
SCHWEPPE and CO.,
Man facturers of Soda, Magnesia, and Potass Waters and Lemonade
London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby.

QUITE NEW.

OYER'S SULTANA'S SAUCE.—A most

refreshing and pleasing stimulant to the appetite, composed
principally of Turkish condiments, combined with various culinary
productions of the East. It is an exquisite relish with Fish, Meat,
Poultry, and Game, and forms a valuable addition to Soups, Minces,
Hashes, Stews, Meat Pies and Puddings, as well as to Salads of
every description. To Steaks and Chops it imparts a highly delicious
and aromatic flavour.

To be had of all Sauce Vendors, and of the sole Wholesale
Agents, Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to the Queen, 21, Soho-
square, London.

1 fR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
FICIAL TEETH ,ilxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
per:actly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from
the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
,peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
zaaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr.
Froward's improwinent may be within the reach of the most econo-
mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-
cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica-
tion.--52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five.

A N ACT OF GRATITUDE.-5,000 Copies of a
Pit. Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulation.—GEoauE THOMAS,

Esq., having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss ofmemory,
and dimness of sight, resulting from the early errors of youth, by
following the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Physician,
he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit
of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore
send free, to any address, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct-
ed envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-nay postage, a copy of the
medical work containing every Information reouired. Address, G.
Thomas, Esq , Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great -Windmill-street,
Ilaymarket.—The Proorietor of these Rooms, gratdful for
past patro,,age, and while assisted by the able co-operation and
zealous services of the late conductor, Mr. E. LAURENT, Assures his
friends and the public that he has taken every means to supply in
his establishment the vacancy occasioned by the loss of that distin-
guished artist. The Proprietor has now the honour to announce
that he has envaged, for the above rooms, the popular composer, M
A ruroNY LAMOTTE, late, and for several years, conductor at the Salle
Valentino, at Paris; also conductor at the great annuql festival of
the City of Lyons, held at, the Palais d'Alcazar ; and, for his eminent
merit, rewar ed by his ajeqy the Emneror with a gold medal,
beirg the on'y el-1(4 d'orcheStre in Franca who has received this mark
of honour and distinction, All the prole:pal performers of the
orchestra are re-, 'waged. 'rho rooms, redecorated for the occasion,
will RE-OPEN on SATURDAY, the 29th of August.

GI?E'A.T NORTHERN RAILWAY.

• ,

IMPORTANT DECISION IN FAVOUR OF
THE PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS.

The preference shareholders of the Great Northern
Railway Company, aggrieved at the recent act of
Parliament, which deprived them of their dividend
for the last half-year, the sum applicable to which
having been applied in liquidation of the losses
arising from the Redpath frauds, determined to
have the question as to their priority over the ordi-
naryshareholders decided bythe Court of Chancery.
A bill in Chancery was accordingly filed on the 10th
inst. After reciting the various acts of Parliament
in reference to theundeitsking, the Redpath frauds,
the recent act of Parliament in reference thereto,
and that the amount of the last half-year's divi-
dend would, it was expected, together with the
assets recoverable from Redpath's estate, be suffi-
eject to make good such losses, the bill went on to
state that the directors of the company had alleged
that the preference shareholders were not entitled
to be paid the full amount of interest or dividend
in respect of their stock from the 30th June, 1856,
but were only entitled from the 30th Dec., 1856 ;
and that they (the directors) had convened the half-
yearly ordinary meeting of the company to be held
on the 29th inst., and intended at such meeting to
declare a dividend out of the net profits of the coin
pang made since the last dividend was declared,
and threatened and intended to pay such dividend
to the holders of A stock and B stock with-
out regard to the right of the holders of
the several classes of preference stock to be paid
the full amount of the interest or dividend payable
upon or in respect of such stock from the 30th of
June, 1856, before any dividend shall be made
upon the original ordinary stock, unless they should
be restrained from so doing by the Court of Chan-
cely. The prayer of the bill was as follows :
" That it may be declared that the plaintiffs respec-
tively and the other holders of preference stock in
the said Great Northern Railway Company, on
whose behalf they respectively sue, are entitled to
be paid interest or dividends on the amount
of preference stock held by them respectively
since the 30th of June, 1856, according to the
amount of interest or dividends which the
said several classes of preference stock respec
tively carry before any payment in respect of divi-
dends or otherwise is made to any of the holders of
original ordinary stock, A stock and B stock, in
the said company, or of any such stocks. That the
defendants may be restrained, by the order and in-
junetiou of this honourable court, from declaring
any dividend on the original ordinary stock, A'
stook and B stock, in the said company, or of any
such stocks, or any part thereof, without regard to
the rights f the plaintiffs and the other holders of
the preference stock on whose behalf they sue to be
paid in priority the full amount of the interest or
dividends payable upon or in respect of the prefer-
ence stock by them, to be computed from the
30th Jude, 1856, aecording to the amount of in-
terest or dividends which such preference stock
respectively carry ; and from making or causing to
be made, any payment for dividend or otherwise
to any of the said holders of original ordinary stock
without first paying or providing for the payment to
the plaintiffs, and the several other holders of pre-
ference stock, on whose behalf they sue of the full
amount of the interest or dividends payable upon
or in respect of the preference stock held by them
respectively, to be computed from the 30th June,
1856, according to the amount of interest or divi-
dends which such preference stock respectively
carry."

The question came on for argument before his
Honour Vice-Chancellor Wood, at his private house
in Great George-street, Westminster, on Friday
'last. Tho plaintiffs (the preference holders) were
represented by Mr. Daniell, Q.C., and Mr. Turner;
and the company by the Attorney-General, Mr.
Denison, Q:ei, and Mr. Rochfort Clarke. The
whole of Friday was taken up by the arguments,
which were not then concluded. They were, how-
ever, brought to a close yesterday afernoon.
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor then delivered
a most elaborate judgment, in which, after going
most carefully into the facts of the case, and copi-
ous references to the various Acts of Parliament
bearing upon the question, he decided that the
p
entitled to the prayer of the bill,
anl
weredeclaration accordingly. His Honour
directedadinmtileadse
taat
the costs of the suit should be paid
out of the funds of the company.

SALE OF WIIALES.—On the 14th inst. there was a pub-
lic auction of 41 whales, which had been stranded the
day previous at Minn, in Burra Isle. The blubber 8010
at from 16/. to nearly 16 guineas per tun. The heads
went at from 30s. to 40e., in lots of five each, varying in
size. The crangs or carcases sold at nearly 40s. for the
whole. This is the first occasion, to our knowledge, on
which the crangs were sold so publicly, and at such high
.
rates, for agricultural purposes this quarter. —.Tam
o'groaltrourrica.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSA.LL'S—MoNDAT.

The Radcliffe meeting did not diminish the attendance
in the subscription-room. Throughout the early part of
the afternoon the only business transacted was in con-
nection with the settlement of the York accounts. _

The few bets which were laid on the St. Leger do
not require much comment. Anything over 6 to 4 would
have been taken about Blink Bonny ; 325 to 200 was
the last bet booked about her. Ignoramus was again
in brisk demand, the successes of his stable companions
at York increasing the confidence of his supporters ; 5 to
2 was taken freely about him.
The closing prices were as under
:
Sr. LEGEB.
13 to 8 aget Blink Bonny (taken)
9 to 4 agst Ignoramus (5 to 2 taken freely)
9 to 1 agst Tournament (taken)
15 to 1 ag4 Ars-nal (offered)
Dian.
1000 to 60 agst Sedbory
3000 to 100 agst Cock-a-doodle-doo.
40 to 1 agst Dumfries
40 to 1 agst The Hadji
10,000 to 200 aget Ethi ,pian
1000 even on Clydesdale agst Longrange
RADCLIFFE RACES—MONDAY.
HEATON PARK HANDICAP.
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Lazy Lass
De Ginkel..

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THE BENGAL ARTILLERY.

Tee following letter has been addreAsed to the
editor of the Times

Sir,—During the last six weeks several extracts
of letters from the correspondence of the late Gen.
Sir C. Napier have appeared in your columns, but
none, I believe, have referred to his Excellency's
sentiments respecting the efficiency of the Bengal
Artillery, composed principally, as you are aware,
of Europeans.
_ . .

At the time I received the letter from which the
following is extracted I was in command of the
Artillery in Kumaon, bordering on the Nepaul
frontier, and had occasion to report on the weak
state of defences in our province, and at the same

time invited the General's attention to other mat-
ters connected with the efficiency of the regiment of
Artillery.
Sir C. Napier replied thus :
" Simla, Nov. 5, 1850.

" I approve much your report on the state of
defences in Kumaon, and though Jung Bahadoor
has told my wife in London that he loves me more
than any man living, still, as lovers sometimes
quarrel, I should like to be prepared for him, and
your suggestions shall be pressed on the attention
of Government. _ _ . _

" What you say about the deficiency and fre-
quent change of officers with the reserve companies
of Artillery is but too true, I did intend, had I
been able, to reform the whole system ; but rain
of no use—no more power have I than a lance-
corporal. I believe, however, I have succeeded
in moving the head-quarters of your regiment into
these provinces, either to Delhi or Meerut. Delhi
is the station where I should desire to see Euro
pean battalions cantoned ; but many say it is un-
healthy.
"Men from all parts of Asia meet in Delhi, and
some day or other much mischief will be hatched
within those city walls, and no European troops at
hand. We shall see. I have no confidence in the
allegiance of your high-caste mercenaries. I have
seen a sweeper' show more bravery in battle than
a Brahm'n and a high-named Mussulman. A high-
caste man cannot be attached to a Christian Go-

vernment.
" But to return to the artillery. I think very
highly of your officers generally, but especially of
the young officers. When I have found fault I have
invariably traced it to the system', and I have
vainly represented this.
" There are many errors of system which a Com-
mander-in-Chief sees but ainnot change.
"The Governor-General takes two-thirds of the
power which a. Commander-in-Chief ought to exer-
cise, and the Military Board take the rest !
"I cannot change the character of this army,
which is bid and faulty as regards system of dis-
cipline, and therefore I resign.
" Many of the old officers of infantry have been
habituated to a bad system, and get into a routine
of neglect from which the devil himself would not
drive them. Look at the nightly guards in the
Bengal Army—the sentries are alone and all
go to bet
"The whole Bombay army does not present
such an anomaly, and it arises from the system'
being bad. Still there are some very excellent dis-
ciplinarians in the Bengal army—men who take
a line for themselves. Look at Gilbert, at Wheeler,*
at lluish, and a score of others.
" In the regiment of Artillery I myself know_a
dozen first-rate officers.

" The Bengal army has no want of good officers,
but it has want of a better system of discipline ;
and as I cannot introduce one, coupled with other
causes, I have resigned.
" Lord Ellenborough wisely abolished Lord
Auckland's injudicious system of pol iticals.' Young
officers commanding old ones, and war carried on
without any plan A happy-go-lucky mode,
which ended in Cabul, and the same system revised
by Lord D-; but pray understand that in con-
demning the system of the Bengal army I always
say this, that the artillery I believe -0 be, at this
moment, the first in the world."
Thus terminated the chief's leter.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
A LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
Late Bengal Artillery.

Aug. 20.

• The gallant General now doing wonders at Cawnpore.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.

TO THE EDITOR 0/ TUB TIMES.
Sir,—Knowing the interest which is universally
felt, we beg to advise you that the steamship Great
Britain arrived to-day, after a passage of 92 days,
prolonged by such a continuance of light and con-
trary winds throughout as has scarcely ever be-
fore been witnessed. From Melbourne to Cape
Horn she ran in 43 days, meeting with strong
breezes chiefly from the northward and eastward
and southward and eastward, and having to lie for
three days nearly. Thence to 15 deg. south, owing
to strong head-winds from the northward, she was
20 days. From 15 deg. south to 11 deg. north
the winds, though favourable, were light. She
arrived at St. Vincent on the 4th of August in 75
days, where she remained two days coaling, and
found the Hydaspes and Oneida, which had en-
countered similar unfavourable wee.' her, from
Sydney. From St. Vincent she met with fresh
breezes from the northward and eastward. She
brings 56 first class, 43 second class, 127 third
class, 226 passengers ; and on freight, 101,142 oz.
16 dwts. gold, 104,685 sovereign., 839 bales of
wool, 215 tons of tallow. Notwithstanding the
lengthened passage, it is satisfactory to know that
her performance both as a sailing clipper, with
screw hoisted and as a full powered steamer, is
spoken of most highly by all on board, and the
hearty testimonials to Captain Gray and his officers
show how well satisfied all classes of the passengers
are with their accommodation and treatment ; this
is only another instance added to the many pre-
vious ones where Captain Gray has earned the high
praise of private passengers, as he did universally
from the troops while engaged in the transport
service.
The ship was docked immediately, will go on the
graving blocks to might, and so perfect are her
machinery and sailing departments that nothing is
necessary beyond the ordinary overhaul before she
is ready to sail for any part of the world.
Trusting you will insert these particulars,
together with the enclosed testimonials from the
passengers.—We are, sir, yours most obediently,
GEM, BRIGHT, & CO.,

Liverpool, Aug. 23.

Great Britain Screw Steamship, Aug., 1857.
Dear Sir,—ln taking leave we feel much pleasure in
assuring you that your efforts for our comfort, and the
ample accommodation of the Great Britain, have dissi-
pated much of the annoyance invariably felt during our
unexpectedly long voyage.
We know that it has rarely fallen to the lot of any
ship to encounter such a succession of contrary winds as
have baffled us during the passage, and, looking back,
we can only wonder that we have arrived home so soon
in safety, health, and comfort.
This result we attribute, under Providence, to the
assiduous and ever watchful care and skilful seamanship
you and the officers under you have displayed all the
time we have been at sea.
Especially we wish to thank you for stopping at St.
Vincent ; the result has shown the wisdom of so doing,
for without the supply of coal we there so seasonably
obtained we do not doubt we should have been many
days, if not weeks, later.
We beg you to accept the accompanying piece of plate
as a lasting testimonial ofjour regard and esteem, hoping
that both in private and professional life you will ever
meet with the success that honest merit deserves.
Assuring you that the above are the unanimous senti-
ments of the saloon passengers, we beg to subscribe
ourselves,
Your obliged and faithful friends,
William Gibson Alex. Coughey
Charlotte Leo Gibson W. W. Tuxford
Catherine Gibsdh S. C. Hadley
Joseph Harrolds P. Dunn
Sarah Jane Harrolds B. M. Thomas
T. W. Smith John Beckweith, jun.
Mrs. T. W. Smith G. Lydiard
Arch. Ware D. M. L Campbell
Mrs. Eliz. Baxter S. Bradshaw
Miss Matilda Baxter De la Gauppillier
James M'Kersey Charles 11 organ
Eliza M'Kersey H. B. M'Cartney
Eater Pattison J. S. Hughes, M.D.
M. Pattison L. D. Bode
E. M. Azzappard C. C. Stevens
M. A. Ledger G. It. Paterson
Andrew Mitchell John Smith
L. H. Chalmers J. T. Caldwell
A. Stuttell Edwin .1: Decking
D. Mooney Richard Crocker
M. Norton H. M. Lee ,
A. Norton
John Gray, Esq., Commander.
A Similar testimonial was presented to Captain Gray
signed by the whole of the second and third class pas-
, sengers.

Loss OP THE BAEC4I7E THOMAS.-GREENOCK, Aug.
21.—The barque Thomas Bell of St. John (N. 8.) 700
tons register, went on shore atlPortnahaven L'glithonse,
on the Rhine of Islay, on the evening of Sabbath last,
at half-past 11 o'clock, and has since become a total
less.