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BY th© SPECIAL AUTHORISATION of the
AU GVERNMEWT,
and under the Direction of the Imperial Authorities, irrevocably on
the 12th of October, 1844, will take place,
The SALE, by SHARES, of ESTATES, STOCKS, and BONDS,
besides the CASINO at BADEN, with the GRAND HOTEL ala
VILLE de Vl:' NNE, estimated at
ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS,
The pleasant country seat of Adolphshdhe, near Prague, with two
castles, grounds, gardens,' &c.
The two vineyards, Sehubertka and Prekinka, half a mile distant
from Prague, comprising a surface of about eight rods, or sixteen
acres, in exchange of which aro offered to the winner:—
One Hundred Obligations of the Loan of Prince Esterhazy from the
year 1836, and Twenty-five Thousand Francs, in ready Money,
granted by the Aulic Treasury of his Imperial Majesty.
The accessory Prizes consist of Francs-7,000, 6,000, 5,000, 4,000
2,000, 1,000, &c.

Mr. CARDWELL said that as lie was informed there
were 50,000 Shareholders, and that there were only
6,000 registered proxies, the best way of testing the
feelings of the Company would be to adjourn the
meeting. lie thought it was only fair and proper
that their statements should go before those gentle-
men whose proxies Mr. M`Gregor held. They might
perhaps be then induced to change their opinions. It
was clear that the sense of the meeting, with the ex-
ception of twa or three persons, was with them, and
by adjourning the meeting they could see_ how many
of the other 44,000 Proprietors were with them.
The CHAIRMAN said that they had not as yet got
through any business, and as there was matter of im-
portance to the Company, the leasing of the line to
which the Greenwich Company had agreed to, be
considered, he would put it to those gentlemen who
demanded a poll, whether they would not allow the
meeting first to proceed with this matter, and then to
go to the poll, which must necessarily occupy a con-
siderable time, on the question of adjournment.
Mr. llamturoN begged of Mr. M`Gregor not to per-
severe in such a vexatious manner. Sufficient had
been said to awake the attention of the Directors to
the point to which he wishei it to be directed, and
much more would be gained by his not proceeding
further than if he pressed the poll.
Mr. M`Gramou said he would not yield. lle had
asked for information and he coußnot obtain it. Ile
thought there must be some object iii thihon ent
The CHAIRMAN said they should then,go 1.
He hoped no gentleman would leave the roo
out registering his votes.
Scrutineers were then appointed to take the votes.
The scrutineers retired at half-past four o'clock to
take the votes, and did not return till half-past nine.
Mr. HAMILTON, one of the scrutineers, then came
forward and said that, as one of the scrutineers, he
had examined into the state of the votes on the pre-
sent occasion, and he begged to state that, agreeably
to the opinion of the solicitor with regard to the
proxies handed in on the sth of the month, there was
a majority against the amendment of 1.,755.—(This
announcement was received with loud cheers )
Mr. PRITCHARD said that he also was one of the
scrutineers, and though the solicitor bad decided that
the words of the Act of Parliament meant that there
should be five clear days given, the words in all other
Acts of Parliament were that three clear days should
elapse before the day of meeting. The words in this
Act of Parliament required that the proxies should be
transmitted five days before the day of meeting. Ac.
cording to his view, there was a majority of 2,135 in
favour of the amendment.—(Groans.)
The CHAIRMAN said that as this was a legal ques-
tion be would not give his own opinion, but he would
read the words of the Act of Parliament. The Chair-
man then read the clause in the Act of Parliament,
from which it appeared that the proxies should be
sent five days before the meeting ; which, he appre•
headed, meant five clear days. He should now pro-
pose the adoption of the report.
Mr. M'GEEGOR asked whether five days' notice had
not been given. lle protested against the meeting
proceeding under a doubt.—(Groans, and cries of
" Sit down.")
Mr. PARKER seconded the adoption of the report,
which was put, and carried with acclamation.
A resolution was then passed and carried, declaring
a dividend of 10s. to I Is. 6d. on the old shares, and
ls. 31d. on the shares paid in February.
A resolution was then agreed to, adopting the pro-
position for the leasing of the Greenwich line.
A resolution was also passed, authorising the Direc-
tors to take the necessary steps to obtain an Act of
Parliament for the North Kent line.

whenever they thought fit. There was also a sum of
1,5761. arising from the sale of shares, which, though
not a large sum, might be aclaed to the dividend.
The dividend declared was wiener than it would
otherwise be, because they were now treating of four
months instead of six ; but it was a great point to
have made a beginning, awl he felt confident, when
they were able at present to receive so much as 7,0001.
in one week, that they would ge, on prospering, and
that those who now held South-Eastern shares would
never have occasion to regret that their property was
invested in the concern.—(Cheers.) They had many
difficulties to contend with., but they were
now progressing. They had sources of traffic
yet unopened, others only partially deve-
loped, and some still in embryo. The Chair-
man then referred to the various lines mentioned
in the report, from which considerable profit was
expected. With regard to their want of success re-
specting the Hastings line, he believed it would ulti-
mately turn out to their advantage; for owing to the
perseverance of Mr. Barlow, they had found a line in-
finitely superior to the one formerly proposed, as it
would bring Hastings fourteen miles nearer to Lon-
don. With regard to the Greenwich line, he had re-
ceived a communication from that Company, stating
that they had accepted the terms offered by this
Company.
Mr. PRITCHARD wished to know from the Chairman
what was the cause of the great expense in working
this line ? The workink expenses were fifty per
cent., and that was an extraordinary expense.
The CHAIRMAN said that was a per centage on the
receipts, and that must be according to the amount
charged for carrying.
In answer to another question,
The CHAIRMAN said that they carried lime, coal,
and cattle. With regard to the goods' traffic, it
should be borne in mind that they traversed an agri-
cultnral country, and that agriculturists were not so
quick in availing themselves of new improvements as
manufacturers were.—(Hear, hear.) They had the
river communication to contend with also ; and where
expedition and punctuality were not much required,
they could not expect to cope with a cheaper mode of
conveyance by water.
Mr. M`GeeGou said that it appeared to him there
was not a very strong desire on the part of the Direc-
tors to afford the information to the Proprietors. He
lived in a distant part of the country, and having
been in communication with the Directors for a long
time, he must honestly say he did not get such in-
formation as would give him confidence in the
management of the concern. The Chairman had
alluded to anonymous letters in newspapers. He had
nothing to do with them. He was there representing
a large body of Proprietors in Liverpool. A meeting
of Proprietors, most numerously attended, was held
in Liverpool. Those who composed it were men of
well acquainted with railway mat-
business habits,
ters, and they came to a resolution that change was
required in the system of management. They were
fully impressed with the belief that the system of car-
rying goods required alteration. It might be very
well to talk of future prospects—he should desire to
see what they had on hand at present well managed.
—(Cheers.) He felt convinced, and he spoke the
opinions of a large body of Proprietors in Liverpool,
that a change of system was necessary for their pros-
perity. There ought to be a list of prices, setting
forth at what cost goods could be conveyed for a cer-
tain distance.—(Hear, hear.) The public had a right
to know at what cost they could send goods.—(Hear,
hear.) He was of opinion that the Company should
be carriers of goods themselves. Ile was of opinion
that the accounts were of such a nature as to require
thorough examination, and that each source of ex-
pense, and the amount, should be specifically stated.
He and his friends in Liverpool had not found fault
with the Directors—they only wished them to change
the system on which they proceeded. He should
propose, as an amendment to the motion proposed, a
resolution, " That the accounts laid before the meeting
were not satisfactory, and that a Committee be ap-
pointed, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament,
to examine the same, and report thereon at a future
meeting; that a dividend should be declared from the
Ist of October, 1843, to the Ist of July, 1844 ; and
that a change in the system of carrying goods was
necessary, for the advantage of the public as well as
for the Company." To show that he was not ani-
mated by any factious motives, he would leave the
appointment of the Committee in the hands of the
Directors themselves.
Mr. WALTER said that he was a London Proprietor,
and was at first prejudiced against the opinions enter-
tained by the Liverpool holders, as they were called ;
but, having attended the meeting in Liverpool, to
which the gentleman who spoke last referred, and
having listened to the practical and sound views urged
there, he altered his opinions, and he became con-
vinced that they were right.
Mr. CORDWELL, M.P., said that he was afraid the
meeting was likely to be led away from excitement.
His own opinion was, that everything should, as far
as possible, be known to the Shareholders. Their de-
sire had been to do so, and there was not the least
intention or desire on the part of the Directors to
keep anything concealed. They had all a consider-
able interest at stake, and they all desired
to arrive at the same result.—(Hear, hear.)
As to the declaration of a dividend larger than was
declared by the Directors, there was no intention to
raise any obstacles or interpose difficulties. It was a
matter which rested entirely with the Proprietors
themselves. The Directors held the same opinion
which they held in November last, and in that opi,.
nion the Proprietors concurred. If the Proprietors
held a different opinion now they had only to say so,
and there was an end of that matter. The Proprie-
torsadvantage one way or the other.
concerniezthe serious attention of the Di-
rectors,' should might have it in meal or in malt, but they
could not have it both ways. With regard to the
Tiiey would have the
carrying question, every person must regret the ab-
sence of their Chairman, Mr. Baxendale, who had the
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object was to make the largest
amount of net profit possible. If they were of opi-
nion that investigation should be made into the
subject, and that the whole carrying trade
should be revised, they had but to say so. With re•
gard to the third question, which was a question as to
a change of the whole of the Directors, he for one felt
no umbrage at 's hat had fallen from Mr. M'Gregor.
He had other avocations to attend to, and he should
be ready for one to resign his seat at the Board. He
only desired that the Company, should prosper, and if
it prospered better in other hands than in those of the
present Board, the mercy to him would be doubly
blessed. If it was the wish of the Proprietors that the
first two questions should be carried, they had it in
their own power to say so. But if the third were
carried it would be for the Board to say whether they
would any.longer continue to act in the position they
now occupied. The Proprietors had only to intimate
their opinion, and the Directors would take their own
course. They might perhaps say it was right for you
to dissemble your love, but why did you kick me
down stairs ?—(Cheers.)
Mr. M'GREGoR said he did not impute anything to
the Directors. He did not intend by his resolution to
affect their continuance in office.
Mr. BRowN seconded the resolution proposed by
Mr. M'Gregor.
Mr. SMYTHE said, that if the resolution proposed
were carried, it would be impossible that the present
Board could continue to occupy their present position.
It appeared to him a most strange proceeding that
without any specific charge being brought against the
Board of Directors, such a resolution should be pro-
posed.—(Cheers.) The Directors had their confidence
in times of difficulty, when no Liverpool gentlemen
with long purses came forward to support them.
There was no reason why it should not be continued
to them. Now, with this feeling, he should meet with
a direct negative the proposition, which had been
made

MONEY MARK E 'land CITY NEWS,
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—There has been a rumour of a fraudulent
transfer of stock at tl e Bank of Eng-bind to the extent
of 30,0001., but it is t, tally without foundation, and pro
bahly originated in r.n exaggerated statement of the
other forgery which we have noticed for lust
leainla,gena
lip.naeprleerisstehdme
ye neuat)iro net
iniaed
nlegaxrtgtieieneincreaser,
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last
two days.
andt
exports the extent of 2,46,50,105 rupees.
rupee,
mruapTpdeoel
elresot:sflnßi
The increase in imprts is chiefly attributed to Britidi
cotton goods. The shipments of indigo have increased
to the extent of 63,1601 maunds. The large steamers
seem to have opened a new route for commerce, and
indigo, raw silk, silk piece goods, and precious stones, to
the amount of 1,76,261 rupees, have been shipped by
way of Suez. The number of British ships had increased
from 823 On the preceding year) to 990, while foreign
vessels had diminished from 96 to 94. The total im-
ports to Bengal, including treasure, are set down at
6,47,66,562 rupees, and the total exports at 10,11,71,270
rupees.
As some misunderstanding seems to have arisen
with respect to the recent Act of Parliament (7th
and Bth Victoria, cap. 39) exempting from the pay-
ment of income-tax a portion of the dividends on
the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., it may be
stated that this Act applies to the New Three-and-a-
Half*PFC#nts:only, and not to the Reduced. The in-
'e-tax -first came into operation on the sth of April,
1842, and the dividends on the New Three-and-a-llalf
per Cents., due on the sth of July, were charged with
six months' tax, although no more than three months
had elapsed. This overcharge would have been rectified
on the cessation of the income-tax had no financial alter-
ations taken place, for the portion of dividend accruing
between January and April would have been exempt
from duty altogether. Since the conversion of the
Three-and-a-Half per Cents generally, the Government
liberally enough have at once given back the holders of
the New Tree-and-a-Half per Cents. the overpaid tax,
by exempting from taxation the quarter's dividend that
will be payable on The 10th of October next. As the
diiidends on Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have
always been payable in April and October, they did not
pay any extra tax, and consequently there is nothing to
return to the holders of the stock. It is certainly incor•
rect to call the concession made by the act a " bonus,
as in fact it is only an allowance for an over-payment
made at a previous period.
The following letter has been addressed by a " Lon-
don Merchant,' on the distinction made by the Bank o
England between " bills" and " notes" :
" The real distinction intended by the Bank of Eng.
land between bills' and notes' is, I believe, this—that
London bills are termed notes f others are termed
bills.'

Admission, li.; Schools, llalf-prlco.

riniE HEPTAPRIEMION FINE ART
1. DISTRIBUTION.
Mrs. I'ARKES begs to inform the Public that, by the advice of
her Friends, and for the satisfaction of the Subscribers; she has fully
authorised a COMMITTEE of GENTLEMEN to act for her in the
General Management of her present scheme. The Public will be
assured thereby of its being carried to successful termination on the
30th instant.
At a Meeting of the said Committee, held at 22, Golden-square,
this day, WILLIAM UPCOTT, Esq., in the Chair, it was resolved
to publish the following Address :
The COMMITTEE of the lIEPTAPILEMION LOTTERY for
the management of Mrs. PARKES'S Grand Scheme hereby give
notice, that they have consented to act for her interest, and as a
guarantee to the Public for its due thilllmcnt according to the Pro-
spectus as before published.
They earnestly request all Persons Intending to subscribe to Like
Tickets immediately of her Agents, or at 22, Golden-square, where
these celebrated Prizes of the 110WYER GALLERY are to be seen
daily, and where descriptive Catalogues and Prospectuses are to be
obtained.
The Committee particularly recommend the Subscribers to defer
their selection of Engravings, to which the Tickets entitle them,
until after the drawing, for the purpose of being enabled to choose
from a larger number of finely-executed Plates than those already
announced in the Prospectus.
The Lottery must be drawn on the 30th instant, as that is the lase
day allowed by Act of Parliament.
(Signed)
September 11, 1844.

Price of a Ticket, One Pound.
The purchasers of a certain number of Tickets will enjoy the fol
lowing advantages:—

For Four Tickets they only pay 31. of two series.
For Five Tickets they only pay 51. 0f.......“v• series ; and One Ticket
gaining surely a Money-prize. sr
For Eleven Tickets they only pay 101. of two series ; and Two
Tickets gaining surely a Money-prize.
For Twenty-five Tickets they only pay 251. of two series ; and Five
Tickets gaining surely a Money-prize, besides a Gold Prize-tieket.
The Gold Prize-tickets not only enjoy the benefit of a drawing of
prizes amounting to 147,000 francs, but they equally concur, as well
as the gratis Tickets, to a special drawing of 22,200 prizes, the prin-
cipal of which is the Estate of Adolphshohe. The said Gold Prize-
tickets are, besides, interested in all the prizes of the principal drawing.
An official List of the Tickets drawn will be sent to each party
interested. Payment for Tickets may be made in London, Paris, on
Bank-notes.

For the purchase of Tickets, apply to ANTON FLESCH, at Frank
fort-on-the-Maine.,

A FMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in
London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA. TEA COMPANY,
or the sale of their celebrated teas.
Offices, No. 1, Great dt. Helen's-churchyard, ishopsgate-street.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from ono ounce to a
pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but
!Me trouble Is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per
annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss.
Application to be mode (if by letter post-paid) as above.

EDWARD PAGE, Secretary,

CANDLE NOTORIETY.
WS. MALE'S superb COMPOSITE CAN-
. DLES, 101 d. per lb.. requiring no snuffing, on comparison
and trial are allowed to surpass all others of the present day for beauty
and brilliancy of light. There is no patent for Compesite Candles,
neither will those called patent burn so long a time by hours as the
flee waxed-wick tallow moulds, or is the light equal.
S•ld for cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-kouss.

SILVER TEA SERVICES.
B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing
Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of
ngland, submit the prices of the following SILVER TEA and
COFFEE SERVICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on/
shell feet, the Tea and Coffee Pot with a flower ornament on the ids.
I'he King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The 1
shape of either is new and elegant.
Cottage Pattern.
Strong Sillier Tea Pot £l2 0 0
Ditto Sugar Basin
Ditto Mil. Ewer 4lO 0
Ditto Coffee Pot

King's Pattern.
Strong Silver Tea Pot. £l2 0 0
Ditto Sugir Basin
Ditto Cream Ewer 5 10 0
Ditto Coffee Pot ...

-.----
Complete £35 6 01 Complete ...40 0 0
A variety of upwards of Fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen
ur the Shoat-rooms, where may ba selected every article of Silver
requisite for the sideboard or plate chest.
Pamphlets of Prices, illustrwed with sketches of the various
articles, gratis, and forwarded, postage free, to any part of the
4ingdom.
A. B. Savory and Sons, 14, Cornhlll, London, opposite the Bank of
England.

" Promissory notes, which is the plain meaning of the
term notes, are all but out of use. The coal trade is, I
believe, almost the only branch of regular business
where they remain in use.
" The practical effect of the distinction made by the
Bank seems to be this :—lf I sell 100 tons of tallow to
a soap- boiler in London, and draw on him for the
amount, the bill is called a note,' and the Bank charge
thereon 3 per cent. ; but if I happen to live in Leeds,
and draw on a London merchant for the cost of 1,000
pieces of cloth, the bill is then a bill,' and not a note,
and the discount thereon is 24 per cent.
" The substantial ground of this distinction is not
very obvious, the sole question being the difference be-
tween one class of security and another.
"Again, supposing I sell my 100 tons of tallow to a
soap-boiler in Leeds, and not in London. The bill is
then drawn in London on Leeds. I preAtme this makes
it a bill, and not a note, and therefore discountable at
2i per cent.
" A little light as to the rationale of all this would not
be unacceptable."
The first case which is put by oar correspondent is
correct ; the second, we think, is incorrect. Provided
the bill is drawn in London (that is to say, within 20
miles of it), it seems to be a'• note," according to Bank
phraseology, whether it be drawn upon a London or a
country firm. Whether the " London Merchant" draw.,
upon the London soap-boiler, or the Leeds soap-boiler,
the document that represents the transaction is a
"note," and no more, and therefore, according to the
late resolution, discountable at 3 per cent. The met.-
chant at Leeds who draws upon the London merchant,
has, as our Correspondent rightly obsem,s, originated a
" bill," and not a " note."
The reason of a difference of 4 per cent., which is
made in discounting these securities, arises from the
great probability that the country bills will have a larger
number of names upon them than the town bills or
"notes." If the bill be drawn in the country, it will
most likely be taken to the Bank for discount, not by the
drawer himself, but by an endorsee, and thus there are three
parties liable. If the bill he drawn in town, the drawer
himself will probably take it to be discounted, and thus
there will be only two parties liable. There are, no
doubt, cases in which the town bills have just as many
names as country bills, but the grouni of distinction
seems to rest on the presumption' that this is the excep-
tion, and not the rule. It is, perhaps, to be regretted
that some clearer words had not been adopted to mark
this artificial distinction than " bills " and " notes,"
which have an accepted meaning totally different from
that in which they are used in Bank parlance. Every-
where but at the Bank of England " bill," we believe,
means " bill of exchange," and " note" means " promis-
sory note." Had the expressions " town- bills" and
"country bills" b'en used, the resolution would have
been more generally intelligible.
SUN.—Consols leave off flatly, being 994 I for Money,
and 99i to for Account. There was no alteration in
any other of the English Stocks.
The Foreign Market again slightly advanced this
afternoon as regards the principal security dealt in, Spa-
nish Bonds. The Five per Cents. were 24 to 244, and
the Three per Cents. 344 to 35 for the new account day.
Mexican were 3:4 to 353 Colombian realised 144 to
134, and Brazilian, Old, 874. Belgian Bonds were at 1031-,
and Dutch remained as in the morning.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were24:4l ; Chester
and Holyhead, 14 to 2 ; Great Western, 731 ; Ditto
Half, 39 ; Birmingham, 116 ; London and Yort:, 3i to
34 ; Lynn and Ely, 34 ; Manchester and Birmingham,
134 to 121 ; Northern and Eastern, 12 to 114 ; Nor-
wich and Brandon, 84 to 94 ; Sheffield and Manchester,
12:1 ; South-Eastern, 54 ; Ditto, New, Eti; Paris and Or-
leans, 18s} ; Paris and Rouen, 181 ; and Trent
Valley, 64 to 7 premium. Eastern Counties have bocn
11.1, and Blackwall, 9i discount. London and West-
minster Bank Shares were 74 to 6N premium.

Mr. TEGG propSed, and Mr. LEVY seconded, a vote
of confidence and thanks to the Directors, with accla-
mation.

Mr. CARDWELL said that the Directors would now
institute a full and impartial inquiry into the carrying
system, and they would wish to have some gentlemen
who entertained views similar to those expressed by
his Liverpool friends on the Committee. He was
sorry that the Liverpool gentlemen had left the room,
but communications would be made on the subject
with some of the Proprietors in Liverpool. -
The CHAIRMAN then read a memorial from certain
of the inhabitants of Dover, against Sunday travel-
ling. • The subject •was left in the hands of the
Directors.

The meeting separated at 10 o'clock, having con
inued nine hours.

STATE OF TRADE.—The market; both for goods
and yarns continues in the same quiet and inanimate
state which has prevailed for the last three or four
weeks. Very littlo business has been done, buyers
generally endeavouring to obtain the advantage result-
ing from the recent decline in the price of cotton ; but
as spinners and manufacturers are very generally working
to orde'r, they are not at present much inclined to
make any material concession in prices.—lllanchester
Guardian.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 9.
—There has been a good demand for the coarser kind of
flannels, at prices the same as those of former weeks.
The finer sort of good has been less inquired for during
these two preceding markets. Wools have undergone
very little change of late, the demand continues steady
and prices firm. It is reported in the market to-day,
that there was a rather brisk demand for wool at the
Bristol fair last week, but no change from the present
prices.—Manchester Guardian.

LARGE SALMON. A few days ago an excellent
salmon, in prime condition for kippering, was caught on
one of Mr. Allan's banks, near Newburgh, which weighed
no less than 5 lbs.

CASE OF MURDER IN TIIE PARISH OF CAMPSIE.—
A case of murder, we regret to state, took place in the
parish of Campsie, on Thursday forenoon. The person
murdered belonged to Catnpsie, and was named John
Dunn, or Dunion, and the murderer's name is John
M'Lauchlane. Both of the parties were engaged as
reapers on the farm of Auldtown, we have been in-
formed, and a quarreLltaving taken place on the harvest.
field, M'Lauchlane assaulted Dunn, struck him below
the arm with his rearing-hook, the point of which
having entered his heart, he died instantaneously.
M'Lauchlane's father, we have likewise heard, was con-
cerned in the quarrel. The murderer immediately
absconded, and so far as we have learned, has not yet
been apprehended. M'Lauchlane, it appears, is an
Irishman, who had worked for some years at Kirkin-
tilloch as a plasterer'S labourer, but for a few days pre-
vious to the fatal occurrence, had been employed as a
shearer in Campsie parish.—Glasgow Argus.
THE HARVEST.—in consequence of the exceedingly
favourable weather for the last ten days, the harvest is
general in this vicinity. On Tu-sday, Dr. Dickson, Kep-
poch, took in two stacks of barley ; Mr. Ross, Hum-
berston, has nearly completed his harvest, as well as Mr.
Lawson, Bakerhill, and others. For some days there
have been merry fields of reapers on the mains of Tul-
loch, at Conan, &e., &c., and with Captain Munro,
Teaninich, who commenced barley cutting about ten
days ago. and has some of the same barley now in the
steep for distillation. As to the probable result of the
crop, we think it will be found excellent as to wheat and
barley, and good as to oats, but there will be a short
coming of straw. The potatoes will be of excellent
quality and bulk, and a far superior crop to last year.
The turnips look well, but we have heard that the bulb
has been damaged by an insect, and the produce is very
problematical ; swedes are free from the taint. Fruits
and garden stuffs are good and abundant.—Ross-shire
Advertiser.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE NEW-CUT, L AItIBETII-
Yesterday afternoon, a poor man named Johnson, and
his son, a lad about eight years old, were proceeding to- tu,
wards the Borough with a cart-load of sand. On the
arrival of the horse and its load at a public house on
their way, the father stopped to have a pint of beer, of ,
which his son partook-. They proceeded on their road, G
when the lad, in attempting to mount the shafts of the cart, missed his step, and fell to the
ground,a
and before
the father could stop his horse the wheel passed over his th
child's IA breast and side of the head. Assistance
was rendered, and a medical gentleman instantly attended,
I, in
but life was extinct.
'WITCHCRAFT IN 1844.—N0t long since, the
resting place of the dead, at Phißack, near flayle,
was made the scene of transactions which would
have blackened the darkest ignorance of bygone
ages. It appears that severa persons who are
afflicted with disease, and who, for want of moral
courage, would not submit to the directions of their
medical advisers, very readily caught hold of and applied
every nostrum that gossips made known. Experience
proving that the boasted remedies were of no avail, their
imaginations were put to the utmost stretch, in order
that they might avoid the only method by which they
could be cured. Fortunately, a blazing light shot
across their darkened way, and their gloomy reflec-
tions were dissipated by its brilliancy. It was a
revelation ; and they denounced their ignorance, be-
cause they did not sooner find out the cause of their
malady. To believe that they were ill-wished was only
the work of a moment, but to discover a person who
could break the spell was not so easily accomplished.
Every thought and action was centered in attaining theirt
darling object. Finally, their wish was consummated,
and a scatterer of witch -spells stalked forth from
ston, to whom they disclosed every incidentt of their
lives, fraught wits uncertainty as tenddienagdfuol goodlour
or evil. The day was chosen, the
ther
silent clod
of midnight fixed, and the abode
aosfsaiglintahtaiotno.ncTe
hweahsoulirvidnrgewwansearkuedtotfahseirtheurppolasceebeo!
The
and
a s theirked
stealthy
cam e known
aactions
ifor
no
sm
and after
for fee was eeriempculolsseeloyf twh,a7trcheceslaciTepsh'
immediatelytechurgcbyeanr,d was scaled.
silence was enjoined,
te
rThenios o
thre
his
teries of his art, by making mysterious
sounds and performing mysterious actions, as he
walked over the dead, hotly pressed by his frightened
walked many times around the church,
dupes.te
doorsHaanving
d windows opened and shut at his
sbalisldtiinle3g.,
Then he commanded them to remain open, andt
were passed in succession, he brought the persons who
had ill-wished them to their face. Thus the spell was
broken and dissolved, and a faith given that their cure
would be speedily effected. Some days have since
elapsed, and Either their faith has failed, or the witch-
spell is not broken, for their disease still maintains its
ground, the effect of a visible cause.— West Briton.
THE CASE OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.—We are
glad to state that Mrs. Dynan and child are doing well,
the child quite recovered, and the mother in excellent
spirits, and that it was arranged, on Saturday, that both
should have a free passage
to Calcutta in the Mary
Somerville, a fine vessel belonging to Messrs. Taylor,
Potter, and Co., which will sail in about a week.—Liver-
pool

A respectable woman, of the department of the
Vaucluse, being found in a copse wood carrying a gun,
was brought a few days ago before the Correctional
Tribunal of Avignon, upon a charge of breaking the
game-laws. Although she urged in her defence that she
merely followed her husband, who went out to catch a
rabbit, and that she carried the gun for him, without
having any idea of firing it, the Court fined her 16E
PARSONS ♦ND WIDOWS, BY THE AUTHOR OF " PETER
PRIGGINS."—We would not forego the enjoyment of
three volumes from our facetious friend PeterPriggins—
no, not even foran unlimited draught from thatdelicious
claret cup, the concoction of which he so eloquently de-
scribes in one of his chapters. Peter's good humour is
unfailing, and his wit, like the bright bubbles in a glass
of champagne, rises creaming and sparkling to the sur-
face of his subject. In the volumes before us he has
taken for his models two classes of persons in society,
who have by common prescription been devoted to the
shafts of ridicule, namely, Parsons and Widows, and
has illustrated, in a series of episodes full of deep obser-
vation and overflowing with kindly and truly Christian
feeling, the characters of several individuals in both
these stations or states of life. As a whole, we can re-
commend " Parsons and Widows" as the most genially
cheerful, the most observant, and the most right-
minded work of fiction (if fiction it can be to seem so
truth-like) that has fallen into our hands for a long
while.—Sunday Times.

Mr. SCOTT seconded the motion. As long es he
had been a Proprietor no promise had been broken,
and every expectation held out had been fulfilled on
the part of the Directors. The shares had risen
under their management from 22i to near 40. Now
that they were on the threshold of success, it
was
most surprising to turn round upon them, and say
that they had no confidence in them.—(near,
hear.)
That was not the course of dealing among
gen-
tlemen, or men of business; he was a stranger to it.
A discussion of some length ensued, when
The CHAIRMAN put the amendment. There were
five gentlemen in the room who held up their hands
for Mr. M‘Gregor's amendment; the remainder of
the mtetiug (which was a crowded one) held up their
hands against the amendment.
Mr. PRITCHARD then demanded a poll, amidst loud
cries of " Shame, shame."
The CHAIRMAN—Mr. Pritchard has a right to do so.
INIT. Cr rr, n:rtTsr-rc :ll{r‘cl whcsthor thou e- iii n,t. ad.
iOM.;I .ll.i' tO_CtilV,." ?
The CHAIRMAN said it rested with the meeting
whether they would adjourn or not.

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LORD ELLENBOROUGHS RECAL.
f The following comments upon, and explanation of,
Lord Ellenborough's recal, are from the Englishman,
his Lordship's own organ in Calcutta. - The self-defence .
,f the Governor-General against the Directors is at least
curious :
" We are inclined to believe that no papers, which are
, likely to be published, either by the Government or the
Court of Direct Ts, wi'l throw any more light upon the
real motives of this measure than is visible at present.
" Of course, the papers will contain the alleged, the os-
, tensible reasons. It is not unlikely that the general
policy of Lord Ellenborongh's government may have
afforded occasion for objection and remonstrance. It is
not difficult to point out measures which admit of rea-
sons for disapprobation ; and it is not improbable that
such disapprobation has been expressed in very strong
terms, if, for no other reason, for the sake of affording
a handle for the removal of the Governor-General, which
it seems was contemplated and proposed eight months
before it took place. But we do not think that any one,
who has been an attentive observer of Lord Ellenbo-
rough's career, will be misled by any such pretext on
the part of the Court of Directors. Lamentations over
the fallen Princes of Sinde ; cries of affected philanthropy
on receipt of the Gw.elior dispatches, come with an ill
7green from those who here without a murmur Lord
luek'atel's invasion of Aftghanistan, of which they had
declared their disapprove!, and who even urged upon him
to retell' a little longer the high office which he had
fills l :o much to their satistactim. The difference is not
in the measures, but in the men. The Company ex-
ists only for and by patronage in it they live, and
move, and have their being. This object next their
heart has been cruelly outraged by the present Governor-
Generel. Ills very first step on his arrival caused dismay
in Leadenhell-street. It was well known that the private
secretary of the late Governor General held the patron-
age of India in his hands, and rumours were not unfre-
quent that is sort of family compact existed, by which
the influence of the Court would continue to bear directly
on all Indian appointments, from the resident at a le-
reign Court down to a lighthouse-keeper. humour
also stated that the late secretary had been stroegly
rsuaded to remain, to hold under the new Governor
the same situation, with the same authority. Great,
then, was the disappointment in certain quarter,, a hen
another name was publicly announced, and greater still,
when applicants for (Mice, holding letters from highly
Irak, ntial qaarters, were told by the great man him elf
that he looked up.,n such recommendations as so many
pieces of waste paper. But loud was the murmur of
disappointment, when it was publicly announced that
the rule of the new Government was to appoint the
fittest person who could be found to fill a vacancy, with-
out regard to connections or solicitations. When, in
addition to this, it was seen that no near relationship
with Leadenhall.street would be allowed to screen men
from the consequences of official miscondect, and that
the day was over when proved unfitness for One public
situatton was likely to be rewarded by appointment to a
better, great was the cry of despair, and every mail
%vent loaded with complaints of the neglect of just claims
e..uf connection), ant of the appointment of men to
coveted situations, merely because they had done their
duty. Such a state of affairs could not last. Leadenhall.
street was agitated as it had not been since 1832. The
Tories, whom it hail so steadily supported, even in their
adversity, were reproached with ingratitude ; and at last
the coup deat was resolved on, when remonstrance was
found unavailing.

The Indian civil service is notoriously the apple r
of
the Company's eye. It has been lamentably shorn of its
advantages ; it is no longer the life of undisturbed case
and great emolument, which it once was. Still it has its
prizes, and is that branch of the public service which the
Directors have ever reserved for their own family con-
nections and immediate friends. What then could be
more; offensive to them, than a public declaration that the
Governor-General would always look upon service in
the field as the highest claim to reward ? What more
alarming than to find, in conformity with this declara-
tion, lucrative civil appointments bestowed upon the
military men ? Besides, it is well known thst plans
have often been in agitation for making military service
a necessary step to all public employment, except judi-
cial, in India. Might not the present Governor-General
be just the man to carry such a plan into effect ? What
then would be the consequence if the India Board were
',o find out that judicial appointment might be very well
Illediby English barristers, and that the patronage of
he Only ought to be vested in the Q'lCell ? Some fine
corning the Directors would wake, and find themselves
with 'no appointment to give away, except those of
chap'ains and pilots. Now, we do not say that any plan
If this kind was matured, or even contemplated by
'ovtment ; but there were abundant indications of
;n theey ncyhavheostatiken the
patronageletothaelarin
We
do Directors,
nl4 that they have mended their position by their
,
,ove; They have, as the Ministers say, incurred a
aes.vjt responsibility. But they have done worse ; they
have agitated ; they have set people to work, to think about
the Bast India Company ; and their defenders already
admit that it is an anomalous institution, meaning, Ilesuppose, suppose, an unprecedented one. The members of a close
accordingly. or , h el)
corpO ation should have remembered the maxim—
Quiet 4 tie noveas, which is peculiarly applicable to mono-
polist. Do they think that they will not provoke in-
quiryiby such an extraordinary and unprecedented step?
Nay, ;do they expect to escape the hostility of the very
clever, very active, and somewhat vindictive statesman
whord they have offended? Have they forgotten that he
winhfoernmiattii.osnbcollectedbear on the
e
spot, and likely to be used with a perseverance and an
eloquence, that will give no small weight to any measure
lie may propose for their discomfiture? We repeat,
then, that the Duke's term 'gross indiscretion,' appears
to us to apply admirably to the Company's measure. It
ills ydu have, than to fly. to others that
wwaosuillids:
you know not of.
A fit of temper or of sickness, might have done for them
what they have taken upon themselves to do ; and be-
gt
oonheomofetharomseecdal'ist,h
sides they might have calculated
upon the chapter of
accidents at home. At the_ worst, it would only have
been necessary to bear a short period of suffering, with
the chances of naming a successor suited to their pur-
poses.. Now they have caused. an appointment Which
shows clearly which way the
wind blows. The policy
Duke will as
approved by the
uredly be carried out by
his nominee. The ascendancy of the military is morn
marked by this appointment Ell bo-
than by Lord en
rough'
.s declarations ; and we greatly mistake if the
Company will not very soon make the discovery, that
though the blows at their authority may henceforth be
made with a polishgd sword, instead of a rough file, yet
that the steel will pierce deeper, though the wound in-
flicted may not be so painful."

PROVIDING AGAINST A RAINY DAY.—A young
stealer of umbrellas by wholesale has been committed
for trial. The boy, whose name is William Booth, is
only fourteen years of age, and comes from Hull, where
his father keeps a lodging. house. He had been collect-
ing umbrellas in the neighbourhood of Canwick and
Bransion, and has been committed for taking one from
the hobse of Thomas Quip. He took it down and said
it warted repairing, and although the children in the
house told him it did not, and that he must not take
it away, he first cut the wire and let the bones down
and then bore away his prize. Those umbrella collectors
sell the whalebone for I6d. per lb.—Lincolnshire Chro-
nicle.

We regret to learn that, owing to the state or his
health, 1)r. Chalmers is under the necessity of re-
luctantly declining the invitation sent him by the elders
and deacons of the Free Church in Glasgow, to address
them op the subject of the Sustentation Fund,--Guardian,

C.
We received on Mond,
---
China to the Gth of June. Ale was theiii-vi ii?-44; ~sag
The English ccmmunity were living in terre'f- an Olga--
break amongst the populace, Loth at Canton and Ifong-
Kong; at the latter place the guard of Marines sta-
tioned at the British Consul's establishment had been
considered insufficient for security; and although the
Marine establishment had been increased, so great were
the apprehensions entertained by the anthoritio of their
danger, that a guard :,hip had been sent for to Wharap, a
to lie off th© • city Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane a--
rived at Hong-Kong on the 4th ultimo. Ilis Excellency
Keying, the imperial Commisioner, reached Canton on
the 3d of May, on his way to Macao, to lid adi u to S'r
H. Pottinger. It was understood, however, that Keying
had another object in view, namely, to make arrapge-
meats for the visit of the American Ambassador, Mr.
Cushing, to Pekin, whither he was about to proceed,
with a view of mgotiating a treaty of commerce with
the Imperial Government. A letter, dated Macro the
Gth ultimo, says—" Keying, it is supposed, will be able
to satisfy the wishes of the American and Fren,h C, in-
missioners here, and prevent their procce&n:; fur: her
north; which is very desirable, as the people at Chusan, .
Ningpo, and Shanghae, have got it into their heads,
that the French and the Americans have comb:in d to
drive the English out of China, and by lest iccounts, ,
were busy removing their valuables into the country and
placing their money in secure places." The Mandarins
were doing what they could to allay their apprehensions,
but to little purpose. The French frigate Alcmene had
visited Chu,an, and left again for theYang-tze-Kvang;
and Admiral Cochrane having at the same time withdrawn
the English vessels of war from Shanghae and Ningpo,
had confirmed them in the belief that their fears were well
founded; business was consequently at a stand at the
three northern ports. The French, having little or nu
trade with China, of course have nothing to h sc by keep-
ing the country in a ferment with their pompous em-
bassies. With the Americans it is different, and it is to
be hoped that Mr. Cushiog will finish his negotiations
there with the Chinese Commissioners. Ilis doing so
may induce the French to do the same ; bat if they go
north to show of} their formidable fleet at every foreign
port, little trade, it is to be feared, will be done any-
where except Canton, until they return and leave these
waters. The French Ambassador had not arrived. Sir
Henry Pottinger, it was expected, would leave China
abo the 15th of July, in the steamer Spiteful fir this
p.
.. 'Bombay Times of July 24.
0.
, 'Bombay
or Astor.—The Friend of China says:—
" That though the nearest of all the new ports, Amoy is
the one of which we hear least. There is a constant
communication kept up between this colony and that
port, by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co.'s opium
vessels, but there is a mystery thrown overall the move-
ments of their ships engaged in the illicit trade, which is
not to be penetrated ; they come and go without mail,
passenger, or even the ceremony of intimating their
arrival or intended departure to the harbour-master.
Like the phantom ship of the Cape, they pass to and fro,
and nothing more is known. The great pro[-ortion of
the legitimate trade with Amoy has consisted of cotton
wool and Straits' produce. In cotton piece goods, for
the first five months after opening the port, the gross
amount of sales did not exceed 35,000 dollars ; of cotton
twist, 52,000 dollars; woolens, 14,000 dollars. In all
article of import, a ith the exception of opium, for the
first year the amount will not exceed 1,000,000 dollars.
The exports, so] fir, are trifling, being rather under
30,000 dollars."