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17s. 7d., out of which the Directors recommended, without
deduction of income-tax, a dividend of fifteen shillings and
fourpence per share, on the paid-up shares, and one shilling
and eleven pence per share on the No. 1 shares, which, on the
41. paid previous to the 31st of January, 1845, were entitled
to a proportionate dividend ; theftotal amount of this dividend
would be 45,6161. 13s. 4d., and there would remain a reserve
fund of 24,828/. 4s. 3d.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said
that he had to congratulate the Proprietors on the improved
ana the improving prospects of the Company. It was a
source of great satisfaction to the Directors that they were
enabled to recommed a dividend of 15s. 4d. on the paid-
up shares, without any deduction for the income-tax,
The extension lines they were then forming would,
he trusted, improve the interests of the Company, and he
could not conceal the gratification he felt in comparing the
cost of maintaining their permanent roads with that of the
cost which he found acknowledged by most of the mini.
great Companies. It could not fail to be agreeable
to them to know that while the maximum of
other Companies was 4041. per mile per annum,
and the minimum, 1301.—(he could refer to nine
great Companies who paid those sums)—the minimum was
that paid by the South-Eastern Railway. They had heard
by the report that the Company had now got possession (f
the Greenwich ; and they would hear also with pleasure that
there wa3 a great improvement in the traffic of that line.
They had no reason to regret that they had obtained pos-
session of that line, more especially when it was
considered that it was the key to the North Kent line, which
they had every confidence the Legislature would sanction
them in constructing. The Chairman then referred to
the Steam Company which had been established in con-
nexion with the South-Eastern Company (to be called the
South-Eastern Continental Steam Company). The number of
passengers to Ostend and Boulogne who had passed along
their line in the last half-year (decidedly the worst season of
the year), was 13,545 ; and he argued therefrom an in-
creased traffic to the line from this circumstance, and
from the construction of the Great Northern Rail-

way of France. He also referred to the custom-house to
be established at Folkestone, and thought that the port
would be used for the importation of light and valuable
French goods. The Chairman concluded by moving the
adoption of the report.
Mr. Emu seconded it, and after some discussion it was re-
ceived and adopted unanimously.
The Directors who went out by rotation, namely, William
Fielden, Esq., M.P., Henry Rich, Esq., and William Henri
Thomas, Esq., were again re-elected.
The meeting, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, then
separated.

COURSE OF EXCH.d
Amsterdam CF. 12 81
Ditto, at sight l2 6i
Rotterdam 2U. 12 9
Antwerp 26 20
Hamburgh M.B. 14 0
Altona l4 0
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90
Ditto, 3 months 26 15
Marseilles 26 20
Bourdeaux 26 25
Frankfort on Maine 123

LNGE.-- (THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar..... ......
Leghorn .....— 31
Genoa
Milan . .........
Venice ....... ..... 47
Naples ........ ....... 3C.A-
Palernso, 0z...... 11184
Lisbon ......... 53
Oporto... .......... 53i
Rio Janeiro
Bahia .....
Buenos Ayres
NewYo• k tlyssight
Philathq,b;4l --
PRIM.; '3ULLION, PER OZ
Foreign 44.4.1,bar5..£3 17 9
Portutat Gold Coin 3 17 5
New 130.1Z.,00n5..... 0 0 o
New Dollars 0 4 9i
Silver in Bars.— 0 4 111

Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37

Berlin —

Vienna, effec. ft. 3 M lO 4
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36

Seville

DARTMOUTH ELECTION COM

MITTEE.-(THIS

Mr. Sergeant WRANGIILI (in continuation -from our
Afternoon of Edition) said —lt was true that, if on
the 27th of December, any sum of money passed from the
nephews to the uncle, as consideration for this transfer, then
though that might not be strict in law, still in equity there
would be a remedy ; but such was not the state of the case ;
such was not the evidence of the nephews. It had been said
in his Learned Friend's speech that those young men were so
unbusiness-like in their habits as to be totally incapable of
giving any succinct or satisfactory account of this transac-
tion ; but surely he could not mean to place those youi!k
men, who were alleged to be now the largest contractors in
the world, in that position; at least he (Sergeat Wrangharn)
would not consent to such a course, although the Messrs.
Somes might not accept his advocacy. The Learned Ser-
geant then recapitulated the evidence of Mr. Frederick
Somes, and contended that the important parts of it were at
variance with that of Mr. Lackland, as to the conversation,
in the month of December, at which any sum was stated
to be named as that which the nephews were to
pay their uncle for the contracts and ships, &c. Therefore
he would call upon the Committee to take the evidence
of the nephew, though as adverse a witness as the
petitioner could have, as that upon which they should
decide that Mr. Somes was disqualified at the
time of the election. He would first ask this ques-
tion—was there a doubt upon the mind, either of any
member of the Committee or of any reasonable man, that If
Mr. Somes had been beaten, and had gone to his nephews
and said," Oh, I have been beaten, and I therefore don't wish
to give up those contracts under those circumstances," was
there a doubt, he would ask, but that the nephews
would immediately relinquish all claim to them ?—(Laugh-
ter.) It was quite clear there was not, if the confidence
and good feeling represented to have existed ' be-
tween them really did exist. The Learned Ser
geant then went on to comment upon the non-
production of the bills of sale, which he said he did not
expect would be done; but if they had been produced, it
would then be seen if the ships bad been registered
according to the deed of transfer, and then, indeed,
that transfer would be irrevocable. He did
not wish to be understood as denying or disputing the fact,
that now these young men w ere to be the bond fide contractors ;
but he would ask what relevancy had that fact in any way to
the question at issue? He contended it had none whatever.
Again, then, he would contend that nothing what-
ever had been done by Mr. Somes up to the 27th of
December that would prevent him from resuming those
contracts if he had lost the election, but that
every such step had been studiously and cautiously
postponed. Then as to the consideration ; he contended that
the very nature of it was sufficient to disqualify Mr. Somes,
because that consideration was to cover not only the
amount of debts which had been ascertained, but also
the amount of the value by estimate, which had not
been ascertained. Having dwelt upon other portions of the
evidence at great length, he concluded by insisting that it
was quite clear that Mr. Somes was a Government contrac-
tor in law and in fact on the 27th of December, 1844.

The Learned Sergeant concluded at a quarter.past Four
o'clock, when the Committee adjourned to Twelve o'clock
to-morrow.

THE LONDON GAZETT
(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMRERLAIN'S-OFFICE. MARCH 18, 1845.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a
Drawing-room at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 10th
of April next, at two o'clock.
REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S
DRAWING- ROOM.
The Ladies, who purpose attending her Majesty's Drawing-
room, are requested to bring with them two cards, with
their names legibly written thereon, one to be . left' with
the Queen's Page in attendance in the Presence-chamber,
and the other to be delivered to the Lord in
Waiting, who will announce the name to her Ma-
jesty. And those ladies who are to be presented are
hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names,
together with the names of the ladies who are to present
them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's office, be-
fore twelve o'clock on Tuesday the Bth of April next, in order
that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it
being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall take
place unless the name of the lady presenting, together with
that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to
be delivered, corresponding with the names sent in to the
',ord Chamberlain's. office.
DOWNING-STREET, Mancit 17.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Pope, Esq.
o be Clerk of the Works and Civil Engineer for the Island of
long-Kong.
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BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

•.
William Henderson and James Henry Veysey, chemist,
Moorfie:ds, Gloucestershire.
BANKRUPTS.
William Williams, victualler, High-street, St. Giles's, to
urrender March 31 and May 5, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Baqinghall-street ; Futvoye, John-street, Bedford-row.
Henry Hester, tallow chandler, Ratcliffe-terrace, Goswell-
road, March 31, and May 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Young, Vallings, and Young, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry.
Thomas Clegg,. coal merchant, Tanners- hill, Deptford,
March 31, at one, and May 6, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street ; Jones, Mincing-lane.
Frederick Sharman, bootmaker, West-square, Southwark,
April 1, at one, and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry ; King, St. Mary Axe.
George William Stocks, linendraper, Norwich, April 2, at
half past two, and 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Clowes,
Wedlake, and Clowes, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
Charles Douglas Hope, wine-merchant, Manchester,
March 27 and April 17, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Adams,
Old Jewry-chambers, London ; Moseley, Back King-street;
Blanchester.

Willhain Daniel, cabinet maker, Manchester, March 28
and April 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Soles and Turner, Alder-
'Danbury, London ; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester.
William Hulley, tailor, Derby, April 1 and 28, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court.• Fraser, official assignee,
Manchester; Tattersall, Great James-street, London ; Broad.
bent, Sheffield; Todd, Manchester.

Thomas ()Tooke and William Birks, commission agents,
Manchester, April 2 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Holt, official assignee, Manchester; Chilton
and Arland, Chancery-lane, London; Slaney, Birmingham;
Foster, Birmingham.
Henry Woodgate, horse-dealer, Kingston, Dorsetshire,
• March 28, and April 25, at two, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Parr and Son, Poole;
Holme and Co., New Inn, London ; Warren, Exeter.
Ibbotson, merchant, Sheffield, April 2 and 29, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official as-
signee; Moss, Cloak-lane, London; Branson, Sheffield.
Itichard Brown, joiner, Kingston-upon-Hull, March 31,
and April 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds • Hicks and Morris, Gray's Inn, Lon-
don ; Galloway and Bell, Hull ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford,
Leeds.

William Granger, paper manufacturer, Relly• mill, Dur-
ham, March 28, at halt-past eleven, and May 7, at one, at
the Newcastle-upon-T3ne District Court. taker, official
assigneee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne; Smith, Durham; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, London.

John Price, draper, Oaken Gates, Shropshire, March 29,
and April 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Garbett, Welling-
ton, Shropshire ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of March 18.)
SUGAR.—To-day the market for all descriptions of Sugar,
subject to the 14s. per cwt duty, presented a firm ap-
pearance. There was a fair business transacted in West
India Muscovado, and the rates were fully equal to those
of Friday, especially for bright yellow sort. The total
purchases amounted to 430 hhds, &c, including 18 hhds 5
barrels at public sale, which were sold at 42s 6d for middling
grey St. Lucia, 403 to 41s for low, and 41s per cwt for low
St. Vincents.

REFINED.—To-day some parcels of Refined goods were
aken by the home trade, but prices further gave way, brown
amps selling at 65s to 665, and standard lumps G7s per cwt.