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BY the SPECIAL AUTHORISATION of the
AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT,
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 BAI)EN, with the GRAND HOTEL a la
VILLE de VIFNNE, estimated at
ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS,
The pleasant country seat of AdolphshOhe, near Prague, with two
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The two vineyards, Sehubertka and Prekinka, half a rail. distant
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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 added to the dividend.
The dividend declared was smaller 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, aad he felt confident, when
they were able at present to receive somech as 7,0001.
in one week, that they would go on prospering, an I
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 working expenses were fifty per
cent., and that was an extraordinary expense.
The CHAIRMAN said that was a per tentage on the
receipts, and that must be according to the amount
charged for carrying.
In answer to another question,

Mr. CARDWELL said that as he 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. He 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. HAMILTON 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 wishel it to be directed, and
much more would be gained by his not proceeding
further than if he pressed the poll.
Mr. NPGREGOU said he would not yield. He had
asked for information and he could not obtain it. He
thought there must be some object in this concealment.
The CHAIRMAN said they should then go to a poll.
He hoped no gentleman would leave the room with-
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. HasuvroN, 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 I,7ss.—(This
announcement was received with loud cheers.)
Mr. PRITCHARD said that he also was one of the
scrutineers, and though the solicitor had 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 he 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-
hendel, meant five clear days. He should now pro-
pose the adoption of the report.
Mr. M'GREGOR asked whether five days' notice had
not been given. He 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 1 le. 6d. on the old shares, and
ls. 3d. 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.

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.
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The accessory Prizes consist of Francs-7,000, 6,000, 4,000, 4,000
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At a Meeting of the said Committee, held at 22, Golden-square,
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to publish the following Address:—
The COMMITTEE of the lIEPTAPRIEMION LOTTERY for
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obtained.

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EMPLOYMENT.—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. 9, Great St. Ikelen's-churchyard, Eishtvggate-street.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce t• a
pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but
ittle. trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license Is only l Is. per
annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con-
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Applicatioa to 100 ms.do (if by letter post-paid) as above.

September 11, 1844

(Signed)

EDWARD PAGE, Secretary,

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE'. SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last antittal investigation, to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Polley elected ox the Profit scale.

livision of profits is annual, and the next will be made In De-

cembcr of the prevent year.
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AMERICAN ICE.-LYNN'S WATERLOO
HOTEL, RANELAGIL-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
WILLIAM LYNN respectfully calls the attention of the n•bility,
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W. L. has Imported some PROVISION SAFES from America, for
the use and comfort of Private Families—
The REFRIGERATOR, or (us sometimes designated) a Miniature
Ice-house. This is a new and useful article of furniture, rapidly
coming into use in northern and southern climes ; it is designed to
keep cool and sweet such dishes in the culinary department as are
necessary to be protected from the heat of the weather during the
summer season.

CANDLE NOTORIETY.
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flee waxed-wick tallow moulds, or is the light equal.
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Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

SILVER TEA SERVICES.
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• Silversmiths, 14, Cotnhill, London, opposite the Bank of
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CoFFEE SERVICES. The Cottage Pattern Is plain, standing on
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The King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The
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Cottage Pa' tern. King's Pattern.
Strong Silver Tea Pot £l2 0 0 Strong Silver Tea Pot.. 12 0 0
Ditto Sugar Basin
D tto Mil Ewer........ 410 0 Ditt• Cream Ewer 5lO
Ditto Coffee Pot

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Complete £34 6 01 Complete 4O 0 0
A variety of upwards of Fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen
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Pamphlets of Prices, illustrated with sketches of the various
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dingdom.

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England.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.

A Half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the
South• Eastern Railway was held on Tuesday at the
Company's-room, London Terminus.
Mr. Baring Richards, Esq., Deputy-Chairman,
took the chair.
The requisition calling the meeting having been
read,

The Refrigerator is now considered an indispensible article in the
economy of every good housewife ; the quantity of food it protects
from the weather will more than pay the cost of the article in
one year.

Mr. BROWN said he wished to know the number of
registered shares opposite the name of each Proprietor
The CHAIRMAN said that'was a question which he
would not answer, as he did not think they had any
right to inquire into the private affairs of any in-
diviflual.—(Hear, hear.)
The Secretary then read the report, from which it
appeared, that the gross revenue of the South-Eastern
Railway, and of Folkestone Harbour, for the months
of April, May, June, and July, was 81,482/. Os. 9d., to
which must be added a balance of 1,223/. 10s. 101
from the account presented to the Proprietors on the
25th of May, making in the whole 82,7051. 1 ls. 7d. The
working expense; have amounted to 40,994/. Os. 6d.,
leaving a net profit of 41,711/. 1 Is. 1 d. The charge
for interest on loans amounts to 25,1131. 3s. 6d., of
which 21,9681. 2s. 2d. has been passed to the debit of
revenue, and 3,145/. ls. 4d. arising on unproductive
capital, to the debit of the capital account. The sums
of 21,968/. 2s. 2d., and 1,1941. 13s. 10d. (which
appears on the credit side of the harbour account,
as for tonnages and passengers by steam-packets, but
not received) being deducted from the general
balance, leaves a sum of 18,5411 15s. Id. divisible
amongst the proprietors, or six shillings per share on
the shares paid up, and ninepence per share on the
shares created in February last, leaving a balance bf
6981. 15s. Id. There is also a sum of 11,7601. 19s. Bd.
in the hands of the Company upon the general inte-
rest account, and of 4.55/. 11s. Bd. on the transfer fee
account, both of which, in consequence of the com-
pletion of the line to Dover, can be carried to the
credit of the dividend account, if the Proprietors so de-
termine; to which may be added 1,567/. Iss. pre-
mium on the sale of unallotted new shares, or an ad-
ditional sum of 13,7841. 6s. 4d. for dividend purposes,
and which, added to the before-named 18,548 l 153.1 d.,
would give 32,333/. Is. 5d., or 103. 6d. per share on
the shares paid up, and ls. 31d. on the last issue,
leaviqg a balance of 1,095/. 1 ls. sd. The
working expenses have amounted to about
fifty per cent. upon the gross receipts.
The report went on to state that the terms of a lease,
provisionally agreed upon with the Directors of the
Greenwich Company, would be laid before the meeting.
It then referred to the expediency of a line throng
Woolwich to Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham, Sitting-
bourne, Faversham, and Chilham, uniting with that
to Canterbury and Ramsgate, in the valley of the
Stour, and a line from Rochester and Maidstone,
uniting with the present Maidstone branch, and
forming a communication across Kent and Sussex ;
also a line from the Canterbury and Ramsgate branch
to Sandwich and Deal. The Directors have also
taken steps for making a branch to Tunbridge-wells,
which might be advantageously extended to Hast-
ings. They had also concluded an arrangement for a
lease of the Whitstable Railway. The general out-
lines of these projects have been submitted to the
Board of Trade, and the greatest advantage was ex-
pected from them. The Maidstone branch would be
opened in the present month. The report then re-
ferred to the projected railroad from Boulogne to
Amiens, which would afford the means of travelling
from London to Paris within the day, which would
secure to the Dover line the traffic to and from Paris
and the south and east. In conclusion, the Directors
referred with satisfaction to the amounts exhibited by
the traffic returns during the past weeks of the cur-
rent half year ; and trust that a continuance of re-
ceipts, exhibiting a similarly favourable comparison
with those of the preceding year, would afford at its
close a substantial dividend, and would place the
South-Eastern Company in an advantageous posi-
tion for the important financial measures to which,
in 1845, the contemplated extensions of the line must
of necessity give rise. The account showed a balance
of 51,798/. 12s. 4d. in the hands the Company.
The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said it became his
duty to move that the report be received and adopted.
He regretted that there should be occasion for more
discussion than usual at the present meeting, and that
the management of the proceedings had not devolved
on some person more competent than himself. The
Directors and Proprietors might differ, or each might
differ amongst themselves, but when those differences
arose he thought they could be better settled by meet-
ing together than by having recourse to anonymous
letters in the newspapers.—(Cheers.) A notion had
gone abroad that it was the intention of the Directors
to force on the Proprietors a plan by which the in-
terest of all money to be raised for their future
schemes was to be defrayed out of the traffic of the
present line. Nothing more unsound or preposterous
could have been suggested. That plan was adopted
for making the Maidstone line and other works of
the Company, because the dividend was small, and
they thought it better that it should be given for that
purpose than to divide it, and every person must feel
they were amply compensated by a plan which so
much helped to raise the value of their shares. The
Proprietors were at perfect liberty to do what they
wished with their own. With regard to the
goods' traffic, an opinion prevailed that the present
plan adopted was not a good one. He had some
doubts of that himself, but he confessed, after inquir-
ing into the subject, that doubt was removed, and, he
hoped as this was a matter of serious importance no
gentleman would make up his mind on the subject
without full inquiry and due deliberation.—(Hear,
hear.) The Directors could have nothing in view
but the advantage of the Company, and he was sure
not one of them would sacrifice the good of the Pro-

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The CHAIRMAN said, that they carried lime, coal,
and cattle. With regard to the goods' traffic, it
should 1)5 borne in mind that they traversed an agri-
cultural 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'GREGoR 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
business habits, well acquainted with railway mat-
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 sholild
be carriers of goods themselves. He 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. TIGG proposed, and Mr. LEVY seconded, a vote
of confidence and thanks to the Directors, with accla-
mation.

prietors to his private interest. His inquiries led
him to believe that some alterations might be made
with advantage with regard to the goods' traffic. By
diminishing the present charge on parcels, an addi-
tional share of business would be thrown into their
hands. With regard to the accounts, the traffic
trade profit of the last four months was 18,5481.
There was also 11,6601. arising from the interest on
arrears which, though not fairly to be considered the
traffic of last year, was available to the Proprietors

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 gentleman 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-
tinued nine hours.

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-
tors would have the advantage one way or the other.
They might have it in meal or in malt, but they
could not have it both ways. With regard to the
carrying question, every person must regret the ab-
sence of their Chairman, Mr. Baxendale, who had the
longest carrying concern in England. It would he
most desirable that he should be present before any
definite arrangement was come to upon that point.
The subject occupied the serious attention of the Di-
rectors, whose only object was to make the largest
amount of n
et 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 what 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 ii 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. APGREGOR 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, e 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, 11,3 should meet with
a direct negative the proposition which had been
made,
Mr. SCOTT seconded the motion. As long as 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,—(Hear, 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 meeting (which vvas 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.
Mr. GILBERTSON asked whether they could not ad-
journ the meeting?
The CHAIRMAN said it rested with the meeting
whether they would adjourn or not.

STATE or 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 little 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 order, they are not at present much inclined to
make any material concession in prices.—Manchester
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 goods has been less inquired for during
these two preceding markets. Wools hare 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 511bs.

CASE OF MURDER IN THE 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 Campsie, 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 quarrel having taken place on the harvest-
field, M'Lauchlane assaulted Dunn, struck him below
the arm with his reaping-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 Tuesday, 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, &c., &0., 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 hare 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.

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 16f.
PARSONS AND WIDOWS, BY THE AUTHOR OF " PETER
PRIGGINS."—We would not forego the enjoyment of
three volumes from our facetious friendPeterPriggins—
no, not even for an 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.

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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS 07 THIS DAY.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EvENIf'Q.
TlMES.—There has been a rumour of a fraudulOit
transfer of stock at the Bank of England to the extent
of 30,0001., but it is totally without foundation, and pro-
bably originated in an exaggerated statement of the
other forgery which we have noticed for the last
two days.

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rupees, and exports to the extent of 2,46,50,105 rupees.
The increase) in imports is chiefly attributed to British
cotton goods. The shipments of indigo have increased
to the extent of 63,160} 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 anyunt of 1,76,261 rupees, have been shipped by
way of Suez. The number of British ships had increased
from 823 (in 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. 89) 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 per Cents. only, and not to the Reduced. The in-
c)me-tax first came into operation on the sth of April,
1842, and the dividends on the New Three-and-a-Half
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
dividends 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 of
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 ;' others are termed
bills.'

" 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 2i 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 presume 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 our 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 mer-
chant at Leeds who draws upon the London merchant.
has, as our Correspondent rightly observes, originated a
bill," and not a " note."

Tke reason of a difference of 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 hare just as many-
names as country bills, but the gruuni 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" been used, • the resolution would have
been more generally intelligible.

SUN.—Consols leave off flatly, being 99k 1 for Money,
and 991 to a 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 24k, and
the Three per Cents. 341 to 35 for the new account day.
Mexican were 354 to 351. Colombian realised 141 to
131, and Brazilian, Old, 87g. Belgian Bonds were at 1034.
and Dutch remained as in the morning.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 24,i ; Chester
and Holyhead, 11 to 2 ; Great Western, 73i ; Ditto
Half, 39 ; Birmingham, 116 ; London and Yoric,
31 • Lynn and Ely, 34 ; Manchester and Birmingham,
13;to 12 ; Northern and Eastern, 12 to 11i ; Nor-
wich and Brandon, Si to 91 ; Sheffield and Manchester,
124 ; South-Eastern, 5;1 ; Ditto, New, 83-; Paris and Or.
leans, IS+ 4 ; Paris and Rouen, 141 ; and Trent
Valley, 64 to 7 premium. Eastern Counties have been
111, and Blackwall, 91 discount. London and West-
minster Bank Shares were 7k to 61 premium.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE NEW-CUT, LAMBETH.—
Yesterday afternoon, a poor man named Johnson, and
his son, a lad about eight years old, were proceeding to-
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,
when the lad, in attempting to mount the shafts of the
cart, missed his step, and fell to the ground, and before
the father could stop his horse the wheel passed over hi,
child's left breast and side of the head. Assistance
was rendered, and a medical gentleman instantly attended,
but life was extinct.

WITCHCRAFT IN 1844.—N0t long since, the
resting place of the dead, at Phillack, near- Hay le,
was made the scene of transactions which would
have blackened -the darkest ignorance of bygone
ages. It appears that several 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 consurnrna :.
d
and a scatterer of witch-spells stalked forth from
ston, to whom they disclosed every incidentt
of their
good
lives, fraught wits uncertainty as tending l
loor
er evil. The day was chosen, the d
of midnight fixed, and the abode of the silent clod
of all that once was living was named as the place of
assignation. The hour drew near, but their purpose be-
came known from the impulse of their ecstacies, and their
stealthy actions were closely watched. The asked-
for fee was immediately given, and after
silence was enjoined, the churchyard was scaled.
Then the spell-breaker commenced the mys-
teries of his art, by making mysterious
sounds and performing mysterious actions, as he
walked over the dead, hotly pressed by his frightened
dupes. Having walked many times around the church,
the doors and windows opened and shut at his bidding.
Then he commanded them to remain open, and as they
were passed in succession, he brought the persons who
had ill-wished them to their face. Thus the spell uas
broken and dissolved, and a faith given that their cure
would be speedily effected. Some days have since
elapsed, and tither 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 Albion.