The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-15 00:00:00

SELECTIONS.

GOSPEL PROPAGATION SOCIETY.—" There has been
a considerable stir at Baripore in consequence of a perse-
cution headed by the Zemindar of the village, and direc-
ted with peculiar bitterness against a Brahmin of high
connexions, who had lately become a serious inquirer after
Christianity. That mission, as I think, is proceeding
most hopefully, thank God ; and not at all the less so,
because Satan, seeing his kingdom shaking, excites, as in
the days of the blessed Apostles, the hated of the sur-
rounding heathens. Thus it has always been when a great
and effectual door is opened to the ministers of Christ ;'
there are many adversaries,' as the Epistle to the Corin-
thians records, There is about our young missionary so
much simple, evangelical piety, such discretion and meek-
ness, and an activity so encouraging, that nothing in In-
dia has ever given me more pleasure. A work of consid-
erable extent, and daily widening, is there going on, by
the power of truth, accompanied with the blessed influen-
ces of grace in the consciences and hearts of men, and
guided and adorned, I may add, by the meek, gentle,
prompt, and wise behaviour of the chief Missionary."—
Bishop of Calcutta's Letter, Jan. 21, 1841.
AMERICAN MANNERS.—The following is a descrip-
tion, by the late Lord Sydenham, of some of his visitors
in Canada :—We have a host of Yankees, either in the
house, or arriving daily from the opposite shore, a gun-
shot off, to see Mr. Governor Thomson. You never saw
or can imagine such a set of people ; but they are great
fun. I gave them a review yesterday of the 92d, a High-
land regiment in kilts, which delighted them not a little,
I guess. I overheard one of them say, " I guess these
Britishers do it armost as handsome as the Buffalo Citizen
Militia f" Another said to me, meaning, I presume, to
pay me the highest compliment, " I opinionate that you
are very like our old Hickory" (Jackson)—you downs
them everlasting locusts of play-goers, and won't stand
no up but your own ;"—pretty true by the bye. Yes-
terday
on the balcony a Yankee lady was walking with her
little girl; the child said, "Mamma, I can't bear this."
Upon which mamma looked daggers at her and said,
" How can you talk so before the governor? You should
say I can't tolerate' this." Such is their delicacy of lan-
guage. What it is practically, you may imagine from the
circumstance of my bed rooms opening on a balcony that
is common to the house;, and there is not a young lady
in the hotel who does not walk up and down staring at
the window of the room, which is about eight feet square,
every morning whilst I am going through all the processes
of my toilet.—Life of Lord Sydenhanr.
LONDON DINNER PARTIES.—" Sarvants keep goin'
round and round in a ring, slow, but sartain, and for ever,
like the arms of a great big windmill, shovin' dish after
dish., its dumb show, afore your nose, for you to see how
you like the flavour; when your glass is empty it's filled ;
when your eyes is off your plate, it's off too, afore you
can say Nick Biddle. Folks speak low here : steam is
valuable, and noise onpolite. They' call it a `subdued
tone.' Poor tame things, they are subdued, that's a fact;
slaves to an arbitrary tyrannical fashion, that don't leave
'em no free will at all. You don't often speak across a
table anymore than you do across a street, but' p'rhaps
Mr. Somebody of West End of town, will say to Mr.
Nobody of Vilest End :of America, Niagra is noble.'
Mr. Nobody will say, ' Yes, it is ; it got its patent afore
the Norman- Conquest, I reckon, and afore the subdued
tone came into fashion.' Then Mr. Somebody will
look like an oracle, and say, Great rivers and great
trees in America! You speak good English.' And
then he will seem surprised, but do not say it, only you
can see the words on his face, Upon my soul, you are
a'most as white as us.'—Dinner is over. It's time for
ladies to cut stick. Aunt Goosey looks at the next old
goosey, and ducks-herhead, as if she wassgoin' through a
gate. and then they all come to their feet, and the gosling
come to their feet and'they all toddle off to the drawin'
room together. The decanters now take the grand'
tour' of the table; and, like most travellers; go out with
full pockets, and return with empty ones. Talk has a-
pair of stays here, and is-laced up tight and stiff. Lar-
nin' is pedantic; politics is unsafe; religion ain't fashion-
able. You must tread on neutral ground. Well, neutral
ground gets so trampled down on both sides, and so
plundered
gndreorzid byis
tried,
all, thereivti ain'tw ell lea naytt,hbi nu't f r:thh good grownu:
and• you get back to'where you started. Uncle Gandepr
looks at next oldest gander hard, bobs his head-. and lifts
one leg, all ready for a go, and says, Will you take any
more wine?'—` No,' says he, ' but I take the hint, let's
line the ladies.' "—Sam-Slick.

DREAMING PREITOMENON..—We are sometimes
alarmed in our dreams by supposed danger, and are con-
scious of making an exertion to save ourselves,- but yet
without success. At the moment of the anticipated dan-
ger, .the terror is often so great as to awake us._ For in-
stance, it is no uncommon occurrence to dream of being
pursued by wild beasts : we distinctly see their approach,
and endeavour to escape by running away, or by climbing
to some secure place: but every effort to move seems to
be in vain; we are unable to exert ourselves. Usually no
cause appears to prevent our escape; no object is seen to
restrain the urgent attempts to save ourselves by flight
from the pursuing animals ; but yet every limb is pars-
lized—every effort is in vain. The cause of this peculiar
state of mental action may be thus explained. The re-
membrance, and consequently the apparent reality, in
step, of our ideas of touch, are not so vivid of those of
vision. We see distinctly the objects of our terror, but
the memory does not bring before the mind the idea of the
sensation of touch, and consequently we cannot imagine
the sensation of running or climbing, which would ensue
upon that remembrance._ The clearness with which the
memory reproduces before the mind the ideas of past
time, formed by the sensation of vision, causes those ideas
of imagined vision to be peculiarly powerful ; the contrary
is the case with the sense of touch ; thus the imagined
sense of touch will be less clear and distinct than the ima-
gined sense of vision • and when compared with it, as in
the supposed scene, will,, for that reason, produce confu-
sion in the mind of the dreamer. In the waking state,
the mind is accustomed, to the usual and invariable dis-
tinctness of the different sensations ; and no confusion
arises in the mind, because each sense operates uniformly
and without any apparent variation. In sleep, the re-
markable clearness of visual imagination, increased by the
vividness and intensity of the mental action peculiar to
that state, renders the scenes presented to the mind's eye
of the dreamer to be apparently as real as if they were
viewed in open day. But it is not so with the sense of:
touch. Thus one sense is in its action As if perfect; the
other scarcely acts, or. but imperfectly. The usual ante-
cedent to vision, the object seen, excites sensation ; the
usual antecedent to, touch, the ground which is trodden,
or the weapon which is bandied, causes no sensation.
The dreamer is in the same condition as if during the
waking state he has lost the sense of touch, but retains
that of vision.—Erom a Treatise on the Operations of the
Mind in Sleep, by F. H. Elwin, Esq.

A CRAFTY TIGRESS.—Some years ago, a tigress, in
Kandish was the terror of the country, which she haunted
like a. destroying fiend. She preyed entirely on men,
shifting her quarters from village to village so rapidly as
to render it exceedingly difficult to mark her down. To.
day a man was carried off; every cover in the neighbour.
hood was tried in vain—the enemy had decamped ; and,
next morning, another victim had disappeared from a vil-
lage many miles distant. Rewards were offered by go-
vernment for her destruction ; they were doubled ; but
such was the dread inspired by this tigress, whose cun-
ning was only equalled by her ferocity, that no one would
venture to attack her. Matters became worse ; whole
vitlatkisi wee deserted_t_people_hardly,dared to leave their
I hbuilearlbily deserted
day some family were lett mourn-
ing. Of course, the Kaudish sportsmen proceeded to beat.
up her quarters, as soon as information reached them. A
chosen band of Bheels were put upon her trail, and for
four days followed it incessantly over burning sands, be.
fore they could surround her—so watchful had she become
in guarding against surprise ; but what will not Bheels ac-
complish? On the fourth day, the welcome intelligence
reached head quarters that this famous tigress was at last
hemmed into a small thicket. Several sportsmen, accom.
panied by a good elephant, were soon at the ground. They
arrived on horseback ; and one of them, in crossing a
small ravine leading into the cover, was charged by the
tigress, and escaped only by his horse's speed. She was
already on the alert, and no time was to be lost. The ele-
phant was mounted, and with a Bheel walking by his side
to track, proceeded into the cover. The trail was -.very
distinct, and, after leading them in a circuitous direc-
tion round the jungle, returned to the very spot where
they had first taken it up. Here all further trace was
lost, and even the Bheel was at fault. A cast was made
without success ; but, on trying back, they were asto-
nished by discovering the fresh track of a tiger over that
of the elephant. This was quite unaccountable. Again
they made, circuit of the jungle, and again the mysterious
footprint followed : but still no tiger appeared. They
halted, uncertain how to proceed. The Bheel bad just
left the elephafies aide, and Captain o—, who was in
the howdah, had turned to look behind him, when to his
utter amazement, be 'encountered the gaze of the crafty
old tigress crouching close under the elephant's crupper
and intently eyeing the Bheel, as if watching her opportu-
nity to spring upon' him the moment he exposed himself
by leaving the cover of the howdah. She had all along
been following in the footstepaof the elephant, which ac-
counted for the mysterious double trail, and appeared
bent upon carrying off the Bheel, as if aware, that, with-
out the aid or his sagacity, the weapons of the sportsmen
would be of little avail. The hour was come at last:
Captain 0— seized the favourable moment ; and a ball,
directly between the eyes, laid her dead upon the spot.
Thus fell oue of the most cunning and destructive brutes
that ever infested a country.

REVERSES OF FORTUNE,

(From Railway Rambles round Manchester.)

Whalley is a quiet and secluded village, " far from
the town, its madness, and its riot.". A coach passes
through it twice a week. Here, in this locality, lives Mr.
William Brooks, familiarly styled in the village " Old
Billy Brooks." This gentleman is the father of two of
the Crcesi of Manchester—viz., Mr. Alderman John
Brooks, the rich merchant and calico printer, and Mr.
Samuel Brooks, the opulent banker of the firm of Cun-
liffes, Brooks and Co. Mr. William Brooks was origi-
nally a hand-loom weaver of Whalley, but is now a partner
in the bank just named, and is a man of considerable pro-
perty. His manners are quite primitive, and his diction
that of the working operative of these districts half a cen-
tury ago. He lives in a house less ostentatious than that
of one of his clerks, and this from liking and not penu-
riousness. This family affords another instance of those
gigantic strides which many of our Lancashire manufac•
turers have made from poverty to enormous wealth.
It was in this village, too, when passing through it, ac-
cident detained the late Dr. Hardy (the father of the
highly respected physician of that name in Manchester),
and who, in consequence, was induced to fix his abode
here, where, in the course of forty years, he acquired, as
the reward of his very superior talents, an ample fortune.
This gentleman was of rather a rough exterior, but con-
cealed beneath it lay a heart of kindliest warmth, always
open to the claim of the poor and needy. He never
dunned for his debts, and his system was to send in his
accounts every seven years. He never sued for the reco-
very of a debt but once, and being the loser by some
quibble, he determined never more to employ a lawyer ;
he notwithstanding died rich, after having discharged his
arduous duties on horseback till nearly 70 years old. It
was no uncommon thing for him to tell the young wife
who came to give him notice of her expected accouche-
went, that he had never been paid the fee for her own
entree into the world, but the doctor was not therefore
absent in the hour of need. He was independent in the
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avowal of his political opinions. On the occasion of Mr.
Brooks and he voting for Mr. Fort, a lady of the neigh-
bourhood, in the opposite interest, who was the proprie-
tress of the houses in which they lived, sent them notice
to quit the abodes they had occupied for more than thirty
years (how absurd was such a notice to such men !) ; but
the doctor went at once to her ladyship, and told her he
was independent of such intimidation; that he, with the
ability of buying her estate, had paid in rent, several times
over, the value of the house which be held of her ; and
that he gave her notice in return—he had been useful to
her when his skill was in requisition, but if she attempted
to fetter him in the exercise of his conscientious duty as
a citizen of a free country, she must look for another doc-
tor when she needed one, for, in such case, he would not
visit her "if she died on a hillock." Great ability like
his could not be spared, and the notices to quit were
withdrawn.

Wh.lst chatting pn the personal histories of this neigh.
bourhood, we may mention that the steward of this estate
accumulated many thousand pounds, and when his mas-
ter, who, by his convivial habits and his losses in play to
George IV., had become straitened in his circumstances,
and was on the edge of difficulties, he found seasonable
relief in the thrifty savings of his servant, who, dying,
bequeathed all his property to his master.
Passing by Padiham, we pass along a road of varied
beauty, the length of which is forgotten by the wayfarer.
as each new feature of grace or grandeur alternately en-
gages his contemplation. Sabden lies on the left of the
road we have chosen. Here are the print works of
Messrs. Sheriffs, Foster, and Co., the well known Lon-
don House, whose beautiful work has so high a reputation
in our home trade. We cannot refrain from a passing
remark on a gentleman connected with this establishment
whose character and conduct have endeared him to every
individual in this neighbourhood. We allude to Mr.
George Forster, the junior partner in the firm just men-
tioned,who,to his honourbe it spoken, resides atWinsh °use,
a mansion, his father, as a labourer, limewashed. He is
a partner in one of the most respectable print-houses in
Britain. His history is briefly told. He is the son of a
poor man ; was born at the village of 174 iswall, near
Whalley. At the age of ten.he was put to the occupation
of a hand-loom weaver, and his prospect at this time, did
not encourage him to hope for anything beyond the com—
forts of that classof now miserably remunerated operatives.
Evidencing, however, a taste for drawing and design, an
opportunity occurred, when he had attained his fourteenth
year, to be apprenticed to a pattern designer—an opportu-
nity eagerly embraced by his father, as opening for his son a
more lucrative employment. During his apprenticeship and
subsequently his steady attention to business his efforts at
self improvesnent,and his superior moral character acquired
for him the high respect and confidence of his employer--the
late Richard Fort Esq. father of the late M.P. for Clithero,
At the death of the former gentleman, Mr. John Fort
succeeded to' the works. Being soon after elected the
member for Clitheroe, and being the senior partner
at the large establishment at Oakenshaw, he made
a liberal offer to Mr. R. Cobden (the present M. P. for
Stockport) and Mr. George Foster, which enabled those
gentlemen to take this valuable establishment into their
hands. Two men, so well skilled in their respective de-
partments, with youth, indomitable spirit; and energy to
sustain them in their first efforts, were sure to succeed.
Their progress was almost unparalleled, and their advances
to wealth have been' very rapid. The member for Stock-
port has of late occupied ton prominent a position in the
world's regard for us to dwell upon his fortunes here. It
is only necessary tee indicate that this place is the point
whence the " son of the Sussex farmer" first' plumed his
wing, when he sought to soar high above the -heads of his
rnsmpr rnmneers. Mr. Foster, from his less conspicuous
situation, has not become, like Lis I.tc partner, the " cy-
nosure of all eyes," yet he is a man of no mean mark.
For miles around his home he is, rerarded as the poor
menu, cue encourager of virtue, the promoter of
education. From the time of his apprenticesnip, he was
a laborious and exemplary Sabbath school teacher, and to
the present hour takes' an active concern in the same es-
tablishment. In purposes of charity and religion he has
expended large sums.- To the Baptist jubilee fund he gave
a thousand pounds, and' his firm has established a hand-
some educational institute near the works, capable of ac-
commodating in its lecture room upwards of SOO "persons.
Mr. Foster is a dissenter, but is no bigot or gloomy fana-
tic. Nor is he blinded to the merits of other churches in
his-attachment to his own, for, as we were informed, that
when- about leaving home on a recent occasion, to visit the
continent, without any solicitation, he left a handsome do-
nation towards the collection which was announced as
about to be made in aid of Sabden Church.

SOMERSET BRIDGE, BRIDGEWATER.—AIIOIher and
fatal accident has occurred at this bridge, in the death of
two boys, brothers, Richard Hall, 18, and Joseph Hall,
15 years of age, who, being driven by the current against
a piece of balk, placed by the Railway Company, to pre-
vent boats striking the arch, were upset, and both drowned.
At this same dangerous spot a boy lost his life in Septem-
ber last, from the ill-adapted construction of the bridge.
DANGEROUS USE OP MESMERISM.—A young lad, in
Glasgow, who had for some time past allowed himself to
be mesmerised by all his companions who desired it for
their amusement, was•for two days past so completely put
into the magnetic sleep that it was found impossible to get
him ont of it. During thi(time his eyes were shut, his
jaws firmly fixed, and neither food nor drink could be
administered to him. It was feared that the unfortunate
youth had forfeited his life to his folly. We are glad to
be informed, however, that he was taken out, of this un-
natural sleep on Thursday afternoon by a lecturer on
Mesmerism, after two hours' work. This ought to act as
a caution to inexperienced operators.—Glasgow Chronicle

•
OUTRAGE ON A SAILOR.—A seaman, having occasion
to buy a suit of clothes, entered the shop, of a broker in
the Bridegate. On turning over a number of clothes he
found a suit which he thought would fit him, and pro-
ceeded to try them on. For this purpose he divested him-
self of the garments he usually wore, and laid them aside.
As the price asked did not please him,however, he threw
them off, and,wished to put on his own clothes previous
to leaving the shop to seek a cheaper. article. This the
broker would not agree to, but instead insisted that, be-
fore returning him his own, he should either take the
clothes at the price he fixed, or pay him a sum for the
trouble he bad been put to. This the lad resisted, when
the broker praduced a drawn sword by way of intimida-
tion, upon which the other got out in the street, and was
discovered by the police all but naked in a close in that
quarter of the city.—Glasgow Journal.
SCENE IN A PLACE OF WORSHIP.—An occurrence of
a most unseemly character occurred on Sunday evening
se'nnight at the Welsh Baptist Meeting-honse, Ponty-
pool, and but for the arrival of the police, a serious riot
would have been the consequence. It appears that Mr.
Isaacs, the present preacher, has for some reasons given
offence to a part of his flock, and in the course of his. ad.
dress on the above evening went so far as to threaten ex-
ocknamnnirAtinn to aFtvpral pnacent, which led to an.nut-
break, and a series of. recrimination and abusive lan-
guage, some of the party insisting that Mr. Isaacs should
immediately descend from the pulpit, whilst others urged
him to proceed. By this time many of the congregation
became alarmed, and a I ush was made to the door, cries
of " send for the police" being heard within. The police
was immediately sent for; the tumult, however, con-
tinued, the following being part of the discourse which
took place in the mean time : "If he does not leave the
pulpit, he shall not have his life to go home with him."
" Pull him down; turn him out!. "He has done no
harm—he has told the truth," .re. 8( c, At length the
police arrived and rescued Mr. Isaacs.
HORRIBLE CASE.—At the Stafford assizes, on Wed-
nesday last, before Justice Maule, Charles Higginson,
aged 26, was tried for the wilful murder of his son on the
2d April last. It appeared that the prisoner, who is de-
scribed by the reporter as a man of dull and stolid look,
was a widower. He had but one child, a little boy, aged
five years. This little fellow he put out to board, but
was unable to pay the charge, one shilling and sixpence
a week, for his maintenance. He was told that he must
remove him, which he did, borrowing a spade from the
parties by whom alone the poor boy bad been supported.
The prisoner reappeared without the child, and gave such
answers to repeated inquiries made respecting him that
suspicion was excited. At length, he said his son had
died as he was taking him through the wood, and he had
buried him there. Search was made, and, near a gate,
some fresh soil was observed, upon turning up which the
body of the poor boy was found about ten inches below
the surface. There was a handkerchief over the eyes, and
another very tightly bound over the mouth. There were
contusions on the head, but no fractures. From the state
of the lungs, the Surgeon thought he had died of suffoca-
tion. The surgeon having given his evidence, the pri-
soner was asked if he had any questions to put to him.
He replied, " I pufthe child in alive." A thrill of hor-
ror ran through the court at this declaration. The Jury
found the prisoner guilty, and the Judge immediately
passed sentence Of death upon hiln, holding out no hope
of mercy.

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SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM .'cl„„Fritilll.-h•ch
RAILWAY INTEILLIGE'NCEI
nual meeting of this Company was hci`' —L3578, "'tali
the Sheffield station. The net profit Is and a (livid
to that amount was declared. -A PIP
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY EICTOSION.
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job' oti Tos
fiveas IP° a tbeEo i
day last, at which it'kas determined to ester! ~, by 11011,
Counties Railway from Colchester to Norwic"
; to liar
Ipswich, with branches from the main Lae
Harbour and Bury St. Edmunds. 13101/1*
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON D •Oa
, . AND
is `td
HAM RAILWAY.—A shocking accident, • a topon,
death of a man named John Robins, a labourer
_aii cos
on this line of railway,occurred to the down lasi, nit
to Birmingham on Saturday night last, withie, oar
hePiedratcetnhte.
Toonwtnhencasipi,ita,, a_
and a half of the Roads station,
arid nearly ,
between London and Birmingham• ILO
of ~- )1
Rnways.—l a ears the circular
ositio"
BellA and Rhodes, t
for this'month, that a r_P OPP
unite the North Midland, Midland Counties,the4
Birmingham and Derby Railway ComPseies'nod the,'
of the two former to be rated equal in value,loo sn
ter to receive 255. less per annum for each 1' bblitir
has been agreed to by the directors of the Nort
and Birmingham and Derby companies' I. A
NEWCASTLE RI, ILW A her
AND DARLINGTON id on t ai,
half-yearly meetin this Company was he. fp
g of d the
inst. at York. The land is all purchased an ,„,0 ,
be ('" I.
contracted for, and the line is expected to
.0 ot A
by the Ist July. The whole line is expected '' entierit
than £400,000, being 20 per cent less than
insuredthe ant al
~,
estimate. Interest at 6 per cent has been 50'
shareholders in this line by the midland radwa'
mr il
years. --117114001
JUMPING FROM A RAILWAY THAI-' 1,,,t u.
12.45 up-train was proceeding on MondaYirmS4
Fleetwood and Preston, and near the ICirsua-blOpol
the hat of a passenger of the third-class carriagtely ion j
another passenger connected with him lost bate
over the side of the carriage to recover the b Ali
it was thought was killed on the spot ; h°L,s4ocsteit,l
appear to be the case. He, however, "i, bora!
shoulder; but being properly attended to, it ~, 017
will recover the shock. It is a mercy that "
tot 01101
dashed to atoms, as the train was at the time
the rate of 20 miles an hour. The 11610
MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.-- visi 01
meeting of the proprietors of this railwa 2Y, 000.4,
Derby on Thursday last. A dividend of 15' Alger
shares and 6s. on quarter shares was declareul _
and very warm debate took place relative to the
amalgamation of the North Midland', th,„.,e 104
and Derby, and the Midland Counties amr
panies. Ultimately three proprietors 9/.,ee,tiool
,I,g(
part of a committee, of which the North all" bap"
Ole the
pany were to nominate other three, to se
the proposed amalgamation. ~„. Craajr Itt
GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAriAr..., wort"
—The half-yearly meeting of this COMPSI," 0 Otil V
Darlington on Tue d last. The ha's° ea
es,
s ay est
revenue account for the half-year Was no
£13,622 7s. lid., out of which the directotFty
mended that a dividend of £1 ss. Per sbste'ablatsi
come tax, should be declared and made* 101'01
31st instant. This would amount to Xf''' A rese,llll
leave a reserve fund of £3,259 17s. 11°' ects' '
. t. do .
confirmatory of the recommendation or t.e
boo
unanimously agreed to. ~,. AIL,
LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWA" • the pre
yearly meeting of this company was held at
_. gsg.,,,ts
Tavern, on Tuesday, at which J. M. parsedittshe accsopi
sided. The report was extremely long, 85 cost AO
were fully detailed. It appeared that &intros'-9.
railway was £2,606,349, which would be griani
£2,707,872 by the following items :—Londooo, ;Af
tion, £20,000 ; land, for temporary purPoss;, . 09
I carriages, &c.,£4,750; re-ballasting, X11,7r.1010 thajos
&c., £16,666; new buildings, £10.02' .., od °doff
of £2,707,872, the items £49,932, combnua,oo4o4
and £327,334, receivable from the Es'oe, iQ
ny, would have to be deducted. The "ii,ei the r't#l
&c. for the half yeer, was £85.297. aa wed te
a_nounted to £74,394. A resolution was P to,
£120,000 by loan notes. Alitlloo'
NORTHERN AND EAST3HN RAlOri,tll;l3 0 Or,
yearly meeting of this company was he'" -0005,4,
The receipts from traffic for the half-Yesr_ressir:ooo
£35;547. 7s. 6d., which, added' to the balance.d. 0;
half-year, £1,246. 7s. Id., and' £lOO. It „Qe94, ltjid
85 unclaimed quarter shares, makes .4'-,573.1Z,d
from this, deducting working expenses, x'n 696. ‘.- I!)
interest on debentures and loan notesi ",049AZ
toil to the Eastern Counties' Company,'oo tiioe,ir
and reserving £3,500 for rent due to the 1"-: We' 19
Company to the 30th June, and £1;176 chs.bern
the Ist September on 3,136 scrip shares. 'OO offt4
the divisible balance of £6,199. 1143. I°4" Orin
the directors recommend a dividend 0 125'1, pltilA
on tbz-9,072 original shares of the' divided Irer
the Ist September next, leaving arkttn""itooo7o4
£529. lls. 10d. A resolution was tra,a,"o", 6d....„1,,,
authorising the payment of a dividend OT .'"'v.,l rer
YORZ,AND NORTH MIDLAND ftillid St , ,
4
yearly meeting of this Company was IA becp:oo6l6l
Friday. The report stated that there- .--, oitto
off in the amount received for passengno;reillerer,
mails, during the last half-year, as eeTigle,evetpa '
corresponding half-year ending June 30, boto‘et.
of £2,200. The receipts for rnerchand,,,lbiPltoy
ceeded the corresponding half year of }7dated " oii
as the working expenses had also been la'
year, thedt,,,ioo
tent of upwards of £l,OOO on the half i„,,,,proir`eo;9l,
of 10 ner rent. vynnirl hp maintained" "' est.- a
considerable-increase of traffic, from the „en
_,,i401
of the Newcastle and Darlington railwaY-tleellig,
ed as extremely encouraging. Resolutio°s;f: steli
expediency of undertakin4 the forraati°ll,,,' hs'corbi
the fashionable bathing-place of Scarbort;wbel'sr
imously agreed to, it being stated that,..6o,oo°' 01
proposed line would be completed for ,x,‘•
£6,000 or £7,000 per mile. .rolbs.
11,,,, YlAbli• ' lie
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM --i.1.11,1 to ..-Lot,
yearly meeting_ of this company was ,"..` nor _„t"sl'
on Friday. The receipts for the ha"Aco;'iaw.o4
£389,658 7s. 10d., and the expenses to d. jto ...-
showing a net profit of £223,924 3a• 11,0; the sailid
with the corresponding half year iiil7o.lo, 01
traffic showed a falling off of Xl3, 100,019,fberai
goods and cattle traffic was more by 3d. i-to jr
making a decrease in traffic of £3,094 °9OO- t fr°looll,lol
a decrease also on the net rent and inte king tst.g. 0
ployment of balances of £443 128., o,to to ,IfnV.lo
crease in receipt of £3,537 12s. 3d. `-_'_alehil'ost`f
as compared with the charges of the ; 3d. Loge"
locomotive power wass less by £4,257 -41;01
iotai
„10,001
expenses by £3,636 18s. Bd.; the tog a 9Ol
£514 9s. ; depreciation, by £359; raj a ociot '94.
these heads of £8767 9s. 11d• ; arr"oBo43o 69;:'
other items gave a total decrease of ,7-,' ; follow-
, i
state of the balance to be divided v‘as a •
li
The. balance of profit brought forward„
. 301 1
from the half year's acount, endin. i
Dec. last ,is ..... • • • ''.
.. he re- 11556 0
The profit realised by the sale of t , n
mainder unappropriated £32 shares la. • Al,
SVP' 311
Making together. ................. •-..t -41
e las
Which, added to the net profit of th
..
libil
half year - ...... ' r,
up di' oilyjol to
Leaving (the [amount of profit to ,---.. , jeep .04.,
vided ........................ • -hat's. P 014
The directors therefore recommend tital stc'eprenvd,),
should be paid on every £lOO o„,f eaP,poort I.- ioaqit pi
a deduction for income tax. 1.11e•-' t sess-the,Al
the preset' od (Vie'
to the two bills passed during .., ./,„ny, 6 Of, to pi
the Warwick and Leamington nab—ogb. bock :0;
line from Northampton to PeterhosZ d noimo,
.:0
ot
the powers thus given, the directorat"oB X7•110...5r01..4
crease the capital of the comPanY bares to
Cscrof
they had reason to believe that DeW 5 existillegie tinlig
of £1,375,000, in addition to tbetue totelitioia',4o
£5,500,000, would be adequate to a the fore'rA,
for the branch lines in question, sad theredeseirAt
the borrowed money. The direc,t°l3'a'ren, reraftlitly
mend the creation of 55,000 of Ji2i),!_ andhlers_siodo
capital of X 1,375,000 to be allotterit t'o"f liedraioLo
pany's existing shares (on PaYinee bare ferrticiPsredr
share,) in proportion of one now st to P 5 oftbd di
capital stock—these new shares ne We Linke 'f'
the 0 •40 o's
dividend of the company till afterta 4
dire._ eil. 4
from the Ist of January next. The welt WO is# 0
for converting into a consolidated s
ch ap c.
video, 00 0.
£25, and old £32 shares, on schl • ti °f ill the, tet
made and discharged. The Pr°Peritto
.rio 0.. A 6
from the profit on Sunday travell"ng; iloarsiv.nr"
4s. Hid. per £lOO. The report %deaf c
proved of, and the dividend recfnio,a'at. ior
to be paid on and after the 17th ins' til,/l0
410 ' 0
~,, -„,1 40 t
14 pr., , ,
Isaid, lc" told
BUNKUM.—" Bunkum!'' - f boo ye 00-.
you never hear 00 to Y.°;lot be ovoid
never." " Why you don't Wea Teed.,,teef, f
what that is ?" "I do not, jott scototent hs bo
Why, there is more of it in Novoceroo ilo 0,10,1
than would paper every room in gthe to°f•er-'0‘;,10144,
then curl the hair of every gall in No, °fp. k 5 AP/01
bunkum ? why how you talk!' .verybo ' joi o'
.or
if that don't pass ! I thoughyboolt°,,,einetbeln,A,
word. I'll tell you, then, wha ~ o its -pit "tlia,
America, every place likes to he°, if fibelobc! or ,1
gress, and see their speeches,,ctbeir rge unil,!. driti
apiece to the paper, inquirin i , a bov;ss,ado,,,,nol•ed
teral death. or was skivered vittua his frlwatiolViir,
hante seen his speeches lately, renligbroo to . 046
to/
to know his fate. Our free
it
see 001 016
approbate silent members ;it yoberlonot ir
Squashville, or Punkinville, or
0_ th,oci 0,, ,d;
represented, unless Squashville,. irinottaNso..7-I;',/
bertown, makes itself heard at;(l.. del, ~der,;`, r
too. So every feller in boa nnt the 1°"041t00,04
hi too, and the smaller the Stinyboo 80.0 ;tip
1/
fiercer its members talk. Welkin the 051134 el. Osr
talk sake, fist to have si speech 1....4* 0b
to.° lh illefi,
and not or any other airtblY Pug& Sta oil nill.le
our folks call it bunkum.. Nil°. bees of all 110
great place for bunkum—ts rael°,_oo 04 (tor
with all s"lliois vilill4
to run foul of England, yr' a a tel toy- . it°, d
about the boundary line, yote ma, OP litiaire9
able in pine logs and spruce 13°5 attod Invi , r 4*
and called out a hundred thOujoiii to siglit.,o°,ll, go
never come) to captor' a saw. b aboo id Jiotry
that's bunkum—all that &tars
at bog -aboa At
bunkum. All that brag ttbespecohesoo ii)e, 19
ar
eberiff was bunkum. All tue , . web, , ill it, 4°oo
line and Creole, and Right ? • Coofirests 1M..05
-
short, almost all that's said 0 _ as p Iy4
(for we set the fashions to them!. jos.
milliners) and all Over Agicrica''
in England.