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4 VgAt 43l „. , 1 ::„. " ) • 6 7 A. 4.• ' p E • % 44 I k t v i i 4 *, Y, s • • , DROTTA A. .) )- lay • ,;\ .I)7AV- - , • _ - - TO THE INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, —It is the repetition of a pleas ing duty again to express to you my gratitude for your con tinued exertions, by which the poll proceeds satisfactory to you and honourable to myself. I entreat you not to relax and your triumph is certain. Faithfully yours, THOMAS WOOD. - y OCTOBER 2 ) 1846 • , LONDON, FRIDAY 1 0 - • Committee Room, Swan with two Necks, Ist October, 1846. STATE OF THE POLL. THIRD DAY. ~r.>- !~~ ,11 , Mrp Carroll •• •• .. •••.. •• • • 580 Hooper .... •• 191 No. 16,860. PRICE SD. TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, —I beg to thank you fur the votes which you have so kindly recorded in my favour this day. Allow me to urge upon you the necessity of an early attendance at the poll. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Cavendish-square, Oct. 1, 1846. GEO. CARROLL. STATE OF THE POLL THIS DA]. Carroll 580 Hooper • • —..... ....... 191 The poll opens at Nine and closes at Three VICTORIA LIFE A* No. 18, KING WILL: SURANCE COMPANY, .UM-STREET, CITY. Sir JAMES DUKE. Ald , BENJAMIN LIANVS, Benjamin Barnard, Esq. Charles Baldwin, Esq. B. Donlan, Esq., F.R.S. Aaron Goldsmid, Esq. James Law Jones, Esq. John Milli, Esq. Lerman. M.l'., Chairman. Esq., Depaty-Chairman. Thomas Nesbitt, Esq. John Nolloth, Esq. Charles Philips, Esq. Major-General Robertson Daniel Sutton, Esq. 08. B. Woolsey, Esq. -• Life Assurances are effected by this Company on every description of risk, on a profit or non-profit scale. Credit of half the premiums for the first five years allowed on Poll vies effected for the whole term of life. Payment of Premiums so arranged as to meet the conyenience or wishes of the Assured. A Policy may be made an absolute security. Advances continue to be made to Assurers on real or undoubted personal security, for terms of years, repayable by instalments. Particular attention is requested to the detailed Prospectuses of the Company. 'WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. ENGLISEL• and •SCOTTISII LAW LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION. -12 , Waterloo-place, London; 119, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. Subscribed Capital, One Million. LIFE ASSURANCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND • ENDOWME yr S. A union of the English and Scottish Principle of Assurance. -A COMPREHENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in connexion with Lile Assurance, on undoubted personal or other security. The Assured participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary and Secretary. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Adelalde-place, London-bridge; 23, ThLstle•street, Edinburgh; Great Bridgewater-street, Manchester ; Wason 4 s-balldings and Matthew - ptx!et, Liverpool._ Empowered by Act of Parlia »edi- The Company transact business in every department of Life and Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY—J. T. Clement, Esq. ' At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a banns to the Life Policies, equal to twenty-five per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of five per cent. to the Shares, in addition to the payment of the annual interest. For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, without a prospective bonus, a new table, at lower rates, has been calculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may remain on interest at five per cent., for five years, thus enabling a person to insure his life for 1,0001. on the immediate payment of the premium for 5001. only. . The following are the annual premiums for the assurance of 100/, for the whole life, one half of whick may remain for five years, by merely paying the Interest annually at five per cent. : and should the policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20 without profits XI 13 0 with profits £1 18 0 91 , 30 I II 119 8 „ ..2 5 8 ~ 40 2 14 3 3 1 3 , 50 For short peri o d s the premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies not usually advertised, information may be ob tained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Company insure houses, furniture, stock in trade, farming stock, and every description of personal property, against loss or damage by fire. The Directors beg to remind their friends whose premiums become due at Michaelmas, that no extra charge is made at this office for the transfer of policies, and that they will be rated on terms pecu liarly favourable to parties insuring. Insurances may be effected fer any period of time : if for seven years, the premium avid duty will only be charged for six. September, 1846. JOHN BIGG, Sec. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE A N. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, COMP at the NY. Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry liaise Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. Francis Hurt Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq.. M.P. Thomson Hankey,jan., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. sifluGellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Jun., Esq. John Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roberts, Es q Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. I 11 [9nry Norman, Esq. Aevuaar—Griflith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the load Office; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Ilotice Is hereby given, that assurances which expire at Michael mas Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL LONDON. Capital $500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, oa all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Polley, two-thirds •f the nreiniunis paid (see Table) ; alse the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual inveStigatloll, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 65 per cent. ell the premium's paid on each PoUcy effected oa the Prelit scale. EXAMPLES. 7Premium. cb 4 Bonus Donna in inured: 21 P N added. Cash. 6 Fg mad • 2 Borrow. a _!= 77•.77 X Y.l. r 1000 i 4 11 1837 £217 15 1 £lOO 0 11 1 416 0 4 1831 192 2 0 87 1 4 1310 21 1839 16.5 11 101 74 1 9 11 3 1 1843 116 7 6 34 010 718 10 1841 111 6 6 49 10 0 710 4 4445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 292 13 4 247 4 2 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in Decemler of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. LADIES TRAVELLING, Visiting the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find ROWLAND'S KALYDUR a most refreshing preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated by th 4 Kalvdor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with tha " elite" of the Aris tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Czar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Mc scow.—Price 4s. Gd. and Ss. 6d. per bottle. c s * Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words "' ROWLAND'S KILYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and BON, 20, Hatton-garden. is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per. a men. other " Kalvdors" are fraudulent counterfeit. OBSERVE.—This Establishment will be closed on MONDAY and TUESDAY, the sth and Gth of October, and will remain closed till WEDNESDAY, October 7th, at seven o'clock, when business will be resumed as usual. .ii " POTA'T'O DISEASE pay attention, good reader, we beg, if you please, To say a few words on potato di'ease. Last year the potatoes were sadly amiss And thousands were robbed of a needful like tills. Nor does the calamity any way cease, But, alas! on the contrary, seems to increase. Ev'ry „„k, ev'ry day, tells a sorrowful tale, That the crop of potatoes must certainly fail . Never mind ! we must bear it as well as we can. And try to adopt some remedial Plan. Though potatoes are dear on account of the rot, Let the public remember that clothing is not. E. MOSES and SON sell habiliments cheap, And you'll find at their warehouse a plentiful heap, Although the potatoes have prov'd 50 unsound, No faults in the garments of MOSES a' e found. And hence will the public, by purchasing these, lte meeting, half-way, the potato disease. Though one pocket loses by Injury done, The other's enrich'd by E. MOSES and SON; And had we the talent and learning of Plato, We could'ut say snore on a " rotten potato." LIST OF PRICES, U&DT MADZ. cl• Tweed Ts.gliOni ..... .............from 0 7 Chenerfitld and Cedrington Taglionts ................ () 18 Summer Coats in every description and make, including n the registered Coat ................ •.•••.•• • • • • • I 2 u Blouses in every material ........., .•• • • • •• • .ru ms 0 2 3 Splendid pattern Summer Vests •••• • • 02 3 Cashmere and Persi an di tto, in endless variety• .• • • • • fi 4 6 Black and Fancy Satin, ditto ........... •• . .. 13 6 0 Fancy Trousers ••• • • • . Black, ditto • Dress•• • • • • • • •• •• •• •• •• .• •,... 0 9 6 Frock ditto ••• • • •• •• ••• • • ....... •• •• YADE To Igiuumitz. Coats, of every material adapted for the season, in any variety of style and fashion, to 0 rder.......... from 0 16 0 Quilting Vests, 65.6 d. each, or three f0r..., . ..... 019 0 Cashmere ditto, in every variety of pattern. 0 8 6 Satin ditto, plain and fancy •• .. • • •• •• •• •• 0 14 6 Ditto, Cloth or Casinaere ditto •• •• •• 0 0 Ditto, Black Single-milled ditto •• •• •• •• 0 13 6 Spring Trousers, in every pattern. Single - milled and Allen Victoria ditto .• ... •• 0•• o lo 19 0 Best Ulack Dress dit to .. • • ..... ••••••••• •• •• 1 6 Dress Coats ........ • .......... • ..... ,- 112 0 0 Frock Ditto, best m anu f actured • ••• • 1 15 0.. Coate •• • • •• • • ..,. • • • • •• . ...... • • froin 215 0 Ditto, best manufactured ..... .......• •. •• • Mourning, to a ny extent, at fire minutes notice. 3 3 0 Amy article purchased or made to measure, if not approved o r . will :Ns immediately exchanged, or the money returned. Obsenve—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers. Ma' tens, Cletaiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be - bilged to ‘uard the public against imposition, but, having learned that the antradesmanlike falsehood of being connected with them," er it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many in stances, and for obvious reasms, they have ne CorumIZIOLI with any other house in er out of London. And those ATho desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent disappointment, call at or .sciid to the sLiaories, and Aldgate, City, London. E. .and MOSES and SON. Tailors, 'Woolle n Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Nos. 154,156, 157, Mri inoes, and 83, 84, 85, and 26, Aldgate, City, L ondon. Aldgate. Nericx.—The entrance to the Bespoke Depart men t i s a t 84 , No bus'ness transacted at this Eltablishreent from sunset cn Friday evening till stinut 011 Zaturday ousting, when it is resumed twelro o'clock - •V ESENI) STAR and BI,AtiKWALL PACKETS. , Packet and Railway Fare included in one payment upon every . . Passage. . N.B —No other Packets call at the GRAY'S or GREENHITHE [ERS. . FROM TIIE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS.—At 7,7 i, 8%, 934, 113 , I, 2,3, 4,5, 6,6%, and 7. SUNDAYS.—At 71, 814, 11, 12, 1,2, 3,4, 5. 6. 6%, 7, afid 7%. FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. Trains starting One Quarter of an Hoar before each of these times. WEEK DAYS.—At 9,9% ; 10%, 11, 11%, 12, 1%, 2%, 3%, tt.„ 6,6, and 7. SUICOAYS.—At 8%, 9,9%, 1014, 11, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5, 6, and 7. Fares.—To or from London—Fore cabin, and Secokd Class Rail way, 9d. ; Saloon au t Ft-st Class Railway, Is. To or from Plackwall and intermediate Piers—Fore Cabin, 61. ; Saloon, 9d. Tickets.—Fci• Twelve months, 41. 4s. ; Six months, 2/. 15s. ; Three months, 1/. 153. To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Brtms wick-wharf, Blackwall. Star Office, Sept. 23, 1846. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a LECTURE on the ELECTRO IiAGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily. MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDLAX RAIL WAY, the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. lIALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS COPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE. A beautiful Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Selection of MADRIGALS of the Sixteenth Century will belificformed by a Sax-Horn Band, under the Direction of Dr. Wallis daily, and in the Evenings. Admission, is.; Schools, Half-price. PROSPECTUS OF THE BRISTOL AND POOLE HARBOUR RAIL WAY COMPANY. Capital, 1,009,0001., in 50,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per share. (Registered P rovisional ly.) PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS. fir E. Doughty, Bart., Upton House, Dorset John Samuel Wanley Sawbridgs Erie Drax, Esq., 3f. P., Charborough Park, Dorset J. Weld, Esq., Lulworth Castle, Dorset Colonel John 11l ichel, Dulish House, Dorset Win. Cartwright, Esq., proprietor of collieries in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire. E. B. Ashford, Esq., Babcary, Somerset. ACTING COMMITTEE. HENRY STRETTON, Esq., Ramsgate, Chairman. Major J. B. Home, Army and Navy Club John Gray Wilson, Esq., Westbourne Grove Colonel William Mainwaring Sloane, Seymour-street Gilbert M‘Qucen, Esq., Great Coram-street, Russell-square Thomas Peers, Esq., 1, Lamb's Conduit-place George Chisinan, Esq., Dalston, Middlesex Sir James Caleb Anderson, Bart. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. (With power to add to their number.) Frederick William Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place Rees Price, Esq., 31. G., Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, Essex Capt. T. C. Newton, Bruton-street ; and Lugwarden, Herefordshire Thomas Ottery Rayner, Esq., 31. D. F.S.A., 1, Matthew's Place, Cambridge Heath Rev. C. Davies, Sandgate Major J. Mill, Guernsey Benjamin Head, Esq., 27, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington Edward Sankey, Esq., Canterbury J. Johnson, Esq., Davies-street, Berkeley-square G. Pusey, Esq., The Dells, Stoke Newington N. Crouch, Esq., South-place, Euston-square ; and 64, Pall-mall R. IL Crofts, Esq., Hamilton. square, Birkenhead, Cheshire John Britten, Esq., Basinghall-street Lieut. Charles T. Hill, R.N. Queen's-square. Bristol Henry Lyster, Esq., Spring-terrace, Wandsworth Captain Hippisley, Somerset-street, Cavendish-square Wm. C. O'Connell, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. LONDON BANKERS. London and County Bank The London Joint-Stock Banking Company. COUNTRY BANKERS. • Messrs. Stuckey and Co. National Provincial Bank of England Messrs. Ledgard and Co., Poole Messrs. Bastard and Co., Blandford. ENGINEER.—George Rennie, Esq. SECRETARIES (pro. tem.)—Messrs. Castleman and Kingdom. SOLICITOZS. Gilbert Stephens, Esq., 13, Northumberland-street, Strand. Messrs. Castleman and Kingdon, Wimborne. Since Issuing the former prospectus, the Committee, being deter mined to proceed on the surest grounds, and anxious for the ultimate success of the undertaking, have made further and more minute in quiries into the remunerative traffic to be expected on this line ; and they are warranted in stating that, the result of such inquiries has greatly exceeded the expectations upon which they grounded their former prospectus. This line of railway, commencing at Bristol, will open a direct communication with Poole, passing through or near the important towns and villages of Whitechurch, Pensford, Clutton, Shepton Mallet, Bruton, Castle Cary, 'W incanton, Stalbridge, Sturminster, Newton, Shillingston ' Stourpain, Blandford, Spittisbury, Sturininst e r Marshall, IVimborne Minster to Poole Harbour • and thus, by means of the Line of Packets inte n d e d t o b e established by this Company, from that port to the Channel Islands and Cherbourg, and the rail ways now in progress from the latter place to the French capital, and irons thence to Lyons, will co nplete the line of communication, by the most direct way, from Edinburgh to the south of France, thus enabling that country to supply herself with many articles of com merce at little more than half the cost she at present pays, and leav ing a good remunerative profit to the Company and producer at home. Among the various sources of traffic to be expected on this line, the following are the most prominent :—The supply of the Govern ment with Coal from the Wel* and Somersetsbire pits, by means of the proposed line, for its different naval and steam depots thrcughout the world. The Somerset pits, which are 36 in number, yield, at present, about 2,000 tons per diem, but are ca pable of yielding a much larger quantity ; and, supposing that 2,000 tons were carried by the railway, at Id. per ton a mile, a dis tance of 40 miles for 330 days in the year, which is even less than the Company have every reason to expect, it would yield a o t ni e i net return the ee t ed u r acirtpeoitnthit,' remains 1 .b. 0 . 3 4T , to le hh O epe o re / e . rs , ue can a r innot l i O bfi p or noroooc workingolttoi. doubt t u p6toloifieps er cent, the demand estimated wear apnedra nodf tetcapi talannumha ir important article of general consumption. front the great dimi nution of price to the consumer by the costs of carriage being reduced to ld. per ton per mile from the present cost, which is from 6d. to 10d. The supply of the Channel Islands (population more than 100,000), and of France, with the best species of coal for the production of gas, as welt as for the use of their manufactures and for domestic purposes. This article, by means of the various coal pits situated on the line, will yield to the Company a very fine remunerative profit, and be of the greatest be nefit to the coal proprietor; as the coal necessary for the purposes of gas can be obtained in very large quantities, and delivered at Cher bourg at one-third less than they are now giving for the same coal, and which cannot, therefore, fail to be of equal benefit to the mer chant abroad, the producer at home, and the proposed Company. Besides these two great sources of coal traffic, there is the supply of the southern coast, and the different districts on the line, with coal for domestic use, at a saving of from six to seven shillings a ton. This is a circumstance that cannot fail to secure to the Company the entire traffic, and be of the greatest benefit to themselves and the public in general. In addition to this, the line will offer to the great manufacturing city of Bristol a mere ready market for all those articles of commerce of which France and the Channel Islands stand so much in need, and which are manufactured in great quantities at that city, and as soon as the line is completed, tenders will at once be submitted to Government for the snore speedy transmission of the mails to the Channel Islands, by which a saving of snore than twelve hours will be effected, and to the North and North-west of Great Britain a saving of twenty-four hours. There is also very considerable traffic to be derived from the various stone quarries, iron mines, and clay pits on the line (the clay pits alone yielding more than 50,000 tons annually) ; sand from the Isle of Wight, for the manufacture of glass, of which more than 10,000 tons annually are used in Birmingham alone; the pre sent mercantile traffic which now goes round the Land's End to the Western Ports ; the great agricultural, manufacture, and pas senger traffic from the rich and populous districts through which the line passes; and the traffic which must be thrown upon the line from the Welch iron and coal masters, as being the nearest and most direct outlet to the Continent for the produce of that country. In dependent of remuneration, this line ought to be looked upon as a great national undertaking and benefit, as it will do away with the necessity for vessels now employed in the Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Russian trades, bound to the western parts of England, going round the Land's End, by at once opening to them the harbour of Poole, which has been pronounced by eminent engineers to be one of the best natural harbours in the world, and capable, at a small expense, of being made accessible to vessels of the largest class with perfect safety, and enabling them to send their cargoes to their different destinations in less time, and at a less expense, than at present : by this means, not only will the shipowner and the merchant be greatly benefited, but the Company would derive au immense animal revenue from the cargoes of northern produce thus landed at. Poole, to be again distri buted, by means of their railway, to the different manufacturim towns throughout this country ; and the passenger traffic that would natu rally follow so large a portion of mercantile traffic cannot fail to yield to the Company a very handsome return upon their outlay. The average number of vessels detained in this trade in going round the Land's End amounts, from the most authentie sources, to about four thousand, each vessel averaging a detention of five days. The average tonnage of these vessels amounts to 130 tons, which would give six men to each vessel, working after the rate of GO/. per month, which would give, for the number of days detained, 10/. to each vessel: this, multiplied by the number of vessels, viz., 4,0110, would give the sum of 40,0001., which will be entireey saved by means of this line. This is independent of the loss of life, destruction of property, expense of insurance, and loss of time, which would all be saved by the projected rail, the statistics of which, did space - allow, would make every one look upon the present undertaking, not only as one of great local importance, but one of great national benefit. The advantages have long been known and appreciated, and the present Company have determined to bring them into play in the most full and efficient manner. The expense of storage at Poole as well as the port dues are less than at any port in the kingdom ; s o that the me rc h an t wou ld be enabled to keep his goods there at a less expense_,a_es thanathl own port. He would be enabled t o perform five tt.tr,,e,;,g speedlya r every coil,m three from the northern parts, an d, by means o f travelling of the present by the electric tel egra ph an d th e rap id A careful prelipmreirseas line teas been day, sur 7 advantages es made a nd b y tconvenienceshe Company'sni 1 l v m e survey having ny a d be afforded. pronou.iced to present less than the ave rage engineerin g diffi cu lti es, surveyor, th e and the bar at tari.n about thirty miles being through a rich, The harbour of Poole has also been sur veyed,populous, and level valley. be capable of removal, an o c lit i n of the harbour has been pronounced largest tonnage now actually being removed ; thus to opening to vessels of the few of the advant , a d f . es offered to the public by the pro undoub undertaking, i t r e i p . i r impressed evidence, with ce , feel area few the Committee commodious harbours in time WorT nnage one of the safest and most and basing their views le sense of the ex jekeelltelehenasSeleeicnaaeerrnetd;ainleegaitfianci ac ts y a l the upon ranted in offering to all applicants for mares themselves war viz. : That nO party taking shares ti, the following conditions, liable (in case of failure of the Conipati....B:lit Company shall be five shillings per share, unless a greater sat„ L sha a il larger am mut than be sanctioned at a General Meeting of the Shareholders called for that iu case the Company fail at any period of time priorrt purpose; so that being called, the Committee pledge thernselve to such Meeting s to return II 17s. per share instead of 21. 25., and a proportlonately larger amount. accounts of the Company, upon inspection, show a les3 expenditure. At the first general meeting of the shareholders the Committee will produce an account, sign ed b y the bankers, of th e several ► received by them on account of the Company, thereby sums warrantin g to the shareholders that the amount subscribed is still In the hands of the bankers, minus the ss. per share. The future plans of the Company will be laid before the share holders at their first general meeting, and e ver y thin g subiuitted to their investigation and approved. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the llestol and Poole Harbour Railway Company. I request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the above undertaiang, agreeably to the prospectus ; and I agree to accept such shares as may be allotted me on the terms above mentioned, and also to pay the deposit thoreon, and to sign the Par liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreenieilt• when required.,! Dated the day of 1846. ,Name Residence •••••••••• • • •, • • Trade or rrofession • • ••• •• • Reference • • • • .. Address of Referee ...... • • Applications for shares may he made, in the above form, at the office of the Company, 55, King William-street, City; Gilbert Ste phens, Esq., 13, Northumberland•street,.Strand ; Messrs. Castleman and Kingdon, solicitors, Wlmborne T. Hyatt, Esq., solicitor, ShcP ton Mallet ; S. Smith, Esq., Blaudtbrd ; tiati 111, Ji.. Welch, Esq., so licitor, Poole. FOOT RACE IN THE WATERLOO-ROAD.—Wednesday Millman and Collins ran a 250 yards race for 10/. The latter won by ten yards. HowpEN GREAT HORSE FAlR.—This great fair was held on Friday for the sale of horses. A good amount of business was transacted, and a large number of young carriage-horses were purchased by London horse dealers and job masters at high prices; old horses made a low price. TlN.—Wednesday the New York packet-ship West minster, Captain IL R. Hovey, one of the regular liners, left the St. Katharine Docks with 30 emigrants on board, chiefly small farmers from the home counties, and 2.000 boxes of manufactured tin. This vessel will leave Portsmouth for New York this morning. TUE DAGENHAM MURDER.—Since the verdict in the above affair was returned, a number of active and intelligent officers of the police force have held fre quent communications on the necessity of adopting further measures to secure, if possible, the appre hension of the parties implicated in the brutal murder of poor Clarke. The result was, that the leaders in the movement forwarded to Scotland-yard a memorial expressive of their anxiety to procure a united expression of the sympathy of the force, by a general subscription far the purpose of offering a further re ward for the discovery of the 4ctors in the late tragedy at Dagenham, and requesting the opinion of the Com missioners as to the legality of such a course. A. favour able answer was returned in reply, and the subscription is now in course of collection. To facilitate it, printed forces have been conveyed to all the station and section houses. Althong4 purpl e ) , voluntary, the appeal is re sponded to wi t h alacrity; ci;i4 it ix believed that the ser geants will agree to a contribution of k. and tbe subor dinates 2s. 63. each, sums which, when the numerical strength of the force is considered, cannot fail to secure a mueifieent AMOWits EASE IN WALKING, WILLIAM BADDELEY,.ot 130, STRIND, Is induced to give publicity to his much-admired PRE; PARED LEATIIER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and D(JRABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles always ready on sale. Established in 1767. No: 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. 1)E LA RUE and Co.'s POCKET CHESS 110.1,1 M, du an imprOved and novel principle, will be ready for very in a few days. LEICESTER, TA 1511VORTH, COVENTRY, AIRMINGIIAM, AND TRENT VALLEY JUNCTION RAIL WAY. The Directors have already announced to the Shareholders that arrangements were pending with the London and Birmingham Railway Company (now the London and North-Western), having for their object the transfer of toe line to that Company, and the return to the Shareholders in this undertaking of the whole of their deposits. The Directors recommend the proposed arrangements to the Share holders, as being much to their advantage, and most calculated to ensure the speedy completion of the line, and to afford the best guarantee of Its being efliciently worked for the public convenience. Those of the shareholders who arc desirous of receiving back, in conformity with these arrangements, the full deposit of 21. 2s. on each share, are requested to transmit their scrip to Mr. Henry Cassin, the Accountant to the Company, at the Company's Offices. at No. 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, at any time between the hours of Ten and' Three, from Monday, the 21st instant, to Monday, the ste of October. On the scrip, or bankers' receipts, or secretary's receipts for scrip, being delivered up the holders thereof will receive back the full de posit of 21. 2s. upon each share. Those parties who (as holders of shares in the original Coventry and Leicester and Coventry, Nun• ratan, Birmingham, and Leicester Companies) have only paid a (1,- posit thereon of 11. bs., may in like manner receive back 11. ss. or each such share. Sept. 17, 1346. (Signed) EDMUND PEEL, Chairman, LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND 1111DIJA1.1) JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. AL a General Meeting of Shareholders in the Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction Railway Company, held, pursuant to notice, at the Court-house in Wakefield, on Monday, the 28th day of Sep tember, 1848, It was resolved, That Edward Few, Esq., be the Chairman of this meeting. It was resolved, That the report and the account of the receipts and expenditure now read at the meeting be approved and confirmed. It waS also resolved, That Mr. Meynell, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Waterhouse, be appointed the Scrutineers to take the votes at this meeting. It was moved by Mr. ROGERS, seconded by Mr. SANDARS, and resolved, That a deputation be appointed to negotiate with such com panies as have made, or may hereafter make, proposals to this Com pany; with a view to secure the further prosecution of the under taking en the best possible terms for the Shareholders It was moved by Mr. SaftfuEt. HAantsox ARMITAGE, and seconded by Mr. J'Az4sox, and unanimously resolved, That the deputation to wait upon the Midland Railway Company, or any other Railway Company, consist of Mr. Few, Mr. Sandars, Mr. Meynell, and Mr. Dawson, along with such other Members of the Executive Committee as may think proper to attend, with power to negotiate and enter into such arrangements as they may think proper. It was resolved, That the application to Parliament for obtaining an Act for the construction of the railway be proceeded with. It was moved by Mr. FEW, seconded by Mr. ARMITAGE, and re solved, That Mr. Meynell be added to the Executive Committee of the Company. EDWARD FEW, Chairman. EDWARD MEI NELL, I Scrutineers. JAMES ROGERS, Upon the motion of Mr. HoLnswoaTn, seconded by Mr. POPPLE TON, it was unanimously resolved, That the thanks of the meeting be given to Mr. Few for his services as Chairman. J. HOLDSWORTH. PUBLICATIOSS. PERCY ST. JOHN'S INDIAN TILES. 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BUCHANAN'S TECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY. Just published, I Bmo. bound in cloth, price 7s. ATECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY, ex plaining the terms of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, Pro fessions, and Trades. ...- _ By W. BUCHANAN. London : William Tegg and Co., 73, Cheapside. LEMPRIERE'S DICTIONARY. New Edition, jast published, 18mo, botmd in cloth, price 7s. or roan, 75. 6d. BIBLIOIMECA CLASSICA ; or, a Classical Dictionary, containing a copious account of all the pro per names mentioned in ancient authors, by J. LEMPRIEUE, D.D. London : William Tegg and Co., 73, Cheapsicle. ADVICE TO THE DEAF.-6th Edit. This day is published, plates, Is., THE PRESENT SPATE of AURAL SUR GERY, with the best means of curing various Diseases of the Ear, including Nervous Deafness, Tinnitus Aurium. or Noises in the Head, &c.: with Rernart“ on Deafness, founded on the experience of upwards of 30,000 caws. Hy J. HATtitISON CUltrts, Esq., Surgeon to the Royal Dispensary for Dls,ases of the Ear. Loudon IVldttaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane. rl l O CHEMISTS and DRUGGISTS. J 11,.. Most foul conspiracy at Exeter to transport a Chemist and Druggist. The 63d Number of the HYGEIST for OCTOBER con tains Extracts of this Extraordinary Trial. Every Chemist and Draggist should Immediately provide himself with a copy of the trial.—Remarks on the Water Cure, &c. &e. &c. Office, 368, Strand. Price id., or 2d, by post. IILVER PLATE, New and Second-hand.— T. COX SAVORY and Co.'s l'amphlet of Price, with out lines, may be had gratis, or will be sent post free if applied for by a paid letter. The contents are the prices, weights, and patterns 51 new and second-hand Silver Spoons mid Forks; new and second hand lea and Coffee riervlce7, Waiters, Silver-edged Plated Goods, the now plated on white metal Spoons and Forks, Watches, Clocks, Cutlery, Ladies' Gold Neck Chains and Jewellery. I'. COX SAVORY and Co., 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Grillo church-street), London. I)AVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .s. 6d. ' • Yellow Soap, 425. 465., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 5'4., 60s. and 643.; Was Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. • Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans parent Was, is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, is. Id. ; Store Candles, 5%c1. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%41.; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d. , Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Windsor Soap, 15.1 L. per packet ; Palm, Is. 44. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 94. 1404 e. 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Bale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf fing, 9%d. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. CARCEL LAMP-NEW LIGHT. The DIAMOND CARCEL LAMP is the best light in the world. The Carcel Lamp is used in all the Palaces In Europe ; it burns but is free from all imperfections of ordinary oil lamps ; burns from sunset till morning without attention ; is so simple it cannot he mismanaged ;no cleaning required for years. the Gem, the Vesta. and all other Spirit or Camphine Lamps given awa, at half-price, but such abominations are dear at a gilt. The Diamond Carcel Lamp is the only light—perfection in light—the public will have none other. Designs to suit every taste. To be had only, and seen burning daily at the PATENTEE'S Immense Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, ten doors from Lowther Arcade. T"E UNIVERSAL GAS BURNE R. 30 to 50 per Cent. saved ! To be had at the Patentees, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing,-cross. The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following acts, rune advantages resulting from the invention are various and striking. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the corn bustien is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and bunts steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects or soils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have made to the introduction of gas In dwelling-houses, to the expense of fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, Sze.; these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL Gas IluaNza." As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is com monly supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for club-houses, hotels, manufactories, and publie buildings. One of the small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of ivaste or trouble. The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing every other known light, aro shown by the annexed authentic opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Extract from tile Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Tuesday, 26th May, 1546, Sir Jourt RENNIE, Preildant, in the Chair. ".A gas burner of a navel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air t• the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. rho air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was hea: ed , and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and i:npinging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with the carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very p:rfect combustion, The flame was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a better light, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. POLYTECHNIC CHEMICAL SCHOOL.—" In testing Clark, McNiell, and Co,'c Universa ;Gas Burner with one of the best ehawdowless turners, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a caving of 20 to 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICATE. " In a series of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s Patent Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta blished in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against argand burners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a saving of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, No. 4, 49 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe rior to any other burner." T. W. REITER, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. The UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER is 'used nightly at the Poly. technic Institution, and may be had and seen from II till 4, at the Patentees, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; at.:d of all Gas Fitters. THE SHERIFFS' INAUGURATION DINNER. The inauguration banquet of the new Sheriffs, Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman, and Robert W. Keneard a sEsq., took place yesterday at the London Tavern, when.up wards of 220 guests partook of a most magnificent enter tainment provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breaeh, the liberal proprietors of the London Tavern. The dinner was on a more than usual scale of splendeur. The services of a rather questionab:e brass band bad been secured, and Messrs. Hawkins, Hobbs , Locke y , Machin, Hatton, and Gear, enlivened the proceedings o f the evening with some admirable singing. Mr. Harke r , as toast-master, officiated in a most becoming manner. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor occupied the chair ; and amongst the guests we noticed Lord J. Russell, M.P., Mr. Masterinan, M.P., Mr. Lyall , M. P., Mr. Hudson, M.P., Mr. Bankes, M.P. (the Cursitor Ba ron ) , the Lord Chief Baron, Alderman Sir C. Hu n te r, Alderman Sir James Duke, Alderman Kelly , Alder man Hamphery, Alderman Gibbs, Alderman Thomas Wood, Alderman Carroll, Alderman Farncotribe, Alder man Sir W. Magnay, Alderman Moon, Alderman Musgrove, Alderman Hughes Hughes, Alderman Sid ney, the Under-Sheriffs Bayliss and Tilleard, his Excel lency the Belgian Ambassador, M. Beauveux, the Rev. Dr. Russell, Mr. Commissioner D. W. Harvey, Mr. D. W. Wire, Mr. Bircham, the Master and Wardens of the Butchers' Company, the Master and Wardens of the Carpenters' Company, the Matter of the Haberdashers' Company, and many other gentlemen well known and highly respected in the city of London. • The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal and national toasts having been duly proposed and most heartily received, The LORD MAYOR gave '° Prosperity to the Trade and Commerce of the city of London.' Drunk with three times three. Mr. J. DILLON briefly responded to the toast. He crusted that with the citizens of London commerce might not be employed solely with the view of enriching indi viduals, but that it might be made an instrument in the hands of Heaven for civilising mankind, for ameliorating the institutions, and for improving the laws of the country to which we belowesd.—(Cheers.) Regarding this as the great aim of commerce, he could not but congratulate the citizens of London upon having elected as their representative in Parliament the Noble Lord near him whose talents and acquirements, whose honesty and integrity, had raised him to the proud position of Prime Minister of this country.—(Loud cheers.) Ur. Alderman CHALLIS (Sheriff) said, the next toast upon the list was that of the " Right Hon. Lord John Russell, and her Majesty's Ministers."—(Cheers.) That was a toast which had always been received by the citizens of London without respect of political parties, and however desirous they might be upon the present occasion, and however proper and suitable it might appear to the gentlemen by whom he was surrounded to do honour to their illustrious guest, he was sure he should do no justice to that Noble Lord's feelings if be were to introduce, upon the occasion of proposing his health, any sentiment which might be likely is produce the slightest discord.—(Cheers.) There were features, however, connected with the circumstances in which they were placed, and which came more immediately under the ,uperintendence of the Sheriffs, to which he might allude without introducing any difference of opinion, and which he thought he might advert to, because he believed that the wise discretion and wisdom which belonged to her Majesty's present Ministers were likely to conduct such questions as conduced to the social advancement and civilisation of the people to a happy and successful issue. —(Cheers.) They were too apt to associate the word "civilisation" only with the notions of such light and liberty as they themselves enjoyed; but if they could be conducted to the cells of our prisons, and thence to the habitations of the poor, they would behold a very different picture from that which they were in the habit of witnessing, and they would see that their own country and their own neighbourhoods required civilisation and improvement.—(Loud cheers.) The question to which he would first allude was the amelioration of the poor-law, if not in principle, at least in its ad ministration, so that the witty aphorism of a late witty member of the Church of England may not continue to be true—that if they made the gaols too comfortable the poor would be more ready to break in than the guilty to break out.— (Hear, hear.) It was often his lot to see, as an administrator of the law, that the underlings of the poor-law system treated the poor in such a manner that they would rather commit crimes in order to be sent to gaol, than enter the workhouse.—(Hear, hear.) Then With regard to the amelioration of the criminal law, he should be glad to carry out every reasonable principle of improvement which could be effected, e verything which could tend to make the law what it ought to be—a praise and encouragement to them that do well, and a terror to evil doers. Upon the question of education, he believed he might safely say that the integrity, the honesty, and the firmness of purpose of her Majesty's Ministers would bear down all the petty jealousies and prejudices which might disturb the community upon that subject, and he trusted that they would all unite heart and hand in carrying out some great general measure, having for its object the education of the people. It was not desirable that be should say-more upon that subject in the presence of their noble guest. The efforts of his noble friend to ameliorate the condition of the country —his endeavours to preserve all that was sound and admirable in the constitution, and to obliterate all that was worthless and inimical to the liberty of the subject, were matters of history, and would be remembered by a grateful posterity when the feuds and animosities which had connected themselves with those endeavours should have been forgotten.—(Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with three times three and the most unbounded applause. Lord J. RUSSELL immediately rose, and silende having been restored, he spoke as follows returning you my grateful thanks for the honour you have done me I shall not attempt to enter into any of those difficult debateable questions to which the worthy proposer of the toast has alluded. No doubt those top . cs are of the utmost importance. All I will venture to assure you is, that to those subjects on which he has touched, and to many others relating to the welfare and prosperity of this country, her Majesty's Ministers will give their un ceasing and conscientious attention, and will endeavour, whether in administering, or in proposing measures for legislation, to submit and to carry out such measures as they believe to be beat calculated to promote the benefit of the great country to which they have the honour to belong.—(Loud cheers.) In so stating, I should say that t is part of the duty of her Majesty's Ministers, in con sidering this vast empire, to convey from those parts which are strong succour to those parts which, however distant, are weak; and again, to carry relief from those parts which are in a state of prosperity to those which are unfortunately in a state of suffering and privatioa.— (Cheers.) Of this I am convinced, that if you in this city of London, partaking and sharing in the feeling of the whole country, and indeed speaking the feeling of the whole country, have a sympathy with all parts of this great empire, then all our fellow-subjects who live in the Queen's dominions may rely upon our assistance in their hour of their need—may rely that we consider them as brethren, living under the same crown, and as having the happiness to live under the same con stitution. And I trust that we may see extended to other parts of the world those blessings of freedom which we have had so long es tablished amongst us, and which, with the light of the Gospel, I trust, will pervade all parts of the globe.—(Cheers.) I will only now add, that in proposing to you the health of the Sheriffs, lam sure, from the earnest you have already had, you will be convinced that those gentlemen will pay the utmost attention to the important duties which devolve upon them.—(Cheers.) I am sure that any plans of reform and amelioration which may come before them will re ceive from them the fairest consideration—the result of an anxious desire to promote the welfare of all—of the lowest, of the most guilty even of their species; and I am sure that in so doing they will earn the approbation of the citizens of London.—(Cheers.) Let us hope that those great problems, many of which have hitherto been hid in obscurity, but which, nevertheless, are matters well worthy of the attention of statesmea— matters relating to the social condition of the com munity—will receive such attention, that both here and elsewhere the condition of the great mass of mankind may be improved; that not only may our gaols be made places of less suffering, and greater hope of reformation, but that by more attention to the means of instruction many may be preserved from the guilty course on which they now outer, in utter igno rance of their duty both to God and man.—(Cheers.) That ignorance you must all see does not, ought not, to belong to this enlightened, free, and Christian country ; but it is quite true, as your worthy sheriff has observed, that in times of the greatest civilization, and, in a metro polis like this, where the greatest civilization is supposed to prevail, yet while that very civilization la progressing, it does, somehow or other , leave behind it in its progress persons among the po orer class es o f soc i ety, who, as I believe, receive less instruction, have less inf o rmation, and oftentimes live in a more miserable and degraded state of existence, than was the case with any porti o n of so forward.—(Cheers.) centuries ago when civili za ti on was no t is is now known to us all. Let us pursue these usefnl paths ; of improvement—let us pursue them with the hope that we shall not only do good to such of that description as may be amongst us, but that other nations will strive with us in that honour able emulation, and that we shall seek to surpass one another more in our endeavours to raise the community to which we belong, than in those disastrous acts to which, by a false notion, glory and r enown h ave b een Attached. By so doing we may hope to have an era before tie, riot only of future prosperity, but an era in which we may retied theP we have done our duty to all our fellow men—in which we have p a d eayoupe d to im prove their condition not only in point of wealth, but g have striven to raise them in that mora l re l at i on w hi c h shall constitute our highest pride a s men an d Ch r i st i ans . —(Cheers.) I beg leave toive y ou t h e h ea l t h s o f t h e Sheriffs.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Sheriff and Alderman CHALLIS responded to the toeet, He could assure them that they entered upon their Office with a full appreciatio n o f t h e respons ibili t i es which attached to it, W4 l teepr ir i figgice the office could c )11:mend should be doveta i l to peepoeee pf general utility and practical beneficence.—(Ch eers. ) Mr. Sheriff KENNARD reiterated the sentiments of hie li F e e s e t eßn reward, gf I t to heir merit health that colleague, and added that it would be his greatest pleas o a p s i : i t o4 seq w e.l .4 d igi Ne 4e his 4 l i a l i ct g It 4 bi l4 t o b9hevo the, einerftwnefi.-0312049.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL then gave the health of the Lord Mayor. His Bight Honourable Friend had now served through so great a part of the year, his merits were so well known to them, the way in which he had performed the duties of his office, and his munificent hospitality, of which so many of them had partaken, were so noto rious in the City, that he was sure he need not say one word more in proposing to them the health of the Lord Mayor.—(Loud cheers.) The Loan MAYOR expressed his extreme gratifica tion at the manner in which his health was received. He had only six weeks to remain in office, and he trusted during that period he should continue to give that satis faction to his fellow-citizans which up to the present time his conduct had elicited.—(Cheers.) Mr. Sheriff KENNARD then proposed as a toast,' The Lord Chief Baron and the Judges." The LORD CHIEF BARON, in responding to the toast, remarked that he had always felt, and never more fully than since he had had a seat on the bench, that the pure administration of justice was mainly indebted in this country to the large share in its administration which belonged to the people themselves, and they might rely upon it that it was mainly to the institution of trial by jury that the administration of justice, both civil and criminal, had obt a i ne d, as h e b e li eve d hat it had, such general acceptation throughout the civilised world. —(Cheers.) As long as there was a competent appeal by trial by jury there would not only be an enlightened, but there must be an incorruptible administration.— (Hear, hear.) He could not help making one remark with respect to criminal administration. They might rely upon it that the question of the suppression of crime did not depend upon the manner in which they were to deal with criminals in gaol. It depended upon the mode in which they treated the oppressed, the poor, and the ignorant who were not in gaol. By taking care of those classes, and instructing them, taey would repress crime, and would prevent the gaols heing filled. Let them, then, as far as possible, raise the humbler classes, give knowledge where they found ignorance, and ever relieve where they met real distress.—(Loud cheers.) After a number of other toasts, including the health of the Curaitor Baron, of the Members for the City, responded to by Mr. Masterman, of the Aldermen of London, and of the late Sheriffs, the company separated at a late hout NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Retribution steam frigate, Captain Lushington, remains at Spithead for orders. She requires so much alteration and improve ment before she can become a serviceable ship, that it is considered probable she will be given over to the engineers and dockyard hands, and her officers and ship's company, than whom there is not a more efficient body of men in the service, if we may believe the testi mony of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Commander in-Chief of the Squadron of Evolution, turned over to the Amphion, 36, screw propeller, at Woolwich. The re sult of the official inquiry into the state of the Retribu tion's engines yesterday has not transpired. The re port of the court was transmitted to the Lords of the Admiralty last night, and she awaits their Lordships' de cision, which has not yet been received. When she left the squadron, the Prince de Joinville's force was up the Mediterranean, but daily expected down to cruise off Cadiz and the other southern ports, to pre vent any arms, &c., being landed for the peasantry or the people to use against the authorities favourable to the Montpensier alliance. In our mention of the operations of the squadron on Tuesday, we omitted to state that the Cyclops steam frigate, Captain Lapidge, bad proved herself so efficient a vessel in all the trials under Sir William Parker, that that officer had pronounced her a most useful and su perior war steamer, and inferior to no ship under his command under sail. We omitted to mention also that when Sir William Parker discovered the imposition practised by the Ter rible, in exhibiting crossjack and mizentopsail yards; for which she had no sails, the Admiral ordered those yards to be immediately struck. - _ The return home of the St. Vincent, 120, and the Queen, 110, would, we are informed, make Vice-Amiral Parker's squadron vastly inferior to that under the Prince de Joinville. Much dissension and discomfort prevailed on board the St. Vincent by the last advices from the squadron, Major G. E. Balehild, R.M. (1827), of the Queen, 110, died at Cadiz on the 15th, and was buried on the 16th inst., ashore, with full military honours. The gallant deceased, we are informed, was upwards of 60 years of ace. His services are thus recorded in Allen's New Navy List :—" G. E. Balchild was Second Lieutenant serving in the Edgar, Discovery, and Meteor, in various actions against fhtillas and batteries between Dunkirk and Boulogne, 1805-6, and in the latter was severely wounded at the passage of the Dardanelles, in 1807. Ile continued serving in the Meteor until 1810, and was present in action' with gun-boats in the Bay of Naples ; at the defence of Rosas, w here he was wounded ; and in several boat actions in the Adriatic. Commanded a rocket_,equipment ,at the attack on Craney Island ; the taking of Hampton ; and occupation of Kent Island, in 14hse Chesapeake, 1813-15 ; and served in a rocket aril mortar battery at Plattsburgh. Gazetted 1807." Major Balchild was attached to the Chatham division. The Childers, 12, Commander Pitman, arrived at Simon's-bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 16th of July, from this port. She would repair damages (having sprung her bowsprit) and proceed to New Zealand. The Snake, 16, Commander Brown, was to sail from Simon's-bay on the evening of the l 7th, or the morning of the 18th of July, to join Rear-Admiral nacres in the President, at Madagascar. The Falmouth navy lighter arrived to-day from the eastern yards with stores. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 30.—Her Royal Highness the Princess William of Prussia will embark in the - black Eagle steam-vessel, Master Commander S. B. Cook, at 12 o'clock to-morrow, Oct. 1, at Woolwich Dockyard for 'a passage to Rotterdam. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander Petley, returned to Woolwich to-day from Grimsby, having towed tko Kestrel yacht, with the remains of the late Earl of Yarborough, to that port. The Plover surveying vessel, Captain Collinson, C. 8., is to be paid off at Woolwich on Monday next. PROMOTIONS. George Giles, to be Second Master of the Grappler ; George lit'Grath, Acting Gunner of the Excellent. APPOINTMENTS. C. J. Walton, Lieutenant (additional), to the Hibernia ; Dr. John Thomson (C), Surgeon to the Rattlesnake ; Thomas W. Huxley, Acting Assistant-Surgeon, to the Rattlesnake ; George Reilly, Clerk in charge, to the Grappler ; Charles Nettleton, Clerk, to the Caledonia ; Valentine G. Nagle, Clerk, to the Mutine ; Arthur Bennet, Clerk, to the Rattlesnake ; Charles S. Curd, Clerk's Assistant, to the Rattlesnake ; H. W. Bennett, Master's Assistant, to the Rattlesnake ; Henry G. Thomsett, Master's Assistant (additional), to the William and Mary ; G. Elliot. Midshipman, to the Recruit ; William Hewett, Midshipman. to the Rattlesnake ; Henry Rogers, Midshipman, to the Mutine ; Charles 0. B. Hall, Mate, to the Devastation ; George Borlase, Naval Cadet (supernumerary), to the Hibernia ; H. P. Versturme, Naval Cadet (supernumerary), to the Mutine ; Thomas Webber, Gunner, to the Mutine ; Alexander Birnie, First . Engineer, to the Mohawk ; Augustus Mills, Third Engineer (supernumerary), to the William and Mary ; George Glasson, Acting First Engineer, to the Grappler ; Robert Allen, Second En gineer, to the Grappler ; James Manguall, Third En gineer, to the Grappler. THE; GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—We have nothing fresh from the Great Britain this morning, with the exception of the subjoined letter from Captain Ilosken, by which it will be perceived he is acquitted of all blame by Cap tain Claxton, secretary to the company. It is stated that one of the coast lights was not marked in Captain Hosken's chart, although it is one of 1846 : " MESSRS. GIBBS, BRIGHT, AND CO. " Great Britain Strain-ship, Sept. 29. " Dear Sirs,—By the tug I send Mr. Smith with all the cargo she can take ; a few packages may be touched with the fresh water, but I trust not damaged ; all the parcels, &c., are sent ; about 16 packages o f cargo are still here. Mr. Smith has account of them. I also send all the useless and troublesome men to get rid of them, and reduce expenses as much as possible. Will you please to send by tug again as soon as possible the largest hemp cable to be got in Liverpool, and a corresponding sized anchor ; indeed, an anchor one-third heavier than the right weight will do better, and two cables ; also two sets of good purchase-blocks, and tee 4} falls of white rope (Mar.illa), and a coil of 3-yarn spun-yarn ? I hope they may be here by Thursday morning. We should have two tugs here on Saturday, as the tide on that day will be higher than the day we came ashore. Send also the large Scotch blocks, if you please. " The weather is now moderate, but rainy ; the ship makes very little water. I hope to commence discharg ing coals to-day. Please to send copies of this, and of all my letters, to my directors at Bristol. Captain Claxton came yesterday. " Many thanks for all your expressions of sympathy and good feeling. I want them all, I assure you ; but my conscience acquits me of blame, and so does Captain Claxton, who publicly told me so yesterday. " I am, yours very truly, " JAMES nOSKEN." 'rho Great Britain now lies broadside on to the bay— a worse position than fortneFly. Blot r nart cf leer curgo arrived this morning by the Dreadnought steatn-lug. DWI/ ritou INTOXICATION.—Wednesday an in quest was held before Mr. W, Baker, at the Gr:ffin, Leonard-street, Shoreditch, on the bady of Mrs. Ann Metcalf, aged forty-seven, the wife of a hairdresser, re siding in the Curtain-road. It appeared from the evi dence that the deceased was of very intemperate habits, and for the last three weeks she had been in a dreadful state of intoxication. On Monday morning last she complained of violent pains in her head. She resorted to her favogritc beverage, and drank an immoderate quantity of gin, She continued to get worse, and in the evening she threw herself on the bed in a very ex hausted condition. A surgeon was sent for, but she ex pired almost immediately afterwards. He attributed death to excessive drinking. A verdict wa4 returned itecßftlinflit CANADIAN AFFAIRS, The following extract from the Montreal herald pre sents an accurate outline of the condition of affairs in Canada:— (From the Montreal Herald, Sept. 12.) Since oar last mail the public mind has been more occupied with Imperial than provincial politics, especi ally since the arrival of the last intelligence from Eng land, with the news of the passage of the Biitish Pos sessions Bill through the House of Commons. We believe all parties must unite in according the praise of consistency to the British Govern:nent for this prompt and equitable measure. There appears, how ever, to be some doubts as to the extent to which we should avail ourselves of it. Indeed, the transition from the old colonial system to the new theory of free trade has been so sudden, that the mass of the people here have yet hardly had time to form a decided and intelli gent judgment upon the course to be pursued. We imagine that their final decision will be to sweep away the whole of these burdens. The navigation laws and the free navigation of the St. Lawrence are still being discussed; but the remarks we have made as to the different duties apply with still greater force to then. We have already alluded to the present dullness of Canadian politics. This arises partly from the topics brought upon the carpet during the session of Parlia ment having been already pretty nearly exhausted— from men's attention, at this season, being turned to their business pursuits, and, perhaps, still more from the change in the head of the Government, which naturally induces the " wire pullers" to put off their operations until they can be resumed with a prospect of permanent results. This is the time rather for preparation than for action. The arrival of Lord Elgin will, no doubt, be the signal for a general move. People know so little of this nobleman, that there haS been no room for the expression of strong opinion on his appointment. In general, he is understood to be a dis tant relation of some mai bles in the British ..auseum and that is nearly all. It is of more consequence that he is in the prime of life, and likely to make a long stay here. The frequent change of governors has produced infinite mischief. Upon the whole, Lord Elgin's compa rative obscurity is, perhaps, in his favour. It will leave him to rest upon his acts here for his reputation. The mercantile news by the last mail has given a spur to our market, which is, at this moment, rather bare in Montreal, on account of the Lachine Canal having been closed. This work will open on the 20th instant, and remove the inconvenience. From the half-yearly statement of the Bank of Mon treal, published in the Herald of the 10di instant, it appears that on the 31st of August the assets of this in stitution were 1,554,7531. 135., and its liabilities 719,239/. 2s. 6d. Of the assets, 117,500/. 14s. 3d. consisted of coin and bullion. There is to be a meeting of shareholders iil the Port land Railway Company to-day, to determine upon the course to be adopted with such of the English subscribers as desire to withdraw. We have a few arrivals from among the autumn fleet for Montreal, but it is feared many will be late. 200 sail have recently reached Quebec. Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, bearing the flag of Ad miral Austen, is also at Quebec. Her Majesty's schooner Gulnare, Captain Bayfield, is n ow a t M ontrea l, C apta i n Bayfield having been applied to to survey the Lake of St. Peter, upon which the Provincial Government has undertaken some very extensive works. The lake is formed by the junction of several rivers with the St. Lawrence, and it is rendered much shallower than the stream by the deposits brought down by them. The object is to deepen a channel for larger vessels than those which now come here; but alter a great many thousand pounds have been laid out, it seems to be gene rally believed that the scheme is impracticable, or that the plan adopted was not the best calculated to carry it out. Captain Bayfield's advice hat, therefore, been sought. The weather has been extremely hot for several weeks, and the St. Lawrencd is lower than it has been for many years. LATE FROM HAVANNAH. The following communication contains information soveral days later than received by the last West India mail : (Correspondence of the Journal qf Commerce.) HAVANNAII, Ana, 25.—There are very few American vessels in port, and only one not taken up. The rest generally are loading for Europe at 31. 7s. to 31. los. There appears to be no disposition to use the American flag, particularly when neutrals are plentiful. Now, although we need not fear cruisers, yet the war has the effect to decrease the demand for our vessels, which would not be the case if the United' States Government sent out to these ports a sufficient number of small craft to convoy the American vessels through and about the waters, The United States' Government ought to have four neat 4-gun steamers here. They would be more effective than 20 ships on this station. There is no sale for provisions of any kind. The oil sent out here some four months ago lies quietly under the quarter of a shed, close by the Custom house, open to the full force of the sun:s . rays, which is making sad havoc with it as far'as yegard; •.lakage." 1 . don't know who the lucky owner may be. There are no goad sugars in the market, and quota tions are very high ; the worst kind, q to 5 reals ; com• mon brown, 6 reals ; yellow, 6i to 8 reals ; white, none ; good, Bto 8i reels. The next crop will be in very early, and promises to ba the most abundant ever known. Much sugar is yet on the plantations, owing to heavy rains and bad roads; in all estimated at 150,000 to 200,000 boxes yet to go forward. It is very sickly, and dis agreeably warm. THE RIVER PLATE. (From the New York Herald.) The following letter from Lord Aberdeen explains the nature of the mission with which Mr. Hood comes charged:— (Translated from the Gaceta.) " TO HIS EXCELLENCY SENOR ARANA, &C. " Sir,—The Queen my Sovereign being sincerely de sirous of removing every cause of misunderstanding be tween her Government and the Government of the Argentine Confederation, and of restoring the relations of the two countries to their customary footing of friendship and cordiality, has been pleased to direct Mr. T. S. Hood, who for several years discharged the office of her Majesty's Consul-General at Monte Video, to set out immediately for Buenos Ayres, for the purpose of communicating with your Excellency and the Argentine Government. " Mr. Hood is charged to transmit confidentially to your Excellency certain propositions on the part of Great Britain and France, founded in a great measure on those communicated to the two powers on the 26th of October, 1845, by the Government of Buenos Ayres, with a view to the arrangement of the difficulties exist ing in the Rio de la Plata. I trust that the propositions which Mr. Hood will make known to your Excellency, and which are dictated by the most anxious desire of putting an end to a state of things highly injurious to the interests of all parties, will appear acceptable to the Government of Buenos Ayres. " Mr. Hood is likewise bearer of similar propositions from the French Government, which he will deliver to your Excellency. "From the thorough knowledge Mr. Hood possesses of everything relating to the interests of the two coun tries, I trust that the choice that has been made of him for this service will be agreeable to the Government of Buenos Ayres. I request that your Excellency will re ceive him in a favourable manner, and give entire credit to whatever he may communicate to you on the part of the British Government. "I flatter myself that the Government of the Argen tine Confederation will recognise in the step thus taken by the Governments of Great Britain and France the strongest evidence of their anxiety to cultivate a good and friendly understanding with the Confederation. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient and humble ser vant, " ABERDEEN." , nr wheat crop, there is no doubt, is very large, and it must, for the coming season, depend upon your market to fix the price. If you do not require our surplus, wheat and flour will be lower than they now are in this country. The present price of flour may be put at '4 62-100 dollars per barrel. This may he considered a fair average price, rather stationary, with an upward tendency. That tendency, hovvever, is produced by looking to your market, in the expectation of new orders to purchase at advanced prices. The home market of the United States, in my opinion, will not sustain flour through the season at four and a half dollars per barrel. Our potato crop is suffering considerably ,with the same disease that is proving such a scourge to Ireland, a species of rot for which no preventive has as yet been discovered Indeed, so far as I can learn, we are now as ignorant of the cause of the disease as we were the first day of its appearance among us. But the loss of the potato crop in this country is' not such a disaster as a similar loss would be in Great Britain. Here no families, ' except a few foreign families of labourers in cities, pre tend to live, even chiefly', upon potatoes. Famil.ea. of eight to twelve persons rarefy consume more than 15 or 20 bushels in a year. The Mexican war progresses slowly. The seas:m and the roads, in part, have prevented General Ta•vl,:r's army from moving ; in addition to which great diilieulty has attended all efforts to procure the necessary means of transportation. These diffieultie,', however, have in a great measure been removed. The prospects now are, that he will advance with a strong military force, and that he will meet little or no opposition at Montero, and almost without interruption march to the city of Mexico. Such are the opinions of the friends of the Administra tion. Your correspondent entertains very different views. Santa Anna, as you will observe, has arrived at Vera Cruz; whether he "slipt" in, or was permitted to pass the American blockading squadron, is not known, nor is it important. The question is, what will be its effect upon the United States? Will it terminate or procras tinate the war? The impression is universal, that Santa Anna had an American passport, in some way, to cuter "Vera Cruz. Th e presumpt i on is, that the President expects a peace. He has made, it is said, pacific prop-o sitions to the Mexican Government. The friends of the Administration in this city, and other parts of the country, are sanguine that we shall have a speedy settle ment. On this point, I will only say Ido not believe it. I entertain no such hope. This Government is just beginning to feel the want of money. The President is authorised to issue 10.000,000 of dollars in Treasury notes. Yesterday the first batch of this species of paper money made i!s appearance in our city. They are received in payment of Custom House dues. So long as the amount in circulation can be swallowed by the Custom House, they will be at par, and no longer. It is generally supposed that Santa Anna will be im mediately chosen President. I think he will perceive that the several factions in Mexico can only be consoli dated and put down through the army; than without they are thus prostrated he will never feel himself safe. In this view, may he not wish to be placed, for a term, at the head of the army, with his ft iend General Almonte as President? You will notice in all the journals of the day the loss, by grounding, of an American sloop-of-war, and the capture, by the Mexicans, of the greater part of her crew. The public generally are greatly dissatisfied with what appears to be the inactivity of the officer com manding the blockading squadron. Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER. AMEitICAN AFFAIRS. NEW YORK, SEPT. 15.—Since the date of my last letter, very little change in the affairs of the United states has taken place. The Government have, it is thought, discovered that the war with Mexico was as unnecessary as it is extravagant and unprofitable ; butif the Government have not made this discovery, the Ame rican people have. Everything in relation to business is in a state of un certainty; all present importations are made on a falling market, while the season for commercial operations is rapidly gliding away. Among the importers of dry goods, the month of September is presumed to decide, in some measure, the character of the season for business. It is in this month that our jobbers generally make their largest purchases. This is a class of dealers between the importer and the country merchant. If any opinion is to be formed of the business of the season by the pur chases they have made, that opinion will be unfavour able. Their purchases have been cautious and limited, principally at auction. - The auction sales of domestic manufactures, when compared with foreign fabrics, have been large. Under the influence of the new tariff, the manufacturers, in most cases, appear to be panic-stricken, and are empty ing their warehouses, and sending the contents to public auction. In most cases sales are effected at a very great loss compared to the selling prices previous to the pas sage of the new tariff. Whet r, by reducing the iTr ive of the raw matertl and the wages of the It tourer: &c., tilt; ;mil obtain enough by these auctions to replace their old stock is the great question. If they can they will be satisfied to run their manufactories for a year or two without the expectation or hope of obtaining one cent of profit, but in the full belief that the next Congress will repeal the present tariff law. On the subject of repeal, everything depends on the political character of the next congressional House of Representatives. The present House have to serve another short session, from December, 1846, to March 1847. If the manufacturing party should have a firm and decided majority in the next House, favourable to a repeal of the present tariff law, I do not think that the Senate would defeat the Repeal Bill, and I am sure that the President has had puite as much to a ° with vetoes as he wishes. Such are my views in relation to a con. tinuance of the tariff. But whether we shall Wr itiaji no t Wm Wariltllouse, is tatter of irem THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 29.—Her Majesty's packet Peterel, Lieut. Creser, arrived to-day from th i Brazils with the mails and several passengers. A direct arrival from the River Plate, however, put us in possession, some days ago, of much later advices f r o m th e seat o f war ; and a vessel arrived on Thursday last from Pernambuco reported later intelligence' from the northern parts of the Brazils. The Peterel sailed from Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 5 ; Bahia, Aug. 19 ; and from Pernambuco, Aug. 26. She had on freight about 20,0001., more or less ; and the following passengers :—Count St. Martin, Messrs. Shepherd, Rick, Cottrell, Stegman, Downes, Burton and child; Tucker, lady, and children ; Dr. M'Cormack and son ; and Mr. Tully and servant. Her Majesty's ships Grecian, Seagull (following packet), and Spider remained at Rio. Also the American. ships Bainbridge, Columbia, and Constitution, with the French sloop of war Proserpine. It was intended that the Brazilian frigate , , Constitution, should leave lor England about the 10th inst., bearing the peno-u." of Admiral Grenfell, on board of which it W 9,3 rumoured that Mr. Hamilton would be a passenger, The Spider announced, on ber arrival at Rio from 'Monte Video, that a cessation of war had taken place between the bel ligerents, but which rumour must relate to the tem porary notification of a cessation, of the character of which later accounts thence htwe already informed the British public. The Peterel spoke yesterday, in lon. 8 W., the George town, from Colombia for London, and reports to have seen at Rio on the 31st of July the Rozannah Crown, Tynernouth Castle, Light of the Harem, Emilia, Indus, Gipsy, Agenoria, John Cock, George, J. T. Catr, Sa muel Spyvel,Equator, Iledora, Harmony, and Levensije. The Empress was safely delivered of a Princess on the 27th of July, on which auspicious event being announced a succession of grand gala days ensued. Of mercantile news there is little of importance. The Price Current of July 31 states— " The further detention of the Peterel packet induces us to publish the present number, which, from the limited amount of business since our last, could otherwise be de layed until the report of the month could be presented. " Coffee—Prices have been unaltered during the week, s ig which abottt 30,000 bags have been sold, but the mar heals rather - kit as regards the lowei - :qtialiti - e , ‘ Shipped during:"Jkly, 131,974 bags, of which for the Cape& Good Hope '4. ‘ 680 bags ; for Cowes, 4,630; for Ilamburgh, 3,630; for London, 594 ; for Unit e d St a t es , 5,200 ; f or New York, 3,000 ; for River Plate, 42." Sugar—None at market, 160 cases arrived July 31. Hides—Not a sale reported. Market flat. MONEY MARKET. —Discounts continued to be freely obtained. Exchange.—ln expectation of the sailing of the packet on July 26, transactions were brought to a close on July 24, when 15,0001 'were passed upon London at 264 pence ; nor had the subsequent, detention of the packet materially increased the amount of business, which, since our last, may be estimated at 45,0001., at 261 pence and 27 pence fOr interest bills. Exchange upon Paris, 348. The amount taken . Iny the Treasury for this packet is 20,0001. upon London ; upon France, 260,000 trams. Li stack but a few transactions at 78 to 78g. Freights for the Channel, 325. Gd. to 355. ALARMING COLLISION ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. On Wednesday morning, between fre hours of two and three, a collision of a mo s t serious r.lature occurred upon the London and North-Western 'Railway, near the Wat ford station, between two goods trains, by which two men, a stoker and engine-driver, were very seriously injured. At the time stated, a train, consisting entirely of goods carriages, approached near to the Watford sta tion, at what is stated to have been the regular speed. Another train, likewise a goods one, was proceeding in the same direction. The morning being extremely foggy and dark, the engine-driver of the latter train, it is supposed, could not arc the one in front, for his en gine ran against the rear of the other train with great violence. The train in advance, and also the driver and stoker, escaped without any injury. The second train. however, was not so fortunate, for it was forced off the line, and the stoker, a young main named Thomas Cole, together with Henry Gibbs, the engine -driver, wore precipitated one under the engine, and the other between the tender and engine. The latter had both his legs broken, :end Cole received a compound fracture of the right ancle. As soon as possible the line was cleared, c work of no little diffi culty, but it was accomplished, in time to allow the mail train to pass along the r.ext hour after the accident. Both men wero taken to the University College Hos pall, where it was then found necessary, in order to save the life of Gibbs, to resort to amputation, and at seven o'clock last evening we ascertained that he and his companion Cole were both going on as favourably as could be expected. The following is the official report : " An 'unfortunate accident occurred on the London and North-Western Railway, at the Watford station, between two and three this (Wednesday) morning, to the engine -driver and fireman of a goods train, arising from the heedlessness of the former. The first goods train had been delayed on the road, between Wolverton and Leighton, by the failure of power in the engine which drew it. From the station it was assisted to Tring by the second goods train, and thence to London ; the road being on an incline nearly the whole way, it was allowed to proceed without further assistance, and stopped at Watford according to regulation. There the usual signals were exhibited to prohibit any other train from entering the station. The signals for caution were also exhibited by the policeman at each end of the tunnel, and the night being foggy there was additional reason for the enginemen of the second train, who were per fectly aware that the other could_ not be far ahead, to advance with the greatest care. Unhappily this was not observed, and coming into collision with the train in front, the engineman and fireman of No. 72 engine had both fractures of the legs. The poor men were, as early as possible, removed to the North London Hospital, and in one case at least amputation of the limb will be ne. cessary." TAB SUSPECTED POISONING IN ESSEX.—WaIIE 8 lay morning an inquest was commenced befor e Mr. C. C. Lewis, at the Cock Inn, Mamden, a vinsge near Cla vering, on the body of the child P. Ts:ilor, whose death from the effects of poison, administered, as it is alleged, by Sarah Chesham, has been alrea4 recorded. A mass of ovidence was taken, which repeated and confirmed in great measure the facts, elicited before the magis trates at the time the v:eman Chesham was committed for trial, and the P:oceedings were adjourned for a fort night, to allow of full proof from a post mortem exami nation anti analysis whether death was the result of the p'otson administered. SUICIDE AND DROWNING.—On Wednesday evening, about six o'clock, the following melancholy occurrence took place off Chelsea, resulting in the death of two human beings. It appears that at the time just named a decently dressed young woman was observed waking on the banks of the river in a desponding state, when, suddenly she jumped into the river. The sot being win by a young man of the name of Payne, who worked e.ear the spot, he plunged into the water after her and suc ceeded in catching hold of hor, but she struggled so, fiercely that they both got out of their depth, Pay ne appeared to let go his hold, and the unforty;fiate woman disappeEtrod. The man struggled hard, to reach, the s;ore, but in vain, and before assistaus arrived he had sank, and shared the same fate as the female he had endeavoured t.) save. The bodies could nut be 19i _ind, it bein4 nearly 4tult at tha time.