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POST-OFFICE LONDON DI ar.:CTOR Y for 6 114 earliest 1847. —fol copy of the work has been but a few dayi issued, and logi n .• Illi s „ , ES Reviews have already appeared in the leading Metro ,-.....votaaWs:-- • .. jtie r s , TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846. • ,StS si ."Yseighth annuli publication of this work—the volume f or übs o f no w issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the. old stibm:_47, which used to consist of little or nothing more than the 14 z - i' a tcal list of tradesmen .' iti comprises now, and has for some 4 1tts r : 1 ,,.street Directory," ' ' a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Di • ot is,' "postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with a • tsisam- , aer little digests. The volume appears to have been very Il lsPost a i r "sed. and supplies th e latest information. Of course, 5k 0r ...., treaty w i t h Prussia has not been over l oo k e d ; and in hrg I. nultS the W or k seems to bear the test of a searc h i n to mat . '" Which changes have been very recent. MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1846. IskuliellOiress of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual ,4 1 1t.i, aP P e ,arif really unlimited. Published during a series of forty - filrly - '' l, „,.. a Metropolis whose . dwellings increase in number by en • cage of some 14,900, and 'whose commerce expands in still , _ l abeh m l a are, the " Post-office Directory" has become enormously 1 "ssibi e ' i t bulk, as also in the complicated variety of its indis aitirino„ contents. The admirable success with which the really altia a b i l d i difficulties of his task has been overcome by the inde- tsa wec Publisher has been proved by the experience of many t' allau ta n t ead say little more than that the present volume presents years; lisit, r tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and Inge kin: ar rangement, in packing into reasonable eompass, and pro -Is% „_'n lucid Ife,"lgelev order, its millions of facts and references. Within ..--., oa e „, cry man may learn everything he ou lit to know about 7 Wen v. his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses, "Yrs..," everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The tuitel;l:: e xtension of our railway systeni, inct the new postal are L a te s a f t t .l.vrith some continental states, have rendefed necessary Zonis fve additions to the sections aptiropriated to Conveyance ,sut 0 , 11 ,, oat-ofllce. We find the information given under those heads .44, 0 4 f! full and accurate as it was well possible to make them, tosk °f uels' and recent than lie shonid have thinight attainable is '9 Othl u a d unagnitude Prefixed tb:tll46 volume is about the best — "' 00 We happen to hive mut with. 1 1 , MORNTINI4'IIF,RALD NO 2t 1846. l othe r th a t ' vo t i h u ej e ro fo pO r r i t - 8 10 4 i 7 1 g o of thi s'in:l I s ' ne d n s % r ab e l:e re w it work have o hitherto tstiil 4bi skth en a lar gernent. The e ' x n re sf e o n n ce h o u f n 4; years has obviously en yeleaPrOprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of 'hied b emnPleteness, wherein every species of fact likely 'to . be t ett,. „„,Yt_he merchant and the trader is placed within convenient tUs t i,, c. "'"e volume contains upwards of two thousand closely matter age Yal Oc tavo Pages, betokening a singular amount of Indus !tritspreb of comlation and awakening astonishment at the antus,...easiveness of t he i machinery which could bring within a ocus des ' f so _ much varied• and scattered intelligence — embraci n g t 4 lth en . m ultiplicity of heads, and involving tho services of vast ..- •be 4,,,,,. co ntributors. We believe that the present volume is not L' keal..._`"ed,in' the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate ' 10 44 ""e specific information is no less a typographical wonder, gte.4l3lbe dn. 4. 4,1 Monument of diligence and enterprise. ----' or so of separate di rector i es are included in this huge enithavt only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a I% a , os-ar the veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian 444* 'oe ornamental. The "Official Directory" is a key to s Rs. ‘ - ThZ "le Government Offices, and a record of official perso ,,,llsraeir, is followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the — ' i nters aa - ",ner3' thoroughfare, and the points at, which ' the streets A ft 3 1 .3' those at right'angles ; while the Commercial and . titia t s r eca nitt s , _a Zet„„ Trades ' is an alphabetical arrangement of the abos e. hbi t ,,,,i 4 elt r e ,„,_. ' , Rees' Directory," in widch the names ars allocated,. tat a r . 9nete'w . t..2ve callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the 41 1 " 1 of th "muse]. serjeants, barristers, attorneys, & c. with a aline s e it . 4...__ Of i n ,. ► arious courts of ' law, their officers, and . their pecu t,Tva of thoction, The "Court Directory " comprises the . ad ,,,,,......Y‘ Is a , e nobility and gentry Parliamentary Direc ttt..—", t l.d of the Members of the Houses of Losils and Corn 'Pee--„, .ng -41 Phabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties 41 1 . 4t Me m bers l ,, to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons d 36,Ler) . of ,„" e ' Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt an L 74 Rim, '" . 3 7 Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities anti principal th emut the world to which mails are dispatched from ad e rates of foreign postar , e • the railway mails, and the th,,,,,, 54d Mails, &c 1. - . .:'` l e , th. ~._‘ , .c - co The... City Directory" registers the civic T r a ef c il,',il es mpanies, the brokers, the incumbents and int 106anceyan:0 and chapels, the newspaper-, a nd the tu"kif-eficL uir eciory ' includes the railway tables, & ti c i . e ; coachand „.;`, 4,1 4 ,,,,a, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Ban k ing d ;‘,e the Directories. These various heads will serve to n 1- nriat,:nutitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them come alit, irre's'r snbordinate directories, which meet every conceivable 17 4 0 f m erit ing a curious analysis of the public and private institu -15 he , 5 m etropolis and of the commercial world. Every person to 4n . 'ound under his . I;aerirr a of ._ 5 proper section, from a prime minister down IsVollse, ~_"'er—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg i.Thithseif ' n e Editor, in his Preface, takes occasion to congratu -4• I Pany , i iM the many improvements he has this year introdtped, a f - sq Of th e 'Wl ig from the ern tetati ordinary ployment of " selected agents, ' ill carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific e llera tio l i ns the new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into "MN me n on the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable 'kart l e m r _ ales of nt Postage over a great part of the Continent, seem s porta. ,The i 4/, MORN ING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 184 C Ir 4a ell itr -"nee London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. he o None :P thParenuy. limited to London, it is in reality a national f e leading towns can will be without It. It must blas e al to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well sin bbl sati able ofbusiness in and about the metropolis. It is an m tit"' det a il." ( of its kind • and the extent and minuteness of its etliste eivi `• are truly won derful. Being prepared " under the im ereflutipie4;.` sPeclal patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," le n ,`",,!Prop r i all a eornpletest means were, of course, at the command tb,„ - Tott i te rov• hlr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo ,hlorty.ei.,erOwded contents of the bulky work. The present . is it "; earl u e ':th annual publication. Few commercial or trading In ss„„ - require particular description of the really important -- u o _Pyiu,,",'ortlla.tion to almost every party in any sort of business, of L o un i l c ar - e " c e to t ry. w o . thousand ' closely but clearly-printed octavo . pages Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map ti • R. b a j Prepa r -A e divisions, is declared, for the work by Mr. (",), aes, there are comprising, among other informa .‘i•ottrti,"`"e‘ial," " Street " " Commercial," " Trades," " ' 4l lkin Par liamentary ' " " Postal," " City," " Conveyance, Th e h and many other ' Directories. tttleu he expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual re, pect : "Post-office London Directory" may he found " in all tle,lable exam eqUal this best of its predecessors." From very consi 7ortu.,ination of the marvellously full and varied contents and ~ens t - , ;ft l _ on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and L'4ll to collect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming 13,. -m ers, 1;, liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede -▪ `e "`' to several particulars it surpasses all its precursors. etsl nnation is not only fuller in many respects, but there are of nfl P e rtant alterations and editions, largely adding to the use eoluDetiof the b oo k . It is intimated, an d t ru ly, that although all 1) ,,, t °0f th ti 2 n has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous ~'"‘ P erf,:" there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours i :04er,Mal,-' the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success,. it t e t t d, that it has been " even in a pecuniary point of view benefi biep "e Public, is proved by the fact, that important improve tee a nd additions are annually made without any increase of • t i - a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case, Me e, Public patronage been divided." With reference to the eau we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it eou s i; Profitable to provide such varied materials- and materials bell, _ M IS' changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la aleue‘od cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre 110'°as sale could make the speculation answer. Among the im tih."t alterations will be found those Introduced Into the Postal" tila s t t ° rY• It is, iadeed, singularly full, usefill, t and . ce ro nage u t n e c L d at i r s 4111.11;lvuelt increase tr o d y all o ib i e t m m ie c t ha be nt rr th e e tra ler, i or the pro r(lfter'ijialaionaen.P arAsielhea new treaty with as e Prussia feet t caused e L e s r t y r Austrian L I -- 114 1 ° O e changes in the r rr a tea ß o r f e po e s n ta . ge Bremen, Denmark, the German States, ns IS:ldenOvneri,vLaubeck, Niecklonbufg, Oldenburgh, Pol • oazolgalyi Hanover, and Norway, Wurtemburgh, Olies on are etailed " precisely as they are arranged to co the first of January, 1847." The other changes are not 4 - ",2liumerous, but all the intelligence is announced to b brought 1,7 T to a period as late as was compatible with the appe e arance of " e " • volu in sufficient time for general circulation. prior ca te ,,_ me su to business ni er ilZrkeement of the year for which it is designed. The :r t tlie work are of tile highest order, and render it, of its 4140. ° in a publication unexampled in the world for its ' "uuss and usefulness. The pr , SUN, Nov. 18, 1846. Lond e-- - , 4 111„e forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office Th e m Direct° I '. The TT, and a truly marvellous effort of conIPZ lrianage a g," ,-o fliee Directory" has been for some years troftthiet wo r t , t cut of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the maruwer of this ho eve ere were divers other directories in the field. all d isappeared, and the " Best-office Directory" now' rules f They haN'e, alone • Inatinc This astonishing sucessc, however, has not had the effect of Theron hth proprietor of this gigantic work careless. !rei t , :„ a Man of business, not to be perfectly awarelitehast the ntirtng oeinsesrugc;ebsys can only be reaped by a continuance of the same which the success was in the first inst t anc? fo r P. 4 and accordingly we find that the " Post office Direc oj e ' 1 1 , 41 ;_s! . Is even more highly finished in all its elaborate arra uit.„_sa 'oan any former edition of the book. The extent and of the the details furnished render the work indispensable to ho,..lcecommercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, the r, is this multifarious information digested mut arranged, that D , r 7 . _ 1 8 not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the in, t .'..war Page required to furnish the information—a marvellous ve Lr roe of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up titpr of 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con are arranged under various heads, as, for instance, the il a L r c ial Directory," the " Street Di rec t ory, " the " Commercial e ctory," the " Trades' Directo r y," the " Law Directory, " Court Directory," the " Parliamentary Directory," the , recto Directory," the D " ir C ee it t y ery D , 4r e ec e t d olz, i z e tohtehers" • Col,nivayyalimice nreetory," the " Banking it'°nant alterations have been introduced into the Postal Direc ,r.- The new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into °pe t., 'oe on the Ist of January next, will effect very considerab'e it".,, a lles in the rates of postage to places in the Austrian dominions, 41 , Bavaria Bremen, Denmark, the German States, ll am b urah it,7 4o ver, Lubeck,blecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Pola n d, Prussia ' e i,` sa ia, Sax re ony°, Sweden and:Nor heway. Wurtemburgh, Bre., & e . fhese an gea a fully detailed in " Postal Directory "of the present olu m e• The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved a ccurately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three , e kes to the mile. 'This Directory is certainly the most complete n: Tk of the Fort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful. fol, but the indispensable necessity considering of such a rk,.no man of bust. ean for a moment entertain a doubt ; and, cfdering the com -"ells and ‘4t fulness of the information ffirnished, and the enormous I ,s. a3' of time and of capital that must have been made in order to r,,,re and digest the inform reallyation, the very reasonable price at -"CIA the Work is published is wonderful. GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1946. ra ir ad e e lln invaluable work, the "Post-office Directory," has just In ewan ti taeja "; alicephearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infer this book contains makes it not only desirable but ab besiaei" necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of e,sciaires..and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who ' a ealirr s k new anything concerning the trades, professions, and -.es o f ti s a "lie great metropolis. In its present extended . form, the sast t n absolute curiosity • the labour and expense which it has bla se 1 1 5 0 it to its present ' state of perfection must have been im- I lest t s vu 'a turning over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which U tility o r'. % truck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and lair es such a compilation, or the magnitude of the city which re gions a directory. The classification of the various proles- Thent'sdes, w orklli . the court, commercial, and law depart /Net:l the on the one hand, and the arrangement of the tioa of London ea the other, as well as the great mass of infonna a,__:f various kinds connected with the Post-office, and the different '''a of intercommunication, make it altogether as complete a di rectory as can be desired, or as it is well possible to conceive. The vole, moreover, contains an excellent map of London and the Ababa, corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar." MiIi MIEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 1846. r The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly important and IllsefUl work has just been issued; and we must confess that its bulky appearance has surprised us not a little; and when we reflect that the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the Inaterials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of Ur, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, perhaps, tie book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other Infer 'nation, there is an " Oflleial Directory," a " Street Directory," a Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Dire tarY," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a " City Directory," a " Convey ance Directory," and a Banking Directory ;" iu fact, the volume contains much that is interesting Cod valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per il", in ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally dabbles in trade. Every description of information has been cor t,..,"ted to the latest possible period : an d t hat information is arranged 4 7tb a clearness and simplicity which m ust have involved great ac "'ltY of mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an fteellently engraved map of London,more extended and accurate as to the suburbs, than any map we have seen ; and to make it as coin re It reference as possible,an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal 'rectory," there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti tent, which will come into operation en the Ist of January. Alto tether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are Mi l arPrised that other directories should have gone t o the tomb of the Capulcts. JOIIN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846. T his annual leviathan is already completed and published ; but as „ proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the ores has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men tion tkat the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease of Str. Stewart, INI7M, for Renfrowshire, are duly attended to. (See t i t' 16 69 and 1676 . ) We h av e o frequently expressed our approba ou,. 4 ,," this most valuable work, that we hardly know ho w to var y ' uMlll nendation. It contains everything wh i c h can p ossibl y be required in a directory —so full, sc , . complete, so compreheusive are all p er , r t. la lls• And when to this we add the extreme accura c y which it e every department, we know not what else ca n be said in obaT ai se The machinery by which such voluminous infor mation Is tteif arranged, and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of be among the " curiosities" of modern literature. ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846. A book of this kind, brought out even without much pretension, 'would be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every mer chant's co unt i ng house, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this s * With the utmost care, its .materials being collected through the !Aost authentic channels, and embracing in its range every head of !ersonal and commt7cial intelligence essential to the completeness of such a work, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private, dleell can afford a bo o k o f re f erence, will be without this compen ua volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any ;th"a!no You want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete e court, trades, streets, offices, hotels ; forming, upon the whole, n:la a , of local Information such as could not be brought together w 414111 eztrimuAry industry, alaltited by All thtirt 0=044 vf all No. 16,928. requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, NOY. 28, 1846. This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the work is not referable to its more connexion with the Post Office ; for an important change has been gradually introduced into the manner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely unconnected with the Post °Mee, this being in great part the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor rested content with firs past success, but has introduced many im portant alterations in this volume for 1847, and added to its bulk without any increase in price. The " Postal Directory" is especially improved, and there are numerous changes throughout the volume to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effnsion, to be seen in another column ; and we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find that his labours are duly apprw.ated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun try this is an indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. The new volume of the Post Office Directory for 1847 Is already in o.tr hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so laborious, ex'ensive, and• minute, could be in any degree improved. It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former reputation, it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The produc tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness . has placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying on the business of this vast metropolis, which would indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense It it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have the opportunity of judging for themselves on purchasing the new volume, whether our anticipatorynotice is in any degree exaggerated. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1846. The Freneh people have done themselves credit by their industrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though ingenims and pretty, they appear quite insignificai.t compared with the indus trial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keep ing pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still increases In ; and, keeping pace with the movement of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes every opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete claisiflc,tion. We find in this volume many instances of superiority to former issues, which. though eomparatively trifling, show the in telligence and care exercised over every department. It may be men tioned that by the employment of private agents, the changts of re sidence are now brought down to a later period thin formerly, and the value of the " Direcl.ory" is consequently enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indiSpensable to the proper management of bdisiness. Its authority is now so universally established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metropolis, that any further recom mendation of it is superfluous. HERAPATH'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846. The " Post-office Directory" for 1847 appears with additionS and improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with which this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to Fay, national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation, We know not whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it from the hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the hands of Government ; but, should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its conductors will go home to the consciences, if they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down the grasping Interference of Government :—" It can only be neces sary to refer to a copy of the work published before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere connexion of the ' Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high character. That the improvements (the result of many years of unwearied toll and application on the part of those engaged in the compilation of the work) are duly appre ciated is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully with this —they have disappeared." TAIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages ith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured 'las, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for t iture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; iso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in . rests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. .Z 1 Premium. X Xs. d. 1000 34 1 !18371 1838 1839 1840 1841, Bonus Bonus in added. Cash. £21715 I I XIOO 011 192 3 0 87 1 4 165 11 10 74 1 9 116 7 6 54 0 10 1 111 6 8, 49 10 01 .7"il gag Assured cow may g g Borrow. £l6 0 4! 13 10 2: 11 3 11 7 18 101 7 10 41 1 X445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the neat will be made in 'member of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, No. 5, St. James's-street, London. TRUSTEES. Sir Augustus Brydges Henniker, Bart, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., ➢f.P. Henry Pownall, Esq Claude Edward Scott, Esq. DIRECTORS. CHAlRMAN—Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Arthur Lennox. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—T. C. Granger, Esq., M.P. John Ashburner, Esq., M.D. T. M. B. Batard, Esq. Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P. Charles Farebrother. Esq., Alderman. Wm. Tull' ch Fraser, Esq. John Gardiner, Esq, Aaron Asher Goldsmid, Esq. Lord Macdonald. Alexander Ogilvie, Esq. Henry William Pownall, Esq. Assurances and annuities granted on favourable terms. The Rates of Premium, of which the following are specimen, are n the lowest scale consistent with security. ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR ♦SSUR[NG 100/. For Age. I One Year. ..--- £ s. d , 1 20 1 1 0 For Seven Years. X I. d. I 1 II For Whole Life, X s. d. 1 13 7 A new plan of Accumulative Assurance, by depositing instead of paying Premiums, thus : By the deposit plan, commencing at the age 20, 401. per Annum secures the soured at the age of X s. d. 949 16 4 1779 1 2495 0 0 59 ~ - - - . 3111 19 69 - - - 3650 9 0 Deferred Annuities, to commence at any specified age, granted either with or without return of the Premiums, in case the age at which the annuity is to commence is not attained. I). DAVENPORT, Secretary. 29 a Policy for - CONTRACTS FOR WHEAT, COCOA; • - SOAP, TOBACCO, and PEAS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualing and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Dec. 16, 1846. The Commissioners for Execiding the Office of Lord .111gh Admi ral of_the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give Notice, that on THUBSDAY,"the 24th Instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD the undermentioned Articles, viz. . Quarters. _ When to be delivered. •• • . • 20001 WheatW ße l d iite •• .. 1000 half of each in Three weeks, and the } Tons. remainder in Three weeks after- Cocoa •••• • • • • 100 wards. `tied) 30 Soap (mottles., •• • • Tobacco (Virginia) . 20 in a Fortnight, and the remainder Quarters i Peas.— •• • • • 5OO n a Fortnight afterwards. The Cocoa and Tobacco are to be exempted from the Customs' duties. • SainPles of the Wheat and Peas (not less than Two quarts of each), and of the Cocoa (not less thin 21bs.), must be produced by the parties tendering, and samples of the Soap and Tobacco, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said Office. No tender will be received after One o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. • Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi miralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for "• and must also be delivered at Somerset-plate, and those for Cocoa must be accompanied by a Letter signed by Two respon sible persons, engaging to become bound with the persons tendering in the aunt of 251. per cent: on the value for the due performance of he contract. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. BY PER MIS SI - ON.-PROFES SOR SCIKENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe cimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex plosive compounds, byDr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three ; and on the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the ELUCT_ZIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA TED daily, by Professor BACHHOFFNER, especially with reference to the new patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble, called the ROYAL ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. By the OXYHYDROGEN MICROS' 'OPE are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED POTATOE, showing the Leaves, Cuttings of.the Tubers, &c., together with the DES rRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by A. Smee, Esq., F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, DIVING EX PERIME ITS, the DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. GRAND UNION RAILWAY. OUTSTANDING SCRIP. The Holders of Scrip Certificates which have not yet been regis tered are requested to forward the same to the Secretary, and apply for the RETURN of the DEPOSIT, minus the expenses, before the 81st of January, 1847, as arrangements are made for closing the offices. Scripholdera are reminded that the Deed of Release must be signed before the money can be received ; and, to save trouble an I expense, it is recommended that the certificate should be registered and the money claimed by a party resident in London. If the holder cannot attend personally at the offices in London, he must authorise an agent to sign the deed on his behalf, by power of Attorney, on a 30s, stamp. The sum of 12s. per share, and a certificate for any further return that may be hereafter payable, will be handed to the shareholder on signing the Deed of Release By order, ALFRED BRESSOX, Secretary. Company's Offices, 78, Cornhill, Dec. 16, 1846. D IRECT BOMB AY and MADRAS RAIL WAY. Notioe.—The FIRST HALF YEAR'S INTEREST, at 4 per cent. per annum, will continue to be PAID till the 31st inst. Scripholders are requested to present their Scrip at the offices of the Company between the hours of Twelve and Three, when it will be stamped and the interest paid at the same timcll By order, JAMES WARD, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 58, Fencharch-street. B IRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. LOANS OF MONET. The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive Loans of Money for period: Jr five or seven years, under the authority of their Acts of Parliament, at the rate of 5 per cent. Per annum. The interest will be paid half-yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist 01 July, in London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer. Sealed tenders, stating the amount and term of years for which the money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commissioners, endorsed "Tender for Loans."—Birkenhead, Sept. 21, 1846. By order, RICHARD HIND, Sec. THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION, (aided by Voluntary Contrlbetions,) for the Cure of Stricture of the Urethra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous, Local, and General Debility. SURGEON—F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L., 2, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. To small tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes generally, this Institution offers, in all cases, gratuitous surgical assistance, and in others medicine also free of expense. Apply at the Surgery adjoinng the Surgeon's residence. REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM NEYS.—The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING BRUSH and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis gusting plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without one particle of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago an experiment was made with this apparatus at the House of Commons, the success of which was complete. Meets of writing paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and in various other parts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping not one particle of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper. To be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. N.B. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this patent invention in the provincial towns of England. Agents for the Metropolis are required. , PUBLICATIONS• 11RITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New road, London. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of the lIYGEIST, with the reasons that led him to the discovery of the Hygeian System of Medicine and the " Vegetable Universal Medicines," after thirty-five years' inex pressible suffering under the me.lical faculty. James Morison, the youngest son of Alexander Morison, ESry. was born at Bognic, in the county of Aberdeen, in the year 1770. The family has been &mg ktown as one of great affluence and re spectability, and the late Member for Banffshire, John Morison, was the second brother of the subject of this brief sketch. For the remainder of the sketch, sec the abridged " Morisonlana," to be had of all the honorary members of the British College of Health, New-road, London. Brice 6d. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) chemically purified material has been before it (made into every useful and ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as it does, the characteristic purity and durab lity of silver), has called into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," and other so called. substitutes; they are at best but bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him. Fiddle Threaded King's Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern, dozen.. • • . • • • • 'Dessert ditto and ditto ditt0...... 10s. Od. 21s. ed. 255. Od. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto ss Od. I Is Od. 12s Od. . .. NOTICE TO ASSITRANCE COMPANY OF LONDON. U KITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. g, Waterloe-place, Pall-mall, London. The attention of Holders of Policies in the Equitable Assurance Company of London, is particularly called to the Ilalf-credit Scales of Premium of this Company, by which table the bonus to be de clared a the next investigation of the Equitable Assurance Cone pany's affairs, in January, 1850, may be secured at a present annual payment ofs, one-half the rates generally charged by other compa nies. In the event of death the sum insured will be paid, after deduc tion of the other half of the rates. Should the life insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the Company will reaounce all claim for the half premiums which may be due thereon ; or in the event of the party being at that time in bad health, the policy can be kept up at the full premium of the age as wh en first accepted. The above plan, originating with this Com pany was . , found peculiarly advantageous at the last division of profits in the Equitable Assurance Company, in 1840, when it was largely . adopted, and many of the po licies then effected are still in force, " , (11arge bonuses have been ad ded to them on the scale of the fol lowing table ; 5,000 . Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. £5,000 '••• • • • • 6 years 10 months •• .. £683 6 8 MOO . GOO 0 0 5,000. Director, E. insoo 0 0 Resident 5,000 .. e, London. 8, Waterloo-Mac" ••• • 4 years ... ..... ...... 400 0 0 5,000 . ... 4 years .••• .• . • ...... 400 0 0 — Oct. 3 5 0,784 .6.• .•" • 2 years .. ...... ...... 200 0 0 Prospectuses and '• •• 1 year .. ••. • ...... 100 0 0 to the f L orm enn a o t x ionm may beobtaal t n etdhoenoaf B p V e t s ? i N i T . Boyd, Esq., ~.~ • 10111KNCH'S ALITAISTACK will be published on Wednesday, hitt ; price 3d. , - of 4d. stampe d. London: Office, 85, Fleet-stre e t, an d sold_ by all Booksellers and Newsmen. • NE* WORK tIY .MICILkEL ANGELO TITMARSIL On the First of January, to lie continued in Monthly Parts, price Is. each; with numerous Hustrations on Steel and Wood, VA N I T y F A I : pEN AND PENCIL SKKTCHES OF . ENGLISH SO CIETY:- Gravy ditto ......... ..... .......... 3s. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. Od. NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such either usefully or ornamentally. In the lengthened and increasing popu larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can they be distinguished from real silver. Fiddle. Thread. King's. Tea Spoons, per dozen •• • • lBs. • • 325. .. 38s. Dessert Forks „ Dessert Spoons „ • 3os. .. 525. .. 625. Table Forks „ ..... 40s. • . 68s. .. 755. „ Table Spoons Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process, Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers aro invited to call and inspect it —39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENE RAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 78, Great Russell -street. Bloosury. An extraordinary General Meeting of th e Propr m iet b ors a this Society will be held at the Office, in Great Russell street. on TIWBADAT, the 7th day of January ensuing, at Twelve o'clock precisely, for the Pur pose of declaring a BONUS out o f the Profits which have accru e " from the general business of the Society during the Five years end ing June 30th, 1846, and at that Meeting the Persons Assured have the right of being present. The same Meeting will be made special, in order that the l'ro• prietors may take into consideration the expediency of amending and altering part of the existing laws, regulations, and provisions of the Society, pursuant to the Deed of Constitution. GEORGE H. PINCKARD, Secretary. By W. 31. TII ACKERIY. Aukliar of " The Trish Sketch - Book ;" " JOUrIICy from Conthill to Grand Cairo ;" 'of " Jearnes'alMary," and the"• Snob rapers," in Punch, &c. &c. 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Being a Picture of Home Life in Ger many. With Instructions for, and Illustrations of One Hundred beautiful and original Patterns for Knitting. Translated , from the German of Madame A. FLOHR. London : Caines, Malkin-stre e t , West Belgrave-square• COPY of a LETTER coußriczy pEsq. f rom . WILLIAM To,Mr. Thomas PROUT, 229 Strand, London. Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, lints, October 26, 1844. Sir,—l cannot help expressing myltstonishrnent in the effect I have experienced in taking your Pills fer,the Goat. I was taken on Thurs day night•eo severely with it as 4 .41 - ; 0 , 5 -With dl cult)` able to get mu of my bed, and atter I arose I had severe pains, followed on with in flammation of the foot increasing. I took three of your Pills, and within two hours I found the pain to entirely cease. I afterwards took two Pills at a dose twice in the day, and I am, thank God, this morning able to walk without the slightest inconvenience. I found in a previous very severe attack very great relief ; I had the pains in my kriees and thighs so very severe at that time, I thought I must have died, and that it must have gone into my s t omac h. At that time I had resort to your Pills, and they reliev e d me — w ithin two hours I was quite easy. The use of these Pills oug ht, rea lly, to be known all over the world. I have a brother, a young ma n, that suffers horribly with it, and his greatest relief an d preven tive has been your Pills. Make what use you please of my repor t. —Yours ruly and respectfully, WILLLA.M COURTNEY. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor tant discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recom mendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effec tive for gout and rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequentlyt reated as tooth-ache, &c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appoint ment, by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS and ob rve the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each hex of the 0 tnaixeNfedielne. ItOWLA.ND'S KAL Y DOR, an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Freckles, Tan, and Discolouratlons, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and an admired softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Court and the Ro3 al Family of Great Britain, as well as the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. * * l , Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endanger health. Some are announced under the im plied sanction of Royalty, &c.,. &c. Each bottle of the genuine has the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hn. Comm fidssioners) n the Government Stamp affixed on Proprietors at d o 2. o p , er n b:t t t o l n e : garden, London, and by all respecta ble Chemists and Per fumers. eac s h ol . d b P y r o i t c h e e 4rs.ropr.i I THANK YOU, E. MOSES AND SON, For the coat which I wear on my back, Approv'd by my friends, ev'ry one, Which is neither too tight nor too slack, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. For my overcoat, trowsers, and vest, With quality never outdone, For my hat (which is really the best), I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. For my elegant Wellington boot, Whose workmanship can't come undone For my shoes, and the whole of my suit, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. For the furs which my lady obtain'd, Whose fashions such favours have won ; W ith gratitude, wholly unfeign'd, I t E. MOSES and SON. hank you, For the many great savings I've made, Fori For tth g hae : o yke d: lyouvl I .Ep t cMo n e : B v i,E e s r y e s a h np a da l i l sd s b h N u n . LIST OF PRICES. aaADI DUDE. December 16, 1846, THE SALT TRADE TO INDIA. A deputation of the merchants, manufacturers, ship owners, and others, interested in the salt trade to India, and the abolition of the East India Company's power to manufacture salt in India, waited on Sir John Cam llobhouse, the President of the Board of Control, on Thursday last, at two P.M. The deputation, which was headed by Sir Denis Le Merchant, M.P. for Worcester, consisted of the following gentlemen :—Mr. W. Worth ington, Mr. H. Ashton, Mr. D. C. Aylwin, and Mr. It; Falk, representing the Committee of the Cheshire Salt Chamber of Commerce ; Mr. Alderman E. Evans and Mr. J. W. Lea, Commissioners of the Severn Navigation Improvement, representing the Worcester Chamber of Commerce and Town Council ; Mr. Shawcross, Mr. W. Peel, and Mr. H. Fleming, on behalf of the city of Man chester ; Mr. T. Greenshields and Mr. Rufford, repre senting the Worcester section of the Salt Chamber of Commerce ; Mr. Shipton, of the Gloucester Chamber of Commerce ; Mr. A. Ridley and Mr. W. C. Harnett, re presenting the London Shipowners' Association ; Mr. Montague Fielden, on behalf of the merchants and manufacturers of Blackburn and vicinity ; Mr. Enthoven, Mr. Morrell, Mr. Westall, and Mr. Bumpstead, repre senting the London salt trade ; and Mr. J. H. Stoc queler, the Secretary to the Committee of the Cheshire and Worcestershire Salt Chamber. FHE LONDON AND SUBURBAN CABRIOLET and CARRIAGE COMP.A.ary. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 100,000/., in 10,000 shares of 101. each. Deposit 11. per share, being the largest sum which can be legally required prior to complete registration. This Company has been formed for the purpose of supplying the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood with handsome and well-appointed Public Cabriolets and Carriages, constructed with all modern im provements, in lieu of the mean and miserable conveyances at pre sent in use, and to effect this at a considerable reduction in the exist ing rates, it being intended that the fares shall in no case exceed the rate of Gd. per mile, and so on in proportion. It is also proposed to supply open Excursion Carriages of diftereat kinds, in the Summer Month ? , similar to those in use at Brighton, Leamington, and other fashionable watering places. ST. CATHARINE'S HALL LODGE, DEC. 12.—The Syn dicate appointed to visit the Observatory; conceiving the subject at the present time to possess peculiar interest, beg leave to submit to the Senate the following state ment of Professor Challis, describing the course of ob 3ervations, founded on the theoretical calculations of N:r. Adams, of St. John's College, and made at the Observatory, with a view to the discovery of the new pl suet. I. Philpot, Vice-Chan. I George Peacock. John Graham. James Cartmell. B. Chapman. Chas. W. Goodwin. W. Whe well. W. C. Mathison. Joshua King._ G. G. Stokes. SPECIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE CAM BRIDGE OBSERVATORY, RELATIVE TO THE NEW PLANET. _ _ At a meeting of the Observatory Syndicate, held at the Observatory on the 4th December, for the dispatch of ordinary business, a strong desire having been expressed by the Vice-Chancellor and the members of the Syndicate generally, to receive from me a special report of observatory proceedings relating to the newly discovered planet, drawn up in such a manner, and in such detail, as would enable them to lay complete in formation oa the subject before the members of the Senate, I considered it t ) be my duty at once to comply with this request. A new body of the solar system has been discovered, by means depending on the farthest advances 'hitherto made in theoretical and practical astronomy, and confirming, in a most remarkable manner. the theory of universal gravitation. It is, therefore, on every account desirable that the members of the Senate should be made fully acquainted with the part which has been taken by the Cambridge Observa tory, relatively to this important extension of astrono mical science. The observations I shall have to speak of, and the reasons for undertaking them, are so closely connected with theoretical calculations performed by . a member of this university, to account for anomalies in the motion of the planet Uranus, that the history of the former necessarily involves that of the latter. I hope that for this reason, and because of the peculiar nature of the circumstances, I may be allowed to make a com munication less formal and restricted in its character than a mere report of observatory proceedings. The tables with which the observations of the planet Uranus have been uniformly compared were published by A. Bouvard in 1821. They are route ted on a continued series of observations extending from 1781, the year of a i t e s e i d d i e s e n o t a v l e l r y y o , b t s o e r l v B e 2. d l s e v l e ' n r t e e v e i n o Previous times to as 178 a 1781 fixed x it e d h s a t d a r t been he earliest observation of this kind being one by Flamsteed in 1690. Bouvard met with a difficulty in forming his tables. On an attempt to found them upon the ancient, as well as the modern observations, it appeared that the theoretical did not agree with the observed course of the planet. lie thought this might be attributed to the im perfection of the ancient observations, and consequently rejected all previous to 1781 in the formation of the tables finally published. These tables represent well enough the observations in the forty years from 1781 to 1821; but very soon after the latter year new errors began to show themselves, which have gone on in creasing to the present time. It was now evident that the ancient observations had been rejected on in sufficient grounds, and that from some unknown cause the theory was in fault. Were the tables calculated inac curately? The difference between observation and theory (amounting in 1841 to 96 mins. of geocentric longitude), was too great, and Bouvard's calculations were made with too much care, to allow of this explanation. The effect of small terms neglected in the calculation of the perturbations caused by Jupiter and Saturn, could not be supposed to bear any considerable proportion to the ob • served amount of error. This state of the theory sug gested to several astronomers the idea of disturbances, caused by an undiscovered planet more distant than Uranus. But there is no evidence of this hypothesis having been put to the test of calculation previous to 1843. The usual problem of perturbations is to find the disturbing action of one body on another, by knowing the positions of both. Here an inverse problem, hitherto untried, was to be solved; viz., from known disturbances of a planet in known positions, to find the place of the disturbing body at a given time. Mr. Adams, Fellow of St. John's College, showed me a memorandum made in 1841, recording his intention of attempting to solve this problem as soon as he had taken his degree of B.A. Accordingly, after graduating in January, 1843, he obtained an approximate solution by sup posing the disturbing body to move in a circle at twice the distance of Uranus from the sun. The result so far satisfied the observed anomalies in the motion of Uranus, as to induce him to enter upon an exact solution. For this purpose he required reduced observations, made in the years 1818-1826, and re quested my intervention to obtain them from Greenwich. The Astronomer Royal, on my application, immediately supplied (Feb. 15, 1845), all the heliocentric errors of Uranus in longitude and latitude, from 1754 to 1830, completely reduced. Mr. Adams was now furnished with ample data from observation, and his next care was to ascertain whether Bouvard's theoretical calculations were correct enough for his purpose. He tested the accuracy of the principal terms of the perturbations caused by Jupiter and Saturn, and concluded that the small terms which Bouvard had nut taken into account, would not sensibly affect the final results, the chief of them being either of long period, or of a period nearly equal to that of Uranus. Besides which he introduced into the theory several corrections which had been de• rived from observation and calculation by different astro nomers, since 1821. The calculations were completed in 1845. In September of that year Mr. Adams placed in my hands a paper containing numerical values of the mean longitude at a given epoch, longitude of perihelion, eccentricity of orbit, mass, and geocentric longitude, September 30, of the supposed disturbing planet, which he calls by anticipation, " the New Planet," evidently showing the conviction in his own mind of the reality of its existence. Towards the end of the next month, a communication of results slightly different was made to the Astronomer Royal, with the addition of what was far more important, viz., a list of the residual errors of he mean longitude of Uranus, for a period extending 'rom 1690 to 1840, after taking account of the disturb- /~ !~ ~" /~ THE NEW PLANET. The deputation being seated, Sir Denis Le Marchant opened the case, and read to the President of the Board of Control a memorial of a meeting of the merchants, manufacturers, &c., represented by the deputation, in which the great evils of the India Company s monopoly of the manufacture of salt, and the oppressive method in which the duty is levied on imported salt, were fully set forth. Sir Denis likewise handed in the resolutions passed at a recent public meeting at Manchester, declaratory of the determination of the manufacturers of that city to appeal to Parliament against the monopoly. Mr. Thomas Greenshields followed Sir Denis Le Marchant with an exposition of the (so-called) bonding system in force in the principal Indian ports, showing how completely it operated to check the exportation of salt from this country, and to give to the East India Company extensive command of the market. Mr. D. C. Aylwin (of the firm of Aylwin and Co., Calcutta) entered into a complete detail of the various ways in which the virtual possession of the monopoly affected the commerce, the manufactures, and the ship ping of this country, and the health, comfort, and ad vancement in civilization of the natives of India. Mr. Aylwin likewise illust ra t e d t h e a b sur dity and inconsis tency of the bonding process, by describing a case of re cent occurrence at M a d ras . Mr. Montague Fi e ld en , on b e h a lf o f the merchants and manufacturers o f Bl ac kb urn an d its visinity, pro tested against the monopoly, upon the broad ground of its inconsistency with the welfare of the people of India. He cast aside all minor considerations, and maintained that upon the great principle of the right of the meanest subject to participate in the blessings of free trade, the East India Company should be altogether prohibited from manufacturing salt, or imposing a duty upon so essential an article of food. Mr. Rufford showed how deeply concerned the Wor cestershire salt trade was in the alteration of the system under which a duty was now levied upon salt sent from this country. Mr. Ridley, of the London Shipowners' Association, met the allegation of the Company (advanced on some former occasion), that there was not available tonnage for all the salt that would be required from this country for the supply of India, by declaring, on the contrary, there was a superabundance, and that the enterprise and ingenuity of the shipowner would always discover means of meeting a deficiency, could such a contingency by any possibility arise. Mr. Shipton explained to the President that the port of Gloucester, which, in its comparative infancy, stood much in need of fostering assistance, would be largely benefited by be coming one of the channels for the ex port of Worcestershire salt. Mr. Shawcross. while sympathising with the mer chants who confined their present prayer to the enforce ment of a bonding system analogous to that in opera tion in Great Britain, stated it to be the firm impression of the Manchester merchants, manufacturers, &c., that the only adequate remedy for the evils of the monopoly was its total extinction. Manchester regarded the tax upon salt as a cruel impost, for which the necessity of raising revenue afforded no kind of reasonable excuse. A s. d Beaver Taglionis, from •••••••• " '• • • • • .......... .• . 010 6 Ch o e f st w er i ti nt e e ld r s c a o n ati d C .. od .. r . in . c .. tons ••'•" • • •• . description Pashas, D'Orsays. and Chesterfields, and every .... 1 5 0 T o w re e s e s d e T o r a o t u s s . e . rs , lined . .. . . . . . . . ..... . .. . . ...... , , 4 1 8 5 6 0 •' „.•••••• 6 • .... ...... Bays' Winter Coats, in every style and inalte.• • • • , • .• • 0 4 6 0 10 6 Doeskin ? F rock o :: l i Clo u ' i a s : s t :s a . e . rr . ••••••••••••••••••. ............ ••• .... •••••••••••• .... •••••••• Doable -b r easted C0 a t5 .... ...... .... .. ........ •••'••• '' • ' " • P 1 5 S 0 and.. Trousers Tunic . : Suits . : : : : :.. • • • • • • • • " • ' • • • : : ~ • 0 0 3 1 2 6 Di m tto ou V m es in ts g to any extent iti : ll : v : a rniti . u . i .. e . s : notice.. .. . . . .. • ing effect of the supposed planet. This comparison of observation with the theory implied the determination of all the unknown quantities of the problem, both the corrections of the elements of Uranus, and the eh ments of the disturbing body. The smallness of the residual errors proved that the new theory was adequate to the explanation of the observed anomalies in the motion of Uranus, and that as the error of longitude was corrected for a pericd of at least 130 years, the error of radius vector was also corrected. As the calculations rested on an assumption, made according to Bode's law, that the mean distance of the disturbing planet was double that of Uranus, without the above-mentioned numerical veri. fication, no proof was given that the problem was solved, or that the elements of the supposed planet were not mere speculative results. The earliest evidence of the complete solution of an inverse problem of perturbations is to be dated from October, 1845. Although the comparison of the theory with observa tion proved synthetically that the assumed mean dis tance was not very far from the truth, it was yet desir able to try the effect of an alteration of the mean dis tance. Mr. Adams accordingly went through the same calculations as before, assuming a mean distance some thing less than the double of that of Uranus, and ob tained results which indicated a better accordance of the theory with observation, and led him to the conclusion, which has since been confirmed by observation, that the mean distance should be still farther diminished. This second solution, taken iu conjunction with the first, may be considered to relieve the question of eve ry kind of assumption. The new elements of the disturbing body, and the results of comparing the observed with the theoretical mean longitudes of Uranus, were communi cated to the Astronomer Royal at the beginning of Sep tember, 1846. These were accompanied by numerical values of errors of the radius vector, the Astronomer Royal having inquired, after the reception of the first solution, whether the error of radius vector, known to exist from observation, was explained by this theory. It would be wrong to infer that Mr. Adams was not pre pared to answer this question till he had gone through the second solution. Errors of radius vector were as readily deducible from the first solution as from the other. The preceding details are intended to point out the circumstances which led astronomers to suspect the ex istence of an additional body of the solar system, and the theoretical reasons there were for undertaking to search for it. No one could have anticipated that the place of the unknown body was indicated with any degree of exactness b) a theory of this kind. It might reasonably be supposed, without at all mistrusting the evidence which the theory gave of the existence of the planet, that its position was determined but roughly, and that a search for it must necessarily be long and laborious. This was the view I took, and consequently I had no thought of commencing the search in 1845, the planet being considerably past opposition at the time Mr. Adams completed his calculations. The succeeding interval to Midsummer of 1846 was a period. of great astronomical activity, the planet Astrsea, Biela's double comet, and several other comets, successively demanding attention. During this time I had little communication with Mr. Adams respecting the new planet. Attention was again called to the subject by the pub lication of M. Leverrier's first researches in the Cornpte liendu for June 1, 1846. At a meeting at the Greenwich Board of Visitors, held on June 29, at which I was present, Mr. Airy announced that M. Leverrier had obtained very nearly the same longitude of the supposed planet, as that given by Mr. Adams. On July 9, I received a letter from Mr. Airy, in which ho suggested employing the Northumberland Telescope in a systematic search for the planet, offering, at the same time to send an assistant from Greenwich, in case I declined undertaking the observations. This letter was followed by another, dated July 13, contain ing suggestions respecting the mode of conducting the observations, and an estimation of the amount of work they might be expected to require. In my answer, dated July 18, I signified the determination I had come to of undertaking the search. Various reasons led me to this conclusion. I had already, as Mr. Adams can testify, entertained the idea of making these observa tions ; the most convenient time for commencing them was now approaching ; and the confirmation of Mr. Adams's theoretical position by the calculations of M. 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I had no answer to make to Mr. Airy's offer of sending an assistant, as I understood the accept ance of it to imply the relinquishing on my part of the undertaking. I have now to speak of the observations. The plan of operations was formed mainly on the suggestions con tamed in Mr. Airy's note of July 13th. It was recom mended to sweep over three times at least, a zodiacal belt 30 deg. long and 10 deg. broad, having the theore tical place of the planet at its centre; to complete one sweep before commencing the next; and to map the po sitions of the stars. The three sweeps, it was calculated, would take 300 hours of observing. This extent of work, which will serve to show the idea entertained of the difficulty of the undertaking before the planet was dis covered, did not appear to me greater than the case re- 1 quired. It will be been that the plan did not contemplate the use of hour iii. of the Berlin star-maps, the publica tion of which was equally unknown at that time to Mr. Airy and myself. It may be proper here to explain that the construction of a good star-map requires a great amount of time and labour both in observing and calcu lating, and that precisely this sort of labour must be gone through to conduct a search of the kind I had tin- dertaken. The stars must first be mapped before the search can properly be said to begin. With a map ready made, the detection of a moving body, as it happened in this instance, might be effected on a comparison with the heavens with a map by mere ipspection. Not having the advantage of such a map, I proceeded as follows. I noted down very ap proximately the position of all the stars to the 11th mag nitude that could be conveniently taken as they passed through the field of view of the telescope, the breadth of the field with a magnifying power of 166 being 9', and the telescope being in a fixed position. When the stars came thickly, some were necessarily allowed to pass without recording their places. Wishing to include all stars to the 11th magnitude, I proposed in going over the same region a second time to avail myself of an arrangement peculiar to the Northumberland Equatoreal, the merit of inventing which is due to Mr. Airy. The hour-circle ' telescope, and polar frame, are mo vea bl e by clock-work, which may be regulated to sidereal time nearly. While this motion is going on, the tele scope and polar frame are moveable relatively to the hour circle, by a tangent-screw apparatus, and a handle extending to the observer's seat. This contrivance enables the observer to measure at his leisure differences of right ascension, however small, and therefore meets the case of stars coming in groups. The observations mude by this method might include all the stars it was thought desirable to take, and therefore might include all the stars taken in the first sweep. The discovery of the planet would result from finding that any star in the first sweep was not in its position in the second sweep. If two sweeps failed in detecting the planet among the stars of the first sweep, it might be among the stars of the second, which would be decided by taking a third sweep of the same kind as the second. It will appear that this plan carried out, would not only detect the planet if it were in the region explored, but would also, in case of failure, enable the observer to pronounce that it was not in that region. The second mode of observing required the aid of my two assistants, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Breen, in reading off and recording the observations. I commenced observing July 29, employing on that day the first method, with telescope fixed. The next day I observed according to the second method, with tele scope moving. On Aug. 4 the telescope was fixed as to right ascension, but was moved in declination in a zone of about 70 min. breadth, the intention of the observations of that day being to record points of reference for the zones of 9 min. breadth. On Aug. 12, the fourth day of observing, I went over the same zone, telescope fixed, as on July 30 with telescope moving. Soon after Aug. 12, I compared, to a certain extent, the observations of that day, with the observations of July 30, taken with telescope moving; and finding, as far as I carried the comparison, that the positions of July 30 included all those of Aug. 12, I felt convinced of the adequacy of the method of search I had adopted . The observations were continued with diligence to Sept. 29, chiefly with the telescope fixed, and were made early in right ascen sion, for the purpose of exploring as large a space as possible before I should be compelled to desist by the approach of daylight. On Oct. 1, I heard that the pla- net was discovered by Dr. Galle, at Berlin, on Sept. 23. I had then recorded 3,150 positions of stars, and was making preparations for mapping them. The following results were obtained by a discussion of the observations after the announcement of the discovery. On continuing the comparison of the observations of July 30 and August 12, I found that No. 49, a star of the Bth magnitude in the series of Aug. 12 was wanting in the series of July 30. According to the principle of the search, this was the planet. It had wandered into the zone in the interval between July 30 and Aug. 12. I had not continued the former comparison beyond No. 39, pro bably from the accidental circumstance that aline was there drawn in the memorandum book in consequence of the in terruption of the observations by a cloud. After ascertain ing the place of the planet on Aug. 12, I readily inferred that it was also among the reference stars taken on August 4. Thus, after four days of observing, two posi tions of the planet were obtained. This is entirely to be attributed - to my having, on those days, directed - the telescope towards the planet's theoretical place, according to instructions given in a paper Mr. Adams had the kindness to draw up for me, I would also beg to call attention to the fact that, after August 12, the planet was discoverable by a closet comparison of the observa tions, a method of observing, depending upon novel and ingenious mechanism, having been adopted, by which I could say of each star, to No. 48, " This is not a planet," and of No. 49, " This is a planet." I lost the opportu nity of announcing the discovery, by deferring the dis cussion of the observations, being much occupied with reductions of comet observations, and little suspecting that the indications of theory were accurate enough to give a chance of discovery in so short a time. On Sept. 29, I saw, for the first time, the communication pre sented by M. Leverrier to the Paris Academy on Aug. 31. I was much struck with the manner in which the author limits the field of observation, and-with his re commending the endeavour to detect the planet by its disc. Mr. Adams had already told me that, according to his estimation, the planet would not be less bright than a star of the ninth magnitue. On the same even ing I swept a considerable breadth in declination, be tween the limits of right ascension marked out by M. Leverrier, and I paid particular attention to the physical appearance of the brighter stars. Out of 300 stars, whose positions I recorded that night, I fixed on one which appeared to have a disc, and which proved to be the planet. This was the third time it was observed before the announcement of the discovery reached me. This last observation may be regarded as a discovery of the planet, due to the good definiton of the noble instrument which we owe to the munificence of our Chancellor. From the reduced places of the planet, on Aug. 4 and Aug. 12, and from observations since its discovery, extending to Oct. 13, Mr. Adams calculated, at my re quest, values of its heliocentric longitude at a given epoch, its actual distance from the sun, longitude of the node, and inclination of the orbit, which were pub lished as early as October 17. I am now diligently observing the planet with the merician instruments, and when daylight prevents its being seen on the meridian, I propose carrying on the observations as long as pos• sible with the Northumberland equatoreal, for the pur pose of obtaining data for a further approximation to the elements of the orbit. My report of proceedings relating to the planet here ' terminates. I beg permission to add a few remarks, which the facts I have stated seem to cal: for. It will appear by the above account that my success might have been complete, if I had trusted more implicitly to the indications of the theory. It must, however, be remem bered that I was quite in a novel position : the history , of astronomy does not afford a parallel instance of ob servations undertaken entirely in reliance upon deduc tions from theoretical calculations, and those, too, of a kind before untried. As the case stands, a very pro minent part has been taken in tie University of Cam bridge with reference to this extension of the boundaries of astronomical science. We may certainly assert to be facts, for which there is documentary evidence, that the problem of determining, from perturbations, the unknown place of the disturbing body, was first solved here ; that the planet was here first sought for ; that places of it were here first recorded, and that approxi mate elements of its orbit were here first deduced from observation. And that all this may be said, is entirely due to the talents and labours of one individual among us, who has at once done honour to the Univer sity, and maintained the scientific reputation of the country. It is to be regretted that Mr. Adams was more intent upon bringing his calculations to perfection than on establishing his claims to priority by early publication. Some may be of opinion, that in placing before the first astronomer of the kingdom results which showed that he had completed the solution of the problem, and by which he was, in a manner ; pledged to the production of his calculations, there was. as much publication as was a justifiable on the part of mathematician whose name was not yet before the world, the theory being one by which it was possible the practical astronomer might be misled. Now that success has attended a different course, this will probably not be the general opinion. I should consider myself to be hardly doing justice to Mr. Adams if I did not take this opportunity of stating, from the means I have had of judging, that it was impossible for any one to have comprehended more fully and clearly all the parts of this intricate problem; that he carefully i considered all that was necessary for its exact solution; and that he had a firm conviction, from the results of his calculations, that a planet was to be found. • (Signed) J. CHALLIS. Cambridge Observatory, Dec. 12, 1846. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF THE "WHITEHALL MUD. LARK."—Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, an old woman, who for years has obtained a living by gathering coals in the Thames at low water, while proceeding along Scotland-yard. dropped down in the street and suddenly expired. The deceased, who was between 60 and 70 years of age, was well known to the coal merchants ant watermen at Whitehall as Peggy, the Mudlark, and many a time has she been seen up to her armpits in mud gathering up the pieces of coal that had fallen from the several barges. In this manner she had managed to obtain a subsistence for herself and family for many yeari. /!I --2 -----./--- - - STREET ' ANcEs. (F the Chronicle.) The dwellers in cities are subject to a long catalogue of minor nuisances, which, taken in the aggregate, are sufficient to poison all the e n j o y ments , and materially to interfere with the business of life, and which yet, from their individual insignificance, escape the in terference of the strong hand of power. We ask of any candid Londoner which of the two would he prefer—that Great Britain should possess herself of Otaheite, or that barrel-organs should cease to exist? Any reasonable unit out of the two millions would, w e are sure, give it in favour of the barrel-organs. This is not purely a metropolitan, but a national ques tion; yet not one solitary Member out of the 650 can be found to take it up. This, however, is but one out of the long and dismal series. We have no wish to under rate the deteriorating influence of the organ upon the population of the metropolis, for well do we know what 5,000 organs, grimed into discord almost night and day, can effect. Still, this is but 0,,e of many. We have at present in London, in full operation — The Organ Nuisance. The Slide Nuisance. The Snow ball Nuisance. The Advertisement Car Nuisance. The Opening of Drains Nuisance. The Drawing -up of Omnibuses at Crossings Nuisan2e.. The Long Team Nuisance, &c. &c. We could fill up a cclurnn of small type with a bare eranneration of the sufferings to which a man is exposed in a walk from Charing -cross to Sr. Paul's Cathedral. Pandora's maid must have brought these down in a small, r Is.x, rt tl.e time her mistress kid the founda tion of the le:i ned proiessions—nor, but for a few sug gestions wl,ica have t ccurred - to ouiselvei should we feel justifh d in saying that in the, second case we had even left us the poor consolation of hope. In the first place, every Member of the Lower House might be compelled to adopt his nuisance before his return should be deemed complete. The two questions of What is your qualification? and What is your nuisance? might go together. Thus each nuisance would - be represented by a Member. - We should have 650 nuisances, leaving out Sudbury and the Speaker. We would divest their discussions of all political acrimony. They should be entirely eX.7:affpy3'J matters to be settled in the lobbies by imprmised Committees; never in the body of the House, except when the assembly was uselessly employed; therefore of course they n4ver could be in troduced there. In the next place, they might all be considered open questions. 'the lion and the lamb might go into Committee together upon such subjects. A col lateral benefit resulting from this at rangement would be, that it would have a humanizing effect upon the fierceness of political partisanship. Thus Sir Robert Peel, representing "the slide nuisance," would exchange votes and compliments with Lord George Bentinck, re presenting " the snow-ball nuisance," and probably both could be put down. So of Mr. Macaulay and " the advertisement-car nuisance," of Mr. Disraeli and " the barrel-organ nuisance," &c., &e. If it were thought fit to extend the scheme to the Upper House, any Peer might take any nuisance ; e. g., Lord Brougham " the fish-wife nuisance," Lord Grey " the long team nui sance." We only throw out these hints by way of sug gestion : the two Noble Lords might exchange, &e. It would be a mere question of arrangement. Another idea would be to place all the London nuisances under a board. There should be the Board of Nuisances, just as we have the Board of Trade or the Board of Works. By the adoption of this suggestion, a provision could be made fur the younger and unemployed branes:es of the nobility, an object the country has so much at heart. Thus the nuisances and the young gentlemen would neutralise each other. If neither of these suggestions are thought practicable, we would propose a third method— the introduction of a clause in the Police Act, by which the police (under the control of a magistrate of course) should be enabled to interfere summarily in these cases, and check the nuisances at their origin. It is astonish ing how much additional comfort might be given to the inhabitants of London with a slight degree of trouble. So badly, for example, are the streets kept in the City, that it is ten to one you can get from the Bank to Temple-bar sooner on foot than in any vehicle. A piece of pavement has been pulled up, a drain has been opened, a stcpt.age of some kind (which might have been pre vented) has been created, and thus the stream is checked. With a little management of street officers, compelling vehicle s to move on, by no longer submitting the streets of London to ridiculous experiments, and all these nui sances night, in some degree, be kept under. Time in London is all in all ; the quarter of an hour we are compelled to waste in a cab or omnibus probably dis arranges the engagements of the whole day. These things appear to have been better managed at Rome. for, if we remember right, Juvenal, in his good-hu moured sketch of the manners and customs of that city, tolls us the wealthier classes could get about with comfort : " Si vocat officium, turba cedente vehetur Dives, et ingenti curret super ora Liburno, Atque obiter leget, aut scribet, vel dormeit intus." Rothschild or Baring, or any one else, though his name were good for a miliiou upon 'Change, must be knocked about with the humbler classes of the commu nity— " Nobis properantibus obstat tuck prior; rnagno populus prernit agmine lumbos Qui sequitur. Ferit hic cubito, ferit assere duro Alter; at hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam, Pinguia crura luto, plants; mox undique magna Calcor, et in digito clay us mild militis hieret. This is true of London at the present hour, even to the long private of the Blues, the digamma of the human alphabet, who brings his huge splay fin t down on your boot, end leaves you there, to your torture and your mud. It would be so ,a,y to do so much n ith so little trouble. Wh►►t injury to individuals, in comparison with the public convenience, would there be in compelling , the waggons carrying coals, huge beams, &c., to circu late through the streets only at given In urs—say not after eleven in the morning, nor until post hour in the evening. Why could not the advertisement cars be at once summarily put down, one and all, and the drivers sent to the treadmill for a couple of months if they again offend? Why is there not a division of police scattered about the metropolis, guerilla-fashion, for the sole pur pose of boxing the ears of little boys who make slides in the street? This may appear ridiculous, but we have known and heard of many serious accidents incurred from this cause which we should wish to see removed. Why do tot the rolice receive express orders to conduct the Italian boys to the station-house, and destroy the in human traffic ? The sufferings undergone by these wretched boys, for the benefit of a few cold-blooded speculators, would baffle all description. By forbidding them to circulate for the future through the streets, and aiding them, if they would, to return to their own country, we should in reality be doing them the greatest possible service. The relief from hourly discomfort to the inhabitants of the metropolis would be past: all ,belief. We have thus touched slightly on some of the main nuisances of the streets, and have offered some suggestions for their removal. Whatever may be thought of our first propositions—the last one will pro bably be admitted by all, viz., that of empowering and requiring the police, by an express order, to see the nuisances abated. We are not aware of the exact mea sures adopted at present by way of keeping the streets in the principal thoroughfares, as from Charing- cross and Oxford-street to the Bank respectively, and in the most crowded parts of the City. Whatever the arrange ments may be, judging by results, they are certainly inefficient, and should at once be put upon a new [ foundation. THE BRITISH ARMY. (From the Times.) Before the close of last session of Parliament, Mr. .Warburton put a question to her Majesty's Government in Parliament, in consequence of a calumnious report published in a paper called the Heald of Peace, in 314 last, asserting that on the 22d of December last, after one of the victories on the banks of the Sutlej, " the troops were engaged in banging and shooting all the prisoners; which dreadful work lasted nearly the whole day." A similar question was put to the War Depart ment, to which Mr. Fox Maule replied, " that it was impossible." Inquiries were, in consequence, imme diately directed to be mare in India as to the truth or falsehood of so unexampled a charge against the ho nour and humanity of the British army. We have, by the last accounts from India, received intel ligence that Lord Gough has, in the most peremptory and indignant terms, not only completely refuted the charge, but has thoroughly confirmed all that we have advanced in proof of the humanity as well as bravery of the forces under his command. The calumny was founded upon a letter purport ing to have been written by a stldier of the Stith Regi ment to his father, which charged the British arms, after the battle of Feroz ,, z4iah, with acts of atrocity which would have disgraced a nation of savages. We can re• fute this foul accusation upon the testimony of the most competent authorities in India, and give it the most un qualified contradiction. It could not have been written by any soldier who was an eye - witness , f or there is not an iota of fact which could give rise to such gross false hood. During the heat of that desperate action very to ask taken.spkriosronaceresepwtegreuart. Almost Th e invariably, Seikh soldiers s when able to escape, they rushed upon our men with their (tulwars) cimeters. Except in action, there was but one Seikh executed, and that one by the express order of the C om mander-in -Chief. Great numbers of British troops were killed or wounded on tf.e 22d and 23d by the ex plosion either of "expense magazines" or of mines some, no doubt, accidentally, but others were fired by the profession soldiers ooaru nend dpet hrdoe proudly hu manity by people of the village of Ferozeshah. One man was . ap prehended in the act of firing a train, the explosion of which caused the death of Lieut. Warren, of the 80th Regiment, and two or three privates. He attempted to make his escape, and would have been bayonettedit Lord Gough had not come up at the time. As an exam ple to the Seikhs of the vi!lage, he was condemned, and hanged in front of it, by the Provost Marshal. We are fully justified in :ruing that, instead of the Seikh pri soners having been massacred. the utmost humanity was extended to them. The wounded were carefully attended to, and their wounds dressed by our medical officers, and all that could be removed alive were sent to Feroze pore, and attended to by the British in the hospitals. No person was killed after the action. Thank God, there is:not a British officer in the army of India who would disgrace himself, his country, and his c g a iv p i tu lg re a d n fo o e r . der T f h or an t k he G m o a l, ltr t e h a; r m e ei a lt rea: o n,e f ran a eotro w ; wmoau4ltybeof foundthe e Indian guilty of armyso brutal an manifested than after the action on the banks of the 1 Sutlej. 11 T E CONDE DE MO'S TEMOLIN.—The Conde de Montemohn,after receivin g severa l di s tinguished visitors , left his residence at an early hour, and spe nt the re mainder of the day in returning visits.. The Conde, as usual, dined in the eveuiug with the noblemen and gen tlemen of his suite. - rod' s ' a. kg IV; erPitt, tease , " tor ,er'enc's rcii:ig Cr t. 4 10 63. 1 44 01