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PETITION! ! PETITION !! 1 : a SPECIAL MEETING of the COUN- A u CIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEA I GTE, n TumiSDAT, January 29, 1846, it was unanimously . reso d that the announcement of a new Corn-law renders it des b ir e ab in le_ , ite T l ,e frie . nds of Free Trade throughout the kingdom should Abolition of tio. originate Petitions for the Total and Immediate A. , no , ion air ° imposing Ditties on Foreign Corn and Provisions. lianchester, Jan. 29, 1846 By order of the Council, JOSEPH HICKIN, Secretary E N ROLMEN7t.' OF THE MILITIA. 444 Friends of Peace th roug h ou t the country are earnestly TRA, e' &7, t ° forward PETITIONS AGAINST th e ENROLLLNU and of the MILITIA FORCES, without delay. reP . IY of the Secretaryuesday at War February 3. to Mr. T. S. Duncombe's .Y, ut the Newspapers of T, JOYIN JEFFERiON, Secretary to the London Peace Society. birettd-street February 5, 1846. U • ° UNTY of DUR.IIAM AGRICULTUItAL At a pa _ PROTECTION SOCIETY. 'lt tkry ~71 ,111 g of the C omm i ttee, h e ld at D ur ham on Saturday, mossy 1846, the following resolutions were passed utiant .,l. th - e " ... , uis Committee views with inexpressible . surprise and tabled b„,`:. lll luero , al policy of her Majesty's Government, as ex •ulietionJoi?!-F . R. Peel, believing it to .be pregnant either with the de - p_4ll tineab o n rnish agriculture, or with the reduction of the wag . es -.a n ,..,unng classes in this country to the level of those paid in Nit% a Europe, and in either case likely to produce an meal 2, qnt ot'individual misery and national degradation. protecting is unjust and inequitable to maintain as a general rune a ,Niillgt . "... ls tY of 10 per cent. ad valorem in favour of manufacturers, r au article upon which a very large amount of manual ‘ B4 laStf or . b een expended, is to be entirely deprived of protection competition. lired u .,';! , t It i. b litht , 4 43 ,,? f ou - r - unjust s and inequitable with a free trade in all the that the maintenance of the Clergy of the Esta _Act, Th•- acto ..f_surch, according to the principles of the Tithe Commutation fall entirely upon the land, and that merchants, inanu commercial, and monied classes of every description, .whilst . ht nand with the agricultural classes the benefit of religious — "Lutig to c onsolation, should be entirely exempted from con 0. Th a t 3 . i t 3 cost. rte ßap tbat eishefloprletshse honour and common good of the na tion at tatn tn izt th e tn poor should be supported and protecte d from —Wnship roads and county bridges, and other eounty iseq,„"._ °u ld be repaired and maintained, and that it is unjust - beste d that the rich commerdal and monied classes, ii,,.. —tkr ested hi these matters with the agricultural classes, almost the entire weight of these burdens on the ,r l , e land ; that a merchant or manufacturer, possessing f to W e for ll pleasure, and numerous waggons and teams . o 'Le commerce h uld I contribute a rae in proportio l n ak, rent °Nip brm o y a ,_" 4 l:l4bie —dings he may happen to occupy theating scarcely • -- .atub,,„, A'oPortioia to his capital and profits, whilst a arm 1 , - ".b.*.g:' .. every acre he occupies, and thus in practice pays . . a *l4 rge Proportion to the whole capital employed in his b. T hat • 90ver n „, thi3 ComMittee regards any step to be taken by the pre ,* 4 at and its usual supporters in the House of Commons scheme the force of law, without an appeal to Me/1 tb..be an act of thei r - "`Likt , " 411- +Oita those genic pro t. Ltupp an Tri elected Members of Parliament under pledges to tri tl T'uon e . xpressed or impli.ed, foreign aintain the principle of oat uative industry against competition, enni u ni s t e , ` 4 the rio;lelees dishonesty and a gross breach of trust, maKe °Ppost: * given to them in support of public measures in di -1-41 to those in favour of which they so pledged them A °S '""k.PICE LONDON DIRECTORY th Tli e for 1846. 114„. 11( nirn t ,,_ e° P, Y of the work has been but a few days issued, and "Joara,Z;f L awit have already appeared ill the leading metropo , This SUN, December 27, 1845. , kith, ^ark 0 , ersdi, has now reached the forty-seventh annual edition, and Mo n ,. of Mr. Kelly, the proprietor, who has spared no expense 1, 1'441 5, 7 0 ,: r n the compilation,. - keeps progress ' with the timeE, and s, s 4 „_ ° ' tak en t han any similar publication, the great changes which ,Peara tice — "'ace, not only in our trade and commerce, but in the ° far u i ~.a n d extent of this vast metropolis. No other nation rattly' ry ,u Materials for such a work, and to these is the compiler nu , 01a ...." e bted for such a mass of useful information, useful, not to L. 7", th - 7 °111 .Y, but to the whole community. There is not one 'olaniunity to which some of the directions are not ab as, easy et eas. It extends to 2 074 pages, printed in a close, but k r as ao w ld type, and is accompanied by a beautiful, minute, and 411 the st reet ; have had an opportunity of judging, . a . correct map of t. . r li b e Wo r k of London, with the names of each distinctly marked. t ex t o,,,'°ea great credit to Mr. Kelly, and we have no . doub et . t. Zulth i t ' co `nt Wanner in which it is prepared, and the intormatioa sa teee n :eYs, will insure for it universal approbation and com- Chet i s ..,, i ll .); necessary GLOM Jan 17 1846. to say ofllits established work, that it sustains , e fc.,,, e putation for accuracy and comprehensiveness which 4 4 fa, " YOluine, , ;pi t-, to ~ in Mr. Kelly's hands, at once obtained for it. ;ale v.l ". London residents this annual has been an indispens "(led: ' 4 ' l e. In the present year several improvements have been This TIMES, January 9, 1846. 'urr"`alne unlike many others as it increases in bulk, increases lvaltlaqadently ix value • thus ey ' ery succeeding edition is more afor ma 7,,lllan its predeces ' sors, and the book of 1846 contains more *::s a s,, p_ Z e t a h , all the book of 1845. The volume for the current t° :'"aus anything of a similar kind that has ever been offered a guide-book to the names, occupations, professions, Landtbltations of the hundreds of thousands of the inhabitants of seh,„4" , er that has ever yet been issued from the press. In it, l e, if he b ,.. " local habitation and a name" is noted down—that de eper a housekeeper. an office-keeper, or the proprietor or ,allitat ° o f ,. anYthing beyond a furnished lodging or the humble oc :Jireetorc., z a attic. There is an " Official Directory," a " Street ear t ?,. " Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory," .a re qo • a " Parliamentary Directory," a " Postal DI " P rY ' I " City D' t " "Conveyance Directory," a Directory," ory, a b , ithy tys",! Directory," and a mass of other matter, explanatory of be r e ,„,'"gs Which are nece-sary to be known, and which are net to This ,-.u.cullected together and easily accessible in any other volume. eltab3DL'Gty3the 47th annual publication of the work, whieh is now multi- i n Public estimation, for the accuracy an f d or ev u e lti Y 7 day , Its intelligence, requisite for every class on the commo rT , „,,, t i o n i a . it to be without jt is almost an imputation torn, all Persons connected with the traciciof ° London or the 04 business of life. ,December 27, 1845. This IDDIINING HERALD f which has just reached us, Maps excellent work, the 47th edition c! Pace p__, with the commercial requirements of the times. P T o h e e t Pat Office Directory" t a remarkable contrast. 4"..taeo.Directory" for the coming year presen t e p it Was confined to a very conveniently L' l r te le of two or three miles, and might have been put . . meagre list of names, comprised within a oue , . hundreds oc;at Pocket. Year after yea a 4 various and valuable stores of inf r o columns ;an ts i nn t h a a t s io i n nc t r o ea it s e ed eo l l n size, Pages have grown into thousands, and it now embraces The Metropolis and its suburbs, from north to south, east and west, :t a mprises within its voluminous pages of information (new ely i ndispensable to the merchant and tradesman) an Alaciai Directory," a " Street Directory," a " Commercial pirectors," a .:rizfiefelarZeacrtorDy,eaeto.,ryLr Directory," a "Court Ift°ll.ett:WT:l; Ir a Directory," a " Coaveyance Direact::rPyo' Directory," and a variety of other copious 1' a of informat'on, the mere transcription of which would occupy 's considerable time. t a a l T rße along " Its list of " Provincial Inns" extends over 31 of three columns sack ; its " Post ( Ace London Official Directory" pages over 48 pages, t wenty-eight of which are of four and twenty of two columns each ; its "Street Directory" 472 pages of th - ee columns each ; its "C ommercial and Professional Directory" 504 pages of two colnns !Law its " Trade Directory " 623 pages of three columns each ; n its Directory " 64 pages ; " Court Directory " 110 pages ; :arliarnentary Directory " 36 page s ; " Postal Directory " (most Oneaborately compiled) 67 pages, &c. This portion of the work has Much enlarged and improved. It now supplies us with the ft c `nr of delivery of the London letters at each town and village in il'oatnited Kingdom at which there is a Post-office or Receiving ..,. and the time at which the letter -box for London closes at w e T - O Place ; also the distance of each from the post town through „Teti the London letters are transmitted. We also observe that the tl: I ' le Map of London, which has for some years past accompanied tl;:—.. "l unle, and which has been frequently much improved, is ren - (.t still more valuable in the present edition. The names of each st i t Te e i t aro most distinctly printed, and we hesitate not to state . that Inall oat ot the best Maps of London extant. The Work is printed co mmend Cear bold type• We can scarcely think it requires special re ire7ncodation, for ' no man who really has business to transact can " do without it. Tp t MORNING CHRONICLE, Jan. 17, IS4I. *ork d - " n ual Volume just published of this labo r i ous an d va l uable se r ,,,,,ellerves the sam e i need of approbation which has b een so de ude;l-11' bestowed upon its predecessors. In mere size, it is con k.", into l arger than any of them, not only by the introduction of rtnatio*, but in consequence of the yearly growth of the me ieteoP, to the avoc ationa and whereabouts of whose inhabitants it is let i i," 4 l to e form the " directory." The enormous multitude of facts Tieli ni „, ft co ndensed in the bulky volume before us is really over firelie,• Yet they are not mor e than are requisite to make the nest our overgrown city duly acquainted with one another s ,erte,-nlld residences. The facts are presented in the same available fore 4 ir .s u with the same attention to accuracy and recentness ot it "'I Which characterise the volume for 1845, and rendered it a dit - "Perfeeti on as a directory. We observe some . useful ad "`ctioi, 'oe conten of he pesen publicaion, especial in the l 'ket e i n d "Med to the I'ost- t oMce r arran t gements t , which are so rapidly tiew ~.ng extended and complicated under the double impulse of -- " w ays and the penny postage. MORNING ADVERTISER, Dec. 24, 145. saine al '''ork, published by Kelly and Co., which has B now made its Ibittieh,Pearance for forty-seven years, is decidedly one of the most maj o r crkg of the day. It contains an immense amount of info, t ht the greatest importance to all in any way connected with 12, 1 t bttr olis It comprises among other information, an " Official 11: 1%t r Y„ ..„" a " Stieet Directory," a " Commercial Directory," a -Directory," a " Law Directory," a "Court Directory," a tops „Ittinentary Directory," a " City Directory,' a Postal Direc t/04 l ' ' ..,'Conveyance Directory," and a " Bank Dire o ctory ti .' o ' n Unde - r illt'2 attributes ol ls divisionsof accuracy and will be found completeness massesof . i nfa The am oli c n o t m o f t te, t t uest owed on the compilation of this work must necessarily very great, and nothing but a liberal in tronage . fromthe Qlild remunerate the enterprising proprietors for their outlay iett ur ' The " Post-office London Directory" Is singularly cheap, • ex._ nt the n detml.ends to no fewer than nature and quantity of the information it contains. 2,000 large closely-printed pages, in the i ti4 treble columns. All things considered, we look upon it °le tl , est, as assuredly it is pre most valuable and useful, 3' excellent lite ua litan ° y r i ng w it h a ic h emanates from the ps of England. The map a P i lla p r e s ri t e o ct us to be much improved ; it is certainly et NI col°4 WE EKLY DISPATCH, Dec. 28, 1845. t h% rei 4 e aip ttl of te the great metropolis is a striking British perseverance properly directed, and illustration British Itr tc l? p l i t '.7 employ e d. F ir man y y ea rs the French thieu rl "Alofth, 7 Thousand Addresses" was considered one of the aptly ; but the Messrs. Kelly have achieved a work s o ;."„% vej„l i ptly termed a wonder upon wonders. Larg . e ." 5 , ju - r 4 ine":" be, the mass of information contained in it is i'',eree,eneet and every department is arranged with so much to ',- ,1 01 accurate discrimination, that the business of Ofe,;,',whe, e pages is as plain and simple as to a dictionary or t. " Poli a L." i• 8t scheme is alphabetical. We have, in this volume, bi. an ' i ntarel! t • " " Commercial," " Trades' " " Law," " Court," 4 -efor m - tetote ee l; -" Postal," " City," " Conveyance." and " liank *llloi4tlon e o • Ent these heads only comprise a portion of the lewi on IA niained in the work. There are other departments la ge :g uateeetf°furnd invaluable to the commercial public. The fol. I n ott t P° ) .„, s stasedb2 m „ the preface should be quoted :—" The advan gtvo„:"Dortan, we proprietor are of no ordinary character ; the Itt,:" Of h " uulng the means placed at his disposal through the er.e,rrierser Majesty's Postmaster-General. The General Post 'e. "re , under the direction of his Lordship, collect, each in 14(4!t_ti strict, the • re esto,,. information from which th . • volume is compiled. Dre,,," be c nazt y In Itch a book, the collection of the information tuee -4 b Y th e f "'"' e sos ; and hew coletely letter-carriersthi is effected, is • Do ,ty. toor lioact that al intelligent performs within add e ufs all the duties annually required of him for the e 1 t an f the p Yre Qom ost Office London Directory." We need . not * aid b wil n iundatien of this work ; its reputation is established ,Th is "n - lIRITAN'IIIA, December 27, 1845. :gite annual continues to keep P 000 clo sely litistZt hey move. It now numbers upwards of 2, 0 judiciously ti talla e l a taa, this immense mass of matter being s out with ace with tho times, oUt the land arranged that any item of it can he p ic k ed From the con ilor, of of a minute expended in the search. t olle et h i v the Proprietor with the Post-offl . ce, and (a great 44vatit.,.. ‘'nforrnation from the most authentic sou7es,. has been ram, e) to combine it simultaneously. Some objection . . he is enabled to 1%. to tlie the Post -.,,e,„ lett er - carriers being employed for this service , but, * filer'ent of all other considerations, it is certain tha t both from li ttere i t i ,t he greatly advantaged by the puhlicatio k n, as a guide, kid t.oujit,ty directed more accurately, with thisb 11Z " t • TIT al waYs being at han d . read y . for re fe rence ee o s o sora i t n d c i a a s p e la s y o s f , e th._ volume has all the merits of its re e i a work of r eferi:``'ii the utmost care in every department; and Ss . i e % in geo for the merchant, trader, or any person engaged in bus • reih,rkLodon, leaves nothing to , be desired. It is one of the m i o ta st l belii t eftble examples of great industry, intelligence, and cfaapeni -14.,,t1 t t lr eaaaf ully employed in the production of a work for. that lb.. o Ptrations of business and extending trading intercourse, Of it Iktiact, ii'l:Ee. fertile as it is hi ingenious inventions, affords. wou g h t as near perfection as it seems possible for any work to be 8 _JOHN' BULL, January 10, 1846. ueerits of se often had to bear our testimony to the extraordinary K I ._. . this Most laborious compilation, its fulness and accuracy ea '"Wlnati • • ' l i _lid h b ,,,..„_ alk and its consequent value to every one who " Ito e ... 7., and has his being" in London, that all we need now iv do , 1 44 ~..ale, that, exeellent as were the preceding volumes, this one vloe s `;_ t t .. ed various improvements, which add largely to that pre eorre,""nelleY• It is a work of immense care and labour, and of P('nding utility. thath, f RAILWAY HERALD, Jan. 184 G. is th e feature of the " Post-office Directory "to men of business referred .ty cannot do without it—it is indispensable, thumbed over, ti....`_' daY by day, and week by week—a counting-house, in 5t.. 4 _Kies of letter -sending, could do almost as well without an ink le-31,44 without a "Directory." We have made a great many trials lhat,s7e,,,t Parts of the work, exercising a careful scrutiny, and in no ...L C , aaa it suffered under the test. It to ~.. 8. RAILWAY EXPRESS, Jan. 1845. or eapro''''reel, possible for any work to be more correct than this, glelleeit,._arefullY compiled in all its laborious detail. It would he '''' n itti a more co mprehensive or more useful work than this bly iete,Z i ss mirranged exhibition of this vast city. The typographical ilkie v e ,l,, ° SA cernplete as becomes the well-deserved popularity of &ad ,04-Zull .Itls needless to say more than that the book is known l ' gcl bY sverY miku of business in London. C D se e J 0 if °f t ip! itre et, ce, - ° - (1"- °°ti. . .4, Wi lt. O lt' [1:0:,:•litri. (001..t..,7' 0 11 .1 Je d r Air' e _ A rY De Y . pro LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING SUN, FEBRUARY 7, 1846. No. 16,687. TO RAILWAY PROPRIETORS AND SUARRHOLDRAS. MESSRS. WICKHAM and CO., Share Auctioneers, inform their friends and the public, that their PUBLIC SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held every MONDAY and THURSDAY, at the HALL OF COM MNRCE, Threadneedle street, London, to which place, or to the office of the Auctioneers, 28, Threadneedle-street, all favours and instructions are equosted to be addressed. All scrip and Share Certificates must be lbrwarded to or deposited at the office of the Auctioneers, as above, at least the day preceding the day of public sale, and advices of the result of th oce e sake will be pr forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Aurae diately disposed of according to instructions. SCALE OF CHARGEII.—Under 201., Is. per snare; limier M., ls. ed. , under 100/., Se. 643. ; and is. for all above. NORTH WALES RAILWAY. • GENERAL MEETING. Notice is hereby given, that the Ordinary or half-yearly GENE RAL MEETING of the SUAREIIOLDERS of the North Wales Railway Company will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishops gate-street, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, the 26th day of February next, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Company, in pursuance of the North Wales Railway Act, 1845, and of the other general Acts of Parliament relating to railways. And notice is hereby further given, that the Books for the Regis tration of Transfers will be closed on and after the 16th day of February next, until such half-yearly general meeting shall have been held. By order of the Board, JOHN MARRINER, Secretary. 2, Gaildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, Jan. 29, 1545. MIDLAND RAILWAY. The Midland Railway Company are prepared to receive LOANS on SECURITY of their DEBENTURES, for periods of Three, Fire, or Seven Years, in sums of not less than 1,0001. each, at interest after the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, papable half yearly. Applications to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, Derby. January 28, 1846 By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary, THE 'BIRKENHEAD, CHESTER, MOLD, RIJA.BON, AND VALE 01' LLANGOLLEN RAILWAY COMPANX. s' cvxMirrEs. W. Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., itc., Alderman, Chairman. William Morley, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Haines, Esq. I Joseph Shaw, Esq. • Frederick Hewitt, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. I John Pickersgill, Esq. John Wheelton, Esq. The directors have the satisfaction to announce to the Shareholders of the Company, that the amount of deposit money necessary for compliance with the standing orders of the House of Commons, was yesterday lodged in the Bank of England to the credit of the Ac countantGenerai- of the Court of Chancery ; and that the petition for the Bill has been this day presented to the House of Commons and referred to the standing orders' committee. By order of the Board, JOHN SALT, Secretary. Offices, 5, Gresham-street, London, sth Feb., 1846. MACCLESFIELD and LICHFIELD, or CHURNET and BLYTHE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Offices, 11, New Palace-yard, Westminster. City Offices, 3, Moorgate-street. The Committee beg to state, in answer to many inquiries, that the Petition for this Bill has been presented, and they have determined to proceed before Parliament with every prospect of success. Signed by order, ALFRED (MILT, Secretary. February 6, 1846. ITEDICAL INVALID AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE. London-25, Pall-mall, and S, Change Alley; and Dublin-22, Nassau-street. Diseased and healthy lives assured at all ages, en equitable terms. 25, Pall-mall. F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. LONDON AND COUNTY JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANY. Parent Establishment, 21, Lombard-Street. DIRECTORS. WILLIAM HAWES, Esq., Chairman. EMANUEL COOPER, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. William Cory, Esq. John Cuthbert Joyer, Esq. James William Deacon, Esq. Alexander Rogers, Esq. William Evans, Esq. Richard Springett, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Swynfen Jervis, Esq. 1 John Wheelton, Esq. General Manager—Henry Luard, Esq. At the ANNUAL MEETING of Proprietors, held on Thursday. Feb. 5, 1846, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, the following Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1845, was read by the Secretary. W. HAWES, Esq., in the chair. REPORT. Your Director?, in laying before the proprietors the financial state ment of the London and County Bank for the last six months, hahe ve the pleasure to report the conti nued and increasing prosperity of t Company. Your Directors recommend the payment of the usual dividend at the rate of five per cent. per annum (free of income-tax) on the capital stock of the Company for the half-year ending the 31st of December, 1845, and that the surplus, 3,4501. ss. ld., which remains after the payment of the dividend, the expenses of the establishment, the Interest on deposit and current accounts, the rebate of bills not due, and the allowance for bad and doubtful debts, be carried, as heretofore to the credit of the Reserved Fund, which will then amount to , 18,283/. 17s. 4d., making an addition to that fund in the year 1845 of 5,5"61. 4s. 6d. Your Directors, re:erring to their notice in the last report of the debt of Coils and Co., beg to state that, in consequence of the improv ing value of the securities held by the Bank, the approbation of any part of the Guarantee Fund to its liquidation is considered un necessary. The dividend will be payable at the head office and branch banks of the Company on and after the 16th instant. The members of the Board retiring by rotation are—William Evans, Esq., John Griffith Frith, Esq., and Emanuel Cooper, Esq., and notices have been received that these gentlemen intend to be come candidates for re-election. BALANCE SHEET of the LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, December 31, 1845. Dr. Paid up Capital Reserved Fund £200,510 0 0 .. 14,833 12 3 £215,343 12 3 Due to customers on current and deposit accounts 1 ,489,738 7 9 Gross profits for the half-year carried down .. 42,649 16 8 £1,747,731 1G 8 .. £279,40S 3 7 Cash on hand • • • • • • Securities, discounted bills, &c. .. .. Bank premises, freehold and leasehold • • .. - Preliminary expenses, and expenses of establishing branches • • • • • • • • • . .. 17,154 2 9 Current expenses, salaries, rent, and bad and doubt ful debts • • - • • • • • .. .. Interest paid on current and deposit amounts • • .. 1,401,676 11 22,832 6 18,226 14 5 8,433 18 9 .-,----- £1,747,731 16 8 Dr. Current expenses, salaries, rent, &c., of head office and branches, interest allowed on current and deposit accounts, rebate on bills net due, and al lowance for bad and doubtful debts .. • • .. £34,860 13 2 Half-year's Dividend at 5 per cent., free from de duction for income-tax . • • • Balance carried to Guarantee Fund .. 4,338 18 5 3,450 5 1 £42,649 16 8 Cr. Gross profits for half-year brought down .. £42,649 16 8 We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing balance sheet, and eompared the Items it comprises with the several books and accounts relating thereto, and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) JONATHAN BAItitETT. JOHN DONKIN. London and County Bank, January 29, 1846. The foregoing Report having been read by the Secretary, the fol lowing resolutions were severally proposed, and unanimously adopted :- 1. That the report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the proprietors. 2. That a dividend at the rate of five per cent. per annum be declared upon the capital stock of the Company, clear of the income tax, for the past half-year, payable on and after Monday, the 16th day of February instant. 3. That the balance of 3,4501. ss. ld. remaining to the credit of the profit and loss accoint be carried to the guarantee fund. 4. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company during the past year. 5. That the sum of 2,0001. be placed at the disposal of the Directors for their remuneration for the current year. the 6. c o T m h a p t an t h y e , j t o h n a a n t k h s a o n f B t b a i rr s e iN tt e , e E t ' g a g!, g b an e d p r j e o s h e t n D ee d o n t o k i t n h !E A sq u . d , i f t o o r r s t h o e f past year, and that they be requested to continue their services duringf T htahte the cit r r t h e I t k y : a o r f . this Meeting be presented to Henry Luard,. Esq., the General Manager, the Inspector, Secretary, and the re— spective Branch Managers, for the zeal and ability with which they have discharged the duties of their several offices. The ballot for the election of three Directors having been pro— ceeded with, the following gentlemen were unanimously re-elected : —William Evans, Esq , John Griffith Frith, Esq., and Emanuel Cooper, Esq. (Signed) W. HAWES, Chairman. The Chairman having left the chair, it was unanimously resolved— That the best thanks of the Meeting be given to William Hawes, Esq., for his able and courteous IN conduc E t m inthe u tair. (Signed) COOPER. Extracted from the minutes, (Signed) R. P. NICHOLS, Secretary. HORIZONTAL WATCHES, VERY FLAT. A B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers , 9, A Cornhill, Loadon, opposite the Bank. Price, in silver Cases, Three and a-Half Guineas each ; or, in Gold Cases, Six Guineas each. These Watches are accurate and durable, the Horizonte. Escapement being peculiarly suited to combine those important requi sites. They are jewelled in four holes, and continue ;going while being wound. A twelvemonth's warranty is given with each. COMFORT in SHAVING depends cn the proper use of a good Razor, an efficient Strop, and a Paste to renovate the surface of the Strop when it becomes black isju I choked with the steel from the Razor. To these must be added a soap that will not dry suddenly on the face, and a smooth taper-poin'Ge d Elastic Shaving Brush. Unless all these points are attended and the Razor wiped and stropped after shaving, that operation mine t always be a troublesome, even if not a painful one. Those gentlenwen whose shaving apparatus is defective arc invited to I. J. MEM] 'S Esta blishment, No. 4, Leadenhall-street, London, where they will not only obtain all they require for the toilet reasonable and effic lent, but may also procure, gratis, his instructions for easy shaving, s Cropping, &c. A large assortment of Papier Mache Manufactures. Dressing Cases, Work Boxes, and Writing Desks, Bagatelle Tables, :Ike. JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH. LO ZENGES, the best remedy ever discovered. Persot ss afflicted with cough, asthma, difficulty of breathing, consumption, or other diseases or derangement of the respiratory organs, will el perience immediate relief, and derive permanent benefit, by tb e use of JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGII LOZENGES, which are so effica • cious, that they will cut short the most violent paroxysm o f cough ing, and are so agreeable to the palate that they mar "be eaten as a confection. Sold by the proprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton folgate, Bishopsgate-street, London, in boxes Is. I M., and i ) tins at 2s. 9d. each, duty included ; and by most chemists and pate) tt medi— cine vendors in town and country. Wholesale Agents—llarclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; 'wards, St. Paul's Churchyard. • rrHE PEOPLE'S MEDICINES, (69 in nun ber) 11 are intended to secure to the public the guaranteed Plea, icrip tions of an eminent Physician at a trifling cost, accompanied b, dust full and explicit directions and advice, and to guard the credulous sgk the absurd error that what will cure one complaint moat necesssat 'HY cure another. The language to the Patient Is this, " You are here offered the best preeoriptions which Eusope can produce, accompanied by such" full directions and advice as must prevent the possibility of any risk in their use. They have been selected from every valuable source by a Physician of acknowledged eminence, and are coin. pounded of ingredients which cannot be exceeded in purity (a matter of the highest importance.) If any medicine will cure any given complaint, one of these will effect it, but the Gout Pills will not cure the Ague, nor the Ague Pills the Gout." " The People's Medicines" may be ordered of any Chemist, or at the Depot, 367, Strand, (corner of Exeter-street), where Pro spectuses may be had. For detailed advertisement, see the first number of the " Daily News," dated Wednesday, Jan. 21. . MANAGER, F. MOORE, .Esq., M.R.C.S. OF ENGLAND, to whom all communications may be addressed, at the Odes, 4, Little Marlborough-street, Regent-street. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, S, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. Hamilton B. Avarne, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq. Edward Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Assistant- John Ritchie, Esq. Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Surgeon—F. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL INCOME being UPWARDS of 82,0001. In 1541 the Company added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum en the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1540, is as follows : Sum Time Sum added Sum Time Sum Added Assured. Assured. to Policy. 'Assured. Assured. to Policy. C. 5000 6 yrs. 10 mths. £6513 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO 5000 6 years GOO It 0 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-halfneed be paid for the first Five Years, where tiro thou ' ranee is for Life. Every information will be afforded en application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No 8, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall, London. THE TONTINE LIFE. ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 20/. each. The plan of this Company offers considerable and peculiar advan tages to the shareholders. In addition to the profit arising from Life Assurance transactions, It is proposed to raise a capital of 1,00 ,0001. or upwards by the grant of Tontine Annuities in classes, to be'regu lated by the ages of the subscribers or their nominees, which capital, on the death of the survivor in each class, will be divided exclusively among the shareholders. The principle of the Tontine Annuities is as follows:—If 1,000 per sons subscribe 1001. each, they or their respective nominees, being of an age to enter the class, from 45 to 50, at which the Anna ty Apuld be about 61. per cent., eL,e)!,Au4sriber or nominee will, during the continuance of all the — lives, receive an Annuity of 6/. ; but as the lives drop, the Annuity of the deceased parties will be divided amongst the survivors until they are reduced to six, each of whom will' then receive 1,0001, per annum for life; but as.they respectively die off, the 1 0001. 'which he or she received will fall into the funds of the Company, for the benefit of the share holders. The classee Containing younger lives will receive a lower rate of =may ; the older a higher rate. This mode of investment, while it will afford ample funds fcc the promotion of Life Assurance transactions, will further enable the Company to guarantee to persons borrowing money upon approved security, and effecting a policy of assurance, to be assigned as a collateral security, that so long as the interest on the money lent and the premium on the policy regularly paid, the money lent shall not be called in till the precise amount accrues by the failure of the life assured. Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to Mr. Charles Edmonds, Stock and Share Broker, Sun-court, Cornhill ; and Mr. Charles Barker, at the Temporary Offices, 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Lectares CHEMLiTH T, with Brilliant Experiments, by Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and •n the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. ♦ Lecture on the .A.TMOSPLIERIC RAILWAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, carrying several persons, is exkibitod daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DIS SOLVING VIEWS, ant CHROMITROPE are very effective. The PPIYSIOSCOPE. Eubmarine Experiments by means of tke 'WEE and D YIN* BELL. ♦rnong the variece additions t• tite'Working Models is Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for ascending and descending Inclined Planes. ♦ 'magnificent C• - lecti•f of TROPICAL FRITITS. Mr. Dente, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part in tke Mule, eonducted by Dr. WRilis. Open front Eleven to hlalf-past Five, and frets Seven to Ralf-past Tea in the Evening. Admittance, Ono &killing. Schools. Walt-price. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE AOCIEFY, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 1500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament_ This institution otters important ant substantial ndvan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. Tke assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex pense or forfeitare of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of ki• interests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. HERALD.—There can be no longer hesitation in assuming that the transfer of the railway deposits is so nearly completed that there is no further risk of deranging the Money market by the operation. As far as respects the Public securities, the orders for re-investment have exceeded the orders to effect sales both yesterday and to-day, and the consequence is a further advance in prices. Throughout the operation, however, the transactions in the Public Securities have, after the first offset, been so equally balanced, that they have pro duced none of the anticipated convulsions in prices, and the inconvenience, as we have repeatedly shown, has fallen chiefly on the commercial interest. What now remains to be put to the proof is the repay ment of loans made on securities by the Bank of England, the directors of which institution are admitted on all hands to have conducted the business with prudence and liberality. The accommodation they have given, both by way of dis count and on loan, has been at short dates compared with the ordinary course of business; but there is no doubt but a reasonable extension of time will be given when the periods expire as circumstances render it necessary. Satoh a strong impression had the overcharged anticipation of difficulties with the railway deposits produced in the country, that the hanks that had no direct connexion with railway business, as well as those that had, have for a month past generally retained considerable surpluses of money unemployed, in order to be prepared for the dreaded catastrophe. The usual sources of discount by the large houses in London were thus temporarily dried up, and it is matter of astonishment to every person conversant with the customary routine of business in the metropolis that the mischief thereby done has not been much greater than has yet appeared. As far as matters have as yet been developed, it, howeve^, proves the justice of the distinction we • drew at an early period of the past year between the railway speculations and those that took place. in 1824-5 and 1835-6. We showed that the fact of the railway mania being limited to that matter alone, without being extended to commercial com modities, so as to enhance their, money value, would most materially soften the reaction compared with the other two periods with which the parallel was drawn, and the result has so far established the correctness of the position. We may now expect the discount business gradually te return to the usual channels, and the process will be accele rated by the distribution of the funds of defunct railway com panies, that must now melt away by hundreds. The proprietors of the London and County Bank held their annual meeting to-day, when the directors exhibited their accounts for the year ending the 31st December.: Our readers will recollect that we had occasion, at a former period, to call attention to the relative small amount of the paid-up capital of this institution, compared with the number of its branches, and the opinion we gave that it would be prudent to increase it whilst the Money Market was easy, in order that they might be better prepared to meet a pressure. This view has been acted on, and the capital has now been increased to up wards of 200,0001., and the statement of the accounts will show that the bank has been managed throughout the past year with great prudence and circumspection. It will be seen that the proprietors are now about to reap the benefit of that good management in a dividend of 5 per cent., clear of the income-tax, leaving 5,556/. to be carried to the reserve fund. It will be probably recollected that the London and County Bank was involved in a most vexatious lawsuit, by the failure of the firm of Thompson and Coils, bill-brokers. It was at one time supposed that the bank would lose nearly 40,0001. by the securities upon which they had made ad vances; but some time age they compromised with the par ties to the action, and the said securities have now so much advanced in value, that the ultimate loss will be a mere trifle compared to what was expected in the first instance. Altogether, therefore, the affairs of this bank must be con sidered as standing in a favourable position, and it is, at the same time, worthy of notice, that throughout the whole period that money was at a very low value, they continued to pay interest on deposit and current accounts. CHRONICLE.—The opinion we expressed yesterday, that the pressure for money had passed its strength, has been con firmed to-day. Discounts are still difficult, but the Funds have experienced a further advance of nearly 3 / 1 per cent., and Exchequer- bills are also higher. We hear that the pay ments to the Accountant-General by railway companies amount to 9,000,0001. From that to 10,000,000/. was our estimate from the commencement. We held that to be the fair estimate of the amount that would be actually paid to the Accountant-General, when others, who spoke with much assumption of official authority, would not condescend to name the gross amount at less than 30,000,0001.1 The same parties, it is true, have lately stated the amount paid in fir railway deposits at not more than 5,000,000/. The purchases made to -day by the broker for the Court of Chancery have been equal, it is said, to 500,000/. They have been effected for behoof of railway committees, who are now re- investing the r2tock and Exchequer-bills which they had previously sold to enable them to make good their deposits to the Ac countant General in money. In addition to the support which the Stock and Exchequer-bill market received from these large operations, the executors of a very wealthy snem -ber of the Stock Exchange, lately deceased, made extensive purchases. The movement was almost exclusively confined te' the English Funds. We quote rather better prices for registered railway shares ; but the business done was extremely limited, and until the report of the Select Committee be made known is likely to remain so. It is said that the members of that Committee are greatly divided as to the proper course to be pursued. We are not surprised at this, and shall be more surprised if they should ever arrive at anything like unani mite. But be that as it may, it is most desirable that the result of their labours should be made known without delay. The promoters of railway companies will then know the best and worst of their position, and will be enabled to decide whether to proceed with their Bills this session, or to leave them over to another and more convenient season. POST.—Some large purchases of Stock and Exchequer bills were made in the course of the day. The Chancery broker was the principal buyer. He laid out several hun dred thousands in Consols and Exchequer bills, for account, as it was understood, of the railway companies. The Bank broker made purchases of Three per Cent. Reduced, and Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. stock, and the consequence of these and other considerable investments, was a further advance in prices. Consols, which rose 3 / 4 percent. yesterday, were done at an equal rate of improvement to-day, so that, within the two days only, the unusually large advance of :14 per cent. has been realised, and from the circum stance of the markets having • closed at the highest prices of the day, the chances appeared to be rather in favour of a further movement in the same favourable direction. The Bank Directors had their weekly meeting, but separated without making any alteration in their rate of discount, which continues, therefore, at a minimum of 34 per mat. This had probably some little influence on the markets, but the fact that the Accountant-General is con verting the deposit moneys of the railway companies into stock and Exchequer-bills operated as the principal stimu lus, as it may be inferred from the adoption of so bold a course, that Government prefers risking any loss that may perchance arise from a resale to the other alternative—that of keeping a large sum of money locked up in the Bank of England, to the injury of commerce and the revenue. It would be absurd any longer to entertain the question of de posits as one that can exercise a sinister influence on the Money-market. To-morrow (Friday) will be the last day allowed for paying up the amounts called far by the stand ing orders, subsequently to which the sums provided for the purpose must, as a matter of course, gradually return into circulation. TIMES.—The intelligence from India and China, received in anticipation of the overland mail, and published :exclu sively in the Times of this morning, was read with much interest in the City. The perfect detail of information so furnished was everywhere a matter of comment, and gave universal satisfaction to those connected with the commerce of the East. The success of the Trieste route now appears to be considered established, much to the chagrin of those parties who have hitherto advocated the superiority of the Marseilles journey. The Triton, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, was the vessel that brought the express from Ostend, and well she performed her part of the passage. The commercial intelligence by this arrival is not encouraging to trade. British manufactures had de clined in price, in consequence of the scarcity of money and the war in the Punjaub ; but, fortunately, at the latest dates more easiness existed, and the banks showed a better feeling to the mercantile interest. The value of rice continued to advance, the accounts from home being favourable te the article. The Governor of the Mauritius had also offered ad vantageous terms for a supply of the grain, a scarcity being apprehended in that island. THE PROTECTIONISTS OF BERKSHIRE. Nnwritiev. THURSDAT.—A meeting of several members of the County l'rotection Association was held here this after noon in the Town Hall ; the Mayor, as chairman, pre siding over between 400 and 500 landowners. Mr. MOUNT proposed the first resolution expressive of alarm at the abolition proposed by Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Tuu, proposed the second, to the effect that all the in ferences of the Premier, the Cabinet, the League, and the people, were erroneous. These having been duly seconded and put to the meeting, werelof course in the most business like way carried. But the third resolution appeared to be the favourite : it was to the following purpose :—" That the re lief held out by Sir Robert Peel to the agricultural body as a compensation fur the abolition or great reduction of the duties on foreign corn is altogether illusory and inadequate." One expression used by Mr. LONSLET, the proposer, is in dicative of the average logic of these sagacious gentlemen. He observed that the free-traders thought the farmers' speeches were no more than the cackling of geese ; the cackling of geese had saved Rome. and he hoped their cackling might yet save the country from its threatened ruin. Sir Robert Peel had been nurtured by the agricul turists, and had now, like a viper, turned and stung them. They could do very well without him. Talent without prin ciple could never be usefel; it was dangerous to any coun try.—(Cheers.) After much enthusiasm, the meeting separated at a late hour. Commresiox of LUNACY.—On Thursday a commis sion de lanatico inquirevida was opened at the King's Arms Tavern, High-street, .Kensington, before Mr. Commi ss i oner Wi n slow and a special Jury, to inquire as to the state of mind of Thomas James Selby, Esq., aged forty-four, formerly an eminent solicitor in London and Margate, and well known as a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, and proprietor of the once celebrated Lady Louisa yacht. The commission, which was unopposed, was taken out by the unfortunate gen. tleman's housekeeper, his next of kin declining to interfere. In aupprt of the commission appeared Mr. Barron, solicitor, of Bloomsbury-square, and who, having briefly opened the case, called Mr. Charles Ilovill, surgeon, of Canterbury, who stated that he was first called to attend Mr. Selby at Can terbury on the 14th of July last, and found him labouring under most extraordinary delusions. He imagined that he was extensively engaged in sports, particularly hunting, shooting, and yachting, and that he had very large preserves of game. That he had 100,000 guns, and a yacht to take a large party to St. Petersburgh, and thence to Turkey, and at other times twenty yachts, for the same purpose, in which he meant to take fifty people to St. Petersburgh, and thence overland, yachts and all, to Turkey. He also said he had been beaten for seven years by ATE men, for which lie had brought actions, and recovered 100,0001. from each of the Ave. He was decidedly of unsound mind, and witness believed it had been chietlyimpairad by a fall from his horse. Dr. Wm. Maddox Bush. of Kensington House, and Dr. Philp, of Gros venor-street, gave testimony to a similar effect. It was un derstood that his mind was first impaired by the receipt of a fortune of 17,0001., left by his late father. The jury re turned a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind front the 14th July, 1845. PRIcE FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL-CHAMBER, SOMERSET-HOUSE, FEB. 4, 1846. Christopher Henry Thomas Hawkins, of Trewithen, in the county of Cornwall, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff of the county of Cornwall. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joseph Gibson Gordon, Esq., to be Pro Test Marshal for the Virgin Islands. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 6. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. COUNTY OF SUSSES—EASTERN DIVISION.—CharIes Hay . Frewen, Esq., of Northiam, in the county of Sussex, the room of George Darby, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. City of Cork—Alexander M•Carthy, Esq., of Upper Fitz- william-street, in the city of Dublin, in the room of Francis Stock Murphy, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead. Borough of Ripon—The Honourable Edwin Lascelles, of Harewood House, in the county of York, and of Belgrave square, in the county of Middlesex, in the room of the Right Honourable Thomas Berry Cusach Smith, who has accepted the office of M aster of the Rolls, in Ireland. County of York—West Riding—George William Frederick Howard, commonly ca ll ed Viscount Morpeth, in the room of G the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, nowßaron Wharucliffe, called up to the House of Peers. WAR OFFICE, FEB. 6. 4th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. T. Jones, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Souter, who exchanges, Feb. 6. 7th Dragoon Guards—Cornet P. Bunbury to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arkwright, who retires; N. De la Cherois, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bunbury, Feb. 6. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieut. R. Souter, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Jones, who ex ckanges, Feb. 6. Ist (the Royal) Regiment of Foot—Capt. W. Webster, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice R. Blacklin, who exchanges, Feb. 6. 45th Foot—Lieutenant H. W. Woodbine Parish to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lucas, who retires ; Ensign L. T. Cave to be Lieutenant, bypurchase, vice Parish ; F.R. Grant ham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cave, Feb. 6. 52d Foot—Ensign H. M. Archdall to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Hawkins, who retires ; T. H. Vyvyan. Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Archdall ; G. H. Dundas, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Skene, deceased, Feb. 6. 56th Foot—Lieutenant G. W. Patey, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires ; Ensign J. S. Hanson, to •be Lieutenant, vice Patev ; W. W. Bassett, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Hanson ; Feb. 6. 57th Foot—Lieut. E. Stanley to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Lynch, deceased, Dec. 29, 1845. 78th Foot—Assistant Surgeon J. Leitch, M.D., from the 94th Foot: to be Assistant Surgeon, vice limes, appointed to the 4th Dragoon Guards, Feb. 6. 92d Foot—The Hon. W. Charteria to be Ensign, by pur chase, rice Carnegie, appointed to the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, Feb. 6. 97th Foot—Lieut. M. A. Obert to be Captain, by purchase, vice Garforth, who retiree; Ensign E. D. Harvest to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Obert; T. E. Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harvest, Feb. 6. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant-Colonel H. Simmonds, from the St. Helena Regiment, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice A. Montresor, who retires upon half-pay unattached, Feb. 6. St. Helena Regiment—Lieutenant-Colonel J. Ross, from half-pay unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sim muds, appointed to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Feb. 6. BREVET.—Surgeon A. R. Jackson, M.D., Surgeon of the East India Company's Depot at Warley, to have the local and temporary rank of Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, while so employed, Feb. 6. UNArrAcHED.—To be Captain, without purchase—Lieut. W. Webster, from the let (Royal) Regiment of Foot, Feb. 5. STAFF.—Lieutenant A. G. Moorhead, from the 26th Foot, to be Adjutant of a recruiting district, vice Mason, whose ap pointment has been cancelled, Feb. 6, 1846. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff Assistant Surgeon F. R. Waring to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Dec. 15, 1845. MEMOILANDUAL—Captain C. S. S. Evans, 76th Foot, and Lieutenant H. A. G. Evans, 22d Regiment, have been per mitted to assume and bear the name of Gordon, in addition to and after that of Evans. The name of the Assistant Surgeon, appointed to the 94th Foot, on the 23d January 1846, is ames Leitch, M.D. and not Lutch, as previously stated. Erratum in the Gazette of April 11, 1845-91st Regiment of Foot—For Ensign R. H. Howard to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Harding. who resigns, April 11, read En sign R. H. Howard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Harding, deceased, Jan. 13, 1845. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Fee. 6. Royal Regiment of Artillery Second Captain C. H. Burnaby to be Captain, vice Shepherd, deceased; ri 7 4 amt. C. J. B. Riddell to be Second Captain, vice Burnaby; Second Lieut. H. Mercer to be First Lieutedant, vice Riddell, Dec. 12, 1845. kiatonminum.—Tile dates of the promotion of the under-. mentioned officers have been altered as follow :—Ca,ptain J. Hile ; Second captain J. H. Lefroy ; First Lieutenant R. Phelips, Nov. 30,1845. . . Corps of Royal Engineers—Major-General E. W. Durn ford to be Colonel Commandant, vice Sir F. W. Mulcaster, deceased, Jan 29. Commission by the Queen. East Kent Regiment of Militia—C. Winter, Esq., late Captain in the 60th Regiment of Foot, to be Adjutant, Dec. 31, 1845. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford. R. P. C. Grenville Marquis of Chandos to be Deputy- Lieutenant, Feb. 5, 1846. _ _ _ Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Kent. West Kent Regiment of Militia—Captain T. G. Molly penny to be Major, vice Dalison, resigned, Jan. 20; Captain r. T. Hodges to be Major, vice Bingham, resigned, Jan. 21; • Ensign M. H. Dalison to be Captain, vice Tyssen, resigned, Jan. 20; F. F. J. Morrice, Esq. to be Captain, vice Baldwin, resigned, January 21; G. Perkins, Esq., to be Captain, vice Moneypenny, promoted, January 22 ; M. H. Jen ner, Esq., to be Captain, vice T. T. Hodges, promoted, January 23 ; J. Coveney, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice R. Hodges, commuted his half-pay, Jan. 20; C. G. King, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice How, deceased, Jan. 21; R. T. G. G. Monypenny, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Potter, re signed, Jan. 20 ; J. M. Wilson the younger, Gent., to be En sign, vice Dalison, promoted, Jan. 21; W. Sankey, Gent., to be Surgeon, vice Sexty, deceased, Jan. 31. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Ensign W. A. Munn to be Captain, vice E. H. Darell, resigned, Jan. 20 ; C. A. Mount, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Payne, resigned, Jan. 21; W. Leith, Gent., to be Lieut., vice Baker, resigned, Jan. 22 ; H. Maxwell, Gent., to be Lieut., vice Cum ming,lpromoted, Jan. 23 ; T. Abbott, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Love, promoted, Jan. 29 ; J. Abbott, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Perrott, pro moted, Jan. 30. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. Royal Berkshire - Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant E. Wheble to be Captain, ♦ice Bacon, promoted, Dec. 29; H. Pole, Gent., to be lieutenant, vice Wheble, promoted, Dec. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Perthshire. Royal Perthshire Militia—Captain R. Graham. late Cap tain in the 68th Regiment, to be Captain, vice J. S. Menzies, resigned ; F. N. Menzies, Gent., to be Captain, vice A. But ter, resigned ; J. Isdale, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice D. Ro bertson, deceased, Feb. 3. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness-shire. Ross-shire, &C., Militia—T. F. Sinclair, Esq., to be Cap tain, vice John Sinclair, resigned, Jan. 1 ; J. C. Laing, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice A. Henderson, resigned, Jan. 27. WHITEHALL, Jam. 28. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Amphlett, of Sutton Coldfield, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 2. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Philcox, the younger, of Burwash, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. John Pickles, cotton manufacturer, Preston. John Smith, warehouseman, Crescent, Jewin-street, Crip plegate. BANKRUPTS. John Roberts, clothier, Kidderminster, to surrender on Feb. 13, at half-past one, and March 20, a a s t sia t n w e e e l , ve ß , ir a c t h t i h n e - Court of Bank. , offici lane, Cornhill ; ruptcy Als Cox, Son, and Walrond, Stse-land, _Buck lersbury. a n S a mu a e r l ch N 2 o o ll , e r a , carrier, n D , e b a r h t a e m , Suffolk, f Feb. n l2, r at Whitmore, official assignee, Basin h ghall-street ; B Buchanan, Basinghall-street. Hon. Francis Henry Needham, dressing-case maker, New Bond-street, Feb. 17, at one, and March '2O, at half-past one, at the Court of ankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Fisher, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn. Richard Charles Turner, builder, Houndsditch, Feb. 12, at eleven, and March 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Norton and Son, New -street, Bishopsgate. Robert Gunn, corn dealer, Clare, Suffolk, Feb. 13, at half past eleven, and March 20, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Hughes and Turner, Charles-street, City-road. John William Frost, coffee dealer, Back-lane, Kingsland road, Feb. 13, at three, and March 20, at half-past eleven, at c the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as s i gnee ; Shear manttiet ron Court t.t and mc S a ls t Bt e ,o r, Great c , aktbtrwi degl twelve, at tobacconist, ow of W ands worth, Bankruptcy. F e b B . an l d V is i I l l a i arh l7 official assignee, Coleman -street-buildings ; Lawrence and Co., Old Fish -street. Joseph Henry_ Nock, outfitter, High-street, Poplar, Feb. 12 and March 17, attwelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Hodgson and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields. Alexander Inglis, draper, Portsea, Feb. 17, at eleven, and March 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Soles and Turner, Alder manbury. George Duckham, butcher, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan shire, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 20, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Hassell, Bristol. John White, wine merchant, St. Benet's-place, Grace church-street, Feb. 14, at eleven, and March 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Eyre, Bond-court, Walbrook. John Burbidge, and John Burbidge, jun., cabinet makers, Tysoe-street, Clerkenwell, Feb. 11, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basingliall-street ; Macphail, Wilmington- square. • Charles Moyle, linendraper, Whitchurch, Shropshire, Feb. 20 and March 13, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. llobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Reed and Co., Friday-street ; Worthington and Shipman, Manchester. Edward White Baster, i-onmonger, Coventry, Feb. 18 and March 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Cour t. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Hodgson, Bir mingham ; Vincent and Cu., Temple. Francis Ward, rag merchant, Batley, Yorkshire, F eb. 19 and March 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. liaxb.) Free,- man, official assignee, Leeds; Taylor , Nicholas -lane , Dewsbury; Bond, Leeds. John Hill, currier, Birmingham, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, ii din Birngham. al cloth h District C ourt. Feb. 18 and March 20, official assignee, Birmingham; ar g, Trent, n .,--up- Feb. 16 Jaques James Duke, brick-maker. New. and a lA n ' d h i n i i a o r r c e h , Ed wards, Ely-place; w N . o p t o t i l i ,be n• r h l .. o n o l m . 106thcaitaielaesyse i i g i , ii et,: hueirßmiirniguiinagmhe; Over DarIYCLI, Lancashire, Feb. 19 and March 12, at one, at George Handel oBpre°n's'lina. DIVISION OF PROFIT. The success and increasing prosperity of tko ktoctoty has enables the Ilirectors, at tho last annual investigation, to declare a third each Policy effected on the Trott scale. Bonus, varying from lu to 75 per cant. on the premiums paid on EXAMPLIS. ..,,i4 II . E; ~ 4 ~,..., ...., ~ „„ . Baum; Berm in pg . El .....; r lot Premium . 5' II added. Cask. •. ; =- 6 ' "13 g 0 o 4. 4g. • 1 - i - , -. ••t • r. •I a: ______•_____ 1837 46191 13 51187 13 b .£l3 17 1 £395 II 1 d 3 ' A s. d. 1332 163 13 01 74 13 10 11 3 6 344 2 3 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 In 13 61 61 14 .3 9 210 296 13 4 1 I . 11$411 $9 001 41,13 4 68 0 247 4 b Tas derision of prefltsiati corauer of `•he prosent year. 'meal, and the next will be made in De- F. rr,nctußow CAMROUX, cies. IRELAND. EFFECTS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL'S MEASURES. Duntax, FEB. 4.—The most absurd alarms prevail, in va rious parts of this country, as to the immediate tendency a the measures proposed by Sir Robert Peel in producing ruinously low prices for corn and cattle. As an example of the extravagant delusions on this subject the Cork Reporter of yesterday says : " Such has been the effect on the markets in this city, in consequence of the enunciation of the intended change iii the corn-laws, that they are at present flooded with provisions. At Saturday's potato market there were 400 loads brought in for sale, against 307 the previous week, and every anxiety was evinced to dispose of them at reduced prices. The cattle market on Saturday was also crowded with beasts of all descriptions, there b ing over 2,000 pigs on sale, and offering at a reduction of 3s. a cwt. on the pre vious day's prices, yet buyers did not evince any desire to purchase even on those terms, and many of them left the market unsold. The number in the market yesterday twelve months was 800, and yesterday it amounted to over 1,300. Black cattle and sheep were exhibited in proportionably large numbers. This increase has been caused entirely by the proposed measures contemplated to be brought into ope ration by the Minister, the country people being under an apprehension that there will be sash an influx of foreign corn and provision as to reduce the prices considerably of home produce." These alarms will be dissipated before many days. In Dublin, and generally throughout Ireland, the grain and cattle markets have been scarcely affected, and an advance, instead of a serious reduction, is likely to take place early in the spring. Indeed, there actually has been an advance in the Dublin cattle market within the last week. TIIE FREE-TRADERS OF BELFAST. The Northern Whig contains the following gratifying statement :—" It is with the highest gratification that we have to record the extent of public feeling in Belfast in favour of the abolition of the corn-laws. A short time since a petition was prepared praying the House of Com mons to pass a law for 'the immediate and unconditional abolition of all duties upon foreign corn imported—a mea sure required alike by sound policy, humanity, and coiir mon sense.' This petition has been signed with a prompti tude, and to an extent never equalled in the case of .. any other petition from this town. On Saturday W. Pink, Esq., carried it with him for London, to place it in the hands of our very worthy representative, Mr. Ross, who will give it his cordial and able support; and Lord John Chichester, the other Member for the town, lies been written to, with a re quest that he will also support it— a reques t w hich we hope he will, after such an overwhelming expression from his con stituents, feel it his duty to comply with. The petition was upwards of 86 yards in length, and had 14,400 signatures, in cluding those of persons of all parties, religious and political. Among the names were those of the great body of the leading gentlemen of Belfast. The signatures in the Commercial News-room, which the leading commercial and manufactur ing gentlemen of the town are in the habit of frequenting, amounted to 300 ; and from this fact the extent of support to free trade given by the merchants and manufacturers of Belfast may be estimated. The Dublin Evening Packet, sneered at the 90 gentlemen who invited Mr. Cobden to Bel fast ; we request our Contemporary to let his readers know that 14,400 names have been affixed to a petition from Bel fast in favour of 'the immediate and unconditional abolition of all duties upon foreign corn.' rhe Dublin Evening Mail, in a paroxysm of excitement, asks, foolishly, what the flax• spinners of Belfast, among others, will think of Sir Robert Peel's measure. We reply, that there is not one flax-spinner in Belfast who is not a free-trader." THE POTATO DISEASE. NENAGII, FEB. 4.—We continue to receive the most dis tressing accounts of the fearful progress of the disease from various quarters. In the King's County the complaints are universal. In this county the disease leas gone on with amazing celerity within the last three weeks—many persons on examining their pits have found their potatoes, in some instances, altogether useless—not even fit for pigs or cattle. In several districts the poor are pining in the utmost misery ; but with unequalled fortitude and patience, hoping even where there is nothing but religion to assuage their wretchedness. The heavy and constant rains of the last few weeks —raining almost without intermission—have done great injury ; and the softness of the weather otherwise tends, in a great measure, to produce that fermentation of the potato, which causes its destruction as an article if feud. CLOSING OF THE PORT-HOLES. The ports have not been opened, but the Government have determined to close the port-holes in their absurd fortifica tions erected throughout Ireland during the state trials. The following curious paragraph appears iu the Tipperary Vin dicator : " CLONMEL. — WhiIst the public mind has been in a state of agitation here on the subject of the corn-laws, and whilst politicians were busy discussing the political consistency of Sir Robert Peel, an order arrived from head-quarters to close the ports; aid her Majesty's Honourable Board of Ordnance have commenced operations already, for the port-holes in the barrack walls are all closed, and there is no more sign of Clonmel being a fortified town at the present moment, than if millions of stalwart repealers never had pledged them selves to repeal the union ; even those unightly show-boxes which overhang the barrack-gat es, are about to be removed, and not a wreck will be allowed to remain behind to prove the vigorous efforts made in '44 by the' strong Government,' in the futile expectation of coercing the patriots of our loved island-home into forgetfulness of their country." BANK OF (From Last Ni kit Account, pursuant to the Act 7 the Week ending on Saturday, th 4 ISSUE DEP . X. Notes issued • • • • 26,587,355 £26,587,355 Dated the sth day of February, BANKING D: X. Proprietors' capital • • 14,553,000 Rest 3,451,151 Public deposits Lin eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di- vidend aciounts) • . 4,389,810 Other deposits • • • • • . 17,036,830 Seven day and other bills • • . ...... . •. .. 987,102 A 40,417,893 Dated the sth day of February, ENGLAND. ight's Gazette.) 7th and Sth of Victoria, sap. 31, for Le 31st day of January, 1 846 . 'ARTMENT. Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,028,945 Silver bullion ••• • .- 1,558,410 26,587,355 I!. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 846. ,imAILTMENT. Government seeuri ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • . 13,137,047 Other securities .. .. 21,466,997 Notes ..••• • • . •• 5,112,860 Gold and silver coin .. 700,989 40,417,193 4. MARSHALL, Ct►iet Cashier. 146. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Fit. s.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W., light breeze, aid trio dry clear weather. OFF Dovga, FIB. s.—Carshalton Park, Chaster, St. Andrew's. Orr EosTiomig, FEB. 4.—Hannah, Alexander, of Guernsey, with FEB. s.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. 4th, Olof Wyk, Boston. loss of bowsprit, and from contact with a schooner, supposed a foreigner, off Hastings, lit inst. Cowls, Fis. 6.—Arrd. Trio, Pernambuco. SouTilourron, FEB. 4.-51 d. Codrington, Huxtable, Antigua. Jon. 27.—Frederick, Buenos Ayres. .—Sld. Kennedee, Smith, Now York LIVERPOOL, FEB. s.—Wiad moderate.—Arrd. Caractacus, Barker, Lima; Maria Mararet, Parker. Valparaiso ; William Botsford, 1 0B )L ra T ei :FO: FEB.o, B on ny ; Saldan, Thomas, New Orleans ; Agnes, etilmour, Calvert, 4 , New Orleans ; De Arabella, Rice, Mobile ; Ayrshire, Mackay, Sa vannah ; Cassander, Kerr, Charleston. Sid. Ro3 al Sovereign, Freyer, Valparaiso ; Louisa, Wycherly, Rio Janeiro ; Grecian Queen, Sterry, Rio Janeiro; Sevatara, Brown, New Orleans; Commerce, Jones, New Orleans; Richard Anderson, Bennett, Baltimore; New York, Cropper, New York. Off port, Eleanor and Grace. HoTiireAY, JeLl OF BUM FEL 2. Sld. Hamlet, Fergus, Trini dad ; David Legg, Logan, Demerara. OFF POINT LTNis, FIB. 4.—A small vessel, No. (per chart) 35, apparenty in a sinking state. HULL, FIB. 4.—Sld. Wolga, Brown, Rio Janeiro, OFF LOWESTOFFE, FIB. S.—Tremont, New York. MARYFORT, FEB. S.—The Christian, Ewart, from Belfast, which was on chore sear this, has been got off and into the harbour. StloltEllost, FEB. 4.—The Menai steamer. from Dieppe, when about 9 leagues from the French Coast, Cape Aillybering„ bearing S.E. by S., passed the hull of a vessel of about 150 tons, painted with a nar row yellow streak, supposed to be 3 foreigner ; part of her counters were stove in, and full of water; appeared to have been wrecked some time. PLYMOUTH, FEB. s.—The Providence, Reid, from Bristol to Cal cutta, which put in here 29th ult. very leaky, has gone into Cativater to discharge. IMPOSING PROTECTION PUTITIoIi. W ATLINGTO N.— corn-laws, d , oi w Ae h d ich w On Thursday se ' nnight m an y of th e inhabitants of this town by the adherents of the continuance er e urr unprecedented in the history of petitioni ng , by ob servin g a as to them a system person posting hand - b ills in ever y co nspicuous part o f the Here surprised s of the at the corpnl town, written throughout in capital letters of a large size, calling on the inhabitants to sign petitions, lying at the Hare and Hounds Inn, for protection to agriculture, and in favour of native industry. We had the curiosity to inspect this im- ' portant document, after lying on the table for seven days, and found there were attached thereto forty-two signatures of parties living in fifteen different parishes, comprising a po pulation of many thousands.—Oxford Chronicle. 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Gilbert, 51 and 52, Patern ester Publish ed row; Starie, 23, Tichberne - street, Quadrant , Regent street; rt Ha via" and Ce. , 63, Oxford-street ; liToble, 114, Chaucer IPI iri e . cneeg'* ta in, 14.6, Leadenhall - street ; and b y a ll Seoksellors. lane Gerd, t ory day till Three, and from llye till Eight. s; o i At ho. the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester • Bower and Son, Chancery-lane; Ainsworth and Sons, Blackburn. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. F. A. De Wilde, furnishing ironmonger, Wells-street, Ox ford street—a div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, Feb. 4, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. T. Dousberry, boot factor, Farringdon-street—a div. of 3s. 4d in the pound, Feb. 4, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. T. Howell, hotelkeeper, Queen's Head passage, Newgate street—a div. of 2e. 6d. in the pound, Feb. 4, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman street. T. Davies, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of 3s. in the pound, an Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liver pool. W. D. Townsend, pawnbroker, Little Russell -street, Co vent-garden—second div. of 3id. in the pound, any Wednes day, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Mackenzie, commission agent, Hunter-street, Bruns wick-square, Feb. 27, at eleven—J. Hind, merchant, George row, Bermondsey, Feb.-27- F tst-twelve—R. Lee, R. J. Brassey, F. Farr, and G. Lee, bankers. Lombard-street, Feb. 27, at one —W. Tuck, miller, Elsing, Norfolk, Feb. 27, at eleven. In the Country. _ _ D. Selden and W. Hynde, merchants, Liverpool, March 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—E. T. Jones, and H. M. Crosskill, booksellers, Rochdale, Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—E. T. Jones, bookseller, Rochdale, Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—H. M. Crosskill, bookseller, Rochdale, Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—T. Todd, dealer in cotton goods, Manchester, Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—T. Gallimore, earthenware ma nufacturer, Burslem, Staffordshire, Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. A. S. Tucker and G. M. Bidwell, grocers, Melcombe Regis. Feb. 28—J. Robinson, cloth merchant, Leeds, March 2—M. Sturley, organ builder, Southam, Warwickshire, March 4 W. Brown, ironmonger, Atherstone, Warwickshire, Feb. 28 —G. B. and A. J. Budge, japan leather manufacturers. Glou cester-street, Curtain-road, Feb. 27—W. Wood and J. Holmes, tea dealers, Maidstone, Feb. 27—W. llulley, tailor, Bake well, Derbyshire, Feb. 27—C. J. Russel, scrivener, Ludlow, Feb. 27—W. G. Taylor and E. Guy, hosiers, Liverpool, Feb. 27—T. Bailey, builder, Bristol, Feb. 27—J. C. Kendall, tavernkeeper, Canonbury, Islington, Feb. 27—J. Savage, victualler, Old Compton-street, Soho-square, Feb. 27—J. T. hlaund, laceman, Bi rm i ng h am , F e b . 27—R. T. Terry, ship chandler, Bristol, Feb. 27. J. Hampson, PA J. R B k a h rg li es tlP an S d DISSOLVE D. J. railway Westmorland — W . tractors, Sedgwick, on. t ß a a r d d g , 0 7 4 and linendrapers, T . Tooke,merchants, W it S ampson , SnLoe,anosne7 aB lle, Tn..dDS. Se vilee, and J. Turner, cotton manufactur ors, Royton, Lanca shire (so far as regards J. Turner)—W. Gibson and J. Dover, brokers, Manchester—R. Kay and C. Green, stock brokers, Manchester—W. Gent and M. Jones, hatters, Bir mingham—P. Nowell and C. Smith, timber merchants, Bradford-4. Mason, M. Wright, and W. Bradshaw, coal mas t er s, Ashgate-colliery, Derbyshire — W. Kohler an d A. L'Enfant, lithographic printers, Rathbone-place—J. F. and W. Peters, tobacconists, Drury-lane—H. Love and J. Evans, factors, Basinghall-street—J. Towell and J. Itendle, mer chants, King's Lynn—W. H. Robinson and G. Sparkes, car penters, Northampton—E. Glover, R. Harwood, and A. Haywood, licensed victuallers, Walton, Staffordshire—C. D. Hays, J. J. Hays, and A. Hays, Meriton's-wharf, Mill-street, Bermondsey (so far as regards J. J. Hays)—J. Gough and T. Smith, carpet manufacturers, Kidderminster—R. D. and R. Fretwell, grocers, Gainsborough—G. and J. B. Maltby, wine merchants, Nottingham—R. T. Morley and G. D. Smith, linendrapers, Scarborough—A. Cockburn, H. Dunlop, and A. Cockburn, merchants, Oporto (so far as regards H. Dunlop)—G. Briscoe, C. H. Twyford, J. Steward, and G. Beley, Monte Video (so far as regards G. Beley)—T. Wil liams and T. A. Knight, estate agents, Liverpool—A. and J. Parker, milliners, Kendal—J. Torkington and R. Taylor, railway contractors, Ashton-under-I,yne—W. Walford, T. Greenwood, W. M. Tufnell, B. Sparrow, and W. Walford, jun , bankers, Chelmsford (so far as regards W. Walford and T. Greenwood)—J. Brook, jun., C. W. Brook, and F. S. Brook, woollen cloth merchants, Huddersfield (so far as re gards J. Brook, jun.)—J. Edens and W. Clarke, shoe manu facturers, Stafford—A. Ackers, J. Davies, and E. Pierpoint, glass manufacturers, Newton, Lancashire—R. Parker and G. E. Beane, carriers, Old Bailey. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending :Feb. 3, 1846, is Us. ad. per cwt. THE CORN QUESTION. (From M. Faucher's Studies of English Life.) Having glanced at the history of the corn-laws, he says :—" When we have studied with attention the argu ments of the two parties in this debate, we remain con vinced that if the landed proprietors wished seriously to devote time and capital to the amelioration of their estates, they would have no need of the precarious as sistance of laws to preserve or augment their income The noblemen best versed in agriculture, Lords Spencer, Ducie, Fitzwilliam, and Radnor, hold on this point the same language as Cobden, Ashworth, or Vil liers. But the question presents a political element of which we must not lose sight, and which tends to compli cate the solution. The landed proprietors wish to have high rents, but they are at least equally anxious to have their farbiers so dependent on them as to fin Them willing instruments at the time of an election. Rich and skilful farmers would not suit them ; for these, before investing large capitals in the cultivation of-the soil, would demand leases as a security ; but farmers who had thus placed themselves beyond the reach of any abuse of power would be ''ound independent erectors. Farmers who consent to till the ground without a lease cannot expect to realise much profit; it is, therefore, necessary to offer them the illusions of a pro tective system. Thus the maintenance of the corn laws is not for the aristocracy so much a question of motTcy as of political influence, and hence arises the difficulty of obtaining any concession." We shall now extract the conclusion of this chapter. because it states the causes which render the doom of the corn-!aws ine vitable, even if the harvest had proved favourable, and potatoes had escaped the murrain :—" The condemna tion of the corn laws is written in every page of com mercial legislation. The more they are discussed, the more apparent does the weakness of their supporters become. The mediating party which proposed a fixed duty as a compromise has disappeared, and the Govern ment refuses to pledge itself to the maintenance of the ast modification of protection which it accorded." AMERICAN OPINION UPON SIR R. PEEL'S MEASURES. (From the New York Herald.) THE NEWS FROM ENGLAND—THE REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. The accounts we have received from Great Britain, by,the recent arrivals, have been of a very important nature. Notwithstanding the very contradic tory manner in which they come, there is sufficient to establish the fact that great changes are about being made in the commercial policy of England. There was very little unanimity among the different individuals composing the Ministry of Great Bri tain, and it was probable that a change of some importance would be made, before any movement in relation to the corn-laws was made, or before the meeting of Parliament. From all we can gather from the conflicting statements put forth by the organs of the different parties in England, we cannot resist the con clusion that the corn-law question will be settled by the Parliament now in session; that the present corn-laws will be repealed, and a moderate fixed duty upon foreign grains established. The lower House of the British Parliament will dispose of the matter without much trouble, but the fate of any Bill reducing the duty upon foreign grain in the House of Lords is a more s d eri u ou affair, and will be involved in much doub. tion t . an of n The opposi the certainty until the last moment. . n in the al m l in th d e s withoutof his support in repeal s ifficult matter to get CDaubkienetofmeeWtienlglisn,gtcornestetod gtrheeatmanett); juetrye.i is utterly out of the the friends upper olfitetw;eelirebtphee the a , the question. it through that body, even with his support ; but, without it, there is no chance. This is admitted by all. A repeal of the corn-laws of England, and the adop tion of a low fixed duty on foreign grain, will lead to a complete revolution in the commercial systems of this and other nations. We learn that our Minister in Lon don is engaged in negotiations in relation to this matter, and we are prepared to receive at any time the announce ment that a treaty between the United States and Great Britain has bee n conc l u d e d , ent i re l y o f a commerc i a l character, opening the ports of each for the proaluota and manufactures of the other upon more liberal and advantageous terms than any yet proposed. The closer these two nations can be brought to each other in the pursuits of commerce, the danger of any rupture becomes reduced, and the greater the in terest each has in maintaining peaceful relations. The Conservative, or middle party, in the Senate, has this in view ; and as they hold the balance of power, they will, without doubt, accomplish their object. The course Mr. Calhoun is pursuing has this end in view, and he will make every honourable sacrifice to bring about such a desirable result. With him an adjustment of the Oregon question is an affair of time, and a secondary consideration, compared with a modification of our tariff, and a thorough change in our commercial system. He takes a more extended view of the questions at issue ; knowing that, if we can give Great Britain greater advantages, in a commercial point of view, than she now enjoys, the settlement of other matters, now looked upon as very difficult, will become very easy, as the iefluence on both sides of the Atlantic in favour of peace will be very much strengthened, and many of the differences now existing will become very much softened. The policy of Mr. Calhoun will undoubtedly prevail, so far as the movements of our Government are concerned; and while it will tend to preserve our peaceful relations with Great Britain, it will secure to us commercial vantages greater and more valuable than w e have ever yet enjoyed. ,„, 1 , --- „,w a party of A Ntrvv IRON STEAMER.—On 1--u f - ___ Bl a ckvridl tO gentlemen made an experimental trami.r.A i, called "Le Che- Sheerness in a beautiful new iron the Ditchburn and Mare for iv Messrs. Maudesley, and are of gines have been supplied -The distance between the two Government. The en min de fer Beige," which the finest constructr to the 4 „, i 5 . AL IV , Charg p_nioureettltire s tw ec o re h ta o r u y rs. The Legation;;Belian Paintséd'a.sAr-ual'irein'j'iottr Lahure, and Lieutenant Quiette. were IL Delopierre,,,x J d pressed themselves highly pleased with the bas dust b i een built by M essrs . en board,, ndan accomm odation of the vessel. The " Ch em i n d e f s e p r e e l3 " e 1 a ge" is intended to run as a mail-packet between Ostend and Dover. A YOUNG MAN KILLID BY HIS UNCLE.—On Thurs day last, a lad named Robson was killed by his uncle, named Routledge, at Swaliwell, near this town, where 'both parties resided. The deceased, it appears, was abusing his mother, when the uncle, the mother's brother, came into the house. and interfered, and, after some quarrelling, the uncle struck his nephew suddenly on the jugular vein, when the latter fell down and expired almost immediately. An alarm wae given, and info r m a ti on h av i ng been given to the police, idoutleg• was immediately apprehended. An inquest wah held on the deceased, on Monday, and a verdict of "Man-- slaughter" returned against Zoutledge, who 4 , as been own-- mitted to take his trial.—Tyne 43Iercury. L ONDON AND COUNTY JOIN T-STOCK. BANKING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND, at the rate of five , per cent. per annum, on the capital stock of the Company, for the: half•year ending the 31st of December, 1845, will be PAID to the: Proprietors, either at the parent Establishment, 21, Lombard- - street, or at any of stbe Company's branch banks, on and after MONDAY, the 16th of Febrnary instant. By order of the Board, HENRY LITARD, General Manager. 21, Lombard-street, Feb. 5, 1846. GUL L I V B R, Price Threepence. 2 " es cloth bestride tkis little world of cure like a Colossus." Shakspeare. Office, 93, Fleet-street, next door is " Mr. Punch." Advertisements to be sent to the Onto at the latest on Wednesday. Sale of first Number, s,ooo.—Third Number now ready. is at t, : 5 , ; to tb e e e: I , ' tb! 1 3 erf l/ esD ° clo ut' t 0114 ; I:libee°t, pri° 3t e 0 0 on 7 o3 do ii ti°l 5 r r.)11 01i . 1.1 1161 sot pro °f r eve re; 1 1 , o~ea cf rt o PP° ..