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April 29, 1846. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND, 42, Moo gate-street. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., 3I .P. W. G. Prescott. Esq. Thomas Hankey, jun., Esq. I Baron L. de Rothschild. TREASURER OP THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Forms of proposal for MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, to meet every contingency, Annuities, Endowments, Loans, &c., and the FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT, with every information, may be had at the Offices, where donations and subscriptions to the Benevolent Fund are received. April 29, 1846 . THOS. MULLINDER, Secretary. rrILIE NEW ASYLUM for INFANT A_ OR PHANS, STAMFORD-HILL. For Orphans under Eight Tears of Age, without distinction of sex, place, or religious connexion. The SECOND ANNIVERSARY DINNER of this Charity will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNEsDAT, the 27th of May. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount MORPETH, M.P., in the Chair, STE WARDS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cla- Sir Geo. De H. Larpent, Bart, rendon William Ewart, Esq., M.P. James Pattison, Esq., M.P. Charles Lushington, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. James Harmer, Esq. Henry Vyner, Esq. S. M. Pato, Esq. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Robert Lush, Esq. EL P. Arnold, Esq. William Leavers, Esq. Francis Bennoch, Esq. John Remingtoa Mills, Esq. Edward Brown, Esq. Robert M`Cabe, EN. Domenic Braggiotti, Esq. William Mawby, Esq. Josiah Conder, Esq. James Peek, Esq. James Carter, Esq. John Belie, Esq. Isaac Circuit, Esq. Charles Reed. Esq. Joseph Crane, Esq. Robert Rymill, Esq. Joseph Davis, Esq. George Simmons, EN. John Finch, Esq. James Smith, Esq. Edward Edwards, Esq. George Thompson, Esq. William Groser, Esq. Henry Thompson, Esq. Edward Healey, Esq. William Tho-nborrow,Esq. John W. Harker, Esq. William W. Tyler, Fsq. Charles Jones, Esq. William Wilkinson, Esq. George T. Kemp, Esq. David W. Wire, Esq. P. C. Leckie, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Christopher Lund, Esq. Captain Weller. Tickets, One Guinea each, ma. Offices of the Institution, 32, Ponli Tavern. 32, Poultry, May, 1846. JAME Ly be had of the Stewards; at the .try ; and at the bar of the London SHER3IAN, Hon. Secretary NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan. !Ares with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex- Dense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT;. Tho success and increasing roserity ot tke Sciety kas enabled the Directors, at the last ann p ual p investigation, o to declare a third Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 tper cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Prot scale. EXAMPLES. t j rid 04 Premium. g %a —Q- „ 0"d. ' x s. a. 1837 £l9l 13 " 6O 1000 1 74 3 4 1838 165 18 1839 138 13 1840 39 0 9 .-- :; 1 ,24; 94' Ronksit , IS g b ,_, t.L O Cash, gl CZ. • • 4. 487 13 51A13 17 I £395 Il 1 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 61 14 31 9 910 2% 13 4 41 13 4 6 0 0 947 4 The division of proilt.3 is anneal, and the ? oat will be made in De cember of the present year. r. FERGUSON CANROtTX, Be4o. PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN. NUITY COMPANY, 9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established in 1826. DIRECTORS. Wm. Goodenough Hayter, Esq., 1 Robert Palk, Esq. M.P. John Louis Prevost, Esq. Charles Johnson, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq, John Towgood Kemble, Esq. Le Merchant Thomas, Esq. John G. Shaw Lefevre, F.R.S. TRUSTEES. John Deacon, Esq. ; John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., F.R.S. ; Charles Johnston, Esq. This Society is supported by a subscribed Capital of 240,0001., and by a considerable accumulated premium fund. Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits, •r at an increased premium, with participation in the profits of the Office. The foil Owing are tne annual Prpreiume required fur the assurance Of £lOO on a healthy life in either case:— WITHOUT PROFITS. Age 20 I 11. I Is. Ad. 130 I 21. 2s. 2d. 1 40 1 21 17s. 0,1. 150 141. Os. 8d WITH PROFITS. Age 20 I 1/. 16s. lid. 130 I 21.95. 2d. 140 I 31. Gs. 6d. 150 141. 14s. 2d A Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30 per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneficial policies on which three annual premiums had been paid in the December previous. A division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold ers of beneficial policies can receive their bonuses in ready money, or Lave them applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction of their future premiums Assurers may contract to pay their Premiums either in one sum, in a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay ments, or on the ascending or descending scale. Officers in the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted with chromic and other diseases, and such as arc going beyond the limits of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rates. Prospectuses and all necessary information may be obtained at the Office, MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIE Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps,Londonl JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en: deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their make., feel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The genes ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un guard'4d ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Sen, submit the following cautions:—Som e are in appearance at first sight, " the genuine," but without came or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," and others Iturgiss's ;" and many more without address. Johr Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope Will prevent many disappointments. BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recom mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all Climates. Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, Leaden. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL preserves and reproduces the Hair ; prevents it front falling off or turning grey ; restores grey hair to its original colour; fre e from scurf and dandruff, and re nders it soft, silk y , curl y , and glossy sit —facts abundantly proved by innumerable testimonials, which are open for inspection at the proprietors. As a mild stimulative, cor rective, and preservative agent, ROWLAND'S MACA.SSAIt OIL has the exclusive patronage of the several Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, and with rank, fashion, and discernment, supersedes all preparations of professed similar import. A small pamphlet accom panies each bottle of Rowland's Macassar Oil, wherein important hints and advice will bo found on the culture of the hair of infancy, and on its preservative and beauty through the several stages of human life. CAUTlON.—Unprincipled shopkeepers, for tke sake of gaining a trifle more profit, vend the most spurious trash under the title of "Macassar Oil." It is therefore linperative on purchasers to see that the words ItOWIAND'S MACASSAR OIL, are in two lines on the wrapper of each bottle, and on the inside of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,028 letters. Price is. 6,1., 7s. Family Bottles (equal to four small), les. id., and double that size, 21s. per bottle.—Sold by the Proprietors, A. ROW LAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and rarfnmers. ••• All other Macassar Oils are Fraudulent Counterfeits. PERFECT FREEDOM from COUGH in TEN MINUTES after use is insured by DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. From Mr. James Siamson, S 2, Seymour-place, Bryanstone-squa 23 re. Dec. , 1845. " Gentlemen—l have been aillicted for many years with a most severe cough (which was always said to be consumptive), and for which I never found a remedy until I used your wafers, which, from the benefit I have reckived from them, I shall most strongly recom mend to any one afflicted as I was." Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief and a rapid cure of asthma, consumption, coughs, and colds. TO SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS.—In a few hours they remove all hoarseness, and wonderfully increase the power and flexibility 01 the Voice.—Price Is. I},i d.;2s. 9d , and lls. per Box. Agents : Da Silva and CO., 1 Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London ; sold by all medicine venders. CAUTION TO MOTHER CA S. Nips JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING This efficaciou s remedy has SYRUP been in general use for upwards . e Thirty Years, and h as preserved numerous Children when sUffermi from Convulsions ar i sing from painful Dentition. As soon as the SY/ rup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved, the Gums cooled, ind the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as efficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with ease ; and so pleasant that no Child will refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. Parents Oeuld be very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHISG syßup, and to notice that the names of Barclay and Sons, 95, Far ringdon-street, London (to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the recipe), are on the Stamp affixed to each Hot.. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. T° MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. Doncaster, September 2f,th, 1844. Sia,—The following particulars have been hall , ed to us with a cegniselon for request that they might be forwarded to you, with their publication, if you should deem them worthy of such. J. BROOKE andCDoo.,ntosnteear,stea_ried Elizabeth Brearley, residin g i n Duke-street, Between forty and fifty, was severely afflicted with Rheumatism, and confined to her bed for a period of nearl y two months, with he doses of BLAIR'S GOUT andwer to lift her arm ; she wasRHEU sIi MATIC PILLS , and aftermily benefited after taking scarcely wo d finishing two boxes was quite recov ere d . ' The above recent testimonial is a further proof of the great efficacy Of this valuable medicine, which is the most effective remedy for Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Tic Doloroux, Pains is the Head and Face, often mistaken for tooth-ache, and for all Gouty and Rheumatic Tendencies. It Is also gratifying to have permission to refer to the following gentlemen, selected from a multitude of others, whose station in society has contributed to advance this popular medicine in public esteem :—.l. R. 31andall, Esq., Coroner, Doncaster ; the Rev. Dr. Blomberg ; the Chevalier de la Garde ; Mr. 3liskin, brewer and maltster, Dartford ; Mr. Richard Stone, Luton ; John J. Giles, Esq., Frhnley ; Mr. Inwood, Berbright ; William Conrtenay, Esq., Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants. ; all of whom have received benefit by taking this medicine, and have allowed the proprietor the privil:ge of publishing the same for the benefit of the afflicted. Sold - 13y Thomas Prout, 224, Strand, London ; and by his appoint inent by all respectable Medicine Vend) hrongheat the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC ' , nu, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Straud, Londook," Zaprelled . 'Von tlaos Govemumiat Stamp aftliscl to eack box of the 241/1411 PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BE NEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND, 42, MO. l .The SECOND ELECTION of RGATE-STREET ANNUITANTS will be CELE op.. .TED on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 6th of MAY, by a PUBLIC DINNER at the London Tavern, at Five for Six o'clock precisely, 1* aid - of the Benevolent Fund. STEWARDS. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE, President of the Board of Trade, in the chair. J. B. Heath, Esq., Governor of the:Cherles Kerr, Esq. Bank of England ;John Labouchere, Esq. W. R. Robinson, Esq., Deputy-gohn L. Lawford, Esq. Governor of the Bank of England Sir George Larpent, Bart, John Anderson, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Sir John Lubbock, Bart, George Barnett, Esq. W. Lyali, Esq. . saeorge Gray Barton, Esq. James Mackillop, Esq. W. Boutcher, Esq. H. H. Marley, Esq. Mark Boyd, Esq. James I'attison, Esq., M.P. James Bruce, Esq. Brice Pearse, Esq. James Cook, Esq. Sir Charles Price, Bart. italkes Currie, Esq., M.P. George Pollard, Esq. Henry Davidson, Esq. W. G. Prescott, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., M.P. Thomas Dent, Esq. Wm. Betray, Esq. John Peter Fearon, Esq. John R. Reeves, Esq., F.R.S. James Fletcher, Esq. Samuel Ridge, Esq. John Gay, Esq., F.R.C.S. A. W. Roberts, Esq. James W. Gilbert, Esq. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Sirßichard Plumptre Glynn, Bart. Martin Tacker Smith, Esq. Sir John Hall, K.C.H. • 9 'James Sheppard, Esq. John Alexander Hauk e y, Esq . , Wm. Smee Esq. Thomas Alers Hankey, Esq. Alfred Smee, Esq., F.R.S. Thomson Hankey, Jan., Esq. Alderman Wm. Thompson. M.P. George Hibbert, Esq. iW. James Thompson, Esq• George Hudson, Esq., M.P. Claude G. Thornton, Esq. T. W. Jones, Esq., M.D. George Frederick Young, Esq. Tickets, 2ls. each, may be had of the Stewards ; also at the offices Of the Association, 42, Moorgate-street. ; or at the London Tavern. THOMAS MULLINDER, Secretary. E ASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES JUNCTION RAILWAY BR ANCHES. In pursuance o f the new orders of Parliament, a s Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of dying their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament, in relation to this undertaking, GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, D e p u t y Chairman,Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. V ORM GRAVE SEND RAILWAY. 111 In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at Ilalfpast Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking.of the East ern GEOR GE HUDSON, Chairman DAVID WA DDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, t Counties Railway fly order, Company. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION Notice is RAI LWAY COMPANY. . hereby given, th at a meeting is proposed to be held on EDNEsnaT, the 13th day of May next, at half-past two of the clock in the afternoon, at Dee's Royal llotel, Birmingham, of the Holders of Scrip (see Note) in the above-mentioned Company, at which meeting the Bills hereinafter-mentioned will be submitted for the consideration and approval of such Scripholders, that is to say, " A Bill for making a Railway from Birmingham to join the lines of the proposed Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Worcester, ai d Wol verhamston Railways, and to be called The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway ;' and a Bill for making a Railway into Birmingham, in extension of the proposed Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway. Dated, 29th April, 1846. lIATIIERTON. Chairman. Note.—All persons producing scrip at the above meeting will be entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 31st March last, but no vote can Ile accepted in respect of any scrip not actually produced. In cases where the deposits on shares allotted has been paid prior to the 31st March last, but the scrip for such shares has not been issued, the production of the banker's receipt for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of the scrip. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. -VP Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING is proposed to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at eleven of the o'clock;in the forenoon, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, of the holders of Scrip (see note) in the above-mentioned Company, at which meeting the Bill hereinafter mentioned will be submitted for the consideration and approval of such Scripholders, that is to say, "A Bill for making railways from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and Dudley, to be called The Birmingham and Dudley Railway.'" Dated 29th April, 1846. HATHERTON, Chairman. Note.—All persons producing Scrip at the above meeting will be entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 31st of March last, but no vote can be accepted in respect of any Scrip not actually produced. In cases where the deposits on shares allotted have been paid prior to the 31st March last, but the -'crip for such Shares has notbeen issued, the production of the Banker's receipt for the de posit will be accepted in lieu of the Scrip < , lig AN CHESTER RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL 'll he held, at the Com- AND BIRMINGHAM in Manchester, on Tim of the PROPRIETORS of this Com • p C a l n A y L wl flEN pally's Offices, in London-road, afternoon, when 7th day of May, 1846, at three o'clock in the copies of the undermentioned Bills, now which Bills GENERAL THURSDAY, the will be submitted to the Proprietors for their a P p7r ( o l t g l; in unde it is proposed to authorise the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company either to construct or to become the proprietors of, or to under Parliament, contribute towards the formation of, the railways therein mentioned, that is to say— A Bill to empower the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Com pany to make certain Branch Railways. A Bill for consolidating the London and Birmingham, Grand Junc tion, and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies. A Bill for making a Railway from Newtown, in the county of Montgomery, to Crewe, in the county of Chester, with Branches, and for other purposes connected therewith. A Bill for making a Railway from the Chester and Crewe Branch of the Grand Junction Railway, at Calveley, to Wolverhampton, and fur other purposes connected therewith. A. Bill for making a Railway from Shrewsbury to Stafford, with a Branch to Stone, and for other purposes. A Bill for making'a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Cheadle, in the county of Chester, to or near to the Ambergate Station c f the Midlands Railway, in the county of Derby, to be called the" Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Jane tion Railway." A Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birming ham to Ilyde, Railin theway, in county the to of Chestefr.wnship o Gorton, in the county of Lancaster, The Chair will ha taken at three o'clock precisely. Dated this 29th day of April, 1846. J. P. 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They may although the management of the'concern in stages is, as is usual in such cases, vested entirely in eite provisional committee, they have taken every opportunity.' of communicating with the proprietors and ascertaining their sentiments. A public meeting of the proprietors was held at the London Tavern on the 13th of November last, at which resolutions were passed unanimously approving of the arrangements made by the committee with the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, and London, Salisbury, and 'Yeovil Companies. At the same meeting the purchase of the Bod min and Wadebridge_Railway was announced, and favourably received as a measure f or th e a d vantage of the Company. Previously to the breaking up of the meeting it was further announced, that the negotiations which had been is progress for amalgamation with the South-Western Company had been concluded. " The subsequent proceedings of the Company are well known to the shareholders. In common with many other schemes of undoubted merit, the Bill has failed for the pre sent session, on account of non-compliance with the standing orders. This failure, which the provisional committee deeply regret, is not, however, attributable to any want of exertion on their part or on the part of those employed under them, but to the extreme difficulty, amounting almost to impossibility, of complying with all the technical requisites of the standing orders in regard to engineering details in a scheme of such magnitude, brought forward at such a late period. The fate of the rival projects in the west of Eng land, most of which have been rejeeted on account of non compliance with standing orders, may also serve to show that the pa r t oft e abo he committee. ve result was not attribut a bl e to any neglect on " Neither under ordinary circumstances would it afford any ground for discouragement in regard to the ultimate prospects of the concern, since it is evidently desirable rather than otherwise that the commencement of the works should be postponed for a year. " Raving thus briefly explained the proceedings which y ias h nhs a ga r v r e e begaha t a l oar ldkndsecener thespshlt aheficeenet,a nawtcctua omm l ittee oomff• receiptsi tt l h l h e p e r c cc c ooa e mmn e d dppa t aen o nx3y l p, ,aertnha rid b e e a f fdu o o r rllfi e eors t wu h pt: e ill to the present time. PRICE SD. To Deposit received on 112,742 Shares £295,947 15 0 Interest 760 16 9 No. 16,7‘3,?. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING LONDON -. 1 AN s, yogic RAILWAY. By an advertisenient in - .rovers ThUradaylestf emanating from the London and York .' •• n•s ' it appears that the Easte rn Counties Company have eds:V.l London and York shareholder, in addition to a bonus of ies. per share, an Eastern Counties York Extension share, Counties shares, now selling at 241, each i and that the Directors tanking. when la. is _paid , with the Eastern have rejected this offer without calling the shareholders together. This Committee, after mature consideration, are at a loss to discover the soundness of the policy, which centime induced the London and York Directors to reftise this offer. 'the London and York Direc tors charge this Committee with embarrassing their negotiation for amalgamation, and using language so specious, as to lead the share holders to think they were acting with the Directors. The Com mittee cannot understand how ascertaining thii Wishes of the share holders, and opening a door to negotiation ylth tt, Eastern Counties Company, can embarrass the Direaliks I,rtrat they deny that their language Is specious, or ealculatrkieedtv4 any one. The London and York directors charge t %.9ll77Satnett, who ac t s on this committee, is an Eaitern Counties s irehoider. He was, for some years. a holder et 1,000 registered:l64l'es in the Eastern Counties Company. which he sold in Noventbet last, and became the holder of 2,000 London and York shares: and to relieve himself from the loss which these will entail if thejlill passes, or to convert them Into Eastern Counties stock, which ho thinks must attain a high premium, he became one of the Committee, and participated in its movement. This Committee cannot congratulate the Directors on their calm lathns, which state that a 151. Eastern Counties York Extension share, with 105. paid on it, f t at 30s. premium only of the same value as a 501. London and York share, with 21. lOs paid on it, and nearly spent. If the shareholders will ask any respeetable share-broker, he will tell them that a premium of 30s. per share on a 151. share is equal to a premium of exactly 51. on a 501. share. Besides, if an Eastern Counties York Extension share is now at 30s. premium, what will the premium be ff the London and York op position is withdrawn, and the best portion of the projected lin - s alone presented to and passed by the Legislature. Eastern Counties shares, which now stand al 241., would, in that event, prokably rise to 301.; but, taking them at 241., an Eastern Counties York Extension share is, if the Bill passes, worth 91. premium. But this is not all, for the London and York Directors state they have considerably more than 100,0001., or 11. per share in hand. So that a party making the proposed exchange might reasonably expect that which is now worth 21. 10s. to yield him in cash, pre mium, and bonus, 101. Os. ; besides divesting himself of the fearful liability to calls, which now hangs over him. Or, more plainly, thus : A holder of five London and York shares of 501. each, must pay up 2371. 10s., and have fire shares, at a heavy discount, in an un productive line. A holder of five Eastern Counties York Extension shares, must pay up 721. 10s., and have five shares, value 1201., in a dividend paying line. London and York shares have, in truth, already doubled their price, in anticipation of this amalgation, and if it fail must fall back to a lower discount than ever. It only remains for this Committee to direct your attention to the disclosure new made by the London and York Directors of the policy which actuates them—a poll , y which, however specious in appear ance, is, la the Judgment of this Committee, most distinctly opposed to your true interest. The Directors say, with the powers of an Act of Parliament, they would be able to conclude arrangements. But it is idle to suppose that better terms can be made after the Act is ob tained, The line must then be made, and nearly ten millions ex pended. It is to prevent this disastrous consequence that the exertions of the Committee have been directed, and they call upon you with renewed confidence and greater earnestness to aid them and protect yourselves. By order of the Committee, EN London and York Sharehold ers ' CommitteeH-rooms,RY PHILLIPPS. 4, Sise-lane, London, May I, 1846. N EWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and CARLISLE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a Special General MEETING or the Proprietors of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company will be held, at the Office of the Company, near the Forth, in the town of Newcastle-upon -Tyne, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of May, 1846, at Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of submitting for the approval of the Proprietors of the said Company the Draft of a Bill now before Parliament, entituled, "A Bill to authorise the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company to extend their Railway in New castle-upon-Tyne, to make several Branch Railways, and for other purposes connected with their undertaking." MATTHEW PLUMMER, Chairman of the Directors. L EEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the lIOLDERS of SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PANY, will be held on TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at the Sessions-house in Wakefield, in the county of York, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when a copy of the Bill for making the said railway will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting pursuant to the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament. And notice is hereby further given that no person can vote at the said meeting unless he produces his scrip or bankers' receipts. Dated this 25th day of April, 1846. EDWARD TEW, Chairman of the Provisional Directors. HENRY BERNERS, Secretary. AMB ER GAT E, NOTTINGHAM an d BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a Special Meeting of the Scripholders of this Company will be held at the Exchange Hall, in the town of Nottingham, on FRIDAY, the Bth day of May next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, when a copy of the Bill now depending in Parliament, intituled "A Bill for making a Railway from or near the Amber gate Station of the Midland Railway, through Nottingham, to Spald ing and Boston, with branches therefrom, and for enabling the Com pany to purchase the Nottingham and Grantham Canals," will be submitted to the consideration of such meeting. Dated April 29, 1846. THOMAS BISHOP, Vice Chairman. JOHN GOUGH, Secretary. Nottingham, April 29, 1846. AMBERGAT E, NOTTINGHAM, and BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Directors beg to inform the Scripholders that it is necessary that they should either attend in person and br,ng their scrip, or send it to the meeting by some other person, who, on producing the scrip, will be entitled to vote in respect thereof; and as the resolu tions of the two Houses of Parliament require the votes to be re corded with great minuteness, for the purpose of showing the amount of scrip held by each person present, whether in his own right or as another's representative, every bearer of scrip attending is requested to furnish the Secretary before the commencement of the meeting with his scrip, his name, and address an exchange for which a re ceipt will he given). The scrip will be returned to the bearer of the receipt, an application at the office of the Company, any day after the 11th May, between the hours of ten and three. To facilitate the arrangements at the meeting, the Secretary will attend at the offices of the Company every day previous to the meet ing, from ten till three o'clock, to receive and register the scrip. JOHN GZ)LT(111, Secretary. G LASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY. In compliance with the resolutions or orders of the Houses of Par liament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the Shareholders or Stockholders of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, will be held within the Company's Office, in Bridge-street, Glasgow, on WEDNESDAY, tke 13th day of May next, at one o'clock in the after noon, when copies of the following Bills now before Parliament will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a note taken on the said Bill as required by the said resolutions or orders, viz. :- 1. A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company to alter their line near Kilmarnock, and to make branches to Linwood, Swinlees, and the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. 2. A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil marnock, and Ayr Railway, and to authorise the formation of branches from Bushy to Irvine, and from Irvine to the harbour thereof, with a subsidiary branch to Perceton Coal Works. 3, A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock. and Ayr Railway Company to make a branch from their railway near Blair to Strathaven, and to amend the Acts relating to such railway. By order of the Directors, JAMES M'CALL, Chairman, J. F. SMITH. Secretary. G LASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses ef Par- Ilament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the holders of Scrip or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railway Company, will be held within the Black Ball Motel, in Glasgow, upon MONDAY, the Ilth day of May next, at two o'clock afternoon, when a copy of a Bill now before Parliament, entitled " A Bill for making a Railway from the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar nock, and Ayr Railway, near Cumnock, to the Caledonian Railway near the crossing of the river Sark, to be called The Glasgow, Dum fries, and Carlisle Railway, with Branches,' " will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill as re quired by the said resolutions or orders. order of the Ordinary Coamittee of Management, JOHN LEADRETTER, Chairman. INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION RAILWAY. , (Amended Advertisement). Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the H OLDER S of SCRIP of this Co m p any will be held in the Caledon ian Ho tel , Inverness, on FAIDAT the 22d May proximo, at Ten o'clock A.U., in terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Commons on the 23d currant, to express their approval or disapproval of the Bill now in dependance before Parliament. To entitle parties to vote they roust produce their scrip or bankers' receipts at the meeting. By order of the Committee of Managem ent, CHARLES STEWART, Joint Secretary. April 25, 1846. PERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY. (Amended Advertisement). Notice is hereby given that a 3.II3IETING of the HOLDERS, of SCRIP of this COMPANY will be held in the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street,on MONDAY, the 18th May proximo, at Ten o'clock A.M., In terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Com mons on the 23d current, to express their approval or disapproval of the Bill now in dependance before Parliament. . . To entitle parties to vote, they must produce their scrip or bankers' receipts at the meeting. By order of the Committee of Management, PETER ANDERSON, Secretary. London, April 25, 1846. n 1,4 DHAM DISTRICT RAILWAYS. ‘yfotice is hereby given, th a t i n pursuance o f the resolutions of both uses of Parliament, a special General Meeting of the Holders of Seri?, and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Oldham District Railways Company, will be held in the Town-hall in Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, on FRIDAY, the Bth day of May next, at eleven o'elock in the forenoon precisely, for the purpose of submitting, and at wlAqh meeting will be submitted, a Copy of the Bill depend ing in the House of Commons, to authorise the making of the said Railways and the incorporation of the Company, for the considera tion and approval of the said Molders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip. JOHN DUNCIIFT, Chairman. EDWARD COCKRELL, Secretary. Oldham, April 29th, 1846. DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN EXTEN SION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby aiven, that a Meetlu is proposed to be held at the Office of the Dublin and Kingsto wn ziallway Company, at West land-row, in the City of Dublin, on „tnrite)Av, the 14th day of MO 1846, at eleven o'clock in the for Moen, • L the holders of Scrip Cer tificates,* proposed (in the event of the Bill hereinafter-mentioned being passed into a law) to be converted into shares or stock of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, and which have been issued in respect of the above-mentioned undertaking, at which meeting a Bill now pending before Parliament for extending the line of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to the Bridge of Bray, in the county of Dublin, will be submitted to the consideration and ap proval of such Scripholders. By order of the Court of Directors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, T. F. BERGIM, Clerk of the Company. Dublin, 28th April, 1846. * Nora. —All Persons producing Scrip at the above Meeting, will he entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to 31st March 'ant, but no vote can be accepted in respect of any Scrip not actually produced, except in cases where the Deposit on Shares allotted has peen paid prior to 31st March last, but the Scrip for such Shares has not been issued, in which case the production of the Bankers' receipts, for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of the Scrip. NORFOLK RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the Office of the Company, Guildhall buildings, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May, now next ensuing, at Two o'clock, when the Drafts of , the under-mentioned Bills, introduced into Parliament in the present Session, will be submitted to the Pro prietors for their approval, under which Bills it is proposed to autho rise the Norfolk Railway Company, either to construct or to become the Proprietors of, or to contribute towards, the formation of the Railways therein mentioned, that is to say— A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail way communication between the Dereham Branch of the Norfolk Railway, and the towns of Wells and Blakeney, in the county of Norfolk. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail way from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway at Stovrmar ket to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wyrnondham. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail way from the Norfolk Railway at Thetford to the Lowestoft Railway at Reedham. A Bill for extending the Norfolk Railway to the Jetty at Great Yarmouth, and to enable the Norfolk Railway Company to pur chase a Lease of the Lowestoft Railway, Harbour and Navigation. A Bill for making a Railway from Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North Waisham. _ _ _ A Bill for naing;il;iiWay from East Dereham, in the county of Norfolk to the City of Norwich. A 11111 for making a Branch Railway from the East Dereham and Norwich Railway to the Norfolk Railway. The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. Dated this 30th day of April, 1846. ADAM DUFF, Chairman of the Board of Directors. By order, RICHARD TILL, Secretary. E DINBURGH In compliance with the resolutions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the Shareholders or Stock holders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company will be held within the Railway•office in Queen-street, Glasgow, upon TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at one o'clock afternoon, when a copy of a Bill before Parliament, intituled, "A Bill or Act to enable the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to alter the line of the Glasgow Junction Railway, and co form a Branch to South Queens ferry," will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill, as required by the said resolutions or orders. By order of the Directors, JOHN LEARMOUTH, Chairman H. G. WRIGHT, Secretary. 4FAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. In compliance with the Standing Orders and Sessional Orders of Parliament. Notice is hereby given, that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the East Lancashire Railway Company will be held at the Eagle and Child Inn, Silver-street, Bury, in the county of Lancaster, on WED NESDAY, the 3rd day of June now next ensuing, at Twelve o'clock at Noon ; when the Drafts of the undermentioned Bills, introduced into Parliament in the present session, will be submitted to the shareholders for their approval, namely : A Bill to enable the East Lancashire Railway Company to alter the line and:levels of such railway, and to make branches there from, and for other purposes relating thereto. A Bill for making a railway from the East Lancashire Railway, at Accrington, in the county Palatine of Lancaster, to Long Preston and Settle, in Yorkshire, with branches therefrom. A Bill to unite and consolidate the Blackburn and Preston Rail way Company with the East Lancashire Railway Company. A Bill for making certain branches from the line of the Blackburn and Preston Railway, in the county of Lancaster ; and for amending the Acts relating thereto. A Bill for making a railway from the Liverpool and Bury Railway to Preston, and to the Blackburn and Preston and North Union Railways, with branches therefrom, to be called "The Liverpool, Ormekirk, and Preston Railway." A (proposed) Bill to incorporate the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. Dated the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1846. JAMES. SMITHELLS. COLCHESTER, STOUR VALLEY, SUD ii BURY, and HALSTEAD RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the COLCHES TER, STOUR VALLEY, SUDBURY, and lIALSTEAD RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held at the Offices of the said Company, No. 1, High-street, Colchester, Essex, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of May, 1846, at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of submitting a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, to incorporate the said Com pany and construct and maintain the said Railway for the considera tion of the said Scripholders and Holders of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip. Dated this 27th day of April, 1846. GEORGE BAWTREE, Secretary. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE and OXFORD and BLETCIILEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. In pursuance of the Sessional Orders of both Houses of Parliament, notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SCRIPHOLDERS of this Company, that is to say of the Holders of Scrip, or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Company, will be held on SATURDAY, the 9th of May next, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the London and Birmingham Railway Station, in Euston-square, London, for the purpose of approving (or otherwise) the following Bills now before Parliament, viz. : A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford (Tring to Banbury). A Bill for making a railway from Oxford to the London and Bir mingham Railway, at Bletchley, in the county of Buckin;ham (Ox ford to Bletchley). The Sessional Orders, before referred to, require that one-third of the capital proposed to be raised by the Bill shall be represented at the meeting by persons producing thereat scrip or bankers' receipts for the same, and the holders of such scrip or receipts are therefore requested to attend accordingly. The Directors take this opportunity of announcing that both the above Bills have been read a second time ; the latter is now in Com mittee, and wholly unopposed ; the Committee on the former Bill is not at present named The Secretary will afford such information and assistance to the shareholders as they may desire with reference to their scrip or re ceipts, and the prodectien thereof, and the voting thereon at the meeting. Communications may be addressed to him at the Com pany s office, No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster. As no parties will be entitled to vote at the meeting until his or her name and address, and the denoting numbers of all the scrip or receipts arc first recorded, shareholders are particularly requested, with a view to the convenience of the meeting, either to send their scrip or receipts to the Secretary, or to any of the Committee of Management,. at the offices of the Company, or to furnish a state ment of the denoting numbers of the scrip or receipts to the Secre tary forthwith, as otherwise the proceedings of the meeting will be greatly delayed by the necessary preliminary investigations. HARRY VERNET, Bart., Obairman of the Committee of Management. WYNDHAM HARDING, secretary. Dated 29th April, 1846. Offices of the Company, 29, Great George-street, Westminster. ' The following gentlemen are the Committee of Management : Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Claydon House, Bucks. The Hon. Philip Sidney Pierrepont, Evenley Hall, Brackley, Nor. thamptonshire. Captain Edw. Hewes, Buckingham. Humphrey Humphreys, Esq., Buckingham. Jonathan Samuel Browning, Esq., Oxford. Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury, Oxon. Zacharias Daniel Hunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks. George Carr Glyn, Esq., London Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham i Edward Cropper, Esq., Live r p oo l Directors Thomas Smith, sq., Reigate Lodge, S urre y of the Thomas Young, Esq., Alb any , L on d on London Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., 3f.P., L on d on and Birmingham Captain Constan t i ne Ri chard 3foorsom, R.N.,u—w Ra Bir- ___ Railway. mingham Robert Benson, jun., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the Euston Station, London, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of May now next ensuing, at 12 o'clock, when copies of the undermentioned Billa now pending in Parliament, will be submitted to the proprietors for their approval, by which Bids it is proposed to authorise the London and Birmingham Railway Company, either to constructor to become the lessees or proprietors of, or to contribute toward. the formation of the railways therein mentioned, that is to say— A Bill for making a railway trona the London and Birmingham Railway at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the County of Oxford. ♦ Bill for making a railway from Oxford, to the London and Bir mingham Railway at Bletchley, in the county of Buckingham. A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of War wick, to the town of Banbury, in the county of Oxford. A 11111 for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of Warwick, to the Biriningharn and Gloucester Railway, in the parish of Ashchurch, in the county of Gloucester. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to make a branch railway from the London and Birmingham Rail wa, , near Coventry, to the Trent Valley Railway, in the parish of Nuneaton. A Bill for making a railway from or near the city of Worcester, to the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Weedon, in the county of Northampton, with a branch to Alcester, in the county of Warwick. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to make a branch from the said railway, to the Blisworth and Peter borough branch thereof. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to extend their line at and L eamington,toenlarge their stations at ry, Covent and Rugby, and for otherpurposes. A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, to or near to Navigation-street, in the borough of Bir mingham. A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Rugby, in the county of `Warwick - , to Leam ington and Warwick, in the county of Warwick. A Bill for carrying into effect certain arrangements between the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, and for granting certain powers to the said respective Companies. A Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and to the Grand Junction Railway in the parish of Buahbury, with a line diverging therefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to Dudley. A Bill for making a railway from Sinethwick, in the parish of liar borne, in the county of Stafford, to Stourport, in the county of Wor cester, with branches therefrom. A Bill to consolidate the Linden and Birmingham Grand Junction and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies. A Bill for making a railway from Blisworth, in the county of Northampton, to Ashchurch, in the county of Gloucester, to be called " The Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway." A Bill for making a railway from Illisworth, in the county of Northampton, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford, to be called " The Northampton and Banbury Railway." A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to make a branch railway from Rugby to the Syston and Peter borough Railway at Stamford. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to make a railway from Wolverton to Newport Pagnell and Bedford. A Bill for vesting the Aylesbury Railway in the London and Bir mingham Railway Company. A. Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com pany to make a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, near Watford, to St. Albans and Dunstable, with a branch to Luton. A Bill to authorise an improvement of the line of the West London Railway and the Extension thereof to the river Thames. ; A lnsoyha l i .t i Go l irEet chairßnio pe e l R m r„ igE p eui t o ßt w b: empower therataken t stations L iaot o n n T, andd wi o n : Lvoe .d London, o'clock n l3 , in nan din gf o h r a o mth e ß ra i p l a wr pa yose sC o. m e precisely. Dated this 22d day of April, 1846. GCIELTLEDN' Chairman, a D n eputy Chairman,. Ofof Directors. Sy By order, RICHARD CUED, Secretary. ni/rALTON AND DRIFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the HOLDERS ef SCRIP, and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the Malton and Drif field Junction Railway Company, will be held on TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at the Corn Exchange in New Mahon, in the county of York, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when a copy of the 11 for making the said Railway a:.d Branch to Frodingham-bridge, will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, pursuant to the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament. And notice is hereby furtker given, that no person can vote at the said meeting, unless he produces his Scrip or Banker's Receipts. Dated this 29th day of April, 1840. MORPETH, Chairman of the Provisional Directors. BENJAMIN DUNN, Secretary. EASTERN RAILWAY.- COUNTIES YORK EXTENSION. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, Copies of the four following Bills, that is to say— A Bill for making a railway from Cambridge to Lincoln, A Bill for making a railway from Lincoln to South Milford, A Bill for making a railway from March to Lincoln, A Bill for making a railway from Tottenham to Farringdon-street, Will be submitted to the consideration of the holders of the scrip and bankers' receipts for Eastern Counties (York Extension) shares at a meeting to be held, and which is hereby called for that purpose, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on THURSDAY, the 14th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely. All holders of the scrip are earnestly requested to attend the meeting, and to exhibit their scrip shares or banker's receipts thereat, and to send to the secretary, previously, written memoranda, with their names and addresses, and the numbers and amount of their scrip. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, 1 of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy - Chairman , s Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shoreditch Station, 29th April, 1846. F ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Eastern Counties Registered Proprietors will be held on THURSDAY, the 14th of May next, at One o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, London, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otherwise to the further proceedings with A Bill for making a Railway from Hertford to Huntingdon, with a Branch to Bedford ; and A Bill for making a Railway from Tottenham to Barnet. A Bill for enlarging the London and Stratford stations of the Eastern Counties Railway and for ether purposes. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairmanl Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shoreditch Station, April 29, 1846. NORFOLK RAILWAY EXTENSIONS. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the holders of scrip or of bankers' receipts for scrip in respect of the undertakings Proposed to be carried into effect under the Bills below mentioned, will be held at the Norfolk Railway Company's Office, at Guildhall buildings, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May, 1846, at half-past Two o'clock, for the purpose of submitting to their approval copies of the following Bills : A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way communication between the Deerham branch of the Norfolk Railway and the towns of Wells and Blakeney In the county of Norfolk. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway at Stow market, to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wymondham. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way communication between the Deerham branch of the Norfolk Railway and the towns of Wells and Blakeney, in the county of Nor folk. The chair will be taken at half-past Two o'clock precisely. N. B. It will be necessary for each person who attends to produce the scrip or banker's receipt for scrip in respect a which he claims to attend and take part in the proceedings. Dated this 30th day of April, 1846. ADAM DUFF, Chairman of the Board of Directors. RICHARD TILL, Secretary. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and STOUR VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. In compliance with the sessional orders of both Houses of Parlia ment, notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the Holders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip of this Company, will be held at the Waterloo-rooms, Waterloo-street, Bir mingham, on SATURDAY, the 23d day of May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when the following Bills now before Parliament will be submitted to the meeting for their approval or otherwise, viz. : A Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and to the Grand Junction Railway, in the pariah of Bushbury, with a line divergin g th erefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to Dudley. A Bill for making a railway from Smethwich, in the parish of Harborne, in the county of Stafford, to Stourport, in the county of Worcester, with bran c h es therefrom. The votes will be taken, as required by the said sessional orders, according to the amount of Scrip, or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip, produced at the meeting; and every party producing such Scrip will be required, before attending the meeting, to exhibit the same to the Secretary, and to furnish him with a written memorandum of his or her name and alidress, and also the denoting numbers of the said Scrip or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip. ROBERT SCOTT, Chairman of the Committee of Management. (By order) HENRY MORGAN, Secretary. Birmingham, 28, Waterloo-street, May 1, 1846. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER The high estimate formed by the public during the ten year WILLIAM S. 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Eight thousand rate-payers have already signed the petition in favour of cleansing the streets and employing .the poor upon the plan proposed by a So ciety formed by some philanthropic gentlemen. NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDERS. U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. The attention of Equitable Policy Holders is particularly called to the HALF CREDIT SCALES of PREMIUM of this Company, by which table the bonus to be declared at the next investigation, in January, 1850, may be secured at a present annual payment of one half the rates charged by other companies. In the event of death the sum insured will be paid less the amount ofpremiums on credit. Should the life insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the Company will renounce 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 by commencing to pay the full premium of the age as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with the Company, wa s found peculiarly advantageous at the last equitable division in 1140, when it was largely adopted. and many of the policies then effected are still in force, and latge bonuses have been added to them on the scale of the following table; — Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. £5,000 •••• • • • 6 years 10 months .... £683 6 6 5,000 •• • ..... 6 years .............. 600 0 I 5,000 ........ 4 years •••• • • .. 400 0 0 5,060 •• 2 years .. • ..... ••• • • • 200 0 0 Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and F. 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THOMAS'S the WESTMINSTER, AND OTHER HOSPITALS, and at the MANCHESTER, BRISTOL, BRIGHTON, and other INFIRMA RIES, may be procured in every locality, at 3s. per bottle, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsule, embossed " BETTS'S PATENT BRANDT, 7, SMITIIFIELD-BAES," or at the Distillery, their only establishment, at 16s. per Gallon, in Bulk, or at 18s. in the capsuled bottles, in quantities not less than two gallons. CORNWALL and DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. The following report was read by the Secretary of the above Company, at the meeting held at the London Tavern, on Thursday last:— " The Committee of the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway Company are desirous of bringing distinctly before to the proprietors the actual state of the Company, in order enable them to judge for i.heruselves as to the course to be pursued. of Cornwall, held at Bodmin on the 28th of August t consequence of the Great Western Railway Companyhaving Exetermoters o w f e t r i e le in d v ir i e t c ed t lines definitively refused to comply with the repeatedly-expressed presided over by the HonieihttteShnhmeriugffll,l - of the county in favour of a central line. The pro moters "T he i C o o T ia n ew proceedingsa Cornwall and D e N•o o n f C a ent publicra l Railwaymeeting Company of theleasoot ori ginatedotiynrespectably attended, resolutions Salisbury w tan e t recommending the formation of an independent Cornwall and Devon Central Company. "The Company th , — formed received an unprecedented amount of loco --...„;;enftlfr both from the principal landowners, and also from the towns and inhabitants generally of the h r e d ia m no passedti numerously na gn a w a l b h i ei m on hv o t a l a a n l wast y counties of Cornwall and Devon : as a proof of this, it may be sufficient to refer to the petitions from the two counties in favour of the Bill presented by Lord Brougham to the House of Lords in the month of March last, which contained 50,000 signatures, including a great majority of the prin cipal landed proprietors, and of the registered electors of the county of Cornwall. "The Committee think it important to refer to these facts, because they establish a broad line of distinction between the Cornwall and Devon Central, and many of the eehemes which were got up about the same period with a view merely to a speculative investment of money. "The Cornwall and Devon Central was pre-eminently a bona fide project, originating in the wish of an important district to obtain the benefit of railway communication, and as such it was announced to the public. " The applications for shares were unusually numerous, and within a few weeks after the formation of the Company, a Di London, insure ooenpr Dorchester hso The eenttmsea, the e f l rnrouscluo first Companies, somi t p tmpe e per pa Salisbury, aiftoncw option pea sn purchase-money , required by the standing orders of Parliament. " Under these circumstances, the Committee could have no hesitation in acting upon the belief that the Company shares was one which had obtained a firm standing both in the dis trict and in public opinion, and in proceeding accordingly to take such steps as in their judgment appeared calculated to amalgamation sr,f7lgeayovpe viniw,oudi favourably ee, t irn h ei ahttsbaaih t clso h oe3aerd,f e ,. with those of the Cornwall and Devon Central Company, and whose co-operation was necessary in order to go before Par liament with an integral scheme. " The next stop' was to negotiate a purchase of the Bod minttophoeaa their a seAa n i cdotn contest obfeitnhgawtobtained, Wadebridge ltbihnt ae it bnßheeeaidio,librave Great very yf circumstancesol vr important,e t sa n h t sum i e endrn luooem o sdwt f pai 3 latt s bn , o yt O h O i feo . referencer, t it t mh h ee e trunk coast orsnaa see l ec i feel i tor e utedhinoerefce eda tl bi through htn(yoeewphptEha sio e c r erhiset r chi n iswiaall w atp;tie a thc l a l twlh . haheo T nfi hehn sidingsha hands ihdewsma Cornwall notimtt h t e conditionalwrl li va and l rd interest.el ro u ct v a Devon Central Central Company, or to the extent and value of the pro railway, and gave access to one of the best harbours on t p''Aolt h e:erisf e rttttilotychti:e situated for intercourse with Cork and the south of Ireland) they did not hesitate to exercise the powers entrusted to nrutwcdwoth successha s a se conclude een o e .0c conclude paidm utin interestsol h d,(n. e u el e ua p y u ad o n n n e n d d ww e a ntaEerht undertaking. absolute meon n tbnoe u rrgt m i . obviously ual e r o f them, with a view to similar contingencies, by the sub scribers' agreement, which expressly provides that the Com mittee should have power to enter into such bargains or contracts with any existing railway or canal Company as in their judgment might be advisable for facilitating the ob taining of an Act, and for the success of the undertaking. "It must be also remembered that the possession of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway was absolutely necessary in order to carry out the object announced by the prospectus of making a branch to Padstow, and that if this railway had fallen into other hands, this great object of the Company would have been defeated. " The third and most important step taken by the com mittee was that of concluding, in concert with the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil, and Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Companies, an arrangement for the amalgamation with the London and South -Western Company "The importance of an arrangement with that Company was manifest both as securing the support of a powerful established company, and as enabling the united companies to go to Parliament with an integral scheme on the narrow gauge all the way from London to the Land's End. " The details of this arrangement, the principles of which were affirmed at the last meeting of the shareholders, have been already made public, and are no doubt known to mos of the shareholders, but it may be well to repeat the con ditions. " The companies agree to be bound to each other for two years to prosecute their respective applications to Parliament, and, if successful within that period, to amalgamate on the following terms :—_ " Two to be created in the amalgamated company, PUBLICATIONS. EARL FERRERS'S TRIAL. Just published, . I HE TRIAL of MARY 6d ELIZABETH SMITH, versus the Right Honble. WASHINGTON SEWAL LIS FER/tERS, in the Court of Queen's Bench, for an alleged Breach of Promise of Marriage. Printed from the Short-hand Writer's Notes, and the orignal Documents. William Pickering, Publisher, Piccadilly. Elegant pocket edition, price Is., by p os t I s. 6d . D R. CULVERWELL ON MARRIAGE its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. "To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspere. 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Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and Item Five till Eight in the evening, at their residexe, No. GO, New man-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may be successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclosing the usual fee of 11. for advice. ------___ MARSTON.----The author of " Crol Salathier (th e R ev. D r. y) has just produced a new work, bearing the title of " Marston ; or, The Soldier and Statesman." The object of the distinguished writer appears to have been to delineate the career of a young man of noble family through public life. Tracing him from college into the Guards, after a due share of military adventure, he leaves the camp for the senate, takes office, and becomes a Member of Parliament, when Pitt and Fox were in the zenith of their fame. He subsequently goes as Chi ef Secretary to Ireland, where h present at the i nsurrect i on. an d becomesacquainted with es Grattan an d L or d C lare. His talents are then transferred to a wider sta ge , h e b e i ng sent Ambassador_rom St. Petersburghto Russia at the close of the re i gn o f th e C zar Paul. From i guish himself in the he goes to Paris, during the supremacy of . Napoleon,. and then returns to England, to n i : at home. To the vast s h c i o g p h e es D t r. offi C r ces oly of the Go vernment at the display of his great knowledge of hu h ru aa an he li r f e e and b pourtraying the dacrhiiracte_r,ayhe has wisely added a sufficient infusion of the romantic, beautifuland noble amgrie. The at tachment of his hero for a result is a work of the most varied interest and entertainment £296,708 11 9 Cr. By Cash paid for engineering expenses and surveys ...... 13,823 6 9 Ditto London Solicitors Ditto Country solicitors and agents 4,000 0 Ditto Parliamentary agents and expenses of witnesses 4,809 13 10 Ditto Preliminary expenses, including bank ers' commission, office furniture, and miscellaneous expenses l,lll 15 11 Ditto brokers' commission on allotment of shares Ditto for advertising, printing books, sta tionery, &c. Ditto for rent, salaries, and office expenses 1,212 2 3 Ditto for travelling expenses of deputations to London, Exeter, and in the county of Cornwall, and expenses of provisional committee Ditto for Bodniin and Wadebridge Railway 35,000 0 0 BALANCES— Parliamentary deposit £220,610 0 0 Bankers, ace .. 7,562 210 £68,536 $ 11 225,172 2 10 £296,708 11 9 " The above balance-sheet shows the actual expenditure up to the present time, but there are, of course, a variety of accounts still outstanding. On the whole, however, the com mittee estimate that the total expenses of the Company, ex clusive of the purchase of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Rail way, will not exceed ten shillings per share, which, consi dering the magnitude of the undertaking, the short time al lowed for completing the survey and preliminary proceed ings, the distance of the locality adding much to the expense of many of their proceedings, and contrasting with the amount of expenditure in other similar cases, may be safely appealed to as a proof that the funds of the Company have been applied by the committee with a due regard to economy. " Secondly, as regards the engagements and legal liabili ties of the Company; as has been already stated, an engage ment has been concluded with the Bodmin and Wadebridge a en n g a tl i e de me a n p t p w lic it a h tio th n e t S oo p a th ei Western Railway Company f or t h e purchase of their railway; also an Parliament for an Act, f in Company tortwo prosecute b years, and to amalgamate in the event of an Act being obtained. Of course, this latter engagement is without prejudice to the right of the proprietors to withdraw from the undertaking, by declining to execute anew subscription contract before the next session of Parliament, as is required by the standing orders. But subject to this, the committee are advised that it constitutes a valid obligation in law, as it was undoubtedly intended to do by all parties at the time, to prosecute the ap plication to Parliament for the present or next session, or until a decision is obtained upon the merits. " Under these circumstances the committee feel that it is very desirable that some arrangement should be at once made, with the concurrence and support of the shareholders, by which the circumstances of the case may be best met, and the interest of the shareholders most effectually protected. While on the one hand it is neither desirable nor practi cable at once to abandon the whole undertaking under the influence of a panic, on the other hand the shareholders have a right to expect that the large amount of deposit.. money should not be locked up uselessly, and that they should be placed in a position in which they can see their remaining liability reduced to a definite amount and a defi nite period; accordingly, they are prepared to recommend the following arrangement : " 1. That the sum of thirty shillings per share be immedi ately returned to each shareholder. "2. That each shareholder shall hereafter have the option either of retaining his shares in the undertaking, upon com pleting the requisite deposit and signing the new subscription contract, or of withdrawing altogether irom it. "3. That in the latter event he shall be entitled to receive such further balance per share as may be remaining when the accounts are finally closed. "4. That in the meantime the expenditure be limited to opposing the competing lines before Parliament this session, and to such objects as are necessary in order to keep the pro ject alive, and to enable it to be presented to Parliament in the next session, if then thought desirable. " 5. That tin the event of the Company prosecuting the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway, it shall be a condition that such Company shall take the Bodmin and IN adebridge Railway at the price paid for it as above, so as to allow the purchase money of 35,0001. to be added to the ultimate balance for distribution among the retiring Abareholders. " 6. That in the event of this arrangement being approved of, each shareholder shall receive thirty shillings per share as soon as the transfer of the deposit money from the name of the Accountant-General can be effected, upon delivering up scrip, and receiving in return a certificate, stating his right under . .the arrangement to an option of renewing his shares, and to a rateable share of the ultimate balance re maining for distribution. " The advantages of this arrangement are obvious ; in the first place, the shareholders will at once receive back by far the greater part of the available balance in hand ; by any different course all the delay and expo-nce of litigation and of official proceedings would be incurred, which m the pre sent case would be greatly aggravated owing to the legal difficulties arising out of the relations with other companies. " In the next place all further liability - of the shareholders would be strictly limited to the small balance per share re maining unappropriated, and could not be renewed or ex tended except by the voluntary act of the shareholder him self in electing to retake shares and sign a fresh subscrip tion contract, and finally, the engagements of the company would be honourably fulfilled, the footing which it has at tained in the district would be preserved, and the option of going to Parliament next session with an almost certain prospect of success would be secured. " Upon this point the committee entertain the strongest opinion that it would be impolitic to sacrifice precipitately the advantages which have been already secured. Nothing has occurred to shake their confidence in the intrinsic merits of the scheme ; on the contrary, it is apparent to them that the line is one of those great national trunk lines which must inevitably become, at no distant period, a valuable property to those by whom it is constructed. They cannot but recol lect that the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, the Manchester and Leeds, the London and South-Western, v and, in fact, most of the great lines which hav e e sincero to e:: so highly remunerative, were at one of timeexposed abandoned. similar panic, and were on the eve of Company a. The arrangement with the `ouch - Western much leas committee to render the enterpr is e appears to the hazardous, and to secure in return on the capital any event a r a of interest on cal ; invested beyond the ordintr y t ca n not p but feel that if it t a he under these circumstances, lines to Exeter, in connexi on with the South-Western Rail way, should be sanctio ned, the Cornwall and Devon Cent ra l line must become a valuable property; and th at IC would be unwise when a very slight additional expense will be sufficient to keep the question open until next year, to foreclose it at once by a precipitate resolution adopted at a period of panic. The state of the rival projects is such, that a slight opposition to the Cornwall Coast and West Cornwall line will, in all probability, insure their rejection or postponement, and the expenditure already incurred by this Company will, to a great extent, be ;Available for another session ; before that period, however, it will be better seen what are the prospects of the money market, and what is the result of the contest for the lines to the east of Exeter, and the shareholders will then be in a position deliberately to decide on the policy of continuing or finally abandoning the undertaking. Meanwhile the committee appeal to the shareholders generally to continue to them that cordial and unanimous support which has been extended on former ci occa sions in carryi ng ou t t h e propose d arrangemen t, b y will bet which, as they beli eve , a grea t er amoun t o f re lie fimmediatee of given to the shareholde r s than by, any otherwa with other proceed ing, while at the same time their eng agements ts of the parties will be respected, and the ultimateteres unnecessary sacrificeun ." der,aking saved from premature an d viz.— " Ist.—Old South Western Stock, or Stock A, being the capital which the South Western Company have already called up, or may have power to call up on shares. " 2d.— South Western Extension Stock, or Stock B, being the capital required to complete the Extension scheme from Basingstoke to the Land's End. "The South Western Company to subscribe one-fourth of such extension capital, and the rest to be provided by the new companies. "When completed the net earnings of the whole scheme, including the present South Western Railway, to be thrown into one fund, and applied in paying dividends on the Old and Extension Stocks, in the proportion of 8i to 44, or of 17-26ths to 9-26ths, until the dividend on the Old Stock should amount to 10 per cent., after which all further sur plus to be divided equally. "The basis of the arrangement was therefore a sort of partnership between the Old South Western Stock and the Extension Stock, in which the old stock, in consideration of its existing advantages, was, in the first instance, to obtain a higher proportionate rate of dividend. "As the traffic of the existing South Western Railway yields at present a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. on the actual paid-up capital, with a prospect of corresponding in crease upon the further outlay of capital on authorised branches or extensions, an arrangement upon this basis ap peared clearly equitable. "It was stipulated that the mortgage debt of the South Western Company, amounting to 630,0001., should not be capitalized, and also that in the event of the new lines to the westward of Basingstoke ever yielding from their own re sources a dividend equal to that now earned on the old South Western line, all distinction between the two stocks should for ever cease. "As regards the immediate interests of the Cornwall and Devon Company, it was considered by the committee that the effect of the arrangement was very similar to that of a guarantee of four-and-a-half-per cent. with half-profits; their dividend could not fall below this amount without the earnings of the existing South Western Line being brought in aid of the dividend on the extension capital, in the proportion of nearly two to one, to the dividend on the old South 'Western stock ; in other words, th e di v id en d on t h e new stock could not fall to three-and-a-half per cent. without bringing down the dividend on the old South Western paid-up capital from ten per cent., its present amount, to six and-a-half per cent. This result appeared so unlikely, as to afford an ample guarantee for all practical purposes, that the minimum dividend of the new stock could not by any possibility fall below four-and-a-half or five per cent. On the other hand, looking at the vast accession of traffic which would be brought over nearly 50 miles of the South Western Railway, in addition to its present traffic, by the continuation of lines from Exeter and Falmouth, joining it at Basingstoke, it seemed highly probable that this portion of the line would yield greatly increased profits, in which, under the arrangement in question, the Cornwall and Devon Central Company would participate. " On the whole, after the most mature and anxious consi deration, the committee are satisfied that the arrangement was one fair in principle and advantageous to both parties, while it was calculated to give additional confidence and sta bility to the new undertakings, by pledging the revenue and resources of the South-Western Company to the carrying out of the integral scheme, upon the success of wh ich the prospects of the Cornwall and Devon Central Company mainly depended. a Altbough. one of the new companies, videlicet, the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, agreed to take a fixed rent of five-and-a-half per cent., which was secured to them ac. cordingly, the committee of the Cornwall and Devon Central as well as the committee of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Companies considered the arrangement already de scribed for a participation of profits, as more desirable " The above i s th e general outline of the arrangement,. which also contained several other stipulations highly vantageous itfer the Cornwall and Devon Central Company. a Moreover cl was provided, that in the event of the failure of any of the lines between Basingsto l k i e and Exete r , so as to interrupt the conti nu i ty of the trunk n: to Falmouth, e ith er the Corn wa ll an d Devon or the Sout Western Company should be at liberty to cancel the agreement; but, on the sanctioned between other hand, in th e event of the lines being Basingstoke an d E xeter, and the Cornwall an and c lDevon Central Railway C ompany failing to obtain an Act within the time specified, th a t t h e s h are h olders in the Cornwall and Devon Company should still h ave t h e power of having their capital taken in as South-Western Extension Stock at the first time when capital was requ i red for the construction of further i- . -- extensions or or works of the said amalgamated Companies. —The Triple Hair Brush. One stroke of this is equal to the " The committee feel satisfied—BnussEs.—NEW INVENTIONS. that every shareholder who will carefully examine for himself the details of the arrange- effe ct i DVERTISEMENT.] sizes, -tooth combs, 7111 %1 1 o o . ne s e t ve 7 7 . ment, will arrive at thecut brush ; to be . of one penetrating, conclusion that it was decidedly beneficial for the f our sizes, s e i m ze al s Cornwall and Devon Central Railway ' ' ' Nail Brush, which does not divide the quick from the 6d •• No 9, 9 s. 6d. ; No. 10, Ili. 6d. The Double Anti- Company, and that the committee would have been justly Pressure liable to the charge of having neglectedthe interests of the nail, no pressure being required , thoroughly and cleans and po undertaking, if they had allowed • the opportunity to pass of lishes the nails in a tenth part of the time of any . ilther_ite thod; price in bone, No. 1, 2 s. ; No. 2,2 s. 6d. , No. at.._' concluding it. 6d. ; No. 4, ss. ; and of all sizes and prices in ivory., .1 4 7 "The nature of the arrangement thus concluded being of a New Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between 14 0. 1 1, permanent character, and involving an amalgamation with terstices of this closest teeth ; marks, full-sised brushe s , any existing railway company rendered it indispensable to introduce a provision that it should be binding on all parties narrow brushes, No. 5, hard • , No . 60 dozen in bone; and hard ; No. 2, less hard ; No. 3, middling ; No No.ef7t-, mid for for such a period as might be sufficient to test fairly the cluin No. B,soft, hair warranted never decision of Parliament upon the merits of the proposed 2s, eac h, 21s. per dozen in theiv,?ry,. Brush, or The Medium Shaving between the integral scheme from London to the Land's End. to come out. at Is. each, or We- Pe! e bristle brush, being a selection of the "The South Western Company could not have been exe- usual badger hair pected to enter into an engagement which would fall to t The above articles are the inventions lyvefonrrdoym.the badger skin, in a variety of sizes, ground, in the event of any one:out of the three or fourßihils both ro o t e a n ti Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London, being postponed for a session owing to any of the numerous of Ross and strongei on casualties to which all Bills are subject in their passage and, b e i ng protected, any one imitating them will be proceeded through Parliament; nor, on the other hand, would it have aga i ns t. ' PILLS AND OINT ' MEN T.—AN EXTRA been at all desirable for the New Companies that the South its obligations ORDINAZT CEME.—Edward White, residing at 45, Clement's-lane, Western Company should be set free from all i t s ul kne n e ni nOrut was an in-door patient at Kin " in such an event. The committee had express power, un der stran d. HoLLowsv s d . g s College Hospital for an n t ses- limb. He the subscribers' agreement to prosecute their appliciation to abscess in t c h o L u ' i t d hi n g e h i , th a e n r d bo a na w ho inches his long foot t on o the th esa ground. me Parliament not only in the next but in any subseque. He remained in the hospital five months in p bed, when he was En scheme is pro sion as is usually the case when a bond fi de arrangement for formed that " nothing more could be done for him ;" he was then posed ; and accordingly,. in concluding the •rit a a n nd letter of the t c n arriel to his home, and commenced using the above Inval u a b e with cu r ed, and two years, they acted strictly within the spirit accordance d Ile is now, to the astonishment of every one, soundly deed in question. They also acted strictly i into all the ar- all retailers ca f n walk as well as ever he could in his life. Sold by the spirit and letter of that deed , entering in hich have been men- 244, strand, o L m on ticine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, rangements with other companies ' that the provisional BRISTOL SUGAR n* m TOL —ARKET, MAY I.—About 300 hhds. tinned, it being expressly pro v ided: d have full power to enter of West I • India Sugar have been disposed of since our last, and committee shall be at liberty an references to arbitration, ar-prices have cwt. A large advanced from Is. 3d. to 2 . " s ' per and Ben gals, at into any bargains, contracts , _ with landowners, railway or canal business has also been done in Mauritius g , rangements or agreements promoters or proprietors ' of othe better prices. The refined market has been cleared of goods, componies, corporations, similar existing or competing schemes or undertakings whit at an advance of 2s. 3d. per cwt.—Bristol Mercury. may in their judgment be advisable , for facilitating the ob D eputat i ons were se nt off on Saturday evening from fin taming of an Act or Acts of Parliament, and for the accom- Colonial-office, for the Governor of Malta, and also for the plishment of the aforesaid railway communigition, or any Lord iligh Commissioner of the lonian islands. ILFORD AND EPPING RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking. I GEORGE 'JUDSON, Chairma n , of the Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Ch a i rman, Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary.