The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

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N.,- , --:::(f, , c7 , -- -- --- 4 '" .15 -- - : . er" .- ` --iv ''- - - t o .-- • 4 :). r - . • - - 7• - • '' l.k. , '9' ,..L, , :(4 - !=-. . ' ‘4 t . ' 4 4'.P V i , • ---,- .v•6l, L t. ....,,, k . • ~... ,if"... 4 l , :'` ,- k . slieit -4 " . ..,... ,, ;•-••-!L" , '"r • ' .. A N:* -- .7- . G CI‘NSATMN to LANDOWNERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—The general principles of public justice being the same in all countries, it ought to follow that the proportion of national taxation borne by each class of society should be pretty equal among the various nations of Europe. When, therefore, we have landowners complaining at country meet ings that their land is unduly taxed, it becomes necessary to ascertain how the fact really stands, by making a comparison with other countries. For instance, the land-tax of France is stated by M. Humann, M. Dupin, &c., at 14,000,0001. sterling, which (the total revenue of that country being usually about 50,000,000/.) is 28 per cent. of the whole, and it has since been increased. Mr. lFGregor states the land tax of Austria to be 87 millions of florins, and the total re venue 164 millions of florins, so that the land-tax exceeds 53 per cent. of the whole. Mr. M'Gregor also states the land. tax of Prussia to be 26,630,000 thalers, and the total revenue 51,740,000 thalers, so that the land-tax exceeds 51 per , :ent. of the national income. Again, the total revenue of Sweden amounted in 1827 to 19,465,970 rix dollars, of which 12,62 9 ,6 9 1, or 65 per cent., was derived from the tax on land. It seems, therefore, unnecessary to give further examples, and Mr. M'Gregor, in speaking generally on the slhject, says :--" The landed interests of France, Flanders, Holland, all Germany, and all Italy, pay at least one-half of the na tional taxation . by a direct tax upon land." In turning from these countries to Great Britain, we find the land-tax amounting to 1,192,635/., or, including the proportion that has been redeemed, to about 2,000,0001. sterling, out of a total revenue of 50,000,0001., which is only 4 per cent. of the whole. GtNERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM tr P A N;Ys Incorporated b Act of Parliament, 69, Lombard ) eet, L ondon. 3' s E " N r .",r.is_. i, HEREBY GIVEN, that the IIALF-YEARLY will be s,?seartitlis, 24. th instant, at ,the CoIIPANY'S OFFICE, 69, Lombard-street, on Tuus t. 'arinument Two o'clock preelsely, pursuant to the s to transact the usual bustrs, and to declare the "Pfidend for he half ending December 11, 1R43. ----____ ',Own3l. Feb 2 JOHN WILSON, Secretary. , 1846. , C°4I3II,ESSED AIR ENGINK COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) No. 5, Pall-mall East, London. Capital 4,20,000/., in 40,000 Shares of 10/. each. In N u , Deposit 11. Is. per Share. k r th 4 a,auce of the Act of Parliament 10s. per cent. only, o a r te l o s. t. torqni,,,:_!tt:stbe received until the Company obtains a certitic the tio'orrti derapoiu'ii' when notice will be given for payment of q•E I s ls vENise' r ,st twee.' ,13 vary tainstances e bill br ° ' Sank 'ed to lea lored ' tb take ba•c lid for ° No. 16,683. LONDON, TUESDAY • R V 54 * 44 ' l .szt, 4 ,,. LT FEBRUARY . 7 3, 1846, PRICE SD. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Lectures on CHEMIATRY, with Brilliant Experiments, by Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. A Lecture on the .ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, by professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, earryin several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DIS SOLVING VIEWS, and C lIROMATROPE are very effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Experiments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among the various additions to the Working Models is Csdeman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for as ending and doicending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Col lection of TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the ceteSr ated Flute Player, will take part in the Mssic, conducted by Dr.llis. Open from Eleven to Ilalf-past Five, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Everdeg. Admittance, One Shilling. Schools, Nalf-price. NORTH WALES RAILWAY. GENERAL MEETING. Notice is hereby given, that the Ordinary er Half-yearly GENE RAL MEETING of the 54/kith:HOLDER9 of the North Wales Railway Company will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishops gate-street, in the City of London, on Tuunsnav, 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. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND, 42, Moorgate street, Jan. 24, 1846. Notice is hereby given, that the FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the DONORS, SUBSCRIBERS, and FRIENDS of the BENEVOLENT DEPARTMENT of this ASSOCIATION will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, on WEDNESDAY, February 11. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held. Mr. HALE gave notice of a motion for the next Court, " That it be referred to a committee to consider the propriety of founding an establishment for boarding, clothing, and educating children of necessitous freemen of the city, the management of which shall bo vested in the Corporation. That it ba referred to the said com mittee to consider the propriety of appropriating the whole of the redemption fees in respect of freedoms to wards defraying the charges of the establishment, and also to consider the propriety of applying to Parliament for leave to appropriate the capital and income of the Corporation School to the same purpose, the Corporation undertaking to provide the deficiency out of its own funds." TansTEr.s. • Kenyon S. Parktr, Esq., Q.C. Lincoln's Inn Frederick Squire, Esq., 1, Pall.mall East. Ni.j a DIRECTORS. 'tilti in" Carmichael, Bart., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park Lites Parehroti er Esq Alderman, Lancaster-place, and Moat. se, Stocku-01 ' " Colouel W. Pendell, Sevenh am pt ou , Audoversford, GI isrs elms. i tk. ~ 3 hire a 5 'ley 1.• oteph 1,1,. —h -sq , Phi llimore-place, Kensington ba„,..,v .11,nson, Esq.. St. ,s court, City ---. Earusb a ,,,, , ~s _ .k. q., Tulse-hill (1,,, With powr to add to their umber. .stlriNG( ENGINEER e AND PATENTEE— n Arthur ) Parses, Esq. And notice is hereby furth'er 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. The chair Rill be taken by JOHN _ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P. the Treastrer, at six o'clock precisely. By order of the Board, .• GEO. THOMAS, Chairman. THOS. MULLINDER, Secretary. By order of the Board, JOIIN MARRINER, Secretary. 2, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, Jan. 29, 1845. AVIES'S CANDLES, 51 , 1. per lb. ; extra 4 fine Wax-wick Moulds, 634 d. ; best Sptrin Candles, Is. Sit. ; Wax Candles, Is. 2d.; fine Wax, is. 5d.; Transparent, is. 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The success and increasing prespeity of the 'Society has enabkd the Directors, at the last amatal investigation. to declare a third Bonus, varying from SU to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. TO RAILWAY PROPRIETORS AND SHAIIIMOLDERS. MESSRS. WICK II ANI and CO., Share Auctioneers, inform their friends anti the public, that their PUBLIC SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held every MONDAY and THURSDAY, at the HALL OF COMMERCE, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, or to the office of the Auctioneers, 23, Threadneedle-street, all favours mid instructions are equested to be addressed. INTERRUPTION TO PUBLIC BUSINESS, BY THE BREAKING N"°LL'S PALETOT, registered 6 and 7 Vic., can. 65, is patronised the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambrit i lge, Re., and is generally acknowledged to excel all other great coats. The cloth is made of Llama Wool, known to be porous, yet naturally repellant of rain. In the neighbourhood of the extensive Warerooms, 114, Regent street, a few small shops are so far unprincipled as to assume a similarity of name, intending to impose upon strangers some trashy substitute. Messrs. Nicoll think It due to their own reputation thus to caution the public, and to suggest that a copy of the Address be preserved ; and they further offer a Reward of Fifty Pouuds for the detection of a l'ositive Infringement. had only of the Patentees. Black Llama Cloth, front its soft Qlastl e nature, i s well adapted for E etot is stamp e d i n. th e li n i ng " J. and D. Nicoll, 114, Regent - street, Loudon." Nzeilligeollrrreesest r egist r e Gouts—tod be ra UP OF THE COURT. Alderman WILSON said it was the constant practice of the Court to pass as strong condemnation as possible upon the members of the Court of Aldermen, if it hap pened. that the bu s i ness was i nterrupte d b y t h e a b sence of the necessary number of aldermen to make a Court ; but he observed that when the fault lay with the com mon councilmen, they were so much influenced by a delicate f eeling t owar d s each other, that the matter passed without observation. —(A laugh.) Now, he did not consider such conduct as very ingenuous. On the last day of the meeting of that Court the Court broke up, although there were four or five aldermen present, and the delicacy to which he all u d e d protected the mem•• b,rs, who were so tender of each others feelings, from the slightest reproach.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. R. L. JONES said there was a great difference be tween the absence of aldermen and the absence of com mon Councilmen from the Court. It was well known that, as in the House of Commons, business was trans acted when there were but four or five members present, so, in the Court of Common Council, the affairs of the Corporation could go on when there were present many members less than were necessary to constitute a Court; but unless two aldermen we represent, there could not be any Court at all.—(Hear, hear.) Some member declared that it was, at all events, very agreeable to them to be spared the annoyance of being locked in the Court, in order to facilitate the business. Mr. ASHURST said the conduct of which Alderman Wilson adverted, showed at any rate that the common councilmen were much more tender of themselves than of the alderman. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be forwarded to or deposited at the office of the Auctioneers, as above, at least the day preceding the day of public sal ‘, and advices of the result of the sales will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. SCALE or CIIIRGES.—Under 201., Is. per share; under 50/., Is. Gd. , under 10011, 2s. 6d. ; and ss. for all above. VCONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRUILS, LONDON. Established 1823 „..”' <g r. if ,„,.-1 Bonus Bemis to a 6 ;1 ni p _ CO eo 50 p Premium. t , , added. Cash. K 6 g P.. e: g 1837 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 £395 Il 1 Z X s. 60 1 1 000 74 d. 3 4 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 I i 1839 138 13 61 61 14 3 92 10 2% 13 4 ,1840, 89 001 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 5 Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 IVilliam IV. CHAIRMAN—The Right Hon. THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS. DEPUTY Ciwantsx—HENßY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society : Lower Rates of Premium than those of any other office, which en title the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. No Proprietary participate in the profits, the whole being divisible among the Assured. A Bonns is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Pre mium, to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The first Bonus, in 1834, averaged 16/. percent on the Premiums paid. The second ditto 1339, ditto 311. dittO since the Ist division. The third ditto 1844, ditto 361. ditto since the 2d Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. MONEY MARKET and SIT Y NEWS CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. TIMES.—Money transactions remain in the most uncer tain state possible ; the Circular to Bankers s ays s ays:— "There is no describing money by rate , ,Vhicli vary in the course of the same day according to the circumstances of the panics. Very few bills are take*, in by the bill bro kers under five per cent.; and the temper of the Bank "may be known from the fact, that after having agreed to lend 100,0001. on Exchequer-bills for a month, they implored the borrower to curtail the time for the loan, and to take back one-fourth or one-half of the sum which he had paid for in terest." The dbris:on of prone is annual, and the next will !se made in De cem;)er of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sae. rr H E DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, FROM LONDON TO YORK. , It has been observed by the frequenters of the Court, that the hand of the clock pointing to the usual dinner hour is a signal equally regarded by the members of both Courts. 4 11, 'ex. F. C. Ridgway enrY Wickens AUDITORS. 114 s, , Esq., Old Burlington-street ' as— Messrs. Ransom and Company, 1, P.ll-mall East. kt s , SOLICITORS. N. Davies and Son, 21, Warwick-street. Regent-street. Sz esETSJIY—D. E. Austin, Esq. th e lli s coin,. i i Pat es , , fIY has been formed for the purpose o' obtaining , from Tinge nee the benefit of the patent right of his invention in Great i;:q d its eft . wahm,,colonies, by means of licenses for its use. e „, e etei h i i‘ : ar; the numerous improvements which have been eleese, the aeplieation of steam power it is still obtained at great e ir t , 4 ral a ttd is liable to many very serious disadvantages ; and . dot takhe, uention has frequently been directed to other means of ,eer. ° le Utile degree of power at less cost, inconvenience, and It e gt.. : r i 'a effeetr,allY admitted that the least expensive, ~_ i het the .ai. means of motive power, is to be faund in the , • and as usewell as lit thnicans hitherto have been undiscovered of regillatu, __ ~,e err, p : Dower of condensed air, so as to make it available in all '',i" ors,,,,,_mnnercial undertakings ;vhich are conducted through the ma n y the - ,. — ` i 'n Power. ere rltL:el 4,,:c, ;;;•, 81,41ent Placid condensed -air is applied in the most simple Li c il ajtar ae t t o e : . t lin an uniformly-regulated motive power, per capable of being instantly increased or de kite, o iic ornott„ e . lie fi , rn n th e vr,.. •ngine consists of a pair of cylinders and pistons 6:kid "'ie oi . the driving wheels. in * a '‘..ii 4 paid these are two reservoirs of compressed air, between the usua . l manner, iiiniater. This called a receiver to which is attached a self-aeting 4 111 into th e s ''s self-acting regulator consists of a cylinder and . piston, kir i eely e , i 7 t of receiver, and immediately in contact with it, is kir a i nt° t it; eti ~.2. valve in the pipe which conducts the high-pressure i eh - see —wiver. Attached to the rod of this small piston is a o lio taa h 4 9 ,C_O • leil rou person'd acted upon by a screw outside, b in o,.`et or e or ~‘,:_f That the in charge of the engine, wha•e d ve t r ir t ee e t tt-i7,2 fore t o r en ir ess_ ere in the reservoir ma y he. can rogulate an etr l 'i' e Lnd eer,;r2egree. The air engine is most simple in it s e t t eo ru n e - - c or 7 fur ih o rllar to the present locomotive, and may be . k e , ii Prettl e4 ai " half the expense. con el ). %li e d r ea n• by this invention, be readily and most econo pelree, ow , to all the various purposes for which steam is now it e ",, h ef tes( en ' , hen Wind er water power can lie used tor the pur *hi— kiVer ' 1144 the air, will effect a total saving of the expense of 1 teoa3, thus eh ''' ' Witl4nlt. however, further detailing Deo it is Atiri,74 to e , the advantages .urly be calculated upon from other soa ~ I t i :, Lialer the system as especially applicable to railway • l ar of "dent nsines'4pttat land a great saving will be effected, both in the out 41111ei oe Lea h working expenses, inasmuch as not only . may 4 eat t o „, at a decreased cost, but a Much less number will be bti g ' i n, tb w°rit 4 line , rig 0 ,,, e e tt , ens • ,^oria„eY re,, eof coke Will be saved, a small quantity of coal fu s ri i 9 g statiO 9 n su a ria? at the termini of railways, for the purposes of H eed k e eli it et; O s _ en gines, to condense the air into large receivers, nIY b e 7 LePt ready for immediate use ; and on this engine, i ye, ea, pe r .on'eLed. that eight potuids of coal in a stationary . ie arof Of ee r k _ . i will proeuce the same amount of power as sixty tel e , the en e ,n steani locomotive at 205. per ton. The wear and i aes, l ' l r nre at , g ( i c e will be inconaparlbly less, on account of the ab pteoaea eor steam, It will also be more simple in its arrange „,7 fig,ti 4ec illetitly not u t Deese 9, Duni so able to get out of order . , and the ex ile' ~ air te a , ,_ Ps tenders, and stokers, will be evoided. . th :eefered7c condensed and preserved for any length of tuna, 1 111 4 4 1 '1e 00 :n• use, and an engine may be prepared and charged tte s 4 '44 use anitiLane. Condensed air may be kept in readiness for Or iii tie trai t , '"iY Part of a railway, or carried in large quanti km, eilein e 11 , • Cu d no loss of power will arise after the reservoir , tver, i i itlir ett 48 , been charged and partially exhausted, until it is r seet he arp r °r . u se. A steamengine, on the contrary, requires lee kr W of 'l°ll9 preparation before it can be used, and an in- The brieel h e Power takes piece until the object for which it was 5h,,,,i sueerionien attained. ifire,:74..e:s. p:;,,otYreoefeivtheelip,iruoryposed system in other respects is also to4nOek e 7engers will not be subject to the inconvenience of NI e fY Wie.9re, stench, noise or the mariy dangers of steam. The tral os irote 01 °Ner h. ; : ' from the traffic however multiplied, mitired, the neighbourhood of termini will be i k ,., c an e nu!sa ace ~t hi . +nit b e area of engines blowing off their steam, luggage , lis t ,_, keeld lieu et antlei ~ or accidents happen from the bursting list if th _ Dating too much from the ithrention, it is evi retl so greatstems can be brought into practical operation, it e t ': its as edo in the expenditure of railways as to i ' , 4 st' t :klia t g iii. :l on every line a matter almost of certainty. pit y osh erie r s2f air from tubes in the manner already adopted Nrs e 'l!cd, s hd qn.waYs, and thus obtaining motive power, has been toe the fr o with some degree of success ; but, without at all 1 1 , .it 44 It th e , nicie b.e , y , ~ y t ai o ,____ ncy of that invention as a means of propul -4" Zeil er "tiler rei7cfred, that could that system be rendered perfect roe zhi al aa omic : eet, tile expenSe attending its use would prevent a' i t is Int ° eon ) n4B co mpared even with steam, much less when il,i tederst_Peton with the methodproposed by this Company. to us e t 7,14. however, that the charge made and obtained for ; k m gen be e",,abliesPherie principle is 5001. per mile, which can hi, Wein l ee at an outlay principle Is 51)01. per mile, which can 14C' ' lals Outlay of many thousand pounds per mile. i' C btat t hen th itx,ee,..i.ender it I .tel ilea at ti l e at the invention be used by means o . f 117n: c c! _ .asWne rate of charge, no such outlay ti re g turn 1 4 iit . ic e elarge attio a ii ‘ iit able, a certain and almost immediate 4,:etive :, 14 n 1 Sand s ~t uay be expected, when . it is co s i t i t s e i r d t e t r t ed me t , h b a e t kfi l'r ge a 'irk ' a nd n tl eB of railway will, in a very independent independent of e , , ne a h,,,,,,,, , us, it is to be remembered , _ . arise from o th er 1,444,,,,teri0ie5ith0irfi1e0,,,,,,,,e irvalefictuiloanbiapyrobtletasexpec!edto lied readily all' required, being the I . sis t „sent wiii ,11e shilling pe r sh a re will be requ sit t h "loek a, et ` e n the C ompany can take under the provisions ' of the sit -nn edist 1 until Cer tificate or complete registration is . obtained, ' 9 441 for, arliiY o f the remainder of the deposit will be ki '' l r 44 e ne er eb will be applied in payment ot expenses, and in kli eieivieg thrae ° a re hill-s•zed engines, the apparatus for condensing es env atle to i...., ir, awl the ether necessary appendages, iii order b,, ' c ii. ''''' and establish the utility and superiority of the /4 t, 4 try th e at Y Ries, experiments prove sltisfactory, and the invention be eel* es of licences, it is not. expected that a further cell will 141 t9. , kie eri so -- ,,at any rate;not until the superiority of the invention 9 °4 11 r fully established as lit secure to the Company, by means iii,„isaunyrtbleier call a large adion to the great profits which may rreeseuintt to o fro f m the success of the invention ; ii.' , s'" it is impeossxDrbteleelaiop oresee what course it may hare 9,,'Llt become the Interest of th C i,,,4it advisable as a precautionae °nal' pang to adopt, it has been T tee stated. rY eaeUre to 11x the capital at the ;40'4 Drsattisfied is the Patentee as to the certainty of success that he ~ D , ,, .eted to make his remuneration entirely dependent up ' on, and hie °f hi d to, the profits to be derive) by the Company from Isii, thosis ilivention; and conside • the , I ,. e csr y rir° Der, is not the eon ring that this, although perhaps krite'Ne e ,_.!eel that each a , rse mia lllY adopted by Patentees, the i,tite. eoemenee in thcircumetanee must tend materially to hir . exult of the proposed experiments. qtjake shat,•e-oes. however, are_el. estrous that every person w.shing i t , R he ll , ' el ' , atoald before ~ s e ~_ , elf 1„. _ , doing so, have an opportunity of satis es ..."se i i li ., , _ `. l inspection of a working model • and arrangements it exhibitloim for this purpose, at the offices of i',reoso eioes'e9. every half-hour during Eleven and iil eati_Peette 43 day, between 1 , 9 0b s for and every information can beobtained from,and ap be,t" Co e , shares in the subjoined form to,dethe Secretary, a 91 Pan As ,Coe, S - mall made - Messrs. m - r 4 ,) 01 1, soli, ''' . East , London , k lit ltt win. .., tors. 21, IN arwick-street, Regent-street; and ,i s; on, it ,se_ ena‘relirokers :—London—.Messrs. Sutton, Grihble, : 4 4 ''eed5.,...;741 Exchange : alancheeter—Messrs. Cardwell and 'tettasli; DteMri• Ilebdin and Parkinson ; Bristol —Messrs. Tate kessrs'.4,llnbugh —fleas. Blackwood and Thomson; Aber l'e , aines, Black, and Co. 14 l' 'Cl ltlt (1 rl r, vist eoa , ~;1` APPLICATION FOR SUARES. tie i itle, -.. '” ir ectors of the Compressed Air Engine Company. 4,'.'t ' 0en,.... ./ (Parsey, Patentee.) tb!iikr(nlieao request you will allot shares in the the t N Y L i a a nd I undertake to accept the same, or such less I)ss a ,„ ,y appropriate to me, and to pay the deposit, and -ne t t , leg a l tlt hi documents when required. day of 1846. :lame in full Profession or business • • •• • • • • • ........ • Address ......... • • . .• ..... 9 Name of Referee • • . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • Address of ditto •.••• • • • • ..... • ..... .• s t . 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The reader will remein lii,4llo' I ldre,; e lebr a .: 0 4 , , t, r, 0 1 . 4 r re e year. u has been before the Public up , tip .4g ~_ oil s sr __, A , , advancing in the favour of all who use , A , q . Il_ ne abo is sold loose t fsi k 1 4, 1 , -4,0r3, the R oyal _ a . per ounce, or in canis .sutnerity, and the sanction of her illi'bl'rel'7,' iis.:)fsidlelsl'rea'Ur on each canister, at Bd., 18. 3d., N,,it4 l . 4 'N of . 1 3 p, y , s• Gd. each, by all Tobacconists Merchants, tylk‘. AR, t h. 00„onufr is exported in white stone canisters to v til ' ' t ', ar a l 4i Ali beral discount allowed to Merchants, , t,,,,, A th. ters, on taking large quantities. \i3.e:kb tri:leature of the Inventor IV GRI3ISTONE, '..-c-r, and 24, KING STREET', LONG ACRE, 14 iii,,4 s he ktll4l4il:cnvd ;i, , tit„, t , u).._etou, 1 ...,_ <.int" Tobacconists, Grocers, and others who t, 4: 4 ' 0 4, 1 7 a ta u - -Y i e low Uff loose, and wish to have it in large I Sl7 i Pecl I N i t r44, II requi supplied with canisters containing ten eel P ast oft i re & sa, tail ce Order for 3s , a 2s. 4d. canister lbe Partle,,i. --..nar Postage included, and so on In like 4 LO• ric al' 00‹, ,rrei-orf COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. The Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's Major Amsinck, 22, Upper Montagu-street, Montagu square William Scott Money, Esq. 27, Bryanstoue-square William Sprott Boyd, Esq. 1, Sussex. gardens, Hyde-park John Brightman, Esq. 30, Combat Samuel James Capper, Esq. 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge Robert Walter Carden, Esq. 61, t hreadneedle-street Edward Trust Carver, Esq. Forest-lodge, Tulse-hill The Chisholm, 37, Chapel-street, Gros enor-place Lieut.-Colonel Colquhoun, R.A. Woolwich William Morley, Esc'. Blackheath William Mountford Surse, Esq. Kensington-gore John Pickersgill, Esq. ii, Wamford-court Robert Rodger, Esq. Glasgow, 30, Montagu-street, Montagu-square ENGINEER—John Miller, Esq. Edinburgh SOLICITORS—Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, 65, Moorgate- street PAULIIMENTABY AGENTS—.Messrs. Webster, 26, Great George-street, Westminster SECRE'TARY—Mr. W. 11. Clark 0111C2S of the Company, 64, Alsorgate-strost. EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF MA NAGEMENT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS, DATED THE 29rn DECEMBER, 1845. "By the scheme promoted by the Direct Northern Railway Com pany it is proposed to bring York (to the n , rth of which city there is a population exceeding dye millions) within the distance (as mea sured by time), of four hours and a half from London ; to reduce by 42 miles the distance now traversed by the existing means of railway communication between those termini ; to lessen the distance as projected by the competing plan least favourable to the public) that of the Eastern Counties Extension by Cambridge and Lincoln) by 2134 miles, and as projected by the most favourable rival scheme (that of the London and York) by ten miles ; and yet so to reconcile this result with local wants, as to place, without in any instance sacrificing the principle of directness, every town of importance in the districts to be served by this Company's main line nearer Lon don, either by means of the main line itself, or of well-devised lateral lines, than they are by the -theme of the London and York, which, for the sake of passing through certain towns, pursues a devious route to York, thereby inflicting a serious injury on the country north of the Humber. " Thus the scheme of the Direct Northern Railway offers to the North of England, and to all Scotland, advantages presented by no other project whatever. These advantages it also immediately con veys to Bedford, St. Nei - As, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, Lincoln, East Retford, Sheilleld, Gainsborough, Doncaster, Pontefract, Selby, and Hull ; whilst it lessens by twenty eight miles the roll's to Leeds, the great manufacturing capital of Yorkshp, itself rapidly becoming the centre of an important railway system. With perfectly unexceptionable gradients, that in no case ex ceeded 1 is 200, with upwards of sixty•nine miles of level on its main line, with no works of any engineering difficulty or of peculiarly ex pensive execution, with only 3,900 yards of tunnelling in eight tun nels, with no opening or awing bridges, with only one viaduct, and that of 500 yards, and with remarkably easy curves, the Direct North ern Railway, whilst its primary object is to unite in the directest manner London and York, will at the same time serve a rich, fertile, and populous country, will reciprocate the advantages of easy and 'Alexi, • wive communication between the manufacturing towns of the north and the agricultural and grazing counties of eastern and central England, and will connect by the shortest route the south of England and the continent Of Europe with York, the north of England, and Scotland. The shareholders will observe the suggestion made by Mr. Miller, which proposes to introduce a new element of safety, regularity, and speed into railway travelling, by the conveyance of passengers and goods upon separate lines. This suggestion will, uo doubt, receive the consideration due to its importance in the ensuing session. " The Committee entirely concur with Mr. Miller in the important bearing which the .Holborn Terminus project has on the Direct Northern. It is in effect, though under different management, an ex tension of that Hue into the heart of London. By Its means the London Terminus of the Direct Northern Railway will be immediately avail able for the Post-office and the City of London generally (between Furuival's inn and Gray's-inn-lane), and will itself form a portion of one side of the widest thoroughfares in London, will be in the immediate vicinity of the Courts of Law and Inns of Court, and comes more into the heart of London, with less sacrifice of valuable property, than any metropolitan terminus which has been suggested. " In accordance, therefore, with Mr. Miller's recommendation, and in pursuance of the powers entrusted to them by their proprie tary, the Committee have taken steps to secure control over this project, satisfied that it affords the most central, and, at the same time, the most accessible and least expensive London terminus. " The Committee refer the shareholders to the map accompanying this Report; it fully shows the course and relations of the Direct Northern Railway, and its national character. " Up to the 30th of November, all the standing orders of Parlia ment have been complied with ; and the solicitors report their per feet ability to fulfil all that remains to be completed within the time limited by the Legislature. . . " Thus prepared, ant with deposits paid, and the proper deeds signed by a body of most responsible Shareholders, the Com mittee intend to make their application to Parliament at the earliest possible day, confident that a project of such undoubted public utility as the Direct Northern, in which the public service itself is deeply interested, will there receive what it only needs to ensure Its success —a fair and impartial hearing." The following tables, appended to the Report of the Company's Engineer (John Miller, Esq.), will show the relative advantages of the Direct Northern in point of distances, as compared with its com petitors for legislative sanction, and with existing lines. It may here be observed, that the distance between the cross of St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, and the centre of tl•e Great Tower of York Minster, as measured along the earth's surface, is, according to the Ordnance Survey, 920,108.7 feet, or very nearly 174 1 4 miles ; and that the main line of the Direct Northern, lietwoen London and York, is 176 miles. Table showing Comparison of DI Northern Railway and by the istances by tho proposed Direct London and York Railway. By the Direct By the London Northern Rail- and York Rail- Difference in way and its way and its favour of Branches and Branches and the Direct existing and existing and Northern authorised authorised Scheme. Railways. Railways. From London to Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Hatfield - - - - 16 60 17 50 0 70 Stevenage - - - 26 74 28 6 1 12* Baldock - - - 32 13 No line to it. Hitchin - - • - 30 70 32 0 1 70 Shefford - - - 37 40 No line to it. Bedford - - - - 46 14 52 31 6 17 Biggleswade - - 39 40 41 21 1 16 St. Neota - - - 49 0 51 25 2 25 Huntingdon - - 58 4 58 61 0 57 Peterborough - - 73 47 76 0 2 33 Stamford -..- g 3 28 gg 4 5 56 Grantham - - - 99 64 105 12 5 28 Newark - - - • 115 13 119 3 3 70 Lincoln - - - - 126 10 136 53 10 43 East Retford - - 135 24 137 2 1 58 Sheffield - - - 159 4 160 43 1 39 Gaiusborough - - 133 73 146 53 12 60 Doncaster - - - 150 19 154 30 4 11 Pontefract - - 164 69 No line to it. ..._ Wakefield - - - 173 77 173 16 Leeds - - - - 176 77 184 6 7 9 Thorne - - - - 150 ' 0 No line to it. Selby - - - - 163 65 172 24 8 39 65 203 24 8 39 y H o td rk l bSelb . y !.. y : -. 1 17 9 6 4 0 186 0 10 9 From Linsoin to Doncaster -- - 34 37 34 72 0 35 Pontefract - - - 48 77 No line to it. Wakefield •- - 57 5 53 Leeds --- - 61 8 68 48 7 43 Selby --- - 47 73 52 66 4 73 Hull York 6O 8 66 40 6 32 Sheffield -- - 43 9 48 64 5 65 Note.—The distances to Sheffield, East Retford, and Gainsborough, are calculated upon the assumption that the Sheffield and Geinsbo rough Railway receives the sanction of Parliament. Table shoving Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct Northern Railway and by the Cambridge and Lincoln Scheme. i fly the Cam- Northern Rail- By the Direct ;bridge and Liu coin scheme Difference in &- way and its and its your of the Branches, and Branches, and Direct Northern existing and existing and authorised Railway. authorised Railways. Railways. From London tolMiles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Peterborough 73 47 88 40 14 73 Lincoln - - - - 126 10 140 26 11 16 Gainsborough - - 133 73 155 32 21 39 Thorne - - - I 150 0 172 28 22 28 Selby - - - 1 163 65 185 IS 21 33 Hull ' 194 65 216 18 21 33 York ' 176 0 197 56 21 56 - _ Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct Northern Railway, and by the existing hues of Railway : By the Direct Northern Rail way and its Difference In fa- Branches, and By existing Your of the existing and Railways. Direct Northern authorised Railway. Railways. ----- .......................• From London to , Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Peterborough - - 7 3 47 109 60 36 13 Stamford - - • 82 28 122• 76 40 48 Melton - - - - 103 44 121 60 18 16 Sheffield - - - 159 4 177 20 18 16 Newark - - - 115 13 148 0 33 67 Lincoln • - 126 10 163 40 37 30 Wakefield - - - 173 77 200 0 26 a Leeds - - - - 176 77 205 20 28 23 Tork 176 0 218 0 42 0 By order of the Committee, IV. H. CLARK, Secretary. Direct Northern Railway Company's Offices, 64, Moorgate.street, January 6, 1846. The Map of the Line and Reports above-mentioned may be bad at the Offices in London, and at the following local agents : St. Neots - Messrs. Pedpercorn and Wilkinson Biggleswade - T. Chapman, Esq. Stamford - - Messrs. W. and R. M. Thompson Grantham - R. H. Johnstone, Esq. Lincoln - - - Joseph Moore, Esq. Louth - - - John Gray, Esq. Gainsborough - William Robinson, Esq. Leeds - - - E. J. Teals, Esq. York - - Messrs. J. and D. Russell Aberdeen - - William Gordon, Esq. sharebroker Edinburgh - - Robert Allan, Esq. sharebroker Glasgow - Buchanan, Aitken, and Co. sharebrokers Liverpool - - Messrs. Buchanan and Son, sharebrokers Iloachester Dlottro. Brddloy, Ford, end Parker, elserebrokers LAMERT ON DEBILITY. NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. "He, who in pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms, A hero lives, and justly can Exclaim, in me behold a man!" 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In general the discount brokers maintain a pretty effective competition with the Bank. but the latter now appropriates by far the greater part of the business, and this is a new element of difficulty at the present moment, for the Bank Directors having so large and important a trust to exercise must proceed with greater caution than other establishments, and if they see the least danger a-head will suspend the relief imme diately. That they will continue to give assistance liberally is a much more prevalent belief than the contrary; and the monied interest have this further reliance—that the present board have a wary eye to profit, and would feel it a subject of great gratification so early in the working of the new system to be able to announce an increase in their dividend to the next court of proprietors. The knowledge of the ex tent of the business they are engaged in has, in fact, improved of late the value of Bank Stock at a time when other descrip tions of stock were giving way, and these would bear there fore no other rational construction than such an expectation as that just adverted to. The enormous amount of private deposits disclosed by this week's return, exceeding 14,000,0001., further shows the vast available power pos sessed by the establishment; yet no man can venture to say how far it may be prudent for them to go, and when they may think fit to withhold that support upon which the whole City depends. Mr. Cobden's letter does not raise his character with the men of business here, where everything is eminently prac tical, and where such a course as he would adopt is charac terised as headlong legislation, which if attempted by any Minister, would drive him from power, or throw the whole country into confusion Our merchants, and that without any peculiar sympathy with the landholders, are beginning, upon calmer reflection, to think the Minister sufficiently bold already, as regards his mode of dealing with the corn-laws, and a few timid voices are beginning to be heard against the other parts of his measure, but more particularly the reduction of duty on cotton and silk foreign manufactured articles. To this, which is a common reaction of the public mind in all such cases, no great importance need be attached, though it is not to be omitted in adverting to the state of feeling in the City on the present occasion. With these impressions there arises, by a natural transition, the notion of much opposition to the Minister on other points than on the corn-laws. Nothing, however, on this side of the ques tion can be said yet to assume an important character. The Select Committee of the Huuse of Commons appointed to arrange the mode of proceeding with railway affairs, and settle the extent of them, is certainly sinking in popularity in the City with the same men who do not deny its neces sity, under the circumstances into which, with respect to those undertakings, the country has been brought. They contend that this ought to have been done in the last session, instead of so much being done to encourage rail wa y enter prise in all directions. Nothing that the Committee can do will give satisfaction ; that is perfectly evident, and the whole subject is obviously doomed to be an annoyance to the Le gislature during the whole course of the session. A speedy decision of some rule or principle of proceeding by this Com mittee may, however, materially assi't in disposing of the vexatious question of the payment of the deposits. Those companies who do not find it prudent to go on after that de cision, may help in restoring the equilibrium in the Money Market, and facilitate the movements of other companies, by withdrawing at once, and by proceeding to a redistribution of the funds they have in hand. To give renewed confidence to the Money Market is a more important object, for the time being. than any question arising out of the construction of new railways, at least so far as the City is concerned. DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS. EIGHTY LIVES Lth,T. The losses announced during the last week have been truly appalling, several American picket-ships being among the number wrecked in crossing the Atlantic, with the loss of all hands. _ . The first on the list is that of the Montreal, a fine new ship,34s tons barthen, a trader between London and Que bec, which was lost during a snow storm on the night of the 14th of last month, on shore near Cape Chat, and not one belonging to her was kit to tell the tale. The wreck, when discovered, was fast breaking up, her masts were gone, and her hull had parted in two. On shore the bodies of the captain, wife, and child were found, the latter being clasped in its mother's arms. Four other bodies were after- wards discovered entangled in the wreck. They have all been buried in one grave. The vessel was laden with flour and other articles. _ The next melancholy affair is that of another packet-ship, supposed to be the Saxon, bound to London, lost, with all hands. The ship, which has a large amount of insurance on her at Lloyd's, was 367 tons burthen, and left Boston, where she belonged, on the 13th of last month, manned with a crew of twenty. She was last seen on the 17th, and her de struction is supposed to have occurred about the 191 h, on a reef of rock called the Ledges, near Red Head, as her wreck was passed by the Stamboul, from Smyrna, on the 24th, 25 miles N.N.W. of St. George's Shoal. Another loss took place on a field of ice, the particulars of which are thus described :—The brig Laurel left Quebec on the morning of the 29th of December, with a cargo of 400 barrels of flour and 28 of butter. On arriving off Cacona, on the banks of Newfoundland, she was met by a large field of ice, and every effort to steer clear of it proved abortive. The ship becoming fixed in it, she was shortly driven ashore on Green Island, where she immediately became a wreck. The crew suffered severely for three days. The barque Uni verse, of Boston, was lost under similar circumstances; for tunately, the crew were saved. The ship Cambridge, from Liverpool, on the 23d of De cember, saw a vessel in distress, which proved to be the Lord Lynedoch, of London, in a sinking state. They took off the crew, thirty-two in number, who were in a dreadful state. The vessel foundered shortly afterwards. The East India Company have received information of the total loss of one of the Company's war sloops, named Coote, commanded by Lieutenant J. S. Grieve. The disaster happened ou the 3d of November last, on a reef of rocks opposite Calicut, the vessel at the time being on an expedition to the Malabar coast. The brig Merlin, of Newcastle, was totally destroyed by fire on the 3d instant. She was laden with wine and fruit, and within twelve hours after leaving Oporto Bar she caught fire. The captain and crew were soon forced to take to the boat, and abandon the vessel. They were afterwards picked up by a foreign schooner, which conveyed them to Giuraltar. On the books are also reported the total loss of the ship City of Shims, in the Blindora Sea, with forty persons drowned ; and also the wreck of the Gustave Edouard. a French Indianian, 650 tons burthen ; and another vessel, name not exactly known—both attended with melancholy results. The Earl and Countess of Haddington received a select party at dinner, on Saturday last, at the Ad m i ra lty. W e hear that t - e Noble Earl and Countess will not remove from the Admiralty to their mansion in Berkeley -square before the close of next month, when the Earl of Ellenborough is to take possession of the official residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty. HEATH OF MR. CARPUE.—We regret to announce that this veteran reformer, and celebr ited surgeon, died on Friday evening last, at his residence in Charlotte-street, Fitz rov-square, after a protracted illness. The immediate cause of - his death, we understand, was dropsy. Mr. Carpue was well known some years ago as a veteran reformer, not only of the abuses in his own profession, but also of those which affect the common weal. In times of great political excite ment, during the elections, he was ever to be found at his post, either on the hustings at Covent-garden, or actively en gaged in canvassing in support of his own peculiar opinions. In the medical profession he was known as one of tne most stern and uncompromising of all the opponents of the College of Surgeons, by t he governing body of which, to their e t erna l disgrace, he was con stantl y refused a seat at th e coun cil, though emine ntl y entitled to it by his rank in the profession, and surg ical and anatomical attainments . Mr. Carpue was scarcely kno wn as a writer, his princi p al, indeed we believe, his only work being On the Taliacotian Operation, and On file High Operation of the Stone. , As a iecturer on anatomy and surgery, his style of lecturing was peculiar, but eminently successful. Shortly after the opening of the Brighton Railway, Mr. Carpue, who had then retired from public and professional life, excepting his appointment at the vaccine establishment, was travelling on that railway, w h en that fearful accident happene d b y which so man y l ives were sacrificed. Two of Mr. Carpue's servants were killed on this occasion, and be himself was most seriously injured. For a while but little hope was enterta ined of his re covery; his suf ferings were dreadful; and even when apparently cured, he s till complained of great oppression at the c hest and diff icu lty of breathing. How far th is accident may have laid th e foun dation of the disease which ultimately destroyed him, having, afteTitsavde are un p re pared to state; but lie himself oc curred, expressed his firm co nviction that it W ould be his death. He proceeded against the company b y civil action, and recovered 1001. damages. From that time to his death, nothing was known of him by the public- He lived alto gether retired, and free from the turmoils so l i di had en gaged the greater part of a long fife- lie Was 84 years old. —Observer. In return for the magnificent present of a Christ of solid gold, a cross of lapis lazuli and a crow n of diamonds, sent some time ago by the Emperor of Russia to the Pope, his Holiness has conferred upon Russia the relics of bt. Nicholas the Greater, who is the patron of that nation. A ship of war has been dispatched from Odessa to receive the relics, and convey them in great pomp to ht. retersburgh. METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS JUNCTION COMPANY. A meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, in accordance with a resola iion passed at a meeting of the shareholders on the sth inst., for the purpose of considering the propriety of an amalga mation with the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway Co7epany, and to give the result of the interview between the committee appointed at tha rneet e ing in question. George Jones, Esq. (the chairman of the committee ap pointed by the s!iareliolders ), presided. The CHAIRMAN said, that as Mr. Dowling, the secretary, was absent, his place was supplied by Mr. Payne. Mr. GARvATr said he wished to know by what authority the gentleman (Mr. Jones) assumed the chair. There was no doubt that he was an efficient chairman. The present was a meeting to receive the report of a committee of five, and only three of that body were present. The CHAIRMAN said he did not wish to occupy his present position. The committee was not merely a committee of five, but they represented the whole body of the shareholders. If it was the desire of the meeting, he would resign the chair. The Chairman was then elected to the chair. Mr. PAYNE then read the notice convening the meeting, which, in addition to the object of the meeting, contained a statement to the effect that no director or member of the provisional committee should be allowed to vote. The CHAIAMAN would now call on Mr. Payne to read the reports. Mr. Ganyarr said he wished to know whether the persons who drew up these reports were not brokers of the Company? The CHAIRMAN said he would read the names of the gen tlemen on the committee, to show that such was not the case. Mr. Ganyarr said he wished also to ask if all the com mittee concurred in that report ? Had Mr. Gilbertson done so ? • The CHAIRMAN said that they had all given their unani mous consent. Mr. GILBERTSON said that all the committee were not present at the conclusion of the report. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from Mr. Dowling,, stating his concurrence in the views of the meeting, and regretting -Ake ioabilAva.o4ittend Mr. PAYNE then read a report of the committee, from which it appeared that they had entered on their duties on the 7th of Jan::ary last, and had had interviews with the committee of the Company, with whAn it was proposed they should amalgamate, but could obtain from them no state ment of their affairs; but the accounts confirmed the suspi cion that they had not 30,0001. in the bank, free from liabili ties. The proposition that they had made had not been re ceived, as being informal. The CHAIRMAN then read the report of the committee on the state of their own Company, which stated that the deposits amounted to 27,8651., the expenditure to 17,7011, and the liabilities to 3,0001., up to the period of their entering on the inquiry, and that since then 1,0001. had been obtained. It also accused the directors of having sold their shares, and signed cheques to a consider able amount, without being authorised to do so, and con eluded by calling on the shareholders to assert their rights, and not to submit to conduct so criminal. The CHAIRMAN said that if they demanded the names of the directors who had acted in the manner descried, he was ready to give them. Mr. HOOPER moved a resolution that the Chairman should give the names of the parties. The CHAINMAN then read a list of the different sums that had been granted by the directors, and for which cheques had been given. These were signed by Messrs. Asphethel, Crofts, and Reddell, and amounted to 12,8911. A SHAREHOLDER moved that the reports then read be adopted. Mr. GILBERTSON seconded the resolution, and said that the matter should be dealt with properly. Mr. Gativarr said that he understood that there was a committee appointed to buy shares. The CHAIRMAN read the portion of the report stating that the committee found that the directors had acted in the way described, and also that the clerk had got orders not to enter the transaction on the minute-book. Mr. Gartvarr said, that he would move an amendment to the resolution, and proceeded to animadvert on what ap peared to him the reprehensible conduct of the committee in not permitting the directors to attend the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said he must interpose to put down these irregular proceedings. Mr. GARVATT said he considered he had a right to pursue his present course. The matter was then put to the meeting, who decided that the course was irregular. The CHAIRMAN said that the advertisement did not pre vent the directors from attendity , and addressing the meet ing. There was no question ha was not ready to have answered. Mr. LAIDMAN said he begged to call the attention of the meeting to the fact of their report exculpating those directors who had acted correctly. He would second the adoption of the report. Mr. HOOPER said lie was sorry that the names of those who signed the cheques were not appended to the report. He would move, therefore, that the managing committee's names should be inserted in that report. They were doing what was unjust and dishonourable (whatever might be their private character) in paying away the money of the Company. He would willingly pay double what he had already paid to bring those delinquents to justice. Mr. Wasitwoom said he would second the amendment, which, after some discussion, was negatived. The resolution was then put and carried by a large ma jority. It was then moved and seconded that the three names of those who had voted in the minority should be given ; two of them declined to comply. The Citalitsiass said he would suggest to them the course they should adopt. That was, to appoint a committee to obtain their deposits, and also to pursue criminally those who had violated their trust to the Company. He merely threw out there suggestions, which they might or might not embody in a resolution. He would recom mend them to have as few as possible on that committee, to facilitate the dispatch of business. A SHAREHOLDER proposed a resolution to that effect. Mr. SERCUM said that he fully agreed in what had been said respecting the conduct of the directors. Mr. PAYNE said he thought it would be better to have the sinews of war before proceeding in the way the meeting desired. The CHAIRMAN said he Would contribute 100/. towards the object.—(Hear, hear.) They might tile a bill of dis• covery in Chancery. The CHAIRMAN said that the directors had no right to encroach on the deposits for Parliamentary expenses as they had done. He would himself—if full power were given him to proceed—he would himself find the means to proceed against the parties in law or equity—(Hear, hear)—pro vided a legal document be drawn up by the shareholders. A SHAREHOLDER said he would beg to call the attention of the Chairman to a letter which he had given into his hands; a letter from the directors. The CHAIRMAN said he would take the sense of the meet ing on the matter. A resolution that the letter should be read was unani mously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then read the letter, which was directed to "The Chairman of the Meeting," and signed by Mr. Cheese, stating that the directors were ready t, co-operate with the shareholders in procuring for them their deposits from the Provisional Committee. Now that letter was not signed by the Chairman of the Company, and the offer was merely to delude them in adsipting a course that would be unjust to themselves. Mr. ETHRIDGE said he would recommend that they should not proceed further, as he had good reason to believe that the directors would, in a short time, make arrangements to satisfy the shareholders. After a desultory discussion, it was agreed that the meet ,' ing should adjourn till the 24th instant. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. STAGE CARRIA'hE DUTIES.—On Saturday a deputa tion from the coach proprietors round London, headed by Colonel Wood, M.P. for Middlesex, waited by appointment on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the subject of the stage carriage duties. The trade complain that, all along the banks of the river Thames from Hampton Court to Wool wich, they have to compete with untaxed steam, and on many roads with the rail also, and soon will on all; the rail paying 5 per cent. duty on their receipts, except third-class passengers, on which they pay nothing, whilst the coach pro prietor pay duties amounting on many roads to 25 per cent., and seldom less than 16 per cent, on their receipts, besides heavy annual licenses, from which the rail and steam are totally exempt, and they ask, on principle, to be placed on an equality with the steam-boats and railroads. All the proprietors forming the deputation gave it as their decided opinion that if the Govel•nment placed them on an equality with the railroads as regards the duty, many long coaches would be placed on the road again this spring, the heavy duties being the only hindrance, and that by a judicious re duction, the Government would in this instance, as in most others where duties had been reduced, be rather gainers than losers, in consequence of the extra carriages that would be started. The Chancellor promised to give the case, which was argued at great length, his serious consideration. Mr. BuAleid Ferrand, M.P., who seems to be deter mined that the go , )d people of the West Riding shall not want amusement, held a Protection meeting at Huddersfield, on Saturday last, where he repeated his one speech, which serves alike for the House of Commons and for all meetings of every sort and description. About 3,000 persons assem bled in the Philosophical Hall, and Mr. Robinson, a free trader, was elected to the chair in opposition to Mr. Ferrand's friend, Mr. Joshua Hobson. There was a great deal of con fusion and uproar—the word" calumniator'; was made use of, and reference was made to the resolution now standing on the journals of the House of Commons in reference to the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, who, after having con cluded his speech, took his departure amidst the most discor dant groans and hisses. Three cheers were given for Cobden and Bright, and three more for Peel and free-trade, and the meeting disperse d. EXPE hisstill in possession e a war-cloakou 1 of i has his NSlVECLOAtt.e—mfait Majesty , o r father, the celebrated Tamehame ha. It was not com p leted esty feather iC aui until his reign, having occupied eight preceding ones in its fabrication. It is four feet in length, with eleven and a half feet spread at the bottom. Its ground-work is a coarse netting, and to this the feathers, which are very small and exceedingly delicate, are skilfully at tached, overlapping each other, and forming a perfectly smooth surface. The feathers around the borders are inverted, and the whole presents a beautiful bright yellow eolour, giving it the appearance of a mantle of gold. In deed it would be difficult for despotism to manufacture a richer or more costly garment for its proudest votary. Two feathers only (such as are used wholly in its manu facture) are obtained from under the wings of a rare species of bird inhabiting Hawaii, which is caught alive with great care and toil. Long poles, with an adhesive substance smeared upon them, and well baited, are placed near their haunts. The bird alights upon it, and un able to disengage itself from the adhesive matter, is secured, the much prized feathers plucked, and the bird set at liberty. A piece of nankeen, valued at one dollar and a half, was formerly the price of five feathers of this kind. By this estimate the value of the cloak would equal that of the purest diamonds, in the several Euro pean regalia, and including the price of the feathers, not less than a million of dollars worth of labour was expended upon it, at the present rate of computing wages. The war spear accompanying the cloak is ten and a half feet in length, of a dirk-red wood, flattened to a point, and finely polished. It possesses an additional interest, when we reflect that it was the favourite weapon of a savage conqueror, and deep stained with the blood of many a Hawaiian warrior.— Ilaulaiian Spectator, vol, '2. _:, ~. TO be SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in the Causes " HAR ROY v. HOWARD," and " HARROP v. lIEY WOOD," with the ap probation of N. W. 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Gentleman. The re-election of all the officers appointed by the Court then took place, and The Court in re-electing the Rev. Dr. Mortimer head master, and Mr. Edkins, second-master of the City of London school, greeted these gentlemen with rounds of applause. Mr. BEDFORD brought up the report of the Naviga tion Committee, upon the subject of removing the whiting shoal, which bad been many , years a serious obstruction to the navigation of the Thames at Lime• house. It stated, that in about a month the whole of the impediment would disappear, and that already steamers of very large size could pass over the place in which lay such dangerous impediments. Mr. Bedford very warmly praised the exertions of Mr. Leach, who had been employed to superintend the work. The report, which recommended that the necessary funds should be granted to accomplish the undertaking, was unanimously agreed to. The Town Clerk having announced that a document relating to Christ's Hospital was awaiting the hospital seal, _ _ Mr. TAYLOR said, that as the bond to be sealed might have the effect of excluding the children of the citizens from the charity, he hoped the Court would postpone the Act until some explanation should be given.—(Hear, hear.) Sir PETER LAURIE hoped the Court were not going, in the year 1846, to plunge into the foolish crusade of 1845, by which the privileges of the corporation were endangered. The Court of Common Council was not a court of control over the royal hospitals. The best legal advice had been that it had no power to withhold the seal. He wished that the Corporation would never move on any thing on which it could chew nothing but its weakness. It had been an object of ridicule in 1845, and fervently did he desire that that unlucky incident might he blotted out of the records for ever.—(Hear.) Mr. R. TAYLOR said Sir Peter Laurie had very good reason to congratulate himself that he happened to be the president of one of the royal hospitals. No doubt he would not let the privilege be idle. The seal was affixed, and after some business relating tl a petition to Parliament for certain city improvements the Court broke up. DEATH OF SIR JAMES RIVETT CARNAC, BART.— We have to announce the decease of the above Baronet, whose dissolution took place on Wednesday last, at Roock cliff!, his residence in Lymington, Hants. The deceased had for some months past suffered from severe illness. The de ceased was some years back chairman of the board of direc tors of the East India Company, and was formerley Governor of Bombay, in which appointment he was succeeded by the late Sir William Macnaughten. The late Baronet sat in the II ,use of Commons some years ago, for Sandwich. He was created a baronet in 1836, and is succeeded by his son Capt. John R. Carnac, late of the 73d Regiment. WEST AUSTRALIAN COMPANY.—A general meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday at two o'clock, at the offices of the Company, No. 33, Old Broad-street, from which both the public and the press were excluded ; but it was un derstood that the object of the meeting was to render a re port of the precise state of affairs, and to decide whether the business of the Company should still be continued or brought to a close as speedily as possible. The tide of the 27th ult. was unusually high at Havre, as was expected. It inundated all the low parts of the town, the two quays of Notre-Dame, the Quartier St. Francois, and the neighbouring streets. As, however, this unusual tide had been previously calculated on, and even mentioned in the almanacks of the year, every precaution had been taken, and the only inconvenience felt was the temporary suspension of intercourse through the parts of the town under water, an 4 the flooding of the cellars. ON DITS.—Lord Jocelyn sent in his resignation on Saturday.—The Hon. Francis Charter's, approving the re peal of the corn-laws, has, with the sense of delicacy that always marks his conduct, expressed his readiness to resign his seat, and subthit to the ordeal of a new election. We trust his constituents will know how to appreciate this manly proceeding.—Many of the recent resignations in the Royal Household have not vet been formally announced. Amongst them, we are assured, we may name Lord Granby.—A ru mour, that we believe may be relied on, states that the ap pointment in the Admiralty, lately resigned by the Hon. Henry Corry, will be filled up by that Gallant Officer, Capt. Rous, of the R.N. An appointment more calculated to give general satisfaction could not be made.—lt appears, after all the reports to the contrary, that Lord Arthur L ennox has not given in his resignation. "His poverty but not his will consents" to this prudent measure. His brother, the Duke of Richmond, ought to remedy this evil.-111orning paper. A COINCIDENCE.—On the 10th of December, the fo - lowing:appeared in the Quebec shipping list :—" Sir Robert Peel in the mud, and supposed to be safe." Some, may probably think it an amusing coincidence, that, at that date, the worthy baronet, after whom the ship is named, was that the much in the same position. It i s to be ho p ed the vessel has had as good a deliveranc e as Sir Robert him self has accomplished.—Greenock Adrertiser. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE LONDON DOCKS.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. Chapman, one of the dock lock masters belonging to the London-docks, accidentally fell into the dock, a height of twenty feet. Drags were procured, and every endeavour was used to recover the body, b u t without effect. Yesterday the drags were again put into re quisition, and, after three hours' incessant dragging, the body was found, and removed to his residence to await the Coro ner's inquest. POLITICAL GATHERINGS.' TllO Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons gave residence first P i a n ril E arn ato en n: tary dinner on Saturday last, at hi s Eaton square. The following constituted the circle :—The Bight lion. Sir It. Peel, the Right Hon. the Ch ancellor of the tEx chequer, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, the Earl of Lincoln, the Right Hon. Sydney Herbert, Lord Granville Somerset, Earl Jermyn, Lord Ernest Bruce, the L dAd vo este, the Attorney-Gener a l, th e Solicitor-General, o neral, the r Right Hon. Sir T. Fremantle, Si r G . C ockburn, the Right Hon. H. S. Corry, the Right H on . Si r G . Clerk, the Hon. Captain Gordon, Rear-Admiral Bowles, the Right Hon. Col. Dawson • Darner, the lion. H. M. Sutton, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Cripps, the Hon. H. Fit zroy, t h e Right Hon. W. B. Baring, -Mr. Greene, Mr. Young, Mr. H. Baring, and Colonel Peel. DUTY REPEALED ON CERTAIN MATS.--A general order states, that pursuant to a letter from the Board of Trade, on an application praying that the duty on Dunnage mats may be repealed, their Lordships authorise the delivery duty free of Dunnage mats, which may net be of greater value than 10s. per hundred, as recommended by the Commissioners of Customs. Even this partial repeal will be a great facility, for ships have often been detained solely because of a few trumpery mats, overlooked at first. But can the Treasury repeal any duty legally P—Livemooi Mail. TORY ACCEPTANCE OF CORN-LAW REPEAL.—The Nottingham Journal, a Conservative paper, has pronounced its decision in favour of Sir Rooert Peel's measure. " Seeing (says our contemporary) the success which has attended his previous movements in the same direction, we draw confi dence from these facts; and, although the step is a bold one, and startles us on that account as well as for its novelty, yet we are inclined to receive it with favour! It is quite cer tain, from the rapid succession of events within the last three months, that a change in the corn-law had become almost, as it were, inevitable ; and the only course left for choice was as to the hands by whom the change should be effected— whether the alteration should be made by the incapable Whigs, headed by Lord John Bussell--by the Cobden-Bright faction, the deadly enemies of the landowners, and all con nected with them—or whether it should be brought about by the skilful workmen who have heretofore ma de such excellent work. The country, we think, has been fortu - nate in securing the services of such experie nced dent councillors, whose previous course affords ample security nd that the present measure will prove as trulywdisedaarnindghianppitys in its results, as it is bold in its concep tion ezecution." The land-tax of Great Britain having been originally a commutation of the feudal rights of the Crown, at the rate of 4s. In the pound of real rent, should at the present moment have amounted to above 1.1,000,0001., as in France, had the country been justly governed. Not only have English landlords thus evaded the. amount of land-tax equitably due to the State, but they have fur ther exempted themselves from any tax on the descent of real property, such as all other descriptions pay, which tax on the descent of land amounts in France to about a year's rental of the estate, and in this country ought to produce several millions a year to the Exchequer. Further, these our legislators have exempted farmers from many taxes which are paid by all other classes, which is, in other words, to put so much additional rent into the pocket of the land owner, and thus further enrich the already richest class of society. No such exemptions in favour of a class exist in any coun try of Europe except our own. It is only to enrich the land owner that farmers' dogs, farmers' fire insurance, and drain ing -tiles are exempted from duty, and other exemptions too tedious to enumerate, while the poorest tradesman in every town has to pay a tax on all these things. Even the heart of a toll-bar-keeper melts into liberality at the sight of a farmer's lime -cart, while the poor tradesman's must pay toll to the uttermost farthing. Now, however, that the corn-laws approach their termina tion, a more unreasonable outcry than even th a t o f protection has been raised in shape of a demand for compensation, inso much that it has been proposed that the expense of making roads through noblemen's estates, supposing them poor, and prosecuting poachers on their game-preserves, should be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, or, in other words, by the public at large. It is more than questionable whether the persons who ad vocate compensation in their f!vour are prepared, on the even-handed principle of justice, likewise to throw the paving rates, the poor-rates, and police-rates, of every town in the empire on the Consolidated Fund, without which condition their favourite proposal would be a public robbery; for the foregoing facts sufficiently prove that, instead of being even taxed, the land and landowners pay too little to the Ex chequer by about twenty millions a year. If the word compensation is to be dragged at all into the approaching settlement of the corn-law question, it ought certainly to be a compensation of the' public for the wrongs already inflicted on them for the sole and doubtful benefit of a class; and it would be worthy of the proposed philan thropy of "Young England " to propose that every labour ing man in the kingdom, who has attained middle age, and brought up a family, should be compensated by a grant of garden-ground, rent free, to be taken from the large estates. Every farmer knows that his business has been a very hazardous one under the present corn-law, and the agricul tural labourers of Wiltshire, who lately met, sufficiently pro claimed to the world that under the law of protection they have been reduced to the lowest point of human destitution. Yet these are the parties for whose benefit the corn-law is professed to have been made. In a densely peopled country such as England, agricul tural produce will always (unfortunately for the people) be at least twenty per cent. dearer than on the Continent, that being the average expense attending importation; and as no corn-law ever has, or ever can, raise the price of labour, our working classes will always be under that amount of dis advantage as compared with those abroad. Free trade might, however, by raising the general condi tion of the British people, create for the landowners some additional consumers of wheat and animal food—millions at present existing, mere especially in Ireland, chiefly on potatoes. _ _ _ The childish and oft-repeated assertions of the monopolists as respects dependence upon foreigners, and land going out of cultivation, scarcely require, at the present stage of the argument, serious contradiction; for the sooner that all nations are dependent on each other for the comforts and conveniences of life, the sooner will the reign of peace and good-will commence among men. In 1815, 80s. was de clared to be the lowest price at which wheat could be culti vated in this country, yet the best wheat has two or three times since that period been as low as 40s. per quarter, or even less, without there having been a single acre less land under cultivation, but greatly the contrary.—l am, Sir, &c. A LOVER OF JUSTICE. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LEEDS, JAN. 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 22% — Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 11% p.—Ditto, Extensions, 4y, p.—Midland, 149 cx d.—York and North Midland,Extension (East and West Riding), 8% p.--Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 9%—Ditto, Extensions, 10s. p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 7% p.—Leeds and Bradford. 52 casts —Leeds and Thirsk, 10 cash—Ditto, New Shares, Is. dls.—Lancaster and Carlisle, New Shares, 10—North British, New, 7 - Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 2/. IBs.—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 15% —London and York, 4% —Sheffield and Lincoln, 3%—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 2/. I Is. 6d.—Direct Northern, IX —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 414 —West Riding Union, 6 —Clitheroe Junction, 2%—Essex and Suffolk, ss. dis-- Grand Union, 2s. fsl.p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 2s. 6d. p. —Leeds and York, 10s. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 7s. 6d. p.— North Western, 2/. 6s. 64.—South Midlands, 23a. SCULL, JAN. 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—ThB sales are —North British, Daikelth, 2/. ISs. 9d.—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 2 —Azholme, —Grand Union, 32s.—Great North and South Wales and Worces ter, 13s. and Barnsley Junction, 33a.—Leicester and Tam worth, 3—Lincoln and Wain/feet, 245. 61.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% London and York, 4 1 4 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 4 —Tears and Dove Valley, 21s. SHEFFIELD, JAN. 31. - - STOCK EXCEIANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield Exten sion, 21. 12s.—Leeds and Bradford, 52—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 15% —North Western, 2/. Gs.— Sheffield and Lin colnshire Extension, 2%—South Midland, 41. 14s.—South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 2%—West Riding Union, 6. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. M. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Thc sales are—Eastern Counties, 3h. p.— Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1 p. - Midland, New 40/. Shares, 16 p.—North British, Halves (llawick), p.—Ditto (Carlisle), 31s. 3d. p. YORK, JA N. 31. STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Darlington, Extensions, 10 —York and North Midland, New (East and West (tiding), 10 1 ,x —Newcastle and Berwick, 21 1 4—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 21. 19s. —London and York, 41. U.—Grand Union, 1/. 13s. 6d.—Leicester and Bedford, 1/. lls. 6d.—Welsh Midland, 2. BRISTOi,, JAN. 31. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 85—Bristol and South Wales Junction, 2 3-16—Caledonian, I.s—Ditto, New, 4/. Is. 3d.—Midland, New, 29. EDINBURGH, JAN.3O. _ _ STOCK EICKANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 5/. 105..-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, U. 125.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 2/. 155.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.-Ditto, Half Shares, 161.-Armagh and Portrush, 11. 155.-Ayr and Dumfries, 21. 25.. -Ayr and Galloway, 11. 12s. Gd -Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir, 21.- Banffshire, IL IN.-Belfast and County Down, 31.-British and Irish Union, 3/. Bs.-Caledo nian, ex new, 14/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 3/. 125.-Caledonian Extension, 21. I 2s. Cd.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 31.--Caledonian and North ern Direct, 21. 10s. -Carnwath and West [Anton, U. 135.-Chelms ford and Bury, IL 12s. Gd.-Clydesdale Junction, 20/.-Cornwall and I)even Central, 2/. -Deeside Railway, 41. 10s.-Direct Northern, 2/. 45.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 41. 7s. Gd.-Dundee and Arbroath, 401.-Ditto, New, 21/. 55.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, 21. 12s. 6d. - Dundee and Perth, 141. - Ditto, Kinross Extension, 2/. lOs -East Coast of Scotland, 2/. 125.-East India Railway, 11. 6s. -East of Fife, 11. 19i.- East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 21. 3s. W.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, ex news, 21. 18s.- Edinburgh and Glasgow, 761.-Ditto, Half Shares, 161. ss.- Ditto, Quarters, 18/. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 131. IN.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton. 16s. -Edinburgh and I.eith Atmospheric, 11. 2s. -Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Nrect, 11. 15s. -Edinburgh. Leith, and Granton, 201.-Ditto, Preference, 201--Edinburgh and Northern, 61. 25.-Ditte, Newport, 1/. lx.-Ditt0, P. 1 4: 4 b, , ,8, 1.53. • 1/. Bs. -Edinburgh and Peebles, 11. lss.-Edluburs'h -Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 11._3131.5.j 6d.- Forth Forth and Clyde Junction, 21.4x.-Glasgow and Ayrshire. l 7 w Union, Stock, 261.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181 . 10s. 0 Belfast carnkirk, 421.-Glasgow and 21. 83.--filasgow, Dumfries, and Car c i ti fs c l .n e: Dun dee Junction, 21. 29.-Glasgow andoi_ Stock, Ditto, Preference, 11. 17s. 2/. 6s. -Glasgow and Greenock. i 9L-D "" New . Tn 18s.-Glasgow Harbour CA. -Glasgow Harbour G Sc an o a tl E an lg d i , n 3 , 1 1 . 1. 33 1 . 07. Kilmarnock, ck2,taniduA:_rdGrossranatno,n3l. Junction, Glasgow, s M tr in a e th ra a l v , e 2 , l 4 .- . G I j asg Les ow . , 21.-Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 12s. 6d.-- Larne Islnovrechneosfs -Lanark 35.- Great e e a a North Countytah and d i So i w io u n w th ay, Larne and Ballymena, 21. 2s. -London and Hounslow, 1/. - London and Manchester (Rastrick), 41. IN.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 21. 55.-Loadon and Windsor, 11.-London and York, 4/. 10s.-Mid land and Eastern Counties, 11. 17s. Gd -Morayshire, IL-Neweastle and Berwick, 221.-Newry and Londonderry, 1/, (75.-North British, 251.-Dittu, Halves, 71. 10s.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 21. 17s. 6d. -Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 6/. 55.-North Wales, Mineral,. New, 51. 10s.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 11. 145.-Perth and In verness, 17. 153.-Seottish Central, 151. -Ditto, New. 81 . U. -- Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 21. ls.-Scottish Grand Junction, 21.-Scottish Midland, 61.-Scottish North Western, 1/. 17s. -Scottish South Midland, 21. 6s. 6d.-Scottish Southern, 11.18 s. - Shrewsbury and Hereford, 183. Gd.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 41. 17s. W.-Ditto, New, 1/. 45.-South Midland, 31. 155.- Stirling and Dunfermline, 2/. 10s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 21. 17e. 6 d. - Strathern Junction, 2/. 155.-Surrey Grand Junction, 11.-Tean and Dove Valley, 11. 3s. 6d.-Wishaw and Coltness, 51/. GLASGOW, JAN. 31. STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The sales arc—Airdrie and Bathgate, 478. Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 4Cs. —British and Irish Union, 635. Caledonian, 14 1 -,i —Ditto, New, 74s.—Caledonian Extension, 534. East Indian Railway, 265. 6d.—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbar ton, 16—Edinburgh and Northern, 6—Glasgow General Terminus, 11—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 27—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 425. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 525. 6d. —Great North and South Wales, Bs. 6d.—Perth and InYerness, 335. —Scottish Central, New, 8 —Scottish Southern, 375. 6d.—Scottish North Western, 375. —Scottish South Midland Junction, 48s. 64. South Midland, 3X —Stirling and Dunfermline, 445. 6d.—Wishaw anti Coltness, 504. WARNING TO RAILWAY ENGINE-DRIVERS,—Thomas Blackburn, an engine-driver in the employ of the Eastern Counties Railway, was on Saturday fined 51. for neglect of duty, in having, on the previous Saturday, left a part of a luggage train on the main line, whereby a most fearful col lision had been caused. RETURN OF A FREE-TRADE CANDIDATE FOR LICHFIELD.—On Saturday the Hon. Edward Lloyd Mostyn was elected Member for Lichfield, in the room of Lord Leveson, now Earl Granville. Mr. Mostyn, who, although a large landed proprietor, is a staunch free trader, in re turning thanks to the electors, said that he little expected Sir Robert Peel would have proposed a measure so vast and comprehensiw, and that he cordially supported the trinVP.7 of the measure. This announcement was received with Jo" cheering. OF= do wn FALL OF • MILL.—NARROW ESCAPE or - w as at work —On Monday week, Enderby post-mill was the violence of the wind. The miller, i t v ewar . as the door to within at the time, hearing a crash,w l ! ' a id n do so the floor gave make his escape, but before he r e : r , a nd be was buried un way ;he was turned comp OZ.?. - le c t ka nued with wheat and blown down by flour— derneath it and various 54! -thout doing him the slightest in strange to say, however , n ; e l d by the fall, but soon recovered, himself from his awkward position jury. He was rather stu.. p R e . tu ne liite t fron t e e :of the wheat sacks, thereby ll ' (which belongs gh te ti A l l e r a . h o o ut, and creeping throng w h irh e l a ll ge ) b a y nd cu a t t ti l i e ig ng a th e e t : the grai done o the mill contents is estimated at 300/.—Leicester Chronicle. damage and its WAKEFIELD, FRlD anci Barley w e AY,—The arr i va l of wheat to this i e s x i p n eri go en od ce su a pp fa ly ir , b d u e•- t, indain'ds m at a t t e et ra is teso only last moderate, week . the quality is in general very inferior ; the best aorta obtains fully last week's rates, but the common qualities are nearly unsaleable. In beans, oats, and shelling no alteration. The Hon. G. P. S. Smythe entered on his duties lug Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, in the room of viscount Camlinif, ou Wocluesday last. GUL L I Price Threepence. V E R, "He doth bestride this little world of ours like a Colossus." Shakspeare. 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