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--~~~~, . 1 ,., , ', _. • - - - - - CALEDONIAN BALL. eir.R.kiTLEBEEN wishing to appear at the above "" In the highland Co s tu me , may h ave th e same ma d e , tainuPsrior manner, an of anypattern, by applying to J. let?! Great Ityder d -street, St. James's. 1044 t'ughland appointments of every description supplied and G-11EAT WESTERN RAILWAY. for u 2114 Directors of this Company are ready to receiTe Te o n d ders f orT.t.orXioney, in sums of not less than 1,0001., for a peri o later, 2 7_'!? Years, on the security of Mortgage Debentures, Bearing k ne rate of 41. per cent. per annum. Sae., may be mad e t o the undersigned, at the R a il way- Cton Station. CHAS. A. SAUNDIRS, secretary. cptvEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. 0 4Ei t Vice is hereby given that the next HALF •YEA!t,I , StEETING of the ET of this COI Pkig o lden in London, pursuant to PROP th ßl e Ac O t RS of Parliament M , at the T wely7P l Station, on THURSDAY, the 12th of February next, , a it t b11Ec,..9 1. One o'clock precisely for the ELE , TION of FOI, ktatioZhe n '" 11 8 in the place of the same number, who will retire by ~tand for other purposes of business. cntr will be taken at One o'clock precisely. The bi CHAS. RUSSELL, Chairman. %.,7114,:tutruirescrteorre retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the Act. -books will be closed on and after the 2d of February, Id et n " bt re-one, ned until after the said Half-yearly General ths 12th of February, and the Dividend for the Ha/f-year trll 9 be 51s t beeember last, will be paid to the Proprietors, who `eiglatered on the Company's books when closed. ;1341 1 15.1846. BY order, C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. P 4lll B AND LYONS RAILWAY 1511,, rth (LAFFITTE'S COMPANY). ~' 't the il l e d " , whe have not received the CIRCULAR REPO th RT e 1 by . et e c t l ?_ri, d o a t t_ed 3 let December last, may be furnished with t hat : : „ ns i t n o i to 4 1 t s ie ofli r c e e r f t o h r e it. purpose of obtaining constituted P 4 4,,,, f r ' .., well as for the repaym ent of the surplus deposits, are now -.4 .. 1. _ rh ° ; e „" v erY at this ofti ym et '1 between the hours of Eleven ~ Kin ; n.,,ritil the 24th inst. " ' a' 7, ED. AIME, Secretary. • william.street, City, Jan. 6, 1546. 1 14---- 11 ,,1S and LYONS RAILWAY, th i e l l coesmife,affitte's Company.) —English Allotment. th e itr lP for tr a nce of the delay in the homologation of . the statutes, Dr retor t, wine constituted shares cannot yet be issued la France, and, ep tii iv isl 644 r, Itot be ready for delivery at the time specified in notice tele,,- given in Itts given by this Company in London. Due . s 6 2 deli ee -um Principal newspapers Its soon as the Certilice 141 4 ,, vv red. ED. AIME, Secretary. 111181n -street, City, London, Jan. 22, 1846. 4TR If ol.-- UNION AND BIRMINGHAM liir:littioe—Ali 1., JUNCTION RAILWAY. 4311 v sham j ers°ll, having Claims upou the South Union and 1 40 all th e unction Railway Company are hereby required to d@ th et " !tie to rue at this office, on or , before the 31st instant, .. found correct, they may be discharged. ' titkly er `q order,-str , WM. WILSON, Secretary. i eet, NI, estminster, 21st Jan., 1846. --- NORTH AND SOUTH WALES bee is h _ AND 'WORCESTER RAILWAY. vreby - "gel% .1 o 4 Given, that a General Meeting of this Company Ta o spry Tt !MAY, the 31st day of January instant, at the 41 7. , 131sh opsgate-street, at Twelve for One t, o'clock I, e t, By order of the Board, Mild red , CAPEL BANBURY, Secretary. " 3 urt, 22d Jan, 1846. Rg !f a ket i t t At t M ee jt ,, ND LANCASTER RAILWAY. ualg of the Managing Committee of the York and !44 1 .Y in su : r 7Y, held at their offices, on Wednesday, the 21st day of NeZttti o , Lto take into consideration certain proposals for .01.:rei7easture47e.to this Company by the North Western, lorkshire North Eastern Companies, It wasted. 111 ,,,,5t s e „ ha; 41 tt th'" ProPosals cannot >th at . o en g i uee be entertained." t ho 'heir pi re having assured the Directors of this Com ans and Sections are in a state to go to Parliament tsirutt of u'w session, and taking into consideration the very large k m 'fity aPital sub Itns th e uni Seribed towards the York and Lancaster line of b e stio, D u . rg'nptiiiiiected scheme forming a Direct, Complete, tias3 nth t 4`,„ City of York to the town of Lancaster, and 1144,•-v.he,itetuYiltsialiro-, as In a ot p , r ri efe t e r o en i c ,e in . Parliament), every exertion should that4ePender:, j o a m in p a a n ny A n t t t e he in e cozz g at s e e t s h si e on Yorkand DitiCopy of these resolutions be forthwith inserted in London and local papers. By order of the Board, BLp SAMUEL HOLDSWORTH, Secretary. •"' The Of WISBECH, and LINCOLN s•rt 1 , 4 014 e,„. SHIRE JUNCTION the 'Mir... '• Of s eri _ RAILWAY. th e 234 ..1 , to ssur , ankers Receipts in the above Company li uu iract , bi in their Scnp or Receipts on or before Friday, .ogd un, order that they may be exchanged for Scrip of , la the above has Wisbech, and Sutton Union Company, janark-street, Westminster. c st o .ov has been amalgamated. e rder, WILLIAM nster WILDE, Secretary. 44 to their net b e l l „ ar Y 19 , 1846. r es 8 origin a l All tte Dect a b ility 0 es are requested to give references INit ---------- W ARWICK AND BIRMINGHAM With Branch ~_ C ANAL RAILWAY. " 'rom KNOWLE to HAMPTON-IN-ARDEN. Provisionally Reistered. CCapital, 1,000,000%, in 50,000 g shares, of 201. each. Deposit 21. 28. per Share. tit' j ohn ~,„ DIRECTORS. C 4 Willi '' Be , t a Peck 'Rei n Q _ nCY Black Beauvoir , Esq. Bart. 1 John ~,_..th N . Fisher Ale,4f,eernan, Es q . joh.....aer Graf Esq. Esq. w i ll Gran t E,,,..` ara H ,' or n ,. ,11Shes Hughes BIN. Do ti — it a,,gger, Esq. ' tar0 5 ,,,N, 34 noPkins, Esq. ~ ," eb erti9 r: l ll° n, Esq. Allor ti 'slag, Esq. Wfilli t a3 Sb arP, Esq. Joh n I rt Shaw. it sq T . t, vvheelton Esq.' 44. "eallX Weiss, Esq., ..I 41 1..... The BANIERS. ttsitLis_. a cotniODJoll and County Ba n k, L om b ar d- stree t ; th net ~... menial Bank of L on d on, Lothbury gtei i } ',le Warwick and Leamington Banking Company Leamington and Warwickshire Banking CosaPaa Ash rningham—Messrs. Taylor and Lloyds. Si__ d CONSULTIN,, ENGINEERS. J` John Macneil, LL.D. ames Thompson, Esq., F.11.5.E., m.R.I.A. Ill gefl i ,,;ull U. Rastrick, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. (40 San ''William E. Pritchard, Esq., C E., P. 11.1.4 .40 ---: Sa34 W SOLICITORS. r a Weller, "-sq., $, King's-road, Bedford-row, London 4 0 1,.„ ght and Banbury, 11, Finsbury-place South, London ..-i, jun., Esq., Northampton and Welford. LOCAL AGENTS. B ingham —Messrs. Unett and Co. SECRETARIES. Mr. John Hervey ° te te Mr. G. IL W e ll er of the Coln Mr. 15, Old Jewry-street, Chambers, London. tii PROSPECTUS. k tilt e lt importan ce of this project, both nationally and 4... ed its promoters to bring it before the public ' at tlie has do i fOnt, notwithstanding the difficulties which at firat sightprwoulad 1,71' to stand in the way of its success. WO title of the scheme is sufficiently explicit to put the public in 1 47 4 100 of its merits without a detailed statement enumerating 1,, 4 1 eil ltt agellients are in progress w ith th e C anal Company for its ab "Staktl'archase, the final completion of which will doubtless be ef ,htotita very e ar l y per i od. 2ttin: . r ick and Birmi ng h am C anal has, notw ithstanding the Ilte;t7,.the London and Birmingham RaiWay, yielded a di v id end t.. l s> fi ti '! u Per cent. to its shareholders. c version of the canal into a railway with the benefit of a Oct t ,„ln a the centre of the large town of Birmingham, a t - Z , , , t , to,; 1 - Y co mmunication will be opened with the impor t& Dro,,,:_er Leamington and Warwick, at which latter place t 0 7,1:11,4 - 71 line will join the branch of the London and Bir tliZten; itention Railway Company, from Warwick to Fenny Ifle o ', l gh poijittas opening, by means of tne projected lines Ikea, tattoo'', hi ghanishire a much nearer railway commanica lkt iaton, mondon and Birmingham than the present one, ht addi ,,Datatirig on the very important districts through which the 'sues, e benefit of railway accommodation, and which is not ktc.,, e Dro o v by them t•-t.,1441'1.?..,w•--..a4,...., .line will be in immediate and close alliance with the .. 4 , km' ^ t ,!ea, and Worcester, the London and Birmingham Ex lt&es haul Warwick and Worcester Railway Companies ; those tieredtic`ai vdt g agreed to subscribe a very considerable portion of aka : :aPita l kiiet, t : r r Plans and books of reference have been deposited, 'relit „.. aj.alowners and others duly served ; so that nothing I,ll'ftrttratl447,t-ZnPallY from applying to Parliament for its Act of i to t tNtice w il i , e sesaion of 1846. 41t11e7, , to eh: b e given in the allotment of shares to parties locally -,a, t,.l,titb..:trtholders in the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, ,q, ztensi4 Warwick Warwick Worcester, the London and Birming ;',Slf, t,itVsnd the and Worceater Rnilway Companies, lii4 i)t o ' t th of :if which parties must apply fur Shares will expire 44 „; ,, , , ,it o .p ti t l iary. 1846. N I sci t o 8 46, , e application to Parliament not being made in the ,sivpi._ th e ~,, "e who of the deposits will be immediately re- Oki's. "areholders without any deduction for expenses or ~,eatio,, f eted „71 . S eitohares may b e ma d e i n the undermentioned Form 40t11i, it'' 1 t rt and secretaries of the Company. ci. bitecte'oltrill,r APPLI lON FOR SHARES. 1 1 ~`,,at1,,,, ''' the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Railway i mg . -.as h sit e ach - ' - ' - in c o Company. Shares Or 2/ in th, nSideration of your allotting me Ire ,) 2 s. Dor undertakl I hereby undertake to pay the de kati'go tied t t l a -B , b are thereon, or on such lesser number of Shares - ithri . '' ale, and to , execute the necessary deeds when Directors of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester, the London and Birmingham Extension, and the Warwick is Worcester Railway Companies. Usual Signature........ • • • • .... Name at Length.. • • • • .... ...... Profession or Business .. ..... ... Special Claim to Allotment .. Residence.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..... Place of Business .. • • • • • • • • • • • • Reference • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..... t b itc rp '-*** - .v4011 01\1 . FROM THE MILITIA I tQntl4 A USEFUL lIINT. hea rd t_ y nl !). week ago or more, oftwo talk , of he militia corps, ballotend `li u e, we re certain to be drawn ; elsWe, ofcu. ! as sure as we are born! „ tits e Arovi d ar se, shall he oblig'd to go— . s , Al ,, ..e a substitute, you know." f_e , rth t .72+ the other, " step! I know a trick , that —and you shall hear it, Dick , , 4 e 4 ho w „QoalYoer friend and true;well-wisher, It oi needrio'L l ?'w to diddle' the militia ; ~1/optyly la, that I and you require s s i l resPectable attire. ho anty k eeps have dress beneath their roof althi o „ eePs militia gents aloof ; : If o ,,blak s t „" gives us an appearance, which k oc 'i l ee wo,r;te_. a uthorities suppose we're rich. 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LONDON BILLIARDS AND BAGATELLE. COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—NOTICE. —Persons desirous of keeping Billiard Tables, Bagatelle Boards, &c., are required by the Games and Wagers Act to give notice of their intention to apply for a License at the General Annual Licensing Meeting of the Jus tices, to be held in the month of March next; which notice must be given on or before the Bth of February nest. Any person permitting Games to be playod upon their premises without a license, will be liable to the penalties of the Act. Further information may be had upon application to me, or to the Clerks to the licensing Justices of the Division in which the house is situate. JAMES BRADSHAW, High Constable of the Holborn Division of the hundred of Ossulton. 2, Hawley-terrace, Camden-town. THE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE, Corner of St. James's-street, in Piseadilly. Notice.—Noblemen and Gentlemen are respectfully informed this establishment ill now prepared for their recept,on, with aug mented arrangement...and increased accommodation. Prince.' Club, Great Jansesfs-otract. UntrAnee in Piccadilly, No. 162. WILSON'S SCOTTISH EN TERTAIN - MENTS.—This Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Crosby Hall, Bishopgate, Mr. Wilson will sing My Heart's In the Highlands— Pibroch o' Donuil Dhu—Come under my Plaidie—The Bard's Legacy—Harne cam our Gudeman at e'en—Jessie the Flower o' Dumblane—John Grumlie. Part IL The Lass o' Gowrie—Whall buy Caller Herring—Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch—The First Blast of the Trumpet—Muirlaud Willie. Pianoforte, Mr. Land. Tickets and programmes may be had of Messrs. Keith, Prowse, anti Co., 48, Ckeapside ; Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co. 65, Corn hill, and at the Hall. LllO XAL VOL Y TECHN 10 IN 6 . .VITLIIION The Lectures selected for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan and Professor Bachoffner, in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILO SOPHY, will be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments. A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES will be delivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL WAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, ear ryir4g several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CIIROMA TROPE are very effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. submarine Ex periments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among the various additions to the Working Models is Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for ascending and de scending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part in the Mule, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half past Five, ant from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening. 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To be procured of the agents, TAYLOR and GRIGNON, 2, Suf folk-street, Pall-mall East, in cannisters, 14s. each, sufficient to make soup for sixteen persons. Where also may be procured Gunter's Honduras Turtle Soup, ready for immediate use, in quart cases, at 10s. each. NO. 1, COVENTRY-STREET, OPPOSITE the new entrance to Leicester-square. We continue to sell the First Class Congou, similar to the late East India Company's True Old Souchong Flavour, at 49. 4d. per lb. This tea haying met with smell extraordinary patronage, we can re commend it still more strongly to families sow returning to town for the season, being the cheapest Tea ever offered to the public. PASSAM, SMITH and Co., Tea and Coffee Dealers. 'STORY, TAILOR, 62, FLEET-STREET. For Style, Quality, Substantial Workmanship, and Moderate Charges this Establishment stands unrivalled. Dress and Frock Coats of Superfine Wool-dyed Cloths, 1/. 88. to 2/. 10s. ; Milled Doeskin Trowsers, 14s. 6d. to 18s. 6(1. Selection from the largest and best assorted stock in London of West of England Cloths and Buckskins, and choicest designs of French and British vestings. Des strangers qui visitent Londres trouveront dans Bette Etablisso ment economie;elegance, et superieure qualite. Story, N0:62, Fleet-street. PUBLICATIOSS. POST -OFFICE DIRECTORIES FOR 1846. Now published, POST-OFFICE LONDON I)IRECTORY, with a Map, price 30s. POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY of the SIX HOME COUNTIES, viz., Essex., Herta, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex, with Maps, price 255. POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY of BIRMINGHAM with War wickshire and South Staffordshire, with Maps, price 20s. Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court, and all booksellers. Just published, the Fifth Edition, post Svo., cloth, 7s. 6d. VESTIGES of the NATURAL HISTORY of CREATION. London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. Just published, post Byo., cloth, Ss. EXPLANATIONS ; by the Author of " Yes tiges of the Natural History of Creation." London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. DR. FORBES ON MESMERISM. Just published, price 2s. 6d. ILLUSTRATIONS _ of MODERN MES MERISM, from Personal Investigation. By JOHN FORBES, F.R.S., Physician to her Majesty's Household. " A smart, able production. If there are still any doubters as to mesmerism being a fraud, we advise them to peruse this pamphlet. It certainly is a prickly rod for one of the classes of quacks."— Lancet. London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho, TIIE JOURNALRANCE. riIHE COURT of TO-MORROW JIL will contain :—The Press of France, a Sketch, by J. B. Buck stone, Esq., giving an account of a company of Comedians and a party of American Indians—A New Legend of Glendalough, by Samuel Lover, entitled " St. Kevin" —Opening of Parliament, with the Queen's Speech, and all the Fashionable, Literary, Musical, The atrical, and general topics of the week. This journal is supplied (post free) by all booksellers and news vendors. W. 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" We regard the work before us, the ' silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable wish every v h i a c t tim w e o n f o p t as o ni t t y ol r ly e 00 , o m r ff 3nl g bn fr t o c m ord ii i , all impressiono e n ne o w ar h m o in is ds the t dis cretion, to profit by the advice contained Is Its pages. "—Age and Argue. The CORDIAL BALM o f SYRIACUM isatciusively direct u sl wea kness, to the cure of nervous d e bi l i ty, irregularit y, loss of ap petite, In bottles, lnd i g estion, c onsumptive habits, price I I s ., er the d ebilitiesquantity yof fou arising from excess, c and bottle for 333., y which I la. are saved. The eve-pound carsoisnmoanye be T li tt a e d " COTC P ENTRATED DETERSIVE ES SENCE, a remedy f or sea rching ont and purifying the blood 11 :om a....t sciltv o y, blotches on the head, face, and body, ulcerations affections arising from improper treatment or the effects or mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. r Priee 11s. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 25. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 Is. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam mation, &c., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases neeeasary. Messrs. R. and L. Perry and Ce., surgeons, may he consulted Ate usual, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lond - m. daily, and at 106, Duke-sreet, Livepool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at 10, St. Jelin-street, Deanegate, Manchester, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. NICOLL'S PALETOT, registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65, is patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c., and is generally acknowledged to excel all ether great coats. The cloth is made of Llama Wool, known to be porous, yet naturally repellant of rain. In the neighbourhood of the ostensive 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 Pounds for the detection of a Positive Infringement. Black Llama Cloth, from its soft elastic nature, is well adapted for Evening Dress Coats—to be had only of the Patentees. Each correct registered Paletot is stamped in the lining "H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, Regent-street, London." CHR I S T M A S!!! Awake my lyre with tuneful lay, Ind " welcome" give to " Christmas Day I" It is a joyous, happy time, When music, mirth, and love combine, To strew our path with roses bright, And mingle friendship with delight And what is moat essential—say, To give éclat to " Christmas Day ?" Why "Clothing I" that we own's a foe; We therefore tell you how to act Away to " Hyam's "—order there Habiliments of beauty rare I Ind then with confidence and joy Most charmingly your time employ; In scene' of pleasure bright and gay, You'll pass a happy " Christmas Day I" List of Prices for Winter Garments ready-made : Gentlemen's Over-coats from ... ...... , ................ As. 2. Gentlemen's Chesterfield and Tag lio nis , from ......... 0 2 0 Gentlemen's D'Orsays and Glenly on s •... ....... . 0 1 15 1 0 0 Boys' Over-coats •••••••• • • • • • • • • .... "• • • •••••• • • • • 0 $ 0 Youths' Chesterfields and Tag lionis •••• • • • ............. 0 10 _ Drees Coats, in all colours, braide d edges, from .... Surtouts, ditto ditto • ..... ••••• • • • • ...... •• • • 1 4 6 Trousers, in Cloth and Doeskin, from .•..• • • • • ....„ 8 6 Vests, splendid patterns, in every m aterial, from 0 4 List, of Prices for Winter Garments to order, in first-rate style and fashion : X s. d. Chesterfield and Taglioni Over-coats, from ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 18 0 D'Oreay and Glenlyon ditto, frown ••••• • • • • • ....... ••• • • 1 10 0 Albert and Codrington walking ditto .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 Youths' Taglionis and Chesterfields ••.••• • • • Dress Coots, made in superior style, from ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 10 0 Surtouts, from • • • . • . • 1 15 0 Trousers, in Black and Fancy Doeskin, from ..... •• • • 015 0 Vests, of the newest materials, from •• • • The Ordered Department is conducted entirely distinct and sepa rate from the Ready-made, and buyers will find patterns and ma terials quite original. An immense assortment of Youths' clothes kept constantly en hand, of warranted durability, at very reduced prices. Mourning of every description, and to any eattant, aaa be had at five ntinutes' entice. A book, entitled " The Talk of the Town," containing list of prices, can be had on applying to L. Hyain, Pantechuetheca, 38, Gracechurch-street, London. Xo business transacted vn Saturdays until the *Truing. Th 1 t 441t+ NOTICE. -ALTERATION OF TIME AND REDUCTION OF FARES. GRAVESEND for 6d. or 94.,, boat and rallwgy included. The STA R and ELACKWALL PACKETS are how running at the above reduced fares from the Brunswick Blackwall, at 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 3%, and 5. illundays, 12 and 3% excepted. From the New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 8%, 94, 114, 1,2%, and 5. Sundays 94 and 1 ex cepted. Fare Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, 6d.; Saloon and First Class, 9d. Star Office, Gravesend, Oct. 11, 1845. _ _ N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrlw, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hi, interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT:. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from :ft) to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 7 ' 4 0 . f,- ; iii • ga 0 11 19 5 4. ytt °b 04g &0° 04g , Bonus • 4 4 ci d Premium.' added. 1837 £l9l 13 5 I 4 4 11 * 1838 168 13 0 61 1000 74 3 4 1830 1311 13 6 1840 89 0 0 Bonus in Cash. £B7 13 5' 74 13 10 61 14 3 41 13 4 413 17 1 11 8 6 9 2 10 1 6 • 0 £395 Il 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 Toe division of profits is annual, and the next will be nude in De cember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROIII, Sos. THE MERCHANT TRADERS' SHIP LOAN AND INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. (Prvisionally Registered according to Act of Parliament.) Capital, 100,000,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 50/. each. Deposit, V. 2e. per Share. Five Shillings a Share to be paid on Allotment, the remainder on the Execution of the Deed of Settlement. No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription. TRUSTERS. The Right Hon. Captain Lord Viscount Ingmar°, 11.1, C.D., M.P. Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. David Hope, Esq., Glasgow COMMITTER OF MANAGWINT. The Right Hon. Captain Lord Viscount Ingestre, C.L. M.P. Sir Robert ? rice, Bart., M.P. Captain Samuel Price, R.N., Senior United Service Club Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood William Webster Watson, Esq., Inner Temple Edward G. Winthrop, Esq., Gloucester-street, Regent's-park Captain Blair, H.E.1.C.5., Glasgow David Hope, Asst., Glasgow Mathew Dick, litsq., ➢feikle Ernoch Merchant, Glasgow MANAGING DlRECTOR.—Augustus Collingridge, Esq. RANKERS. The Commercial Bank of London,. Lothbury The City of Glasgow Bank, Glasgow The Hibernian Banking Company, Dublin. SOLICITOR. John Watson, Jun., Esq., 10, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. SOLICITORS FOR SCOTLAND. Messrs. Campbell and Tennents, George-square, Glasgow. OFFICIO. London-2, Fish-street-hill Glasgow-83, St. Vincent-street; Manager, John MlLellan, jun., Esq. Dublin-12, Lower Sackville-street ; Manager, J. B. Bankhead, Esq. The objects of this Association are twofold—the Insurance of Ships and the Advancing of Money by way of Loan, secured by mortgage on shipping. Each branch affords its own share of individual profit ; but the two operations, judiciously combined, will evidently be pro ductive of highly remunerative results to the proprietary. The immense fortunes known to have been realised by individuals who have advanced money upon the security of shipping, with an assignment of the policy of assurance, afford the best guarantee of the soundness of the principle upon which the Association is founded. The almost incredible number of British shipping under mortgage, shown by the books of the Registrar-General of Customs, exhibits a wide field for the operations of the Association. The great bulk, if not all of these loans, have been obtained upon exorbitant terms by the small owner from his more wealthy neighbour, who may look rather to the obtaining possession of the vessel by foreclosure than to the eligibility of the security as an investment. The Association will advance a sum of money, in no case exceed ing two-thirds of the vessel's value, upon the report of its surveyors ; which loan shall be secured by mortgage upon the whole ship and earnings by freight , the policy of insurance effected with the Asso ciation remaining in its hands until the termination of the period for which the loan has been granted. Among the many advantages it holds out, the following are not the least: To the Shipowner, the certainty of obtaining, at a moderate rate, and without injury to his credit, pecuniary assistance when he meat 'requires it. The opportunity of relieving himself from mortgages bearing an exorbitant interest, and effecting them with the Association at an equitable rate. To the Shipbuilder, particularly when building fer the market, either at home or in our colonies, by placing him in a position less dependent upon immediate sale at an unfavourable season. To both, a participation in the profits of the Association by ho ming shareholders. The Assooiation embodies the following advantages for its Pro prietary : The immediate certainty of securing a very large number of poli cies of insurance, since, although insurances will be taken without loans, no loan will be granted unless the policy be effected with the Association; hence the double profit which will arise from these two sources. A total absence of risk to the shareholders. It may be added that an extensive connexion has been already formed in the leading outports, and insurance business to a large amount secured for the Association. The same machinery sufficing for the working of the double prin ciple here exhibited, the expenses of management will not exceed those of any ordinary marine insurance-office. The necessary Parliamentary notices for an Act of Incorporation have been duly given in the Gasettes of November, 1845. The whole sum required for the preliminary expenses has been advanced by the London members of the Committee of Management. Applications for shares, in the usual form, may be made to the Committee of Management, and addressed to any of the above-named officers of the Association, to the solictors, or to any of the following agents, from whom more detailed prospeetuses may be had :—Wm. Caferata, Esq., Exehange-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull; Messrs. Drewry and Richardson, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Robert W. Ogilvie, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne ; W. J. Barker, Esq., Sunderland ; Messrs. Carr and Sons, Whitehaven ; Tiffin Bell, Esq., Workington ; Messrs. Wood and Son, Marypert ; Henry Smith, Esq., Fleetwood; T. Sanford, Esq., Exeter; A. W. Forbes, Esq., Glasgow; J. Mac Lellan, jun., Esq., 118, Vincent-street, Glasgow ; Messrs. Gird wood and Co., Leith ; J. B. Bankhead, Esq., 12, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin ; Robert Henderson, Esq., Donegalquay, Belfast; Messrs. Ryan Brothers, Limerick; and Messrs. Hughson and Dobson, Edinburgh. MERCHANT TRADERS' SHIP LOAN and INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. The great bulk of shares having been already subscribed fbr in the principal outports, no Application for Shares can be received after &truancy, the 24th inst., when the Committee will immediately proceed to the allotment. settlement of that question, which, in present circumstances, is the source of so mush danger, especially to the welfare and peace of Ireland. " Lord John Russell would have formed his ministry on the basis of a complete free trade in corn, to be established at once without gradation or delay. lie would have accompanied that proposal with measures of relief to a considerable extent, of the occupiers of land, from the burdens to which they are subjected. But he will be little disposed to insist, as a Member of Parliament, on what may seem to your Majesty's advisers an impracticable course. The country re quires, above all things, an early and peaceable settlement of a question, which if not so settled, may in an adverse state of affairs cause a fearful convulsion." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bale 3, including 1,000 on speculation. The market was steady, and prices were pretty firmly supported. Not much was done in Shares, but they looked firmer. The failure of the extensive diamond merchants, Messrs. Emanuel, and the stoppage of a very large firm in the Irish and American provision trades, has excited some anxiety, and an apprehension that the shyness exhi bited in granting discount accommodation until the railway deposit question is settled—that bugbear in the money mar ket—may, by shutting up the usual channels, lead other houses into temporary difficulties. The City is but thinly attended to-day, and not much. business is doing, which is usually the case on the day of Parliament opening. The Funds have been quiet, and,parties abstain from dealing ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock ... 205% 207 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne....., 95 95 95% 95 1 /s 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 76 94% New 34 per Cent. Annuitie s 96 4 97 1 ,E 97 Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 10% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO% 10% India Stock 253 253 South Sea Stock ............ Ditto New Annuities ... ........ 94N 94, 9 Consols for Account... . ...... ...... 95 95 1 4 95 95 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 1%d.... 22 20 22 pm. 22 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small 22 pin. 22 ONE CLOSING num OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bopds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839...... 81% 81% Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent............ Ditto Deferred e 53 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 89 89 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account 6 0 1,4 60 59N Russian Bonds ...................•••• 113 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Deferred l7 17 Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto. Account 39li 39 39 the . above pa yable in London. Dutch, Ditto.D2 4 vid 95% PRICES OF , Th BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES Pte. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen L p Pe e in r rdsC C e e on n ut t. Certificates Aberdeen,Banff, & Elgin 254 ...... Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1 %•••••• - Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% - - Belfast & County Down 2% Bideford andTavistock... _l% ...... Birm — in. and Gleucester. 100 . ...... Ditto New 17% .....• Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. — •• ............ Boston, Stamfd, Sr; Birm 225....... Bridgewater &Minehead 425. ... .• Bristol and Exeter 7O ...... 84 1 / 84% Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... Bristol and Liver. June . 2%...... _— Buckinghamshire 3 4 die Caledonian Ditto New 2 14 4 •• •• ••••• 4 Ditto Extension ... .. 24.-- 34 . ...... 34 Cambrian & Grand June 42 s — Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ••• Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — Canterbury and Dover.. I ‘ — ...... ..... .. Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury ... 21. - .... Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction ..... 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% Cornwall Cornwall & Cent'lDevon 2% Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe ... — — Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... IN — Derby, Utlbxeter, and Stafford 2%...... --- ........ •••••• --- Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) syi ...... .. .... ........ Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh 1N..... Dublin and BelfastJunc. 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublip. and Galway... .. 4 ..... :'— Dudley, }faddy, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 2 5 Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 22% % ...... ..... 22% Ditto New 61. 16s. 7%% p.. » ...., 7% p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d..., 1,4 p Ditto ditto. No. 2... 4/. 13s. 4d... A p EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 _ Eastern Union 25 „. ... _ Ditto, Quarter Shares 8%,.,... _ Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bul l 4 E: Do. Exten'n to Norwl 2 1 1 ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21 . ...... _ East Lincolnshire ...... 11, 4 ...... _ East 8c West of England IN.__ .... - Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .....„ 75 Ditto Half Shares ... 5 ...... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ( .f 2 *. ... "•• ..... Ditto, New Edinburgh &Northern.. 1 1 4 ...... _ ••• •-•- Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon 5 __ ~iy at.- —Long( _. .., ..... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21,4 Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% — Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 / 4 ...... Glouc.,Abelystwith,and Central of Wales ...... IN__ OTi O% Goole and Doncaster .. 42 8 . Grand Junction . 100 — Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union l% Great Eastern &Western 2 % ...... 1% ........ .... Great Grime., Lth., Horn., Lin., and Md.Junct.,.. 42a...... • GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 121 ..... Great Munster ... 21 Great North of Scotland 2 .„.... _ Great North of England..loo ...... _ Ditto New 5 Do. New .... .. ........ 5 ...... 33 Great Western B5 161%... 161% Ditto 1,4 Shares 5O Ditto IA Shares Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ..... Harwich Hull and Selby SO Ditto .5i Shares Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 ...... ...... ...... .. Irish North Midland 1N...... Isle ofAxholme 2 5,6 ...... -- Killarney Junctions .— —_ Kendal and Windermere 1 11- -- Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Lame, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle - -- 2 Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 22...••.•. ...... -- Leicester and Bedford... 225. ...... p Leicester and Tamworth 425....... ............ p ••• Liverp. and Manchester.loo ... .. ............. .: Do. % Shares ......... 50 ...... ._ Do. Quarters ............ 25 ...... ........... — Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2 % .. ... Lpool., lanchstr, & New- castle Junction ...... 2% ...... 4%... ........ London and Birminghmloo ...... 223 223 Do. Thirds ............ 10 ...... ............. . • Do. 1 4 Shares ......... 2 ........ Ditto E to Fixfttehnssi..o.; .......... 2 144 .. ... .. —..... ......... . ....::::: Ditto : .• 26% London and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4 d. 91 ... Do. New ............... 1%... .. 3 3 .54 ...... ... • 3 Ditto Extension . ..... 3 •••••• 3 1 . ........ a te London and Brighton... 50 ...... 684% Do. consolidated Bths... 40 ...... Ditto, Fifths ......... 10 ..-.. 21 ..,,• 2 - 1 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 22% Do. Guaranteed 5. pf 9 ...... 101%..... ...... Lon., Chet, 0x.,G10., and 9 3 4 Hereford . .............. 1%...... ........... . London an dGre enwich 12/ 15s 4d... ............. • • Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d --• ............ •• London Hounslow, and Western Lond. & S.Western 41/ 6s 10d .. 77 3 / 4 ... ........ ......... 4 . _% Do. New Consol. Bths 28 19 7 4 7 3 Do. New .............. 7% Lo Lo p n n d d ° o o . 2 n N & an ew So d yb uth rk E . u .. ........ 6 2. .............. .... .. -..... London and Windsor . 1 ..• - ........ _ London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... ...... 2 % Loadon, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... 2% .•... T '.. ........... Londonderry & Coleraine 5 •••••• ~••••••••••••• Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 ...... .............. .-- Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 ••• 4 . 4 _ Itanclaester And Leeds.. $2 - ...I. ......... , 123 Ditto 1 h Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths l2 Do. Sixteenths ..... Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do Quarters ... 4 ...... Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Bukton,and Matlock .. 42a. 2304 p ...... ... 2 1 A p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. .. _ Manchester and Rugby Direct • .. --- .. Manchest. &Sonthampt. 2 ...... 34 ..... . Midland 100 .....155 Do. Fi ft hs ' 2 Do. New Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo 122 123... ..... .... 123 Midld. & East. Counties 2% Midland Great Western _ . (Irish) De. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 A... .. Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 26 ...... 60 59 ... — 59 Do. New Brandling.— 20 Newcastle and Berwick 10 ...... 22 21% Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Newport& Abergavenny 2%...... New Ross and Carlow... 22s - Newry and Enniskillen 2% — «••... «••... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. ... 2%..... 2% 3 3 Norfolk Extension 2 North British . ....... -. 17% 25% 25% Do. Half Shares ..... 3% 7 16 7 ll Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon North of Norfolk .. 2 3/ — ... .......... Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scnp Do. Quarter Shares... 12% Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% North Staffordshire 42s. .. .. 4 p 4 p North Wales - AMMO • B% North and South Wale, and Worcester t 1 ..... -- Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon.... 18 - Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 2% — .... — Nottingm., Erewsh.Val ley, and Manchester... 2% Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth, & Southamptn 425. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... . Perth and Inverness ... 2% - ..... 5 1 4 PiibiwAt Directmospheric ... 1 4 . 3 / 4 ."... Portsmouth Wyre Preston and 34 3 / 4 - .... ....... 84% Do. 1 A Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester .. Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Huey, Leamington,and 425. Rugby, o a r rw ce i s e W t k a2 . vick. and Worcester... er . 425. Scottish Central Scottish Midland ' 5 — Do. Extension Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2%..... 4% ...... .... Shropshire Mineral....,. 425...„ .. Shropskire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp., & S. Staffordsh. Junc. 21 Sligo and Shannon 1 Somersetshire Midland 2 3 -- ..... ... ..... South Devon.... 25 South Midland 42s. South & Midlands Junc. 42s South Staffordshire June. 2 % South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... De., No. 1... Do., No. 2. Do~ No. 3 Do., Ne. 4 Southampton, Manches ter. & Oxford Junction 425. St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... 425. — ............• Staines and Richmon d.. 1 & Staffordsh. Shropshire 21 1 4 3s South Wales Taw Vale Extension ... - ••• •• ••• ..... ...• Tean and Dove Valley 1% — Trent Valley 5 ...... 20% 20% Trent Valley and Holy-. head Junction - ..... 2% Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Fume.* 2%...... Vale of Neath ... .. Warwick & Cheltenham 1% .... — Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ..... -.. 2 Welch Midland West Cornwall - West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Wexford and Carlow ... 2%..... ••• Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Roes, and Gloucester 42s. ... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow `)% — •• Worcester and S. Wales 425...... Worcester,Warwick, and Rugby , 425. Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — Ditto, New • 20 York and Carlisle 2 3 A — . ..... . .. , York and Lancaster 2% York and North Midland 50 Ditte 1 A Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension . 15 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 ...... Boulogne and Amiens... 10 ...... 12%N.. ... Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 - •••••• ........ Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... 2 Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, andW est Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour .... 7B. Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ... ... .. ......... Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara 214 .. . ... _ Dendre Valley I Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 ...... Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebroak 4 Great North. of Franca Constituted liS Great Indian I'eninsular ss. Great Paris sad Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... 55...... % 1%... 1 Great Western Canada... VA ...... Italian and Austrian 3 Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. Namur and Liege 1 North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 - 1 Orleans and Vierzon .... 10 ...... 17 3 4 1 7 34 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 11 5 ' Over Yssel Paris &Lyons(Laflitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) a Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O ...... Paris and Rouen .. 20 - Paris and Strasbourg (Ganueron's) ......... 2 •..... Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do (Aymard's) ...... 2 1 4 — ••• ••• ••• ...... Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 Rotten and Havre .....: 18 Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse 6 .... 6 536. ........... 5% Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 4 ...... _ Tours and Nantes (Mac- . kenzies) .• Do. do. (Lefebvre's' 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) - Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... 2 West Flanders •••• ••• MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - 40 27 DIRECT SHEFFIELD AND MACCLESFITILD RAILWAY. -It appears that from some inadvertence a repetiti on of the mistake made originally in the Times, and: copied by us, was inserted in our Afternoon Edition. We have reason to feel convinced that the standing orders have been hitherto strictly complied with, and that this is one of the bond fide schemes which will go, to Parliesnent. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 22. (Middlesex Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron ALDER. SON and a Conmrnn Jury.) LIABILITY or PROVISIONAL COMMITYEEJ4IN.-BARNETT P. BURDETT. Mr. Jervis (with whom was Mr. Atherton) conducted the case for the tplaintiff, and Mr. Martin appeared for the de fendant. The action was brought to recover the sum of 1721. 10s. 6d. for stationery, printing, and other articles supplied to the Irish West Coast Railway Company, and of which the de fendant was one of the provisional committee, and after wards one of the committee of management. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise. Mr. Jirtvis said the plaintiff was a stationer and printer, carrying on business in the City. The defendant was William Jones Burdett, a gentleman of considerable property and standing iu the world. The action was brought to recover payment for stationery and printing which the plaintiff lied supplied to a very distinguished, as he supposed he must call it, Company, on the committee of which were many distinguished characters. The Company was called " The Irish West Coast Railway." Among the articles supp li ed was all the scrip. The defendant "as one, of that: class of men who were I popularly known as provisional committeemen of the company, and it would be found that he had given a consent to act on the committee, and had signed a paper to that effect, and which would be put in evidence. It would also be oved that he had been a constant attendant at the office, and had been actively engaged in the management of the affairs of the company. It happened that the company fell into arrear of rent to the extent of 151., and the result was that the landlord was compelled to distrain • the entire property of the company WAS seized—books, pens, ink, paper, and the other articles w hi c h had been furnished by the plaintiff. No doubt there were other claims upon the defendant as one of the committee, but with that the jury had nothing to do. He should prove his case against the committeeman, aid he felt sure that the verdict of the jury would teech the defendant he had been guilty of an act of folly in embarking in so troublesome a concern as a provisional committeeship. The Learned Counsel then called William Campbell, Esq., one of the pro jectors of the undertaking, who proved that the defendant had been put on the committee at his own request, and had taken a considerable share in the proceedings of the com pany. After which a copy of the company's registrn was put in and read, from which it appeared that the defeydant's name was attached to that decument. It was dated 16th October, 1845. Cross-examined by Mr. JERVIS—The defendant was aware of these liabilities when he joined the company. The de fendant, in common with the other committeemen, was to be paid two or three guineas for every attendance. Mr. A. Thompson, the solicitor to the plaintiff; then proved that he had applied to the defendant on the 6th of December, 1845, for the payment of this account, and that he had re ceived the subjoined reply from that gentleman : " Monday. " Mr. Burdett begs to inform Mr. Thompson that he has no connexion whatever with the Irish West Coast Railway. He has forwarded Mr. Thompson's oplication to the soli citor of the Company, as he knows iSthing at all about it." Mr. MARTIN, on behalf of the defendant, said that what he had stated in the note just read was perfectly true; he knew nothing either of this claim or of the plaintiff, but whether that gentleman was responsible in the character of a member of a provisional committee was altogether another question. There could be no doubt but that the late panic had put an end to the hopes of this Company, which other wise, as the plaintiff had been led to believe, would have been a most prosperous concern. This one fact was manifest —the defendant had not become connected with the Com pany till the 10th of October, or the 16th, and under any circumstances he could not be held as liable for any debts prior to that date. But . the truth was, that Campbell, who had ordered all the articles, ought to have been sued. In the present case, however, that individual presented himself, not as the defendant, but as the witness against one of his fellow directors, for the purpose of releasing himself from the sole liability. This nevertheless was the common course in matters of projected speculation—a person set up a concern for his own emolument, and then, if he did not succeed, he came forward as a witness against a member of the com mittee, with the hope of throwing all the responsibility upon that party. He was not, however, before the jury to demand a verdict in favour of the defendant, for in accord ance with the ordinary principle of law, his client was un doubtedly liable to this claim. Nor was he there to argue that, because the Company had failed, therefore that the plaintiff had not a right of action against the provisional committee. He was, oft the: contrary', bound to say, that upon the evidence it did rot appear to him that Mr. Burdett could set up any defence to this claim. Mr. Baron ALDERSON observed, that no possible doubt could exist as to the liability of the defendant. He became responsible from the day he consented to act on the provi sional committee, and that was on the 16th of October. The defendant was liable to all the contracts from that day, which had been entered into for the purposes of the Company, while the party who made those contracts for the Company was in the position of the agent of the committee. For any debts incurred before the 16th of October the defendant could not be held liable. The jury thereupon at once gave a verdict for the plaintiff —Damages 119/. lOs. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said it was of n• use to read a lesson to some parties, for they would, notwithstanding, place their heads through a halter. The present action, however, might do some good, for it would show them of what folly they had been guilty. (Sittings in Banco.) DOE DEM RUSSEL V. LAMBETH. This was an action in ejectment, brought by the Cor poration of London to recover possession of certain land and premises at Hampstead, occupied by a company, called the Hampstead Water Company. The corpora tion had leased the land to the company some years ago, and the latter not having complied with the terms of the lease it was at an end. The defendant was the sur viving trustee of the company. Mr. ASHLEY applied for leave to enter up jugdment against the casual ejector, the defendant having allowed interlocutory judgment to pass by default. The LORD CHIVE , BARON—Take a rule to show cause. - - 7 / # - ------- .... .... _ ._ i 0 1 4, i , f k t •••„...e, • _ .In . r , • '-\ ii - r.t., , . ~, c Airir -___ 1 ij--!,?e• 'l,, IN• 1 1 riY 4 ' l 4% . ' • • , - .. „.. r----jEt4,, 4 , . _- 0,,- v..... ~ i i • - , 1 ....:4411‘. 4 • ~ % .4,, , j1g_z.3- A, . _ .1, ..--.. ' ~..--.... • , ..4.',,.- - . • i d ..,, . -.......!, • , -4, , ,--# ,- \-, ,°P ' ' Amok ,‘,,,• IP' : irc. - - . ''' - ‘ ll - '" ,..; - ,.7P •'i.'' 0.! ' ,7,4L i i ir V"t 4117‘,. / slt ,4 ''' " citt ' 45.,% - - , -,,, - MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The following is the correspondence read by Lord John Russell in the House of Commons last evening "Chesham-place, Dec. 16, 184 b. " Lord John Russell presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and has the honour to submit to your Majesty the following considera tions : _ _ " Sir Robert Peel's letter to your Majesty, communicated to Lord John Russell at Osborne douse, offers the support of Sir Robert Peel to his successors, provided their measures should be founded on cer tain principles, which are there explained, and framed in a spirit of caution and forbearance towards the interests to be effected. " The measures which Sir Robert Peel had in contemplation appear to have been—a present suspension of the duties on corn ; a repeal of the corn-laws at no remote period, preceded by a diminution of du ties; relief to the occupiers of land from burdens by which they are peculiarly affected, so far as it may be practicable. " Upon full consideration of these proposals, Lord John Russell is prepared to assent to the opening of the ports, and to the fiscal relief which it was intended to afford. "But upon maturely weighing the second proposal, namely, that by which duties would, after a suspension or temporary repeal, be re-imposed and again diminished, there appear to him to be grave objectiong to such a measure. " The advantage given thereby to the land appears to . him more apparent than real ; the uncertainty of prices in future years would be aggravated, and the prospect of a complete free trade would be still kept in the distance ; the prospect alarming the farmer, and the distance irritating the merchant and manufacturer. " In this view he finds that many persons deeply engaged in the maintenance and support of the agricultural class entirely partici pate. " So great an object as the settlement of this question, might in deed be held sufficient to justify the support of Sir Robert Peel's Ad ministration, had they proposed such a measure. But, as Lord John Russell is placed at present, be could not himself propose a measure against which the weight of argument, as well as public opinion, ap pears to him to preponderate. " Had the harvest been plentiful, and corn cheap, it might have been very ad►isable to have diminished the duties gradually ; but the restoration of a duty after suspension has all the appearance of a protective law. " Lord John Russell humbly submits to your Majesty, that should the proposal of an immediate repeal, instead of immediate stispen slon and ultimate repeal of the corn-law, preclude Sir Robert Peel from affording that support to the new Government which he so spontaneously and handsomely offered in his letter of the 10th of December, Lord John Russell must humbly decline the task so gra ciously confided to him by your Majesty. " Lord John Russell concurs with the reasoning of Sir Robert Peel, which shows the inexpediency of pledging him to the outline of a series of measures. • " The measures for fiscal purposes, therefore, would have to be considered in detail by those alone who may be in your Majesty's service. " Lord John Russell trusts that your Majesty will attribute the re luctance which he feels to undertake the Government, without a previous knowledge of the opinion , of Sir Robert Peel, to his very deep sense of the injury the country may sustain from the rejection of a measure of such vital importance, and not to a desire to obtain a security for those who may be in power." " Whitehall, Dec. 17, 1845. Sir Robert Peel presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and takes the earliest opportunity of acknowledging the receipt of your Majesty's letter of yesterday, which reached him at a late hour last night. " Sir Robert Peel feels assured that your Majesty will permit him humbly to refer to the communications he has addressed to your Majesty since his tender of his resignation, and as an evidence of his earnest desire to co-operate in a private capacity in the adjustment of the question of the corn-laws. "In the letter of Lord John Russell to your Majesty, he expresses his concurrence in the reasoning of Sir Robert Peel, which shows the Inexpediency of pledging Sir Robert Peel to the outline of a series of measures connected with the settlement of that question. re ' e ' l L s o h r e cl ot J d oh ai n y ß o u tta ss s e o ll ta r o e c ri s quires, o a h t am the oa s o am t a e o t b i s m ta e o , ti t all ha y t t S o ir a p ß l o od b g ert e, that he will support one of those measures, namely, the immediate and total repeal of the corn-laws. Sir Rober Peel humbly expresses to your Majesty his regret that he does not feel it to be consistent with his duty to enter upon the consideration of this important question in Parliament, being fet tered by a previous engagement of the nature of that required from him." " Chesham-place, Dee. 20, 1845. " Lord John Russell presents his humble duty to you Majesty, and has the honour to state that he has found it impossible to term an Administration. " Lord John Russell was aware from the fret moment when your Majesty was pleased to propose to him this commission, that there were very great difficulties in the way, which it required the most cordial co-operation on the part of his friends, and the firm support of a large portion of those who followed Sir Robert Peel, to sur mount. " Lord John Russell has had solely in view the settlement of the question of corn-laws by which the country is so much agitated. " Those who have served your Majesty and your royal predecessor in cabinet offices during the administrations of Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne, who were now in political connexion with Lord John Russell, were consulted by him. They agreed on the principles by which they would be guided in framing a measure for the repeal of the corn-laws. Thus one great difficulty was surmounted. But as the party which acts with Lord John Russell is in a minority in both Houses of Parliament, it was necessary to ascertain how far they were likely to obtain the support of Sir Robert Peel. " Your Majesty is acquainted with all that has passed:on this subject. Lord John Russell is quite ready to admit that Sir Robert Peel has been willing from the commencement to the end to di minish the difficulties in the course of a new Government, prepared to attempt the settlement of the corn-laws. But Sir Robert Peel could not, of course, rely on the support of his political friends should the proposed measure be in their eyes dangerous and unwise " In this uncertainty of obtaining a majority in the House of Commons, it was absolutely necessary that all those who were pro minent in the political party to which Lord John Russell is at tached should give their zealous aid, and act in concert in the new Administration. " Lord John Russell has, in one instance, been unable to obtain this concert, and he must now consider that task as hopeless, which has been from the beginning hazardous. " Lord John Russell is deeply sensible of the embarrassment caused by the present state of public affairs. He will be ready, therefore, to do all in his power, as a member of Parliament, to promote the NORTON V. EDGELY. This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover 2681. 55., the amount of a bill of exchange, drawn by de fendant upon a Wm. Memos, and endorsed by the for mer, and paid to Joseph Raleigh and Co., of Manchester. who got the same discounted by Joseph Norton, the plaintiff. The action was tried at the spring assizes held in York, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on some of the issues, and for the defendant on others. In Michaelmas term following, Mr. Martin, for the plaintiff, obtained a rule nisi to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that certain material evidence had been rejected on the trial, which, if it had been received, the plaintiff would have obtained a com plete verdict. Mr. WATSON now appeared against the rule, and con tended that it ought to be discharged. The Learned Counsel stated the facts of the case at some length. It appeared that the bill was an accommoda tion bill in favour of Raleigh, who was at the time the bill was given a partner of the plaintiff's in a house in Nottingham. The question then was, whether there was a sufficient consideration be tween the plaintiff and defendant to enable the former to recover from the latter, as endorser, the amount of the bill. To settle that point, a declaration of Raleigh, who soon after getting the bill discounted became a bankrupt and afterwards emigrated to New South \Vales was rejected at the trial ; it was requested by the plaintiff to have a new trial at the Spring Assizes at York in 1846, where the evidence of Raleigh would be put in under a commission sent to New South Wales, for the purpose of obtaining it. The evidence of Raleigh, it was said, would prove the consideration, and show that the defendant was a debtor unto the plaintiff. Now he, the Learned Counsel, denied this, and also contended that the judge was right in rejecting the de claration of Raleigh, as he was not a competent witness in the cause, being an interested party. Mr. MARTIN contended that the rule ought to be made absolute, on the ground that the ev idenco of jury properly was receivable and important to enab le a properly to decide the case. The COURT took time to consider the case. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 22. Their Lordships were engaged all the day in hearing registration appeals, but none of the cases arguedin volved anything beyond disputes about technical com plianJes with the statute, and of course of little or no interest except to the parties concerned. SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 22. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) lIIIGENT V. GRAY.—BRUIT TREES V. CORN-LAWS. This was an action brought to recover damages f or waste in the destruction of fruit-trees, &c. I)efenciantsufieTed judgment to go by default. Mr. BALL, who appeared for the plaintiff, said the facts of the case were very simple, and not denied by the defendant, who had suffered judgment to go by de fault. The plaintiff was the proprietor of a cottage and garden at Wimbledon, Surrey, which he let to the de fendant as tenant from year to year. When defendant took possession there were some favourite apple and pear trees, but defenda n t f rom some cause or other, per.. haps having some remote reference to the corn-law question, rooted up the fruit•trees, although he was warned not to do so, and sowed the land with wheat, whether with profit or loss it was not the present object to inquire, but the plaintiff had been deprived of his favourite trees, which he now sought compensation for. Witnesses were called, who, however, could only prove that the trees were venerable, but could not at tach any particular value; they, however, considered the trees ornaments to the garden. The UNDER-SHERIFF said it was very loose evidence of damage, and the jury must form;their own estimate ;in justice of opinion a very small amount would meet th e of the case.—The jury gave a verdict for 31. GRAND DINNER AT THE MANSION HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a splendid entertainment, on Tuesday, to the Aldermen and their ladies, and several private friends. Th e conv i v i a li t i es o f the Afansion-house, since the new mayoralty com menced, have been almost daily, and upon the most mag nificent and hospitable scale. Every alderman in town was at the dinner on Tuesday, and a number of ladies graced the table. The railroad between Venice and Vicenza, which passee over the magnificent bridge thrown across the La mutes, and the three other bridges over the rivers Tessina, Bochigliere, and Retnne, and through two tunnels near Vicenza, was opened on the 4th instant. The departure took place from Venice a few minutes before ten in the morning, and passed the bridge across the Lagunes in eight minutes, 8 distance which is not accimplished by a gondola in so little time as an hour. The t_iole journey to Vicenza was Per formed in a little less than two hours. The weather was fine, the road was found to be perfect. and the departure and arrival of the train were hailed With loud cheers by A large (lamr" of Pexiona, aasemble4 at both end& IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LOS,—Thursday, Jan. 22. The gallery of the House of Liirdrirts -opened. at twelve o'clock, for the admission of strangers, as was also the body of the House, and long before one o'clock every place devoted to that purpose was filled with ele gantly-dressed ladies. The number of Peers was far greater than we re member for many years past. Among the great number present we noticed Lord Monteagle, Lord Lang dale, the Earl of Sheffield, Lord Beaumont, the Earl of Charlemont, the Earl of Bandon, the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Zetland, Lord Mid dleton, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Devon, the Duke cf Norfolk, Lord Hawarden, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Camoys, Lord Stanley, the Marquis ofA3 lesbury, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Strad broke, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord Redesdale, the Earl of Eldon, and the Earl of Selkirk. Among the Ministry we noticed the Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of liaddington. . . The Duke of Wellington arrived shortly before ono o'clock. His Grace appeared in excellent health and spirits. The Duke of Cambridge arrived about half-past one, and was followed shortly afterwards by Prince George of Cambridge. Among the judges we observed Lord Chief Justice Tindal, the Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr. Justice Coleridge. Among the Bishops present were the Bishop of Win chester, Prelate of the Order of the Garter ; and the Bishop of Oxford, Chancellor of the Order of the Gar ter ; the Bishop of Worcester, and the Bishop of Ely. There was a most numerous attendance of the corps 41°7-n(16(111e. At ten minutes past two o'clock the report of cannon announced her Majesty's arrival at the House of Lords, and in about fire minutes afterwards her Majesty, at tended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the great Officers of State, entered the House, and took her seat on the throne. The Duke of Wellington bore the sword of state, the Earl of Zetland the cap of main tenance, and the Duke of Argyll the crown. Her Majesty being seated on the throne, Sir Augus tus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, by her Majesty's command then summoned the Members of the House of Commons to the House of Lords. Shortly afterwards the Speaker, attended by a great number of Members, appeared at the bar, when her Majesty, in a clear and distinct voice, read the following Speech : MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, It gives me great satisfaction again to meet you in Parliament, and to have the opportunity of re curring to your assistance and advice. I continue to receive from my allies, and from other foreign Powers, the strongest assurances of the desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with this country. I rejoice that, in concert with the Emperor of Russia, and through the success of our joint media tion, I have been enabled to adjust the differences which had long prevailed between the Ottoman Porte and the King of Persia, and had seriously endan gered the tranquillity of the East. For several years a desolating and sanguinary warfare has afflicted the States of the Rio de la Plata. The commerce of all nations has been in terrupted, and acts of barbarity have been committed, unknown to the practice of a civilised people. In conjunction with the King of the French, I am endeavouring to effect the pacification of those States. The Convention concluded with France, in the course of last year, for the more effectual sup pression cf the slave trade, is about to be carried into immediate execution by the active co-operation of the two Powers on the coast of Africa. It is my desire that our present union, and the good understanding which so happily exists between us, may always be employed to promote the interests of humanity and to secure the peace of the world. I regret that the conflicting claims of Great Britain and the United States in respect of the ter ritory on the North-Western Coast of America, although they have been made the subject of re peated negotiation, still remain unsettled. You may be assured that no effort consistent with national honour shall be wanting on my part to bring this question to an early and peaceful termination. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, The Estimates for the year will be laid be fore you at an early period. Although I am deeply sensible of the importance of enforcing economy in all branches of the expQnditure, yet I have been compelled, by a due regard to the exigen cies of the public service, and to the state of our Naval and Military Establishments, to propose some increase in the estimates which provide for their efficiency. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I have observed with deep regret, the very frequent instances in which the crime of deliberate assassina tion has been of late committed in Ireland. It will be your duty to consider whether any measures en be devised calculated to give increased protection to life, and to bring to justice the perpe trators of so dreadful a crime. I have to lament that, in consequence of a failure of the potato crop in several parts of the United Kingdom, there will be a deficient supply of an article of food, which forms the chief subsistence of great numbers of my people. The disease by which the plant has been affected, has prevailed to the utmost extent in Ireland. I have adopted all such precautions as it was in my power to adopt for the purpose of alleviating the sufferings which may be caused by this calamity ; and I shall confidently rely on your co-operation in devising such other means for effecting the same bene volent purpose as may require the sanction of the Legislature. I have had great satisfaction in giving my assent to the measures which you have presented to me from time to time, calculated to extend Commerce, and to stimulate domestic skill and industry, by the repeal of prohibitory, and the relaxation of protective, duties. The prosperous state of the Revenue, the in creased demand for labour, and the general im provement which has taken place in the internal condition of the country, are strong testimonies in favour of the course you have pursued. I recommend you to take into your early consi deration whether the principles on which you have acted may not with advantage be yet more exten sively applied, and whether it may not be in your power, after a careful review of the existing duties upon many articles, the produce or manufac ture of other countries, to make such further reduc tions and remissions as may tend to insure the con tinuance of the great benefits to which I have ad verted, and, by enlarging our commercial intercourse, to strengthen the bonds of amity with Foreign Powers. Any measures which you may adopt for affect ing these great objects will, I am convinced, be accom panied by such precautions as shall prevent perma nent loss to the Revenue, or injurious results to any of the great interests of the country. I have full reliance on your just and dispassionate consideration welfare. of matters so deeply affe ctin g the - your coun cils, you t e w oi i is th , the blessing of between e nabled to pron., R..yoyeiadr_e:iliteeeset friendlyopaye that,feel i ngs e additional of D i e s subjects, provide security tsheofconintyinuance of peace, and to main tain dif ferentcontentmentcifasrse cr easing the comforts and bettering tii;z4 condition of clock. theTghereatb House odyth then nf adjourned niy people. till five 0, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack shortly after Five o'clock. Earl Grey, Earl Pomfret, the Bishop of Oxford, the Earl of Verulam, and Earl Spencer, took the oaths and their seats. VESTRIES ACT. The Duke of WELLINGTON introduced the Select Vestries Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second, time. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH—THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Majesty's most gracious Speech from the Woolsack, which being re-read by the Clerk at the table, The Earl of HOME rose to propose the Address. He said -• My Lords, in rising to propose an humble and dutiful Address to the Queen in answer to her Majesty's gracious Speech, which your Lordships have just heard read, I am gratified in being able to think that in what I shall have to propose to you, there illil be no difference of opinion or any division of sentiment. It is satisfactory to think that the subjects treated of in the Speech are not surrounded by such difficulties as call for any particular comment or power of explanation ; if they did so, I am totally sensible of my own deficiency to grapple with them. I will not occupy more of your Lordships' time by adverting to anything personal to myself, but will at once proceed to the few remarks I shall consider it my duty to make in proposing the motion with which I shall conclude. I feel bound to congratulate your Lordships upon the continued assur ances which her Majesty has informed us she has re ceived from all foreign Powers of their desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with this country. I am aware, my Lords, that for had; ries of years it has constantly been foreign Sove reign continued to receive assurances f friendly in the Speech from the Throne to state tharotuittre rowers of their desire to cultivate the m ost .. . t . to c ongratulate the relations with this country, considered as a matter of e i o a u t rse it was merely re peating Sovereign on this, and d n t s aid ' before. Now, in gv advantages e s o f a p n e d ac b e le o ss u i g n h g t e t o o t. nuds tthhaet sihieien9rgrefjo:lPfhereeopsla(e)d n rsia.—(llear.) The settle what arnedpettibteiorenfoirsemitosmt sigrhatifbey. make us sensible.° h has r through h n themaintained. success i t n ri g it , h, an t d he c v: e r r ); more highly to prize the skill and judgment peace, and 1 . that of hi er their liaj j e o s i t n Y t that, in concert with the Lan. ussia, and t t mediation, she has been enabled to adjust the di ffi culties which had long of those by whom it 'of. prevailed between the Ottoman p infor mse Porterora of R tr,nt of that question may not at first sight appear of great importan ce to this country, or to have any direct beariii. g on the peace of Europe or the world ~~~z ~~~ 7 FRIDAY =CORNING SUN JANUARY 23, 1846 PRICE SD. IPPT