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PROSPECTUS OF THE BRISTOL AND POOLE HARBOUR RAIL, WAY COMPANY. Capital, 1,00 1 ,0001., in 1511,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per share. (Registered Provisionally.) PATRONS AND SUPPORT2RS. Sir E. Doughty, Bart., Upton House, Dorset John Samuel Wanley Sawbridgo Erle Drax, Esq., M.P., Charborougla Park, Dorset J. Weld, Esq., Lulworth Castle, Dorset Colonel John Michel, Dulish House, Dorset Wm. Cartwright, Esq., proprietor of collieries in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshlre. B. B. Ashford, Esq., Babcary, Somerset. ACTING COMMITTEE. HENRY STRETTON, Esq., Ramsgate, Chairman. Maier J. B. Hone, Army and Navy Club John Gray Wilson, Esq., Westbourne Grove Colonel William Mainwaring Sloane, Seymour-street Gilbert M'Queen, Esq., Great Coram-street, Russell-square Thomas Peers, Esq., 1, Lamb's Conduit-place George Chisman, Esq., Dalston, Middlesex Sir James Caleb Anderson, Bart. PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. (With power to add to their number.) Frederick William lia - milton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place Nees Price, Xsq., M.D., Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, Essex Capt. T. C. Newton, Bruton street ; and Lugwarden, Herefordshire Thomas Ottery Rayner, Esq., M.D. F.S.A., 1, Matthew's Place, Cambridge Heath Rev. C. Davies, Sandgate Major J. Mill, Guernsey Benjamin Hea d , Esq., Gloucester-terrace, Kensington _ _ Edward Sankey, Esq., Canterbury J. Johnson, Esq., Davies-street, Berkeley-square G. Pusey, Esq., The Dells, Stoke Newington N. Crouch, Esq., South-place, Euston-square ; and 64, Pall-mall R. B. Crofts, Esq., Hamilton•-square, Birkenhead, Cheshire _ _ John Britten, Esq., Basinghall-street Lieut. Charles T. Hill, It.N., Queen's-square, Bristol Henry Lyster, Esq., Spring-terrace, Wandsworth Captain hippisley, SoMerset-street, Czvendish-square Win. C. O'Connell, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. LONDON LANKIN3. London and County Bank The London Joint-Stock Banking Company. COIINTRI BANKERS. Messrs. Stuckey and, Co. National Provincial Bank of England Messrs. Ledgard and Co., Poole Messrs. Bastard and Co., Blandford. ENGINEER.—George Rennie, Esq. SECRETARIES (pro. tem.)—Messrs. Castleman and Kingdom. SOLICITORS. Gilbert Stephens, Esq., 13, Northumberland-street, Strand. Messrs. Castleman and Kingdom, Wimborne. Since issuing the former prospectus, the Committee, being deter mined to proceed on the surest grounds, and anxious for the ultimate success of the undertaking, have made further and more minute in quiries into the remunerative traffic to be expected on this line ; and they are warranted in stating that, the result of such inquiries has greatly exceeded the expectations upon which they grounded their former prospectus. This line of railway, commencing at Bristol, will open a direct communication with Poole, passing through or near the important towns and ♦illages of Whitechurch, Pensford, Clutton, Shepton Mallet, Bruton, Castle Cary, IV incanton, Sta'bridge, Sturminster, Newton, Shillingston, Stourpain, Blandford, Spittisbury, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne Minster to Poole Harbour • and thus, by means of the Line of Packets intended to be established by this Company, from that port to the Channel Islands and Cherbourg, and the rail ways now in progress from the latter place to the French capital, and irom thence to Lyons, will complete the line of communication by the most direct way, from Edinburgh to the south of France, thus enabling that country to supply herself with many articles of com merce at little more than half the cost she at present pays, and leav ing a good remunerative profit to the Company and producer at home, ' Among the 'various sources of traffic to be expected on this line. the following are the most prominent :—The supply of the Govern ment with Coal from the Welch and Somersetshire pits, by means of the proposed line, for its different naval and steam depots throughout the world. The Somerset pits, which are 36 in Reuther, yield, at present, about 2,000 tons per diem, but are ca pable of yielding a much larger quantity ; and, supposing that 2,000 tons were carried by the railway, at Id. per ton a mile, a dis tance of 40 miles for 300 days in the year, which is even less than the Company have every reason to expect, it would• yield a net return of 100,0001., or 10 per cent. upon the estimated capi tal; deduct - then 40 per cent. for working the line, wear and tear, and there remains the sum of 60,0001., or 6 per cent. per annum on the capital. There can be no doubt of the demand of this important article of general consumption. from the great dimi nution of price to the consumer by the costs of carriage being reduced to ld. per ton per mile from the present cost, wh:ch is from Cal. to 100. The supply of the Channel Islands (population more than 100,000), and of France, with the best species of coal for the production of gas, as well as for the use of their manufactures and for domestic purposes. This article, by means of the various coal pits situated on the line, will yield to the Company a very fine remunerative profit, and be of the greatest be nefit to the coal proprietor; as the coal necessary for the purposes of gas can be obtained in very large quantities, and delivered at Cher bourg at one-third less than they are now giving for the same coal, and which cannot, therefore, fail to be of equal benefit to the mer chant abroad, the producer at home, and the proposed Company. , Besides these two great sources of coal traffic, there is the supply of the southern coast, and the different districts on the line, with coal for domestic use, at a saving of from six to seven shillings a ton. This is a circumstance that cannot fail to secure to the Company the entire traffic, and be of the greatest benefit to themselves and the public in general. In addition to this, the line will offer to the great manufacturing city of Bristol a more ready market for all those articles of commerce of which France and the Channel Islands stand so much in need, and which are manufactured in great quantities at that city, and as soon as the line is completed, tenders will at once be submitted to Government for the more speedy transmission of the malls to the Channel Islands, by which a saving of more than, twelve hours will be effected, and to the North and North-west of Great Britain a saving of twenty-four hours. There is also very considerable traffic to be derived from the various stone quarries, iron mines, and clay pits on the line (the clay pits alone yielding more than 50,000 tons annually) ; sand from the Isle of Wight, for the manufacture of glass, of which more than 10,000 tons annually are used in Birmingham alone; the pre sent mercantile traffic whist' now goes round the Land's End to the Western Ports ; the great agricultural, manufacture, and pas senger traffic from the rich and populous districts through which the line passes; and the traffic which must be thrown upon the line from the Welch iron and coal masters, as being the nearest and most direct outlet to the Continent for the produce of that country. In dependent of remuneration, this line ought to be looked upon as a great national undertaking and benefit, as it will do away with the necessity for vessels now employed in the Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Russian trades, bound to the western parts of England, going round the Land's End, by at once opening to them the harbour of Poole, which has been pronounced by eminent engineers to be one of the best natural harbours in the world, and capable, at a small expense, of being made accessible to vessels of the largest class with perfect safety, and enabling them to send their cargoes to their different destinations in less time, and at a less espouse, than at p e es i cit irmc : es greatlyam ,i e t a )i t i , br i e l e o ivi t eenn o tued i e l from tt t e e e Company would and derive il' cargos s of northern produce thus landed at. Poole, to be again di s t ri buted, by means of their railway, to th e different manufacturing: towns throughout this country ; and the passenger traffic that would natu rally follow so large a portion of mercantile traffic cannot tail to yield to the Company a very handsome retu rn upon their outlay. The average number of vessels detained in this trade in going round the Land's Eud amounts, from the most authentic sources, to about four thousand, each vessel averaging a detention of five days. The average tonr.age of these 'vessels amouits to 130 tons, which would give six men to each vessel, working after the rate of 601. per month, which would give, for the number of days detained, 101. to each vessel: this, multiplied by the number of vessels, viz., 4,000, would give the sum of 40,0001., which will be entirely saved by means of this line. Tliis Is independent of the loss of life, destruction of property, expense of insurance, and lose of time, which would all be saved by the projected rail, the statistics of which, did space allow, would make every one look upon the present undertaking, not only as one of great local importance, but one of great national benefit. The aziYantages have long been known and appreciated, and the present CoMpany have determined to bring them Into play in the most fiel and Cfticient manner. The expense of storage at Poole as well as the port does are less than at any port in the kingdom ; so that the merchant would be enabled to keep Lis goods there at a less expense than at his own port. He would be enabled to perform five voyages fer every three from the northern parts, and, by means of the speedy communication by the electric telegraph and the rapid travelling of the present day, many advantages and conveniences will be afforded. A careful preliminary survey having been made by the Company's surveyor, the line has been pronounced to present less than the ave rage engineering difficulties, about thirty miles being through a rich, populous, and level valley. The harbour of Poole has also been sur veyed, and the bar at the mouth of the harbour has been pronounced to be capable of removal, and is now actually being removed ; thus opening to vessels of the largest tonnage ono of the safest and most commodious harbours in the world. These are a few of the advantages offered to the public by the pro jected line ; and the Committee, impressed with the sense of the ex cellence and legitimacy of the undertaking, and basing their views upon ascertained facts and undoubted evidence, feel themselves war ranted in offering to all applicants for shares the following conditions, viz.: That no party taking shares in the said Company shall be liable (in case of failure of the Company) to a larger amaubt than five shillings per share, unless a greater sum shall be sanctioned at a General Meeting of the Shareholders called for that purpose ; so that in case the Company fail at any period of time prior to such Meeting being called, the Committee pledge themselves to return 11. 17s. per share instead of 21. 25., and a proportionately larger amount if the accounts of the Company, upon inspection, show a less expenditure. At the first general meeting of the shareholders the Committee will produce au account, signed by the bankers, of the several sums received by them on account of the Company, thereby warranting to the shareholders that the amount subscribed is still in the hands of the bankers, minus the ss. per share. The future plans of the Company will be laid before the share holders at their first general meeting, and everything submitted to their investigation and approved. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Bristol and Poole Harbour Railway Company. I request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the above undertaking, agreeably to the prospectus ; and I agree to accept such shares as may be allotted me on the terms above mentioned, and also to pay the deposit thereon, and to sign the Par liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on tho Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a LECTURE on the EL ECTRO -MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily. MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, FARRELL'S ARCM MEDIAN RAIL WAY, the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all ix action. HALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS COPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE. A beautiful Seri es •f DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Selection of MADRIGALS of the Sixteenth Century will be performed by a Sax-Horn Band, under 1k; Direction of Dr. Wallis daily, and In the Evenings. Admisalon, Is. Schools, Half-price. HALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, HATAIARKET. Eight doors from Coventry.street. Under Distinguished Patronage.—The original Poses Plastiques and :1, P -1 Ems rremimat. Pt .1 added. Cash. c -• may F ; Aorrow. -- -- 2 1837 £217 15 1 £lOO 011 Xl6 I 4 £445 I L £ sA "" 1833 192 2 0, 37 1 4 13 10 21 395 11 1 — l l4O O 3 4 1839 165 11 10 , 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 1841 111 76, $4 10; 71$ 13 296 13 4 1341 111 6 8 49 10 6[ 710 4 247 4 6 bell —e-' 5 ~_,(110 of the pprroesvlsion of fits eat year. is annual, and the next will be made is F. FERGUSON CAM - ROUX, Secretary. .1 . 41 E QUEEN OF SPAIN'S MARRIAGE The marriage of the youthful Queen of Spain Is certainly deserving of a strain ; And lest you think we're slighting the " Infanta," Our muse shall take the subject up instanter; We've nothing that's political in view, That we will leave for editors to do ; While some folks make a business to assail her. Our business is the business of a tailor. We want to give a hint (as you may guess) Touching her royal bridegroom's wedding dress. MOSES and SON (without a word's dispute) Should have the orders for the wedding suit. Garments like these would make the courtiers stare, Nor would he find their equal anywhere ; The Spanish Queen herself would much admire The elegance display'd in such attire. MOSES and SON (which far they scarce need state) Are daily having orders from the great ; And Egypt's Prince, while visiting our border', Forgot not to oblige us with his orders. Then let the Royal Prince about to marry Take up the hint which these few verses carry; NOSES and SON will choicely execute The Prince's order for a wedding sidte. LIST OF ?RIC ES. READY NAM Tweed Taglioni .. • • ••••• • •• • C hesterfield and Codrington Tagliemis Summer Coats in every description and make, including the registered Coat ••• • • ...... 1 2 0 . tleuses in every material 41endid pattern Summer Vests ...... .... • • ....... 0 2 3 C ashmere and Persian ditto, in endless variety • 0 4 6 P Bl ack and Fancy Satin, ditto ••. • • .... ..... 0 6 alley Trousers •••••• • • • • • • ...... 0 4 6 rock ditto ........ . .... . .. ••••• • 1 3 0 MADE TO MEAII7II. eSa ti, of every material adapted for the season, in any v ariety of style and fashion, to or d er from 0 16 0 LQuilting Vests, Gs. Gd. each, or three 0 19 0 s a ntllsere ditto, in every variety of pattern .......... 0 8 6 atin ditto, plain and fancy .......... • • ............ 0 14 6 Cloth or Cashmere ditto NC Trousers, in every pattern. ... 0 10 6 n tle- milled and Albert Victoria ditto ••• • • • 0 19 0 Didest Black D ress dit to •. • • ......... ..... ............ 1 6 0 Coats. • •••• •• •••• •• •• •••• •• •• ~ —. best manufactured •• •• Coats .... •ultto, best manufactured •... • •• .• ••••••••• • • • • 3 3 0 Mourning, to a n y ex t en t, at five minutes notice. ~, , .°Y article purchase or me to measure, if not approved of, he immediately ex d changed ad , or the money returned. übserve—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. hlhClethiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be N to guard the pubhc against imposition, but, having learned t h at the untradesmanlike falsehood of being connected with i ,_"°,” or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many in c.,ll 4„ c es. and for obvious reasan, they have no connexion with othtr house in or out of London. d il And those who desire genuine Ch eap Clothing should, to prevent -tndon li i i pointment call at or send to the Mi.aories. and Ald ga t e, Ci ty, IuII M OSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, H atters, Hosiers, Outfitters, Nos. 154, 155, 156, 157, Minories, and 83, 84, 85, N. 86, Aidgate, City, London. 414 4 1 4 1 . . —The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84. rrt b ° , 'ness transacted at this Establishment from sunset on t tit . evenin till sunset en Saturday evening, when it is rimmed o Cock X I. d. 7 6 0 18 6 Dated the new LADIES TRAVELLING, nff the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find TIPWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing tu,,, . PreParatiol for the Complexion, dispelling . the clou d d im o m f l e a d ii i: the ysti °ming the atei_lng r elaxation, allaying all heat and irritability. pleasing sensation attending restored a t e n i l o a n s s tici s ty un of 'PI N . n. TNI numerous varieties of Cutaneous Erup , "J th e 1 1 ( 'ec , ties, Tau, and Discoleurations, are pleasingly eradicated . Dtirtf„,_ alYtior, and the shin rendered delicately soft and c . lear s . e.e l c ts_ V on i,.g and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive 1 Of th. Y e the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those toera, antinent of Europe, together with the " elite" of the Aris brawi7„ a nd " Haute Voles," from the sultry climes of India, and the Cz ar : 2 ; - rooms of Calcutta and Madras , to the frozen realms of the and B.4.it„.uthe Salons of St. Petersburgh and Ilcseow.—Price 4s. lid. * ~ ...v.. Per bottle. 011 7_ _ e,,,wiare of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin ftt'a4:lY rUIROUSI to the complexion, and which, by their repel r" itowal4glaaelt: healt4i. The only genuine has the wots du.g2N, 20, liattenY-gDa?diten s i n the wrapper, and A, RO . WL. I 4.N t e b ottle "nunisa temers) ma the csiot,trl:io eneigirtasvtel(pbyatiltdireene eachh Solt b y ... .„._. tamers ""` ..7 Prieters, and by respectable Chemists and Per other "Itairdors" __________2aretraudul at counterfeits. 1846. dayof Name Residence •••••••• • • • • • • • • Trade or rrofession ........ Reference Address of Referee •. • •• • . *.,,* Applications for shares may be made, in the above form, at pthhee,o.fll, Esq.,ceofthe Company, 55, King William-street, City; Gilbert Ste -13, Northumberland-street, Strand ; Messrs. Castleman and Kingdon, solicitors, Wimborne ; T. Hyatt, Esq.. solicitor, Shed ton Mallet ; S. Smith ,Esq., Blaudlord ; and M. K. Welch, Esq., so licitor, Poole. Tableaux Vivans, Professor TURNOUR, ever anxious to diversify the attractions at the above splendid theatre, begs most respectfully to inform the \ability, Subscribers, and the Public, that he has succeeded in en gaging one of the finest Models of the day, who will appear every afternoon and evening during the week in Professor Tumour's cele brated groups of Venus Rising fro:n the Sea and the Lute Player. The new Classical Groupings, which have been acknow'edged by the press as far surpassing.anything of the kind ever attempted in this country, will be repeated during the week, introducing the THREE COLOURED FEMALE MODELS, natives of Hindoostan, who have been received with rapturous applause by fashionable and crowded houses. Morning Performance at Three o'clock, and Evening at Half-past Eight.—Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. THE NEW PORTABLE A.LARIJIVI, size of a small snuff-box, can be placed ou the dressing-table, and set to ring at any hour that may be required. Price, three guineas, foreign made, or three guineas and a half, English made. T. COX SAVORY and Co., Goldsmiths, Watchmakers, &c., 47, Cornhill (seven doers from Gracechurch-street), London. N.B. A stock of second-hand Plate always on hand for sale. BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their make, feel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The genee ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and San, submit the following cautions:--Some are in appearance at first sight, " the genuine," but without same or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," end others " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. Johr Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the public, and earnestly solicit them to Inspect the labels previous to purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope will prevent many disappointments. BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recom mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all climates. _ _ _ Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London, The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—Telegraphs and cannon have by this time informed the world that the Church of Atocha has wit nessed the double marriage of the two sisters of Spain. On one of these events we may at least offer our best wisheg, if not our most joyful congratulations, to the Spanish pe..ple. Isabella IL is united to a native Prince, who brings in his train no elements of discord, and offers no stormy prospects as the price of his alliance. 1)on Francisco introduces no foreign influence to injure or insult the people of hii'conntry, his descen:lants will not be liable to the jealous intervention of neighbouring Powers as the unlawful heirs of a forbidden birthright, nor will Spain be taught to regard them as debarred by right from a succession to which they are intro. duced by blood. Far different is the case with her Royal Highness the Infantv. - Her consort arrives amongst a people whose detestation of his pretensions can hardly be drowned in the purchased acclamations of noisy crowds well trained and carefully posted on his road. They see through the schemes of his family, and know the extent to which he is disqualified by solemn engagements for the position which he is ex pected to fill. He is either thrust upon them with a deep purpose or with none. If the latter, his intrusion is a gratuitous insult to the nation, endangering its re lations with friendly powers, which, less perhaps than any state in Europe, it can afford to peril, and creating causeless suspicions and empty discontent. If the former, Spain is condemned to a perpetual dread of a detested influence, and to th e re fl ec ti on that the descent of her crown will entail war and bloodshed upon un known generations. The next heir to the Spanish crown is either disinherited, or she retains her inherit ance against the voice of public law and the decision of Europe. Why should the Spaniards have been compelled to see their Infanta reduced to such a strait ? What compensates her Royalllighness for her political loss or her political attainder ? Why- should she contract a marriage which entails the nullification of her rights, great or small, distant or approximate ? Why should she have been driven into such a mevalliance? If, as the organs of the Chateau declare, it was a duty imperatively incumbent on France to see that at least such reward as Louis XIV. did reap by 20 years' expenditure of blood and treasure should be secured to his descendants—if such influence as France for the last century has con ceived herself to possess in Spain from the consan• guinity of the two royal lines, should be preserved by the rigorous exclusion of any princely interloper—even under all these conditions was it absolutely necessary that the equilibrium of Europe should be threatened, public faith sullied, amicable relations disturbed, a nation insulted, and a princess amerced of her expecta tions, to put such a security instantaneously beyond a doubt ? Was there any remote probability that the blood of Philip V. would be lost in a more northern current ? M. de Lamartine has loudly proclaimed the utter impossibility of such an event, and shown how small a proportion the gain bears to the risk in the late stroke of Louis Philippe and his Cabinet. No interval of postponements, explanations, or manoeuvres could have PUBLICATIONS. T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXX., will be published on Friday next. CONTENTS :- 1. PROPOSALS for EXTENDING the IRISH POOR-LAW. 2. SPEECHES and WRITINGS of the late LORD KING. 3. GROTE'S HISTORY of GREECE. 4. LIVES of EMINENT LAWYERS—LEGAL EDUCATION. 5. STATE and PROSPECTS of BRITISH AGRICULTURE. 6. GOVERNMENT of BRITISH INDIA. 7. RAILWAYS at HOME and ABROAD. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. damaged the legitimate connexion of the two Bourbon stocks, though it might have impeded the precipitate and unlawful schemes for their eventual fusion SOUTHEY'S LIFE OF WESLEY. Just published, a New Edition, in 2 vols. Bvo., with 2 Portraits, ' price 28s. cloth, THE LIFE of WESLEY ; and Rise and Pro gress of Methodism. By ROBERT SOUTIIEY, Esq., LL.D. 2d Edition, with Notes by the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Esq., aced Remarks on the Life and Character of John Wesley, by the late Alexander Knox, Esq. Edited by the Rev. Charles Cuthbert Southey, A.M., Curate of Cockermou London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longtnans. Louis Philippe has done the deed. He has done it quocunque ,nodo—whether clumsily, as the French Opposition conceive, or dexterously, as M. de Lamar tine imagines, we shall not here discuss. If report speaks truly of the royal countenance, it would appear that he was prepared, as we have no doubt was the case, to encounter and neglect more forcible remonstrances than it has been thought fit to interpose, and that he is delighted to find the cost fall so far below the estimate. He has got, at an expense which, perhaps, he may con sider reasonable, a prize which he was resolved to get at any expense whatever. The deliberations originally attending the project could hardly have been unaccom panied, we should imagine, either by the suggestions of conscience or the misgivings of doubt; but from the first overt act to the final entry of the French Princes it is clear that not a moment was to be allowed for reflec tion or hesitation either to himself or others. It was not probable that any of the European Powers, though un consulted and over-reached, would interfere by imme diate violence to stop the marriage of a Princess of whom, as well as of the rights she conveyed, they were here ditary guardians. The times were not favourable to such coups de tonnerre. It was conceived that royal mar riages had so far lost their influence and significance that in such matters one Court might circumvent another without any of those national explosions which aro more immediately unpleasant than the protests of an outraged ally, or the consequences of a damaged character. What Louis Phillippe expected to result from his stroke may perhaps be inferred from his' satisfaction at what has ac tually occurred. He. is overjoyed that England has done no more than reiterate a solemn protest, and paint to treaties dishonourably infringed. He is rejoiced that the balance of European power, which apparently the Orleans dynasty can so securely neglect, is only seri ously threatened by the marriage of one his sons. He is delighted that no further tumult has occurred in the county on which he has imposed his progeny than the avowed discontent and turbulence of the whole popula tion, the apparition of an armed pretender to the Crown, and the jeopardy of that very throne, the reversion of which has lured the French Augustus into such unusual temerity. A Prince of honoured name and serious claims is about to raise his standard in Spain, availing himself of.the detestation with which the com pulsory policy of the Queen's Government is viewed to divide the allegiance of the ration, and discreetly pro mising the preservation of those constitutional rights, and the fulfilment of those constitutional duties, in de fence of which his family was superseded. Ding Louis Philippe has given an opportunity to the Count de Mon.emolin of avowing such sentiments. He imperils the inheritance of a helpless family either for no cause whatever, or to secure its reversion to his own. 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Terms—Single Number, lid.; per Quarter, Is. 6d.; per Annum, 55.: payable in advance. The large circulation of this journal in England, in addition the local sale, and advertisements being free from duty, renders it a very adantageous and cheap medium for advertising. Agencies of all kinds for the Channel Islands undertaken. Post-office orders payable to Chapman and Co., Sun-office, Guernsey, where all com munications addressed to the Editor may be made. This paper may be sent through the post to any part of the United Kingdom free of charge. SUICIDE by the SWISS GIANTESS. On Friday evening an inquest was held at the Red House Tavern, Battersea, before Mr. Carter, one of the coroners of the county of Surrey, and a respectable jury, on view of the colossal remains of El za Laurence, alias Madame de Letzi but who was better known as the Swiss Gi an t ess , which had been picked up in the Timm( s, near that place, on Wednesday morning. From the evidence adduced it appeared that on Wednesday morn ing, about e i g h t o ' clock, Rock, a waterman belonging river o ii e ow C bis i te t h i r z vt e eh n de de e r nearoud upon of ft which the Red hh ech deceased House, e u m efloating while into on t uap b the the ot Pier, and took it on shore. On searching her pockets a piece of paper was found, upon which was written, " No. 3, Sherter's-gardens, Seven Dials, knock twice and ask for E m m a ." Rock called at the address, and on knocking twice, as directed, was answered b • y Emma, a young and diminutive female; who had been ascertained to walk with the deceased in Regent -street and that neighbour hood, and on taking her to the Red House she at once identified her old companion, the Swiss Giantess. The last time the deceased was seen in the neighbourhood of her residence was Tuesday night, when she called at a public-house in Sherrard-street, Golden-square, when she asked a female for a penny, saying she wa. in great distress, and had bad nothing to eat for twenty-four hours, or very little from the Monday be fore. She also complained of the state of abject poverty to which she was reduced, being without a farthing, or a farthing's worth of prop-rty to raise money on, and said she was going over Waterloo-bridge, and that she had a great mind to stop there and make a hole in air eater ; but •a, • Aber she had done so there or elsewhere there was no evidence to prove. She was, however, seen upon Waterloo-bridge at ten o'clock on the 'Tuesday night, which was the last time she was seen alive. She was 51 years of age, and had never been married, but had one child, a son, who did not live with her. The jury, after hearing evidence to the above effect, returned a verdict of " Suicide, while labouring under temporary insanity." This woman, who was well known to the pedestrians of London, not only from her extraordinary height, but also her proportionably bulky appearance, passed many years of her life in a caravan, and was c onve y ed from town to town and exhibited, under the title of Madame de Letzi, the Swiss Giantess. During this time she natu rally acquired idle habits, and when she was turned cut upon the world, in consequence of her want of continued attraction, she adopted the dissipated life which eventu ally led her to commit suicide, for she could not bear to be pointed at in the street as a woman without morality and character. She more than once went to Waterloo bridge with the intention of destroying herself, and was persuaded by her companions, or those passing, from committing the crime. T'l'B be had at the Pa3tenttoeet° lIE ti NI per Cent. VER SAL GAS BURNER. The Patentees beg to call GO, St. Martin's-lane, Charing - cross. The advantages resultingfrom attention to the following facts, a saving m avi the invention are various and striking. Independently o f bustien is perfect, and the brilliancy °1.30 to 50 hitherto discovered. It emits neither per cent„ the corn produced superior to any light steadily for any period ; and such is its er purity , smeli nor t r ha smoke,that itr,,iia). neither rd affectsbun i s or soils the raost delicate e sil g o a u s r i o h r d th w e e fi th n n e:t i fabric. Objections have draperies, gold moulding, &e. ; dwelling-houses, to the expense of made to the introduction of fittings, to its destruction of furniture, gas is much u T UNIVERSAL GIS Private dwellings, than is com monlythese are entirely obviated by u se as well as for it' on BURNER.' As the cost of layin , with h. room, at a avoidances u ofm supposed, it is adapted for priv club-houses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings.ns' small burners is amply sufficient to light a good.size One of the surpassing immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle waste or trouble. The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy m a every other known light, are u s s h i oz ru n it b s y AL the iziA a s nn n ex u e ß d NE th en ti o opinions of the qualities of the Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engine Tuesday, 26th May, 1846, SirJouN RENNIE, President, in the Chefi; " A gas burner of a no vel and ingenious construction was exhibit e d: The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the midele of the burner. The air passing ttp through the hollow stein of the button, was healed, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and impinging with force on the dame of the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with the carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, The flame was quite whitedowu thetop of the burner, w as very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying the power of the two lights by the photome ter, the new burner gave a better ght, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. POLYTECHNIC CHEMICAL ecuoon.—" In testing Clark, MeNiell, and Co,'s Univers* ;Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless turners, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 o 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer. BOAT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, GREEN-YARDS. — Mr. Joseph Woodward, livery stable-keeper, St. Martin's-lane, has forwarded us a statement which we deem it right to make public, for the sake of all who ride or drive in London, and who may, by any circumstance, be compelled for a moment to leave their horses or vehicles. Mr. W. had driven a very valuable mare, the property of Mr. Cogan, of the glass warehouse, Leicester-square, a long journey ; he pulled up near Drury-lane Theatre, and, whilst absent for a moment, some idle boys began teazing the mare ; on his return he interfered, and was ultimately taken into cust:dy—his horse and gig sent to the green-yard. (As the horse and gig had committed no offence, they might have been sent home instead, we think.) The next morning, on inquiring where the " green-yard" was, he was informed that " Mr. Perkins, Little Russell-street, Drury-lane, vas the green-yard." He went there, and found the mare extremely ill. Mr. P. (the green-yard). had given the poor animal no bed, and, though he must have perceived it had been driven hard and fast, no corn ; the poor thing had been lying shivering on the stones all night. For this " care" Mr. Perkins charged four shil lings and sixpence. When remonstrated with for this conduct, he replied, " My instructions area little hay. and water, if they want it ; nothing else." Common humanity might a ha f v ed, e e ind es u p e e e e d ial A ly ir. as P , e k r e k e i p n i s ng to a gi li v v e ery the horse . stable, it could have been no trouble to him ; or if he . did not choose to g i ve , h e must h ave b een assure d , hav ing a valuable mare in his po ssess i on , th a t th e owner wauld willingly pay any c h arge , if t h at o f f our s hilli ngs and sixpence was deemed insufficient. We should lily very much to know to whom that fee goes. An altera stem is imperatively called for. tion in the green-yard sy should a stable boy taking through the meivopolis the most valuable racer in England, meet with an accident the horse would meet with exactly the same treatment, and, probably, thereby forfeit rill his engagements. — Sunday Times. CHRONICLE.-TO a superficial observer, the result of the revenue for the year ending on Saturday last, which we this thy publish, will not appear flattering or even satisfactory, notwithstanding the slight increase of 88,2461. which it shows, compared with the year ending the 10th of October, 1845. The prominent fact on the face of this statement is, that the most important and permanent item of income—the CustOms—exhibits a deficiency of no less. than 501,619/, and that the small balance in favour of the year is chiefly produced by placing against that large deficiency an excess of 421,5881. from " miscellaneous" and casual sources, on which we have no right to build any permanent calculations for the future. If; however, we turn to the comparison of the quarter, the accounts for the present year exhibit, in every item which can be taken as a test of the condition of the country, or - --........... __ _ .. ~f the permanent prospects of the revenue with the single exception of " stamps"—a most gratifying and satisfactory result. The Customs show an increase of 462,472/., the Excise of 226,8201., the taxes of 8,6611., the Property-tax of 148,2451., the Post-egice (notwith ,tanding the extraordinary amount collected in the cor responding quarter of 1845, owing to the railway mania) of 8,000/, and the Crown lands of 15,000/4 while the ,timps, attributable to the enormous expenditure under This head in 1845 for railway deeds, show a deficiency of 5,8111.; and miscellaneous (a mere accidental source of income) of 59,5481. —exhibiting, on the whole, a balance in the total ordinary revenue of the quarter of no less than 803,3391. ; which balance is, however, re duced, by smaller receipts on account of " imprest moneys" and " repayments of advances"—neither having reference to general revenue considerations—to 539,0641. So great, however, have been the changes which have taken place in the two most important sources of revenue—the Customs and the Excise—during the periods embraced in these accounts, that it is impos sible to form a fair comparative estimate, either of the years or of the quarters to which they refer, without considering how far they have been influenced by those changes. First—as far as regards the year, it is neces sary to take into account the reductions in the Tariff made in 1845, and to examine how far those reductions ap plied to the sums appearing as the receipts on each year, before we come to any conclusion as to the real charac ter of the large deficiency in the Customs, or look upon it as any test of the state of trade . In ie session of 1845 the reductions in the Tariff on the articles of sugar, cotton, and four hundred and thirty other articles, and on the exp ort dut y on co al — all included under the head of " Customs —amounted to no l ess a sum than 2,418,000/4 a nd as the year en di ng October e xpired. Mor eover, t h ere were i i n u t s h t e Tariff in the last sessioaof 10, 1845, had, during the first half of it, t h e advantageaf those higher rates of dut y , we have a sum of 1,209,0001., which shoul d be deducted fro m the Customs receipts of that year, in o rder to p ut it in a fair compa fruisrothnewrirethdutheetioonnse Par liament, affecting the annual re v enue from Custom s t o the amount of at least 400,0001 . — which reductio ns e i arer p ts o f concerned, the apply only to the latte r half of the p res ent year, So that in making. a comparison between the C us t oms twoeethtievelperiods in qu est i on, the sum of 1,409,000/. should be added Y: in order to te s t t h e prosperity duties received in the t wo y ears endi ng October 10, of businesslB4s and 184 d 6 u r r i e n s g p year, as representing th e amount of duties reli nqu i s h e d , as far as the receipts of fti t i o the a tye r: but of which the receipts of 1845 had the advantage. As far as the extent of business has been t ransacted, te latter year, in place of a deficit of 501.619/., as exhibited in the actual receipts, W ould. have given an increase of no less than 907,3811. under the same oircimistacees, W e do not, indeed, pretend to say that, had the duties re mained unaltered, the above statement exhibits a pre cise view of what the revenue would actually have been. But this is just the point of practical importance in these accounts, to which we would direct th& attention of our r•Jaders. Duties representing revenue to the amount of 1,409,0001., as applicable to the last of the two years ander comparison, have 1?Pell repealed, while the revenue has only suffered a loss, even duriag q., , ,, first, year, .if 501,619/.1 The public have gained, by a reduction 'if duties, in round figures, one million and a half sterling, while Ocy have lost, in the shape of reve nue, little more than:one-third of that sum. But the public have gained much wore ; they )dye tined COPY of a CURTEYEI sq from LIAM E. To Mr. Thomas Purr, 229, Strand, London. Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants, October 26, 1844. _Sir,—l cannot help expressing my astonishment in the effect I have :I.Perienced in taking your Pills for the Gout. I was taken en Thurs- AY night so severely with it as to be with difficulty able to get ou. 2f tny bed, and alter I arose I had severe pains followed on with in two of the foot increasing,. I took three of your Pills, and ritien two hours I found the pain to entirely cease. I afterwards took two Pills at a dose twice in the day, and I am, thank God, this ZOrning able to walk without the slightest inconvenience. I found in i Preri oue very severe attack very great relief •• I had the pains in t r,knees and thighs so very severe at that time, I thought I must t h . 4 died. and that it must have gone into my stomach. At that Cc I had resort to your Pills, and they relieved me —within two k„ lr, I quite easy. The use of these Pills ought, really, to be %.:711.wa alaso ver the world. I have a brother, a young man, that Z;3,!:_'tier: hoiribly with it, and his greatest relief and preventive_ has .!, . our Pills. Make what use you please of my report .— Tours ours g ly sued respectfully, WILLIAM COM:MET. Ale , hav e ong th 4 many discoveries that characterise the present age, none t e r con contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, t4,,e°Oferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor he' ..dlscovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, rae r e '"caeY of which has been tested by the approval and recom th.e.d,ation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are efic ., - Je1i,,,1" gout and rheumatism, in all its various forms, including toetira, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as a ~..aeha,Sce. They require neither confinement nor attention of any Ind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, s ,_ a ln, or other vital part yenta by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appoint leti;,, bY all respectable medicine vendors throughout the United Al to Price 2s. 9d. per box. Price BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob . rye te, 99 Lizorie..—.. Urea and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London," 0 1 11A1 — L LI P °11 the Government Stamp afttze4 to wick be x of th 4041,04144, CERTIFICA TE. " In a series of experiments made upon Clark, Me Niel], and Co.'s Patent Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta blished in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against argand burners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a saving of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, N ., . 4, 45 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe rior to any other burner." T. W. MUTES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. The 'UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly technio Institution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the ratenteu,6o, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and 9( all Ciao Fitters. , . Olt , ... e ~ ,e , 'l sll ol* l ' 0 - tr'' ':. c,:,‘ .' i. ,:fro . :::,tl l't-, % . < 4 .: . I "--- ki "--*- j.? , , , ' ' , f - •:' ti' '''" . --•.„, , • e, 1 . . IST: '.;,\t, , __:•• • _ :. ,-- 7 ,,, t .,- -. ---- • - -'' 4 , k ,s , it ..„ , Y . ‘ . I *4 i • - 1 ;:..., 1 ..k1 ..„.$ . . _ ....., , y , ,t ' lj , ' ,l, ft .' ' ''°° . .'“; '''' ':' - V --....„ ~.,,.'' .+ 4 ; .' ', /10:F 7 , ce " iinp, ' C:l' 7 "7 , ..„ \ -7 7%;. . ,/ ..) 4 , 4 ...), , 6 ....,. ---- ---A4,-., ,, - - .--- ,. 3 - - .l - " :::.',, ':•• 7 : X 41' . i. 4- , A t ... ig, • ,-._:_ -- ' -- -....- i . __-_-.. , ...,.;(,.,i4-4C , Cj44„...t - i--,, ' . . --' '0- , 2 -----:. _., _ ,„. ,e ~..., ? u vi,. c ..„... - - - ri dib , 1.. 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They have gained all the advantages of that trade, the greater amount of which has contributed proportionately so e m na u p c l h oy m m or e e n t r o ev f e o n u u. r erhey have shipping—byfprofited commissions ssion b a better employment upon nt t h e e r increased amount of our imports—by the profits, whole sale and retail, which have applied to the distribution of this increased quantity of comrnaditie ; and finally, though most important of all, the whole public have benefited by the increased supply and lower cost of all that contributes to their material wants. Again—a comparison of the Excise duties for the year furnishes an equally gratifying result. An increase on the year of 18,7171. is shown in the Revenue tables ; but it must be borne in mind that in 1845 a reduction took place in this branch of revenue, by the repeal of the glass and auction duties, amounting to 892,0001. on the year, but which reduction applied only to one-half of the year ending October 6, 1845, while it applied to the whole of the year ending the 10th instant ; so that to make the comparison of the two periods perfect we must add to the receipts of the present year one half of that sum. The quarter's accounts—and especially ailar as regards the Customs —are, even in a greater degree than those of the year, illustrative of these advantages. Notwith standing the reductions in the Tariff in the last session of Parliament—which for the single quarter are equal to about 100,0001.—the increase in the present year, compared even with the prosperous and busy quarter ending the 10th October, 1845—is no less than 462,4721. We have relinquished import duties upon the quarter equal to 100,0001.; we hare gained revenue to the amount of 462,472/. Nor is this attributable, as some may suppose, to the largo amount of duty received on corn when the new corn-law first came into operation, that sum having been included in the quarter ending the sth of July. ADVERTISER.—We publish to day the revenue accounts for the year and quarter ending on the 10th instant ; and our readers, we irisure, will share with us the gratification we feel at the prosperous state of the nation's affairs, as unfolded in these returns. It will be seen that the total increase on. the year, as compared with the year ending October 10, 1845, is 88,2641., while on, the quarter, as compared with the correspond ing quarter of last year, the increase is no less than 539,0641. In the Customs department there is a decrease on the year of 501,6191„ but on the quarter there is an increase of 462,4721. This is a most cheering fact, inasmuch as the Customs have always been regarded as affording the best test of the pros perity or otherwise of the trade and commerce of the country. The only two heads under which we find a deficit on the quarter, are those of the Stamps and Miscellaneous. In both instances, the defalcation is insignificant. In the first-mentioned department it only amounts to the trifling sum of 5,8111., in the second it is 59,5481. Under the head Post•office we have an augmentation on the year of 114,0001., 'and on the quarter of 8,0001. This addition will be hailed by the country as an indi cation of an increasing intelligence among us. In the Ex,tise department there is an augmentation amounting to 182,7171. for the year, and of 226,820/. for the quer ter. This is a most gratifying increase; for there can not be a better proof of the prosperity of the country, next to that afforded by an augmentation in the Customs, than is furnished by the immense additional consump tion of excisable articles which is indicated by the figures last quoted. The Property-tax, too, has largely partaken of the general prosperity; for on the year we find an increase of 205,031/, and on the quarter of 148,245/. These returns, we repeat, are of a most en couraging kind. It is a long time since any revenue ac counts were so much calculated to afford gratification to the country. They prove that the finances of the na tion are in a most healthy condition. The depression under which the country laboured is now rapidly passing away. The gloom which has, for nearly twelve months, hung over the money market, will be forthwith dispelled, and confidence, which is the very life and soul of mone tary and commercial prosperity, will be everywhere re stored. HERALD.—We have before us the official return of the revenue of the nation for the quarter and the year ended on Saturday last. The figures there fixed afford to us much more reason to congratulate the British n d c i o t i u o l n d o b f e f t o h r e e c t o o nt a r y y country, b e e v s i p d o e k n e e e o d r , triphruaebndl sanguine i i c ct u e n T t hopeh h e e c re o are but two departments of the na tional resources which exhibit a decrease—Stamps show a diminution of 5,8111. upon the quarter's calculation•, but there is an increase from them upon the year of 21,7591. over the receipts of 1845. Again, there is a diminution of the quarter's receipts from " Miscella neous" sources, which amounts to 59,5481, but there is an increase in the revenue derived through this channel during the year, which amounts to 421,588/. With re gard to this " Miscellaneous" item there is seldom much to say, infrequently food for a paragraph of spe • culation; but in reference to Stamps let us just write a phrase or two. The consumption of stamps is generally a strong evidence of the condi tion of our commercial prosperity or adversity. It is true that stamps are largely " used up" for purposes not strictly mercantile, and that the test of our stamps revenue cannot be always applied to the condition of the commercial affairs of the country. Yet we must say that we do not like the aspect of this decrease in that department. So much for decrease. Let us now turn to that which appears to bo the position of the nation manifested by the statement of the national resources before us. The official table shows an increase of revenue for the present year compared with the last amounting to 88,2641., and the increase for the quarter is 539,0641. In the Customs department there is a decrease for the year of 501,619/., and an increase for the quarter of 462,472/. In the Excise there is an increase for the year of 182,7171., and for the quarter an augmen tation which amounts to 226,620/. From the Property tax, there has been derived an increase for the year of 205,031/, and for the quarter of 148,245/. The Post office returns an increase of its income for the year of 114,0001.; but upon the quarter just completed the augmentation is but 8,000/. With the other items included in this return remark can have but little to do, as they cannot exhibit any means convertible to the salu tary purposes of deduction in reference to the financial state of the United Kingdom. We may now proceed briefly to analyse the materials of which this official do cument is made up, and endeavour to glean from them a glimpse of the position in which the country is as a re ceiving and a paying nation—of its capacity to contain within itself the resources from which it may derive sub sistence, and of the immediate results of the measures which Governments have of late thought necessary to be carried out for the public weal, for the imperial welfare. We have said that we do not like the aspect of the de- crease in the revenue derived from stamp;; but when we compare it with the quarter's revenue obtained from the Post-office we must confess that in reference to our trade and commerce the appearances are yet more unsightly. The increase on the year from the Post-office is 114,000/, Throwing into the scale the obvious comparative de crease in the quarter's revenue from this department, we should nevertheless have had an augmentation for the quarter just ended, when compared with the other three quarters of the year, which should amount to 28,2001. For this sum we are compelled to read 8,0001. But we will not descend to metaphysics when plain figures are before us—we will merely reiterate our impression, that with regard to a wholesome state of commerce the ap pearances are unseeming. MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. STS REPRESENTATIONS TO GOVERNMENT. (From the Manchester Courier.) We stated in the Courier of Saturday, that the navi gation laws had attracted the attention of the 'Manchester Chamber of Commeree. We now present a copy of the memorial which has been forwarded by the Directors to the Lords of the Treasury, and officially acknow- ledged : TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY. _. _ _ " The Memorial of the Directors of Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester " Showeth—That your memorialists are extremely desirous that her Majesty's Government should take into earliest consideration the present state of our navigation laws. " That whatever may have been the motive under which those laws were originat-d, it will not now be denied that the intelligence of the age demands a revi sion, if not a total abandonment of them. " That for many years• past the impossibility of re taining them against the United States of America, and subsequently against several other nations, was ad mitted, and specific relaxations decreed by the Legisla ture ; but the wise policy adopted in the last session of Parliament calls, in the opinion of your memorialists, for an immediate reform or abolition of them as against all the world. "That your memorialists call for such reform or abolition on the grounds of sound policy and justice, the injurious consequences of those laws having been often practically experienced ; but they grieve to add, that the dispensations of Divine Providence seem to them to render the correction instantly necessary. " That, under the most afflicting circumstances in which many portions of this empire are now placed in respect to food, your memorialists would fain hope that a paternal Government will not suffer to remain upon the statute-book for one unnecessary instant those mis chievous and partially devised provisions of law, which, operating at all times and under all circumstances against the true interests of the bulk of the people, aggravate at the present moment their ordinary injustice, by ad.diag to the di ffi culty of providing against impending 'famine. " On the grounds, therefore, of policy, justice, and ne cessity, your memorialists humbly, but m)st urgently pray, that your Lordships may take into immediate c.on sideration the whole of the provisions of the navigation laws, with a view to pr9vide such remedies as the well being of the people imperatively requires. " Manchester, Oct. 1. 1846." The disturbance of the trade of India by the system pursued in respect to bills and the rate of exchange by the EaSt Tnclift Company has also been forced upon the attention of the Manohester Chamber of Commarce, and the following memorial to Lord John Russell, in his capacity of First Lord of the Treasury, has been the result i PtrcE SD. "TO THE RIGHT HON. THE, LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. FIRST LORD OF HER, MAJESTY'S TREASURY. "The Memorial of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester " Showeth—That your memorialists deem it high ' time to . draw the special attention of her Majesty's Ca binet to points in the administration of Indian affairs which they c 'n;ider to be directly opposed to the spirit, if not to the actual letter, of the Act 3d and 4th of William IV., cup. 85, and most injurious to the perina neat Interests of their *llOw -subjects in India, as well as t the trade between Great Britain and that portion of the empire. " That your memorialists hold that by the Act just named, it was intended by the Legislature that all right in the Hon. the East India Company to trade for their own profit, in common with others, his Majesty's sub jects, should be suspended during such time as the go vernment of the said territory should be confided to them. " That notwithstanding the will of Parliament so dis tinctly laid down, the Honourable the East India Com pany commenced, immediately after the passing of the Act, a system of dealing which doubly interfered with others of the trading subjects of his Majesty, by disturbing the prices both of goods and money. Under the plea of securing the safe receipt of funds for the discharge of the Honourable Company's liabilities in this country, warehouses were opened at all the Presidencies, where money advances were made to those who were willing to deposit goods, to be controlled by consignment Vthe comport' in Leadenhall-street ; and at th e samewlimn they issued bills on India in return for money paid to them in Lon don. The effects of this double operation could not long be concealed; the markets of India were ruffled— becoming elevated at one time by the power which the Company's money advances there gave to bold adven turers and reckless speculators, and languid at another, when those borrowed means were locked up. Facti tious disturbances like these render impossible that safe and equitable system of commerce by which alone the solid interests of both producer and consumers can be internationally developed; and these disturbances have been further aggravated by the arbitrary manner in which the Honourable Company have been in the habit of fixing the rate of exchange at which their advances in India, or their bills in London, have been granted. It is, therefore, no source of wonder to your men*rial ists that India has been visited by periods of commercial depression and distress more frequently and more se verely than any other portion of her Majesty's- domi nions; and they do not hesitate to express their opinion that such will continue to be the case so long as the sys tem of which they complain shall be permitted to be practised. " That these sentiments have long been entertained by your memorialists, for they were submitted by this Chamber to the President of the Board of Control by a deputation, in February, 1835, and, at his desire, in a detailed statement dated March 18, 1835 ; by memorials to the First Lord of the Treasury, and to the Board of Trade, on February 10, 1836 ; and again to the Board of Control in a memorial, dated December 7, 1843. All complaint was ineffectual, and the system continued ; but the evils attending it attracted at last the attention of the Governor-General in Council, and the opinions of your memorialists received the strongest confirma tion in the publication of the following important do cument " ' Fort William, Financial Department, Aug. 4, 1843. " NOTIFICATION.—Notice is hereby given, that the Government of India has recommended to the home au thorities the expediency of discontinuing, as soon as pos sible, the present system of making advances in India upon the security of goods to be hypothecated to the East India Company. " The Governor-General in Council is of opinion that the full supplies required to meet the wants of the Home Treasury can be raised in England by the Ho nourable the Court of Directors by the sale of bills on India, without any necessity for the intervention of the Government in the Indian markets, and he is desirous of relieving the trade of India from the irregular in• trusion of a competition which is governed principally by the political exigencies of the State. "'The Governor-General in Council is aware that private interest may be injuriously affected by the sud den discontinuance of any system that has long been in operation, and he issues this timely notification of his views upon a subject of the gravest importance to the mercantile community connected with the trade of India, in order that they may not be unprepared for a change of measures which the Government of India is urging strongly on the attention of the home authorities, and will be ready to carry out at the earliest opportunity. " By order of the Right Honourable the Governor- General in Council. (Signed) " J. A. DORIN, " Secretary to the Government of (EXTRACT FROM A LETTER.) " Calcutta, Feb. 12, 1844. , " As the'Government warehouse is still open to make cash advances on East India produce, at the exchange of 25., we presume Lord Ellenburough's recommendation of their suspension has not met with support from the Court of Directors.' E2-STIIIN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NEWMA RKET RACES. _tOit MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY, oter 12th , 13th, 14th, and 15th, coaches will run in connexion the ordinary trains leaving London, as follows : Via CAM BRIDGE. 7•15 end 11•30 A. &., and I'ls Via CHESTERFORD. 5•0 6ll Express Train will stop P . M . at Chesterford to set down pas- Mn only, on the ab ove d ays. On Saturday, the 10th, and on onday the 12th, a coach will start for Newmarket on the arrival et lug train at Cambridge. rTSPecial Train ivill leave odon on Tuesday the ;,rd and Cambridge at 8•0 A.M., calling at Waltham, ;uIII9P Stortford, returning from Cambridge at 630 terlord at 7•10 r4it a2B wing en Wers booked through. via Chester fares, Includins coach are and 3th for Chat- Harlow, and a., and Chea rford or Cam fees : ,ridge, at the Day Ticket to and from Newmarket. Singl• Tisket to or from Newmarket rlcoachrst lass, by Rail way and inside the Findch bJ •• 8" Railway,*** outside the co . • • • ond "ass: . - the coach . ...... I II 6 20 t itailaay, and outside l'?st horses and coaches provided for every train at Chesterford bridge bY Messrs. Edwards, Bottom, arid Sabine ; and at Cain ''(4,!ge bY Messrs. Edlin, Mitchell, and Ekin. rdees for previously securing post horses to be addressed to Mr. Station, Crown Inn N4tlon, Cambridge. Chesterford, and Mr. Ilenuington, Railway 11181 mPs gate Station, Otli October, 1846. 3. d. 17 6 14 8 By order, C. P. MONEY, Secretary. lIIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. LOANS OF MONEY. 01 : 1 1 l is Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive Loans their °l4, 7 for periods of Five or S even Y ears, under the authority of Acts of Psrliament, at the rate of Fire per Cent. per Annum. Thy Interest will be paid Half-yearly, on the Ist January and let `",Y, I.olldoll orwhere, as the parties lending may prefer. thraled Tenders, stating the Amount and Term of Years for which money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commis lioners, endorsed " Tender for Loans." By order, Birkenhead, Sept. 21, 1846. RICHARD HIND, Secretary. ROYAL BANK of AUSTRALIA, 2, Moor- Thega, L IIALP-YEARLY DIVIDEND, on at d the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, due on the 15th instant, will be PAYABLE on or after MON "AT, Vie 2d of November next. To the shareholders resident in ,• Sc otland, at the office of the a gen t s, M essrs. E. and T. Allan, No. 11, at. Andrew's-square, Edi n b urgh. By order of the Board, O ctober 7, 1846. B. WOOD, Secretary. •----_...__________ NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIF E ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, 31ANSION110USR. The business of thi s S oc i ety is now carried on at the nb premlcea 1 / 4 w above. Be gember 30, 1846 . . J. JONES, Secretary. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR- Ito• 1 1. ..0 T„ ANCE COMPANY. hIBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORs. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. Reh r ,. ,_ JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. p ra ,,,, md se Berens Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. i i3 t ll art Dyke, ' Esq. Stewart Blarjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Ihe —sar It . Farquhar , Bart. John Martin, Esq.. 3J.P. ~ %on H , Rowland Mitchell, Esq. .oh a ~ ankey,jun., Esq. *ha G". r veY, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. , elhbrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morrie, Esq. -tor n Jo , Johnstone Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Jun., Esq. Lemm a '''''eh,sq .E. Tyd , Esq. - John Thornton Esq. ..,o, j un James Tulloch, , Esq. A. w • ,„ Aobarie, AUDITORS. N an Eli I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. duel Jones Loyd, ESQ. Henry Norman, Esq. 10 th,„ A CTUARY—Griffith Davies, ESq., F.R . .S. 1829 :".! LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June o n .' eeeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an ~,,,ii l i e ge of the different Ages • and two subsequent divisions of nearly On aal °unts were made up ' to Christmas 183.5 and Christmas 1842. to .‘,!* average of the three divisions the Reversiory Bonuses added ab:l,l,l2veral Policies at the end of every seven s years amounted to s ev ;' , Per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those -11te5,,,_,.. Years, and the whole amount ' of Bonuses allotted at the three nnial and exceeded 530,0001. vir od a ns granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro /n trsuch Policies stall have b een e ff ected a sufficient time to have in each case a value not under 50/. on th a FIRE D EPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared which e 4tho f 1, June, upon the premiums received on all Policies is n o w n " I ° 4 been in force seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same hetvv ee in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), also by ll y_ the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and is hereby given, x ot i ce ue Agents in the Country Districts. Dias I) that assurances which expire at Michael- With lt aY n ' at be renewed within fi ft een days at this Office, or . r. g ams , .. , : I A Dotnes,,..oet. James s-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with Pa cOnte ve r ii7 3 a gents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they GEORGE KEYS, Secretary, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR4 ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CONNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 4500,000. 114 Empowered by Act of Parliament. with ~_ --uititittiOn embraces important and substantial advantages filts o n ` li Pect t• Life Assurances and Deferred Annuiti es . Th e assure d reit tip l" 411 Occasions, the power to borrow, without expense o r for ideo7ker the Policy, two-thirds of the 'premiums paid (see Table) ; to meet other ter ty ." *glen of sectin benefits, and ecessity. the cenversioa of his in "' c onve n iences or n fitZurances for terms of years are granted ea the lowest possible DITISION OF PROFITS. h.. 7.1 10 remarkable success and Increasing prosperity of the Society 4 " enabled the Directors, at the last annual lavestigatlon, to declare fem., e t , bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. *a the premiums paid 4 4 Policy effected ea the Profit scale. MAUNDER'S POPULAR TREASURIES, New Editions, corrected and enlarged, price 10s. each work, fcp. Bvo., cloth ' • or 12s. bound in embossed roan, MAUNDER'S FOUR TREASURIES. 1. THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY ; a Dictionary of Universal Biography ; comprising above 12,000 Memoirs. _ 2. THE HISTORICAL TREASURY: an Outline of Universal History ; separate Histories of every Nation. 3. THE SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY TREASURY: a copious Popular Encycloptedia of the Belles-Letti es. 4. THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE, and Library of Re ference ; a Compendium of Universal Knowledge. London : Longman, Brown, green, and Longinans. (EXTRACT.) " Calcutta, Sept. 17, 1844. " Government now make cash advances on produce against bills of exchange, at ls. Ild. ten months date, and they will not advance 1844.45 a sum exceeding 800,0001., and have notified their intention of gradually reducing such cash advances on produce here, and in ducing more ,extensive purchases of treasury drafts in England.' (EXTRACT.) " Calcutta, J 23, . " This morning Government publishes an a . notific lB4s ation, to the effect that advances will now be made on East India produce, at the exchange of ls. 10d. ten months date. Thus all our hopes of an advancing exchange are suddenly blighted; a more untoward event at this crisis could not have happened.'_ " Fort William, Financial Department, May 31, 1845. " NOTIFICATION.—Notice is hereby given, that the sum to be provided in India during the official year 1845-46, for the service of the Honourable the East India Company in London, by bills of exchange to be secured by the hypothecation of goods, has been fixed at 800,000 L sterling. "' It is further notified for general information that of the sum of 800 , 0001. sterling required from India during the past year 1844-45, only 272,5791 sterling have been raised by bills upon England, and that deduct• ing supplies received from other sources, a balance of 457,8711. sterling remains to be provided, which it may be necessary to add to the demand for the current year. " ' The rate of exchange at which bills are to be drawn will continue to be ls. 10d. per Company's rupee until further, notice; in all other respects the existing terms and conditions of advances to be made by the Govern ments of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, will remain in force, and be the same as advertised in the Calcutta Ga zette, under dates the Ist of April, 1842, and 23d of August, 1844. " By order of the Right Honourable the Governor General in Council, " A. DORIN, " Secretary to the Government of India.' "'Fort William, Financial Department, Dec. 22, 1845. " NOTIFICATION.—Notice is hereby given, that as the amount of the year's supply required from India by the Honourable the Court of Directors, in aid of their home treasury, has been provided in full, no further advances on the hypothecation of goods will be made by the Governments of Bengal, Madras, or Bombay, during the course cf the current official year. " By order of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, " J. A. DORIN, " Secretary to the Government of India.' "But, notwithstanding this published declaration of the local Government, other interests prevailed, and the system was still continued. In the early part of this year, however, the news arrived that the Honourable Company had closed their hypothecating warehouses in India, and had announced that no further advances on the hypothecation of goods would be made in any of the Presidencies during the course of the then official year— that is, from the 22d of December, 1845, to the Ist of May, 1846. Iu the hope that wiser counsels were about to prevail, and feeling that no permanent good to India could arise from a temporary abandonment of the sys tem, your memorialists forthwith addressed a memo rial to the Court of Directors of the Honourable Com pany, dated Ist of May, expressing their satisfaction at the closing of the hypothecating warehouses, and pray ing that the system might be finally abandoned, and that the fact of such final abandonment might be promulgated by themselves throughout all the Presidencies. To this memorial it was replied that the Court did not deem it expedient to abandon the system of remittance; and, within a few weeks, the Honourable Court published a notice in London that advances on the hypothecation of goods in India would be made there to the extent of 800,0001., up to the Ist of May, 1847. Your memo rialists cannot know the motives which have induced this mischievous step; for experience has proved that if con fidence could be placed in the discretion and continuity . of purpose of the C our t o f Di rec t ors , a b un d ance o f means would be provided for the legitimate wants of the Go vernment, by payments into their London treasury against bills on India. The ordinary requirements of the Honourable Company in England aro about 3,000,0001 a year; during the year 1845, when the pawning system was in force, the receipts by them 11, London, against bills of India, amounted to 3,18 9 , - 021 ; and from the 24th of January to the 6th (2,': September, of' the presint, year, the sums so paid, in London amount tQ 2,:296,0001., being at the rate of 3,300,0001 for the year. " Your memorialists are aware that a money pressure has existed for some time in India, towards which many causes may have combined; but they believe that no cause contributes more to disturbance and pressure than the system of which they complain. It cannot be ex pected that adequate capital can flow into India, either for the ordinary occupations of commerce, or for appli cation to land culture, so long as every operation anti every interest can be arbitrarily interfered with by the pawning propensities of the Government. India has long suffered from these causes. Commercial capital has, in deed, been used by starts, but never without suspicion of danger; nor will it by fully applied until released from the apprehension of .being unconsciously hrought into a riytgr? with the geyernhient i bpinir t stud v -- . • despotically 'n'ured by an InterferamAlth the naturel current of the e nge— " Manchester, Sept. 24, 1846." - - THE GREAT BRIT AIN. TYRELLA , WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 1 .30 P.m. Since my last th e weat h er has moderated, and tbt, noble vessel now lies in comparative safety upon tl 1 • sand, resisting both wind and wave in admirable style. She has an almost imperceptible inclination to Fora Strange rumours are constantly coming out about het. One is, and that from one of the crew, that her captain contemplates using tanks to float her Off. I - will not offer any remarks on this subject so as to prejudice the . public mind either one way or the other ; but there will be almost insurmountable difficulties in applying such humble aid in a case of such emergency as the present. It is the general opinion here that the ship's weight is from 1,000 to 1,500 tons. If such be the case, I very much doubt a sufficient buoyancy being got from tanks, let their floating power be applied ever so forcibly. It is also confidently asserted that Lloyd's agent has given up all hope of doing good from the simple fact of the captain declining to give 'up the ship, as he was a shareholder to the amount of 30,000/., and was therefore untitled to her sole management. 'The dangerous and destructive measures resorted to, to freelier of the water she has made, are likely, in the event of her being got off, to prove very injurious to the ship, viz., that of driving the rivets, whose heads have been started by the straining of the ship. All steam ships, more especially those of large dimensions, can connect their engines with a pump or pumps of sufficient force to throw off a considerable quantity of water per Minute, but in the case of:the Great Britain no such ex pedient appears to have Been resorted to. The following letter has been posted in the under writers' rooms at Liverpool : " TO THOMAS COURT, ES Q s "By letter received this morning from Tyrella, the Great Britain steam-ship has altered her position. She now lies east and west on the shore, and making much water ; it was above the deck of the saloon. Vessel is higher up on the beach, and labouring on the tide. " I am, &c., " LEONARD WATSON. " Nairn Point, Oct. 8, 1846." The Warder publishes the following letter relative to this unfortunate ship : _ " Dunelrum, Oct. 8, Five P.M. " Sir,—Since I last addressed you upon the subject of his ill-fated vessel, some futile attempts have been made o get her off, and the result has been just as I antici pated, that instead of benefiting her situation it has been made considerably worse. The spring tides, upon which so much reliance was placed, came and went, as is almost invariably the case, accompanied by a strong wind and heavy sea, and left the Great Britain clinging to her sandy bed more firmly than ever, from which nothing will ever remove her but the application of simple scien tific means, and which can be applied without waiting for the treacherous springs. "On my arrival on the beach at Tyrella, on Tuesday last, at 11h. aole., A.M., the ship was evidently in motion, many persons on the beach remarked it ; she had hers' jib foresail and fore trysail set, but no visible effort was made to get her off. On visiting her after the tide had receded, I found her lying with an inclination of about a degree and a half to starboard, her forefoot was en tirely out of the sand for about eight or ten feet i she has not sunk so much as was anticipsted abaft, I think not more than two feet and a half ; her serew is safe and can be worked. A quantity of sand has accumulated under her bilge, but not to any considerable amount Upon the whole, I do not consider the Great Britain's danger at present is so great as is generally supposed. She is encumbered with a great deal of superincumbent weight, such as her quarter-boats, masts, yards, spars, some bent sails, and an anchor hanging at her starboard bow. It is not to be wondered at if she strains, with these top weights exposed to and offering the resistance they do to the wind. I visited her yesterday after the tide had fallen, and found her stern had shifted in shore about 40 or 50 feet, and she was lying with a "eery slight inclination to port, and with her port broadside exposed to the sea. Water was running in considerable quan tities from her rivet holes. She was said to have had ten feet in her hold. Are her pumps choked ? I was informed yesterday, on good authority, that the com mander of the Great Britain contemplates floating her with tanks. I mentioned in my last letter that I esti mated her weight at 1,000 tons; but, upon closer calcu lation, I should think 1,500 would be nearer the mark; to float which weight of fixed metal by tanks would far exceed any notion of efficient buoyancy ; and, in, n ay opinion, such an attempt will prove as useless as the late ones that were made on what were to be eventful sprin g tides. There is at least a rise and fall of six Or eight feet where the Great Britain now lies, which„ in moderate weather, would be quite sufficient to r;et her off; and I am still prepared, if I meet with due support and assist. ance from the parties most closely concerned in the Great Britain's salvation, to carry her tiff the sands of Dundrum in safety.—Your most obedient servant, THOMAS S. GABRIEL, R.N., H.er Majesty's ship Queen • COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. BISHOP STORTFORD, SATURDAY.—A collision of an exceedingly frightful character took place this (Satur day) morning on the Eastern Counties (Cambridge line), about a mile and a half on the Cambridge side of Bishop Stortford, and midway between that place and the Stan stead station—a collision which, although, fortunately, it has not resulted in the loss of life, lies involved the destruction of a vast amount of property. From the particulars collected on the spot where the collision took place, it appears that on Friday evening, immediately after the departure of the up fast train, which leaves Cambridge at nine o'clock P.M, an engine, with a train consisting of thirty-five trucks, partially filled with coal and corn sacks, and partially empty, started from the same place, en route for Stratford. About half-past nine another train, consisting of thirty three carriages, laden with grain, also started from Cam bridge on the up line, and on its way to London, drawn by engine No. 97, and driven by a men named Parker. On the arrival of the truck train within a mile and a half of Bishop Stortford station, ,and a few hundred yards of the New-road bridge, the feeding-pipe of the engine at tached to the truck train became out of order, and ren dered it unable to proceed. The driver and stoker set to work repairing the engine, and about half-past twelve o'clock, having completed their object, the train was set in motion, but had scarcely done so, when the train laden with grain was heard coming up. Pestal, the guard of the truck.train, with all possible speed ran down the line, and exhibited the red signal; but too late to stop the grain t ra i n , at t h at moment approaching the Newsroad bridge at the rate of twenty miles an hour, on the same line as the truck train had been standing. Every exertion was used by Parker to prevent the occurrence, but with out avail. In an instant after the collision took place, the engine of the grain train dashing with fearful vio lence into the tail of the truck train. The crash is described as fearful in the extreme —a fact to which the appearance of the line bore ample testimony throughout the whole of that morning. Eight carriages of the grain train, and eight cr nine of the truck train were smashed. At an early hour yesterday morning the line was completely blocked, and the rails of the up line torn up for a considerable distance. Ott either side lay scattered carriages in a ditch, whilst the engine No. 97 lay on the side of the embankment nearest the up line, with goods waggons on either side, completely over it. The line itself was covered with wheels, springs, and other fragments of the carriages, and sacks upon sacks of loose grain were apparently mixed in with the soil. The escape of the engine -driver and stoker of the engine of the grain train w as t ru l y miraculous. The stoker was thrown into the field adjoining the linefor a con siderable distance, and as the engine turned over, Parker, the driver, who had shut off his steam, and was at the time holding on by the break, turned over with it down the embankment, and was shortly after got out front under it, in at first AR apparently insensible condition, from which, however, he speedily rallied, after being extricated from his perilous situation. The instant the news of the collisi on reac h e d the Bishop Stortford station, at which it is stated the crash was distinctly heard, Mr. Nicholson, the station-master, dispatched a special engine to London for aid, and Mr. Kitson, the chief of the locomotive department at the Stratford station, with two or three hundred laboirrers, proceeded to the s p o t, an d were set to work in removing the wreck of the two trains from the line. They com menced their labours about three o'clock in the morning, and some idea may be formed of the magnitude of the accident, when it is stated that, notwithstanding the im mense number of men employed, the down line was not cleared in sufficient time to allow the 15 minutes after seven o'clock train, due at Bishop Stortford at 18 mi nutes after eight, to pass. The consequence was that this train was detained until nine o'clock, before it got into the Bishop Stortford station. Throughout the whole of this day (Saturday) all the trains between London and Cambridge were detained:a considerable time, and it was not until a late hour last evening that the up line was . thoroughly cleared, and the rails relaid, so as to allow trains to come up with safety. It.appeared from the statement of George Flahall, the guard of the grain train, who was also thrown out of the break carriage, that Pestal, the guard of the truck train, had been for some time down the line, holding the red signal, but the signal being given for his train to start, he ran towards it, and had nearly reached it, when hearing the grain train coming up, he ran back to show the signal, but too late to be of service. n d w u i r l i i n b g e thinestdiatuyt,ed anbdyitthies Several of the directors, accompanied by M r . R oney, understood board, to ascertain who are the culp a bl e parties. The the secretaray,rivgiistil investigation e t s h t e i g s a p t o i o t .. engine of the grain train is compl ete l y d estroyed, and ess than 3,0001 REVENUE.—CIIAr. G E S OF C OLLECTION, &C.— Frorn. the loss altogether is caleulated a t not I a return to an order of the House of Commons, just de livered, it appears that—The total amount of deuuctions by revenue departments from the gross receipts, not paid .nto the Exchequer, during the year ending Jan. 5, is 6,152,3941. 14 s . 9d. Th e total receipts by all depart ments (except revenue) during the same year, from all sources except Parliamentary grants or issues from the Exchequer, is 909,6104 12s. 2d. Consequently the aunt expended that year, which never reached the Exche quer, was 7,062,005 L 6s. 11d. The charges of collection (not paid into Exchequer) on the principal branches of ordinary revenue am—Customs, 1,279,904 12s. 2d.; Stamps,st-0f0e,116, 5 11 ,3 4 4 ,8 6 4 4 9 .2 7 2 5. 5. 6 1 d d. . s ! Excise, Taxes, 3 4 9 8 6 , 8 7 , 2 3 8 8 1 2 . 1 0 . s 6. 3 1 . d od B .; . P ; o Crown lands, 41,8861. Ils. 3i-d. A paragraph appeared in the Times of Thursday in reference to a court-marti.2,l to be held on a. naval officer, for having ordered a seaman who had committed some offence to be placed in one of the "coal bunkers," by way of pulusinnent. The para grap h asserts thrst this mode bi punishment is commcn in the navy, and is illqicted on board the royal yacht, as well as other hips. Now, we are enabled to state, most positively,, that such a punishment has never once been resorted to in her tdajoatte rcisal Tacht,—Observm •