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R. CREED, Secretary. REmiNGTON'S LINE. This is to give notice, that the person who forged such signature has been discovered, and it is ascertained that be is connected with a Sharebroker at Leeds. JOHN* OWENS, Solicitor to the said Company. 14, Abingdon street, Westminster, April 10, 1846. CHEAT NORTH aid SOUTH WALES RAIL WAY. Every Shareholder in this Company is particularly requested to *Rena the meeting convened by the Directors, at the London Tavern, on TessuaY NEXT, at One o'clock precisely, " For the purpose of auditing the accounts of the Directors." The Committee of Shareholders have to announce, that no ac counts have been submitted to their inspection, neither have any focilitlea been afforded them of testing their correctness. It is, therefore, necessary that every proprietor should be at his post at one o'clock precisely, to protect his own interest. FREDERIC LAWRENCE, Chairman of the " Committee of Shareholders." Founder's Nall, Lothbury. EASTER HOLIDAYS. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Excursion Tickets will be on 31o.srDAT, TUMID... 7, and WED:MD.I.T, 13th, 14th, and 15th t ofu April, from London to Brox. bourne, the Rye House, St. Margaret's, Ware, and Hertford, and from those places to London and back, by the trains leaving London at 9.0, 10.30, 12.0 morning, 1.30, 3.20, 4.30, 5.45, 7,e afternoon ; and rout Hertford at 11.15, 9.15,'19.30 morning, 2.30, 4.40, 7.20 afternoon. PARES TO AND rnom LONDON AND nroxbourne - - - - Itye House St. Margaret's - - - - Ware Hertford Third Class 6d. Is. 9d. 0 2 0 6 2 3 6 2 3 6 2 3 First Class. ISecond Class. 3s. 6d. 2s , 4 0 3 1 0 3 5 0 3 6 0 3 Theae tlekets are only available on the day for which they are wined. IXCURSION TRAINS WILL RUN AS FOLLOWS, ON lASTEIR MONDAY:— From London to Cambridge, calllog at tho following stations, in third-class open carriages only :-- Time of Starting. From 9 45 A. 31. London 9 55 „ Stratford • - - - - - le 0 „ Lea Bridge 10 5 Tottenham 10 ti „ Waltham 10 2.5 ~ I Broxbourne Arriving at Cambridge about 11.45 o'clock, Cambridge at 6 o'clock the same day, stopping In From Cambridge to London, calling at the sty third-class open carriages only : Fare to Cambridge and back. Time of Starting. 7 o♦, ni. 7 15 „ 7 so „ 7 35 „ 8 12 „ Arriving iu L 9 o'clock r. nt., 1 From Coldles calling at the et: Time or Departure. 6 43 ♦. Y. 6 5 „ 7 7 „ 7 18 „ 7 26 „ 7 43 „ 7 88 „ 8 20 „ 8 36 „ From Cambric!. Chesterlord Wender! - Newport Bishop'. Storttord • - - Harlow Is. Od. a 0 a 0 6 0 4 6 4 6 and returning from t the same stations. Akins as follows, in Fara to London and back. bs. 64. 5 IA 0 4 9 3 0 2 6 ,ondon about 9 o'clock, and returning from London at the same day, stopping at the above stations. ster to London, in third-class open carriages only, ations as follows : Fare to London. and back. Colchester Mart's Tsy Kelvedon Witham Natfteld ChehnsMrd Ingatestone Brentwood Ilomford 4s. 6LI 4 6 4 0 3 6 3 0 3 0 2 6 2 0 1 6 • Arriving in London she= 9.7, and returning from Loudon at 6.311 o'e!•::k the same day. N.H.—Parties intending to avail themselvea of the above Ezcur• Men Trains, are recommended to make early application for tickets, as a limited number only will be is,ued. Tickets to be had on application at the stations as above, on and after the 6th order, London, Ap:ll 2, 11146 C. P. RONEY, Secretary. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NEWMARKET RACES. The puWie are respectfully informed, that in addition to the ordi nary trains, SPECIAL TRAINS wdl run between LONDON, CUES TERFORD, and CAMBRIDGE, in connexion with coaches to and from Newmarket, as follows, per.onning the entire distance in less than four hours: - -Sunday, April 12, 1846-Ist and 2d clam, from London to Chesterf.rd only, at 1.30 p.m., calling at Lea bridge, Itroxbourne, and Bishop Stortford, and arriving at Chesteriord about 3.30 o'clock. Monday, Tuesday, and Wedni tidily, April 13, 14, and 15-Ist and 20 class, from LO)1(1011 to Cambridge, at 8.40 a.m., calling at Lea-bridge, laroxbourne, Bishop Stortforcl, and Chesteriord, and returning from Cambridge at 6.30., and from Cheiterford at 7.0 p.m. Friday, APIA 1 7 —lst and 20 class, at 5.15 p.m. from ,!anibridge, and Broxbourne, and 5.45 p.m. from Ch Le a-esta bridge.to lord London . Calling at Bishop Stortford, Passengers will be booked thro ugh betwee n L ondon and New market, at their option, either via Chesterford or Cambridge, at the following tares, including coach fares and fees to coachmen : Single Tick e t Day Ticket to and from to and from Nevrmarket. If ewmarket. lit Class by Railway and inside the Coach ...... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 174. 6d. lit Class by Railway and outside the Coach... • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2d Class by Railway and outside the Coach .. ... •• • .... •••••• • • • • • l le• ........20.. 6 d.. The day tickets arc only available for the return journey on the day for Which they are issued. l'rivate carriages and horses will be conveyed by any of the above trains, and by the ordinary trains as heretofore, at the following rates to and from London and Cambridge : .... sos. 14s. 6d VIA CIIISTERFOED. VIA CAMBRIDGE. Single Ticket • • • Day Ticket available the Same day only Carri ages. Horses * ages. I Horse.. Card. ages. 14t. 2d. I id. 1 Ist. 2d. id. rIG d. O 28 s a 0 220 d. II d. 6 d 0 4 . d 0 1 24 6 124 0 420 600, 30 0 ;29 GI 51 0 716, 37 0 N.B. Tickets for the special trains may be had on application at the station, Shoreditch, and at the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, en and atter the lith of April ; and as a limited number only will be issued, parties intending to avail themselves of this arrangemeut are recommended to snake early application. Post horses and coaches amply provided for every train—at Ches. tsrford station by Messrs. Edwards, Bottom, and Sabine; and at Cambridge by Aiessrs. Edna, Mitchell, and Starkey. Orders for previously securing poet horses to be addressed to Mr. Edwards, Crown Inn, Chesterford ; and Mr. Starkey, railway station, Cambridge. Similar arrangements will be made for the First Spring Meet ing, particulars of which will be announced by advertisement in due court's. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. fienaral offlces, Rhoreditch, London, March 28, 1846. NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered G and 7 Vic., cap. G. .atrenised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overco,t recommends itself to the Public generally by its Peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had In London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. REDUCTION OF DUTY oN FRENCII BRANDY. --COGNAC BRANDY, like the wine from which it is obtained, requires age for its perfection ; when old, it is the best and 'non wholesome of spirits, but, when new ft is deficient in its Mood and medicinal properties ; while, if adulterated with British Brandy, these valuable properties are lost, and, from a generous and invigorating cordial, it Is changed into a coarse and Inflamma tory spirit. The great difficulty In procuring good genuine old Cognac Brandy, and the hiKi , duty charged upon it, have hitherto prevented many persons from using it; but now that a good and genuine article may W obtained, and at a much that a rate, it i s natural to expect a great increase in th e consumption. To meet this demand, Mr. L. E. SEIGNETTE hash etermined to avail himelf of his long and intimate acquaintance with the Braudy Trade as an importer. Be holds the largest stock of Cognac Brandy, Pale and brown, in this country, and, in accordance with the wishes and recommendations of his numerous friends, ha has taken out a Wholesale Dealer's Foreign License, which enables him to dispose of It la kirnself qu to sell none but the best s OLD upwards COGN, duty paid. Ile pl e d ges sic imported, and carefully selected. AC BRANDY, gt.nuine To those who know him, he feels amsured that this soft an be s atisfactory. To strangers, who can discriminate the soft and era , flavour of pure and matured Cognac from the coarse, ardent' recommends frequently adulterated spirit until now imposed on the pu recommends a trial, with reliance upon their _judgment in favourhe of t he superior quality of his Brandy. Hr. SEIGNETTE begs also to offer to the public th e b est Rolland, '",_eva that can be Imported. 'noes for Cash on delivery, in quantities not l ess t h an two gallons, are-- 14.. per gallon for the best Brown Cog nac B randy. 20s 60. best Palo ditto. f , ~ . 9 best (Holland.). eu Liberal alievranco7e the trade, to Geneva whom Mr. SEIGNETTE takes mat marke t elVortunityrice. or offetin; hie Brandies and Genova i n b on d at cur p. .„Cent. wanted ler town and country 7, PE lett er tuly, At the office, ; persons of resp ec t a bili ty may "w 1 26 $ 14, MINCING-L/14E, CITY. UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION, Whitehall-yard. The MUSEUM will be OPEN to the MIMIC, without tickets, on EASEER Monday, Tuesday, and 'Wednesday. Hours of admission from II to 5. Not more than 200 persons will be admitted within the building at the same time. By order of the Council, L. H. J. TOUNA, Secretary. • Soldiers and Sailors, In uniform, are admitted at all times to see the Museum without tickets, except on Saturdays, on which day ad mission is limited to personal introduction by Members. EASTER HOLYDAYS. Nofelties of extrem. Interest and inforingtion at the ItOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men is the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAIIORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, will new and beautiful variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. Admission, ls. ; Schools, Half-price. A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Tears' Resident, presented to the Visitors. JOHNSON, MAYOR, THURSDAY, THE 9th day of April, 1846, and In the ninth year of the reign of Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, &e. This Court doth request the Right Reverend Father in God, Connop, Lord Bishop of St. David's, and the Reverend Charles Fare brother, student in Civil Law, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, to preach before this Court and Governors of the several Hospitals of this City, at the parish Church of St. Bride, on Monday and Tuesday, In Easter week next. DIEREIVETIIER. F REE EMIGRATION to SOUTH AUS TRAL'A, via SOUTHAMI r i 011". FIRST-CLASS SHIPS, of large tonnage, and with the best ar rangements and equipments, will embark Passengers in the Docks at Southampton, on the 28th of May, for ADE:LAID!' , SOUTH AUSTRALIA ; and subsequently, on fixed days in each month. The undersigned are authorised, by her 31.9 esty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, to grant a FREE PASSAGE by these ships to this healthy and eminently prosperous colony, to agricultural labourers, shepherds, male and female domestic and farm servants, miners, and mechanics of various trades, of good character. The demand for labour in the colony is argent, with remuneration ensuring the comfort of every well-conducted man and his tinnily. Steerage passengers not eligible for a free passage, wi 1 be taken at 161. each, Including new bed ling, mess utensils, bags for clothes &c., which will belong to the passengers at the end t f the voyage. A surgeon, appointed by G wertiment, will be on board each ship, and the days of embarkation will be strictly adhered to. All particulars may be obtained on app ication to JOHN MAR SHALL and Co., Emigration t gents, 26, Birehin-lane, Loneon; 79, High-street, Southarapton ; or at the Emigration Depot, Plymouth. LONDON AND 11:RMINGHAlif RAILWAY OFFICIL, Euston Melon. March 12. 11 , 411. HE DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON AND 1 BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to receive TENDERS for LOANS, in sums not less than 1,0001. each, on the security of Debenture Bonds, bearing 4 per cent. interest, parable half-yearly, and for terms of three, five, seven, or tea years certain. By order, lONDON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT ./LA INDEPENDENT RAILWAY. Two advertisements having appeared in the " Times" of Wednes day last, to which the name of " Henry W. Matthews," the Secre tary was forged. NO. 11. OF THE TOPIC. Now ready, fcp. 4t0., price 3d., T HE NEW TARIFF, and its effect on Trade and Society fully analysed and elucidated. This new periodical, " The Topic," consists of an article each week of the same kind, and by the same writers, as m the quarterly re ♦lews. No. I.—The Indian War. C. Mitchell, Red Llon.court, Fleet-street. No. 16,711. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, COENHILL, LONDON. Capital £600,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers iir.portaut and auz.istantial advan tages with respect both t* Life Assurances and Detorred Annuitics. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex panse or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits. and the conversion Of his interests to meet other converdk.nces or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT:. The success and increasing prosperity of the Sodety has enabled the Directors, at tha last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying Item 30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on „aoh Pulley erected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 7i' v I 81 lii tg 50'; 4i • Fl- • v r ti • Premium. 2 Benue added. , . i A 3. d. 1837 £l9l 13 6 1000 74 3 4 1838 165 13 0 1 1839 138 13 6 1840 99 0 0 £B7 13 5 74 13 101 61 14 31 41 13 4 £l3 17 1 £395 11 • 6 346 9 210 296 6 • 0 247 The division of proilta is annual, and the next will be made in De :cmiecr of the present year. _ . _ F. FERGUSON CAMROUI. See. PUBLICATIONS. T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No.CLXVIII., will be published on Friday next. coNTRNT. :- 1. THE LORD CHANCELLORS of ENGLAND. 2. LADY DALMENY'S "SPANISH LADY'S LOVE.", 3. TIIE CORN-LAWS of ATHENS and ROME. 4. HOOD'S POEMS. b. THE CHEVALIER BUNSEN'S ANTIENT EGYPT. 6. WILKES'S UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 7. DUVEYRIER'S POLITICAL VIEWS of FRENCH AFFAIRS. S. ADMINISTRATION of CHARITABLE TRUSTS. 9. LANDOR'S COLLECTED WRITINGS—NEW IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS. 10. ON the GOVERNMENT of DEPENDENCIES. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. Now ready, in 3 vols. Bvo., price 425. cloth. 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At Rome for Consultation daily, front Nine till Two, and Prone Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing the foe of 11., for advice, Ste.-9, BEDFORD-STREBT, BEDFORD' MIAM I L 01,4911, Denis in Cask. ~~~ __•:• , . . , • ..--------'''' . , • ,;-;----, 1 i: - ~ ' 'A'', ,,T .&. ` • ' Vt . ... -. 1 ,' . ~,,-.6 . - e ,36 ,,, ~ F x,....1-' .......,) i, ?- i l 1. , ~,• —r , --.. 4 . -- f 04 4 'WM" Alilk, \ Z . , ~4., ... ~.:), —c* ,.; ;,..:z .: c • -- 4 7 - • ..*.- 47 • • -.-0 ~ ,-.' ..:,' . it%•---,- i s . ~., st .4 1 ) I ' , , 79, z O , , 7 ‘,.......... ...., ...• . • 7 , 'v •r" ', , I. • ~' A A,. 4 , . !lam ;11 , • ...41.-..,5q.i. ~ , ..., " ---- '="... 1 " s 115 L L 14 .--..- 1 2, ". • ' 4.; ''. • , 14 3 ' ' ',._ ' • ~ 4 ' sf-",-. Via 0 ' ..‘ ';; I tt 4 1 ' _- ,-,-. ', ~ ',lt 1 .„ i " ). I ''' 42 :0•: - % • ''',Z - e-=:. ,''., • ~....*..- ' -, .-4 4 ..„, : ',;„ - ..4 . .f . L . ,.2, .„. . LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING THE BROAD AND NARROW GAUGES. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Brother Shareholders,—The uncertainty and jeopardy in which our interests are placed by the report of the Gauge Commissioners induce me to submit a few words of peaceful caution to you, which, I believe, it is for our common interest to ponder well upon. And, first, I would revive a question which has been often mooted among us—whether, as Great Western proprietors, we have been benefited by adopting the broad guage ; whether, in fact, the gratification of being singular among railways has not cost us, at least two per cent. per annum for some years past ? Narrow gauge lines of a corresponding age and amount of traffic to our own, have long divided ten per cent. among their proprietors ; they have been enabled even to accelerate the march of their prosperity by making reductions in their fares in a greater ratio than ourselves. We Great Western shareholders, notwithstanding the increase of our traffic, seem to have made a halt both at 5 an eight per cent. di v id en d, an d at a reduction of fares. • ss It is the belief, I know, of not a few of us, that we made a great mistake for our own interests in humour. ing our engineer with his eccentric hobby. In making _ this sacrifice, w e h ave lik ew i se f a il ed to secure any com et tpensating public good. As matters stand, the public is 2 3 against us: Ido not mean the great public, who, Ido 13 4 not believe, interest th emse l ves a b out the matter, but 4 A the official public who hare been sitting in judgment on our case. A time now appears to have arrived when we are enabled to correct our mistake; and I would state some reasons why I think it is for our interest, as sharehol ders, to retrace our steps, and rather swim with the cur rent than against it. If our system were as superior as Mr. Brunel boasts it to be, why has it not spread more The gauge has been surely a perfect free-trade questione wer e it s ex cellencies so immens e ly superior, like all superlative things, it would have made greater way. How is it to be explained, that there are existing at the present mo ment in this country, so many as 1,901 miles of narrow and so few as 274 miles of broad gauge; and that out of projected lines in 1845 8,000 miles were to be narrow and only 651 broad? And how is it, that in America and the continent of Europe, whence engineers have con. tinually come to ascertain the results of our experience, not one mile of broad or seven-feet gauge has been laid? Surely, if our own dividends did not convince us, these facts ought, of the mercantile absurdity of our eccentric gauge. We adopted it with our eyes open, and against the warnings of others. Our line has cost us more to make and work than it would have done had it been like other railways. We ourselves have paid for our whim dearly indeed, and are likely to continue to do so, at the rate, at least, of two per cent. per annum, as far as we can see into futurity. It is needless to go into figures to prove this. It is not to be denied that we are receiving only an annual 8 per cent. and that only on a little more than half our capital expended, instead of a 10 per cent. dividend, which we should receive, if the Great Western had been like the other railways of the country. We are losers not only by the superior cost of the construction and working of our line, but have been cut off from that profit which, in all probability, would have flowed upon our line from other lines. They have been deterred from approaching us. Mr. Brunel told us years ago, it was our business and interest to have nothing to do with other lines ; that our course was insulation. Certainly his broad gauge has fulfilled his prophecy—and to our loss. But now he cannot maintain that position. Our insulation is to end. We are to be united on all sides with other lines; but it is to be a union not of harmony but of disagreement. Our hand, like Ishmael's, is to be against everybody, and everybody's against us. The contest may be very ex citing to Mr. Brunel and the lawyers; but I think the piping will be rather costly to us, the paymasters. The progress of our 8 per cent. dividend, instead of being forward, will, I fear, be like that of the crab—back wards. On whose behalf are we to fight this game ? The public? So far as the public is represented by the Government, it will be a contest against the public. The Board of Trade condemns our eccentric system. Her Majesty's Commissioners recommend its positive con traction —even its annihilation. Who will dare to say that we shareholders are to gain by maintaining it under these hostile circumstances? No one. It can be only for the satisfaction of our engineer: and it is too pre posterous to suppose that we are to sustain the battle for his sake —even if we assume that he wishes us to do so, of which I am by no means sure. Our peculiar system has already brought us to a positive difficulty. We are authoratively told we are not to extend it. We must either bow to authority or contend against it ? Has the experience of the past, without contention, been so very encouraging that we have really anything worth fighting for? If it could be shown that we made greater profits than the narrow guage companies —and it would require much greater profits to make a man belligerent—the question might he worth entertaining. On the contrary the facts, perhaps, show that we are worse off than narrow gnage lines in corresponding circumstances. Our worse will become worst, if, besides managing our own line, we have to con tend with others, and thus encourage rivals to run side by side of us, who, if they chose to adopt the atmospheric system, on the general gauge of the country, will beat us hollow on our chief point of strength—speed. Shall we then acquiesce in the recommendations of the Commissioners ? Most decidedly, say I. The Commissioners estimate that the cost of changing the broad into narrow gauge lines would not much exceed 1,400 000/. ; and recommended that some equit able means should be found of producing uniformity of gauge It is quite clear that we have now an opportu nity offered us of redeeming the error we first commit ted. Let us meet and tell Sir Robert Peel that we are willing to aid in carrying out the Commissioners' report —that if equitable means aro found, we will become a narrow gauge line. Let us petition Parliament to fur. nish these equitable means. There would be no diffi culty in effecting an arrangement, which would greatly improve our position, agree with official advice, and not cost the public one shilling. We cannot be blind to the apathy of our rivals, the London and Birmingham and South Western Railways, on this question. The best thing for their interests, de cidedly, is that we remain a broad gauge line. To avoid the evils of breaks of gauge, they will just come side by side with us and carry off our traffic. And think you the Legislature will listen to our remonstrances ? The answer will be, " You were offered uniformity once on reasonable terms—you preferred your insulated position and its consequences. The public have complained of these consequences, and here are other Companies ready to obviate them." Our answer, then, must be ad mise ricordiam, and we shall have to beseech for leave to lay down narrow gauge at our own cost. If we are obstinate in our first folly, and now delay to reject the terms held out, the worse our prospects will become. A million is a sum within possible realization ; but increase it to three or four, and the offer is less likely to be made, and we shall be compelled to provide a remedy for ourselves. Brother Shareholders, let us meet and discuss this question. Our affairs are now at a critical juncture. Shall we work for our eccentric gauge, and the evils of a break of gauge, for discord with other companies, and decreasing dividends ? or for a national uniformity of gauge, concord, with other companies, and increasing dividends ? ONE OF YOURSELVES. London, March 30, 1846. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. , TITESDAY.—Si r John Rennie, president, in the chair. rho conversation up on th e E stuary of the River Severn being renewed, led to an interesting discussion upon the River Clyde, and the capability of improve ments of that river, which will be continued at the next meeting. The paper read was a short notice by Mr. G. Bu chanan, explanatory of a plan and sections of the Mid- Lothian coal-fields. bEedTi still n h b e u cad rg o h l very h fi a e faa h l. n t fn r r e og a m t b e eb d eeni o n f agn is pe xp t ih h lia a du t ta b en y d • b iwhich tuwt at ha t a h at e t aa c t i e t vd y of to a larg enn portio n n ntnr o the f vastthe coal vol seams w n In e n waterere render ed which, percolating n o g n through the old working pervaded the freestone strata above the coal, and poured d own i n such quantities that the pumping engines were barely sufficient to keep open the present workings - it th an erefore became the object . of the proprietors to obtain ' field 2. extensive ß system of drain age throughout the coal- a report or i t id o d n le t , h of New castle, was requestaefdra(r)tmeoddthrtahewact i u r t P c h u e m g s r t P e a a n t e e difficultythat the a subject,n t o o e h n encountered u te whi chred it arose app water communication . existed throughout the district, and a pumping-engine placed in any one spot would draw the water from every part around, which would render it" an operation involving great labour and expense, which ought to be borne equally by all the mine proprie tors. The paper then described the situation of the great dyke by which the coal was intersected and thrown eighty fathoms upwards; the north-east boundary, where the seams are standing on edge ; and then gavo the dif ferent seams of coal and their qualities. These were:— Splint coal, 3 feet thick, good quality; rough coal, 3 feet thick, good quality; bufie coal, 4 feet thick, inferior qua lity, not much worked; diamond coal, 4 feet thick, valu able when found; jewel coal, 4 feet thick, most valuable. At the monthly ballot for members, the following can didates were elected:—William Froude, John Taylor, jun., and Edward Woods, as members; Charles Frods ham, J. B. Huntington, and the Rev. S. J. Rigaud, as associates. The following paper was announced to be road at the meeting of April 21:— No. 737. On the combustion of fuel under steam boilers, with a description of Bodmer's fire grate. By J. G. Bodmer, M. Inst. C.E. [ADVERTISE3IENT.]—THE EARL OF A LDBORMTGIT AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract of his lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1645 : To Professor Holloway,—Sir, I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, Which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the Continent, had not beau able to'rifect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsoad or Alarienbad.—(Agned) Aldborough." These wonderful Pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach, Sold (also Hol loway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 9 44, Otnuld, eud by 611 medicine Tenders throughout the elYilleed world, PRICE SD. a probability that a few hours will set us to right u,galst e It was not, however, the river Idle altogether, that flooded Retford; to the east of the town, Scores of acres were under water, which poured dotth from the Grove hills, and which in its course to the river lail part of Moorgate under water, and doing great damage to the forward gardens, most of which were fully set for a. crop. The scene from the top of the tower at lietford church was mo s t singular; indeed Raiford itself seemed an island, being nearly surrounded with water.' The damages dune in Bassetlaw must be immense—large tracts of fine corn land will be entirely ruined, it, is to be feared, for the present season altogether. With re spect to the loss of life, we have heard of several pigs and some horses and cattle being drowned, but not to any serious extent. A man was found drowned yester day morning at Gainsborough-bridge ; and we regret to hear that a boat used for passing the Trent to an, ezier holt, not far from Gainsborough, was earsz. , . , d about the same time; and th e whole or those on h'. - ,aril, arampting to thirty penons, instantly met a watny ;.,,rave. We have been visited in this BEVERLEY part of the couuntry by _one.of the heayiest 'floods ever remetaloi•ed. Th 4 rain began to descend hist Frijuy, and continued tdm- , st without intermissitn fir upwards of eighty hours. The consequence is, that thousan.ls of acres of land an! now under water, a great number of lambs have been drowned, and the spring corn, but recently sown, must nearly all perish. The weather,(Wednesday) is still gloomy, and gives indications of m ore ru i n. '1 he high tides are just commencing, and the river and drains,- already- 4111 to overflowing, will, it is feared, burst through their em bankments, and the consequences which must then ensue none can calculate. Occurring at this particular season the year, the visitation is most ealamitons and %%ill be very %idely Advertiser. S N9 APRIL LI, 1846. instructions should be given to the police magistrates to make a private communication to the governor on the committal of any prisoner who is insane, or suspected to be of insane mind, or inclined to commit suicide.—l am, Sir, &c., " S. M. PHILLIPPS. "C. P. Allen, Esq." THE POWER OF COMMITTAL II THE CORONERS. The report alluded to the power of committal by the coroners, which had been a matter of dispute between hem and the Court for some time. Thomas Wakley, Esq., one of the Coroners of this county, having, on the 2d ult., exninitted a prisoner, charged before him with murder, to this prison, to be subsequently taken before an adjourned inquest to be held by him, and the visitingjustices entertaining doubts of the coroner's power to make such a commitment, they caused a letter (of which they lay a copy before the Court) to be addressed, on the 10th ult., to the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, on the sub ject ; in reply whereto they have received from the Home-office the accompanying letter, dated the 25th ult. In consequence of the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, as conveyed in the last-mentioned letter, and con firmatory of the judgment they had previously ex pressed, the visiting justices have instructed the governor of the prison not to receive into his custody prisoners committed by a coroner, in any other manner than to be " discharged by due course of law," and they have also transmitted to Mr. Wakley a copy of their letter of the 10th ultimo to the Secretary of State, and of the reply thereto from the Home-office, and acquaintei him with the directions they have given to the governor and they trust that this topic of long and irritating con troversy will never be henceforth revived. " Carlisle-street, Soho, 10th March, 1846. " Sir,—l am directed by the visiting justices of the House of Correction, at Westminster, to transmit you the enclosed copy of a warrant ilmed by Thomas Wakley, Esq., one of the coroners for Middlesex, to the governor of that prison, requiring him to receive, and under which he accordingly received, the body of Mary Ann Martha Hicks, charged with wilful murder, and to keep her in his custody until the 9th instant, and then to tare her before the coroner and his adjourned inquest. The vtOting justices have been informed that the pri soner had been previously sent by the coroner to New gate, and thee refused. "To the visiting justices it appears to be doubtful whether a coroner has, by law, the right o f comm i tt i ng a prisoner charged before him to custody, for the pur pose of ' securing his or her presence before him and his inquest,' and that he has only the power, either as a conservator of the peace without holding an inquest, or as coroner discharged by due course of l aw ), an d oo n n e e r h aafterrge thecharged beforeverdict of earn against inquest, w of f o committing a verdict a person may have been returned (as the case may be), t o p r i son, ' until discharged opinion is confirmed by a pamphl et l ate l y ce t or i s published on the subject by David Jardine, Esq., one of the metropolitan police magis trates. The visiting justices are anxious on the one hand to protect the governor of their prison, and on the other hand to take care that due obedience be paid to the warrant of a coroner, and they are therefore desirous of being favoured with your opinion, or with that of the law officers of the Crown, as to the legality of a commitment by a coroner of a prisoner for the pur pose e t s e e n m c ti e k e at t h a i s n r a e d q j u o e u s r t n b e ) d that the law should not remain doubtful, but s h ou ld b e tPi: es iecr Inquest. o ok n f ns securing n ewc e Tlu r e a hrdi t eng i y o geat rhh o eai f ste y nt o ohe u reo r ushrueabrlect has been brought und er the office, and by their convicti on settled either by a judicial determination or a legislative enactment.—l have the honour, &c. (Signed) " C. P. ALLEN, " Clerk to the Visiting Justices. " The Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, Bart.' " Whitehall, March 25, 1846. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your clerk's letter, dated the 10th inst., inclosing a copy of a warrant of Mr. Wakley, one of the coroners for Middlesex, for the com mittal of a person charged before him with murder, and requesting that the warrant nisght be laid before the law officers of the Crown, and their drinion asked as to the power of the coroner to require the gaoler to receive into his custody, and bring before him at an adjourned in quest, the person so charged. .And lam to inform you, the law officers are of opinion that such committal can not legally be for safe custody for the purpose of bring ing the party before the inquest, but only until the party shall be discharged by due course of law ; I am further to suggest that it may be proper to give notice to the coroner before you act upon the information here communicated to you. I !save, &c., "S. M. PHILLIPPS. "To the visiting Justices of the Rouse of Correction, Westminster." Ta N id lL b E ef O o T r F e EN ti D ie Eß The report was r ece i ve d. Court s. The CHAIRMA J N UIr memorial from the committ ee o f t h e Phi lanthropic See. Aety for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders. [This docu:'ceut has already appeared in our columns.] Ile said th.."‘ the subject was one of infinite magnitude, and no time which they could command would be lost, if de voted to the consideration of this important branch of criminal jurisprudence.—(Hear, hear.) It was diffi cult beyond conception to take up the subject, and still more difficult to suggest a practicable plan for the attain ment of the object they had all so much at heart. The justices of that county had, however, overcome di fficulties in respect to prison discipline, and the treatment shouldNou lod subject — in av all m I l et its l hye, of the insane, w hi c h at fi rst s i ght appeared insuperable, and that induc e d hi m strongly to desire that they wh u e ' o o u u si l dud suggested gi a l eo k st e t esud stultify thisltthiy the t amplitude. A s h a d b een done in another quarter, yet: h a tmoreC Court, o u Court important and they also v d appoint a com m i t t ee to i nquire into the whole subject. It benefit of the combined experience and wisdom of gen tlemen, many of whom had devoted their lives to the amelioration of the condition of their fellow- crea tures.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) In his opinion the present system of dealing with offending children was a most expensive way of bringing them up in vice, and he had an ardent hope that the philanthropy of the age would yet succeed in devising an ameliorative system of treatment for these poor children. He con cluded by moving that the memorial be referred to a committee to inquire and report to the Court respecting the best mode of checking the growth of juvenile crime, and promoting the reformation of juvenile offenders. Mr. WILES seconded the motion, but thought that it was a matter in which Government alone could efficiently interfere. The motion was then agreed to neat. e o n. A numerous committee was then named. The Court, after transacting some further routine busi tress, adjourned. WINDING-UP OF RAILWAY SCHEMES. CLAUSE PROPOSED BY MR. HUDSON TO BE INSERTED IN ALL RAILWAY BILLS OF THE PRESENT SESSION BY WHICH NEW COMPANIES ARE TO BE INCORPO RATED. And be it enacted that the directors shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, cause the names and addition of all the several corporations and persons entitled to shares in the company, to be entered in the " Register of the Shareholders," directed to be kept by " the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ;" and the said directors shall cause an extra. ordinary meeting of the shareholders in the com pany to be called within six months from the pass ing of this Act, for the purpose of consider ing and determining whether the company shall proceed in the execution of the powers of this Act, or whether such company shall be forthwith dissolved ; and it shall be lawful for such meeting so called, at which three-fifths at least of the shareholders shall be present either personally or by proxy, to determine either that the company shall proceed in the execution of the powers of this Act, or that the company shall be forthwith dissolved; provided that before such meeting be called, it shall not be lawful for the company or the directors to put in force any of the powers of this A c t re l at i ve to the taking or using a land; and in case such meeting so called shall determine that the company be forthwith dissolved, the company shall be thereupon forthwith dissolved accord ingly, except for the purpose of winding up the affairs thereof as hereinafter mentioned; and thenceforth all the powers of this Act with relation to the taking or using of land, or otherwise, shall absolutely cease and determine anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstand ing (subject, and without prejudice to all existing debts, liabilities, or agreements contracted or entered into by the company, and subjects to the provisions hereinafter contained); and the directors, after full payment and satisfaction, in the first instance, of all the debts, liabi lities, and agreements contracted or entered into by the company, and of such compensation as hereby provided, shall divide the residue or surplus of the moneys and effects' of or belonging to the said company, rateably among the shareholders in the said company in propor tion to their respective interests therein ; provided ne vertheless that the c ompany shall make full compensa tion to all owners, lessees, and occupiers of land and others, inithe same manner as is herein provided in cases of compensation for land required for the purposes of this Act, for all loss, damage, costs, charges, and ex penses, which they may respectively have sustained or been put unto in consequence of the proceedings of the company in obtaining this Act, or under any powers thereof ; the amount to be ascertained, in case of dis pute, by the verdict of a jury, or by reference to arbitra tion, as hereinbefore provided in other cases of disputed compensation ; and all corporations and persons to or with whom such debts, liabilities, or agreements shall have been contracted or entered into, or who shall bo entitled to any such compensation as aforesaid, shall, notwithstanding the determination of such meeting, h ave such and the same rights and remedies against the said company for the recovery and enforcement thereof respectively, as they would have had if ;no such meeting had taken place, and as if the company had continued to exist. And be it further eacted, that if the directors shall not within four months from the passing of this Act, cause due notice be lawfulceofsucli extraordinary meeting to be given, i for any six or more o f t h e persons tshall entitled to shares in the said undertaking, holding in the whole shares_ or stock to th e amoun t o f at least 5,0001., to call such meeting by notice, signed by such t shareholders, is and published in the manner re quired 1 Act, with regard to extraordinary me etings of they this Act, Com- pany, and the prcceedings of the meeting so called by such shareholders, at which three -fifth s at least of the shareholders shall be present, either personally cr by proxy, shall be as valid, and shall have the same force and effect as if such meeting had been duly called br the directors ; and for the pdrpose of winding up the affairs of the said company, in case such meeting shall determine on the dissolution thereof, it shall Le In wit. for such meeting to appoint a Committee, consisting; such number of persons as they shall think fit, beim, shareholders in the company ; and the directors Shull forthwith transfer to such committee all documents, books, papers, and accounts of or belonging to the company, and shall also transfer to such committee all moneys, security for money, and other effects and property of or belonging to the company ; and snch committee,' or the survivors or survivor thereof, shall forthwith proceed to wind up the affairs of the company, and shall, in the first place, convert into money such of the effects as shall not consist of money, and pay and discharge all the dobts, contracts, and liabilities of the company, and subject thereto, and to the necessary ex penses of such committee in the execution of their powers, the surplus of the said moneys shall be forthwith divided by such comm i ttee rateably amongst the shareholders in the company in proportion •to their respective interests therein ; and in the event of the directors refusing or neglecting to transfer to any such committee documents, books, papers, and accounts, moneys, and other property and effects of the company, within ten days after demand, in writing, signed by such com mittee, or the surv i vors or survivor of them, and delivered to any one of such directors, or left at his last or usual place of abode, it shall be lawful for such committee, or the survivors or survivor of them, to pass a resolution that such company is desirous but to wind up its affairs ; and upon a copy of such resolution, signed by any one or more of such committee, being filed in the office of the Lord Chancel lor's secretary of bankrupts, every such company shall be deemed to have committed an act of bankruptcy at the time of filing the copy of such resolution, and thereupon such proceedings shall be had and taken for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the said company as are di rected in and by an Act passed in the eighth year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, " An Act for faci litating the winding up the affairs of Joint-Stock Com panies unable to meet their pecuniary engagements," in the case of any of the acts of bankruptcy therein mentioned being committed by the companies therein referred to ; provided that notice shall be given by the directors or such committee as aforesaid, if appointed, of the determination of such meeting of shareholders, to be called as aforesaid, with reference to the proceeding in the execution of the powers of this Act, or the dissolution of the company,.in the London Gazette, and in one or more newspapers of each county, in which the lands proposed to be affected by this Act shall lie, within fourteen days from the holding of such meeting; and at any such meeting to be held as aforesaid, the voting shal take place in the manner prescribed in the " Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," with reference to meetings of shareholders therein referred to. EXTRAORDINARY HIGH FLOOD AT DONCASTER. (Abridged from the Doncaster Gazette.) That very sage and highly -venerated personage, "the the oldest inhabitant," poss esses , am i d the rich stores of his memory, no recollection of a greater flood than that with which the banks of the Don have been visited during the present week ; not even that of '24, when a vessel was forced by the current out of the river, and placed across the very unnatural turnpike road, beyond the Mill Bridge. This will be found to be the case when the better drainage, and the more elevated position of the roads, are taken into the estimate. A considerable quantity of rain fell during Friday last. On the following afternoon, there was a very heavy fall of sleet, with a piercing wind blowing from the east. Indeed, from that time to Wednesday morn ing, the rain scarcely ceased; and at intervals the wind veered mid blew a regular north-wester, not with steadiness, but with sudden gusts and extremely cold. Many indications were presented, from the chillness of the atmosphere—the heavy masses of clouds, and the want of even one struggling sun-gleam—that serious consequences might possibly ensue, with regard to the prevalence of floods ; especially if, as seems to have been the case, the weather on the moors of Derbyshire and the intervening locality should partake of the same portenteous character. The river began to rise during the night of Saturday and the following day, so as to present the certainty that the navigation would be stopped. The stream rose higher and higher, and at length overflowed both its banks, and presenting, in some localities, the appearance of immense weirs, speedily laid the adjoining lands under a sheet of water—higher and higher still, until reaching where the water had never before reached, it was evident that the highest flood ever known was about to be experienced, with all its unavoidable, and, in many instances, lamentable consequences. Thousands of acres were covered to a very considerable depth. Indeed, the sik 4it presented from the top of th e t ower o f t h e par i sh chore,,, vas that of an immense inland sea ; awakening the appre. 4.wpsion that the cultivat ors o f t h e so il , a l ong .ry in question, would h ave t o en d ure the line of c,: t t": the troubles of a h. a• - v but unavoid a bl e v i s i tat i on. T he ' on Monday when the increase. , waters still continu.`a rain poured down in torre ,; . rs, and re ac h e d th e i r hi ghest n d one o'clock on Tuesday. point between twelve 0 The flood worked its' course through all opposing obstacles.' It tore itself thiniugh hedim, and gates, and palings ; threw back the intVeasing streams from old drains and water-courses ; „,,,ioed itself over opposing • eminences of the ground, chalet** and fretful ; roared through bridges and culverts ; a t t ,Ned water-wheels, mill-wheels, and steam engines-1%0:1,-y, corn-mill, and foundry, and all their multifarious operai:olla rushed into the cellars of dwelling-houses, an d prept up stairs to the house apa r t men t s ; dashet.l clean through others ; stole into back yards, fi n di ng all the nooks and corners of coal-holes and all descriptions Of out-buildings, stables, cow-houses, her!-roosts, ana so on ; filled saw-pits to the brim, and set l 'imber-trees, planks, and battens afloat ; found its way into village lanes and by-roads and stopped up all communication in that direction ; spread over meadow, pastor.', and corn-field ; drowned hares, rabbits, and partridzes ; plunged through sower-grates and gushed up from others ; worked Its way through earth. bank, and stooe wall ; and, while it found some repose in quiet gardens , and near stone fences, the main flood hurried onwards as if impatient to find a resting-place, or lose itse in the tidal waters, and finally in the sea itself. We are sorry to state, that, during the prevalence ot' the flood, the occurrence of a fatal casualty took place. The sufferer is a man of the name of John Ellis, a skinner, who resided in the yard near Mr. Geo. Armi tage's steam corn-mill, near the Mill-bridge, and occupied some premises, a portion of the old maltkiln, which abuts upon, and has steps connected with, the river, for the purpose of his trade. He was last seen shortly before seven o'clock on Monday evening, pro ceeding towards a door connected with the premises just mentioned. It is presumed, that, in attempting to open this door, or to accomplish some purpose connected with the building, his foot gave way, that he slipped into the river, and was hurried away and drowned in the over whelming impetuosity of the current. He has left a widow and large fimily ; but the latter are nearly all grown up. Ile was en industrious, a careful, and an honest man ; and his unhappy fate is much commiserated. The body has not been found, and, probably, never will. We have already stated that the flood reached its highest point soon after noon on Tuesday. At half-past five o'clock on the following morning, it had only fallen two inches, although indications soon afterwards pre sented themselves that it would gradually subside. It is to be feared, however, that many injuries have been inflicted in some localities, and that we shall have to record their occurrence, particularly in the districts which embrace the lower lands down the river, in the neighbourhood of Barmby Dnn, Stainforth, hl is a -e, Fenwick, Moss, and in other places. EAST RETFORD. Since last July the seasons generally have been more than usually dry, so that i n many places water had be come exceedingly scarce, the springs have seldom been known so low, and in many instances it became difficult for the agric u lt ur i st to get his seed into the ground either on clay or san d y so il s. At length this state of things has been p u t a stop to, and we have, in this dis trict, at least, suddenly verged into the opposite ex treme. The barometer which had gradually been sink ing gave indication of the approaching change, and on Thursday last about noon, the rain began to descend, and continued without intermission the whole of the day and night. Next morning it literally passed down, and throughout the day until about five o'clock on Saturday morning, when it ceased. At two p.m., however, it com menced to rain and snow, and kept at it in right good earnest until midnight. During Sunday we had much rails at intervals, and on Monday it rained again the greater part ofthe day, keeping the game up all Monday night and the greater part of Tuesday. The conse quence of this was, as might have been expected, an im mense overflow of the River Idle, and its tributary streams, which, in its course, has inundated many thousands of acres, and b een ser i ous destruction of property, and it is to be feared in some instances fatal to human and animal life. On Sunday and Mon day morning many of the lower lands were seen gradually covering, and during the night of Monday the cars of Retford on the west side of the river wer e quite deluged. In this state they remained for several h ours , but it was evident from the continued accumulation of water, that the east, or town side, must share the same fate ; and much anxiety was evinced to ascertain whether the em bankment, made at the recent enclosure for the pre vention of floods, would be a sufficient barrier. At the noon of Tuesday the water had risen nearly to the sum mit of the bank, and shortly afterwards it found its way over the lower parts, and at two P.M. it came over gene rally, so that before five, many of the gardens were from three to four feet deep, and a great number of dwelling houses rendered totally uninhabitable by the ground floors being from one to two and three feet under water. Great anxiety was manifested by many of the tradespeople on Tuesday evening that the water would find its way into the market-place, and if so, it must of necessity get into the cellars, warehouses, and shops. From throe to ten o'clock the waters rose nearly a foot, and continued to rise until one o'clock this morning (Wednesday), w h en they were at the height. At the period of our writing (10 A.M.) the Bocci has declined about tWO inches, with RECEI PTS for USING the FLOUg INDIAN CORN or MAIZE. - To make griddle cakes—Best way to make them is to use milk altogether instead of water—two eggs, yellow and white, to be allowed for a pint of corn meala-the milk to be a little warmed, and the whole to be well beat up with a spoon or ladle. There must be milk enough used to make the whole so liquid as that it, will pour out the saucepan on the griddle, one spoonful of wheat flour, and lard (pure butter still better) the size of a walnut. Tlie griddle—Much nicety is to be observed in the-pre paration of the griddle, which, as must be well know,n, is a flat round iron concern standing on three legs, 401 d or guy would tt`hmeuesat k b e e s e e l ti e d d e i not e v e e t ry b • eh t ed . well b g t-- c r e a a u s warm , that it may be perfectly smooth, so that the cakes may be easily turned, that they may be done brown (not burnt) on both sides, to promote their turning easily is the object of adding the wheaten flour. Be it rt4ions bered that the dough, or rather the batter, above di rected, must be well beat up and prepared directly before being cooked, though it might set an hour, this is men tioned to prevent it being supposed that it, like some other bread, would bear to be mixed overnight. Te a cakes are usually poured on until they spread on the_ griddle to the size of thebottom of a breakfast plate. Yost think this receipt rather prolix, but it is my way in all such cases to be very exact. Better be too particular than to omit any essential item.—J.S.S. Egg Pone:— Three eggs to a quart of meal (no wheat flour) to be, made also with milk—water would make it heavy—a spoonful of butter , . all well beat together and made up of a consistenc e thicker than thecakes—too thick to pour out but just thick enough to be taken up with a spoon—may be baked like the cakes, immediately after being mixed—must be baked in a tin pan, which must be placed in a Dutch oven, not too hot at first, but the fire under it to be in creased. The object is to have it begin to bake at the bottom, when it will rise in the process of baking, be come brown at the top, and when put on the table and cut, resemble what we call pound cake. If your friend will exactly follow those directions, and then eat his cakes, or his egg pone, hot, with good fresh butter, he will find that Indian corn bread is fit for other persons as well as pigs to eat, the assertion of a corn-law Mem ' ber of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding. Divers other preparations of corn and corn-meal might be given. For instance, " hominy and cheese cakes," which a certain George Washington had cooked for his own eating till the day of his death. P.S. Salt of course. added as usual, in both cases.—J. S. S.—lndian Meal Breakfast Cakes : Pour boiling water into a quart of corn-meal, stir it until it is wet : then add two well beaten eggs, and milk enough to make it a thick bat ter ; measure a small tea-spoonful of dry salteratus, and dissolve it into some warm water, and put it into the butter, with a small quantity of salt ; butter square tin pans, fill them two-thirds full, and bake in a quick oven ; when done, cut it in squares and serve hot.—ln dian Muffins : Pour boiling water into a quart of corn meal, stir it well ; let it be a thick batter ; when it is cooled a little, add to it a table-spoonful of yeast, two eggs well beaten, and a tea spoonful of salt ; set it in a warm place to rise for two hours ; then butter square tin pans, two-thirds fill them, and bake in a quick oven ; when done serve hot, or cut in squares, or bake as wheat muffins.—Corn Bread : One quart of milk, one pound of Indian meal, two eggs, small lump s o f b u tt er , a li tt l e salteratus ; bake in a flat pan.—Artificial oysters : One pint grated green corn, one egg, one table spoonful of wheaten flour, one spoonful butter ; fry them brown. —Baked Indian Pudding : One quart of milk boiled, stir in seven spoons of meal while it is boiling hot, mix it quite thin ; when it is moderately warm add molasses, a little ginger and salt, four eggs, a lump of butter the size of an egg.—Corn Pudding : Take f our ears of green corn, b o il them until half done, cut off the corn as tine as convenient, mix it with two spoonsful of wheat flour, one pint sa eet milk, salt and pepper to season ; bake it well.—Green Corn S . :eke: Mix one pint grated corn with three table spoonsful milk, one tea-cup wheat flour, half a cup of melted butter, one ' .gg, one spoonful salt, half a spoonful pepper ; drop this mixture into hot butter by the spoonful, let them fry eight or ten minutes.--Boiled Indian Pudding: One tea-cup of molasses, a piece of suet the size of two eggs chopped tine, eight spoonsful of meal, scald the meal with boiling water or milk, mix it quite thin, when it is nearly cold add four eggs well beaten. It requires three hours' boiling in a strong cloth.—ln dian Gruel: To one quart of boiling water, stir in two table spooisful of Indian meal, mixed with a little cold water, boil fifteen or twenty minutes—a little salt. Johnny Cake is prepared from the corn meal scalded, and this dough rolled or pressed out to half an inch in thickness, is cooked one side at a time in front of the fire after being put on a board, sheet of tin, a plate, or any ma terial of suitable shape. Ash cake is prepared from the corn dough made as above, and is cooked as follows : Make a bed by scraping away the ashes on all sides, r ,:- . 11 the dough, after being made into form, between two eabba,Ze leaves, place it in the bed and cover it with the previously removed ashes and embers : a little practice will determine the length of time requisite for cooking. The process resembles that of roasting potatoes. Common pones are prepared from the corn dough made into oblong pieces about three inches thick, and baked in a covered bake-kettle with fire above and b3low. Corn dodgers are made of the corn dough, in balls about the size of an egg, and are boiled in the pot as an adjunct to " bacon and greens." Shovey is made from the dough cut in slices, and fried with a piece of fat bacon. Stappeys arc pre p eyed from the corn meal scalded, and a ft er b e i ng ma d e into a thin batter with eggs and milk, are bak e d on a r ith e lj e . Corn Cup Cake :—Take two cup s o f corn - meal, and one of wheat flour, or in that proportion ; make them canto a thin batter with milk and eggs, and cook theta on a griddle. Washington's breakfast bread, if prepared with the corn dough make up with eggs, milk, and a little sugar, to be baked in a tin pan as an ordinary pair loaf. Hoe cake prepared by corn meal and cooked in with boiling seater; is made is into a cake, front of the fire, on a board . or plate, It was originally put on a hoe, itswhence Mush :—This is made in different ways ; bat This resembles the Johnny cake.- be easiest mode is that which r resembles the making starch or arrow root. Thus— put,er the fire into a pot or skillet, fire pints of water over the then take 0110 pound of Int meal , well sifted from th e bran, and mix with a little colti water, so as to make a thick water batter; add salt. As soon az the boils add the batter; stir it well, and keep it stirred and boiling for at least twenty minutes. It should be about the consistence of hasty-pudding, porridge, or eir-about, and may, indeed, be made in the same way. Take it up, and eat it with milk, butter, or treacle. In this fo.em it can easily be made and distributed to the poor from soup houses. Benevolent individuals, too, might prepare the mush in their own kitchens, and give it to the hungry a nd destitute. This is the most manageable and convenient of all the preparations of maize ; it is used daily in a large number of American families, and considered a most wholesome diet. What is not used at ene meal is cut into slices and fried or heated on the gridiron at the next meal, and eaten with butter or treacle. It is T amper to state that many of these receipts are differently p."e pared in different parts of the country ; but in selecting the above I believe I have chosen the most popular forms in use. A. proper seasoning with salt is necessary in all cases. The meal should be carefully sifted from the bran ; and the bran after being scalded is excellent food for pigs and poultry. Of the different receipts given above, the most easily prepared are the mush, the Johnny and hoe-cakes, and the ash-cake. The latter can be cooked with great facility in the turf fires com mon in Ireland. In all cases the article must be well and thoroughly cooked, or it will not be nutritious or digestible.—Bartlett on Maize. 1846.—The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing. viz..— FOR GOVERNORS. D e puty-Gover . FOR DIRECTORS. ,E John Benjamin Heath, Esq , Governor. William It. Robinson, Esq., ner J am es Pattison, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. Sir John Henry Pellv Bari. Bonamy Dobree, Ea Christopher Pearse, L i sq, sq. ArthurEdvrard Campbell, Esq. John HoesieY sq. Clias. Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. John Hanker, jun.. Esq . William Little, Esq. lmson E , - , . James Malco , - I 'lump John G h e re ll y ib s ra t n . d j f oi .:u n Esq. James Morris, Es 9. Sheffield Neave, l'-eq• Esq. David Powell, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid Bart. 1 1 : l h i o o n m i a a s s Thomas Chas. Smith, Esq. bbMainldl'inay, Wm. Thompson, Esq., Ald. 1 3.N .G Ia ° t k t e l;i j a u s n \ '' V E eg 6q ualin, !Francisancl p e pl l l V ty il . s G on o , v e E r sq n o.r will he , E , (i. George The la electionrds Norman, m d i o n v ' e F rn s o g r . held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 14th of April, and for Di rectors on Wednesday, the 15th of April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four o'clock in the afternoon. A letter from St. Petorsburgh of the 22d ult., says that Sir Moses Montefiore had been twice received by the Em peror, and his audiences had not been without some good re sults, as it is affirmed that his Imperial Majesty has ordered the suspension for four years of the ukase which ordained that the Israelites dwelling on the western frontiers of the empire should remove to the central or southern Provinces of Russia. ANOTHER CLERICAL CONVERT TO ROME,--The Roy. Mr. Wells, curate of St. Martin's•in-thc-Fields, Liverpool, who has been wavering for some time, has this week con formed to the Church of Roma—Liverpooldifercery. MEETING of MIDDLESEX NIAGIS- TRATES. A meeting of justices of the county of Middlesex was held on Thursday at Hicks's Hill, Clerkenwell-green,for the transaction of business. Mr. Pownall in the chair. The minutes of the precedi3g Court were read and confirmed. COVNTY RATE. The report of the committee on the county treasurer's accounts was brought up, upon which Mr. BENJAMIN HALL moved that a rate of three farthings in the pound be granted, which was agreed to. THE LUNATI C ASYLUM AT HANWELL, The report of th e comm i ttee o f v i s i tors of the County Lunatic Asyl um was b rought up an d rea d. Mr. TULK (chairman of the committee) directed espe cial attention to the following paragraph in the report, containing the official report of the present state of the asylum, by the C omm i ss i oners i n Lunacy, appointed under the new statute Bth and 9th Vic., c. 126. "It is gratifying to the committee of visitors that upon this, as upon many former occasions, they can speak of he conditi on of the asylum in terms of cordial approval. The ward attendants are observant of the humane regulations adopted at Hanwell; and, on the part of the officers, there is no relaxation of effort in their several Apartments to obviate every difficulty against which it le possible in such an institution to guard. It is due to the officers that this testimony be borne to their continued exertions and zeal; and the more so, as th e C omm issi o ners in Lunacy, whose office it is to wat c h over the conditiod of such asy l ums, h ave, at a recent visit, recor d ed their opil J ° of our establishment, notwithstanding its m agn i tu d e , i n Ole following terms:— " Hanwell L unat i c A sy l um, klarch 17, 1846. " We have s p ent this day and yeste,azNy in officially visiting and i ns p ect i ng this asylum. we n have gone through the vari ous yards, wards, workshops, an d out buildings, and h ave seen all the patients now in t h e in stitution. We have also examined into the quality/ sand allowance of the food supplied to the patients, and have made the other inquiries relative to the patients and the management of the asylum and the general condition of the establishment which are directed by the Act of Parliament. "The fare of the patients appeared to us to be of ex cellent quality, and the allowance to be liberaL The clothing and bedding were clean, comfortable, and good. The galleries, day-rooms, dormitories, and single bed rooms were clean and well ventilated, and with some slight exceptions, free from any offensive smell. " The patients are at present 981 in number, of whom 413 are male .4, and 568 females. None of them at the time of our visit were under any mechanical coercion. Two of the females were under seclusion. " Generally speaking, they were in a quiet and com fortable state. Signed, "J. W. MYLNE, J. R. HUME, Commissioners B. W. PROCTER, in Lunacy." J. C. PRICHARD, Upon the motion that the report be received, Mr. LAURIE wished to ask a question in reference to a subject which had agitated the county so long ; he alluded to the proposed extension of the buildings at Hanwell, so strongly objected to by a large portion of the inhabitants of Middlesex. Had the Committee re ceived any communication from the Commissioners in Lunacy or the Secretary of State respecting that sug gested increase of the establishment? Mr. Thu' said that the Committee had had a commu nication from the Commissioners in Lunacy, and were preparing a reply. Mr. LAURIE begged to know the effect of the Com missioners' report? It was highly important that the public should know. Mr. TULK replied, that their opinion was unfavour able to the increase of the buildings now at Hanwell. They had given their reasons, which in his opinion were futile and inconclusive. Some further conversation took place, and it was elicited in the course of the day that Sir James Graham was also hostile to the further augmentation of the pre sent establishment. The report was received. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. The report of the visiting justices of the House of Correction was read. The number of prisoners was larger than usual, amounting to 1,023, of whom 757 were male, 266 females, and 10 children. Appended to the report was an extract from the 10th report of the prison in spectors, paying a high compliment to the magistracy and officers for the state of admirable order in which they found every part of the gaol, and the degree of com parative comfort enjoyed by its Inmates. Mr, LAURIE objected to the printing of this extract unaccompanied by some partial strictures contained in another part of the Commissioners' observations. Mr. Wmcs, chairman of the visiting justices, said that if that was a fitting opportunity he would be glad to enter into a discussion of the whole sub ject of prison discipline, especially those parts in which they might be found at issue with the inspectors, if there should be any material difference of opinion between them, which he was happy to say was not likely to be the case, from the general commen dation the home inspectors had bestowed upon the county gaols, which were unparalleled for the excellency of their arrangements.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WILSON animadverted upon the conduct of the prison inspectors. He thought that before twelve months had passed these gentlemen would be shown up to the world. He alluded, he said, to tile shameful misrepre sentations respecti ng Bridewell Hospital.—(Order.) Mr. ROTCH said that the very object of the appoint ment of prison inspectors was to point out defects, and their office would melt into nothing were they to pander to the prejudices of the magistrates. Their reports had been prod uct i ve of great good, and tended strongly to keep the magistrates to their duty.—(Hear, hear). Mr. Laurie's amendment for the omission ofthe extract or the reference of the report, was lost by a majority of 14 to 11. The report was then received and ordered to be printed. THE WESTMINSTER BRIDEWELL. of Twhheomrespooortwoefrtehomvailseist, and ingjust l i 7 ce; of the Westminster Bridewell wa s read. The n um b er of prisoners was 077, females, and healthy. F rom the Ist September, ve , hen al t i h c e rderly com mittals to the New Prison (now in course of demolition) ceased, to the 3d of April, th e num ber of com m itt a l s t the Bridewell was 3,830, and since the 21st February to the date of the l as t report, the number was 754. THE COMMITMENT OF SUICIDAL PRISONERS. Having mentioned the details that usually form the princ:pal portion of their reports, the visiting justices proceed to invite the notice of the Court to some matters that have required peculiar consideration, and as to which they deem it proper that the Court and county should be fully informed. The visiting justices having learned that on the 11th ult a prisoner who had been committed for re-exami nation on a charge of murder, strangled himself in the prison, and that no intimation had been given by th e committing m ag i s t rate to the governor of his being in an unsound state of mind, or inclined to commit suicide, they directed their clerk to address the letter, of which they annex a copy, dated the 18th ult., to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from whom theyreceived an answer on the 21st ult., and, though unaware whether the directions suggestA have been issued from the Home-office, they have understood with pleasure that in some subsequent cases their hints have been carried into effect in cases of committals from the police courts. The visiting justices, in making their pro ceedings known to the Court, beg to draw the attention of the magistracy of the county at large to the sugges tion contained in their letter, and to impress on them the propriety of their adopting it in every case which shall come before them, and to which the suggestion may be applicable ; as otherwise, prisoners so peculiarly afflicted may not receive special attention, and sad catas trophes, distressful to the governor, and painful to the public mind, may unhappily occur : " Carlisle -stre e t, S o h o, March 18, 1846. " Sir—A prisoner named John Rofe, who was com tmhiett9edth to instant,the ' f o r ti e s , : of Worship-street Correction e l l V i e e e s t • m court,i ns to b er, on e t i n g and him, woundingbroiigh brought pEdfsvorin u strangled himself in the water-closet of th e p r i son, on the 11th instant, while the van was waitin g t o re - convey furthe rliofe, examination,with intent to for murdercut him to the police-court. In consequence of this melancholy event, I am directed by the visiting justices to acquaint you that it has occurred to them, that it is desirable that when ever a prisoner sv:io is about to be commited sh a ll appear to be insane or of unsound mind, or shall be suspected of in sanity, or nn inclination to commit suicide, a private appear on the communication on the subject should be made by the person whom committing magistrate to the governor of the prison. And I am therefore instructed to request you will be pleased to issue directions to . that effect to the police magistrates. With reference to Rofe's case, desiredfl acaemof t l e warrant, to the that fact a sdd thatnot th e ho attempted to murder was his own son, an intimation whereof would probably have led the governor to Sus pect that the prisoner was not of sound mind, and that no communication was made, or message delivered, from the committing magistrate to the governor, either of that fact or any other, that would induce special tette no tion or precautions with respect to him, although it did happen that both by the surgeon and tho officers parti cular attentions wore afforded to the prisoner. - I am further directed to state that the coroner's jury who sat on the body, in returning their verdict, unanimously expressed themselves satisfied that ever reasonable precaution had been taken by the governor and the officers of the prison against the commission of suicide, and that a relative of the dec eased, who attended the inquest, joined in that ° P'tzlioll, an thanked the governor f a. the vigil ance arid kindness which he had shown to the prisoner. Cho visitin g justices, also, having caused inquiry t o b e made into the circumstances of the case, arc happy to 1 )e a bl e fully to exonerate the governor and all the olliecTs from any blame on the occasion, yet they trust that the recau they have suggested the approved tionary measures will and sanctioned by you.—l hav e , the honour be, &c. o C . P. ALLEN, Clerk t o Vick -, Justices. "To the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart." , g Whitehall, 21st Afar( .h, 1846. " Sir,--Iro am directed by Secretary S ir Js es Gra ham to acknowledge the receipt of your let ter of the 18th instant, submitting a suggestion of tit io visiting justices of the House of Correction atWrestrc mater that ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The lIALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND on the Stock of the ALLIANCE BRITISH and FOREIGN LIFE and FIRE AS SURANCE COMPANY will be in course of payment on MONDAY, the 13th Instant, and every following day (Saturdays excepted), be tween the hours of eleven and three o'clock. A. MOULTON, Secretary. Bartholomew-lane, April 8, 1846.