The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-14 00:00:00

: TAk G T AT a...Ria ' ATE MEETING OF bcd- 1 ,.. - 7- 2 NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE will be , ETZNING the 14th of January, in the Theatres Royal, T tlit - gtrden ,ourg e ' " lisc ' n, Esq., will take the Chair at Seven o'cloc k P re- ettin he m Tlio /na „ will be addressed by the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. 4 ' , d 411 4 ibson,and Thomas Gisborne, ekets orldruission will be issued on Monday and the follow- AND M ASONIC BALL, re /ins - The ANNUAL GRAND MASONIC BALL in aid of the raaso tw , 6 . t the " Asylum for Worthy, Aged, and Decayed Free- Qaeen.;—is et aPointed t TUESDAYo take place a nstant. at the Freemasons ' Hall, Grea t lieke r„re, P on , the i lioit„ may be obt a i ned at Spencer's Masonic Library, 314, High rn at the Freemasons' Tavern, and of the Stewards. O R , Nr J. ITMORE Hon. Sec. 4,e .1i req ue :!"a are reep ee t fhlly invited to WH attend, and , the Brethren stet to wear their respective Collars and Jewels. EASE IN WALKING, WILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, 41 0 ,,, Lis induced to give p u bli c it y t o hi s muc h- a d m i re d PE% bOlti iii EATHER (so noted for extreme , SOFTNESS an Il ld til e LI TY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, in to It(Aerieral satisfaction g i ven b y hi m i n manu f ac t ur i ng the above ' l egarl e , TS, & c•, on his peculiar fitting principle of combining 41Wa Ys re v a i d th "'se' An extensi ve assor t men t o f b es t m ade articles • v -4' on sale: Established in 1767. '...."-----Z2:230, Strand, corner of Waterloo -bridge, London. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. R ° POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, •ro femoralree for this period o f the year, by Dc. Ryan And c , Plly na choffner in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL !HILO ", Le et „.. l be illustrated by interesting and brilliant exper7.n b ts e . eih. er : , , on the P EALENT DISEASE in POTATOES _ l_ L_ WAy DY Dr R y an ` and also on the ATMOSPHERIC RAI NOqirgsq Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, e t a h r 0 - er al persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to 13..01,E, MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA x : YerY effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. SubmarinemEong means et' the IVER and DIVING BELL. __ 41(ti4u'l, additions to th e ta king Models is Coleman's N; d w o. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for ascending and NtliAit'ellued Planes 1 magnificent Collection ef TRO t PIC AL 14 the Ar e ,Air• Downe ill* celebrated Flute Player, will ta err! Dta p i l'he, co nducted b Dr. Wallis Open front Eleven t• alf ye ' a ni from. Seven y te Half-past . AdnaiTen in the Evening. salon, One Shilling. Scheele, Ralf-Price. pa s i rHE ADDISON-ROAD, KENSINGTON. Elegn.iTileable Furniture, Noble Glasses, a Brougham Carriage, rds,itintes in endless variety, Italian S a c t uljture zl r L tl d ed ge. Exotic 11 1 . E numerous ROBINSva objects i s instructed to SUB ILL)Nbo, -• " to PUBLIC COMPETITION, on the premises, on t the 0 , a ullarY 26, and two following days, at Twelve, ti n ig,tt and superio rFUR NITURE, of the most tasteful descrip -4114p" numberless beautiful ornaments which adorn Lnr,„ ADDISON-ROAD, BETWEEN KENSING q 4, 411 b e TON AND NOTTING-HILL. xtiot„ next to impossible even to attempt a detail or the endless oref4tvicattraction which will be found congregated. Elegance an d hloit throughout. The reception-rooms are replete t et NtainTilY decorative furniture, including suites of silk ta ar * 44 18 gilt cornices,gilt sofas 'fauteuils, and chairs th e -( 'ens -- 'cirze style, ce n t re sofa, ' occasional and card tables, elegant , Indian ' sp L ,,,, japanned cabinet on carved and gilt stand, pier tables, I Mie dr' D ID CHIMNE AND CONSOLE GLASSES, Wood, inensions; 6% octave cabinet pianoforte, by Theobalds, 144 an 4 a cottage pianoforte, in maple-wood ; costly ormolu IxPAusiii,_nding lamps, armoires, cabinets, and tn.— x OF ORNAMENTAL ITEMS IN EXQUISITE • Ca, Or . TASTE 1 , 4 % of etu Ita li an sculpture, marble figures and busts on pedestals, t h i e of en ff eel exotic birds, bronze equestrian and other 11 8 11 . • 11 0 1, se - 1"h satin damask curtains for the dining-room and Dlor — e° P h agus, cellaret, dining-tables and chairs, lounging ;co-seated sofa, library table, carious clock ; 1 E NV PICTURES, PRINTS, AND DRAWINGS ; rt . 111 (110 LIBRARY OF MODERN BOOKS, „,',tiobel ab out 1 000 es of general literature. The bed are elegantly ," a nd co mfortably equipped with mahogany, brass Pillar canop bedsteads, and fashionable hangings; nt7,11-sten,',-""'..g, handsome mahogany garderobes, dressing and I,%ihird I: s ' with marble tops ; chests of drawers, toilet glasses, ntt n na I P Pa, Brussels ea ts, heartil-rugs' a variety of excellent ' ° ' as , i s• Plated articles the table and sideboard, kitchen 44blitA I n '; on th h e usual a ndags o a residence. Also a capttal am, double har n ess ; greenhouse plants, garden saiturniture and el ancies will be on public show on the Friday hrednaYtbierepvire°muleg. Catalogues may be had one week prio i r, at C., ses ; of Messrs. Bridges, Mason, and Bru ges, -- tett larr en Li alx - square ; and at Mr. George Robins's offices, ~. 1;,,,,, , 14,titi- , p'' S lit SALE OF LAMPS AT HALF-PRICE. 14 th beg tog and COMPANY, 447, West Stra n d, v ...eir „,,, „anounce thit they intend making extensive disposealtoteruon V logo TZ'usliment, and, in consequence, are compelled (u %B tock " 110 H of their immense and excellent stock of lamp s . Y ." Beat i n sists of the New Light, Clark's Patent Carcel Oil Lamp ° , ll e l a ever m a nde), Solar Lamps, and all other oil lamps. Vgell e ,, 'a Spirit Lamp, the Gem Spirit Lamps, Oil and Candle pees ; p C andelabras, and Ormolu Candlesticks, and richly c u t f ti l ? 4 er's alulues Magnum Candle Lamps, and every description o tkaltinimiend Clark's Candle Lamps that can be required. In fact, * oweti l_ ll uee e nt i t o B h;: alie tY provides a ehoice for all, and gives all sa sfac be sold considerably under the usual charges. o Tn w Pr il ices commence Tuesday, 16th December, and '` 11144----- "" nue one month, or perhaps less. .41 te Lamp down Addre ss, CLARK and Co., 447, WEST STRAND, De po SILVER TEA SERVICES. A • 13 * SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing 1tp1.41, ''smiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of i\""Et sub the pri ces o f the following SILVER TE land , r eet,tt i ." 3 ,, t VlCES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on - " , g's ' e a and Coffee Pot with a flower ornament on the lids. N Of e . th atte rn is richly embossed with lowers and scrolls. The 114, e„, , r is new and elegant. lift Eiti r „ 44 ,,e Pattern. King's Pattern. -su Se t ea Pot.. £l2 0 0 Strong Silver Tea Pot. £l2 0 0 ,itto ;.,Qlk n• •• • 616 0 Ditto Sugar Basin.... 710 fil o t° ' e tre. ?-I. '" •• • 410 0 Ditto Cream Ewer •• • • 111 10 - Pet.. ..... 15 0 0 Ditto Coffee Pot.. •• .. 15 0 9 Co.„ "'Piet. Qty „-" ...... £3O 6 i2F Complete £4o II 0 u pwards of Fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen rae fe;i c h lca lls, where may be selected every article of Silver %%wa its sideboard or plate chest. t Zat. , L „`" Prices, illustrated with sketehes of the various arti tl ..4,:ild forwarded, postage free, to any part of the kingdom. ." 13 ' and Sons, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of O \l the DAY when I WENT PURCHASING, A short time ago , On the day when I went purchasing, , A short time ago, 4 enll'd at MOSES' noted Mart, Which every one must know. And while I saw, with wond'ring eye, The noble house display'd, I felt that Messrs. MOSES ware T he greatest in the trade. 4( hinaany objects did I „kbove, around, below, "n the day when I went purchasing, A short time ago. I bought a waistcoat and a coat, Aud a pair of trowsers, too, " nose cloth and fashionable make Were elegant to view. 411 (1 while the articles were good, I round the prices low, 13,1 the day when I went purchasing, :`hart time ago. Ihr, Ught ittl over-coat as well, -41(1 a fames no velvet hat; Arid M OSES plemetl me very much, Mkt acknowlelite that. A ''. now I'll always hargAin there. n the da irice M y wOSES hen sI w ent erv'd m p a Se, u arChang. 4 short time ago. Ili ay, g s. d. N„„'Tagilonte _ • is 0 bii"Ziltas or Codringtons •••• • ' " ••' • ' ' •• .• • • • • • . 1.6 ....... .. , lektles, Attels, Pembroke, and every ir t he w r ,..olits ...... ~...........• •••••• • • • • • • 0 . 0 . • m • • 0 s 6 description o 1 s 0 Zer tr “l o 'tr Coats in every style • .............. .... 0 4 6 ji, lila, e t 'e re, lined . . . . .. . • • • • • • • • • " • • • • " . .. 0 10 6 It ill ik k.tlit Ua ' 'Aged ..•••••••••• • • • • • • • ** .. 5 0 ,h bleb : Vest ••••-••• • • • • • • • 0 2 6 Z s; i ttu etsted ..... „ ........... .. 0 is 6 k iit iq e , Wi nt r and Tonic nic suits- ••••"••• • ** • • ". •.: :.• • 0 3 0 'tt hll Vests '" MADE... • .. 0 I 6 er r, T . O . IIMASIIIRE. ill,.4rli,spi'eviets, in every style a . n . d .. shape, handsomely 1 5 0 .I‘ ‘e, tm u 14 ; 1 1 Cl re a . . t Coats . , velvet coll . ar . cub ' 5 . ........ a n .,..... .. .. .. 1 12 0 0 IS 6 tOis •fi: iners .. ..••••• • • • • • • • ............. 0 a 6 L %t er , i tu 'ers .........•••" • • • ' • ' ' ; . .. .. .. .. 9 12 0 1t.. 4 %19, 5 , 411 .‘ers in all the new pattern • • .......... 0 10 6 , -, tt - sitto., ' ~ .. ....... "• " • • ...... 1 6 0 I } ) , lt ss: la e a o l e it t Y, or ,Vre - ss; . clo . ..... ... ...................... :::.: 1 ig 0 t h _,, be u a" • • ta t , , te t ~,Q ,,,- -1 8 ( 1 . 1 1. a.lity wide E nt,,,,"'„, m.sualli; made ••••••• - - •• •• -- " . -• • . 8 6 'lle -r e v ests... .. ....• • • : • • • • • •• • • • • • • •• .... 0 12 0 t , l l' li';: plain or Pan ' ey .. •• • • .... "••••• • ': • • ...„ 1 6 0 . I,: e kt 4ar and Tunic suits.. •• • • • • • • " *: .. ......... 0 14 6 OT kt ,, 'ew w ' •• • ..... .......... •••• • • " • with full directions I 4. 'lltea ' e rk, entitled the " Illonexch Mart." a tieSrriCuretnent, may be had, on Application, if net approved Qat tee „,„ -- a. ,anY article purchased or ordered, Post Free." of sterv e ' ," ule Money returned. and Retail h b r '-'• MOSES and SON, Tallere, Wholesalls4, Mine ii god ioalsers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen , lt,, .11 "; Aid .4.110: No b sate, City, opposite the Church. ' eir,., 4 Lill esuless transacted at this Establislustent from sunset on '''' k • all uset on Saturday, when business is resumed at twelve ‘tte aa llon -,„ I N 4t hrty. - 7 - '• Moses and Son are obliged to guard l;e,„ ef he' "l ion, having learned that the untxadesmanlike 1 has the pl l bLie . el' sortel Leonnected with them or its the same concern, ey „r orl on n,., i n r uanY instances, Ind for obvious reasons Th "Nv a ' . '- '°n Whatirrer saith any other establishment, in . o s r . out dth i Ilt di:unit those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing . shoal ( ' i ' 1 or 86 lat e. ot,,,,.t )i ntruent, &o ) call or send to 154, 3. Lae --es • ' opposite the Church. ° L kl ' i l ' ta ll A.N.D' S KALYDOR, an eminently d bli,rit,litio4, a:n..l, P r eparation, is equally celebrated for its safety i y n "Lse. o l,, t t th e _ur its mild and soothing operation, in t oro 1 11 s 'e rnDrelitio na ll 'ih or all redness, pimples, spots, freckles, tall , . anu .. kih ß a nion , ' ; P r oducing a healthy freshness and transparency _Ol in • n tad an admired softness and delicacy on the bands, I :e 'a fte. a o e t e e k b , l i - gar --Neel, Mains, chapped skin, or incidental inflammation, it lira,. 4 111, Y t s)th , uoitatiti-,n-ueacee!sful, and gentlemen after shaving will find it 'err ' Plea s d reamy, its p ur if y i ng ;-, tenderness of the skin, and render it colt, `put t the ant Balmy odoriferous, an c n.44th:e•uPerties hay ' obtained its exclusive selection by the i lit7e ~1 9 •0- , ,,7Yal Family o e fGreat Britain„ ,anthdethaorsisetooferthaceyC,onantid ; ts ~, °le e. . together with the " elate of kin 'Vire iitt e ,lis ~ ..putation induces ri cipled shopkeepers to offer the "Ise l Ytai n l 'alytl ore „ f uriP 1 1 llant action en th N.! ous t or sale, composed of mineral astringents, T at the C h em ,,U the comlexion and by their repe ' 1. 411: 'o rd ".• It is, therefore , imperative on purchasers to e n: ,uorit.nttl,e. 4i4'''' - °I. 3 "It " l ;nd' ICal d r" are on the enveloPe I ' 4 (o' staialcillisite beauts fro Y ° steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, P,... ( 4l ‘ _rt e e ngr e ' a l vit.,,nd that Y A. R m O a WL AND and SON, 20, Hatton oi:ie ( r b Sold by the 7 authority) on the Government Stamp affixed lra, ae ,, 4 ,nce s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. a „". uY chemists and perftimers. itixoliti, ..,„ors are fraudulent Imitations! • .. -nSITRPRISING CURE OF ASTHMA BY +,6 hpl'he deej‘°lK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. -4 eY. -ara tion ofJ. Wright, coachman, Hockley, near Dor % Aly ~., 12 ha,l""fe 1 h„, •-ast a Th. la hour under llte,„,?Qhe ti c best .‘, e t r o an asthma for " January 16,1845. upwardsof re f e e e l irvinegers ; the esllkg 0 . 0 • 4 1 1 ;ut, on themeconbe procured, and without i ttiZ t eci sh e her breathi rary, she continued to get worse eh, ,e r ae ,_ o could ssi ng and cough was dreadth , and I never tree'lad e „ u-k's .p i ,,. bly recover. The first week she commenced , i l l•o ol ' e e e r tri ed t :T e rs r s.he found more relief than from anything tei t ,prfeet i ,nit o r au e . and she is now, in the midst of winter, .as e o set . - co ntd. 1 rr e l l eZ as ever she was in her life ; in fact, sh kttii; l ' LOCol fn . l be happy to reply to any inquires on the eie • tetkeon ii—'ll;B4,7d.A._FERA give instant relief and a rapid cure of I srhi tit m d au disorders of the breath and lungs. k a o Me • gpa.l.l,kl s'traenngtrit3TlLlC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for s, e ' l „ Po., 7 4 18. t 4,, ening the voice perey have a most pleasant 'aor s. '; lirid e St" 22 . 9 d., and lis. p box. Agents—Da Silva "nue, Fleet-street, London; sold by all medicine LIST OF PRICES. MUD"' MADI. liAltei Z .--....--------- .'--------_ . A .... 10-... 11),,, r 1 , 4,1 --• cl, I( , S 7, ,, , , i ., DAMP A IR. ' 4 ' "t i Of i 'V t 3'll lrB, b„ n ° RM A.TIC CANDY has, for retvzu,nt 1 i ro g , , t n „ .Proved an effectual theei from the / The th, Ito n this oi ni '' a u t anziP air which, in winter season, are Its effects are to expel wind, 1,,r,,,tr 01'01 fro m o i G. to pre (ltse "Nre,l' r°4 l ditt eidt e admission of damps, and to relieve those ~,, k m only b y , 3' of breathing N - t - street, Lon thhteithlrd ` 4ll, by their 4r4 v ..., ; t i , 104, enr , ,„ apPointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford- V, list, c "ows d u• Barfield, 180, Stran d ; Johnston, 68, Nl.4 t , 1 hunch ' r uBBlst, 2 n i h b._ 4to - street, R e ~ 8 -street, Islington ; Heudebourck, 4 4,47 ,-, %-„, 1 , T W4 and c ount c .neY and all respectable Medicine •-rt gt, t t i a n % eau b e ge r Y• the atft v " o ars UllitSl the names of " Barclay and to oath box. 4--- - 1 • -A-ie .e----- G•.'..0 0 --e-i!..--or--or,e----* ---.- • •e-Z . 4C-C---t-e--/( • ~/r O •2 - --- - 4 : Ge- - -- - • -0- -e- --- - --\ -- Z- - -- --# ZA-t.se , - , . . , . .. .... • - . ~ _._, • - . - _ . -..._ • . , ..:. :....-' ... -- - ..... , • - 0. , %.• 11111 " - , • f 41 . 0,111 -,, - -.1 1 'THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON ~t , , ;: i ili , g -_,,, ~ N , *----,.., ~, - - .• , , It . 4 A'.l., \ ‘''' , • , . - ;. , %irf , , , • - THE NORFOLK RAILWAY. THEITORD, TUESDAY NIGHT.—The Coroner's investiga : l- .. 16, P-'4-• - •i o 'k w At • 2 - , ~.-,,''' • , )‘ -'•• ' . 1 ` 7- ;• &,3 0 ~' ' - ' - ' 4l .. , A.40/Pr z :t , - . . , ..1 is / 4 ~ ~ i ~., --,?"-. - `, s ----- 44. \, 0 4 ... ei , ;:5›. 0 4 ,1 . "'r - ~, „:„._Ol4 , *4 A i ' -4, , • l* ~„, , ~. vs " , g_'.,.F 4 -- . - - 1 . k . ',; i -4 .. Lion respecting the death of William Pickering, engine \ ' ..,---7.,,, ------, 1 _ ‘.' , * driver, and Richard Hedger, stoker, who were killed by the ice," . L ) i' , , ... - ;400 DI 'il. , !' ‘.. All 0 1 V ' -- ,,it n i • ' 4 ; 0 "` ''':":"'" • l' - / „I :::. / I A,. '''- recent ' accident on the Norfolk Railway, was resumed this * - morning, for the fourth time, at the Guildhall, before Mr. Robert Ragle Clarke, the Borough Coroner, and the jury pre viously empanelled. The CORONER, in opening the Court and resuming the evidence, briefly alluded to the main faCts that had been adduced at the adjourned meetings of the jury, and then called . Major-General Charles William Pasley, who, when sworn, said I am Inspector-General of Railways, and reside at 12, Norfolk-crescent, Hyde-park. CoRoNER—The jury have been informed, Sir, that the accident, the subject of the inquiry, was caused by the ex cessive speed of the train, and the sudden shutting off of the steam. Will you have the goodness to give us your opinion ? General Pasley—My opinion is that the shutting off of the steam suddenly, cannot possibly cause an accident to an en e. CORONER—Then to what do you attribute the accident ? General Pasley—To the engine driver proceeding at an im prudent and excessive speed on a descending gradient. CORONER—Did you examine the engine ? General Pas ley—l did, and I could not find any apparent injury that could have caused the accident. From what` I saw of it it appeared to be of the best workmanship, and in a perfect state of repair at the time of running off the line.• CORONER—I am told that these large engines are not ge nerally adapted to the narrow gauge. General Pasley—My opinion is, that owing to the peculiar construction of the engines—like the one that met with the accident on the Norfolk line—are not the ones suitable to the narrow gauge, as they do not admit of any great speed without danger. CORONER—Can you account for the broken chair, which was 22 feet from the sleeper, that was cut apparently where it got off tke rail ? Gt. nerd Pasley—l should say that the chair was broken by the motion of the engine. If it was defective before, the motion might contribute to its breaking entirely. CORONER—What description of engine was it? General Pasley—One of most extraordinary length—of such a length as was never used on the narrow or any other gauge before. If you will allow me, I will mention a circumstance respect ing this peculiar class of engines. Some months ago there existed doubts as to the safety of express trains to travel by, and knowing that oscillation of carriages was no proof of danger, or that their steadineis ensured perfect safety, I de termined to ride upon the engines, with a view of more easily detecting their unsteadiness--their oscillating indicating danger. I travelled on lines in different parts of the country, and the only engine I found having such an oscillation was one on the South-Eastern Railway, called the White Horse of Kent, manufactured by Mr. Robert Stephenson, and of the same peculiar construction as the one that went off the rails on the Norfolk line. I went on that engine at the rate of 44 or 45 miles an hour, and at that speed she rolled some thing like a ship get-aea. Coltman—And what does tne c.ss.uisti nz movement indi cate? General Pasley—The oscillation when the train is going at such a rate implies running off the rail. I told the engine driver and other authorities that if they ran 50 miles an hour, like the express train on the Great Western Rail way, there was great likelihood of the engine rolling over. I have remarked that opinion to the Gauge Commissioners. CORONER—What is the difference between the engine you have alluded to, as manufactured by Mr. Robert Stephen son, and those employed on the Great Western? General Pasley—The narrow , gauge not offering so great a diameter of boiler as those on the broad, Mr. Stephenson, to remove the obstacle, constructed the long boiler engines to equal them in power, and which have failed in the purpose for which they were intended. The long boiler engine, which Mr. Stephenson persevered in, is four or five feet longer than those of original construction. The smoke-box overhangs the fore wheels, and the fire-box and dome the hind wheels, which will cause them to oscillate. _ _ 101 4 CORONER-DO you think it safe for such an engine to travel at 30 or 35 miles an hour? General Pasley—l think such an engine as the one in question c an go at 30 or 35 miles an hour, and I think I have gone at 45 miles upon them ; but when they approach 50 I think they are unsafe, and that is an opinion not hastily formed. CoaoNEß—Then you think these long-boiler engines, if they are going at a rate exceeding 40 miles per hour, are li able to oscillate and run over the line? General Pasley— Yes. Collo/um—Did you ever anticipate an engine of this de scription meeting with such an accident? General Pasley— The fact is, that I did not expect such an accident could have taken place. I did not think that such an engine could have gone at the speed it did in running off the line. It is a rule with engine-drivers to shut off the steam on a descending gradient, and in all my journeys in railway travelling I never found them neglect doing so. I have frequently informed the engine-drivers of these engines of the danger they were incurring when driving them a rate verging upon 50 miles per hour. In the north of England, however, I remember being in one of Mr. Stephenson's long boiler engines, and two pair of the wheels were coupled together, and in riding upon it I felt more secure than I would upon the other ones, as the coupling produced steadiness, and consequently safety. CORONER—Then you perfectly attribute the accident to the speed of the engine ? General Pasley—Yes. There being no other witness to examine, The,Learned CORONER proceeded to sum up the evidence, and after commenting upon the principal facts as related to the unfortunate occurrence, remarked upon the wide con trast of opinion entertained by Major-General Pasley and Mr. Bidder. It was for the jury to determine, knowing well that they would so decide as would ensure the public every safety. The court was then cleared of strangers, and the jury, after some time in consultation, sent for the Coroner, when the foreman informed him that they had not unanimously arrived at a verdict, and he feared there.was little hopes of their agreeing. The CORONER then inquired how many of the jury were unanimous ? The foreman replied twelve. The CORONER said if the twelve jurors were unanimous he would receive their verdict, and asked the foreman what was their return? The foreman observed that their verdict was—Accidental Death, caused by the imprudent conduct of the engine driver in going at an excessive speed. The dissenting jurymen (three in number) remarked that the verdict they were desirous of agreeing to was accidental death, caused by the misconduct of the engine-eiriver, and the defective construction of the engine, and inflicted a deo dand of 5001 on the engine. The Coroner accordingly took the verdict of the twelve. The foreman said that the jury earnestly recommend the Board of Trade to adopt immediate steps for disontinuing the running of engines similar to the one the subject of the inquiry on the Norfolk Railway, until such measures were adopted as would render them safe for the conveyance of passenger trains.--The Court was then dissolved. ATTEMPTED MURDER at BRENT- FORD-SUICIDE OF THE FATHER. Yesterday Brentford was thrown into a state of con siderable excitement and alarm, in consequence of the circulation of a report that a man named John Lowe had been stabbed by his own father, who had immediately afterwards attempted self-destruction, by cutting his throat with a razor. About twenty minutes to eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon, as Mr. Rowles, butcher, at Isleworth, was passing along the Great estern road, a short distance from Brentford-bridge, he saw John Lowe run out of his own shop, holding his hand to his right side, and exclaiming that he was stabbed and was a dead man, and hastening into the house of Mr. Millard, the George and Dragon public-house, a door or two off, into which he entered. Mr. Rowles instantly hastened into Lowe's house for the purpose of securing the supposed murderer, when in a back room be hind the shop he discovered Thomas Lowe, the father, sitting in a chair with his throat cut, from which the blood was flowing profusely, the wounded man having still a razor in his right hand, which was covered with blood. Mr. Rowles instantly dispatched the first person he saw for Mr. Cooper, surgeon, of Brentford-butts, and in the meantime endeavoured to wrest the razor from the grasp of Thomas Lowe, in effecting which Mr. Rowles's own hand was much cut by the weapon. At the mome nt of n n s to pe e the tor the discovery the Rev. H. S. Trimmer, vicar of Heston, dis trict, passed the t o the meeting of the g to ive th i e nf s o p r o m t atio l house on his way Local Commissioners of Assessed . Tax!ts, at New Brent ford,and one of the magistrates acting in the Brentfo rd police. In New Bre . n_tfoFd he met policeman Smith, T 92w h a e n ni d Lawrence , T division, with Sergeant Scotney, T 5, b in e s s m en n t tly wi h th as a t ll en: p d ee to d go on followed, as did also two of Mr. Cooper's assistants, that gentleman being absent from home when sent for, when every attention which medical skill could afford was rendered the wounded men. On their wounds being examined the son was found to have been stabbed under the right arm, near to the back, the weapon having entered just under the blade bone of the right shoulder, and it is feared by the surgeons has injured the right lung ; while the father's wound is also on the right side of the neck, the razor having just missed the principal arteries and vessels. About an hour after the occurrence, the house was visited by Mr. H. Pownall, of Spring-grove, Hounslow, the chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, and the Rev. Mr. Trimmer, accompanied by Mr. G. Clark, of New Brentford, clerk to the magistrates, who, after a consultation with the surgeons, determined on the re-. move cf Thomas Lowe, the father, to St. George's Hospital. A fly was immediately procured from the Castle Inn, New Brentford, in which he was conveyed by Sergeant Scotney and policeman Smith to that hospital. From the latest inquiries last evening, both at Brent ford End and at St. George's Hospital, as to the state of both father and son, it was ascertained that the latter was lying at his own house in a most dangerous state, the surgeon being unable at present to give any opinion as to the probable result ; and the surgeons at the hos pital state, from the father's advanced age (seventy three years) there is not much probability of his re covery. PRIVY COUNCIL.—Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Monday next at Windsor Castle; the summonses were issued yesterday. DIABOLICAL Acr.—A most diabolical and wicked attempt to murder a highly respectable family residing in the City of Oxford was made on the night of Friday , lash between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock, but most provtiden tially frustrated. It appears that the policeman. on a d t u y h o e ll HQeuinaaritlele,r the above evening observed at a distance something n to uti th e e , w f h ro o n r t es s i i d t es tin i g n -r i zo lf m red wi s n ti tz :i ol ig tf s . diatelv went to the window shutter and took it down, when He then o4ouncflesmosf g u npowder,alick and covered bound very wit h ation of took it into the house, and to the ho t Sa m uel r et proved to g p i e l a in r g an e c l e ev o e f n havin g Mr. Quartermaine and family it be a petard, con he discovered . that it was of a com bu r s r t o i r bl: n n d a c t o u n re st . ern . been dipped in jl paperalf shutter by an awl, similar to those used wassttiat tightly r i ri n pi :ea attached ar t co h i ui r en e d e d taon withd: the e a Ounces and a half. It by h a r n ess - maker s ot a lie n ie d v‘ea s pi hoemakers, having the mark of wax thread round the handle ; and, upon further investigation, it, was discovered that the fusee had been lighted and had par. tially burnt the shutter, but fortunately, owing to the mate rials being damp, it did not explode. If it had, the conse- Quences must ha ve b een d rea df u l i n th e ex t reme , as M r . uartermaine had all his family and a friend at his house that evening, who were sitting in the front parlour. Him self and daughter were occupying seats close to the window, and had the explosion taken place, they could not have possibly escaped with their lives. A reward of 1001. has. been offered for the discovery of the miscreant, and we hopes ere long that he will be brought to condign punishment: Mr. Quartermaine is a highly respectable livery-stable-kelper and is well known in the eroding world. DN ES DA_Y J o, „ . . ,•- No. 16,666. E - N 7 ~HREVVSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The Committee of Management of this Company have effected an amalgamation with the Dudley, Madeley, Broseley, and Ironbridge Railway Company, on terms which are advantageous to the Share holders of both Companies. The liability of the Shareholders of this 'Company will be reduced from 501. Shares to Shares of 251., and Two Shares will be issued td the Shareholders of the Dudley and Madeley Company for Three of their Shares. By this arrangement the Capital and Parliamentary Deposit of 10 per cent., and the capital requisite for the entire scheme of this Company, including a line from Dudley to Madeley next year,.will be secured. The reduction of the nominal amount of the Shares renders it ne cessary for the Shareholders of this Company to have their Scr Certificates stamped. They are, therefore, reque sted to send themip to the Company's Office for that purpose. By order, _ . GEORGE 101 1 10 X, Secretary . 3, Moorgate-street, Jan. 10, 1846 DUDLEY,' MADELEY, BROSELEY, and IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY COMPANY, with EXTEN SION to SHREWSBURY. The Committee of Management of. this Company have much sa tisfaction in announcing to their Shareholders that an amalgama tion, oa mutually advantageous terms, has been agreed on between this Compariy and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Com pany. By the agreeraelt which has been entered into, it is stipnlated that Two of the Shares in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company shall be given in exchange for Three Shares in this Company. That six members of the Managing Committee of this Company shall be added to the Committee of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Com pany, and that application shall be made by the amalgamated Com pany in the next practicable session of Parliament for power to make the line between Dudley and Madeley. Notice is hereby given, that the Shareholders in this Company must forward their scrip to the Secretary, at Stourbridge, on or before SATURDAY, the 17th instant, and signify (in the form given below), their election either to receive back their deposit, less their proportionate share of the expenses incurred, or to take in exchange their proportionate number of shares in the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham Company. Parties who may elect to receive back their deposits, may at once receive 21. per share on account, and the balance as soon as the amount of the expenses incurred shall have been ascertained. Parties who may elect to take shares in the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham Company. may. in like manner, on depositing their scrip. obtain a letter of allotment for their proportionate number of anatelL, therein, which letter will be forwarded to the original Shareholders of this Company immediately and to others so soon as the Di rectors shall be satisfied of the sufficiency of the applicants ; and parties 'who shall fail to send in their scrip on or before Seminal - , the 17th instant, will be considered as having elected to receive back their deposit less the expenses. In cases where the proportion of the Shrewsbury and Birming ham shares to be received shall amount to a fractional part of a share, the Shareholders will have the option of paying or receiving the difference in value between such proportion and an entire share. Arrangements will be made and announced, as soon as pos-ible, for procuring the signature of the Shareholders to such deeds as the altered circumstances of the Company have rendered necessary. By order of the Committee, W. S. DARKIN, Secretary. Offices of the Dudley, Madeley, Croseley, and Ironbridge Railway, Steurbridge, ;an. 10, 1846. D UDLEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, and IRONBEIDGE RAILWAY. For the convenience of Shareholders in London, the Scrip Certifi cates may be sent to the Office of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, 3, Moorgate-street, London. By order, W. S. DARKIN, Secretary. Stowbridge, Jan. 12, 16I6: GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The Directors of this Company are ready to receive Tenders for Loans of Money, in sums of not less than 1,0001., for a period of five or seven years, on the security of Mortgage Debentures, bearing interest at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum. Applications may he made to the undersigned, at the Railway office, Paddington Station CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY. The Offices of the Company are removed from. Old Jewry Chambers to No. 13, Park-street, Westminster. _ By order, B. F. SCOTT, Secretary. Jan. 10, . 1846. R UGBY AND HUNTINGDON JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Offices of the Company are removed from Old Jewry Cham bers to No. 13, Park-street, Westminster. By order, PHILIP GRIFFITH, Secretary. Jan. 10, 1846. lIUNTINGDON. ST. IVES, WISBEACH, AND SUTTON UNION RAILWAY. The Offices of the Company are removed from Gresham-street to No. 13, Park. street, Westminster By order, Jan. 10, 1846 W. WILDE, Secretary. AMBER GATE, NOTTINGHAM AND BOS TON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice.—The Scrip must be presented at the time of payment to the Bankers, in order that the acknowledgment may be stamped upon it. (By order) JOHN GOUGH, Secretary. AMBER GATE, NOTTINGHAM AND BOS TON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee of Management, without condescending to notice any of the anonymous and false statements which have from time to time appeared in several of, the public prints, have the satisfaction to assure the Shareholders that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference have been most minutely examined by the Engiaear, in conjunction with the Parliamentary Agent, Mr. Coates, of the firm of Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates, who so ably checked the Plans and Sections last session of the London and York Railway, and that the whole are found to be most accurately prepared, and that every measure has, been adopted which the Committee feel confident will Insure the passing of the Bill through standing orders. By order of the Beard, Nottingham, 9th Jan., 184 G. JOHN GOUGH, Secretary. Prem. SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that in order to carry out the extension of this railway to Brechln, and thence to the Aberdeen Railway, at Laurencekirk, with a branch to the harbour and docks of Montrose, a certain number of shares have been reserved for this Company in the " Scottish Midland Extension Railway." Every person, therefore, who is registered as a shareholder in the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, and who claims his proportion of these shares on or before Friday, the 16th of January, will re ceive a letter of allotment of Scottish Midland " Extension " shares, in the proportion of one of such " Extension" shares for every two shares of which he is a registered proprietor, at that date, in the Scottish Midland Company. All persons who do not claim on or be fore the above date, will forfeit their right to such shares, which will be allotted to other parties immediately thereafter. Railway ai D l i w re a c y tors co of Companies, Midland int o E b betw e en Intimation is also hereby given, that an agreement has been en tered Midlpanirdeanodrsof the Scottish p th an e ot i S es c ,a t i i l s d h the Directors United Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Railway Com panies. to the following effect :- 1. The Scottish Midland and Scottish Midland Extension Railway Companies to be amalgamated with the United Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Railway Companies. 2. Five years to be allowed for the development of the traffic of the Scottish Midland and Scottish Midland Extension Railways ; and the stock of these Companies and of the United Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Railways, to be then amalgamated at their re spective values. But, whatever may be the result of the five years' trial, the dividend ofthe Scottish Midland and Scottish Midland Ex tension, in the Cent. se of the amalgamatio n , s h a ll no t b o under net 4 per cent. per annum. 3. The Scottish Midland and Scottish Midland Extension Rallwa • to be worked by the United Edinburgh end Glasgow and Scotti sh Central Railway Companies, at 37 % per cent. of the gross receipts. 4. The United Edi n burgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Rail way Companies engage to give to the Scottish Midland and Scottish Midland Extension Railways all the through and local traffic wh i ch it is in their power to give, in preference to any competing line ; an d in all respects the united Companies are to work and manage and support the Midland and Midland Extens'on, t as if fr o om the Outset an integral pert of the united Companies, so tha the rth of and and and Midland Extension may be fully and fairly developed. Registered Shareholders in the Scottish Midland Company who wish an allotnt of "Extension" shares are requested to address a letter in the following terms to Messrs. Foster and Bra•hwalte, 68, Old Broad-street, London: Gentlemen,—As the registered proprietor of shares of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, I request you will allet me shares in the Scottish Midland Extension Railway, and I oblige my self to pay the deposit of 21. 101. per share, and to sign the Parliamen tary Contract and Subscriber's Agreement when required to do so. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, Signature • • • . • Residence ..... • • • • ''''' • • • • -* • • Profession • • • Date .• •• • • ''''''''''' •'••" •' •' To the Provisional Committee of the Scottish Midland Extevalon Railway. [Under toyer to Messrs. Foster and BrathWaita.) • January ii, 1146. ANNERON'S PARIS, and LYONS RAIL WAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that parties holding Banker's Receipts, but who ornittell to sign the reciprocal engagements required by the French Government, and consequently were not constituted Share holders, will receive back the amount of their deposit on presenting the Receipts to the Bankers of the Company, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, for Ten days from this date, previously bringing them to this Office t• be countersigned. By order of the Committee, W. VILLESBOISNET,} Secretaries. E. FILDER, 7, Tokenhouse yard, Jan. 12, 1846. NI EDICAL INVALID AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE. London-25, Pall-mall, and 8, Change Alley; and Dublin-22, Nassau-street. Diseased and healthy lives assured at all ages, en equitable terms. 25, Pall-mall. F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 2600,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution -offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are -ranted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT:. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 3u to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. g' Pre m i um. ►i Bonus Bonus in 2g ii hy , ... K 15 0 , added. Cash. E- O'' & ,;- g 1 • oz o g 4,i " --. 1 1 z 1 x , . d. 1837 £l9l 13 5 .i - 87 13 - 5 1 Z13 17 1 £395 11; . • ,.1,.,1* ~.1835 165 13 0.7413 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 464: 1 14 """ °- "" ^ "itg39 • 138 13 ' 67r 14 3 '9' 110 2 4 .4 13 4 1 1 . :1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6. 0 247 4 5 Tie &vision of profits Is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Sae. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Fleet-street, 12th January, 1846. Notice is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY will be held at the Society.s Office, Fleet-street, London, on MONDAY, the 2d day of February next, at Half-past Eleven o'clock in the Fore noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Auditor's Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st December last, and for general purposes. _ _ _ By order of the Directors, GEO. KIRKPATRICK, Actuary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001. In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1840, is as follows : Sum Time Sam added Sum Time Sum Added Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy. 45000 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO 5000 6 years 600 9 0 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-halfneed be paid for the first Five Years, where tke Insu rance is for Life. Every Information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. A SYLUM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIFE OFFICE. 70, Cornhill, and 5, Waterloo-place, London. ESTABLISHED IN 1824. DIRECTORS. Major-General Sir James Law Lushington, G.C.8., Chairman. Charles William Hallett, Esq., Deputy Chairman. J. Harvey Astell, Esq. E. Bedwell Kemble, Esq. Thomas Fenn, Esq. Foster Reynolds, Esq. Geo. Palmer, jun., Esq. John Clarmont Whiteman, Esq. W. Edmond Ferrer', Esq. G. Farren, Esq.,.Readt. Director. MIDICAL OFFICERS IN LONDON. R. Ferguson, M.D., 9, Queen-street, May-fair. J. Forbes, M.D., F.R.S., 12, Old Burlington-street. T. Callaway, Esq., Wellington-street, Southwark. Persona suffering frost chronic disease or irregularity of form, in pregnancy, or old ago, are insured at proportionate rates, the Asylum being the Company which originally (In 1824) extended the benefits of life insurance to such cases. RENEWABLE TERM INSURANCES FOR HEALTHY LIVES. The advantages of a whale life Policy are secured by the smallest necessary outlay in the first instance—the contract being continued year by year, whatever the future health of the assured (after the primary examination), at a stipulated slight increase of premium, little exceeding the price of an ordinary terra insurance, up to the age of 70, when the rate remains stationary. Extracts from RENEWABLE TERM rates fur soled lives. ♦CE. I lit yr. lld yr. lid yr. 1 4th yr. 16t13. yr I 6th yr. I 7th yr% 30 I 1 6 4 I 1 7 1 117 11 I 1 8 9 I 1 9 7 I 1 10 5 I 1 11 4 Extaacts from the ETEN BATES for select lives Ass. I 10 I 30 I 40 I 30 I 60 I 70 I SO 111 112 201217 1 I 4 0101991101$ 0 1 19 1 $ ALTERNATIVE Two-thirds, only, of the even rates, whether fbr select or diseased lives, or for the risks of foreign climates, may be paid down, and the balance, with interest at 4.per cent. deducted from the sum assured. FOREIGN, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL INSURANCE. Distinct classification of places, according to salubrity of climate ; a specific price for any particular place, or ibr a voyage or voyages. Officers whose destinations are not known, covered to all parts of the world at a small but fixed extra rate of premium. GEO. FARREN, Resident Director. T HE TONTINE' LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, in compliance with the provisions of the statute 7 and 8 Viet., c. 110, Two Shillings per Share, until the complete Registra tion of the Company, when the same will be increased to 11. per Share, which, with the assistance anticipated from the Tontine De partment, will, it is expected, be sufficient to carry out the objects of the Company. The plan of this Company offers considerable and peculiar advan tages to the Shareholders, as in addition to the profit arising from Life Assurance transactions, it is proposed to raise a capital of 1,000,0001., or more, by the grant of Tontine Annuities, in classes to be regulated by the ages of the Subscribers or their Nominees ; which capital, on the death of the survivor in each class, will be divided exclusively among the Shareholders. The principle of the Tontine Annuities is explained below. TRUSTEES. John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln's Inn John Conolly, Esq., M.D. Lawn-house, Hanwell James Martin, Esq., 6 8 , Lombard-street. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln's Inn Walter Wyndham Burrell, Esq., Knepp Castle, near Horsham, and 5, Richmond-terrace, Whitehall John Charritie, Esq., Moorgate-street Chambers, City John Conolly, Esq., M.D., Lawn house, Hanwell John More Douglas, Esq., Belvedere-read, Lambeth Walter Etty, Esq., Lombard-street Chambers Edward Hamilton, Esq., M.D., Grafton-street, Piccadilly William Henderson, Esq., 16, Bishopgate-street Within Hector Monro, Esq., Walsham le Willows, Suffolk Savile Craven Henry Ogle, Esq., M.P., 84, Eaton-square, Pimlico. Ambrose Frederick Proctor, Esq., Ware, Herts C oke Taylor, Esq., LL.D., Fleet-street John Alfred Trimmer, Esq., Haslemere, Surrey Forbes Winslow, Esq., M.D., Sussex-house, Hammersmith. BANKERS—Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martins, 68, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Dimes, Esq., 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REFEREES. Thomas Callaway, Esq., F.R.C.S., Wellington-street, Southwark James Copland, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., &c., Old Burlington-street. DISTRICT MEDICAL REFEREES IN LONDON. William Preston Lauder, Esq., 31. D., F.R.S.E., Sloane-street, Knightsbridge Edward Lloyd, Esq., M.D., Jewin-street, City Walter Hayle Walsh, Esq., M.D., Professor of Pathology at Univer sity College, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. CONSULTING ACTUARY—David Jones, Esq., Author of " Tables on Annuftes," &c., King William-street, City. ACTUARY LED SECRETARY—WiIIiam Clark, Esq. Temporary Offices, No. 16, Lincoln's Inn-fields. It is unnecessary in this Prospectus, to enlarge upon the advan tages of Life Assurance, or its adaptation to most of the exigencies and relations in life. These benefits have been so extensively pub lished, e; : r h el a cdu t osr t i h fttoy e or y are already well understood and appreciated. frcp shortT rta eohyeri repayment Company is formed for granting every description of Life Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment ; Loans either for long or for t p h e e r t shoen purchase s paymente ec o ti fn effectingßeversionaryAssurances, premium andulnp ot Interests, interest,receivingsts polai id s e a s satis factory e n: , of a n t d h principal,very other description e r ip instalments tionofp o r o r p o e t r t h y e r . w se , as may be Assurance, Persons borrowing money of the Company, upon approved se curity, and effecting a policy of A ssurance r the amount bor rowed, will not be called upon for the repayment of the loan, so long as the interest and premium are regularly paid. Thus a party borrowing 1,000/. upon security of his estate, and an assignment of a policy on his life, would at his decease leave his estate unencum bered, the SUM assured being applied by the Company to repay its advance. The premiums are based upon data derived from the most recent and authentic sources, presenting a moderate and equitably•adjusted scale. One of the principal objects of the Company is to assimilate its benefits as nearly as possible to those of Mutual Assurance Societies, with the additional security of a subscribed capital. With this view, four-fifths of the profits, arising from Policies affected by parties on the terms of participation, will be divided every tkree years, after the first five years, among those who assure for the whole term of life. The sum so divided among the Assured to be applied to the reduction of the annual premium, or added to the sum assured as bonus, or paid in present value, at the option of the Assured. For persons who may wish to assure for short periods, or for the whole of life, without participation in the profits, a scale has been adopted, which is as moderate as it can be rendered consistently with the interests of the Company. Parties may also effect the assurance by payment of one-half only of the premiums for a stipulated term of years—the interest upon the unpaid portion of the premiums, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, being annually paid In advance. Upon payment of the arrear of the premiums, the Assured will be entitled to a full parti cipation of the profits. The Assured may at all times borrow an amount equal to the value of the policy, on its security. In all the transactions of the Company the utmost liberality will be exercised. Life Assurances will be effected with all the advantages to the assured afforded by the most respectable established companies. A Table of Premiums will shortly be published. TONTINE ANNUITIES. This Company, in submitting the subject of Tontine Annuities to the public, is Influenced by the belief that there are many persons, who from the hope of longevity, and the desire of ease and affluence as they progress through life, will gladly avail themselves of this mode of investment ;—by which they will secure a large remunera tive and increasing income, guaranteed to them by the Company during their own lives or the lives of their nominee. The following is an illustration of the principle of the Tontine An nuities 1,000 persons subscribe 1001. each, they or their respec tive nominees, being of an age to enter the class in which the an nuity granted is 6/. per cent. per annum, each subscriber or nominee will, during the continuance of all the lives, receive an annuity of 6/. ; but as the lives drop, the share of the deceased parties will be divided among the survivors, until they are reduced to six, each of Whom will then receive 1,0001. per annum for life ; but as they re spectively die eff, the 1,0001. per year which the deceased party re ceived will fall into the fluids of the Company, for the benefit of the shareholders ; and so in proportion for a larger or smaller number of subscribers or their nominees. This mode of investment will place it in the power of almost every p h r td o i p y r i i d a u d a n l, at some period of life, by prudently and legitimately ap to propriating l a wn n a re stances e as e .: t hn B w dy g a n err u o a te b vrEet p e:s a i intrf.ha:tetrwhir otherwise their esy4dier6es uselesslycm 11 poorerlan l n 1 declining e su i mrnyee:seoaaxfrtlpisnome. Inn-fields r ed : . e e dl y ,, , whichi secure imanyd indepen dence e i n n Parents may also by these means provide for their children. er, Applications for Shares, in the following form, to be directed to : To the Directors of the Tontine Life Assurance Company. Gentlemen,--I request y eti t o a ll ot ins Company ; and I hereby agree t o accept the same, or a S n il y ar l e eL L t this l num ber yon may allot me, and to pay the deposit of Two Shillings per Share thereon, and also to execute the Deed of Settlement of the Company when required to do so. Address • . Profession or liubilk,s Iteforonce • .. • • • • • l ON DON, EDI L\ BURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-crow, Mansion-house, Edinburgh. NOTICE. —Persons desrous of participating in the profits applic able to the year, from gta February, 1845, to 9th February, 1846, ought to lodge their Prcoosals at the head-office, or at one of the agencies, on or before no 7th of February next. Jan. 13, 1646. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. 1-40NDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN' • LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3,.Charlole-row, Mansion-house, London- The success which has attended the system of Assurance pursued by this Company is illustrated by the fact, that at the General Court, held en the 9th day of Jnly last, there was declared A REDUCTION OF 25 PER CENT. on the current year's premiums of all participating policies opened on or before the 9th day of February, 1841. Thus, a person aged 40. who opened a policy for 1,0001. in February, 1841, at en annual premium of ...... • • £32 10 0 Is called upon to pay this year only ...... And if this abatement be applied to pay the first year's premium of an additional policy, the party will be further assured to the extent of „ 215 9 4 Proportionate benefits accrue to policies on all ages. Copies of the report of the last investigation of the affairs, contain ing a full exposition of the principles and practice of the Society, and any other information required, may be obtained by applying per sonally, or by letter, at the head-office, or any of the agencies. BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. RICHARP SPOONER, Esq., M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. DIRECTORS. The Hon. Frederick Poneonby James Hartley, Esq. John Boyd, Esq., M.P. Kennett Kingsford, Esq. Alex. Anderson, Esq. John M`Gufile, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John M. Lee, Esq. Captain Brandreth J. M. Rosseter, Esq. F. Harrison, Esq. Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISERS. Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.s. ; Alex. Anderson, Esq., F.R.C.S. SECRETARY—H. Kift, Esq. AUDITORS—R. E. Alison, Esq. ; H. H. Cannan, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. • iRGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, WIROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT. OF PARLIAMENT, - 3 and 6 Will. IV., " - THOMAS PARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. - - - - John iltniiphery, Esq., Alderman, M.P. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq. Richard E. Arden, Esq William Banbury, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Cam phi], Esq. James Clift, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. Pnysiciert—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square. SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. In addition to the subscribed Capital of 300,000/., the Assured have the security of the Company's rapidly increasing income, and an accumulating Assurance Fund invested in Government and other available securities, of considerably larger amount than the esti mated liabilities of the Company. . - The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible with the security of the Assured and the stability of the Company, thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO Age. I For One Year, For Seven Years. 1 Whole Term, 20 £0 17 8 30 1 1 8 40 1 11 0 50 1 14 1 60 3 2 4 £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 7 0 £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 One-third of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at 5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or may be paid off at any time without notice. In Assurances for Advances o' Money, as security for debts, of as a provision for a family, where the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. The Medical Officers attend daily at,a Quarter before Two o'Cleck. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. V E R, G NEXT SATURDAY WEEK, and EVERY SATURDAY. Price Threepence. " He doth bestride this little world of ours like a Colossus." Shakspeare. Office, 90, Fleet-street, next door to " Mr. Punch." POST -OFFICE DIRECTORIES FOR 1846 Now published, POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY, with a Map, price 30s. POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY of the SIX HOME COUNTIES, viz., Essex, Herta, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex, with Maps, price 255. POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY of BIRMINGHAM with War wickshire and South Staffordshire, with Maps, price 20s. Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court, and all booksellers. “ I RON TIMES” NEWSPAPER COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 63,0001., in Shares of 11. is. each. Offices of the Company, No. 41, Moorcate-street. - - - For some years before the late mischievou; movement against railway interests on the part of the " Times" newspaper, it had been evident to all persons engaged in business, that in giving their advertisements to that journal they were themselves encouraging and fostering a newspaper which, while it derived the principal part of its support from the industry and energy of the mercantile and commercial classes of the community. was acting in every way against their interests. But however unwilling those classes might be to lend their aid to such ajournal by sending to it their advertisements, it was compul sory upon them to do so, from the fact of the large circulation of the " Times " rendering it the only existing medium for obtaining the de sirable publicity. A remedy or an alternative was sought in vain ; the existence of a journal, with a circulation to answer the purposes of a sufficient publicity for advertisements, remained a desideratum. This want appears to be now supplied by the " Iron Times," and the projectors of the "Iron Times" Newspaper Company have per ceived—in the manner in which that journal has recently assumed the character of a General Morning Newspaper, and the skill and talent which have been displayed in supporting that character—s power of expaneion and development which, if duly supported by an amount of capital immediately available, must inevitably render the " Iron Times " the leading journal of the age. Founded on the basis of the " Iron Times " as a Railway News paper, the " Iron Times," as a General Newspaper, has a point d'appui to start from, such as it has never hitherto been the good fortune of any journal to attain. To the success of a newspaper there are two points necessary— circulation and advertisements. These combined—or even one of them singly—have never, in any instance, been arrived at without a great outlay and risk of capital ; both of these, however, the " Iron Times " has at starting. It has but to add to them. Actuated by this impression, and desirous to insure the perma nence of an honest and independent Daily Morning Newspaper, the property of no clique, either political or literary, a Company has been constituted for the purpose of purchasing the " Iron Times," and infusing into it that amount of immediately-available capital, which alone appears necessary to insure its increased usefulness as a public journal, and an increased ratio of profits to all parties con cerned. As a commercial speculation the success of the " Iron Times" is a matter of public notoriety, and the Committee of Management of the Company, from the examination of the books, accounts, &c., have no hesitation in announcing the probability of a return of at least twenty-dye per cent., or ss. per share, on the capital invested. To carry into effect the objects of the promoters of the Company, it is intended to create a capital of 63,000!., divided into 60,000 shares of it. is. each--the whole to be paid up. None of these shares will be allotted to the public until complete registration, which will be per fected in the course of a iew days. By arrangements with the present proprietor of the journal, a limited number, notexceeding 4,000 shares, will be issued in the first instance, at par ; after which there will be a further issue of a similar number at 11. prem. per share ; the remainder at such periods and at such prices as the Committee of Management shall de termine, and the augmented value and importance of the property of the Company shall demand. _ . The arrangements for the protection of the interests of the share holders—for a pre-emption in favour of original subscribers, for sub sequent issue of shares, for the limitation of their liability, and for the regulation and management of the undertaking—have been matured; and the deed of settlement to carry these arrangements into legal effect, is now under the consideration of counsel. Application for shares, and all communicatio m respecting the un dertaking, are to be addressed to H. Edwards, the Secretary, at the office of the Company, 41, Moorgate-street, London. To the Committee of Management of the " Iron Times" News- paper Company Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares, or such less number as you shall determine, in the Capital Stock of the " Iron Times" Newspaper Company; and I hereby engage to pay the sum of One Pound One Shilling upon each Share that shall be appropriated to me, and to execute the Deed of Settlement of the Company when required, it being distinctly understood that my liability is limited to £1 Is. per Share, and that under no circum stances I shall be called upon for any further or other sum. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. I IEN LECTURES ON THE CHRONO THERMAL SYSTEM of MEDICINE. By Dr. DICKSON. Price 2n. 6d. Lecture I. The Nature of Disease and its Causes ; Chrono-Thermal Medicines.—Lecture 11. Ague, Fever, Spasm, Palsy, Eptlepsy.—Lec tore HI. 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Published by the Authors, a nd . may be had a t th e i r res id e nce 19, BERNE itS- STREET, OXP ov..D.sTREET . Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; llannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street; Gordon, 146, Lealenhell-street ; Purklss, Compton street, Sobs; and all flooselli.rs. i‘ We regard the work before u the ' Silen a t Friend,' as a wzrk embracing most clear and practics, al views of soles of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me- Waal profession, for what reason we are at a hoes to know. We terzA however confess that a perusal of this work has Idft such a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommsrai, but cordially wish everyone who is the victim of pest folly, or ,offerin b from hilts action, to profit y th e advice contained IN its pages."—Age e and Argus. The COII,DIAL lIALM o f SY/ZIA-CUM 13 exciusivell d irected to the tame of nervous debility, Irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, cons umptive habits, 1.„1,1 debilities arising from exc.:in. like. In bottles, price 1 Is., er the quantity of four in one bottle for 115., .."), which I Is. be had as EtsroL are saved. The five - pound cases may The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESRENCE, a remedy for searching oat and por iffbig the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and NAY , ulcerations, and those painful am-lttons artstug from inopreper treatusent or the cetects of mercury, romoving ~,e ood e ry symptoras, and all eruptions of the skin. Prism lls, and Ms. ner bottle. sPE OrFIC PIL LS pERR.y ., s po ., wyrN •G , price 2s. 9d., 49. 6d., and Ils. per box, are the most effectual remedy fen strictures, inflam mation, &c., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, If by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases necessary. Means. li. end L. Perry and Ce., surgeons, may be consulted, as lusual, at 19, ilernere-street, Oxford-street. London, dagy, and at 106, Duke-s eat, Live pool, • very Thursday, Friday., and Saturday ; I and at 10, St. Jef m-street, Deansgate, Man.:heater, on Mondays, ' Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. TO CONTRACTORS. MI D ILW A Y. The DIRECTORS of the MIDLAND RAILWAY are pre pared to receive TENDERS for the Execntion of the WHOLE of the WORKS on the MAIN LINE and BRANCHES of the ERE WASH VALLEY RAILWAY, comprising a length of 17 Miles or thereabouts. _ _ Plans, Sections, Drawings, and Specifications will be ready for In spection at the Office of Mr. Swanwick, Chesterfield, on TUESDAY, January 27th, when parties intending to Tender are requested to be present at Half-past Ten, A.M., to make arrangements for the mea surement of the works, . 0 ga.“..,..... .... •••••• • • ,•........ Sealed Tenders must be delivered to the Secretary at the Railway Station, Derby, before Nine A.m. on TUESDAY, the 10th of February, when the Directors will meet to consider them, and when all parties tendering are requested to be in attendance. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tendon GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Board of Directors. JOHN ELLIS, Deputy Chairman. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Derby, 6th January, 1646. NJEWRY and ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. The Directors will meet at their Office in Newry, en FRIDAY, Gth February next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to receive TENDERS for CONTRACTS for the following WORKS, viz. : To make and lay the railway from the east side of Edward-street, No. 1, in the townland of Bath - dare, in the parish of Newry, to a field, No. 1, in the townland of Drumbanagher, in the parish of Killeavy, all in the cotmty of Armagh, a distance of 9,166 yards, being about 5U miles; with all the excavations, embankments, bridges, culverts, gates, fences, roads, &c. &c., complete, and to keep the whole in repair for one ye ar after completion, finding all ma terials except the permanent rails, bolts, screws, chairs, treenails, and sleepers. Plans and Specifications are open for inspection at the Company's Offices in Newry, and at No. 19, Moorgate-street, London, where printed forms of tender may be had, and no others will be attended to. Tenders are to be delivered, sealed, before Eleven o'clock on the sth February next, and parties tendering must attend the Directors' Meeting in person, or by some one duly authorised on their behalf. The party whose tender is accepted will be required to enter into a bond, with sureties for the due performance of the contract, in a penalty of not less than ten per cent. on the gross sum contracted for, and the names of the proposed sureties are to be specified in the Tender. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest offer. NEWRY and MORNE, Chairman. Dated, 7th January, 1846. PARIS .AND. LYONS RAILWAY (LIFFITTE'S COMfANY). Shareholders who have not received the CIRCULAR REPORT of the Directors, dated 31st December last, may be furnished with a copy, by sending to this office for it. The forms to be signed for the purpose of obtaining constituted Shares, as well as for the repayment of the surplus deposits, are now ready for delivery at this office, daily, between the hours of Eleven and Three, until the 24th inst. William-street, City, Jan. 6, 1846. ED. JIVE, Secretary. 62, Ki ng PUBLICATIONS. rrlIE D A I L Y N E W S• A new Morning Newspaper of Liberal Politics and thorough Independence. To commence on WEDNESDAY, the 21st instant. Office for Advertisements No. 90, Fleet-street : Publishing office, Whitefriars. JANVARY 14, 1846 PRICE sn. OREGON TERRITORY.—A MAP of the OREGON and TEXAS, describing the boundaries of ancient Louisania,:and the boundary lines of the different Treaties between Great Britain, the United States, and other powers, by JAMES WYLDE ; accompanied by a Chronological Statement of the Rights of Great Britain and the Claims of the United States. One sheet, 35.; in case, 4s. 6d. MAP of the OREGON DISTRICT, one large sheet ; 4s. in sheet ; 7s. 6d. in case. James Wylde, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, four doors ffom Trafalgar-square. Just published, Bvo., price 6d., A FEW WORDS to the AGRICULTURAL ___ CLASSES. BY A SIMPLE MAN. W. Pickering, Piccadilly, THE PROJECTED NEW RAILWAYS. This day is published, price Is.. or is 4d. per post. AN EPITOME of the LINES of RAILWAY which Parliament will. in all probability, Sanction In the coming Session, together with their reasons for doing so. The pamphlet will be found particularly interesting to the Share holders in THE LONDON AND YORK, THE DIRECT NORTHERN, THE EASTERN COUNTIES, THE CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL, THE SOUTH-EASTERN, THE NORTH KENT, THE LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS, and other leading railways. Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange; Railway Times Office, 122, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers. MiCIILLOCH'S COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY.—NEW EDITION. On Monday, Jan. 19, will be published, ht one large volume, com prising above 1,400 closely-printed pages, with Maps and Plans, price 505., or half-bound D in russia, 555., a new Edition of a ICTIONARY, PRACTICAL, THEORETI CAL, and IIIgTORICAL, of COMMERCE and COMMER CIAL NAVIGATION. By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq. *' This Edition, which has been carefully corrected, comprises, besides the new Tariff, the new Acts relating to Banking, the Sugar Trade, Navigation and Customs, the Hiring of Seamen, &c. ; and is further enriched with valuable information from all parts of the world. A SUPYLLmr.NT, for the use of the Purchasers of the last Edi tion, will be published at the same time. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. In one thick vol., a New Edition, being the Ninth, much enlarged, price 165., MODERN DOMESTIC MEDICINE ; a Popular Treatise, exhibiting the Symptoms, Causes, and most efficacious Treatment of Diseases ; with a Collection of ap proved Prescriptions, Management of Children, Doses of Medicines, &c. Forming a comprehensive Medical Guide for the Clergy, Fami lies, and Invalids. By T. J. GRAHAM, M.D., &c. " It is evidently the result of great professional talent, experience, and judgment ; the author everywhere appears conscientious and candid. One object is prominently evident—a sincere desire to be nefit his suffering fellow-creatures. To recommend a work like the present to our readers, is only to manifest a proper regard for their welfare."—Literary Journal, Feb., 1843. It is altogether deserving of permanent popularity."—London Weekly Review. Simpkin and Co., Paternoster-row; Hatchards, 187, Piccadilly ; and Tegg, 73, Cheapside. Sold by all Booksellers. THE MAMMOTH HORSE.-Mr. CARTER'S Colossal Horse continues to attract crowds of visitors, but as he will positively leave town in a few days for America, Mr. Carter begs to remind those persons who have net yet seen this remarkable animal, aptly termed the " Model Horse," that the present time Is the only opportunity they will have of viewing the largest horse in the world. Count D'Orsay says, "he is a magnificent animal." The Mammoth Horse is twenty hands in height, and weighs 2,5001b5. He will be exhibited at the EGYPTIAN HILL, Piccadilly, from 11 A.m. till 9 P.M. Admission, One Shilling. PARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY (English Portion of the " Compagnie du Sud-Est"). The Directors, referring to their advertisement of the 6th instant, have to inform their subscribers that the proportion of defi nitive shares in the Constituted Company which they are enabled to give amounts to 734 per cent., a result which, taking into account the recent formation of the Company, will, they trust, as compared with the proportion obtained by the earlier companies, be found satis factory. Every holder of 100 original shares will therefore be enti tled to receive seven shares in the Constituted Company, and arrange ments will be made for giving the full benefit of the fractional in terest. The surplus deposits, after deducting 51. for each definitive share, will be repaid to the holders of letters of allotment, and pro visional certificates will be given them for the number of defini tive shares to which they are respectively entitled on their signing a letter of guarantee to the Directors for indemnifying them against the payment of the additional 51. per share in the Constituted Com pany, to which, by the French law, every original subscriber is liable. The letter's of allotment may be left with the Secretary, at the office of the Company, 14, Old Jewry Chambers, on and after Wednesday, the 14th, till Wednesday the 21st instant, inclusive, for which a receipt will be given. The repayment of the deposits and delivery of the provisional certificates for the definitive shares will commence on the 26th inst. Those persons who shall fail to send in their letters of allotment within the time specited will be subject to a further delay. The office hours for this purpose are from eleven o'clock in the morning until three o'clock In the afternoon. By order of the Board, T. M. WALFORD, Secretary. 14, Old Jewry Chambers, Jan. 10, 1846. T HE MERCHANT TRADERS' SHIP LOAN AND INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. (Prvisionally Registered according to Act of Parliament.) Capital, 100,000,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. Five Shillings a Share to be paid on Allotment, the remainder on the Execution of the Deed of Settlement. No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription. TRUSTEES. The Right lion. Captain Lord Viscount Ingestre, C. 8., M.P. Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. David Hope, Esq., Glasgow COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. The Right Hon. Captain Lord Viscount Ingestre, R.N., C. 8., M.P. Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. Captain Samuel Price, R.N., Senior United Service Club Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood William Webster Watson, Esq., Inner Temple Edward 0. Winthrop, Esq., Gloucester-street, Regent's-park Captain Blair, 11.E.1.C.5., Glasgow David Hope, Esq., Glasgow Mathew Dick, Esq., Melkle Enioch Merchant, Glasgow MANAGING DIRECTOR —Augustus Collingridge, Esq. BANKERS. The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury The City of Glasgow Bank, Glasgow The Hibernian Banking Company, Dublin. SOLICITOR. John Watson, Jun., Esq., 10, llenrietta-street, Covent-garden. SOLICITORS FOB SCOTLAND. Messrs. Campbell and Tennents, George square, Glasgow. OFFICES. London-2, Fish-street-hill Glasgow-48, St. Vincent-street; Manager, John M`Lellan, jun., Esq. Dublin-12, Lower Sackville-street ; Manager, J. B. Bankhead, Esq. The objects of this Association are twofold—the Insurance of Ships and the Advancing of Money by way of Loan, secured by mortgage ou shipping. Each branch affords its own share of individual profit ; but the two operations, judiciously combined, will evidently be pro ductive of highly remunerative results to the proprietary. The immense fortunes known to have been realised by individuals who have advanced money upon the security of shipping, with an assignment of the policy of assurance, afford the best guarantee of the soundness of the principle upon which the Association is founded. The almost incredible number of British shipping under mortgage, shown by the books of the Registrar-General of Customs, exhibits a wide field for the operations of the Association. The great bulk, if not all of these loans, have been obtained upon exorbitant terms by the small owner from his more wealthy neighbour, who may look rather to the obtaining possession of the vessel by foreclosure than to the eligibility of the security as an investment. The Association will advance a sum of money, in no case exceed ing two-thirds of the vessel's value, upon the report of its surveyors ; which loan shall be secured by mortgage upon the whole ship and earnings by freight , the policy of insurance effected with the Asso ciation remaining in its hands until the termination of the period for which the loan has been granted. Among the many advantages it holds eut, the following are not the least : To the Shipowner, the certainty of obtaining, at a moderate rate, aad without injthy to his credit, pecuniary assistance when he most requires it. The opportunity of relieving himself from mortgages bearing an exorbitant interest, and effecting them with the Association at an equitable rate. To the Shipbuilder, particularly when building for the market, either at home or in our colonies, by placing him in a position less dependent upon immediate sale at an unfavourable season. To both, a participation in the profits of the Association by be coming shareholders. The Association embodies the following advantages for Its Pro prietary : The immediate certainty of securing a very large number of poli cies of insurance, since, although insurances will be taken without loans, no loan will be granted unless the policy be effected with the Association ; hence the double profit which will arise from these tiro sources. A total absence of risk to the shareholders. _ --- It may be added that an extensive connexion has been already formed in the leading outports, and insurance business to a large amount secured for the Association. The same machinery sufficing for the working of the double prin ciple here exhibited, the expenses of management will not exceed those of any ordinary marine insurance-office. The necessary Parliamentary notices for an Act of Incorporation have been duly given in the Gazettes of November, 1845. The whole sum required for the preliminary expenses has been advanced by the London members of the Committee of Management. Applications for shares, in the usual form, may be made to the Committee of Management, and addressed to any of the above-named officers of the Association, to the eolletors, or to any of the following agents, frona whom more detailed prospectuses may be had :—Wm. Cafferata, Esq., Exchange-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull; Messrs. Drewry and Richardson, Newcastle-on -Tyne; Robert W. Ogilvie, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne ; W. J. Barker, Esq., Sunderland; Messrs. Carr and Sons, Whitehaven ; Tiffin Bell, Esq., IVorkington ; Messrs. Wood and son, Marypert ; Henry Smith, Esq., Fleetwood ; T. Sanford, Esq., Exeter ; A. W. Forbes, Esq., Glasgow ; J. Mac Lellan, jun., Esq., 68, Vincent-street, Glasgow ; Messrs. Girdwood and Co., Leith ; J. B. Bankhead, Esq., 12, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin ; and Robert ilenderson, Esq., Donegal quay, Belfast. - - - MERCHANT TRADERS' SHIP LOAN and INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. The great bulk of shares having been already subscribed for in the principal outports, no Applicao for Shares can b received after SATURDAY, the 24th in t., when the Committee wil e l immediately proceed to the allotment. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Deafness and Defective Vision Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the country free by post. —39, Albemarle-street , Pic cadill y , and 2.5, So uth Cas tie-street, Edinburgh.—Acoust ie Instruments . — Invisi ble Voice utu- Conductors, when fixed in the cavthit;ohfatvhiengearass,maarlel piece it comfortable, nor more perceptible wool in its place. They enable individuals at an advanced age, and of extreme deafne ss of 40 a nd 50 years standing, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into the ears to such an extent that in the most severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also, origins:, Ear Cornets , F ren c h, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears and Improved Hearin g Trumpets of ever y description. Man; of those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Britain. The "wily-invented Spect,cles,. immediately th e y a r e p l ace d b e f ore extreme ly imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, natural an d original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, microscopes, /cc. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, Opticians, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. Te prevent mistakes, be cautious, and Observe—Only to be had at 39, Alb emar le-street, Piccadilly. opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South Castle-street, Edin burgh. PEDESTRIANISM.—COOK AND BYROM'S RACR.— These men ran of their postponed match yesterday, at the appointed place, Southall, on the Uxbridge-road. The ground covered was from the milestone on the London side of the village, to its twin-brother on the farther one, and back. The men started themselves, Byrom showing the way ; at the end of the first 400 yards, he had a clear lead of some fifteen yards. He carried on some strong running till he increased the distance, and finally went in a clever winner, by something like 30. Time, two minutes and eleven seconds. Vicount and Vicountess Villiers and family ar rived at Thomas's Hotel, on Monday last, from Worthing. We are happy to learn that her Ladyship's health is entirely restored. At the close of the week the Noble Viscount and Viscountess go to Middleton Park, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey. One of the Judges has lost 60,0001. by railway speculations,—Limerick Chroniele. THE PROPERTY-TAX, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, find that the surveyors of taxes are very busy adding to the assessments in respect of the property or income-tax ; but I hope that other Commissioners of taxes are less inclined to lean to the dictum of the sur veyor than they are in this district. If you will spare me room in your paper, there is one principle in the mode of assessing occupiers of farms to which I wish particularly to call attention; and, for ex ample, I will mention the case of a tenant-farmer of 250 acres of land, worth 300/. a year, and for which he pays that rent, and who is assessed to the poor-rate at a trifle under that sum. The surveyor is not satisfied with this value, as the half of 3001, with deductions for tithe-rent, would entitle the occupier to exemption from taxes; so he adds to the value of the land 1001. a year, being the amount of the tithe rent-charge, and this brings the total assessment up to 400 L, from which the surveyor allows one-eighth, being 50L, to be deducted for tithe-rent, and thus the value is brought up to 350/, and the tenant is made to pay 7d. in the pound on 175/„, the half of that sum, or 3id. on 3501. In this way 1001. is put on for tithe-rent, and only 501. allowed for it. Upon referring to the rules for estimating the value of property contained in the Act of Parliament, I cannot see how this system is justified. General Rule 1 enacts that "The annual value of lands charged under Schedule A shall be understood to be the rent by the year at which the same are let at rack-rent, if the amount of such rent shall have been fixed by agreement, commencing witkin the period of seven years preceding the sth April next before the time of making the assessment ; but, if the same are not solely at rack-rent, then at the rack-rent at which the same are worth, to be let by the year." In the case stated it is clear that the 'landlord must pay on 3001., less the amount of land-tax, -which is de ducted from the annual value, under the sth clause in rule . No. 5. The 4th clause in the 4th rule, Schedule A, provides that, " For any compositions, rents, or other payments in lieu of tithes, the assessment thereupon may, if the Commissioners think fit, be made on the respective occu piers of the lands from which such tithes arise, or on the respective persons liable to the payment of such compo sitions, rents, or other payments." The landlords being the parties legally liable to the rector for his tithe-rent, the Commissioners add it to the landlord's assessment, and the tax on the two together is collected from the tenant or occupier, to whom, under clauses in the Act, it is allowed, on his paying the rent and tithe-rent to his landlord and the titheowner; but as the Commissioners and surveyors add the gross and rent-charge, I do not see how the titheowner is allowed for parochial rates, &c., in respect of his rent-charge, which he is clearly en titled to deduct under the 4th clause in section No. 5, Schedule A. In this district the Commissioners and surveyors are not satisfied with adding the gross tithe-rent to the landlord's assessment, but they also add it to the occu pier's assessment, as I have before-mentioned, and they tell the farmer that he cannot set it off with the rector. But by virtue of section 7, Schedule B, the Commission ers deduct one-eighth of such aggregate value of rent and tithe-rent, so that the occupier's assessment, being the rent of 3001. which he pays his landlord, is increased to 4001. by adding to it the tithe-rent of 1001., and then it is reduced to 3504 by deducting one-eighth of the total value, and then the tenant is made to pay 30. in the pound on 3501. That your readers, who canftot refer to the Act of Parliament, may more clearly understand this juggle, for such it seems to me, I will quote section 7, Schedule B, more at length, as it points out the mode in which pro perty is to be assessed under that schedule. It provides that "The duties last before-mentioned (being the duties thereby granted contained in Schedule B) shall be charged in addition to the duties to be charged under Schedule A on all the properties in this Act directed to be charged to the said duties, according to the general rule in No. 1 in Schedule A before-mentioned, on the full amount of the annual value thereof, estimated as by this Act is directed; provided that in all cases where lands are subject to a rent-charge in lieu of tithes, and in all other cases where lands are not subject to tithes, or to any modus or composition real in lieu thereof, there shall be deducted out of the duties contained in this schedule a sum not exceeding one eighth part thereof.' Now, Sir, I beg to submit that, under this clause, the occupier,. instead of having the whole rent-charge added to the annual value of his farm, so as to make it 4001., 13 entitled to have one-eighth part of the duties deducted in respect of the annual value of 300/., which, as you will see, will reduce the tenant's tax from 51. 2s. Id. (being 3d. in the pound on 3501.) to 31. 15s. 3d., being 3id. in the pound on 3001, less one eighth part of the duty. I must now mention the ease of a friend in this neighbetrxhood who occupies his own land, and who appealed to the Commissioners for abatement, on the ground that the surveyor had charged him more than the annuli' value of his land, which hitherto had been assessed sat the same value (3501.) to the property-tax as it was to the poor-rate, but the surveyor had added something like 201. per cent. to it. Upon the surveyor acknowledging that he added to the value without seeing the land, and without obtaining the opinion of anybody to justify the increase, he claimed, and the Commissioners adhered to the gross value in the poor-rate assessment as the v due to which the property is liable under Sche dule A, deducting therefrom the land-tax. To this value the rent-charge was added to be set off with the titheowner. In this case, as in the case of the tenant-farmer, the Commissioners added the gross amount of the rent charge, say 100/., to the occupation value of 350 L, thus making my friend pay on 4501. as owner, the duty in respect of 100/., the rent-charge being repaid him by the tithoowner ; and on 400/. as occupier, one-eighth part of the duty on the occupation value being allowed him ; so that, as owner, the value or assessment is 3501, and, as oecupier, a trifle under 400/. This assessment for the occupation my friend con tended was not in conformity with section 10, which, in the latter part of it, provides that, " Where the owners shall be also occupiers of such lands (as was his case), and shall have paid any parochial rates, taxes, or assess ments charged on the same, or any compositions for tithes thereon, then the said annual value shall be also estimated exclusive of such rates, taxes, and assessments and compositions for tithes, to be computed in like man ner as aforesaid," i.e., on the amount thereof bona fide paid in and for the year preceding the year of assess ment. . _ _ _ You will observe that, instead of having the rent charge added to the occupation value, my friend consi dered that, under the last quoted clause, he was entitled to have the parochial rates, &c., deducted, but this the surveyor had never heard of, and the Commissioners not seeming to comprehend the Act, and feeling surelhat to allow such deductions could not be the intention of the framers of it, the assessment as owner was put down at 3501., and as occupier at a little less than 400/. I think you and your readers, after going through this statement, will exclaim, " If this is the way the assess ments are generally made, it is no wonder that the pro perty-tax has produced so much more than was calcu lated upon. But is the Act so acted upon by Commis sioners in other districts ? Of this I shall be glad if you or any of your readers will inform me, and how far I am right in ray construction of the clauses above quoted, and also in what way redress can be obtained. If the assessments generally through the country are made upon the principle acted upon in this district, there can be no doubt that the tax is made to raise one-fourth more out of the land than the Act authorises, or the proposers of the measure contemplated. tra l te th t i h n e k ea tt se as e re w f e e l r l retod to a mentionre not that thet figh e e xaet u figures t e o w i l h l iucsh were before the Commissioners, but I have adopted even sums to make the statement appear the more clear, but, at the same time, they bear a pretty exact relative pro portion to the real assessments.—l am, &e., A CONSTANT READER, Harlestone, Norfolk, Jan. 12, 1846. TAR PLEASURE MARKET AT NEW y oßx. An ewBY Bull, York in of en extensive busianmesassehmasbt. Templeton, been doing lately a the way Ole New Mayor, and Mr. and Mrs. Kean, were the principal con tributors to the pleasures of the fair city. The receipts at the three principal theatres, on one night, were esti mated at upwards of 3,000 dollars, about one half of which was drawn at the Park when Mr. and Mrs. Kean played in Sergeant Talfourd's lon. Templeton is de delighting our transatlantic brethren, and reaping a rich harvest of praise and dollars. His farewell concert at New York was most brilliantly attended. At the con clusion of his brief parting address to the audience, a shower of bouquets and wreaths of flower were thrown to him by the fair auditors. He has gone to the south to fulfil several engagements.—Liverpool Albion. INCENDIARY FIRE AT MONKS' ELEIGH. —On Thursday morning, about two o'clock, a fire broke out in a barn situated in Monks' Eleigh Street, in the occu pation of Mr. R. Gage, of the Slough Farm, which was totally consumed, containing about 8 coombs of barley, a cart shed, and hay stack, containing from 15 to 20 tons, and a valuable cart, belonging to Mr. W. Gage, butcher. Fortunately there was no wind at the time, or the destruction of considerable property would have en sued. The Bildestone subscription fire engine was sent for, but owing to some misunderstanding it was not al lowed, which has caused some dissatisfaction A second application was made about two o'clock in the afternoon, and granted, in consequence of the remaining part of the haystack bursting out afresh. Three young men are in custody on suspicion of having set the above pro perty on fire.—lpswich Express. THE FRUGAL INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION.—Last evening the members of the above Association held their fifth monthly meeting at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Mr. Neale, of the Accountant. General's office, in the chair. The Secretary read the monthly report, which announced the prosperous condition of the Society ; and the members afterwards entered intca spirited competition for the purchase of share s, which realised a very handsome premium. ACCIDENT AT MESSRS. CUBITT'S.----la Hosp't 1 held an inquest, yesterday, at the Royal Fe edgy Fe engag ed la: Mr. Wakley Gray's-inn. road, on the body of 4_ 21 Mic k' in four. Deceased, a labourer, was, on r last, supported b supp y what is inuring • ,it fell upon deceased's neck, wa removing some timber, w hen a beam , called "sheer legs," giv i ng _juring him so much that he di ed on the following morning. 1 v erdict, "Accidental death. THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT RA.HATAT. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction th to announce that the requisite notices have been of landowners and , se a7cl ed ßo O o n k Re ference ivate ha ve occupiers, and that the Plans, Sections been regularly deposited in the Parliament - office , and office, and with the Clerks of the several parishes throughout T .. fine. The whole of the standing orders of both Houses of Partia l ! ment have thus been fully complied with, and the Committee are proceeding with all the necessary preparations to enable them to present their Bill in the ensuing session. By order of the Beard, Z. HUBBERSTT, Secretary, Moorgate-chambers, Moorgate-street, Jan. I, 1846. THE OXFORD and SALISBURY DIRECT RAILWAY. The whole of the standing orders of Parliament having been duly fulfilled up to the present time, the Committee of Management colt eider it expedient to inform their shareholders and allottees, as well as the public at large, that, in order to ensure, as far as possible, the patronage to which the projected line of railway is justly entitled, they have resolved upon a further extension of the time of payment of deposits on shares in this Company until the 21st of January instant. The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract Lie for Signature at the Offices of the Company. By order of the Board, Z. 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