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NI A ittiltsMMlDEVAtilit - to , an*. Or the FLO Court of Chnnoerr made in the emu , iitter v. Oldknow and Oldknow v. Slitter, and dated the 9th day Of March, 1946, all and every the relative, or relatives; or the repro- S entittives of any such relative or relatives of Ann Peake, formerly " Heathy-in the parish of Ashton, near Birmingham, in the county or Warwick, spinster, who departed this life on or about the 1 0th day of July, 1844, are forthwith, Nytheir Solicitors, to come in ~,nd prove their relationship and kindred before WILLIAM BAOUGUAbf, r -sq, one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery, at his Chambers, rapton-buildings. Chancery-lane, Loudon ; other wise they will idoutha be excluded all benefit or advantage under the Will of the Mid Ann ?coke, or under the said Decree. CLARKE, GRAY, AND WOODCOCK, 20, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Agents for B. Chestbire, jun Birmingham. THE GLASGOW LETTER FOUNDRY. 3lessrs. MACBRAY,IIIE and STIRLING, Type-founders, 2 1 4egow, having completed a new edition of their SPECIMEN I ° O lC, containing various new remits, respectfully infotm the LETTER-PRESS PRINTERS of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND that it will afford thorn much pleasure to forward copies of their new SPechnen Book to those who may desire to have them. They beg to assure MERCHANTS and PRINTERS who may favour them with FOREIGN ORDERS that every attention will be _ be stowed in making up the orders to a suitable and satisfactory 2 11,5 80 , v, 25th December, ISM THE LATE CALAMITOUS FIRE IN THE HAYMARKET. 1 1 STRAY, Tailor and Registered Trousers • Maker, in returning his grateful acknowledgments to his l l lands...lid neighbours for the kindness evinced on the occasion of he above calamity, begs to inform his patrons generally that until the aboi , e premises are rebuilt the tusiness will be carried on at his .e tablishment 111, Strand, eleven doors west of Waterloo Bridge, Where he trusts for a continuance of that patronage which has been s° liberally bestowed on him. :I:HE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid end powerfhl first-class STEAM oJ,LIPS are appointed to leave— Blackwall Pier, for— ... ROTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— • Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. The Ocean, Saturday, The Rainbow, next Wednesday. ..NTWERP and th e RHINE—The Soho, every Thursday, at .110. EveryOSTE/ID— Wednesday, and Saturday Morning. Saturday, an. 2, at Ten; next Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Two ; 9th, at Five ; lath, at Eight. From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— MAYRE—Jan. 5, 10, 15, 20, 24, and 30, at Eight, Meriting. From London-bridge Wharf, for— . BOULOGNE—Every Thursday Morning. Dec. 31, at Eight; Jan. I. at Nine; 14th, at Eight; 21st, at Nine ; 28th, at Eight. CALAIS--Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. HULL--Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. YARMOUTH—Reduced Fares—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Six, Eiening. From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for— Ten, EDINBURGH — Reduced Fares—Tile Leith, Saturday , Jan. 2, at l'en, Night ; the Trident, next Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Ten, Night; it IS Clarence, Saturday, Jan. 9, at Ten, Night. From Colman's Irongate Wharfs, for— NEWCASTLE—Every Saturday, at Eight, P.m. To secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of u L l eParture, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street; 37. 7gln2l.B4rcus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, N CONNIIILL, LONDON'. • Capitsl.ooo, ooo . Empowered by Act of Parliament. Thi• Institution embraces important and substantial advantages e►i C u l respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured 4 s. on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense •r for _eiture of the Polley, two-th i rds if th e premiums paid (see Table) ; 7 1, e the opti on o f se l ec ting benefits, and the conversion of his in "Tstrte meet other conveniences or necessity. 4 "xrsuces fir terms of years are granted in the lowest possible Nei. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society to ti eliabi b t ua. Ike ,Direcitogrs, from 3s to iss at the last annual investigation, to declare per coat. oa the premiums paid each Polley effected oa the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. L 4 Bonita Beaus!' Assured Pre mium . t added. Cash. .7 Bo may rrow. • t £I. d. 1837 £217 15 111100 011 £l6 0 4 £ 448 9 0 6 In nA r 1838 192 30: 87 1 4 13 10 395 11 1 - sn' 34 1_ 1839 165 11 19 74 1 9 11 311 346 2 3 1348 11 116 7 f 54 010 718 18, 296 13 4 1841{ 111 6 8, 4910 I 716 41 247 4 5 b e l l % division of profits is annual, and the next will be made is ''"aber of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMBOUI. Reeretarf• PR P IIOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN NUITY COMPANY, 9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established in MG. DIRECTORS. Esq., 1 Robert Palk, Eeq gym• cood, enough Ilayter, 4„,, 4ll ss.Johnson, Esq. ,a" ,l To 'good /Comble, Elq• ' 44 a. Shaw Lefene, F.R.S. John Louis Prevost, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq, Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. TEUSTRIS. jChi l ikiteo n o Esq. ; John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., F.R.S. ; Charles Johnston, Esq. by let)* le supported by a subscribed Capital of 240,0001., and peas accumulated premium fund. ir it 'Lances l c...effected at a low rate of premium, without profits, °1he 4. 411 increased yremium, with participation in the profits of the Th o , Ofti,„V.nowing are the anneal Premiums required for the assurance nn a healthy' Ate in either case 1ie.2 1 . 2s. 2d. 140 121 17s. Od. f 50 I_ 41. Os. 8d ITITROUT PROFIT!. vrrn PROFITS. i „LI& 16s. Ild. 130 21. 9e. 2d. 140 I 31. 6s. 6d. 50 141. 14s. 2d ,d 11 0 ----- „ -.Rut. - .us In ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre hr ",;,',eceived (equivalent to A reversionary bonus of about 30 Wein:t e .,_`•Peras deelankl in Nay, 042, on all beneficial policies on ktviowrree annual premiums tree been paid in the December A. di v „.., Zrl or • • • • • 01 :1 of the profits takes place' ,every five years, and the held bonuses in ready money , . or niVe ti 7. encial policies can receive th,ql" vr th.„ . .ni applied in augmentation of eit'ir policies, or in reduction t . flame pretnlurns • ti7 e t ntrli may contract to pay their Pratt:llons either in one sum, in itn t . 4 Umber of payments, in annual, haff-yearly, or quarterly pay ° ''., 1, ! on the aicending.or descending sca.le• leitirs in the Army and Navy, on active aorvice, Persons afflicted L_.- chronic and other diseases, and such as ...•-• going beyond the — . 4 41 Of w• ), E urope , are also Assured at moderate rates. •Z. 4 ° ,l pectuses and all necessary information mar lk , e , obtained at the 7lee. MICHAEL SAWAWD, Secretary • TURNTABLES, WATER CRANES, ,5. 4, c. (`{RESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. N.J The Directors of this Company will meet at the ' company's 'face, 61, Moorgate-street, London, on Wednesday, the .6th day of ~krtuary next, at two o'clock, to receive TENDES for the .suPP I of ossirls, Switches, Turntables, and Water Cranes , Y according lo the fitlcations, drawings, and other p a rticulars, which may be gee' at toe I:Zee of Mr. Robert Stephenson, 24, Great George•street, Walt r. 44enders to be delivered in to the Secretary, at the Company's t Z, by mg o'clock on ihe 6th of January, and twparties tendering, .ti h r authorised agents, to be in attendance at o. Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender, By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. 61 ....L-toorgate-street, Dec. 14, 1846, ,DIRECT BOMB -kY and MADRAS R AIL - wAY. ter ° r•—The FIRST HALF YEAR'S INTEREST, at 4 per cent. e will coninue to be PAID till the alat Scripholders .be . ,inested to present t their Scrip at the dices of the Comp an y the hours of Twelve and Three, when it will be stamped and Merest paid at the same time. Ofileei By order, the Company, 58, FencharjcliA-MstrEeSetW. WARD, Secretary ' THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION , (aided byanVdoicunlrta&Crtributions.) for the Cure of Stricture %%,. f the Urethra, °cal, and General Debility. isoases of Urinary Organs, .„,. Su - scion—F. E. COURTENA.Y, 11 .1t.C.5.L 2 Chandos- street, 'Yendish-square. 91 . /ferrous, re *nun tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes Oh orally, this Institution offers, in all eases, gratuitous surgical *Usi stance, and in others medicine also free or expea se . A PPly at the Surgery adjoinng the Surgeon' s residence. ' ...., lq OR PORTRAITS in Lockets, Brooches, , Rings, the PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS is admirably adapte d . °r a 0 certain Is the likene.s" (Atlas), and now '• fixed on the plato 3heir natural hues of colour —the flush on the cheek — the ruddi bt 4 of the lip—the minutia of dress —all reflected wit h the most act Iruth."—Britannia. F.A.iti) (solo Patentee), Royal Poltecitnic Institution, Re tent - street • 34, Parl i amen t-street, Westminster ; a nd 85, King wth 'etreet,'City TINDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE. THE .LIALI, OF ROME, GREAT WIND MILL-STREET, HAYMARKET. s • vjv Lthibition Is now open with the Original TABLEUX to th ''' . " and POSES PLASTIQUE. Due attention has been paid itd, r 4 wt armth ant comfort of the Visitors. In addition to the much- Ar t , o " company will be added male and female artistes, arrived ex -4114 from Italy, Germany, France, & c. Amongst the new lieries of ors'_ 1 1 _ will he represented, the Four Seasons, the Mistletoe Bough, ",,uhristmas Fete, and the Spirit of the Waters. llc f. r ' c 'Tniance to commence at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, and %.1.1. "5t Eight in the Evening. Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Ilexes, to.; Pit, Is.; cd WISE CHOI C E; Olt, THE JUVENILE'S WISH. A new year's gift I'm ask'd to choose, A thing I never can refuse ; And as the choice is left to me, I'll !Ix on what It is to be. They've offered me a rocking-horse, But that \Till never do, of course. I've something better in nay aye, Which Mews. MOSES can supply. The Braided Sults, at MOSES' Mart, Will make me look so very smart, That I have only one desire, A suit of juvenile attire. 'Tie MOSES' Mart, where Master Tom Gets all his genteel dresses from ; And Dick, and Will, tern up their noses, At any but the dress of MOTES. In titer, my sehool-mates, ev'ry one, Itoast about MOSES and his SON. The choice I make, then, in my heart Is this—a Suit from MOSES' Mart; And none can readily despise, A wish so good—a elloiee so wise. LIST OF PRICES. EIADY MADE. X c d I.,tiptii•e,er Tat once , front . 6 6 6 I • mh` Qr nekla And Coetrlngtons .. • • ''''' ••••••••• • • • • . '' '' '''' '' •• •• :.• : • 010 6 1•1,7 r winter 1 131. and Cheeterfleldi, and every description I 6 0 ...,r coats . .. • ' T ir Jr Winter Conti in every style and make • • .. • • • • • • :: 0 4 6 1 1 1 Trousers, l' • d • • • —.. • . .. ok , sem me •••• • • • • • ......., 0 10 6 b'" ••• • '''''' • ' ....re s , c ,,_ ... • • • rrotk Costs... ••• • ' . 0 2 ii_s_i. - breaated Tee th ''''' • 0 byH ••••• • • • • ••••:. 0 16 6 ussar and Tunic Sults • • .. • • • • • • • • •• ''': • 3 • ','Ye Winter Trousers ... •• • • '''''' •'""••"• • • • • • • • 'eat* 'Vesta '''''''' .. •• •• •• •••" " 6 1 g koarnin• to any extent at ' lye minutes' notice. Winter Coats, warrant e Ill•DIC To YlillirltE. d sraterpr(x)f, maito t• any style, handsomely trimmed .•. ........... ......... ..... l, 0 Tilled Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet co ll ar an d cuffs, lined 11 2 6 0 1, 44 oyercsats• ••••••• • • • • • • • ... ...... .•• • • • g 6 In a? . t . l . ie . . m.o.s.t.a.p.p. r.0.v.e.d..1.:r.0:.1c.k..p.a.t.te..rn A W it itt lxi t t o,.r, r 'rrousetil, tbr ic ti c z th sTrousers ..... .. • ••• ...... •""•••••• 2 lb 0 t el t Auallty roads ••••••••"•"••: • • '' • • • • • • •• .. il l 12 : lirock Coats • • •• " ' • • • • • . ..... .• • •••• " •• • •••• .... •••• • " • 2 2 0 Pest qa..allty mad, .• • • • • le .. _ lane.; v -•- 14 ti lsoy l i c ! P i fan c y bta 1 dy ; n . preferred, e tg1 0 1612871 I °o6 e; N ene - and Tuuie Stilts mar .--- AnY article purchased , . •fteae ir n°t sPgroved of, will be exchanged, of if rturnw. rf 12 4 °!E S and SON, Tailors, Woelleudrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, 1 5 6 4:1 1 arriers, and General Outfitter., fbr Ladies and Gentlemen, and 15G, li7 Minories, and 0, 84, SS, mid Aldgate, rY. and ptitl i i titi lli•-IZ. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the ':.,_altainst imposters, but have learned that the Untradeentan -14, Cnfltood Of being connected with them, or it's the Santa c*ncern , sorted to in many instances, and for obvious reauns. eLi i i,,_""ons no connexion with any ether hone* in or out of London; a who•desire genuine and ebe. p clothing, &a., should call at, to. Mtnories and Aldgate, City, L on d on , 'l',ea..--2go business transacted at this catal,ll,llitieut from sun -B.4,Zia, 7. till sunset Saturday, when I,usluemt is resumed till twelve 211 1141...211a trance to the fur department is at Ahlifate, corner of the - nage 11 4.1111dgete, opposite the elturck. . . . . ^ .s • - ~.:: - - -.•--- , - , ...,-,- ._, ~ , - - . • - - _ ... • .._.- - . • 4 .:, . . ~ \..., ~.. .... 1 .\ ....,„ • .. : ... _ --:. -..: : • -,..-.... 1 i, ...0 0 -.. tibk ... ;. • . n .,__ . ~.„,.. ,_ , iik..„....,.. „, - ~, :,........,,,,, . ~.... „,,.- ... t . 4„, Ilk , . 141 4 i •••""- --1.111( Altr ,, , • ism-• \,, • . i 4-5 :oartilik.. ,-!`:•.= -.. .-' 0 ,- .4 / 4 4 1, - - • ii - ....,,,,..,.,.4-:'l.. -.. ---..„- 4 „. .....,.. v ;....„4- . ...... ......_,....,,...... _• . ~• ...,,,,,..; • }-' • ~. ;, ~ i _,,,,. ,„,,.,..„4,.„,.. - la -~,,A, ..A - • . , ....,... 4 • )„.„ , , -.41,-. ' , ..,,, . -,-,.... - - le. ip ''' - ' - --- ..t w it- -3: . ; ;., 4 ---....- --', i No. 16,936. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EITEN I A TG S NY DECEmBEE, Jo, i6C,, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. BY PERMISSION.-PROFESSOR SCH(ENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe cimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex plosive compounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three; and on he evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. slower rate. Had it been stationary it is impossible to sea' how many lives must have been sacrificed. The con cussion was tremendous, and one at least of the passen gers was severely cut and wounded, while all were much bruised and shaken. The engine was thrown off the rails completely disabled, while the tender was dashed to pieces. The parties in charge of the coal train said they showed the danger signal lamp three quarters of a mile to the en g i neer o f t h e before th e y were run into, and, if so, the blame attachable passenger train is of a very serious nature, and call s f or t h e most searching inqu i ry, i n j ust i ce sach immi nen t d anger, to the com mun i ty at large, whose lives are thus when unfortuis*lYput in Coralled to be passeng ers on t h e E , linburgh and Glasgow Railway. " The CHAIRMA N sa il t h e memor i al em b race d an ac count of the acc id ent as nearly as he could recollect the circumstances. He understood since that one of the passengers (Dr. Ballantyne) had been dangerously wounded, and all were more or less bruised. It was for those present to say if they would adopt the above memorial, or what other steps they were _prepared to take. He had written to the secretary of the com pany that morning, requesting his attendance here, along with any other of the directors he might think it necessary to bring with him, but as yet none of them. had made their appearance. Mr. CRUICKSHANRS, another passenger, next ad dressed the meeting. He entirely approved of the terms of the memorial. There was evidently the grossest mis management on the part of the officers en the line, and it could not be reprehended in too strong terms. When this accident occurred at Bishop-bridge, the passengers on coming out to the cold wintry air, found the door of the station-house there locked, and no one in attendance upon it. Women and children in a state of the greatest distress were running to and fro. Not a drop of water could they obtain for the faint and wounded, and a full half hour elapsed before they could get any assistance from the railway servants. Air. WRIGHT, t ecretary of the company, here entered the meeting, and was accommodated with a chair. Ile explained that he had received a notice 'inviting him to attend, and he had been prevented from appearing sooner, as he wished to have the chairman or deputy chairman along with him. He belie heiwyer„ that one or both these gentlemen Wititlbe'Vel;e4intoediately. Mr. MORTON, a passenger, said—lt was evident there was gross carelessness manifested in regard to the con duct of the line. After the collision occurred they were coolly told by the engineer in charge of the train, that if they had unfortunately been going at greater speed, and been three minutes earlier in coming up, all of the passengers might have been killed. Mr. WRIGHT, secretary to the company, said it was evident that there had been some gross irregularity on the part of the servants, but tho fullest investigation into all the, circumstances would be made by the directors, when he believed it would be found that this accident was not occasioned by the want of regulations, but from the carelessness of the servants, for which the directors could not be found fault with. Mr. DAVIES, jun. (to Mr. Wright) —Why is it that engines are sent out that are insufficient ? Mr. WRIGHT—Some of the late accidents happened to new engines. Mr. ORR suggested that they should do nothing to injure the interests of the company, while they took every means in their power to obtain a satisfactory ex planation of this accident, and saw that steps were taken to prevent a recurrence of any similar casualty. Mr. MORTON proposed that the Board of Trade have their attention called to the mismanagement on this line, ; and that they be memorialised to interfere to prevent a repetition of those numerous accidents that had occurred of late. Mr. GREENE, a shareholder, suggested that the meeting deal with the directors, will were not to blame, in a mild and conciliatory spirit, because it was evidently their interest that such thin ;s should not take place, and it would be their duty to make the most searching inquiry into the whole facts of this case. Mr. HENRY DUNLOP, of Craigton, who had by this dine arrived, after having had read over to him the me morial proposed by the chairman, said—He had only a short time previously been informed of this accident, and he thought that in the meantime they ought to express their thankfulness that no loss of life had occurred in connexion with it. At the same time, he thought it right that the gentlemen present should take every necessary step for the safety of the line. The directors of late had been quite annoyed at the number of accidents on the line, and had done everything they could to prevent them, but with all their care and attention they had been unable to prevent such occurrences.- For his brother directors, he could assure this meeting that every attention would be given to any memorial which might be addressed to them on the subject. In the meantime they had not had time to inquire into the cause of the accident ; but the servants of the compa n y were t o b e examine on Monday first, when the strictest investigation would be msde of their conduct. It was only a few days ago since an accident occurred from the neglect of orders by the servants of the company. On inquiry into the cause of the accident, the directors had dismissed the station keeper, who ought to have seen that his servant did his duty, and along with him the servant who had neglected the signals. That was all the directors could do, and otherwise he could assure this meeting that no effort was wanting on their part to prevent such casual ties, which were obviously not for the interest of the company.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. DAVIES, jun., said those present had nothing to do with the pecuniary interests of the company. They were here for the protection of their lives, and the ful lest investigation should be made into the facts of the case. For this purpose, and for the satisfaction of the public, he wished to know from Mr. Dunlop if, at the inquiry on Monday, the reporters of the public press would be admitted. Mr. DUNLOP said—Certainly. The directors were anxious for the fullest inquiry, and he would propose that the sheriff of the county, or some other official person, ought to superintend the inquiry. Mr. CRUICRSHANRS, who had previously moved a re solution calling upon the Board of Trade to interfere in the management of this line, and to supersede the di rectors, until they were satisfied that the directors had taken all proper steps fur the efficient working of the line, here intimated his willingness to withdraw his mo tion, on the understanding that the fullest and most satisfactory inquiry would be made by the directors, and everything done to satisfy the' public, and put the line in a position of safety. At the same time Mr. Cruick shenks assured Mr. Dunlop that the resolution he had moved was not dictated by any other motive than a de sire for the public safety. After some further conversation, the above memorial was unanimously adopted, and a small committee was appointed to attend the investigation by the ra i l w ay company on Monday first. The meeting, after voting thanks to the chairman, broke up. BIRMINGH %M INSTITUTION FOR THE RELIEF OF DEAFNESS. (From the Midland Counties Herald, Dec. 24.) The subscribers to the Institution for the Relief of Deafness, held their annual meeting on Tuesday, at ihe Public Office, in this town. Lord Cali horp , nresi.fed. In opening the proceedings, his LORDSHIP reinarked that, ander any circumstances, deafness roust be a se rious privation, and often a very great affliction, but par ticularly so in a state of society such as that in which we live, which offered so many opportunities of action and employment, and so many means of rendering the power of hearing a channel of instruction, improvement, and enjoyment to its possessors, In such a state of society, of course, deafness or deficiency of hearing must be felt l as a peculiarly aggravated affliction ; but, happily, the very circumstances which aggravated its pressure brought with them the means of alleviation ; since it was in ex actly such a state of society that there was the highest advancement of skill and medical science, and of that humane and patient attention which was instrumental in alleviating the infirmity. The object of that institution, he need not say, was to promote that species of benefit to the poor ; and it was, there fore, with great satisfaction he was able to say, not merely that a benefit such as that was contem plated by the institution, but that it had to a certain ex tent been realised by it. Within the last few days, be had himself'seen some of the patients under the care of Mr. Dufton, and certainly the degree of benefit which they derived spoke strongly in favour of the claims of the institution, restricted as its operations had neces sarily been. In the cases of two or three females in sei vice, whose hearing had been seriously affec'ed, he had been gratified to find that they had become fitted again for services for which they must have continued other wise to be totally disqualiffed. In the case of one per son, 55 years of age, who had been for several years suf. fering from deafness, a complete cure had been efiecteil. Several very young children, too, had derived very great benefit from the institution. In the ewe of one child, which from its infancy had been quite deaf, the power. of hearing had been, he would not say restored, but conferred : and as a consequence it had since obtained the power of speech. Instances of this kind were etifenUted in the big hest degree te. recommend the in stitu lion, since they proved most strongly what immense advantages were obtained-- through the means used by those who were already under the care of the institution. Those means were the more satisfactory to himself, because they did not involve painful or distress. ing operations, or the use of remedies which might be trying or injurious to the constitution of the patient, but consisted in the careful and patient attention of the sur geon, and the use of those remedies which his experi ence bad approved as most conducive to the relief of deafness, and which, therefore, offered the strongest ground of hope that the recovery would not be tempo rary but permanent and effectual. After the great satis faction which he bad felt in having had the opportunity of judging for himself as to the operation of the institu tion, he felt quite strongly called upon to state the re sult of - his inquiries. Those facts showed that not only in its object, but in its management, that institution de served the support of every humane and philanthropic person. If in its very infancy and dawn those benefits had been realised, there was every ground to hope that, when its claims on the public were more generally under ally understood, its sphere of operation would be en larged, and it would receive a greater degree of public support. , The report was then read by Mr. SARGANT, in the absence of Mr. W. Chance, jun. It appeared that the number of patients during the year had reached 241 ; of whom 110 were males, and 131 females ; that 229 had been deaf in both ears, and 22 in one ear only; and that in 18 cases the deafness had been here ditary. Of the 94 cases cured, 22 had been deaf less than one year, 36 between one and five years, 25 between five and ten ditto, 6 between ten and fifteen ditto, 4 between fifteen and twenty ditto, and 1 had been deaf for thirty years. Of the 83 cases relieved, 20 had been deaf under five years, 26 between five and ten ditto, 21 between ten and fifteen ditto, 6 between fifteen and twenty ditto, and 10 between twenty and thirty ditto. Of the 41 incurable cases, 24 had been deaf under twenty years, and 17 between twenty and sixty ditto. There were 23 cases still under treatment, making a total of 241 cases. The statement of accounts showed a balance in hand of 5a 16s. lid. The report was unanimously adopted, and various resolutions moved and seconded by the Rev. Isaac Spooner, Alderman Geach, Mr. Sargent, &c.; the speakers narrating various instances in which the insti tution had conferred much benefit, and passing the hieheat eulogiums on the skill and kindness of Mr. Dafton. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, and suitably acknowledged, the proceedings terminated. The principle of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA TED daily, by Professor BACIIIIOFFNER, especially with reference o the new patent of If emus. Nutt and Gamble, By the OXY HYDRO GEN MICROSCOPE are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED PO- T.LTOId, showing the Leases, Cuttings of the Tubers, &c., together with the DES PRUCTITE INSECT, supposed, by A. Snsee, Esq., F.A.S., t be the cause of the disease. Tke PHYSIOSCOPE, EXPERIME W TS, DISSOLVING TIEWS, by Smith, &C. Admissioa ls. Schools, half-pricb. An entire NEW and BEAUTIFUL SERIES of DISSOLVING MEWS will be introduocci at CHRISTMAS, and tko Institutioa will be open oa the evening of Saturday, the 26th. TUNNELLING THE ALPS.—The Moniteur Beige announces that experiments have been made within the last few days, in order to test the efficacy of a machine just invented, for the purpose of effecting a new and speedy method of boring tunnels. It is proposed to apply this machine to the construction of the great tun nel about to be commenced in connexion with one of the Italian lines. The machine was placed in front of the web, and effected a bore to the depth of 18} centimetres in 35 minutes. At this rate the new invention will com plete upwards of five metres of bore per day, and the proposed tunnel through Mount Cenis will be finished in the space of three years. The experiments hare been repeated twice before several of the first engineers of France, and with the most complete success. THE ACTOR AND THE AUTHOR.—After continu ing his dramatic apprenticeship at the Od6on, where he was still condemned to play the confidants, though in tragedy instead of in spectacle, Frilderick offered his ser vices to the manager of the Ambigu, who had just ac cepted I 'Auberye des Adrets, a melodrama which appeared to him (and was in reality) sufficiently commonplace to admit of the principal character being entrusted to a debutant. He did not, therefore, scruple to admit the young actor into his company, and gave him the part of Redmond to study. The eventful night came, and the two first acts of the piece having gone off very heavily, l'Auberge des Adrets was generally regarded as a failure; Ftiderick, how ever, suddenly hit upon the ingenious idea of making Redmond a comic instead of a melodramatic rascal, and began to introduce all kinds of drolleries into his part, which, backed-by the equally laughable acting of Serres, put the audience into an ecstacy of delight, and decided the triumphant success of piece and performer. One of the authors had sent his bonne to see the first represen tation, and was waiting anxiously for her return in order to know the result, when, to his surprise, she came back hat dly able to speak for laughing. " Ah, sir," she ex claimed, as soon as she had recovered her breath, " what an excellent piece ! how funny it is ! lam sure I never laughed so much in my life !" " What !" cried the amazed and indignant author, " laugh at my melodranle This comes of entrusting the leading character to an actor sans conscience !" However, on going himself to see the piece, he laughed like the rest, and following the example of his collaborateur, pocketed his author's dues with great good humour.— Hervey's Theatres of Paris. TRAGICAL SUICIDE AT LEWISHAM.—A suicide of a melancholy character was committed OR Saturday after noon by a youth named Sandon, aged 18, the son of a person in independent circumstances, residing in King's place, Lewisham. In the course of the evening he had been playing at cards with a younger brother, and during the progress of the game he seized a knife, which he flourished about frantically, declaring that he would cut his throat. The threat was treated with carelessness, being viewed in the light of a joke. Having repaired to the garden, his prolonged absence excited some ap prehension, and it was discovered by those who went to seek him, that he had inflicted a wound of so deadly a character upon his throat that his head was severed from his body, with the exception of being connected by a small piece of skin. The medical assistance of Mr. Steele, a neighbouring surgeon, was called in, but it was, of course, unavailing. WICKED HOAX.—A hoax, doubtless in imitation of, and prompted by, that practised on a tradesman in London lately, was played off here this week, with con siderable effect. On Tuesday morning numerous trades men received, through the post, letters (unpaid) dated " George Inn, Snargate-street," containing orders of various kinds, and purporting to be written by the worthy landlord; Mr. Philpott, or Mrs. Philpott. The parties were generally required to be at the " George " at half-past ten o'clock, A.M. Accordingly, punctually at that hour an undertaker was in attendance, to take the measure of a gentleman, just dead, for a coffin, and to do the other requisites appertaining to his calling on the solemn occasion ; nor had sufficient time elapsed for explanation as to the hoax when up came a carriage to drive out a party for a morning ride. Presently there came two butchers' men with legs of mutton, two grocers' lads with each a huge cheese, a tobacconist with a box of the best Havannahs, and other such like necessaries, as per order. Mean while, also, a fashionable hair-dresser, "kit in hand,' entered' to shave the dead man ; and apace the chimney sweepers were seen to enter, shouldering the implements of their craft ; while the dustman called in to ascertain "further particulars" about fetching the night -cart. In the midst of the hubbub, a gentleman, from the upper end of the town, dropped in to inquire what it was "to his interest" that Mr. Philpott had to tell him. The perpetrators of this wicked hoax, who, as yet, remain un discovered, are doubtless chuckling over the success of their project ; but it is not un lik e l y they may soon be brought to light, and made to answer for their wanton cruelty. —Dover Chronicle. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. -QUICK TRAINS.—In reference to the manner in which the trains on this line o f railway are usually conducted, and the speed at which the engines are sometimes worked, a corre spondent says :—" On Wednesday last I left Glasgow for Edinburgh by the eleven o'clock forenoon train, and was fortunate enough to roach the latter town by two o'clock, thus a ccomplishing the distance, by one of the fast trains of the company, in the in credibly short space of three hours—putting me in the position of being just ono hour behind the time appointed for transacting the business for which I set out. The reason assigned for the delay by those in charge of the train was, the condition of the engine and the want of steam. So much was this the case, that on the road the engine several times nearly came to a full stand, perhaps with a view to a friendly salute from the next train which followed it. On returning by the after noon slow train at five o'clock —which ought, in the ordinary course, to have reached Glasgow at half-past Ne VC —another of the excellent engines of the company (No. 3, North British) broke down when about four miles out of Edinburgh. Luckily, on account of ;he snail way pace at which the train was going previous to the occurrence no lives were lost, and no bones were broken. The passen gers, however, had the agreeable alternative of going out into the open air with the prospect of being nearly frozen to death, or remaining in the carriages with the risk of having themselves coor(ey)d. After an elapse of two hours, during which the passengers amused themselves as they best might, in an atmosphere by no means sultry, an engine was brought from Edinburgh, not much supe rior to its predecessor, by which the train reached Glas gow at ten o'clock, thus accomplishing the distance in five hours." Looking to the frequency of such casual ties, our correspondent suggests that the railway com pany might in future not improperly provide each train with a truck containing a team of horses to draw the engine in the event of similar accidents, and a few bas kets of refreshments for pic-nic parties, that may neces sarily require to be formed on the line.—Gla syow Satur day Post. THE PAVEMENTS OF PARIS.—From official returns lately published, on the paving and maintenance of moafinki:is a 2 1;203883;000000 the pavements of P ar i s , i t appears that the paved surface of the st ree t s o f t h at capital is 3,321,000 squaresquare yards,ya r d s andof which thep Corporation state ra ti nn yards. The charge of keeping up this pavement is fixed st 53,0001. To this must be added the cost of keeping up the public roads laid with gravel, bitumen, or small flints, such as the roads, side walks, and alleys 01 the promenade of the Champs Elysees, the quaff Montebello, the exterior and inte rior Boulevards, and a great number of other places. A square yard of pavement cost 3d per annum for keep ing up• The most considerable operation, and which. from its expense, only occurs at distant periods, is taking up and replacing the old pavement, which costs Is. 10d. per square yard, not including, of course, the cost of the new stone. The budget of the Corporation of Paris allots 10,000/. per annum for this purpose, a very in te in the centre e ng Palai s R o y a l, takes place of i vr i re2inss,t ors sum, u eOl as y e a ta s hr es ,t neighbourhoodihne t hcompletequarters r e so p irt a nt v ha i the Boulevards, the Bourse, and the Place Vend6ine. In the suburbs and more distant quarters, however, a com plete repaving is required only every 40 years. In spite of the care shown in keeping the pavement of the richest, most central, and most frequented streets of Paris in good order, it is remarkable that these are exactly in the most unsatisfactory condition, 13,4ng the rues de la Chaus,6e•d'-Antin, Laffitie, St. Lazard, St. Denis, Mont martre, du-13ae, de la Harre, the boulevards and quays. SINGULAR DRAM—The death of a young woman was lately occasioned in a somewhat curious manner, near Charleroy. Two dogs were fighting near the mouth of a coal-mine, in the vicinity of that town, when, in their struggles, they approached the brink of the pit and rolled over, to the great mirth of the spectators of the combat. Lamentable cries, however, were immediately heard issuing from the mine. The dogs, in their fall, had alighted on, and broken, the cover of the basket which was ascending the shaft, and the pieces falling on the young girl who was coming up in it, fractured her skull in so shocking a manner that she died on the spot. TUR CONDR DR Mobrramourc—The Conde de Montemolin was engaged during the greater part of the day in giving audiences to several of the Spanish officer* of distinction now in London. The Conde alio roof4vpd visits from some of the English nobility gnd gentry town, and allerwgds walked to the par 4 • _._ ~JfT/ ~~/ ?"- ,I • 1 IV, P. A.tfttre AOf it ytiltit ll itrtti - 1,- ~? It g!,_ i t rf,j l'4 fit the Bristol Digtrict Court--,/.. J. Ae g fam e an, shl; Luilder Brian], Jan. 22, at twelvf., at thc. Bristol Di-tr!ct Court—C.' F. Cain e . at.(l NI. T.-i.o, intl.& a , ,ts, I,iverp 01, Jan. 19, at twelve, *1 t he Li v 1.... 1 1 li,:: i..r , e.,..:t. "ALT\ VI:ST - 111 . !-", 1)1,z.w,. ar.' ~~ ic:e; SD. i j. Kt':!,! I ;:, , 11. 1. `- 1 TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Geor. Grey, r, to be Governor-in-Chief f and over the island- of e. land, and Governor and Commander-in Chief each of the two separe e provin. s of N Munster. Her Majesty has further been pleased to ieproie E, ward John Eyre, Esq., to be Lieutenant -Governor of each of the two said separate provinces of New Ulster and New Munster. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir John Gaspard Le Merchant, Knt., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the island of Newfoundland and its dependencies. WAR OFFICE, DEC. 29. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant the Honourable Wellington Henry Stapleton Cotton to be Captain by pur chase, vice And erton , w h o ret i res; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Hugh William Boulton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cotton; Edward John Cornwallis Lord Eliot to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boulton, Dec. 29. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Edward Joseph Thackwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Ireland, who retires ; Thomas Clement Belmore St. George, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Thackwell, Dec. 29. 4th Light Dragoons—Major Lord George Augustus Frede rick Paget to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Van deleur, who retires; Captain Henry Fane to be Major, by purchase, vice Lord George Paget; Lieutenant Fenwick Boyce Barron to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fane ; Cornet Conrad Montgomery to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barron ; Henry Astley Sparke, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Montgomery, Dec. 29. 9th Light Dragoons--Surgeon Robert Joynt Gordon Grant, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Wood, who exchanges, Dec. 29. 16th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Arthur Wood, M.D., from 9th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Grant, who ex changta Dec. 29. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Thomas Cecil, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant -Colonel (repaying the difference), vice John Henry Pringle, who exchanges ; Brevet Major Lieutenant and Captain Charles Ash Windham to be Captain and Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lord Thomas 'Cecil, who retires, December 29. Ensign and Lieutenant (Adjutant) Poulett George Henry Somerset to have the rank of Lieutenant and Captain, Dec. 28; Ensign and Lieutenant George John Whyte Melville to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Windham; William Henry Reeve, Gent., to be Ensign and Li eu t enant , by purchase, vice Melville, Dec. 29. Ist Regiment of Foot—Bingham Henry Edward Muller, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rivers, pro moted in the 36th Foot, Dec. 29. sth Foot—Captain Samuel Barton Jeffries, from half-pay 25th Light Dragoons, to be Captain; Lieutenant William Chester Master to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jeffries, who retires; Second Lieutenant William Robert Crawford Potter to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Master; George Bennett, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Potter, Dec. 29. lath Foot—Assistant Surgeon Frederick William Tupper, from pointed to 57th the Fe St et, affo t Dec. beAssistant Surgeon, vice Prout, ap , 19th Foot—Ensign James Cole Taylor, from the 74th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Palmer, who exchanges, Dec. 29. 27th Foot—Acting Sergeant Major William Crozier to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dickson, appointed to the sth Foot, Dec. 29. 30th Foot—Ensign James Rose to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Whitmore, appointed Adjutant, Dec. 28 ; Ensign Frederick Augustus Edwardes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shum, promoted, Dec. 29; Gentleman Cadet Thomas William Cator, from Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Rose; William Warren Hastings Greene, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edwardes, Dec. 30 ; Lieu tenant Edmund Augustus Whitmore to be Adjutant, vice Macdonald, promoted, Dec. 28. 36th Foot—Ensign Cecil Rivers, from Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Carew, promoted, De cember 29. 48th Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon James Dickson to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Johnston, promoted on the Staff, Dec. 29. 56th Foot—Lieutenant Richardson Anderson to beCaptain, by purchase, vice Barclay, who retires; Ensign Henry John Tolcher to be Li eu t enan t, b y purchase, vice Anderson ; Frederick John Gothleipe Saunders, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tolcher, Dec. 29. 61st Foot—Captain George Fitzßoy, from half-pay Royal West India Rangers, to be Captain, vice William Ward, who exchanges; Lieutenant John Fortescue Brickdale to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fitzßoy, who retires, Dec. 29; Ensign Edward Shawe Powys to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Maher, deceased, Oct. 3 ; Ensign Richard Gunn Brackenbury to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Brickdale; Gentleman Cadet John Nagel, from the. Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Powys, Dec. 29. Thomas Harrison Harrison, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brackenbury, Dec. 30. 64th Foot—Ensign Robert Bickerstaff to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maddi on, who retires; Edward William Armstrong. Gent., to be E ns i gn , b y purchase, vice Bicker staff, Dec. 29. 66th Foot—Joseph Thomas La Presle, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Cowper, promoted in the 56th Foot, Dec. 22. 67th Foot—To be Captains without purchase—Lieutenant Capel Coape, Dec. 29 ; Lieutenant Stonehouse George Bun bury, Dec 30. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieutenant William Du Vernet, from 50th Foot • Ensign James G ra h am; En sign Fiztmanrice Pratt, vice Foot; Dec. 29. To he Ensigns, without purchase—Ge n tl eman C a d et Ed ward Daubeney, from Royal Military College; Gentleman Cadet Alfred Addington Jones, from Royal Military College, Dec. 29; William Wallace Davy, Gent., vice Graham, Dec. 30; William Cumming Shells, Gent., vice Pratt, Dec. 31. 74th Foot—Ensign Henry Wellington Palmer, from 19th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Taylor, who exchanges, Dec. 29. 77th Foot—Ensign Robert Mostyn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walpole, who retires; William Ronalds, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mostyn, Dec. 29. 85th Foot, Brevet Colonel Benjamin Chapman Browne, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir J. G. Le Merchant, who exchanges; Major Brook Taylor to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Browne, wh o retires; Captain John Blackburn to b e Major, by purchase, vice Taylor, Dec. 29 ; Lieutenant Evelyn Latimer Parrett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Patterson, who retires, Dec. 28; Lieut. Lord Spencer Scott Compton to be Captain by pur chase, vice Blackburn, Dec. 22; Ensign William Alexander Filder to be Lieutenant :by purchase, vice Parrett, Dec. 28 ; Ensign the Hon. William Stuart Knox to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord S. Compton, Sir Henry Hope, Edwards, Baronet, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Filder, Dec. 28 ; Frederick Thistlethwaite, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Knox, Dec. 29. 94th Foot—Lieut. William Henry Dore to be Captain, without purchase, vice Deere, deceased; Ensign Herbert Taylor M'Crea to be Lieutenant, vice Dore. Dec. 17 ; Richard Hull Lewis, Gent., to be Ensign, vice M'Crea, Dec. 29. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign Archibald W. Dickson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires ; Charles De Blaquiere, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dickson, Dec. 29. BREVET.—Lieutenant Colonel Lord Thomas Cecil, of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 9; Captain Samuel Barton Jeffries, of the sth Foot, to be Major, in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837; Captain George Fitzroy, of 61st Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838. Unattached.—Lieutenant Henry Capadose, from Bth Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Dec. 29. Chaplain.—The Reverend William Walrond Jackson, M.A., to be Chaplain to the Forces, Dec. 21. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon James Townsend Oswald Johnston, M.D., f orn the 48th Foot, to be Staff surgeon of the Second Class, Dec. 29; Assistant-surgeon Alexander Adam Prout, from 13► h Foot, to be Assistant surgeon to the Forces, Oct 1. • and. W. H. Mercer, watch inat.tuacturers, CA/Velll a, re gerds W. H. Mercer)—A. and W. P. Lewis, colonial brokers, Mincing-lane, City—R. Pent and W. Yardley, ironfonmlers. Halshaw-moor, Lancashire—W. Wilscn and W. Kirwin. screw bolt makers, Manchester—T. Perks and C. Jones, builders, Aston, Warwickshire—E. A. flutr-ett. J. Ynnol , an. and H. D. Vaughan, schoolmistresses, I.i.sor. • .o v . t J. Baker, J. 1 ticker, H ticket :.h• ‘‘• T r •'• meh, Trump- , trey; Lion , , • ;;,, Baker)—Jl. Weinman and W. N wmar.., s Cable -1 , elic/ose-square—W. Wehb and W Go ug h, Geldart and J. S Bolton, ct al merch , ,9 , ..s, ,Norwie --J. Hoby, E. Robson, hnd R. Fin .wles, trin.ze manufac urers, Skinner -street, City—G. S. Pasley and J. Sharpe, ;. lass merchants, Albert-place, High-street, Houton Old 'Vol; n—T. Millard and W. Olive, wheelwrights, 01- veYton, C/coucestershire. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. ZS. Errata in Gazette of the 22d instant.—FJr Gentleman Cadet the Honourable John James Bury, to be Second Lieut enant, in the," Royalißegiment of Artillery," read, to be Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, vice De Butts, promoted. And for Gentleman Cadet Alexander Mackenzie, to be Second Lieutenant, in the Corps of Royal Engineers, vice De Butts, promoted, read vice Stace, promoted. Commission by the Lord Lieutenapt of Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Thonois Kemp ', 4 toiT, Gent. to be Lieutenant. vice Gardiner, promoted, Dec. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucee.ter,hire. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry-- Frederick Marcus Callaghan, Gent., to be Lieittenant, vice Haythorne, resigned, Dec. 14. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas William Clark, brewer, Strood, Kent BANKRUPTS. Mary Ann Shenston, scale manufacturer, Brewer -street, Somers-town, to surrender Jan. 15, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Kell and Chaffers, Bedford-row. REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE, DURING THE PAST WEEK. The weather was, in the early part of the week, wet, and the ice, by which many of the canals and water courses NI ere blocked tip when we last addressed our reader, has entirely disappeared. There is, conse quently, no longer any impediment to the conveyance of gra n by water-carriage ; and if similar weather should I ave been experienced on the Continent, some of the livers there have probably been set free from their icy bonds: in which case, a few more eareors of corn might probably reach us from the north of Europe. The change from severe frost to comparatively mild weather would, under ordinary circumstances, have been billowed by a re-action in the trade; but we are at present placed in such a peculiar position, that past experience scarcely affords a parallel. Events which in common seasons might have a great influence pass now without Producing any effect ; and so has it been with the recent change in the weather. The facility afforded by the re-opening of the inland navigation to procure supplies, is viewed as favourable rather than otherwise ; and no one appears for a moment to believe that the demand will not prove sufficiently extensive to take off all the corn the farmers are likely to be enabled to bring forward. That the merchants, millers, and bakers are generally but indif ferently stocked in all parts of the kingdom, is a fact which admits of no question ; and an opinion is daily gaining ground, that the liberal manner in which the growers have brought forward their wheat, ever since harvest, has so greatly diminished their stocks, as to leave much less on hand than is generally the case at this period of the year. Meanwhile, the old foreign wheat is fast disappearing from our granaries. At the princi pal ports of the west coast, nearly a clearance has been made by shipments to Ireland; ail the demand from the rame quarter is beginning to tell on the London stocks. All that has hitherto been sent from England to the sister isle has gone into consumption as soon as received: no accumulation has taken place there,. and as it is quite evident that with the loss of the potato crop, the r, - f . , sources of Ireland are not sufficient to support her people, further supplies will have to be drawn from this side of the Channel. In this state of affairs, we feel no surprise that the somewhat dull advices from Mark-lane, of Monday, should have failed to produce much €ffect on quotations in the provincial markets ; indeed, it.ap pears clear to us that the upward movement has not yet reached its height. Those who are of an opposite opinion seem to ground their hopes solely on the stip plies from America ; they do not attempt to deny that the totato crop has almost wholly failed in Ire:and— that the produce in England has hardly come up to half a crop ; neither is it disputed that the extraordinary heat and the want of moisture, by which the suminpe was characterised, caused the yield of all kinds of spring corn to fall materially short of what is usually grown in these islands ; but all these drawbacks are to be made good by overwhelming supplies of American produce. We have, on former occasions, asserted over and over again our conviction that the supplies likely to reach us from the ether side of the Atlantic had been exaggerated and we see no r. ason to retract this r i hirin the two moths t . erromil i ng, bete 301 1 , s h, ppcd I previous to th a t pert. d 1, .s, ot (oars., brigere is reached our sh ores and b , en mo st l y consumed) the ex ports of Flour from New Yolk scarcely amounted to 200,000 brls.; and we question whether all the other ports of the United States together, shipped an equal quantity. For argument's sake we will say that 500.000 brls. have been despatched in October and November. trom the American ports. How mu c h o f th i s unimpor tant uantit qy (unimportant when our necessities are taken into consideration ill go to France ? how much to Newfoundland and the West Indian Island.? and what quantity are we likely to receive ? It the who were intended for Great Britain, and there were no French buyers of bonded flour ready to take all they can get, it would still be a mere trifle, but in our actual position we have no hesitation in saying, that to expect the arrival s of bread -stuffs from America to stop the rise in prices in the British markets is perfectly ridiculous. REVIEW OF FOREIGN CORN TRADE. In consequence of the non arivul of the Il'lmburg mails of 19th and 22d, we are without our usual advices from the north of Europe. We have, however, Ham burg papers up to the 19th instant by way of Holland, but very little information respecting the grain trade can be collected from these. The frost appears to have partially given way, but the chief rivers and harbours were still closed by ice ; nor was it deemed probable that the navigation would again be practicable until spring. Letters from Dantzic, of the 12th inst., inform us that the receipts of wheat from Upper and Lower Poland had fallen materially short of expectation, a large number of the barges having been frozen up on their passage down the Vistula. This circumstance had assisted to give confidence to holders ; and the advices from Great Britain, France, and Belgium being of a character calcu lated to lead to the impression that buyers from all those countries will in spring appear in the Baltic, few holders of the article at Dantzic had manifested inclina tion to enter into contracts for spring shipment. The only sale reported as having taken place since the pre vious post-day had been that of a parcel of ordinary wheat, about 50 last, weighing per bushel 591b5., for which equal to 525. per qr., free on board, had been ob tained. Fine mixed, of 601bs. weight, had been held at 545., and fine high-mixed parcels, w e i g hi ng 611b5., at 565. per qr., with c h arges and interest till spring, From Rostock and Stettin we have no advices ; and the reports from ilamburgh, of the 19th, are of so meagre a character as to afford little real information relative to the state of affairs there. Thus much is, however, certain, that the Elbe was then effectually blocked up by Ice, and that it was deemed very impro bable that further shipments of grain would be made either from thence or from Danish ports till spring. Stocks of wheat were extremely small, and for local use good qualities of red had brought what would be equal to 565. per quarter in English money. At all the Dutch and Belgian markets quotations of wheat have lately risen considerably; an] though there is hardly a margin at present for profits on shipmen's from this country to the Netherlands, still there is a proba bility of buyers from thence visiting our markets. In France wheat also continues to rise in value; and whilst Marseilles affords so much better a market for wheat than is to be met with in Great Britain there is no prospect of supplies reaching this country from any of the ports lying east of the Straits of Gibraltar. Since writing the above, we have received liamburgh letters of the 22d, and advises from Dantzic of the 19th inst. At the latter place the weather was then still severe, but at Hamburgh a rapid thaw , et in; the Elbe was, neve-rhele'ss, yet frozen up. The lively accounts from hence had cause d an ',thane,. of 2 , 4. per quarts, as on wheat ; k w i e n l d l s in ot th s e pr ß in a g hi c c or a n s a h t ad lla r r i n se h n ur t i n h, Express. William Whitsed Coleman, provision merchant, South ! ampton, Jan. 5, at two, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Messrs. Free man Bothamley, and Benthall, Coleman-street. Henry Brewer, draper, Great Waltham, Essex, Jan. 9, at twelve, and 30, at two, at the Court of Bank ru pt cy . Fol lett, fficial assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Beddleton Morris, shoemaker, Hull, Jan. 13 and Feb. 3, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Hull; Hicks, Gray's Inn, London; Bell, or Levett and Champney, Hull. John Percy Moore, chemist, Plymouth, Jan. 14, and Feb. 4, at one, at the Exeter District Court. llirtzell, official as signee, Exeter; Cross, Plymouth; Gregory and Co., Bed ford-row, London ; Terrell, Exeter. Thomas Norton, builder, Birmingham, Jan. 9, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Chesahire, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. W. Croser, merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first and final div. of Bs. I Id. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tine. G. S. Coxwell, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first and final div. of Is bd. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. G. Nelson, farmer, Lazonby, Cumberland first and final div. of ss. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Langston, share broker, Manchester—first div. of 9d. in the pound, on any Tuesday s at the ace of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. AMELIORATED CORN•LAW Al' ROME ,-- An edict was publish,cl the Ist of the month, signed by the Sec retary Cardinal Gzzi, in reterenm to the cereal corn. of itr' States of the Chttreh, to the oorpor!. that price of graiii et=ta,bilsled th_ if allbe lowered at the rat., r.f• of 1821 ev. - -I. al ;:c .. ' 1:. ~ : ...,:' t (A; That :- Lt ~. r i , ... et the extr.,eil,n, of errtuu iv, In 1,1. .1‘ 1:...1, shores shall be free, and its importation forbidden, till the price arrives at 12 scudi the rubbio (6401 b. Italian), from which sum shall commence tha ancient gradations and taxes, up to the value of 14 scudi, when shall be in force the prohibition against the ex portation cf indigmous Brain, and the importation of fo. reign shall be free. Likewise that for the c ast of the Adriatic the exportation shall bk• free, and the importa tion forbidden, till the price shall arrive at 10 scudi the rubbio; from which sum the ancient gradations and taxes shall come into force, up to the value of 12 scudi, when the exportation of corn is forbidden, am?, the importation is to be free. That for Turkish corn, Portatiora for- Bondi, 50 b th id e d e e x p p , o t r a p t i h o e n p e r h ic a e ll s b h e all fr a7r , iv a e nd at t 7 he sc i u rn di, 50 1, al jocchi bajoechi, the exportation is prohibited, and the impor tation arriving . at the cost of 9 the rubbio ; •rendered free. This ulterior proof of his paternal tation care, in removing all occasion f or di squ i etude from hit. subjects, his Holiness trusts will b e corresponded to by submission and confidence on their part.—Roman Ad. vertiser, Dec. 5. ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—A very remarkable scene occurred on the beach at Musselburgh on Mond- last, in which a small d og s i gna li se d himself in a me..n:4 well worthy of record. It a pp ears h e had bee-4 in the practice of swimming oc cas i ona ll y f or any 1 ,- . bird which may have come un d er the r ofortunate ange of his master's gun, and upon the occasion allu P ued to he was in waiting for this purpose. An ineffecf.ual shot at a bird was followed by a sudden rush of tb:e dog into the water, which at this particular spot is rather deep, and in which, to his master's astonishment, he. almost immediately dis appeared. In a few moments ne again came to the sur face, and got footing on terr a firma ; but this time he was not at first alone, for ose struggling fi ercely with him was (as vim suppd) - ,e mon ster w hi ch he had caught, and by which he r..ppeared about to be overcome. One, or twice he vets fairly o ver t urned, but still he fou ' a - bravely, and a t l engt h he succeeded in proving vieF.nt The motger, when land e d, turned out to be nothin tor. than a salmon of a b out Sibs. weight---a capture P' ‘ ' lesa if ever before, ma d e b y a dog.—Edinbu rg h rare)y, A LITERARY CONSCIENCE, —The foll,e2S. enclosing 51., was lately received by Cr `'Win g wore, R.N., of Braxted Lodge and we publito :iktain Dwcane, as a curiosity, but as disproving th., vi it, not merely ' gvaerl belief that. book borrowers and book plunderers with touches of conscience •II H - r troubled are neve . . entered air The hin closed Five pound note ';;is o f . 11 ^ UTS or ...,,oli iken from the libraery at braxste-1 lod g e ...tg A Lnlg wile a t goe A ser vant."—The write- ... - has certainly not profited much by the books whQ•4oeTer t h ey we — . iv , , and if ever he return, to hie old 1141 AR, it would be advisable to he 9 &14 wiV 1 4 %WI lkinkit"...ElSC4 410104 J. Gray, upholsterer, Manchester--Arst div. of Is. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Man chester. W. Dunnett, auctioneer, Manchester---second div. of 3d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. T. Oxton, cart owner, Liverpool—first div. of 1 l A id. in the pound, on 'Wednesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Wednes day, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. R. Brown, printer, Pemberton-row, Gou g h-square—first div. of 3s. 4 1 ;..{d. in the pound, on an y W e d nesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, lßaainghall-street. W. MiDowall printer, Pemberton-row, Gough-squnre— drat dlv. et 4s. 3c . in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office at Mr. Whi more, Fiesdnghell • gnat. DIVIDENns. At the Court of ildnkrupttw, lleitughall-street, R, Ileohlty, paoer,licittl4 Audloy.4treet, Hanover-square, at itatOrat sAam ~~. PUBLICATIONS THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLVII., will be published on SATURDAY next. CONTENTS: I. TfIE MARQUIS of MONTROSE. 11. 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All kinds of re-plating candlesticks, &e,, at proportionate 325. .. 3,.. catalogues, with engravings, as dens by the patent process, Detailed sent (per pos.) free. ell as of every ironmongery article, WILLIAM S. BURTON (late lIIP I PON and I3URT ON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery e literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed its variety and extent, purchasers are i to give a correct idea of i —39, Oxford-street (corner of N e e, m ,j itel to call and inspect it Wells-street, 1800. - street). Established in DISTRESS IN THE HIGHLANDS. We have received the following most distressing ei count of the state of the poor people at Tobereno .' : We mentioned lately that a government vessel N .," in the bay there loaded with provisions ; but from this source the unemployed and destitute creatures to whom the following letter relates derive no advantage, as the officers in charge of that ship are only authorised to sell the food on board. We do moat earnestly hope that this and many similar appeals will open the hearts and hands of all who have it in their power to render the suffering and patient people prompt and liberal assistance : Teberinorry, Dec. 17, 1846. " I would have written sooner, but the state of our poor people preventa my thinkiug of or doing anything else, I did not, indeed, anticipate that so soon the famine would have appeared with such grievous effects. There are hundreds now in this little village who have not a morsel of food, exeept what is given them by those who have still some t many who have never begged be fore are almost famished before they leave home to ask for food t end some have been a day, or two days, or even more, without food. One person, well known to 135, had been from Saturday morning till Monday afternoon , without a mouthful. Three of a family subsisted two days on a very little milk given by a half-starved cow which inhabits the same room with themselves. A household of four grown persons had nothing but one brown biscuit divided among them for a day, and most respectable well-behaved people, The children may be heard outside crying for food, which the miserable parents have not to give, We dread the dependent spirit that may be fostered atoong them by giving them aid without any return, though 4t present, when there is no work for man or woman, what Gan he done ? I have not space to tell of the many sad cases that auround us. --'s meal was a most seasonable supply, from which twenty famishing families got aid. At present the snow aggravates our distress, as it prevents draining, in which a few of the people could get employment, I want to know if you can help us in getting work for the women; they can card, spin, die, knit, and weave ; most but not all, can spin flax. Let no tin)P he lost for human lives are et stake. They will he perishing aholit our doors ere long, if something is not done. Our poor people are naked as well as hungry, for all their means have one to purchase food for their children , and anything in the way of clothing would be rvanivgcl with much gra tittiOrm.o7oll9Cli Advertiser. , r. :RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. COLCHESTER, STOUR_ VALLEY, SUDBURY, AND HALSTEAD. • COLCHESTER, MONDAY AFTERNOON.—This day a special meeting was held at the office, No. 1, High-street, when resolutions were passed authorising the leasing of the line to the Eastern Union, and to proceed with cer tain extensions. Mr. T. L'Estrange Ewen, the chairman of the:board presided. Mr. F. B. PHILBRICK, one of the solicitors, read the report, which set out with recommending the adoption of a resolution to enable the board to pay interest upon the calls, the provisions to that effect having been in advertently omitted in the Act of Parliament. The next subject treated of was the agreement with the River Stour Navigation Company for purchasing their interest in such river at the rate of 7001. per share, half the amount to be paid in cash, and the other half in Stour Valley Railway shares of 251. each; to raise the capital re• quired for this purpose, as also to convert such portions of the work as might be deemed desirable from a single to a double line of rails, it was proposed to create 10,000 new shares of 101. each, to be first offered share for share to the holders of the original shares in the company, and to rank in all respects as part of the original capital of the company, such new stock to be called upon from time to time as the payments of the river shares became due. The report next noticed the proposed extensions to Milford, Lavenham, and Clare, and from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmunds, all of them called for by the wants of the districts. The additional capital, which would be thus required, the directors recommend to be raised by extension scrip to be allotted as they might judge expedient. The Midland are about to remodel the old Leicester and Swannington line, by-Ist, the formation of the line from Burton-upon-Trent to Moira, including the Swad lincote branch, a length of 81 miles ; and 2d, by widen ing of the line from the 14th to the Bth mile on the existing line, including the formation of two miles of new line for the alteration of the Bagworth incline. This is one of the oldest lines, incorporated in 1830, and con structed by George St p henson. It connects the coal fields near Ashby witfi Leicester, and is principally, though also a passenger line, used by the collieries and quarries. It was opened in 1832, and only cost 8,0001. per mile. NEWCASTLE AND BERwlcH.—The opening is likely to be postponed until April. GREAT NORTHERN.—The Colebrooke Dale Company and the firm of Bailey Brothers have taken the contr.:et for 35,000 tons of rails, at 101. per ton, 721 b rails. Railways, while they are the ready means for the con veyance, are thought, anomalously enough, to be instru mental in the diminution of sheep, if we may believe Mr. Waddington, M.P., who, at the West Suffolk agri cultural dinner, is reported to have said—" He was afraid that the sheep of the country were very fast fishing. What was the reason for this diminuAon he could not make out, unless it was that many , of the labourers were employed on the railroads at good wages, that they worked very hard, and required greater sustenance than formerly, and that they had caused an increased consumption of mutton." LOCOMOTIVE PATENTS.—The following are some of the patents for improvements applicable to railway pur poses, registered from October 21 to December 15 : G. Borelli, Milan—for improvement in bridges, via• ducts, acqueducts, and other similar erections ; J. Todd, Glasgow, and W. Johnson, Birmingham—for improve ments in arranging the rails on certain parts of railways. Wheels and Axles : W. Adams, Croydon—for certain improvements in railway wheels ; G. Eddy, Waterford, America—for an improvement in the manufacture of cast-iron wheels for railway and other carriages ; W. Ezell, Reading—for improvements in the construction of wheels, and in certain implements employed therein, and in the mode of forming the tires, metallic rings, bands, Scc. Steam-engines : Mr. Leahy, Westmin ster for certain improvements in steam-engines ; E. Galloway, Middlesex—for improvements in rota tlry engines, and in locomotive carriages and railways ; T. Craddick, Birmingham—for improvements in steam engines and boilers, and in machinery connected there with. Electric Telegraph : A. Bain, Edinburgh—for certain improvements in transmitting and receiving electrical telegraph communications, and in apparatus connected therewith ; M. Poole, London—for improve ments in the construction and working of electric tele graphs Propulsion and Motive Power : F. H. Ma berly, Stowmarket, and T. Branwhite, Itattlesdea, and D. Lusten, Finborough—for improvement in machinery for obtaining and applying motive power, and for accele rating and retarding the same ; W. Eaton, Surrey—for improvements in obtaining motive power ; W. H. Talbot, Wilts—for improvements in obtaining and applying mo tive power ; W. Johnson, Millbank—for certain improve ments in propelling carriages on railways. Carriages : W. Aitken, Aberdeen—for improvements in four wheeled carriages ; J. Boydell, Dudley—for improve ments in applying apparatus to carriages to facilitate the draught. SUNDAY TRAINS.—At a meeting of the town council of Stirling on Monday, Mr. Burden moved that the council should express their disapproval of the conduct of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway directors in discontinuing the Sunday morning and evening trains. Bailie Morrison moved the previous question. In the course of the discussion the Dean of Guild said " he had seriously, and for some time, considered this matter, and had at first felt some difficulty, but his mind was now made up, and he could see no right that these directors had to dictate to people who thought it a duty to travel on the Sabbath. The directors of a public company, having the sole traffic between Edinburgh and Glasgow, had no right to dictate to a million of people composing the inhabitants of these two cities and the other towns along the line." On the vote being taken, the mo tion, censuring the directors, and requesting the resumption of the trains, was carried by eleven to three—the provost, three baffler, treasurer, and dean of guild voting in the majority. The minority of three are free churchmen. Three elders of the estab lishment, and all the Dissenters (with the exception of one, who declined voting) supported the motion. We understand that the council are prepared to fellow up the first step of memorialising the directors in the same way as the councils of Edinburgh and Linlithgow. All the town councils in the neighbourhood of the line— Edinburgh, Leith, Falkirk, Stirling, Linlithgow, Queens ferry, Cupar, Dunfermline—bare now condemned the conduct of the directors, who have obtained countenance from no responsible and representative public body, ex cept at such places as Inverness and Rothesay, where people are in utter ignorance of the facts of the case. —Scotsman. THE EDINBURGH SUNDAY TRAIN MEETING.—The hall was crowded chiefly by ladies, and the quantity of clergymen present was great. It was truly what Mons. Michelet would have called a meeting of "priests, wo men, and families."—Fileshire Journal. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW ACCIDENTS. Some strange fatality seems to attach to the manage ment of this railway. Scarcely a week elapses without the occurrence of an accident more or less serious in its results, and we are again called upon to record below another of those unfortunate casualties, in addition to those given in other parts of this sheet, by which a considerable number of passengers have been severely injured. The officials connected with the working of the line seem now to be so much accustomed to these affairs, that the matter of broken legs, dislocated arms, or other dangerous bodily hurts, are described by them as trifling injuries ; in fact, when applied to far information on the subject they appear to be utterly im pervious to the knowledge of a serious accident. They are used to it, like the eels to skinning, and whether by the instructions of their superiors, or from an instinctive perception of what is for the interests of the company, they aro perfectly alive to the importance of refusing all details of collisions, break downs, overturns, and those numerous other incidents to which their trains seem heir to. It was lately suggested by Punch—and we think not without propriety—that, for the sake of rail way passengers, railway trains should be aceom by party of the directors of the company ; P a a n d i esd to so mismanagement—offt usas oti knowledge this of li o the e i management—or seooee r concerned, this ap pears ra therpe the only practical way of preventing such oc currences as that detailed below. We are aware that t t r h v d e ll e e e d e t u o r p s o n o f t t h h e i s line, railway e have, in an individual upon and occasions, collective capacity, but we never yet heard of an accident to any of conveyed Special a trains onumber b to e r and of t h f e r m o m i t h Edinburghe short p have ae ? e . of one h our an d a half, and one h o ur and fifteen min u t e s, and no a cc id en ts have occurred ; and this, of cour se , thosearo s o e from eh a t r h g e e cautionef the and lioe . H ow doe s n t eom exercisede, then,by that with th e slow trains of the company so many acci dents should happen ? The subject is one entitled to prompt and serious attention ; and as such we hope it will be appreciated by the public. Since the above was witten, a meeting of the passen gers by the quarter to eight o'clock, P.M., train from Edinburgh, was held today in the Black Bull, at which the details connected with the accident of last night were embodied in the form of a memorial and adopted. The following is an outline of the proceedings :—The meeting, which was large and highly respectable, was composed principally of pa ssengers w h o h a d been bruised and oth e r w i se i n j ured, but who had escape d with their lives, and were a b le to attend to take part in the proceeding. Nearly all of them, however, were complaining, and some so much 80, that they could with difficulty adhibit their signatures to the memorial which was agreed to. _ Mr. WALKER, of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, one of the passengers, having been unanimously called to the chair, opened the business by explaining the ob ject for which the meeting had been called. Hu then read the following memorial:— " TO THE DIRECTORS OP THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. " Glasgow, Dec 26, 1846. " We, the undersigned, passengers by the quarter to eight o'clock, P.M., train from Edinburgh, on Friday, the 25th inst„ beg to address your board relative to the serious collision which took place last night, near Bishop bridge station, which was occasioned by the gross, st carelessness and mismanagement on the part of your servants, and the results of which might have been of a more appalling nature. The train was about 400 or 500 yards from the above station, which it passes, and going at full speed, when it ran into a coal train, luckily Or us, Focevdini ia the sgue directio, but ut a mucli ~ , HOOD'S MAGAZINE THIS DAY—Coxretas ;—Appeal for Hood's Orphans— Success, a Tale, and the HI. Act of his Avenger, by the Author of Look before you Leap—The Dreamer, by ;E. L. E.—Swiss Scene—. Poetry, by lon (Oxon), Preceptor's College—Gems—Curiosities—Old Christmas—College Life—Whispexng Gallery—Lyrics, by Rev. G. H. Blanche Neville—Voices from the Past —Puseyism—Reviews—Van denhoff's Readings, &c. Hurst, King William-street, Strand. o yw. in si rni R.ns rill ',12 8 roa 0 • als• 63, I N ~::_•~