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MANCHESTER, and NEW -4.ltte J-Igarhated) V-Etc.STLaneashiE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, 41 1;1 e rP O Ol, Manchester, an d N ewcast l e-upon- T yne J unc ti on , Th ttrn.:re and North Y or k s hi re R a il way C ompan i es , now bletk,, Register of Si*,ares in this undertaking being now nearly corn h -o —ers 'iiserip who have not yet forwarded the same for re , bQ ti are r • -quested Cllleited to do so without delay, as the share register 1 1 :es mlbschoely closed on the Ist day of OCTOBER next, after which , shares not transmitted for that purpose will be registered to - C c% of the original allottees. rote k i., 4 ftted that the Scrip in the original Liverpool, Manche!, citot.,e,castle upon -Tyne Junction Railway Coaipaay may be kri„", to the Secretary, at 22, Parliament-street, London, and ), 4 1 , 1 ?p an .' 1 4 thp y th o .4/Inal Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway e ndl,: um Secretary, at 31, Princess-street, Manchester, who rtl,,og for the same. elivery in a short time, 1 07 roe a ne ales under the common seal of the Company will be (zeholders. of which due notice will be given By order, a14 ( 1 ) THOS. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. Au fr „ 't, W. 11. INGRAM Secretaries. tit 1, 1846. C. MOORE WILSON VALLEY RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. L 1 '3'10,7, 1 01%7' 1 give notice to those parties who have not paid the Zile,y,',LatAC.: per share , that the time fixed for such payment by the 'he expired on ' TUESDAY last, the 25th instant, and that t - ,"< 3 be paid within one month afterwards, the shares Nter"'„44,:fovision s of the said statutes, be liable to forfeiture. th e 3,,'%t due up to the 30th June last will be payable on and th S eptember next. oi S eptember A BRACKSTONE BAKER, Secretary. gs •=..r Chambers, Aug. 27, 1846. 6 11 14 hp .D t 414 , TEA and COFFEE SERVICES e 6. P ra t lists sent gratis into the country, in answer to a 14 — trs ~,t ; l,.‘vith full particulars of size, weight, and price ; or pur tor.Lhe ul find a most ext en si ve assor tment of the Silver Services i,c-i4ow r ooms. Either tea-pot, sugar-basin, cream ewer, or epx aY' be had separately. tro Or ae ech I,AV ORY urch and-s Co., SilvLo ndon ersmiths, Ste , 47, Cornhill (seven 4 1 treet), . ..C 4 UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! i` t , k i he rvaientees beg to call public attention to the following facts, 1 3 :„!ItI th , antages resulting from the invention are various and hiZiiot', I ndependently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the corn %Certo'S Perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light i di scovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns purity, that i , t ) i b t j e e i c th it neither affects 111 11 klit n tic i nao any t p deliVaL a c n ot s n u r c o h r i t s l i e ts lit i t ' e u s r t i tkg t ," t he introduction of gas in dwellim , -houses, to the expense of )i'ea 1 0 its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; entirely obviated . by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS u uldy As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is corn °aPPosed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for nah,Louses, hotels, minufactories, and public s. One of the tit burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum ItkZasttrably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of or trouble. be th ! Merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing ~'ptid other known , light, are shown by the annexed authentic ( ..kb 13 of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. T:jt frorn the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, '4'day, 26th May, 1846, Sir JonN BERNIE, President, in the Chair. p r g i . " burner of a novel construction was exhibited. iatt, n ciPal novelty was theintroduction of a stream of air to the Olt the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. qtat t ' d 'r Passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was Zkilo;„ a nd Passed out by two series of fi re -h o l es aroun d th e per i p h ery , b, the stinging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards egrb_ a Pe of a tulip, while the oxygen of th e a i r , m i ng li ng w ith e narouretted hydrogen gas, produced a very psrfect combustion, In*Ets Was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, ere ,"'PIY demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, the,,"Pc burners have been used. In comparing the consumption bE}el,ol;_uurners with that of th e concentric ring burners, and trying r 11 :1 1 . 2f the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a L, with a saving of rather more than one-third." ke tl 'rc CERTIFICATE. 1. Alvin CHEMICAL SCHOOL.—" In testing Clark, McNiell, 4`,4ep,' Univ ersal Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless tier e it en g t a . Ze a More pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, lg ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, ate 11 CERTIFICATE. tr — Pes of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s 4r sliq a iniversal Gas Burner its superiority was satisfactorily esta -44i144 bu n r n e e t n o,,inY and the , quality of the light. Tested against cr at i "L, , os. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a tie; 40 Ts .; - - 44 1 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, 'to say cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe- Y other burner." tlie T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, intii . 7-XIVER J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. Itte e -nstituti SAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly 'A I. ot es, 60 Martin may be had and seen from II till 4, at the ` , .„....210g. ' 't. 's -lane, Charing-cross; and of all Gas Fitters Vi 841, LADlES otherwise TRAVELLING I the s ea Coast, • exposed to , the scorching rays of 40 the Sun, will find WL AND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing kr linDclektration for the Complexion , dispelling the cloud of lan ai I Y tiff 'elaxation allaying all heat ' and irritability, and immedi , e ii,... °Mi nn . „ , _ 4,Ani. The numerous pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of ey th PNi ti 'e numerous varieties of . 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ROWLAN boiii C'cira, h.,,_......, R atton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the . loners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each gold%et a bY th e ah • • roPrietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per- RAI 9tlkk 0 ~ ti ` — ^"Cri! la kii11441014 Ciailterid ,! ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps or Post-office Order. SELF-fIit§ERVA.TION: A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy, Physiology, 'and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. Ey SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SI7RGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. usrmt. 1. On:the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.-- CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy,; the concealed cause of Debility of the functions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERS 5 and 6. On the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhea, Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. REVLEWS OF THE WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali fied medical man, who has evidently had considerable experience in the treatment of the various disorders arising from the follies and frailties of early Indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences at excesses, whichyoust act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also from S. 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N SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE: (An Original Medical History.) CONTENTS: Analysis of the Afthctions—Early Conventional Restraint—Mis direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity-- Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience, &c. &c. 2. On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS, (An Essay for 1846.) " Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature, and by art acquied. Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle, the matured and sage, The lonely and the mated—all sustain. In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n, How health, how hope, how happiness to gain." 3. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID With Diet Tables for all Complaints. Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil eelhsgs, a good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. 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In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of nature, of human disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not contended that every redder shall become his or her own physician any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we should know the simple principles of our own organization, the laws whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely. 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The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster Tow; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford street, and 37, Roy al Exchange ; and all booksellers. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who are prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of cer tain disqualifications, and will be found an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood. Part 11. treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection,ashowing how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering. 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Perry are in gaily attendance at their residence, 19, Beniers-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, and live till eight; and on Sundays from eleven till twelve. - - - - - . t f i rg a ,t , at .+D .t V '.- V t . ..' SEPTEMBER 5 1846. No. 16,837. LONDON, SATURDAY ~,, v .. ..., _ , & ::.... ~ :, ,i , ::-. 9 , _ _ ____ BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY. The report of the directors to the first ordinary meet ing explains, to the following effect, the present posi tion of the undertaking: —The Buckinghamshire Rail way Company gave notice in October last for three lines —namely, a line from Banbury to Tring on the London and Birmingham Railway, passing through Aylesbury; a line, in continuation of the first-named line, from Aylesbury to Harrow, also joining at that place the London and Birmingham Railway; and a cross line from Oxford to the Bletchley station, on the London and Bir mingham Railway, whence a railway, very shortly to be opened, proceeds to Bedford. For various reasons, the committee considered it to the interest of the proprietors to withdraw the Bill for that portion of the line between Harrow and Aylesbury. They accordingly limited their application to Parliament for the two remaining lines— namely, between Banbury and Tring, and between Ox ford and Bletchley. These lines were cordially supported by the landowners and inhabitants of the districts which they traversed; and although the railway from Tring to Banbury was strongly opposed by the Great Western Railway, it was unanimously opposed by the Committee of the House of Commons. The line from Oxford to Bletchley was also sanctioned, and without opposition. In the House of Lords the opposition of the Great Western Railway Company was renewed, and was so far successful that the central portion only of the Tring and Banbury line (namely, from Brackley, passing through the town of Buckinghtfm to the intersection with the Oxford and Bletchley line near Winslow) was sanctioned this session. The Oxford and Bletchley line was passed intact. It is the intention of your directors, with the sanction of the proprietors, to apply for powers to complete the line to the north between Brackley and Banbury (9i miles), and to adopt such measures with regard to the southward extension of the line 's shall appear to be advisable. The Acts for the two lines which have been passed have been so framed by thn Legislature, as to render it neces sary to preserve a nominal distinction in the shares creatcd under the powers of each Act ; the shares under the one Act being entitled shares in the Buckinghamshire Rail way (Oxford and BletchleyJunction Railway Company), and under the other, shares in the Buckinghamshire Railway (Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway Company). It is intended that these shares thus created under the two Acts shall have precisely the same value, and powers will be applied for next year to consolidate the two Companies. The proprietors are aware that the London and North-Western Railway Company have guaranteed 4 per cent. in perpetuity on the cost of the Buckingh am shire Railway when opened for traffic, together with half of the profits of the traffic when exceeding four per cent. In addition to this they have au th or i se d y our directors to state that they will also grant four per cent. interest on all deposits from the Ist of July last, and on future calls from the times of payment. In consequence of the short period which has elapsed since the passing of the Acts, it has not been possible to get in all the accounts of expenses. The balance sheet annexed, therefore, merely presents an account of the rec e ipt s an d payments up to the present time. The amount of money in hand is such as to preclude the necessity of the directors making any call on the proprietors during the present year for the purpose of constructing the lines now obtained. The-lines for which powers have been obtained will be formed with all possible dispatch, the works are already nearly staked out, and the engineers are preparing the contract drawings. RECEIPTS. To proprietors for deposits on shares £169,547 To interest thereon NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect , to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Polley, tare-thirds of the Premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS: The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES, £169,808 THE FORTHCOMING ST. LEGER. (From the Doncaster Gazette.) The interregnum between the termination of the York race meeting and the commencement of the Doncaster Saturnalia, presents that glorious state of uncertainty— those fluctuations in the barometer of the " ring"—those doubts, and surmises, and pretended certainties, which, however much they may tend to puzzle the attentive observer of passing events, are taken advantage of by those who are initiated in the marvellous rites of the mystic circle. From the present moment to the great day of trial, big with the fate of victory and of defeat, all kinds of reports will prevail, ruffling the temper of some, disconcerting the calculations of others, and throwing additional darkne - ss over that future which it is a matter of difficulty to penetrate. What is told one morning, is contradicted the next. A highly favourable account prevails from one quarter, and is as:readily believed, as easily propagated ; the wish is father to the thought ; and then it is wonderfully contradicted, with a shrug of the shoulders, or a mysterious shake of the head. It cannot be put down as a matter of astonishment, that credence should be readily extended with regard to matters which seem to favour the interest of one party, and act as a discomfiture to the other. But, amid all sorts of rumours and insinuations, propagated, in many instances, by those who wish that such and such may prove to be the case, the " old hand" waits with patience fur the turn of the tide. He places more reliance on the strength of public running than on anything else. But, while he fixes his feet on these facts, he does not disregard, at the same time, the influence of the pocket with all its wonderful deeds, as well as those sinuous courses, which, although past finding out, because they are under-currents, are directed for very substantial rea sons and for the acquisition of a fixed and clearly de fined purpose. The ex-Premier, or rather the dethroned Pyrrhus, like his great namesake, if not hit by a tile and rendered powerless, has " a tile off," and is gone to pieces. In deed, he is declared not to start. As to the entertained probability of his being able to imitate the Champion of 1800, it is now an utter impossibility. Lately, the Traverser has occupied his place; and he certainly advanced there by reasons which will not fail to be appreciated by those on whose judgment much re liance is to be placed. His predecessor may have ex perienced a sudden and surprising decline, commenced, indeed, at York; but Traverser has advanced in the scale with that degree of regularity which is calculated to show that there is something in him, and that his party is sanguine of his success. The fact of the mode of thislad vance will be steadily held in view by those who never run away with one idea, as is too often the case. It will not be found too much to state, that his powers and capabilities will be found more fully developed in the St. Leger than, in consequence of the sustainment of some injury, was the case with regard to the Derby. At all events, he may be safely put down, according to pre sent appearances, as the best in Dawson's lot. A cloud of mysteries hangs about Brocardo. Nor does it seem likely, at present, that these mysteries will be dispelled before the eventful day. That they will even he penetrated seems a matter of improba bility. And hence the necessity of exercising caution —something like taking warning by the notice, " steel traps and spring guns set in these grounds." Neverthe less, whatever surmises may have prevailed with re gar d to his performances for the Derby—whatever opinions may be entertained now with regard to his capabilities for carrying off the prize—it is quite certain that he is now in good work daily ; that he has the conformation of a winner; and that he possesses those qualities which, in despite of the " leg," are capable of carrying any horse well through a race. With regard to Brocardo, from the present moment to the great day of trial, every moment will be narrowly watched —every rise and fall in the scale of betting —every change with regard to his stable companions —every object which may either darken the mystery, or, seemingly, pierce the cloud. But Brocardo, put to the stretch of his powers, and to the full development of his capabilities, will be there or thereabouts ; and will be jotted down by Mr. Clarke. Sir Tatton Sykes has been removed from his position at the head in the betting scale, and compelled to sue cumb. But he rallied on Monday, and resumed his former position. The previous change may have arisen from various causes—from reports of sale, of being de feated in one of his trials, and of those many whisper ings which, under prevailing circumstances, seem almost as a matte; of coarse. But, whatever may have been the legitimate cause of his decline—however hard his enemies may have tried to pepper him, and that attempts will be made to sink him lower in the scale, there seems little doubt—whatever surmises may be raised that eccentricity may hurl judgment from its seat, and put discretion out of court; it is a matter of impossibility to shake off the mind the convictions which have been im pressed there by the superior quality of his public per formances. Can the manner in which he won the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket:be disregarded? But, more than all, can the extraordinary qualities which he exemplified in the Derby race be put aside as manifestations of no consequence or im port? It is questionable whether any horse ever did more—not even excepting Mamaluke for, the St. Leger, when, after having previously passed every horse in the race, for he was left behind at starting, he was defeated by Matilda ? Nor would it be right to blight the qualities of a horse because they , were marred by indiscretion—an error which may be re trieved in the forthcoming event ; and which the spirit of honest rivalry—call it ambition if you like—points out as needful to be retrieved ; so that the name which stands eight times the victor in the table of St. Leger winners, may appear there as the ninth, and with, if possible, a more honourable distinction. A friend at our elbow whispers, "Be just, and fear not." The defeat of Ingo at York by Poynton, has not dimmed the hopes and wishes of his friends. They are as sanguine as ever, even notwithstanding all insinua tions to the contrary—bandaged legs—only a miler— and so forth. They place much reliance on his Good wood performance ; and, consequently, think that he can last through in the St. Leger race. It would be some mortification, however, if some kind friend were to hint to them that " Brocardo can lick his head off." Never theless, Ingo will defeat what has:defeated him, if it can be called a defeat—which seems somewhat questionable. lago is a game hor§e, and will run well. The Peri Colt has not come up to the mark of public ex pectation; and he must be marvellously altered if he can attain those honours, now, to which, at one time he ap peared to have a fair claim. Fancy Boy has many friends; and no doubt he belongs to a running and lasting family. Bat he has been ex tremely unfortunate; and notwithstanding his many ac cidents on the Derby day, finished respectably. Fancy Boy, indeed, presents a remarkable contrast to Grimston. The latter has always had good luck on his side, and the former the reverse. Grimston, a game horse, may per haps be placed in the class of Godfrey, when he con tended for the St. Leger, unless continued good luck should carry him through misfortunes which may mar some of his more formidable competitors—circumstances the occurrence of which, however, seems very unlikely to take place. Dolo may run well; and not disgrace the colour which proved eminently successful with his noble owner's Blue Bennet. PRICE SD. JAMAICA SOUTH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held this day at the Company's offices, 17, Essex-street, Strand, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and the engineer's report. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, the Secretary read the report, which stated that there had been a considerable increase in the number of sig natures to the deed, which how amounted to 10,215, more than half of the total required; that the Company had ob tained their Bill from the House of Assembly at Jamaica, which had received the royal assent, and therefore that the Company was at present legally constituted. In compliance with the resolution of the meeting of the 9th of March last, the directors had entered into a treaty with the Jamaica Company to construct seven miles of reilway from Spanish Town to Cherry Town, and their negociations had been successful. With the addition of these seven miles, the line was now forty five miles in length, and the total estimated cost of the undertaking was 333,6951., to which there had been added, engineering contingencies 10 per cent. In the report made at the meeting of the 9th of March a table of the probable traffic on the line had been submitted to the shareholders then present, and it appeared that the estimate was not so favourable as it subse quently turned out. It appeared that the line might be worked at an expense of 20,0001. annually. In consequence of the depressed state of the market, the directors thought it would be better not to proceed further at present with the works than to make that nominal commencement which was required by the Act of Assembly. The balance in hands was 16,1161. 19s. 11d. which was placed at interest. This sum wou ld be reduced to about 15,0001. The directors were ready to give the shareholders who desired to retire from the undertaking 12s. 6d. per share, as they were satisfied of the responsibility of the parties who were ready to take up those shares. In conclusion, the report stated that great cordially existed between the proprietors of the Jamaica and the directors of the present Company, and that several of the former were very anxious to get shares in the South Midland Company. The SECRETARY then read the report of the engineer of the Company, Mr. Miller, which was very favourable. The CIIAIRM&N then proposed two resolutions, to the effect that the report should be adopted, and that the directors should be authorised to prepare the supple mental Bill to be presented to the Assembly at Jamaica. These resolutions were seconded and carried , unani mously. Thanks were then voted to and acknowledge 3 by the Chairman, and the meeting separated. Week Last a c° 4 ; c e ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. dh* Aug. 29 Arbroath and Forfar • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 221 240 - Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • .. 28 Chester and Birkenhead . • • • . • • • • • • • • 725 736 27 Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • .. Sept. I Dublin and Kingstown • • . • • • Aug. 30 Dundee and Arbroath • • • • • • • • • • • 545 576 29 Durham and Sunderland . • • • • • • • • • • 635 891 29 Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • • • • • • • • 4,379 3,530 30 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 9,180 6,054 30 Eastern Union.. 529 - 29 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • 2,422 2,154 29 Glasgow and Greenock.. • • • • . • • • ..• 1,420 1,219 29 Gravesend and Rochester.... • • • • • • • • 374 419 al Great Western . • • .... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20,678 19,751 29 Hartlep00l , • 29 London and North Western, &c. ..... 45,825 42,100 30 London and Blackwall • • . 29 London and Brighton . • • • . • - London and Croydon . . • • .. • • • • • • • • - 29 London and South Western . • • • • • • • • 7,977 9,004 30 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • • • • 1,275 1,943 - Manchester and Birmingham • • • • - 29 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc- 7,362 7,629 29 Midland Counties . • . • . • . . • • • • • • • . • • 20.407 18,186 29 Newcastle and Darlington • • y. • • • • 3,239 2,613 29 Newcastle and Carlisle • 2,243 1,943 - Newcastle and North Shields.• • • • • 702 30 Norfolk.. • • ...... ......... 29 North British .. • . • • .• • • • • • • .. • • .... 2,049 • - - North Union and Bolton and Preston - - Paris, Corbel], and Orleans • •• 6,889 31 Paris and Rouen . • • • • • .. 29 Preston and Wyre...........• • • .... 1,458 817 29 Sheffield and Manchester...... 29 South Eastern . ... .... 11,288 8,715 28 South Devon.. • • • . • • • . • • ........ 1,35 l 29 Taff Vale 30 Ulster . • • ........... ..... ...... G 54 588 29 York and North Midland . • . • • . 7,818 6,495 Free Lance appears to have reinstated himself in the estimation of those who dwell much upon his earliest performances ; but it will be something very extraordi nary if he should prove the victor. The same may be said of Sting, who certainly ran well at two years old, but had the extinguisher put over him at Epsom. But since that period he may have improved; and there seems a determination on the part of his owner and trainer to retrieve his fame. Those who back him will do so with caution, and take into their calculation all the circumstances which have marked his racing career. As to the outsiders, they are rather in bad odour this year. Nor do those suspicions and misgivings hang about what are termed " dark horses," which have pre vaih:d on several former occasions. Cranebroolt is deemed of most importance in this class, coupled along with Wilderness. It is not needful to say anything about those who are put in the crowd of the hopeless, further than that they will augment the start, and render the scene, on the eventful Leger day, far more imposing than would otherwise be the case. Mount Callan is declared not t@ start. Whatever horse may prove the victor, it is quite certain, judgin g by present indications, that the attend ance, during the race-week, will be full—fuller, indeed, than is usually the case. Under these circumstances, it would be doing good service for some one, impressed with the splendour of the scene which is about to be enacted, to whisper in the ear of those who intend to become spectators "to arrive in the town as early as possible," and make sure of the proper accommodations, and, consequently, of their own comfort. Here it is time to pause for the present. A few days may—nay, a few hours probably, will work wonders; at all events, present indications which may show which way the land lies, or from what quarter the wind is likely to set in. It is a somewhat worn-out expression to say now, as has been frequently said—" it is anybody's race,"—an expression, indeed, which has been uttered when the great prize has been carried off with compara tive ease. That the ensuing trial will present a race deeply interesting there is every reason to believe; and the field will be imposing—some say nearer twenty, pro bably, than: fifteen. But it should be borne in mind that two competitors are already gone, namely, Pyrrhus and Mount Callan. In the meantime each party will cling to its favourite, until they get their eyes completely open. The friends of the Traverser are perfectly justified in doing so, if, as appears to be generally believed, he is really the best horse in Dawson's lot; because, supposing that such is the case, the trainer in question, with his undoubted experience, certainly possesses the means of forming a correct judgment of the powers and capabilities of the Traverser. Who, indeed, can form a more accurate one than himself ? _ _ _ On the other hand, however, regard will be paid to Sir Tattoo Sykes, and to Brocardo, and to lago, as well as to the Traverser; and with very good reasons, too, without patting aside one or two more, which need not be particularly enumerated at the present moment. " Well !" the reader will probably ask, " but what's to will?"—a question, indeed, which is heard on all hands and in all quarters—not disregarding the nume rous " sweeps," which certainly increase the interest with respect to the decision on the eventful day of trial. 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OW , '„‘rr-,1-- '' nnorr. eiR „, 111._1MMMEV1C1N0C1EM11M1M1111M..1■9111112.1111.1......,, , ,E. 1 must dre- • the time—azd, till the. Jam away keep a secret? So can Sept. 2, 1846. " hissing hot, like sanguine parties ;e circumstances ; deprived of the must oteep them and seven nights m, can the :reader SLARTINGALY.: RAILWAY MONOPOLY IN KENT. (From the Times.) Parliament is no sooner prorogued, and all immediato prospect of interference with railway monopoly at an end; than the directors of the South-Eastern Company make a considerable addition to the fares throughout their main line and its various branches. Though the Legislature has suspended its functions, the power ofthe press is happily always in operation ; and it becomes more necessary that its force should be exerted when there is a cessation in the sittings of that higher tribunal which is specially intrusted with the protection of the common interest. The South-Eastern Company, baying succeeded in bamboozling Parliamentary Committees, has now commenced the victimisation of the public with a speed that shames the fastest locomotive on the rail way. A large increase in the charges of conveying pas sengers has suddenly taken place, in spite of all the sacrifices that the directors promised to make for the general benefit, as an inducement to the Legislature to give the company the monopoly of the Kentish traffic.. Nothing but the lowest practicable scale of fares can compensate for the fearful in convenience occasioned by the very circuitous communication which this company affords ; but high charges and indirect routes form a combination of annoyances that it is " too bad" to tolerate. Kent, under the present arrangement, is much in the same position with regard to the facilities of transit as thot to which the metropolis is frequently reduced in con.se quence of the blocking-up of its direct leading thorough , - fares. What the famous Commissioners of Sewers and othera are in the habit of doing temporarily for the City and the West-end, has been permanently accomplished by the South-Eastern Company with reference to the distance between London and Dover or Ramsgate. Travellers from Charing-cross to the Bank are sent wandering wide of their destination during a period of, perhaps, six weeks at a time, but a journey to any of the places on the South-Eastern line must always embrace a series of the most tortuous deviations. It is bad enough to be carried miles out of one's way, but it is too bad to be taxed at the highest rate for travelling over the enor mous surplus distance which has been added to the ordinary length of journey by the eccentric meanderings of the rail way. Suppose some association were permitted to super sede all the direct London thoroughfares by a series of serpentine streets, and were allowed also the esclusive privilege of carrying the public from one end of the metropolis to the other at very exorbitant fares ; we should have some parallel to the case of the South- Eastern and its monopoly of Kent, which can only be traversed, at a large waste of time and money, through the imperfect and costly accommodation at present af forded. It is true that to the man of business speed ii often more important than the saving of expense, but; extravagant charges become a fearful grievance when aggravated by tardy and circuitous travelling. In the communication with Ramsgate the gain in point of time is almost nothing, for the railway offers very little ad vantage over the steam-packet ; while the fares by the former are thrice the amount of those charged for con veyance by the latter. Four hours all but twenty mi nutes is, according to the time-ti:ble of the South- Eastern, the average duration of the Journey from Lon don-bridge to Ramsgate, and when allowances are made for delays, to say nothing of casualties, it frequently hap pens that the traveller by rail is full four hours in passing between the places specfied. For this, if he chooses the first class, he must pay 18s., when the steam-boat will convey him for one-third of that fare to his destination within a space of time not much exceeding that occupied in the tour by railway. The South-Eastern directors have taken an unfair advantage of the public by select ing the usual season for visiting watering-places, at home and abroad, to levy an exorbitant tax upon travellers. From numerous letters we have received, we feel as sured that this experiment oz.l the patience of the public will not be very cheerfully submitted to, and it will cer-_ tainly alienate from the South-Eastern that sympathy in its struggles with rival projects it has hitherto expe rienced. The comparative cheapness of its fares used to be cited as a proof of a disposition to compensate for the inconvenient circuity of its course. But it has now become one of the dearest as well as the most round about of existing railways. For some time we have observed a rapidly increasing irregularity in the departure and arrival of trains upon this line, bidding fair to gain for it a notoriety similar to that which has been acquired by the Eastern Counties. The Hudsonian fault of non-punctuality seems to lead as a natural consequence to exorbitant charges, and the South-Eastern is already in this second stage of the infection, or whatever it may be that hiengs over all the lines under regal management. As the ma lady affects and has originated with those companies over which his Railway Majesty presides, we may be justified in calling it a sort of railway King's evil. Its symptoms are high and feverish rates of fares, accom panied by terribly intermittent action of the powers of locomotion, and great irregularity of the whole system. We regret to see the South-Eastern manifesting all these fearful signs of having become infected with the Hudsonian malady. The complaints we have received from various sources show a determination on the part of the public not to submit quietly to one of the cool est pieces of imposition that over was practised by a railway company. People who have taken summer residences on the line are justly incensed at the sud den alteration in the fares, by which even those who have only to go a few miles backwards and for wards every day find an addition of some ten, fifteens, or twenty shillings a week to their estimated expenditure. Those who have made their arrangements must of course allow themselves to be victimised, but when Parliament meets and rival projects are in the field, these persona will not have forgotten the two or th ree months course: of bleeding which they will have undergone at the handler of the South-Eastern Company. Those travellers who , have gone abroad upon the low fares will undoubtedly be caught on their return by the high rates; but we sus pect it will prove the old story of cutting open the goose for the sake of the golden eggs in this instance. The unfortunate public is just now in the position of the goose, who can do nothing but hiss under the pro cess of victimisation. John Bull, however, is after all not quite such a foolish bird as some people are disposed to take him for; and he will doubtless find means during the ensuing session to protect himself :hereafter from a repetition of such a trick as that which has just been played off upon him by the South-Eastern Railway. RAILWAY SIGNAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Sin,—l observe in your paper of yesterday a notice of a patent railway signal, which has been experimented with on the Eastern Counties Railway. It seems to me but a clumsy and inefficient mode of producing a sound which the steam of the engine is now made to produce with infinitely greater power than the lungs of any guard could possibly compass. It has often surprised me that the existiog whistle of the engine has not been put in requisition as a means of communication between the guards and engine-drivers. Why, were a piece of stri n g attached to the leNTer of the whistle valve, and simply thrown over the carrioges, so as to be within reach of the guards, it would form no inefficient substitute for this patented contrivance ; and there is no doubt that, with the exercise of a little inge unity, the steam of the engine might be made available for a great variety of signals, not under the control of the guards alone, bat within reach of every passenger in' the train. If this latter object were accomplished, ladies need not then fear travelling alone.—l am, Sir, your's respectfully, J. B. York, Sept. 4, 1846. [The above suggestion is well worthy cons;deration ; to se —ED s 3 ind o e u e r d, some lres such.sirompl.le contrivance has often occurred SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN BY priowNING.---On Wednesday evening a long inviiry took place before Mr. Bedford, at the King's Awns, Banelagh-row, Thames-bank, concerning the death .1f Mr. William Johnson, aged 52, a gentleman of larger property, residing at No. 14, Belvoir-terrace, Vauxhall:. Bridge-road. Ann Barnes, housekeeper to the deceased,- said that her master was of a very nervous temperament,, and at times he was so excessively agitated that he, would cry out without any apparent cause. On Monday • afternoon witness went out on some business, and on her return home, about half-past eight, she was informed that the deceased bad returned at four o'clock, and ho had been in and out of the house five or six times during the evening in a very agitated state. On entering the. dressing-room she found it in a confused state, his ward— robe strewed about, and ho had gone out in the oldest clothes he had, leaving behind him in one of his drawers the keys relating to his papers and property, which he! always carried about him, and which raised her sus— picion that he did not intend to return, as he had pre viously told her that in the event of anything happening to him, she would find his keys deposited where they were found, and they were to be given to his brother, a. solicitor, residing at Runton, Norfolk. Verdict, " Fotrad drowned." WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—Since Wednesday last the greatest activity has prevailed in reinoving the ballnstrades, the whole of which, on the upper side, ine nearly taken down, it being intended to strip the bridge as low as the cornices. Yesterday the levels of the piers were again taken, and the result showed that, although they had not left off sinking, yet still the opinion of the gentlemen conducting the obser vation was, that the settling was decidedly less Witn com pared with observation on a previous occasion , and if the piers sink no further, there is not the slightest doubt but that the bridge will be as secure as ever for foot passenjers till the erection of the new one. Two hundred men are .eow engaged on the bridge, and when the whole of the parapets are removed, if the piers are found to be in static quo, it is intended to erect a light parapet, :about four feet high, andi then throw open the entire roadway of the bridge to the public. TILE CORN-LAWS.—The ruinous effect of the re— peal of the corn-laws was very forcibly displayed at the sale on Saturday evening last at the Eagle Hotel, of the lease of the Manor farm at Grautchester by Mr. Went— worth. We never remember to have seen a larger or more respectable company at an estate sale in this to cm than was assembled on that occasion ; or to have N vit ncssed more spirited competition. The lease is gran tech by King's College, to whom the estate belongs, for, a term of years, of which nineteen are unexpired, subjoict to a corn and money rent of about 2001. per annum. 'rho improved rent paid to the College lessee by the occupy ianngn u t m en . an T t, he M l r e . aFserewel_earsieukitiLmilaly amountstevknoeko4 to d a cs o w o n t per to Mr. Devereux Den the very trifling sum of• the Men ton, onbeha agricultural lf farmers. —Cambridge Advertiser. distress, e t s i r andocc occupier, the miserable ro'l r 1 le prospects o s S p e o UOCP PUBLICATIONS. TAE QUARTERLY REVIEW: No. CLVI. ADVERTISEMENTS for the forthcoming Number must be for warded to the Publisher by the 19th, and BILLS for Insertion by the 21st instant. John Murray, Albemarle street. 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Price 21s. _ -1r -1.., QTI37 - TilMTe - vvr, • -cy-,-“,,,,, r........-.--- -- The Ninth Edition, corrected, enlarged, and improved, with Eighty five Plates and Woodcuts, by Adlard and Branton, from Drawings by C. Varley, Dickes, &c. Bvo. Price 21s. I N STRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN, in all that relates to GUNS and SHOOTING. BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL P. HAWKER. " The very best book we hale en the subject."—Blackwood. "Colonel Hawker expounds the whole rationale of shooting with clearness, fulness, and vivacity." —Edinburgh Review. Lon;on : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. The division of profits is awmal, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDERS. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSUR AN CE COMPANY. 8 , WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. The attention of the Equitable Policy Holders is particularly called to the Half Credit Scales of Premium of this Comitany, by which Table the Bonus to be declared at the next investigation, in January, 1850, may be secured at it present Annual Payment of one half the rates charged by other Companies. In the event of death, the sum insured will be paid, less the amount of Premiums on Credit. Should the life insured survive the declaration of the Bonus, the Policy may be allowed to lapse, and the. Company will renounceal I claim for the Half Premiums which may be due thereon ; or, in the event of the party being at that time in bad health, the Policy can be kept up by commencing to pay the full Premium of the ago as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with this Company, was found peculiarly advantageous at the last Equitable Division in 1840, when it was largely adopted, and many of the Policies then effected are still in force, and large Bonuses have been added to them on the scale of the following Table:— Sum Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy. £5OOO . ..... 6 years 10 months.. • • .£683 Os. 6d. 5000. ••• .. 6 years •••• • • . • 600 Os. Od. 5000... • . • .. • • 4 years . 400 Os. Od. 5000.... • • • • • • 2 years Prospectuses and every information may he obtained on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq. and E. Lennox Boyd Esq., at the Offices, 8, Waterloo-place, L on d on . , FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZEVrE. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 2, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto David Pollock, Esq., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay. BANKRUPTS. Robert Francis Barber, licensed victualler, Bishopsgate street Without, to surrender, Sept. 14, at one, and Oct. 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; H usse y, Queen-street, Cheapside. William Lake, grocer, Henfield, Sussex, Sept. 14, at two, and Oct. 9, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rickard and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Barnett, Brighton. John Mortimer, woolstapler, Bradford, Yorkshire, Sept. 16, and Oct. 7, a t e l even , a t th e Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Clarke, Chancery-lane; Tilley and Watson, Bradford; Bond, Leeds. Thomas Wainwright, surgeon, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Sept. 16, and Oct. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wilkinson, Lincoln's In fields; Marshall, Barnsley; Cariss, Leeds. James Hall, chemist, Leeds, Sept. 16, and Oct. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, Chancery-lane; Shackleton, Leeds. Joseph Firth, sen., Joseph Firth, jun., James Dugdale, and William Stott, cotton spinners, Birstal, York shire, Sept. 15, and Oct. 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official asignee, Leeds ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Wavell, Halifax ; Courtenay, Leeds. George Lewis, apothecary, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Sept. 14, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Philpot, jun., Southamp ton; street, Bloomsbury; Hughes, Wrexham; Evans and Son, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. F. D. Barker, banker, Cambridge, Sept. 28, at twelve. In the Country. G. Ratcliffe, fender manufacturer, Sheffield, Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Town-Hall, Sheffield—H. Hartop, ironmaster, Holyland, Yorkshire, Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—G. Parker, spade manufacturer, Sheffield, Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—J. Hargreaves, worsted spinner, Farnhill-hall, Yorkshire, Sept. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. T. Caswell and J. T. Tindall, leather sellers, Northamp ton, Oct. 3—M. Illingworth, W. Smith, and J. Wright, worsted spinners, Bradford, Oct. 7—F. Rolfe, tailor, Great Marlborough-street, Sept. 25-3. Philp, wholesale stationer, Bristol, Sept. 25—P. Strawson and T. B. Young, chemists, Louth—H. Williams, apothecary, Llanrwst, Denbighshire, Sept. 25—J. Edwards, ironfounder, Birmingham, Sept. 25 J. Evans, cattle dealer, Haywood-lodge, Herefordshire, Sept. 25-3. E. H. Jolliffe, chemist, Durdham- down, Gloucester shire Sept. 25-3. C. Wolton, ironmonger, Halsted, Essex, Sept.2s—J. Wilmot, coach proprietor, Lenton, Nottingham shire, Sept. 25-3. Waterhouse, calico printer, Salford, Sept. 25—J. G. Smith, grocer, Liverpool, Sept. 25—Sir J. Ross, banker, York-road, Lambeth, Sept. 25—J. Davis, dentist, Pall-mall, Sept. 25. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Ball, R. Bayley, and W. Burrow, merchants, Burwell, Cambridgeshire —J. Halstead, T. Bowker, and J. Lord, mousseline de laine manufacturers, Colne, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Lord)—P. Bothwell, T. Scoweroft, S. Scowcroft, W. Scowcroft, M. Scowcroft, and W. Woods, colliers, Hind ley, Lancashire (so far as regards P. Rothwell)—E. and J. Gouldar, watch-makers, Gloucester—N. and T. Greenhalgh, cotton spinners, Sharples, Lancashire—E. Gee and J. Fell, tea dealers, Liverpool—H. Beesley and G. B. Horridge, printers, Liverpool—R. and W. J. Hobson, printers, Derby— ID. Morris. W. Morris, W. T. Morgan, W. Davis, and J. Morris, tin-plate manufacturers, Abercarne, Monmouthshire (so far as regards J. Morris)—W. Warbrick and W. Sim, builders, Liverpool—l. Collinge and G. Ashworth, [cotton spinners, Rochdale—J. and J. Cockill, coach proprietors, Kirkstall, Yorkshire—P. and P. Welder, farmers, Papsland farm, Sussex—E. Davies and R. Watkins, oil refiners, Liver pool—S. B. and E. S. Holsworth, child-bed linen dealers, Charles-street, Soho-square—J. Walker and A. Smith, land surveyors, Aberdeen—E. Raby, G. Howson, and R. Cart wright, china figure manufacturers, Tinker's Clough, Staf fordshire—D. Higginbottom and S. Baker, milliners, Picca dilly—J. Brownhill and J. Nash, common brewers, Salford— W. H. Lerew and W. Tickell, jun., surgeons, Upper Norton street, Fitzroy-square—G. F. Chantrell and J. A. Boyes, stockbrokers. Leeds. - SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles Simson, agent, Glasgow, Sept. 9 and 30, at two, at the rooms of Mr. M'Allister, Glasgow. John Callender, tanner, Linlithgow, Sept. 9 and 29, at the Star and Garter Inn, Linlithgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending September 1, 1646, is 31s. 4 1 -Ad. per cwt. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—The monthly meeting of this club last evening was but very thinly attended, there being scarcely twenty members present. Captain Wheeler having been 'called to the chair, the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The whole of the business of the evening consisted of ballotting for the Hon. C. G. Lambert, of Fawley, Hants (who was duly elected), fixing the time of the closing trip, and proposing gentlemen for ballot at the next monthly meeting. It was arranged that the closing trip should take place on Saturday, the 19th instant, to start at three o'clock in the afternoon from Greenwich, and cast anchor for the night at Erith. Amongst those pro posed for ballot at the next monthly meeting was Viscount Exmouth. BURKE'S GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE LANDED GENTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Part IV.—This is the concluding Part of one of the most useful and interesting works we hare for a long time encountered. It comprises a general history of that class in society which holds the next place to the privileg ed order—the untitled country gentlemed—a class not one degree below the other in antiquity of descent, per sonal accomplishment, and national usefulness ; nay, the very chiefs of the houses from which the Nobility spring, are generally to be found in this division of the aristocracy. This, indeed, must occur in a country like our own, and for the simple reason that the eldest son and heir being already provided for, the field of adven ture belongs almost exclusively to the junior members of the family ; who, thus forced upon the arena, achieve by their prowess or their talents, the sword or the pen, fame, wealth, and eminence. The work is one of the most complete . of its class, and evinces the deep research, indefatigable perseverance, and unre mitting labour of its able authors in its production. We trust that so useful a national publication will meet the encouragement that it merits, and that the spirited pub lisher will be amply compensated for the heavy outlay ho has so liberally incurred in giving this valuable work to the public.—Messenger. MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY.—The Sixth Volume of the entertaining " Diary and Letters of Madame D'Ar hlay," is at length on the eve of publication. Accord ing to report, it will prove to lie one of the liveliest and most interesting volumes of the series ; for, besides the charming writer's unique pictures of court life in the days of George the Third and Queen Charlotte, which are resumed with many additional traits of character of different members of the royal circle, she carries the reader to the Court of Napoleon, when First Consul, and - makes him acquainted with many of the celebrities of the French capital in the stirring times that succeeded the Revolution. The splendid mansion of the Marquis of Hertford, in Park-lane, known as Dorchester House, has been disposed of, and his Lordship has taken another in Berkeley-square. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—AN EXTRA ORDINARY CUM.—Edward White, residing at 45, Clement's-lane, Strand, was an in-door patient at King's College Hospital for an abscess in tho thigh, and a wound nine inches long on the same limb. He could neither bend his knee nor put his foot to the ground. He remained in the hospital five months in bed, when he was in formed that "nothing more could be done for him ;" he was then carried to his home, and commenced using the above invaluable medicines. He is. now, to the astonishment of every one, soundly cured, and can walk as well as ever he could in his life. Sold by all retailers of medicine, and at PrOfeo69r Holloway's Establishment, 20 Slang EXPENDITURE. By cash on account of engineering expenses £7,000 Ditto on account of expenses of Parliamentary proceedings By miscellaneous expenses—petty cash 363 By office expenses, salaries, Scc. By stationary and printing By advertising expenses Total amount disbursed Balance in hand £169,808 THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION, NORTHAMPTON, DAVENTRY, LEAMINGTON, AND WARWICK RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders of this Company took place yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, in pursuance of the requisition contained in the following advertisement: We, the undersigned, being respectively Shareholders in the London and Birmingham Extension, Northampton, Daventry, Leamington, and Warwick projected Railway Company, in virtue of the powers given by an Act, passed in the present session, cap. 28, intituled "An Act to Facilitate the Dissolution of Certain Railway Companies," having left, at the registered place of business of the said Company, a requisition, calling on the Members of the Provisional Committee of the said Company to call a Meeting of the Share holders of the said Company, and the said Committee having neglected or refused to comply with the said requisition, do, by the authority aforesaid, hereby call a meeting of the Shareholders of the said Company, to be held at the Hall of Commerce, Thread needle-street, in the City of London, on Friday, the 4th day of September next, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of deter mining whether the Partnership or Company formed, or intended to be formed, shall be dissolved, and in what manner the affairs of the said Company shall be wound up. As witness our hands the 24th day of August, 1846. EDMUND EVANS MOLLADY, Warwick. GEORGE READ, Warwick. GEORGE THOMAS SMITH, Leamington. EDWARD COLLINS, Birmingham. BENJAMIN STOKES, Islington, Birmingham. Mr. Powell took the chair at two o'clock. After an irregular discussion, Mr. Powell, Mr. Rice Davis, and Mr. Sparkman w ere appointed scrutineers, for the purpose of ascertaining whether a sufficient num ber of votes were present. It was then moved by Mr. WHITCOMB, and seconded by Mr. LewsoN, that the Company should be dissolved, but that the dissolution should not be considered an act of bankruptcy. The scrutineers then proceeded to ascertain whether a sufficient number of scrip votes were present to enable the meeting to adopt a resolution for the dissolution of the company. . _ - 4. After some considerable lapse of time, The scrutineers reported that there were 4,636 votes present; that the whole of that number voted for the dissolution of the Company; that 110 voted for the dissolution being an act of bankruptcy, 4,321 against it, and 205 were neutral. The CHAIRMAN then said that, there not being a suffi cient number of votes present to constitute- a meeting, it must be adjourned to some future day. Thanks baying been voted to the Chairman, the meet ing adjourned to Thursday next, at one o'clock. THE WARWICK and WORCESTER RAILWAY. A meeting of this Company took place to-day, at the Hall of Commerce, in consequence of the following re quisition : We, the undersigned, being respectively Shareholders in the Warwick and Worcester Railway Company, in virtue of the powers given by an Act, passed in the present session, cap. 28, intituled " An Act to Facilitate the Dissolution of Certain Railway Companies,' having left, at th'e registered place of business of the said Company, a requisition, calling en the Members of the Provisional Committee of the said Company to eau a Meeting of the Share holders of the said Company, and the said Committee having neglected or refused to comply with the said requisition, do, by the authority aforesaid, hereby call a meeting of the Shareholders of the said Company, to be held at the Hall of Commerce, Thread needle-street, in the City of London, on Friday, the 4th day of Sep tember next, at Three o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of deter mining whether the Partnership or Company formed, or Intended to be formed, shall be dissolved, and in what manner the affairs of the said Company shall be wound up. As witness our hands this 24th day of August, 1846. EDMUND EyANS ~IkIOLLADY, Warwick. CHARLES REDFERN, Jury-street, Warwick. RICHARD GRANT READING, Warwick. WALTER COOKES, Warwick. EDWARD COLLINS, Birmingham. Mr. Lewis Davis, shortly after four o'clock, took the chair. Some discussion then took place as to the propriety and validity of the meeting, the Company having amal gamated with other railway companies, which ended in its being decided that the meeting was a proper one. The usual advertisements calling the meeting having been read, the requirements of the Act having been gone through, and Mr. Powell, Mr. Nathan, and Mr. Blurton, having been appointed scrutineers, Mr. HODGSON moved, and Mr. NATHAN seconded, a resolution to the effect that the Company should be dissolved; and Mr. HASTINGS moved, and Mr. POWELL seconded, that " That dissolution should be considered as an act of bankruptcy." Upon these motions the scrutineers th en pro ceeded meedseodto considerable the votes, time and after the lapse they announced the numbers to be—for the dissolution 2,280 ; a ga i ns t i t none. There were 400 in favou r o f the dissolution being considered an act of bankruptcy, an d 1,880 against it. The CHAIRMAN then declared that there was not a sufficient number of votes present to constitute a meeting that eould adopt a resolution for the dissolu tion of the Company, and the meeting was therefore adjourned to Thursday next, at three o'clock. The meeting did not break up till a f ter five o ' clock. The following protest was put in against the meet ing " To the Chairman of the meeting of the Warwick and Worcester Railway. We, the under-mentioned shareholders, do hereby protest against the regularity of the meeting called of the above-named company, to be held at the Hall of Commerce, London, on the 4th day of September, 1846, on the ground that the notices in the Gazette were contrary to the provisions of the Act of Parlia ment, the Warwick and Worcester Railway Company having amalgamated with other companies. " Dated the 4th day of September, 1846. " J, N. WHITCOMB. " W. J. LAWSON." Earl Grey left town yesterday afternoon on a visit to the Earl of Clarendon, at Grove Park, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Seaham left Finance's 11901 yesterday fox the liertb. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to whit y the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the liune week in the previous year : WAKLEY TESTIMONIAL. A preliminary meeting of the friends of T. NVakley, Esq., M.P., was held yesterday in the Crown and Anchor Tavern, to take into consideration the best means of for warding the penny subscription now in progress for pur chasing a piece of silver plate to be presented to that gentleman as a testimonial of his worth, and the high respect in which he is held for bis zeal, impartiality, and firmness in the office of Coroner. The meeting was very respectably attended. Mr. Sandford, of Lincoln's Inn, was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly explained the purposes which had called them together. lie thought that the services of Mr.Wakley imperatively called upon them to exhibit, by some reward like the one contemplated, their appre ciation of his great abilities, and the admirable manner in which he had performed the duties of Coroner. Cer tain resolutions would, therefore, be submitted to the meeting, and ho would at once save the time of the gentlemen present by calling upon Mr. Sullivan to pro pose the first resolution. Mr. SULLIVAN in moving " that this meeting duly ap preciate the indefatigable industry and unflinching pro bity of Thomas Wakley, Esq., in the performance of his duty as Coroner, and considers that he is well en . titled to the gratitude of the country," eulogised in the warmest manner the conduct of Mr. Wakley, more particularly in the recent proceedings at Hounslow. He hoped that the recent changein the amount of punish ment would be followed by the total abolition of " the cat," and when this devoutly-to-be-wished-for consum mation should have been accomplished, the friends of humanity would have to thank Mr. Walley for it. Mr. A. RAMSAY seconded, and Dr. WEBB, of Mary lebone, supported it. Mr. W. lIINDE, formerly in the 7th Hussars, the same regiment to which the unfortunate man belonged, then rose, and in a very earnest and energetic manner defended Colonel Whyte from the charges of inhumanity which had been urged against him. He well remem bered seeing on one occasion an old soldier tied to the ladder, when Captain Whyte rushed out, and said to the commanding officer, Colonel King, "For God's sake, Colonel King, do not punish that old soldier. I shall be answerable for his good conduct in time coming." The man was unbound and pardoned. He also called to mind a circumstance that occurred in Canada, where, when they were in daily expectation of being engaged with the enemy, a man was found in the act of deserting. He was sentenced to recive one hundred and fifty lashes, but was pardoned by Colonel Whyte after he had re ceived fifty lashes, on his promise of future good conduct. Ile might multiply many such cases, but lie did not de sire to take up too much time. Ile had served under five colonels, and in no instance had he served under a more humane and feeling officer; this opinion he was certain would be corroborated by every soldier in the regiment. He fully appreciated the services of Mr. Walley, as did many of his former companions, and ho had no doubt that a considerable portion of the subscriptions would come out of tho army. Dr. EPPS suggested that it would perhaps be better to confine their approbation of Mr. Wakley's conduct to his recent services at Hounslow. ➢Zany persons had expressed their disapprobation of the witticisms with which the Coroner for Middlesex occasionally sought to relieve the tedium of business, and he (Dr. Epps) did consider that this levity was beneath the dignity of a judge. On these grounds he thought it better that the resolution should be confined to their approbation of Mr. Wakley, in the case he alluded to, and he was sure that that would secure general approbation. Mr. WHITE moved the following resolution:—" That the friends of Thomas Wakley, Esq., in consideration of his independent conduct as Coroner, more particularly upon the occasion of the late inquest at Hounslow, have resolved upon offering him some slight testimonial of the high opinion they have formed of him as a public officer." Mr. CHURCH, in an eloquent speech, seconded the resolution. Mr. WHITE also moved the third resolution,. " That a committee be formed to raise a sufficient sum of money to purchase a handsome piece of silver plate to be pre sented to that gentleman." The committee was then appointed ; and after thanks had been voted to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. To Messrs. Morrison, British College of Health, London, September 4, 1846. " The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King." (Query dishonest doctors) HAMLET. Sir,—l have been thinking,whether it would not be of infinite service to those doctors, who prescribe rank poisons " medicinally," it they were to witness the third act of Hamlet. I think their conscience might then be pricked when they came to the following de scriptions of such poisons. " Whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That swift as quicksilver it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body; And, with a sudden vigour it doth posset And curd, like aigre droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood." Yours, Sze. A lIYGEIST. THE GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. —ln our report of the meeting of the shareholders of this company on Thursday, we represented Mr. Spack man to have stated that the managing committee were squandering 40,0001. or 50,0001. of the money of the shareholders; the statement sl ould have been 401. or 501. a day in unnecessary advertisements, which expen diture was declared to be illegal under the Act, until §fler A gone iii Ateetipg lAACI beQA held. • P.RMOVAL. 1)117 CITLVERWELL has REMOVED to No. Nat I,!°, ARGYLL-I'LACE, REGENT-STREET, (leading to Sil t ,4rl borough..o t) i het 11l Th i . reo , where he may be consulted, as usual, e else , se. raid in the Evening from Seven till Nine ; and rare edlilionis s'Ateral publications, of which entirely new and en -4 •-..„..........18 'nave recently been published, may be obtained. , °itsI'VEATEIER.—TRAVELLING.=-R77- ~intPotiirr..—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at ~ ..."`4 , 1ir.,71 o PPoslte the Royal Exch a ng e ; an d the ch i ef Llama I ,l 4ll,: w •ensuse 114 Re. , ent-street. Do not be deceived by a 4 eliti._ , sf na ' b ?,•,,:-..a t h o ,„ ale, Placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the co„ ~ .o of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and -.Li, 114, egent-street*" 4.1 1, ~,,. .rif 4 AT WESTERN RAILWAY. t, 4 -..e I A ~, t b „ _ rectors of this Company are ready to RECEIVE 11 period ofr LOAN: of MONEY, in sums of not less than 1,0001., 4 tt tresbl‘tve or Seven Years, on the security of mortgage de ,!tble etruig interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, the 11;.iily Yearl y. —Application may be made to the undersigned, 4 ' 3 ' O ffice, Paddington Station. l , '- '" - ij---______________ CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. rP,LNA.VVFIARFDALE RAILWAY COM- N,,„-. l tN i t ' A bite LANCASHIRE and YORKSHIRE NORTH- , - ,,,‘ , ce i s }, ''LAVAY COMPANY. ^te' c ßipp ll ' e rthY given that the Sealed Certificates for Shares in ie r ° rs th e . r i , Will be ready for delivery to the Registered Pro otapa,: i ibt; on and alter the 20th SEPTEMBER instant, daily, at .!,r e , Of ,i Y a offices, 31, Princes-street, Manchester, between the I `' fu n ev en o'clock A.M., and four o'clock P.M.; and notice is kb w e th er gi ute Tven, that the Share Register of this Company will tr o „r lu , l o gextsed on the 3d day of OCTOBER next, and that all •lii''”ilat-Dect of which no claim shall have been made on or ,e,tlie4 mho by the holders of the scrip representing the same, ~,,74d, 1.,,, gistered in the names of the original allottees, on -0 Int(b'nt the sealed certificates will be delivere,d, and the Alt thereupon absolutely forfeited.—By order, ANDREW PATON, Secretary. Dr a n )tit s ,iitices, 31, Princess -street, p_ nchester, Sept. 3, 1846. Vitt t4 s , 1 , 4 \r,WII.A.RFDALE RAILWAY COM- N ., i . t t y'." ~ late LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE NORTH the t ,i'-e b. ,_RAILWAY COMPANY. 4 4 . (b hereby ncreby given, that in accordance with the provisions of 14,,,; 11 1b, N 'ale Railway Act, 1846, interest after the rate of 41. per alirt , t4 c ia,_untarn, will be allowed on the present deposits upon all 0) 1 41 be 'llares and also all future calls when and as the same „ r th ,„ . , upon the I s IV , such interest to become due and .payable half-yearly 4; fir st 'i,,ay of January and the Ist day of July, in each year— I?, th• Such payments to be made on the Ist day of January, By order, AND Nll,l)_anY's Offices, 31, Princess-streeßEW PATON, Secretary. ',uanchester, Sept. 3, 1846. LANCASHIRE NORTH YORK SLIME RAILWAY C'AiPANY. RisOIsTRATIOX OF SCRIP. 1„ tie HOLDERS OF SCRIP in this Company are hereby jilhe Advertisement, set forth by the Liverpool, Oti tarc astle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, under dale ' 11th ilst (fixing the first of,October next as the day on which the bare Register of that Company will be closed), and are requested to i1,, 4 ' , notice, that alltshares in this Company, not sent into:this office, T," er before that day, will positively, and without further notice, be 4,14411 With REGISTERED in the names of, and the sealed certificates et i to, ttie original allottees. By order, fret C.),10011E WILSON, Secretary, -4 rY's Office 31, Princes-street, Manchester. "..................__ 26th day of August, 1846. as _ 0 YSTERS.—J. S. SWEETING, ever anxious to ,meet the wishes of his friends, the public, has - made arrangements to supply them per rail 'with the best and real NA TIVE OYSTERS. They are taken from the beds at Burnham, near Maldon, in Essex, every morning, transmitted by the Eastern Counties Railway, and are delivered daily before Twelve o'clock, at his Fish and Oyster ~Establishment, 159, CHEAPSIDE, adjoining the General Post•office. Very superior Oyster Rooms. Reid's Stout and Crowley's Alton Ale. N.B. Wenbam-lake Ice and Refrigerator Depot.