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i i r Z irrize.sr INDLi musk APRIL 29, 1846. E COURT of DIitECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give 'slice, willl4 a QUARTERLY GEN ERAL COURT of the said COMPANY e ^ held at their House, in taeadenhall-street, on WiLxiscar, the ILitn' nest, at Eleven q't.lock in the forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST J:di) - IA HOUSE, Aram. 29, 1846. tEE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST 11 4 rNIMA. COMPANY do hereby give notice, k the TR ANSFER-BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK 01 , t SUITT on THURSDAY, the 4th June, at Three o'eleek, and TED AGAZt en TUESDAY. the DI 4th Jul ENDy, and rirr aleett tb ,- , 6th July, it the IVA .RRANTS for theDIVIDENDS on the said STOCK, 18 46, under the 11th sect. of the 4.0 • and j 1144121 3 f., cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered that day. JAMES q, --‘ I '''.LVILL Seer- ......... .•,,,, •etary. r EAT INDIA HOUSin , APRIL 29, 1846. HE COURT of . 11 .1 RECTORS of the EAST u :diat p INDIA COM ANY do hereby give notice -• .11 be agFor A y GENERAL COURT of the said Company he 1 3 ,, - 7. 4 .- ..neir House, in Leadenhall-street, on W EDNESDAY , • POSe aaY next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the pur- Ot laying before the Proprietors, for their approbation, a tous Resolution of the Court of Directors, of this day's date, 051..,.tng to Lieutenant -General the Right lion. Viscount Hardinge, Go vernor-General of India, an annuity of Five Thousand n gl e d r s (6,0 00/.), upon the grounds therein stated; and for the P'arpose of laying before the Proprietors, tbr their aproa- APother unanimous Resolution of the Court of Directors p of this day's date, granting to General Lord Gough, G.C.8., Commander a-C;hief of th e F orces in the East Indies, an annuity of Two 4,e.ousand Pounds (2,0001.) upon the grounds therein stated. The Reports required by the B, -law, cap. IX., sec. 3, together with "le documents upon which the said Resolutions have been formed, Are open for the inspection of the Proprietors, at this House. JAMES C. MELVH.L, Secretary. si _ Pursuant to a Requisition, numerously and respectably ..-IJ) LIC• MEETING 7N WESTMINSTER. n s i,2y the Householders Of Westminster, th e Committee of the pi r „,n.' 4 MAN'S GUARDIAN SOCIETY " hereby convene a tio-..1a111 MEETING at the Western literary and Scientific Institu th:aeleester-square, on - Flimsy, May 1 , to explain and further ejects of this Society, instituted to aid the poor in their applica ;Zutior Parochial Relief, and secure to them the humane and legal 7wlter isation o the law. 4 2 7 DE LACY EVANS, 31. P., in the Chair, which will be tafen 4 7 even o'clo c k p rec i se ly. The Meeting will be addressed by John c l ater, Esq., of Bearwood ; J. S. Buckingham, Esq. , and B. loud ibbell, Esq., F.R.S. 411 communications to be addressed to the Se cretar y , Mr. John ho nes, 76 Great Portland-street, or at 21, Old Compton-street, Soho. G.KEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are ready to receive .T ENDERS for LOANS of MONEY, in sums of not less than I,oooTor 1. a period of Ave or seven years, on the security of mortgage de 'matures, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent, per annum, PaYable half yearly. Applications may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway olce, Paddington station. . _ CHARLES A. SAIIINDERS, Secretary. dr - 2.ltE A T WE S TER,N RAIL WAY N.... ALTERATION and ACCELERATION of TRAINS on an lifter Ist of MAX. The Express Train from Exeter 630 a.m., and from London 5 30 r•Y.. will call at Bridgewater. The 12 45 Train from Exeter will start at One o'clock. Type Train from Bristol to Exeter will leave at 4 35, instead of The Langley Marsh Station will be opened, and two Passen g er !Trains each way will call there. The 1 30 Train from Maidenhead will start at Three o'clock, P.M., for Paddington. First and Second Class Passengers can travel by all the Third Class Trains between Paddington and Bristol. For further particulars of change of time of Trains calling at inter mediate stAtions, reference must be had to the new Train Bills. April 24, 1846. Ity order of the Directors, CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. I.Rlsli GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, DUBLIN TO GALWAY. The PETITIONS to both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT from the SUBSCRIBERS and SHAREHOLDERS in this RAILWAY " To suspend the progress of the Bill during the proposed negotiations, and until after the adjourned meeting," LIES FOR SIGNATURE at the Shareholders' Committee-room, Founders' Hall-court, Loth bury. RICHARD THOMPSON, Secretary. APril 28, 1846. • LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Prom an anxious desire to meet the public convenience, and with 5 view to placing the varied advantages of their Railway, in respect nth of business and pleasure, more within the reach of every class St t he community, the Directors of this Cumpany have resolved, on and t after the Ist of May ensuing— __ d vary the the number of the trains and to accelerate their speed, the hours of departure and arrival of many of them. To To c arry, Second-Class Passengers with their Express Trains. Class b°li3ll their Slow Trains altogether, and to convey Third- Trat ,Pa ssengers at the Parliamentary fares, with their ordinary four titms a day each way, and at hours to allow of an early departure and late return to and tto. *ln ..Mal" he following great Reduction in their Fares through- Express Train, first class reduced to 20s. second class I7s. Fast Trs.ius, first class —17 s. second class —14 s. Mixed Trains, first class 14 second class I Os. Third class at 6d. ,_ l / 3 7. an arrangement with the Floating Bridge Company, the Omni "are between Gosport and Portsmouth is reduced from Is. to 6d. heeastthf.Pas„senger, including the same weight of luggage as allowed by third cl '`anntY 61b. Company. First class, 1121 b. ; second class, 841 b.; ass, 3 Steps are in progress to increase the convenience of passengers proceeding by steam to France, the Channel Islands. the Southern Coast, and the Isle of Wight. This route to France, although same- What longer, is by far the most certain and secure, from there being good harbours for departure and arrival at both ports. Parcels will be carried at a greatly reduced scale, the throughout ch arge -8 between Southampton, Gosport, and London, including deli very by passenger trains, being fixed as follows, via.— Is. NI. for 281 b. Is. 6d. „ 16 lb. 2s. Od. „ 112 lb. 'Time Bills, giving full particulars, are in course of publication. (By order), P. LAUIIENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. April 18, 1846. 11) I, A N 1) It AIL %V A Y. .131. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held at the Derby Stat:on, Derby, on Skrolumr, the 2d. day of May now next ensuing, at twelve o'clock, when the drafts of the undermen tioned Bills, introduced into Parliament in the present session, will be submitted .to the Proprietors for their approval, under which Bills It is proposed to authorise the Midland Railway Company, either to construct, or to become the Proprietors of, or to contribute towards the formation of the Railways, and to purchase the Canals therein Mentioned ; that is to say— A Bill to authorise certain alterations in the Line of the Syston and Peterborough Branch of the Midland Railway, and the formation of certain other Branch Railways in connexion therewith. A Bill for vesting the Leicester and Swannington Railway in the Midland Company, and for authorising the last-mentioned Company to alter a portion of the Leicester and Swanniugton Railway, and to snake certain Branches. A Bill to enable the Midland Railway Company to make a Rail- Way from Button-upon-Trent to Nuneaton with Branches, and to purchase the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. A Bill to authorise the purchase of the Oakham Canal by the Mid land Railway Company. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a Railway from Pye Bridge to the Clay Cross Station of the Midland Railway and a Branch in the Parish of Crick. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make several Branches from the Erewash Valley Railway. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a Rail way from Nottingham to Mansfield with Branches therefrom. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a Rail way from the Midland Railway at Clay Cross, to join the Notting ham and Lincoln Railway Branches. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from Swinton, in the West Riding of the County of York, to Doacaster, Gainsborough, and Lincoln, with Branches therefrom. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make car taro Branch Railways from the Main Line of their Railway and for other purposes. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to extend their Line at Birmingham, and for other purposes. _ A Bill for making a R a il wa y from the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, at Kings Norton, in the County of Worcester, to Hales Owen, in the same County. A Bill for making a Railway from the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway at Ashchurch, in the County of Gloucester, to Great Malvern In the County of Worcester. A Bill for maki ng a R a il way f rom th e B r i sto l an d Gloucester Rail- Way at Stonehous,, in the County of Gloucester, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, at Gl ouces t er . A Bill for making a Railway from the Bristol and Gloucester Rail way, at Mangotsfleid, to Bath. A Bill to Consolidate the Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Companies. A Bill to Consolidate the Bristol and Gloucester, Birmingham and Bi I ham and Gloucester Railway C om p an i es w i th the Midland Railwayeom pany. A Bill for making a Railway from the Midland Railway near Leicester to the Towns of Northampton and Bedford, with aßranch to be called the South Midland Railway Northampton and Bedford Lines. A Bill for making a Railway from the proposed South Midland Railway (Northampton and Bedford Lines), to Huntingdon, with a Branch to be called the South Midland Railway, (Huntingdon Branch). A Bill for linking a Railway from Poole to join the proposed Man chester and Southampton Railway in the Parish of Collingbourn Dudes, in the• County of Wilts, with a Branch therefrom. A Bill for making a Railway from Southampton to Swindon, in the County of - Gloueeiter, to be called the Manchester and Southampton Railway. • A Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Ckeadle, In the County of Chester, to or near to the Arabergate Station of the Midland. Railwa in he County of Derby to be called the Manchester, Buxton, 241atylock,t and Midlands Junc , tion Railway. A Bill for making a Railway or Railways from Wolverhampton and Dudley to the Midland Railway at Wichnor Forge in Tatenhill, to be called • the• Trent Valley, Midlands Grand Junction Railway. A Bill for making a Railway from the London and Birmingham Railway in the Parish of. Hampton, in Arden, in the County of War- Wick, to the ltinningham and Gloucester Railway, in the rarish of Ashchurch, in the County of Gloucester. A Bill for making a Railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, in the Parish of Hampton, in Arden, in the County of War wick, to the Town of Banbury, in the County of Oxford. A Bill for making a Railway from or near the City of Worcester to the London and Birmingham Railway, in the Parish of Weedon, in the County of Northampton, with a Breach to Alcester, in he County of Warwick. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, 2of the Board JOHN ELLIS, Deputy-Mai/man,. of Directors. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Dated this 22d dar of March. 1846. BRITISH _ COLLEGE of HEALTH, NEW ROAD.LONDONT. Messrs. MORISON have much pleasure in publishing the follow ing extract of a letter from the Rev. A. Hewlett, Astley Parsonage, near Manchester. As that gentleman has had considerable experi ence for a series of years in the Hygeinn mode of treating diseases, his statement must to admitted as highly important " Astiey Parsonage, near Manchester, March 24, 1846. " Gentlemen,—The success of the medicine (Morison's Pills) among the poor in this village is very great; very many individuals, and some whole families, never think of seeking any other aid. In some cases , were other medical a d had been procured (through that of impatience has is so natural to us all in illness) a return to the use %%been attended with complete success. We have now tried them su our large "grallY for every case of illness that has occurred in convinced of the soundness family, during the la s t three and I thoroughly and believe that if there s.s of the theory on which chthe pills are made; a cu able complaint the careful and judi cious use of the Vegetable Medicine' will accomplish the cure. " Yours truly, " ALFRE To Messrs. Morison, B ritish College of Health D HEWLETT. , New-road, Loudon." - 'co Chemist or Druggist is authorised to sell Morison's Hygelan Medicines. See that the words " Morison's Universal Medicines" are engraved on the Government stamp. ANTIS US DIEDICINE FOR THE BEST APERIENT AN GENERAL USE is FRAMPTON ' S PILL OF HEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by Benue relaxa head They remove tlon, without griping or prostration of strength. t -eche, sickness, dizziness. pains in the chest, Etc., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite , relieve habit, languor and depression of spirits ; while to th ose of a full and tree livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, he and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that a wl ' ? a n a o s i to be appreciated. This Medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society, and in confirmation of its M eaty, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, with permission to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respect able person to its author:— " To Mr.iProut, 229, Strand, London. " Pleavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. " Sts, -I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso licited testimony to the excellence of your " Frampton's 'tu of Health," which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior general medicine. The widew of an" offieer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long period of years ; she has recommended them extensively, and in one instance' n which she induced a person to adoptthem, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved or ( extraordinary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of. the many patent medicines before the public of equal value a$ a friend in need"—certainly none possessed of superior claims I '44 be happy on all occasions to give them my individna recom- B " o datloo, and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, ** * • . _ Sold by T. krout, 229, Strand, London, price Is 1 4d. and 2s. 9d. ; also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the --motn. ,l/ahe 4taksil l afick a t:P l N l Om P n i lVolt, fkial,ll/1401aTia,"IvoG tine the ETYWARiti.IOIIIPI L(A.4/1,, - ru-,tri ' ' e's . — a -1 , I i 3 C i . _ i lr 0 V - 1" sr " . 1 .7 I -.1 i .., . • A .- , . 7 , 'I ..._ -14 i••• ~• , .. A • , -7 -----4 ..ci*.• •,::::- . _ '1 •-• , :n ~ ( 44. 0 , 'S. • , <tit •,„...... 4, • 4? , " •,. -_______ _- • ..!.., ' ''''!.. 4 4 7 ~ TN ' '' -,.3-' ,A 1 2. • o, • , ,\ ' . 4 ~.., - V;'- ''' °4- 4" ' "? : : .'" 7 .. 4. ' , -"- ''''.. • '''-' ~ ' . 1 - \ '• - '''' 'N ,) ~ ,-1 / _,) , (;)1V 14 7 , --- - 1 „1.-illik , „ , c idAttilli zt iq ", ' '''. ‘ ,oll ' ~,,4i - 11 , -. F. _____ '', r- ip - ,-- ~ 4:4, - , A ::, -:-. ' - - 7-4, , ; j 4: % ii ,,... : . , , ,., ~,,\. • _ PRICE SD. N. 0 ,1t,','/.27. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING r PRE NEW ASYLUM for INFANT OR PHANS, STAMFORD-HILL. For Orphans under Eight Years of Age, without distinction of sex, piece, or religious connexion. The SECOND ANNIVERSARY DINNER of this Charity will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th of May. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount MORPETIL M.P., in the Chair. STEWARDS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cla- Sir Geo. De H. Larpent, Bart. rendon William Ewart. Esq., M.P. James Pattison, Esq., M.P. Charles Lushington, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. James Harmer, Esq. Henry Vyner, Esq. S. M. Peto, Esq. A. W. Roberts, Esq.' Robert Lush, Esq. S. I'. Arnold, Esq. William Leavers, Esq. Francis Bennoch, Esq. John Remington Mills, Esq. Edward Brown, Esq. Robert M`Cabe, Esq. Domenic Braggiottl, Esq. William Mawby, Esq. Josiah Conder, Esq. James Peek, Esq. James Carter, Esq. John Relfe, Esq. Isaac Circuit, Esq. Charles Reed, Esq. Joseph Crane, Esq. Robert Rymill, Esq. Joseph Davis, Esq. George Simmons, Esq. John Finch, Esq. James Smith, Esq. Edward Edwards, Esq. George Thompson, Esq. William Grocer, Esq. Henry Thompson, Esq. Edward Healey, Esq. William Tho.nborrow,Esq. John W. Harker, Esq. William W. Tyler, Esq. Charles Jones, Esq. George T. Kemp, Esq. P. C. Leckie, Esq:- Christopher Lund, Esq. William Wilkinson, Esq. David W. Wire, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Captain Weller. Tickets, One Guinea each, ma: Offices of the Institution, 32, Poult Tavern. iy be had of the Stewards; at the try ; and at the bar of the London JAME: SHERMAN, Hon. Secretary 32, Poultry, May, 1846. ‘l7 - lI A , f S F O ,I T iN s 'S 3f us S ie C H O all T s T to l r S e... Li treet, E B N ae f T or E d- Rj a . r k e. lN- On MONDAY EVENING, MAY 4, at Eight o'clock. Mr. WILSON will give his SECOND ENTERTAINMENT on the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, Pianoforte—Mr. LAND. Part I.—Happy Friendship—An thou wert my ain Thing—Up in the morning early—Last May a braw Wooer—Scots, wha hae Wallace bled—The Land o' the Leal—The Reel o' Tullochgorum. l'ar IL—The Spinning Wheel—The Maid I daurna name—Saw ye my wee Thing ?—The Ewie Wl' the crooltit Horn—Come under my Plaidie—Muirland Willie. Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 155.; for Eight, 1/. Novelties of extreme interest and information at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, with new and beautiful variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW FATENT STEAM ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY: Experiments with the DIVING BELL and 'DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK.—The Fellows are informed that the first PROME NADE this season, will take place on WEDNESDAY next, May 6th. A Military Band will attend at Half-past Three o'clock, The Pro menades will be continued during May, June, and July, every Wed nesday, excepting; those Wednesdays appointed for the Exhibitiens. THE EXHIBITION of PLANTS, FLO \V ERS, and FRUIT, in the Gardens of the ROYAL BOTANIC SOJIETY, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, will be held this season in the New Conservatory, on WEDNESDAYS May 20, June 3, and July 1. —Tickets may be obtained at the Gardens by presenting an order from a fellow or member, price 4s. each, until May 9. Fellows pri vileged tickets will cease to be issued also on the 9th of May. T HE EAST DEREHAM and NORWICH RAILWAY BILL. Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the SCRIPILOLD ARS in the above COMPANY will be held pursuant to the Resolu ions of Parliament, at the Company's Offices, Mitched's-oourt, Norwich, on FRIDAY, the sth day of May next, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of expressing their approval or.non-ap proval of the above Bill. EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman of the Committee of Management. Norwich, April 27, 1846. USOLCHESTER, STOUR VALLEY, SUD ) BURY, an,l lIALSTEAD RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the COLCHES TER, STOUR VALLEY, SUDBURY, and HALSTEAD RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held at the Offices of the said Company, No. I, High-street, Colchester, Essex, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of May, 1845, at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of submitting a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, to incorporate the said Com pany and construct and maintain the said Railway for the considera tion of the said Scripholders and Holders of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip. Dated this 27th day of April; 1846 G,EQRGE BAWTREE, Secretary. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and CARLISLE RAILWAY: ' . _ Notice is hereby given, that a Special General MEETING of the Proprietors ofthe Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company will be held, at the Office of the Company, near the Forth, in the town of Newcastle-upon -Tyne, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of May, 1846, at Twelve o'clock at noon; for the imrpo.d of submitting for the approval of the Proprietors of the said Company the Draft of a Bill now before Parliament, entituled, "A Bill to authorise the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company to extend their Railway in New castle-upon-Tyne, to make several Branch Railways, and for other purposes connected with their Undertaking." - MATTHEW PLUMMER; Chairman of the Directors. J[ALTON AND DRIFFIELD JUNCTION V 1 RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SC RIP, of the Mallon and Drif field Junction Railway Company, will be he'd on TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at the Corn Exchange in New Malton, in the county of York, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when a copy of the Bill for making the said Railway ai.d Branclflo Frodingham-bridge, will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, pursuant to the resolutions of both Homes of Parliament. • And notice is hereby further given, that no person can vote at the said meeting, anless he produces his Scrip or Banker's Receipts. Dated this 29th day of April, 184 c. • AIORPETH, Chairman of the Provisional Directors. BENJAMIN DUNN, Secretary. - VASTERN COUNTIES. .1 J YORK EXTENSION. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, Copies of the four following Bills, that is to say— A Bill fir making a railway from Cambridge to Lincoln, A Bill for making a railway from Lincoln to South Milford, A Bill for making a railway from March to Lincoln, A 11111 for making a railway from Tottenham to Farringdon-street, Will be submitted to the consideration of the holders of the scrip and bankers' receipts for Eastern Counties (York Extension) shares at a meeting to be held, and.which is hereby called for that purpose, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate;street, London, on TRIntsDAY, the 14th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely. -.-- All holders of the scrip are earnestly requested to attend the meeting, and to exhibit their scrip sares or banker's receipts thereat, and to send to the secretary, previously, written memoranda, with their names and addresses, and the numbers and amount of their scrip. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, j Company. By order, Shoreditch Station, 29th April, 1846 RAILWAY.- C. P. RONEY, Secretary. . 4 FASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Eastern Counties Registered Proprietors will be held on THURSDAY, the 14th of May next, at One o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, London, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otherwise to the further proceedings with A Bill for making a Railway from Hertford to Huntingdon, with a Branch to Bedford ; and A Bill for making a Railway from Tottenham to Barnet. A Bill for enlarging the London and Stratford stations of the Eastern Counties Railway and for other purposes. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, 1 of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman Company. By order, Shoreditch Station, April 29, 1846. C. I'. RONEY, Secretary. ILFORD AND EPPING RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of M•ty, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the Eastern DAVID WADD ENG f ON, Deputy Chairman, I Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. E ASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES JUNCTION RAILWAY BRANCHES. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at half•past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of plying their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament, in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, ofthe Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman,Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. N ORT II GRAVESEND RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the BM now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Eastern t DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairm an ,Counties Railway • Company. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. BY order, TO FOREIGNERS VISITING ENGLAND. At the CABINET DE LECTURE, 67, Strand, all the most Important French, Italian, Spanish, Belgian, and English papers are filed for perusal. Terms of Subscription by the day, week, month, quarter, or year, can be obtained at the " Cabinet de Lecture," or will be forwarded, on application, by letter, prepaid, addressed to the manager of the "Cabinet de Lecture," 67, Strand, opposite the A4elphi Theatre. NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, Sec. This •vercoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. MARY MAYHEW MikNLEY.—With re f er - In Decemb ence to er lasta paragraph headed " Mysterious affair," published , an Important end will be gained in the elucidation of the matter, if the certifteate of the baptism of the above-named party can be obtained, and the sum of Five Pounds will be given to any person who can obtain such certificate of baptism. She was probably born about 1805, and Miss Mortimer, who became Mrs. Lea, now deceased, and Miss Mortimer, who is Mrs. Whittaker, now of Fairwood, Wilts, were most deeply interested for M. M. Manley in her infancy, and these parties are again mentioned, as some clue by that means may be obtained. The kind and humane offices of the Press are again respectfully soliclted here and else where in giving circulation to the above. M. M. 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In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of "‘....e Houses of Par /lament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the holders of Scrip or of Bankers' Receipts for scrip, of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railway Company, will be held within the Black Ball Hotel, " A Bill for making a Railway from the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar nock, an Ayr Railway, near Cumnock callede Caledonian Railway near thee rossing of the river Sark, to be ` The Glasgow, llum tabeßlill fries, and Carlisle Railway, with Branches,' " will be submitted to afternoon,inGlasgow, a 3 I c O o N p D y A o Y i consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill the as re quired by the said resolutions or orders. By order of the Ordinary Committee of Management, JOHN LEADBETTER, Chairman. EDINBURGH --------- RAILWAY- In compliance with the resolutions e r O rders of the Houses of Parliament , SPECIAL MEETING Share holders or Stock a and GLASGOW ofthe holders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company , y will be held within the Railway•office In Queen-street, Glasgow, upon TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at one o'clock afternoon, when a copy of a Bill before Parliament, intituled, " A Bill or Act to enable th Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to alter the line of the Glasgow Junction Railway, and to form a Branch to South Queens votel submitted o the consiiderred b ation of th e meeting, and a orders. By order taken tithe said Bil t l as requ y of the Directors, the sai d resolution s or JOHN LEARMOUTH, Chairman. H. G. WRIGHT, Secretary. _ __ fdethr:ol r l° S us to e p c s a k n h of ol li d a er r s . GLA.SGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY. of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Rahway Com 1 i a l n in complianceent, be held within the Company's Office, in Bridge-street, Glasgow,' 11 as pE C I w A i L t h MEETINGt he of t h o e r s o h r a d r e e r t s m o i WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at one o'clock in the ate o r n noon, when copies of the following Bills now before Parliament will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a note taken on the said Bill as required by the said resolutions or orders, viz. I. A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr i llailway Company to alter their line near Kilmarnock, and to make branches to Linwood, Swinlees, daa the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. to the , 2. A Bill to amend the Acts relatin g Glasgow , Paisley, Ku_ marnock, marnock, and Ayr Railway , and to authorise the formation of branches from Bushy to Irvine, and from Irvine to the harbour thereof, with a subsidiary branch to Perceton Coal Works, 3, A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Rib ba mock. and Ayr make a branch from their railway - Railway Company to near Blair to Strathaven, and to amend t he Acts r elating to such rail way. By order of the Directors, JAMES WCALL. Chairm an, J. F. SMITH, Secretary r. _ S N APRIL 30, 1846. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGA TION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. A meeting in furtherance of the objects of this Society was held on Tuesday in the Hanover-square Rooms, his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch in the chair. Amongst others on the platform we observed the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Jamaica, Lord Glenelg, Lord Sandon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Dean of West minster, Archdea con M ann i ng, and the Rector of St. George's, Hanover-square. The room was crowded in every part. The Noble CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by reading letters of apology for non-attendance from the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. E. Denison, and others. He then proceeded briefly to state the objects of the Society, and in doing so ob serve d, t h at i n the last year alone no less than 63,000 individuals emigrated from this country to foreign parts, and he called upon all true Christians to assist in affording the benefits of the Gospel to the millions in the colonies, who were so destitute of those blessings. The Society was founded in 1701, and if it was then found neces sary to contribute to its success, how much more incumbent was it upon us to do so now ? Multitudes of our own coun trymen were daily going down to the grave without the con sc lation afforded by a minister of the Gospel. He concluded by making an earnest appeal on behalf of the Society, and expressing the joy he felt at the increased means of spiritual comfort which was now afforded to the convicts in the penal colonies.—(Applause). The Bishop of WINCHESTER moved the first resolution, and in doing so expressed his confidence that when the emi grants and colonists, in behalf of whom they had met, heard that the meeting had been presided over by his Grace, their joy would almost be unbounded.—(Applause.) The reso lution which he had to move was to the following effect : " That the emigrants from this country to the British colonies, amounting to forty thousand annually, and the colonists already settled there, require a much more ample provision for their spiritual wants than they are at present able, with all the efforts they are making, to provide for themselves." Those emigrants arrived in the colonies very generally in a most destitute condition, and the clergymen were called upon to afford them temporal as well as spiritual comforts. His Lordship, then read a long extract from a letter of the Bishop of Calcutta, to prove the destitute state of the colonists in a spiritual sense. The resolution which he had read referred to the efforts of the colonists themselves. He rejoiced to say that those efforts had been great and very successful. In Calcutta, for in stance, the Legislature there had voted during the last year 3,0001. for the support of the Church, and 3001. for the in struction of the young. The local dependencies were also enabled to supply the ministry in a great measure from the natives, who, under God, would be the means of spreading the Gospel far and wide. But after all, in the words of the resolution, " a much more ample provision was required." —(Applause.) He had that morning received a letter from a merchant, who was a member of a large emigration com pany, who had instructed him to say that they were willing to give every asssistance in their power to the agents and friends of this Society in carrying out their noble objects.— (Applause.) His Lordship then referred to the' recent glo rious victories in India, and remarked that a wide and exten sive field had been opened amongst the heathens for the furtherance of the Gospel.—(Applause.) Lord GLENELG most eloquently seconded the resolution. Mr. BYNG supported the resolution. He felt convinced that the late wars in India, although they had not added to the possessions of the British Sovereign, they would add to the possessions of the Great Sovereign of all, by the con version of the heathen to his cause.—(Applause.) He con cluded by handing in, amidst loud applause, a cheque for 100/. as his mite to the funds of the Society. Lord R. GROSVENOR also spoke in support of the resolution, and said that it was a crying shame to this wealthy country to suffer the colonies to remain in their present destitution with regard to spiritual instruction. The resolution was then pat and passed. The Bishop of St. DAVID'S moved the next resolution— " That the connexion into which this country has been brought for its commercial and political relations with vast numbers of the heathens imposes upon it the duty of imparting to them the blessings of the 'Gospel." If it was necessary to adopt the first resolution, which related to emigrants from this country, who had in their infancy imbibed the principles, surely this which referred to the case of the poor benighted heathen, on whom the light of the Gospel had not yet shone, ought more especially to be adopted and earnestly carried out.—(Applause.) There was an impression abroad that the gigantic work which this Society had undertaken could not be accomplished by it. That impression, in his opinion, 'was not founded on fact. No doubt if the Government had as sisted them the wonk would have been easier—(Applause)— but if the work were rigorously carried on the difficulties which were, by some, represented to be greater than they actually were, would vanish. The colonists themselves contributed largely, perhaps more largely in proportion to their wealth and numbers, than the people of this country, to thefunds of the Society.—(Applause.)There were some who questioned the propriety of regarding the condition of the heathen whilst we neglected the ignorant and depraved con dition of our own people at home.—(Applause.) It was true that there was heathenism to be converted at home, but he maintained that the causes of converting the foreign as well as the native heathen could not be separated.— (Applause.) There was this connexion between those two objects—by everything that we did to enlighten the mass of heathen ignorance and depravity at home we were lightening the work that remained for us to do abroad.—(Hear, hear.) The conversion of the heathen abroad would not diminish our efforts in the cause of Christianity at home, but rather bring down blessings upon all our undertakings.—(Ap plause.) These were our palmy days of commerce and con nexion with the heathen, and if we failed to take advantage of the opportunities that were now held out to us of propa gating the cause of the Saviour, we might hereafter have most bitterly to regret our apathy and neglect.—(Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER seconded the resolu tion. He said that they must all be aware that nations like individuals had their responsibilities, and that as to indi viduals so to nations talents were committed, for the use or abuse of which they would be severely called ultimately to account.—(Hear, hear.) If we reviewed our station among the scale of nations, to us had been extended, an empire great amongst the other nations of the earth, and if to us above all other nations of the earth had been committed the charge of an extensive empire, comprising many millions of heathen in • habitants, upon us rested above all the duty of iproviding those millions with the knowledge of that Christian truth and the enjoyment of those religious privileges which were our pride as well as our consolation.—(Applause.) He did not mean to claim for the Legislature of this country an ex emption from the responsibility of providing such instructions for the heathens—(Hear, hear)—but he contended that each and every one of us were individually responsible to perform those duties.—(Applause.) He had been assured by letters from parties that had been engaged in the recent battles in India that the victory avas to be attributed to the interposition of a providential hand, and did it become us not to feel thankful for such divine blessing? Those conquests had added another million of heathens to the many millions already under the sway of the British sceptre, and were we not now more forcibly called upon to contribute to the fund of such societies as these, for the purpose of extending our common faith to the benighted Pagan ?—(Applause.) If they could look forward to the melancholy period when the greatness of this nation would have to decay, they would leave behind them not the relics of civil or ecclesiastical edifices, but the nations that we had blessed by conveying to them the blessings of the truths of the everlasting Gospel.— (Applause.) The historian that would have to record the fate of this empire would no doubt say " this was a wise and an understanding people ; this was a people that had the Lord for their guide."—(Applause.) The Noble CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was unanimously passed. The Bishop of JAMAICA then moved—" That the two fold object of providing means of spiritual improvement for our emigrants and colonists, and making known the Gospel to the heathen dependencies, has, under the Divine blessing, been so long successfully pursued by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, that it is entitled to the sympathy and support of the present meeting." His Lordship, amidst repeated applause, gave a cheering account of the progress of the Gospel in foreign parts, which had been effected for the most part by the efforts of this Society. He contended for the responsibility of providing the people both at home and abroad with spiritual instruction. Ought not our "kings to be nursing fathers and our Queens to be nursing mothers to the Church ?"—(Applause.) Lord Joint MANNEns seconded the resolution, and in the course of his speech regretted that, in this, the nineteenth century, it should be found necessary to call such meetings as these, and he "feared that if something more were not done by the State for the spread of the Gospel, our foreign possessions might at no distant day be plucked from the diadem of the British Crown.—(Hear, hear.) He was sure that when this great meeting sepa rated they would not cast away the responsibility that devolved upon them. It was well that the princes and nobles residing in the ancient city of Westminster should aid the noble objects of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel abroad. He had no doubt that ere long the churches abroad would be supported by the colonists them selves—they were, in fact, in some places doing that already. —(Applause.) But we must not forget that we were respon sible for the spiritual instruction of the hundreds of our fellow-countrymen that yearly left our ports, and the best way in which we could discharge our duty in that respect would be by contributing to the funds of this Society, the great supporter of the Church.—(Applause.) The resolution was then passed. Lord Sexism moved the next resolution, which called upon the public for increased contributions to the funds of this Society. Archdeacon MANNING seconded the resolution, and said that the amount which had already been raised for the purposes of this society was most paltry, when compared with the magnitude of the work which they had undertaken. Shame should burn on our cheeks and our faces be covered with tears of repentance when we reflected on the manner in which we had discharged our duties with respect to the evangelisation of the heathen.—(Applause.) It appeared that 50,0001. only was the sum which had been contributed for the purpo'ses of this Society during the last year. What an insignificant sum was that to be raised for so sacred a purpose, in so wealthy and Christianised a country as England.—(Cheers.) The duty of evangelising our fellow-men was coeval with our baptism ; we were clearly " our brother's keeper " in this respect.—(Applause). He himself represented multitudes of poor labouring men, and he rejoiced to have to say that never was there a gathering at his church that every one, the very poorest of them, di 1 not contribute to the purpose of evan gelising the earth.—(Applause). Let Westmi ns t er an d t h e rest of England d o the same.—(Applause). He hoped that all the pastors of the Church would repeatedly and earnestly inculcate on their hearers the duty of contributing to this Society. England owed a vast debt to this institution • let them set about discharging that debt without delay.—(Ap plause). The Church of England at the present moment owed a very deep obligation to these missionary societies, and they appeared to be the surest means of restoring to her amity and strength.—(Applause). The vital principles of the Church demanded an extension not diminution. —(Ap plause). The Church was a moral police for a turbulent population, and it had no doubt been greatly extended at home during the last fifteen years; a thousand churches, as many pastors, and in ca l cu l a bl e sc hools having been add d to be secure whilst but it was imp oss ibl e that the heart couldausr.e whilst the extremities were allowed to fester. ( ppl ) The resolution was then put and passed, after w . hicha vote of thanks was passed to the Noble Chair man, which having been responded to, the meeting separated. The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry arrived at Farrance's Hotel yesterday, from their seat, Annan, Duni &Whirs. . THE IRISH COERCION BJLL. A meeting of the friends of Ireland was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern last evening, for the purpose of express ing their hostility to the Irish Coercion Act, and was very numerously attended.—Dr. kogers presided. The SECRETARY (Mr. Daily) read letters from the O'Co nor Don, Mr. Grattan, and Mr. Smith O'Brien, stating their inability to attend—the last-named gentleman stating that his absence was occasioned by the recent proceedings in Par liament in reference to him—all, however, concurring to the full in the object of the meeting. On the platform were Mr. Dillon Browne, • Francis ,De Mont e E sq ., f rom M a d ras ; t h e R ev . Mr. M.P.doore, the Rev. D r . Bl‘Grhee, and several other Irish Members and gentlemen. - The CHAIRMAN said he regretted that a more eligible per son had not been selected for the presidency on the present occasion. He himself was more fitted by professional duties for other spheres of.action, but as an Irishman he could not refrain from expressing his sympathy with his unfortunate country. They would hear from the speakers who .would address them that evening of the sufferings of their country, whose sufferings were unparallelexl, a fact to which he himself could testify, having travelled in countries where despotism countrywit nessing p t r h e e e e d n i t s e r e s n i n d g e s c o n e e n l e u s d e w d h b i y c h e e h fe i s r e o i e w g n exercised in it s f u ll f orce its baneful influence, without e r t u n a t e on uni th o meet ing the necessity of union, the want of which had given their enemies the power of oppressing them, and had led to all the evils by which they were at present afflicted. Mr. Dmitost Bnowste said he appeared there that evening for the purpose of recording his detestation of that Bill, which sought to trample on the last remnant of Irish liberty. --(Hear, har.) He did conceive that this meeting would have been an assemblage not only of Irishmen, but of Englishmen, and all the elements of democratic power, to preserve inviolate those liberties which were handed down to them in the reign of Charles the First. He regretted, there fore, that there were no representatives of the people of England present there that evening. —(Hear.) It had been objected to them, that by the course of policy they had pursued, with reference to the Corn they were lessening the sympathy of the people of England for Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Nov?' he denied that, for there were none more anxious to give cheap food to the,; English mechanic than the Irish people, and the Irish Members had, on more than one occasion, endangered their popularity by their adherence to the principles of those who were opposed to the corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) But were the Irish Members to stand still and allow the Ministry to chain them while the League tied their hands?—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He did not see that 'they were called upon to act in any other way than they had done.—(Hear, hear.) Did they find any opposition to the various obnoxious measures which had been introduced from time to time against Ireland exhi bited by Etiglishmen.—( Hear.) - Were there any demon strations on the .Rart of England against the Arms Bill? Where were the advocates of English liberties and rights on the present - occasion ? Where were Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, Mr. - - Thompson, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Dun combe, and that little contemptible wasp, Roe buck.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Irishmen, as well as Englishmen; were convoked by the advertisement to attend there that evening, and - esist this aggression on the liberties of the subjeCt, and yet they had not responded to the call. It, therefore, devolved upon Irishmen to depend upon them selves, and by persevering in their present course they would obtain their liberties.—(Mr. O'Connell here entered, and was received with the most deafening and protracted applause.) He would conclude by proposing the first reso lution, and by assuring the English Members that there was a recuperative power in Irishmen to obtain for their country its legislative independence, and restore its nationality. The CHAULMAN then read the following resolution : "That the government of Ireland has been one of unmitigated cruelty and unrelenting injustice. That this course of legis lative criminality has led to incalculable woes to Ireland. That therefore, considering the sanguinary character of the many previous Coercion Acts, all of which have failed in sub duing the spirit of Irish justice and liberty, we repudiate with as much indignation as is consistent with faithful loyalty, the pending effort of the Ministry -to inflict upon Ireland another characteristic Coercion Bill, a. Bill which in its malignity, its unconstitutional character, its brutal perversion of domestic protection, and its sacrifice of public liberty, is only a proper sequel to the long sad catalogue of injustices, of which Ire land has been the victim." Dr. DRURY briellyseconded the resolution which was carried with acclamation. The Rev. Dr. M'GnEE proposed and Mr. Richard TAyLon seconded the - following resolution : "That the calm, eloquent, and determined conduct of the Liberator in re sisting the first reading of the atrocious Coercion Bill is de serving of our warm and heartfelt gratitude." Mr. O'CONNELL (who was received with the greatest enthusiasm) said, that until the present moment he was not aware of the strength of his party . in England. He was desirous of proving himself deserving of that support, by showing himself the uncompromising advocate of civil and religious liberty all over the world.—(Cheers.) In every portion of the globe—in every country—in every clime, freedom had in him an unflinching advocate.—(Loud cheers.) And every enslaver had in him an enemy.— (Cheers.) That had been the great object of his political life. He hid struggled for it for his own native land—he commenced his struggle for freedom when the Catholic was an unmitigated slave.—(Hear, hear.) The circumstances under which he was then labouring, the disqualifications which were imposed upon him, were almost in credible. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then referred to the different provisons of the penal code. But these were no longer to be recollected, they were so dis tant—(Cheers.) •He mentioned these circumstances to re mind all those who might hear him of the justice of their claims to national and legislative independence.—(Hear.) He had spent thirty years of his life loooking for freedom, and was then struggling in Parliament to keep what they had got of that liberty.—(Hear.) He did so because he was not of opinion that slavery was a cure for any malady. With respect to what had been said about the corn-laws, he had to say a word. He considered the corn-laws an English question, and he came to England expressly for the purpose of supporting that measure. He certainly did not deny that he had acted vexatiously with reference to the subject, and he would take advantage of all the f orms o f the House in persisting in that line of conduet.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman having deprecated the com mission of crime in Ireland, which he traced to the conduct of the landlords, concluded by saying that if he were spared to see England restore to Ireland her nationality, he would on College Green hurl the cry of triumph, and wish prod perity, and strength, and success to England; but if it were otherwise, he would say, Woe to England."—(Loud cheers, in the midst of which the Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat.) Resohitions of approval of the conduct of Smith O'Brien and other Irish Members were agreed to, as well as in favour of repeal; after which the meeting separated. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. --- A great public meeting was held on Wednesday evening in the large room at Exeter Hall, to consider what, means ought to be used for the abolition of the punishment of death. The hall was crowded in every corner long before the hour for the commencement of business. W. Elvenr, Esq., M.P., who was unanimously called to the chair, introduced the subject to the meeting which had called them together. It was unnecessary, he felt, to detain them long. Their adversaries on the question had been driven from point to point and from crime to crime in this kind of award, and now death was inflicted only for one crime—the crime of murder.—(Hear, hear.) He remem bered at the time when it was attempted to abolish death as the punishment for sheep-stealing and burglary, that one rose up and said the consequence of that would be, that they could not trust their domestic servants ; when it was moved to abrogateit asthe penalty of forgery, another said commercial credit would be at an end. - Was the punishment of death, he asked, retained on the principle of the lex talionis, like for like, death for death ? He believed no man did so. Or was it then retained for the sake of example? Why, on the part of their adversaries, a motion had lately been made that this sentence of the law should be executed in private, so that for them the argument from example went for nothing. But if they supported the present system on the ground of example let them send their children to the spectacle— (Cheers)--and the more especially if this was meant to be part of a national system of education.—(Laughter.) If any did maintain it on religious grounds, he believed that the spirit and the precepts of Christianity were directly opposed to it. There was one remarkable difference in the line ofda fence taken up by parties on its behalf. He (Mr. Ewart) and his friends depended on the Parliamentary Statistical Returns which had been got up from year to year. These showed a diminution of executions, and with that a diminu tion of crime : and what was also worthy of observation, they exhibited an increase of convictions, thus showing with what crrtainty criminals can be detected when juries were un trammelled by a perverse sentence. He begged the meeting to bearin mind the result which had been drawn from these statistics s b e y l vllslsr executionsscu red thereaand Wrightson, d wasww e h al c dl e h ismt w ai b a n s lui , st t o h end a o t of w ne i rt t i h hme t es h e. e fi d Tg i uh m ree l ) - 8. felt nuti themselves ofm in their efforts against this systematised evil, at the same the scene w en h t ic w h h h i e eh sa h w e a k ro n u e n w d whim, proceeding wea by n time they were encouraged and strengthened in • s th it e io g n e b n y era th l astheilrl oppo sition Liverpool, and Southampton, and other . pla as ces. It had been said, however, that they desired the abolition of this sente nce from false sentiment and from false delicaey f in He said that was far from him. If any fal se sentim in en d i existed in the community in connexion with this question it had been p ro d uce d not b y t h e crime, but by the punish ment of the crime —(Hear, hear)—for he believed that the criminal was exalted into a species of hero, not by the crime lie had committed ' but by the punishment inflicted upon him—it .was the awful punishment of death which enlisted false feeling. If crime had produced this false feeling, then it would have continued while they viewed those crimes in reference to which death had been abolished, but that false feeling continued to exist only towards that one crime which was still punished capitally. No one had any such feeling now towards the sheep-stealer or the burglar, for the occa sion had been taken away. They had been asked by the other side, whether they were prepared to offer any punishment, instead of that which it was sought to abolish. Now, they were not there to find out the correlative scale and character of punishment and crime, yet they were con vinced that there was a punishment more adapted to crimi nals guilty of murder, and that was imprisonment for life; for what could be more awful to man—what greater torment —than to be for the rest of his days the companion of soli tude and his sin ? Such a prospect would carry with it more weight than the punishment which swept a living being in a moment out of existence; and if this solitary imprisonment and reflection produced sorrow in the criminal , and repent ance, then it became a sentence more in accordance with t h e spirit and end of religion. The of John Hon. Bright, M.P., who was received Gentleman's speech was interru r pti ve dby d ti the tbo audience en trance with long-continued cheering. to • which the Noble Lord did by Lord NUGENT was called on by the Chairman a t d o , first resolution, this particular He said the Roman laws were moderate in edicts, said statutes, and the history of sanguinary laws . in other nations. until the times of the Emperors,whose move the existed for 23 years, was an example Seneca, taught the people crime. o ode was abolished, revolution there cle mency, but at the French the and the assassins returned among of mi c d ri t m ba e t k t e oo pt of the British Isles, for 30 years their prey. The statisticsd pple like beasts to Tb t e T t b l u i the c a n n a code,ion inw which pace with the abolition ofcp divided into cycles, showed i inu t punishments, on convictions had increased in every de that the number of a that capital the d when there was an increase dpopulation. They showed also scription of crime excep t murder. I n t he crime of murder this kingdom stood next to Sp ain, and was eight times worse than Prussia. In Belgium, between the years 1834 and 1837, SIA:E THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1. Daily News Office, Whitecriars. COSE OF THE . - B RITISH L EXHIBITION INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. The GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the iVORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Five, and will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, May 16. Admission, Is. Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. N.B. The Gallery will be RE-OPENED in JUNE, - with Portraits of Illustrious Personages. WARD'S IMPROVED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, so highly eulogised by all the leading journals, are TAKEN DAILY, from Nine to Six, at 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; 85, King William-street, City; and the Royal Poly technic Institution, Regent-street. . 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The success and increasing pros?erity of Use Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 20 to 75 per cent. on the premiums Paid on -ach Policy effected on the Prolt scale, EXAMPLES. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE and OXFORD and BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.—In pursuance of the Sessional Orders of both Houses of Parliament, notice is hereby given that a Special General Meeting of the Scrip holders of this Company, that is to say of the Holders of Scrip, or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Company, will be held on SATUR DAY, the 9th day of May next, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the .ondon and Birmingham Railway Station, in Euston-square, London, for the purpose of approving (or otherwise) the following Bills now before Parliament, viz. : A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford (Tring to Banbury). A Bill for making a railway from Oxford to the London and Bir mingham Railway, at Bletchley, in the county of Buckingham (Ox ford to Bletchley). The Sessional Orders, befere referred to require that one-third of the capital'proposed to be raised by the Bill shall be represented at the meeting by persons producing thereat scrip or bankers' receipts for the same, and the holders of such scrip or receipts are therefore requested to attend accordingly. The directors take this opportunity of announcing that both the above Bills have been read a second time ; the latter is now in Com mittee, and wholly unopposed ; the Committee on the former Bill is not at present named. The Secretary will afford such information and assistance to the shareholders as they may desire with reference to their scrip or receipts, and the production thereof, and the voting thereon at the meeting. Communications may be addressed to him at the Com pany's office, No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster. As no party will be entitled to vote at the meeting until his er her name and address, and the denoting numbers of all the scrip or receipts are first recorded, shareholders are particularly requested, with a view to the convenience of the meeting, either to send their scrip or receipts to the Secretary, or to any of the Committee of Management at the Offices of the Company, or to furnish a state ment of the denoting numbers of the scrip or receipts to the Secre tary forthwith, as otherwise the procceedings of the meeting will be greatly delayed by the necessary preliminary investigations. Dated April 29, 1846. HARRY VERNEY, Bart., Chairman of the Committee of Management. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a meeting is proposed to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at half-past two of the clock in ,the afternoon, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, of the Holders of Scrip (see Note) in the above-mentioned Company, at which meeting the Bills h ereinafter -mentioned will be submitted for the consideration and approval of such Scripholders, that is to say, " A Rill for making a Rail way f rom Birmingham to join the lines of the proposed Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Worcester, ard Wol verhampton Railways, and to be called The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway ;' and a Bill fur making a Railway into Birmingham, in extension of the proposed Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway. Dated, 29th April, 1846. Note.—All persons producing -e—HATHEUTON, Chairman. a . P at the above meeting will be entitled to vote in respect th ereof, if issued prior to the 31st March last, but no vote can be a ccep t ed in respect of any scr i p not actually produced. In cases where th e d eposits on shares allotted has been paid prior to the 31st Mar c h l ast, but the scrip for such shares has cot been issued, the producti on of the banker's receipt f or th e d e p o sit will be accepted in lieu of the scrip. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and Notice is hereby given, th a t a MEETING is DUDLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. proposed to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day o f M ay next, at eleven o f the o clocklin the forenoon, at Dee's Royal H otel, Birmingham, o f th e holders o f , Scrip (see note) in the above-mentioned Company, at which meeting the Bill hereinafter mentioned will be submitted for the consideration and approval of such Scripholders, that is to say, "A Bill for making railways from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and Dudley, to be called' The Birmingham and Dudley Railway.'" Datecr29th April, 1846. HATHERTON, Chairman. Note.—All persons producing Scrip at the above meeting will be entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 31st of March last, but no vote can be accepted in respect of.any Scrip net actually produced. In cases where the deposits on shares allotted have been paid prior to the 31st March last, but the Scrip for such Shares has notbeen issued, the production of the Banker's receipt for the de posit will be accepted in lieu of the Scrip. I >~ here had been only six murders. The Noble Lord Commented at length on these and other facts, sad resumed his seat after moving the following resolution :—" That the efficacy of Criminal Laws depends less upon the severity of punishment than the certainty of infliction; and that laws which cannot be carried into execution with out shocking the feelings of society, and sinking abhorrence of the crime in sympathy for the offender, are contrary to reason, inconsistent with morality, and Opposed to the inte rests of justice-objections which moi,t forcibly apply to statutes enacting the punishment of death." Daniel O'Connell, Esq., - 11.P., entered the meting as the Noble Lord was speaking, and was received with cheers, which were renewed for several minutes. Mr. J. BRIGHT, M.P., addressed the meeting in an elo quent and energetic speech. He said the peculiarity of that discussion was, that no political feeling or religious rancour need be stirred; for every man had that in him which na turally led him to abhor the punishment for itself. Their great object in this movement was to ascertain whether in a great community the people could so conduct themselves that life and property would be secure without a punishment which took away from their number by death. On this point he referred to the past experience of London, when it was not one-sixth of its present size, and yet six human beings were put out of existence at least every week. In 1832 or 1833 there had been a great reduction of the crimes capitally punished ; and be asked whether, since then, they had found life or property less secure? The Hon. Gen tleman argued the question, not from Scripture but human nature—those principles which lie at the foundation of cha racter; and concluded with expressing his strong belief that it would be abolished within five years. The Rev. Dr. MoRTIMER, head master of the City of Lon don School, supported the resolution, which was put from the Chair, and carried without one dissenting voice. DANIEL O'Cormatu., M.P., moved the second resolution, and supported it by several interesting facts from his own knowledge, while engaged in professional life. Mr. SAMUEL GURNEY seconded the resolution, which'*, was put to the meeting and carried unanimously., " That in the opinion of this meeting, no fallible tri bunal should be entrusted with the power of inflicting an dirreemvnoacatiobnle and d nis e h x m ec e u n ton t i T o h f a i t nn a cce wfu n i t i m ns e t n an , cesconiiofetedtheucoponn what appeared at the time the clearest evidence, prbves the fallibility of the best constituted courts, and the necessity . of adopting some punisment, which may be recalled in the " event of subsequent proof of the innocence of the supposed omlvf ti c rimina l , cuehrrecme, nawd i nnhaiieshelpless place epGipo owl o ed f se avi powerless to leave restore, a m evi punishmen t n g t t lhahnou thus which he ope takes n, sandiclosing consigns g s a t hh w tooe a r ytae g ates nti ing the time for repentance which lie would still extend. " Mr. W. J. Fox, in an eloquent speech, moved—" That the followi ng petition to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen be en;traunst(rithtabtr .presentation to the Right Hon. Sir IlL' e tit i lons be presented to both mAnLyexnslioEnß Robert Peel Houses of Parliaosent b , ' 1• 1 1 11 ,07. r be ) respectfully Td l . as Ewart,seconded E sq , requested tbb3a,that l o tro. p t r Gh e e. se ic n i ? ). t h e Hon. Lord Denman to the Lords, , and carried by the meeting. It was moved by the Rev. Mr. CHRISTMAS, and supported by. Mr. WRIGHTSON and Mr. H. VINCENT—. That a society be now formed, to be called • The Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishments,' and that the following fcrm the Com mittee of said society, with power to add to their number." A vote of thanks to Mr. Ewart, M.P., for his conduct in the chair, was passed unanimously, and the meeting separated. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) 29 WEDNESDAY, APRIL . The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought i n by t h e un d errn named lion. Members : Northe and Southern Connecting—Coldnel T. Wood, Mr. Broad wood, and Mr. Baldwin.. St. Alban's. Hatfield, and Hertford—Mr. Ward and Mr. Harcourt. Bristol and Birmingham (Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, and Malvern Line) —Mr. Hudson and Mr: P l llllpotts. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, MAY 4. Eastern Counties (Stations Enlargement): Eastern Counties and Thames Juncoon . Branche.s. North Gravesend. Eastern Counties (Tottenham and Farringdon- street). Taw Yale Extension. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (9) . OF. BILLS. GLASGOW lI.AIiBOUR GRAND RAILWAY JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. Lord Wori:ey reported from the Select Committee on Group (9) of Railway- Bills, that in the 'case of the Glasgow H ar b our G ran d JunctiOn Railway Bill, to whom several petitions against the said Bills were referred, that they had heard counsel in support of several of the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and had examined the allegations of the preamble of the Bill, but that the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROI7p (9) OF RAIW GLASGOW HARBOUR MINERAL RAILWAY BILL. Lord Worsley reported from the Select Committee on Group (9) of Railway /Sills, that in the case of the Glasgow Harbour Mineral Railway Bill, to whom several petitions against the said Bill were referred, they had heard counsel in support 01 the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and had examined into the allegations of the preamble of the Bill, but that the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (6) OF RAILWAYS. PERTH AND CRIEFF RAILWAY, BILL. Sir John Cam Hobhouse reported from the Select Committee en Group (6) of Railway Bills, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group were referred, that in the case of the Perth and Crieff Direct Railway Bill they had heard counsel in support of some of the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill,' and that they had examined the allegations con tained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to the satisfaction of the Committee. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 29, SToCK EXCRANOR.-The sales are--Bristol and Exeter, 84-Ditto, New, 9% -Caledonian, 64-Great Western, Quarter Shares, 18%- Midland, New, 33 %-Newcastle and Berwick, 21% -South Devon, Midland, 18s. p.-Taff Vale, New, 1 % • MANCHESTER, Aran, 29. STOCK EXCHRNOE.-The sales are-Bideford and Tavistock, 1 dis - Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 1% dis.-Birkenhead, Lanca-. shire, and Cheshire Junction, 14 p. - Blackburn, Darwen, and Bol ton, 2 dis.- Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 255. 6d. dis.-Bucking ham and Bletchly Junction, % dis.-Derby and Crewe, 2% p.- Direct Northern, 1 dis.--Eastern Counties, 24% -Ditto, York Ex tension, 1% p.-East Lancashire (No. 2), 2% p.-Essex and Suffolk, 16s. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.-Goole; Doncaster, Shef field, &c., 7-16 dis.-Grand Union, 13-16 dis.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, % dis.-Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 1% p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, % p.- Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, S p.-Lancaster and Preston, 10% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 5 dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manches ter, 3% p. -Liverpool and Bury, 83% p.-Ditto, New Shares, IN p. -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, I p.-London and York, 12s. 6d. dis.-3lanehester, Buxton, and Matlock, 9-16 p.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 5%-Ditto, ditto (B), 9 p.-Ditto, ditto (C), 8 p.-Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 165.-Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, 9s. dis.-Man chester and Leeds, Quarters, 7% p.-Ditto, Extension, 2% p.-kfan chester and Southampton, 4 dis.-North Stafffordshire, 3% p.- North Union (B), 144-Oldham District, % dis.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 3% p.-Ditto, ditto (B), % p.-Sheffield, Leek, and Crewe, % dis.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, % p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), 14 p.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % dis.-South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), par -West Lancashire Coast, 15s. dis.-West Riding Union, 2% p.-Whitehaven and Furness, 3 dis. - 't HULL, APRIL 29. STOCK Excaanox.-A large amount to business has been trans acted in scrip to-day. Many inquiries ler old stock, of which scarcely any is offering. The sales are-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 2T / 8 - Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6% -North British, Carlisle, 41s. 9d.-Bandon and Bantry, 7s. 6d.-Bucking hamshire, 275.-Derby and Ganaborough, 13s. 9d.-Dublin and Galway, 2% -East Coast, 21s. 9d.-Grand Union, Ils. 6d.-Great Eastern and Western, 14-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 265. 3d.- Hull and Lincoln, 225.--Leicester and Bedford, Bs.-Leicester and Tamworth, 235.-London and York, 351.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 2/. 175.-North Western, lbs.-North Staffordshire., 41.195. 6d.-South Midland, al. U.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, RI. 13s. 9d.-Trent Valley Continuation, 365.-West Riding Union, 41. lbs.- Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 225. 9d. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 29. STOCK EXCRANGE.-The sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield, Quar ter Shares, 155.-Derby and Gainsborough, 145.- Sheffield and Lin colnshire, 235.-Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries and Crewe, 145. -West Riding Union, 4%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 29, STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- Eastern Counties, New, 7 % p.- Great North of England, 401. Shares, 48 1 4 p.-North British, Halves, Carlisle, % p.-North Staffordshire, 2% p. -West Riding Union, 1% p. YORK, APRIL '29. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-London and York, 1%-Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. 175.-Newcastle and Berwick, ' 2 14-Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 9%-North British, Carlisle Extension, 2%-North Kent and Direct Dover, 14-North Staffordshire, 5- Wakefield. Pontefract, and Goole, New, 10%-West Riding Union, 4%-York and Carlisle, 11. 75.- York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 10% EDINBURGH, APRIL 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -Aberdeen, 31.--Aberdeen, Banff. and Elgin, 1/. 55.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 21.-Arbroath and For far, 271.-Ditto, .Half Shares, 151. 10s.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. 9s. -Banffshire, 195.-British and Irish Union, 21. 31.-Caledonian, 101. and Dumbarton, N to e n 7, ll. l / 6 ..5 . 5. 6d -C_al c edj ed ni o a n ti f E a r zi , s d ion N , o l r l th . 95.-Caledoni an 155.-East of Fife, If. 10s.-East Lothian Cent ral. Glasgow, KT.- bu Quarters . 171. tos.-Ditto, ditto, d i e 7 e s . ' a l d nd - C A lj r . b d r e o s l aj h , e 3j9ul.n-ctDi Junction, 0 1 , 2 .;c . - ew l) , i 2 re i t. t - N D o u ri n h d c e rn a a , 1 1 71 1 : Pe rth , 7 1th . -i" _ . 1 . 41 . : Half shares, IC'. Ss. - Ditto. dntimrarto „ 19s. 3d.-Edin burghNew, IN.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, !ilia,. 6d.- _, Edinburgh, Leith, and and Leith Atmospheric, V. and Bathgate, 2/. Os. 6d.-E dinburgh and 721 D i t rg to h , Bs. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 10s.-Ditto, oc ,g y, Ist. L - Ed i i tei b ll u rgihsgan3dd 3d. - Edinburgh Northern, dinbi r g 4/ h . .4 : i r d ant p o e n : 6 ' 1 6 0 1 81 . 7: 65. -Edinburgh t e n re h i u 'e rg e' h and Per th, 2/. .6s . -Forth and Clyde Junction, It. I4s. 6(1-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 70/. IDs.-Ditto, New Stock, 281.-Ditto, Quarter hares, 171. 10 s.-GhtsgOw, DUIII - 135.-Glasgow Lir . i g os OA . :a G n i d as ll gc u lnw. n v d i erieln.d_GJesz snrercaneatienotdoen,Nuci:khllol.....i.i.f. Scotland,Ditto, Ne al•l.Stock, 118.-Grantor l Ol.-Dit j to un , Preference, etion, los. Os. 6 1-London and York, I/. 10s.-North British, 261.-DittO, Halves, 8/. 55.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, IL 145.- Ditto, Exten sion to Dalkeith, 6 L - Perth and Inverness, It. 1 0s.-Scottish Cen tral, 13/. IN. - Ditto, New, 51. -55.-Scottish Central and Cale donian Junction, it, 65 . -Scottish Midland, 61. 'ls. 6d.-Scottish Southern, 11. 13s. 6 d. - Stirling and Dunfermline, IL 165. GLASGOW, APRIL 28. STocK EXCHANGE. -The sales are - Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 275. 6d.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 41s. 6d.-Ayr an d Galloway,' 315.- British and Irish Union, 435 . - Caledonian, New, 235. 6d.-Ditto, Ex tension, 31s. 6 d. - Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 30 e. - Caledonian and Direct Northern, 355.-Cornwall and Devon Cen tral, 32 3.-East Indian Railway, 9s. 6d.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 345. 6 d. - Glasgow General Terminus, 9% -Glasgow and Belfast Union,' 345 .-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 71% --Glasgow. Dum fries, and Carlisle, 375.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossr, 275. - Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 335.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral , 315.-Lanark and Lothia n s, 41 5 .-Le,smahagow, 415. 6d.-110 u m th Mid land, 40s. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 355. 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