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--- 0 - hold era are at teatio o k. excel. ranee !i t ng w it ortation, Is. for limite d. rd prices . same " business oa Ict 6 ,oc day iveek• wand pre: Ou ght S w. sold. and fair 0. bho Poermtain e ; „ a Pr m ore d. VIISrt 111 (19 Can 495; ver9' of ,L D s 6d; 14C ~jFF raster",;e joit°li,o4f BgaC k an r , s ideo c !" ' cle °W ; 00 4 611 , of c c ' . rictOW eft bet 511 01 1 en*-- ° deb° ,er bob a nti' id Dv — r to ° 11° 4g. 644 dts,ro ir s I b t f RSTIANT to a DECREE of the HIGH Ner, b . ~`"JURT of dIIANCERY, made in certain Causes " ADNEYI keiT'ASKCOMR," the next of kin of ANNA MARIA, CARTER, the Wife of John Waldon Carter, of Wool, near Wareham, in te4ir,,,,Y of Dorset, gentleman (which said Anna Maria Carter, "„°Ol, aforesaid, on the ' 18th day of November. 1844,) ittly t ;:.,tne time of her death, and the legal personal Represen _tat „,,"` Present of any such ' next of kin as may have since W/L so r theif Solicitors forthwith to come in before Sir GIFFIN kutb iva l one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in kladi ed P t ou-buildings, Chancery-lane, Loudon, and prove their ' and make out their claims, or in default thereof they will the benefit of the said Decree. THOS. PEARSON, 22, Essex-street, Plaintiff's Solicitor. rritsuANT to a DECREE of the HIGH ,so rt ,_ C OURT OF CHANCERY, made in certain C auses t , V. TAGGART," " CARTER v. ADNEY," and " CAR ,,eIki.JEAVER ;" and of another Decree made in a Cau se, _ 4 llse s BASKCOMB," and of another Decree made in certain «,-,,.-DNEY V. BASKCOMB," " CARTER v. BASKCOMB," qt. ot s - .RTER v. HACKBLOCK " the Creditors of James Taggart, lak th Ciliselhurst, in the county of Kent, Esq., who died in the I lfer.2l August, lt.-34, and the Creditors of the several Firms of tpr,T,Btuith, and Baskcomb," "Smith, Baskcomb, and Company," e41 411: 1 2 1 and Baskcomb," or either of them in a Thewery at 'lrth;:‘ , in which the Testator was a Partner, or had some share * are forthwith to come in and prove their debts before S ir 0 * „ ILsox, one of the Masters of the said Court at his Cham lkathampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or in default will be excluded the benefit of the said decree. - -- v i llas Pearson, plaintiff's solicitor, 22, Essex-street. ttO 1 4 ; u0RN-HILL, SNOW HILL, AND , ARRINGDON-STREET VIADUCT COMPANY. (e d) Capital, 200,900/ Register .ln 20, Provisionall y. OOO Shares of 101. each. Deposit Ils. per Share. ree li -- __The Share-list being closed, no further applications -- "gti i :t,u• and the Directors are now proceeding in the Allot °f),- Shares. vte it (By order) CHAS. THOMAS, Secretary. • 164 G. TA I 0 NAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. 104, 141 1 RMPOWered by Act of Parliament. te ra zv.otion e m b races i mpor ta n t and substantial advantages 117LOI Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured lisp': Of th—'-‘*l,„ P ons, the power to borrow, without expense or for lb_ote `vuoY. two-tkirds of the premiums paid (see Table) - "Rot ° Z. Ol l Of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in -44144.44z:e5t other conveniences or necessity. for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. t_turizim_kable success and increasing prosperity of the Society th c o " lee Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare tl/414Pol..14.1rarYlug from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES, t • 10 w oo CI" 3 4 Bonus Bonus in added. Cash. I X' g. ;', a R il, gy. Assured inay Borrow. 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 £217 15 I*loo 011 192 3 0' 87 1 4 165 11 10, 74 1 9 116 7 6 54 019 111 6 8: 49 10 0' £l6 0 41 13 10 2 1 11 3 1 7 18 10 710 4 1X445 0 0 395 11 1 346. 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 e t 1i t : 4 % 140n st Profits is annual, and the next will be made in the Present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. kli%Th o LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. THat !tED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. kich e. 41-8 FAANCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. E. A ZILLIAIi LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. t4l Thar n+ E sq. John Humphery Esq., Alderman, hWltri Ury, E . t F te6, Esq . Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. k i t ta t ehl 4,l l2ln, Jeremiah Filcher, Esq. . 4, llleby, Lewis Pocock, Esq. 16 q* lON 2 Finsbury-square. volg„ -- IT • Coulson, Esq., 2 F r ed erick's-place, Old Jewry. "lI NG King's T—Professor Hall, of College. tst es -iety As LOW RATE - S'OP REMIUM. Pr s i gu „ ring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest ,En a —pi Which is compatible with the safety of the Assured, op~th. • In effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have dof ne s ,l_ eu ritY of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance f .1160 ) If Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income o 'olici si. '" ol ., arising from the issue of between 5,000 and ~NNIIir., PREMIUM 20 ALSWER £lOO. • t --.....••••.......r..•............ For One Year, 1 For Seven Years. Whole Term. to 17 3 £0 19 1 1 13 1 2 7 15 0 1 6 9 1 14 1 a 2 1 19 10 4 .. _ _____ 3 7 0 £1 11 le 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 debut:'au of t ita rs il ! " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit „'''n th e „'"r one-third of the Premium may remain foi life as a Poir e l l 'otiej". 4 eY at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any time k t ons " assi om r e gnene.W,,a 4 S. security to others, will not be rendered void gef a „.' 4 case s i - ,,' 0 -atia by suicide duelling, or by the hands of jus- C , Zgned,u; 'Oath by the above ' causes, where the Policies are 1 . 11. V Paid in g r °Ets amount of Premiums received will be returned. "qtlp,Zedical month after proofs have been furnished. , - "metes f.."'ulcors attend daily at a Quarter before Two o Clock, -7 . 11 ad the same day . EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A lib, ~, Commission to Solicitors and Agents. t 414 18 114L15 ,,_ 11 and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE --..witert(*-sITRANcE and LOAN ASSOCIAT ION. . Place, London; 119, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. 1 0, 1 P A .s ,Subscribed Capital, One Million. A h... '. 4 A.NCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND ef thi. SIENDOWMENTS. a Sttish e of Assurance. — .ENVE nd and co LIBERALPrinci SYSTEM of LOAN in - .a Life Assurance, on undoubted personal or other - .olA asltred Participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. ° RDLA,N FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR -- I T ,01,„. ANCE COMPANY. " .. A.AD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. 1 1 JOHN . LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. Deputy-Chairman. ,ellty u u ,_ JOHN DIXON, Es q . . o. l7 g u e ty l : yaii. Egg., M.P. 1 1744, „.e Berens, Esq. athwart Madoriba.4o.l.l.• M.P. ;' ll ' .art Dyke, E.sq-„art John martin. Es_c_l•••.'• t :er R. Farq , '''' s% 14 4 /lankey,j uh un ar ., Esq. . Rowland milenen, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. vsk, - -.1tr., , ,,y E N . J ames Morris, Esq. OserZellibra'nd Hubbard, Esq. 4oi, .1 Esq. - .Ai Johnstone, Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. lev nii 4 - o eh, Esq. Loyd, Jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. v, AUDITORS. Ski • 11 ebarts Esq 11 114 ' Jones Loyd, Esq. I Henryueny Sicyokrmes_aTh.rd.osErn.scito.n, Esq. 2• 4 th i ,ACTUARl—Griftith Davies, Esq., r it• -."..... iata _ 44 l ti f t...: iaryq tturbtEpaPrAltti participation t h A e s s p u r r e a fi n t c s 7 0 may at ty moderate e effected a Rates Ili n on — thii:ulstt°4l,.lllZigiPaoideitviysoiefasthewPhrieoilli ttsbeisvecreyinspe en years. l.isin ad A e t , n received ; n asii t r ed e , 01. 4 2 , 7 tei pe, !0 I per cent. per annuam.nYon the sum Pap.. __ e Wucle atn o ,_, . 0 e t il b° t. u on t the amount of premim /:, " eeded 5 30 0 ' 1 ;1'. f Reversionary Bonus allotted by - vid,alls such ' w • the C0m ..._.--' pm - ° ll Life Policies to the extent of their . values, Pr0 .....4 .....4 the pir c h easo a value not under 50/. : E u e ete • shall have been effected a sufficient time to have lot : l ll 'l4l : h h e ed a in th B.,EPARTMENT a Return of profit WAS declared a kat ~._- 'ine, upon the ' premiums received on all 1 e o eame al t o ; in amen in force seven years at Christmas 1845, and t l let e,_Ween °curs • of PaYment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),.., by ,p [lous of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office , and te l t.„°i:ls‘e le st g er e e n b t y a in g giv es , Country Districts. , that Assurances which expire at Christ aii,.. i ii . its 7 Inust be reaewed 'within fifteen days at this Office, or with te arees • s-street, corner of Pall-mall, or trai r il any's Agents J • Void. throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be -1 GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. ROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, REGENT STREET, LONDON, Established 1806. INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,0001. ei A nnual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 529,0001. al als Paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001. PRESIDENT. The Right Honourable EARL GREY. DIRECTORS. ,hThe Earl of M acclesf i eld. Frederick Squire, Esq. 43_ J ohn Osborne, Bart. Rev. James Sherman. .1 Deering, Esq. Alfred Beaumont, Esq. 1. ,htxander Ilenderson, M.D. Richard Sherwood, E . sq. Oft Rates at Premium are those adopted by the principal Life 0114: the rate without bonus is lower than that of most other tiokor Th e Bonuses a re a dd ed to the Policies, or applied to the reduc tt,e Premiums, or may be received in cash as soon as de at then present value. l'oli ele rui are granted upon the Policies issued by this office, or the 4. Ifll ar e PUrchas at their for inn value. tepki r .Arty negle ed ct to pay the renewal of his Policy, he may hod h4iet;:rnission any time within twelve months, upon proof of Bonu ses Paid upon Policies which have become Claims. Sum insured Sum paid. 4 0 t 1 r carton, Rub. Skelten Castle 5,000 6 o J st u hn Saunders Se bright, Bart ... 5,000 Zir William Wakeunore . • Bart • • 5,000 •• •• • • 5,000 3 000 • W. Charupneys Canterbury `tte karquis of Wellesley . .• • • 2,000 1141.1 Cathcart .• •• • • • 1,000 X R. d. 7,70 G 6 0 7,652 13 3 7,500 5 9 7,128 15 8 4,509 1 1 3,411 1 3 1,862 4 11 tiP .°4 oeetus k i ll to th, and full parti cu l ars may b e o bt a i ne d u p on applica -"ulittion,, agents of the office in all the principal towns of the United kld at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street. JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director. °RTEI BRITISH INSURANCE COM. PANY. I‘oudotstablished in 1809, and Incorporated Ryal Charter. ° ftlees---4, New Rank-buildings, ,ad o City 10, Pall-mall East Chief Office-64, Princes-strset, Edinburgh. -.. Cital, Million fu,I3 SST—IIIS ap GRACE One THEDUKE OF subscribed. SUTHERLAND, K.G LONDON BOARD. SIR PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman. FRANCIS WARDEN, Esq., D eputy-Chairman. S l exander Cockburn, Esq. I Charles Hertslet, Esq. '° l l Connell, Esq. Isaac Sewell, Esq. rn Petrie Craufurd, Esq. I Walt. A. Urquha r t, E sq . van Irving Glennie, Esq. George Webster, Esq. BENJAMIN BOYD, Esq. I Resident. MARK BOYD, Esq. John Webster, M.D., F.R.S., Physician. Person desirous of participating in the next bonus are recom to—ended insure before the termination of the present year. tb oliftibeeral commission is allowed to parties introducing business to pe :4 , °2 l ) ectuses ' with Tables of Rates, and full particulars, may be 1.. ' } 7,',.. 6 of the Secretary, 4, New Bank-buildings, and of the Actuary, 241 4, Esq., 10, Pall-mall East. HENRY T. TIIOMSON, Secretary. AEB THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST .„ GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. 1 -t; ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, EAST I NDIA, and GENERAL Llfllb ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. D b e j ki lllATl—Colonel Sir FREDERIC SMITH, R.E. - Dluntickii—Major-General Sir WILLIAM GOSSET, C. 8., K.C.H., R.E. Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., M.P. Major -General Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H. M ajor -General Sir P. Ross, G.C.M.0., K.C.H. Li eutenant-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B. M ajor -General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., R.A. Captain Sir George Back, R.N. Major - General Taylor, C. 8., E.I.C.S. Major-General Edward Wynyard, C.B. IkaJor-General Arnold, K. 11., K.C. Lie utenant -General Cleiland, E.I.C.S. Lieu tenant -Colonel H. Hanmer, K.H., late R.11.G. Lieutenant -Colonel Purchas, E.I.C.S. I,leute nant-Colonel Matson, R.E. Major Chadwell Clerke, K. 11., F.R.S. Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D., late R.H.G. Captain William Lancey, R.E. William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent James Nugent Daniell, Esq. Ac_ Wilbr aham Taylor, Esq. AgailreaßT—John Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator. otilfe an eei are gr an t ed upon the lives of persons in every station and for te rms every part of the world, upon particularly favourable era".. 4 iker aS SUTed in this office may change from one country to ano zutout forfeitin g th e i r policies. th, —.NUS AldouNTlNo To T pon eleB, was HIATT PER CENT. on the actual value of , apportioned to the assured at the First Septennial t"/ in t i le YOar 1844. jpsEpa BRETTgLL Secretary. No. 16,927. CONTRACTS FOR WHEAT, COCOA, SOAP, TOBACCO, and PEAS. . Department of the Comptroller for Victualing and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Dec. 16, 1846. The Commissioners for Excepting the Office of Lord High Admi ral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 24th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD the undermentioned Articles, viz.:— Quarters. When to be delivered. wr „,,,.1 Red •• • 2000 1 ‘ u "'S White • .• .. 1000 Half of each in Three weeks, and the r"ons. } remainder In Three weeks after -100 I wards. 30 Cocoa •• • ... Soap (mottled) •• • • Tobacco (Virginia) 20 .Half in a Fortnight, and the re mainder Quarters in a Fortnight afterwards. Peas• ••• -• •....... 500 The Cocoa and Tobacco are to be exempted from the Customs' duties. Samples of the Wheat and Peas (not less than Two quarts of each), and of the Cocoa (not less than 21bs.), must be produced by the parties tendering, and samples of the Soap and Tobacco, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said Office. No tender will be received after One o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi miralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for " and must also be delivered at Somerset-plate, and those for Cocoa must be accompanied by a Letter signed by Two respon sible persons, engaging to become bound with the persons tendering in the sum of 25/. per cent. on the value for the due performance of he contract. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. BY PERMISSION.-PROFESSOR RiCIICENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe cimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, witk other ex plosive compounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half- past Three; and on the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA TED daily, by Professor BACHHOFFNER, especially with reference to the new patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble, called the ROYAL ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. By the OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED POTATOE, showing the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tubers, &0., together with the DES I'RUCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by A. Smee, Esq., F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, DIVING EX PERIMENTS, the DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. &e. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. CORNWALL RAILWAY. FIRST GENERAL MEETING OF PROPRIETORS. At the First Ordinary Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company, held pursuant to advertisement, at the Assembly Rooms, Truro, on Wednesday, the 16th day of December, 1846, WILLIAM MANSE L TWEEDY, Esq., In the Chair, the following resolutions were put from the Chair, and carried una nimously :- 1. That the Register of Proprietors, now produced, be authenticated by the Common Seal of the Company. 2. The Capital of the Company having been divided into Shares of 501. each and 251. each, that a 501. share shall be considered as one share, and a 251. share as a half-share ; and that, for the purpose of voting, two 251. shares shall be considered as one share. 3. That the Report of the Directors now read be adopted, and printed, and circulated amongst the proprietors. 4. That in addition to Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., James Gibbs, Esq., Patrick Miller, Thomas Gill, Esq., M.P., John Rundle, Esq., Thomas Woollcombe, Esq„ and Ralph, Cole, Esq., the Directors nominated by the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Companies, the following:gentlemen be appointed the Directors of this Company : Joseph Thomas Treffry, Esq. Robert Were Fox, Esq. Thos. James Agar Robartes, Esq. John Vivian, Esq. Clement, Carlyon, M.D. William Mantel Tweedy, Esq. John Gwatkin, Esq. William Came, Esq. Michael Williams, Esq. George Smith, Esq. 5. That the Secretary be paid 5001. a year for his services from the time of his engagement by the Directors. 6. That the Directors be authorised to take such measures as they may deem expedient to oppose in Parliament, or otherwise, any pro jects which they may consider to be injurious to ',the interests of this Company. It was moved by ALFRED Fox, Esq.. and seconded by Dr. BARHAIE and resolved unanimously, 7. That George Jones, Esq., of Bristol, and Edward Clifton Came, Esq., of Falmouth, be the Auditors for the year ensuing, and that they be paid a salary of 201. each for their services. It was moved by JOHN PA R, Esq.., and seconded by ALFRED JENKIN, Esq., and resolved unanimously, 8. That the sum of 1,700/. per annum be assigned as the remunera tion for the Directors, to be apportioned in such manner as they may determine, to commence from W t . M i , e passing of the Act. ANSEL TWEEDY, Chairman. It was moved by E. C. MARniorr, Esq., and seconded by R. R. BROAD, Esq., and resolved unanimously, That the thanks of the Shareholders be presented to W. M. TWEEDY, Esq., for his conduct in the chair on this occasion, and for the assi duity and zeal with which he has prosecuted this undertaking from its commencement to the present time.; It was moved AR V It. ON, Esq BARc and resolved u LAT Fox, Esq., nanidmously, an seconded by JOUR CLT, That the thanks of the Shareholders be presented to the Directors for the perseverance and energy with which they have promoted the interests of this Company. W. H. BOND, Secretary. At a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company, held pursuant to advertisement, on Wednesday, the 16th day of Dezember, 1846, WILLIAM MANSEL T WELDY, Esq., in the Chair, Resolved, unanimously,—That the Directors be, and they are hereby empowered to take such measures as they may deem expe dient to apply to Parliament in the next session for an Act for the alteration of the line of the Cornwall Railway between Plymouth and a point near Saltash, and for powers to purchase, lease or jointly construct, and use portions of the South Devon Railway and works, and to purchase the Saltash Ferry ; and to sell or lease the new works to the Great Western Railway Company, or to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, or to the South Devon Railway Company, and to do such acts as the Directors may deem expedient in reference to the capital for such purposes; and for the amendment of the powers already conferred by Parliament on this Company. (Signed) W. MANSEL TWEEDY, Chairman. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Second Call, 51. per Share, making 10/. paid, Notice is hereby given, that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are required to PAY the THIRD INSTALMENT of Si. per Share, on or before the 15th day of January next, to any of the undermentioned bankers : London—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool. Manchester—Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. Olootiatar—The Glocestarshire Banking Company. Bristol and Exeter—The West of England and South Wales Bank. Cardiff—The National Provincial Bank of England. Carmarthen—Messrs. David Morris and Sons Swansea—The Glamorganshire Banking Company. All calls, not paid on or before the 15th January next, will be charged with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum ; and no interest will accrue to the proprietor of any Share upon which any Call shall be in arrear in respect of such Share, or of any other Share held by the same Proprietor during the period while such Call shall remain unpaid. By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand, Loudon, December 16, 1846. GRAND UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. AXIBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM AND BOSTON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice Is hereby given to parties holding Scrip in the Grand Union Railway, who have claimed shares in the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway, that a CALL of li. ss. per share, together with interest at 4/. r cent. from the 6th of May last pursuant to the agreement entered into with the Grand Union Railway Company, has been made, and the same is requested to be paid, on or before the 6th day of JANUARY next, to either of the under mentioned baukers, who will give a receipt for the same, on production of which and the receipt for the Grand Union Scrip at the offices of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Company, in Wheeler -gate, Nottingham, the parties will receive the sealed certificates of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway CompanY. By order, W. F. N. NORTON, Chairman. JOHN GOUGH, Secretary. Offices, wheeler -gate, Nottingham, Dec. 5, 1846. BANKERS. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, London. Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, and Co., London. Messrs. Samuel SmWrighto., Nottingham. Messrs. I. and I. C. Wrigh and Co., Nottingham. Messrs. Moore and Robinson, Nottingham. Messrs, Kewne and King, Grantham, Lincolnshlre. Messrs. hardy, Walkington, and Hardy, Grantham. Messrs. Garflt, Claypons, a nd Co., Boston. Messrs. Henry and Thomas Gee and Co., Boston. Messrs. Arkwright, Wirksworth. Messrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Derby. The Liverpool and Manchester Bank, Manchester. Messrs. B ec kett and Co., Lee ds. The Nottingham and Not tin g hamshire Banking Company, Notting ham' ham and Retford and Newar k, Nott i ng h am shire Bank- The pr"anch Banks of t he Notting ing Company at Mansfi eld, Worksop, East Nottinghamshire, Loughborough, Leicestershire, and Alfreton, Derbyshire. *** A circular will be addressed to each Shareholer, win) must present it to the Bankers on payment of the Call, and 5/. per cent be charged on all Calls not paid by the said 6th day of January LONDoN AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY (SOUTHERN- DIVISION). ALTERATION OF TRAINS. • NOTICE.—The public are informed that on and after the lst of DECEMBER next, the following Alterations w ill be made in the Trains on this Railway ; BEDFORD BRANCH. a at 3.4 5 p.m , The Traia now leaving L on d on a t 4 p.m. win leave arrTil:•e in T g r a a t ii n Bedford ed o r l leaving ovrdataoLuotndn 1.450 a p t 10.45 m a.ll. Will le ave at n arriving at Bedford at about 6 p.m. A Train will leave Blet e hl e y a t 3 . 15 p .m ., a rriving about 4 p.m. The Train now leaving Bedf or d a t 10 a.m. w ill leave at 9.4 5 a.m. , arriving at London at abo ut 12 noon. A new Train will leave B e df or d at 11.50 a.m., arr i v i ng at London at about 2.45 p.m., and at Birmi ng h am at a b out 3.35 p.m . LEAMINGTON BRANCH. The Train now leaving Cove n t r y f or L eam i ngton at 8.45 a. . will leave at 8.30 a.m.. at Bedford at The Train now leaving London for Rugby at 3.45 p.m. will leave at 4 p.m. The Train now leaving Aylesbury at 10.30 a.m. will leave at 10.45 a.m., arriving at London at about 12.30 noon. The Train now leaving Birmingham at 8.0 a.m, will leave at 7.45 a.m., arriving at the intermediate stations and London 15 mi nutes earlier than at present. By order, Euston station, Nov. 24, 1846 MARK IDUISH, Manager, NEWRY, ARMAGH, and LONDONDE RRY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, Notice is hereby given, that a FIRST DIVIDEND of Ten Shil lings per Share will be PAYABLE to the Scripholders in this Com pany, on and after MONDAY, the 16th day of November instant, be tween the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, on application at Messrs. Spooner, Atwood, and Co., Bankers, London. The Bank of Scotland, • • Edinburgh. The District Bank • • _ ••_ •• Liverpool, and at The Provincial Bank of Ireland Dublin, as heretofore, The Scrip must be endorsed by the party presenting it, and deli vered up to Bankers, and a receipt signed for the amount of the Di vidend ; the Banker in exchange will give a certificate of the Com pany entitling the holder to such further Dividend or Dividends as the Directors may be enabled to make upon the final settlement of the accounts. This arrangement has been made at the request of Scripholders residing in England and Scotland, to avoid the risk and expense of forwarding Scrip to Ireland. CHARLEMONT, Chairman Newry, No. 8, Trevor-hill, Nov. 4, 1846. GR EAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). Notice is hereby given, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of this Com pany will be CLOSED from and after THURSDAY, the 31st day of December, 1846, to MONDAY, the Ist day of February, 1847. By order, WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. 3, College-green, Dublin. sth December, 1846. DRAWING -ROOM, LIBRARY, and DIN ING-ROOM ORNAMENTS in ITALIAN ALABASTER, BRONZE, MARBLE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR, consisting of Groups, Vases, Figures, beautiful inlaid Tables, Watch stands, Can dlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, Paperweights, &c., chiefly copied from the antique, and imported by J. TENNANT, late Mawe, 149, Strand, London. _ _ J. 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Manchester just one hour and three minutes after its due time.—Manchester Guardian. THE NEW PLANET. ST. CATHARINE'S HALL LODGE, DEC. 12.—The Syn dicate appointed to visit the Observatory, conceiving the subject at the present time to possess peculiar interest, beg leave to submit to the Senate the following state ment of Professor Challis, describing the course of ob sery ations, founded on the theoretical calculations of Mr. Adams, of St. John's College, and made at the Observatory, with a view to the discovery of the new planet. H. Philpot, Vice-Chan. George Peacock. John Graham. James Cartmell. B. Chapman. Chas. W. Goodwin. W. Whewell. W. C. Mathison. Joshua King. G. G. Stokes. SPECIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE CAM BRIDGE OBSERVATORY, RELATIVE TO THE NEW PLANET. At a meeting of the Observatory Syndicate, held at the Observatory on the 4th December, for the dispatch of ordinary business, a strong desire having -, I been expressed by the Vice-Chancellor and the members of the Syndicate generally, to receive from me a special report of observatory proceedings relating to the newly discovered planet, drawn up in such a manner, and in ' such detail, as would enable them -to lay complete in formation on the subject before the members of the Senate, I considered it to be my duty at once to comply with this request. A new body of the solar system has been discovered, by means depending on the farthest advances hitherto made in theoretical and practical astronomy, and confirming, in a most remarkable manner. the theory of universal gravitation. It is, therefore, on every account desirable that the members of the Senate should be made fully acquainted with the part which has been taken by the Cambridge Observa tory, relatively to this important extension of astrono mical science. The observations I shall have to speak of, and the reasons for undertaking them, are so closely connected with theoretical calculations performed by a member of this university, to account for anomalies in the motion of the planet Uranus, that the history of the former necessarily involves that of the latter. I hope that for this reason, and because of the peculiar nature of the circumstances, I may be allowed to make a com munication less formal and restricted in its character than a mere report of observatory proceedings. The tables with which the observations of the planet Uranus have been uniformly compared were published by A. Bouvard in 1821. They are founded on a continued series of observations extending from 1781, the year of its discovery, to 1821. Previous to 1781 it had been accidentally observed seventeen times as a fixed star, the earliest observation of this kind being one by Flamsteed in 1690. Bouvard met with a difficulty in forming his tables. On an attempt to found them upon the ancient, as well as the modern observations, it appeared that the theoretical did not agree with the observed course of the planet. He thought this might be attributed to the im perfection of the ancient observations, and consequently rejected all previous to 1781 in the formation of the tables finally published. These tables represent well enough the observations in the forty years from 1781 to 1821; but very soon after the latter year new errors began to show themselves, which have gone on in creasing to the present time. It was now evident that the ancient observations had been rejected on in sufficient grounds, and that from some unknown cause the theory was in fault. Were the tables calculated inac curately? The difference between observation and theory (amounting in 1841 to 96 mins. of geocentric longitude), was too great, and Bouvard's calculations were made with too much care, to allow of this explanation. The effect of small terms neglected in the calculation of the perturbations caused by Jupiter and Saturn, could not be supposed to bear any considerable proportion to the ob served amount of error. This state of the theory sug gested to several astronomers the idea of disturbances, caused by an undiscovered planet more distant than Uranus. But there is no evidence of this hypothesis having been put to the test of calculation previous to 1843. The usual problem of perturbations is to find the disturbing action of one body on another, by knowing the positions of both. Here an inverse problem, hitherto untried, was to be solved; viz., from known disturbances of a planet in known positions, to find the place of the disturbing body at a given time. Mr. Adams, Fellow of St. John's College, showed me a memorandum made in 1841, recording his intention of attempting to solve this problem as soon as he had taken his degree of B.A. Accordingly, after graduating in Jannary, 1843, he obtained an approximate solution by sup posing the disturbing body to move in a circle at twice the distance of Uranus from the sun. The result so far satisfied the observed anomalies in the motion of Uranus, as to induce him to enter upon an exact solution. For this purpose he required reduced observations, made in the years 1818-1826, and re quested my intervention to obtain them from Greenwich. The Astronomer Royal, on my application, immediately supplied (Feb. 15, 1845), all the heliocentric errors of Uranus in longitude and latitude, from 1754 to 1830, completely reduced. Mr. Adams was now furnished with ample data from observation, and his next care was to ascertain whether Bouvard's theoretical calculations were correct enough for his purpose. He tested the accuracy of the principal terms of the perturbations caused by Jupiter and Saturn, and concluded that the small terms which Bouvard had nut taken into account, ELIZA COOK'S POEMS• Just published, the Fourth Edition of MELAIA, and other Poems, beautifully illustijiked, price 10s. Gd. cloth, and 15s. morocco, elegant. " The work la well got up, and will form a handsome Christmas Gift." Also the "Secon Series," with a finely executed Portrait of the Author, price ss. clot d h. " Eliza Cook's poetry "fippeals at once to the soul by its simple truthfulness. Many a roof has rung with her beautiful ballads."— Literary Gazette. " Eliza Cook has the daring which belongs to genius alone. There is health In her poetry, and it is likely to make her readers happier and better." —Sunday Times. " Some of the poems are so exceedingly beautiful as to strike us with a kind of wonder."—Ball's Weekly Messenger. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., and =vier, Pall Mall. Orders received by all Booksellers. THE SALT TRADE TO INDIA. A deputation of the merchants, manufacturers, and the abolition of the Ea s t I n di a Company's ship owners, and others, inter es t e d i n t h e sa l t trade to India, power to manufacture salt in Indi a , wa i te d on Sir John Cam Elobhouse, the President o f t h e B oar d of Control, on Thursday last, at two P.M. Th e d epu t a tion, which was headed by Sir Denis Le Merchant, M.P. for Worcester, consisted of the following gentlemen s—Mr. W. Worth ington, Mr. H. Ashton, Mr. D. C. Aylwin, and Mr. R. Falk, representing the Committee of the Cheshire Salt Chamber of Commerce ; Mr. Alderman E. Evans and Mr. J. W. Lea, Commissioners of the Severn Navigation Improvement, representing the Worcester Chamber of Commerce and Town Council ; Mr. Shavrcross, Mr. W. Peel, and Mr. H. Fleming, on behalf of the city of Man chester ; Mr. T. Greenshields and Mr. Rufford, repre senting the Worcester section of the Salt Chamber of Commerce ; Mr. Shipton, of the Gloucester Chamber of Commerce ; Mr. A. Ridley and Mr. W. C. Harnett, re presenting the London Shipowners' Association ; Mr. Montague Fielden, on behalf of the merchants and manufacturers of Blackburn and vicinity ; Mr. Enthoven, Mr. Morrell, Mr. Westall, and Mr. Bumpstead, repre senting the London salt trade ; and Mr. J. H. Stoc queler, the Secretary to the Committee of the Cheshire and Worcestershire Salt Chamber. The deputation being seated, Sir Denis Le Merchant opened the case, and read to the President of the Board of Control a memorial of a meeting of the merchants, manufacturers, &c., rep resente d b y t h e deputation, in which the great evils of th e I n di a Company's monopoly )f the manufacture of salt, and the oppressive method in which the duty is levied on imported salt, were fully set forth. Sir Denis likewise handed in the resolutions passed at a recent public meeting at Manchester, declaratory of the determination of the manufacturers of that city to appeal to Parliament against the monopoly. Mr. Thomas Greenshields followed Sir Denis Le Merchant with an exposition of the (so-called) bonding system in force in the principal Incline. ports, showing how completely it operated to check the exportation of salt from this country, and to give to the East India Company extensive command of the market. Mr. D. C. Aylwin (of the firm of Aylwin and Co.. Calcutta) entered into a complete detail of the various ways in which the virtual possession of the monopoly affected the commerce, the manufactures, and the ship ping of this country, and the health, comfort, and ad vancement in civilization of the natives of India. Mr. Aylwin likewise illustrated the absurdity and inconsis tency of the bonding process, by describing a case of re cent occurrence at Madras. Just published, 2 vols., octavo, 285., of THE BONAPARTE LETTERS AND DESPATCHES from the Originals in his Private Cabinet. " This coLeetion was known before, and has been largely quoted from, [by Alison, in his History of Europe ; by Thiers, and Wach smuth, Professor of History in the University of Leipzig, in their Histories of the Revolution ; by Botta, in his History of Italy, and by other distinguished historians] " but it has not to our knowledge been previously published in this country. It is a work of the first importance."—Britannia, Nov. 14. 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This Company has been formed for the purpose of supplying the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood with handsome and well-appointed Public Cabriolets and Carriages, constructed with all modern im provements, in lieu of the mean and raiserable conveyances at pre sent in use, and to effect this at a considerable reduction in the exist ing rates, it being intended that the fares shall in no case exceed the rate of Gd. per mile, and so on in proportion. It is also proposed to supply open Excursion Carriages of different kinds, in the Summer Months, similar to those in use at Brighton, Leamington, and other fashionable watering places. Full prospectuses, containing the names of the Provisional Direc tors, and Members of the Company, may be obtained ; and applica• tions for Shares (which must be in the prescribed forms), may be made to the Secretary of the Company, at the temporary offices, 3, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, London. 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Offices, 51, Cheapside,_ Mr. Montague Fielden, on behalf of the merchants tud manufacturers of Blackburn and its vicinity, pro tested against the monopoly, upon the broad ground of its inconsistency with the welfare of the people of India. lie cast aside all minor considerations, and maintained that upon the great principle of the right of the meanest , object to participate in the blessings of free trade, the East India Company should be altogether prohibited from manufacturing salt, or imposing a duty upon so •ssential an article of food. _ Notice is hereby given, that a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the GOVERNORS of this INSTITUTION will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on MON DAY, the 28th day of December inst., at twelve o'clock at noon, pre cisely, for the purpose of appointing Patrons, Patronesses, a President, Vice-Presidents, Trustees, Treasurer, Auditors, Medical Officers, Secretaries, and Collectors, or such of them as the Court may think fit ; and also for the purpose of electing a Board of Management for the ensuing year, and to entertain, discuss, and determine such other questions and matters as may be authorised and required by the rules of the Institution. The attendance of all Governors is particularly requested. WILLIAM GEORGE Secretaries. . _ Mr. Rufford showed how deeply concerned the Wor cestershire salt trade was in the alteration of the system Ander which a duty was now levied upon salt sent from his country. Mr. Ridley, of the London Shipowners' Association, net the allegation of the Company (advanced on some former occasion), that there was not available tonnage rbr all the salt that would be required from this country For the supply of India, by declaring, on the contrary, ,here was a superabundance, and that the enterprise and ingenuity of the shipowner would always discover means of meeting a deficiency, could such a contingency by any possibility arise. Mr. Shipton explained to the President that the port of Gloucester, which, in its comparative infancy, stood much in need of fostering assistance, would be largely benefited by becoming one of the channels for the ex port of Worcestershire salt. Mr. Shawcross, while sympathising with the mer chants who confined their present prayer to the enforce ment of a bonding system analogous to that in opera rion in Great Britain, stated it to be the firm impression if the Manchester merchants, manufacturers, &c., that :he only adequate remedy for the evils of the monopoly was its total extinction. Manchester regarded the tax upon salt as a cruel impost, for which the necessity of raising revenue afforded no kind of reasonable excuse. Sir John Hobhouse having asked how, in the face of such a bonding system as that complained of, large ex portations of salt had been made during the last year— he President was answered by Mr. Greenshields, Mr. Rufford, and Mr. Robert Falk, that the exports had been made experimentally, in the hope that the late Govern ment would have caused the East India Company to titer their regulations ; but that all those exports had ended in loss, and not another ounce of salt would be sent until the trade was placed upon a fair footing. Sir John Hobhouse then intimated that he would lay the whole matter before his colleagues in the Cabinet, for their early consideration. He could not hold out any immediate expectation that the East India Company would be induced readily to surrender 1,300,0001 of an nual revenue, but he would see that the bonding system was immediately inquired into. The India Board being concurrent rather than a directly controlling power, he could not issue peremptory instructions, as was sup posed, but everything should be done which the case, on consideration, appeared to demand. The East India Company had already sent out a dispatch to their Go vernment in India upon the subject, but he was not at iberty to disclose the nature of the communication. Mr. Stocqueler having asked when the salt merchants might hope for a decision on the question, Sir John an swered, that no time should be lost, consistently with the ordinary claims upon the time of the Cabinet, in coming to a conclusion, and meanwhile, he would be very happy to sea and confer with any members of the deputation who might wish to see him. The deputation then retired. REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM NEYS.—The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING BRUSH and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates a 1 the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis gusting plan. 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" The area of my church is computed to be nearly 200,000 cubical feet, and, though a second stove will be required, the one already erected has fully answered my highest expectations, and realised all that you have given me to expect. If confirmation were needed for evidence of its efficiency, I might further state that I had peculiar difficulties to contend with—that various attempts had been made, and that every attempt had proved a signal failure—that I was ex posed to the charge of boldness in attempting what had baffled others ; but that such is the power, the efficiency, and the comfort communicated by your stove, that I know not of a dissentient voice, and have heard only of approval with unanimous consent. " I might add, that I was first led to the making inquiry respect ng your stove having gathered indirectly that a disposition, not un favourable towards it, was entertained in a certain high quarter, where, on account of ability of discernment, the smallest approach to approval must carry with it great weight. " I remain, dear Sir, yours , faithfully, " WILLIAM GaRRATT, Minister of St. John's, Fulham. would not sensibly affect the final results, the chief of them being either of long period, or of a period nearly equal to that of Uranus. Besides which he introduced into the theory several corrections which had been de• jived from observation and calculation by different astro nomers, since 1821. The calculations were completed in 1845. In September of that year Mr. Adams placed in my hands a paper containing numerical values of the , mean longitude at a given epoch, longitude of perihelion, eccentricity of orbit, mass, and geocentric longitude, September 30, of the supposed disturbing planet, which he calls by anticipation, " the New Planet," evidently showing the conviction in his own mind of the reality of its existence. Towards the end of the next month, a communication of results slightly different was made to the Astronomer Royal, with the addition of what was far more important, viz., a list of the residual errors of the mean longitude of Uranus, for a period extending from 1690 to 1840, after taking account of the disturb ing effect of the supposed planet. This comparison of observation with the theory implied the determination of all the unknown quantities of the problem, both the corrections of the elements of Uranus, and the elements of the disturbing body. The smallness of the residual errors proved that the new theory was adequate to the explanation of the observed anomalies in the motion of Uranus, and that as the error of longitude was corrected for a period of at least 130 years, the error of radius vector was also corrected. As the calculations rested on an assumption, made according to Bode's law, that the mean distance of the disturbing planet was double that of Uranus, without the above-mentioned numerical 'Jeri• fication, no proof was given that the problem was solved, or that the elements of the supposed planet were not mere speculative results. The earliest evidence of the complete solution of an inverse problem of perturbations is to be dated from October, 1845. Although the comparison of the theory with observa tion proved synthetically that the assumed mean dis tance was not very far from the truth, it was yet desir able to try the efft.ct of an alteration of the mean dis tance. Mr. Adams accordingly went through the same calculations as before, assuming a mean distance some• " Cundy, Esq." The stoves to be had of Messrs. DOWSON, G 9, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square ; where they may be seen in operation. ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. - This morning, shortly before three o'clock, a fire broke out 'n the premises of Mr. Noblett, currier, 24, Drury-lane, which at one time threatened destruction to the densely populated neighbourhood adjacent. The premises con sisted of a dwelling-house in Drury-lane, and workshops extending to a considerable depth, entirely built of wood, tor the purposes of tanning and currying the leather. The fire originated in the front of the building, and was speedily communicated to the wooden workshops above mentioned. At one time considerable fears were enter tained for the safety of the building adjoining, in the ,ccupation of Mr. Durieu, tallow-chandler and melter, but the speedy arrival of the engines from the various lotions, together with that belonging to Messrs. Combo and Co., assisted with a plentiful supply of water, speedily stopped the progress of the flames, but not before the whole of Mr. Noblett's premises were entirely consumed, together with the stock in trade, furniture, &c. The firemen, with their wonted per severance, combatted the flames at no less than four several points, viz., at the rear of the premises, in Brownlow-street, in Brokers'. alley, in Charles-street, and in the front in Drury-lane. The fire, we are happy to state, was nearly extinguished within an hour after the outbreak. Mr. Noblett, we understand, is insured in the Sun-office. We could not ascertain the cause of the conflagration, but the loss must be very con siderable. lIRITISH COLLEGE . of . HEALTH, New road, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of the IIYGEIST, with the reasons that led him to the discovery of the Hygeian System of Medicine and the " Vegetable Universal Medicines," after thirty-five years' Inez pressibte suffering under the medical faculty. James Morison, the youngest son of Alexander Morison, Esq., was barn at Bognie, in the county of Aberdeen, in the year 1770. The family has been long known as one of great affluence and re spectability, and the late Member for Banffshire, John Morison, was the second brother of the subject of this brief sketch. For the remainder of the sketch, see the abridged " Morisoniana," to be had of all the honorary members of the British College of Health, New-road, Loudon. Price 6d. THE WEATHER. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, TUESDAY NIGHT.—The snow storm continues here with unabated severity, and with ga a h p vo p eu e rt a y r t a hh n ee c a e vny o i gf fall h b i n ao g nf d prolongedd ekt s e t t ri Yesterday iraea f als u esnt eg, t ri h ddan enaugryrd. during lag Los the de( t : everynightt h ro u g or r d ea in te a r ry p m ar e t an o s f o t f o- e cl o a tn y m , ing's papers, which should have been delivered here at six P.M., did not reach until two this morning ; and the mails have been quite as much beyond their time. Letters usually delivered early in the forenoon were not in the postman's bands until about four o'clock, and the dela) has necessarily occasioned much annoyance to business men. On the North Shields Railway no' train run this morning until eleven o'clock ; and a seriuous delay again occurred on the Carlisle line. On the Newcastle and Darlington no trains have run, except the mail and on( or two expresses, so that we are nearly completely cut off from neighbouring towns. The frost corttinuesintense, and tells seriously on the navigation. Altogether, w( a n ot suffered s o severely in these re. ects fur man) have thing less than the double of — that of Uranus, and ob tained results which indicated a better accordance of the theory with observation, and led him to the conclusion, which has since been confirmed by observation, that the mean distance should be still farther diminished. This second solution, taken in conjunction with the first, may be considered to relieve the question of every kind of assumption. The new elements of the disturbing body, and the results of comparing the observed with the theoretical mean longitudes of Uranus, were communi cated to the Astronomer Royal at the beginning of Sep tember, 1846. These were accompanied by numerical values of errors of the radius vector, the Astronomer Royal having inquired, after the reception of the first solution, whether the error of radius vector, known to exist from observation, was explained by this theory. It would be wrong to infer that Mr. Adams was not pre pared to answer this question till he had gone through the second solution. Errors of radius vector were as readily deducible from the first solution as from the other. The preceding details are intended to point out the circumstances which led astronomers to suspect the ex istence of an additional body or the solar system, and the theoretical reasons there were for tyldertaking to search for it. No one could have anticipated that the place of the unknown body was indicated with any degree of exactness b) a theory of this kind. It might reasonably be supposed, without at all mistrusting the evidence which the theory gave of the existence of the planet, that its position was determined but roughly, and that a search for it must necessarily be long and laborious. This was the view I took, and consequently I had no thought of commencing the search in 1845, the planet being considerably past opposition at the time Mr. Adams completed his calculations. The succeeding interval to Midsummer of 1846 was a period of great astronomical activity, the planet Astraea, Biela's double comet, and several other comets, successively demanding attention. During this time I had little communication with Mr. Adams respecting the new planet. Attention was again called to the subject by the pub lication of M. Leverrier's first researches in the Compte Benda for June 1, 1846. At a meeting of the Greenwich Board of Visitors, held on June 29, at which I was present, Mr. Airy announced that M. Leverrier had obtained very nearly the same longitude of the supposed planet, as that given by Mr. Adams. On July 9, I received a letter from Mr. Airy, in which he suggested employing the Northumberland Telescope in a systematic search for the planet, offering, at the same time to send an assistant from Greenwich, in case I declined undertaking the observations. This letter was followed by another, dated July 13, contain ing suggestions respecting the mode of concluding the observations, and an estimation of the amoudt of work they might be expected to require. In my answer, dated July 18, I signified the determination I had come to of undertaking the search. Various reasons led me to this conclusion. I had already, as Mr. Adams can testify, entertained the idea of making these observa- tions ; the most convenient time for commencing them was now approaching ; and the confirmation of Mr. Adams's theoretical position by the calculations of N. Leverrier appeared to add very greatly to the probabi find them the n THE NA TIONAL B ATHS , H O LBORN.- - Those who were wont to visit th ese rooms i n the summer season, will sa ioons,wcoonivenirtuedsicinatnod votaries elegantr ofece ption sa o lovers Terpsi chore. The space hitherto occupied by the swimming baths is floored over, at the one End of which is placed the orchestra ; it is tastefully and elegantly fitted up, and on either side are commodious refreshment rooms, and above, is a beautiful apartment devoted to the accom modation of those who wish to indulge in the luxuries of a cigar. This Casino, under the management of Mr. Coleman, was opened for the first time on Thursday night, when a crowded and respectable audience listened with pleasure to an excellent band, playing the most fa vourite overtures and quadrilles. Some choice and ex cellent singing followed, diversifying the entertainment of the evening, which was loudly applauded. After a short interval, dancing commenced, which was kept up with great spirit. A visit to this novel entertainment will well repay those who wish to enjoy an evening's en tertainment. BREACH OF PROMISE IN FRANCE.—Actions for breach of promise of marriage are very rare in France, and they are still more rarely successful. On Saturday last the civil tribunal of the Seine was occupied with a suit by Mdlle. Ziuna, a young lady of a respectable fa mily, against a M. Emile, who, after repeated protesta tions that he would marry her, had married another lady. Mdlle. Ziuna had loved truly, and too well, for a child was the result of her weakness, and it had been baptized in the name of the father, who not only ac knowledged it, but even declared at the registry of the birth that it was his child by his legitimate spouse, the mother. The promise of the marriage, both verbally and in writing, was clearly proved, but the counsel for the defence‘contended that Mdlle. Ziuna and her mother had taken advantage of the youth and inexperience of the defendant, who is indeed older than the plaintiff, but it was argued that young ladies are much more clever than young gentlemen, and that Mdlle. Ziuna, although younger in years, was superior in tact to her seducer. The Avocat du Roi, in his address to the court, said that " if it was necessary to give reparation to the victim of seduction, it was quite as necessary to avoid holding out prem i u ms to a x who complain too frequently of being such v i ct i ms ." The court rejected the demand o f Mdlle. Ziuna for damages. , SIR JOIIN:FRANKLIN S EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC R E GIONS.-- A statement has been going the round of the papers expressing unnecessary alarm and apprehen sion for the safety of the expedition to the Arctic re gions, and that inquiries have been daily made at the Admiralty on the subject: The entire paragraph is a tissue of ignorance, stupidity, and falsehood. The last accoun ts from Sir John Franklin were dated July 12, 1845, at Disco. The last heard of the expedition was by a whaler, h l which left th em on July 26, 18 45 , off the entrance of Lancaster Sound. As the expedition has gone where no whalers ever go, it was not possible to hear by the ships just returned. No inquiries whatever have been :made at the Admiralty by any of the relatives or connexions of those employed in the expedition ; there is, therefore, no cause of apprehension. years. 1 f the inclemency of the , freather . has (lc A sad reSUA o d the Londonderry steamer. She lef curred on _a_ . g ale that was blowing for severe Loch by the strong arrivedg here, after a vor sevensevere pas hours, and only morning, between and eight sage, on Saturday great number of steerage passengers that place obn°Trhusda morning, but was detained in tilt , o'clock. She had a ina most wretched condition, ano on board, all of them much from hunger and cold. Amonp, these suffered very ll-dressed man, apparently abou them was a tolerably we. who was dist rwered to havt years of age' h • , r,iher A little verity of t eu ea , . e, also died tin the passage. child, two or three years of g u saiixedtyoonr deckseven fromt y ht ashore) here, and tilt The body of the latter wa s bro g A c4raumstance of Glasgow. former was carried on to are than strange is more r this kind is very rare, an d not dhs pen on board a large it that such a fearful affair shout floe been taken to roomy vessel, where means might , inquire into of courts( , prevent it. The authorities will, s were adopted t' the se a the matter, to see that all proper mean to prev e nt th e f ata l resu lt. The Passv' the,e across was cre w were tremendously severe, a n d very likely all Ad ver ti ser. required t o l oo k a f ter t h e vesse l. —GreYtock r The frost co n ti nues w i t h una b a ted rigour , o u ther mometer having i n di cate d f or t h e l as t few n i g hts a p oint varying from 12 to 16 d egrees below freez i ng point . The canal being f rozen over, and l arge in a sses of ice on the Severn, rend er th e nav i gat i on very d a o ger ous. The condition of the abject p oor must now i n d eta i b e wretched, while that of many artizans, who are °Wised to suspend their work in consequence of the cold, is scarcely any better. The relief committee, it will be st ten, have come to a resolution for the distribution of so clip at a penny per quart in the first week of January, instil also for tla sale of rice and coal at greatly reduced wices. These measures will prove most beneficial, and the subscription Het will undoubtedly be soon crowded with liberal sums; but we think it is a pity that these humane operations had not commenced with the present woe.k, when hun dreds of the poor are shivering under all the horrors of fireless grates, empty cupboards, and um :nvered beds.— Worcester Chronicle. DELAY OF NEWS.—The frosty weather continues to cause all the railway trains to be late. On. Tuesday the morning mail train from London was abant an hour late, from the slippery state of the rails; and, owing to the same cause, the train which leaves London at a quarter past six A.M. freighted, amongst other things, with the morning papers, was an hour beyond its time in reaching Birmingham ; consequently the train, usuall: I leaving that town for Manchester about twenty minute; ; after its ar rival, proceeded without waiting for it, aztd the news papers were brought on by the mail-train, hich reached PRIC - F. SD. lity of success. I bad no answer to make to Mr. Airy's offer of sending an assistant, as I understood the accept ance of it to imply the relinquishing on my part of the undertaking. I have now to speak of the observations. The plan of operations was formed mainly on the suggestions con tained in Mr. Airy's note of July 13th. It was recom mended to sweep over three times at least, a zodiacal belt 30 deg. long and 10 deg. broad, having the theore tical place of the planet at its centre; to complete one sweep before commencing the next; and to map the po sitions of the stars. The three sweeps, it was calculated, would take 300 hours of observing. This extent of work, which will serve to show the idea entertained of the difficulty of the undertaking before the planet was dis covered, did not appear to me greater than the case re quired. It will be seen that the plan did not contemplate the use of hour xxi. of the Berlin star-maps, the publica tion of which was equally unknown at that time to Mr. Airy and myself. It may be proper here to explain that the construction of a good star-map requires a great amount of time and labour both in observing and calcu lating, and that precisely this sort of labour must be gone through to conduct a search of the kind I had un- dertaken. The stars must first be mapped before the search can properly be said to begin. With a map ready made, the detection of a moving body, as it happened in this instance, might be effected on a comparison with the heavens with a map by mere inspection. Not having the advantage of such a map, I proceeded as follows. I noted down very ap proximately the position of all the stars to the 11th mag nitude that could be conveniently taken as they passed through the field of view of the telescope, the breadth of the field with a magnifying power of 166 being 9', and the telescope being in a fixed position. When the stars came thickly, some were necessarily allowed to pass without recording their places. Wishing to include all stars to the 11th magnitude, I proposed in going over the same region a second time to avail myself of an arrangement peculiar to the Northumberland Equatoreal, the merit of inventing which is due to Mr. Airy. The hour-circle, telescope, and polar frame, are moveable by clock-work, which may be regulated to sidereal time nearly. While this motion is going on, the tele scope and polar frame are moveable relatively to the hour circle, by a tangent-screw apparatus, and a handle extending to the observer's scat. This contrivance enables the observer to measure at his leisure differences of right ascension, however small, and therefore meets the case of stars coming in groups. The observations made by this method might include all the stars it was thought desirable to take, and therefore might include all the stars taken in the first sweep. The discovery of the planet would result from finding that any star in the first sweep was not in its position in the second sweep. If two sweeps failed in detecting the planet among the stars of the first sweep, it might be among the stars of the second, which would be decided by taking a third sweep of the same kind as the second. It will appear that this plan carried out, would not only detect the planet if it were in the region explored, but would also, in case of failure, enable the observer to pronounce that it was not in that region. The second mode of observing required the aid of my two assistants, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Breen, in reading off and recording the observations. I commenced observing July 29, employing on that day the first method, with telescope fixed. The next day I observed according to the second method, with tele scope moving. On Aug. 4 the telescope was fixed as to right ascension, but was moved in declination in a zone of about 70 min. breadth, the intention of the observations of that day being to record points of reference for the zones of 9 min. breadth. On Aug. 12, the fourth day of observing, I went over the same zone, telescope fixed, as on July 30 with telescope moving. Soon after Aug. 12, I compared, to a certain extent, the observations of that day, with the observations of July 30, taken with telescope moving; and finding, as far as I carried the comparison, that the positions of July 30 included all those of Aug. 12, I felt convinced of the adequacy of the method of search I had adopted. The observations were continued with diligence to Sept. 29, chiefly with the telescope fixed, and were made early in right ascen- sion, for the purpose cf exploring as large a space as possible before I should be compelled to desist by the approach of daylight. On Oct. 1, I heard that the pla net was discovered by Dr. Galle, at Berlin, on Sept. 23. I had then recorded 3,150 positions of stars, and was making preparations for mapping them. The following results were obtained by a discussion of the observations after the announcement of the discovery. On continuing the comparison of the observations of July 30 and August 12, I found that No. 49, a star of the Bth magnitude in the series of Aug. 12 was wanting in the series of July 30. According to the principle of the search, this was the planet. It had wandered into the zone in the interval between July 30 and Aug. 12. I had not continued the former comparison beyond No. 39, pro bably from the accidental circumstance that aline was there drawn in the memorandum book in consequence of the in terruption of the observations by a cloud. After ascertain. ing the place of the planet on Aug. 12, I readily inferred that it was also among the reference stars taken on August 4. Thus, after four days of observing, two posi tions of the planet were obtained. This is entirely to be attributed to my having, on those days, directed the telescope towards the planet's theoretical place, according to instructions given in a paper Mr. Adams bad the kindness to draw up for me, I would also beg to call attention to the fact that, after August 12, the planet was discoverable by a closet comparison of the observa tions, a method of observing, depending upon novel and ingenious mechanism, having been adopted, by which I could say of each star, to No. 48, " This is not a planet," and of No. 49, " This is a planet." I lest the opportu nity of announcing the discovery, by deferring the dis cussion of the observations, being much occupied with reductions of comet observations, and little suspecting that the indications of theory were accurate enough to give a chance of discovery in so short a time. On Sept. 29, I saw, for the first time, the communication pre sented by M. Leverrier to the Paris Academy on Aug. 31. I was much struck with the manner in which the author limits the field of observation, and with his re commending the endeavour to detect the planet by its disc. Mr. Adams bad already told me that, according to his estimation, the planet would not be less bright than a star of the ninth magnitue. On the same even ing I swept a considerable breadth in declination, be tween the limits of right ascension marked out by M. Leverrier, and I paid particular attention to the physical appearance of the brighter stars. Out of 300 stars, whose positions I recorded that night, I fixed on one which appeared to have a disc, and which proved to be the planet. This was the third time it was observed before the announcement of the discovery reached me. This last observation may be regarded as a discovery of the planet, due to the good definiton of the noble instrument which we owo to the munificence of our Chancellor. From the reduced places of the planet, on Aug. 4 and Aug. 12, and from observations since its discovery, extending to Oct. 13, Mr. Adams calculated, at my re quest, values of its heliocentric longitude at a given epoch, its actual distance from the sun, longitude of the node, and inclination of the orbit, which were pub. lished as early as October 17. I am now diligentb observing the planet with the merician instruments, and when daylight prevents its being seen on the meridian, I pi opose carrying on the observations as long as pos• bible with the Northumberland equatoreal, for the pur. pose of obtaining data for a further approximation to the elements of the orbit. My report of proceedings relating to the planet here terminates. I beg permission to add a few remarks, which the facts I have stated seem to call for. It will appear by the above account that my success might have been complete, if I had trusted more implicitly to the indications of the theory. It must, however, be remem bered that I was quite in a novel position : the history of astronomy does not afford a parallel instance of ob servations undertaken entirely in reliance upon deduc tions from theoretical calculations, and those, too, of a kind before untried. As the case stands, a very pro minent part has been taken in the University of Cam bridge with reference to this extension of the boundaries of astronomical science. We may certainly assert to be facts, for which there is documentary evidence, that the problem of determining, from perturbations, the unknown place of the distui bing body, was first solved here ; that the planet was here first sought for ; that places of it were here first recorded, and that approxi mate elements of its orbit were here first deduced from observation. And that all this may be said, is entirely due to the talents and labours of one individual among us, who has at once done honour to the Univer sity, and maintained the scientifi c reputat i on of the country. It is to be regretted th a t M r . A d ams was more intent upon bringing his calcul a ti ons t o perfection than on establishing his claims to priority by early publication. Some may be of opinion, that in placing before the first astronomer of the kingdom results which showed that he had completed the solution of the problem, and by which he was, in a manner, pledged to the production of his calculations, there was: as much publication as was justifiable on the part of a mathematician whose name was not yet before the world, the theory being one which it was possible the practical astronomer might be misled. Now that success has attended a different course, this will probably not be the general opinion. I should consider myself to be hardly doing justice to Mr. Adams if I did not take this opportunity of stating, from the means I have had of judging, that it was impossible for any one to have comprehended more fully and clearly all the parts of this intricate problem; that he carefully considered all that was necessary for its exact solution; and that he had a firm conviction, from the results of his calculations, that a planet was to be found. (Signed) J. CHALLIS. Cambridge Observatory, Dec. 12, 1846. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF TILE "WHITEHALL MUD LARK."—Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, an old woman, who for years has obtained a living by gathering coals in the Thames at low water, while proceeding along Scotland-yard. dropped down in the street and suddenly expired. The deceased, who was between 60 and 70 years of age, was well known to the coal merchants and watermen at Whitehall as Peggy, the Mudlark, and many a time has she been seen up to her armpits in mud gathering up the pieces of coal that had fallen from the several barges. In this manner she had managed to obtain a subsistence for herselt and family for many years. 2 fits - .______- " Nobis properantibus obstat Unda prior ; magno populus premit agmine lumbos Qui sequitur. Ferit hic cubito, ferit assere duro Alter; at hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam, Pinguia crura luto, planta mox unCtique magna Calcor, et in digite clavus mihi militis leret.' STREET NUISANCES. (From the Chronicle.) The dwellers in cities are subject to a long catalogue of minor nuisances, which; taken in the aggregate, are sufficient to poison all the enjoyments, and materially to interfere with the business of life, and which yet, from their individual hisignificance, escape the in terfereece of the strong hand of power. We ask of any candid Londoner which of the two would he prefer—that Great Britain should possess herself of Otaheite, or that barrel-organs should cease to exist? Any reasonable unit out of the two millions would, we are sure, give it in favour of the barrel-organs. This is not purely a metropolitan, but a national ques tion; yet not one solitary Member out of the 650 can be found to take it up. This, however, is but one out of the long and dismal series. We have no wish to under rate the deteriorating influence of the organ upon the population of the metropolis, for well do we know what 5,000 organs, ground into discord almost night and day, can effect. Still, this is but one of many. We have at present in London, in full operation — The Organ Nuisance. The Slide Nuisance. The Snow-ball Nuisance. The Advertisement Car Nuisance. The Opening of Drains Nuisance. The Drawing-up of Omnibuses at Crossings Nuisance. The Long Team Nuisance, &c. &c. We could fill up a column of small type with a bare enumeration of the sufferings to which a man is exposed in a walk from Charing-cross to St. Paul's Cathedral. randora's maid must have brought these down in a Mailer box, at the time her mistress laid the founda tion of the learned professions—nor, but for a few sug gestions which have occurred to ourselves should we feel justified in saying that in the second case we had even left us the poor consolation of hope. In the first place, every Member of the Lower House might be compelled to adopt his nuisance before his return should be deemed complete. The two questions of What is your qualification? and ,What is your nuisance? might go together. Thus each nuisance would be represented by a Member. We should have 650 nuisances, leaving out Sudbury and the Speaker. We would divest their discussions of all political acrimony. They should be entirely EX rafEpyou matters to be settled in the lobbies by improvised Committees; never in the body of the House, except when the assembly was uselessly employed; therefore of course they never could be in troduced there. In the next place, they might all be considered open questions. The lion and the lamb might go into Committee together upon such subjects. A col lateral benefit resulting from this arrangement would be, that . it would have a humanizing effect upon the fierceness of political partisanship. Thus Sir Robert Peel, representing "the slide nuisance," would exchange votes and:compliments rith Lord George Bentinck, re presenting " the snow-ball nuisance," and probably both could be put down. So of Mr. Macaulay and " the advertisement-car nuisance," of Mr.. Disraeli and "the barrel-organ nuisance," &c., &c. If it were thought fit to extend the scheme to the Upper House, any Peer might take any nuisance ; e. g., Lord Brougham " the fish-wife nuisance," Lord Grey " the long team nui sance." We only throw out these hints by way of sug gestion : the two Noble Lords might exchange, &c. It would be a mere question of arrangement. Another idea would be to place all the London nuisances under a board. There should be the Board of Nuisances, just as we have the Board of Trade or the Board of Works. By the adoption of this suggestion, a provision could be made for the younger and unemployed branches of the nobility, an object the country has so much at heart. Thus the nuisances and the young gentlemen would neutralise each other. If neither of these suggestions are thought practicable, we would propose a third method-- the introduction of a clause in the Police Act, by which the police (under the control of a magistrate of course) should be enabled to interfere summarily in these cases, and check the nuisances at their origin. It is astonish ing how much additional comfort might be given to the inhabitants of London with a slight degree of trouble. So badly, for example, are the streets kept in the City, that it is ten to one you can get from the Bank to Temple-bar sooner on foot than in any vehicle. A piece of pavement has been pulled up, a drain has been opened, a stoppage of some kind (which might have been pre vented) has been created, and thus the stream is checked. With a little management of street officers, compelling vehicles to move on, by no longer submitting the streets of London to ridiculous experiments, and all these nui sances might, in some degree, be kept under. Time in London is all in all ; the quarter of an hour we are compelled to waste in a cab or omnibus probably dis arranges the engagements of the whole day. These things appear to have been better managed at Rome, for, if we remember right, Juvenal, in his good-hu moured sketch of the manners and customs of that city, tells us the wealthier classes could get about with comfort : " Si vocat officium, turba cedente vehetur Dives, et ingenti curret super ora Liburno, Atque obiter leget, aut scribet, vel dormeit intus." Rothschild or Baring, or any one else, though his name were good for a million upon 'Change, must be knocked about with the humbler classes of the commu nity— This is true of London at the present hour, even to the long private of the Blues, the digamma of the human alphabet, who brings his huge splay foot down on your boot, and leaves you there, to your torture and your mud. It would be so easy to do so much with so little trouble. What injury to individuals, in comparison with the public convenience, would there be in compelling the waggons carrying ccals, huge beams, &c., to circu late through the streets only at given hours—say not after eleven in the morning, nor until post hour in the evening. Why could not the advertisementcars be at once summarily put down, one and all, and the drivers sent to the treadmill for a couple of months if they again offend? Why is there not a division of police scattered about the metropolis, guerilla-fashion, for the sole pur pose of boxing the ears of little boys who make slides in the street? This may appear ridiculous, but we have known and heard of many serious accidents incurred from this cause which we should wish to see removed. Why do not the police receive express orders to conduct the Italian boys to the station-house, and destroy the in human traffic ? The sufferings undergone by these wretched boys, for the benefit of a few cold-blooded speculators, would baffile all description. By forbidding them to circulate for the future through the streets, and aiding them, if they would, to return to their own country, we should in reality be doing them the greatest possible service. The relief from hourly discomfort to the inhabitants of the metropolis would be past: all belief. We have thus touched slightly on some of the main nuisances of the streets, and have offered some suggestions for their removal. Whatever may be thought of our first propositions—the last one will pro bably be admitted by all, viz., that of empowering and requiring the police, by an express order, to see the nuisances abated. We are not aware of the exact mea sures adopted at present by way of keeping the streets in the principal thoroughfares, as from Charing. cross and Oxford-street to the Bank respectively, and in the most crowded parts of the City. Whatever the arrange ments may be, judging by results, they are certainly inefficient, and should at once be put upon a new foundation. THE BRITISH ARMY. (From the Times.) Before the close of last session of Parliament, Mr. Warburton put a question to her Majesty's Government in Parliament, in consequence of a calumnious report published in a paper called the Herald of Peace, in July last, asserting that on the 22d of December last, after one of the victories on the banks of the Sutlej, " the troops were engaged in hanging and shooting all the prisoners; which dreadful work lasted nearly the whole day." A similar question was put to the War Depart ment, to which Mr. Fox Maule replied, " that it was impossible." Inquiries were, in consequence, imme diately directed to be mat e in India as to the truth or falsehood of so unexampled a charge - against the ho nour and humanity of the British army. We have, by the last accounts from India, received intel ligence that Lord Gough has, in the most peremptory and indignant terms, not only completely refuted the charge, but has thoroughly confirmed all that we have advanced in proof of the humanity as well as bravery of the forces under his command. The calumny was founded upon a letter purport ing to have been written by a soldier of the Stith Regi ment to his father, which charged the British arms, atter the battle of Ferozeshah, with acts of atrocity which would have disgraced a nation of savages. We can re fute this foul accusation upon the testimony of the most competent authorities in India, and give it the most un qualified contradiction. It could not have been written by any soldier who was an eye-witness, for there is not an iota of fact which could give rise to such gross false hood. During the heat of that de s p era t e action very few prisoners were taken. The Seikh soldiers disdained to ask or accept quarter. Almost invariably, when un able4o escape, they rushed upon our men with th e ir (telwars) cimeters. Except in action, there was but one Seikh executed, and that one by the express order of the Commander-in -Chief. Great numbers of British troops were killed or wounded on the 22d and 23d by the ex plosion either of " expense magazines" or of mines some, no doubt, accidentally,but others were fired by the people of the village of Ferozeshah. One man was ap prehended in the act of firing a train, the explosion of which caused the death of Lieut. Warren, of the 80th Regiment, and two or three privates. He attempted to make his escape, and would have been bayonetted it Lord Gough had not come up at the time. As an exam.. ple to the Seikhs of the village, he was condemned, and hanged in front of it, by the Provost Marshal. We aro fully justified in saying that, instead of the Seikh pri soners having been massacred, the utmost humanity was extended to them. The wounded were carefully attended to, and their wounds dressed by medical officers, and all that could be removed alive were sent to Feroze disgrac 3saeteneofdhffoooi foe. Thank ei s ead e r Tn l pore, and attended to by the British in the hospitals. No person was killed after the action. Thank God, there Indianff h , goaaru h fni tt i lk s eht rye G c ot o maohf u rdaem n s, totyarrtyceh, brutal eirtaorum a snet and maltreatment ev h no e i ft s ranhacoe p tm: r bso o ooaar f ul i ednk s di dsesirteobsdne who hr b hu y ao. is:not a British officer-in . the army of India who would captured gmiwouldaavnn ng ft ey proudly of the Sutlej. TIIE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de Montemolin,after receiving several distinguished visitors, left his residence at an early hour, and spent the re mainder of the day in returning visits. The Conde, as usual, dined in the evening with the noblemen and gen tlemen of his suite. 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