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.4 1111 6i6 ( 1111111 / 1 11# • ( Itik < 11".• • \ •r . ' GeT 410. - I , •‘. t• • - -„ ,„-- • ,/ , , .• 70 die; , 110' r 1 ; Rol , - SLAVERY IN CI GENERAL. IMAM NAPIGATION COMPANY. T" • ER A---S-TEAAL_ _NAVIGATION CQMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM; 6111 PS are appointed to leave the Castom Rouse er Tower for—' HAMBURGEI, carrying her Majesty's Mails —Every Wednesday And Saturday 3lorning. From Blackwall Pler. - Tor ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's Mails—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. The Columbine. Giraffe, and Ocean. ANTWERP—The Soho, every Thursday, at Eleven, Morning. OSTEND—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— HAVRE—Every Thursday and Sunday, at Eight, Morning. From London -bridge Wharf, fcc— BOULOGNE--Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. CALAIS —Every. Thursday and Sunday Morning. HULL —Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. YARMOUTH —Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Six, Evening. RAMSGATE —Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. EDINBURGH, from Brown's Wharf, Poplar—The Trident, next Wednesday, 10th; the Clarence, Saturday, 13tY. From Colman's Irongate Wharf; for— 17EWCASTLE--Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Night. [ BRIGHTON and DIEPPE—Every day, Sundays excepted. DOVER and BOULOGNE—Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. To secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of departure, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street; 37, Regent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. SCOTTISH SONG.—At a Meeting holden at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on FRIDAY, May 15th, 1846, present—in the unavoidable absence of The Chisholm, from severe indisposition, Captain JAMES LAMONT, R.N., in the chair, It was resolved unanimously.— " That it having been long in contemplation to present to Mr. WILSON some permanent TE :TIMONIAL of asknowledgement for his persevering and highly successful exertions in the revival of the popularity of SCOTTISH SONG, a Subscription—limited to One Guinea each—be now opened for that purpose. Subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Barclay and Co., M, Lombard-street; and at the Union Bank Establishments, 2 Prince's street, Bank ; 14, •Argyll-plltee, Regent-street ; - and 4, Pall-mall East ; and also by John Murray, Esq., Treasurer, Strath Isla Cot tage, Bow-road; and by James Thomson, Esq., Honorary Secretary, 25, Yenchurch.street. ....LAMES_L.4.3I6NT, R.N., Chairman, JAME - S THOM SON, Hon. Secretary. GUILDHALL, MAT 16, 1846. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of June neat, at One o'clock precisely, to receive Ten ders for Letting, on Lease, for seven years, f ro m Midsummer next, X House, No . 57, on the south side of Fenchurch-street. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. UNIVERSAL GAS LIGHT COMPANY. Capital 100,0061., in 5,000 Shares of 207. per Share. Deposit, 10s. per 1001. Shares, In accordance with the Act. Provisionally Registered. • Under the Management of a Proivisional Committee, With power to add from the General Committee. CONSI7LTING ENGINEER -Professor Ryan, M.D., L.L.D., Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and Royal Polytechnic Institution. ENGINEER -Mr. Robert Cordon, Nottingham. BANKERS—The London and County Joint Stock Bank. Soricrrok—J. F. W. Fesenmeyer, 23, Bedford-row. SECRETARY- Mr. Gabriel Kenyon. OfficeS of the Company, No. 11, Old Jewry-chambers, City. The Company have great pleasure in announcing to the Public, that since issuing their last Advertisements, they have availed them selves of the opportunity of testing, by practical operations the Utility and applicability of their Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas on the Premises of the Consumer, and they feel great plea.ure in stating that it hasiffieen adopted by the Birmingham; North Midland, and Midland Railway Companies, and is now in active use at the following Railway Stations • Tring Station, Birmingham Line. Methley Station, North Midland Line. Kegworth Station, Midland Line. At which places it has been used with the utmost success, both as at the Station and Signal Lights, producing in point of bril liancy Jind steadiness a most powerful light. The Apparatus has also been used at various Lace Mills and Factories, situate at Nottingham, Derby, and elsewhere, giving the greatest Whit - action. The full particulars whereof, and the purposes to which the inven tion is applicable. are embodied in the Company's Prospectus, which m ay be obtained of the Solicitor, and at the Company's Offices. Applications for shares, in the usual form, to be made to, and farther particulars obtained from, the Solicitor to the Company, and also of the Secretary, at the Company's Offices. CHESH[RE FREEHOLD TITHES. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursurtat to an order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause of Dreyer v. Mawdesley, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the Said Court, at Pie Macclesfield Arms Inn, in the town of Macclesfield, In the county of Chester, On WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, the 24th, 25th. and 26th lays of June, 1846, each day's Sale to commence between the hours .)f Two and Three in the afternoon, in lots, the GREAT and SMALL TITHES of upwards of 27,600 acres f land, pi- Unite in the several townships ot Mottram, St. At d •ew, A stle and Cliel ford, Hurdsfleld, Birtles, Pot Shrigley, Bollingtori, Lower Withingt n, Macclesfield Forest, Wildboar Macclesfield, Sutton, Wincle, Bettleshulme, Rainow, Lyme, Handley, Woodford, and Marton, in the parish of Prestbury, in the county of Cheiter. Particulars and Conditions of Sale may he had (gratis) at the said Meeter's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. London; of Messrs. Sweeting and Byrne, Southampton-buildings, solicitors; of Messrs. Wharton and Ford, 8, Lincoln's Inn fields, solicitors; of Thomas Orimsditch, Esq., Macclesfield; of Messrs. Brocklehurst and Magshaw, Macclesfield, solicitors ; of Mr. John Whitley, solicitor, Liverpool; of Messrs. Beever and Darvrell, solicitors, Salford, near Manchester ; of Messrs. Slater and Fleets, solicitors, Manchester ; at the place of Sale; and at the principal Inns in the neighbourhood. EABLY HAY HARVEST.—RICK CLO FHS, with Poles, Pulliea, and Lines, complete. N o farmer :should be without a good rick cloth, for it is Certainly one of the most useful things he can have OR his pre snibes."—Gardener; Gazette. Rick Cloths, both IC - ew and Second-hand, at a reasonable cost, 2. At BENJAMIN' EDGINZ/TON'S, Duke-street, Southwark. Early application will ei:aure prompt attention. A Warehouse at 208, Piccadilly. Ar arqu ees, Tents, Flags, Netting and Bunting for Fruit Trees. Railway Truck Covers. Scc. BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, NEW. ROAD, LONDON. CAUTION. The public on the continent is particularly cautioned not to pur chase MORISON'S PILLS except of Mer hints well known as to Their r e spectability. This warning is deemed highly necessary on account er the numerous counterfeits of Morison's Pills which are s ° l4 in variot:s parts of the world, but more especially in the different S tates of Gerrn:tny, and the United States et tmerica. - - - Signed MORISON, MOAT, and CO. The Guide to Pailents following the Hygeian System of Medicine, Inv be had of all the _Agents for Morison's Pills, price 2d. SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS. AB. SAVORY .and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, ConthJ ll , London, opposite the Bank of Zngland, submit for choice in their Plate-rooms, many Patterns of SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS, of Sheffield Manufacture, from Moven to Twenty Guineas the set. viz.:— The Uxbridge Pattern. —. —1 The Montrose Pattern. Size. £ a. d.I 81" 1 Elated Dish Cover, 20 in. 5 13 6 1 Plated Dish Cover, 20 in. 1 ' liish Cover, IS in. 47 6 1 Dish Cover, 16 in. 414 er.:97f.'l32ifh.Cpvers, 14 in. 5 12 0 2 Dish Covers, 14 in. 6 6 0 per set•• •• • • • .£l5 13 0 Per set ..... £l6 17 6, The above have silver handles and mountings, and silver shields for engraving the crest or coat of arms. A Price Cctrrent, illustrated by Drawings, and containing every information:relative to the purchase of Silver or Sheffield Plate, may be had on appliVition, or will be sent into the country , fr e e of Postage, in answer to aid letter. SHOWER. BATHS. -NOVEL SHOW.-Pur chasers of any description of Bath should visit WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (lath RIPPON and BURTON'S) Bath Show Room, which contains, besides toilet sets japanned in imitation of for fanc they woods, china, &c., in enormous variety, all the requisites season, so aangd in one room, devoted exclusively to articles o that characte rr r, that patterns, sizes, and sorts can be instantly selected,f and at thirty per cent. under any other house, where attention is paid to the quality. Full-size Portable Shower Bats, very strong and ispanned, with curtains and copper valve, 10s h . 6d. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conducting tubes, brass force-pump and top. complete with curtains, and Japanned , from 60s. Pland'Shower Baths, Japanned, 3e. 6d. The Omni-directive Bath.—Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per Pest) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery and Baths is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to tail and inspect it..--39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. 4 1 PENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE I 7 Changes in a few minutes, without trouble, red or grey hair, 'Whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black. by simply ttsinz a s comb wetted with the liquid. One application will Produce a pleing and permanent change. Price 3s. 6d., 65.. and I"- per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors. 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whitechapel-ro.‘d, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler. 4, Cheapside Prout. 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; Barclay, Farringazni-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond. street; Hooper, 43, ici ng cvm,'.airt-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bmi-street, Birmingham ; and of most Peefinners and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to say oart of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chlnese Liquid Hair Dye." ObServe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. REGISTERED PALETOT of LL ARIA CLOTH, 6 and 7 Victor a, cap. 65. Patronised-trythaFrinoeConsort, Prince George ofCambridge, the Duke of Wellington, ana tile following distinguished visitors to this country :—The Emperor of Russia, the Kiag of Prussia, the King of Belgium, the King of Saxo n y. the King 01 Holland, Prince William of Prussia, and further h onoured by the continued patronaze of all who seek an unaffected gentlemanly appearance. The cloth is made of Llama Wool, s fabric ',lost agreeably soil a len clotnd elastic to the touch, and is one-third the w ei g ht of ordinary woolhes, hut it corresponds in shades of colour. It is Nery durable, and natur.ally a repellent of rain, yet so porous as to admit of a due escape of exces with the very moderate price sive bodily heat. These advantages, Charged, renders the Registered PleetOt worthy the attention of all. They can be purchased In London, of the nhill, Patentees only, at their waraffrni THS NEW HOUSES.--GREAT SEN SATION'. 'Tis redly surprising to see what is done By t he t oblic—in favour of MOSES and SON. Not only do thousands with wondering eyes Behold the glgantid establishment rise, But thous nds on thousands in multitudes press To purchase E. MOSES and SON'S summer dress. The public seem bent on a noble endeavour • To back Messrs. MOSES and SON more than ever. And why this astounding amount of success ? Because in return they are studied in dress. Would torrents of patrensge constantly flow If the public derived no: advantages?—No. In price, and in style, and in quality, too, E. MOSES and SON are resolved to out do ; And that's why the public have thus done their part .17'0 MOSES and SON at their spacious new Mart. ahl etion .2 "" P s work, entitled past, Present, and• Future," with full nor ferwara.k self measurement, may be had on application, or ?Set Free .^ LIST OF PRICES. Tweed T 0 46 1 0,„ ZEADY MADE. X . S. d. Chesterfield e o n c • •• • .......... Summer Coats in e rin,gtort Taglituus 0 18 6 the registered Coat 4 eser:ption and make, Including Blouses in every in s i At i l li• • • • • .. 1 2 0 Splendid pattern Summe r ** •••‘'•••• • • • • . • • from 0 2 3 Cashmere and Persian ditt o — ••• • • • • • 0 2 3 Bl a ck and Fancy Satin, c u nt ,' I ° ehelless variety ...... 0 4 6 Fancy Trousers •• ....... •• •• •• 0 0 4 6 6 0 Black, ditto .......... .. . ... Dray Coats .. 'rock ditto . ........ ............. • NADI To 38.8A8,,,...... •• •• •• ** 1 3 0 COata, of every material adapted for th variety of style and fashion, to order 10 any Quilting vests, 6s. 6d. each, or three for •••• • • • • • from 0 16 9 Cashmere ditto, in every variety of pattern ..•••' • • • • 0 19 0 Satin ditto, plain and fancy ••••• • .. .....• ••• •• • • 0 8 6 Ditto, Cloth or Cashmere ditto •• •• •• •• •..:" •• 0 14 6 ••0 8 0 Ditto, BlackfSingle-milled ditto ............ •• •• " 01 3 6 spring Trousers, in every pattern. • • Single-milled and Albert Victoria ditto 1 0 6 Best Black Dress ditto .. ....... Coats.... •• •• •• '''• ••••"••" • • " • • • • • • • 1 2 0 Dit:o, best manufactured •••••• • • • • • • 2 15 0 F ro ck ;'.oats •••..••••• •• • • • • • ...... •••• • • `rom 1 1 5 0 Ditto, bet manufactured .• ••••• • • • • • a a 0 Moor king, to any extent, at live minutes notice. Any article put-hued or made to measure, if not approv e d o f, will be immediately exchanged, or the money returned. Observe — E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. tors, Clothiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be obliged to guard the public against imposition, but, having learned that the untradesmanlike Misehood of ' being connected with them," or it's the same concern, haq been resorted to in many in stances, and for obvious reasyns, they nave no connexion with any other house in or out of London. And those who desire uin Cheap Clothing should, to prevent disappointment, call at or e send to the Miaories, and Aidgate, City, London. E. MOSES and SOIL Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, and Outfitters, Nos. 154, 155, 156, 157, Ilinories, and 63, st, 85, and 86, .iddgatt, City, London. Nortce.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84, Aldgate. No business transacted at this Nstablishment from sunset en TridAY evening till sunset an Saturday fretting, when iw is routed 0 4 WWI 9'eleck 1411(''i 43 nip No. 16,756. LONDON, WEDNESDAY PE olt NING SV Ny WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Dr. Ryan's New and Interesting LECTURE on the CHE MISTRY and PHILOSOPHY of DIVING, at Half-past Three daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Professor liachhoffnees LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with hrilliant experiments, daily. MACINTOSH'S ROTARY EN GINE. COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCM- M EDIAN RAILWAY. the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, an EN VELOPE CUTTING MACHINE, and WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM-ENGINE GOVERNOR, all in action. Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY are among the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of Distinguished Men in the GOVERN MENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MI CROsCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE exhibiting a fine Collection of Livia/ Objects, &c., &c. Admission, Is. , Schools, Half-price. BEARD'S COLOURED DAGUERREO TYPE or PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITURE. The recent Improvements introduced by the patent e, have el'cited the following amongst a great variety of eth , T testimonials frool the public journAls. •• 'Mr. Beard's new prod-s of co'ouring is extremely beautitul."— Critic. . . . _ _ _ . _ . "No art could achieve any work of such force combined with such exquisite delicacy."—Atlas. " These i iprorements indicate astonishing progrets in bringing to perfection the Interesting process of Photography."—Times. Taken daily from nine ti .l Fix at 85, King William-street, City, (where application for licensee should he made), at 34, Parliament street, Westminster, and the Royal Polytechnil Institution, lie gent• street. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIAE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, th it pursuant to the Sessional Orders o the House of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOL')ERS of SCRIP or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of this COMPANY will be held at the Devonshire Hotel, in Skipton, in the county of York, on THURSDAY, the 4th day of June next, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon precisely, at wh , eh Meeting a Copy of the Bill now before Parlia ment, and which has received the sanction of the Comamitt , e of the house of Commons, intituled, " A Bill for making a Railway from Skipton to the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, to he called ` The Wharf dale Railway,' " will be submitted to the consideration and approval of the Holders of such Scrip and Bankers' Receipts. As it is essen tial that one-third of the capital proposed to be raised by the Bill should be represented at the Meeting, all Holders of Scrip or of Bankers' Receipts, as aforesaid, are particularly i equested to attend the same and produce their Scrip or Bankers' Receipts ; and in order to facilitate the business of the Meeting, and for the purpose of having their votes correctly recorded, they are particularly requested to forward to the Secretary, with as little delay as possible, their names and addresses, with the denoting numbers and amount of their Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, according to the accompanying forms. The Holders of Scrip or Beakers' R,ceipts, who cannot attend the Meet ing, but may wish to record their votes in ,avour of the undertaking, may effect that object by forwarding their Scrip or Bankers' Receipts to some one of the under-mentioned gentlemen on or before Monday, the 1 s day of June next, who will return the same to them after the Meeting, in such ma,,ner as they may direct : Matthew Wilson, jun., Esq , Esitton Hall, near Skipton, Chairman. Joseph St. John Yates, Esq., Manchester, Depnty Chairman. Francisßilliam, Newell Hall, Otlev. _ _ , . James Foulds, Esq., Trawden House, near Colue. Henry Alcock, Esq., Banker and Solicitor, Shipton. The Craven Bank and "ts Branches at Settle, Heighley, Clitheroe, Colne, Burnley, and Skipton. Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Bankers, 50, Cornhill, London, or to Mr. Andrew Paton, Secretary, 31, Princess-street, Manchester. A Receipt for the Scrip or Bankers' - Receipts thus transmitted will be duly forwarded, by the Secretary to the parties sending the same, by an early post. After the Ist. and until the 3d day of June next, Scrip or Bankers' Receipts can only be received by the Secretary, at 31, Proices-street, Manchester, and then at the Meeting at the time and place above mentioned. MATTHEW WILSON, jun., Chairman. Dated this 21st day of May, 1846. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE NORTH EASTERN RAIL, am the holder shares in this No. of Shares LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. OPENING to CHICHESTER and to LEWES, on MoNbar, the Bth ofJurie next ; and to HASTINGS and ST. LEONARD'S. on SATURDAY, the 2*, th of June nest. The following Trains will start from London-bridge Station on and after the Bth of June : U. M. 7 0 A.M. for Brighton, Lewes, and Chichester, Ist, 2d, and Tar liamentary. 9 0 A.M. for Brighton and Lewes, Ist, 2d, and 3d. 10 0 A.M. for Brighton, Lewes, and Chichester, lst and 2d. 11 0 A.M. (Express) for Brighton, Lewes, and Chichester, Ist and 2d. 12 0 noon for Brighton, Lewes, and Chichester, Ist and 2d. 2 0 P.M. for Brighton, Lewes, and Chichester, Ist and 2d. 3 0 P.M. for Brighton and Lewes, Ist, 2d, and 33. 5 0 P.M. (Express) for Brighton, Lewes, anti Chichester, let. 6 0 P.M. for Brighton, Lewes, and Chichester, let, 23, and 3d. 7 0 P.M. for Brighton; Lewes, and.Chicheater,.lst and 2d. FARES. Parlia- Express. Ist. 2d. 3d. mentary. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. From London to Chichester 15 0 12 6 9 0 6 0 6 0 Day Tickets, Ditto— • • 22 6 19 0 13 6 9 0 From London to Lewes.... 13 6 11 0 8 0 5 6 411 Day Tickets, Ditto 20 0 16 6• 12 0 8 0 By order, T. J. BLTCKTON, Secretary. London Terminus, May 29, 1846. RAILWAY COMMITTEK CV ESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP I. LONDON AND 'WORM (THE EASTERN C °mar TIES). The Committee met this clay at 11 o'clock, the Earl of Lovelace, Chairman. T U ti p e on Ni ih ble m aA n i b n e m ;so : saidtl e hed make wo Committee ul taking observationtheir seats, regard t u o he t , h i e appeared. with He is learn whether wlich I B lite n ly es , supposing the Committee were to grant one of the two principal lines before them, that the pro moters of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension would amalgamate with the trunk line, whichever should be. declared. He did not wish to have au answer to such an ob servation, he merely threw it out for the consideration of the parties ; nor did he wish it to be understood that the Com mittee had as yet made up their minds to pass any particular line. Mr. AUSTIN wished to understand from his Lordship if this was thrown out as a suggestion to all parties. The Noble CHAIRMAN said that it applied to all parties similarly placed to the Lincoln Extension. Mr. Atisim said that the case was now olosed for -the Eastern Counties. Some formal evidence for the landowners on the line was then called. A few witnesses were then called to prove the value of the property proposed to be taken by the Eastern Counties line. This closed the case for the promoters of the line. Mr. Calvert, Mr. Brent, and Mr. Spooner, were heard for the landowners against the Eastern Counties. No witnesses were called in support of the case. Mr. BAINES was then heard on behalf of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension line. The Learned Counsel, in an able address, sought to impress upon the Committee the supe riority of the line over that proposed by the Eastern Counties or the London and York Companies. At the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's speech, the Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. WHITSUN HOLIDAYS, a ENERAL YONI THUMB will continue his LEVEES at the EGYPTIAN HALL, ‘":7 Previous to his final departure to America. The little General will appear every Day and Evening in all the costumes and per ormances in which he had the honour of appear ing three times before her Majesty, and at all the principal Courts of Europe. Hours of Exhibition from Half•past Twelve to Two; Half-past Three to Five; and Half-past Seven to Nine o'clock. Admission, is.; Children, under ten years of age, Half-price. .AU Tickets that have been issued will he received, notwithstand ing their dates. After Nine o'clock each Evening, the General appears in his New Play at the City of London Theatre, Bishops.4atc-street. THE HIGHLAND DWARFS, THE HIGHLAND DWARFS, who have had the honour of exhibiting before her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert on two different occasions, are now to be seen in the Cosmorama Rooms, 209, Regent , street, every day from twelve to two o'clock, and from three to five ; and front seven to nine in the evening. The dwarfs are three in number, two males and a emale (brothers and sister) ; they are fully equipped in the High laed garb, and perform a series of national, martial, and festive 4Tances. The two males, who are remarkably active, excel in the celebrated Gille Coullam, or Sword Dance ; and so extraordinary is the muscular development of the eldest that he can with ease carry two 561 b. weights about the room. He and his brother exhibit all the positions of the broadside exercise with a precision that would do honour to the first school of fence. And in addition to their other accomplishments, they, in conjunction with their sister, sing the beautiful airs of their native glens with exquisite taste and feeling. As Mr. Mackenzie. who has these singular creatures under his protection, can (in consequence of his other engagements) remain but a short time in town, the admirers of the wonderful in nature are requested to pay an early visit. A:mission from Twelve to Two and from Three to Five o'clock, Is. ; and from Seven to Nine o'clock, is. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH I_ COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause STEPHENS against STEPHENS, the Creditors of JOSEPH JONES STEPHENS, late of Enfield, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, who died in the month of November, 1841, are forthwith to come in an I prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or, in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. E. U, RANDALL. Plaintiff's Solicitor, 56, Welbeck-street, N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL LONDON. Capital 2500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with rest , ect to Life Assurances end Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-tkir is of the oremiunas paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. - Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS, The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the last annual invegtieation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. , 0, gl Bonus Bonus in ....,9 Assured ..,;, g Premium. m added. Cash. Ev g may r. Cr 7, 4 .. .. Borrow. _ ._ ..... ........____ -- X Xs • • ,1 d 0837', 3,, 1000 74 3 4 :1839 1840 X 217 15 1 192 3 0 165 11 10 116 7 6 I 1 1 6 8 £lOO 0 11 87 1 4 74 1 9 54 0 10 49 10 0 416 0 4 13 10 2 11 3 1! 7 18 10 7 10 4 £445 0 0 395 11 1 34'; 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the pre.ent year. F. FERGUSON' O,OIIIOIJX, Secretary. A RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT, 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76. THOMAS FARICCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Eiq. John Ilumphery Esq., Alderman, William Banbury, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq.,. Alderman. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah filcher, Esq. James Clift, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. PursicteN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square. SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTITABY-Professor Hail, of King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. Persons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest Rate of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured, and which is. in effect, equivalent to an Annual Rom.; they - have likewise the security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance Fund of nearly a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of upwards of 60,0001., arising from the issue of between 5,000 and 6,000 Policies. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. For One Year. j For Seven Years. j Whole Term. Age. - 20 £0 17 3 30 1 1 3 40 1 5 0 50 1 14 1 60 3 2 4 £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 7 0 £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 One half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit for seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a debt upon the policy at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any time without notice. In Assurances for Advances or Money, as security for debts, of as a provision for a family, where the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. Claims paid In one month after proofs have been furnished. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock, and Policies issued the same day. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE A 3SJRANCE COMPANY, 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament 1 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG Till; ASSURED. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq. William Railton, Esq. E EE Lennoxgilrtnioßyß.doA;Eda,srgEn"esq'it.Ersisesnltstan- John Ritchie, Esq. Resident F. 11. Thomson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Surgeon—F. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street. This Company, established by Act of Ptuliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended It since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL INCOME being UPWARDS of 82,0001, In 1841 the Company added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum an the Rum Insured to all Polichs of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1840, is as follows : Sum Time Sum added' Sum Time Sum Added Assured. Assured. to Policy. 'Assured Assured. to Policy. :,5000 6 yrs. 10 piths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO 600 0 0 5000 2 years 5000 6 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, en only one-halfneed be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insu rance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. 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By ROBERT CUOIVTLIER, Esq, late Captain Madras Cavalry. London : Longman and Co., publishers, Paternoster-row. "Ot the many similar works of this description which have from time to time issued from the press, we' may safely - cite this as by far the most usetul and complete. Captain Kerr's ' Advice to Cadets.' usuzlly regarded as the best of its class, is a very good book, but it is too verbose and bulky, and contains besides a vast deal of doubt less well meant, but wholly extraneous matter. The present' Guide' is written by an expetieticed and talented officer of the Madras Ca valry, influenced wholly by a desire to save parents much useless expense in the outfit for India, and to promote the comiort and wel fare of their sons. It is well known that the c.implaints of cadets and writers on their arrival in India respecting their outfits ate as invariable as they are loud ; the usual lists containing an abundance of absurdly selected and u t terly use l ess art i c l es , w hil st t h ose o f rea l necessity, and which are o f ten not procura bl e i n I n di a, or on l y at a most exorbitant price, are wholly omitted. To furnish himself with these real necessities in India the cadet is obliged to encumber him self with debts, no allowance being made for those essential articles in the sum provided for his regimental equipment on his arrival in India. Mr. Crowther's aim is to remedy this monstrous grievance, and an extensive circulation of his book will assuredly very far pro mote this beneficial object. His style of writing is concise and unaf fected, his matter well selected and arranged, and his instructions, beyond the mere advice as to outfits. punhases, servants, pay, and so forth, are those becoming a soldier a d a gentleman. No yo. ng officer ought ;o he allowed to embark for India unprovided with this most excellent little manual—much mental anxiety and bodily dis tress will he avoided by a frequent reference and heed to its valuable contents."---British F lend of India Magazine and Indian Review. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. - - A special general meeting of the holders of new shares in this Company, for the purpose-a...c.wstoct .7 ing the following branch lines of railway, was held yes terday, at eleven o'clock, in the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, in pursuance of the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament, to consider the propriety of proceeding with the Bills empowering the formation of the same. The list of Bills is as follows: - 1. A Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to deviate the line of the said railway in the vicinity of Carlisle. _ _ _ 2. A Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to make branch railways to the town of Dumfries. 3. A Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to make a branch railway to the town of Langholm. 4. A Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Compariy to deviate certain portions of the Clydesdale Junction Railway. 5. A Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to form certain branch and terminal railways in the vi. cinity of Glasgow. 6. A Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to make a branch railway from the Clydesdale Junction Railway to the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway at Dundyvan and Coatbridge. 7. A Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to make branch railways from the Castlecary Branch of the Caledonian Railway to the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway, and from the last-mentioned railway to the town of Airdrie. 8. A Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to make certain branch railways in the county of Mid- Lothian. The meeting, which was numerously and respectably attended, was presided over by J. J. Hope Johnstone, Encl., M.P., the chairman of the board of directors. Among the gentlemen present besides the Hon. Chair man, we recognised Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P., Mr. Hodg son, M.P., &c., &c. The CHAIRMAN said, the first thing they had to do was for the secretary to read the advertisement calling the meeting together. Mr. MACKAY then read the announcement of the meeting, which he stated had been inserted in all the newspapers, and in the London and Edinburgh Gazelles, as required by the sessional order of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the meeting to the following effect:—Gentlemen, it is now my duty to submit for your consideration the Bills, the names of which have been read to you, in order that your decision may be taken upon them. But before submitting them to you let me, in the first place, call your attention to the most unexpected deci sion come to by a House of Commons this y ear in regard to the scheme of the Glasgow and Dumfries Company, which was put forward last year against the Caledonian, but which was lost, after a full and fair investigation before Committees of both Houses of Parliament. From what had previously taken place I had good grounds to expect a decision of a different kind. I do not say so without sufficient grounds for the statement. You will recollect that, atter a lengthened inquiry on the part of a commission appointed to investigate as to the best means of supplying the south of Scotland with railway accommodation, that a decision was given in favour of the Caledonian scheme. That decision was affirmed in the able report of•.the Board of Trade, and afterwards a Committee of the House of Commons and subsequently a Committee of the House of 'Lords ratified that decision. They de clared that on public grounds the Caledonian Railway's claims for preference were well founded. Since then I see no reason why that decision, on the faith of which the Caledonian Company was incorporated, should be departed from by the admission of a competing line—a line, too, which after the most ample and fair investiga tion was rejected last year as incompatible with the Caledonian Railway. This is the posi tion in which we are now placed, the Bill which was last year rejected having now received the sanction of a Committee of the House of Commons. But we must not rest satisfied with that decision— (Hear, hear)—or allow ourselves to remain in the posi tion in which we have been se unjustly placed, as I can not but think, when the case is more fully considered, that it will be seen the decision is not such a one as we were in justice and equity entitled to. I may, however, observe, that if we have failed before the Committee of the House of Commons in opposition to the Glasgow and Dumfries scheme, we have prevailed against another opponent that threatened to take a con siderable portion of our traffic I mean the North British extension, from Hawick to Carlisle. We stand in as favourable a position as we could desire, as far as that project is concerned, the Committee having de cided that the preamble of their Bill was not proved. With reference to the Bills now submitted, some it will not be necessary to proceed with; only I think it will be better that the whole be agreed to now than postponed. We should then be in a position to proceed with all of them at any time, should circumstances require it. I think that all of these branches are essential to the prosperity of the Caledonian system ; and some of them have been brought forward more as a protection than from the expectation of large remu neration. Last year we proposed a branch from the main line of the Caledonian Railway to Dumfries, which we thought would give the necessary facilities to that town. We thought one branch which would not have cost more than 100,000/., and with the trifling detour of only seven miles, would have been satisfactory, but the Committee decided differently. In order, therefore, to meet their objections we brought forward the present scheme, to unite Dumfries with the main line of the Caledonian Railway, by two branches involving a con siderable expense. We have also considered a deviation in the main line near to Carlisle necessary, in order to ob tain an entrance into a commodious central station that is proposed to be erected there for the accommodation of this railway in conjunction with the Lancaster and Car lisle, the Newcastle and Carlisle, and the Maryport and Carlisle Railways. Conceiving that such a central sta tion will be of the greatest advantage to the public, we have proposed the deviation in question. We also pro pose, about nine miles from Carlisle, to take a branch from the main line to Langholm, both as a means of protection and to afford accommodation to a considerable population. We likewise propose a small deviation on the Clydesdale Junction Railway, which is necessary in consequence of a decision of the House of Commons last year. There is a Bill also involving considerable opera tions in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, which are found necessary to connect the Clydesdale Junction with the Barrhead and Neilston and Glasgow and Greenock Rail ways, a connexion that will be of great advantage, embracing also a scheme for crossing the River Clyde, so as to establish a station in the very centre of the city. This Bill has been agreed to by the Committee of the House of Commons, with the exception of the latter part, for crossing the Clyde, which is not to be per witted without the consent of the Admiralty. The Committee would only sanction the preamble of the Bill, subject to such approval. At present the Admiralty are not prepared to sanction the crossing of the river, and we will, therefore, have to confine our opera tions, at present, to the south bank. I may h ere remark that the Ayr and th e Gl asgow and Edinburgh Railway Companies had a project before the same Com mittee for crossing the river lower down, but that was rejected, so that with regard to the crossing we stand at least upon equal terms with them, If the Admiralty at any future period may consider our plan for crossing the river unobjectionable, or we may__ devise some means of effecting th a t object that will meet with their ap proval, then we shall be in a positiot. to give a most central and commanding station in the very heart of the city. We have also Bills for short branches to connect the Garnkirk Railway and the adjoining district with the Scottish Central Railway, so as to bring the large northern traffic on to the line. The last Bill is for the purpose of effecting a junction from the terminus at Edinburgh to the pier at Granton—a pier constructed upon the largest scale, in order to accommodate the shipping, and through which, by the proposed branch, we shall be able to afford every facility to the shipment of coal and other mineral traffic. We have proposed to make this junction along with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company. it will not involve any gre at expense, and . no doubt be highly re munerative. We did submit a Bill to extend the junc tion to the port of Leith, but some difficulty arose in carrying it out, and we have not proceeded with 4 , We bore, however, to make such armor- WAY COMPANY. I of of Scrip (or Bankers' Receipts) for undertaking numbered as follows : Scrip for 1 share to Scrip for 5 shares to Scrip for 10 shares to Scrip for 20 shares to T0ta1—..... Name in full ••.. • ..... Address •••• • • • • •• •• • • Profession ............ Date .............. • .• Inclusive, PRICE SD. THE DIRECT BOMBAY and MADRAS RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 4,500,0001., in 90,000 shares of 507. each, Deposit, ss. per share, being the amount limited by the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110, with the provisions of which Act the Company have strictly complied ; and no further call until the local surveys have been taken and reported to the shareholders. PRomorEa-Captain BOUC H E TT E, C.E., son of the late Hon. Colonel Bouchette, Surveyor-General for Canada Offices of the Company-58, Fenchurch-street. The plans, maps, and sections of this line have been laid before the following most distinguished and influential personages, who have all given their approval of its importance and utility His Royal Highness Prince Albert, of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, KG. G.C.8., &c. The Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., late Governor-General of India. The Right Hon. the Earl of Ripon, President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India. The Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of Trade. The Right Hen Lord Metcalfe, late Governor of Madras, and Gover nor-General of Canada. General Lord Aylmer, G.C.B late governor -General of Canada. General Lord -trafford, G.C.8., G.C.H., late Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Ireland. The Right lion. IV. E. Gladstone, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.M.G., G.C.8., F.R.S., and M.P., late Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. General Sir James Caldwell, K.C.B. General Carpenter, H.E.I.C.S. Colonel Sir Francis Cockburn, K.C.8., late Governor of the Bahamas. COMMITTEE. Major-General Moss, Honourable East India Company's Service. Major-General Watson, C. 8., H.E.LC.S. Captain Frobisher, 11.E.1.C.5. J. Hodgson. Esq., Oakhill-park, Middlesex. Captain Gilliam, Bengal Service. H. Madding, Esq , Hoobly, near Darwar. Richard Lucas, Esq.. Brom ey, Bucks. W. J. Jerardjee, Esq., Madras. Thomas Fuller, Esq., merchant, the Elms, near Louth, " (With power to add to their number). CONSOLTING ENGINEER-John A. Galloway, ESq., C.E. ENGINEERS-Captain Bouchette ; Walter P. Wade, Esq., late Royal Engineers. STANDING COUNSEL-Her Majesty's Solicitor-General ; Alexander Cockburn, Esq., Q.C. Bombay i dhu3 - Irtl ß ißs a ls t ri is k ,ht isr Bombay. mn f lt,4uo;C,kk goimhiyai BANKERS. London-London and County Bank. mi r a, e ainad ß yn a zd n o k . lng Company. Edinburgh-liritish Linen Company's Bank. Bir Yo t Midland Banking Company. Southampton -Hampshire Banking Company. Glasgow -Union Bank of Scotland. Liverpool-The Liverpool Banking Company. AGENTS. Bombay-Messrs. Nicoll and Co. Madras-Messrs. Binny and Co. SECRETARY-James Ward, Esq. PROSPECTUS. Public attention is naturi.;ldirectedtothe continent of India, in thSse times of speculative enterprise, as a new and unexplored field for the investment of capital, from the conviction that the yet unde veloped resources of its wealth, its industry, and its productive power, will richly arid amply remunerate the speculator. The trillion, who people that vast and fertile region of the globe, only require the impulse of enterprise to call forth the almost bound less riches that int inediately surround them ; and were they possessed of that great artery of civilisation-railroads -the current of their political and industrial strength would instantly become enlarged, not only in volume, but in richness also. If we glance at the continent of India, we find our power mainly concentrated OR three points on the coast-Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, which form an irregular triangle, the base of which may be termed Madras and Calcutta, and the apex Bombay; and the great bulk of the wealth and physical power of India is inclosed within that figure; therefore, it becomes a matter of the primest im portance to have the intersecting lines of our empire as perfect as possible, so that our power may be felt at every point, and our in fluence extended to every part. From the want of this concentrative power, India has become almost a burden to the mother country, barely paying its executive administration in lieu of being a lucrative possession - a wealth-yielding appendage. To obviate this great and glaring defect in our Anglo-Indian em pire, it is only necessary to extend to her the same means of com munication that we possess at home; to bring, in short, the great centres of her internal power nearer to each other ; and, instead of depending upon her rivers as lines of traffic and intercourse, she ought to have a well-arranged network of railway extending over her surface ; then she would increase in power, and augment in riches. The Direct Bombay and Madras Railway is projected to carry out, in part, this noble scheme; and a single glance at the map must convince the most cautious calculator that the project is well founded, and the line of route happily chosen to effect its purpose; as it will intersect the most wealthy and industrious provinces of the continent of India, the Carnatic, and the Mysore, which abound in natural productions, in manufacturing in , lustry, and in agricultural wealth. The two great Presidencies of Madras and Bombay will be brought within a few hours' journey of each other, and not months, as here tofore ; and, in lieu of vessels making a long and dangerous voyage of some 5,400 miles half round the entire peninsula of India, their csstly cargoes may be easily conveyed to Bombay for shipment, in a less number of hours than the voyage occupies days; thus avoiding all risks of damage, peculation, wear, and tear, &c., which in general characterise these voyages. The saving of insurance will also be immense-a matter of first-rate importance. In a political and military point of view, the line must be of almost Incalculable importance, as it will intersect the great depots of the East India Company, and afford at a 1 times a ready and prompt conveyance for troops, baggage, stores, artillery, and that cumbrous materiel which invariably attend their march ; and, above all, it will prove of the utmost utility to the Indian Government., in the distri bution of their forces among the various military posts of the three fresidencies, and for their rapid concentration on any required point, the wan tof which was so distinctly shown in the late calamitous events on the Sutlej, and the consequent tearful sacrifice of life. The district traversed by the Direct Bombay and Madras Railway contains upwards of 30,000,000 of inhabitants ; and the wants and industry of this large body already yield a considerable tonnage, al hough in a comparative state of barbarous communication. In the report of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, we find that the t. attic to and from that City amounts to 187.343 tons annually, con sisting chiefly of cotton and salt. These two items form merel; a fraction of the requirements or the Indians. Bombay is unapproach able except by a dangerous and expensive sea-board, and acheap and safe communication can alone render available her internal resources. Cotton has now to be transported 500 miles to the coast, to reach Bombay for shipment. A railway would naturally obviate so cir cuitous and expensive a route. Some idea ma , be formed of the de struction and delay occasioned by these journeys, when we state that the cotton is carried on the backs of oxen, at the rate of 10 Iniles per day ' which enormously augments its shipment price. The present cost of conveyance from NagpOre to the port of shipment is from 141. to 2 J. a ton, and the charge by rail of Sd a ton per mile would amount to 4/. 3s. 4d., a considerable differen n e e e. lisilua l n, ..h ryd e oi s ifu a cr me 3: f io a : c a t : s : p oi r : e- : vail in regard to silk and other commodities, which are Of the first importance .,hf w to il o l u a r l ziLit =l, lo in u te s r t e h s e ts fl . all its rich productions, conmu ncing as it will at Madras, and taking in its course Arcot, Valore, Banal ire, Oscotta, Bangalore, Sera, iee r i u S i o , d K at o r l e a e : H ll u u i rr y to h o a r n , ihoiot rhiy. D oc t a r , w a M r, , a r c a r o d r a , , t; o A h n a a u g k e , e ityba ugh, Kola poor, Satara, Poona, Poonah, Tulligaon, Singhur, Callianee, Basseen, Salsette, and Bombay ; thus absorbing the interests and traffic of up wards of 30 fist-rate cities, and from 400 to 500 towns in the most densely populated part of India, facilitating the conveyance of cotton, coffee, tobacco, opium, sugar, silk, senna, gum, cassia, dye-woods, hides, furs, lac, betel nut, saltpetre, spices, fire-wood, charcoal, coal, corn, and various kinds of grain, indigo, &c., and the imports of treasure, manufactured anti other goods, salt, ice, &c. The passenger traffic alone, according to reasonable and careful calculation, will yield an ample per centage on :he capital raised ; and the immense tonnage of merchandise and raw produce must insure to the shareholders a profit beyond even the first-rate lines of England. The promoters of the present scheme have received intelligence from their agents that the line presents no engineering difficulties, and that the cost of construction must be moderate, labour being and the purchase of land comparatively trifling, and wood, coal, and iron abounding in the immediate neighbourhood of the whole line. The management of the Company will be vested in a Board of Di rectors in London, in connexion with an influential branch both in Bombay and Madras. Care will be taken, in the act constituting the Company, that the responsibility of the Shareholders shall be limited to the amount of their subscriptions, and four per cent. interest will be paid upon the capital advanced up to the time of construction. The Directors also beg to call especial attention to the principle by which allottees in this Company are protected from an objectionable responsibility, by the condition that their application for shares will not be considered binding upon them, should they afterwards decline to pay the de posits requi: ed at the time specified in their letters of allotment. A reserve of 40,000 shares will be made for India, which the pro jectors have much pleasure in stating will scarcely suffice for the demand already made. Applications for shares, in the annexed form, mar be addressed to tho Secretary, at the Company's offices, 58, Fenchurch street, and to the undermentioned sharebrokers sad agents :-Messrs. Joshua Hut- G 41135011 and Son, Lothbury ; Messrs. Hughscn and Dobson, Frederick street, Edinburgh ; Mr. Edward Dickenson, Liverpool; Messrs. Borthwielt. Campbell, and Co., Glasgow ; Islr. J. It. Massey, 6, Temple-street, Birmingham ; Mr. Thomas J. Greaves, St. Ann's square, Manchester; Messrs. Edward Morgan and Co., Norwich ; Messrs. Borthwick and Co , Newcaatle-onsTyne; Mr. W. H. Laud, B an r d ist A ol id lI s l o ; ereisi,srsl..orTku;rnb3uitllssarsti.d 3, M fu rt n is e t a v t , er liv a l n l d; Wilson, D s od he s m w e o l r d th ; dge street, Chester ; M. W. Oliphant, Perth ; Mr. John Caldecott, I)ublin ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter Gardener-street, Bolger, p E t l o s n g o ; od m easns Bridge-attest, T H a e r - t r h iso a n n , d L L t e ls ic c e o s ra t ebre Plymouth t C 3 la i r r k . , r j e u r i c i y ., Mews. Brogue and Brown, Glasgow ; Messrs. Smyth and Colchester ; Messrs. Lang Dublin; Mr. Richard Richardson, Du Bedats, Royal Exchange, Leeds; Mr. J. Hurry, Spalding, Smith and Perfect, Mr. IV. 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Should the Bills pass at a future period, we shall be prepared-to_ r settle the principle upon which. the holders of the pre sent stock shall unite with the holders of the original Caledonian stock. At present I hope there will be no difference of opinion as to tire propriety of agreeing to, these schemes, which have „already 'been submitted to, and sanctioned by, two general meetings: They are now submitted only in agreement with - the 'resolutions of the Hodse of Coramolis. In conclusion, allow me to observe that, under existing circumstances, you should, distinctly rememb er , that as a means of protection, 'as wall as a means of bringing traffic to the 'main line, it is your interest to sanction them all.—(Cheera.)The SECRETARY then read the heads •of the several Bills submitted for the approval of the meeting. Mr. YANDERWALL said, before the sene of the meet ing was taken on the Bills, he wished the meeting would agree to a resolution anthorising the payment of say 4 per cent. on t h e paid-up stock.He believed a proposi tion of that kind - was agreed to at the Caledonian Ex tension meeting yesterday: The CHAIRMAN ihOUght it was an- important questinn, 'and required consideration. The directors, ho b e li eve d, were willing to t a k e the n iatter'into their consideration. 11fr. BUCKLEY wished to know if the sharehol ders the present Comp an y wo u ld haie anything ohr e to d the Caledonian EXt ens i on . ° The CHAIR3IAN said that an understanding had been come to by the Caledonian COmpany with the Caledo nian Extension, in its original form, to leaSe ft at a rate of not less than 4 per cent. on the whole capital. But the original plan having been altered on account of the eastern portion of the Caledonian Extension being re jected by the Standing Orders' Committee, the matter assumed a new form. It had not yet been fully consi dered by the directors of the Caledonian Company, and it could not be decided without full communication with the shareholders. Yet, inasmuch as the western portion of the Caledonian Extension, which was retained, was the must favourable portion . of the scheme, • if the Bill for it was obtained, it would come before th e shareholders of the-Caletioaian.Compauy,witen there was no doubt they would see at once the propriety of leasing it.—(Hear.) Mr. BUCKLEY said he was a holder in this Company of shares which he purchased for investment, and not for speculation: had he sold out last year and bo ug ht i n now he. might have cleared 1,5001. by the transaction; still he preferred to hold on, and would continue to do so, as he believed it would yet turn out one of the best paying lines in the United Kingdom. If they only waited till the line was opened, he was sure they would obtain 50 per cent. on their shares over the original price.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted he would live to see the shares at a good premium, and if the directors could only be persuaded to give a small interest on the capital paid up,.as was done by some other companies, say even 3 per cent , it would be of great importance, and give vigour to the whole Company. A SHAREHOLDER inquired when it was likely the line would be opened ? The CHAIRMAN believed that the line would be opened throughout early in the year 1848. A portion of the line, however, to the extent of 80 miles, he hoped would be open next summer, about the Ist of July. Mr. BUCKLEY trusted the directors would arrange the calls so as to press as light as possible on the share holders. The CHAIRMAN—We have already 15/. per share paid up. When 25/. is paid we can then proceed upon the powers of our Act of Parliament to borrow money, and you may rest assured we will take care to press you as little as possible. Mr. P. M. STEWART, M.P., said, as he held a consi derable stake in the Caledonian Company, he could not resist saying a few words in reference to the decision which had just been recorded against it by a Committee of the House of Commons—a decision so contrary to justice, and to the determination come to last ses sion of Parliament, that he was quite sure they would yet find redress in the House of Commons itself. If there was any faith to be placed in the deci sions of Parliament, .if there was any trust to be re posed in the Legislative body, the matter must end in favour of the Caledonian Company, which had been sanctioned by Parliament, after passing through a rigid ordeal of ten years. He maintained that on the faith of Parliament the Caledonian Company had proceeded to execute their works; yet now they found a competing line, which last year bad been tried and found want ing, let loose upon them. There would be an end to all confidence in Parliament if it sanctioned this most unjust and untoward proceeding. According to the usage of Parliament, it was required that when a report is brought up from a Committee a day is fixed for its consideration when that came on, all he would say was, that if the House of Commons confirmed that re port, it would create the feeling in the country that pro perty was not safe while Parliament was sitting.—(Hear, hear.) But there was another tribunal to which it would have to go, and where he was sure a Duke and one or two Marquises would find no favour beyond their intrinsic worth.—(Hear.) He could say both the London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction Railway Comps nies felt the liveliest interest in these proceedings, and he had no doubt they would yet bring matters to a favour aide issue. He thought it his duty to say so much, and he assured them he would do what he could to sustain the Caledonian scheme before the House in its original integrity. At present they were labouring under this unfavourable decision, but such had been the unac countable want of business conduct on the part of the gentlemen who composed the Committee, that he would be much surprised indeed if they (the Company) yet did not get justice done.—(Cheers.) Mr. VANDERWALL recalled the attention of the meet ing to the question of interest on the deposits. Mr. lioncsoN, M.P., said the meeting was not com petent to entertain that question to-day. Under present circumstances considerable advantage might result from an arrangement for the_payment of interest, and there fore he did not object to it. He had formerly thought such a course was not advisable, but as many other Companies had acted upon this plan be would not oppose it, and it would no doubt receive the attentive considera tion of the Committee. With regard to the Glasgow and Dumfries scheme, it would be found that the ques tion had been decided by the Committee on the question of its local merits, and independent of the consideration of its being an independent competing trunk line with the Caledonian. If so, then it was a clear question for the House of Com mons at large to enter upon. He hoped the subject would be brought fully and fairly before Parliament, in order to see whether they who sanctioned the Cale-' donian line last year would allow another com peting trunk line to be constructed against it now. The CHAIRMAN then took the vote of the meeting on the whole of the Bills submitted, which was as follows: Scrip represented at the meeting— Assents Dissents Neuter The CHAIRMAN declart d that this concluded the busi ntss of the meeting. Mr. BUCKLEY moved a vote of thanks to the Chair man for his great attention to the interests of the Com pany and his conduct that day. Mr. ASTON seconded the motion, which was put and carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the manifesta tion of feeling just shown, and said nothing would so much encourage him to labour in their behalf as the consciousness that he possessed the confidence of such a body. The meeting then separated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Ana. I. rgate, Nottingham, In favour of the buyer. The I 21 dis —Birkenhead, Lancaqhire, an d Market is dull, and prices are - • *Tx/. STOCK Exemtwoz.—The . Sh es are ar y. Boston, and Eastern Junction, s. . Cheshire Junction, 134 p.—Birmingham and Oxford, % p.—Derby and Crewe, 334 p.—Grand Junction, 223—Ditto,' New Quarter iares 281 p..—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 51 P.—Leeds and New S Thir ha sk, 4% dis M.— Leicester and Bedford, p.—Liverpo o l and. Bury, res, 2 p.—Liverpool, Onnskirk, and Preston, 16s. X 13. — London and Manchester (Rein.), 389. 6d. dis.—London and York, 4 di9.—Manchester andißirmingham, Quarter Shares (B), 9 p.—Mid laud Stock, 150% —DIN), 401. Shares, 14 P.—North Staffordshire, its. 6d. p.—North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 15 4 o.—Sheflield and Manchester, 11 0—Ditto, Quarter Shares, No.l, 4% p.—Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 1 p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 2% dis.—gouth- Eastern, No. 3, consolidated, 3M p.—West Riding Union, 2% I). i York and North Midl and, East and West Riding Extension, 10% p. — Edinburgh and Glasgow, Half Shares, 7% p.—Groat Co un t y Down, 1% dis. YORK, Julia 1. STOCK Excnssroz.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension; 11(—Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 12s. 6d.—Leices ter and Bedford, U. ss. 6 4.—London and York, 2% —Mahon and Drifileld Junction, V. U.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, s%—Newcastle and Darlington Extension, 9 1 4—North Bri tish, Carlisle Extension, INi —York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 11 . POOR-LaW OFFICERS' BENE VOLENT SOCIETY.—On Monday the memb ers of t h is Society and their friends cele brated their first annual dinner, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. The object of the Society is by sub scriptions and,donations, to raise - a fund for the assistance of such members and their widowsasmayfall into decay,uniting the advantages of mutual assurance with those ,of bene volence for the furtherance of its object. B, B. Cabbell, Esq., presided. The cloth having been cleared and the ac customed loyal toasts having been drank, the Secretary read the report, from which it appeared that the Society was established in the year 1842, and that there were now one hundred and forty-one members, and that the income amounted to 3.511. ns. per annum. lie expressed a hope that it would effect a great deal of go o d when it was known to those who were interested in its objects. It was ascertained that there were no less than 20,000 persons engaged in the administration of the poor laws, and that therefore they might anticipate a further support than they enjoyed at present. The Chairman then proposed prosperity to the Institution. He said the poor- Irv/ officers were unpopular, but on that account they de served more public sympathy. In supporting this Institution he did not mean it to be understood that he approved of the poor-law, but he thought that those who administered the law with humanity and charity should be protected from the hardships which the poor were exposed to, who were obliged to apply for parochial relief. In the course of the evening the bealths of the Secretary and Stewards were drank and acknowledged, and the conviviality was kept up by the pro tssional efforts of Messrs. Sporle, Turner, Sim P o well, whostnii( several popular stings, and th nl e on m s Simmons, did not separate without making a liberal subscript' subscriptionforth: objects of the Societ:. Mr. Colqiihoun has announced to the electors of New castle- under-Lyne that he does not i n t en d to come forclagain as a candidate to represent thent, CHINA. (Prom the New York Journal of Cominerce.) CARTON., Jes. 1846.—0 f all the men on the face o the globe (and I have sojourned among several nations in my life), I have never seen any equal to the Chinese in the love of money. It is said this people have many' idols, and so t h ey haie; but - they are all worshipped means to an en d : and their worship aipears_le e narrowed down t o t h at one great ultimate entr=riehes, and the enjoyment of riches. Every city, and every street; nay, every house of every street, as far as I have seen, has a nich e on the side toward the strietArdicated to the god who brings riches. And impious would that man be esteemed who neglected to light a teper and burn three incense sticks eVery . evening befVel.that all adored idol. Even now do my ears ring .with i the ex clamation of horror which burst from my landhird, some few nights ago, when on taking possession of the pre mises, his incense pot was thrown into the Arent. That landlord now, of his own accord, comes armost every evening to my studY, to join in rt.tiding the bible, and uniting in pray er t o t h e true G od with the disdiples. The prominent position which the subject (*slavery is occupying in the minds of Christians at home,, led me to inquire into its existence in this grear provincial city —Canton. I t seems that azeonn• the one tailiiin of in habitants, which it is said this City con tairis"gtere ere estimated to be about 100000 slaves, all oe s aidlich are females; that is to any the number of male hisitdmen is not computed to be beyond one hundred. TM reason of this disparity of numbers is the follow,a4gi—the male slaves in China are chiefly employed in agricultural pur suits, and therefore are not found in cities; whereas the female slaves are chiefly employed in swelling the_ harems of the rich. It is not legal in China to have more than one wife, though it is legal to have as many concubines as one can maintain. Th• former invariably maintains her superiority over the. other inmates of the inner apartments, not deeming that her rights and privileges are at all invaded by the number of the females who look to her husband for support. The number and beauty of these slaves are limited only by the ability of the owner to support them. I was in a house the otheralay the owner of which has from twelve to fourteen female slaves, besides his wife. Some of them are very pretty ; and one of them cost her owner 5,000 dollars. The- general average price of a slave, whether male or.female, is from 200 to 500 dollars each. When old and unable to work, these slaves are made either to act as 'door-keepers to the houses of the rich, or, like worn-out hots in the streets of New York, they are turned out of deo4s to beg and die. And as in one case, so in the other, she former owners are not regarded as deserving censure csi- notice for such abandonment. The supply of slaves to meet the demand is, generally speaking, fr om such sources as the foll owing: —A debtor, .hard pushed by hi s creditor, will sometimes sell t his wife or children, o r even himself (baring no family), into slavery to pay his debts. Orphan children left destitute are often sold into slavery, merely to procure their sup port. Parents or guardians will often sell thai e un d er their care, either to get rid of the charge, or to make a little money. There came a very decent woman to my house not long since, very anxious to sell me (what she said was) her own grandchild (two years old) for the sum of 6or 8 dollars. Very large numbers of slaves are those who in infancy, or too young to remember, were kidnapped from their friends. For many make it a business to procure young children and maintain them till adult age, either to sell, or make them minister to the carnal appetites of the people. Chinese slaves are not to be distinguished in' colour of the skin, in dress, or in any other particular, from free men, except that when quite young, female slaves gene rally have their braid of hair wound with a string some six or eight inches from the head, while free girls have the braid tied close to the head. The forme+, too, ge nerally have large feet, while the latter, except the boat women and the very lowest order of respectable women, have the feet cramped in infancy. Female infanticide in China, about which I have read so much in American papers or in books on China, very rarely, if ever, occurs in Canton. Not only have I never seen a case myself, but I 'nave not seen an intelligent Chinaman who tells rae from his own personal knowledge of a case of, the kind. In deed, I suppose infanticide at Canton does not now exist ; not b-cause the people are any better than they formerly were—but simply because it is not in the nature of a Chinaman to throw away anything which can be turned into money, and they all know that a child, male or female, will bring from ten to thirty dollars, acs cording to its health and beauty. I have often thought, in connexion with this subject, what miserable: lives those persons would lead who should come as missionaries to this country, resolved that they would neither touch, taste, nor handle, any thing that was the product of slaver. Not only d oes a very great porti on o f t h e tea and s ilks exported to the United States come from the hands of slaves; but in like manner that consumed here, as well as perhaps four-, fifths of the food offered for sale, passes through the hands of those who are slaves, in the very stroP.gest sense of the term. For, be it understood, that the chil dren to the farthest generations, of a slave, 0:e likewise slaves, until they are bought or liberatt:4l from their despotic masters. DARING ITlonweE RoeBERY.—MosELEY, WORCES TERsIIIRE, MAY 30.—A highway robbery, attended with cir cumstances of considerable aggravation, occurred in • the ins mediate neighbourbocel of this village last night, Mr. Briscoe, a gentleman upwards of eighty years of age, resid ing at Great-hill Mill, had been spending the day with relation, Mr. Kemp, of the Fighting Cocks Inn, Moseley, and , left on his return home between seven and eirlit o'clock • in the evening. On arriving on Moseley Wake green, -„t the corner of the road leading in the direction of his tri:, u h ouse , _and about half a mile distant, lie was_ suddenly attacked by two young men, one of whom pulled him n- e en his back and rifled one of his pockets of a purse, contail i i ng T s „ or Bs., while the other held a pistol to his head, and, upon pain of death, demanded his money. Having secured the old gentle• man's purse, the villains decamped, but in the confusion of the moment., for it was a mere momentary . affair, be Ives unable to state the direction they took. Fortunately, it being broad daylight, the thieves omitted to search more than one of Mr. Briseoe's pockets, o th erw i se they would have met with b oo t y i n hard cash to the atnotint of 40/. and upwards. On his arrival at home Mr. Briscoe communi cated the robbery to his family, and his son, after hearing the description of the men by whom his father had been as sailed, recollected seeing two fellow's of like description passing by the house a short time before. An alarm, was immediately given, and men sent of in all directions in pursuit of the robbers, and in the course of an hour and a half they were apprehended at Golden Hillock, about two miles and a half from Birmingham. They gave their names as Garratt and B e lli ng h am, and their residence Birmingham. They were found in possession of 7s. 8 1 4. in money, nine skeleton keys, and a crowbar, but no pistol. Immediately the prisouers 'were shown to Mr. Briscoe, he identified them as the men by whom he was attacked and robbed, and whom be had seen more than once, during the day at the Fighting Cocks, Moseley. They Were delivered over to the county police, and for the night wn veyed to the station at King's-heath. Subsequent e:idence proved the correctness of Mr. Briscoe's statement. Th e pd. soners, after the old gentleman left the inn, were, seen by Mr. Bird, the postmaster of the village, to follow him in the di rection of Wake-green, and this morning the police-officer s , Superintendent Potter, and Const a bl e Clewer, found Lear the spot where the robbery was said to have been committed, a pistol loaded with powder, and two pebble stones. Both Bellingham and Garratt admitted that they had been at the Fighting Cocks Inn i and the servant-man in waiting states that they more than once inquired who Mr. Briscoe was, anti where he lived. The priseners were this day taken before Mr. Lawrence at the Public-office, Birmingham, and fully committed to take their trial at the ensuing Worcester Asizes. The general belief is, that their original intention was the plunder of - the Fighting Cocks Inn. G ALVANO- PLAsTIc PROCESS. The galvano plias tin process was applied on a large scale a short time ago at the establishment of Baron de Harkewitz, at Berlin. The colos sal plaster head of Juno, by Ludovisi, and were also bo t th e co vered p lat bust by the sculptor Rauch, of Berlin, with bronze. T 6 h fe e e frontal a n n ta d l a circumferenceregionof the heed .)f hnasea nearly diameter of The more than operation,which was executed in the presence of the, off King, "mmweasian'ecelevssaary. succeeded so well t im hat t n if 7 ed fin th is a h t in h g eg ve gates des!inedfor ref;of the N o li v r a d is i e d rs e Majes t y n to , r a bronzing nd w th a e s s o in themdeul much I n ' c olossal w f t heistatuechg a of Christ, by Thot.. ofwLhutheur.re cut elbnr 0 4ze used e p t a ltahcee ninety-five i b T e rhge,e Theses e n in tho o textsy al the establishment of Baron de Harkewitz I , resents the most varied and beautiful shades, and resists all the effects of' the weather. FOUR BULLOCKS KILLED ON THE wAY,- - A t A an early hour on Monday morning last four fine bullocks, the property of Mr. Robert French, of Btill's Lodge, Boreham. which had strayed smut the line, ''ere killed from being run over by a train of py caliie trucks proceeding to Col chester. The o itilimPls were completely cut to pieces, so that though po o r ht.srities of the Company (who, we under stand, without tesliation agreed to sustain the loss), gave the porters Va Chelmsford station permission to take awa any Pate remaining for th e i r own use, they were hard l y ret s liiid for the journey, the whole of th e an i ma l s being ate. rally cut to piecemeal Wise providential circumstanzle that the engine was not thrown off the metals by the ok,struction but the break carriage was jerked off the rails r - ed proceeded for a considerable distance ploughing up the line before the train could be stopped. The guard, however, maintained his seat, and by means of the traversing jerks and levers carried upon the engine the carriage was again got upon the rails, after a delay of about two hours, and the train arrived at Colchester without further accident.—Essex Standard. allC"lMi laTt i"erS ECCOESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS ,FOR theing Ecclesiastical o t f ic Au gu st was f M or on lr d e a l 3 an ' thed, fer annualthe repo rteeyear e o n f e printed. The Commissioners had within the year augmented 41 benefices to 1001. a year each, in the same manner as th are now em powered to apply the moneys b equeathed by the w , Dublin ' 'Meath, Kildare, oeculeeteers. of f Th Ann e beagnehfi MS augmented i n t h e year Cl o gher, Kilmore, Elphin, Connor, Down, Cork, Limerick, mentation salaries dto Tuam, Achonry, Fern„ la e te re P i r n lin t a h te e d ß i and Lismore. The aug. pai the clergy from and out of Pri mate Boulter's fund amounted, in the year, to 4,3961. 1 55., and, under the powers vested in the Commissioners by the provisions of the Church Temporalities Act, the sum of 6,409/. 15s. 4d, has been paid in the way of stipends to the city of Dublin and to other curates, and also to diocesan schoolmaiters. After providing for charges, the Commis. sioners have within the year appropriated to church works the sum of 24,0001, of which 18,469/. 169, was allocated to repairs • , and 5,5301. 4s. to rebuiidings, aid e d b y private subscriptions to the amount of 2,3691.. Os. 7d. The Commis. sioners have since the last report dispensed with the ser vices of a number of local agents, and have established an agency office. The following passage occurs in the report on " Perpetuity Purchases :"—" In relation to the perpe. tuity purchases, 44 applications have been received within the year, of which four were from sub-tenants, and the re.. mainder from immediate tenants. The sales of perpetuities have amounted to 11,146/. 17s. 6d., arising principally from applications received in preceding years, of whim sum 10,8211. 18s. 2d. has been lodged in the Bank of Ireland to the credit of the Perpetuity Purchase g Fund,e;nd the residue, 324/. 19s. 4d., has been secured by mortgage; and in dis.. charge of the mortgages previously granted, the sum of 5,801/. Os: 3d. has also been received. The moneys arising from this source of revenue have been from time to time in vested in the Government securities, jaursuant to the 'pro 'visions of the statute i n thi s res p ec t.' 1 3 y an account ef the receipts and disburseme n t s , it appears that 131,726/. 19s. 64d.. was received, which in was expended various ways, includ of considerable funded property, and a ing the p ure hase - Somewhat large balance in hand. The balance on th e pre . aid vious year was 15,6221. Bs. , and in the pre sen t account • d dP• t 111 Sid. A n account rendered of e 6,4781. 15s. t3l ter's and Primate Rebinson's Funds. • , • ; t VI, t I 1.,