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T SPEC( AL MEETING of the COUN held 0 CIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE, That ' L lirr 'snAT, January 29, 1846, it was unanimously resolved— th announcement of a new Corn-law rerders it desirable fed fr ends of Free Trade throughout the kir:et:in should be in .ar to Laws imposing Duties'on Foreign Corn and Provisions." By order of the Council, Jail. 29, 1846. J 013EPH HICKIN, Seeretary. IitIGHL Al\ D SOCIETY OF LONDON. • h ed A GEEERAL COURT of this CORPORATION will be .x the Freemason's Tavern, on SazusnAr, the 21st inst. Dinner at a quarter before Seven precisely. xl , N or- General the Rig ' ht lion. LORD SALTOUN and AB ER- G.C.H., K.C.B. President in the Chair. tt _,.-4embers of Higlmi and Society of Scotland, and .e Branch the Societies a of Madras, Agricultural Bombay, Nova Scotia, Aberdeen. admirable without introduction. Dcketa may be procured upon application to the Secretary. .• Par liament-street GEORGE BAIN, Hon. sec. OY AL Y'rEeHIN IC 1N lir L ectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments, li e .. : 'Van, daily at Half-paw_ Three, and on the Evenings of tra Wedntsdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. A Lecture Ir v : 4 ITMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, by Piefesser liachetrn?r, a d mi 'ing Model o f wh i ch, earryi , g several persons, i s ex h i bit e d p:o1Y ,The additions to th e OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DIX- Ptty7l. YILIVS, aid CHROMATROPI3 are very effective. The st l 4 ~ ) , 1 0SC OPE. Submarine Experiments by *leans of the DIVED 14"IYING IS BELL. Among the various additions to the Working for Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCSMOTITE ENGINE, le et i — ,,ing and dezcenclinx Inclined Plaes. A magnificent Col nc."4 of TROPICAL FRUITS Mr. Dowse, the celenrated Flits Apr will take part in the Marie, cendected by Dr. Wallis. Open tke • erneg to Half-past Five, and frees Sever to waif-past Ten is One Shilling. Sekools,Walf-priee. tY rICE.--ALTERATION OF 111 VIE ANL; IiEDUCTIoN OF FAItE'S. GRAVESEND for 6d. or 9d., railway included. The STAR and ISLACKWALL S . r n „ CA TS are now running at the above reduced fares from the g — Zwick 131ackwall, at 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 3%, and 4%. Oraw Ys ' 12 and 3% excepted. From the New Terrace Pier, .send, at 8%, 9'%, 11% 1,2%, and 4. Sundays 9% and 1 ex a-Z,'-'2.• Fare : Fore Cabin and Second Class .Railway, 6d.; Saloon 'Vint Class, 9d. Office, Gravesend, Fec. 2, 1845. M• TO RAILWAY PROPRIETORS AND SHAREHOLDERS. ESSRS. WICK t - 1A M. and CO., Share litnu Auctioneers, inform their friends and the public, that their Ai oND I SALES OF RAILWAY StILAITZatec43.,F arceolhiertEeßvceEry readnelle.dlael-IsdtreTeit!SD dAi London,eY_ place, or to the office of the ~.pioneers, 28, Thre U ac ß ln a ;o tr a l vt e h t i , c a h li favours and instructions are s i l lested to be addressed. 'MI Scrip and Share Certificates must be forwarded to or deposited the office of the Auctioneers, as above, at least the day preceding , he day of public sale, and advises of the result of the sales will be ",riNrdetil by the brat post after the sale, and the proceeds blare ,natoy disposed of according to instructions. '`e•ra or Cuaßtits. Under 201., Is. per share; under 501., It 6d., 1081.,' 3s. 6d. ; and ss. for all above. OP PH L WAES - RAILWAY. X '' Soti e GENERAL MEETING. Ito , " la hereby given, that the Ordinary or Half-yearly GENE- I, b-street, in X 3I2 ,.EETING of the SZAREHOLDERS of the North Wales Cite . '" Company will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishops the City of London, en THURSDAY, the 26th day of i r e 7:2' next, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for the Tarbarne I.ll. li ' u ° of the ordinary business of the Company, in pursuance of ll' ales Railway Act, 1845, and of the other general Acts of ..._ . nt relating to railways. tra l ti n_g_ notice t 4 hereby further given, that the Eooks for the Regis ir,„...7 of Transfers will be closed on and after the 16th day of bee:o:lllex% until such half-yearly general meeting shall have By order of the Board, 2 , • JOHN MA - MINER, Secretary GMildhall Chambers, Baaingball-street, Jan. 29, 1845. B U TCH HANOVERIAN RAILWAY COM :Notice . PANY. th, s _ e f 1 1 .reby given, that the Certificates for Shares, in Ex- Tt . or the Bankers' Receipts, are now ready. William -street, February 9, 1846. IDLAND RAI T WAY. (EXTENSION LINES.) CALNEW 401. SHARES. L FOR A FOPRTII INSTALMENT OF Cl. PER SHARE. (Making 181. per Share paid.) Is Xotieo • Derby, February 2d, 1846. 407 hereby , given that a farther CALL of 61. per Share on S hares in this C om p any , h as b een thi s d a y made payable on Ittnk ors st cl a:v of February instant, at any of the undermentioned d , irrs. Glyn, Hallifax; Mills and Co. London. h r liin ningham Banking Company,. Birmine am. es' L eicestershire Banking Company, Leicester. iliek:Bra. Crompton, Newton and Co., Derby. • A nd ;,_ltoYal Bank of S co tl an d, Glasgow. that interest at 51. per cent. per annum will be charged by the Li e t t h i e ve Rankers on all Calls not paid on the above-mentioned day, Int er , tlnt a or Payment. o n su st after the ra , e of 41. per cent. per annum will . be allowed off s %t ,P al ( I in anticipation of future Calls ; and Proprietors dew- Th a B "g such payments are requested to apply to'the Secretary. Shar e , °l's kept for the registration of transfers of the said 401. wtll be closed on SATURDAY, the 14th instant, and will remain eikisciTeter the 21st instant, the day appointed for payment of the ssLeeircular will must to each Proprietor previously to the date of went, vrhich be deposited with the Bankers, GEORGE HUDSON ' , Chairman of the Board of Directors. JOHN ELLIS, Deputy Chairman. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. ATIMAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUB, ANCE SOCIETY, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 4500,000. Tid e Etan,,VMld by Act of Parllam as° - Nes 1„.,„ portant .4tnl substantial advan d Deferred Annuities. 2Peet both Assurances an err for on , my, the power to bore 3W, without ex (see iorfeite re two-thlids of the premium paid, of the Policy l , e,„ 'tug t)enents, and the conversion f el " t h e Option of se • t*r ols Or pears meet other conveni,.‘ers neceseitY. Assurances possible rato, are granted on the lors 7 t e l : th. The DIVISION OF P 2 , 01 ••• .• ireet,3 .7 a ad increang pros? ,, rity of tm 2 are' 3016_, ~, "a at the last annual inveatigatba, oec, a third -4ch Per rt'ora 3u to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on eeected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLIiS. i.l al ; j . reatturn. V ', ilonus \ added. i ! --. Ptl Bones in 614 V • GO d. I Q ,. 41141 13 51 cB7 13 5 I Ll 3 17 1 £335 11 7 , • 4 ;-.. 1 65 13 0' 74 13 10 1 1 8 6 346 2 :! 39 438 13 6 61 14 3 9 2IC 296 13 '' 4 C l 89 0 9 41 13 4 ‘6 9 0 247 4 h m The du " n s , onpr ., etent year. — Mber of Protha in anneal, and the next will be made in 1)e- F. FERGUSON' CAMW,UX, See. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW B RIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. et t „.3 . l n , Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV be.,...;ucf_o:o:l—naTahreeßlghtlion. THOMAS FiIANKLAND LEWIS. The foll ow ing CHAIRMAN —HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. among the advantages offered by this Society : tittLeoler Rates of Premium than those of any other office, which en- Tha n t : assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower :s o t , O se of any other Mut ua l A ssurance Soc i e t y . moo,' the participate in the profits, the whole being divisible t ile Ass ed A t o ., Ur . ittznee thereon ie s o :dcled, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Pre acertt! ' 0 every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim prier to the next division of profits. b firs ' Bonus, in 1834, averaged 161. per cent on the Premiums paid. et second ditto 1839, ditto 31/. ditto since the Ist division. prZhird ditto 1844, ditto 361. ditto since the 2d division. Peet uses aad full particulars may be obtained on application to ...'"---......._ CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. _ Tu , S.IOI3I7TanErSLONII'VA'rcIi. Watchmakers, No. of Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank, request the atten wATclp'ciasers to their stock of London-made PATENT LEVER %ous t £, :which are manufactured by themselves in their own '444;t11 n Silver Ca ses , w ith the Detached Escapement and Jew lattinta_ then are Four Guineas and a Half, Six , an d Ei g ht te c , each ;er ii Gold Cases, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, and Six time, peas each. The very large stock offered for selection its description, enabling a customer to select that which s adapted to his own use. I JAVIES'S CANDLES, .51-4. per lb ; extra Nr, fine Wax-wick Moulds, 6%c1. ; best Sperm Candies, Is. Bd. ; 0, -- 'Candles, Is. 24.; line Wax, Is.. sd. ; Transparent, Is. 84. ; nui 1 is Z a e Wax, 2s. Id. ; Hale's Composite, 9%d. • Yellow soap, and 58s. per 1121bs; Mottled, 60s. and ' 645.; All - per packet ; Old Brown Windsor. Is. ; Rose. 29. ; 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb.; Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per —4 ; ; Solar, 3s. 6d. t h iqk - Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established WarehouSe, 63, St. Mar. $4, Me, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. WL AND'S LOTION.--This well-known 4,, &id highly appreciated appendage of the British toilet has for Ce k , e 3 ; a mitary past maintailied unrivalled reputation as a perfect Atr ti `'Y rosy all impurities of the skin, together with the valuable pro ttrita? °I a oreeerver and sustainer of the complexion of the moo e Pr :etworing every trace of sallowness and discolouration, l'otiai,"o t he the' i nns p a rency and brightness o f the skin, which 4 t e culii rAces •of a fine complexion. ' lraWPe Lod sit is in white letters on the Government "tee'with ' is out which nerves'enuine. Price 2s. 9d ; ss. 6d. 6 c l . Sold by all porfinnef,, and Chemists. a, .....__ gtsis , . DEMULCENT COUGH ...,, "tk co -1 "S, thediscovered. Persons afflictee iti,,,, nth, asth or other thing consumption, best remedy ever Itar n e :r or ger asthma, difficulty of breathing, a(l lit ta , t% _ ngement " the respiratory t benefit, the o ' organs, t will y experience use f -648 - Dreh er '4i.t and derive permanen 1 N: ~,' h at ti,... 131, CENT COUGH LOZEN GES, whicharesp e e o fli ur ca h -38 i .... 4 a r c ' w ill cut short the most viol Ont paroxysmmay of confe ction err. they be eaten - -table to the palate that foi l / 4 .2 1 , 4 1, 3' the ,„' 28.17 , LishOgoPrietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11 Norton; is.. e ach d„g ‘ ate-street London, in boxes Is . . 1%d., and in tins a tin li i v io e liders'iZ t ` , 3 ; included ' ; and , by most chemists and patent medi tt, p...sale .A. ,, wr, and country . -er a Ch .Q. ntS—Barclay and Son, Farrmgdon-street ; F..dwards, itch Yard. I, 0 - b- 11---------.P. EDGE'S v. 114 ' lon ,, ~_° l' CELEBRATED EMBROCATION, iinlbs cious rei OWn t and' " ee n kn broughout the West of Englaud a . s the rheumatism, lumbago, pains in the 11„P,reins numbness,edYsciaticfor and paralytic affections, face-ache, ‘''' th o - "' dges b ur o k Joint, _ , erns an s en ' It i ur neck, frozen limbs, chilblains before they are " in 8 likew ise an iallible cure far that dangerous disorder, ~A fQ wl , ---3 eY or sore throat in hich It was never known to fail after Ong ''irs ' aPPlicatio ' which tO It VP T ii. trt Valuable?. 11::11k!e, ate., eac-111.1,14ottle— hat none can be genuine unless the Stamp affixed . ~ oontains the Name and Address of BARCLAY an w 'rr ish in fo d rd tnicle g frO n m -s t r h e e e execu . rs . , W t tits t . who have purchased the property to of the Inventor, William b ' , elle is. lid and 2s. 9d. —Retail price, . tu.,, , end sold retail , by allrespectable medicine venders .LW 0..~ --........._ • ..iiry. ACIA. / 00S PIC addresed to MR. GRIMSTONE, G I *tied ON O PUS INCOMPARABLE EYE SNUFF. men, who by thy wondrous art, E 51 "owned in every clime, through every Part I n 1. *lrope's wide and civilised domain ; Xlidat•Asia's contless millions, 'and again, S trete. king from Afric's broad and scorching shores T o wh ire the migltyNiagara roars : 9... h I hei `S accept this tributary lay, or deem' that I can ever well repay, E xcept in gratitude sincere, profound, 'S Orb worm 'tons benefits I so long have found. X 'en from the , .moment I was led to try T Sur marv'llo WI ,SNUFF, the SAVIOUR OF THE ETE ase, health, a lad comfort, now attend my day. S afe from the la trop's bewild'ring dazzling blaze, IT N or dr eading T burning rays. nfit, in former d: se , for muc h employ, eeling, not seein g now, indeed, my joy, g ree and bounda,thrives without alloy! nit 18 45 hi , J. M. S. serve_ . • this excellent 4--- he gigantic bal. wee of all, the Public Press) eulogise h er t„. compound of Bt itish herbs . The reader will reme Wit r eat this celebrated Eye snuff kas been before the Public up ter,l,,(f thirty-three years ad tancing in the favour of all :who use , rs odoriferous Snuff I ' s so Id loose at 641. per ounce, or in canls- I tties t e , a i li ng the above Royal Authority, and the sanction of her J 8 ", 4 e. L ords of the T reas: try on each canister, at Bd., Is. 3d., • 4(l. a and 15s. Gd. ch, by all Tobacconists, Merchants, "e This Eye Snuff is ex ported in white stone canisters to sfirpa,rters of the globe. A Wien al discount allowed to Merchants, 434 Lo t ,k r ''' A gents, and others, orn ts king large quantities. x l!ell to tke Signature of he Inventor, W. RIMTONE, LOhb Cell i ) STREET, and t O KING STREET, LONG S ACRL, ON, 41 ;0_ por the c onvenience of Tobi mconists, Grocers, and others who n't.lll4,_ erbaceons Eye Snui ll n ose, and wish to have it in large Pound e 7 3 8, they can be now sisppi led with canisters containing ten se ' n r ,, u p w ards, if required. rst urn ming a Post Office Onier for 34 4d. canister will be 114 PUtiaulats, itest age included, and so on in like fw .~w c_ ___;~~-' es :',.."4-1111M Na. 16,689. L()N DON, ..,tt . ONDON, BRISTOL, and SOUTH 'WALES a , DIRECT RAILWAY. The Committee of Management • having fully considered th various projects bearing upon and in connexion with this under taking, have satisfied themselves that it is for the interest of the shareholders that the application for a Bill should be confined in the present session for the line from Hungerford to Chippenham, with the branch to Deuizes, and to postpone till the next session the prosecuting of the remainder of the scheme, when the Aust Bridge Company will be prepared to apply for their Act. The petition for the above Bill was duly presented on Friday list last and the Committee have the satisfaction to state that their app receives receives the support of the Marquis ofilLansdovrne, and the Earl of Shelburne, the Member for Caine; also Lord Ernest Bruce and Mr. Baring, the' Members for Marlborough, together with that of Sir Robert Burdett and other important and influential landowners ; independently of which, petitions in favour of the measure from the towns of Hungerford, Marlborough, and Caine, and the populous intermediate districts, most • numerously signed by all the principal inhabitants, will be presented to the House in the course of the present week The Hon. F. H. F. BERKELEY, Chairman FRANK W. SYKES, Secretary. liament-street, Feb. 9, 1846. PUBLICATIO,iS. THE GREAT BELL OF ST. PAUL'S will strike ONE on the 22,1 of FEBRUARY. Price Threepence. " He cloth bestride this little world of ours like a Colossus." . Shakspeare. Office, 93, Fleet-street, next door to " Mr. Punch." Advertisements to be sent to the Office at the latest on Wednesday. Sale of first Number, s,ooo.—Third Number now ready. U V E R, / 0 Pf:11 '1 :i' : - -;t 4 lii•j(# s ' ~..4t../ TUESDAY ‘s. NORFO. K RAILWAY COMPANY. The shareholders of this Company held their half-yearly meeting at their offices, Guildhall -buildings, yesterday, at one o'clock. Among those present were A. Duff, Esq., John E. Lacon, Esq., Captain Warden, Horatio Bolingbroke, Esq., Captain Laurence, Samuel Anderson, Esq., R. W. Kinnaird, Esq., G. Stephenson, Esq., directors. A. Puss-, Esq., chairman to the directory, took the chair, and called on the secretary to read the advertisement calling the meeting. The SECRETARY, at the request of thekhairman, then proceeded to read the half-yearly report, which stated that the revenue for passengers, goods, and cattle, for the five months, from the 30th of July, when the line was opened throughout, to the 31st of December, and for the one month (July) Yarmouth and Norwich line, was 31,286/. ss. 5d., including the tolls for the portion of the line, leased of the Eastern Counties Company, from Brandon to Ely. In this sum no credit was taken for the sum due from the Post office for the conveyance of mails between Yarmouth and Ely, from the Bth of August last; that, after a deduction of torty per cent. for expenses, and a charge of 1931. 10s. per mile, on fifteen miles and a-half, between Brandon and Ely, there remained a sum of 15,901/. 14s. 4d., which beingsub ject to a charge of interest on the mortgage debt for half a year, left 1.1,724/ 78.9 d. available for a dividend; that the directors recommended a dividend to be declared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the capital paid up, and that the balance, including 1,9771. unappropriated ofthe last half-year's revenue, and the amount to be awarded for conveyance of the mails, should be carried forward to the next half year's account. The report further stated, that the agree ment being negotiated with the Eastern Counties Railway, for ;easing the portion of the line between Ely and Brandon, had been broken off at the wish of that Company ; that the land for the Dereham line had almost been entirely . purchased; that with reference to the extensions alluded to in the last report, the only alterations which the directors had been advised by their engineers to sanction were. the commencing the branch to Diss, at a point nearly half way between Attleborough and Wymondham ; extending the fine to a junction with'the Bury and Ipswich Railway at Stowmarket ; and the line from Reedham to Diss had been extended to Thetford, taking advantage of the facilities afforded by the valley of the Waveney, to the Dereham and Wells Exten mieniiAllat.,,the, branch to Blakeney had been added ; and that the telliffielfiEfr nir - theintißitug. , torders in re;-- Apect of these extensions had been complied with. It was stated that the directors had agreed to take an interest in the line projected by an independent Company, from Ipswich, through Halesworth, to Norwich and Reed ham. They had also agreed, with the sanction of the proprietors, to lease the line, if authorised by Parliament, from Norwich to Dereham, and from Norwich to Aylsham and North Walsham ; and also from Thetford to Bury. The reading of the report having been concluded, The CHAIRMAN said that considering the circumstances of the Company, the directors had reason to congratulate the shareholders on the amount of revenue derived from the traffic on the lints. Such a return .as had been reported to them was unusual, and it had accrued to them notwithstand ing the great disadvantages that necessarily attended the opening of new lines, and the want of sufficient engine power on the Company's line. Yet if such were the return made them in those circumstances, they had whereon to rest the most favourable calculations for the future. The public, he said, had complained of delays upon the line, but he thought they could scarcely expect that system could have yet been established on a line just opened, where clerks, officers, and servants, of every description weresnew ; but the directors had taken every means to remedy the defects complained of, and he had reason to expect that, in a short time, there would be no ground for the complaint. Electric telegraphs would very soon he erected on the Company's line as well as on the Eastern Counties' line, which would tend to prevent de lays and accidents happening. As to the extensions proposed by the directors, they were entirely in the power of the shareholders to adopt, and prosecute them or not, and a meet ing would shortly be called by the directors at which the proprietors would have an opportunity of considering their merits. The Chairman moved that the report read should be adopted. Capt. TYNDAL seconded the resolution. Mr. YATES said before putting the resolution he wished to put some questions. 220,0001. worth of shares, he said, had been allotted on the Dereham branch, and 110,0001. paid up ; he wished to know for what purpose the other 110,000/. was to be called up ; also, what amount of capital the Company meant to raise by the new shares proposed in the report to be allotted? He reminded them that by the recent Act they were empowered to borrow 78,7501.; were they, he asked, to raise any part of that, or the whole, by . new shares? He thought the item 2,810/. Is. 4d. for advertising, printing, and miscellaneous charges, and 1,744/. 2s. sd. for office charges and salaries, were large. The 1,977/. proposed to be carried forward to the next half-yearly account had been raised from traffic on the Yarmouth line. He did not see why the expenses of that line should be paid by the Norwich and Brandon line, and therefore he thought that the 1,977/. should be carried to the credit of the Yarmouth line, and not of the revenue account. Major COURT could not but agree that the items re marked on by the Hon. Proprietor were large. The SECRETARY said, that they had their expenses greatly increased by all the contingencies attendant on going to Par liament. The proprietors must know that that was very ex pensive. These expenses could not be charged out against the Norwich and Brandon line; it was necessary therefore that they should be carried to the capital account. However, the amount of these for the present six months would form no precedent of those to be incurred by the Company after their lines had been fairly started.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. YATES thought the expenses for the extensions, the shares of which had been allotted more recently, should be carried to a separate district account. The SECRETARY said it would but create confusion and not attain any proportional advantage. Mr. ROSE congratulated the directors and proprietors on the amount of return made them for the first six months. He quite disagreed with Mr. Yates as to the items in the ex penses which he had thought extravagant.. He assured them they were not so as compared with those of other Company's. He begged to ask the directors when they expected to have a sufficient engine power where they had complained of a deficiency? Also, as to the leasing of the Ely and Brandon line, w hy . the arrangement had been abandoned? He wished also to know when the Ely and Peterborough line, an d when the Dereham line, would be opened. The CHAIRMAN said that waggons and trucks were ordered and nearly completed. As for engine. power, they would continue to increase it, and in the month of April they would continue to make additions till they had twenty engines on the line. The agreement respecting the Ely and Brandon line was one between their own Company and the Eastern Counties, but at the wish of that Company it had been broken off. The receipts charged in this account Was the amount due to the Eastern Counties for the working of that line, the arrange ment for which continued up to the Ist of ? March. The Dereham line would be opened in the autumn; and the Pe terborough line would be opened in August. The SOLICITOR said, in answer to a Proprietor, who wished to know why they had abandoned concluding an agreement with the Eastern Counties for the Ely and Brandon line, that they had no power to compel the other Company to ac cede to it ; and as that Company wished to withdraw, he had advised the directors to concur. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to another Proprietor, said that the interest they would have in the new Company with which they proposed joining would amount to 150,000/. Mr. YATES wished still to know wherefore they should call up the 110,000/. ? The SECRETARY said the expenses of the Dereham b ranch, on account of their throwing out branches to different dis tricts, would, be heavy ; and as it would be necessary to erect works at Norwich for the repair of their machinery, more capital would be necessary, but he was sure they would see it would be well laid out. The calls would be regulated ac cording to the amount required. Mr. Mums referred to the accident which occurred on the line in December last, and said he was glad to find that the report of Mr. Robert Stephenson had been supported in everything. By the report which he held in his hand, drawn up by the head engineer of the Great North of France Rail way, that gentleman had come to the conclusion, which Ge neral Pasley had condemned, that the construction of engines which they had adopted was in every respect preferable. Mr. BIDDER, the engineer, in answer to an Hon. Pro prietor, said the length of their line was 58 miles. He said, rea mile, tl y he increased r m e a u s s e t d remind firehld b ce een per g y a Branch, , en a g n i d n e al p so ow b e y r thean and waggons, g p o r n o s v , is b io u n t s t t h h m e y y had n e e f r o e retointhgeratstations.station rhey proper enro accommodationt only been completing fi ml b t ee e l their servants, that all of them might live on the had ue t e also d a incurredline, expensesfor b h rIlA t - hb h e e e a fo r i i e q, t a s u h t: P a e n t it3 a i i k rt h i e n i g r expenses p t e h n e s es si h x a p d en i C tdd m it P io a n nY al a go p o r d em s' iees. stations T h co ey nstr accommodation of farmers and those who had property along the line. One or two of these were finished, and they in tended erecting five or six more. Their cattle and fish traffic was greatly on the increase, especially the fish, and he had to assure the proprietors that this latter traffic would require a larger amount of truck provision than they bad estimated. Without these expenses the line had cost 14,000/. a mile. Last week he said they had carried 1,000 head of cattle, ant 600 sheep, all of which their own engines and trucks had brought up to London. He advised the Company to purchase land along the line for the construction of new stations, as other lines, which had not taken this precaution before the land around had derived increased value from the railway, had had to purchase afterwards at an immense sacrifice. The SECRETARY, in answer to some other questions, said that the interest of 4 per cent. on the 20/. shares had not been paid, and would not, for the sake of convenience, till the whole of the shares were paid up. The new shares of 2/. proposed to be allotted, were made so small that all the shareholders might have a portion. The CHAIitIsIAN then put the resolution to the meeting, and it was carried unanimously. It was moved by the CHAIRMAN, and seconded by Mr. Casn—That the dividend of 5 per cent. on the capital paid up, should be declared, according to the following propor tion :—Ten shillings per share on the Yarmouth and Norwich 201. shares; seven shillings and tenpence per' share on the Yarmouth and Norwich new shares, 17/. paid up ; seven shillings and threepence per share on the Brandon shares, upon which 161. is paid ; and ninepence per share, on the 10/. New Brandon shares; which was carried unanimously. It was moved by the CHAIRMAN, and seconded by Mr. LAcoN, that the directors should be authorised to raise 78,750. by, allotting 79,552 new shares, at 21. each. It was carried unanimously. A Proprietor then moved the re-election of the retiring directors, viz. Adam Duff, Esq., John E. 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See that the words ` Morison's Univeral Medicines " are engraved in the Government stamp, in whits letters upon a red ground, without which none can he genuine, TIGHT LAClNG.—Pressure of the bones on the lungs, whether brought on by muscular or nervous debility, or by mecha nical construction of the chest, has a precisely similar effect, as pres sure elsewhere ; for it is impossible that the effect should differ, merely because of the difference in the size of the parts compressed. The results of long-continued pressure are the same, whatever the nature of the parts of the body exposed to its influence may be. That one of the effects of 'pressure upon the lungs is difficulty of breathjng, a constant and harassing attendant upon consumption, and eOlicernii;:.the cause of which medical writers . entertain such v arious and content:2lg opinions ;—I have complet el y s a tisfied myse l f by a careful examination V f the chest in a great number of persons. —" Cronin on Anaspa sia in the Cure of Consumption." DISASTROUS INCENDIARY' FiLIE.—CAMBRIDGE, FED. 7. —Early on Saturday morning a tire was discovered on the pre mises of Mr. Free, an extensive farmer at Bottesham in this county. The whole of the premises, with the exception of the dwelling house, together with about one hundred and thirty coombs produce, of va whriouseat, the like quantity of barley, and other agricultural implements, a valuable cart horse, and some fat swine, were,entirely destroyed. The fire, in consequence of a brisk. wind, speedily spread to the adjoining farm, the property of Mr. John King, which soon shared tire same fate as his neighbour's, the house only teasDillf: saved. Here also corn, hay, implements, were deqroyed large an extent as on Mr Free's premises. S o me oat-Wieling* in the occu pation of Mr. King, glazier, were also consumed, nor was this all, for unhappily the wind being very high, sparks were conveyed by it to some cottages on the • opposite side of the village, belonging to Mr. parker, which soon ignited, and fifteen dwellings were won one blazing mass. Twenty poor families have been tints ero deprtpiv res ed of ith a home, and it was truly he artrending to see the poor a only their night-clothes on, miming with their families they knew not whither, in search of a place of shelter, while others were en deavouring to rescue their small stock of furniture. The t at-Norwi thato'clock; hour the Swaffharn and Bottesham engines were, and had been rfor some time, in full work. Th e property we understand is i but the loss we fear considerably exceeds the amount of the policies. No doubt existed from the first that the fire originated from the hand of an incendiary, and there is, we rejoice to ray, every hope that in this case the miscreant will be brought to justice. A man namd Webb, but commonl caled " Squirrel'" was taken into cas ttodye at the fire, and examined l ed this morning, before George Jenyns, Esq., at the Swan Inn, Bottesham. The inquiry was proceeding when we left. I N SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The Chester Cup betting was brisk in two or three in• stances, and, with scarcely !in exception of any moment, was governed by last week's prices. Mermat I, backed freely at 35 to I, and 1,000 to 30, was decidedly the " lion " of the day. Intrepid was also in force, and the four leading favour ites were steady at the quoted prices ; the outlay on each uuld not have been less than 2001. Th e D er by betting was dull, but far from unimportant, inasmuch as Brocardo was forced backed to 20 to 1 (laid three or four times), and left off a worse favourite than lago. This change was indicated by the demonstration adverted to last week. Tibtborpe was backed eagerly at 35 to 1, and 1,000 to 15 was taken three or four times about Mr. Wrefoi d's filly, Wilderness. At the close the averages were as under:—. CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Wadlow's lot—taken freely 18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Beet Bower—t. freely 22 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweatmeat—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clarke's The Baron—t & aft offd. 30 to 1 agat Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns—t and aft offd. .000 to 30 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Intrepid—taken 090 to 30 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Cataract—taken and aft offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopiati—taken & aft offd. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Knox's Colleen I)has—taken & aft offd. 40 to 1 agat Lord G. Bentinck's Discord—t and aft offd. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen—taken & aft offd. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Q u een o f the-Tyne-4 & aft - off 40 to 1 agst Mr. Thompson's hope 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Arthur—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's Roderick DERBY. 300 to 50 agst Scott's lot—.taken 9to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting-5 to 1 taken 20 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—t and aft off, 20 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tibthorpe—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Mr. Worthington's Shareton 1090 to 15 agst Mr. Wreford's Wilderness—taken OAKS. I .. '4AtLFE I S lot - • fir C. t T 1 6 e r ( T a k i e ' s . s Y F t t l as t 30 to 1 agst Sis to Flambeau. 20 n T 6 to agstagat - tic—taken BATH STEEPLE CHASE. _ _ Sweepstakes of 10;;;;. each, h ft, with 50 added. Four miles. (10 Subs.) Mr. Townsend's Swiftsure (Daly) 1 Captain Johnson nd Conrad (Mason) 2 Mr. Haddy's Spendthrift Mr. Stapylton's Sir John (W. H. Ford) 4 The following were not placed—Mr. Stapylton's Cricket —Mr. V. Jenkyn's Sally-go-by- em and Billy Piper—and Mr. Wood nd Presumption. Won by a length, after a good race with two. Match, 50L, list each, last two miles of the Steeple Chase Course.—Mr. Helbert's Carlow beat Mr. Mill's Woodbine easily; the mare fell. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. Froth tke Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, FMB. 9. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in ',,,y the undernamed Hon. Members North Staffordshire (Harecastle to Sandbach)—Mr. Adderley and " .. Mr. Ricardo. Ashburton,Newton, and South Devon- Mr. Matheson. and Mr. Smythe. Blackburn and Preston—Mr. Patten, Mr. Pendell, and Mr. Hornby Irish Great Western—Mr. French and Mr. Itedington. Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston— Ir. r 3 . lr l: H at u te d i a l a , n 3 . lr. Clifton, Mr Entwisle, and Mr. Pendell. Pickering Extension)—Mr. Branch)—Mr. Kembie and Sir N No o r r t tl h i Kent—Mr. Kent ty, Rice Extension) — r. A S i m r. y ß t a l i : ci e ,el . York L,D? iil oi a : iu n an d ie o, N dl o ns r lo t i e l A 3h l i.r i l d N. , i e s y l n .t d ecr ih( Chapman, and J. Easthope. North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley Line)—Mr. Adderley and Mr. Ricardo. Sir J. Buller, Mr. Gill, and The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time : London and South-Western (Hampton Court Branch)—" to enable the London and South-Western Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to Hampton Court Bridge, in the county of Surrey." London and South-Western (London-bridge Extension)—" to enable the London and South-Western Railway Company to extend their Railway to the High-street, Southwark, and to the Thames, near London-bridge, all in the county of Surrey." London and South-Western (Cbertsey and Eghitm Branch)—" to enable the London and South-Western Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to Chertsey and Egham, in the county of Surrey." Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool—" for making a Railway from the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway, to the Liverpool and Bury Railway, with certain Branches therefrom, all in the county of Lancaster, to be called The Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway.' " Staines and Richmond Junction—" for making a Railway from Richmond to Staines, to be called The Staines and Richmond Junc tion Railway.' " CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey, Viscount Sandon, Mr. Patten, and The O'Conor Don, teing five of the Members appointed by the Speaker to serve ; on the General Committee of Elections, and not objected to by the House, severally took the following oath : " I do swear that I Will truly and faithfully perform the duties be longing to a Member of the General Committee of Elections, without fear or favour, to the best of my judgment and ability. So help me God." Ordered—That the petition of Thomas Cook and Thomas Wall, complaining of an undue election and return for the borough 01 Wigan, be referred to the General Committee of Elections. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE, - - - MONDAY, FEB. 9. North• Staffordshire (Potteries Line) Railway—Committee on Peti tion adjourned till Friday, Feb. 13. Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway (Mcthley, Askern, and Oakenshaw Branches)—Second reading, Friday, Feb. 13. Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway—Second reading, Friday, Feb. 13. Leeds and Bradford Railway (Alteration of Levels in Bingley)— Second reading, Friday, Feb. 13. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR RAILWAY BILLS. TUESDAY, FEB. 17. Forth and Clyde Junction. Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct. St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunsta' le. Kilmarnock and Troon. Goole and Doncaster. South Yorkshire Cord. Templemore and Nenagh. Great Leinster and Munster (No. 1). Great Leinster and Munster (No. 2). York and Lancaster. North of Norfolk. East Dereham and Norwich. Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Amendment. Dunblane, Donne, and Callandar. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgow. Great Grimsby, South Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction. Oxford, Coventry, and Burton•on-Trent. Launceston and South Devon. Eastern Counties (Lincoln to Milford). Leeds and Thirsk (St. Helen's Branch Deviation). Leeds and Thirsk (North-Eastern Extension, Wath to Hartlepool) Leeds and Thirsk (Knaresborough Branch Extension). Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Amalgamation. Mallow and Fermoy. Monkland and Kirkintillock. East and West of England Junction. Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin. _ _ _ NVEDNESDAY, FEB. 18. • Horbury Bridge and Calder Railway. FRIDAY, FEB. 20. Dublin and Sandymount (Atmospheric). RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The salesure—Bristol and Exeter, New, 12% —Caledonian, 15 —Taft' Vale, New, 11. Ss. 9d.—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 4. MANCHESTER, FEB. 9. STOCK ExenANGE. —The sales are -Armagh, Coleraine, and Port rush, % p.—Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, % dis.— Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 2 p.—Blackburn and Preston, 5% p.— Clitheroe Junction, 4 dis. —Derby and Crew e, 2% p.— Eastern Counties, 22% —Ditto, York Extension, 1% p. c.—East Lancashire, No. 1,4% P• Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % dis.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 2 p.—Grand Union, 6s. p. c.—Great Grimsby and Dock Exten sion, 2% p.—fluddersneld, Halifax, and Bradford, % p.—Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 71% p.—Ditto, Extension, par—Kendal and Windermere, 2% p.— Lancashire and North York shire, 1 4 p. Leeds and Thirsk, 3% p.— Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man chester, 9% p.—Leicester, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, Is. 6d, p.— Liverpool and Bury, New Shares, 31ja p.—Liverpool, OrmsKirk, and Preston, 2 15-16 p.—Liverpool, Warrington, Manches ter, and Stockport, % dis.—Loudon and York, I% p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1% p.—Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 4 p.—North Eastern, % dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 4 p.— t.heftield and Lincolnshire Junction, 2% p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quar ters, No. 1, p.—Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 61l¢ p. —Shrewsbury and Here ford, &c. dis.—Shropshire Union, % dis.—West Riding Union, 4% p LEEDS, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCEIANGE.—The Sales are—Eastern Counties (York Ex tension), 245. p. —Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 11% p.— Manchester and Birmingham, Kew Quarter Shares (C). 6 p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 9 1 4 p.—East Lanca shire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 4 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extensions, 17s. 6d. p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 6% p.—Hud dersflald and Sheffield, 22—Leeds and Bradford, 56--Leeds and Dews bury, 17 —Newcastle and Berwick, 23—North British, New Car lisle Branch, 31 Is. 6d.—London and York, 3%—Direct Northern, 4s. dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 10s. dis.— Liverpool, Ormskirk, and F B. Berwick, . Preston, sk—West Riding Union, 6%—Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, Iss. dis.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, ss. Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 10s. dis. —Leeds and York, 12s. Gd. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 7s. Gd. p.—North Staf fordshire, 3% p.— North Western, 21. 13s: Gd.—South Midlands, 21. Its. p.—South and Midland Junction, 7s. Gd. dis. 23—North British, Half STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bol ton, New, Is. p Shares, 7% —Ditto, Carlisle, 3% —Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 21. 15s. 6d. A . , r magh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 245. 6d.. Derby and Gainsborough, ISs. 3d.—East Lincolnshire, 2%—Grand Union, 325. 6d.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 345. Gd.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3 NewcastileUaLnicl' SHEFFIELD, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCIIINGZ.—The sales are—Great Grimsby and Sheffield E x tensions, 3—Leed s and Dewsbury, 56 1 ,4—Leeds, Wakellold, and Midland, 2/. 1 1 s.—Alanchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 2/. 13s. HUDDERSFIELD, FEB. 9. S Sh e ffield and Lincolnshire Extension, 3/. Is. 6d.—Sheffield 6d. , Bux t6ll'TLoecek EXCHANGE.—The Leek, &c., 18,.......50 A NGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, No. 2, 4 1 ,i p. London and York, 31i—Direct Northern, 2/. Ks. 6d.—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 134 Grand Union, 33s.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 6U North Staffordshire, 514 —Wex ford, Waterford, and Valentia, 28s. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are — Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 325. p.—North British, Halves (Carlisle), 355. p. YORK, Fla. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. --The sales are—Eas!ern Union, 39U —Grand Union, 1% Ipswich and Bury, s —Ditto, Extension (Norwich), 2% —Ditto (CambrldgSand Ely), 2% — Leicester and Bedford, 1% London and York, 9s. —Newcastle and Darlington Exten ' sinus, 11 1 4 —North British (Carlisle Extension), 31. Os. 6d.—Ditto (Dalkeltb), 614 —Welsh Midland, 2 -York and North Midland, SelbY, 78 —Ditto, Extension, 34 ex all. THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN NEWINGTON._La st evening an inquest was held by Mr. Carter, at the Giraffe Tavern, Penton -place, Newington, to inquire into the circumstances of the death of Mrs. Susan Vesey, an aged female, which, from the fact of her being a principal witness against her son in-law upon a very serious charge, were considered to be of a suspicions character. who deposed that his mother had, for some time past, complained , f illness and spasms , and that owing to the excitement caused by her Vesey, being in custody on a eildleonif_abne,mea.l4 witness accompanied her gsesYe,riottuieslysoillil,ofatihide deceased, who Thedat, daughter's ~ witness thro t called be i r was t a l t n i c d h h a e r r d charge 's of having inflicted the wound,. she becamemuch worse. On Mr. loung gave her some medicine, a part of which she then took, and soon after she said she was setter ; but while she was returning home she fell down in the street. Wit ness assisted her home, and she went to bed with her clothes on. He nett I,er abouttwo o'clock, when she said she was better ; but on his re turnatre deceased solely to the diseased see to FridaytMh rt. moan ing e ° i u t ii l g i a a she ii' s e ° s h ' 01 medi calP P l . mg a post Dwrtem examination of at eight o'clock in the evening he found her dead. Mr. Stevens, at medical e'lica body, l state of the heart. The jury returned a verdict of " Death by natu ral causes." gaetitiitlibeuntleadn,thwehlLhaathd onii. 2-e-2% 4 -e • 4, 3* ...1-4 , 4 , 4? im, iii - d - . 4 1 8 ''. 44 -,:...._..-- • MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Cl7'Y, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverool yesterday were 5,000 bales, all to the trade, viz., 400 l'ernams at gid. to 6V i d., 300 Egyptians at 5%d. to 8%d., SOO Surat at 2%d. to 3 1 4 d., arid 4,000 American at 3%d. to od. The market is steady. The Share Market improved, and prices are rather higher. Merchants, bankers, and others have all been more or less en gaged in the consideration of the debates in the lower branch of the Legislature yesterday afternoon. The proceed ings as far as they have gone appear to have given much satisfaction. There is not any news of importance from the colonies this morning. The private' letters from the West Indies have been delivered, but .contain matters more of a private character than of general interest. The Funds have been flat this morning, owing to several important sales. Consols havejuat receded from 97% to 974 for Account, and from 97% to 95 1 / 4 far immediate transfer. The new Three-and-a Quarter per Cents have gone back from 100 to 99%:%, and Exchequer-bills from 425. to 395. premium. In most of the Foreign Funds there was not much doing. Brazil Five-and-a-Quarter Cents have just, been sold at 83%. Mexicans at a fall to 3078 ; the Portu guese Four per Cents. from 60 to 5A,4 ; the Spanish Five per Cents. to 28 ; and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 60%. Railway Shares have commanded to-day a fair share of attention. The accurate list of prices is annexed. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 98% 97% Three psr Cent. Consols Annuities .. 97% % New Three-arid-a-Quarter per Cent. Anal. 99% % 99% % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1160 .. 10% 9-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 • 10% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1864 .. 144 Consols for Account .. .. • • • • 9 7%14 Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d. 1,0001. • • .. • • - .... 40 42 39 - pos. 500/. • • .. • • - .... 40 42 39 - pm. Ditto, Small • - • 40 42 39 - pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • .. 83% Granada, 1 per Cent. • • .. .. 22 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • • - Ditto, for the Account .. 31 1 4 30% Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 59% 60 59% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • Ditto, for the Account • • .. 28 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. . . - Ditto, Deferred • • . • 13% % Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 68% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 95 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PIE SHARE. Amber., Notting., Boston, &EastrnJii.2 3 4%.. to - Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .. 1% •. • • 1% .••. to - Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • 100 .. ..131 to - Bridgewater and Minehead .. • . 425. • ... dis. ••to - Buckinghamshire • • .. • • 425. .... 4 p. • . to - Cheltenham an .4 Oxford ••.. .. 2 ... ..... to - Cork and Waterford . • • • .... 1% to - Direct Northern • • • • • • .... 2% %IA to - Dublin and Galway .• .. • • . 4 .... 434 %..to - Eastern Counties . • • . 141. 16s. 4d..... 22% %34 to - Do., Perpetual, 5 per Ct. No. 1, 61. 13e. 4d... .. to - Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d..... %p•• to - Ditto, York Extension • • • • .. 10s. .... .. .. to - Edinburgh and Glasgow • . • . •• 50 • • 78 .... to - Ditto, Half Shares • • • • .. •• .. 164 •• . • to 16 Edinburgh and Perth • • • • .. • • 3 . • 434 •• . • to - Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, 425. 1% 8 4 p to - Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) Ili.. • . 1% %• • to - Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 .... 21 .... to - Great Western .. • • 8b ••• • - .... to - Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 5 .... 20% .. ••to - Ditto, Fifths • • • • .. • . .. 20 .. .. 37 .• .. to - Guildford, Fareham, and Portsmouth 5 •• .. .... to - Hull and Selby • • • • .. 20 .• •• - .... to - Ditto, Half Shares . • • • • • • • 7 •• • • 274 •• .. to - Lancaster and Carlisle • • .. .. 35 ••• • - ••• to - Ditto New • • • • .• • • • • • 6 •• • • 11 3 . '•:; •••• to - Leicester and Bedlo:d • • •• .. 225. •• • . 34 p.. to - I.eicst., Tam., Stir., Ii Trent Yal.Junc. 425. .. dis. • • to - Liverpool„Mancli, and N ewe. Janet. 2% .• • . 23{ 1 14 • . to - London and Birmingliain .. 100 • . -230 •• .. to - London and Black.wall .. 161. 135. 4d. ••• • - •••• to - Ditto, New • • • • • • • • ••2%..••4%• • • • to - Loadon and Itrighten • • • • • • •• 54 .• ••69% 68.• to GBl4 Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • .. .. 20 .• • . 32% •••• to - London and Croydon • • .. 131. 15s. 9d. .... 22 %14 • . to - London and Soutli•Weatern • 411. 10d. - . to - Ditto, New • • • • • .. • . 12% •• .• 23%3434 to - London and York • • • • • • • 2% .... • - Ditto, Ilalf Shares • • • • • • • • 2V 2 .... 234 •• . • to - London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% .. • • 1% •• • • to - Lynn and Ely • • • • 1A 6to Manchaster and Leeds • • .. $2 - .... to -- Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • . 38 .. .. 62% •• .. to - Ditto, Fifths .• • • .. . 1 .... 13 .•.• to- Manchester and Birmingham 40 .. • • - • • to - Ditto, New Quarter Shares 2 .• 10% .... to - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • 425.....114% p• •to - Manchester and Southampton 2 .• .• 2 .... to - Midland ..100 -152 .... to 154 Ditto, New • • • .. • . .. 12 29 28% to 29 Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 23 •• • • 46 .• .. to 47 Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 1 .• • • 1114 •• .. to - Ditto, New, Brandling • • . • • • 20 ••• • 40 •• • • to - Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 10 • • 224 %..to -- Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • • 2% •• • • 2% %.. to - North British .• • • •• • • • • 17% •• • • L 5%••.. to 24% Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • 3% •• • • 7% •••• to - Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • .. 14 •• • • 3 .. • • to 2 North Kent and Direct Dover . • • 3%... to - Norzh Staffordshire • .. • - • • 42a. •••• 3% % pto - Oxford, Worcester, &Wolverhampton 12%.... 15% to - Richmond .. • • .. .. 10 .. • • 17 •• • • to - Scottish Central .. • • • . • • • • 7% .. • • 15 1 4 %• • to - Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. • • 2% •• • • 3 %341, to - Shropshire Union . • . • . 425. •• • • 1 4 dis.. to - South Midland • • • .. 425..... 2% p• • to - South Eastern and Dover • • • .• 3834 .... 39 to - Ditto, New, No. 1 •• •• 16 ... 20 .• to - Ditto, New, No. 4 .. • • • • .. •• • • 3% • to - Southmptn., Manclistr., & Oxfrd.Junc. 425. •• .. 1 die... to - Staines and Richmond • • • • .. 1 .• .. 2%...• to - South Wales .. • • • • .. 5 •• .. 6 .••• to - Tean and Doc e Valley • • • • . • .. .• .. 1 .• .. to - Trent Valley .. • . 5 .... 22 . .. to 21% Warwickshire and London .. 425..... i 4 (Its • • to - Watertil., Wexfd., Wicklow, & Dublin 1% .. • • 1% .• • • to - Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia • . 1% •• • • 1%% • • to - Welsh Midland .. • • .. 2% •• • • 2 •••• to - Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .. 23 •• • • 3% .• ••to - York and North Midland .• .. 50 •• .. 101 • • • to - Ditto, Selby .. 30 .... 76 .... to - 'Ditto. Extension . • • • .. 15 •• • • 3334 •••• to 33 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .• .. 5 .• • . 7% ••.. to East Indian • •• ss. .... 1%.. to - Great Northern of France Constituted 5 •• • • 12 34% to - Louvain and Jemeppo • • • • • 4 .... 2% •• .. to - Lyons and Avignon .. • • .. .. 2 •• • • 2% • • to - Namur and Liege • • • • • • • 4•• • • 3% 1 K •.to - Sambre and Meuse • • • • • • 6 •• • • to - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - - [,ondon Johat-Stock . .. 10 .... 13% •• •• to MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered Santiago de Cuba • • • • .. .. 10 .... 12 .... to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. Lornimx, FEs. 10.—Wind this day at noon N.E., light breeze, and tine weather, with sharp frost. OFF MARGATE, FEB. 9.—Lady Williams, Santa Cruz. RAMSGATE, FEB. 9.—Sld. Hermosa Habanero, Schiria, Havannah ; Anne Elizabeth, De Weerd, Surinam. DEAL, FEB. 9.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Innandria. Skinner, Cal cutta. Arrd. from the river and sailed, Tulloek Castle, Stamp, Bom bay ; Palmyra, Croul, Demerara ; John Brown, klaxted, Trinidad. Sid. Bengalore, Aitor, China ; Plantagenet, Bird Calcutta ; Mary Ann Drake, Madras ; Caledonia, Stephenson, Bombay ; Sir H. Ear dinge, Turnbull, Bombay; Nautilus, Ellis, Algoa Bay; Whitley, Richardson, Ascension ; Sir Charles Forbes, Adams, Sierra Leone ; Africanus, Portendic ; John Willis, Demerara; Catherine and Eliza beth, Merritt, St. Vincent's. SOUTHAMPTON ' FEB. 9 .— Sld. Sintlah„ Cape of Goo& Hope. ToRBAY, FEB. 9.—Sid, Mary Ann Guy, Cape of Good Hope ; Leo pold Jer, Gombler, St. Domingo; Anne Eliza, Cook, Vera Cruf. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Sld. Arabian, Maxey, Red Sea; Nunez, Flight, Rio ; Nunez Genie, Menard, Rio Janeiro ; Sandwich, Mann, St. Lucia ; Arab, Baker, Jamaica ; Seppings, Deane, Jamaica. CORK, FEB. 7.—Arrd. Importer, 151'Laren, St. John's, New Bruns wick. The Sovereign, Paton, and the Mary Ann, Henderson, Iwan, got in contact yesterday, and both put back with damage, but will proceed to-day. CowEs, FEB. B.—Sld. Europa, Reus, Batavia ; Camilla, dubez, Valparaiso ' • Fritheoff, Orbmann, Bahia ; Gurli, Lothman, New York, BRIsTOL,FEB. 9.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Sld. Elizabeth, Candy, Ja maica ; Kennebec, Smith, New York. MILFORD. FEB. B.—Arrd. Dryope, Smith, Sierra Leone, for Cork out thirty-eight days. Put back, 7th, Fortitude, of Bridgewater, and Churchill, of Truro, both with damage. PEEL, ISLE OF MAN, JAN. 31.—Arrd. Henry and William Gill, Wick, from Dundalk, with damage, having struck the ground on the Sound of Islay, HULL, FEB. 9.—Sld. New York Packet, Monte Video. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Sld. John Bazshaw, Dare, Cape of Good Hope and Swan River; Fanny, Hens, Batavia; Buteshire, Currie, Madras and Calcutta ; Bombay, Hogg, Bombay ' • Imaum of Muscat*, Riches, Mauritius and Ceylon; Waterloo, Wood, Cape of Good Hope ; Helena, Anderson, Valparaiso ; Aiwick, Brewer, Valpa raiso ; Cato, Scott, St. Vincent's ; Sultana, Porcella, Mobile. FALMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Norma, Jackson, Honduras. Sld. 8, Victoria, Caithness, Monte Video and Buenos Ayres ; Columbia, Johnston, Jamaica ; Annie Maria, Fowler, 'Havannah. 9. Ernest, Robin, River Gambia. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9.—Sld. Countess of Eglinton, Grange, Calcutta ; Corunna, Bray, Ceylon, &c. ; Sabena, Robertson, Valparaiso ; Ecuador, Brown, Valparaiso. Cowan, FEB. 9.—The Patriot, arrived here 7th inst., has come into harbour to stop a leak. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 9,—The John Gray has come into harbour to stop a leak. LivzarooL, FEB. 9.—The Mary Barbara, from St. Domingo to this port, was abandoned at sea 24th ult. in a sinking state ; crew taken off by the Governor Davies, from New Orleans,!arrived here. The Pearl, for Galveston, and the Lomen, for Porte Rico, got in con tact this forenoon off the Magazines, and both come to an anchor, the former with loss of main and mizen masts, and the latter with loss of jibboom. INTREPIDITY of the FRENCH PILOT and LIFE BOATMEN — RESCUE of an ENGLISH CREW. The agent at Lloyd's, at Boulogne, in reporting the British sloop Josephine having gone on shore near that port, mentions an act of persevering intrepidity on the part of the French crew of the life and pilot boat there, which is deserving of notice. " The life-boat and a pilot-beat haye made three attempts to reach her, in order to save the crew, who are still on board, but the sea rushed over her decks with such violence that they could not stay near her. Other attempts will be made again, and no exertion spared to save the unfortunate beings who are on board, if possible." N IGHT SIGNALS AT SEA. The several notices which have appeared in the daily morning and evening papers of late, respecting the importance and necessity of a universal code of night signals at sea and on the coast, being esta blished, appears to have attracted amougst;le mertcantile marine in terest the attention which the subject deserves. It remains for Go vernment to sanction some simple code, in order to lessen the con stantly occurring loss of life and property by the want of established and understood signals. Mr. Henry C. Chapman, shipowner, of Liverpool, in addressing Lloyd's upon the subject, mentions that he, with the view to the in troduction of some simple code, adopted one for the use of COM manders of the ships in his employ, which the captains all highly approve of, as being extremely simple, and easily understood by the parties employed in the coasting and fishing trades. Mr. Chapman mentions also that Sir Charles Ogle, and several naval officers, ap. proved of his code. A MAGISTRATE WANTED. —Of late considerable difficulty has been experienced in finding a magistrate around Bea consfield. An acting magistrate it is difficult to find in that district. A few days since the constable of that place had two mem in custody, whom he had to take before a justice; but, although he went to the residences of eight, and travelled about thirty miles, he could not find one, and was in consequence obliged to keep the men in cus tody two days, till the Eton petty sessions came on, and then to take them about ten miles to that meeting. NOTTINGHAM.— Earl Manners, with his accustomed kindness to his poorer tenantry, at his annual receipt-day of garden rents, at Cotgrave, directed his steward to return half a year's rent, in consideration of the failure of the potato crop ; and we understand that he intends to do the same at Ratcliff and the immediate neigh bourhood of Holme Pierrepoint.—Nottingham Review. THE SHIP TOM—It is a curious fact with respect to this ♦essel, which has excited so mach notice and interest in the public mind, that the crest or arms of the owner are the arm and shoulder of a man holding in his hand a bloody spear or javelin, with which he is apparently about to strike an abject, and that this was actually painted on the stern of the vessel. It was very generally noticed while she was lying in the Dock-basin, and the circumstance is worthy of remark, simply because its appearance was significant, in consequence of the very frightful scenes of slaughter and blood shed enacted on board while on the open sea. The vessel is now on the ocean again, bound for the United States, as we intimated a few days ago, for a cargo of cotton. S FEBRUARY 10, 1846. / ~.' ee- .."--- ,-- 6--- ) __._. //,/ , • .--;'.= 'l'4; '.-=, k., : ( 4 1441:;11*6* ':; -.% • / iR:4 4) ,4 (- 7 - _,....- . , P tticE sn. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 1. This Committee met to•-day at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Strutt in the chair. THE LONDON, NEWBURY, AND BATH EAILWAY. The Committee proceeded with this adjourned case. Mr. B URKE submitted several allegations similar to those which were decided against him yesterday, but the Com mittee having expressed their disapprobation of re-opening arguments which would avail him nothing, the other allege• tions were then withdrawn, and The Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with, with the exception of the case of Mrs. Susannah Shaw. THE DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH. The Committee then called on this case. Mr. PARKES appeared for the promoters. Mr. DAVID J. COLES appeared to make an objection to the proceedi ng with the Bill. He was himself a petitioner against the p ro j ect, b ut was prevented from presenting several Petitions against it through the neglect of the pro moters. They had given notice on the 2d of February that the Sub-Committee would sit on the 4th, so that the peti tions, which oth erw i se would have been presented against the Bill, were abandoned in consequence of not having had sufficient notice to have them presented. They should, in accordance with the standing orders, have given the public three clear days' notice of the sitting of the Sub-Committee, and this was not done. He therefore submitted that they could not proceed. The CHAIRMAN said that the postponement of the sitting of the Committee from the 2d to that day was not unfavour able to the public, inasmuch as there was more time give* to get up any petitions which they might wish to present. The delay was sot occasioned by the promoters, but by the House of Commons. As to not having given three clear days' notice in time first instance, that non• compliance with the standing orders was got over by the subsequent post ponement of the inquiry. The objection was, therefore, overruled. . . Mr. PARKES then called witnesses to prove the depositing of the plans and sections, and the books of reference. After which Mr. BURK& said he had to object to the promoters' con tract deal (LEFT SITTLNG. ) Sub-Committee No. 2. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Sir J. T. Buller in the chair. BER.ES AND HANTS (HITNGERPORD EX- ~ r ~ /~. s:is » ~.cz.::~ TENSION) RAILWAY. The formal evidence in support of the petition having been finished, the petitions against the Bill were heard. Mr. COATES (of the firm of Dyson and Hoare) appeared in support c.f the petition of Messrs. Ward and Merryman, which alleged that there was an omission in the names of places along the line in the book of reference. Mr. Plum., agent for the promoters, contended that these parties were not owners of property to be affected by the proposed railway. The CHAIRMAN considered that the petitioners on this point were out of court. (LEFT SITTING.) Sub-Committee, No. 3. This Committee resumed its sittings at the usual hour this morning, Mr. Aglionby in the chair. EDINBITRGII AND PEEBLES RAILWAY. This was the petition of an i n d epen d ent C ompany f or leave to bring it. a Bill to make a railway from a point on the Dalkeith Branch of the North British Railway to Pee bles. The line, which was laid out by Mr. D. Stephenson, is proposed to pass through Lasswade, Loanhead, Roslin, and Greenlaw, by the vale of Eddlestone Water to Peebles. The estimated cost of the line is 317,0001., which is divided into . 10.000 shares, of 251. each. The engineer of the line, in the course of his evidence ex plained that the section of the line exhibited a trifling error, which was occasioned by a mistake of the engineer, who had transposed or misplaced a couple of figures, having reference to a gradient on one portion of the line. No one, however, could be mislead by this inadvertance, inasmuch as another measurement on the section, and relating to the same incli nation on the line, would supply the exact information re quired. The Committee decided that in this respect the standing orders had not been complied with, but in all others they had. The CHAIRMAN, in announcing the decision of the Com mittee, remarked that as the error could mislead no one, he had no doubt the objection would be overcome in the Stand ing Orders Committee. GENERAL TERMINUS AND GLASGOW HARBOUR RAILWAY. This was a petition for leave to bring in a Bill to make a general railway terminus in Glasgow, and extending the lines running into it, to the harbour of that city. The scheme: has been planned by Mr. Neil Robson, who esti mates the cost of the project, which includes a branch to the Glasgow and Ayr Railway', and another branch to the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Railway—a line which passed last session—at 111,732/. The customary formal proofs having been put in, the Committee declared that the standing orders had been com plied with. BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HASTINGS BRANCHES. This was the petition of the London and Brighton Railway Company, who are the proprietors by purchase of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway, fur leave to bring in a Bill to make deviations in some of their existing lines, and to make branches to Eastbourne, Newhaven, and Seaford; the estimated capital for which is 136,800/. The Committee, after hearing the customary formal evi dence, decided that the standing orders had been complied with. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY. This was another petition of the London and Brighton Company, who are the proprietors by purchase of the Brighton and Chichester Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill to make a branch line of that railway from Bognor to Little hampton. Sub-Committee No. 4. This Committee met to-day, at twelve o'clock, in room No. 11, when there were present, Sir W. Heatheote, Chair man, Mr. Evans, Mr. Home Drummond, and Mr. Hope Johnstone. AYLESBURY AND THAME JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. This was a Bill to make a Railway, in continuation of the Aylesbury branch of the London and Birmingham Railway. The standing orders were complied with. The length of the line is represented as 14 miles, and the cost is estimated at 100,0001. Mr. Robert Stephenson is the engineer, and the agents were Messrs. Wright, Smith, and Co. MANCHESTER, SHEPI'IELD, AND MID LAND JUNCTION RAILWAY RILL. By this Bill it is proposed to form a railway from Sheffield to Chesterfield, and from Dronsheld, through Chatsworth to Bakewell. The cost of the line is estimated at 1,050,000/. for a length of twenty-three and a half miles. The engineer Is Mr. Vignolles, and the agents, Dorrington, Hayward, and Co. There was no opposition, and the standing orders were complied with. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) era M.'"u-R3X3S , T9. SMITIIPIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 is to 41 5s ; Clover ditto, 41 8s to 51125; Oat Straw, 1/ 115 to 11 13s ; IS Straw, 11 13, to 1/ 15s per load. Trade dull, at barely last week's prices. CumsEaLaNn.—Meadow Hay, 31 Ss to 418 s ; Clover ditto, 41 8s to 5/ lOs ; Oat Straw, 11 10, toill 12, ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 15s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade somewhat heavy. WiIITECHATEL.—AIeadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 So ; Clover; ditto, 418 s to 3i 2s Gd; Oat Straw, 11 105 to 11 12s , Wheat Straw, 11 12s t• 11 14s per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. COLONIAL. St:GAIL—The market for British Plantation is heavy, only about 60 hhds having been sold at previous rates. The public sales have consisted principally of 3,841 bags 34 casks Mauritius ; 1,239 bags Bengal; 1,450 bags Madras, and 1,509 boxes brown and yellow Havannah. All the Sugar admissible for home consumption found buyers at previous prices ; good brown to fine yellow Mau ritius brought 46s 6d to 53s ; good to tine soft yellow Bengal, 48s 6d to 50s ; low to good brown Khaur, ditto, 37s to 38s, and mid brown to flue yellow, 42s to 525. The Havannah was all taken in at 215 to 26s for low brown to good greyish yellow, being chiefly much above the value. 242 puns West India Molasses at anchor only partly found buyers at 20$ for good Berbice. Coma is dull. Mar.—There has been very little demand ibr this article. 6 s 6d Rum.-676 bags of Bengal were all taken in at 15s 6d to 1 for small broken to mid white, being above the value. SALTPETEL-2,376 bags Bengal were mostly taken in at 25s Gd for 13 to 13N per cent refraction, which is above the value; a small portion sold at 26s 6d for 11% per cent refraction, being rather dearer. Spices.-145 chests Cassia Lignea sold readily at 52s to 64s for ord to good quality, which are fully previous prices. TALLOw.—r.Y.C. is 42s Gd to 42s 9d per cwt on the spot, and town 45s Gd. TEA.—The market is dull, but the deliveries are good. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, NORTH WILES RAILWAY COMPANY V. ARCHER. PORTDYNLLAEN HARBOUR. This case, which has excited considerable interest, has been decided in favour of the defendant, counsel on behalf of the Co mpany having nientioned to the Court on Saturday last that they would consent to allow the injunction to be dissolved . By this m ove on the part of the plaintiffs, any expression of opinion by the Court upon the conduct of the parties will be avoided. It will be recollected, that after the defendant's counsel had addressed the Court in support of the motion to dissolve the injunction, the matter stood over in consequence of the Vice-Chancellor desiring to see a case that the plaintiffs thought proper to keep back from him when they applied for their injunction, and which it appears by the defendant's answer was laid before Mr. Lloyd, the barrister, on his behalf, in March last, by Mr. David Williams. the solicitor of the Company, and in which it was expressly stated that the har bour of Pertdynllaen was purchased by the defendant for himself, while no mention, or reference of any kind, was made therein to the North Wales Railway Company, nor was anything stated that could be strained to justify their recent attempt to claim the benefit of tke purchase, and which it appears, moreover, was made sonic months before the Company was thought of or formed. GOVERNMENT PRECAUTIONS. Active preparations are in progress fer carrying out the precautionary measures noticed in our last. The Indian corn and corn meal in store at liaulbowline will be transferred on Monday to the Lee Mills, which will be on that day delivered up to the authorities. Accommodation has been provided there for forty soldiers and two officers, who will be per manently stationed on the premises ; and it is said that two pieces of cannon will be planted at the gates.—Cork Southern Reporter. EXTENSIVE SLIP OF EARTH-WORK ON THE GREAT WESTERN Haire/Av.—A large slip of an embankment supporting the down rail ofthe Great Western Railway, occurred on Saturday night last. The heavy rains which have fallen tbr some weeks past; have produced a prejudicial effect upon the earth-works of the line, and has no doubt rendered them at many points less secure. The slip oc curred between seven and eight o'clock on Saturday night, not very long before the six o'clock up-train from Bristol was due. The embankment gave way for a considerable distance, and slipped from under the up-rail, which was left supported *sly by some of the wood-work. A number of men are engaged in repairing the damage, and it is expected it will cost the company above 1,0001. THE LIVERPOOL CORN-LAW PETITION. — Upw ards of 50,000 signatures were attached to the Liverpool petition praying for a total and immediate repeal of the urn-laws. come town Co u n f o t r e s t S h e o s l ja se•rns l asecti i Master: aeoV!LILT of the at Middleton Park has separated. The Noble Earl , on the(2 tteen at Horse, returns to town to-morrow , in ord er to attend i e n y and bou t ten ija d d y a y s e . lelmlenrilf . her Majesty's first Levee, to-morrow. son of Lord The Hon. William Lewis Denman, Denman, has entered holy ord ers , and was o rd aed by the Bishop of ui • Durham on Sunday. Museville wdis oftheninotsogulocin r i gs of y th es e ta r d e a rentation of . as sta - - DUTCH MAIL. AMSTERDAM, FEB, 4.—The number of passengers on the Dutch railway in the month of January was 52,244 ; the money received for passengers and goods was 54,640 florins. The Second Chamber of the States General will meet the day after to-morrow (Friday). Some projects of law will be presented to the Chamber on that day, among which will be one confirming the measure adopted by way of reprisal against Belgium, and a number of proposals relative to the first book of the penal code ZWOLLE, FEB. 2.—ln consequence of the extraordinary rise of the Twen and the Dinkel, extensive inundations have taken place, and much damage is done to the roads and bridges in this province. The river Yecht and Rigge have also risen to a level with the crown of the dikes, so that it was necessary to take pre cautions against inundation. , Bois LE Duc, FEB. 4.—What we expected has come to pass. The inundation has reached the town, and a great number of streets are under water, in some places to the depth of two feet, Many houses, chieflv belonging to the poorer classes, are completely overflowed: The communica tions are wholly interrupted in many places. There are similar accounts of inundations from several other places. AMSTERDAM, FEB. 6.—We have received the Java journals to the 11th OctoUer, which contain a resolution of the Go vernor. General of India, to the effect that the import duties which are to be charged ad valorem shall be levied either on the valuation, according to the market price of the day, or on the invoice price, with an addition of 30 per cent. DRESDEN, JAN. 28.—We have unfortunately again to an nounce a great and increasing inundation of the Elbe. The flood is now 13 feet above the usual level and has overspread the country far and wide. The snow in the Bohemian and Saxon mountains has been melted in a few days by the con tinued rains ; the Moldan has done immense damage at Prague. The tributaries of the Elbe have almost all risen to an extraordinary height, so that we may expect greater masses of water to come down. We have at present a sharp frost, which we hope will prove some check on the waters. VIENNA, JAW. 29.—His Imperial Highness the Archduke Charles having considerably gained in strength within these f,..w days, there is every reason to hope that he will soon be wholly recovered and no more bulletins will be issued. HAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, VFELIt . Bills. Ow. kustrian 5 per Cents ••• • • • 116 ...- Bank Shares • ..... ............... 1600 Anglo-Russian Loan ................ 1044 Russian 5 per Cent., Munk Certificate. p2I3U Ditto Ist series Inscription... ........ 104 1 4 Ditto, Mope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99 Ditto, in Certificate. 99 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ...... 91 Ditto Stieglitz • ••• • • ••••• • • • • 8 934- Spanish New 5 per Cent • Ditto 3 per Cent •• .. •••• • • • • XL Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • . Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ..... 59 % Ditto 3 per Cent. .••• • • • • ••••• •• Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1644.• 83 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 86% National Bank Shares. _ Bills. 6131 7336 '9SU 89% DUTCH F U.NDS.—AUSTEADAM, FEB. 6. Money. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent— •• • • 60% lsitto, 3 per Cent 73 Ditto, 4 per Cent.. ...... ......• •• • • 94% Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent.. • • 99% Ditto, 3% per Cent.... •••••• • • • • • . 110% 99 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 164 165 East India Loan, 4 per Cent...—. •• .. 94% 95 Exchange on London, at sight • •••• • . 12 20 Two months. ..... 12 10 On Hamburgh, at sight • • 35 36 Two m0nth5............... 31 25 •Dutch Papers, Feb. 7. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAw. 30. 5 per Cent. Metalliques•. • 4 per Cent. ditto •••• • • • .• • 3 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 77 Lean, 1834 Ditto, 1839 ................. ...... 1211 Bank Shares .............. Esterhazy's Loan ........ . RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand . ••••• Gloggnitz • • • • .• . • •• • • • • • • •• • •• • ....... 146 Vienna—Milan .. • ........ • • •• • • •• • Leghorn• ••. • • ......... ...... „ 117 t 4 Sienna ...••••••• Grosetto ...... Oldenburg • • ..... Pestoja. • • • .............. Apenninen —Allgemeine Zeltunz. Feb. 2. .... REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE DURING THE PAST:WEEK. The trade in Wheat has, since our last, maintained a very firm tone ; and though the millers have acted with much cau tion, prices have tended upwards at several of the leading provincial markets. Iu the agricultural districts the rise has been somewhat greater than at the chief consuming markets, farmers having generally brought forward moderate supplies. This has been particularly the case at the shipping ports on the east coast, from whence the produce of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk is dispatched to the south and north. This cer tainly does not look like an intention on the part of the growers to force sales at depreciated prices. The arrivals of Wheat coastwise into London have been only moderate during the week ; nor has much been exhi bited at Mark-lane, by land-carriage samples, from the neighbouring counties. The purchases made by the millers on Monday appear to have sufficed for their immediate wants, and the demand has since then been extremely slow. On Wednesday the transactions were of so little importance as scarcely to afford the means of judging of the real value of the article; nor was much more done on Friday, though factors manifested a disposition to facilitate business, and would probably have accepted rates a trifle below those cur rent in the beginning of the week if they could thereby have succeeded irr clearing off the few parcels on sale. Foreign free Wheat has also been difficult of disposal, particularly the inferior descriptions, comprising the bulk of what re mains in granary. Really good qualities have not been sold cheaper than on Monday at any period of the week; and such is the scarcity of really serviceable parcels, that small lots have, from time to time, been released from under lock by bonded certificates. Bonded Wheat has met with very little attention. A few orders have been received from Bel gium for Polish Odessa, but the limits have been too low to admit of their execution. The speculative demand appears, for the present, to have entirely ceased; end though fair Dantzic has been offered at 565., and good Lower Baltic, red, at 525. to 535. per quarter, scarcely a bargain has been closed. So general is the expectation that Sir Robert Peel will succeed in carrying his new measure, that very little at tention is being paid to the averages; hence the rise in the duty to 17s. per quarter on Thursday last had no influence erne way or the ether on bonded Wheat. REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. The latest advices from New York inform us that the de mand for flour for export to England had rather slackened in the early part of January, but about the middle of the month a renewed inquiry had sprung up, which had enabled holders of Genessee to realise 5:1,i dolls. per barrel for good brands. Further news from Great Britain was anxiously looked for, and it was expected that the tone of the English letters would have considerable influence on the market. From the north of Europe the accounts are of much the same character as those previously received. Though the demand for wheat appears generally to have been languid at most of the continental ports, the smallness of the stock, and the prevailing opinion that great scarcity is likely to be felt before another harvest can be secured, seem to have pre vented any decline occurring in prices; indeed quotations have rather moved upward, as well in Germany as iu Hol land and Belgium. The latest accounts from Dantzic state that holders of really fine old wheat had manifested no inclinatioa to lower their pretensions, and that few were willing to enter into contracts to ship the best samples (the produce of 1842) in spring below 555. per quar ter. New wheat might have been bought at from 48s. to 525. per quarter, according to quality, but the actual transactions had not been of much im portance. A letter from Elbing, dated 27th ult , furnishes us with a statement of the stocks of grain there at the commence ment of January, from which it appears that the entire quantity of wheat in granary consisted on the first of that month of only 2,360 lasts. Little or nothing had been done there in wheat for shipment, prices being relatively higher than at the neighbouring port of Dantzic. At Stettin holders of wheat appear to have remained firm, and by the latest reports from thence we learn that there were no sellers below 475. to 48s. per quarter, free on board in spring. The reports from Haniburgh state that the navigation of the Elbe had again become impeded by floating ice, the weather having been frosty :during the latter part of Ja nuary. The corn market had In some degree well recovered e d h em eld an a d t from the previous depression, and wheeatianacsevcierat. At Rotterdam, on Tuesday, all as es mc'st kinds of spring corn, had been held at n enhanced terms, in consequence from the Rhenish provinces. of frts an of a anticipated demand At Antwerp a material ri se had, we are informed, be en caused by the proposed alteratio ns in our corn-l aws. Polish Odessa had been sold at ov er 555., and Pomera nian wheat at 3s being e que. t 575. 7d per quarter. O ther articles had risen in the same pro p o rtion : rye being quoted , on the 3d instant, 445. 60., s. mucht° teoro. high in that quarter to admit of business being d one w i t h a view to Th e accounts from the Mediterrane an are st ill w i thout in terest, t e e ): ee d b4arpleryieesfrom wheat 2of9 2. pr the English markets. Letters from Marseilles, of the 31st of January, quote Polish Odessa wheat 451., and Danube 41s. per quarter free on board, being nearly as much as those qualities are at present worth in the London market. From Odessa the advices of the 16th of January state that vessels had become very scarce ; consequently little had been done, for want of shipping. Ordinary wheat was then held at 28s. to 325., good secondary aorta at 345., and fine at 355. 6d. to 38s. 6d. per quarter, free en board.—Mark-lane Express. -- TEL SALMON FISHINGS.—The first two days' returns which have reached us from our own district are favourable. In the Conon, three fish were got; in the Beauly about the same number ; in the Ness, five fish; while at Fortrose Point and other parts of the coast about fifty were got. The want of ice is much felt. There is none north of the Findhorn, where about one-fourth of the usual quantity has been collected; at the Spey one-half; but at ♦berdeen there has been about the usual quantity.— R oss-shire Advertiser. . - FISHEBY PIERS AND HARBOURS (IRELAND).—Yester day the third measure on the part of the Government for the im provement of Ireland was printed, entitled " A Bill to encourage the Sea Fisheries of Ireland, by promoting and aiding with grants of public money the construction of piers, harbours, and other works." it is appointed to be read a second time to night (Tuesday). Under each of the three measures—Public Works, Drainage, and Fishery Piers—it is proposed to advance 50,0001. There are as many as ST sections in the bill. The preamble states the objects to be carried out, and provisions have been framed under the following heads : Commissioners, grants, loans, preliminary proceedings, works, Pur chase of lands, security for loans and repayment, maintenance of works, and miscellaneous matters. The Exeter petition for the immediate repeal of the corn-laws has received in three days upwards of 6,600 signatures. DISTRESS IN DTlNGARVAL—Notwithstanding all the ii upwards of van, an d there is representations of the great distress prevailing in . . t .o ui n locality, and the unmistakeable fact of a au tr r ulers of entered ii.to, to partially relieve it i; as if the of this country are looking as listlessly T o appalling facts detailed had n o of 5 14 :000 e mustperso persons s gal a n t remind them that there are present in a starving condition in th fung 's distress. Were it not DP prospect whatever or relief for individuals, who generously and for the humanity of a few c i we would before noW , _ t h or -house is full, the Fever l starvation. I' ie p from actual contagious disease spreading rapidly, benevolently came forwarl,avaen d t o subscribed record m a any large d e s a u t m h s , Hospital full, an d someare we to of relief to the sufferers. We fear many tostr d i stress , and render dc t i t t ho i a e t i tG a h i v leo'rrfuesnte'hie'ent Gov e rnm e nt wealthy absentees ingtthat neighbourhood, to aid the struggling who is compelled to witness the sufferings o nws .itaii c oil Where i llnll p i s : ;i fnnfosaopti business, : : ::v v estariyijo i ei neighbour s ? n i :ei : lin:::esien ' s one coming forward as yet, though when the rent becomes due they will not fail to demand it from all, and then it is brought to a foreign l an d , where the possessor may enjoy himself without wit ness i ng the appal ling scenes of misery which he could no t avo i d observing at home.— Waterford Freeman. HARWICH, FEB, 6.—A brig, supposed to be a collier, is sunk between the Shipwash and Orfordnoss.—lpswich EaTTESS. Sucday, February 11, Stamped, price Sixpenee, size of the " Times," T H WEEE K• L Y NEWS, A GRNERAL NEWSPAPER, BUT PARTICULARLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OS MUNICIPAL, COR PORATE, AND PAROCHIAL BODIES, PUBLIC COMPANIES, ETC. 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