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NOTICE.-ALTERATION OF TIME AND R EDUCTION OF FARES. GRAVESEND for Bd. or 9d., ''?!..___and railway i nc l u d e d . The STAR and IThACKWALL '.k.ai.ETS are now running at the above reduced fares from the il indav illackwall, at 9%, 1014, 12, 1 3%, and b. 12 and 3, 2 4 _Gra _send 1a at 8%, excepted. From the New Terrace Pier, 9 %, 11 1,2%, and 5. Sundays 9% and 1 ex -171,,•! Fare : Fore C a bi n and Second Class Railway, 6d. ; Saloon Mt nit Class 9d. Star ofa Gravesend, Oct. 11, 1845. ROY AL CHRIS VMAS HOLIDAYS. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, ?rof Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan and SOP e g rßa cheffner in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILO- L eo illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments. g ell , ure on the PREVALENT DISEASE in FOTATOES will he Vir4 rec l,_ by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL eY Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, ear icblejeveraj persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the E MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA pertuiltre very effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex the by means of the DIVER and DIVING} BELL. AmAng 4isi,„.arious LOCOMOTIVE to the Working Models is eeleman's NEW ae,ZattICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for as ending aad de ituTeg inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL i n th tT ...S. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part peg Five, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half 'Ye, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening. One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. NINETY-FIFTH SALE. .1011. si cI jST.S)M-lIOUSE, LONDON, JANU O A n RY O , u I r B a I6 i LE, by order of the II be Corn. salsA noon ,n ers of her Majesty's Customs, at Twelve o'clock at Tat ' T s eq . , OD MONDAY 12t, TrEsDAY 13th, WEDNESDAY 14th, at th e 15 th, FRIDAY 16th, and SATURDAY 17th January, 1846, 71.1,01nrnercial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane, FOLLOWING GOODS FOR HOME CONSUMPTION :- 431 Pieces Black Silk Bat Plush, 267 Gold and 97 Silver Watches, 122 Marble, Porcelain, and other Clocks, 475 Pieces Pillow Lace, East India Mats, 31 Cartons Artificial Flowers, 6 Cartons Dressed Feathers, 156 Dozen Steel Umbrella Frames. A quantity of Meerschaum Pipe Bowls, 51 Chests Black Tea, 4 Cases Nutmegs, 40 Bags Pepper, l e•eordian F igured Silk, Gauze, French, and other Shawls, zezes Barege, Bronze Powder, Brushes, Snuff and Tobacco d Woollen_ s tew . Bon -bon and Wafer Boxes, Beads, Brooch Fronts, Gilt an Buttons, Berlin Ironware, Cotton Braid, Copper Matrices, o lou rc .Cloth Canton Crape Shawls, Cameos, China Vases s , it C io ; P orcelain Groups of Figures, Cotton Tapes, .Cempe lte i b,. 4 , -E ast India Gauze, Feather Hand-screens, Ivory C . hess-men, broCdered Muslin Dresses, Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Em 1100k ~r 7 and Embroidery Frames, Furniture, Sofas, Cabinets, Tables, Ila n 'ltaea, Wardrobes, Chairs, Scc., Flock, Glass Tumblers, Gold 4411, ( Bracelets), Hand Mirrors and Frames, Hair Petticoats, b lock Beggars Lace, Musical Boxes, Musical Instruments, Supper"ewellery, 'Hatchets, Needlework, Purse Garnitures, Plated „,,e T raY, Polished Ho ' rns, Deer thorns, Prepared Chalk, Per- INitti:OPera Glasses, Silk Manufactures, Steel Garnitures, Silk .-, 03r % Tourses, and Gloves, Silk Watch-guards, Tarlatans, Cases of w at 3 , " Marbles, Walking Canes, Woollen Ties and Neckerchiefs, l ailien,,._. ch "teys, Gold and Silver Watches, Cheroots, Segars, Ma- Wln e ,7 , and Unnianufactured Tobacco, Snuff, Tea, Sugar, Coffee, , Dentin, Cordials, Brandy, Rum, Eau de Cologne, Tamarinds, lur- FOR Deals, &c. &c. &c. Silk E BENEFIT OF THE CROWN . , AT BUYERS' PRICES. plain Ribbons, Black Silk Velvet, Cotille, Satin Shawls, Silk Crape, lona, & a " & Figured Silks, C. e• &c. Mousseline de Laines, Merinoes, Car- EXPORTATION ONLY. x TOR .old Watches FOß Sugar, Spirits, Books, &c. &c. &c. ' P ORTATION ; AT BUYERS' PRICES; OR HOME CON- Cant„,, S I T _MPTION ON PAYMENT OF THE DUTIES. Soap vr ape Shaw ' ls, Silk Manufactures, Spirits, Wines, Books, To 'b il e ` c e, Coffee, Tea, ' Curry Powder, Ales, Watches, &c. &c. at reet vi ewed at th e Queen's Warehouse, Custom-house, Thames- Tob,' at the L on d on, West India, and East In di a D oc k s , anti at the SA, T ,; °- ground, Rotherhithe, on THURSDAY, Bth, FRIDAY, 9th, and nnta " b Alr, Inth January, 1846, from Ten o'clock in the Morning Te n o,.:lree o'clock in th e Afternoon, and on the Days of Sale, from Tak caciel, in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at Noon tato 4 °tiee that the goods sold at this sale will not be delivered beFter two clear days of the day they are sold, and that no lots can if t v e 7: for at the Office of the Receiver of Fines after two o'clock in the the R., °° ". During the days of sale money will not be received by catZ e iver of Fines after eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Drive °gues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-house, One Shilling each. S 4. , T, 57, STRAND, LONDON.—WEL- Derio LINGTON BOOTS, made to Measure, ONE GUINEA. Su- Pleml""rktrianship, the finest French leather, very durable, and nt for tender feet.—Cash on delivery. '-'IIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY. PRELLMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. 'aPital 100,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share. ""'ePosit 10s. per 100/. Shares, in accordance with the Act. (Provisionally Registered.) Co Under the Management of a Provisional Committee. ~ CllEniST—Profeseor Ryan, M.D., LL.D Royal Col tx(1, , lege, Portsmouth, and Royal Polytechnic Institution. '''4Zltlicry Francis, Esq., Patentee, 40, Elizabeth-street, Eaton-square. BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. So LtetToa—J, F. W. Fesenmeyer, Esq., 23, Bedford-row. SECRETARY—Mr. William Nicholson. secs of the Company and Working Factories, 159, Drury-lane. The c feet n .„ ( nnPany is formed for the purpose of carrying out, more ef cur "'tlY working, and bringing ixto general use, an invention se bY letters patent for an improved manufacture of gas. a a PParatus is so portable it can fitted up on any descrip ,,l building, even at a kitchen range, be without affecting the do pasgements and the fire used in ordinary in generating the ample to Produce steam for warming the most extensive T ing ost eminent engineers and chemists unite in opinion that ntion is not only practicable and free from smell or fie, but but by this valuable patent is secured the manufacture of a and superior gas, not only on new, but sound, scientific, chemical, Mechanical principles, which have been hitherto overlooked in 11 e-71mon mdes of mnufacture ; esides, this gas possesses more uminationg power, a and will burn longer, than that now in use, 1116 r ni PrnPortion of 40 per cent. in favour of the invention. Patent method I pplicable Co lighting generally, but more 7Peei ally small towns, villages, lighthouses, colleges, churches, dock frds, theatres, publie offices, prisons, barracks, r l tilw a a n y d k e a . Tt a r n a%or a i e rn s „, warming i t i h ti e n g b - u e i tte g s, s, m w 7 t d h h o o u u t s e es x'tr h a osta, expense. The benefits which would accrue to lighthouses, dockyards, and ~,- " .nerous localities, where the ordinary gas cannot be conveyed . " t hout the formation of many new Acts and Companies, or at 'm kt asa expense, would be sufficient to obtain for this Company the —4 t Prominent and prosperous position. ,„,, 1 e great saving to the consumer, the small portion of room requi- Z , e for th e erection of the apparatus, the simplicity of its working, 1 ,1 1 1 the brilliancy of the gas, will insure the adoption of the invention 14aughout the kingdom ; and although the public can be supplied at l ee which will defy competition, the Company can confidently ~,e_rout to those disposed te become shareholders a return upon ea,pital of not less than fifty per cent. eeti: er " lll Pany being far advanced, will be in a situation, when fully , t. to take contracts immediately. . APplieda ions for shares, in the usual form, to be made to, and "her Particulars obtained of, the Solicitor, and also the Secretary, wliere may be seen the apparatus at work, ancY of the gas exemplified. C r;N S a SALE OF LAMPS AT NALF-PRICE. in BATIK and COMPANY, 447, West Strand, theirg to a nnounce that they intend making extensive alterations et a establis hment, and, in consequence, are compelled to dispose The e a t r o g! Porn ) , o of their ' immense and excellent stock of lamps. (the e a consists of the ' Light, Clark's Patent Carcel Oil Lamp h andeli to over made), Solar Lamps, and all other oil lamps. Pint Lam, the Gem Spirit Lamps, Oil and Candle stre a ; C andelabras and Ormolu Candlesticks, and richly cut f 11: tin ier's a `,," l 's Magnum Caudle Lamps, and every description o ti tit irnillenq Clark's providesm that can be required. In . fa a e c t, The 4 4 v ,artelY a ehoice for all, and gives all satisf New 'ecineti o ,,c 4 a will be sold considerably under the usual charges. ee n „ - , In prices commence Tuesday, IGth December, and one month or perhaps less. tie thencee rite ~. "oWn Address, , CLARK and C0.;447, WEST STRAND, Depot. THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES. A 4 B: S AVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. .0,, 0 ? ...II London, opposite the Bank, request the at_te,n -,WATCPllasers their stock of London-made PATENT LEN L , lt f-S, Which are manufactured by themselves in their own til ed, thin Silver Cases, with the Detached Escapement and Jew ea4 .0 1 ',ces are Four Guineas and a Half, Six, and Eight `eett q u ' i '"'eu ; or is Gold Cases, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, and Six. ,: e " each. The very large stock offered for selection in raore „'irti description en blain g a customer to select that which a lnularly adapted to his own use. C u RISTM s TOASTS. ANECDOTE. 4,,eroloSany of friends, on Christmas Day, e drinking toasts together, so they say; ~ n' ir_lad t es ot ot a .: t p e r d o t p o o ic e o d m panio ns o'er their glasses, " A Health to all good Lasses ;" de auk to Queen Victoria on her throne, At i ena ,l ll l IN scarcely did they let alone. 4,11.1_1 a worthy gentleman got up, Aud ' I his hand he holds a " sparkling cup." AhLulls, midst breathless silence, he proposes ea rty toast — to whom ? Why, Messrs. MOSES. The toast (said he) which I propose to you " Is one to which we must full justice do ; " I feel assur'd I should not do my Part ": U nless I drank success to MOSES' mart : " Look ! look 1 (quoth he) at MOSES and his SON, " Consider what a deal of good they've done. " There's not one gentleman in all the room " Who is not Brest in MOSES' choice costume ; " Hence I with conflde ne epropoae (said h e ) , this " That we should drink toast with three ti mes three. " With this the gentlemanresu 'c.iiis chair, er And all approv'd of what he'd stated the Rut atop ! you've not heard all the anecdote ; A gentleman of literary note Took out his pocket-book, andl pencill a 'dt . long A Hang—and sang it to a well-known air. 'T was quickly done; and as it is not We beg to give a copy of— THE SONG. Let us toast the success Of the monarchs of dress — P.. MOSES and SON, of the City; Let no one be mute, (For each has a suit), But let us all join in the ditty. Many savings we've won By MOSES and SON, Many capital bargains we've made ; They deserve to be prais'd, While triumphantly rais'd To the loftiest post 1n the trade. May MOSES and SON, (As they ever have done) Win the public in one mighty host ; And at each Christmas season, If ay all have good reason T Propose their success with a toast. LIST OF PRICES. A s. d. te aver READY MADE. Ta g ll olll3 -from 0 8 6 , este: Id • • 6 b S or i s, ........................ 0 1 1 8 0 0 I. 4 4 l ,nter • ot t a t t °lB , l'ernbroke, and every descriptioa of JJoWinte•.l4ter C; a • ••-•• • • • **•***** ••••• • • • • from • 6 lined in every style orst 0 4 6 Roxedged c n _ •• • 5 0 b alltd,b" VeSt • • • • DLow reasted •••• • • • • •• • : .•: ........ 0 2 6 bitt unar • ****** • • itto. rou se , •• • .................. 03 0 Bit Vests •••• ••• • • • ... 0 1 6 ••• • .. nter Co a l s , MADE TO MEASUEL. Ulitn,, e d tri Nni 'al every style and shape, handsomely Tw 1 5 0 cloth 4.r.e.a•t•• Colts , . • • v • e • 1 * c . o . ] and •• Cu " ff . s . • 112 0 0 18 6 Dirt o vr aPpers ?le VlTi lstk l 8 6 e r s 'it' Trouserst o I all : • e: w.• •• . patterns " • ... •• • • • •• °OOl 1:202 060 br t "ali Y l 01• dress ........ 1 6 Ideas Coats.. tt' belt •.". '• •••••••••••••••• " • • ** • • • • • • • • •2 15 0 Frock co_s usury mad, •••• • • ' • ••, 1 13 0 bitt o beat C44ll rner e . gatin .. ...... .. .. 3 6 8 3 0 tom Pla.in or fan cy • •••••• • • • • • 012 • Great C l o t : 3U an d Tunie suits. • •• " or Bottle ork, entitled th• e •• ‘ : Vc:l;arci; Mart," with full directions Nee* asti reMent eg e , May be had, on application, " Pest Free." aang ed, _ -"-oY article purchased or ordered, if not approved of Obg e , or the /no ne w ow , Y returned. ri " e n bap,rB-E• and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail and g 6, -0. Outfitters, and General Yirarehousensen, 154, Mino t. .11. 1, (0 ft! gate, City, opposite the Church. .riclay ,;„ usiness transacted t hi s E t blishment from sunset on o suh set at s a w" Saturday - , when business is resumed at twelve aga inst It bhp. i t' "es and Son are obliged to guard the public beryl ° : n n ti ' h aling learned that the untradesmanllke false have tt:"ed to ectned with them, or its the . same concern ..... .hf e l; "14nd0e°44411013 Y instances, and for obvious reasons. n. Mover a Ith any other estaldishment, in or out ,„ Prevvat di,..se 'who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to -siagate. oprZL4traent, &e.) call or send to 154, Mlaories, or 86, the Church. Aprai -411E All those suffering from r„,leuMatisin, Chill:l:tins, Lumbago,Tic-Dolorenx, Cran . m, UORRALL Will find i mmediate relief and a speedy care by using th, ~ g EMBROCATION.,NI The great and increasing demand More „,,_"°7e, ou the proinletor to introduce It anfnete'nTeraitY to the public, satisfied that one trial alone will be ether a,:,1,;) convince the Most sceptical of its superiority over all Sold 1' 1;1l3 offered for siniilar purposes. pr , zetor, ,rttles at Is. Iy, d., 25., and 2s . 9d. each, by the Sole Pro . 3, his apueoree Ri chardson, 12, Norland-place, Notting-hill, and 114 d San /31)intin ent by Barclay and Sons 95 don• street ; repriet,,ger. 150, Oxford- attendestre to et. Orders, , by' post, Farrin dir g ected to the prOraPtly d . !ontairl s° the levy f$ ion 01;b!, ramrod redn' the i F " 5,000 I.l ' al rayse di past - eigl ye to h ree oe 1. COSI' The stl nied 1 4 , fr 00 3 , 4 "; Aye Antwe l l at lea . w hole ( ' ge. 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Ce ommittee of Management, LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Gresham-rooms, Basinghall-street. •lIARWICII RAILWAY and PIER COM PANY (with Branches to Thorpe le Soken and Alresford). MANAGING COMMITEEE. Sir ROBERT PRICE, Bart., M.P., Chairman - . Martin Stutely, Esq. Charles Sturgeon, Esq. R. Borman Fisher, Esq. James R. Croft, Esq. William Downes, Esq. John G. Wilson, Esq. ENGIMEER—Joseph Gibbs, Esq. SOLICITORS. London—Thomas Jones Mawe, Esq. Colchester—William Salmon Cooper, Esq. The Committee beg to announce that it is their intention to pro ceed to Parliament in the ensuing session, and that the standing orders to the present time have in all respects been fully complied with. The share list will close on the sth day of January next, previously to which forms may be had and applications will be received, accom panied by references to a banker, or person of known responsibility, addressed to the solicitors hi London or Colchester, or to the brokers already advertised. By order, T. PRICE, Secretary 4, New Bridge• street, Dec. 23, 1845. THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT RAILWAY. The Committee of Management beg to almanacs that, in compliance with the applications and suggestions of several gentlemen of expe rience, they have instructed the several bankers named in their Letters of Allotment to continue to receive the preliminary deposits from this time until the 7th of January next, in order that those parties to whom Shares in this Company have been allotted may con suit their own convenience, by paying thefirst deposit at the present time, or paying the whole deposit en or before the 7th of January next. By order of the Beard, Z. lIIIBBERSTT, Secretary. Moorgate-chambers, lloorgate-street, Dec. 19, 1845. N OR THERN and SOUTHERN CONNECTING RAILWAY. The Committee of Management have much pleasure in announcing to the Subscribers that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference, have been duly deposited at the Parliament-office of the House of Lords, and at the Private Bill office of the House of Commons, and also with the various Parish Clerks, In compliance with the standing orders of both Houses of Parliament. The notices have been served upon the respective owners, lessees, and occupiers, throughout the in tended line and deviation. The traffic has also been taken by an experienced statist, with the most satisfactory result, and the mea sure will be carried before Parliament in the ensuing session. W. JENKINS, Secretary. 71, King William-street, Dec. 31, 1845. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL FOR SECOND INSTALMENT OF 2/. 10s. PER SHARE, ON 251. .HARES, MAKING Si. PAID. The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a meeting held this day, to call, under the provisions of the Acts of Parliament, for an instalment of 2/. 10s. per Share on 251. Shares, notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on or before the 20th day of January next, to any of the undermen tioned bankers, the said sum of 21. 10s on each of their respective 251. Shares, viz. : Lendon—Messrs.Glyn,Hallifax, Mills, and Co.; at the Great Western Railway Office, 29, Gresham-street, City. Bristol—Messsrs. Miles, Horton', and Co. ; Messrs. Batllie, Ames, and Co. ; Stuckey's Banking Company ; the West of England and South Wales District Bank. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham—The County of Gloucester Bank. Reading—Messrs. I. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CIIAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, Dec. 4, 1845. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL FOR ELEVENTH INSTALMENT OF 51. PER SHARE, ON 1091. SHARES, MAKING 851. PAID. The I)irectors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a meeting held this day, to call, under the provisions of the Acts of Par liament, for an instalment of 51. per share on 1001. shares, Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay en or before the .th day of January next, to any of the under-mentioned bankers, the said sum of 51. on each of their respective 1001. shares, viz : London —Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. ; at tho Great Western Railway Office, 29, Gresham-street, City. Bristol—Messrs. Miles, Hanford, and Co. ; Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co. ; Stuckey's Banking Company ; the West of England and South Wales District Bank. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham—The County of Gloucester Bank. Reading—Messrs. I. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, Dec. 4, 1845. GRAND UNION RAILWAY. ISSUE OF SPALDING AND BRANDON JUNCTION RAILWAY SHARES. _ _ Notice is tereby given, that the Shareholders of the Grand Union Railway who are desirous of taking shares in the Spalding and Itran don Junction line, are required to send in the original scrip for re gistry on or before the 6th of January, 1846. The scrip must be accompanied by a letter, signed by the owner with his name in full, his occupation, and residence,stating the quan tity of scrip, and the respective . numbers sent in for registry, together with the name of a party in London to whom reference may be made as to responsibility, otherwise it cannot be received. A receipt will be given for the scrip deposited, and at the expiration of two days (if the holder be considered sufficiently responsible by the Directors) it will be returned, together with a letter of allotment for the Spalding and Brandon Junction Railway shares. The allotment will be in _ _ the proportion of one share for every five of the Grand Union Rail way scrip. Application must be made on or before the day above named, otherwise no claim for the Spalding and Brandon Junction shares will be recognised. The deposits will be payable at the several Bankers specified on the Letter of Allotment, on or before the 15th of January, and the Deeds will lie for signature as under, when theßankers' receipts may be exchanged for Scrip Certificates. London—At the Company's Offices, 78, Cornhill, and at the Offices of the Norfolk Railway Company, Guildhall-buildings, from the sth to 20th January, 184 G, inclusive, between the hours of Ten and Five o'clock. Nottingham—At the Offices of the Grand Union Railway Com pany, St. Peter's square, Friday, 16th January, 1846. Leeds—At the White Horse, Saturday, 17th January, 1846. Manchester—At the Albion Hotel, Monday, 19th January, 1846. Liverpool—At the Angel Hotel, Tuesday, 20th January, 1846. As it is understood that Parliament will meet on the 22d January, the time for payment of Deposits and execution of the Deeds can on no account be extended. The Plans, Sections, and Books of Refe rence were deposited with the Board of Trade and the several Clerks of the Peace on Saturday, the 29th November, and all necessary arrangements have been made for obtaining an Act in the ensuing session of Parliament. By order, 78, Cornhill, Dec. 24, 1845, ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary. C H R I S T M A S!! Awake my lyre with tuneful lay, And " welcome" give to " Christmas Day 1" It is a joyous, happy time, When music, mirth, and love combine, To strew our path with roses bright, And mingle friendship with delight 1 And what is most essential—say, To give eclat to " Christmas Day ?" Why " Clothing !" that we own's a fact ; We therefore tell you how to act ! Away to " Ilyam's "—order there Habiliments of beauty rare ! And then with confidence and joy Most charmingly your time employ ; In scenes of pleasure bright and gay, You'll pass a happy " Christmas Day ! 1" List of Prices for Winter Garments ready-made : X s. d. Gentlemen's Over-coats from Gentlemen's Chesterfield and Taglionis, from .. ......... 0 15 0 Gentlemen's D'Orsays and Glenlyona 1 1 0 Boys' Over-coats ••• • • • ........... ••.• • .......... 0 8 0 Youths' Chesterfields and Taglionis ...... ..... 010 6 Dress Coats, in all colours, braided edges, from ...... 1 1 I Surtouts, ditto ditto ••••• • • • • • Trousers, in Cloth and Doeskin, from . • ... Vests, splendid patterns, in every material, from •• • • List of Prices for Winter Garments to order, in first-rate style and fashion:— X s. d. Chesterfield and Taglioni Over-coats, from ••.. • 018 0 D'Orsay and Glenlyon ditto, from Albert and Codrington walking ditto ...... •• • • Youths' Taglionis and Chesterfields • • 0 14 0 Dress Coots, made in superior style, from ••••••• . • . • • .. 1 10 0 Surtouts, from ..... ........... •.• • • • 1 15 0 Trousers, in Black aad Fancy Doeskin, from .............15 0 Yeats, of the newest materials, from • ••• • • rat T e h f e ro ° m rd find patterns and ma teir,,eednDeeapdayrtinmaednet, ii i :C d on b d t u y c e t rs ed w •eltirely distinct and sepa terials quite original. An Immense assortment of Youths' clothes kept constantly on hand, of warranted durability, at very reduced prices. Mourning of every description, and to any extent, can be had at five minutes' notice. A book, entitled " The Talk of the Town," containing list of prices, can be had on applying to L. Hyam, Panteelmetheca, 36, Saturdays until the ev en i ng , a L et o e i d id o o n n. GrNacoebehusairncesiTtrreantS ROWL AND'S ODONT O or, PEARL DENTIFRICE. Patronised b• the Queen, anhe Royal Family of Great Britain, era the several Soyer d ei t gns and Courts ot Europe. Wilts Powder for the Teeth, compounded of the choicest and most recherche ingredients of the Oriental He t leading re - quisites of cleanliness and efficacy being present in the highest pos sible degree. It extirpates all tartarous adhesions to the Teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its anti septie and anti-scorbutie properties arrest the further progress of decay of the Teeth, and induce a healthy action of the Gums. The Breath also attains a fragrant sweetness truly grateful to its pos sessor. _ . As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever known, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a long merles of years oc cupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe, while the general demand 11. r it at once announces the favour in which it is universally held. Price S. 9d. per Box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from Fraud, the Hon. Com missioners of Stamps have directed the Proprietors' Name and Address to be engraved on the Government Stamp, thus— A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, and which is affixed on each Box. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. *.* All others are fraudulent imitations. EYE -BROWS, MOUSTACHES, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks by using an essential Spirit drawn from choice Aromatic Herbs, the peculiar properties of which are known only to the Inventor, and although perfectly Inno cent in itself, will produce new Hair on bald places, caused by weak ness of constitution, or where Nature has not bestowed this orna ment of the human figure. It has been known to many of the Nobi lity and Gantry upwards of eleven years, some of whom the Inven tor most sincerely thanks for their attestation of its merits, in the certainty of restoring Hair and giving it additional lustre and strength. Its virtues are manifold—lt prevents the /lair from fall ing off or turning gray ; a few drops on the crown of the head will remove the most distressing pain is that part produced by or at tended with faintness ; and is acknowledg; d by the Faculty as the only specific known to cure that disease of the head called l'origo de calvans (which causes the Hair to come oft in patches) ; a few applications removes dandriff. This wonderful discovery is fully ex plained in a pamphlet containing testimonials to its regenerating new Hair upon bald places, entitled, Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair," by W. Grimstone, Inventor of the Aromatic Regenerator for the Growth of the Human Hair, and a certain preventative of headache and fainting ; also a toilet perfume —hearing the Inventor's signature, Herbary, High gate, near London. Sold only in triang ular bottles, with nuns, g m J.. , cast thereon, at 43., 75., and I Is. e ach, Government stamp i nc l u d ed, wholesale and retail, by all Chemists, Druggists, and Perf umers, and by special appointment TEN FOLLOWING IGINTS FOR LONDON. Messrs. Savory and Moore, Chemists and Druggists, /tegent-street and New Bond-street. Messrs. Fisher and Toiler, Chemists, Conduit street, Boni-street. J. Sanger, Chemist, &c., 150, Ozhed-street. Messrs. Bannay and Co., Chemists, SLc., 63, Oxford-street. Messrs. Barclay and Son, Patent Medicine Warehouse, Farringdon street. Thos. Keating, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's -churchyard. E. Edwards, Patent Medicine Watehouse, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard. T. Butler, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 4, Cheapside. Messrs. W. Sutton and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, Bow churchyard. R. Johnston, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 6i, Combill. Messrs. Langton, Brothers, and Scott, Wholesale Druggists, '225 and 226, Thames-street. Messrs. 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NI e. f i R• k'4 o, te ° - r ,' 4 Bonas Beaus In g. 5 , T 1 9 w : , p Premium.., added. Cash. Pgi .?.•.g.q - 5 0 o 0 zi 4r. . 1 „,' F. ''' 4 4 0 7 4 4 -----,- --___ , , t 4. 1837 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 ' I 3 17 1 £39 5 31 1 601 00 i 1833 168 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 ;1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 1 9 210 296 13 4 ;1840 89 0 0 41 13 41 6 0 0 247 4 5 The ell , rision of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAIIROUX, See. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. • 26, Cornhill, London, December 29, 1845. Notice is hereby given that the half-yearly interest, at the rate of five per cent per annum on the capital stock of this Society, due on the 31st instant, will become payable on the 10th day of January next, and Proprietors may receive the same at this office on that or any subsequent day between the hours of eleven and three o'clock. By order of the Co , rt of Directors, F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. . . 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DELICATE AFFAIR.—A circumstance of a very distressing nature has occurred in this city, and will ere long meet the public eye, A few days ago the daughter of a highly respectable citizen, who is connected with a public establishment in this city, was married to a gentleman, a native of Gal way, and after the ceremony proceeded with him to France; but the previous marriage of the gentleman with a lady, by whom he has children, transpired after their departure, and the unhappy parents of the deluded girl have been obliged to resort to the laws to punish the offender and vindicate their respectability. For this purpose a warrant has been issued for his apprehension, and police-constables followed him to France. The informations were sworn in the College-street, Police-office, but their precise contente, and all the circumstances attendant upon this most heart rending case, must for the present remain unrevealed.— Sounder's News Letter. FALL FROM A HAY RlCK.—Yesterday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a serious accident occurred to the son of Matthew Priorson, Esq., a gentleman residing at Thames Ditton. The youth was playing with some com panions in a paddock, when, to hide himself from his play mates, he ascended a ladder to the top of a hay-rick, where he remained concealed for a short time, till he was at length discovered, and, in attempting to get down, his foot slipped, and he fell to the ground with fearful violence. Medical assistance was immediately procured, when it was ascer tained that the young gentleman had sustained a fracture of the left leg, besides dislocating his shoulder-bone. THE GUN TRADE, BIRMINGHAM.—Not long sinee an order for 40,000 stand of arms was received in this town from Government, in consequence of which, and other orders of a similar character, the gun trade here is in a state of high prosperity. Most of the guns ordered, it is said, are to be put in store at the barracks at Weedon. The Duke of Buceleuch has arrived in town, and visited th• Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. IREL AND. DUBLIN,i)nc. 30.—A special commission was yesterday issued for the trial of all the prisoners in Mullingar gaol. Chief Justice Doherty and the Chief Baron are to be the judges. As the trials commence on the 19th of January, it is likely that the approaching meeting of Parliament will prevent the Attorney-General from at tending. In his absence: the Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant Ware en, and Mr. Brewster will probably be the conducting counsel for the Crown. A Clonmel paper gives the particulars of a Whiteboy attack upon the farm-house of Mr. Richard Hartland, at Thornhill-lawn, within two miles of Mitchelstown, district heretofore free from disturbance. An armed party, quite undisguised, entered the house, in which were a steward named Mahony and a labourer named Russell. These persons they treated in the most brutal manner, and, having possessed themselves of a gun be• longing to Mr. Hartland, went off, leaving various man dates and orders, under the severest denunciations, with the steward. Mr. Thomas Alley, of Arlane Housa, in the county of Dublin, offers 100/. reward to discover the author of a llockite threatening letter, sent to him through the general post. The letter was in these terms : _ _ .4 Mr. Thomas Alley,—Your naineis ' Wdown in the Tipperary victimised list—our troops have strict orders to give you this notice, that unless you give up the land you dispossessed the poor man of, and you have driven to the wide world. We now give you to the Ist of March to restore him. We give you more time than he got. If our notice is not obeyed, get your last coat bespoke in Cook-street. You will meet our inspector after the Ist of March ; it will be the same fall your law agent got, but a bullet will be worse. " Lieutenant MOONLIGHT." [At the bottom was the drawing of a coffin, bearing the inscription of " Thomas Alley."] Mr. Alley has published a statement, which fully ex culpates him from the imputation of any act that could have afforded any just warrant for such an attack upon him. THE GALES IN THE CHANNEL. (From the Jersey Times.) Our coast within the Isst few days has been again the scene of a number of peculiarly violent gales. The earlier part of last week, which had been distinguished for a re markably hard and biting frost, was succeeded in the latter part by wind and rain of a fiercely tempestuous character. On Friday the wind blew with so much force and violence on shore, that chimney pots in various quarters were thrown from their positions, branches of trees were wrested from their parent stems, and window panes dashed to atom s . B ut t h e commet i ons on l an d were trifling to those to be seen on the bosom of the sea. Far as the eyecould reach th e bill ows seeme d to lif t them selves mountains high. No vessel could leave the port of St. Helier's without risk of experiencing the untoward effects of their daring venture, nor could any craft safely direct its helm in quest of shelter to our harbour—the hundreds of hidden rocks which gird our shore th reatening destruction to both goers out and corners in. The mails also between Jersey and England have especially expe riencedeffects of the storm. So fiercely raged the sea on Tuesday last that the mail, which should have left the island at the hour of eight o'clock the same morning, was prevented from setting sail till twelve , o'clock at night, a partial calm having in the meantime supervened. The mail, also, which should have arrived in Jersey on Sunday morning early, did not make its appearance till yesterday (Monday) morning about seven o'clock. Nor is it with respect to the delay of the mails that in convenience has been alone felt. During the last eight (lays the communication between Jersey and the coast of France has been completely at a stand, no vessel, in spite of the promise of reward, being able to summon sufficient courage to set oat upon the enterprise. A considerable number of English gentlemen reached Jersey by the Wonder, on Sunday morning week, en route for France, for the purpose of spending a " merrie Christ mas " amongst their friends in Brittany. The vessel, however, which should have carried them onwards on Monday had been itself storm-bound in France for two days previously, and had been unable to reach Jersey to convey passengers to their destination. NI onday, Tues day, and Wednesday passed away, and the Lord Coiling wood was still confined in the harbour of St. Malo. Christmas morning dawned, and our wayfarers found that it was " all up" with their " merrie Christmas." Some would have immediately returned again toEngland, but, unfortunately, their final resolution had not been made till two hours after the last vessel, for the week, had taken its departure. A full half of these " unfor tunates" set sail for their native land again, on Sunday morning, while the other moiety, either plucking up a magnanimous resolution, or having a few further days at command, waited patiently till yesterday, when a French cutter departed with them from Jersey for the desired shore. A peculiar unfortunane instance of dis appointed hope is evinced in the case of one of the voyagers who returned to England. It was the case of a military officer who had not seen his wife for the long space of twelve years, having been absent from home on foreign service during that protracted period. She re sided in Brittany, and at the present time he bad only eight days to spend with her. Melancholy to relate, these eight days were spent at a distance from his spouse of only for hours' sail, but inexorable duty repeated the well. known maxim, that " time and tide wait for no man." He was obliged to bid, in heart, his spouse fare well, and will not be able to behold her for six months to come. THE COLONIES, THE COLONIAL OFFICE, AND COLONISATION. In 1841, before the assembling of the present Par liament, after the general election of that year, a ru mour ran through the country that a national or ex tended system of emigration and colonisation was one, if not the principal, forthcoming measure of Sir Robert Peel's Government. No measure could have found more favour in the public mind, for not only the tnetropolitan but the provincial press warmly sup ported the proposition—numerous pamphlets were published on the subject—and various public meet ings in England, Scotland, and Ireland were held, at which resolutions in favour of it were passed. The hopes of all the friends of colonisation were greatly raised—it was universally thought that the new Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley, was about to dis tinguish himself in this department of public admi nistration, and to outshine all his predecessors in the comprehensiveness of his plans, and the vigour with which he would carry them out ; but on the very first or second day of the meeting of Parliament, all these expectations were dispelled, for Sir Robert Peel declared that Government contemplated no such measure. Whether the Conservative Ministry conld not embrace the mighty advantages of a well arranged system of locating our colonial waste lands with the unemployed able-bodied labouring popula tion of this country who were willing to emigrate in all the various bearings of such a system, as respects not only the emigrants themselves but the colonies and the extension of trade and shipping in the mother country ?—whether the outbreak in the manufac turing districts in 1842 might not have been pre vented, and the agitators diverted from their object, had such a scheme been brought forward by Govern ment ?—whether all the recent bankruptcy and ruinous depreciation of property in our Australian colonies, and the terrible disasters in New Zealand, might not all have been avoided, had Government favoured, instead of discouraged colonisation ?—had they aided instead of petulantly opposed those who urged such a plan, it is bootless now to inquire. Four precious years have been wasted, and nothing good has been done for the colonies generally. On the contrary, much evil has resulted. Instead of earning immortal renown—as it was in his power to have done—Lord Stanley slept on his post, and he has re tired in disgrace. The question now`is, is his suc oessor to be an equally inefficient Colonial Secretary ? Is he also to slumber over his duties ? Is the Colonial-office to remain as it is, or is it to be reorganised, and adapted to the great amount and variety of business which comes before it ? Is Mr. Stephen to be continued as Under-Secretary, and, though a sub., yet the perma nent, and in reality, the chief of the department—in fact, the autocrat of the British Colonies ? Is that wholly useless and expensive board, the Colonial, Land, and Emigration Commission, to be kept up? Are from 30,000 to 50,000 of the best men of our country— the very strength and marrow of the population—to be allowed to emigrate annually to the United States, and enrich a rival power, and no attraction offered them to go to our own colonies instead ? What is to be done for New Zealand ? Are its affairs to re main unsettled ? Are the bickerings betwixt the Colonial-office and the New Zealand Company to be continued? Are the great natural advantages of that colony not to be turned to account, and no induce ments offered for the small class of farmers in this country, who are fast sinking into the class of la bourers, to go and settle there on grants of 20, 40, and 50 acres, suitable to their means of cultivation ? In short, is the administration of Mr. Gladstone, as Colonial Secretary, to be for good or evil ? These questions all occur at this time to the minds of those to whom the subject embraced in the title of this article, namely, the Colonies, the Colonial-office, and Colonisation, are familiar. We are aware that the repeal or modification of the corn-laws, further changes in the tariff, and railway legislation, are likely to engross the greater part of the time and at tention of Ministers and Members of Parliament next session; still we are not without sanguine hopes that with Earl Grey in the House of Lords, and Mr. Buller , in the Commons, and the new Colonial Secretary to deal with, and who is reputed to be at least a man of business, and who will lend a pztient ear to their representations—and who, we hope, will despise all party manceuvring or diplomatic chica• nery, the friends of colonisation will rally their scattered forces, make new demonstration, and will he able to achieve some substantial and permanent good in the ensuing session, which will serve as a new starting -point in this great national work. COFFEE. The following items from Ceylon relative to planting; e prospects are of some use in forming an estimate etf a The probable supply of coffee from that quer ter' r . the bustle and excitement of crop picking has, during completely engrossed the attention of ' l the in have gone on p in a ing community, and work appears to most satisfactory manner. " The month of October, like its predecessors, was for the most part dry and sunny, affording for f every curing, and large quantiti es o well-dried coffee facilityhave been dispatched from mos t of the finest properties in the island ; heavy crops a ppear to be general every w h ere, and quality, we i mag ine, never was finer from th e hill s. From the multitude of samples we have before us we find it difficult to select a favourite, and it is not a little pleasing to notice the almost uniform excellence of qua lity yielded by estates in every quarter at a certain eleva tion ; the past season—the most unusual and extraor dinary on record—which has proved so fatal to some of the lower districts, appears to have suited to perfection those more elevated regions, now admitted to be most congenial to the habits of the coffee shrub. A little more rain might perhaps have prevented the yellow foliage now displayed by some trees under the heavy crops they have matured, but we cannot discover any material injury tc have resulted, and we may safely as sert that the Knuckles, Hunasgirie, Pusilava, Pasbage, Ambegamoa, and the greater part of Hewahette, will this year give general satisfaction. We have seen beautiful coffee from each of these districts, a slight difference in size and colour alone indicating any little superiority in soil, or degree of care in curing. The worst we note as good, the best super-excellent. While, however, contemplating this bright side of the picture, we do not forget those less fortunate localities where the dry weather has caused such havoc and de struction, for certain it is, and each week proves the fact still more strongly, that we did not exaggerate the extent of injury sustained. An immense crop of Cherry coffee on the trees has proved, in many instances, not worth PRICE SD. picking, and on other estates that collected and pulped has given a serious proportion of light coffee, and yielded a berry of small size and indifferent appearance. This applies chiefly to those districts lying below 2,000 feet elevation, where the drought was most severe, and although the real amount of dead loss will, we hope, be part'al, a sad falling off from expectation will be found in many a balance-sheet. "'We were glad to notice some very good native coffee the other day, which seemed well gruwn and cured carefully, but many of the small native gardens are burnt up. " The approaching sales of some fine properties in the central province are exciting interest among speculators, and will, no doubt, give rise to much competition. Go vernment sales are also well attended, and bidders not scarce." SUGAR DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • SlR,—The Gazette of Friday quotes the average price of British sugars at 355. per cwt. Uncertificated Manilla sugar, of a like quality with the British, can be bought for 21s. per cwt. ; in other words, the British sugars for which the consumers in this land of mo nopoly pay 355. per cwt., would not command more than 21s. per cwt. in . the markets of the world. We s e u w e t h . i. fo r t h e e e i ff r e s c u t g o a f r t m h e o r r e e c t e h n a t a a are conse quen tl y pay i ng the sugar producers 14s. per a ti c o t n ua i l n ly th w e o s r u th g — ar i l t te i r s a duties. The public pay in addition to the 14s. per cwt. duty, which legitimately goes to fortify the revenue of the country, 14s. per cwt. more, which goes into the pockets of the West India proprietors. It should be remembered that each shilling of excess in the price of sugar is equivalent, to 250,0001. per annum. Who benefits, let me ask, by this enormous spoliation ? Not the consumers, for they have to pay it ; not the brokers, for they charge a commission upon what they sell, and they wouki naturally rather take their commission upon two cwts.' than one ; not the merchants, for they charge com mission for managing the consigned sugar, and would rather have the commission on two hundreds than on one ; not the shipping interest, for the shipowners would rather employ two ships than one ; not the planters, for they would be gainers if all monopoly were knocked on the head, and they could go to the cheapest market for their provisions, their hogsheads, their puncheons, &c., and for their labour. These are the various hands through which the sugar passes, and it is palpable they derive no advantage from the sugar monopoly. Who does, then ? But one party remains, and that is the indolent proprietor, who resides in this country, and revels in the luxuries of the Court- end of London ; he it is, whether he be Lord or Commoner, who needs our 14s. per cwt. beyond the actual value of his sugar, to defray his lavish expenditure, to pay the interest money on his pawned estates, and to make marriage settlements for his daughters. Will the British nation submit to this swindling cajolery, whether Sir Robert Peel or Lord John Russell be at the head of affairs ? No; let the proprietors, who are of no earthly use here, take themselves off to their respective estates, and make up their accounts how they may, remembering that there exists already a law for insolvent debtors. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, St. Omer, Dec. 31, 1845. B. S. R. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. Not a dozen subscribers assembled at the commence ment of the new year, and amongst them so slight was the disposition to speculate, that we need not attempt a list of the market prices. The only bets laid were 15 to 1, to about 40L, agst Brocardo; 750 to 25 agst Spithead; 40 to 1, to 351., agst Fancy Boy, for the Derby; and 625 to 25 agst Osprey, and 750 to 25 agst Sister to Flambeau, for the Oaks. THE LATE DEATH BY VIOLENCE AT KENSINGTON. On Wednesday Mr. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, and the jury impannelled on Saturday last, at the Coach and Horses, High-street, Kensington, resumed the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Edmund Connell, which was on Saturday adjourned at the re - quest of the jury, for the purpose of an application being made to the magistrate of the Hammersmith Police court, for the persons charged with inflicting the vio lence on the deceased (James Hogan, Ann Hogan. his wife, and William Barry), to be brought before the in quest, for the purpose of identification. The particulars of the case have already appeared. Inspector Havill, division, stated that in accordance with the direction of the jury, he had on Monday last eK pre,sed their wish that the prisoners should be brought before them previous to their examination before the magistrates being gone into; and Mr. T. Paynter, the sitting magistrate, had returned the following answer:— " Give my respects to the jury, and say that I should readily meet their wishes if it were in my power to do so, as I should always be disposed to pay great attention to a request coming from a jury ; but that, in fact, I have no more power to send a person before a coroner's jury, than to send him to any other part of the kingdom. The only power of a magistrate in this respect, is to order any prisoner brought before him to be taken to the proper place of confine ment, of which the choice does not rest with the ma gistrate. In case of a remand, indeed, the magistrate, instead of making the committal final, may couple with it a direction to brillg up the prisoner again for further examination; but when he has once finally committed a prisoner, his power over him certainly ceases. I further think that, unless the ends of justice imperatively re quire it, the prisoner is put to great and endless pain and annoyance, by subjecting him to a second prelimi nary examination. It strikes me that there is a good deal of misconception as to the proper province of a coroner's jury, which is simply to inquire into the cause of death, without reference to a charge against any individual, over whom, in fact, neither they nor the coroner have any power before their verdict be given; and then, in deed (the sanction of the jury being obtained), the coro ner has power to issue his warrant. The inquiry by a coroner's jury was in its institution chiefly fiscal, the ob ject being to ascertain what rights had accrued to the Crown. If the jury took these views into their consi deration, they would, perhaps, not press for the appear ance of the prisoners before them, more especially if they reflect that the verdict of a jury, given upon evidence taken in the presence of the prisoner, and with it liberty to him to cross-examine, would carry with it a weight that, happily, does not belong to the mere ministerial exami nation before a magistrate ; and such a verdict so given would in fact render any further trial a mere form ; and even should the prisoner ultimately be acquitted, such a verdict so given would leave a stain and suspicion on his character that nothing could remove." After considerable discussion strangers were ordered to withdraw, and after a lapse of nearly an hour, on the public being re-admitted, The foreman said the jury had determined on return ing the following verdict :—" We find that Edmund Connell, from the mortal effects of fractures of the ribs on the left side of his chest, then and there died ; but by whose violence such fractures were occasioned there is not sufficient evidence before the jurors to show, because the persons suspected of having com mitted the said violence, have been wilfully withheld from the inquest by officers acting under the authority of the magistrates and the Commissioners of Police." WESTMINSTER (LATE QUE SQUARE) POLICE-COURT. _ The new Court in lieu of Queen -s q uare was y esterda y 11 p I r r e . se B u o t. nd, and The ompro.ned Wray, by D t i h r e . Burrell e r ; G his n era c olleague, being. Court itself is a fine capacious building, about 30 feet by 24, and exceedingly lofty. It is evident that work wen have been busily engaged at it for the last three or four days, and with advantage, as there is a marked im. provernent in the general arrangements since we last had occasion to notice it, and an obvious desire now to render the whole as convenient as possible ; but there are still alterations required before it can fairly possess the claim convenience and comfort But the icchonivtesnhioeunlcdo have the ve to publi n c has not been properly fil con sulted. The place di gn ifi ed by th wait ing-room is a miserable _hole,ce appellat ionoipetent o to seat eight persons, with an asphalte floor, and a door opening in its centre into the open air. So " commodious" is this place, that when fourteen persons were in it at one time yesterday, the fresh corners were obliged to fight their way through them every moment on their way to the clerk's office or interior of the Court, this being at pre sent the only public entrance, although we are informed that another will be opened in a few days. The clerk's office is small and dark, the portion allotted to the public being miserably small, so insigni ficant, indeed, that that which appears to be private part, as also the retiring- room for the clerks to make up the quarterly accounts, or do any other busi ness in, must be appropriated to the public if anything like five or six persons are engaged in a case. There is also a lamentable, not to say cruel want of accommoda tion to the officers who are unfortunately compelled to be resident on the premises ; but we have no doubt that, as far as their comfort now can be advanced, every effort. will be made to effect it. In this respect, however, as regards mere room, the case from the construction of the building is hopeless. The cells, seven in number, are admirably constructed, and reflect great credit upon both the humanity and feeling of those who designed them ; they are, indeed, most perfect. 'Workmen are likely to be engaged about the premises for another month, and they have received orders to construct seats round the . large space devoted to the public in the Court, which will be a very great advantage, and, with other contemplated improvements, must much advance the comfort of those 1 attending the Court. ;EN- Mr. W. Taylor, many years second clerk at Union Hall, or Southwark Police -court, has been promoted to the chief clerkship at the Westminster Police-court , vacant by the death of the late much respected Mr. R. Edwards. Mr. S. O'Brien, formerly of Bow-street Police-court, and late of the Commissioners Office, in Whitehall-place, has been appointed the second clerk at the Westminster Court, Mr. A. Taylor, the brother of ./ 3911jt) L 11) ~' the new chief, having, with a sense of delicacy highly creditable to him, been removed (on his own application) to the Southwark Court. LAUNCH OF THE FURY STEAM FRIGATE AT SHEERNESS. Tuesday being the day appointed for the launch of this fine vessel, the town of Sheerness exhibited the usual demonstrations of it general holiday; and the day being fine overhead, • for nearly an hour before the time fixed for the launch (ten o'clock) the dockyard was thronged - with crowds of well-dressed people from all parts of the island, who, however, were doomed to be disappointed at this time. for the wind, which was previously blowing pretty stiffly, had in the interim risen to a gale, and the launch was consequently obliged to be deferred till the occurrence of more favourable weather. The day fol lowing, Wednesday, proving a most favourable one, it was determined that the launch should come off that day, about two o'clock; and on the gates being thrown open, the dockyard was soon crowded. At the head of the vessel a stand covered with crimson cloth was erected - for the accommodation of the Commander-in-Chief, the captain, superintendent, and numerous other naval and military officers ' with their ladies. Shortly before two o'clock, the Commander-in. Chief, Vice Admiral Sir Edward King, K.C.11., arrived with his I lady and daughter, and took their stations on the platform. When all was ready for knock ing out the dog-shores, a bottle of wine having been opened, Miss King, who officiated at the christen. ing, drank success to the Fury, and immediately after wards broke the bottle of wine on the bow of the vessel, ar.d the dog-shores being loosened, the gallant ship glided majestically into the Medway, amid the enthu siastic cheers of the assembled spectators, and the strains of the Trafalgar's band, which was in attendance during the ceremony. The vessel was decorated with the royal • standard at the main, the Admiralty flag at the fore, and the union jack at the mizen; but permission was not given, as Usual, for any visitors to be launched in the ship. The arrangements of the authorities were admi rably made for the public accommodation, and all went off in a most satisfactory manner. After the launch she was taken in charge by the master attendant, and hauled, into dock to be - coppered. She was found to float almost on an even keel, her draught of water for ward and aft being nearly eight feet. The position on the water and general appearance was much admired. She is constructed on the design of the surveyor of th navy, and is considered an improvement on his former steam vessels by possessing a greater length and fulness of section. She has been built rather hurriedly, her keel having been laid down only in Ma last; her timbers hadi howeverif-been'prtivieuiy , ' • • Her - piddle-easei are a complete, 'with the exception of the life-boats, with which they are to he surmounted her cabins are all fitted and painted; and her mess tables and stools are on board, so that with the exception of her machinery she is launched, almost in every respect ready for commission. The following are her principal dimensions:— Ft. In./ Engine-room. Length extreme ...••• 214 6 'Length of engine- Length between the 1 room perpendiculars .... 120 0 Width of ditto ... Length of keel for 'Depth of ditto ...... tonnage ...... ...... 166 0l Diameter of paddle- Breadth extreme ... 36 0 wheels ... Breadth for tonnage 35 8 Registered tonnage of Breadth moulded ... 38 0 1 coals room 461 77 Breadth to outside of Engines, 500 horse-power paddle-boxes Depth in hold 2l 0 , 68-pounders, two long 42- Burthen in tons No. 1,123 pounders, and two 42- 58-94 pounder carronades. Ft. Tn. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. EDINBURGH, DEc. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 51.- Aber deen, Banff, and Elgin, 21.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 2/. Bs. -Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 154- Armagh and Portrush, 1/. 155.-Ayr and Dumfries, 21 95.- Ayr and Galloway, 21.-Banffshire, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Belfast and County Down, 31.-British and Irish Union, 3/. Bs.-Caledo nian, ex new, 131. 10s.-Ditto, New, 3/. Ils.-Caledonian Extension, 31. ss.- Caledonian and Dumbarton, 31.-Cale donian and Northern Direct, 2/. 158.--Cambridge and Lin coln, 3/. 165.-Carnwarth and West Linton, 1/. 135.- Chelmsford and Bury, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 20L-Cornwall and Devon, 2L-Deeside Railway, 51.- Direct Northern, 21.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 4/. 7 s . 6d.- Dundee and Arbroath, 351. 10s.-Ditto, New, 171.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, ex new, 71. 53.-East Coast of Scotland, 21. 135.-East of Fife, 21.-East Lothian Central, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bath gate, 3/.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, ex new, 741. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, New 13/. 105.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton 19&-Edin burgh arid Leith Atmosph er i c , 11. 1 4a. 6d.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Direct, 1/. 1 55.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 211. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 18/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 3/. 17s -Ditto, Newport, IL ss. 6d.-Di tto, Lochgelly, 1/. 135.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 21 .-Edinburgh and Perth, 4/. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Mus selburgh, 11. 10s.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 21.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 701.-Ditto, New Stock, 181.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16/. 155.-Glasgow, And Belfast Union, 2L-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2/. 45.-Glasgow and Dundee Junc tion, 2/. 45.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 45L-Glasgow and Greenock, 21/.-Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 158.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 2/. 55.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 21. 10s.- Glascrow Harbour Mineral, 21. 7s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmar nock,° and Ardrossan, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 31. 55.-Granton Junction, 2/. 2s. 6d.- Great County Down, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Great North of Scotl an d, 31.-Great North and South Wales, lls.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 15&-Lanark and Galloway, 2/.--Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 155.-Lame and Ballymena, 2/. 25.-London and Houns low, 2L-London and Manchester (Rem.), 2/. 55.-London ar of Manchester (Itastrick), 4/. 10&-London and Windsor, 11.-London and York, 4/. 55.-Midland and Eastern Coun ties, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Morayshire, 1/ -Newcastle and Berwick, 14/.-Newry and Londonderry, IL 17s. -North British, 24/. 108.-Ditto, Halves, 71.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 2/. 19s. 6d.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 61. 10s.-NOrtlt Wales Mineral, New, 5/. 10s.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 1/. 165.-Perth and Inverness, U. 165.-Scottish Central, 15/. -Ditto, New, 6L-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junc tion, 11. 14s. 6d-Scottish Midland, 5/. 155.-Scottish North Western, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Scottish South Midland, IL 18s.- Scottish Southern, 21. 55.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, it-- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 41. 17e. 6d.-South Midland, 51. 155.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 21. 10s.-Stir ling and Midland, Si. 25.-Stratbern Junction, 2/. 118.-- Surrey Grand Junction, 1/. 2s. 6d.-Tean and Dove 'Valley, 11. 155.-Tyne Valley, 1/. 18s -Wishaw and Ccitness, 50/. GLASGOW, DEC. 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bath gate, 535. 6d.—British and Irish Union, 72s.—Caledonian, New, 76s.—Caledonian Extension, 65s.—Caledonian and Ayr shire Junction, 40s.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire June tion,s4s.—Cornwall and Devon Central. 40s.—Dundee and Perth, 81. cum new—East Lothian Central, 40s.—East Indian Railway, 28s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth, 95s.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 445. —Glasgow General Terminus, 814 —Glasgow and Belfast Union, 475. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ayr, New, 21—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 50s.—Glasgow and GArnkirk, 42—Glasgow and Greenock, 18 1 4—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 725. 6d.—Glas gow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 50s. 6d.—Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 35s.—Lanark and Lothians, 558. Lesmahagow, 65s.—Perth and Inverness, 40s.—Renfrew and Ayr, 325. 6d.—Scottish Central, 16—Scotti s h S ou th Midland Junction, 40s.—South bldland, 6 1 / 4 —Stirling and Dunfermline, 495. 6d. YORK, JAN. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—York and North Midland Extension, 43—Newcastle and Berwick, 21 3 / 4 —North British (Dalkeith), 6%—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 3%—. —London and York, 4/ 18s. 91—Axholite, 2 3 / 4 —Grand Union, 21. ls.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 2%—Lei cester and Bedford, 2%—Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, 3—Liverpool, Man. cheater, and Newcastle Junction, s —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, s%—North Staffordshire, 6 —North Western, 4—Welsh Midland, 34 3 —York and Carlisle, 2%. .~' ,~ LIFE INSURANCES. Two-thirds of the Profit on the Company's Life business, since De cember, 1841, will be apportioned, periodically, among Policies for Life, without involving the assured in any risk of partnership. The Company has returned to the position in the Royal Exchange, which it had occupied in the former building from 1720 till its de struction by fire in 1838. Branch Office, 29, PALL-MALL. THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., Governor. WILLIAM SAMPSON, Esq., Sub-Governor. The Hon. J. T. LESLIE MELVILLE, Deputy-Governor. DIRWTOILS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Chas. John Manning, Esq. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Edw. Howley Palmer, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. William T. Ilibbert, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Lan,elot Holland, Esq. Robert Thorley. Esq. Sir George Larpent, Bart. Henry Warre, Esq. John Chr. Lochner, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. Sir J. Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles Raring Young, Esq. ALEXR. GREEN, Secretary. DECEPTION AND FRAUD. THE STOMACH and ENEMA PUMPS, in vented by J. READ, were sanctioned and approved by the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in London, and by the most eminent members of the profession in this kingdom, on the continents of Europe, India, and America (vide the life of Sir Astley Cooper). This distiugnished patronage induced some unprincipled adventurers to mint upon the public base imitations of Read's Patent Instruments, which has come to his knowledge from the number of paltry instruments which are daily sent him from all parts of the kingdom, and frequently from India, for repair. As some protection against this fraud, J. R. has instructions from the lion. East India Company to place their mark, in future, on all his instruments sent to their presidencies. But in vain stay an humble mechanician attempt to defend himself against such wholesale fraud, when Enema fountain reservoirs, with the incumbrance of chains, - stop cocks, &c., are boldly and falsely advertised as " Read's Patent Pumps," which have no such incumbrances, and which are manufactured only by himself, at 35, Regent-circus, Piccadilly, where they may be seen and proved. N.B. None are genuine except stamped with the words " Read's Patent." PUBLICATIONS. This day, price One Shilling, CURRENCY and ttAILWAYS; being Sugges tions for the Remedy of the present Railway Embarrassment. By CHARLES ROWCROFT. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. MEPHYS'rOPFIELES, the new Journal of Wit, published Weekly, price Threepence. Office, 49, Essex street, Strand. The first Monthly Part of this work, in a neat cover, containing Forty-five beautiful Engravings, by the first artists, and One Hundred Papers, by the first authors, is now ready, prico Ninepence. Orders received by all Newsmen and Booksellers. TIIE NEW COLLEGES. The following are the names of the gentlemen ap pointed to be presidents and vice-presidents of the new academical institutions for Ireland, who have power to appoint such professors in arts, law, and physic (not exceeding twelve in number) as shall be necessary for each establishment respectively, viz.:— Cons.—Robert Kane, Esq., Doctor of Medicine, Pre sident ; John Ryan, Esq., LLD., Vice President. BELFAST.—The Rev. P. S. Henry, D.D., President ; Tho:. Andrews, E.q., Doctor of Medicine, Vice-President. GALWAY.—The Very Rev. Joseph Kirwan, Clerk, President ; Edward Berwick, Lq., Barrister-at-Law, Vice President. THE POTATO rISEASE. DUBLIN, DEC. 31.—The weather still continues most unpropitious, the rain nearly incessant, and the wind a perfect hurricane ; notwithstanding which the accounts of the potato crop are, on the whole, less unfavourable within the last few days than might have been anti cipate I. " EXTRAORDINARY CORRESPONDENCE." Under the above head, the Mail of this evening pub the following strange correspondence between Mr. T. Jefferson Hogg and Sir Robert Peel. Why Mr. Flogg should select a Dublin journal as the medium for communicating these documents to the public, or why their publication should be withheld for a period of nearly 18 months from the date of his last letter to the Premier, cannot be well divined : " Temple, July 20, 1844. " Sir,—l shall be sorry to be obliged to make public, because, although it relates to public affairs, it is, in its nature, private, my correspondence with yourself, with the Lord President of the Council, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Lord Chancellor. The last having, as he states, obtained the permission of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, continued to write two or three notes to me every session, until a majority of 92 enabled you to turn your back upon your friends, and with many other good Conservatives of great respectability, but in ferior note. With so many, indeed, that selection is difficult. _ _ " But are the remainder of my reports on municipal corporations, allow me to ask you, to remain unpublished for ever ? Are my services in composing these volumi nous reports to be always unpaid ? Is no remuneration or recompense whatever to be awarded for my vexations, labours, and losses ? Am I tamely to submit to slights and indignities which, most certainly, I do not deserve, and which no honourable man ought to bear ? Be pleased to consider these matters. " I am, Sir, yours very respectfully, " T. J. IL HOGG. " To the Right Hon. Robert Peel, Bart., &c." " Whitehall, July 25,1844. " have received your letter of the 25th of July. You state that you shall be sorry to be obliged to make public a correspondence with myself and others, which, although it relates to public affairs, is, in its nature, pri vate. You proceed to ask, 'ls no remuneration, or re' compense whatever to be awarded for my labours, vexations, and losses ?' And you desire me to consider this matter. I beg leave to inform you that I have con sidered it, and that my opinion is, that you have received the amount of' remuneration which is due to you. Your intimation that you may be obliged to publish corre spondence in it; nature private, will have very little effect in inducing me to add to that remuneration. If you think fit to publish any correspondence with me (and I leave you at entire liberty to exercise your own -discre tion in that respect), I must desire you will include in that publication your letter of the 20th of July, and this answer to it.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " I'. J. 11. Hogg, Esq." " ROBERT PEEL. " Sir,-.-Your letter of the 25th of July pretends to be an answer to mine of the 20th: that it is not; it is merely unhandsome and improper. "I have never been paid one farthing for my reports; neither for those that were printed, nor for the remainder, which are still unprinted, and in my hands. For seven months' inquiry I was paid at the appointed rate, 700 guineas; but for my reports I have received nothing. Whereas, a commissioner, who was engaged with me on the inquiry less than four months in all, had 9001.; for his reports, therefore, 5001:, and so with the rest. If this matter were referred, as it ought to be, to some im partial person acquainted with such services, as one of the Learned Judges, for instance, I would show him, in a quarter of an hour, that the assertions which you have been instructed to make, that. I have received the amount of remuneration which is due to me,' is utterly false. Your informant knows that it is false, and you must suspect that it is, if you will not submit to the arbi trament of some respectable person, to be named by yourself if you a ill. " But this is the least considerable part of my letter; you do not touch the more important matter. I ask you, first—' Are the remainder of my reports to remain unpub lished for ever ? ' You are mute, sa I must answer the ques tion myself, and say—` that I shall be sorry to be obliged to make public a correspondence with yourself and others, which, although it relates to public affairs, is in its nature private.' Nevertheless, I will, through a sense of duty, publish it at once, rather than permit my reports on Great Yarmouth, Saffron Walden, Sudbury, Colchester, Carliarvon, and other boroughs, on which no report has been made, to be unlawfully suppressed. I was appointed a Commissioner under a Commission issued by the Sove reign; at the requisition and petition of the House of Comthons ; and was commanded to inquire and report. I did inquire, and most diligently, and I made my re ports. The like reports have always been printed, as of course, and laid before Parliament. There is no pre cedent for withholding such reports ; and I will do my utmost not to furnish one, and it signifies nothing that the Ministry have been changed. " Your Chancellor well knows this, for he applied to Lord Melbourne, in public and in private, again and again, for my reports. Parts were published in 1838 ; as to the remainder Lord Melbourne did not venture to answer—' I will withhold them.' The last communica tion, made not long before his happy resignation, was only will consider of it.' You have just as much right, and no more, to suppress my reports, as I have to enter the House of Commons when you are speaking, and order you to sit down and be silent. The Duke of Newcastle, the Earls of Harrowby, of Winchilsea, and of Falmouth—Lords Wharncliffe, Lyndhurst, Skelmers dale, and Ashburton, and the Lord Bishop of Exeter, and very many other peers, were permitted to ask for my reports, night after night, when the production of them might serve a turn. But now nobody dares to name them, because some turn is to be served by sup pressing them. This will do very well, when your new allies shall have put down the Queen, the Lords, and the Church, but not before. I also asked you,' why I am to submit to slights and indignities which I do not deserve.' Your answer is money money !' what are slights and indignities, so that a man fill his pockets ?' Such is the tone of your letter, and the temper of your mind. You can see nothing in my letter, but a demand for money. Nor can a worshipper of wealth di,cern any principle in opposing the rule, that an unprincipled Ad ministration shall reward their base tiols, but he who was honest in the worst times shall remain for ever un paid. Fear not that, in the exercise of my discretion, I will suppress your letter of the 25th July, in which you gratified b do my duty, I also a s k f or m y own . publication of it, if you still address me as if I were a ro bber , because, in stating my beg determination yo u shall desire it, and of these poor lines.—l am, Sir, most re spectfully your servant, " T. JEFFERSON HOGG. " Temple, 27th July, 1844. " To the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., &c." FLOOD IN THE SEVERN.—The river has been rapidly rising the last day or two, and this morning its waters have reached the house -steps on the quay, the passage to and from which is only effected by boats ; in addition to which, several barges are actually moored on the quay, and the happy crews (to whom the occasion presents a nice holiday) have taken care to locate them selves and craft pretty near to where her Majesty's licenses have been gr anted for reta ili ng b eer an d tobacco, h while, philosophic pilic seated and n enviable waste of waters, and " blow their cloud" with the most p tops, they look round on the indifference. It is, we believe, o e theirnvi cabin bi n the highest since the extraordinary summer flood of 1839. IVorcestershire Chronicle. WINDSOR, JAN. I.—PRINCE ALBERT'S HARRIERS. -T Prince r Royal ten, at the Manorof Hooton. Th the Earl of Lincoln, and was attended by Major. General W ernyss an d M r. A nson . ince was l liglrn accompaniedessr met at by His Royal Highness hunted on the farms of Mr. Pullen and Mr. Holderness. HULL, JAN. 1. The following are the sales—Hull and Selby, 102—North British, Half Shares, B—Ditto (Carlisle), 3 1, 4—North; Grantham, Wales, 3 3 /—Cambridge and Lincoln, 3 5 3—Grand Union, l e g —Great North and South Wales, 10s.-11ull and Barnsley Junction, Junction, 48s.—Leicester and Bedford, 2 1 / a —Leic , ( d a _ and - ll :Midlands, 4 p. No L x . 9d.—Lon don l a w n - o d r t h fork,2Os p.—Liverpool 4_etting and a„ L n e e e i d v s e , i 2 r, /... 13 d 5. G . 2% —North Westerns, d ir H ed ar a r t o Harrogate, t in e e , e 2 t I n . g l3: a 6d f . e — w SHEFFIELD, JAN. 1. changeo f the brokers. t o Ex d a c . r : ANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby, 12—She ffi eld STOCK —Wakefield — fi v e e l and Lincoln, 4, 1 1 1 • s:itrauanns ,6. 6 d. --- Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, VA—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 35i—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, lA—Leeds and Dews bury, 213/4—North Western, 31. 11s.—Derby and Gains borough, I%3—Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone, and Wakefield 2/. 2s. Grimsby Extension, 3 . BRISTOL, JAN. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, ! 83 —Midland, New, 32—Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth, 4. STATE or TRADE.—The appearance of the market continues to improve. Although, owing to the season, no great amount of business has been done in goods, the market is firmer, and, in some cases, a slight advance has been ob tained. In yarn the improvement is more decided; large purchases have been made at an advance on some current numbers of a farthing a pound since yesterday fortnight.-- ItocliDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, DEC. 29.—At this time of the year the flannel market is unusually dull, and there is very little hope of any change for the better before the first market, which is the first Monday after the Gth of January. The wool dealers complain of the limited demand there is for that article. Prices may be quoted the same as last Monday.—Manchester Guardian. THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON DISTRICTS.— WOLVERHAMPTON, SATURDAY.—The usual meeting of the South Staffordshire East Worcestershire, and Shrop shire ironmasters, preliminary to the quarterly meetings which commence at Walsall on the 6th of January, was held in this town yesterday. The gentlemen who at tended, it is understood (fur those meetings are strictly , private), unanimouily resolved not only " to support ex i, ting rates," but the feeling was prevalent amongst the large capitalists and best informed members of the trade, that the present demand for iron, combined with future expectations, would justify a further advance. Whether this freely-expressed opinion was put out as a mere feeler, or whether it may not be understood to be an in tended justification of present prices, those who are rett en gaged iu the trade can alone judge. It appefarsnrilway certain, however, that the numerous. lines od o s i t ia4e le g t i r v a e d n e , and very projected Acts have already been obtained,. and others b.r .., connected with this important neighbporurohoi,itfyorw.ili whichre ceive mostly local branches. which , li n il justly so, a great . the sanction stimulusof and manu facture of this district.— IT'orcutersktre Chronicle. BRIGHTON RACKS. — "'e . are pleased to hear that the subscrifaoh for the intended Spring Races is going on Parliament, t o the very satisfactorily; and . that there 11 li ttle coubt that they w ill come off at the i period named, an d t h at there will be no f a i l l v n v d a s y s provea ffod s sufficient,plent of 1 1 1 i a lack of sport. It s intended t o h ave three races and a I a " fpieuenrtforn ofthe ii ir iicln.le race sh T o le d le t hem will lie devot e d as stakes for a steeple chase, to take place on the foll ow i ng d ay.—Brighton Gazette. iiiiio,,thett r A ship of 420 tons burden, built expressly as i t packet betwee -• n this port and Valparaiso, will be launched. from the building -yard-of Mr. T. liovdon, Baffin -street, this day. She will b e comman d e d b y Mr.. Bartlett, late et the Robert Whiteway.—Lirerpool Advertiser. %, 775 G.C.,4 13 " ticbv yes.' Job aorld ; ar4/, che r ! ilea' 11 0 ',iBol. en' ,ot I