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HIC.!-HLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON. A GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION will be held at the Freemason's Tavern, on SaTranas, the 18th instant. Dinner at a quarter before Seven precisely. Bis Grace the DUKE of BUCCLEUCII, K.G., President, in the Chair. Members of the HiP;' , :iland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and of the Branch Societies of Aberdeen, Madras, Bombay, &c., are Admissible without.introductlon. Tickets may b'e procured upon application to the Secreary. 18, Parliau;elit-street. GEORGE BAIN, Hon. Sec. GRAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Packet and Railway Fare included In one Payment. FROM THE BROWSWTEK WHARF, ISLA.CKWALL. Ike TWA's starting One Quarter •f an Hour before each 01 these times. WEEK DIVS.—At 94, 104, 11, 12, 14, 34, b, 6, aid T. lIHXDAY3.—At 9)4, 11% 11, 14, 3, 6. and 7. FROM THE NE ',NT TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEZK DA:VS.—At 71, 84, 9)4, 11)4. 1, 3, 4,5, and 6. SI7RDAVS.—At 71, 534, 114, 3. 4. 5,6, and 7. LOWEST FARES. Fero Cabin and Second Class Railway, 6d. Saloon and First Class Railway, 9d. STEAM TO NEW YORK. The• GREAT WESTERN, B. R. MATTHEWS, Commander, Bails from the Cobourg-dock, Liverpool, for NEW YORK, at half past Tair o'clock, on the morning of Sexuaust, the 1111► instant. PasSengers are respectffilly requested to be on board by 9 o'clock. For freight or passage, apply at Bristol, to W. M. Bennett, Secre tary ; at Liverpool, to Gibbs, Bright, and Co., 8, North John-street, or at London, to Mark Pinkerton, 65, Col nhill. ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NEWMARKET RACES. The public are respectfully informed, that in addition to the ordi nary trains, SPECIAL TRAINS w 11 run between LONDON, CIIES TERFOItD, 'and CAMBRIDGE, in connexion with coaches to and from Newmarket, its follows, periorming the entire distance in less than four hours : —Sunday, April 12, 1846-Ist and 2d class, from London to Chesterfbrd only, at 1.30 p.m., calling at Lea bridge, Broxbourne, and Bishop Stortford, and arriving at Chesteriord about 3.30 o'clock. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, April 13, 14, and 15-Ist and 2d class, from London to Cambridge, at 8.40 a.m., calling -at Lea-bridge, Broxbourne; Bishop Stortford, and Chesterord, and returning from Cambridge at 6.30., and from Chesterford at 7.0 p.m. Friday, April 17--Ist and 2d class, at 5.15 p.m. from t 'ambridge, and 6.4.5 p.m. from Chest,rford to London, calling at Bishop Stortford, Broxbourne, and Lea bridge. Passengers will be booked through between London and New market, at their option, either via Chesterford or Cambridge, at the tollowing fares, including coach fares and fees to coachmen : Single Ticket Day Ticket to and from to and from Newmarket. Newmarket. Ist Class by Railway and inside the lit Class by Railway and outside the Coach .. 2d Class by Railway and •t4ts(dp • •••• ' The day tickets are only availabl¢ for the return journey on the day for which they are issued. Private carriages and horses will be conveyed by any of the above trains, and by the ordinary trains as herstotore, at the following rates to and from London and Cambridge : 17s. 6d. ..•••• •• 30s. 148. 6d. .. ••• • • • 245. VIA CHESTERFORD. I VIA CAMBRIDGE, Horses. Card- 4 Carr'. ages . I Horses. ages. Ist. 1 2d. 31. i i. Ist. 2d. 9. d. Is. d. s. d. s. d. *s. d. Q. d. Single Ticket.... 16 0 28 0 40 0 20 9 19 6 34 0 Day Ticket i available the ) , "4 0 142 0 GO 0 30 0 .29 6 I same day only 3 . i 1 I 34. I S. d. Y. d. 1490 24 6 51 0 73 6 37 0 N.B. Tickets for the special trains may be had on application at the station, Shoreditch, and at the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, on and after the 6th of April; and as a limited number only will be issued, parties intending to avail themselves of this arrangement are recommended to make early application. Post horses and coaches amply provided for every train—at Ches. terford station by Messrs. Edwards, Bottom, and Sabine ; and at Cambridge by Messrs. Edlin, Mitchell, and Starkey. Orders for previously securing poSt hor,:cs to be addressed to Mr. Edwards, Crown Inn, Chesterford ; and Mr. Starkey, railway station, Cambridge. Similar arrangements will be made for the First Spring Meet. kg, particulars of which will be announced by advertisement in due course. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary General offices, Shoredit c h , L ondon, March 28, 18'46. A.TioNAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY 26, (`ORN/LILL, LONDON. Capital bOO,OOO. Empovrered by Act of Parliamezt. This institution off ors important ond suiettantial advan tages with respect both t. Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex pense or forfeitare of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hi, interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PIAOFIT:. The success atilt increasing prosperity ot the Society has enabled the Directors, he last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 3u to 77, per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES, f ' a Premium. c, .4 Isom.; Beau:tic g iii •o,tr (1 5 . 31 added. iraah. x 6, g 1 =::5 . N m 5 , ... • £ s. d. 1:37 .£l9l 13 A £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 £395 11 1 60 1000 74 3 4 38 16.5 13 0 74 13 10 1 8 6 346 2 3 1839 135 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 i lB4O 99 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 5 The di-vision of proflt4 is annual, and the next will lie made in be amber of the present year. P. FERGUSON CAMROI7I. hee. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. ARTHUR-STREET WEST, LONDON, Aram 2, 1846. Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS will he held at the Office of the Society, Arthur street West, London bridge, on THURSDAY, the 23d of April inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely. Every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate for the Office of Director or Auditor, must signify the same by writing, under his kawl, to he left at this Office Ave days at least previously to such General Meeting. By order of the Directors, JENKIN JONES, Actuary, LAW FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. 01 11). 110), (Coiepletely tegistered under tke A c t 7tk an d Bth mt. Offices, Noe. i and 6, Chancery-lane. Subseribed Capital, TITO Millions gterling. The Ri Tannin. Hon. the Earl of Devon The Right Lien. Lord Cottenham The Right lion, the Vice Chancellor of England The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron The Right lion. Sir Herbert .Fenner Fust (Dean of the Arches, sce.) William Wingfield, Esq. (Master in Chancer y ) Eichard Richards, Esq., M.P. (Master in Chancery.) DIRECTORS. (The s' denotes a Director of the Law Life, and the t a Director of the Legal and General Life Insurance society.) Bethel', Richard, Esq., Q.C. Bigg, Edward Smith, Esq., Southampton-buildings Boodle, John, Esq., Davies-st ree t, B er k e l ey square • Brown, Anthony, Esq. (Chamberlain of London)' Budd, Thomas William, Esq., Beg - third-row Chichester, J. H. It., Esq., Lincoln's Inn. • Chisholme, William, Esq.. Lincoln's Inn-fleds • Clarke, Thomas, Esq. (Solicitor to the Ordnance) Cox, John, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields Jortin, Lee, Earl„ Lincoln's Inn-fields Kinderley, George Herbert, Esq., Lincoln's Inn Lee, John Benjamin, Esq., Dean's-yard, Westminster Lyon, James Wittit, Esq., Spring-gardens Rose, the /lon. Sir George (one of the Judges of the Court of Bankruptcy and Master iu Chancery) Sitnpkinson, Sir Praticis, Q.C. Smedley, Francis, Esq„ (High Bailiff of Westminster) Tatham Meaburn, Esq. Lincoln's Inn-lelds Tilson, Thomas, Esq , Coleman-street • Twiss, Horace, Esq., Q.C. (Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster) Tyssen, John R. D., Esq., Manor Offices, Hackney • Yizard, William, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields White, Edward, Esq. (Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall) Wilde, Edward Archer, Esq., College•hill t Win g' Th omas. Esq., Gray's Inn-square. AUDITORS. Bailey, Charles, Esq., Stratford-place ocket, Daniel Smith, Esq., Lincoln's [nu -tieldi Broderlp, rranels, Esq., Lincoln's Inn Ileadding, Edwin Ward, Esq., (lordon-street. LINCZETART--Edward Blake Esq. ANDNITE CTS AN lit 7 D - Thomas Bell trny, Esq., ch ariott Rvz ioßs• reo-wstreet, Bedford-squat o George Pownall, Esq., Bedford 6•LlClTollll—Messrs. Edward and Charles /Terri Bedford-row. BANKERS—Messrs. Coutts and Col i n The terms are in general the same as those or disc other rindpal Insurance offices. The advantages to the insured consist in the magnitude of the capital responsible for lessee, and in the known character of the Trustees, Directors, and Proprietary. NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY nou, icy UNITED . KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. The attention of Equitable Policy Holders is particularly called to the HALF CREDIT SCALES of PREMIUM of this Company, b y 'Which table the banns to be declared at the next investigation, in January, 1830, may be secured at a pfesent annual payment of one half the rates charged by other companies. In the event of death the auto insured will bo paid less the amount ofpreminms on credit. Should the life insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the Company will renounce all claim ,for the half premiums which may be due thereon, or, in the event of the party being at that time in bad health, the policy can be kept up by commencing to pay the full premium of the age as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with the Company, was found peculiarly advantageous at the last equitable division in 1840, When It was largely adopted. and many of the policies then effected are still in force, and latge bonuses have been added to them on the *sale et the following table : Biun Assured. Time Assured. gum addecnto Policy. 45,000 6 years 10 months • £683 6 6 5,000 4,000 ........ 4 years .............. 400 0 0 5,000 ........ 1 years .. •. • ....... 200 0 0 Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on application t o the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and F. Lennox Boyd, 1 0., at the once.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-malt, London. SILVER TEA and COFFEE SERVICES. rrint.d lists sent gratis into the country, in answer to a Paid letter with fttll particulars of size, weight, and price; or pur sers will find a most extensive assortment of the Silver Services lac the Show ro oms. Either tea-pot, sugar-basin, cream ewer, or °t ree-pot, may be had separately. T. COX SAVORY and Co., Silversmiths, izo doers ito m Graeechurch-street), L on d on. 47, Cornhill (seven QH.IRTS REGISTERED.—GentIemen are re quested to observe that these garments in the most , usefu!, also teatnest qualities, in the best workmanship, and at most mode rate es, can he had at the REGISTERED SHIRT WARE HOUSE 42, Regent-ircus, which has been established under the latest influential patronage. The attention of the philanthropic Public has been attracted to the degrading system of low wages Pursued for a number of years in this extensive and almost only P ursue of female indlistry, the Proprietor begs to state that in the form of the registered shirt a very great improvement is effected, and at the same time no absurd novelty is therein introduced, but that care is taken to preserve the easy looseness so necessary to this garment, together with lain smooth setting front, and to retain this appearance during the hole time in wear. It is presumed that this object has not been attained by others commonly in use, which, too often rising in wrinkled folds with the slightest movement of the Logy, at once destroys the neat pp are se so desirable, yet usually omitted in this essential but hlth a e - e But a further and most i mportant ' t° much neglected article of dress. of those parts which are seen wheillcaentage is offored ; the material I shirt is wont, viz., the fronts, collars, and wristbands, are composed of the most beautiful of that fabric almost the sole manufacture for which Ireland has obtained celebrity, and the golden flax linen orLe,ambrlc is now well known t* be pre-eminent in the purity or its tions of the registered shirt as descriftscalr rs PreBenti"g in those por is the warbputiful snow white ap pearance. 42, Regent-circus, bein g Wh h yers.ouse for the West-end, none but the best workers are thieare,etmhapiroe 'no di wages being paid, notwithstandin dinoar difference in the prices between the registered shirt and the ° r dinar Samples of either the work or the golden flax linen or seam ee so f p e karate the manufacturers, will be forwarded to the town rejeasidten Ladies or Gentlemen desirous of patronising this object, Address, 42, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. EASE AND COMFORT IN 8 RAVING. —B. and 3. COWVAN'S invaluae CNTON i S ti T s lt ß O oy P a , 1 rgsted; rilateral Chinese Razor-Sharponer, patronsed by Prince Albert, renders the operation of shaving pleasant to the most tender skin. By a very simple process, the keenest edge may very a Peedily be given to the bluntest razor. B. and S. Cuwvan's pecu liarly tempered Razors and Tooth and Shaving -powder. Specimens of the strops are exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. From the many flattering testimonials received, the following, from that mist eminent surgeon, Mr. C. Aston Key, is selected : '' Slrs.—" I have made trial of your razor-strop, and find it to an swer ts tie r than any strop that I have hitherto used for givi ng a kose s een w " ile to (tut ting instruments f or anatomical and surgical pn.-- " C. ASTON KEY." Many: others may be sees at the inventors', B. and S. Cowvan, .th_ ,IFer church-street, where the strops, &c., may be obtained, and _flu rae-yectable perfumers, &c., price bs. 6d., 7s. 6d., and 9s. 6d. 1:, -. °_ , T er n ! Canters rtaxer-strop Pasts at Is. a packet. The Shaving ,l7l:\ . IL ed• ; and Prussian Court Toethp•wder at Is. 6d. and *-L kkr bx. "ltk %,— Tent us OTTTIALe MU* aillpt masked and spilt " B. And 9. LONDON, TUESDAY • WI E : A G •,; No. 16,707. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 25th March, 1845. T° THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA • • STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, • The ELECTION . of SIX DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY being appointed for WEDNESDAY, the eth April neat, the favour of your Vote and Interest hi requested for the following Gentlemen, viz.:— JOHN COTTON, Esq. JOHN LOCH, Esq: CHARLES MILLS, Esq. WILLIAM HENRY CIIICHELEY PLOWDEN, Esq. HENRY SHANK, Esq. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Esq.; Which will much oblige, Ladles and Gentlemen, your most obedient Servants, W. L. Melville J. Petty Muspratt J. Oliphant Archibald Robertson - John Shepherd M. T Smith W. H. Sykes F. Warden John C. Whiteman W. Wigram Henry Willoek Wm. Young ng by proxy may obtain a letter of reasury, in this House. Henry Alexander W. A stell W. 11. Bayley Robert Campbell Russell Ellice A. Gallaway .T. W. Hogg It. Jenkins J. L. Lushington George Lyall , E. Macnaghten John 3fasterman 41 . 4 . Proprietors desirous of vett attorney for that purpose at the Ti EAST INDIA HOUSE, 11Lutcli 25, 1846. TO THE PROPRIE FORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. _ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, - Having the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors of the East India Company, as Candidates for the Direction, to be chosen tltia year, we take the liberty of requesting the favour of your vote on the day of election, WEDNESDAY, the Bth of Apzll Reit. We are, Ladies and Gentlemen, your most obedient. and most humble servants. JOHN COTTON. • JOHN LOCK. C. MILLS. . , . • W—IL C. PLOWDEN. ' • H SHANK. H. St. G. TUCKER. Proprietors desirous of ♦oting hyproxy may obtain a letter of attorney for that purpose at the Treasury, in this House. EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 28, 1146. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the TIIANSFER-BOORS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK will be SHUT on TUESDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clock, and OPENED AGAIN en'TIMRSDAY, the 9th April following. That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their HOUSE in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the Sth April, 1846, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six o'clock in the Evening, for the ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the said Company fur four years. That the form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Declaration for enabling Proprietors of East India stock to Vote by Proxy on this occasion, may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this House. That the LISTS of the .MEMBERS of the said COMPANY will be ready to be delivered on .MONDAY, the 23d March nest. • _ _ _ JAMES C. MELVILL Secretary EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS. NOTICE is hereby given that all . BAGGAGE, PRESENTS, Stc., lying at the BAGGAGE WATIETIOUSE, , 4, East or West India Docks, landed previous to the Ist January, 1843, WILL BE SOLD for payment of Charges, unless the same shall be paid on or before the 30th day of April next, Lists of the said Goods may be inspected at the Baggage Warehouses, Eastern or Western Docks. 13y order of the Court of Directors, GEORGE COLLIN. Secretary, Hoek House, co. 8, Billiter-square, March 12, It4fi. SALES BY AUCTION. IN ITANOVER-STREET. Mr. FAIRS' far-famed MAGAZINE of ART and his FAMILY RESIDENCE adjoining. AIR. GEORGE ROBINS respectfully makes t known to the Public, and more especially such as ap preciate the CORRECT ORDER OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE FINE ARTS, that he will SELL by AUCTION on the Premises, on TUESDAY, the 21st of April, at One o'clock, in consequence of Mr. FAIRS having taken, in conjunction with Mr. Meakin, the extensive premises, No. 139, in New Bond-street, lately, and for halt a century, In the occupation of Mr. Turner, Uphol sterer to the Royal Family, with the intention of continuing the art of decorating, with the useful appendage of a thorough know ledge of furnishing houses in various styles suited to the present taste. Mr. R. is instructed to sell the abode in which so much of the deservedly fair fame of Mr. Fairs has been acquired, Ne. 2, IN HANOVER-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. To give a lucid description of all its claims to admiration, both in the exterior and the interior, would necessarily occupy too large a space in a public annoancerneut ; it is, therefore, suggested that all these inclined to this first-rate situation should go and judge for themselves, when the moderated account that is to be attempted in this little detail will be confirmed. THE ORDER OF ITS ARCHITECTURE IS OF THE EARLY ITALIAN SCHOOL. Its front is very much more imposing than anything contempera ne.ous, and the expense of accomplishing this has necessarily con slimed a large capital : but its prepossessing appearance amply re pays the great outlay incurred, as well as the tact and anxiety, that marked its progress and completion. It may be well, " en passant," to observe that the situation is so pre-eminent that it is adapted to the highest works of art ; indeed, it is fearlessly as serted that both within and without there is nothing to surpass it throughout THE METROPOLIS OF ENGLAND ; and yet something in a more humble sphere cannot fail, in a pecu niary view, to be highly beneficial; but ingenuity would be puzzled to discover any pursuit that would bear a comparison with it, and JOHNSON, 3IATOB. ACOMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of the GUILDHALL of the CITY of LONDON, on Mon day, the 6th day of April, 1846 : Resolved unanimously—That the freedom of this City, in a gold box of the value of one hundred guineas, he presented to Major- General Sir George Pollock, K.G.C.8., in testimony of the estimation entertained by this Court, in common with their fellow-citizens, of the distinguished military services rendered by him in A.ffghanistan, and of his indefatigable zeal and energy throughout that campaign. MEREWETHE R JOHNSON, Maros. COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of the GUILDHALL of the CITY of LONDON, on Mon day, the 6th day of April, 1846 : Resolved unanimously—That the thanks and congratulations of this Court, with the freedom of this City, in a gold box of the value of one hun.lred guineas, be presented to Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable Sir Henry Haniinge, K.G.C. of the Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Governor-General Of India, for the dis tinguished talent and energy with which the resources of the British empire in India have been applied under his directions, in success fully repelling the unprovoked invasion of the British territory by the Scikh nation, for the firmness and gallantry with which lie di rected the portion of the army under his immediate command on the 21st and 22d of December last, and for the zeal and labour he displayed at the important and memorable battle of &brawl on the 10th day of February last, when the enemy's force was totally and signally defeated. Resolved unanimously--That the thanks and congratulations of this Court, with the freedom of this City, in a gold box of the value of one hundred guineas, be presented to General Sir Hugh Gough, Bart., K.G.C. of the Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Corn mender-in-Chief of the Forces In India, for the distinguished valour with which he led the attacks on the enemy, and the eminent ser vices he rendered in the battles of the 18th, 21st, and 22d of Decem ber, 1845, at Moodkee and F erozes h a h , and for the gallantry he so conspicuously displayed at the decisive battle :it Sobramu, en the 10th day of February last. _ . Resolved unanimously—That the thanks and congratulations •f this Court, with the freedom of this City, in a gold box of the value of cue hundred guineas, be presented to Major-General Sir Henry George Smith, K.C.8., for the eminent services rendered by him in the arduous and successful operations on the 18th, 21st, altd 22d of December, 1845, at 3foodkee and Ferozeshah, and for the distin guished skill, valour, and judgment he manifested in the important battle of Aliwal, on the 28th day of January last, when a greatly superior force of the Seikh army was totally defeated, and increased lustre shed upon the reputation of the British arms. Resolved unanimously—That the thanks of this Court be presented to Major-General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, Major-General Sir John Hunter Littler, K.C.8., Major-General Sir John Thackwell, K.C.8., and to the other: officers, European and native, for their highly valu able services on the above memorable occasions. Resolved unanimously—That this Court has much gratification in recording the deep sense they entertain of the courage, bravery, and discipline evinced by the non-commissioned officers and private sol diers, European and native, at the various battles of 3loodkee and Ferozeshah, on the 18th, 21st, and 22d of December, 1845, of Aliwal on the 28th of January, and of Sobraon on the 10th day of February last, by which the glory of the British arms has been successfully maintained against a determined and greatly superior force. IdEREWETHER ORNWALL C AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. . This Rill having been REJECTED by the House of Lords on Standing Orders, _the Managing Committee are MAKING such ARRANGEMENTS as shall be consistent with their engage ments with ,the London and ;South-Western Railway Company, and the Companies promoting the lines to Yeovil and Ezetet, and at the same time evince their consideration for the numerous subscrliers in respect of their Deposits. The Committee will make a fhrther communication at the earliesl possible period. By order, L. CROMBIE, Secretary. 4, Old Palace-yard, April 6, 1846. NEW SOUTH WALES. Just published, price One Shilling, REVIEW of the RECENT EMBARRASS MENTS of NEW SOUTH WALES, with Suggestions for Promoting and Consolidating the future Prosperity of the Colony. London : C. Edmonds, 154, Strand ; and Nissen and Parker, 68, Great Tower-street. THE MAGAZINE AND SHOW ROOM may easily be renered worthy competitors with the Show Rooms of the highly-respectable successors to Storr and Mortimer, in Bond street. TIIE PRIVATE RESIDENCE adjoining is full of taste and comfort, and 14 pr;dactive of a large Income. It is held for a period of 18 years, subject to a low Annual Kent. It can be viewed, by tickets, ten days antecedent to the Sale, and particulars then bad on the Premises ; and at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent-garden, with the lithographic drawings attached. The Splendid Decorations within this Emporium of Taste will be sold fourteen days after the sale of the residence ; they comprise a great combination that cannot fail to delight the learned in taste and vertu. For grt•ater convenience, they will be removed and sold at his large Rooms in Covent-garden. NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by Its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. AVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES, Is. sd. par lb. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. 6d. ; Yellow Soap, 425., 465., 525., and 58s. per 112Ibs. ; Mottled, 6 s., 60s. and s4s.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. • Fine Wax, Is. id . ; Trans parent Wax, Is. ad. ; G enu i ne Wax, is. ld. ; Store Candles, 5%d. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, d.; Genuine Sperms Oil, 7s. per gallon ; solar, 3s. Pale Seal, is. 6d. ; Argand, or Yegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Windsor Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor. Is. 9d. ; Rose, 25. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. id. per lb. ; Hale's Superior Paragon Composite, requiring IC snuf fing, Il4d. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's -lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. ( INE GUINEA WELLINGTON BOOTS F made to measure by G. GARRETT, Bootraaker, by epeeist appointment, to the King of the Belgians. I stock of the most fashionable and highly-finished Boots kept ready made, t• suit the convenience of Noblemen, Officers of the united Services, and Gen tlemen who prefer trying on Boots to giving an order. G. Garrett, Army Bootmaker, 130, Jermyn-street, 11t. James's. NEAR TO USK, I\ MONMOUTHSHIRE. A Capital RESIDENCE, in the Centre of this beauteous County, TWO FARMS on Lease, with excellent Buildings: altogether 425 ACRES of extraordinary PRODUCTIVE LAND, with a BED of excellent LIMESTONE. It R. GEORGE ROBINS is commissioned to OFFER by PURLIC . AUCTION, at the Mart, London, on FIWESDAY, the 7th of May, at 12 o'Cloek, in One Lot, an exceedingly ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD tifVESTNI ENT, and one perfectly free from any uncertainty arising from the pro .. jectea allerations :in the corn-laws; combining with a FAMILY RESIDENCE OF CONSIDERABLE : PRETENSIONS AND 495 ACRES OF UNCOMMONLY PRODUCTIVE LAND, OF WHICH 258 ACRES ARE ARABLE AND PASTURE, AND 75 ACRES WOODLAND. gently sloping to a beautiful southern aspect, most genial for the im provement of cattle and sheep. First, it may be well to glance at the situation, and encounter THE ALMOST HERCULEAN TASK OF TRYING TO POURTRAY THE BEAUTIES OF MONMOUTHSHIRE, A panegyric upon THE LOVELY VALE AND RIVER OF USK, WHICH ADJOIN THE ESTATE, " • would be a work of supererogation to those who live had the good in - tune to soj , ,urn there; those who have not, and would invest in )erfeet security. while in the enjoyment of a quietude unknown to ess-favoured districts, will do well to be on the alert, and do ' their possible" to become the possessor of this tine property. THE WINDING OF THE RIVER WYE - the immediate vicinity, THE BEAUTEOUS WOODLAND SCENERY, TUE NEVER-TIRING COMBINATION OF HILL AND DALE, THE RIVER FULL OF SALMON AND TROUT, _ . the verdant pastures, luxuriant orchards and gardens in every di rect,on, produce an effect not to be appreciated, and in no part of England to be exceeded in beauty. THE RESIDENCE IS ONE OF COMFORT, _ and was formerly the abode of JOHN OYEREND, ESQ., THE WEALTHY BANKER, OF LONDON, The situation will be irresistible in provoking a little outlay to complete that which the late possessor so ably projected. Without being too cumbersome or expensive, the Residence combines all that a family of great respectability can desire, kitchen gardens and orchards. Should the purchaser of the Estate desire to reside, and FORM A PLEASURE FARM. there is an abundance of field sports, and lots of fishing; and the cele brated Llangibby Hounds hunt t le immediate neighbeurhood. A BRANCH OF THE SOUTH WALES R AMWAY, now making, is within half a mile. There are Two highly-cultivated four years with comfortable abode, which adjoins the residence, and all necessary buildings, two warm and sheltered yards for stock, and a gt.)d tenant (Mr. Joseph Neale) at a very inadequate rent for beyond 1 1 1 Y i:* e c a Ak r , nitsi r s , oi y ; e Cciu t eord t e : : c ,dr o i m el e e . Th.. pastures so rich as to fatten excellence. OF THE SOIL , uiloclts and sheep for the London market, and the land exuberant and the marke • towns approximating, tageous vent fotr tlh.ect,LrOodSuEceA.Tf H th AN . la D nd. N GREAT ABUNDANCE ; lailitaries, and CHEPSTOW AND RAGLAND CASTLES render a sure and advan are neighbouring PRINCELY EsTADTDEKs DUKE, OF uit I R t O E u A \T U L F , 0 I RI F S The neighbourhood is remarkable for Sociabilit': a r ti ß d ° t P h F e i g t r T e Y at re spectability of the i nhal a ilt . a i i r tt g a i ; in fact, it would be altogether whover difficult to discover n c l e i 1 i ° s v l e t 1 ' the T h n ee i m '.l) s4 L i n a et t e o i df i cro°b;i3jeition to a capitalist .rate very moderate. at Pyrks Cottage, will show the Estate, and 1 i I d: the il i u i p u l a d r o rs e r h i :c:Fu s , ' r Ch eurhood. Particulars had twenty-eight days prior to the with plans annexed of A. Waddington Gloucester;• White go e n Bristol; , Esq . Solicitor Usk S • ale, l o on Arms, Monmouth; King's H ea d , Messrs. !dam and Fletcher, solicitors, Liverpool; the Auction Mart l; and at Mr. George Robins's nal —cc's, London. AND be ttlaAnN style,Oß d 1740 ACRES i• NiVOOD IN WARWIcKSIIIII7:, ------------ A heEliElizabethan VILLENHAT L LAND, with capital MEADOW, PASTURE, and ARA Bi ° ,E EXTRA PAROCHIAL, BOUNDED BY Two ittvElts,.‘NaPci WITHIN TWO MILES of the CITY of COVENTRY , and NINE ' MILES of LEAMINGTON. MR. GEORGE ROBINS i s favoured b y in structions to announce the SALE by AUCTION, at the Mart, London, on TnuasnAY, the 4th of June, at 12 o'clock, and in one lot, one of THE MOST COMPACT AND ELIGIBLE ESTATES THROUGH OUT WARWICKSHIRE, comprehending THE WHOLE HAMLET AND THE MANOR OF WILLENHALL, in the county of Warwick, within two short miles of THE CITY OF COVENTRY. This freehold property is ALL EXEMPT FROM TITHES, with Rates very small, and one-half compromised by a payment from the London and Birmingham Railway Company. It extends to SEVEN 'HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES OF PASTURE, ARABLE, AND WOOD LANDS ; the quality is first-rate, and it is all in the highest state of cultiva tion. There is A VILLA ORNEE, IN TIIE STYLE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, commanding extensive and beautiful views, beside a second abode adapted to facilitate the wishes of a sporting man. There are Gardens and Pleasure Grounds ; the tenantry are highly respectable, and HEAR IT ALL THOSE WHO INCLINE TO BE DISSATIS FIED WITH LANDED I N VESTMENT) THERE IS NOT NOR HAS • 'MERE BEEN AN ARREAR OF A GUINEA DURING 'TEN YEARS. There is beside a compactness to this property which commends it to the term WITHIN A RING FENCE. THE RIVERS AVON AND SOWE ferns the south and north boundaries, with lots of fishing ; and a sporting max will find all the auxiliaries his heart can desire, the adjoining manors being strictly preserved by LORI► CRAVEN AND THE BRANDON PROPERTY. The lrarm Hosts,» and all the agricultural buildings are in first-rate condition, and cannot require a shilling to he expended in any way. The high Holyhead and London ►nail daily traverses through the hamlet, and the railway has shortened the time to London to less than three hours. THECITY F COVENTRY, close at hand , i s a feature C of too O much importnnce to be overlooked; but as the advantages seem to follow in such quick succession, Mr. Robins will desist from prolonging this announcement until he has made his urvey --- only observing the present very low rental exceeds FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS A YEAR, AND THE BY Wa PitOF ERTY IS ALL EXTRA-PAROCHIAL. y of conclusion, it affords the writer very great satisfaction to join in and express a very concurrent opinion, and one that has be come manifest now -a-days, that TILE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE FRIGHTENED THAN HURT, a fact which a very few months will demonstrate beyond the possi bility of misapprehension. ther I.'artieulars will be ready in d ue time ; in tte meanwhile anY fur ixformatiet may bp had of M r. 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On the one hand, the Great Southern and Western Company were actively promoting the well known Dublin and Galway scheme, and had actually under taken to subscribe 1 00,000/. for this purpose, while on the other hand the Midland Great Western Company were pro moting the construction of a railway from Mullingar to Galway, which whil e i t would afford a more direct commu nication, professed to accomplish the object by the construc tion of some eighteen miles less of railway. By the decision of the Committee, the competing Com panies .have been permitted to connect Athlone with Dublin by two different routes, while the Dublin and Galway Com pany have got the extension from Athlone to the latter town. how, with every respect for the honourable tribunal by whom the subject was investigated, we are at a loss to divine the reasons for their decision, for, if the witnesses produced by the competing Companies agreed upon any one subject in particular. it was on this, namely :—Titat it would be absurd to sanction two lines to Athlone, as the traffic of the country would never justify an expenditure sufficient for their con struction. In the teeth of such evidence, coming from such public men' as General Sir John Burgoyne, Messrs. Griffith and Mulvany, as well 'astir John Macneill, the Committee haVe arrived at a decision which may be productive of serious mischief to the inhabitants of Galway, who, after all, are the parties most interested, and have heretofore taken the most active measures to bring before the public and Parliament the claims of their locality for railway communi cation with the metropolis. Having been in the committee room when the decision was announced, we are enabled to state from conversations which we had then, and subse quently, with some of the most active promoters of the com peting lines, that the Mullingar Company (as they are called) will probably make their railway .to Athlone, which they can accomplish by some twenty-three or twenty four miles, while the Dublin and Galway Company, having to construct nearly thirty-eight miles for a similar purpose, will be slow to incur the necessary expenditure ; the more particularly because, when made, the competition of the grand canal for merchandise, and the Mullingar Railway for passengers, would leave but a comparatively trifling re venue upon which to depend fora dividend. We have therefore no difficulty in expressing our convic tion, which we do with the greater certainty, because we have the evidence of such practical men as those to whom we have referred, that it would be a cruel and unnecessary waste of the money of the shareholders to attempt to con struct a railway from Portarlington to Athlone, and it would be :also unfair to the people of Connaught that Athlone should have two communications with Dublin, while, in consequence of the bickerings of two boards of railway direc tors, their chances of a railway to Galway would be seriously prejudiced. The present is not the time for wild and reck less expenditure. The condition of the money market—the great depreciation which has taken place in the value of railway securities, and the prevailing apprehension that many sound projects will be brought to a stand-still, from the general 'pressure of calls upon shareholders—all those causes should produce their due effect upon prudent and honourable men, and induce them not to involve their pro prietary in expense which, while it is not likely to be pro ductive, may have a very damaging effect upon some sound undertakings in the sister country. We are not now broach ing new opinions; we can refer to the pages ef this journal for the full confirmation of the sentiments which we now express, and more particularly instance the cases of the Dun dalk and Enniskillen and Newry Companies, respecting which we gave warnings which were unheeded, and which unfortunately are already in a fair way of being verified. It is idle to suppose that Irish railways will produce (at least for some years to come) the amount of revenue which their projectors anticipate, and it should become the un doubted duty of those parties who are intrusted with their construction to take care that the works shall be made cheaply, yet substantially, such as when made will be likely to afford a fair return to the shareholders. It will not do to permit engineers and architects to lavish money on splendid viaducts and costly stations, with a view of gratifying their ambitious aspirations. If such things are permitted, we do not expect that one-third of the schemes which have received the sanction of Parliament will be completed for the next twenty years. RAILWAY, ETC., DEPOSITS. A Bill (as amended by the Committee) to amend an Act of the second year of her present Majesty, for providing for the custody of certain monies paid in pursuance of the standing orders of either House of Parliament, by sub scribers to works or undertakings to be effected under the authority of Parliament. BIONIEZ ALREADY PAID IN TO BE DEALT WITH AS DIRECTED BY FORMER ACT. Whereas an Act was passed in the second year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, "An Act to provide for the custody of certain monies paid in pursuance of the standing orders of either House of Parliament, by subscribers to works or undertakings to be effected under the authority of Parliament :" And whereas it is expedient that the said Act should be repealed and should be re-enacted, with such modifications, extensions, and alterations as after mentioned ; be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most ex cellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent . of the Lords Spiritual and T emporal, and Commons, i n this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the said Act shall be and is hereby repealed: Provided always, that all acts done under the provisions of the said Act shall be good, valid, and effectual to all intents and pur poses, and th a t a ll sums of money paid under the provisions . of the said A c t s h a ll b e dealt with in all respects as if this Act had not been passed. AUTHORITY TO DEPOSIT. And be it enacted, that in all cases in which any sum of money is required b y any standing order of either any of Parliament, either now in force or hereafter to be in force, to be deposited by the subscribers to any work or under taking which is to he executed under the authority of an Act of Parliament, if the director or person or directors or persons having the management of the affairs of such work or undertaking, not exceeding five in number, shall apply to the Chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords, with respect to any such money required by any standing order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament assembled, or to the chief clerk of the Private Bill-office of the House of Commons, with respect to any such money re quired by any standing order of the Commons in Parliament assembled to be deposited, it shall be lawful for such chair man or such chief clerk, by warrant or order under his hand, to direct that such sum of money shall be paid in manner hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, into the Bank of Eng land, in the name and with the privity of the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery in England, if the work or undertaking in respect of which the sum of money is re quired to be deposited is intended to be executed in that part of the United Kingdom called England, or into any of the banks in Scotland established by Act of Parliament or Royal Charter, in the name and with the privity of the Queen's Retnembrancer of the Court. of Exchequer in Scotland, at thtt option of the perscet or persona making such application as aforesaid, in case such work or undertaking is intended to be executed in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland ; or into the Bank of Ireland, in the name and with the privity of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, in case such work or undertaking is intended to be made or executed in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland ; and such warrant or order shall he a sufficient authority for the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery in England, the Queen's Remembrance, of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, and the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, respectively, to permit the sum of money directed to be paid by such warrant or order to be placed to an account opened or to be opened in his name in the bank mentioned in such warrant or order. PAYMENT OF DEPOSIT. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the person or persons ramed in such warrant or order, or the survivors or survivor of them, to pay the sum mentioned in such warrant or order into the bank mentioned in such warrant or order, in the name and with the privity of the officer or person in whose name such sum shall be directed to be paid by such warrant or order, to be placed to his account there, ex parte the work or undertaking mentioned in such warrant or order, pursuant to the method prescribed by any Act or Acts for the time being in force for regulating monies paid into the said courts, and pursuant•to the general orders of the said courts respectively, and without fee or reward; and every such sum so paid in, or the securities in or upon which the same may be invested as hereinafter mentioned, or the stocks, funds, or securities authorised to be transferred or deposited in lieu thereof as hereinafter mentioned. shall there remain until the same, with all interest and divi dends, if any, accrued thereon, shall be paid out of such bank, in pursuance of the provisions of this Act : Provided always, that in case any such director or person, directors or persons, having the management of any such proposed work or un dertaking as aforesaid, shall have previously invested in the Three per Centum Consolidated or the Three per Centum Reduced Bank Annuities, Exchequer-bills or other Govern ment Securities, the sum or sums of money required by any such standing order of either House of Parliament as afore said, to be deposited by the subscribers to any work or under takingsuch warrant or order which is to be executed under the authority of an Act of Parliament, it shall be lawful for the person or persons t h he said chairman Government Stocks of them, t s o ucl d i e l p v o a , r i r t ai s it uc o h r olidxecrh,eogrutehrebsiulirsvoh;oortshten; survivo Govern ment Securities in the Bank mentioned inpesurscohn; warrant.nsueohr, st o ro r an d n e si r nf , e i r, n vohr t o h ds e ee name and with the privity of the officer or per ii,,,:ml:7 required to anof be directed toplbasemitpesahsid: directed t r shalla nsf e r s b b fc or Funds into the name of the officer or committees, or the said chief clerk, as the case pray h , C llo h rb s te t o ; lieu of payment of so much of the sum of money required be, in be deposited as aforesaid, as the same other the Government Stocks or Funds will extend:ceerls or at the price at which the same were originali to satisfy, the said person or persons, director or directoyr purchased by e such price to he proved by producti on o f th s, as afore sa id , ' ficate of such oriOnal purchase. broker s certi • INVESTMENT OF DEPOSIT. And be it enacted, that if the person or persons named in such warrant or order, or the survivors or survivor of them, desire to have invested any sum so paid into the Bank 01 have accrued cn any stocks or securities so trans- England or the Bank of Ireland, or any i n t erest or dividend f‘evirlriecdhon;adeposited as aforesaid, the Court in the name 01 whos e Accountant-General the same may have been paid, may. on a petition presented to such Court in a summary way by him or them, order that such sum or such interest of dividends shall, until the same be paid out to the parties en titled to the same in pursuance of this Act, be laid out in the Three per Centum Consolidated or Three per Centuin Re duced Bank Annuities, or any Government Security or Se curities at the option of the aforesaid person or persons, or the survivor or survivors of them. REPAYMENT OF DEPOSIT. 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N APRIL 7, 1846. such work or undertaking, and if in any of the foregoing oases the person or persons named in such warrant or order, o: the survivors or survivor of them, or the majority of such -, ersons, apply by petition to the Court in the name of whose Accountant-General the sum of money mentioned in such warrant or order shall have been paid, or such Exchequer bills, Stocks or Funds shall have been deposited or trans ferred as aforesaid, or to the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, in case such sum of money shall have been paid in the name of the said Queen's Remembrancer, the Court in the name of whose Accountant -General or Queen's Remembrancer such sum of money shall have been paid, or each Exchequer bills, Stocks or Funds shall have been deposited or trans ferred, shall by order direct the sum of money paid in pur suance of such warrant or order, or the stocks, funds or se curities in or upon which the same may have been invested, and the interest or dividends thereof; or the Exchequer hills, Stocks or Funds so deposited or transferred as aforesaid, and the interest and dividends thereof to be paid or trans ferred to the party or parties so applying, or to any other person or persons whom they may appoint in that behalf; but no such order shall be made in the case of any such pe tition or Bill being rejected or not being allowed to proceed, or being withdrawn or not being presented, or of an Act being passed authorising the making of such work or un dertaking, unless upon the production of the certificate of the chairman of Committees of the House of Lords with refe rence to any proceeding in the House of Lords, or of the Speaker of the House of Commons with reference to any proceeding in the House of Commons, that the said petition or Bill was rejected or not allowed to proceed, or was with drawn during its passage through one of the Houses of Par liament, or was not presented, or that such Act was passed; which certificate the said Chairman or Speaker shall grant on the application in writing of the person or persons, or the majority of the persons named in such warrant, or the sur vivor or survivors of them. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 6. STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and teshire Junction, % p.—Caledonian, 3 dis.—Dundee and Perth, dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extensions, 108. p.—Goole and Doncaster, 34 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2% dis.—Hudders .ield and Sheffield, 1 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, dis.— Liverpool Ind Bury, 4% p.--Ditto. New Shares, 18s. 6d. p.— Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 6s. 3d. dis.-- Liverpool, °nut:kirk, and Preston, Bs. 9d. ‘). —London and Birmingham, 217—London and. York, I % dia.— Manchester and Leeds, 37 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 834 p.—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 17s. 6d. dis.—Midland Stock, 144% gewca.stle and Darlington, 44—North British, Carlisle, IA p.—North umberland and Lancaster, I % dis.—North Staffordshire, I% p.— North Union (A), 208—Ditto (B), 141—North Western, Is. 6d. dis. —Oxford and Birmingham, 10s. dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, 105 —Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 3 dis.—Shropshire Union and anal, 255. dis,—South Eastern, No. 2, par ex d.--Ditto, New calves, 10s. dis. ex d.— South Midland, 4 dis.—South Staffordshire, dis.—Tean and Dove Valley, dis.—West Riding Union, 1% p. --Bandon and Bantry, 235. 6d. dis.—Dutch Rhenish I ls. 3d. p. MANC 11 ESTER, Aram 6. STOGY EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bandon and Bantry, 134 dis.- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 34 p.-Blackburn, Darwen, .uid Bolton, I% dis.-- Br stop, Newark, and Sheffield, I 7-16 dis. c.- Mielmsford and Bury, 134 dis.-Chester and Manchester Direct, 295. his. -Clydesdale Junction, 1% dis.-Derby and Crewe, 15-16 p.- East Lancashire, - No. 2, 34 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Rail way and Canal, 134 dis.-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, p. -Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 4 dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 1-Liverpool and Bury, 5 p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, uid Preston, 3 2 p.-Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport, 1 4 dis.-London and Manchester (Remington's), 1% dis.-London and York; I % dis.-Manchester, Buxton ' and Matlock, 34 dis.-Man chester and Birmingham , 75 c.-Ditto, Quarters (A), 6% p. c.- BMW, Quarters (B), 6% p. c.-Ditto, Quarters (C), 5% p.-Man chester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 205. 6d. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 38 p.-North Staffordshire, 114 p.--Preston and Wyre, 32%-Ditto, Halves, 254 •p. -Sheffield, Leek, dud Crewe, 18s. 6d. dis.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, &c., 134 die. c.- South Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, 34 dis. -Tean and Dove Valley, % dis.-Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead, )" , ' 8 dis.- West Riding Union, 1 1-16 p. LEEDS, APRIL 6. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 10s. p.-East Lancashire, N 0.2 (late Accrington), ss. p.-flud dersfield and Manchester, 20s. dis.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 1% it. c.- Leeds and Think 434 dis.-North British, New Carlisle Branch, 6s. p.-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 434 dis.- rondon and York, 295. dis.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 255. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 10s. p.-West Riding Union, 3/. ss. 6d.-Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 28s. dis.-Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 225. 6d. dis.-Clitheroe Junction, 255. Ms.-Great Eastern and Western, 345. dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 20s. dis.-Leeds and Liverpool Direct,ss. dis.-Leeds and York, 30s. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield and Midland, 20s. dis.-Manches ier, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, Is. dis.-Manchester and South ampton, 12s. 6d. dis.-Northainberland and Lancashire Junction, 245. dis.-North Staffordshire, 335. 6d. dis. -North Western, 25.6 d. dis.- Shropshire Union, 275. dis.- York and Carlisle, 365. dis. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. VOTES OF THE THANKS AND THE FREEDOM. OF THE CITY TO THE COMMANDERS IN INDIA, &c. Yesterday a special Court was held for the purpose of voting the thanks and congratulations of the Court, with the freedom of the City, in gold boxes of the value of 100 guineas, to the Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, Governor- General of India; to General Sir Hugh Gough, Bart., Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, Commander-in-Chief of the forces in India ; and to Major-General Sir Henry George Smith, Knight Commander of the Bath, for the valour, judgment, and ability displayed by them in the recent battles of Aliwal and Sobraon, on the 28th of January and the 10th of February last. Also the thanks of the Court to the other officers, European and Native, for the intrepidity, persever ance, and discipline evinced by them upon both of those me morable occasions. There was likewise notice of a motion attached to the business paper by Sir Peter Laurie, to the effect that the freedom of the City be presented to Major-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., in testimony of the esteem enter tained by the Court, in common with their fellow-citizens, of the distinguished military services rendered by him in Affghanistan, and of his indefatigable zeal and energy throughout that campaign. _ The cause o f th e d e l ay i n voting the well-merited acknow ledgment to Sir George Pollock arose from the general sup iepnxotsceient p i d o te d n i n i . n t f hu o e r p m por e ne r s te C hn o ec u ei r vo t e s fs t te h t a et t ione t d h c ia e vs i h i doonunaoltsu forhres c m o v could not be paid s h l e a m k e th eyas cor rected. were Mr. R. L. JoNEs said, in rising to move the first resolu tion which related to the Governor-General of India alone, for it was considered more respectful and complimentary to give a distinct and separate acknowledgment to each of the illustrious individuals whose services had done such honour to their country, he felt no small degree of gratification. H e laboured under no doubt as to the sentiments of the Court upon the subject. He knew the resolution he had to pro pose would be received not only unanimously, but with accla inations.—(Hear, hear.) It would be presumptuous in him to go to any length in expressing his opinion of the gal lantry, energy, and skill of those who achieved such extra• ordinary victories under circumstances of a nature which called forth the astonishment of their countrymen, familiar as Englishmen were with all the praises and enjoy ment of triumph.—(Cheers.) He should merely refer to the elo quent dispatches of Sir Henry Hardinge, which it would be a libel upon the Court to say that any member was un acquainted with, to exhibit the spirit of description beat adapted to depict the combination of judgment, gal lantry, humanity, and perseverance which made the scene of war so remarkable. The whole course of the military proceeding was calculated to exalt the character of our coun trymen as well as that of the native troops engaged, and after the glorious victory, the result of those magnificent ex ertions, the mildness of the conditions, and the Christian feel ing by which the operations of the commanders were distin guished, even against those whose conduct had been aggres sive in the extreme, increased the glory which had been pur chased by such a sacrifice of human life.—(Cheers.) Mr. Jones concluded by moving that the freedom, &c., be pre sented to the Governor-General of India. Mr. DixoN seconded the motion. The vote was carried unanimously, and amidst accla mations. Mr. HannisoN rose to move the vote to Sir Hugh Gough. It was, he said, impossible for any one possessed of the heart of an Englishman not to feel delighted at the course pursued in India by our Government. He held in his hands the vote to a General of very great distinction, and he felt that he was wholly . unable to do justice to the occasion. The result of the victories 'which they were celebrating would be felt in the establishment of civilisation, of commerce, and of peace, and the natives would have cause to rejoice in the protection afforded to them by the valour of the British arms.—(Cheers.) Mr. R. TAYLOR heartily agreed in the resolution. The resolution was carried unanimously, and amidst cheers. Mr. ANDERTON moved the vote to Sir lienry George Smith. He felt the greater pride and gratification in submitting the resolution, as he knew the gallant General when a boy, and not a member of the army. He thought that after a lapse of forty years, Sir Henry Smith would not be sorry to hear that he had proposed, in Guildhall, the freedom of the City for eminent services rendered in India.—(Cheers.) The victories in India would not only have the effect of establish ing peace in that extensive territory, but would serve as a lesson to America, likely to convince that people that it was dangerous to provoke England by acts of aggression and tyranny.—(Cheers.) Mr. Jowl Woon seconded the vote. Dr. LYNCH said, that the man must be cold indeed who could hear unmoved the glorious deeds of the British army, or not join with all his heart in paying homage to the daunt less valour and cool intrepidity of the men, and to the judg ment and ability of the Generals, who had exalted the. military character of their country to the highest point of renown.—(Cheers.) Mr. LAWRENCE admitted that war was full of horrors, but the war in which these illustrious men had served their country was the surest and the speediest means of establish ing peace, and every one knew that the more quickly san guinary contests were ended the better.—(Cheers.) Thei moderation with which the signal triumphs gained were acted upon showed that the continuance of the extermi nating process was not the object of the commanders of the troops against the perfidious aggressors. He could imagine a period when war would not suit the refined capacities of men ; but the world was still at a great distance from that happy crisis. —(Hear, hear.) Sr. WIRE agreed that moral victories were greatly to be preferred to those which were to be gained by the effusion of blood ; but he denied that the victories which England ob tained were without fruit—witness the twenty-five years of peace which had resulted from one great battle.—(Cheers.) The vote was carried unanimously, and amidst cheers. Mr. J. Wool) moved the vote of thanks to the officers and men, and Mr. BOWER seconded the motion, and took the opportunity of stating that the Court could not think of deviating upon the present occasion from their usual practice of inclosing the freedom in a gold box. The motion was carried unanimously, and amidst cheers. Sir PETER LAURIE then rose to move "That similar ho nour to that paid ,to the other distinguished commanders should be given to Sir George Pollock, whose absence from England had prevented the Court from voting to the gal lant commander the freedom of the City." Sir Peter Laurie spoke in terms of the highest praise of Sir George Pollock, who was a relative of the distinguished Chief Baron Sir Fred. Pollock. Mr. ()BEARD who has two sons serving in the army in India, seconded the motion amidst cheers, and Sir PETER LAURIE hoped that he should one day move votes of thanks to the sons of his old friend, if ever there should be a revival of the horrors of war. The motion was carried unanimously, and amidst loud cheers. HULL. Amu, 6. Srocs ExcnANoz.—Scripholders are less inclined to force sales to-day, which in some measure accounts for the small number of transactions. There is a rumour prevalent that the Lords are xot unlikely to prevent the adoption of Sir Robert Peel's new Corn-law, and that probably the present Parliament may be dissolved, and thus many of the new schemes Mid a speedy death. Much as this is to be wished, no faith can be placed in the rumour. The sales are— Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 10s. dia.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 3%—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 25s.—Derby, Gains norough, and Grimsby, LC:l.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 245. Hull and Lincoln, ;a—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 24—London and York, 24s.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 30s. tid.—North Staf fordshire, 31. 178.—Shropshire Union, 1 lA—West Riding Union, 3 . SHEFFIELD, APRIL 6. STOCK Exciwrox.—The sales areLEasternCountles, York Exten sions, 1% —Midland, Sheffield, and Rotherham, 34—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 11. 6s.— Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, I/. 2s.—North Western, 11. Is.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 11. Is. — Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, lis. 611. YORK, APRIL 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales . are—Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 9s.—London and York, 14—Newcastle and Berwick, 16% —North British, Carlisle Extension, 11. 9s. 6d.—York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 8%. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. MONDAY, APRIL 6. The following Petitions for Railway Bills were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in by the undernanied lion. Members : wVilts, Somerset, and Weymouth—Mr. Ilayter and Mr. W. Long. Midland (Claycross to Newark)—Mr. Cavendish and Mr. Hudson. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. MONDAY, APRIL 6. The following petitions on Railway Bills have been ad journed till the first day after the Easter recess East and West of England Junction. North Devon. North Gravesend. Cork and Passage. Midland Great Western of Ireland (Mullingar to Galway). Midland Great Western of Ireland (Longford to Sligo). Midland Great Western of Ireland (Liffey Branch and Long ford Deviation). THE RICHMOND RAILWAY.—The works upon this line of railway, for which Mr. H. Brill is the contractor, are rapidly approaching completion, and there is little doubt of the line being opened throughout in June. The line is six miles in length, and is almost a dead level from Richmond to Barnes Common, where it rises a few feet, and then a cutting commences, which deepens as it approaches Putney, under the High-street of which it passes, the old road being connected by a flat iron bridge, which is now in course of construction. Between Richmond and Putney nearly three miles of permanent way are completed, and the rails are laid down. The .ireatest engineering difficulty was the crossing of the osier beds, which ore considerably below the level of high-water mark, and a mere de- FOSIt of mud to the depth of mane feet. Over these beds and the Wandle, as well as other streams, twenty-two arches were to be erected, and of these all hut one have been completed. Two of the bridges are seventy feet span, and of very handsome appearance. n earth embankment succeeds these arches, and the railway is con tinued along it until it joins the South-Western Railway at Falcon hridge, Battersea. This latter portion of the line has been completed -ome time, and on Monday numerous platelayers commenced fixing the rails. FRENCH RAILROADS.—The Journal des Chemins de Per announces that the Minister of Public Works had declared his intention not to concede this year the railroad between Lyons and \Joutins. The administration of the Bordeaux road was waiting until the Orleans Company should have organised Its summer service to work the section comprised between Tours and Orleans. The road will not, consequently, be opened before the 15th inst. The municipal body of St. Quentin voted, on the 29th. a resolution to the effect of calling on the Ministry to present, without delay, to the Chambers, a project of law authorising the Government to concede the prolongation of the Creil and St. Quentin Railway, as far as Belgium, to the Company which had demanded that concession. The Assembly had, however, appointed a committee, of which Mr. Cordier, was a member, to whom it had given inn powers to take steps necessary to forward that object. The receipts of the Orleans line during the week ending on the 31st ult., amounted to 150,730 f., and these of the first quarter of 1846 to 1,745,633 f. The Rouen and Paris road pro duced during the same week, 142,648 f., and during the last quarter 1.692,888 f. The receipts of the latter in March, 1846, exceeded by 154,600 f„ those of the corresponding month of 1845. The Journal des Debats announces that the Government was preparing to lay before the Chambers some new projects of law relative to railroads, and that the Chamber of Deputies would in a few days enter upon a discussion relative to several., Ibis east lines. Thus," observes the above j°"al' east enterprise of 'public interest, followed up with ene r gy and suc cess during preceding sessions, will, in the course of the present year, be finally brought to a conclusion in the Chambers. The system of railroad communication will be nearly complete, and in fhture it will merely be necessary to form certain branches. The new railroads which are to be laid before the Chambers are four in number—namely, the two sections of the Vierzon line, which were mentioned in th e law of the 11th June, 1842, but the plans of which were not suffi ciently advanced, and which will extend, the one from Chateauroux to Ligomes, and the other from Bee Allier to Clermont ; thirdly, the Normandy line, which will connect Caen, and eventually Cherbourg, with Paris; and, lastly, a line from the Saone to the Marne or from Gray to Vitry." , QUICK WORK.—Mr. Hudson has summoned his co-shareholders in the Midland Railway Company to meet at Derby, so Saturday, May 2, to give their approval to twenty-six railway Bills which that Company has now in Parliament. The following Monday, at ten o'clock, the York and North Midland Railway pro prietors are required to meet him at York for the purpose of having submitted for their approval six Bills, and also to confirm certain deeds and agreements affecting the Manchester and Leeds and Hull and Selby Railway Companies. A quarter of an hour is allowed for this. A , . a quarter past ten the Hon. Member for Sunderland meets the Newcastle and Darlington Company to consider and approve even Bills in Parliament and certain agreements. These are to be decided by half-past ten, when the chairman of the north and south lines is to officiate as head of the Newcastle and Berwick. We should not be surprised to find the Hon. Member taking his seat in the House of Commons in the evening of the same day, having obtained between the rising of the House on Friday and its sitting again en Monday, the assent of the proprietors to ten millions of railway property to forty Bills in Parliament. —Railtra7 Record. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—The, works in this neighbourhood are progressing with considerable rapidity, the very favourable state of the weather having enabled the spirited contractor, Mr. Mackay, to proceed without intermission through the winter. Near the site of the station, however, a very formidable obstruction has presented itself, in the shape of a huge whinstone rock, extending across the entire breadth of the line; but even this is fast disappearing, and from present appearances, there is every probability that this portion, at all events, of the line will be ready at the specified time. A locovnetive engine has been placed on the line south of this to assist in forwarding the operations.— Berwick Warder. RAILWAY LABOURERS' STRIKE.—The greater rum ber of the labourers employed on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at and in the neighbourhood of Penrili, who lately struck work in consequence of the contractors demanding 10% hours' work per day, xclnsive of meal times, instead of 10 hours' daily labour, have re sumed their work, agreeing to the demand of the contractors, with out an advance of wages. . Tor, BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE AT BIRMINGHAM.—The workmen employed in the above trade have refused the offer of the Masters, which appeared in The - Sun of yesterday. We have to announce the demise of Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Thomas Stephen Soren, KM., her Majesty's Consul- General to the Austrian Italian states, who expired on the 24th ult. at Venice, at the age of seventy. lie had been Consul-General at Venice since 1834, having filled a similar office at Corunna from MO to 1832, and at Oporto from 1832 to 1834. His rank of Lieute nant-Colonel, we should add, was of a local nature, and confined to the continent. A grand ball in aid of the " Distressed Needleivomen's Society," is, we understand, to take place on the 24ih inst., at Al mack's Rooms, St. James's. Many noble and influential names are among the patrons on the ace anion; and we trust that the result may be such as to reflect increase d honour on their exertions, and to add liberally to the means of the Bociety. The object is a most laudable one. The Countess of Wilton and family arrived early on Monday morning at the 111 ickwall pier, by the General Steam Na vigation Company's steam-4 hip Wilberforce, after a pleasant passage of 19 hours Crop Antwerp. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. On Monday a special general meeting of the members of this Society was held at the rooms of the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street, for the purpose of considering the report from the Committee of Bye-laws, and on other business. The meeting was adjourned from the 23d ult., On which occasion it will be recollected that a protracted discussion took place relative to some novel propositions of the Court of Direction, :for placing the religions superintendence and examination of the children under the control of the Presby tery of London, instead of under the ex officio supervision of the "Scottishl Presbytery in connexion with the Established Church, as it had been for the greater part of the last cen tury. The Marquis of Breadalbane presided,' there being also present I'. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P. ; Sir John Kirkland, Lhe Rev.Dr.Cumming, the Chisholm, Mr. Matheson, M.P., B. B. Cabbell, Esq., Kc. Unfortunately for the welfare of the Society the attendance of those favourable to the Esta blished Church was lamentably small, while the mem bers of the Free Church assembled in great force, with the view of supporting a resolution for upsetting the rules whereby it was held that the children, agreeably to the char ter of ,incorporation, should be educated in accordance with the principles of the Established Church of Scotland, exer cised by clergymen connected therewith. The Noble Chairman having opened the business, The Rev. Dr. CUMMING rose, and was received with ap plause. He believed, he said, that he was the party who defeated the proposition of the last meeting, authorising the transfer of ecclesiastical rower from the Scottish Presbytery in London to the newly-formed London Presbytery. In taking this step, he hoped it might be understood that he entertained no personal animosity against the gentlemen connected with the Free Church of Scotland, and that he indulged no party feeling against that institution itself.— (Cheers.) lie certainly admitted that it was a difficult matter to denudi oneself of everything appertaining to party feeling, but on the present occasion he felt little difficulty in doing so, inasmuch as they were now engaged in consulting the interests of a great national charity. lie found, from consulting the records of the Society, that it had been its practice for a quarter of a century to provide for the ex amination of the children annually, by the Scotch Pres bytery of London, in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland. On the faith of that clause in the Act, he (the Rev. Doctor) contributed his mite towards the sup port of the institution, and others with whom he was ac quainted contributed their mites also. The Rev. Gentleman, after some further remarks, proposed an amendment to the effect that the etamination of the children should take place agreeably to the general usage—vi z ., accor di ng t o th e forms of the Established Church of Scotland, and by clergymen belonging thereto. The amendment having been seconded, a discussion ensued. On a division there appeared for Dr. Cumming's amend ment, 17; against it, 27. Majority in favour of Free Church principles, 10. This being the first victory of the Free Church party, the announcement of the numbers was received by them with loud applause. The Rev. Dr. Cumming :announced his intention of ap pealing against the decision at a future meeting. On Sabbath last a little boy, on the south side of the water, of about four years of age, met his death by putting his mouth to a kettle full of boiling water, and swallowing a considerable quantity ere he was observed. The poor little fellow survived only a few hours.—Glasgow C9nstitu!ional. We regret to state that the Master-General of the Ordnance has experienced a third attack, and that he is once more laid on a bed of sickness with, we fear, very slight hopes of his re covery. Iler Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and several other members of Me Royal. Family, send almost daily to make inquiries as to the health of the gallant general. TOBACCO MONOPOLY TO ItoTnscann.—The Cour rier Francais says : —" We learn that M. de Rothschild has arranged an affair which will insure him the monopoly of tobacco not only in France, but throughout the continent of Europe. lie has for some time had agents in America to buy by anticipation the growth of all i the plantations for a great many years to come. Thirty millio,iiicswo francs have been appropriated to this vast speculation. it will soon b 2 has spread alarm among the capitalists who have enteredTinlite_occ.ont:: tracts with the royal tobacco manufactory, as A b o ut four posgible for them to supply their tobacco a t the stiptdated Prices." I NC ENDIARY FIRE IN EAST KErir• discovered to be o'clock on the morning of the 3d lust. a barn. 31r. Ralph, at Barnshill, Ash, near Sandwicihme, i and before assts. on fire . The wind was blowing strong at the t rasthe occupation of tance could be procured it was culture. en A straw stack, lodge, containing several implements totally of agri des t r oyed, together with a tirely consumed. were the contents of the barn , an d a fodderstack, The property was unin sured. The late sever e, though brief, frost has done consi derable mischief in the more exposed and elevated portions of our district. The fruit trees and bushes, which were giving g r e at p ro _ the season.—Ar wise of an early and abundant crop, have had their blossoms corn and are thus entirely destroyed f ir pletely niPPeci, tack ll'ard‘r. 'c-e--e---2 -.- 7-e" . /. A f !~"L~2~~ GEKtriAt THEATRICAL FUND ASSOCIATION. The first anniversary festival of this most excellent ~ , nd benevolent association was held last night in the London. Tavern. There was a large assemblage Of the nobility, gentry, and literary men of the day present. Charles Dickens, Esq., in the chair. After an excellent dinner served in the best style, the ' usual loyal and national toasts were drunk with their accus tomed honours. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said,—Gentlemen, in offer ing to you a toast, which has not as yet been publicly drunk in any company, it becomes incumbent on me to offer a few words in explanation. In the first place, premising that the toast will be " The General Theatrical Fund."—(Hear, hear.) The association, whose anniversary we ,celebrate to-night, was founded seven years ago, for the purpose of granting permanent pensions to such of the carps ch anzatire as bad retired from the stage, either from a decline in their years or a decay of their powers.—(Hear.) Collected within the rays of the benevolence of this society are all actors or actresses, singers or dancers, of five years standing in the profession, To relieve their necessities and to protect them from want is the great end o f thi s S oc i ety, and it, is good to know that for seven years the members of it have steadily, patiently, qui etly, and perseveringly pursued this end, advancing, by re gular contribution, moneys which many of them could ill afford—(Cheers)—and cheered by no external assistance of any kind whatsoever. They have served a long and dreary apprenticeship, but I trust that we will establish to-night that the indentures are out, and that henceforth the Fund will enter upon a flourishing and brilliant career. I have no doubt that you are all aware that there are, and were when this institution was founded, two other institutions ex isting of a similar nature—Covent-garden and Drury-lane— both of long stindiug, both richly endowed.—(Cheers). It could not, however, be too distinctly understood, that the present institution was not in any way adverse to those; how could it be, when it was only a wide and broad extension of all that was most excellent in the principles on which they were founded.—(Hear, hear, and i cheers.)'hat h n a t l t y such provedan extension by the the dramatic corps were excluded from the be nefits conferred .by a membership of either of these institutio ns ; for it wa s . fac w t as th a a b t w th e lute gr lY eatboy of necessary essential, in order to become a member of the Drur y -lane Society, that the applicant, either he or she, should have been engaged for three consecutive seasons es a performer. This was afterwards reduced to a period of two years, but it really is as exclusive one way as the other, for I need not tell you that Covent-garden and Drury-lane are only visions of the past.—(Loud cheering.) In fact, you might play the bottle conjurer with the dramatic company of the former. — (Laughter.) The human voice is rarely heard within its walls save in connexion with the Anti-Corn-law League, or the anzbic-dextrous prestige of the Wizard of the North.— (Great laughter and Cheering.) Drury-lane is conducted now with almost a sole view to the opera and ballet, insomuch that the statue of Shakspeare over the door serves as emphatically to point out his grave as his bust did in the church of Stratford-upon-Avon.— (Laughter and cheering.) How could the profession gene rally hope to qualify for the Drury-lane or Covent-garden institution, when the oldest and most distinguished members had been driven from the boards on which they had earned their reputations—to delight the town in theatres to which the General Theatrical Fund alone extended?—(Hear, hear.) I will again repeat, that I attach no reproach to those other funds with which I have had the honour of being connected at. different periods of my life. At the time those associations Were established, an engagement at one of those theatres was almost a matter of course, and a successful engagement would last a whole life; but an engagement of three months' duration at Covent-garden would be indeed a novelty at pre sent. It should never be forgotten, that when those two funds were established the two great theatres were protected by pa tent, and that at that time the minor theatres were condemned by law to the representation of the most preposterous nonsense, and ;some gentlemen whom I see around me could no mere belong to the minor theatres of that day than they could now belong to St. Bar tholemew's fair.—(Hear, hear.) As I honour the two:old funds for the great good , which they have done, so I honour this for the much greater good it is resolved to do.—(Cheers.) It is not because I love them less, but because I love this more—(Laughter)--because it includes more in its opera tion. Let us ever remember that there is no class of actors who stood so much in need of a retiring fund as those who do not win the great prizes, bat who are nevertheless an essential part of the theatrical system, and by consequence bear a part in contributing to our pleasures—we owe them a debt which we ought to pay. The beds of actors are not those l oc h e r i o r s el lives e t s h eayr are a h r e a r c d o , m and posed th o e f r y e s r t 3 r - u g a r u t l i e fi s c i b a i l t t fl e o r w . e r The s i n d p e os e , d. r actor who nightly gives away large fortunes on the boards. does it on fifteen shillings a week. His deep draughts of wine smell sadly of cold water—he leaves the princely ban quet with an aching appetite.—(Hear, hear.) And if it be true that the more immense and wonderful this universe is shown to be, the more important man becomes in the scale of creation; so it is no less true, I apprehend, that the greater the instruction and delight we derive from the rich English drama, the more we are bound to succour and pro tect the humblest of those votaries of the art, who add to our instruction and amusement. It must be admitted that there is no class of society whom so many people regard with affection as actors.—(Hear, hear.) We greet them on the stage—we like to meet ;them in the streets. They almost always recal to us pleasant associations. Well, then, when they have strutted and fretted their hour upon the stage let them not be heard no more—(Hear, hear)—but let them be heard sometimes to say that they are happy in their old age.—(Hear, hear.) When they have passed for the last time from behind that glittering row of light, with . which we are all familiar, let them not pass away into gloom and dark ness,—but let them pass into cheerfulness and light, into a contented and happy home. This is the object for which we have met; and I am too familiar with the English character not to know that it will be effected. When we come sud denly in a crowded street upon the care-worn features of a familiar face,—crossing us like the ghost of pleasant hours long forgotten—let us not recal those features with_pain, in sad remembrance of what they once were, but let us in joy recognise it, and go back a pace or two to meet it once again, as that of a friend who has beguiled us of a moment of care, who has taught us to sympathise with virtuous grief, cheating us to tears for sorrows not our own—and we all know how pleasant are such tears. Oh, let such a face be ever remembered as that of our benefactor and onr friend.— (Loud cheers.) I tried to recollect, in coming here, whether I had ever been in any theatre in my life from which I not brought away some pleasant association, however poor the theatre, and I protest, out of my varied experience, I could not remember even one from which I had not brought away some favourable impression, and that commencing with the period when I believed the clown was a being born to the world, with infinite pockets, and ending with that in which . I saw ships completely rigged, carrying men, and • careering over boundless and tempestuous oceans.— (Cries of "Hear, hear.") And now, bespeaking you kindest remembrance of our theatres and actors, I beg to propose that you drink as heartily and freely as ever a toast was drunk in this toast-drinking city—( Hear, hear)—" Pros perity to the General Theatrical Fund."—(Loud cheers.) Three times three and one cheer more. Mr. F. BERKELEY proposed the health of the Chairman, which was briefly responded to. Mr. CULLENFORD read the reports of the Society:. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Mr. Webster and the national drama. DouGLAs JERROLD, Esq., responded to the toast, and having returned thanks for Mr. Webster, who he said was most anxious to forward the drama, he took occasion to allude to the Chairman's speech, in which it was hinted that was on the decline, but he considered that the drama was not gone yet—(Hear, hear) —its death was a joke which it had been a long time playing ; he considered that if they would go back and retrace former years attentively they would find that it had not declined at all. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the treasurer, Mr. Buckstone, with whom were connected some of the meat pleasant and delightful reminiscences of the stage. The security of the concern, however, had not been at all im paired by his having been seen in certain public places, con stantly asking for the loan of five shillings.—(Laughter.) Mr. BUCKSTONE returned thanks, their worthy chairman was well and pleasantly known by actors. They bad studied the glorious gallery of pictures which he had painted, not alone for them but for posterity he could see around him many of the characters which he had drawn, there were some Nicholas Nickleby's—(Hear, hear)— some Sikes's, some Squeer's--(Hear, hear)—and there were plenty: of " artful dodgers"—( Loud laughter)—and there was a " Sairah Gawp" on the other side of the table about to "propose a toast."—(Laughter.) Before the actors would have become eligible for the Covent Garden Fund, they would have become eligible for the workhouse.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Buckstone concluded a witty sp eech b y declaring that he hoped in a short time to establish a new English Thent rc for the English author as well as English actor. to, the company, after spen ding respondedseparated Several other toasts having been social l)o evening,os pr op osed pnd at twelve o'clock. The musical arraiin•ements were under thedirection . of Mr. J. L. A Hatton , ibcratsasziszi, MissteSb lichi b, Miss A. i w g, e nfo fo r l t lowingemne r n il t li a a r n i l tstc:— i‘aalMiss M. Williams, Miss Emma Lucombe, Miss Kate Loder, Mrs. W. Weiss, Miss Moriatt O'Connor; Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Brad bury, Mr. Weiss, Mr. Genge, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Ransford, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Blewitt, Mr. Machin, Francis, Mr. J. W. Roe, M. Jules de Glimes, Mr. D. W. Bing, Mr. F. N. Crouch, Mr. Richardson, &c. THE " COVENT-GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND FES TIVAL."—The celebration of the annual festival in aid of the funds by which the decayed members of the dramatic corps, of Covent- garden Theatre, are supported took place on Monday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. The dinner vat more than usually good, and' there was nothing to be complained of on the part of Mr. Bacon, the landlord of the tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided, supported by Lord W. Lennox, Lord G. Lennox, Major-General Macleod, Sir R. Hunter, Professor Taylor, Mr. P. Borthwick, M.P., Mr. Abingdon, Dr. Manson, Mr. A. W. Robarts, Mr. D. Bruce, &c. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. T. Cooke, and many of the old favourites of the public contributed their efforts to please. Miss Rainforth and Miss P. Horton were received with the applause they deserved. The subscriptions a mounted to nearly MU, Including a gift from her Majesty the Queen o 1001. It was also stated that a legacy o 1,0001. had been bequeathed by a lady since the l a s t festival. The t ai loyal toasts were drunk with the appropriate Hon ours ;ad the speech of the evening was as usua l, spoken by Mr. Drinkwater Meadows. ATTEMPT AT SELF-DESTRUCTION AT CHATHAM. — Yesterday morning . a young man of respectable appearance levoiu; placed before the county magistrates at Rochester, oil the charg e o f having feloniously attempted to kill himself with powder tt! d , _,, The young man gave his name Martin John Dust, from Loil _ : r ide; as 19 years of age. It appears that he came from Londtorneo et, chat last, and dined at Mr. Stone's eating-house , ll l gbl arao , agi o„ ham, alter which he left for Maidstone, rose at eight slept for the night. On Sunday morning l i e agate to his o'clock and had his breakfast, ando_ r e tu rned Mr. Stone's family be about six o'clock the following evening, andapiiidet which rc house roan, and and shortly after that son's f vg fa pistol, and Mr. Watson, a came alarmed atihearing at finding that the young m h a las i v the breast. The bullet had passed coi,stable, was sent for, himself in the lea side, Just h • a,ying stniek a bone, had glanced o ff through his clothing, "'lnjury than leaving a wound. The o ffi cer, intlidleondiscenilatitegoctiter tr:doinhitsbelyirowebr; shootinghorrifled without doing any othe r another pistol in the wash-hand stand , he prisoner, in reply to some observatio lro on searching r•lanni'drball to the muzzle ; also some percussion 1 am aware that it is a dre df I" ni - the chairman, sa id , a ul act to commit self-destruetion, but I did not know what to do with myself. 1 have endeavoured to get a situation to go to sea, and I went to Maidstone to enlist, and was there rejected on account of my chest being so cloatil:ste:ziptho,,p,Fneeid.ie .. The prisoner added, in answer to narrow. Meeting with such disappOlutrnent, and to avoid disgrace, a S i ol t p h o l i e n a t t e li d , o a t t i t t d h i l s r .pEalipes, ofa barrister. res i deuoe i 1 11 e thetis I resolved to destroy myself." other questions, that he had lived in the service of Mr. Ledger, St. father,John's, road. Tile magistrates ordered him to he detained until a Comm uni- ' o Co li m a n l e e r d c f l a i l! cation had been made to his friends. The prisoner had nothing on his person but a comb and a key. • At Hammersmith Police-court yesterday, Mary Sweeny, a servant of Mr. Godwin Martin, of Chiswick, was charged with robbing her master ; and a man named Daniel 3l'Cann was al , o charged with having been in Mr. Martin's house for an improper • purpose. A policeman saw the woman introduce a strange inan:into • the house about two o'clock in the morning, and he informed 3lr Martin of the circumstance. 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