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VcrlXlo r , CAI VALRIVPIA RAILWAY -1 1 4 1111. 40.6061. in 40,000 shares of lfil. each. Further deposit of Ss. per share. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. dOl 3 The ATTWOOD, Esq., M.P., Chairman. k khiw v, ingest., M.P. William A. Campbell, Esq. Jsraes Tr -P°°ner, EN" M.P. Ambrose Miller, Esq. p r ,,7eurY Attwood, Esq. N• w eci ' L 'lonal Directors feeling assured that they can secure, by ▪ Reich tts cato to Parliament, the important and national 11 railroad Company originally contemplated, think 47 1 0 r p ow `'..tta Purpose in the ensuing session of Parliament to ti lt)* ixr i to obtain a line from Killarney to Valentin, and for ..) "'tang line, and thus by the senstructio n o f 40 140fp,,ZLo eonnestion with knee granted during the pas t ast pi c i;77 2 7, lo more all CU adialiaages set forth in their ihpnfte ld 11310 Will*nacessarily reduce the capital s r the Corn -14.41dja. D irectors. under the powers granted to them 'by the fl' en reduce the 251. share to a 101. share, and thus rfltzeiatithosu b ehol ders the liability of the shareholders. u .,ldere are hereby informed, that, for the purpose of Not i d Las lou to ..._above object, and under powers given to the pro , _iv of this Company by the Deed of Settlement or I n t 4 or itti f - Ueetstent, they retain the moneys remaining in their „st of at of the bankers, if any such should remain, after pay illtiseer,,l4 incurred in prosecuting the undertaking ; and in the Do ha covenants therein contained, a Call Is hereby made, of ,oual Directors hereby require the s h a reholders to pay 17tistiik er ;':.Per share, to be p a id by teem into the hands of one of er, this Company, whose names and addresses are gi ve n soo s I.th Y ‘ceount of December of the Pro , visional instant, for Direc the purpose tors, on or be of making fore Mon d % a 44 4 D i tune th 1 4 (Iran e necessary preliminary Parliamentary depo sits, jegoeuttiungstich further costs and charges as may be incurred in Thu blre of the measures contemplated by the said Directors. I , tltli M or sfeelevery confidence in prosecuting this scheme, and v, 4 74 1 13: to ere ort herewith annexed, of a Baronial u Iveragh tsd. t . n th e county o ' f Kerry, fee petitioning the Go mm', aid of the prosecution and construction of this important undertaking. By order. A. MOUTON, Secretary. ZsueLurelNZA, COUGHS, AND COLDS. .[IIICO'S ESSENCE of LINSEED is the mo st tb, efficacious remedy ever discovered for the relief ofpersons suf 'mot from li lluenza ; the two first doses generally arrest the pro of ;!ythis distressing complaint, and a little perseverance comin removes it. Children's coughs, as well as recent ones 'ilthts will be removed by a few doses (frequently by the first), and lititttle persons, who previously had not been able to lie down m k14,4v0 received the utmost benefit from the use of Simco's g,,,0t o f Linseed. S t . l l all Medicine Vendors, in bottles at Is. I%d. and 2s. 9d . —.. Ca I t .tf i rn t ~BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. N _ . .1- uN'S CAMOMILE PILLS 110,141.4„-°L4'nfidently recommended as a simple but certain remedy iii•pl%kti•uffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Live • tt,, lci t* to they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impar th e , la i x ... the stomach, and composure to the nervous system, Z b l itlo ll , 4 eB at ls. 114 d., 2s. 9d., and I is. each, in every town in Isth.Vriery —4l -- '''s-Ile sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not to purchase an imitation. 41444 brrh°erit l S la T j ° es P ty P , lN hi G sPrince Albert, and hness DECAYED ReyaI TEETH. • 4, \ her CSUC EDA r . Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. et lAS and HOWARD vi 42 Pul however lare the ' 'tt ••• Iti I for Stopping Deeayed ft state, without any . press re tr in e I ttli tk e, ame placed in the tooth in d a a s s o the enamel, and will remain y All 4bl 4,Ze lu e ntaothnfielemehrnane; ayseahrsa,rrenderiag extraction unnecessary, persons can use this , k _ R the further progress of d • eto h . nru themselves with ease, eaca s full directions Den- Howard, Surgeonitopethe 6 4 "`„ Prepared only by Thomas a are enclosed. who will . send it n %Th), ir 'enters -street, Oxford-street, Sanger, 6 0: ee bY Dost. old by Savory, 220, Regent-stree t; mon, 68, C?rnhill ; 41`'1,11-Ifrcl-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; n ip,.?ly th,lloeille 7 endors in the kingdom. e M r j r s e e l l i t. o e w d a h r e d ei of 44; 1 It ar,.... 51 of teeth on his new system withoutcontinues to extraction Bles s ~,,,, N il ' , tr e. This method does not require whatever, and 1 s. et 1141,41 roste. or any painful operation the ‹Zt, oito,adn others. /r. Howard, Stntleoi Dentist, 64, Berner ....................treet. At home from 11 t 1 CHRISTMAS. A. sSoNG TO OLD l iaa, h ll, seasons inspire The he . merry Sire . Thy ItY b reastld • arts of the young and the o , . __...., seems to urn when 1 see thy return, e th the month of December is cold. ° Pi e ' ne, And make glad the hearts that are sad, co ad tell us of homely delights ; rne and cheer evy place ith thy bonny red face, And thoroughly set us ton ghts' Th Y intro ~. And tc , --% eu Will We meet with a jolly Vith itle,4lZ,:lotigh yarns" will be spu" ' • 1 log, al with - d; - .... , and grog and a bright burnn g good treat, lal 1 ,, --- ''' e from :MOSES and SON. Eer. ii„%`'„inenlber, in cheerful December, 'het i''''.' , S and so .-. i Mart ; Wlie-sptirehae attir N e s te n h ot ail the glad Sire, ~,. , e holidays need something smart. 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It hd Wh txlen with any other honoe in or out of London; li o ,, to, Nuwire genuine and choop clothing, &c., should call at, .1, T0 11 1 7,,...8 . a 3 n . d Aldgate, City, London trans ,l'aihrY. tin ..."*Zt, Saturday.ecited at this establishment from sun -444:**6 trance when business ,s resumed till twelve 'b.. ea to the far department Is at 83, Aldgat uer of the 1 Patel 4 14 -Mel opposite he ctiorell 1 • LON DON MONDAY G No. 16,916. DEPUTATIONS to GOVERNMENT -- - the smuggling, and that the enterprise of the contraband trader had beea transferred to tobacco. The effect of the reduction of the duty on spirits had been a positive increase of revenue. This would certainly occur in the case of tobacco. The deputation then retired, no intimation, so far as we have understood, having been given of the intentions of G•)vernment in reference to the tobacco duties. CALEDONIAN ASYL UM. dJ Incorporated in 1815. A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of GUARDIANS was hell at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street, on the 3d instant, for the ELECTION of SIX BOYS and SIX GIRLS into the Asylum, when the following were declared to be the successflal Candidates:— MONSON'S ARMS, COMMERCIAL and AGRICULTURAL INN, MIGH-STREET, LINCOLN. JOHN INMAN begs most respectfully to retarn his best thanks to his agricultural and commercial friends in particular, and to the public in general, for the increased and increasing support conferred upon him; and to merit which it will be his constant endeavour and ut emitting study. Commercial gentlemen will at the Monson's Arms find accommo dation equal to any house, however celebrated for commercial resort —an excellent commercial room, well aired beds, and good stabling. Travellers by railway visiting the ancient city will receive every attention. An omnibus to and from the railway station on the arrival and eparture of each train. November 28, 1846. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, whose entertainments last season at the St. James's Theatre were so eminently successful, and whose recent performances in the Provinces have been atte,ded with unexampled success, will have the honour of resuming their entertainments at the above theatre on TUESDAY EVENING, Dee. 15. and of continuing the same every Tuesday, Thurs da y , and Saturday evenings, durign the Christmas holidays. The public is respectfully cautioned that the Songs and Melodies, as sung by the above party at the St. James's Theatre, are published only at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street. None others are authentic. St. James's Theatre, Dec. 1, 1846. TEA. DUTIES. A deputation on the subject of the tea duties waited on Lord John Russell and Mr. Charles Wood, on Satur day, having been introduced by William Entwisle, Esq., Member for South Lancashire. Mr. William Earle, in presenting the memorial from the town of Liverpool, agreed to at the late public meet ing, and signed by the Mayor, praying for a material reduction of the duty on tea, assured his Lordship that he had never witnessed a more influential or unanimous meeting in Liverpool than the one at which that memo rial had been adopted, and he believed it expressed the feeling of nearly every inhabitant of that town. Mr. Halliday presented a similar memorial from the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Feilden presented a memorial from all the in fluential inhabitants of Blackburn, and another, signed by upwards of 2,000 of the working classes, in favour or a great reduction in the duty on tea. Mr. Law presented a memorial from the city of Edin burgh, signed by the Lord Provost, and another from the Chamber of Commerce there, to a similar effect. Mr. Scarlett presented a memorial from the town of Leeds, and stated how seriously the trade of that town was affected by the injurious tendency of the present high duty on tea. Mr. John Scott supported the prayer of the memorials which had been sent direct to the Government from the city of Glasgow, the Merchants' House, the East India and China Association, and the Chamber of Commerce of Glasgow. Mr. William Potter, of Liverpool, then addressed his Lordship on the benefits which would accrue to the mer cantile and shipping interests by a material reduction of the present high duty on tea. He showed, in a very forcible manner, the immense increase of manufactures which he stated would be consumed in China, - and that the increased consumption of tea, and consequently of sugar, would give employment to at least 40,000 tons of additional shipping. Mr. Wench, of Liverpool, argued, from statistics which he brought forward, that by reducing the duty to ls. per lb. the public would be enabled to consume twenty-seven millions of pounds more of tea, and 27,650 tons more sugar, without any additional outlay; that tea which is now retailed at 4s . per lb.inight,pen be sold at 2s. 6d., and that the lois to the revenue-would only be 101,5731., even if the rate of consumption were no greater than in the Isle of Man, where the duty is Is. per lb. Mr. Robert Gardner, of Manchester, stated the im mense decline in the shipment of cotton manufactures from Manchester, in consequence of the serious losses incurred in the China trade by the restrictions caused by the high duty on tea. Many of the mills had already commenced working short time, and others must follow, unless an impetus were given by such a reduction of the duty as would enable shipments to be made to China with better prospects than were now offered. Mr. Scarlett, of Leeds, called the attention of the Go vernment to the depressed state of the woollen manufac turers in the West Riding of Yorkshire, greater than had been felt for several years. - The trade with China had been so ruinous that shipments had greatly fallen off. He felt assured that an early intimation of the Go vernment's decision in favour of a reduction of the tea duties would at once cause renewed activity in the de mand for woollens. He was desired to mention, on the part of the deputation from Norwich, how fully they concurred in the statement he had just made. Mr. John Scott stated how mach Glasgow was inte rested in the subject, and hoped the Government would take the tea duties into their serious consideration. Mr. Horsfall, of Liverpool, assured h:s Lordship that it was the general opinion that a small reduction would be certain to disappoint both the Government and the consumer ; to be of service, it must be reduced to a rate equivalent to is. per lb. We had secured for other nations the same advantages in China that we ourselves possessed, but whilst in no other country was tea charges a higher duty than 6d. per lb., and in some it was entirely tree, our consumers had to pay 2s. 21d. per lb. It was, he argued, most unjust to force upon the Chinese a tariff the lowest of any nation with whom we traded, whilst we imposed on the principal article of their manufacture so exorbitant a duty. It was con trary to the feelings of Englishmen to oppress the weak and the powerless, and he hoped that so great a blot on the national character would soon be wiped away. Lord John Russell assured the deputation that Go vernment were fully impressed with the importance of the subject. He had listened with great attention to all that had been urged by the several speakers as affecting the commercial, manufacturing , and shipping interests, and also as regarded the claims of China to a more liberal treatment. It was, as all knew, a revenue ques tion, and an important one,- but he would promise the early consideration of the Government to the arguments that had been advanced upon this point. More he could not say, nor could it be expected of him. Mr. Eutwisle then thanked his Lordship for the patient hearing be had given to the subject, and the deputation withdrew, highly pleased with the courteous reception they had met with. GIRLS, BOTS. Thomas Mitchell.. • • .. 1789 Robert Hutcherson •• 1573 Andrew Fell .. .. 1406 James Chambers • • .. 1157 Richard Alexander • • .. 1062 John Gunn .. • • .. 1032 Mary Ann Cooper 1237 Mary Charlotte Clark .. 829 Eliza Prentice • • .. 692 Lucy Isabella M'Leod 335 Margaret McKenzie • . .. 312 Mary Ann Robertson.. .. 234 Rocina Sutherland .• .. 234 JOHN BURNIE, Secretary. THE TEA DUTIES. (From the Examiner.) The question of reforming the duties on tea is at pre sent under agitation by the commercial community throughout the country, and began on the 28th of kW, mouth by a great and enthusiastic public meeting at Liverpool. The history of the tea duties, or as much of it as is useful, is easily told. Under the monopoly the, public tax was an ad-valorem one of 100 per cent., with a favour of four per cent. for the consumption of the poor. On the abolition of the monopoly, thirteen years ago, this was replaced by a duty rated to the value of the different teas by classes. Against this rating the tea trade mutined, and forced on the Government the exist ing system of an uniform rate, against which the tea trade is again in a state of mutiny with a good deal more R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. BY PERMISSION. PROFESSOR SCWENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, diff:ring from all other specimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other explosive compounds, by 7r. RYAN, daily at Half past Three; and on the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays. and Fridays. The principle of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA TED, by Professor BACIIHOFFNER. The OXYHYDROGEN and OPAQUE MICROSCOPES. The PHYSIOSCOPE DIVING EX PERIMENTS. The DISSOLVING V IEWS, y CUARLES SMITH , &c. &c. Admission la. Schools, half-price. Provisionally registered according to Act of Parliament. METROPOLITAN and SUBURBAN CEMETERIES SOCIETY, established for public objects, and carried out by private means. First Capital, 100,0001., in 5.000 shares of 201. each. Ultimate Capital, 2,000,0001. Deposit, 11. 10s. per share. All Shareholders to have the option of burial-ground in exchange for their /ha Tq, at two thirds the price to the public, with the pre emption of any future shares of the ultimate capital whieh may be issued. To be incorporated, and the liability of shareholders limited by Act of Parliament, or Royal Charter. TRUSTEES. reason. The fixed duty, which has now been in operation ten years, is 2s. 2-Id. per pound on teasof all, or any quality, and is equally imposed on poor bohea, as on supeifine gunpowder, or superfine flowery pekoe—equally on the consumption of a washerwoman and the luxury of a fine lady. The value of the lowest bohea is 2d. a pounds and that of the finest gunpowder or pekoe 4s. 6d. a pound, or seven-and-twenty times as much ! The fine lady ought to pay righteously, twenty-seven times the tax which the washerwoman pays, but the law makes her pay just the same sum. She pays 2s. 21. d for her 4s. 6d. worth, and the washerwoman 28.21-d. on her two pence worth ! The washerwoman's tax, rated on the value of her consumption, exceeds 1,300 per cent., and the fine lady's is under 48 ! The public tax now paid by the washerwoman is near fourteen times as much as it was before the abolition of the monopoly—and that paid by the fine lady is less than one• half what it was then ! This, with a vengeance, is placing small-beer and im perial tokay on a fiscal level. The result of the levelling has been that the 10,000,000 lbs. of bohea consumed by the poor, eleven years ago, have been well nigh kicked out of the market altogether, and that there is not now, nor has there been for some years back, a stock of bohea in the kingdom that would suffice for a year's consump tion of the washerwomen of Marylebone. All this comes of a Government listening to evil advisers ! Of the speakers at the great public meeting at Liverpool, by far the most enlightened sentiments were expressed by Mr. Brown, the new Member for Lancashire, and they were such as sho w ver y clearl y that the electors of Lancashire have made a good choice. Mr. Brown showed from one of the lectures of Mr. Bamfield, that the poor who were consumers of 'Tea amounted to 10,300,000—the middle-class consu mers to no more than 4,500,000, and the wealthy con sumers only to I,2oo,ooo—and he asked if it was to be endured, however convenient to the merchant and the Custom-house, that the poor and rich should pay the same specific duty. We are sorry to be obliged to say that Mr. Brown stood alone in the expression of this generous, righteous, and politic sentiment. He was loudly cheered, but no man backed him, and after a great exhibition of statistic knowledge and much talent, the meeting came to the most lame and miserable conclusion of demanding a swingeing reduction in the duty—a reduction of one from 2s. 21d. to one of " one shilling"—thus leaving the ruinous principle untouched, and throwing the whole onus of an enormous defalcation of revenue on the Go- Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq. ' M.P., &c. ; Luke James Hansard, Esq., &c. &c. &c. COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT. Henry Berkeley, Esq., Essex-street, Strand. John Berkeley Cotter, Esq., Broad-street-bui l dings. John Gardiner, Esq„ Regent's Villas, Regent's Park. William Gilpin, Esq., Northumberland street. Captain Hackett, R.N., Upper Rutland-street, Dublin. George Peters Irvine, Esq., Travellers' Club, Pau mall. George Leslie Lee, Esq., Broad street -buildings. George Frederick Minton, Esq., Berners-street. Edward Duke Moore, Esq., Arlington-street. George Kennett Pollock, Esq., Essex-street, Strand. William Stuart, Esq., Bedford-square. William Wslmsley Terrington, Esq., Great Winchester-street. Charles Robert Thompson, Esq., Winchester House. James Tracy, Esq., Great Winchester-street. With power to add to their number, BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London. STANDING COUNSEL. Mr. Sergeant Channel' and Mr. Thomas Bourdillon, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Bourdillun and Sons. AncturzcT—John Hargrave Stevens, Esq., C. E. SURVEYORS —Messrs. Hoggart and Norton. SUPERINTENDENT —.Tames Macdonald, ESQ. SECRETARY Edward Hoare, Esq. The proposed objects of the Metropolitan and Suburban Cemeteries Society are as follow : To provide sites for Burial, East, West, North, and South, of the Metropolis. To effect considerable reduction in the rate of charges. To adopt a new principle of payment—a single charge being sub stituted for the customary fees. To provide for the decent and respectable Burial of the Poorer Population by a system of arrangement perfectly novel, including buildings for the temporary reception, as well as for the transit of bodies. Negociations are now pending for the purchase of several exceedingly eligible sites, and one portion of 150 acres has beets already secured. The estimates show a large annual dividend when the Society shall be in fitll operation, until which period four per cent. interest will be paid on the deposits and calls. The Committee of Management are now r.ady to receive applica tions for Shares, which m•ty be made to Messrs Bourdllion and Sons, Solicitors, 30, Great Winchester-street ; J. H. Stevens, Esq., Architect, 6, Clement's Inn, Strand ; Messrs. Shewell and Sons, Brokers, 25, Tokenhouse-yard ; Thomas Sleigh, Esq., jun., Broker, 22, Exchange-street East, Liverpool ; Messrs. W. H. Collis and Smith, Birmingham; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol; Messrs. Jackson and M'Cowan, Glasgow ; James Pringle, Esq., Edinburgh ; Edward Minton, Esq., 26, Darley-street, Bradford ; Messrs. Wood and Son, Leeds ; or to the Secretary, at the Office of the Society. 6, Broad street-buildings, where Prospectuses and all further particulars may be obtained. By order of the Board, London, Nov. 25, 1846. EDWARD HOARE, Secretary. vernment. We shall show how the proposed tax would operate, in case the Government, which is not credible, should be so simple as to adopt it. The lowest priced Bohea is worth 2d. a pound, and the proposed tax is an ad-valorem duty of six hundred per cent. on it. The highest Bohea is worth 4d., and the tax is here three hundred per cent. If the poor should be driven to 6d. tea, the tax is still two hundred per cent. The tea of the middle classes may be taken at Is. a pound, and they pay only 100 per cent. ; but this class also drinks tea at Bd., so that the poorest of them will be charged 150 per cent. The tea of the wealthy may be taken at 2s. 6d., so that the wealthy are to pay but 40 per cent. ; but the upper classes also consume teas worth 4s. a pound, so that the most luxurious of them shall only pay 25 per cent. By this pretty invention, originating with the en lightened town of Liverpool, from which we had hoped • for better things, every man and woman is to pay taxes in the inverse proportion of their means. The 12,300,000 of poor, from two to six• fold as much as the 4,500,000 who are in easy circumstances, and from five to fifteen fold as much as the 1,200,000 that are luxuriating in wealth. With such a placard in their hands, Liverpool is going to stir up the country, and enlist the sympathy of the millions! And of this clumsy piece of empiricism, the Govern ment is to be made the scape-goat. The present con sumption of tea is about 44,000,000 of pounds, mid the revenue which it yields is 4,800,0001. By the adoption of the "one shilling" duty, the immediate sacrifice of revenue will ,be the appalling sum of 2,600,0001. — more than a moiety of the income tax : and to re-esta blish it, the consumption must rise to ninety-six millions of pounds,—that is, must be doubled, with a surpf us above the doubling, equal to the consumption of the United States of America ! That a very considerable increase of consumption will be the result of the mere rude process of reducing the duty without adjusting its incidence, is certain ; but, striking at the very sources of consumption, the con sumption of the masses, that the increase will be such, within the lives of the present generation, as to cover the existing revenue, is what no reasonable man can hope for. It is in vain that the speakers at the Liverpool meet ing appealed to the increase which had taken place in coffee and cocoa from reduction of duties. The fact is that the increase in these articles has taken place at the expense of tea, just as the consumption of hyson and rekoe has been quadrupled at the cost of Bohea and Twanlray. The duty on cocoa is 2d. a pound, or one thirteenth•part that on Bohea. The duty on coffee is 4(1., or less than one-sixth part of the Bohea duty. Can any one be surprised, then, that the two first commo dities should have greatly increased, and that the last should have nearly disappeared altogether. In an article like tea, where a commodity of the value of small-beer stands at the bottom of the scale, and one of the value of first growth Burgundy at the top of it, and in which the range comprehends at least sixty varie ties, it is obvious to common sense that any other prin ciple of assessing the duty than an ad valorem one must be fraught with inequality and injustice, and equally in jurious, in the long rum, to the consumer, the dealer, to commerce, and the Treasury. The experience of the last ten years ought to be a warning to all future times. The injurious specific duty has taken the place of the in -416, us monopoly, and consumption and revenue have moved at a snail's pace under both, barely keeping pace with increase of population. We must hear no more of specific duties on tea. " The trade" must alter its tactics. At present, it is pursuing that course which, Adam Smith says, merchants sometimes followed in the olden time, when they became the most suspicious councillors of a government. 1 - 4 0NDON FRIENDLY INSTITUTION, 19, London-wall, City. Established and Enrolled, 1824. TRUSTEES. Thos. Challis,Esq., Ald. &Sheriff I George Lyall, Esq., M.P. T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P. John Masterman, Esq., M.P. William Ellis, Esq. Richard Taylor, Esq., F.L.S. TREASURER —George Grote, Esq. BAISEERS—Messrs Prescott, Grote, and Co. For assuring by small contributions, according to age at entrance, from Bs. to 28s per week in Sickness, with Medical Attendance and Medicines, and from 51. to 501. at Death. This Improved Benefit Society, secure, permanent, and economi cal, entirely managed by ts own members (elected from candidates at the Annual Meeting), Is periodically reserving a surplus against advancing age. Already its capital amounts to nearly 8,0001., unen cumbered by annuitants and shareh lders. There are no extra con tributions of any description, nor any uncertainty in the amount of benefits. No office' to serve by compulsion, nor any public-house meetings to attend. The baoks and accounts are always open to inspection. Prospectuses, with Tables, Sec., will bs forwarded by inclosing a postage stamp ; or may be had gratis, and Rules, sixpence each, at the office any evening, from five to nine, where persons may Wier themselves for admission, or at Chelsea—A. W. Warder, Esq., 1, Upper Robert-street. Poplar—S. IC. Ellison, Esq., 22. High-street. R o th er hithe—S. Tilley, Esq., 27, Paradise-row. By order, J. PALMER Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages kvith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has. on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for ehoro of the Polley, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; sise the option of selecting benetlta, and the conversion of his in terests to meat other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible fates. TOBACCO DUTIES. A deputation of the Associated Manufacturers or Tobacco, accompanied by Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Henry Berk,ley, M.P., Mr. G. H. W. lleneage, M.P., and Mr. Ludlow Bruges, M.P., waited upon Lord John Russell, at his house in Chesham place, on Saturday, for the purpose of calling his attention to the state of the tobacco trade, and the injurious influence of high duties on the interests of the trade and on the comfort and morality of the public. The deputation consisted of the following members of the trade;--Mr. John Lloyd, of the firm of J. and F. Lloyd and Co.; Mr. Williamson 4nd Mr. Back, of the firm of Taddy and Co.; Mr. H. 0. Wills, of the firm of Ricketts, Wills, and Co., Bristol. Mr. Von der Heyde; Mr. Thomas Huxley; Mr. Charles Lloyd, of the firm of Wishart and Lloyd; Mr. Robert Roberts; and Mr: Paul Anstie, of the firm of P. and E. Anstie, of Devizes. Lord John Russell was accompanied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and received the deputation with much courtesy. Dr. Bowring referred to the Committee of the House of Commons on the tobacco trade, which sat in 1844, and to the important and conclusive mass of evidence which was given before that Committee. It was shown that of the number of seizures of contraband goods made by the Customs, five-sevenths of the whole consisted of , obacco, and that the convictions for the crime of smug gling had increased during the three years previous to January last, more than two hundred per cent.; that the duties on tobacco are so enormous (varying from 800 to 1,400 per cent. on the value of the article), that the temptation both.to smuggling and adulteration is so grei!t as to forbid the hope of collecting the duty; that the evi dence proved such an amount of these practices as to show that the power of the revenue was entirely defeated.lt was shown that a quantity fully equal to that on which duty had been paid was introduced fraudulently, and consumed without payment of duty, to the injury of the fair trader. The Board of Excise produced chemical evidence, with the intention of showing that they had the means of discovering adulteration by analysis ; but in that respect they had entirely failed. The evidence went to show that the expen-es attending the evasion of the duty are so great, that smugglers could not intro duce tobacco under a cost which would render it unpro fitable to him to run his goods if the duty were reduced to Is. a pound. Mr. John Lloyd said that the trade had been com plaining of the operation of duties for many years, com mencing soon after the close of the war, when inter course with the continent became open. That the strin gent regulations of the Excise survey—and the trade had readily assented to the most stringent regulations the Government could devise—having altogether failed of their intended effect of preventing smuggling, they were abandoned in 1840. That the rate of duty so much exceeded any other article in the tariff, that even on that ground tobacco had the first claim for reduction. And now the duties on other articles having been re duced, the tobacco duties had become relatively still higher. Thus all the operations of the smuggler had become concentrated on tobacco. Formerly his venture consisted of brandy, silks, and other highly taxed foreign articles. Now tobacco forms the whole venture. That the low prime cost of the article, and the consequent enormous profit realised, had led to such an amount of smuggling, that the condition of the fair trader was now worse than at any former period. That this duty falls heavily upon the working classes, inasmuch as eleven twelfths of the revenue derived from tobacco was derived exclusively from the consumption of the working classes. Mr. Lloyd also referred to the general views of the sub ject on which Dr. Bowring had touched, Mr. Paul Anstie said that, after Mr. Lloyd's state ment, he was only anxious to prove that the calculations which the trade had embodied in the papers they now left with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were strictly based on evidence given before the Tobacco Committee, and upon Parliamentary papers since published. They had taken the proportion which existed between seizures in London in the year 1843 (the only clear year after the passing of the last Tobacco Act), and the whole of the seizures in the United Kingdom. They had then taken the positive testimony . given before the Committee, as to definite ,amounts introduced into London by smuggling during that year. The witnesses who had spoken to quantities of smuggled leaf tobacco within their own knowledge, were only six, an d t h e total quan tity so ascerta ined had been multipli e d on l y b y three ; an e stimate believed to fall far short of the truth. This remark applied also to the calcula Lion of the quantities of smuggled foreign manufac tured tobacco, in which ease quantities deposed to by three witnesses were multiplied te only by four. The the amount e s e r t r t h a d :i s n u b l ev t t h t w h oe e l e° n whole of the kingdom in that 1 44 quantities smuggled d dt 1 was, if in 8 the duty had been re lice 8. per lb. on leaf, ss. on sameslesi4z3e proportion wt na sL oanpdpol tg nd 1 foreign cigars and cheroot., on _ s, 6d. on other foreign manufactured tobaccos nd snuff, the revenue from tobacco inwedh ; ai etn a ohd n and t sxn h el would have been as gat, taking adulteration also into account, as now derived from the present high rate of duty. Several official papers had been published ; when Sir B. Peel introduced his last tariff, the associated manufacturers complained that he had taken spirits in stead of tobacco, the latter being most largely smuggled, and was subject to'thehighest rate of duty. They have evidence in these papers that the anticipations they then expressed had been fully realised. Parliamentary re- Oro show that tobacco Pow constituted fivel9yQutni of . , —_ . .......- - #--6„..-#.- t —t, , -," , k-c -----e- (._..,- Crl'47 `''' - . ... -- ~....__....„,, , - 4 '*:+ii.:• : . ..ii . . '- \5".,,.'' , . , - - -4..7.-& - •,.'W , -.,,, - .•-• _ .ut , • 1 , 4 _ , • .., t ,,.-- 0 ., :; ,,, ..„, ---., i . -,, .-.- te- --,- , -.4. , • "V," --?: ,:: '',. . e l ' .' f r ...,& 11%Z. , t ,.4 ,' • . r". 5 - 1 1 -,--..'!. - : i .4.,- . 1 -14- . •:..., . 4, 4 .4 . .. , ` .r...,,, , I , _ . , . o‘& S '' ' ' ''', ;: ait ; . ,'' :' S.. ''' I ' ' -,..-----'". - ....„, L, - .if 1:.,.- --7 - 1. 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In 1821, in London, the wholesale price of currants reached 1151. per ton, which is believed to be the highest rate they have ever realised, while in 1843 they were sold as low as 404 per ton. Within the last twelve years, the duty on currants has been twice reduced by the British Government—in the first in stance from 44/.65. Bd. per ton to 221. 3s. 4d., and next, from 221. 3s. 4d. to 151. per ton, which, with the addi tional five per cent. imposed on duties by Lord John Russell, and which has not been removed, makes the present duty 151. 15s. per ton. A very considerable revenue is annually derived by our Government from the duty on currants, and which has increased since the reduction in duty, the consumption in the United King dom having materially increased. Although the con sumers is this country have certainly benefited by the reduction in duty to a certain extent, the cultivators of the fruit abroad have been much greater gainers thereby, and during the last three years have realised such profits as to lead to the cultivation of further tracts of land for currant grounds. During the official year of 1845, the actual consumption of currants in the United Kingdom exceeded in quantity any preceding year, and it was an unprecedented fact that when the first cargo of new currants reached London in September last, there were no old currants on sale in first hands, the stock of old at that period usually averaging nearly 2,000 tons. From the 22d of September to the 25th of November, forty-four vessels have arrived in London alone, with entire cargoes of new currants, the total quantity of which cannot be less than 7,000 tons. Of these vessels, 43 were British and 1 Greek. The quickest passage was made in 29 days, and the longest in 77 days. The price opened, on the 22d of September, at 565. per cwt. for Patras currants, and on the 6th of October at 545. per cwt. for the first arrival from Zante. Since then the prices have continued very steady at 565. for Patras, and 555. for Zante and Cephalonia fruit. Quite a new , feature in the trade was that seven or eight of these car• goes were sold by the Greek consignees to London grocers and speculators while they were afloat, to be de livered on arrival. Nevertheless there must be at least 3,000 tons of cur rants now in London for sale. part of which will no doubt be put up to auction. Witla the forty-four car goes already arrived, and a few more on the voyage to London, there can be no fear of a scarcity of currants, even for the most inordinate wants that may arise for Christmas. A great many cargoes have also reached Liverpool, Bristol, and other outports. The total crops of currants this season in the Morea, Zante, Cephalonia, and Ithaca, are estimated to have rea lis.d 49,000,000 weight, or about 21.875 tons. This is the largest total crop of currants ever before produced, and it is stated that about three-fourths of it would come to this country. The general quality, owing to rain damage, is not fine. It is a singular fact that the coun tries which produce this enormous quantity of currants do not themselves consume a hundred tons. What would the poor Greeks and lonians do if John Bull was by any chance to discontinue the use of currants? Why, they and their Government revenues would be ruined, as the growers could not find any other market for all their produce, and the treasuries would be minus the chief source of their assets, the duties levied amounting to about 18 per cent. on the export value. PUBLICATIONS. Price Is. T HE DEVELOPMENT of ANGLICANISM, the HONE of the CHURCH of ENGLAND. A LETTER TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. 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I shall be most happy, n any occasion, totestimony the excellency of your stoves ; and I will endeavour, to the best of my power, to make them known, and I will certainly recommend them to my friends, I remain, dear Sir, yours faithfully, Mr. Candy. W. ROGERS, St. Thomas's, Charter-house. The Stoves to be bad of Messrs. Dowson, 69, Welheck-street, Ca vendish- square ; where they may be seen in operation. THE BANK OF FRANCE. From various paragraphs during the last few days both in the London and continental papers, on the present condition of the Bank of France, an impression seems generally to prevail, that in the year 1839 the Bank of England obtained relief from danger by a loan from that institution, and opinions are consequently expressed that if similar aid should now be required in return, it could not with propriety be refused. The idea, however, of a loan having at any time been made by the Bank of France to the Bank of England is altogether erroneous. In July, 1839, the bullion is the Bank of England had fallen below 3,000,0001, sterling, while its rate of discount was as high as 51 per cent. It was evident that the causes for the existing drain consisted more in distrust abroad, fonnded on a belief that the Bank of England could not long continue specie payments, than in an un favourable balance of trade, or a run for sovereigns to hoard at home. Parties on the continent drew out all their balances here, and as much more as their corres pondents would give them credit for, discounted the acceptances in London, and, in the absence of foreign bills, took gold from the Bank of England. Under these circumstances, it was impossible that exports of produce and manufactures from England could take place immediately to a sufficient extent to counteract the evil ; but it was seen that the difficulty would be met if a temporary creation of bills on the continent could be effected. With this view, the Bank of England engaged to transfer English securities as a guarantee to Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., or those whom they should name, and this house arranged to draw three months' bills for 40,000,000 f. on various houses in Paris. These bills, which Baring, Brothers, and Co., negotiated upon 'Change (paying the proceeds into the Bank, so as gradually to act upon the circula tion), fully supplied the trade demand for remittances hence, aed equally served to meet all paper on Eng land remitted here for returns, as they proved a better return than gold. At the end of three months, when the acceptances fell due, the same amount was redrawn, so as to cover each acceptor by bills on his neighbour, thus prolonging the operation to six months ; but, before the expiration of this period, the supply of the regular remittances of commerce had been such as to enable Messrs. Baring to liquidate all the engagements in Paris, and to restore the pledged securities to the Bank of England. From this statement the Bank of France will ap pear to have had nothing to do with the operation ; but a mode by which they facilitated its progress, and which, d o ubtless, gave saveinereiseheetno entertained erroneous ainedon suppositions which have andbe presented for drawn by Messrs. Baring houses subject remains to b e m e o n n t i o t n h e e d . v a T rio h u e s dr F au re g n li c t h s for discount to the bad credits only to a certain firms, respectively,. . houses were, of co ß u a r n se k , 0 11 ab F le ran t e o e, e necessary, owing to such their rejection might becorn d.ffi It calculated to eded. This cu y was limit with that institution, there was a possibility that limits being . exce and ap p lication was there foreßank of France in orer that it might made to the a derstanding was accordingly entered be overcome. An n o n f France, that the draughts, in case in to by the Bank h *r appearance, should be discounted produce an injurious effect, . they should make t wever, proved to have been tionary arrangement, theo draughts being of the first scarcely essential, for of discount at the Bank of France without regard to the limitsh in question. This precaus character, and the rate nd hence it is believed readily discounted out of doors,. found their way into that but a very small proportion being somewhat higher tha the a market rate, they were that establishment. ed u on the t p that sup- Bank of England in the way of reeiproci _ for y the purpose posing the Bank of France should no w, of purchasing silver from us, adopt a method analogous The only claim, therefore, that can be . urg. " om e to that just described, the same facilitie s of discount should b afforded with regard to the parties upon wh they might procure bills. These would, doubtless, con:. sist of leading houses, whose acceptances wou ld at all dines be received with avidity by the ordinary money lenders, and such an engagement on the part of the Bank of England would therefore involve no great stretch of generosity. From the present aspect of affairs it seems by no means improbable that some measure of this description will be resorted to by the Bank of France, and it is im portant to recognise that if such should be the case it must cause an immediate rise in the discount market. A demand from a new source for two millions, or even for only one million, could not come suddenly upon us without producing a decided increase in the prevailing rates, and thus another is added to the numerous reasons which already exist to call for the exercise of caution.— Times. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.—On Friday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, as a man of the name of Gillham was proceeding up the river in a boat, when off the Penitentiary his hat fell overboard, and while endeavouring to reach it, he overbalanced himself, and fell into the river. A waterman of the name of Freeman immediately went to his assistance, and succeeded in getting him into his boat in less than two minutes from the time of his immersion. He was con veyed to a public-house near Vauxhall gardens, where every attention was paid to him, and in less than two hours lo Was enabled to ;darn to his borne. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varyi n g from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid m each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. , "I Bonus Bonus In g g Assured Premium. 2 g .; added. 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I took three of your I a Pills, and within two hours I found t he p ain to entirely cease. ft took two Pills at a dose tw ice in the day, and I am, thank God, this morning able to walk without the slightest inco nvenience. the pains in I found in a previous very severe attack - very great relief ; I had my knees and thighs so very severe at that time, I thou chght I must that have died, and that it must h ave g one into my stoma. At time I had resort to your Pills, and they relieved me—within two hours I was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought, reaman, lly, to be known all over the world. I ha ve a brother, a young that suffers horribly with it, and his greatest relief and preventive has been your Pills. Make what use you p lease of my report. —Yours ruly and respectfully, WILLIAM COURTNEY. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor tant discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recom mendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effec tive for gout and rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, fl'equentlyt rested as tooth-ache, &c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, Drain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appoint ment, by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob rve the mine and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each boa of the 9 onatagdocuano. THE CURRANT TRADE. Public attention has of late been directed to the im portations into this country of many articles of food, the magnitude and variety of which are both striking and curious. The following statement of the immense and unparal leled importation of currants within the space of nine a eeks, with some account of the growth and production of an article which is so especially patronised and used by the British public, will probably prove interesting, not only to the consumers of plum buns, puddings, and cakes, but also to the wholesale and retail grocers, the merchants who buy and import, the shipowners, the cultivators of the fruit, and, in short, to all parties con cerned, which, without any licence of pen, must embrace nearly every individual in this country. The growth of currants is almost entirely confined to the Mores (and merely to that part of it situated between Patras and Corinth) and to the lonian Islands of Z inte and Cephalonia, only about one cargo being grown in Ithaca. A small quantity is also produced near Smyrna and in the Lipari islands, but the quality from the two last named places is very inferior. Currants, which are in fact grapes, grow in bunches, some of which weigh two pounds, on short standard trees, planted at regular intervals, in vineyards, which, of course, vary in extent. The crops are generally ripe by the end of July, when the bunches are carefully cut from the trees, and spread on the ground in a part of the vineyard which has been properly prepared. The intense heat of the sun, in the month of August, in Greece, suffices in a few days to dry and convert the luscious small grapes into currants, no other process being necessary to render them fit for packing and shipment than merely placing them in sieves and throwing them up into the air, to divest them of the stalks. The drying time is one of great anxiety to the grower, us, in the event of rain falling while the fruit is on the ground, it causes much deterioration, and reduce: its market value. It has been observed that scarcely ever have three yearly crops been secured with. out rain damage to one of them. The crops being stored in magazlnef, the next bu , iness is the fixing a first price between the growers and the export mer chants, which, within the oldest memory, has almost always been a matter of muck difficulty and delay, owing to the growers invariably asking very high prices, while the merchants endeavoured to obtain the fruit as reasonably as they can. Sooner or later some buyer and seller fix a price for a cargo, when the market opens, and prices rise or fall according to the demand. For many years previous to 1818, the currant trade of England was almost exclusively in the hands of two Hull houses, but after that period it became gradully more divided, so that at present not only are a great many English merchants and wholesale grocers engaged therein, but also Greek merchants, and even the growers themselves, have become importers on their own account. Within the last thirty years, the fluctuations in the price of currants have beeh reTarkable both at the (laces of THE FROZEN SHIP. One serene evening in the middle of August, 1775, Captain Warrens, the master of the Greenland, a whale ship, found himself becalmed amongst an immense number of icebergs, in about 77 deg. of north latitude. On one side, and within a mile of his vessel, these were of immense height, and closely wedged together, and a succession of snow-covered peaks appeared behind each other as far as the eye could reach, showing that the ocean was completely blocked up in that quarter, and that it had probably been so for a long period of time, Capt. Warrens did not feel altogether satisfied with his situa tion; but there being no wind, he could not move one way or the other, and he therefore kept a strict watch, knowing that he would be safe, so long as the icebergs continued in their respective places. About midnight the wind rose to a gale, accompanied by thick showers of snow, while a succession of tre mendous thundering, grinding, and crushing noises, gave fearful evidence that the ice was in motion. The vessel received violent shocks every second, for the haziness of the atmosphere prevented those on board from discover ing in what direction the open water lay, or if there was actually any at all on either side of them. The night was spent in tacking as often as any cause of dangtr happened to present itself, and in the morning the storm abated, and Captain Warrens found, to his great joy, that his ship hadinot sustained any serious injury. He remarked with surprise that the accumulated icebergs, which had on the preceding evening formed an impene trable barrier, had been separated and disarranged by the wind, and that in one place a canal of open sea wound its course among them, as far as the eye could discern. It was two miles beyond the entrance of this canal that a ship made its appearance about noon. The sun shone brightly at the time, and a gentle breeze blew from the north. At first some intervening icebergs prevented Captain Warrens from distinctly seeing any thing but her masts ; but he was struck with the strange manner in which her sails were disposed, and with the dismantled aspect of her yards and rigging. She continued to go before the wind for a few furlongs, and then grounding upon the low icebergs, remained motionless. Captain Warren's curiosity was so much excited, that he immediately leaped into his boat with several sea men, and rowed towards her. On approaching, he observed that her hull was miserably weather-beaten, and not a soul appeared on the deck, which was covered with snow to a considerable depth. He then hailed her crew several times, but no answer was returned. Pre vious to stepping on board, an open port-hole near the main chains caught his eye, and, on looking into it, he perceived a man reclining back in a chair, with writing materials on a table before him, but the feebleness of the light made everything very indistinct. The party went upon deck, and having removed the hatchway, which they found closed, they descended to the cabin. They first came to the apartment which Captain Warrens viewed through the port-hole. A tremor seized him as he entered it. Its inmate retained his former position, and seemed to be insensible to strangers. He was found to be a corpse, and a green damp mould had covered his cheeks and forehead, and veiled his open eye-balls. He had a pen in his hand, and a log-book lay More him, the last sentence in its unfinished page ran thus:— " Nov, 14, 1762. We have now been enclosed in the ice seventeen clays. The fire went out yesterday, and our master has been trying ever since to kindle it again, without success. His wife died this morning. There is no relief—" Captain Warrens and his seamen hurried from the spot without uttering a word. On entering the principal cabin the first object that attracted their attention was the dead body of a female reclining on a bed in an atti tude of deep interest and attention. Her countenance retained the freshness of life, but a contraction of the limbs showed that her form was inanimate. Seated on the floor was the corpse of an apparently young man, holding a steel in one hand and a flint in the other, as if in the act of striking fire upon some tinder which lay beside him. In the fore part of the vessel several sailors were found lying dead in their berths, and the body of a boy crouched at the bottom of the gangway stairs. Neither provisions nor fuel could be dis covered anywhere ; but Captain Warrens was prevented, by the superstitious prejudices of his seamen, from examining the vessel as minutely as he wished to have done. He therefore carried away the log-book already mentioned, and returned to his own ship, and immedi ately steered to the southward, deeply impressed with the awful example which he bad just witnessed of the danger of navigating the Polar seas in high northern latitudes. On returning to England he made various inquiries respecting vessels that had disappeared in an unknown way, and, by comparing the results of those with the in formation which was afforded by the written documents in his possession, he ascertained the name and history of the imprisoned ship and of her unfortunate master, and found that she had been frozen thirteen years pre vious to the time of his discovering her among the ice. —lVestminster Review. ALARMIMG PREVALENCE OF FEVER.—The village of Upton, near Blewbury, Berks, has had an awful visi tation, by the spread of a contagious fever. It first ma nifested itself about a month ago in a cottager's family, family, and such has been its rapid and extensive spread since, that up to Saturday last not fewer than thirty two deaths had arisen in consequence, and these out of a village population of 150. The disease, we re gret to add, is still raging, and such general alarm has been created from so destructive an enemy, that many of the villagers have begun to change their dwellings to the neighbouring downs ; and it is expected, from the re movals, which are now pretty generally taking place, that the village will shortly be deserted. The numbers of persons who have thus been carried off are chiefly of the humble labouring class, some of whom are bewil dered in distress from the additional painful circumstance that the head of a family, who bad been its chief support, has been cut off. The cause of this calamity is so clearly manifest that the authorities have not deemed it necessary to institute any inquiry, or to hold an inquest in either case ; the only mystery is that the contagion should have shown itself in a situation where theclimate is con sidered to be so remarkably healthy. The enragement of the disease is ascribed to the difficulties in procuring medical attendance at such a desolate place of abode. We may remark that this infectious disease has so ex tended itself as to be viewed in the district as a ticsand gr eat plague. The melancholy event has excited much c ommisseration for the distressed objects.—Devizes Gazette THE LATE Tnomas IrooD.—lt is with deep regret that we have to announce the decease of the widow of the late Thomas Hood, the celebrated humourist and poet. The public are aware that Mr. Hood's life was closed in the midst of much physical suffering and much mental anxiety ; and there is little doubt that the un wearied exertions of Mrs. Hood, her unceasing attend ance on her husband's deathbed, and the grief and trial which preceded and followed her bereavement, have been the immediate causes of the disease which has thus pre , maturely terminated her existence. She expired on the 4 amino of Fridiv, the 4th of December! /I 'e'// Du'Attu zortwo I:o4=tuti4o.44.4tivil i OA Thursday told Friday an inquest was holden 4 1,. Cambridge before M r . C . H . C ooper, on the Codyt Elizabeth Howe, an unfortunate girl, who had be en living in BarnwelL A good deal of interest was excitt d. in consequence of it being understood that death resulted from the deceased having caught a violent cold at. the Spinning-house, by being put into a damp bed. Tie Rev. Mr. Kingsley, of Sidney College, the junior proctor, was present during the examination. Mr. Newby, surgeon, stated that he was called in to attend the deceased. Her complaint was rheumatic fever, and she was unable to move. Her pulse was beat ing 120 a minute. She told him that she had been put in the Spinning house, where she had slept in a damp bed. She stopped there, however, only one night, and was liberated in the morning. Ile considered the cause of her tit ath to be rheumatic fever. thaEtdEwlaizradbeWthilsiionw ' kepe ew e as r of the Spinning-house, eoturnittedonthe.eveni sangli of the ti'" 6PrhocotforNs.ov A em n b o e th r e b r y girlthe nß:ivn.eAdlrkliinigngus.alesyk,,rtzg. brought with her. They were put in the same war d. The w in flows of the room are cased with iron. One of the iron easements has a piece of glass to admit light. Toe whole used t o b e g l ass, b ut t h e g i r : s b rea k th e m, and now the windc,w is sheet iron except a square. This square was not broken the night deceased came in. The room is well protected from the weatnr. If it is a wet night there is generally a fire. I believe there was no fire on the night of the 6th of November. By a juror —I am acting both fur Mr. Wright and the University. The Rev. Mr. Kingsley examined—l am one of the proctors. :I recollect apprehending Elizabeth Howe. She was not behaving disorderly or indecently. I ap prehended her because the constables, who were with me, knew her to be a prostitute. It was between eight and nine o'clock. I did not know she was a prostitute of my own knowledge. She went quietly. I am but partially acquainted with the internal arrangements of the Spinning-house. It appears to me to be a proper place to confine females. I don't know how females are accommodated in gaols. CORONER-Have you instructions as to your duties, otherwise than the statutes of the University? Wit ness—l refuse to answer. CORONER—You must, sir. I have a duty to perforn. which, as judge of this court, I will perform. Witness.—l have no other instructions. I have never read the charter of Queen Elizabeth, giving the universiTy power to apprehend disorderly persons. Deceased was reprimanded the next morning and discharged. The deceased came so quietly that I recommended her dis charge to the V ic.-Chancellor. One other girl was with her, who did not go orderly. There were no members of the University in their company when we apprehended them. By a juror—l am not certain that I have seen the in terior of the cell. I believe I was in it a few days ago. I merely delivered her to the keeper. The glass was broken the last time I saw the cell. I believe the Uni versity have power to cause the apprehension of prosti tutes in the streets, although they may not be mi,,con ducting themselves. Eliz; Wright said—l was in the Spinning-house on the sth of November. I was taken on the 4th. I was locked up in a small cell. I was by myself. The bed was not made. I could not see to make it, so I lay down with my clothes on. The bed clothes were very damp; they consisted of three blankets and a quilt. I was not ill when I was taken to the Spinning-house; but when I was there I was taken ill with a bad cold and pains in my bones. Eliza Green was brought into the Spinning house when I was there. We both asked Wi!son for rs fire. He said he would not have a fire for two girls. I knew Elizabeth Howe. I saw her the morning she came to the Spinning-house. She looked cold, and put her hands to her chest as if she were ill. Saw her afterwards at the house were she was lodging, but she was not sen sible then. Some other witnesses who had been confined at the same time spoke to the cold and damp condition of the cells, and that the deceased appeared very ill on leaving the place in the morning. The evidence,being now closed, the Coroner proceeded to sum up. In the first place they would consider whe ther death had resulted from exposure to the weather in the Spinning bouse ; and if they were satisfied on this point, they would ascertain whether any party was criminally culpable. The circumstances under which the deceased was apprehended appeared to be these. She was beyond doubt a person coming within the description of a common 1 risti ute, but it was proved that at the time she was taken into custody she was not conducting herself disorderly or indecently. With respect to prostitutes so misconducting themselves the Legislature bad provided that they should be deemed idle and disorderly persons, and punishable as such under the Vagrant Act, but the University officers claimed the extraordinary power of apprehending with out warrant, any prostitute whatever found withi n t h e town and precincts of Cambridge. The Rev. Mr. Kingsley had stated that he believed the University officer had the power to do so, but referred to no autho rity, and mentioned it only as a matter of opinion. This power was really claimed under a charter of Queen Elizabeth, granted to the University in 1561, by which she empowered the masters, &c., to search and scrutinize in the town and suburbs, and in Barnwell and Slurbridge, for all common women, vagabonds, and others suspected of evil, and should they be found guilty-, to be imprisoned, banished, or otherwise, as the chancel lor or his vice-regent should deem fit. This grant was clearly bad of common law, but ten years afterwards the University obtained an Act of Parliament, by which it was confirmed in a more ample manner, and in effect the charter became an Act of Parliament. Large as the power grouted was, he (the Coroner) . had great doubts if its powers were ample enough to justify, an arrest without warrant ; but still, looking to the practice which had prevailed for so many years, he was not prepared to say that in point of law the arrest of the deceased had been illegal. If it were, it would in volve Mr. Kingsley in a charge of manslaughter, inas much as it would be a violation of the liberty of the subject, and the law was, that if death resulted, though unavoidably, from a trespass, the trespasser was guilty of manslaughter. The Learned Gentleman then adverted to the place in which the deceased was confined, and ob served that the evidence fully showed the miseries to which the poor creatures who were committed there were subjected. He hardly thought they would be justified in returning a verdict which would affect Wilson, the keeper. The fault appeared to him to be rather in the system than in the individual. The jury after a lengthened consultation returned the following verdict:—" We find that Elizabeth Howe died of rheumatic fever, caused by a violent cold caught at the Spinning-house, on the night of the 6th of November, she having been conveyed thither in the custody of William Townley Kingsley, proctor of the University, and confined for that night in a cold and damp cell, from the effects of which she died. The jury cannot separate without expressing their abhorrence at a system which sanctions the apprehension of females when not offending against the general law of the land, and con fining them in a gaol unfit for the worst of felons. The jury also request the Coroner to forward a report of the whole of the proceedings to the Secretary of State for the Home Department." HAMBURGH MAIL. VIENNA, Nov. 24.—Ti1l the expiration of six weeks from the day of the incorporation of Cracow, with the Austrian territory, all goods will be imported free, but under certain controul, for which purpose a cordon will be drawn on the Russian and Prussian frontiers. After the expiration of these six weeks, a list will be made of all the goods which still remain, and from that time nothing be admitted free of duty. All goods which re main at the end of nine months, not having paid duty, will either have to pay duty or be sent abroad. With respect to the future commercial relations and customs of Cracow, we find the following etatemint in letters from Breslaw, of the 20th of November:—" According to ac counts received this day from Berlin, the deputation from this city has had several conferences, among others, with the Minister of Finance. The result, we are sorry to say, is unfavourable to our city and to the province, for the Minister of Finance only knows that the conditions of the incorporation of Cracow with the Austrian territory are :-1. A moderate transit duty through the territory of Cracow. 2. The permission to have magazines for transit goods in Cracow itself ; and, lastly, the junction of the railway, The deputation afterwards had an audience of his Majesty the King. It appears from this that the trade with Cracow I s lost to us, since goods will be liable to pay duty accord.. ing to the Austrian tariff. VIENNA, Nov. 25.—The Austrian Observe,' has the following article :—" The Augsburg Gazette of the 25th November, in an article from the Galicir:,n frontiers, re specting the decisions of the three I)owers relative to by A is u t s o tr h ia av t e hr H ou ot g z h en th pi e ot:l Cracow, adds, to co un t er b a l anm the acquisition made incorporation of Cra cow . Prus siaa district belonging to Aus trian Silesia, and R':issiti a small tract to the north o f th e circle of T a d n ^,*pol in Galicia, we are authorised to de clare that t2nese statements are wholly unfounded. BEitt/N, Nov. 30.—The new regulations of the post cake drawn up during the life of the late Postmaster- General, Von Nagler, which were to have been intro tret r e :som e d so u m ce e d e in ha t n h g e e y s 'ea w r h l ie t3 h 47 a a r r e e m i n o d r e e fi nsiut suitable ble deferred , t o the because l f l or re pr- sent are to be time, e sothatour made i n on the same footing. post-office t hem, t w l r h e i c m h a i w n i FRANKFORT, Nov. 25.—The Committee r',} the States of Wurtemburg is said not to have judger: it advisable t o raise by the issue of paper the sum rix dollars, which coul d not be rais ed on b on d s at 4 per of five million s o f Cent. For'this reason it is ir_'‘imated by the Swabi an Mercury, that the States wi.a be convoked in an extra ordinary session, in erde", to discuss the proposal for an issue of Bonds bear.ag interest at 41 per Cent. to the, above amount.. BERLIN. 7 5,0 v. 29.—0 n Sunday next divine ser t i ce will be performed for the first time in the new English, char`ei, in the Hotel du Nord, which is very elegantly fitted up. Her Majesty the Queen of England has sent a contribution of 100 ducats to defray some necessary expenses.—Hamburg papers. Dec. 1. ril l -market passenger, iilrfo EXTENSION OF THE CHEAP OMNIBUS SYSTEnti.... AVPilibllSes will the Bank and Charing-cross, the Bank and Totteuhu,_ d and di n g 3 t o d n. each and u sferso from t 2d. ra court-road, &c., have been found so procluotiw 01,1 i t n T i h n e g o to mn an ih d has been determined to extend the °heal, trftveiling run between Paddington and the Bat k, via New -road, system, and accordingly on Tuesday n ex t City-road, &c., at the rate of 4d. 04011 passenger for tile whole distance, and 2d. to and from the Tottenham—. court-road. • We learn from the Gast of France that the wher,t s have come up with remarkable vigour, and promise ray abundant crops. Some fears had been entertained that they would be checked by the early waits frosts, lir i ' these ameheasions bay, fiabsidtio-:Gatignani • • BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman and Co., London. The National Bank of Ireland. at Aironi_, The Bank of Scotland. tla ,ake ethi a , Meeting for Iveragh—Valentia Railway. 1ea, 10 7 1 0113. g " Magistrates, Clergy, Gentry, and Cess-payers of ~k k ee' L a t Call e of Iverag, county of Kerry, assembled in Baronial iz , 11 , ,,.. a,„ appis., rciveen, on the 10th of November, 1846, for the ce... - tativa "ng to Government for assistance to carry out such k n xis, n , ,and reproductive works as are best calculated to relieve 3,,,satli'_'stress and provide for the future employment of the 1(P; b 1 Co att lope the resources of the country, It was resolved : l'al bia ". the of Baronial Sessions assembled in tni C ly on a ki .--r e to his Of November, wish very respec 1 to represent lisarta Excellency the great expense, inconvenience, delay, Ittitvre'tinaall by the erroneous ' and perverse system of making %i ota ha - to the west of Ireland dependent on eastern ports and a Zigatie tta ttlii l 'UM 11, for their supplies of Government stores ainnedurprrood hot ..._ llO l only is great waste of public money 14 ,,: e Of c0 ,"" ° , 1,1 the character of coast intervening, and the nio.„ -411 a rs 4l 7 wind supplies have frequently been delayed, cad e - ' O 4 -,:'uexcit alarm and risk famine. It canaot well be 141 , s _ g irtet -u . Y supplies for the Commissariat shall not be he k `vSt „,.` 0 Valentia, exempting the Government from ,_ 0 114 0 ; 1 ` double freight and transhipment, an ex- Pilch i „td to amount in fuel alone, by steamers, to 21. per I, lie l ,lret"'„lnielf , would make a difference in price calculated to ~..Alvklassishl a t e t . . To Valentia in particular, which happens to be frbf slt„ r anur to America, and the best in the empire, the 4.. 04' 0 1--.. -e and coat would be co , nsiderable— along a great extent 1 "Its: l %ses, -' a depot vess.sl like the Madagascar at Tarbert, or the 1 41levr y,„,' 14 , 00 red in this harbour, receiving its supplies direct ! L l s o L u art al.'" in Twelve or fourteen days, or by steam in seven. neil,EXca t°T. ial Sessions, therefore, most respectfully submit klit tl ,Ztrilo - " c Y. the presslng expediency of stationing in Val I titt l o lz , 1r a depot vessel receiving her supplies direct from or a n balle,t,,, iepr,,,,,,,5a satisfaction the announcement made by the Di to.:ti th;'"ord and Valentia Railway Company, that they are Lqai erosion ' a euesSary steps for coming before Parliament in the .• Zil aZI reid n . MIST' Pait a - ' esPecially that the Directors have decided te &ban . Ny t e co me 0 1 their original project as would involve them in ex 21pta lie, t g, w ith existing Railway Commissioners, and to apply , Ilik - •uluei c i o °nl Killarney to Valentia, with a branch . to Tralee, 41444:0,.., U ,s coarse they will curtail their expenditure, avoid s a ir i l l l .oll from rival companies, and be enabled, at a very ",teethe chain Y joining the terminus of the Killarney Junction, to tin s• Ol communication between the county and the ki.L, ia addi tion,„,,,_Nt,.,, to that advantage and to the benefit which will .li t "fl. i t3 , ;',..dle Tralee branch) from connecting this barony with t hilt4 er, ' l n ' (as there is no doubt, especially since the report of Ntrn.Yb ee - " e Admiralty engineer, that Valentia Harbour must ti tl S t stilvti , °r ue the American packet-station), the completion of sC,,tec e i t a nd Valentia Railway' will secure the immediate ac re4luf that event, and to this county the immense advan i2llt,,t Of e n g the theroUghfare from England and the whole of the veph, rn Pe to the western world. tl t '4l4 ta a,. Is e - ,,_ °e n,sible how indebted this connty, and especially the Lilt, ,s,i7" , is to Mr. Attwood and other enlightened English 1„1 4 si i a ' l „, eti a „ - ' th „ough unconnected with this country, have from ) L - 71, 44 - asbia - ,1 ar the national importance of the object projected LA. `Drek et - 'auan for Ireland, we much regret that this all-im 90)4,tilreagld net during the last session of Parliament advance ' C.tiOjor while required stages as te place it in the category of Nl3. h a baronial presentment may be made; but we sia. °l lia and r vi n -maimrespectfully pray his Excellency the Lord Lieu tttlia,t 1114 or .0 endeavour to obtain from Government . a grant of to it„Ze urg .t.he line proposed from Killarney to Valenta. the Olve it - 4 13 not only in order to prevent the rejection of a I},_st,:nal,tio`l reproductive work which will afford employment , 51'5q107,2414.:" a district more than most needing such emplo3.- * lti..-Nt.er- Must for the next three years have to at uggle 4 4 : 10 : 1 0% 4 at tl a g e r icUltural distress and difficulties ; but because we i t actu att L o repletion of the Killarney and Valentia Railway ItNe. it wh i s'" 4l consequences of the highest value—from the aug ' k :St rule i n l,affeet in the Post-office revenue—the improvement r ‘s l t li aii ''', e communications with our North American and • I..e4cleve;hanies, bath for Government and commercial pur iltekn'sbet4. .oPlisent it will give to internal traffic and the mar l's, for ta ,,the : 1 , 4 . Of agricultural produce, and that it will prove in I. } , th4 lpZ e adv;,! l MPortant step ever achieved by private enter- Ilt' 4 m 4 tri e f "'Ment of this portion of the British empire, and Zie tt e,ve r e ,, T nsPerity of Ireland. l a !Sta,_ o 3 , ,/,: u nition, proposed by James Butler, Esq., D.L., iae. 4 l , veti n , figs Hickson, Esq., D.L., being unanimausly adopted, F til', t o a p inag e : c f l. a .,ested that Maurice O'Connell, Esq., M.P., would C 4 4114%, est his Presence in Dublin of Daniel O'Connell, Esq., : .s 4 i br i l li j # lwerful advocaeywit e h s l o i l i n s t E io x na cellency the Lerd * Virt x,i, 'of the prayers of ther • i tchy 14 1 ;4 4 ) , i /tD AND VALENTIA RAILWAY. vta re a orin e4 tbolders of the Wexford and Valentia Railway are i Ohei t Oae&,,Tvit the new Parliamentary Contract will . lie for 1: 1a, 1 ,?, 1 04, !NO x'uues of the Company, 3, Royal Exchange-build, sgs, 1 Is 7lore` t . tliaT ap a'r. the 14th day of December instant, until 4 INeel 1; 44 tit; ,t 34 day of December instant. All Shareholders I - -411 b, -," tlie Th.l"kiker's Receipt of having paid the further deposit, 1 • ' 5 4 ur`eedin • ' dit is requested that the i with th g advertisement, an . 4 0 , 0 ~,, e Secretary to be exchanged few new. Iti - By4l cba nge O Flcr. A. LIGHTON, Secretary. /b.._ o adlngs, Cornhill, Dec. 3, 1 8 46 . 4it EX VT ' Th e —LAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. ? ir k tt rk i t L, (h e , _mhos, , LOANS OF MONEY. ~ i lifi tti Ac(e w ir p P a e r - r - f ilae 9" ~1 Commissioners are ready to receive Loans five or seven years, under the authority of ,„Y, fh , ',,, b e ,_. cut, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The ttl e.. titi pond on o v r -lhcf— , ~ ear.Y, on the let of January and let 01 1 4 1 is or steatrthere, as the parties lending may prefer. i s ? r°PGi iell to 1, 1 ) 1 11 the amount and term of years for which the aand e " e lent, to be addressed to t . ti!...c . c!!".2 . lesionen, or Loans."—Birkenneaa.e.lea.:l; AI - 1,7 D , .. c . 1 1 1 --.-- By order. 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