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/773 -+ r . N J fl- y am 46.) :. . . 2 2 , k -q 4 i 90.1 o.ui • 4, 4 Jan. J. at one, at the chamber,. li t 1 7. . u a nd 4 A iuk , / c o/ 4 - - Smith, Glasgovv. Robert Colville, bookbinder, GlasgMlcqMan. 14, , IA - at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Fleming, Glasgow. • ' c 't• 1111ba , , , - PRTCE OF SUGAR. - The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed t• - 41 , 1. 1. /rfi 4 47 7;;;; • • 14 Ai C 9; -?11 • from the returns made in the k ending DP'Pmhp, ct • S'eW - ~c ti OST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1847. 4The rbt epleet co py of the work has been but a few days issued, and Illturi" Re s newS have already appeared in the leading Metro- S IV 011 ,17,f0-eighth fort, TIMES, NM 18, 1846. h •4l..._ 44 :!B_ s h u th_nnn ua l publication of this work—the volume for ar ‘ Try , w ^g eh ed used lt is a Nrnderfully different affair from the old to consist . of little or nothing more than the g i :„. list of trade I , t , comprises now, and has for some ~,,," Street Directory," smen a ; Trades' Directory," a " Court Di %St t,(4 3 a "Postal Directory," a "Conveyance Directory," with a ib. . _ they little 4 l of l ey r eyi.sed digests. The volume appears to have been very . and supplies the latest information. Of course, 16 41 treat wbat.„. 7 with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in . o 1, 1 1!! ! Work seems to bear the test of a search into mat .7"'" v'aanges have been very recent. ie wee DECEMBER 12, 1846. P RICE SD. LONDON, SATURDAY IVIORNING SUN, BANK OF ENGLAND.- (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the lircek ending, on Saturday, the sth day of December, 1846. ISSUE DEPARTMENT Z. motes issued .. •. .. 28,209,105 No. 16,921. EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC. 9, 1846. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a PROPRIETOR of EAST INDIA STOCK has given notice, that at the Quarterly General Court o f the said Company, appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WzoriasoaT. the 16th inst., he will submit the following motion, viz.:— " That referring to the services which the native army of India has rendered to the state, from its first formation, referring more es pecially to its more recent services in Burmah, Affghanistan, China, in Sinde, and upon the Hanks of the Sutlej, this Court earnestly re commends to the Court of Directors to take such measures as they may think proper for improving the prospects of that army." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. IRELAND. STATE OF THE PROVINCES.-TERRIBLE DESTITUTION. MAN FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. The Gazette of last evening contains a notice from the Speaker that he intends to issue a new writ for the Eastern Division of the county of Worcester, in the room of the late John Barneby, Esq. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 11, 1846. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT, County of Renfrew—Colonel William Mure, of Caldwell. in the room of Patrick Ma xwe ll St ewar t, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 11. let Regiment of Life Guards—Corporal Major George Andrews to be Adjutant (with the rank of Cornet and Sub. Lieutenant), vice Anderton, promoted, Dec. 11. • Ist Dragoon Guard's—Lieut. James Peach Peach to be Cap tain by purchase, vice Sands, who retires. Cornet William Gray Draper to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peach. Cornet Emanuel Bradbury, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Draper, Dec. 11. Ist Dragoons—Cornet Harry Croft to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King, who retires ; Michael Stocks, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Croft, Dec. 11. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet William Greenhorn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Vice Smith, who retires; Thomas Barrett, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Greenharn. Dec. 11. •••••••••••• MO RNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 21), 1846. 11°1 "rs of expansion exhibited by this most t s iful annual Ceara, a really unlimited. Published during a series of forty . fatlymetropolis whose dwellings Increase in number by an 1444c0 i1yi,..7 40- of , sortie 14,000, and whose commerce expands in still , the " Post-office Directory" has become enormously .. ‘4l/ as also in the complicated - variety of its hid's ,,rn ts• The admirable success with which the really . 57 "?.c_ulties of. his task has been overcome by the lade •ste ,l e ." 111 1her has been proved by the experience of many years; i t i ts liatnet o Z er lay little more than that the present volume preents 4t1e1 4 4 ariln as its predecessors, of intelligent method and Inge- An, i„ o rdenti in packing into reasonable eompa.ss, and pro tZ.. p Ages d order, its millions of facts and references. Within in on e a r,.ery man may learn everything he ought to know about Ae as "' lag co -dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses, till! him . everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The , - .ser,,,„„,_...tension of our railway system, and the new postal ar sll4lrzi'tendui some continental states, have rendered necessary p, s . a.o ve additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance Otn y nice. We find the information given under those heads ib,.._ lll °renAJ llll arld accurate as it was well possible to ma ke them, hZrk and recent than we should have thought attainable in Itt/ 40 . ,",1' n magnitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best e happen to have met with. requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The remains of the late Colonel Swale, of the Royal Marines, Commandant of the Woolwich Division, w h o di e d at his residence at Southsea, on Saturday night last, were interred this morning with full military honours, the Gallant Colonel having died in command, in the ground of the garrison chapel, within these walls. The remains were followed to the grave by nearly all the naval and military officers in commission at this port. We believe Lieutenant- Colonel Peebles succeeds to the colonelcy, and Brevet- Major Whylock to the lieutenant-colonelcy. Colonel Peebles was second-lieutenant, and served in the boats of the Queen Charlotte in an action with Spanish gun boats off Gibraltar ; and the recapture of the hired armed cutter, the Lady Nelson, in 1799 ; was burnt out of the Queen Charl o tt e off Leghorn in 1800 ; com manded a detachment of marines in an attack on Finale; and was present at the capture by boarding of the Prima galley at the Mole of Genoa, and also at the surrender of that city ; was wound e d i n t h e b oa t s o f th e C aro li ne in action wit a French zebec and armed packet, and served at the blockade of Leghorn, and in the boats at an attack upon vessels within the Mole ; was first lieutenant, and served in the Blanche when captured by the French frigate Topaze and consorts, 1805, and was severely wounded. Govenunent debt . • 11,61,100 Other securities ... • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,762,647 Silver .• • . 2,506,458 ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 2S, 1846. This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the work is not referable to its mere connexion with the Post Office ; for an important change has been gradually introduced into the manner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely unconnected with the Post Ofilee, this being in great part the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 184 G. Nor has the proprietor rested content with his past success, but has introduced many im portant alterations in this volume for 1847, and added to its bulk without any increase in price. The " Postal Directory" is especially improved, and there are numerous changes throughout the volume to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effusion, to be seen in another columrt ; and we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find that his labours are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun try this is art indispensable volume. DUBLIN, DEC. 9.—There have not been since the commencement of the visitation such harrowing accounts of suffering and destitution as those received this day. The Mayo Constitution, a Conservative journal, published in Castlebar, announces nine deaths from absolute want, and reports the inquests upon seven of the unfortunate sufferers! After the examination of med;cal men, the juries in all those cases returned verdicts, declaring that insufficiency of food was the cause of death. The fol lowing are abridged accounts of the inquests, from the Irish papers:— "In the neighbourhood of Turlough a poor man named Francis Bradley died last week from starvation. The poor wretch made several unsuccessful applications to the relief committee. A poor woman named Walsh also died last week from hunger. She was feeble and unable to work. £28,269,105 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 10th day of December, 1846. £28,269,105 BANKING DEPARTMENT, Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 I Government securl- Rest • ..... • 3,432,203 ties (including Dead Public deposits (in- Weight Annuity).. eluding Exchequer, Other securities Commissioners of- Notes .. ....... National Debt, Say- Gold and ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts).. 8,612,488 Other deposits • • 8,303,523 Seven day and other bills • SOCIETY. OF Ali,T S. President—H.R.H. PRIIseCE ALBERT, D.C.L., F.R.S. SESSION XCIII. The First Ordinary Meeting of the SOCIETY of ARTS will be held at the Great Mom at the Society's House, John-street, Adelphi, On WEDNESDAY, 16th Di . comber, 1846. Dr. ROGET, Sec. R.S., Vice-President, in Rotation. The Business will commence at Eight o'Clock precisely. The following COMMUNICATIONS will be made: — Opening Address of the Council on the recent proceedings, present duties, and future prospects of the Society. On the First Principles of Symmetrical Beauty, and their applica tion in certain Branches of the Art of Design. By D. R. HAY, Decorative Painter to her Majesty in Scotland. On the Principles employed in the recent Decorations of the Great Hall of the Society of Arts. By D. It. HAY. The following SUBJECTS will be laid on the table : A Specimen of American Photography, presented by Mr. R. LAWRENCE, of New York. Two Specimens of Needlework, in imitation of the Embroidery of the Middle Ages. By Miss KING. Specimens of the Enamelled Pearl Glass. By Mr. LANE. 12,607,417 13,6h3,212 8,402;3110 733,768 -er coin.. 835,483 1 35,796,697 £35,796,697 M. Dated the 10th day of Dec em b er, 1846. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. The new Volume of the Post Office Directory for 1847 is already in oar hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work co laborious, extensivei and minute, could be in any degree improved. It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former reputation, it is a great merit to have surpasjcd itself. The produc tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and ibr clearness has placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying on the business of this ♦ast metropolis, which would indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense if it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have theopportunity ofjudging for.themselves on purchasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated. "On the 29th ult. Mr. Atkinson, coroner, held an , . inquest at Bellina, on the body of Hugh Daly. Verdict —Death from starvation. " On Thursday last he held another inquest on the body of Michael Walsh, at Crossmolina. Verdict— Death from famine. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Edward G. Wynyard to be Adjutant, vice Home Purvis, who resigns the Adjutantcy, only, Dec. 11. sth Foot—Captain Felix Ashpitel, from the 16th Foot, to be Captain, vice Duric, who exchanges, Dec. 11. 9th Foot,—Major Henry Horatio Kitchener, from the 29th Foot, to be Major, vice Smith, who exchanges, Sept 21. 12th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant William Edward Crofton to have the rank of Lieutenant, January 5 ; Ensign John Reynolds Palmer to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lawrence, deceased, January 6 ; Ensign, Thomas George. Vereker to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Palmer, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet George Newton Fendall, from therßnyal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Vereker ; Sergeant-Major Alexander Nesbitt to be Quartermaster, Dec. 11. 16th Foot—Captain Charles Durk, from the sth Foot, to be Captain, vice Ashpitel, who exchanges, Dec. 11. 21st Foot—Captain Robert Spring, from the 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Ffrencb, who exchanges, Sept. 18. 29th Foot—Major Matthew Smith, from the 9th Foot, to be Major, vice Kitchener, who exchanges, Sept. 21. 30th Foot—Lieut. Alexander Macdonald to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major :Robert Alexander An drews, who retires upon full pay, Dec. 11. 53d Foot—Captain Thomas Ffrench, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice Spring, who exchanges, Sept. 18. 55th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Pitman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edwardes, who retires; Ensign Reginald Yonge Shipley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pitman, Dec. 11. Lieutenant-Colonel Whylock was first lieutenant, and served in the boats of the Mercury at the capture of a convoy under the guns of the batteries of Rota; assisted in a flotilla of Spanish gun-boats in 1808 at Rovigno, at Pesaro, in the Gulf of Venice, and at Barletta, 1809; commanded a detachment of Marines at Isle Verte, 1812; and participated in numerous other services of a similar nature, particularlys'at the destruction of a convoy at Civita Vecchia, inlBl3. When at the head of the Marines he stormed o,4 4 ,„ta r y which protected the shipping; was captain in command of a detach ment on the coast of Syria, at the storming of Sidon, &c., 1840. A Dutch man-of-war arrived at Spithead this after noon; not having saluted, she is believed to be a store ship. By the advices we obtained by the Cyclops we are in formed Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker had changed his flag from blue to white. We believe we are correct in stating that Vice-Admiral Bouverie will not be ap pointed to relieve Sir William Parker of his charge of the squadron in the Tagus, as has been frequently re ported of late. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, was at Vera Cruz, all well, on the Ist ult. "On the same day he held another inquest, in the same town, on the body of a man named Martin M'Gevir. After the examinination of Dr. M'Nair and several witnesses, the jury found, That the death of deceased was caused by want of sufficient food.' " On Saturday Mr. Atkinson held an inquest on the body of John Barrett, at Cloonralogh, in the locality of Killala. Several witnesses gave evidence as to the state of destitution in which the deceased was. Dr. Neilson de posed, that from his examination of the body, he had no hesitation in stating that the-death of the deceased was caused by insufficiency of food. The jury re urned a verdict that the deceased died from want of food ; and they further stated that to their own knowledge destitution prevails to a frightful extent in this neighbourhood, and that unless speedy relief be given many must perish for the Kant of food. 9[ l o be SOLD s PURSUANT to a DECREE of A_ the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of SKIP WORTH versus SKIP WORTH, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at. the White Hart Inn, in Chelmsford, hi the county of Essex, sometime in the month of January next, of which due notice will be given, A COPYHOLD MESSUAGE, known as the RED LION INN, with the barns, stables, and outbuildings, thereto belonging, situate at Latchington, in the county of Essex, late the property of Mr. William Skipworth, and holden of the Manor of Snoreharn, in the said county of Essex. Particulars whereof may shortly be had (gratis) at the said Mas ter's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; of Mr. Thomas Kirk, solicitor, Symond's-inn ; of Mr. E. W. Banks, so licitor, Witham, Essex ; of Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, the tenant of the premises; and at the place of Sale. Dated Bth December, 1846. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1846. The French people have done themselves credit by their industrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though ingeni)us and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared with the indus trial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keep ing pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still increases in bulk ; and, keeping pace with the movement of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes every opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete classification. We find in this volume many instances of superiority to former issues, which, though comparatively trifling, show the in telligence and care exercised over every department. It may be men tioned that by the employment of private agents, the changes of re sidence are now brought down to a later period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is consequently enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to the proper management of business. Its authority is now so universally established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metropolis, that any further recom mendation of it is superfluous. The Modeste, 18, Commander Watkins, was in the Columbia River on the 30th of July. 80th Foot—Ensign the Honourable John Howe Montague Browne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Robert son, deceased; Gentleman Cadet William Paterson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Browne, Dec. 11. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant John Bradley to be Adjutant, vice Remmett, who has resigned the Adjutantcy only. Serjeant-Major Andrew Coakley, from the 15th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Macdonald, deceased, Dec. 11. awk, MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. Rittheal the Proportions of this indispensable work have hither' volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still enlettt. The experience of 47 years has obviously en- Litelt iu4 Propri e ee tor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory , of mPleteness, wherein every species of fact likely to . be M " i merchant and the trader is placed within convenient *764srel.thrt;te:oolfume contains upwards of two thousand closely °etevobetokening a singular amount of indus compilation, and awakening astonishment at the e :No:psiveneas of the machinery which could bring within a I t do e , ee4, so much varied and scattered intelligence T-embracing Se ll a nniltiplicity of heads, and involving the services of vast ;k" , e entributore. W e believe that the present volume is not a h — ,," e d In the whole world ; for such a mamm oth a gg re g ate ePeciflc information is no less a typographical wonder, Pr° l:ll4e — ' monument‘of diligence and enterprise. er so of separate directories are included in this huge L tt elk in i - ule only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a e Xistence—a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian 0 , 114:4 ° ,:.er tile ornamental. The "Official Directory" is a key to els, T i t l e the Government Offices, and a record of official perso- It Z elele4 1 ' followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the every thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets Keressi;7td by those at right angles ; while the " Commercial and Z; (1 11 t or i-71 , Pirectory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. lea, Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated i. ttaCJ;ltie - eire, _tive callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the ski t c-e of th i wOl?sel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys, &c.. with a of ju r i.,,Tenous courts of law, their officers, and . their peen p,„7 Of thji Olen. The "Court Directory" comprises the ad ls a wordl and gentry; and the " * Parliamentary Direc -012.. witi r i of the Members of the Houses of Lords and Com b-147X li enp t i lThebetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties t xl ; 7 st 4 ne. T h 'ere to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of " . 3' of e "Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and t y Post-office in the kingdom the cities and principal Nitee, the the world to which mails are dispatched from 111 41 :014 of foreign postage railway mails, and the at th &C. The "City Directory" registers the civic an tiFfs it e t public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and ini 14,7eyk„. a tee utir e. m iles and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the Sliab,-,. —Z eetory" includes the railway tables, the coach and sb_Assu riu . the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking 17,111%.„, e t Directories. These various heads will serve to indi- LStiet;oll ltit udinous nature of the contents ; for out of them come 11Z b r o iLnilsordinate }directories, which meet every conceivable iLL'ofQiir ti ng a carious analysis of the public and private install %lQ "' foe k i ci netr oPolis and of the commercial world. Every person 14, 1 1kii irt under his proper section, from a prime minister down kt e e etse ricer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg -111,111144:ele Editor, in his Preface, takes occasion to cong,ratu -47114 ; l ithe many Improvements he has this year introduced, thet...et the L‘l T v i.„og from the employment of " selected agents," Ilitioor4 oary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific „ en new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into Z l et e Ist of January 1847, and disturbs to a considerae Teton rates of „.„_. postage ove ' r a great part of the Continent, stems "new -te a t . - u - .„ AIsING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846. 11 ist?St-oflice London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. R on a PParently limited to London, it is in reality a national ettZtspe,"tOrthe leading towns can will be without It. It must hlAblit ee S; to every counting-house in the kingdom as well as to IN It 1,,, j i thnsinesa in and about the metropolis. ' It is an in „.4lll4etaih,"' of its kind; and the extent and minuteness of its ir le,,„Snd tip ar e e, truly wonderful. Being prepared " muter the im patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," <Zr:toad:al completest means were, of course, at the command ,4 t „... k id .Ir. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo- N - Zoi. e i,,, crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is NI ,z, 40 %,;' , _a annual publication. Few commercial or trading it Mel i nt _ r _erire particular description of the really important I tek ik, +, 'rrn tion, to almost every party in any sort of business, V 11 4 , 4 b1 '" e tw o thousand 4 re tt ,_ . nand closely but clearly-printed octavo . pages Preceded. t . i . ) k trep s "Y aradeapressly by it and i a a n d a e d cl m ar ir e a d b , le for t hpee perspicuous map ,1204 4 , , ?144., t h,7e are divisions, ceinprising, among other informs % ~ , " Street," " Commercial," " Trades; " Law," litN„ Parliamentary," " Postal," "City," " Conveyance" 'hop; l : z i Many other Directories. 4 114 4 i tta ilf t h . ,e,zoressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual 44444 tC"._ P ost -office London Directory" may be found "in all la- "RIM the best of its predecessors." From . very consi- N„aelnation of the marvellously full and varied contents and 4 on oti i s , t o ~,,,, matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and .t. w lon, lite r Zrect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming `eih;. k it ruY realised. It not only equals the best of its prede- S r °rtru. n several particulars it surpasses all its precursors. t e ,_1taD".... 41 "! 8 not only fuller in many respects, but there are of i ll , be and editions, largely adding to the use- L'Of _oll 1;2 °1 ... It is intimated, and truly, that although all et t .',:t the :f ~ disappeared, the present volume .is . conspicuous ei.. -w t th e ....7 has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours li t ' ijiett bat xtr aordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is 4 publi ha been " even ht a pecuniary point , d - view benefl ,ceo ed dit e i . „) a proved by the fact, that impor ant Beareimprove -11,4, n th n a l are annually made without any increase of , _ Public _ a r . it is declared, " could not have been the case, nh.'re e„:',_l? y t onage been divided." With reference to the ntiLpreft ta r,!" must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it e"7.1 0 Provide snch varied materials- and materials h tt4 l eo to'procure,nd requiring so much and such ceaseless la , tit !tai, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre- Oettn-teratien , a e the speculation answer. Among the 1101st - -ry, , s tvid be found those introduced into the .- Postal" m illu c h ,'.lB, ilideed, singularly roil. useful, and camp'ete • and rite 'flu `nerease the ad ail it might be more truly p ronounc ' ed Its 4 44 41, 41 lit, particle., 1 a to i y ihe m erchant, the trader, or the pro -14147 et?' As the r n Y ew treaty with Prussia caused very const , s kik _s, taes in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian do -14-unrgi '"'en, Br,varla, Bremen, Denmark, the German States, 04,1.114n0ver, Lubeck, Meck's Iburg, Oldenburgli, Polind,Prus- Zeg es 2, Swed en and Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c., &c., those scio n detailed " precisely as th ey t il N," on the first of January, 1847 are arranged to come into I,.*lit c ,,, er efta but all the Intel!' The other changes are not gence Is announced to be brought 1 ~,,,- Peri4d as late as was -u nlit. -n ne in sufficient compatible with the appearance of tert,..7"F:ernent of the year for wr the general circulation. Prior tO d wl g t t - he work are of the h• uch klbpleti: a gtne. a publicati i it is designed. The business ~ ghest order, and render it, of its s r ' I . -unless, and " n Unexampled lu the world for its u'efhiness. -........._ ,_ _ S UN, Nov. 18, 1846. kil it ti e ol lr l lt i tent 1, the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office ,Ii Th . reet nrT," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it , 14%7 etn e theeru P et o wo st f ::_ m tn r , : e Kelly.Directory".has been for some years under the Until he became the manager of this ei. tVer , .„ ..-g divers other directories in the . field. , They v l r ia u v le e s , ine ,r,,,,us disappeared, and the " Pest-office Directory 110\ 0. fit,34\414::11_ astonishing sucessc, however, has not had the effect . 1 k m ' u _e Proprietor of this gigantic work careless. He is too 1111 11 44,,,, man of business, not to be perfectly aware that the `.l suede's can only be reaped by a continuance of the same Itip -'4 4l tner gY by 'which the success was in the first instance 4 7 ~ and accordingly we find that the " Post office Directory" 1,74t1;24.even more highly finished in all its elaborate arrange ; - -i',4titi;a say fernier edition of the book. The extent and in.- Lt l ) , ZIT the details furnished render the work indispensable to Ciriki.-%ercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, lb., 4 this multifarious information digested and arranged, that kit l b the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the )tb,!lee °triage required to furnish the information—a marvellous or Of 24 1 3 earness of arrangement in a work consisting of up '‘ s k 0 Closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con- IlitZels‘i b h rr aufled under various heads, as, for instance, the 4 1 - `, t ory i , n. t erY," the " Street Directory," the " Commercial hii c.' e " Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory," It„ostu'Vit D irectory." the " Parliamentary Directory," the liZir3',.:;, ftt orY," the " City Directory," the " Conveyance sa ~,`4 " Banking Directory," and some others.., Many . ins ,4l-.lttions have been introduced into the Postal Bute- NN or, t e h be w Postal treaty with Pri!ssia, ffc 'n e - l t ilc v h er c y om c e o s a ixo er o a p bt tk t i ts h i v i, , , let of January next, N o Bo ue rates of postage to place 'i s il in e the Austrian dominions 41 14 1 ::r, Lalit. Bremen. Denmark, the Ge b r u m r g States Hamburgh' Poland, Prussia, ' ialkikkwitia,t44lw, edMeneckaaledi.ixbuorrwa,,,,ol,ld, u en rtembu ' rgh, &c., &c. These 4 41 , ''';itinlll- detailed in . the " Postal Directory " le o a f rl t y h e e a p g r r e a s v e e n d t I,latlitt.r,.ateleywdork., Moreover, is illustrated S.7k ...7 the ,-„,, r aw.n map of London in 1847 b , y , ° the ca most scale completeo threef 04 K,7 ill .'""e• This Directory is certainly N I vatth e a 'ort ever offered to: he public. Of not only the useful man of busi- N 1 4 4 441 hi. I ndl nensable tieeessity or, sueb•a wort, no the COM' 41140144.. P Or nertt.entertaht a doubt ; and, considering in order to , a ttk ia, uf tia.aluesei?f thianformlition furnished, and the enormous NIOICLaItd -- ,,, a nd of eaPitil that _must have been made '4O v r .,R • est the inkimation the very reasonable price at • -'''' 4,PUblislied iareally'wonderful. u,_ktily, _ "Nie a Invet OLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846. has just 144 04 4 44bl e Work.„ the. a pPeara n infor vast mass of 'ltht e l i tius te for- the ensuing year. The "Post-office Directory," Il4'lll 4644 —/-as op anus . furniture of every man of ft.:— I 'Dok oo us makes it not only desirable, but ab- L . si%'.."ael k ar a part. of the -office one else, who Oliti,„.". kilo y , 44 4 lass necessary,•indoed, for every and k le:1 4 the ... 4 3 r thing concerning the trades, professions , form, the Ct•to iZ t Maohr ta at Motropolia. In its present extended e which it has inStit ~clirtositylabour and ex which klit e to 1, 4 ti lrni: Dt eaent state of perfection m u st havebeen im- Nh t .0 stru o c. over it. 2 , 000 pages, one hardly knows and 114 16_4$ 7 1% f eh lt ell a e,'"al'ahn,,ana admire---the. excellent arrangement re various profes te-4,,,,,, tt ad .2 l dire cto l'uation, or the magnitude . of the city which k 7 ,11 r„ ..., and ,„,„ r Y- - The classification of the of the tio.7ts ° n - fT e Work"'"ungs in the court, commercial, and law depart bast ;.._ ll clon S u the one hand, and the arrangement ass 1 .1., 4 ..noti, k i ,..;_il the other, as well as the great m the different v,.-.'itt:f ktereo,„".4tounected with the Post-office, and gni; a l Can f„,—"lnaulcation, make it altogether as complete a di of informs -I%tti; i110r, 0 , - ‘• . egired, or as it is well possible to conceive. and ' co ffee t .er '. c ontains an- excellent map of London an the_ , down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar.' k.hi .... h'ftpurty ,WIEKLY. DISPA .1.1211, Nov. 15. 1846. ~.s , ** .ighlh important and lit h... dim usl.publication of this highly 'l‘ll,.7,hee has just, been issued; and we must confess that its bulky r emains' . .t at tilZ - r i n Ued Us not a little; and when we I„ t •lt, ii Me at : a nh allered, .although the expense o theliberality of i4 ' 4 kh ok 3. ' ti te Propria. eirtiereased, we are pleasedafleeticteicatgththset point t of view, perhaps, ~..‘'lttip,a4. ,s tain useful etZerr.annedasr o .. m in ct eomaiere a la t l ter. Among other infor- Aft: - an " Offiehi a l ll' t m " a " Street Directory," a 1 , CIL 4 . 14 ,1!, liireei ory a „ .._ ire 1 Mr, t.,'',4lt,',,?hrt DireCtory r ~e p Damen tary Directory," . a 1 aa os'rYDirectory," a " Law Dire .7ll - ,,m1,.."7,,, r 1." a " Conve a nce Directory," and a " Banking d. , 41,; 4 404,":,fadi, the volume contains much that is interesting NZ °,1"t1ia.„,th,.5 tradesnum, the merchant, the lawyer, and per ...4NC tlit;',.." aft. aswell as to the gentlemen who occasionally a•nth ttith;r4. Every dbseription of information has been cor t7h•-•,4olern- j a a a.4 6 ittnPossible period : and that information is arranged 1 0 4 11 tati liain d . zula U simplicity which must s h ad av w e i f t n h volved great ac the book is an li4. 1440,!raved map otYci f inimfloor e e w extended and accurate as htk.l. ,„_ t tfir t ,,l t han ally map we have seen • and to make it as corn- N . "r" .", - ,:m as possible, an almanac is introduced . ' In the " Postal " 1 11 1 ' 1 1.10 1 *„e„ . r4 are the new rates with various parts of the Conti thii h 'Yu! Come into operation en the Ist of January. Alto % tr'llti*A' avr „_ ane surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are e eshoLuAt ether directories should have gone to the tomb of ' b lll ,lk.- JOnNT BULL Nov. 28, 1846. tiotlhs,t,tl44tb-"lat t a il l e le r vi ap a idi ha tw is it a h lread ' completed and published ; but as st ti s riot ope Y . which it careful mnstahcacvuerapeays,sewdethmraouygmh men .A• I,b, 4t ti le , rated against its .0. f r _it ew t gange s re n d ered necessar y by the very recent decease ti o 5 art, .M . ,.. ". and 16 M + ... for Renfrewshire, are dulyattend o ed ur t a o p . pro (S b e a e_ ottp - this `-‘.) We have so frequently expressed ts_coh, Thost lasi,. - tnen d .., valuable work, that we hardly know n h p o o w ss t i o bl v y a b ry e '4. •ba in " .. .oil. It contains everything which ca Nl 4 etat io. a directory —so full so complete, comprehensive are all es t ,.. And When to this ' we add which the extreme accuracy i so comprehens N.4„4tae:eprrr.. (lePartment, we know not what else can be said n t tltKed, em,,,.. achinery by which such voluminous information is .0 ki e Zded , , and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of • 'Gala " curiosities" of modern literature. te 4k bet* —,_ N,....et % I . ~ ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846. t , u e tom " Lind, brought out even without much p retension, ,inr. ~eo,„_Bl)ensable to every gentleman's library, N'ery as this e IlipSiqh th;".7g•bouse, and every trader's shop. But edited, lftb..-tacfat care, its materials being collected through the f ti t :tla, ,67,1'4_e channels, and embracing in its range every head o f /re ,a Wort. c'auirms_vial intelligence essential to the completeness of Illisii. egn Wort, cannot suppose that any house, public or private, 1 1si ss VoinZiart bo ok of reference, will be without this compen• ti i :r.4 --- ,;, - . , The arrangement is admirable. You can find any t 4 o.„.tlrt a t n ,„% i n a nleMent. All the heads are clear and complete viii of 1 --es, streets, offices, hotels ; forming upon the whole, t olical information such as could not be , brought together 4)r(111 / 4 7 la tlfitrY) aaikatecl pt' An entire coauniug of all TIERAPATH'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846. The " Post-office Directory" for 1847 appears with additions and improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with which this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say, national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation, We know not whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it from the hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the hands of Government ; but, should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its conductors will go home to the consciences, if they have any, of the panics seeking to draw down the grasping Interference of Government :—" It can only be neces sary to refer to a copy of the work published before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere connexion of the Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high character. That the improvements (the result of many years of unwearied toil and application on the part of those engaged In the compilation of the work) are duly appre ciated is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully with this—they have disappeared." N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in crests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible ates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. ISThe remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society 1 cienabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid n each Policy effected on the Profit scale. OLBORN-HILL, SNOW-HILL, AND FARRINGDON-STREET VIADUCT COMPANY. (Registered Provisionally,) Capital 200,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposit Ils. per Share. COMMITTEE. Bell, William, Esq., D.P., Grafton-street East, London University Clay, Richard, Esq., Eastcheap Duncan, John Busher, Esq., M.A., Barrister-at-Law, Brick-Court, Temple Olding, Edward, Esq., Tottenham-court-road, late Union-street, Southwark Thomas, Frederick William, Esq.;Old Broad-street, City, and South gate With power to add to the number. ENGINEER—John Stead, Esq. ARCHITECT—George Smith, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Carritt and Osgood. PARLIAMENTATT AGENTS—Messrs. Williamson, Hill, Lefroy and Smith. BANRESS—Ths Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. SECRETARY—CharIes Thomas, Esq. The allotment of Shares in this Company will take place on TUES DAY, the 15th of December instant, after which day no further appli cations can be received. In the meantime all Airther applications are to be made to Messrs. Carritt and Osgood, Solicitors, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall street. at whose offices plans may be inspected and prospectuses ob tained. December 7, 1846. EXAMPLES. ,?-. ''? Premium. ;1 ' 1 , , , i1 ' ,V Bonus Bonus in g F.. g Assured 1 8 ° added. Cash. 'EC. - may I - . g 0 cf, Borrow. ..., •••• 1837 £217 15 . 1 1 .£ --- 100 011 .£l6 0 4.X445 0 0 £ 4! cl • 1838 192 3 0 87 1 4 1 13 10 2! 395 11 1 60 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10 74 19! 11 311 346 2 3 1 1840 116 7 6 54 010 718 10 296 13 4 1841 111 8 8, 4910 0 710 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FEUGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. ENGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION. 12, Waterloo-place, London; 119, Princes-stnet, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. Subscribed Capital, One Million. LIFE ASSURANCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND ENDOWMENTS. A union of the English and Scottish Principle of Assurance. A COMPREHENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in onnexion with Life Assurance, on undoubted personal or other ceurity. The Assnred participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. G REAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The Directors of this Company aro prepared to RECEIVE (under the powers of their Acts of Incorporation) TENDERS for LOANS of MONEY for Three or Five Years, in sums not less than 500 e., on security of Debentures, BEARING INTEREST at the rate of FIVE PER CENT. per Annum. The interest payable half-yearly, on 30th June and 31st December in each year, in London or Dublin, at the option of the lender. Tenders (stating amount and term of years for which it is proposed to be lent), to be addressed to the Secretary. By order, WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. 3, College-green, Dublin, September 9, 1846. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). Notice is hereby given, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of this Com pany will be CLOSED from and after TOURSDAT, the 31st day of December, 1846, to MONDAY, the Ist day of February, 1847. By order, WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. 3, College-green, Dublin, sth December, 1846. DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, and WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION, and DIRECT EAST and WEST JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the Deeds, as required by the Stand ing Orders of Parliament, now lie for Signature at the offices of the Company, between the hours of Eleven and Four. Old Scrip not exchanged for New on or before Monday, the 21st instant, will be declared forfeited. By order, B. S. MACKENZIE, Sec. 4, Queen-square, Westminster, Dec. 9, 1846. BUCKINGIIAAISHIRE RAILWAY (Oxford and Bletchley and Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railways). Shareholders are informed that the Sealed Certificates in this undertaking have, during the past week, been sent to all persons (or their Agents) who L-ansmitted their Scrip for Registration before the 24th November last. WINDHAM HARDING, Secretary. 30, Great George-street, Westminster, Dee. 12, 1846. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. LONDON AND YORK EXTENSION SCRIP SHARES, of 251. each, issued Ist December, 1845. Deposit 2/. 10s. per share, pail. Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with the terms upon which the London and York Extension Scrip Shares were issued, and with the resolution adopted at the First General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Great Northern Railway, held 25th Jury, 1646, one year's interest (at the rate of 4 per cent. to the 30th June last, and 5 per cent. to 31st December instant), being 2s. 31. per share, will be payable upon the said Extension Scrip Shares on and after the Ist JANnway, 1847. The Ilolders are required to send in to this Office, after the 15th DECEMBER instant, their London and York Extension Scrip Shares, with a ticket attached thereto, containing full particulars of the num bers of the Scrip so sent in, their names in full, and addresses. As soon as examined, the Scrip will be returned, accompanied by a war rant for the interest thereon. This notice applies only to the London and York Extension Scrip Shares. By order, J. R. MOWATT, Secretary. Offices, 7, Lothbury, London, Dec. 9, 1546. NOTE.—To all proprietors of Great Northern Shares registered on 31st of December, 1846. warrants for the half-year's interest at Five per Cent., due 31st of December, 1846, will be issued, payable on and after 15th of January, 1847. _ _ _ Parties who hold London and York, or Direct Northern Scrip Shares, are reminded that they cannot receive the interest which will, on 31st of December, be due thereon, or that due 30th of June last, until they shall have Registered such Scrip as Great Northern Shares. URANCE COMPANY, N-STREET, BANK. L ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Alderman, Chairman. sq., Deputy-Chairman. John Hurnphery Esq., Alderman M.P. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Jeremiah ['Helier, Esq. Lewisl Pocock, Esq. A RGUS LIFE ASS 39, THROGMORTO2 EMPOWERED BY SPECIAI THOMAS FARNCOMB, WILLIAM LEAF, T Richard E. Arden, Esq. William Banbury, Esq. Ederard Bates, Esq. Thomas Camplin, Esq. James Clift, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. PHYSICIAN —Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-Square. SußneoN—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. P ers ons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest rates of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured, and which is. In effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have likewise the security of a large subscribed capital —an Assurance Fund of nearly a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of upwards of 60,0001., arising from the issue of between 5 , 000 and 6,000 Policies. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSUItI £lOO. For One Year. I For Seven Years. I Whole Term. Age. - _ 20 £0 17 3 30 1 1 3 40 1 5 0 50 1 14 1 60 3 2 4 £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 7 0 £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 ,-..------_ One-half of the ' Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit for seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as or by the hands of jus debt upon the policy at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any time without notice. where the Policies are Policies assigned as a security to others, will not be rendered void theu i c a i b d o e , , , e d e u a e u l l s i e n s g ; t in ic : . ons l e n ti c u a e s n not assigned, the gross amount of PretTlitlMS received will be returned. e ca of of de d a e t a h th 4 Claims paid in one mon.% after proofs have been furnished. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'clock, and Policies issued the same day. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. PREEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, WAT ERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London. Business transacted in all the Branches, and for all objects of Life Assurance, Endowments, and _A nnu ities, and to secu re contingent Reversions, &c. Information and prospectuses furnished by JOSEPH B ERRIDGE, Secretary. of Directors of the NATIONAL BANK OF • utice is hereby given, that the Court_lDE on the paid National Bank of Ireland have declared a DIN cent. per annum, up capital of the Company. after the rate of 5.. per 1846, and the IRELAND. for the half-year ending the 31st day of December, between the hours and after :MONDAY the I lth day of January, 1847, warrants for the payment of the same will be ready for delivery on of ten and three o'clock, at the Company's' 13, Old Broad street, Londo n , and at the branches of the soc i e ty in Dubl'n , Ath lone, Balins, Balli nas l oe, Boyle, Carrick-on-Su i r, Cashel, Castelrea, . s. Charleville, Cionakilt y, C lonmel, Cork, Dungarvan , Ennis, Enn corthy, Fermoy, G a l way, Kanturk,liilken y, KillKillarney,r —Brush ' Limerick, Longford, L ongrea, Mallow, Midleton, 11.1itchelstown, Moats, Nenagh, N ew R oss, Rathkeale, Roscommon, ROSCrCa , S kib ' bereen, Tallow, Thurles, Tipperary, Tralee, Tuam, Waterford, West port, and Wexford. And further notice is hereby given, that the transfer books of the Company will be closed from Saturday the 19th day of December instant, until after the day fixed for the delivery of the dividend warrant. By order of the Court of Directors, N. S. KING, Secretary. 13, Old Broad-street, London, 9th December, 1546. 44 W Il t A ha rr n one GolfFthrosecloiftle-lldike—F more acceptable Mr. Imiobsgtgsp.eiankinaug—repspoerctrtasiatss which Beard's art can now produce."—Wat c h man. . From the increased sensitiveness of the plates, th ey can now be takenin if nthiedtuhlelessutuwoe, sunshine:'—Times. Tifimnoets.densely y good as Mr. BEARD, sole patentee, 85, King William-street, City ; 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; and the Royal Folyteehnic Institu• tion, Regent-street. SILVER PLATE, New and Second-hand T. COX SAVORY and Co.'s Pamphlet of Prices, with out lines, may be had gra tis, or will be sent p ost free if a pp li ed for by a paid letter. The contents are the prices, weights, and patterns of new and second-hand Silver Spoons and Forks; new and second hand rca and Coffee , ervices, Waiters, Silver-edged Plated Goods the new plated on w hite metal Spoons and Forks, Watches, Clocks, Cutlery, Ladies Gold Neck Chains and Jewellery. f. COX SAVORY and Co., 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Grace. church-street), London. . PATENT ELASTIC BANDS, warranted not to be affected by the cold or heat of any season or climate. These Rings or Bands are usel instead of Tape or String, for hold ing Papers and Parcels of every description. One of these Rings is instantly placed round a Packet of Papers, a Roll of Maps, Prints, Music, &c., holding the same firmly and se curely, saving the time and trouble of tying, yet allowin; a very great addition or reduction without any loss of compactness. They are well adapted for Garters, (a size being selected which re quires little stretching); also for the Waist and different parts of the Body ; Surgical Bandages, and for a variety of Surgical and Manu facturing purposes. These Bands are also very suitable for Fastening the Covers of Preserve and Pickle Jars, Bottles, &e. In addition to the above, there is a great variety of uses, too nu- In to mention, for which these Bands may be applied with ad vantage, and new applications will constantly suggest themselves when in use. They may be had of two thicknesses, and are sold in Boxes of six dozen each, of assorted sizes, price Gd. per box and upwards. Bands may be had to order of various widths and thicknesses. s.* The above articles are sold by all Stationers and Dealers in Metallic Pens. Wholesale and for Exportation by Perry and Co., at No. 37, Red Lion-square, London ; and also by Charles Macintosh and Co., Manufacturers, Manchester and Birmingham. FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. Patronised by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. THOMAS and HOWARD'S SUCCEDA - NiEUM for Stopping Decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and soon becomes as hard as the enamel, and will remain firm in the tooth for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting the further progress of decay. All persons can use this Succedanoeum themselves with ease, as full directions are enclosed. Price 2s. 6d. Prepared only by Thomas and Howard, Surgeon Den tists, 64, Berners-street, Oxford-street, who will send it into the country free by post. :;611 by Savory, 220, Regent-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside; Johnson, 68, Combill ; and all Medicine Vendors in the kingdom. Mr. Howard continues to supply the loss of teeth on his new system of self-adhesion, without springs or wires. This method does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful oper,,tion whatever, and is less expensive than others. Mr. Howard, Surgeon Deutlst, 64, Berners- Civet. Oxford-street. At home from 11 till 4. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, with ten Portraits, a Plan of the Movements of the Army of the Sutlej, coloured, and a Map of the IBA Jalindhur, lately ceded to Britain, in two volumes Bvo. THE WAR between the SIKHS and the BRI TISII in 1845-1846. By Dr. W. L. M`GREGOR, Surgeon of the Honourable Company's Ist European Light Infantry. James Madden, 8, Leadenhall-street ; Charles Smith, Edinburgh, Cumming and Ferguson, Dublin; Thomas Murray, Glasgow. LAW REFORM. Price 2s. A LETTER to the LORD CHANCELLOR on the REFORM of the LAW. ' By JOHN GEORGE PHILLI:IIORE. James Ridgway, Piccadilly ; and all Booksellers MR. PERCY ST. JOHN'S CHRISTMAS TALE, Now ready, and may be had of every Bookseller in Town and Country. Now ready, price 58., profusely ill us t ra t ra t e d f rom D es i gns b y J. W. Archer, T HE FIRE SID E, a Domestic Tale. By PERCY' B. ST JOHN, Author of "Eagle's Nest," " Trapper's Bride," " The Enchanted Rock," and " White Stone Canoe." Price 3s. Gd. each. H. K. Lewis, 15, Gower-street North ; Simpkin and Marshall ; and all Booksellers. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. BY PERMISSION.-PROFESSOR SCHCENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe cimens recently before the pub lic, is LECTURED on, with o ther ex- plosiYe compounds, by Dr. 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. In the OXY HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE is exhibited specimens of the DISEASED POTATOE, showing Cuttings of the Tubers end Leaves, together The with the DES CRUCTIVE INSECT, supplied by A. Smee, F PRY SIOSCOPE, DIVING EXPERIME N TS, the DISSOLVING VIEWS, y Charles Smith, &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. Lll c ito% VN INN, LICHFIELD. GEORGE CALLAWA, impressed With gratitude for past favours, begs to acquaint commercial gentlemen visiting this ancient city, that in consequence of the retirement of Mr. Gillard, and the immediate closing of the Talbot Inn, he is earnestly induced to solicit the patronage of its late friends and his part supporters merit , assuring them that no exertions shall b e wanting on to their favours eacouragement. The long and highly-established reputation of the Old Crown for its d ,mestic comforts, liberal provision, and excellent accommodation in the stabling department, rende net uperfluous to say more than that the anxious desire of the Propr will be ever to study the pleasure of his friends. November 27, 1846. patronage, as well TO COMMERCIAL GE NTLEMEN. UFACTORY, J5O, Old Ch ange , Ch ea p s ide, London, one do or from Cheapside. AMES WALSH b to resen t his best thanks BEAVER AND FRENCH HAT MAN be p to his Comm erc i a l F r i en d s for their generous and extensive his a i continuation of their support, he assures them that every effort on spart shall be made to supply such lists as will give satisfaction. Personal as by recommendation, and in soliciting Every description and shape made to order. Velvet, Cloth, &c., Caps. DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL , or ce l e b ra t e d EM iBROCATION, has long b een known throughout the West of England, as the most efficacious Remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago. Pains in the Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and Paralytic Affections, Face-ach, Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and Cramp, Stiffness of the Joint s or N eck, Frczert Limbs, Chilblains be fore they are broken. It is lik ew i se an infallible Cure for that dangerous disorder the Quinsey or Sore Th roat, i n which it was never known to fail after a few hours' applicati on. Observe—That none can be genu i ne unless the Stamp affixed to each bottle contains the name a n d address of Barclay and Sons, No. 95, Farringdon-street, who have purchased the property in this valuable article from the executors of the inventor, William Dredge, late of Wishford, Wilts, retail price, Is. I%cl. and 2s. 9d. per bottle ; and sold retail, by all respectable Medicine Venders in town and ountry. BURGLARY IN THE CITY -ROAD.—Thursday morn ing it was discovered that the premises of Messrs. Huff man and Co., drapprs, No. 5, City-road, had been en tered during the night by some thieves, who succeeded in carrying off property amounting to between 2001 and 3001. The depredators, it appears, entered through a grating, and gained access through a back yard to the warerooms on the ground-floor by cutting through the shutters, and succeeded in making good their escape with their booty. Information of the robbery has been for warded to the police. _ _ _ Captain Cuddy arrived in town on Tuesday las from Brighton. _ _ _ The Earl of Belmore's plate was lodged in the Bauk of Ireland for safety on Tuesday. It was brought up from his Lordship's residence at Castlecoole by one of the Champion's vans, drawn by six horses.—Cork Southern Reporter. The Fisgard, 42, Captain Dantae ; Cormorant steam sloop, Commander Gordon ; the Herald, surveying ship, Captain Kellett; and the Pandora tender, Com mander Wood, were in the Straits of San Juan de Fuca on the 30th of July. Admiral Seymour, in the Culling wood, was also expected at the date of our letter. The Grappler steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Lysaught, left to-day at neon for Plymouth, whence she will proceed to the Island of Ascension and the west coast of Africa. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Radcliffe, went out of harbour this afternoon, and sailed immediately for Sheerness. The Aolus, provision depot, Master-Commander J. provisions, went outThomas,L Lighters h h t harbour rrhsbaoavuri are gtbhecoi this completed pelme afternoon. t p e l d o3 h , e e d r i c n a r . !o o f slinging" the barque Hampshire, which sank alongside the jetty yesterday. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER. Sergeant Wilson, late of the Grenadier Guards, who had for many years been a resident in Canterbury, and his past career. often amused h w i h s o f s r e ie d n e d a s th b l y s recorded i n g i n t h o e u r p e obituary, riis o f He had been all through the Peninsular War with the Duke of Wellington, and was in the final struggle at Waterloo, where he was miraculously preserved from death by his breastplate. It was on the afternoon of the 18th that his regiment formed a square to receive Buonaparte's grand charge of cavalry. As they ad vanced they fired a volley, which killed his right hand man: named Swaffer (to whom he was giving a piece of tobacco), and he, Wilson, received a ball on his breastplate, and so great was the shock that he was stunned, and fell down senseless. When he came to, he found his regiment had retired, so he crept under one of the enemy's horses, which sheltered him from the fire of the French. Presently his regiment re turned to its former position, when he crawled into the square. The officer in command then told him to go to the rear, and make the best of his way to Brussels: he then started off through the forest, but so stiff from the blow of the ball, which doubled the breastplate completely up, the ball remaining in it, that he could scarcely walk. About the middle of the night he came up with a Prussian picquet, refreshing themselves with some_roasted ducks, when a scene so luicrous oecurred, that the worthy sergeanftekl*eiffiter of this notice he should have laughed heartily, but for being in such pain from the blow. He could not understand them; nor they him; and seeing him walk, supposing he was all right, asked him how the battle fared, by motions, &c.; but the sergeant had so much ammunition in his pouch that he wanted taken out, and also the knapsack off his back, before he deigned to supply any news. They not understanding his motions towards his pouch, thought he was hungry, and offered him a fine duck just roasted, but he shook his head, and they chattered away, no doubt thinking he was mad; at last, by a des perate effort, he made signs and groaned; and lifted the top of the pouch up, which they then quickly emptied, and filled their own pouches, having shot all theirs away. Wilson then managed to eat as fast as they fed him. He then went on to Brussels, where he arrived the following afternoon about three o'clock, when two kind ladies took him into their house, nursed, and gave him restoratives, &c., till he recovered. He then joined his regiment at Paris, and after a few more years' service he was discharged with a pension , and having married po o r Swaffer's widow (who was in an orchard at the time of the battle, close by), he came to live at Canterbury, where his delight was to relate the above incident, and show his visitors the breastplate and ball, which lie afterwards suspended over his mantel piece. It may be as well, perhaps, to relate that poor Swaffer's son, who was then an infant, is now post master in a thriving town in South Australia.” —Dover Telegraph. MADAME ANNA BISHOP.—'Phis lady appeared for the last time in the character of Isoline, a t Drury lane Theatre on Thursday eveni ng , an d her f are well was as triumphant as her debut. She leaves London immediat el y , in order to fulfil her numerous provincial engagements, during the course of which she will appear in several of her most popular Italian characters. We are happy to hear, however, that our provincial friends will not be permitted to engross entirely the attention of the prima donna, who returns to London in April for the season. ESCAPE OF A TITLED OFFENDER.--WO are ap prised by the reply given to Mr. Hallett's question at the commissioners' meeting on Wednesday evening, that this matter has been brought under the notice of the Police inquiry it on l f a o r o g L e Committee; but, i n d e p en d ent l y o f t hi s ve ry meagre in formation, we d o no t l earn t h at any e ffi c i en t or searchirg has h e beenpub l set atic Police Committe e th at t hi s i s not a matter t o be played with. h T take Now, e e deep beg to warn interest the in it, and a mock inve s ti gat i on w i ll only h ave th e e ff ec t o f establishing the belief that the town authorities are unfit to have the management of a police force. For the mo ment we refrain from saying more; but it may be neces sary to apply the ferret hereafter, if the present apathy and disregard of the general feeling of indignation is obstinately persisted in.—Brighton Guardian. SEIZURE OF ANOTHER ILLICIT DISTILLERY.— Messrs. Bayford and Lewin; the Excise officers, who recently made a seizure of the extensive illicit distillery near the Waterloo-road, on Thursday evening (from in formation received) proceeded to a house in Little Windmill-street, near the New-cut, Lambeth. They knocked for admission, but received no answer. Having procured a ladder, they succeeded in effecting an pen trance by the first-floor window, and on procee di ng t o the adjoining apartment, they found a mos t com pl e t e d w i a s s til fi le t r te y d , c w a i l t c h ul a at 4 e o d -g fo a r ll ca ee rr e y e •in p g on a lar ge t ra d e . It copper still, whi c h h a d b een recently worked off, as, at the time of the entrance of the officers, it was quite warm. The stock of spirits was not so great as was expected, the principal portion of the recent working having evidently been removed. A quantity of fermented wash had been prepared for the next day's operation, which was destroyed by the officers. ' As no persons were found on the premise; with the small stock of spirits, it is possible that this visit had been anticipated. A van having been procured, the whole of the contraband stock-in-trade was conveyed to the Excise warehouses in Broad street. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. -011 Thursday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr. Baker, at the Green Man, High-street, Poplar, on the body of George William Henry, aged 20 years, late stoker on board the steam tug Newcastle. On Tuesday last the vessel was lying in the river, off the City Canal. The deceased and a female, named Catherine Neale, were going on shore in a small boat. The lx at was lying alongside the vessel, and the deceased lifted the female into it. The weight caused the boat to fill, and they were both " i m mersed in the river. The fem ale was rec overe d, b u t the deceased was carr ied alon g w ith the tide. On the following morni n g his body was se en floating off the THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. dye are sorry to bear that the Duke of Folly Deatl House by a fisherman.—Verdict, Accidental House. We believe that his R o y al Highness's physician has stated the necessity for his Ro yal Highness to give up shooting this seas on, in conse q ue nce of the extreme weakness in the hand from g out.— Brighton Gazette. ACCIDENT —Thursday fore noon an FdentitoOfma G se u ri N o P u naturepElt. occurred to a lad, named William Heartly, whose parents reside at No. 32, Ewer-street, Gravel-lane, Southwark. He was amusing himself by making some squibs, and whilst mixing the combustibles in a mortar the whole contents of the vessel exploded, forcing out the window of the room, and causing great alarm among the neighbours. The boy was found extended on the floor in a frightfully dis figured state, his features being blackened and charred by the powder. He was removed to St. Thomas's Hos pital, where he remains under the care of the house sur geon. " On Sunday the same coroner held an inquest on the body of Anthony Malley, at Notish, near Crossmolina. After the examination of several witnesses, and Dr. M'Nair, the jury returned a verdict of want of food being the caese of his death, and said that destitution prevailed to an alarming extent in the neighbourhood. "On the same day he held another inquest on the body of John Monnelly, at Ballymoholy. The evidence of the witnesses, and also that of Dr. 11I‘Nair, showed the destitution in which the deceased had been. It also appeared that there are seventy habitations in the village, and the population about 350, not one of whom are em ployed on the public works. " William Rutledge, Esq., coroner, held an inquest at Shangurta, on the sth inst., on the body of idiehael Lally, who came by his death from starvation. After examining several witnesses, including Dr. Hamilton, of Balfinrobe, the jury found that the said Michael Lally came by his death from starvation." The Mayo Constitution also contains the following melancholy statemeet:— "We regret to say that disease of the most fatal description is very prevalent. Typhus fever, of a ma lignant character, rages; and also a disease—for which we know no term, but of equally fatal consequences — has made its appearance. It attacks the lips first, which fester, and then the stomach, somewhat similar to English cholera; so much so, that we have heard of a great number of persons having fallen victims to this latter disease." From other districts the accounts are quite deplorable. COUNTY TIPPERARY.—NENAGH, DEC. 9.—We con tinue to receive most heart-rending details of suffering and woe. The picture is becoming gloomier every day. The condition of the labouring population is truly alarming in every part of the country from which we hear. Where this dreadful state of things may end Gcd alone knows. It baffles all the calculations and specula tions of man. Colonel Douglas attended a meeting of the Thurles relief committee on Saturday. That gentle man, we learn, is in Nenagh this day (Wednesday).— Tipperary Vindicator. MEETING OF THE KILKENNY RELIEF COMMITTEE. A special meeting of the City Relief Committee, to take into consideration the measures to be adopted in consequence of the want of employment and food for the labouring classes, was held on Sunday. Various plans of relief were suggested—one was to increase the extern relief to two meals a day, or the opening of soup•houses ; but it was decided that some thing was necessary to be done to afford employment on the following morning, as the peace of the city was endangered ; and upwards of three hours were spent in considering the best course to adopt. A subscription was commenced ; several of the gentlemen present gave donations. It was then determined that 40 men should be set to work the next morning on the Cork road, 10 at the Coole, and 20 at breaking stones. The following members present also took the number of men attached to their names respectively into employ for a week, pending the result of Mr. Sullivan's application to the Baronial Committee :—Alderman Smithwick, 20 ; Al derman Potter, 20 ; Mr. Sullivan, 20 ; Sir Wheeler Cafe, 10 ; Dean Vignoles, 10 ; Mr. Hart, 10 (besides gratuitously giving a quantity of stones for breakage.) ; Mr. Carter, on his own private account, 10 ; Mr. Daniel Smithwick, 10.—Kilkenny Journal. COUNTY OF KERRYTRALEE, DEC. B.—The usual half weekly meeting of the relief committee was held yesterday. Several complaints were made that persons not entitled to work were employed on the public works to the execlusion of others who had a prior claim to such employment. Rev. Mr. Rowen read a list of twenty-one persons employed upon one road, some of whom were farmers, others had been seen a few days before selling potatoes, and in most instances there were three em ployed out of a family. Mr. Lynch handed in 50/. a subscription from Maurice O'Connell, Esq., M.P., making in all 1001. subscribed by him to the funds of the relief committee of this district. Mr. Lynch stated also that Mr. O'Connell had contributed 100/. to the fighting of this town. The committee again expressed their opinion, that if immediate employment were not given, the public peace could not be preserved.—Kerry Examiner. DREADFUL OUTRAGES-GOVERNMENT PRO CLAMATIONS. The Government have just issued two proclamations, offering rewards for the apprehension of the persons concerned in attacks upon officers of the Board of Works. The first proclamation states that on the sth instant William Lindesay, employed as check clerk on the new road at Pollock, parish of Croom, county Limerick, was fired at, and a book offered to him, with a demand that he should swear never again to return to the work. In this case a reward of 601. is offered. The second proclamation refers to a murderous attack on Mr. W. Hennessey, an officer of the Board of Works in Clare, and offers a reward of 1001. REPORTED MURDER OF AN OFFICER OF THE BOARD OF WORKS. The Evening Mail contains the following:— " We have just heard (on what we consider com petent authority) that an overseer of the Board of Works has been most inhumanly murdered in the county of Clare. He is said to have been cut to pieces with reaping hooks." ROYAL ACADEMY. On Thursday, the 10th inst., being the twenty-eighth anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts, a general assembly of the Academicians was held at their apartments in Trafalgar-square, when the fol lowing distribution of premiums took place, viz.:-- To Mr. Hutchinson George Smith, for the best Copy made in the Painting School, the silver medal, and the Lectures of the Professers Fuseli, Phillips, and Flax man. To Mr. Charles H. Stanley, for the next best Copy made in the Painting School, the silver medal. To Mr. Thomas Herbert Maguire, for the best Draw ing from the Life, the silver medal. To Mr. Francis Browne Newman, for the best Draw ings of St. Peter's Church, Cornhill, the silver medal. To Mr. George Stewart, for the best Drawings from the Antique, the silver medal. To Mr. William Graham Dewick, for the best Model from the Antique, the silver medal. Which was concluded with a short address from the Keeper to the students. The general assembly afterwards proceeded to appoint officers for the ensuing year, when Sir Martin Archer Shee was unanimously reelected President. COUNCIL. NEW Lisr.—ThomasWebster, Patrick MacDowell, John Rogers Herbert, and Thomas Uwins, Esqrs. OLD LlST.—Charles Landseer, William Etty, Abra ham Coope r , _ and Edward Hodges Baily, Esqrs. VISITORS IN THE LIFE ACADEMY. NEW LlST.—Abraham Cooper, Thomas Webster, John Rogers Herbert, and Patrick MacDowell, Esqrs. OLD LlST.—Edward Hodges Baily, John Prescott Knight, Charles Robert Leslie, Charles La n d seer , and Willi a m Frederick Witherington, Esqrs. VISITORS IN THE SCHOOL OF PAINTING. NEW LlST.—William Mulready, Charles Robert Les lie, Thomas Webster, and John Rogers Herbert, Esqrs. OLD LlST.—Charles Lock Eastlake, Ch ar l es L an d seer, Ramsay Richard Reinagle, and Thomas Uwins, Esqrs. AUDITORS.—WiIIiam Mulready, Esq., Sir Richard Westmacott, and Philip Hardwick, Esq. The Lectures on Architecture will not take place in the usual course, the Professor being p reven t e d t h e c u t • i fil m ent of this duty n the ensuing season by unavoidable circumstances. GREAT WHEAL MARTHA MINE.—A. curious dis covery has been made in the mundic of this mine by analysis of an average sample, namely, the existence of cobalt, which, with the proportion of copper and arsenic, is likely to render this hitherto supposed to be useless substance available and valuable. The quantity of mundic at the shallow level is enormous, being from five to six feet wide, of the average richness of the subjoi ne d analysis, made by Mr. P. N. Johnson, of Hatton-garden, London: — Iron ••• se• ••• ••• • • 271 Arsenic . Cover ••• . •" Co _ - Sulphur Silica, &c. STAFF. Brevet Colonel William George Cochrane, on half-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Adjutant General to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Major-General Thomas Erskine Napier ; Brevet-Colonel Robert Christopher Mansel, on half-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Major-General Philip Bainbrigge ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Alexander Mackenzie Fraser, on half-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving in Canada, vice Major-General the Hon. Charles Gore, Dec. 11. BREVET. The following officerslveeoMiited in the list of promo tions, by brevet, published in the Gazette of 10th November, 1846 : To be Colonel in the Army—Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonald Robertson, half pay unattached, Nov. 9. To be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army—Major J. West lake, half pay 'Unattached, Nov. 9. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEc. 10. Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant Philip John Stapleton Barry to be Second Captain, vice Pipon, deceased; Second Lieutenant Berdoe Amherst Wilkinson to be First Lieutenant, vice Barry, Nov. 17. ME MORANDUM. The dates of the promotions of the under-mentioned offi cers have been altered as follows, viz.:— Second Captain H. St. G. Ord, 29th October, 1846. Second Captain Richard Tylden, 9th November, 1846. First Lieutenant E. M. Grain, 29th October, 1846. First Lieutenant C. S. Akers, 9th November, 1846. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 10. This day, in pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, the fol lowing Flag Officers of her Majesty's Fleet were promoted, viZ, :- Admiral of the White, John Erskine Douglas, Esq. To be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue, Joseph Bullen, Esq. To be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red, Sir Edward Willi am Campbell Rich Owen, K.C.8., 0.0.11. To be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White, Thomas James Maling,--Esq. • • - To be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue, Richard Curry, Esq., C. B , To be Vice-Admiral of the White. • Rear-Admiral of the Red, Thomas Browne, Esq., To be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White, Sir Francis Mason, K.C.B. To be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the .Blue, Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., K.C.H. To be Rear-Admiral of the White. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Morley, jeweller, Oxford-street, to snrrender Dec. 18, at half-past two, and Jan. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Spyer, Broad- street buildings, City. James Jeffs, saddler, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, Dec. 1, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Walters and Co., Syrnond's Inn. John Hallowell, maltster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 22, f at halpast ten, and Jan. 22, at one, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Ilarle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Chisholme, and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Henry Cochrane, merchant, Manchester, Dec. 23, and Jan. 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official asaigneo, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple; Bagshaw, Stevenson, and Lycett,] Manchester. William Hayes, shipwright, Liverpool, Dec. 31, and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Keightley and Co., Chancery lane; Hetherington and Co., Liverpool. Nicholas Broad, tea-Sealer, Bristol, Dec. 24 and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assig nee, Bristol; llartley, Bristol. Charles Wilcockson and William Sharpe Barrick, stock brokers, Kingston-upon-Hull, Dec. 23 and Jan. 20, at ten, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Kynaston, official assignee, Hull ; Tilson and Cu., Coleman-street, City ; Wells and Smith, Hull. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. • T. Pulvertoft, iron master, Spalding—a div. of 2s. 4d. in the pound, on Thursday, Dec. 10, and three following Thurs days, at the office of Mr. Delcher, King's Arms-yard, Moor gate-street. _ _ R. C. Turner, builder, lioundsditch--1 div. of 2s. in the pound, on Thursday, Dec.lo, and three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate street. T. 11. Williams, merchant, Manchester—a div. of 2f,, 5 . i n the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of M, Fraser, Manchester. J. Parr, corn dealer, South Wharf-road, P Addington—first div. of Is. in the pound, on Saturday. " P- ...,ec. 12, and two fol lowing Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane, City. W. Locks, timber-merchwii, Leonard-street, Shoreditch— first div. of 4s. 6d. in the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. pound, on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the C. Pope, copper manufacturer, Bristol—sixth div. of 34d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-strect. A. A. Mackey, N. J. W. Holt, and J. H. Mackey, mer chants, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, Jan. 4, at twelve—H. W. Morley, tailor, Dean-street, Soho; Dec. 30, at eleven—W. M. Morley, warehouseman, Bread-street, Cheap side, Jan. 13, at one. In the Country. . . _ G. Cleverley, builder, Caine, Wiltshire, Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—C. Burrows and J. Gliddon, brewers, Plymouth, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Exeter Dis trict Court—S. Budd, grocer, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—H. Morris, grocer, Stourbridge, Jan. 12, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the d a y h ere i n mentioned. mercer, York, i y sh o o r p k s , ga j t a e l - i s . tr G e — et Without, Jan. 8— R. R. w. B a t r s a o d n l , y ' silk ew el er , m wool stapler, Bradford, Y or k s hi re, J. Mortimer, Jan. 6—E. Williams, ' chape Northop, Flintshire, J an. I — S . B udd, grocer, Newton Abbot,r' Devonshire, Jan. 12—F. Butler, ironmonger, Stafford, Jan. 2 —S.' Roden, licensed victualler, Wellington, Shropshire, Jan. 2—T. Th o m as , d raper, Ibstock, Leicestershire, Jan. 2 J. Rawlinson, tailor, Spalding, Lincolnshire, Jan. 15—T. Barrett, wood turner, Stroud, Gloucestershire, Jan. I—J. Caines, corn dealer, Chilton Cantelo, Somersetshire, Jan. 1— H. Elkinton, chemist, Maida-hill East, Jan. I—J. Eva, baker, Redruth, Corth, Cornwall, Jan. I—W. Coulter, grocer , Bir kenhead, Cheshire. Jan. l —W. Aston, machine maker, Lapley, Staffordshire, Jan. I—G. England, clothier, Basing hall-street, Jan. I—C. Collins, commission agent, King Wil liam -street, City, Jan. I—J. Evans, dealer in guano, Liver pool, Jan. 2—G. Grant, tailor, Kiddermins t er , Jan.,l W Connett, cabinet maker, Exeter, Jan. I— W. Brook,, stuff merchant, Manchester, Jan. 1. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. R. Beard and E. Ledgard, share brokers, Manchester— P. L. and J. Rutland, woollendrapers, Dudley, Worcester shire—H. Woolley and 11. Southam, Manchester—M. Dix and A. W. Waldock, milliners, Buntingford, Herefordshire— H. W. and 11. Herbert, chemists, Langley-place, Commer cial-road, East—G. Redgate, I. Brentnall, and T. Wesson, lace manufacturers, Nottingham—T. Bird, 0. Watson, E. Bland, R. Coultas, R. N. Cox, and N. King, coal merchants, Pickering, Yorkshire, North Riding—W. Hulley and J. Hutton, roller makers, Little Bolton, Lancashire—L. W. Wright and R. A. Cochrane, paper manufacturers, Charlford, Gloucestershire—J. and B. Hirst, coverlit manufacturers, Liversedge, Yorkshire—J. Buchanan, J. Ainge, and I'. Aldred, umbrella manufacturers, Oxford-street—J. Shepherd, W. Wilkinson, G. hill, and J. Spink, machine makers, Leeds—J. Barrett and W. A. Phillips, toy manufacturers, Goswell-street, St. Luke—T. and J. Bumpus, booksellers, Holborn-bars—W. Heelas, W. lleelas, jun., and J. Heelas, hosiers, Wokingham, Berkshire—J. and G. Mayall, cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Peter Kane, merchant, Fort-William, Dec. 15 and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Caledonian Hotel, Fort-William. Tolfer and Co., chain. makeri, Glasgow, Dec. 16 and POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A lecture on agricultural draining was delivered yester day at this establishment, by Dr. Bullock Webster, illus trated by a number of tiles, pipes, and ether means for drawing off from the surface water which now generally impedes the fertility of a large portion of the soil of the United Kingdom. In the course of his observations, the lecturer insisted on the folly, of deep draining, especially on strong and tenacious soils. His impression was, that a drain of four or five feet .in depth was sufficient to render • the land • within twenty feet on either side of it sufficiently dry to fit it- for the' best crops. He insisted especially on the advisability• of filling up whatever excavations might be made with porus stuff instead of with the orignal soil. The small pipes lately employed were, in Dr. Webster's opinion, totally useless for anything like an effectual drainage, for their joints might be dislocated either by the contraction or by the upheaving of a clay soil, and, in his opinion, the better plan w ou ld b e t o su b st i tute a pipe of one-and-a-half by two-and-a-half inches, divided longitudinally, so that the upper half of the pipe might be placed midway over the joints of the lower half, and thus dislocation would be altogether prevented, and the water allowed free course. The best system of drainage is that which allows the superfluous water to be drawn off, and secures the whole of the ammonia and other nutri tious qualities of the moisture which falls from the clouds. By the use of a proper tile that would be effected. The Romans made open water courses, and then laid in them bones, horns, and bushes, but all these substances are subject to decay and require renewal, while, on the other hand, for au extra expense of about 10F., an acre effective tiles might be obtained. In some parts of the country peat is used as well as bushes, and the lecturer would allow that, where the landlord would not permit tile draining, either might be a good substitute. Again, in other parts, fir poles, and heath, and stones, are used, and though any of these might do where the work was well done, they are all objectionable ; stone drainage especially; though the best of the three, is, in Dr. Webster's opinion, more expensive than tiles. One great obstacle also, which is experienced by tenant-farmers, arises from the presence of ash trees,. which are apt to thrust their roots into the drains and stop them. At the request of the Duke of Richmond, the depositsou n t of of the lecturer exhibited part of the root of an ash tr ee , a b out the size of a man's arm, which he had taken out o f a drain at Strathfieldsaye. An evil of such a kind, hi s Grace conceived, is only to be remedied by extirp a ti ng every ash tree upon every estate in the kingdom. Ther e i s a the nae car bonate of iron ; and the beet plan to obviate that diffi culty is to cut out pieces in both sides of one same lso a te g n re d a e t ncy objection to fiil u t o p iron through end of a portion of iron pipe, and then bend them together, so as to give it the appearance of a snake's mouth. That plan would prevent tho deposit of car boniferous matter, as well as keep out rats and other vermin. He was led to make this observation from having seen the mischief extensively exhibited on Sir Robert Peel's estate at Drayton. After showing the various forms of tiles used for drainage, the lecturer observed that no one plan could be adopted for every country, for the nature of the subsoil is in every respect to be considered; but in all the books that had been published, and in all his consultations with the most eminent men in different parts of the coun try, he found that deep draining in stiff soils is always injudicious. The lecturer had a numerous and attentive audience, and was loudly and repeatedly cheered through out his observations. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS. On Thursday a special general meeting of the friends and supporters of this intended charity was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purposes of general business, and to consider the rules for defining and regulating the future government of the institution. Tho Mas Roberts, Esq., was called to the chair, who briefly urged the importance of the society upon the attention and support of all commercial men. Mr. RUMSEY then proposed a motion for an adjourn merit until a future day, in consequence of the limited number of gentlemen being present, as ho considered the proposed rules, to be submitted to the meeting for approval, ought not to be hastily passed Gym-, and that if it were adjourned a number of commercial men, who were at present out of town, would have an opportunity of expressing their opinions as to the efficiency of the proposed rules for the future management of the insti tution. A long discussion ensued, when Mr. Rumsey's motion was negatived by a majority of 10 to 2. The rules were then read seriatim by the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Lawrence, and, after some discussion, in which - Messrs. Rumsey, Hardcastle, Jones, Orr, Lau rence, &c., took part, were adopted. It was resolved that the institution be entitled " The Commercial Travellers' Schools for Orphans and Neces sitous Children," and that its design was the clothing, maintenance, and education of the destitute orphans of deceased, and the children of necessitous, commercial travellers of the United Kingdom, from the age of seven years to the age of fourteen years, and to be open to the children of every feligious denomination. The donations already received amount to 6,026/. Is.; annual subscribers of two guizeas each, 231. 2s. ; of five guineas, 15/. 15s. ; of tett guineas, 311. ; and of IL Is., 2201. 10s. ; being 2984 per annum, making a total of 6,317/. Bs. The Mercantile Life Assurance Company will also contribute 1001 per annum in support of the funds. The rules and regulations having been adopted, thanks were voted to the Chairman, who acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated. SMITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE ',snow, This exhibition was rja Thursclt'y again crowded - with spectators. ETel before nine o'clock a large num ber of visitors had„, been admitted, and as the day ad. v need, notwitl- standing the unfavourabl e wea th er which pre at valed, th,i the spectators increased to suc h an ex t en t . .:11 any period after the illumination of the exhibi t':on, to make the circuit of the yard was a work of the greatest difficulty.. Although thus popular with the masses, the exhibition has not, as yet, been honoured with the presence of many aristocratic visitors. The Duke of Cambridge, who generally pays an early visit to the yard, has not yet dune so this year ; and it is even, stated that, although the Prince Consort has been so marvellously successful in obtaining prizes on the present occasicn, his Royal Highness will not bo able to honour the show with a visit. Tho Duke of Richmond, Lord Portman, and other members of the club, were present in the yard again yesterday. The sale of stock was even more dull than on the previous day. This is partly accounted for by the unusual quantity of cattle sent in for competition, and partly by the unfavourable weather. The demand is expected to be more brisk to-day. The only sales made yesterday, of animals which have o'utained prizes or Commendation, were the following : In Class VII., his Royal Highness Prince Albert's 2 years and 11 months old Highland stot and Durham heifer, bred by Mr. Milnes, of Downham, Norfolk, was purchased by Mr. T. Cowell, of Brook-street, Hyde park-gardens. In Class VL, - Mr. John Rob's 4 years old highland ox, which obtained the prize of lot, was purchased by Mr. Clayton, of Great Marlborough-street. In Class VIII., Mr. W. Trinder's 3 years and 10 months old short-horned heifer, bred by Mr. George Ewer, of Earlington, .:Gloucestershire, which obtained the first prize of 20L, and a silver medal to the breeder, was bought by Mr. Collingwood , of Abingdon ; Sir Geo. I?hillips's 5 years and 7 months old improved short horned cow, bred by himself, which ob tained t h e second prize of 10/., was sold to Mr. Smit h, of Lower M arsh , Lambeth. In Class IX., Mr. John Booth's 9 years and 10 months old short-horned cow, bred by himself, which obtained the first prize of 151., with a gold medal as the best cow, and a silver medal to the breeder, was purchased by Mr. Lawrence, of Rugby. This animal has had five calves. Mr. John Hall's 12 years and 4 months old short-horned cow, bred by the late Earl Spencer, which obtained the second prize of 51., was bought by Mr. Righton, of Read. ing. This animal has had eight calves. In Extra Stock, his Royal Highness Prince Albert's Highland stot and Durham heifer, bred by Mr. Milnes, of Downham, Norfolk, which obtained a silver medal in this division, was purchased by Mr. King, of Brighton. Very few sheep or pigs were sold yesterday. The committee meeting of the club was held yester. day morning at the Bazaar ; and in the evening t,', 20 members dined together at the Freemasons' Tavern, The Parcel Post Company are about to adont the pen ny system, and to convey to any part of Le,ndon a package not exceeding 18 ounces i n we i ght for penny. INTERCOURSE BETWEEN ENGL AND AND 'BELGIUM. _During the last month 625 passengers were landed at Ostend from England, in 44 passages of the various steam-boats, viz.: —from London, in ten passages, 135 passengers ; from Ramsgate, in nine -pallsages, 88 ; by the Belgian mail-boat from Dover, in nine. passages, 164; and by the English mail-boat from Dover, in sixteen passages, 238. During the same month the departures from Ostend for England were 900, in 43 passages, viz.: —to London, in nine passages, 255;; to Ramsgate, in nine passages, 131 ; by the Belgian mail to Dover, in nine passages, 224 ; and by the English mail-boat Dover, in seventeen passages, 290. • $ lO 6 3, 1 46 ' di