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- OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, JUXMARIKET. C eder Disti Eight doors from Coventry -street. nguished Patr Ontoze.—The original Poses Tlastioles and Professor Tl.Thr,rerr,,, 'Tableaux Vivans. th e a b ove g , . -,..,,,., ever anxious to diversify the attractions at Nobility, :,'-enendid theatre, begs most respectfully to inform the gaging one ' ubSer ibers, and the Public, that he has succeeded in en arc 4 hne of the finest Models of the day, who will appear every b er noon and evening durhig the week in Professor Tumour's cele .l-17_riated groups of Venus Rising from the Sea and the Lute Player. e new Classical Groupings, which have been acknowledged by the MaTPews as fstr surpassing anything of the kind ever attempted in this , will be repeated during the week, introducing the who havEe been r e ltr ' D rElf-A-LE MODELS, natives of Hindoostan, /lenses. ceived With rapturous applause by fashionable and crowded •••••14°r11141? Performance at Three o'clock, and Evening -tight.--Stalls. ' . 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 13 . ........................... 22_ , at Half-past DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COlll 1 11 0 AUCTIONEERS.—Notice is hereby given, Tios.stohratt the sale of any Copy or Copies of FOREIGN _EDI- Wholight, b NGLISII WORKS, in which there is existing um , , Y Auction or otherwise, is illegal, and will render the party "'"' shall exPose such to sale liable to an Action for Damages, Under the Act of the %h and 6th Victoria, cap. 45, for the Protec tie LI of C PyBitt. ' C° N 17 NIE N T FURNITURE LOCK-UP %lit!) z s p T o o s it i I T : 0 R I t y 0 0 , 31 S . —NORTH LONDON PANTECHNICON Gray's Inn-road, offers to the Nobility and t„, ;. _ , Y very Peculiar advantages to those who are about leaving Z` e 7 ll . and changing their residences, and not wishing to. dispose of car e f t rPertY during their temporary absence. Can have the same above Y removed and waraioused, upon moderate terms, at the %L i exte nsive store warehouses. Parties are invited to inspect _ "Cry useful building. Established 1839. I:PK-EN HEAD DOCK COMMISSIONE7B. The A ; ~. LOANS OF MONEY. or uor .4enhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive Loans their ' 6 Y for periods of Five or Seven Years, under the authority of __ Acts of Parliament, at the rate of Fire per Cent, per Annum. 4 . The Interest will be paid Half-yearly, on the let January and Ist 6 1, _it London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer. th:elued Tenders, stating the Amount and Term of Years for which aion"neY is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commis _ er6, endorsed " Tender far Loans." Br order, Birkenhead, Sept. 21, 1846. RICHARD HIND, Secretary. PANT. This line of Railway was originally projected to supply a most im portant mineral, agricultural, and manufacturing district with much required means of inter-communication, and is now rendered still more necessary, inasmuch as it will connect, by an intersecting route the North Staffordshire, the Trent Valley, the London and North 'Western, the South Stafforshire, and (by means of the last) the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railways. It will, con sequently, be in immediate communication with first•ciass stations on all these lines. This Company applied for an Act in the last session, and the Bill passed the House of Commons, and was only defeated in the House of Lords upon a technical non-compliance with the standing orders, so trifling, indeed, that the Commons' Select Committee on standing orders had specially reported that the Bill might and ought to be proceeded with. The line may now be made on Its original integrity, from Uttoxe ter, where it will join the North Staffordshire Railway, to a junc tion with the South Staffordshire, near Walsall. The latter Com pany having obtained an Act, last session, for constructing the line from Walsall to Dudley, will execute that, the most expensive part of the whole scheme, and render it unnecessary for this Company to require more than a capital of 400,000/. The Directors have the picas ;re of stating that upon this capital the evidence adduced last session proved a probable return of con siderably more than ten per sent. The surveys of last year are now being carefully revised, to enable Mr. Rastriek, the present engineer of the Company, to select, where opportunity offers, the line which will best accommodate the public at the least expanse of construction. The Directors beg to inform the Shareholders of this Company, and also those of the Direct East and West Junction Railway Com pany, that they have been engaged, for some time past, In making arrangements, which they feel assured will prove much to their be nefit, and not only secure a return for the great expenses necessarily incurred in the last session, but will also be of material advantage to the success of their application to Parliament. The Directors do net propose to make any further call upon the Shareholders for that purpose, but as it is necessary, in compliance with the standing orders, that fresh Parliamentary Deeds should be signed, each Shareholder is requested to attend, with his scrip, at the office of the Company, for that purpose, when the old scrip will he exchanged for new scrip certificates, in which credit for the full deposits alreadypaid will he given, and power of attorney will be for warded, free of expense, to Country Shareholders, on application to the Secretary. The new deeds will be ready for signature on and from the 22nd day of October instant. In the meantime, all further information relative to the position and prospects of the Company, may be ob tained from the secretary, by personal application to him, or other wise, at the Company's office. NATIONAL ANTI -POOR-LAW PROVI- Alll A D ENT AND BENE VOLENT UNION. PUBLIC MEETING to promote the objects of this Institution, be held at the London' Tavern, on TinTasnay, sth November ;',,e,tt, c at which the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR will preside. hair to be taken at One o'clock precisely. In the meantime, CO in writing may be made to B. B. CABBELL, forinsq"ed3itOP.' and after the 28th inst. a committee will , be meet in ding s , bell's chambers, I , Brick-court, Temple, to arrange the proce, &c. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR 26 , CORNI IILL, AN CE SOCIETY, LONDON. Capital .£5.0,000. Ernpewered by Act of Parliament. This Institittion embraces impertant and substantial advantages 'with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured 11 / 1 Mg all *cessions, the p o wer to borrow", without expense or for f_eitu' re ef the Policy, tvre-tkirds • f the premiums paid (see Table) ; V the optics of selecting beneilts, and the conversion of his in rsts t o meet other c enveniences or necessity. its for terms ef years are granted ea tke lowest possible rates. By order of the Directors. R. S. MACKENZIE, S ecretary, Office of the Company, 4, Queen-square, Westminster, Oct. 13, 1846. DITISION OF PROFITS. itasTl22 remarkable success and increa.sing prosperity of the Society fourt "red the Directors, at the last annual inyestigatien, to declare 01 e ack varying front 25 t• 25 er cent. en the premiums pa id I-6 11 Q'effected ea the Profit spcale. WILTS, SOMERSET, and WEYMOUTH RAILWAY. Call for Fourth Instalment of 51. per share, making 151. paid. The Directors of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Company, having resolved, at a meeting, held this day, to call, under the provisions of the Act of Incorporation, for an instalment of 5/. per share, Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay, on or before the 13th day of November, 1846, to any of the under mentioned bankers, the said sum of Si. on each of their respective shares : EXAMPLES: ; 1 2.,7 P Pread u '1: 1 Moans Bonus 1a igi Assured added. Cash. nay li2 Morrow. " $8 d. 163 7;£217 15 1 £lOl 0 11£16 • 4£445 3 4 6 01. 00 18331 192 3 0 37 1 4 13 111 2' 395 11 1 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9! 11 Y 1! 346 2 3 1340 116 7 6 84 • 10. 7li 111 296 13 4 910 •0; 710 4! 247 4 !Ehe b._ ll ° divisloa of profits yeaalaal, and tke next ►ill be made ia welkker et' tke preseat . F. FERGUSON CAMROUI, Secretary. STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Constituted by Act of Parliament. Established 1825. EDINBURGH -3, George-street. LONDON -82, King William-street. DUBLIN -66, Upper Sackville-street. GOVERNOR. 1113 Grace tho Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. BEPDTY-GOVERNOR. T he Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine. LONDON BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAI RMAN — George Frederick Y oung , E sq. The i i -fr,PUTY-CHAIRM AN — Matthew Forster, Esq., 31. P. 13 R N I nt .P Hon. Lord E rnest James Gadesden, Esq. 1r j n 31. William Haigh, Esq. ' 41,8 Eyre, XD. Edward Thomas Whitaker, Esq. Beare The SPECIAL NOTICE.--1846. lut, uLICIKS granted by this Company in the participation Class Periodical Divisions of Profit, according to the particular N e ar, hich they have been opened. At 15th November, in each 14 . 1:w 9! lists are made up; and all policies opened BEFORE 15th ,411• BER, 1846, will secure BANKERS. London—Messrs Glynn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. Bristol-3fessrs. Miles, Harford, and Co. Bristol and' The West of England Bank. Bath. Messrs. Stuckey's Banking Company. Salisbury—Messrs. Iletley and Everitt. Salisbury—Messrs, W. Brodie and Co. Warminster —Messrs. Everett and Ravenshill. Devizes —Messrs. Hughes, Locke, and Co. Frome—Messrs. Stuckey's Banking Company. Frome—The Wilts and Dorset Rank. Trowbridge—The North Wilts Bank. lielksham—The North Wilts Bank. Bradford—The North Wilts Bank. Shepton Mallet Bruton —Messrs. Stuckey's Banking Company. Castle Carey Yeovil—Messrs. Edmund and John Batten. Yeovil—The Wilts and Dorset Bank. Dorchester—Messrs. R. It. and 11. Williams, Bridport—Messrs. Gundry and Co. Bridport—Messrs. R. R. and H. Williams. Weymouth—Messrs. Elliot and Pearce. Lyme Regts—Messrs. Gundry and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, W. O'BRIEN, Secretary, Office, 449, West Strand, London. Trowbridge, Wilts, Oct. 13, 1846. Interest at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum (payable in January and July), will be allowed on the amount of all calls, paid up until the railway shall be opened throughout for traffic, but should any call remain unpaid, after the day appointed for payment of the same, interest at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum will be charged thereon. OPENING THE PORTS. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—A meeting of working men of Manchester, convened by placard and advertise ments, was held last evening in the Town Hall, " To memorialise Lord John Russell to open the ports." The large room of the hall was filled to overflowing. At a quarter before eight o'clock, Mr. Abel Heywood, Dr. John Watts, and other promoters of the meeting, came upon the platform, and on the motion of Dr. JOHN WATTS, Mr. ABEL,LIETWOOD was called to the chair, in taking which he said:—At the latter end of last year a meeting of the working classes was called to memorialise Sir R. Peel upon a question similar to the present; and it was thought desirable that another meeting of a similar character sho u ld now b e called, i n order that the work ing classes should take the lead in a movement so impor taut to themselves. The time for opening the ports had no .v evidently arrived, and the only question was, " How soon can they be opened?"—(hear hear.) The pressure which must arise might and would be dangerous to the peace of the country, if the people thought the country had n,t a sufficiency of food. To prevent outbreaks, it was a duty t o suggest the propriety of memorialis ing Lord John Russell, to induce him to open the ports at once for all kinds of grain. --(Applause.) He hoped this example would be followed elsewhere with such spirit as to induce Lord John Russell to consider the importance of the memorials and the state of the country, and accede at once to the request of the people. He believed the Government only wanted an expression of opicion on the part of the people, who had but to speak in one universal echo, and the thing was con summated.—(Applause.) Dr. JOHN WATTS, in moving the first resolution, said that if Sir Robert Peel had a reason last year to repeal the corn laws, Lord John Russell had a double reason now to open the ports. Manchester and its vicinity contain about 300,000 people, and if each consumed a 41b. loaf per week, the difference in price wouhl .amount to 3,1251. per week, which would put 104 tradesmen's shops in the receipt of 301. each per week, or would em ploy 2,125 men at 20s. per week. If two-fifths of the men were thrown out of work, there would soon be 1,2r,0 families, or 6,250 individuals, extra-dependents upon parochial relief. Riot and murder had already com menced in Ireland ; famine was in Caithness, where they were not only without potatoes, but the herring fishery had failed ; and iu London there were 7,000 to 8,000 journeymen tailors out of employment. This was the first trade that felt the effects of distress ; for people must have food, but could do awhile without new cloth ing. The duty last week was Bs. a quarter on wheat ; and it was important not to have a penny of difficulty in the way of raising supplies of food and preventing tumult. There were two good things to be got by open ing the ports,—commercial relations would be drawn much closer, and consequently friendly feelings between nations. Then the import duty was a sort of gam bling-table, and people were always ready to lock up food when the people were starving, in order to reap a richer harvest of profit from it. There was now immense corn-jobbing. Open the ports, and this gambling would be at once knocked on the head, and food would be obtained for all. Suppose we imported only half a million of quarters, knocking off the Bs. duty, the result would be a saving of only 200,0001., which, if turned over only once in two months for a year, would find employment for 23,077 men, at 20s. per week, paid in wages ; and if these men were heads of families, it would relieve our parishes from 75,000 indi viduals, who, without such return, must become charge able to them. Perhaps Ministers thought the people apathetic ; but the apparent apathy had arisen from the fact that the people hesitated before they would throw any impediment to Lord John Russell's carrying out his own policy, as they had great confidence in the man. He concluded by moving the first resolution, for opening the ports. Mr. JOHN THEE seconded the resolution. In Ireland, instead of opening the ports, the Government opened the barracks, and poured soldiers in upon a starving people, who had no disposition to riot.—(Hear.) Could soldiers calm the storm that hunger must necessarily produce ?—(Hear.) He hoped there would be no vio lation of the public peace in Ireland. He thought that people had manifested a degree of patience and forbear ance which he feared would not have been manifested in this country. Thero was one thing in favour of this meeting as regarded its influence, that it was one not of Chartists, Whigs, Radicals, or Tories. In Manchester, at this moment, the feeling in favour of opening the ports was general, and pervaded all classes, from the wea'er to the richest manufacturer.—(Applause.) Mr. CHARLES POUNTNEY said he was glad to See so large an assemblage, and he hoped they would keep to the specific business and duty of the meeting—to memo rialise the Government to open the ports. Already Dundee had sent up a memorial; and he hoped Man chester would be at all events second in calling the at tention of Government to this matter. They were now constitutionally assembled in the Town-hall of Man chester—a circumstance which wouid give weight to their memorial.—(Cheers.) Mr. GEORGE FREDERICK MANDLET also supported the motion. He said he had fur some time abstained from politics, but observing that the price of the people's staple articles of food had been enormously advanced, he could not, as the head of a family, and one sympathising with working men, refrain from coming to make some statement of facts, which, from his peculiar position and means of information, had come to his knowledge. It was to him a delightful circumstance that he could stand there, and (though there were high prices of edible stuffs) vindicate the providence of God, by denying that there was famine. Nevertheless, he could support this motion, because he doubted not that if the ports were opened there would be a check given to that large amount of speculation in corn which had run it up to the present high price, and was doing enormous mischief to the working classes, and all who were engaged in the regular trade of the country. Every one who had heard the speech of Mr. Watts must be satisfied that every shilling extra taken from the working man in the shapo of food must operate to the dis advantage of those engaged in textile manufactures; it must affect our home trade, and he was assured, on most undoubted authority, that it was doing so to an alarming extent.—(Hear, hear.) The whole of the fall ing off in trade he did not mean to say was owing to this circumstance, because there was the war in Mexico and the rising in Kafirland had some influence upon trade. His main object was to show that the high price of food was not the consequence of scarcity, and he had in his hand tables which would show that there was at the present time in this country a larger amount of wheat and wheat-flour than was ever known in this country.—(Hear ' hear.) The d o cument he held in his hand, and which he should quote from, was not a mere newspaper paragraph, but a return issued by Mr. Porter of the Board of Trade ; and it would show that at this time, when people were talking of the impending famine —when owing to the abundance of money speculators were advancing the price of food so rapidly that the price of the 41b. loaf had gone up from 6d. to Bid. in six or seven weeks only—there never was such an abun dance of food in this country. The table which he held in his hand to quote from first was, a return giving a three years' comparative statement of the quantity of wheat and wheat-flour imported into this country, and entered for home consumption, and of the amount ex ported, during a period of seven months in each year ending on the sth of August, namely the years 1844, 1845, and 1846. The imports of wheat and flour were, for the seven months ending sth of August— Quarters of wheat. Cwts. of flour. 1844... ........ 809,667 1845 201,761 1846 —(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") Now, then, the next item was the amount entered for home consumption within that same period of time in each year, and t he w w a o s ul e d nte ea r l e l d th ib e r ir h a o t m te e n c ti u o n n su to m t p h t e iu e n irc in U s in ev s e t n an n Ce un th aw at there was entered for home consumption in seven aontlm, end e ing the sth August— Quarters of wheat. Cwts. of flour. 1844 1845 72,720 1846 1,798,329 And this last year, let it be remembered, was the year of famine!—(Applause.) The quatity of oats imported in 1844 was 85,198; in 1845, 234,857; and in 1846 (in the same period of seven months), 328,886. Add to this that in the present year there had been imported 92,689 quarters of Indian meal, whilst there had been none of that article imported during the two previous years.— (Hear.) It was an interesting fact, before they went further, to see what stock of grain and flour there was in the country at the commencement of the periods he had named. There was in bond, then, on the sth De cember, 1845—wheat, 794,250 qrs.; oats, 108,600 qrs.; wheaten flour, 405,455 cwts. Any gentleman who had been observant of what was going on around him, would have seen corroborations of this excess of food, for it was a subject of remark that there was a larger amount of wheat-flour traversing our streets at this time than was ever seen before.—(Hear, hear.) This was not a period of famine in wheat, then. The Farmer's Maga zine corroborated this statement, for it said the crops of the present year were well got in, large, and that the quality and yield of the wheat were never finer.—(Ap plause.) The parties who were causing high prices, then, were the speculators. And let it not be s u pp ose d that he was inveighing against speculators, because he held that capitalists had a right to invest it as they thought to the best advantage, and it might be a ques tion whether, in times of real scarcity, the heightening of the price did not do good by keeping the people from at once exhausting their stock of provisions, and by spreading the consumption over a longer period. He was anxious the more to make these facts known, be cause the editors of newspapers, who are men engaged personally in commerce, and consequently dependent upon interested parties sometimes for information, had been putting abroad grossly unfounded, or at least mis leading, statements. The Times had stated some time since that there were not more than 700,000 quarters of corn in bond, but said nothing about the fact that 2,700,000 quarters had been released from bond in two q h u e a a r n . t ) i t y B u t t h t a h t e i p n o d o i v r d w u e a r l e s m beingmight t r o havebb e d o m f o the h s h the advantage of an in cre ased price. He held in his the New York Courier and Enquirer of September increased ear 16th, which corroborated his statement that there was no fear of famine, for it said that the crops of grain there exceeded this year the crops of last year, and that the people of the states could not, by many tans of mil- 5 years' claim for Profits in 1850. 10 years' claim for Profits in 1855. 15 years' claim for Profits in 1860, a LL and so on increasing. A V LI ONS DESIROUS OF SECURING THE BENEFIT OF THE PRESENT ENTRY MUST LOD GE THEIR APPLICATIONS WITH THE eoup ANY BEFORE 15TH NOVEMBER NEXT. A r , A I I 'EPLES OF BONUS ADDITIONS ALREADY DECLARED. sitrance of £lOOO effected in 1825, is now a claim for £l6OO £lOOO do. 1826, do. do. for £1562 10s. £lOOO do. 1827, do. do. for .£1525 £lOOO do. 1828, do. do. for aal4B7los. being larger additions than have been declared by any other Scottish Office, whether mutual or proprietary. Policies of later dates have also received large additions. The Be llUs Table will be found in the Company's Pamphlet. The Assurances effected in the year 1845 alone, amounted to the large sum of FOUR lIUNDRED AND FIFTY TROUSAND POUNDS, and the Income of the Company is now upwards of ONE RUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS PER A.NNUM. Next week, post Bvo., T HE EMIGRANT. By SIR FRANCIS B. HEAD, Bart. John Murray, Albemarle-street. MR. LEIGH HUNT'S NEW WORK, This day Is published, in post Bvo., pricy 9s. boards, or 10s. 6d. ele • ganily bound in cloth (uwiform with " Imagination and Fancy"), WIT AND HUMOUR, Selected from the English Poets : with an Illustrative Essay and Critical Comments. By LEIGH HUNT. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill, Of whom may be had " Imagination and Fancy." By Leigh Hunt. Third Edition, 9s. boards, or 10s. 6d. cloth elegant. The Cheapest Musical Publieations ever offered to the Public, in respect both to Quality and Quantity. HAYDN'S " CREATION," and HANDEL'S " MESSIAH," in Vocal Score, with a separate Accompani ment for Organ or Pianoforte, arranged by Vincent Noyello. The Creation will be complete in Nine and the Messiah in Twelve Monthly Numbers, containing Sixteen Pages each. Price 6d. each. Published by J. Alfred Novello, 69, Dean-street, Soho, and 24, Poultry ; sold by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; and every Music Seller, Bookseller, &e. Roritember to order " Wovelio's Edition." This day is published, LECTURES on the HISTORY of LITERA TURE, ANCIENT AND MODERN. From the German of Frederick Schlegel. A New Edition, in 1 vol. foolscap Bvo., prive ss. " Form the most luminous, comprehensive, and philosophical sur vey of the history of literature which our own age has produced."— Britannia. By Order of the Directors, London, Ist October, 1846. PETER EIVART, Reside n t S ecretary. ....._ REPLATING.—PLATED ARTICLES, which have been worn through, REPLAT ED by the NEW COX SAVORY do p" fro m Gracc churc ah-s nd treet),Silversmiths, &c., 47, C ornh i ll (seven i 41 - HT.._cAmpHINE, CANDLES.—patent pal er C AMMINE In sealed half-gallon eau, O. 9d. per gallon ; o,'B Patent Candles, 7i4d. per lb., at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S 44...A 1 PN:in and Burton's), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman ,,,,l, Whose assortment of Camphine, Argand, and Solar Lamps, i t .:' r altner's Magnum and other Candlesticks, with all the latest jPrOvements and of the newest and most recherché patterns, is the and'"nrgest In existence. All the seasonable novelties are now ready, and sell, ing from 20 to 30 per cent. under any house with whom quality style arc considerations. The money returned for every article Oct approved of. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, sent (p er Post) free. FENDERS, STOVES, AND FIRE-IRONS. The largest assortment of Stoves and Fenders, as wel as General Ironmongery, in the world, is now on Sale at WILLIAM S. /BURToN's (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) extensive warehouses. bright steel fenders, to 4 feet, from 30s. each ditto ditto, WithOr mein ornaments, from 60s. ; rich bronzed scroll ditto, with steel bar, 10s. 6d. ; iron fenders, 3 feet, 4s. 6d. ; 4 feet, 65.; ditto bronzed, and fitted with sta n d ar d s, 3 feet, 9s. ; 4 feet, 1 Is. ; NI rought iron kitchen fenders, 3 feet, 4 s. Ed. ; 4 feet, 6s. ; bright register stoves, with bronzed ornaments, and two sets of bars, from 955.; ditto ditto, with or-molu ornaments, from 91. ; black dining-room register stoves, 2 feet, 18s. ; 3 feet, 275. ; bed room register stoves, 2 feet, 16s. a feet, 245. The new economical thermio stove, with fender and radiating hearth-plate, from 81. ; fire-irons for chambers, Is. 2d. per *e t; handsome ditto, with cut !leads, gs. 6d. ; newest pattern, with eleZant bronzed heads, 11s. I variety of fire-irons, with or -mole Mil richly cut head s , a t proportionate prices. A n y article in the rtarnishing ironmongery 30 per cent, under any other house. The P22!ley returned for every article not approved of. Detailed cata les, with engravings, sent (per pest) free. 04!en__WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPON and BURTON'S) stock eraliku-nishing ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, - , ..,;.,_1M no language can be employed to give a correet idea of its ii9:7, , Z . and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it street ica)r2t.street (corner of Newman -street). Established in kir ells " A wonderful performance,—better than anything we as yet have on the subject in our own lang,nage."—Quarterly Review. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. 30 to de per Cent. Saved ! To be had at the Patentees, 61, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross. The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following facts, l'ho advantages resulting from the invention are various and striking. Independently of a saving of 31 to 50 per cent„ the com bustion is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects or soils the most delicate colour or the finest %bric. Objections have made to the introduction of gas in dwelling-houses, to the expense of fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, ; these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAR BURNER." As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is com monly supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for club-houses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of waste or trouble. The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing every other known light, are shown by the annexed authentic opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Tuesday, 26th May, 1846, SirJowN RENNIE, President, in the Chair. " A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. The air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was heated, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and impinging with force on the dame of the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with the carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, The flame was quite white dowu the top of the burner, was very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a better ght, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. POLYTECENIE CuEsrics.r. Scnoot.—" In testing Clark, Mc Niell, and Co,'s Universa l Gas Burner with ono of the best shawdowless burners, it gave a more pare and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 o 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICATE.. "In a series of experiments made upon Clark as Niell, and Co.'s Patent Universal Gas Burner, Its superiority satisfactorily esta blished in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against argand burners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a saving of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, No. 4, 40 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the lame is supe rior to any other burner." Liberals en t itGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur e, „ A s ses, having gain e d such great approbation, and the demand rii,„.._" Continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most eifo. '.. t ritilY to offer thus their beat acknowledgments to the Public :1 ',heir liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great convent tillein all climates have recommended P, to the most distingaished ign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda blueeni It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint bottle te fames' all possible care has been resorted to, by each being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well is each label having their signature, without which it cannot be genui ne. x4.011N BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed St NCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after th e same maimer that hu given the greatest satisfaction for many ream Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps. London. OPENING of E. MOSES E ntrance at 83, co and SON'S FUR D of OT, 15, Minories. corner of the Min 7 eries (opposite Aldgate Chnrch.) On Tuesday, October 20, 1846, will be opened to the public a new orauch 111 the business of E. MOSES and SON, on entirely new prin. ._eiPles. The proprietors have long had in oontemplation what nay be `rut.7oled a UNI VERSAL ATTIRE DEPOT, and the new feature to be added is a decided advance towards the accomplishnient 6141116 most comprehensive project. The extensive Fur 'Warehouse or ~. MOSES and SON will be stocked with an immense assortment h. 14 41 es and Gentlemen's Furs , possessing every possible reeom aeudation. The stock will consist of Sable, Mink, Ermine, Chi n _ b,—;,.,1114, Rolinstey, and every other species of Fur materials adapted in —Zerri winter attire. E. MOSES and SON subjected hem , i or to manufacturing the Furs, )4: 1 ,,i to the strictest scrutiny, ands pe r e e lal care was observed that no well seasoned. Equal atten -1104441/ds were made up bu what MOSES and SON on the making up Of th e ws been bestowed by . E. Nan.. P ura, and on examination. atntedstrvialletoofritohoes,Ecoaa.ffsa,(floapteraund, e" . 2), Capes, Cardinals, Muffs, Vlse , th, '.e., will be seen that none but first cl ass new feature of E. this are offered to koriblic by the proprietors. Economy, in this to. The Fur trade o et ittS and SON'S trade, will be strictly adhered but a t he be distinctly understood), like that of tailoring, has long . taxed new l4lb e with most extortionate and unwarrantable Pri.cnees% ) Principle shall distinguish the new branch of busi small o , fE. and mill prices SON'S—large profits shall be succeeded by ~I, .Priees by low. Every article, according to its relative value, be2,l bave marked upon it, in plain figures, the lowest at which it can Bold, from which no abatement can possibly be made. OPENING OF THE NEW FUR DEPOT. Ilehold Re serve your P urchases until the 20th. Another f I — the vast E s t a b lishment of MOSES eature in its trade discloses. The present month shall reach its tw en ti e th d ay When this N ew Branch will make its first displ a y. Come annspect (for you h ave every reason) Well-seasond i ed Fu rs, adapted to the season. Soon will the winter show its threatening form And an will stand in need of something warm, Come.ocaand inspect our Furs, and you will find Choice and and utility combined. We've'anrt4icinie-s""thtatouwroulFudrabecoate'twyoilorl be Come and inspect our Fu How choice these artielearsOfan4 ail here, dress. U S e e. en n . you'll confess Come, for economy is studi Though choice the goods we never ' aeysell them dear. Again, in invitation, we would a Come and inspect them on our opening ...E. MOSES and SON, Furriers, Tailors, Woonglie day.rapers, Clothiers, tiatters, Hosier; Outfitters, and General WarehoUSeinen. R. MOSES and SON, 154, 155, 156, 157 Minories ; and 63, 84. .............___ 4 . and 86, Aldgate. City, London. —........._—,—..-- 11- T. W. KRATES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. The IfNITERMAL GIS BURNIIR is used nightly at the Poly technic Institution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the Patentees.6o, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters. 4,Z PENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. - 7 The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price Es. id., 65., and les. per bottle. - To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham -place, Fieldgate atreet, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, IN, Oxford= street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; Hooper, 43, King Witham-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.* Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa tion, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head •ache,' sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not to be appreciated. This Medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society, and in confirmation of its effi cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, with permission to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respect able person to its author : " To Mr.Prout, 229, Strand, London. " Heavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. " feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso licited testimony to the excellence of your " Frampton's Pill of Health," which I considet a most safe, efficacious, and very superior general medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long period of yearn ; she has recommended them extensively, and in one instance' n which she induced a person to adoptthena, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of the many patent medicines before the public of equal value as a " friend in need" —certainly none possessed of superior claims I shall be happy on all occasions to give there my individua recom mendektion, and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, _ Sold by T. Prout, 229, St rand. London, price Is. I%d.* and 4 25. • 9d. (l boa; also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of ' Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the government Stamp. /kitti ng the Sea Coast, LADIES TRAVELL ING, or otherwise exposed M ' R the scorching rays of the Sun, w il l And OWLAND'S KA.LYDOR, a most refreshing rYr preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan -I'o. and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immedi affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of b.. 4 Sk in. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions,. gun bLll, Freckles, Tan, and Disc olourations, are pleasingly eradicated tiZfYY,..lbe kalyder, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its ing and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec ,„,` by tke Court and tho Royal Family of Great Britain, and those CZIL trne Continent of Europe, together with the " elite" of the Aris -1;1%4,7 4 " " saute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the g-roms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the ...‘r and the Salons of St. Petersbargh and Mi scow.—Price 4s. 6d. "': 8. 6d. per bottle. Italr,egi_s Bevrare of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin ;:t_ll,tterly t o to the complexion, and which, by their t re f f r e d i- , 40;;Tt.lriligl ruino us p health. ott ~o nT t l i i t e e on wr ly pp o g r e . n u a l t 4s has t he R LAND 10,,&21`Z. 20, Platten-garden, is also engraved (by desire if the bstlte oltnlasioners) on the Government Starap affixed on each Sold . fi. - .1' the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists sag Per -Alen. 4 "li n ! Balrdors! are fraudulent onaterfetts. Mrs. Gore's new novel, entitled " Men of Capital," is published this day, in 3 vols., by Mr. Colburn, and may now be had at all the libraries. The following new works of fiction are also now ready :-2. Tho Roman Traitor, by 11. W. Herbert, Esq., author of " Oliver Cromwell. ' 3. Leontine, by Mrs. Moberly. 4. Marston, by the author of" Salathiel. 5. Lost and Won, by the author of " The Maid's Husband." 6. Adventures of Cap pons O'Sulliv an , O'Sulli van, b y W. 11. Maxwell, Esq. 7. Con fesons a Pretty Woman, by Miss Pardoe. 8. The Citizen of Prague, edited by M ary H owitt, second edi tion. 9. Th e Wild Irish Girl, by Lady Morgan, revised with a new preface and notes, forming the new volume of Colburn's Standard Novels, price 6s. bound, with portrait. THE HERRING FISHERY. --It is gratifying to learn that for the last four years the take of herrings at the Ferry-side has been gradually increasing. This useful fish had before that period been a comparative stranger in Carmarthen Bay, but now shoals frequent our shores, and are easily captured by the fishermen. The size of the fish this year has been much larger than previously. - a -t" 7. ~~ 7 7.7' . . a . ; 4 c!; i f OP 4 . 411 !ft/4, 4 r , . 2 "," „ y 2 .57. 11 , 1 111&„, - 11116 1 1 -V Mg, may . A rtk o tt .tai ; 1 1.07 . ' 611 t 274 , 0: v ,4 44 ° ' tqw - • , • - • - +.=' %ll' tit • • = DIE g . ~ • 4, ; . 4 , 0 4.. S 1 1 7 Ny OCTOBER 15, 1846. No, 16,871. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING lions, consume what they were growing. —(Hear, hear.) He held in his hand a return of the imports of 1842 the year of the great strike, of the failure of the harvest and of a general stagnation of trade—and during that year he found we only imported of foreign and colonial wheat 2,089,089 quarters, and yet in the present year, with a plentiful harvest, we had imported the immensely largo quantities he had reed.—(Applause.) He should not do his duty if, knowine, he did not state these facts, and let it be known that speculation was not only doing mischief in corn, but in cotton also.—(Hear, and ap plause.) The resolution then passed unanimously.. Mr. R. Jr. RICHARDSON, in moving the memorial to Lord John Russell, denied the accuracy of Mr. Mand ley's conclusions from his figures. Of 89,768 quarters of wheat imported in September last, only 40,628 quarters (nearly one-half) were taken for home consumption, and Mr. Mandley's tables, rightly interpreted, would show that not more than one-half of the corn imported was entered for home consumption ; nay, that for some time, the exports of wheat end flour had been nearly as great as the imports. Mr. Mandley told them there was no such thing as famine. What, was there none in Ire land ? He read tables of the rise of prices of provisions in Ireland, and said that all over the continent of Europe there was great scarcity of grain. The memorial did not say that there was a famine, but that wheat was high priced. The Bs. or 10s. duty stood in the way of bring ing foreign wheat into the English market. He read the memorial as follows : " TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY, &C. " The Memorial of the Working Classes of the Town of Manchester, assembled in Public Meeting in the Town-hall, " Humbly showeth—That from the present extraor dinary price of bread, and of food generally, your memo rialists apprehend great distress, the addition of a single penny to the price of the 41b. loaf requiring an increased outlay of 1,0001. per week for bread alone in the town of Manchester. The rise in the price of bread within a few weeks has been nearly three-fifths of the whole cost, or nearly 3,0001. per week for this town alone; which sum is, of course, abstracted from the receipts of the general tradesman, and is thus operative to the destruction of the home market for manufactures. Your memorialists fear that a continuance of such prices, with the prospect of further increase, will, in the present state of trade, by putting bread out of the reach of many of our country men, endanger the public peace ; your memorialists conceive it, therefore, a matter of paramount importance that every possible facility should be immediately given to increase the amount of provisions in the United King dom. Your memorialists, therefore, respectfully, but earnestly, entreat you to call an immediate Council, with a view to opening the ports of the United Kingdom, and admitting all kinds of provisions duty free.—And your memorialists, &c." It might be said that Government could not do this; but a Minister had stated that Indian corn had been ad mitted into Ireland duty free, by order of the Ministers, and surely they might do this again, and in England. Sir Robert Peel had given us total repeal, but not im mediate. Lord John Russell had now the opportunity of giving the rest, by making the repeal immediate. Mr. JAMES COOPER, in seconding the adoption of the memorial, remarked upon what he termed the singu larity of the fact, that whilst there was such an abun dance of food in England, according to the returns read to the meeting, the poor of Ireland should be impove rished and dying. He denounced the speculators in corn and cotton as °guilty of dishonesty, and supported the view taken by Mr. Mandley, that there was no de ficiency in this country at the present time, and that it was only necessary to open the ports to put a stop to the practices by which so much evil was occasioned. Mr. MANDLEY, in explanation, read the weekly re turns of the amount of wheat entered for home consump tion from the week ending on the 9th of July up to the last return, and argued that the amounts had only de creased because of the high rate of duty, but that corn had still been bonded, and was ready to be released when the duty had diminished. He advocated the opening of the ports, because it would have the effect of causing an immediate fall in the price of grain, although he promised the meeting that i❑ less than six weeks they would have corn much cheaper; but the opening of the ports was desirable, since it would cause what he termed the speculators in the wants of the people to burn their fingers. The Rev. Mr. WHITE, from Ireland, made a few re marks on the present condition of the population of that country, asserting that where 500 or 600 persons who had no means of subsistence applied at a Government works for employment, only fifty or sixty could he en gaged, and the remainder had to return to their homes without money or food. The memorial was unanimously adopted, and thanks having been voted to the chairman, with a request that he would forward it to Lord John Russell for presenta tion, the proceedings terminated shortly after ten o'clock. THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON. At ten o'clock yesterday morning the Barrister re sumed the revision of the householders' lists. The lists of the following parishes were revised :—Allhallows Lombard-street, Allhallows, Staining, St. Dioni's Back church, St. Edmund the King and Martyr—in the Lang bourn and Lime-street Ward. The following is the result of the clay's revision:— OBJECTIONS. Allowed. Failed or withdrawn. Liberals Conservatives . Double l7 CLAIMS. Allowed. I)isallowed. The foregoing does not include the result of the revi sion in the parish of St. Edmund the King and Martyr ; several cases stand over in that parish, and the return therefore was not made out. The Court adjourned to this morning at ten o'clock, when the Barrister proceeded with the revision of th• following parishes :—St.. Peter, Cornhill ; St. Michael, Cornhill ; the parishes in the ward of Portsoken ; and the parish of St. Olave, Hart-street, Tower Ward. PRICE SD. Lam/ L~Y~I/1~/ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. No return was made by the Conservative agent. ROCHESTER. At ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, the 13th instant, John David Chambers, Esq., held a court at the Guild hall of this city, to revise the list of voters in the election of knights of the shire for the county of Kent. This district includes the Laythe of Ayleslord, c , ntaining 20 parishes, and it is very remarkable that there was not a case for the Court. Mr. Chambers, therefore, adjourned his sitting until three o'clock in the afternoon, when he announced that he should take the lists for the city and borough to revise; and at that hour the Court as sembled. Mr. Jones, solicitor, of Greenwich, appeared on behalf of the Liberals, and Mr. Matthews, of Gravesend, for the Conservatives. _ _ _ The freemen's lists, which contained 29 objections and 6 claims, were agreed between the parties to be taken first, and, owing to the number of cases of household qualification to be decided, there being 121 person s on the list objected to,' besides 11 claims,, the Court is expected to last three days. It opened this morning at ten o'clock, to finish the freemen's lists. THE NEW PLANET. (From the-Durham Advertiser.) Esh, near Durham, Oct. 8, 1846. But a few months have elapsed since the discovery of the small planet Astrma, the companion of the small planets Juno, Ceres, Pallas, and Vesta, already known. The last few days have brought us the intelligence of the discovery of another new planet, under circumstances so unexampled as to form the most brilliant achievement of theoretical and practical astronomy. Some of your readers may be interested in a familiar explanation of the steps which have led to this interesting discovery. The motions of all the planets are effected by the gra vitation of the planets to one another ; and the places of the planets in the heavens are computed beforehand, so that the positions given by observation can be con- stantly compared with those previously calculated. Now the observed motions of the planet Uranus, the most distant hitherto known in our system, when thus com pared, were found not to .agree with the motions which the planet would have, after allowing for the influence of the known planets, and when it was found that the deviations were far greater than any which could be ascribed to mere errors of observation, that they were of a regular character, and of such a nature as would arise from the action of a still more distant planet, PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 14.—The Wasp, 16, CoMmander Sidney H. 17ssher, arrived this morning from the Coast of Africa station, whereon she has been employed during the greater part of the last four years in tho suppression of the slave trade. She is ordered to sail, at daylight to-morrow, for Sheerness, to be paid off. She sailed from the Congo (Kabenda) station on the. 7th of August, leaving there the Larne, 18, Commander Brii -16, Commander Hope. Sh e ar bane, and the tittern, rived at St. Helena Ell the 21st of 'Augnst, but firings no more recent news of int.rest from that island than wo reported by the Maria Soames. She sailed from Ascen sion on the 9th ult., leaving there the Actaeon, 26, Cap. tarn Mansell (from whom she iZings Admiralty dis patches, which have been forwarded I; rail this even ing) ; the Favourite, 18, Commander JaiZrray ; and the Cygnet, 6, Commander Montresor : the lat:er had been surveyed and pronounced fit for further service. The island of Ascension was healthy, as P:as the the attention of astronomers was directed to ascertain whether the disturbances were such as to point out the position of the disturbing planet. As long ago as the year 1842, a communication took place between Sir John Herschel and the lamented German astronomer, Bessel, on this subject ; and there is reason to suppose that some researches on the subject will be found among Bessel's papers • for, in a letter written, Nov. 14, 1842, to Sir J. Herscel, Bessel says, " In reference to our conversation at Collingwood, I announce to you that Uranus is not forgotten." The question was, however, taken up by other astronomers. Le Verrier, in France, and Mr. Adams, of St. John's College, Cambridge, in England, each in ignorance of each other's labours, pro ceeded to investigate this most intricate question, and arrived independently at the same conclusion, that the probable place of the suspected planet was about 325 deg. of heliocentric longitude. This was sufficient to point out, within certain limits, the part of the heavens at which the planet, if visible, would be seen ; and, in consequence, Professor Challis, at Cambridge, for the last two months, was engaged in mapping the neigh bouring stars, with a view of detecting the planet. Sir John Herschel alluded to the probability that the planet would be detected in the speech which he made on resigning the chair at the late meeting of the British Association. Having observed that the last twelve months has given another new planet to our sys tem, he added, "It has done more. It has given us the probable prospect of the discovery of another. We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain. Its movements have been felt, trembling along the far reaching line of our analysis, with a certainty hardly in ferior to ocular demonstation." _ _ _ This eloquent and glowing anticipation of the future was soon to receive its accomplishment. On the 31st of August Le Verrier made public the following elements of the orbit of the supposed planet, deduced by most laborious calculation from the observed disturbances:— Semiaxis major Eccentricity 0,10761 Longitude of Perihelion 284 deg. 45 min. Mean long., Jan. 1,1847 318 deg. 47 min. Periodic time 217,317 siderial years. Mass ---- 3900 He also -announced that the planet would probably present a disc of about 3 sec. in magnitude. This an nouncement reached Dr. Galle, at Berlin. on the 23d' of September, and on the same evening Dr. Galle, on com paring the stars in Dr. Bremiker's chart with the heavens, found a star of the eighth magnitude which was not marked upon the map. The place of this star was accurately observed, and on comparing this piano with its position on the following night, its motion, amounting to about 4 deg. in right ascension, and 30 min. in decli nation, was detected ; and this star was proved to be the expected new planet. It ought to be noticed that the new investigations of Le Verrier, accompanied with a recommendation to as tronomers to search for the planet by examining whether any star presented a sensible disc, did not reach Cam bridge till September 29, and that Professor Challis, on that very evening, singled out, one star, as seeming to have a disc, and that star was the planet. Thus the theory, derived by most abstruse calculation, from long continued accurate observation, has been completely verified ; and a triumph has been gained which will go down'to . posterity among tho most brilliant of astrono mical discoveries. The known boundaries of our planetary system have thus been nearly doubled; a planet is added to it requir ing more than 217 years to complete its revolution round the sun; and moving in regions so remote as to receive but 1-1300th part of the light and heat which our earth enjoys. It will remain to be discovered whether; as seems most probable, this planet is accompanied with a train of at tendant satellites; whether its motions are in accordance with the known laws of gravitation; or whether it, in turn, is to s2rve as the means of a still further extension of the solar system. There is one circumstance connected with this new planet which is too remarkable to be overlooked. It was long since noticed by Bode, that the distance of the planets from the sun follows a peculiar law, which may be thus stated—that if the distance of Mercury from the sun is assumed to be 4, the distance of Venus, the next planet, is 3 added to 4, or 7; that of the earth, which is next, is twice 3 added to 4, or 10; and thus, for the re maining planets, the distances from each other are doubled every time, as may be seen from the following table:— Distance from Name of Planet. Difference. the Sun. Mercury 4 3 Venus 7 3 Earth lO 7 Mars Small Planet 2B 24 Jupiter Saturn Uranus .. 196 192 New Planet The distance of the new planet, then, approximately satisfies this very remarkable law ; and the little stranger is at once recognised as bearing a strong family likeness to the other members of our system. The new planet was observed at Durham observatory Oct. 3 and Oct. 6 ; and the following results obtained:--;- Greenwich Greenwich mean time. R.A. mean time. H.D.D. Oct. 3... 8.48 21.52.31.07 Oct. 6...11.88 .20.92 Oet. 6...11.25.6 103.28.55.1 TEMPLE CHEVALLIER. COLLISION on the MANCHESTER . - squadron on the coast generally. The Benguela division of the coast squadron, at the above date, consisted . of the Espoir, 10, Commander Hand ; and the Rapid, 10, Commander Gooch. The Congo division, where the stave trade is carried on more perseveringly than at any other part.of the coast, consisted of the Larne, Bittern, Waterwitch, 8, Commander Birch ; the Heroine, 8, Commander Ed-• munds; the Hecate steam-sloop, Commander - West; tly. Prometheus steam-sloop, COmmander Hay ; 'and the Kingfi , her, 12, Commander Brown. AND BOLTON RAILWAY. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—This morning, at a little before nine o'clock, an alarming collision took place at the Windsor-bridge station of the Manchester and Bolton Railway, about two miles from this town. The Windsor-bridge station is only used on Wednesdays, to accommodate the butchers and cattle-dealers attending the great cattle market at Salford. Besides the Bolton Company the East Lancashire Railway Company also make use of the Bolton line as far as Clifton. The traffic on that portion of the line is consequently very great. It appears that one of the Bolton trains left that town this morning at a quarter-past eight o'clock, arrived at Windsor-bridge at about a quarter before nine o'clock—a little behind its usual time. The train con- , sisted of an engine, two luggage waggons, and five passenger carriages. The butchers had just got out of the carriages. when Mr. Woodruffe, the station-keeper, heard a.. train arriving, and noticed ono of the East Lancashire Railway Company's trains approaching along the curve at a rapid rate. He gave an alarm, and the engineer of the Bolton train put on the steam, in , order to get away.- The steam being set on to aftill pressure, the jerk occasioned by the engine being so suddenly put in motion, broke the cou pling rod by which the three last carriages had been attached to the train, which were, in consequence, left standing loose, when the East Lancashire train came up and dashed against the last,(a third-class) carriage with a frightful crash. All those carriages were thrown oft' the rail. The one struck was smashed almost to pieces; and the other two were so much damaged that they will be useless for the future. It appears, not a single pas senger received injury worth speaking of, and there was only one who was so shaken as to be unable to walk. He was assisted to the Windsor Castle public-house, where, by the aid of a few stimulants, he speedily recovered. The engineer of the East Lancashire train complained that the slipperyness of the rails was the reason why he could not stop his train sooner. _ A number Of workmen having been sent for the broken carriages, they were taken away, and the obstruction removed, in the course of an hour and a half. The damage done will, we hear, amount to about 4001., and a strict inquiry will be instituted into the cause of the accident. Ai the Bight of Benin—The Styx steam sloop, Com mander Chaos; the Ranger, 10, Commander Anderson; the Flying Fish, Commander Dyke; Pantaloon, 10, Commander Douglas; and thellydra steam-sloop, Com mander Young. At the Gallinas The Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres; the Alert, 6, Commander Ellis; the Ferret 8, Commander Sprigg; the Star, 10, Commander ilb kin; and the Rolla, 10, Commander Simpson. The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, was off Congo. The French squadron had been active in detecting and detaining slavers, and the American corvette Ma rian lately detained an American vessel at Kabenda, the Casquet, on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade. The Brazilian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office, The Wasp brought home Commander Hockin, late of the Wasp and Star; Lieutenant Munton, late of the Actaeon; Mr. Jones, late paymaster and purser of the Cygnet; and the late paymaster and purser of the Lily. The Echo steam-tug and Drake, lighter, brought the depot companies of the 91st Regiment from Park hurst barracks to-day to assist in doing the garrison duty at Portsmouth. WOOLWICH, OCT. 14. The Wildfire steam-vessel, Second Master George Brockman, arrived at INToolwilt yesterday from Sheerness. The Garland, Dover steam-packet, Captain Smithott, arrived at Woolwich to day from Dover, to have some defects made good, which she sustained by touching Dover Harbour. Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., Superintendent of her Majesty's dockyard, Woolwich, is on leave at present. Commodore Sir Francis A. Collier, C. 8., and K.C.11 ., visited Woolwich dockyard to-day, and remained -some time at the office. SALES BY AUCTION N DORSETSHIRE, CLOSE TO THE BOROUGH TOWN OF I IVAREHAM. A _MOST ELIGIBLE PROPERTY, EITHER FOR OCCUPATION OR INVESTMENT, COMPRISING A PLEASANT MODERN RESIDENCE, EXCELLENT FARM BUILDINGS, AND 295 ACRES OF SUPERIOR ARABLE AND DAIRY LAND, FREE FROM LAND-TAX AND GREAT TITHE. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed by the Devisees in Trust of the late Harry Hammond, Esq., to submit to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Aection Mart, London, on THURSDAY, December 3d, at Twelve, in One Lot, A truly desirable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, presenting to the capitalist an investment free from the slightest doubt or risk. It is in the parish of East Stoke, yet within the limits of TIIE BOROUGH TOWN OF WAREHAM, a matter of no small importance tO a proprietor, and for a tenant at all times ensuring the readiest sale for the produce, while the markets of Poole and Dorchester are easily commanded, and shortly the railway from Southampton to Dorchester will lend its powerful aid to give fresh impetus to this district, by rendering the London market accessible. It is known as THE BESTWALL AND SWINEHA M . FARMS, OF 295 ACRES OF RICH DAIRY AND ARABLE LAND, and it will he in the recollection of those acquainted with the county that they were for many years the pet farms, or better known as TUE MODEL FARMS or"rnE LATE SIR CLAUDE SCOTT, BART., by whose untiring energy, skill, and outlay, they were not only brought to a high state of cultivation, but by the formation of an embankment of vast extent, with a most perfect system of draining and irrigation, some of the richest dairy and corn land in the county was secured, as well as a constant supply of manure from the deposit from the river. The late proprietor, at very considerable cost, erected A GENTLEMANLY ABODE, offering excellent accommodation for a family, approached by a lodge entrance, through a most luxuriant shrubbery walk, adorn with an infinity of choice flowering plants, to th e l awn and pleasure garden, from whence a view of singular magnificence is obtained, in cluding the long range of home e F v E being le ' a D T r H o m E in A e l i A i t J c E b S j e T , I t C ; T HE DORSETSHIRE H ILLS, R w ij h t O he F w CA eo S m n m E ands Lord Rivers' estate of Redcliff and the Wareham River, which yields a never-failing supply of fish, and in the season wild fowl in abundance —irresistible attractions to a sporting man—to whom it should be known that there are frequent meetings of Mr. Farquharson and Mr. Drag's hounds. There are two farm-houses, with most com plete agricultural buildings ; and an excellent *"gravelled road runs through the estate, communicating with each field. Several cottages and every essential for conducting an extensive dairy farm with ad vantage ; and if at any time desired, the estate can be divided into two farms. Early possession may be had. The estate may be viewed by applying to Mr. House, at the resi dence, and particulars, with a plan, obtained ; also of R. D. Marsh field, Esq., solicitor, and the Red Lion, Wareham ; New Inn, Wim borne ; Cron - n, Blandford ; Antelope, Poole ; Sherborne ; King's Arms, Dorchester ; Matchatn's Hotel, Southampton ; of Henry Coinpigne, Esq., solicitor, 24, Bucklersbury ; at the Mart ; and at Mr. George Robins's Offices, Covent-garden. THE VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT ESTATES OF THE LATE WM. CROWDT, ESQ., OF HIGIIWORTH, COMPRISING THE MUCH AD %MED RESIDENCE, WEST ROP HOUSE, AND LANDS AROUND THE TOWN ; ALSO FARMS AND LANDS AT STRATTON, CLOSE TO THE SWINDON STATION, SOUTH MARSTON, SHRIVENHAM, LETCOMBE, LECI4LADE, HAMPTON AND HANNINGTON ; ALL MOST ELIGIBLE FOR INVESTMENT. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed by the Executors to announce for SALE by AUCTION, at the GODI)ARD ARMS, SWINDON, on MONDAY, Nov. 16, at Twelve for One o'clock, in Three Lots, The important Freehold Property of the late William Crowdy, Esq., of Highworth, Wilts. COMPRISING NEARLY 400 ACRES OF THE BEST LAND IN THE VICINITY OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, OFFERING MANY TEMPTING INVESTMENTS, including Westrop House, the family Residence, built of stone, of handsome exterior, and upon which no expense has been spared to secure every comfort ; the internal arrangement so complete as to leave nothing to be desired. The principal Rooms are of good pro portions, and the Reception Rooms and Saloon opening one with another and, LOOKING UPON THE LAWN AND PLEASURE GARDEN, WHICH EXTEND shrubbery walk, of singular beauty, winds a considerable distance through the grounds, which present a charming specimen of landscape gardening ; the offices are quite perfect, and, as four packs of hounds hunt the immediate neigh bourhood, A MOST DELIGHTFUL HUNTING SEAT may be secured, which from its many advantages only requires to be known to be appreciated by a sporting gentleman. Also immediately opposite are OF6 ARES OR N AENTAL LAND. with extensive fron C tages to two road M s, forming a most valuable ap pendage to the residence, and close to the town, two Freehold Houses, facing the High-street, occupied by Mrs. Jones and Mr. Howes, with gardens, and several cottages. Also, AT EASTROP, IN HIGH WORTH, a house occupied by Mr. Lavington, with two closes of extremely rich land, with frontage to the high road; ono known as Fennell's Close, the other as THE TRINITY CLOSE, WITH FISH-POND AND PLANTATION, a romantic spot of extreme beauty, and its proximity to the town offers a tempting purehase. Two acres of meadow land, at Hampton, let to Mr. Robert Litton ; three acres at Hanaington, let to Mr. Richard Herbert ; thirty acres, known as the Goslakes, with frontage to the Lechlade road ; 37 ACRES OF RICH MEADOW AND ARABLE LAND. AT STRATTON, div ided into five closes, tw o o f them abutting upon the railroad at Swindon, and close to the station, let to Mr. Greenaway, Mr. Law rence, and Mr. Bailey. A SNUG FARM OF FIRST-RATE PASTURE LAND AT H MARs comprising 58 acres, with SOU homestead and Toar buildings, let to Mr. Love ; and 9 acres, let to Mr. Hughes. Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Litton. 5 ACRES OF CAPITAL MEADOW LAND AT SHRIVENHAM. in two Closes, one with frontage to the Berkshire Canal, let to Mr. Street, and the other on the Road to Highworth, let to Mr. Pocock. Three Cottages at Watchtleid, let to Mr. Belcher and others. A CAPITAL PASTURE AND ARABLE FARM AT LETCOMB/S, with a comfortable Farm House and suitable Buildings, a portion of the Land of superior quality around the House, the remainder Down forming together a desirable Farm. in the also an allotment of three and a half acres occupation a nd about of a mile mr. d h i set: Bunco, at Letcombe Regis, let to Thomas Goodlake, Esq., and four and a half acres of rich Meadow Land at Letcombe Basset. A SMALL FARM OF EXCELLENT ARABLE AND MEADOW LAND AT LECHLADE, s a , nd anifr u o n n a moiety of which belonged to the late Mr. Crowdy, 46 acres being undivided moiety the High-road, let to Mr. Hunter, 10 acres of Water Meadow on the eeesaaniCreeso,cebeuipng the second from the close to the Tom, with Farm-yard and Baiatildionng, in don to Lechlade, in the occupation of Road leading from Fan g ni ßo o a i ( e l ty lea of dln a g sm to a y C el l f o o s r e d, o i f n t t h h r Mr. Phipp. The various Properties may be viewed, b y permission of the tenants, and full particular will be published 21 day s prior to the Swindon ; Barri ng t on Arms, I s S h al ri e v , e t n o h b a e m h ; a d ß a e t ar t , h w e o GoddardCricklade ; Crown, Farringdon ,of Henry C. Cr ow d y, Esq., Solicitor, Highworth, and at the King and Queen, High worth ; of Messrs. Barnes, Winter, and Bernard, Solicitors, No. 2, Great Win -1 tag particulars ; Ne . r :nn, Lechlade; Whi te Horse, chester-street, Broad-street; and at Mr. George Robins's Offi ces, Covent-garden. SLATE QUARRY, NEAR CARNARVON, NORTH WALES. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to DIS POSE OF, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, a valuable SLATE QUARRY, in the most convenient position for readily embarking the produce to every part, and which is held under a lease for twenty-one years, renewable on application. It is about seven miles from the thriving town of Carnarvon, with the advantage of a rail or tram-road. which goes through the lower part of the quarry, an d thence to that town. The quality of the slate, which is of a most beautiful blue, cannot be surpassed; it is to be found in vast abundance, and capable of being manufactured to any size that may be required, A considerable part on the top has been worked, evincing ample proof of the superiority of the produce. A short level can easily he made, so as to have a depth of twenty-two yards Over the whole of the quarry. The length of the vein is about 300 yards, and the breadth about 130. There is every convenience and advantage for conducting the working successfully ; and there cad be no question a large amount of annual profit may be safely relieu upon by the employment of only a moderate capital. Mr. Thomas Richardson, of South Penrailt, will show the quarry of whom full particulars may be had ; also at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent-garden. lAMBETH. Yesterday the revislonoFdelists for this borough was gone into before J. Deedes,:Esq., the Barrister, at the Sessions House, Newington. In St. Giles, Camberwell, there were but a few claims or technical objections. In St. Mary, Lambeth, there were 35 claims and no objections. Mr. Sinclair, of Kennington-lane, claimed to have his name inserted on the register, it having been omitted for non-payment of the poor-rates. Mr. Sinclair, in support of the claim, said that on the 20th of July he had called three times at the house of Mr. Spencer, who he always considered was the collec tor, but he had had some dispute with the parochial au thorities, and he heard he was then suspended, b ut h e had the collecting books. He could no t see Mr. The Spencer , an d BARRISTERthe e servant sk e could f e o t t g e i n v d e e h re im d t receipt, although he had the mon e y i n hi s h an d . amount ? M . r. Sinclair repli e d th a t h e did not ; h e h a d 3 1 . or 41. in his hand. A subsequent application had been made to him for it, but then he was 160 miles from town, and it was not paid now. The BARRISTER said it appeared a hard case, for there was a difficulty as to who was the collector at the time. The present collector stated that he could not have given a receipt on the 20th of July. The BARRISTER observed that it would have been better to have tendered the exact amount, and the rate must now be paid. He should allow the claim. The Learned Gentleman, however, upon referring to the Act, considered that the tender of the money was only good in cases of claims to bo rated. The difficulty was that the rate was not now paid, and it had not been tendered to any other officer. Mr. Sinclair submitted that the tender having been made on the 20th of July, it was of no consequence when it was in fact paid. The BARRISTER said the section made no reference to a tender. It expressly stated that no person shall be entitled to be on the register "unless he shall have paid, on or before the 20th of July, all assessed and other taxes up to the 6th of April." The 30th section had the word " tender," but that was in reference to a claim to be rated. Where parties left the payment of the rates to Le last moment a difficulty was liable to occur as, for instance, if the collector should die on that day. Collectors were appointed for the convenience of the parish. Mr. Sinclair said—lf this were done, half Lambeth would be disfranchised, for no one would know what they had to pay. The Learned BARRISTER observed that the rate-book could be seen. The claim was disallowed. Of the whole claims 61 were allowed, and 4 disallowed. In St. Mary, Newington, there were 34 claims, which were allowed. There was no case of any interest, and this parish concluded the revision. EAST SURREY. The Revising Barrister sat again yesterday at the workhouse, Russell-street,Bermondsey, to revise the list of voters in the only remaining parish, that of St. George, Southwark. Forty-eight claims were sent in by the members of a building society, in respect of four houses. They were supported by Mr. Russell, the free-trade agent, and the whole of the claimants were placed upon the list. On Tuesday an application was made to the Revising Barrister by Mr. Drummond, the Conservative agent for the Croydon district, to grant him a case for the Common Pleas in reference to his decision, with regard to the cases of several clergymen whose tithes had been commuted to a rent charge, and whom he had held to be disqualified on account of thero not sending in a fresh claim upon the altered qualification. The Revising Barrister refused to grant a case. The following is a return of the result of the revision, as given by the free trade agents: — CLAIMS. Made. I Failed. I Sustained. 613 61 552 OBJECTIONS. Made. Withdrawn. I I Failed. Amended. Sustained. 833.1 103 1 38, 1 460 232 OU TH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY and TRENT VALLEY, MID LANDS, and GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the Amalgamation of the above Com panies has low been completed and filially ratified, in pursuance of the powers contained in the several Acts of Incorporation, and that such Companies are now united under the name of " THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY," by which title the Amalgamated Company will in future be described and referred to in all proceedings and advertisements. All Holders of Scrip in each of the first above-named Companies arc required to forward the same to this office for registration, on or before the third day of November next. The Holders of Scrip in the Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Railway Company will be entitled to be registered for one share of 121. in the Amalgamated Company in lieu of each share of 201. originally allotted. The 'folders of Scrip in the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Company will be entitled to be registered for shares in the Amalga mated Company in the proportion of three shares of 121 each in lieu of every two shares of 251. originally allotted, or as near thereto as such claimant's number of 251. shares will admit in relation to the original and reduced amounts of the capital of the Company. AU Scrip transmitted must be accompanied by a letter (in the an nexed form), containing a description of the same by numbers and amounts, and a request to be registered in respect thereof for the due proportion of new shares as above, and SIGNED in FULL, with tie NAME, ADDRESS, and DESCRIPTION of the CLAIMANT. Receipts will be given far all Scrip transmitted, and sealed Cer tificates will be issued forthwith after the completion of the registry. .Nll shares in respect of which the scrip shall not be sent in for re gistration on or before the third day of November nest may be regis tered in the name of the original allottee. HORATIO BARNETT, Secretary to the South Staffordshire Railway Compny. South Staffordshire Railway-office, Bradford-street, Walsall, October 13, 1846. FORM OF APPLICATION TO REGISTER. SOUTH STAFFORDSIIIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. Sir,—l hereby deposit Scrip Certificates for the * Railway Company, namely— No. to Shares. I No. to No. to No. to And I claim to be registered in respect thereof for the due proportion of shares in this Company, in conformity with your circular and ad vertisement dated the 13th instant, subject to the General Rules, Regulations, and Conditions contained in the several Acts of Incor poration of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Company and the Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Railway Company, and in the several agreements for the amalgamation of the same Companies, all of which I hereby agree to fulfil, discharge, and con form to. I also require sealed Certificates to be prepared in exchange. Christian name and surname at full length.... .. Description ..... ........... .......... Address ....................................... Usual signature Dated this day of October, 1846. To the Secretary, South Staffordshire Railway-office, Bradford-street, Walsall. " South Staffordshire Junction" or " Trent Valley, :Midlands, and Grand Junction," as the case may be. Shares In Shares. PUBLICATIONS. D EALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOM BET AND SON, By CHARLES DICKENS. Advertisements intended for insertion in the Second Number of this popular work, should be sent to the Publishers by the, 21st inst. Bills (of which 30,000 are required) by the 24th. London : Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLVI, is just published. CONTENTS: I. FORTIFICATIONS of PARIS. 11. LORD NUGENT'S TRAVELS in GREECE. 111. THE SPANISH LADY'S LOVE. IV. CONSTANTINOPLE in the FOURTH CENTURY. V. DR. HOOK on EDUCATION of the PEOPLE. VI. COLOGNE CATHEDRAL. VII. GENERAL NOTT in AFFGIIANISTAN. VIII.HOCHEL AGA, and Sir F. B. HEAD'S EMIGRANT. IX. CLOSE of SIR ROBERT PEEL'S ADMINISTRATION. John Murray, Albemarle-street. '7,, APPOINTMENTS, Thomas Johnston, Master in Command, to the An dromache. C. A. Jenkins, Clerk in Charge, to the Andromache. William Broad, Boatswain, to the lEolus. Robert Pote, Carpenter, to the .lEolus Joseph Deighton, Gunner, to the Andromache. James Luke, Boatswain, to the Andromache. "Richard Har dy, Carpenter, to the Andromache. George Russell, Acting First Engineer Supernumerary, to the William and Mary. D. C. 0. Slaughter, Midshipman, to the Queen. George Boulton, Second Engineer, to the William and Mary. Willoughby W. Howell, Naval Cadet, to the Rattle snake. PROMOTIONS. Peter Cracroft, Lieutenant, to be Commander. Thomas Eyre, Commander, to be retired Captain. Henry Leslie Grove, Lieutenant, to be retired Com mander. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 13. ♦PPOINTMENTS. Edmund Edward Turnour, Lieutenant, to the Por cupine. E. L. B. Williams, Master's-Assistant, to the Sidon. H. G. Thomsett, Master's-Assistant to the Sidon. Ti. W. Giffard, Captain, to the Penelope. THE GREAT WESTERN'S LAST VOYAGE. The following account of the voyage of the Great Western will show the imminent peril she experienced. She sailed hence on the 12th ult.:-- " On Saturday, the 19th, the wind began to fre - shen, and in the evening had increased to a gale. On Sunday the fore staysail was split and the vessel lay to under bare poles. At four P.M. the wind had increased to a heavy storm, and a great quantity of water got into the engine. room. The passengers in the morning assembled in the cabin, seriously alarmed at the dangers that en compassed them. At eleven a heavy sea broke over the starboard wheel house, and started the ice house andiron life boat from their fastenings. " The wind was veering northward, and they attempt ed to wear ship, but were obliged to desist, meantime the squaresails blew away. The lee quarter boats were torn away from the davits by a heavy lee lurch, and the others seemed likely to follow. At noon the storm still raged in all its fury, and a heavy sea striking the lar board paddle-box, smashed it to atoms, sprung the spring beam and shattered the parts of the ship attached thereto. A splinter struck the Captain oe the head s and would have knocked him overboard, but he was caught in the nettings. " The water was gaining on the pumps ; all the hatches were battened down except those used in primp ing into the engine-room, and the weather continued the same until midnight, when there was a lull of half an hoar. " The sails were blown from their furls and streamed out to leeward in ribbons. But about one . o'clOck a sea struck the vessel and a tremendous crash follovipl ; torrents of water deluged the cabin through the skylight. The passengers in total darkness, sprang to their teet, and a scream of agony told the terrible apprehensions that prevailed. The crash was caused by the wave which swept the quarter-deck of all the wood-work upon it. " Night closed in, the wind increasing in•fury. The whole ocean was cowered with foam. In the evening the Rer. Mr. Balch administered the sacrament to about 60 persons. The scene was most solemn and impressive. " On Monday the storm still raged with terrific fury till eight in the morning, when the eiouds begab to break, and the squalls were less severe. The ship'e head was got to the N.W., and the yards hauled around. At noon the storm ceased, and at 2 P.X. the sea abated,_ the storm having lasted 36 hours. " At half-past five on Monday morning the vessel was in the greatest danger from a tornado, which buried The gunwales of the ship in the sea. At this critical mo ment the engine was true to its duty, and brought the ship up to her course. The wind had veered 20 points in 36 hours. " On Tuesday morning all assembled in the cabin, when religious services were performed by Rev. Drs. Smucker, Beecher, Balch and other clergymen on board. A meeting of the passengers was also held, Aroi‘ribald Gracie, Esq., being called to the chair , and resoluti ons were adopted suited to the circumstances of the case. - " A letter of thanks to the Captain and other officers of the ship was also drawn up, and the sum of 2001. was raised to present to the officers and crew, of Which the Captain was asked to accept 801. A fund was also started for the support of the widows and children of those who perish at sea, to be called, The . Great Wes tern Fund."" THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMER.—AII the attempts made to get this fine vessel off the sands at Dundrum Bay having failed, Captain Hosken, on Tuesday, had all her sails set, and drove her higher up on the beach, as she was then making two feet of water more per hour than the pumps could keep free. From the latest accounts, it appears that all chance of getting the Great Britt off is nearly at an end.' It is supposed she must ; a,t least wait for the high 'tides of the spring. A proteoting breast work is to be constructed round her. We learn that she has been insured in London for about-20,0001. An insurance has also, it seems, been effected in Glas gow. but to what extent we do not know. It is, how ever, believed that the whole insurances fall far slrOrt of her cost—that is, about 120,000/.; . and beyond , this, .we hear that the underwriters refuse to pt 4", on the ground that the vessel was lost through gross negligence. The position of the Great Britain, down to Friday last, was then nothing better, and the spring tides having-, passed away without the efforts made during their con tinuance having been attended with success, the destruc tion, to a very great extent, of this fine property, is almost inevitable. Her condition is described as bad, no less than 14 feet of water in the hold.—Liverpoot Courier. IRON VESSELS.—ADVANTAGES OF WATEIWTIGHT COMPARTMENTS.-=A letter from Falmouth to the Liver pool underwriters, dated 9th October, contains the fol lowing passage;—" The Rattler steamer, f r om Cork to London, full of water in after parts , and hiefly so in the hold, the fore compartment only keeping her afloat, has been run on the mud, and cargo being taken out, all soaked. She sprung a leak on the 7th instant, soon after leaving Cork. Among the passengers thus miraculously d Messrs. Frederick , Geor g e, and Laton Foster." sav ed were Captain Rob ert Foster, R.N., Mrs. Foster, an THOMAS CLARKSON.—The memoirs of this remark able man published by our contemporaries, omit to men ticn that he was a clergyman of the Established Church. Such nevertheless is the fact. He was made deacon in early life, but his exertions in the cause of emancipation brought him into connexion with many estimable Quakers, whose views he imbibed to a very considerable extent. The consequence was, that he dropped the title of reverend, and ceased to officiate as a clergyman.— vr institu tio n hteiatntuiti Dublin u v ul e bdo r l,r n i n m a ssau e wincl such Cambridge Advertiser. w Schools .0 fionfg TeDesign carefully-adjusted shallef fortssay,reckonedestablishedroa STREET RonBERIEs.--Yesterday the police received information that Mr. Armstrong, of 11, Brett-street, St. George's in the East, was robbed between Lombard street and Mark•lane, of a pocket-book, containing five Bank of England notes for 5/., and a number of bills of exchange. Also, that Mr. Yardle, of Cannon-street, had been plundered of his pocket-book, containing mil k Hyi# shares wi t ssEip!tß4 cheques .to ;the amount of QO/. CITY IMPRoviiq r *T§. Naticelitii 2 lSM . en that all the houses in CO Etrpaa 7 street arid Leaden lill , street, between the Hall of `toiniiierce and the Royal Exchange, are forthwith to be dill:MlA:led, preparatory I to the projected improvements. . I I