The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-21 00:00:00

roOST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1847. _ The earliest copy of the work h as b e en b u t a f e w days limed; and he following Reviews have already appeared in the lea:ling Metre °Man Journals : TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846. The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for 847 —is now issued. It is a won d er f u lly diff eren t a ffair from the old Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing more than the alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for some Years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Di !.ecterY," a "Postal Di rectory, " a " Conveyance Di rec t ory ," w ith a nest ot other WIN digests. The volume appears to have been very carefully revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course, t he postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in minor points the work seems to bear the test of a search into mat ters 13115'111th changes have been very recent. MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1846. s , The powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual et Tme appears really un li m it e d . P u bli s h e d dining a series of forty ?gut3 ears in a me t ropol i s whose dwellings i ncrease i n num b er b y an e arly average of some 14 , 000 , an d w h ose commerce ex p a nds in still larg er measure, the . " Post-office Directory" has become enormously enhanced in bulk, as also in the complicated variety of its indis- Pe „ ns ablq contents. The admirable success with which the really ;",?ralous difficulties of his task has been overcome by the inde :,,lgable publisher has been proved by the experience of many years; we need say little more then that the present volume , presents ..lame tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and Inge- Tilt, of arrangement, in packing into reasonable compass, and pro ducing in lucid order, its millions of facts and references. -Within ev 2) Pages every man may leans everything he ought to know about ery one of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses, " as everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The _r3 - rapid extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar _rang:meats with some continental states, have rendered necessary _"_ 1 1 1 extensive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post -office. We find the information given under those heads 4 " only as full and accurate as it was well possible to make them, b ut more n ew and recent than we should haye thought attainable in a lt of such magnitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best . 1 1 3 of London we happen to have met with. 11-xy as MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto "'en the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still farther abl e , enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously en- . _ the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of unriv a ll ed I fl completeness, wherein every species ,of fact likely to be access, 13 7 the merchant an d th e t ra d e r is placed within convenient I The volume contains upwards of two thousand punted royal octavoliages, betokening a singular amount of indus- Las a matter of compilation, and. awakening astonishment at the co""LnPrehensiveness of the machinery which co'uld bring "within a s ,moron focus so much varied and scatered intelligence—embracing 1.,,,, a , 110 es a multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of vast '' , ers of contributori. We believe that the present volume is not , Matched in the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate th a , eal and specific information is no less a typographical wonder, 8 a Prodigious monument of diligence and enttrprise. pe r i o r l e dozen or so of separate directories are included in this huge p e ,,'"'eal—the only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a p i .C he nent existence —a , veritable triumph, indeed, of the , utilitarian Th e ..2 1 1 " ) , '° over the onsafriental. The "Official Directory' I ! a key . to ol,e of the Government Offices, and a record of' official pers o , • tr ade : This is followed by a "Street Directory," exhibiting the ar e in lnen in evert thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets i'rofi e . r sected bithose at fl i ght - angles ; while the " Corrimercial and Thens2lenal Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above.. lird er e L' l nes a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated lua g Air respective callings. The " Law Directory" is a-list of the 74 41. cetali„.... Queen's counsel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys. &c. vtlth Ailikas4Athe vulousaauzu v or officerVititetrefr-peen d.resse, "Court Directory" comprises the ad of the nobility and gentry; and the " Parliamentary Three ens, - ,,, a 4ccord of the Members of the Houses of Lords and Corn ,eers -et arna;,, q ,,. ' all alphabcticil list of the boroughs, cities, and counties Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of " el irery The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and races o ,`'` every post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal 1 -ena on ': r allghout the world to which mails are dispatched from the rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails, and the boriU ``d mails, &c. The "City Directory" registers the civic au pb,ters ..he public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and • ' ye !' churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the heokf av 3 ance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and a nd a . 4„ ..ell ices, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking Cate th e "':anee Directories. These various heads will serve to !ruti n variet_inultitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them coins ‘‘ . atir, subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable . bon_l2resenting a curious analysis of the public and private institu is the Metropolis and of the commercial world. Every parson to a e falind under his proper section, from a prime minis ter down l a , sheriff', „ a 'hou se eer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg late s • The Edit or , i u his ,Preface, takes occasion to congratu kin,inelf on th e many improvements he has t hi s year i n troduced, stem 7„11y fl owing from the employment of " selected agents," specificconsopera new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into e2te nt " 0 n the Ist ofJanuary 1847 and disturbs to a considerable the mos ttlii e zates of rostage ove ' r a great part of.the Continent, seems mportant. TFio M ORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846' 1 11 011;1: 1 ° . s t - Office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. Leo apparently limited to London. It is in reality a national None of the leading towns can_ will be without it. It must tles.,itirrabeleittential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to ce of business in and about the metropolis. It is an L is afUl d,!_,s ) rk of its kind; and the extent and minuteness of its Vedi ete '"lns are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the irn; 'he ar e an d Pedal patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General, °I . th e Ple st and completest means were, of course, at the command hiim,,ProPrietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo the f "'" oi r and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present . is men e a ,r - eighth annual publication. Few commercial or trading tis e i u Ptv reqre articular desription of he really important btee t ,,, , ll informauti p on, to almost ever c y party In t any sort of business, u f 1 the two thousand closely but clearly-print octavo ages L °odo — h ke thrY• Preceded by - an admirable and per ed spicuous p map Prepared exprePly - it Is declared, for the work by Mr. 7.„ ... . 71 55, there are divisions, comprising, among other informa; , Conn.tiO 8, ' "Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " /lanki n Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance, Th e g , and many other Directories. /141 tio a ° P e is expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual resp eet :f the "Post-office London Directory " may be found "in all Ilerab l ,, ' 0 equal the best of its predecessors. very consi *Vora; , l atnination of the marvellously full and ' varied contents and ,"Dee s ,„ -O 9 on matters which it must be so difficult, .laborious, and win e eto collect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming ce eeom s Y realised. It not only equals the best of its prede • The b ` , in several particulars it surpasses all its precursors. sev erai c nination is not only fuller in many respects, but there are +ale, I MPertant alterations and editions, largely adding to the use tem ' s of the b oo k - It is intima t e d, an d truly, that although all Are P l i t lo /1 has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous tei,,,fulat there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours i °lite r " the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it i s tic to e , d that it has been " even in a pecuniary point of view bone - hient s t he Public, is proved by the fact, that impor.ant Improve ?rice and additions are annually made without any increase of °M° result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case, Art" Public patronage been divided." With reference to the callt;we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it c e , st Profitable to provide such varied materials- and aterials hoe r au tlY changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la teen,,and cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre pe,.„`j°us sale could make the speculation answer. Among the ins- N'ae_nt alterations will be found those introduced into the " Postal" re,.°rY. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and complete ; and "" niuch increase the daily, it might be more truly pronounced its hours fe ssi value, particularly to the merchant, the trader, or the pro aer nal man. As the new treaty with Prussia caused very consi )111,1151e changes in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian d0,,,....'11°218, ,,,....' 11° 2 18 , Baden Bavaria. Bremen, Denmark, the German Stat., leTurn, nano ' ver, a L n ah_eek, meekienhure, Oidenburgb, Poland Prus d ;Norway, lATurtemburgh„ &c., &c., &c., those t ilatr"' E rt e jl e e l d precisely as they are arranged to come into ° Perat' s are the e first of January, 1847." The other changes are not only numerous,ion but all the intelligence is announced to be brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the appearance of itch a volume in sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The business ,__laerits of the work are of the hi g h es t or d er , and render it, of its kitid, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for its t°4l l l leteness, fulness, and usefulness. ; - SUN, Nov. 18, 1846. T,,,,:ltntleiient is the forty-eighth liens effort of compilation it annual ik ,r,_4reetory," and a truly mary " Post-office for some years under the e edition of the triayota. l'4ost-ornce Directory" has been alone. _, h all d no w rules t e h ir e fie n ld rana T g h e e r y of ha th ve is , cte ' ry" li'vv° ' vrt er er ile"ra " lt e d t iv iC er e s li o y ihe U r n d t i i r l ec h t e eri b es eca in me th T t. --ailleared, and the " Pest-office D Makin, .i. — ast onishing sucessc, however, has not e e l e ia s d s. therone Proprietor of this gigantic work car nits ,;', , 1.a man of business, not to be perfectly ce of the same untiring nis success can only be reaped by a continuance thleieeffiseettoeof aehi,„:,..energY by which the success was , in thet]awareflrst thatinstance the for ii,.? , and accorclingly, we find that the ' Pos oflice arrange 1 4 , 11 7; , is cven more highly finished in all its elaborate Directory" n eteri e L nan any former edition of the book. The exntandmtio , ev ery " of the details furnished render the work indispensable 1 3014_ aenanaercial and mercantile establishment. So ad . n d ira t b h l a y t , th ere y r , is this multifarious information digested and arranged, Partic.nisanot the slight eat difficulty experienced In referr in in a g ry t:o_t_h_e s in stanc e r Page required to furnish the information—a. . , 0 ,, 1 T 44 1 - sva rci ,, _.cf clearness of arrangement in a work consisting I co n n P . tent s ' ?' 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its ~orri_.sar_c arranged under varlous heads, as, for i ‘ nstance, erc t . n a e. bir e ' t i 1 birectery," the " Street Directory," the ' Co . mm i 4 1 4 the . a Y , " the " Trades' Directory," the " Law- DirectorY, b Court Directory." the " Parliamentary Directory," the b i . ustal Directory " the " D' • . tor " the " Conveyance rseto,..., ~ ~_ 44 - , . City use y, Dort ant ,, ute Banking Directory," and some others. Many . lin7 t0r34.44 alterations have been introduced into the " Postal Direc r,,,_ oThe new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into 0pe ,b5'4,"4 n the Ist of January nerd, will effect very considerable 11„,,"_7 1 s in the rates of postage to places in the Austrian dominions, //:;., Ilavaria,,Brunen, Denmark, the German states, llamburgh, it t 7 B ' s . , er, Lubeck, Ittecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia, than a ' Saxony, Sweden and:Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c. These 1,01,,1e te_s are full y detailed in the " Postal Directory " of the p resen t a na ` The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved inell!t2e.urately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of' three 1%.,,,,`s to the mile. This Directory is certainly the most complete Tw,..' °f the sort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful he--444.', but the in dispensable necessity of such a work, no man of busi ,, can f useful- Al or a moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the corn outlay •ess and fulness of the information furnished, and the enormous aciltil of tim e and of capital that must have been made in order to . Mrieh e th a nd digest tbe information, e Work is publishe 1 is really wonderful. the very reasonable price at OBE, No v. 21, 1846. bl GL dev il Invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just oration aP P e arance for the ens u lag y ea r. The vast mass of f u r or - Naito Wh ich this book contains inakos it not only desirable but neeessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of lot alitiest° requires and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who know cost to anythino• concerning the trades, professions, and book ices or the great motrOpolls. in its present extended form, the pens curiosity; the labour and expense which it has Illost to be n st u j ni . t4 cnse g t i t its Present state of perfection must have been lin ng over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which , Utility of u 'ucit with and admire—the excellent arrangement and quire s ,„,.."e" a coMpilation or the magnitude of the city which re licts a director ~ The classification of the various profes- Il l.cnt'. -- ., el, and calli 3 n ,, s in the court commercial, and law depart 17Pietsft Work on the one hand, ' and the arrangement of the Z'llofv°a-rrlidon om the other, as well as the great inass of informs -"°dea oii2Us kinds connected with the Post-office, and the different . rectory a 3 can make It altogether as complete a ch tolll4),, "`' can be desired, or as it is well possible to conceive. The Sobn,-, hloreover, contains an excellent map of London and the corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar., Asamee wItEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 1546. orty-eighth annual üblication of this highly important and 4 „'"u work has just been issued; and we must confess that Its bulky the has surprised us not a little; and when we reflect that To price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the LVAterlaln must have Increa se d , we are pleased at the liberality of r. Kelly, the proprietor. I n a commercial point of view, perhaps, !book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other infor -11, ation, there is an " 0111 dal Directory," a " Stre e t Di rectory, " a Commercial Directory," a " 7 rades' Directory," a " L aw Dire ;:4"3'," a " Court Directory," a " Parliam en t ary Directory, " a C l ty Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking : 31 rectory ;" in fact, the volume coWains much that is interesting valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per -470 in ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally Z:tbles in trade. Every description of information has been cor t—`o(l to the latest possible period : and that information is arranged Ivlth a clearnes and simplicy which must have involved gret ac sxVir, of mind s and exertion of body. Sewed with the book a is an to -e nt l 9 engraved map of London,more extended and accurate as pi""" o suburbs, than any map we have seen; and to make it , as corn bik.,4, r eference as possible, an almanac Is introduced. In the , Postal We nt y," there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti- Which will come into operation on the Ist' of January. Alto ,4ta:r this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are 411 s,4rP C aPrisedulets that other directories should have gone to the tomb of JOHN DULL, Nov. 28, 1846. 8 This annual leviathan is already completed'and published; but as Dre s - 5 that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the ti as not operated ag ai ns t It s care f u l accuracy, we may men oP str ‘ „ aat the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease Ap.i4telvart. ACM, for Renfrewshire, are duly attended to. (See Laos 0`7.1, and 1676.) We have so frequently expressed our approba t'ar a ils most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary req,,2llnendation. It contains everything which can possibly be its 1e 7 4 itt a directory —so full, - se complite, so comprehensive are all Der",", d , ts• -knd when to this we add the extreme accuracy which Its prate every department, we know not what else can be said in abt ai `ne• The machinery by which such voluminous information is ham, arra nged. and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of amon,g the " curiosities" of modern literature. --- ATLAS Nov. 28, 1846. , 1,, ( 4 : 1 , 1 )0 ,. wok of this kind, brought out even without much pretension, eb:;', be i ndispensable to every gentleman's library, eve a r3, is, Wit eounting•honse, and every trader's shop. But edit ,as this baos t . `" the utmost care, its materials being collected through the re,_ authentic channels, and embracing in its range, every head of such and cornine7cial intellkence essential to the completeness of , i,,,t i r,, 4 W , rk, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private, 4 1 ,, u , u can afforal a book of reference, will be without this compen tarn! volume, The arrangement is admirable. You can find any ....t..4.)r'1l waist in a mement. - All the heads are clear and complete ",cut4 et,." 4 'art, trades, streets, offices, hotels; forming, upon the whole, ~. of local information such as could not be brought together ex traordinary industry, assisted by an entire counnanti of all at rfa CC' ied WC' !h5 ',I 1 No. 16,928. LONDON, requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON( NEWS, Nov. 28, 184 G 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 Office, this being in great part the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. 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 Directbry" Is especially improved, and there are numerous changes throughout the volume to insure its zompleteness. The compilation must be a Yost 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 column ; and we trust tile enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find that his labours are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun try this is an indispensable volume. 51 , 94 ' 2-44 4i-7\ * • , 7 77 .. 10 , , k • 1 4:- • • -. 4e 111 i ‘4 3 0.4,). 4 4 • ,* RP. J., -r) • L • . . , , 1- _ . • lUot I ) Ili i /\! . 4 " • , , _ RAILWAY HEIL Nov. 21, 1846. I. 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 so laborious, erensive, 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 surpasied itself. The produc tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness has placed in the hands of the commercial pablic a most valuable and indispensable 'aid in carrying on the business of this vast metropolis, which would indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense if it were not fora work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have theopportunity of judging for themselves on purchasing.the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in anydegree exaggerated. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1846. The Frenelt people have done themselves credit by theirlndustrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though ingeni xis and pretty, they appear quite insignifica , tt 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 iii balk ; 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 classific dion. We find in this volume many instances of superiority to former issues, which, though eomparatively 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 manage eat of bukiuess. Its authority is now so universallyestablished,botUrag— POst-oflice awl.througloeit.4berynetrerpolis, that anrfatther recom- Thttiaittnidit is superfluous. HERAPATII'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 mentin the price. The continued enterprising spirit with Ns hich 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 parties 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 toll 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." TAIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIt. ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages ith respect to Life Assurances anti Deferred Annuities. The assured ,as, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for enure of the Policy, two-thirds of the oremiums paid (see Table) ; llso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in c rests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible ates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. ~'"4 Bonus Bonus in g Assured Premium. added, Cash. c — may Borrow. • 2, 1837 £217 15 14100 011 £l 6 0 4 1 4445 0 0 X, Xs. d. 1838 192 3 0, 87 1 4 13 10 2' 395 11 1 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 311 346 2 3 1840 116 7 6; 54 010 718 10 i 296 13 4 1841 111 6 8: 49 10 0 710 41 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be nude in lecember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION, (aided by Voluntary Contributions,) for the Cure of Stricture of the Urethra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous, Local, and General Debility. SURGEON—F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L., 2, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. To small tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes generally, this Institution offers, in all cases, gratuitous surgical assistance, and in others medicine also free of expense. Apply at the Surgery adjoinng the Surgeon's residence. REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM NEYS.—The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING BRUSH and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis gusting plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without one particle of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago an experiment was made with this apparatus At the House of Commons, the success of which was complete. Sneets of writing paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and in various other parts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping not one particle of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper. To be seen at 69, Weibeck-street, Cavendish-square. N.B. 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For Whole Life, £ a. d. 20 I 11 0 X s. d. 1 1 a £ S. d. 1 13 7 A new plan of Accumulative Assurance, by depositing instead of paying Premiums, thus : By the deposit plan, commencing at the age 20, 401. per Annum secures the assured at the age of 29 a Policy for - £ s. 949 16 1779 1 2495 'V 3111 19 3650 9 59 ~ 69 Of Deferred Annuities, to commence at any specified age, granted either with or without return of the Premiums, in case the age at which the annuity is to comm U. D. is not attained. DAVENPORT, Secretary. NOTICE TO HOLDERS ASSURANC E O COMPANY OF LONDON. F POLICIES IN THE EQUITABLE U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. The attention of Holders of Policies in the Equitable Assurance C om pany of London, is particu larl y called to the Half-credit Scales of Premium of this Co m p an y , b y which table the bonus to be de clared at the next in vesti g ation of the Equitable Assurance Com pany's affairs, in January, 1850, may be secured at a present annual payment of one-half the rates generally charged by other compa nies. In the event of death the sum insured will be paid, after deduc tion of the other half of the rates. Should the allow life ed insured survive the dec l ar ation of the bonus , the policy may be to lapse, and the Company will renounce all claim for the half premiums which may be due thereon; or in the event of the party being at that time in bad health, the policy can be kept up at the full premium of the age as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with this Com pany, was found peculiarly advantageous at the last when it division was of la profits in the Equitable Assur ance Company, in 1840, adopted, and many of the policies then effected are still in force, and large bonuses have been added to them en the scale of the fol lowing table : Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to 6 Policy. £5,000 6 ye ars 10 months • • 8 5,000 . '•., ' • 500 0 0 5,000 ..... .. 5 years .••• • • • • '' '• 400 0 0 5,000 ........ 4 years ••••• • • • ' • • 8, water:- ) • • . • .• 4 5,000 .. •.- • • • •••• 200 0 0 place London. pros 5.000 ........ 100 0 0 years 1 year •• • ..... ••• • • • pectuses and every information may be obtained on application to the Resident Director, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., at the Offices, No. Oct. 30, 1846, ' CLEItICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETT, No. 78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. win be held at the Office, in Great Russell street, on TBußSthe per 7thAn CY traordlnary General Meeting of the Proprietors a this Society day of January ensuing, at Twelve o'clock precisely, for accrued pose of declaring a BONUS out of the Profits which have accru from the general busin ess of the Society during the Five years end ing June 30th, 1846, and at that Meeting the Persons Assured have the right of being present. The same Meeting will be m a d e special, in order that the pro prietors may take into consideration the expediency of amending and altering part of the existing laws, regulations, and provisions of the Society, pursuant to theGDzeoeidtGoEf CloinsrtitNuteitl. RD, Secretary. December 16, 1846. THE LONDON AND SUBURBAN CABRIOLET and CARRIAGE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 100,0001., in 10,000 shares of 101. each. Deposit It. per share, being the largest sum which can be legally required prior to complete registration. This Company has been formed for the purpose of supplying the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood with handsome and well-appointed Public Cabriolets and Carriages, constructed with all modern im provements, in lieu of the mean and miserable conveyances at pre sent in use, and to effect this at a considerable reduction in the exist ing rates, it being intended that the fares shall in no case exceed the rate of 6d. per mile, and so on in proportion. It is also proposed to supply open Excursion Carriages of differeat kinds, in the Summer Months, similar to those in use at Brighton, Leamington, and other fashionable watering places. Full prospectuses, containing the names of the Provisional Direc tors, and Members of the Company, may be obtained ; and applica tions for Shares (which must bo in the prescribed forms), may be made to the Secretary of the Company, at the temporary offices, 3, Crown-curt, Old Broad-street, London. DRAWING -ROOM, LIBRARY, and 'DIN ING-ROOM ORNAMENTS in ITALIAN ALABASTER, BRONZE, MARBLE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR, consisting of Groups, Vases, Figures, beautiful inlaid Tables, Watch stands, Can- Olesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, Paperweights, &c., chiefly copied from the antique, and imported by J. TENNANT, late Mawe, 149, Strand, London. J. Tennant has an extensive assortment of Shells,. Minerals, and Fossils, and arranges elementary Collections to facilitate the study of Conchology, Mmetalogy, or Geology, from 2 to 50 guineas each ; he also gives Private Instruction in Mineralogy. INP'LUENZA, COUGHS, AND COLDS. QINICO'S ESSENCE of LINSEED is the mo s t k.. 3 efficacious remedy ever discovered for the relief ofpersons suf fering from irfltrnza ; the two first doses generally arrest the pro gress of this distressing complaint, and a little perseverance com pletely removes it. Children's coughs, as well as recent ones in adults, *ill be removed by a few doses (frequently by the first), and asthmatic persons, who previously had not been able to lie down in bed, have received the utmost benefit from the use of Simoo's Essence of Linseed. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, in bottles at Is. PA d. and 2s. 9d each. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. 'TOIIT•ON'S CAMOMILE PILLS 1.1 are confidently recommended as a simple but certain remedy to all who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Live Complaints ; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impar leg strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system, Sold in bottles at ls. 1 d., 2s. 9d., and Us. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION.—Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S TILLS," and do not e persuaded to purchase an imitation. MONDAY to-4 -4 CONTRACTS FOR WHEAT, COCOA, SOAP, TOBACCO, and PEAS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualing and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Dec. 16, 1846. _ . . The Commissioners for Execnting the Office of Lord High Admi ral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give Notice, that on THuRsDAT, the 24th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD the undermentioned Articles, viz.:— Quarters Wheatßed •.• • • . 2000 j White .. • • 1000 1 Half of each in Three weeks, and the Tons. remainder in Three weeks after -100 wards. 301 When to be delivered. Cocoa • . •......... Soap (mottled) .. . AT a MEETING of MEMBERS of the COM MON COUNCIL, held at Guildhall, on Saturday, the 19th of Desember, 1846 WALTER ANSON PEACOCK, Esq., Deputy, in the chair; Resolved —That the Court of Common Council, consisting of the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and a number of Commoners, annually chosen by the freemen, Inhabitant householders of this City, have for ages possessed and exercised the right to originate and pass such Acts and ordinances as have become necessary from time to time, for advancing the welfare of the citizens, and improving its municipal institutions, in unison with the spirit of the age. . Resolved—That in furtherance of a design to defeat the exercise of this right, the Court of Aldermen, on Thursday, the 17th lust., pre sented a protest against the pasting of an Act for regulating the qualification of members of the Common Council; and, although the Lord Mayor and Aldermen had at former Courts concurred in the orders for the preparation of the Bill, and in its being read a first and second time, when the third reading of the Bill was moved and seconded, the Lord Mayor refused to put the question to the Court, and the Aldermen, after a long discussion, with one exception, quitted the Court, which was thereby dissolved. Resolved—That we, the members of the Court of Common Coun cil, have reason to believe that it is the determination of the Mayor and Aldermen to dispute the right of the Cqrporation, in Court of Common Council assembled, to pass the Bill now before the Court, mainly because. they are aware that a committee of the Common Council have, since the introduction of the present Bill, prepared another to limit the Court of Aldermen in the expenditure of the public money. Resolved—That we, the members of the Common Council, then protested, and now protest, against the proceeding of the said ➢layor and Aldermen, and on behalf of the citizens of London, resolve to theist upon the right, through their representatives, to control the outlay of their funds, that we may ensure their application to public and useful purposes ; and we resolve, and hereby pledge ourselves to adopt and enforce all such lawful, just, and reasonable measures as shall preserve to the citizens of London the right to alter their muni cipal institutions to meet the increasing commerce of the City, and in conformity with the intelligence and wants of the times. _ .... . _ W. A. PEACOCK, Chairman, PUBLICATIOPIS. PUNC H'S ALMANACIC will be published on Wednesday, the 23d inst. ; price 3d., or 4d. stamped. London: Office, 85, Fleet-street, and sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. NEW WORK ,BY MICHAEL ANGELO TITMARSII. On the First of January, to be continued in Monthly Parts, price Is each, withilltuaelp.Bl. I V-- ustrations on Steel and Wood,- A , ..7 -37 y If AIR PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES OF ENGLISH SO. Tobacco (Virginia) 20 Ha1f in a Fortnight, and the remainder Quarters in a Fortnight afterwards. 500 Peas .............. The Cocoa and Tobacco are to be exempted from the Customs' duties. Samples of the Wheat and Peas (not less than Two quarts of each), and of the Cocoa (not less than 21bs.), must be produced by the parties tendering, and samples of the Soap and Tobacco, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said Office. No tender will he received after One o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi miralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-pla.2e, and those for Cocoa must be accompanied by a Letter signed by Two respon sible p6rsons, engaging to become bound with the persons tendering in the sum of 251. per cent. on the value for the due performance of he contract. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. BY PERMISSION.-PROFESSOR SCHtENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe cimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex plosive 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 daily, by Professor BACHHOFFNER, especially with reference to the new patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble, called the ROYAL ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. By the OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED POTATOE, showing the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tubers, &c., together with the DES fRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by A. Since, Esq., F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, DIVING EX PERIME N TS, the DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. &c. . Admission Is.. Schools, half-price,.• . • GRAND u-NroN RAILWAY. OUTSTANDING SCRIP. The Holders of Scrip Certificates which have not yet been regis tered aro requested to forward the same to the Secretary, and apply for the RETURN of the DEPOSIT, minus the expenses, before the 31st of January, 1847, as arrangements are made for closing the offices. Scripholders are reminded that the Deed of Release must be signed hefora the money can be received ; and, to save trouble an•.l expense, it is recommended that the certificate should be registered and the money claimed by a party resident in London. If the holder cannot attend personally at the offices in London, he must authorise an agent to sign the deed on his behalf, by power of Attorney, on a 30s, stamp. The sum of 12s. per share, and a certificate for any further return that may be hereafter payable, will be handed to the shareholder on signing the Deed of Release. By order, ALFRED BRESSON, Secretary, Company's Offices, 78, Cornhill, Dec. 16, 1846. nIRECT BOMBAY and MADRAS RAIL F WAY. Notice.—The FIRST HALF YEAR'S INTEREST, at 4 per cent. per annum, will continue to be PAID till the 31st inst. Scripholders are requested to present their scrip at the offices of the Company between the hours of Twelve and Three, when it will be stamped and the interest paid at the same time'. By order, JAMES WARD, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 58, Fenchurch-street. B IRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. LOANS OF MONEY. The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive Loans of Money for period: of five or seven years, under the authority of their Acts of Parliament, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The interest will be paid half-yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist of July, in London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer. Sealed, tenders, stating the amount and term of years for which the money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commissioners, endorsed "Tender for Loans."—Birkenhead, Sept. 21, 1846. By order, RICHARD HIND, Sec. /AMISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New road, London. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of the HYGEIST, with the reasons that led hint to the discovery of the linden System of Medicine and the " Vegetable Universal Medicines," after thirty-five years' inex pressible suffering under the medical faculty. James Morison, the youngest - son of Alexander Morison, Esq. was born at Bognie, in the county of Aberdeen, in the year 1770. The family has been long known as one of great affluence and re spectability, and the late Member for Banffshire, John Morison, was the second brother of the subject of this brief sketch. For the remainder of the sketch, see the abridged " Morisoniana," to be had of all the honorary members of the British College of Health, New-road, London. Price 6d. T HE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) chemically purified material has been before it (made into every useful and ornamental it article usually du made in silver, pssessing, as does, the characteristic purity and rab:lity of silver) o , has called into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," and other so called substitutes ; they are at best but bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him. Fiddle Threaded King's Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern, d0zen........ ................. 12s. Od. 28s. OJ. 30s. Od. Dessert ditto and ditto ditt o .... • • 10s. Oct. 21s. ed. 255. Od. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto— • • ss. Od. lls. Od. Gravy ditto •••••••.•• • • • • • • • • • 3s. Od. 6s Od. 7 125. Od. NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such either usefully or ornamentally. In the lengthened and increasing popu larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards vicar, immeasurably superior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can they be distinguished from real silver. Fiddle. Th rea d. King ' s. Tea Spoons, per dozen .• .. 18s. • • 325. .• 38s. Dessert Forks „ ••••• • • • • 30s. • • 465. .. 58s. Dessert Spoons ~ ••••• • • • • • 30s. • • 525. .. 625. Table Forks Table Spoons ,• ••••• • • • • • 40s. • • 725. 80s. Tea and coffee fete, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process, Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM , S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it —39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. ROWLAND'S KAL YDOR, an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Freckles, Tan, and Discelourations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and an admired softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Court and the Roy al Family of Great Britain, as well as the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gantry of all civilised nations. *** Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endanger health. Some are announced under the im plied sanction of Royalty, &c., &c. Each bottle of the genuine has the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOIt" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (hy desire 9f the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each. Price 4s. 6d. ani Bs. 6d. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors at '2O, Hatton-garden, London, and by all res p e ctable Chemists and Perftimers. I THANK YOU, E. MOSES AND SON, For the coat which I wear on my back, Approv'd by my friends, ev'ry one, Which is neither too tight nor too slack, , I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. For my over-coat, trowsers, and vest, With quality never outdone, For my hat (which ia really the best), I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. For my elegant Wellington boot, Whose workmanship can't come undone • For my shoes, and the whole of my suit, I thank you, E. MOSES bud SON. For the furs which my lady obtain'd, Whose fashions such favours have won ; With gratitude, wholly unfeign'd, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. Foi the many great savings I've made, For goods which I never shall shun, For the very low p rices I've paid, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. LIST OF PRICES. READY DUDE. Zeal 0 8 6 Beaver Taglionis, from ...... • ...... ' .. of winter coats ........ '•••'•• • • • • • • • • • Chesterfields and Coilringtons . • • • • • • • • d very description „ ........ •'•' 1 5 0 Pashas, D•Orsays, and Chesterfield., an e Boys' Winter Coats, in every style and make ..... Tweed Trousers, lined ...........•••.••••• . • • • • ...... " • • ' • • • • • • .... . 010 6 B F rooyesk, hussar Doeskin . • • • • • • ...••.. 1 0 6 Dress C0at5 .., ... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • " • ....... • • 0 • •• • : 8 0 8 4 6 Double-breasted ......... ::: „ • • ••••••••••• • • •••• • • • ..... •• • • 018 6 0 3 0 toys' Winter Tro •••••••••• 0 1 6 Ditto Ve5t5........... ... : • ..... • . . . .. • . " • Mourning to ny extent at * five minutes' notice. Coats....al ....... .s.;:i.ts.'"*. •••••• : ... •. • : ... • : : : : •.: : 1 •• •. 01 5 0 ADE TO E. Winter Coats, warrante d w aterproof, MEA ma de to any style, ~ 1 a u handsomely trimmed ........ • ' ' ****** • .. "2 6 0 Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar and cuffs, lined ~ Tweed Overcoats. .....•...••• • • • • • • • • • . • • .••••• • • • • • 0 18 1. , Tweed Trousers ............., •.••••• • • • • • • ..... • ..... 8 6 Winter Trousers, in all the most approved French patterns 1 2 6 Best Dress Trousers ........ . . • • • • •• .. BDress Coats .............• •••••• • • • • • • ...... .......... 1 12 0 Fest quality made ............ .... .......... .. •••• . . • • 2 15 0 Break Coals .. ...... .. . .. ..... • ........... . . est quality made ............ ... .• . • • • • • • • • • • • • .. •••• • • • . 3 3 0 Fancy Vests • .... ..• • •• .... ••• • , •• • .... Satin, plain or fa nc y • • • • • • • • • • • • ..... • • .•• • .. .... .. 0120• • • • •• • . .. Boys' Hussar and T un i c Suits • • .......... ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 5 0 Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Mi nor i es, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, Zlity, London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is restated till twelve o'clock • The entrance to the thr department is at 83, Aldgate, corner of the Minorite and Aldgate, opposite the church. CIETY. By W. M. TR ACKER Air. Author of " The Trish Sketch Book ;" " Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo ;" of " Jeames's Diary," and the Punch, "Snob Papers," in &c. &c. • Bills and Advertisements will be received at the Office, during the month. London : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet-street ; J. Men zies, Edinburgh; J. M'Leod, Glasgow; J. M`Glashan, D R. TRAIL'S NEW TRANSLATION of the WORKS of JOSEPH US, with Notes, Explanatory Essays, and Pictorial Illustrations. In Monthly Parts. The First Part, with Eight Plates, will be published on Jarman' Ist, 1847, price Five Shillings, super -royal Bvo. ; and Ten Shillings, large paper, with proof Impressions of the Plates. A complete Pros pectus of the work may be obtaliaed through any Bookseller. London: Houlston and Stoneman. Dublin: W. Curry and Co. ELEGANT AND USEFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Dedicated, by permission, to her —Val Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. Just ready, 1 vol. Bvo., fhll gilt cloth, illustrated with Engravings, price 10s. 6d. THE GERMAN CHRISTMAS EVE ; Or, Deutschor Damen Weihnachts Korbchen. 'Edited by Mrs. ALFRED MONTGOMERY. Being a Picture of Home Life in Ger many. With Instructions for, and Illustrations of One Hundred beautiful and original Patterns for Knitting. Translated from the German of Madame A. FLOHR. London : Caines, Halkin-street, West Belgrave-square, C OPY of a LETTER from WILLIAM COURTNEY, Esq, To Mr. Trioaiss PROUT, 229, S trand, London. Church Farm, Barton Hants, October 26, 1844.Bnarton Stacey, near Andover Railway Sir,—l cannot help expressing my astonishment in the effect I have experienced in taking your Pills for the Gout. I was taken on Thurs day night so severely with it as to be with, difficulty able to get out of my bed, and atter I arose I had severe pains, followed on with in flammation of the foot increasing. I took three of your Pills, and within two hours I found the pain to entirely cease. I afterwards took two Pills at a dose twice in the day, and I am, thank God, this morning able to walk without the slightest inconvenience. I found in a previous very severe attack very great relief; I had the pains in my knees and thighs so very severe at that time, I thought I must have died, and that it must have gone into my stomach. At that time I had resort to your Pills, and they relieved me—within two hours I was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought, really, to be known all over the world. I have a brother, a young man, that suffers horribly with it, and his greatest relief and preventive has been your Pills. Make what use you please of my report.—Yours ruly and respectfully, WILLIAM COURTNEY. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor tant discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recom mendation of many of the greatest men of oitz day. They are effec tive for gout and rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequentlyt reated as tooth-ache, &c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appoint ment, by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 25. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob rve the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the a enuineMedicine. IRELAND. DREADFUL CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. Dunuti, DEC. 19.—As the winter advances the state of the country and our prospects for the future become still more appalling. In many districts numbers of the people are actually famishing. Popular outbreaks and plunder of provisions are becoming more frequent, and even in the northern provinces those evidences of social disorganisation are now apparent. Altogether the con• dition of this country cannot be contemplated without the most serious apprehension; and north, south, east, and west, you behold the spread of destitution, with scarce a ray of hope far present amelioration. In the Cork Examiner, received this afternoon, there is another very long letter from the reporter of that journal at Skibbereen, repeating details of hopeless misery and death similar to those in a previous commu nication from that town. Even in Belfast, where there have been provision riots, the state of things is little better. Respecting another northern town the Tyrone Consti tution says— " We are sorry to learn that some evil disposed per sons in the neighbourhood of Dungannon have attacked the dwellings of two gentlemen residing in that vicinity during the last week, and we are still more sorry to find that they succeeded in levying a contribution of six shillings from one, and a pound from another, of those gentlemen. We have repeatedly stated our belief that the commission of crimes of this nature should not be placed to the charge of the unfortunate poor who are really in distress.' The Kerry Examiner thus reports from that distant district:— " DINGLE, DEC. 1 8.--DEATII FROM STARVATION. — An inquest was held here yes t er day on the body of Daniel Lyne, of Miltown. This poor man being sent to the Fever Hospital at Dingle, on Saturday last, from the weak state in which he appeared to some charitable neighbours, thinking it might be fever, was examined immediately after getting into the hospital by the doctor, and died in a few hours after." From other districts the accounts are equally gloomy. FOO. The Belfast News Letter ßlOTS gives the following in a second edition : "FRIDAY, Two o'ceocit, P.M.—At nine o'clock this morning, a mob, consisting of about 200 persons, sur rounded Mr. Bernard Hughes's bakery, Donegal-street, uttering the most violent language. A number of the ringleaders entered, the shop, and said, Give us bread, or we shall take it by force.' Mr. Hughes refused. Upon this, the men became very violent in their de mands, and doubtless would have fulfilled their threat, had not Mr. James Standfield contributed five shillings for the purchase of bread to quiet their violence. Another gentleman gave two shillings. The amount contributed was expended in the purchase of bread, which was afterwards distributed among the mob. This repressed their violence in Donegal-street; but, instead of separating, they proceeded in a body to the Church street public bakery. The ringleaders, with their furious partisans, crowded the shop, and demanded bread, other wise they would take it by violence from the shelves. It was ultimptely determined that bread to the amount of 20s. should be distributed amon g the mob, to quiet them. The county police arrived, and took the leaders into custody, and lodged them in the cells of the police court. They had previously destroyed a bread cart at Pinkerton's-row, and after clearing it of bread, not only smashed the cart, but beat the driver. The ringleaders were tried this morning at the police-court, when James M'Cullough and James Mason were each fined twenty shillings and costs, or to be imprisoned one fortnight. Henry Mason, the leader, was fined forty shillings and costs, or to be imprisoned one month. The prisoners at the police-court, and the mob who created those riots, were not natives of Belfast, but persons brought here to labour on the public works. One of the persons most clamorous for food during the several assaults on the bakeries, when fined in twenty shillings and costs, paid 1/. 2s. Bd. for his liberation in half an hour afterwards." KILKENNY, DEC. 19.—FOOD RIOT. --Just before going to press we have heard that some serious disturbances took place among the recipients of out-door relief at the Poor-house this day (Friday), and that a cart loaded with one hundred and twenty loaves of bread for the hos pital was broken and the bread carried off by the mob. FOOD RIOT IN CLONMEL. The Cork Examiner contains the following : which there c om communica tion caan tiCeonfthteestElsl.l„hD, E i C n . 17.—Referring fe s r t r a i t n e g tot my dthat eipectation of an outbreak taking place, I regret to obsrxve that my information was correct. No violence over children—the t tarhia took place in the town until t h p r a e r e t o i n 'cl t o h c e k a i f n m t r h . e a rr f li t e e r y s u eded l men wresting k tinogrme no d- n oon, when several carts laden with flo ur were attacked in Irishtown by an immense concourse o f women an d in thet he scene cars reeean so b ef u y o t e , ur their hurry , excitement, and confu s i on, they cut and injured a great number of bags, the contents of which sacks o at t g off the succeededpolice were m ad eeand al in capturing several f am i s hi ng wo men, whom they lodged in gaol. Th e outskirts and al environs of the town presented terminedwere inches s t d r c e e w p e . d t rag‘The‘e:and a ppea r ance ; large masses Of men and women the different roads leading fro m i t i n ever y perambulated direction, and levying co ntributio ns on every carrier of provisions. They commenced by attackin g an d ab stracting 17 sacks of flour from som e cars on the Cabir road, two of which, by, the activity of the p o li ce , wer e subsequently recovered ; but there was no accoun t ob tained of the other 15. " From the determined and systematic manner in which the depredations were Conducted, it became ne- cra 71 _DECEMBER 21, 146. &' 9 cessary to send parties of military and police in charge of everything in the way of provisions corning to or going from Ulonmel. Day and night patrols are conti nually corning in and going out. Magistrates galloping one way, and mounted orderlies another—all in confu sion, excitement, and dismay." IMPORTANT TREASURY MINUTE—DRAIN. AGE WORKS—ENTAILED ESTATES. The Dublin Evening Post of this afternoon contains the following very important document, addressed by the Treasury to the Boord of Works. The immediate object is to increase, to the fullest possible extent that the existing law will permit, the facilities for extending drainage and productive works. A supplemental minute, dated the 15th instant, refers to contemplated changes in the law, with a view of removing the impediments to improvements on entailed estate:, which, for instance, operate so prejudicially in the case of the Marquis of Conyngham. We refer to Mr. Trevelyan's letter for an explana tion of the contemplated measure of the Government, which is to empower landed proprietors to sell portions of entailed estates, or enable the Government to do so in case arrears accumulate, for advances made from the Treasury for improvements. This is ono of the most important measures ever proposed, in regard to settled estates, in this country : " Treasury Minute, Dec. ], 1846. "My Lords have before them Mr. Redington's letter, dated 11th ultimo, inquiring, by desire of the Lord- Lieutenant, to what extent, and upon what terms as to interest, and the period of repayment, their Lordships will sanction advances to parties who may apply under the several enactments authorising loans for the drainage and improvement of estates in Ireland, with the exception of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 101, in giving effect to which difficulties had been experienced. " Their Lordships also have before them a letter from the Board of Works, dated the 14th instant, transmitting a copy of a letter which had been addressed to their chairman, by Mr. More O'Ferrall, M.P., containing suggestions as to the operation of the Drainage Act , and inquiring whether advances will be made from the million voted for drainage in Ireland on the terms specified in the 9th and 10th Vic., c. 101, although the application for it be made under the provisions of the 9th Viet., c. 4.' " My Lords proceed to consider the enactments re ferred to in the above-mentioned letters ; first, the Acts for drainage in Ireland, 5 and 6 Vic., c. 89, emended by 8 and 9 Vic., c. 69, and 9 Vic., c. 4; and, secondly, the provisions for the general improvement of estates in Ire land, contained in the 22d section of the Act 1 and 2 Wm. IV., c. 33, amended by 9 Vic., c. 1, s. 6. " My Lords are of opinion that the most advantageous mode of applying the provisions of the first series of Acts, viz., the Drainage Acts, is that the Board of Works should undertake the execution of such works as are necessary for deepening, or removing obstructions in rivers, their tributary streams, or larger watercourses of the country, by means of which great improvement may be effected in the main outfalls for the drainage of considerable tracts of land. Such works can seldom be accompliseed by any single proprietor, as these streams and watercourses, forming the main drains, generally pass through the estates of many different proprietors. The difficulty which arises from this cause is obviated by the power which the Board of Works possesses of proceeding with the consent of a certain number of pro prietors, and of charging the repayment upon the lands drained even of dissenting proprietors, in proportion to the benefit conferred upon them. "My Lords do not think that the agency of the Board of Works can, as a general rule, be advan tageously applied to draining i n d eta il— to laying down draining tiles, or pipes, or store-draining, in each field. This deacription of work, they are of opinion, can, unless when particular circumstances call for special exception, be far more advantageously done by each proprietor for himself, on his own estate, the improved outfall for his drainage having been afforded, if neces nary, by the more general operation of the Board o Works above stated. " Mr. More O'Ferrall, expressing the opinion of the magistrates, ratepayers, and principal inhabitants of the barony of Carbury, county Kildare, states in his letter, a copy of which has been communicated to the Board of Works, that the barony is bounded by two rivers, one of which has already been opened, and works on the other are in progress for the same purpose, under the existing Drainage Act ; and then proceeds to suggest that the most advantageous mode of employing labour at present in the barony would be for the Commissioners of Public Works to open the smaller tributary streams running into these two rivers, and thus to improve the outfall for drainage throughout the barony—by this means afford ing to each proprietor the opportunity of more effectually draining his own fields for himself. " This view of the magistrates, ratepayers, &c., of the barony of Carbury, is in perfect accordance with the measures contemplated by this board, as above stated. " My Lords are prepared, therefore, to sanction ad vances for such purposes, and will consider applications, each to be dealt with on its own merits, for works of drainage under this series of Acts, the last of which conferring more summary power of proceedings, is more particularly applicable to the present state of things in Ireland. " Proceeding to the consideration of the second class or enactments—i.e., 1 and 2‘ Wm., c. 33, s. 32, and 9 Vic., c. 1, s. 6—under which loam may be made to in dividuals, to enable them to effect tile improvement of their estates for themselves, by drainage, reclaiming waste lands, or other works of substantial improvement, my Lords are prepared to make advances to proprietors who comply with the conditions of the 1 and 2 Wm. IV., cap. 33, amended by 9 Vic., cap. 1, sec. 6, as to the nature of the works, and who can obtain from a com petent person, approved by the Board of Works, the certificate of increased value to be given to the land improved, as prescribed by that Act. This latter con dition is necessary in order to protect the interests of those who are to succeed the person in actual possession, from having their future property subjected to a ch arge for unsubstantial and improvident improvements. " Their Lordships, however, desire that it may be understood, that parties applying for loans under any of the enactments above adverted to, must undertake to submit to such terms, in respect to the period of repay ment, and such other provisions, as Parliament may hereafter enact. " Transmit a copy of this minute to Mr. Redington, for the information of the Lord Lieutenant and the Board of Works." MR. TREVELYAN TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS. December 15, 1546. I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to inform you, with reference to the minute of this Board dated the Ist instant, that their Lordships think it advisable to furnish the following ad ditional explanations on the subject of the arrangements contemplated by the above-mentioned minute for making advances both to individual proprietors of estates, and also to the Board of Works, from national funds, for the drainage and general improvement of private estates in Ireland. My Lords are aware that difficulties have been expe rienced in giving practical effect to the Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 101, and that in some parts of the country works of improvement other than drainage may be more beneficially undertaken. Their Lordships are, however, of opinion that the ge neral course of proceeding prescribed by that Act (ac cording to which the improvements on each private estate are to be executed by the proprietor, and the in terference of the officers of the Government is confined to ascertaining, in the first instance, that the proposed improvements are likely to be of such a permanent and productive character as would justify the cost of them being made a charge upon • the estate with priority over other encumbrances, and afterwards to in specting the works from time to time so as to secure the proper applicarion of the sums advanced to the purposes tor which they were intended) is the mode in which the intervention of the State can be most extensively and effectually directed to the improvement of the land of the country : and her Majesty's Government propose to submit a Bill to Parliament founded on these principles, embracing and extending the objects of the 32d section of the Act 1 and 2 William IV., cap. 33, amended by the 9th Victoria, cup. 1, section 6, and of the 9th and 10 th Victoria, cap. 101. It is proposed by her Majesty's Government that the million sterling appropriated by the Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 101, to be issued in loans for drainage in Ireland, should be rendered available for the purposes of general improvement of lands, including drainage, under the provisions of the Act proposed to be passed in the next session of Parliament, as above explained ; and their Lordships are prepared to adopt the principle of the 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 101, as to the re -payment, and to authorise its being male by equal half-yearly instal ments of 3/. ss. each, distributed over a period of twenty two years, with a power of redemption as provided in the Act, unless the borrowers should themselves desire that a shorter period should be fixed, in which case the number and amount of instalments will be determined in each particular case as shall be desired by the proprie tors, and sanctioned by the Treasury, the rate of interest being calculated, in all cases, at 3i per cent. There being reason to believe that considerable diffi culty is sometimes experienced by Irish proprietors in effecting desirable improvements on their estates, owing to the peculiarities of the tenure of land in Ireland, and the rights of persons having different interests in it, their Lordships are of opinion that it may be desirable to in sert in the Bill to be submitted to Parliament on this subject.provisions somewhat similar to those contained in the existing Irish Drainage Acts, for the purpose of removing this obstacle, and apportioning on tho various parties who will derive benefit from the improvements a proportionate contribution towards the repayment of the loan, the whole principal and interest being payable t o the Government by the person who shall be deemed proprietor of the land drained or improved, and the con tribution on the part of the occupier being in the shape of increased rent to the proprietor. Her Majesty's Government also propose to submit a separate Bill to Parliament, in which the provisions of the sth and 6th Vic., cap. 89, Bth and 9th Vic., cap. 69, and the 9th Vic., cap. 4, which have for their object the execution by the Board of Works of drainage works of a more extended description, in most cases involving the intere4 of several proprietors, will be consolidated and simplifid, and such amendments will be made in them as the occasion may appear to require. The loans which have hitherto been made from the PRICE SD. Public Works Loan Fund for this object have been made at the usual rate of interest of fire per cent., but advert ing to the great public importance at the present period of encouraging every description of agricultural im• provement in Ireland, their Lordships are prepared to reduce the interest on future loans to four per cent. In order that efforts now being made for the drainage and improvement of land may not experience any dis couragement, their Lordships will authorise the terms of repayment above described to take effect from the Ist instant ; that is to say, loans for the drainage, or gene ral improvement of estates, to be executed by the rro prictors under the inspection of the Board of Works, ac cording to th e p rov i s i ons of the 32d section of the Act 1 and 2 Will. IV , cap. 33, the 9th Vic., cap. 1, sec. 6, and the 9 and 10 Vic. cap. 101, will 133 repayable ac cording to the terms above stated in respect of advances to individuals, with interest at 3,1 per cent., while loans made to the Board of Works fur drainage to be executed by them under the provisions of the 5 and 6 Vic., cap. 89, 8 and 9 Vic., cap. 69, and the 9 Vic., c. 4, will be repayable by half-yearly instalments, according t to an award of the Commissioners, with interest at the rate of 4 per cent. My Lords are further of opinion, that with the view both of providing security for the repayment of the ad vances from the public purse and of relieving entailed es tates from the evil of accumulated charges, two powers should ba conferred by the measures which it is proposed to submit to Parliament. First, a power to the proprietors, of an entailed estate to sell for the purpose of repaying the advances fur ha provements made by the Board of Works, or if made by himself, with the aid of Government money, under the inspection of the Board of Work, any part of the estate so improved, or of ether estates settled to the same uses, in the same manner as a power exists in this country, of selling for the redemption of the land tax. Secondly, a power to the Government of selling, in default of payment of two consecutive instalments, so much of the land improved or of other estates settled to the same uses, which the proprietor might prefer, as would repay capital, interest, and expenses of sale. , My Lords desire it to be clearly understood that in thus laying down the conditions on which they are pre. pared to make advances on any applications made subse quently to the Ist instant, they have no intention of in terfering with any works or arrangement for works now in progress under any existing Act, or with such as have be.en undertaken, ores may be undertaken, until Par lirment shall otherwise provide, under the Poor Employ ment Act as extended by Mr. Labouchere's letter of October.s. MEETING OF LANDED PROPRIETORS. The committee has adjourned its meetings until after Christmas. There has been a considerable accession of new members, including the Earl of Arran, Sir Thomas Staples, Messrs. Cooper (of Muckree Castle), 'rotten ham, Pierse Mahoney, &c. STOPPAGE OF PUBLIC WORKS IN CLARE. ENNIS, DEC. 17.—We regret to -have to state that the officers of the Board of Works have found it ne::es• sary to suspend some of the wcrks at present going for ward in the p ar i s h o f Kil ma l ey, i n consequence o the labourers using violence towards the stewards, and driving them away from the works, because they were strangers in the neighbourhood. The works about to be stopped in consequence of this are—the new road from Luughbarke to Kilrush mail road; also Gurtiganiv hills, and the new road at Aughalana. MEMORIAL TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. The following notification has been issued in Kil kenny:— " A memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant, relating to 'the present crisis, lies for signature at Mr. Walsh's Hotel, Kilkenny. We, the undersigned, request any gentle man willing to affix his name to do so before the 25th December. " Desart, Duncannon, W. F. Tighe, Sir John Power, Sir Richard Langrishe, John Power, Wm. Bayly, Peter Connellan, Clayton Savage, Robert Langrishe." REPEAL SECESSION—THE CONFERENCE. The following letter from Mr. O'Connell appeared in the Pilot of last night:— " Merrion-square, 18th Decmber, 1846. " My dear Barrett,—Mr. Smith O'Brien having pub lished his letter to me, as he had a full right to do, I beg you to publish my reply. "Is it not the most strange of all imaginable strange things that the seceders should refuse to allow the legal basis of the Association to be ascertained and settled?— even in the most amicable way. " Is it their intention, seriously, to leave that question to be settled, at the peril of our liberty and lives, by a one-sided judge, and a shameless jury? —or any judge, or any jury? " It was rather' scant of courtesy' for Mr. Duffy and his party to have published, without my permission, or without giving me any intimation of their intention, a conversation that took place in my house, at their re quest. " I, however, scorn to cemplain; but of error, not to say evil, some good frequently comes— as in this in stance their publication has, fortunately, displayed the cloven hoof, by their crafty, but incautious, manifesta tions of their anti-religious principle, by which they would feign take from the Catholic people of Ireland the protection Of the Rept al Association. " Their fourth instruction oa that subject is, according to the just remark of your contemporary, the Freeman, meaningless, or most mischievous.' But what else could be expected from men who cculd listen to, and applaud, an attack upon the character of one of the most esti mable, as well as the most amiable, of human beings— the Lord Bishop of Elphin—so long cherished as the dove of Galway?' Ever faithfully yours "DANIEL yours, "Richard Barrett, Esq." (Copy.) "Merrion-squsre, Dublin, Dec. 17, 1846. "My dear Sir,—lf I made any allusion to you in the letter to Mr. Reilly which was not warranted by the communication I bad from the Rev. Dr. Miley, I am ready to offer you any apology in my power for the mis take. But that reverend gentleman's letter is now before you, having been read at the last meeting of the Asso ciation, and if you can point out any matter in which I have exceeded, I am ready to retract it in the most dis tinct manner you please. " I am most heartily sorry that you think it right to decline all discussions on the physical force question, as it is, in fact, the only vital point upon which the secession commenced, and is now so likely to continue. " Pardon me when I say, that I deem it a sacred duty solemnly to warn you against making light of the phy sical force question. It involves your personal safety, which, I am free to admit, is not a paramount consider. ation in your mind ; but it also involves the safety of others engaged in the same object which you have in view. I should vote for the re-admission into the Asso ciation, of very many of the seceders, if they would dis avow the physical force principle ; or if, without that disavowal, the Association would still be a legal assem bly. I say emphatically, it would not ; and it was to as certain this point, and this alone, that I proposed the legal conference, as a preliminary step to a complete conciliation. " Forgive me for pressing this topic upon your mind —I do it in the spirit of respect and courtesy ; whilst I bitterly deplore that you should not consent to be a party to an amicable ascertainment of the effects, in point of law, of any admixture of the physical force principle with the principles and proceedings of the Association. "I do not presume to expect to make any impression on your mind by these declarations of mine ; but you will excuse them I trust, when you recollect that the protection of the members of the Association from any well-founded prosecution-is the first, and most sacred, of my public duties. I can never be a party to any species of arrangement which does not, in the first instance, provide for the due obedience to the law, and for the en tire and perfect protection of the members of the Associa tion from any well-founded legal prosecution. " You will, of course, perceive that your refusal to hold the conference on the legal question, in the first instance, precludes me from the possibility of carrying out any amicable adjustment. Till the point of legality be decided, no further arrangement is possible. I have the honour to be yours, very faithfully, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. "William Smith O'Brien, M.P." THE REV. DR. MILEY—MR. S. O'BRIEN. The following letter from Mr. O'Brien has been ad dressed to the Rev. Dr. Miley:— " Cahirmoyle, December 16, 1846. " My dear Sir,—Having read your published account of our interview at Cahirmoy le, I cannot refrain from expressing my regret that you did no t i n f orm me that it was your intention to take a note of our conversation, with a view to its publication. I should, in such case, have taken care to avoid the possibility of miscon struction. " I am not conscious of having said to you that the staff of Conciliation Hall could be in no instance, reduced.' I stated, w i t h re f erence to the funds, that although upon some occasions I had witnessed an ex penditure which seemed to me unnecessary, yet I had fully satisfied myself that the charge of peculation could not be justly brought against those intrusted with the management of the finances of the Repeal Association. With reference to the staff, I remarked that it was exceedingly difficult to ac commodate it to the various exigencies of the Associa tion ; that a staff which would be inadequate, whilst the Association was receiving 3,000/. per week, would be excessive whilst it was in receipt of not more than 100/ per week ; but I have no recollection of having ad mitted that this staff could be in no instance reduced, but was, as constituted at present, indispensable to the effi cient working of the repeal machinery.' " I regret that you have omitted to state, that ono of the reasons which I assigned for not entering into dis cussion upon the question of the forces' was, that I considered that this controversy is nothing but a pretext, raised merely for the purpose of excluding from the Association some men who were disposed to.thwart the policy of Mr. O'Connell with regard to a political con nexion with the Whigs. Permit me to add, that I have read your letter with the more surprise because your observations had raised an impression in my mind that you thought that the terms proposed by me are reasonable, and that they would not present any insuperable impediment to our return to Conciliation Hall, under eircurastat.ces ca!eu lated to give increased strength to the repeal movement. • " Whilst, however, I regret that your letter to gr. \, -~~,L~ C O'Connell bas been so framed as to raise impressions upon the public mind unfavourable to me, I gladly avail myself of this opportunity of acknowledging that you have done more than justice to our dispositions to offer you such hospitality as our humble home affords. " In receiving under my roof the distinguished author of a very beautiful work on Roman history, I expe rienced no little disappointment upon findin_ ; that unto ward circumstances had deprived me of the satisfaction of spending an evening or two in evoking his recollections of The Eternal City. —I have the, honour to be, yours very faithfully, " WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN." TO THE EDITOR OF THE " FREEMAN." 1846. Sir —A letter from Mr. O'C onne ll inn the Freeman of this day, relative to our interview with him, demands a few observations explanatory of the nature and object of that interview. Mr. O'Connell seems to have supposed that our con versation with him was of a private nature, and declares that in its lseing " wade the subject of a newsp a p er pro tocol" he wa s "taken by surprise." , While we unaffectedly regret that he should have so widely mistak n the cha racter of our interview, we cannot help expressing our surprise that he should have fallen into an error, which appears to us altogether unaccountable. On the morning of the day on which the interview to k place, a written communication was addressed to Mr. O'Connell, by the chairman of a public meeting, ap prising him that the four gentl-men whose names are subscribed had been appointed by the meeting to wait upon him. Before entering upon the subject of our mission we distinctly informed him that we had come to him as a deputation, and throughout the interview we spoke as representing the sentiments of the seceders, and as seeking information fur them, not for ourselves. How such a conversation came to be c rnsidered by Ms. O'Connell as one not to be made public, we are at a loss to conjecture. More especially as the deputation was sent solely in consequence of the publication by him of a conversation between Mr. O'Brien and Dr. Miley on the same subject. We came to Mr. O'Connell as a deputation frem a public meeting. It is obviously the duty of such a de putation to report the result of its mission. Its duty ends there. It is the duty of the meeting to which the report is made to decide whether it shall be made public or not. We had neither the right nor the power to con trol the meeting in this particular. Mr. O'Connell charges the report with inaccuracies, and instances " the powerful illustration he gave of the imminent peril of a prosecution for high treason which - 4L , ' the snemwers of the association would incur if they were at all to admit the physical-force principle." And he asks, " Why was that suppressed ?" We answer—simply because it had no relation to the object of our mission. We were deputed, not to con verse about the state trials, nor to argue upon the pro priety of admitting " the physical-force principle," but to obtain an answer to the following question :—Whether, supposing the point of law to be settled at the conference to the satisfaction: of both psrtles, the remaining pro position contained in our written instructions would then be considered ? Our report states that Mr. O'Connell's reply was a decided negative. It represents him to have said repeatedly, that iu any case he would confine the conference to the legal question alone. In this (and it is the only material) particular the accuracy of the report is not likely to be impeached. So much in justification of ourselves and our report. Mr. O'Connell asks, " Why do the seceders object to ascertain the lac? upon so vitally important a point ?" And again, addressing the seceders, he says—" Settle this point first, and I will settle all reasonable matters with you afterwards." No - w, we waited on Mr. O'Connell for the express purpose of inviting him to settle that point first, and then to permit the other matters to be settled by the con ference ; and amongst the written propositions which we were instructe.l w submit to him, that relating to the legal point was the first in order. We wish to be distinctly understood that the object of our mission to Mr. O'Connell was not to decline a con ference upon the " physical-force principle," but to as k that this and the oth er quest i ons should be submitted to the conference, with a view to their final arrange ment. As to the fourth proposition in the instructions, Mr. O'Connell entirely misapprehends the spirit in which it was framed. The caution with which it is worded did not emanate from a full perception of the difficulty of framing any precise rule upon the subject to which it relates. The seceders are so fully impressed with this diffi culty, that we believe they would be satisfied with a general recommendation from the conference on that point, leaving the rest to the sense and good taste of in dividual members, and to the influence of public opinion. Any plan which, without compromising the rights of any class of repealers, will facilitate a cordial co-opera tion between all, will exactly meet the view with which that proposition was framed. The proposition will best explain the object for which it was framed. It is as follows: "4th. That inasmuch as the Repeal Association is a confederacy to which persons belonging to every reli gious persuasion are invited, for the purpose of working out the legislative emancipation i.f their common country, it is desirable to avoid as much as possible the discussion of topics calculated to excite religious diisen sions ; but that such understanding is not intended to prevent remonstrance against substantial grievances which may affect the religious interests of any class of Irishmen." It is further to be observed with regard to these and the other written instructions, that they were not put forward as future rules of the Association : they were simply what our report describes them, " propositions which the seceders wc..uld expect to have discussed at the conference." In conclusion, we have to state that each of us care fully examined our report previous to its publication ; that we suppressed nothing which we thought material, and inserted nothing which was not strictly true. If Mr. O'Connell will specify any inaccuracy, however trifling, we shall be happy to correct it. JAMES HAUGHTON. J. B. DILLON. CHARLES G. DUFFY. . O'GOMAN Sun. We subjoin the not e tent RICH by Mr. Hit ß ughton , to Mr. O'Connell : " Committee-room, Nation- office, Dec. 15. "My dear Mr. O'Connell,—l ani requested to inform you that, at a meeting of the seceders held this day, as above, the following gentlemen—Mr. Duffy, Mr. Dillon, Mr. O'Gorman, and myself —were appointed as a depu tation to wait upon yon, and represent the feelings of the meeting; we shall be happy if you can appoint any huur this day to meet us. Yours faithfully, "JAMES HAUGHTON. " Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P." SHIP ON FIRE AT COVE.—A most alarming fire broke out on board the ship Empress, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, which was under repairs and at anchor in the river, about three o'clock on Wednesday morning. Tho fire was kept down until six o'clock, when the cables were slipped, and she was put on the bank at the lower end of the Harbour, and scuttled, and the ship and cargo thereby saved from total destruction. The vessel will be again floated this day, and will be immediately dis charged. The cargo was very valuable, and consisted of magnesia, indigo, emery, gum, amaricas, soda ash, cement, carpe-ts, cotton goods, and iron.—Cork Reporter. THE WEATHER.—From the severity of the frost since Thursday last, the navigation of the canal has been closed, to the great inconvenience of many of the traders here, whose goods are on boar] the boats. A fine thaw set in yesterday morning, but it is again turned to freeze, and is likely to continue for some time longer.— West meath Guardian. VINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The Prince of \Vales and Prince Alfred, with the infant Princesses, have today taken exercise in the Home Park; and this afternoon the Queen and Prince Consort walked across the Home Park, as far as Frogmore, and through the Queen's Aviary, to the Lodge, to visit the Duchess of Kent. The royal dinner party at the Castle this even ing is expected to be the same as on Saturday, including the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lady Fanny Howard, and Lord Palmerston. His Majesty the King of the Belgians is anneunccd as an expected visitant at the Castle before the close of the present month. THE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de Montemolin on Saturday received and returned several visits. Yesterday, after attending divine service, the Conde took an airing and made calls upon several of the nobility and gentry. Amongst the late visitors to the Conde de Montemolin were the following :—the Lord Mayor, Sir G. Carroll, Captain Duffill, RN.; Mr. H. F. iliinogpteo, M.P., the,nMri.Lang Earl dale, of Major O'Daherty, Viscount Pol- H. Dundas C am pb e ll, sirC Ag h n arl u e s v t i n ll:, Lieutenant-Colonel Foster, &c. The Lords of the Admiralty have suspended the completion of the vessels intended to receive screw pro pellers, for six months. We understand that this delay is occasioned by the wish to have the results of further experiments upon the principle, in orderdahat the sup posed advantages of the screw plan may be clearly esta blished, nowd,p irevn progress.—(Jailediouslytofinishing stherevilcae am large number r of vessels THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—We have inquired into the reports that Sir John Franklin had landed at the Mackenzie River, and shaped his course to return through the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company, and found, as we suspected, that they are altogether groundless, and the Hudson's Pay people know nothing of any such movement. It is possible that the expe dition may have got through last summer, and Sir John be on his way from Kr.mschatka to Petershurgb; and in that case, we would not give up the hope of seeing him till the close of the year. But iL is more than probable that they have not been able to get through last season, which appears to have been very unfavourable to icy navigation, and that they are again shut for the winter so far to the north as to prevent their coa;:nunicating with the establishments of the Hudson's Bay 6,:npany on the farthest shores of the continent of America. Jr so, we have no reason to entertain any fears for thole safetythemby t h o ultimater e en d ofsuccess;ls4 it b u t o t ubl should,,ulheevtci that ‘ r s m, ' %e e v le‘t n ,oe ostthfueakhelell n e a mie r oe o a f : d s tou d r e e n s t, w s i e l ;Il notftebre them , nee e ct h r i 3 el , l , i (t)wgood accounts of them l ung kf ore that date.—Liter la ar ve y Gazette. finsoslTlON.—On Thurslv week, a person calling himself Dr. Job,,pli Wolff; Was c.u.imitted for trial, at South would, for having defrauded Dr. Wake, of that town, of 11., under the pretence of extracting his corns, The prisoner is one of a class ()ailing themselves " clur° - podists." He professed to extract corns without pain; and hie practice was, to conceal some substance m h h is corns,haod, hwehiperhe,teonadeato manipulating extra et the e foot 8f iet charged sesd. w for ith each corn extracted.—This chiropodist, eras apprehandcd at Norwich, —.Norfolk Chronicle. // 0..0 0 . k• [F rn ;ty out .:1` oY Oe 0 311 e pe calla eet g 01 1 irOlagt o ared .t 14; 1•of 4 t) these Lne• 103 rettt" 113 oral to 0 1 ' 4 6 3, '146, 10,1 .. `.' ..