The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-24 00:00:00

« >4 ~G %.,> ~~, - ~~ ~~ r~ J ~ / ~~~ ~~, C z~_~ - • f Nt• - ACE . • • ~.01" 0 7 .4.11 'll . a~I k le . • • • • 4 1 1; •• • t. iiwou r t, , kk( - • ,4) Ik' ,hr • jfi , .•^At . 4 „ ^ • „, .4. • , / 4 1 , - •ft - e • - 1,1 ,• . ceAr • `§f .. ‘•-, DR().11.4 `' •__ _~ IrHE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY'S BALL. This Annual FULL DRESS and FANCY COSTUME AS nEMBLY will take place at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Tucns the llth of February. Tickets can only be had of the Stewards, a list of whom may be *IOW On application at the Rooms. W. SIIAND LOW, Hon. Secretary. 2514 Abchtirch-lane, City. :LEAGUE BREAD COMPANY. The Directorsof the above Company beg to inform the Public .that their Bakery, upon an extensive scale, is being erected in St. . ‘. 6 ohn-street, Clerkenwell, and will shortly be completed. To meet '," 411 burnouse demand made upon them for " Pure unadultered uroav, , the Directors are selecting Depots in all parts of the Metro- P°.„,' 43 , a list of which will be published with the Agent's names. The ) ._ 44 rectors think it necessary to caution the Public, that some shops :.,?ye been opened under a colourable imitation of the name of the ,1 4 , 112 ar1y, without the authority of the Board, and that they must L °4 kt held responsible for the quality of the Bread sold therein. have given instructions to their Solicitors to take the necessary ' i meikaUre3 to put a atop to such practices. No. 16,931, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING SUN DECEMBER 24, 1846 • PRIG E SD. BILLS OF EXCHANGE.-FRAUD.-T , Bankers, Bill brokers, Discounters, and others.—TWO BILLS of EXCHANGE. for 250/. each, bearing date the 28th or 29th or August, 1846, drawn upon and accepted by the Rev. Francis Glos sop, payable at Messrs. Young and Failings, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London. having been obtained by means of conspiracy and false representations made to the acceptor, the Rev. Francis Glossop. of West Dean, Wiltshire. All persons are hereby cautioned against receiving, negotiating, or In any manner dealing with the fame Bills of Exchange, or either of them. For further information apply to Messrs. Bush and Muliens, Soli citors, No. 7, St Mildred's-court, Poultry, London. - By order, EDWARD BABBITT, Secretary, 3 , Alderman -walk, New Broad-street, City. LEAGUE BREAD COMPANY. • CAUTION. Aotice is hereby given, that this Company, which has been forted for the purpose of supplying the public with pure and un- M ulterated bread, has been provisionally registered, pursuant to the . ..._. Dr ° ll sions of the "Act for the Registration, Incorporation, and Re ' elation of Joint Stock Companies, 7 and S 'Victoria, cap. 110," and Persons are therefore cautioned against carrying on business antler the above title, or under any title calculated to lead the public to believe that they represent, or are authorised by, or are in any z banner connected with the raid Company. And all persons who shall infringe upon the rights of the Corn _olY, or who shall carry on business under a colourable evasion of .. 4 5 title of the Company, will be proceeded against forthwith. _ . HODGSON AND BURTON, Solicitors to the said Company. 10, Salisbury-street, Strand. ROBBERY. -£20 REWARD. CAUTION to PAWNBROKERS, CUTLERS, IRONMON GERS, FANCY DEALERS, and OTIIERS. ' Whereas, between the hours of Seven o'clock on Friday evening, Ad Nine o'clock this morning, were STOLEN from the premises of t r , B ,,,EPH MAPPIN, of No. 15, Fore-street, City, various articles of ALERT', &c., consisting of Penknives, in stag, ivory, shell, and rail handles, containing one, two, three, and four blades ; stag and .rY Sporting Knives, of the finest description ; mock shell and i nelL handle Razors, ivory and pearl paper and office knives; pearl, ivory and stag, one, two, three. and four blades; Penknives Mth silver and gold shoulders and backs, and ladies' steel Scissors ; rlso a quantity, of morocco small Dressing Cases, with gold letters ele Pocket Dressingßussia Pocket Books, and ladies' fancy kj t rd,,_ Cases. All of which arti ß cles of cutlery bear the corporate mark "Sun," together with the name, "Joseph Mappin, Norfolk -tot. Sheffield." ~letice is hereby given, that a REWARD of TWENTY POUNDS be paid by Mr. Mappin, to any person giving such information avili lead to the Apprehension and- Conviction of the Thief or a•id Recovery of the Property, or in such proportion to the `tiount recovered. All information to be given to Moor-lane Ste '', House, City. ' 5 , Fore 'street, City, Dec. 19, 1846. CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE sub . SOCIETY FOR ACCUMULATIVE AND GENERAL AS- 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. CONSULTING SURGEON—J. M. Rainbow, ESQ. hereby given, that, pursuaht to the Deed of Settlement k e r City of London Life Assurance Society, the First Ordinary get ting ofthe Society will be holden at the London Tavern, Bishops ni.._,-street, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day ofJa tr7Y, 1847, at Twelve o'clock at noon exact time, to receive a Report r ee m t 4 the Directors and Auditors, to fill vacancies in the office of Di 11,,°rs, to elect Auditors for the ensuing year, and to declare a Di ad on the Shares in the Company. D ated the 24th day of December, 1846 E. F. LEEKS, Secretary ATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, P OULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. TROMAS SIDNEY Esq., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman. Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Raker, Warde, and Co.) George Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson. and Trower). George Moore, Esq. (Groucock, Copestake, and Moore). William Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) James Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles Redmayne, Esq , New Bond-street. Peter Rat, Esq. (Brocklebank and Rolt). Arn o ski, jig other advantages offered by this Society are security with- Cial:!" 111 7, economy in the management, and low rates of premium. "." Promptly paid. PROFITS TO POLICY-HOLDERS. (Bonus declared July 1, 1846.) cn o. I o o .' ••i, 1 2, —, F.: X 2. E2l - 7. Ft r iggst g''' ° 4 2. !" "--- '6 0 .-4•3 'cg %.,..... • <.„, 142 £ £. s. d. £. s. d. £ 1 IN 7 60 1,000 62 15 0 24 15 5 244 , 40 18 39 7 48 1,000 j 39 15 0 14 7 3 244 36 l e3, 6 59 1,000 60 0 0 2A 118 224 33 NO 6 43 2,000 68 0 0 21 0 7 474 31 1 841 6 44 1 , 000 35 0 0 96 0 202 i 27 1-......L . 1 _ 49 2,000 82 10 0 18 10 0 341 i 23 1 .184 1 !' -- Partles sending in Proposals for Assurances, before January ' , Will b e entitled to participate In the next divis nof profits. J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. N A TIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, Poultry, Mansion House, London. ERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. • 1131 parties SIDNEY, Esq., Alderman, Deputy Chairman. igr, to • r oues must send in their Proposals before the Ist January, b e entitled to participate in the next division of Profits. J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL 12, "' s t „ —}l ate-sNEFI treeT t ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND, n Th o h o rn al Baring, Esti M.P. nl son flank ey, Esq • ERIBSUIER OF TUE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. ev i •-„.••ni of proposal for MUTUA L LIFE ASSURANCE, to meet Iplig__contingen e y, A nnuities, Endowments, Loans, &c., and the at the ANNUAL REPORT, with every information , may be had - "Offices, where donations and subs c ripti ons to the Benevolent 44 d are received. De Table of Premium payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, y a 55, and GO, to secure the sum of 100. to be paid at 2 8 0 n of the age of 25, ith, or on his attaining the rev ectivu ages of 50, qiiehever event shall first occur Age Fifty. I 47. TRUSTEES. I W. G. Prescott, Esq. I Baron L. de Rothschild. Age Fifty. Age Fifty-five. Age Sixty. Half- Quar k" Year.lf- Qu, Year a Year. terly. T Half- Quar ear. terly. IYear terly. 3 - 4 1 19 to 0 19 8 3 5 5 1 13 3 0 16 9 218 211 9 6 01411 15 1 .17 . , 411 19 .10 - 19 813T51r13 31017 i 312 --- 18 2i17610E4 11 atmy eg May be effected daily. By order of the Board, 1 846. THOS. MULLINDER, Seerei tart'. OPOLITA - N LIFE ASSURANCE i t .,` - 'eIETY, No 3 PRINCES-STREET, BANK. . thi n hereby ' give notice to Members whose Premium , that the same must be paid ~lth ' n the sth of JANUARY next, LY das from date. 5t4 of a p rer nituns y are payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, on . the Of Whieh a " a rY sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either ." ks."lbers -‘ ! " .F r a ' l days constitutes the commencement; of the year to •tenv,_ Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the Society, as Drep o ;t7, en the sth of January next, should appear, or lodge their T hig . , S at the Office, on or before that day. Its p ro ' ,„Toc•ety, for mutual and general assurance, appropriates all Ith oi . ' l 'B to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the term of life As bo f the Socie ty. An abatement of , /lail n has be enters ye ar end eitmade at the rate of 4r) per cent. for the y tlit th e 4th of April, 1847, under the confident expectation of a eon st.'__"cit abatement at that rate, at least, to all Members of five years' "at ling and upwards. Princes -street, Bank, RD RICHA IIEATIIFIELD, Superintendent. Dee. 12, 184 G NTAIONAL LOAN FLINT) LIFE ASUIs." ASCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £400,000, Empowered by Act of Parliament. 8 Institution embraces important and substantial advantages blur r e , Pect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured tit, o ii„,!all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for e of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; te rms t he option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in- A... to meet other conveniences or necessity. • rate r onoes for terms of years are granted on the low est possible l? The DIVISION OF PROFITS. remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the so c i ety , fcih aa bled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare ea4:l?onUs, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid 4 °II CY effected on the Profit scale. EXAM - ES. ......."----- ----- —IXAMPLE& tZ ' p i . • 61 0.:1 / GRAND UNION OUTSTANDING S CRIP. RAILWAY. —ma ma. ,1 Bonus Bonus in El a g Assured added. Cash. 5' 2 5 may ter he Holders of Scrip Certificates which Secretary , b and r a e p g p i l s y d are requested to forward the same to the :, .. Borrow. ... • 9.... for the RETURN of the DEPOSIT, minus the expenses, before the 31st of January, 1847, as arrangements are made for closing the ---------..._ o ffi ces. _.----- --- 6n 4 £ d r 1837 £217 15 l'XlOO 011 £l6 0 4 X 445 0 0 . Scripholders are reminded that the Deed of Release must be signed sorathe money can be received ; and, to save trouble an 1 expense, th th i l4 t e e i t- he recommended l. that the certificate should be registered and e t —4O OO m. . I 1838 192 3 0 87 1 41 13 10 2! 395 11 1 claimed by a a 4 , 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 !1840, 116 7 6 54 010 718 10, 296 13 4 .'*-------- ----_____ l 2_ 4 ll l ±.._ 6 8, 49 10 01 710 4 247 4 5 1 attend ' agent to p si nontheyd party resident in London. If the holder cannot at the offices in London, he must authorise an T, The A, The g deed on his behalf, by power of Attorney, on a 30s, stamp.sum of 12s. per share, anwd_a cortifleate for any flirther return 4 atte i4 - ber vlsl_on of profits is annual, and the next will be made in that may be hereafter payable, ill be handed to the shareholder on w the present year. ...."--....._ F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. signing the Deed of Release. betetle ber—vislon °f Profits is annual, and the next W ill be made in of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. TH ANK 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, F or my hat (which is really the best), I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. P VIY elegant W e lli ng t on boot, F or Whos e workmanship can't come undone ; I id„l_n You oes, and the whole of my suit, , E. MOSES and SON. For the f wh urs Which my lady obtain'd, With °se fashions such favours have won ; _ gratitude, wholly unfeign'd, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. For the many great savings I've made, ro r r or goods which I never shall shun. the very low prices I've paid, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. LIST OF PRICES READY MADE. By order, ALFRED BRESSON, Secretary. Company's Offices, 78, Cornhill, Dec. 16, 1846. D IRECT BOMBAY and MADRAS RAIL 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 JAMES WARD, S ecretary. the interest paid time. time*. Offices of the Company, st, Fencharch-street. BIRKENHEAD 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 auth or i ty 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. R.. £ g. d —ll 'er •i• (74 st ' agli onig• from . . ........ •• •• • • • • •• • • • • " 8 8 r f ) 0 10 , pashaserll,clds and Cooirin . g . to . n; : : • • • • • ' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Its 7 wi n u te ?rsays, and Chesterfields, and every description 1 5 0 .............. 14:11rs 0 8 6 Trouse Coats, in e very s t y l e an d make • •• • • • • • • • . . 0 4 6 bo: k CO :: • • • • • • • • • • ** • ' • • • • .... • • • •• •• .....• 1 5 0 ... . 0 2 0 Ye' ii tia wasted A eats ............ • • • • • •• • • • • • ... • • IZ,V W into r_and Tunic Suits .... • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • . 0 18 6 • MECHI'S CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES. ELEGANCIES FOR PRESENTS AND USE. The greatest variety for Ladies and Gentlemen at MECHI'S MANUFACTORY and Emporium of Elegance, 4, Leadenball-street, London, where may be suited the economist and luxurious. Baga telle tables 31. 10s. to 151., writing desks 85. to 201., dressing cases 15s. to 1001., work boxes ss. to 301., leather writing cases 10s. to 71. , ditto With dressing case 41 . to 251., tea chests 7s. 6d. to 8/., envelo p e cases 6s. to 71., inkstands in wood, bronze, and papier macho 6s. to 71., papier mache work tables 6/. 10s. to 251., tea trays 10s. to 34/. per set, work and cake baskets 10s. to 4/., card racks 16s. to 3/., hand screens 10s. to 41. 10s., pole screens 21. ss. to 4/. 10s, netting boxes, card boxes, ladies' companions in pearl, shell, papier mache and leather, ladies' scent cases and toilet bottles, ladies' card cases, chess hoards and men, elegant papier mache chess tanles, gold and silver pencil cases in every variety, good Will brushes Gd. each, cases of plated and silver desert knives nod forks, Sheffield plate, splendid table cutlery, warranted razors and strops, 3s. Gd. each, sporting knives, and every description of fancy cutlery. With a va riety of other articles, of which catalogues may be had gratis. As Mechi manufactures extensively on Isis own premises, the quality of every article is warranted. N.B.—Several new patterns after Landseer, " Waiting for the Deer.' &c., &c., in papier mache tables, portfolios, &c. , i f t 11,104Y3 eAts ..... •• • • ning V) 'MY extent at five minutes' notice. \V int MADE TO MEASURE. h an , - ,-,Oats, warranted waterproof, made to any style, ,bkille,i-greelY trimmed • I ,, ,, 4 sreed oveetiircoCzta, trimmed, velvet !!11ar cuffs, lined 0 2 18 6 0 0 Wiri e t is eci aronsers • •• • • ********* •••••••• • • • • • • •• • •• • • 0 8 6 11 0 1 , t r ' e r, r 7 o rs, * ni • o • s • t • l • ll;rov . e . d .. F . r . e . n . c . t . i . p . a . t . t7! 12 6 Tests 1 6 0 Fro 9ualitl 12 0 •• ymade .. •• • • •• •• • • •• ••'• • ' • •••• •• • • 2 1 11,55 0 +se at -oats ..... . ••• • • .. ••••••• • • • • ' . •• • 33 0 )•au,,loality made •• • • ** :• • 0 8 6 tisAtj Ve sts •••••• • • • • • ........ •••••••• • • • 0 12 0 tog s s t l ain or fanc • • • • • • •• • • ( 3 4 2 -4nssar and Tunic • gt;I • t • s • .. 1 5 0 'l4. c, s r e • - • -- Any article purchas . e . d . ,. : r • e ....... • m • • a • d • e . , ************** to mtchae kon._ no t approved o f, w ill b e exchange d , or if p re ferred, 1 j05 , ,,,.. ° , 8 tS and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, ' 5 4, i • ZZ o rders, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, Zity . to " -- • 11 , 156 , 157 Minories, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, e antin publi c 2-e•—E• Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the faC, 4 , 4l nSt impostors, but have learned that the untradesnutn oas h „_ euood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, The;7n resorted te in many Instances and for obvious reasons. snd th2 e no connexion with any other , house in or out of London; 4nd ls who desire genuine and che ,, p clothing, &c., should call at, Xot i „r. s tinories an d Aldgate, City, London. sot ir r i; - ,'• --- I`To business 't ransacte d at t hi s estabithment from sun- Velo c k s•a y, till sunset Saturday, when business ,s resumed till twelve kati tntr anee to th e f ur d epartment is at 83, Aldgate, corner of the el 1414 Aldgate, opposite the church. Trou gers 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 ineontestibly 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 3s. 6d., 65., and les per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whitcchapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Ilooper, 43, King William-street, London tridge ; Finnigin, Mllsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any oart of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liqui&liair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is Oil the wrapper. , a _ . __ FILE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa• non, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove `lead •ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly zratetul to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve anguor and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and free livers, who are continually suffering ftom drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in the head and cars, 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. Front, 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. " SIB,--I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso cited testimony to the excellence of your " Frampton's Pill of Health," which I consider 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 co other medicines for a long period of year 3 ; she has recommended them extensively, and in one instance! n which she induced a person 'o adoptthem, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved or 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 them my individua recom mendation, and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, * • * •' , Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, price Is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. per box ; 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 Front, 229, Strand, London." on the Government Stamp. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. B Y PERMISSION.-PROFESSOR SCIRENBEIN'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 EL VCTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA TED daily, by Professor BAC EIHOFFNER. especially with reference o the new patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble, By the OXY Y DRO GE N MICROSCOPE areexhihited specimens of the DISEASED PO TATOE, showing, the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tubers, Sr.c., together with the DES tRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by A. Smee, Esel , F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, DIVING EXPERIMF, TS, DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. Admission Is. Schools, halt-price. An entire NEW and BEAUTIFUL SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS will be introduced at CHRISTMAS, and the Institution wi❑ he open on the evening of Saturday, the 2Gth. PUBLICATIONS. E DITIONS. JUST COMPLETED OF SIR WALTER SCOTT'S WORKS. WAVERLEY NOVELS, Abbotsford Edition, ,12 Vols. 2,090 Illustrations on Steel and Wood. 161. 16s. rich Cloth lettered, WAVERLEY NOVELS, People's Edition, 5 * Vols. Portrait, Engraved Titles, and fac : simile. Cloth lettered, 21. 10s. POETICAL WORKS, People's Edition, 1 Vol. Engraving of Abbotsford after Turner. Cloth lettered, 10s LI FE, by Mr. LOCK II AIIT,, People's Edition, . 1 Vol. Portrait and fac-simile. Cloth lettered, 108. TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, People's Ed tion, I Vol. Engraved Title. Cloth lettered, Gs. s,,* Separate Volumes or Parts to complete sets can ba had from any Bookseller. Also catalogues, gratis, with full details of all the later Editions. R. Cadell, Edinburgh ; Houlston and Stoneman, London. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. Messrs. Stephenson, Brassey, and Mackenzie, the con• tractors for this line, gave a sumptuous dinner to cele brate its opening from terminus to terminus. The entertainment—which we notice for its novelty, and for the interesting insight that it gives into the labours of those captains of industry, who carve out and construct our highways, of which the statistics of "work and labour done" are formidable and truly startling—took place in the assembly-room of the Crown and Mitre Inn and Coffee-house. This beautiful room had been elabo rately embellished for the occasion, and in its verdant and artistic decorations presented a scene such as has never before been witnessed in that city. The stately windows were hung with drapery of a rich crimson, fringed with orange, and flowing curtains of white mus lin. At the upper end of the room, behind the presi dent's chair, was displayed a mantle of white silk, em blazoned with the royal army, and arched over with laurel and flowers. On each side appeared an illumina tion, forming together the initials "V. A ," and sur mounted by the order of the star and garter, within wreaths of evergreen. Against the wall, at the lower end of the room was displayed an elegant flag, embla zoned with the incorporated arms of the towns of Lancas ter and Carlisle, typical of the union of these two impor tant towns by railway. Against the wall on each side were disposed six flags, bearing the titles of all the railways for which Messrs. Stephenson, Mackenzie, and Brassey are contractors—about a doz-n in number, and constituting in the aggregate upwards of 800 miles of railway communication. In addition to these dccora- Lions appeared a number of other devices, illuminated by royal crowns, stars. &e., wreaths of evergreen gemmed with roses, and including loyal and other motto. s. With the lustre of the illuminations, aided by the light of three chandeliers, depending from the ceiling, the room presented a most brilliant appearance. The feast was in every way worthy of the consummation of a gigantic and national undertaking like the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and, as an evidence of the munificent hospitality of Messrs. Stephenson and Co., will be remembered by every guest far a considerable number of years. The dinner, supplied by the host and hostess of the hotel, was of the most costly description, not only recherché in quality, but various and abundant in quantity. To the dinner succeeded a dessert of British and foreign fruit, confectionery, &c., laid upon the table in the most ornate and attractive style. The wines were, for rarity and variety, appropriate accompaniments to the princely feast. The chair was occupied by Mr. John Stephenson. The number of guests was about 270, c mprising not only the heads of the various departments engaged in the construction of the railway, from the engineers and contractors downwards, but a considerable number of influential strangers interested in other lines, and many representatives of the trade of Carlisle, Kendal, Lan caster, Preston, &c. As a congregation of talent, in fluence, enterprise, and wealth, this assembly had per haps no parallel in the festive annals of that city. At the lower end of tt:e room, an orchestra, elegantly dra. peried and festooned, had been erected. This structure was occupied by an instrumental band from Cobden's establishment, Cross Hall, near Charley, and also by a party of glee singers. Mr. lallll, on toasting the contracters, observed-- Neither he nor his partners, he was sure, would feel humbled if he ventured to make allusion to their bumble origin. They had risen from the humble ranks of life. —(Cheers.) By the dint of their own energy they had accomplished those enormous undertakings which were indicated by the flags which adorned the room that evening.—(Cheers.) First came the Lancaster and Car lisle Railway, 70 miles in length.—(Cheers.) He might state without contradiction that at the time that line was undertaken, it was the largest contract ever entered into by one firm, and up to the present day it had never been surpassed except by themselves.—(Applause.) At the opening of that line all must have been struck by the skill which could run a line through so rugged and mountainous a country; but, however they might admire the skill, they must still more admire the ardour of the was sas takenthe ltehneg priceth of etth labour line. was bold hearts by which it has been executed.—(Cheers.) the time little compensation for it. The work, there was very necessarily taken low. The average unusually low. Very little work was in the market, and to 2s. 6d. day. Now wages of excavators amounted per exe cution—certainly two thirds of the time—the amount of wages paid for labour shilling a day above the line was undertaken. — (Hear, hoar.) The greatest 1 e number of men that which w a s contem p la ted when er n / 3.0;d was 10, 0 0 0 , the average number about 5,000. con tractors had to a a shilling aday more than was cal. Five shillings 1 culated upon. were 250 Five thousand To this num ber of men the days in th e wee k , w hi c h were generally calculated en, _ construction of the line would m a k e t h e sum 90,000 The y ear an d a half occupied in the than was con templated,l,2sol in wages alone, by the contractors.—(Hear, hear.) W e ll , d i d these noble-hearte d men quail, or attempt to sn ea k out of the i r b arga i n ? The directors, if present, wou ld b ear him out in assert i ng th a t they never did so. - -(Cheers.) No ; th e y had driven on the work with as much energy as if they had been making a shilling a day more, instead of a shilling a day less, than what had been reckoned on.—(Cheers.) He w ould not say that they had been absolutely losing a shilling a day, but he mentioned the fact to show the dif ficulties they had to overcome without bringing in domitable energy and activity to bear upon the works. —(Loud applause.) Had they not done so, they must have failed.—(Hear.) lie would pass to the next fl igs, in proof of the extensive nature of their contracts. As Wellington was termed the hero of a hundred fights, so might Messrs. John Stephenson and Co. be called the heroes of a hundred contracts.—(Cheers.) There was the Oswestry and Shrewsbury,3s miles; the Kendal and Windermere, 11 miles; the Great Grimsby, 50 miles; the South Midland, 30 miles; the Trent Valley (that prince of railways), 50 miles; the Scottish Central, 50 miles; the Clydesdale Junction, 15 miles; the Barrhead, 30 miles; the Caledonian, 127 miles.—(Loud che2rime) Besides these there are several others which he Cad omitted to mention—undertakings so immense that he should fear to detail them; but there were the trophies hanging around them.—(Cheers.) Mighty responsi bilities, therefore, rested upon their shoulders; yet, not withstanding all this, Messrs. Stephenson, Brassey, and Mackenzie were not lifted up at all, but were as essily approached as they were when they worked, and as hard as any present, with their own tools.—(Loud cheers.) It was a matter of boast, and properly so—(Cheers) — that they had risen from the ranks, and that was the secret of their popularity among their workmen. They had been workmen themselves, and could treat them with proper feeling—aye, with a degree of kindness too seldom exhibited monr,st contractors. He conclud e d by Proposing " The he a l t h o f M essrs . J o h n St e ph enson and Co."—(lmmense cheering.) Mr. STEPHENSON returned thanks. lie would much rather make a railway than a speech. They had striven to execute the work in a first-rate manner, and to do justice to others in all their dealings, as they would others should do to them.—(Cheers.) In forming the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway they had had many unfsreseen difficulties to contend against. The elements had been against them, and an unexpected rise had taken place in the price of labour, as had been very truly stated by Mr. Horn, so that the extra expense above that which had been calculated at first had been very great.—(Hear, hear.) Fortunately the contractors had efficient assist ance from the engineers, or else they might have been in a sorry plight indeed. Had such not been the case, the opening might have been protracted far beyond this time.—(Hear, hear.) But, besides the difficulties com prised in the bad weather and high wages, there we; another to which he must allude, and that was, that one sixth of the excavations had turned out to be a trap-rock. —(Hear.) This caused a formidable expense, not at ' all calculated upon. However, the line had at length been opened, and without Intending a compliment to himself or his partners, he would say. and he said it conscientiously, that there wag not a safer line in the kingdom, or one more highly finished.—(Loud cheers.) kll the bugbears in respect to gradients had been satis- Factorily answered and put down by the fact, that in a train of nine carriages and about 200 passengers, the in cline had been ascended at a-rate of upwards of 22 miles an hour. Thus the prophecies of those who said Shap Fells could not be crossed , falsified; and who knew but some improvement invented in the con struction of engines 'shoutd render it practicable to travel on a gradient of 1 in 75 at the rate of thirty miles an hour, or even at twice that speed? —(Loud ap plause.) It was consoling and satisfactory to mark the orogress of science, and he trusted that the time would some, and that ere long, when passengers could travel right through to Forfar.—(Cheers.) The communica ion by iron rails between England and Scotland would be a great benefit to both countries, and as a humble individual he felt proud to have been the means of amal gamating both sides of the Sark by the trunk line, part of which had yesterday been opened.—(Cheers.) He could only say he felt obliged for the kindness of the company, in speaking of him and his partners as they had done. He only regretted that he could not reply adequately to their compliments, for he would repeat he would rather make a railway than a speech any day. Mr. DUNN next proposed the health of Mr. Mould, superintendent for the contractor". Mr. MOULD returned thanks, and expressed the gra tification he experienced in being instrumental, on the part of John Stephenson and Co., in promoting the com ph Con of so important a work as the Lancaster and Car lisle Railway. So long as that firm-were satisfied with the arrangements, he had no more to say. It was and ought to be a proud day in any man's life to have been instrumental, in some degree, in bringing so formidable, so giga tic a work to a successful close.—(Cheers.) How formidable that work was might be estimated from a few facts. In the blasting of rocks no less than 4,800 barrels, or 200 tons, of gunpowder had been used.—(Hear, hear.) The patent fuses alone, if put on a line, would reach 400 miles. The length of drilling in the rock would extend to 200 miles. The number of nights during which the men worked was 152,147. The number of horses, employed was 10,500. No less than 400,000 yards of samel required blast ing, and being so hard a material, could not be over come by any other means than gunpowder. The number of bridges on the line was 219, of culverts 230, and of viaducts, 500. The greatest number of men employed was about 10,000, and the number of workmen altogether was equal to 3,000,000 in one day; whilst the excava tions averaged 100,000 cubic yards per mile. The number of waggons employed was 2,200, which, if extended in a line, would reach nearly five miles ; and the temporary wheeling planks, placed end to end, would extend to 35 miles. [The enumeration of these facts elicited loud applause.] Mr Mould concluded an able and effective speech by thanking the agents on the line for their ac tivity and energy, and by repeating his thanks for the compliments which had been paid to him. He sat down amidst prolonged cheers. Mr. DODDS proposed the health of Mr. Day, and the agents of Messrs. John Stephenson and Co., on the Lan caster and Carlisle Railway. As clocks must have wheels and watches springs, so must railways have men to get them in working order. In the execution of the Lan- cater and Carlisle Railway, they had done everything that lay in their power, and he was sure more efficient agents could not have been selected from any district. Temperate and zealous, they emulated each other in doing their duty to the best of their bidding, and render ing the heaths and moors, formerly inhabited by black cocks, available for the convenience of the public. Mr. DUN N' returned thanks, expressing a hope that by the 16th of December, 1847. a train might ;sere Carlisle and arrive at 'Edinburgh and Glasgow on the same day, although the contractors were allowed till March in the following year. Mr. MOULD proposed the Trent Valley Railway, connected with the name of Mr. Horn, who had been connected with the public works for a great number of years, and had as perfect an acquaintance with them as any one who could be named. The Trent Valley, with which he was connected, would be opened in a few months, and he wished it every success It was a line which had been completed in perhaps a shorter time than any other line in the kingdom, and great credit was due to Mr. Horn for the efforts by which he had contributed to its progress.—(Cheers.) Mr. HonN reronded In the centre of England the Trent Valley was considered the prince of railways—a crack railway. It passed through a picturesque and fertile country, it had better gradients, and had been more speedily executed than any line in the kingd (Hear, hear.)—Kendal Mercury. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 23.—Wind E.N.E , light breeze, and thick hazy weath er . • OFF MARGATE, DEC. 22 . —Black Cat, Daniels, California. RAMSGATE, DEC. 22. -- Wind W.N.W., light.—Arrd. Normand, Ducamier, St. Domingo, for Havre. DEAL, DEC. 22.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W., moderate.— Arrd. Gilmore, Maw, China ; Tartar, Gregson. Calcutta ; Wilsons, Campbell, Matanzas; Carolus, Stour, New Orleans, for Bremen; Ann and Mary, Cunningham, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Stockton ; Isabella, Veale, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Pleiades, Bell, N or th America ; Claud, Buck well,re'', B om b a y ; Islander, Gordon, Quebec ; Atl as, di tto; Mabel, Andus, St. John ' s. Sl d . Buckinghamshire, BPGgo Barbadoes ; Th omas Arbuthnot, Thomson, Port Philip; Kingston, Karwo o d, Ad e l aide ; Amelia Mulho ll an d , Wil kinson, Mauriti us; M art h a, Woolley, Algoa Bay; St. Vin cent's Planter, Ry an , Si erra Leone, with the rest of t h e out ward-bound, except her Majesty's steamer Elphinstone. LIIVERPOOL, DEC. 22 . —Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Ganges, Smith, Calcutta; Paragon, M'Gowan, Carnarvon ; Fame, Dunley, Rio Janeiro; Windsor, Pepper, Para; Jos. Christal, Close, Maranham ; Santas, Muniatigui, Havannali ; Liver pool, M'Lellan, New Orleans ; Conqueror, Barr, Charleston ; Victoria, Harthson, Ne w York; Eliza, St. John, N.B. ; Samuel, Leighton. ditto; Belmont, Grant, ditto; Skylark, Brown, Prince Edward's Island ; Jane, Newfoundland. Sailed, Queen of the Tyne, Jamieson, Bahia; John Moore, Withycombe, Bombay, Majesty, Knowles, Africa; Diadem, Bimet, Rio Janeiro; Sisters, Vickers, St. Thomas; Ward Chipmarr, Bilton, New Orleans. Off port, Wilson, Quebec ; Abigail, ditto ; Roscius, Isabel, Commodore, Europe, and Christina, —. PoßTsmouru, DEC. 22 . —Wind N.W., fine.—Arrd. Miranda, Leonard, Antigua, leaky. BIDEFORD, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Damaris, Thompson, Prince Edward's Island ; Lady Sale, Richards, Quebec. I CLYDE, DEC. 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Galileo, Blaney, New York; Calloa, Warrens, ditto; John S. de Wolf, Raid, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Widow Goran, ditto ; Magog, Shanks, Bay Chaleur ; Athol, Currie, Quebec; Sir H. Pottin ge r, Reed, ditto ; Lord Byron, Todd, ditto ; B e llona, A u ld, ditto; Emigrant, Price, ditto; Prince of Wales, Wil son , Mau ritius. Sld., Clydesdale, M'Farlane, Trinidad ; Cheve r ell, Stork, ditto; Marcellus, Young, Antigua. DUBLIN, DEC. 21.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Charlotte, Campbell, St. John's, New Brunswick; Medium, ditto. DUNDALK, DEC. 20.—The Rebecca, Holmes, of Garlies town, from Miltown to Liverpool, was abandoned, 14th inst., off Scilly ; crew brought here by the Burnam, Patton. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 21.—The Therndale, Wilkie, of this port, was in contact off Robinhood Bay, 18th inst., with a vessel, name unkown, and received damage. KINGSTOWN, Dec. 21.—Arrd. St. George, Poole, Pugwash. and GREENOCK Dxc. 20.—The Tug st eamer, Conqueror, with cargo, from the Superb, from New York t o t h e Clyde, stranded dhyori May, of Hull thisfrom Pillau to morning, D in the sound of Barris, has been destr oye d by tire. WIIITEIIAVEN, DEC. 21.—The Min erva, of Ramsey, LM., but p h o a s s e b d e t e o n w b - e re d c r k o e w d o o e n d. the coast of Driggs (Sylcroft); crew sup floa uCnßdAe DEC. t R C k 1 0 9 11 . the i'h e Is Z la e n p andted off very leakywas run on shore n ear Rome, much damaged FALMOUTH, De rrdc. 22.—Wind N. to N.W. , strong gales Antwerp, lea ly. ky, &c. —A. Maybrough, Stephenso n , K ertch for Mir am SCILichi, LY, Dec forLiverpoo. 21.—W l ind N.W — Arrd. 15, Eagle, Hayes, CORK, DEC. 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Jessie Miller,Crow ther, Patagonia; Velocity, Darrell, Cuba; Lord William Bentinc k Allen, Honduras; Solon, Moody, St. John's New Brunswick; True Blue, Oliver, Mirami c hi . LIMERICK, DF •C. 21.—Wind S.W.—A rrd. California, Ro bertson, New York ; St. Lawrence, Butt en, Quebec. The Maria, of Dublin, O'Mealy, has strai ne d at the quay, and is making water. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Tuesday afternoon a young woman, genteelly dressed, entered M rs . O a kl ey ' s , the " O'Conr.eli " Co ffee-house, Kent road, and desired to be served with coffee, and seated herself in one of the darkest boxes in the shop. Iler agitated manner, and her superior appearance to the ge nera li ty of her cus towers, excited the attention of Mr s . O akley, and after tsehnetsseorr a phialvedth into m the coffee, observedoahkeelr empty the con y suspected her object to be suicide, and she stepped forward, an d b egge d permission to put some sugar into the coff ee; remov i ng the cup for that purpose, she - adroitly substituted fresh coffee, which the young woman almost immediately swallowed. The coffee that contained t h e contents of the phial was taken to a neighbouring chemist, who pro nounced it to contain laudanum. Mrs. Oakley called the youug woman into the parlour, and by per suas i on , or by threatening to send for the police, she gave the address of her friend, and was conveyed by h er brother, Mr. Quaiatin g , to her residence in Great Wild -street, Lincoln's Inn. The attempt was caused by her husband having enlisted in the army. Ina few days will be published, in foolscap Bvo., T REVOR; or the New at. Franci. A Tale of the Times. Also, in foolscap Bvo., to be ready In a few days, STEEPLETON; or High Church and Low Church. Being the Tendency of Parties exhibited in the History of Frank Faithful. By a CLERGYMAN. Also, in foolscap Bvo., with Frontispiece, just ready, FROM OXFORD TO ROME. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. PARROTS AM) MONKEYS BRINDLEY, Importer of Foreign Birds J• and Curiosities, No. 5, King's-place, Commercial-road, East (near Berner-street), begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry, that he has now on Sale a superior collection of choice talking Parrots, both Grey and Green; also trained Monkeys of every species, besides a splendid assortment of Parrot and other cages of every description, cheaper than any other house in London. A full-sized Parrot' , brass cage for 11. Is., not to be equalled under 21., at any other house. Any Lady or Gentleman favouring J. B. with a visit may hear the birds talk, or any bird purchased, exchanged if not approved of. C , ,py the Address. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, CALL for FOURTH INSTALMENT of 21. 10. PER SHARE on 251. SHARES, making 121. 10s. paid. The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a meeting held this day, to Call, under the provisions of the Acts of Parliament, for an Instalment of 21. 10s. per share. on 251 Shares, Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on or before the Bth day of JANITAIT next, to any of the under mentioned Bankers, the said sum of 21. 10s. en each of their respec tive 251. Shares ; viz. : London .. • ... Messrs. Glyn, Halllfax, Mills and Co., at the Great Western Railway-office, 29, Gresham-street, City. Bristol . • ...Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co. Messrs. Ilaillie,Ames, and Co. Stu,;key's Banking Company. • The West of England and South Wales District Bank. Liverpool . • The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham.. The County of Gloucester Bank. Reading • Messrs. J. and C. Symonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors. CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, Dec. 3, 1846. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL for SECOND INSTALMENT of 2/. 10s. PER SHARE on 171. SHARES, making 41. 108. PAID. The Directors of the Great. Western Railway, having resolved at a meeting held this day, to call under the provisions of - 4he 'Acts of Parliament, for an instalment of 21. 10s. per share on 171. shares, Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on or before the Bth day of JANUARY next, to any of the under-men tioned Bankers, the said sum of 21. 10s. on each of their respective 17/. shares, viz.— ' Londcn • • • • • • Messrs. Glyn, Hallfax, Mills and Co., at the Great Western Railway Office, 29, Grasham-street, City. Bristol ... ... Messrs. Miles, Harford and Co. Messrs. V aillie, Ames and CO. Stuckey's Banking Company. The West of England and South Wales District Bank. Liverpool ....The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham.. The County of Gloucester Rank. Reading •• • • Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CHARLES A. sAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, 3d December, 1846. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY (SOUTHERN DIVISION). ALTERATION OF TRAINS. NOTICE.—The ,public are informed that on and after the Ist of DECEMBER next, the following Alterations will be made In the Trains on this Railway BEDFORD BRANCH. The Train now leav;ng London at 10.45 a.m. will leave at 11 a.m., arriving at Bedford at about 1.45 p.m. The Trona now leaving London at 4 p.m. will leave at 3.45 p.m., arriving at Bedford at ab.•ut 6 p.m. A Train will leave Bletehlei at 3.15 p.m., arriving at Bedford at about 4 p.m. The Train now lkaving Bedford at 10 a.m. will leave at 9.45 a.m., arriving at London at about 12 noon. A new Train will leave Bedford at 11.50 a.m., arriving at London at about 2.45 p.M., atul at Birmingham at about 3.35 p.m. LEAMINGTON BRANCH. The Train now leaving Coventry for Leamington at 8.45 a.m. will leave at 8.30 a m.. The Train now leaving London for Rugby at 3.45 p.m. will leave at 4 p.m. The Train now leaving Aylesbury at 10.30 a.m. will leave at 10.45 a.m., arriving at London at about 12.30 noon. The Train now leaving Birmingham at 8.0 a.m. will leave at 7.45 a.m., arriving at the intermediate stations and London 15 mi nutes earlier than at present. By order, Euston Station, Nov. 24, 1846 MARK. HUISIT, Manager. NEWRY, ARMAGH, and LONDONDERRY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, Notice is hereby g;ven, that a FIRST DIVIDEND of Ten Shil lings per Share will be PAYABLE to the Scripholders in this Com pany, on and after MONDAY, the 16th day of November instant, be tween the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, on application at Messrs. Spooner, Atwood, and Co., Bankers, London. The Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh. • • • • The District Bank • • Liverpool, and at The Provincial Bank of Ireland Dublin, as heretofore. The Scrip must be endorsed by the party presenting it, and deli vered up to Bankers, and a receipt signo I for the amount of the Di vidend ; the Banker in exchange will give a certificate of the Com pany entitling, the bolder to such further Dividen Dividends as the Directors may be ena bled to make upon the fin d al or settlement of the accounts. This arrangement has been made at the the request of Scriexpensepholders residing in England and Scotland, to avoid nest of of forwarding Scrip to Ireland CIIARLEMONT, Chairman. Newry, No. 8, Trevor•hill, Nov. 4, 1846. REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM NEYS.—The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING BRUSH and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates al' be annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis 7usting plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without one >article of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago in experiment was made with this apparatus at the House of Commons, the success of which was complete. Sneets of writine raper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and in various other , >arts of the room, and after th 9 completion of the sweoping not on, >article of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper. To be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. N.B. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this Atent invention in the provincial towns of En:land. Agents for the Metropolis are nquired. CIUNDY'S PA TENT OPEN FIRE VENTILATING STOVE. TESTIMONIAL AFTER ONE WINTETVS TRIAL Letter from Professor Bradley : —" King's College, London, July 1846. Sir,—l am happy to be able to bear testimony to the child envy of your Stove, which is fixed ire my lecture room at this institu. tion It seems to have all the essential reqnisites of a good Stove— a rapid draught, freedom from all smoke, and from that smell whict arises from iron heated in contact with the air of a dwelling room. which is entirely avoided by your arrangement. I am, Sir, your obe dient servant, THOMAS BRADLEY." The Stoves to be bad of Messrs. DOWSON, 69, Welbee.k-street, Cavendish-square, where they.may be seen in operation. A NOTHER CURE OF COUGH AN HOARSENESS BY DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONW WAFERS. Parliament-street, Liverpool, Jan. 1, 1846. Sir,—l had been troubled with a cou 'h and hoarseness for nearly two years, without. relief, when I was induced to try Locock's Wafers, the effects of which were soon visible, for one large box (2s. 9d.) has quite cured me. I have since recommended them to several of my friends, and they have also experienced the greatest relief from them. J. WILLIAMS. DR. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief and a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all dis• orders of the breath and lungs. TO SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strew,thening the voice the; have a most pleasant taste. Price Is, 1%d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per box. Agents—Da Silva an Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London sold by all medicine vendors. OR-310LU CLOCKS, SEVEN GUINEAS EACH. AB. SAVORY and SONS, Watch and • Clockmakers, No. 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England. Rich or-molu Clocks, with splendidly executed figures of Time, History, Ceres, &c., to go for eight days, and strike the hours and half-hours, on stands under glass shades, at seven guineas each. The performance is warranted. THE DEP RTURE OF Slti. G GIPPS, THE NINTH GOVERNOR OF _NEW SOUTH WALES. (From the Sydney Spectator of July 11.) To-day, after administering the government of this colony for eight years, Sir George Gipps embarks for England. Valedictory addresses from Teetotal Societies, the Mechanics' School of Arts, from certain of the citi zens of Sydney and settlers in one or two country dis tricts, have been moved, adopted, and presented on the occasion. A subscription for a testimonial to his Ex cellency (which, at the time we write, amounts to 1,0101.), has been got up by the Very Rev. the Vicar. General and a few other z:-slobs opponents of the Local Legislature's earnest endeavours to establish a compre hensive system of general education in the colony. And in so far as the applause of these parties is concerned, Sir George Gipps will embai lc with " all the honours." That many highly respectable persons have joined the clergy in their demonstration, will be seen by reference to the subscription lists; but that it represents the bulk of the colonists of New South Wales, we are compelled in the most unqualified terms to deny. Of the money subscribed nearly one-half has been given by officials, Crown nominees, and others indirJetly connected with the Government, and we look in vain through the list for the names of our principal land and stockholders, the real representatives of the property and intelligence of the colony. The officials, of course, save and except the Chief Justice, who peremptorily refused to become a party to the priestly demonstration—gave, each his ten pounds to the Testimonial Fund—some have c tndidly confessed that they can ill afford it. Newly-created magistrates have also subscribed the same mystic sum, and the Vicar-General who, on his pale horse in their streets, has recalled to the astounded citizens a vision of the Apocalypse,* has truly had cause to boast that " he went forth conquering and to conquer." When we see (says Lord Brougham) the most amiable men, fast friends of liberty, champions of popular rights, dazzled by comparatively trivial accomplishments and services, exalt a ruler as a benefactor of his subjects without duly reprobating the darker shades of his cha racter, we are unavoidably led to blame the eulogists as well as their hero. They do not reflect when they palliate the misdeeds of men whose merits in some par ticulars they may record, that their very virtues suffer by the association with errors ; and he who permits a Governor's encouragement of 1 terary institutions, his example of temperance, or his conciliation of religious differences to abate his dislike of despotism, forgets that such merits do contract a stain by being found to ally themselves with the dangerous propensities of our nature instead of keeping us above such contamination. The attempt of the clergy to commemorate the depar ture of Sir George Gipps may mislead the people at home, but it misleads no one here. His Excellency and the colonists are directly at issue in regard to the prin ciples which should guide the most important function of the Government's authority—the administration of the waste lands of the colony—the solemn protests and resolutions of the Local Legislature, the petitions and addresses of the representatives of the landed interests— have been disregarded, or treated with unseemly levity in a Downing -street dispatch. Yet the parties who have been the chief sufferers by Sir G. Gipps's determined adher ence to Lord Stanley's wild land theories were unwilling to commemorate the t erm i nat i on of his own and his Lordship's administration by any mark of exultance. They knew that the " bold irresponsible despotism " of the Colonial-office was a power to which prouder men than Sir George Gipps had been compelled to succumb. They felt that a reform upon constitutional questions concerning the colonies must be begun by reforming the Colonial-office. They knew that in examining that most difficult question, the possibility of discovering a suffi cient price for our waste lands—the to kalon, as Mr. Pou lett Scrope calls it, of this branch of economical - re search—Sir George was influenced by those darling conceptions which once flourished so fairly in Adelphi terrace. They were aware that ' the Governor' must be influenced by the inclination of the metropolitan legis lature and government to retain a branch of Cominion which the colonists contend ought to be confided to the colonial legislature and government. They were almost inclined to forgive Sir George's contempt of the axiom that a pervading and permanent interest exists recipro cally between the mother country and her colonies." And, above all, they were not unmindful of the state of his Excellency's health—shattered as it is said to be by his laborious application to the details of office. But the attempts of the bigoted Denominational ists' to commemorate the departure of the professed fr:end,' the real opponent' of General Education, ha, compelled those who (in the same spirit as that which influenced the Legislative Council in its late adjourn ment) desired to avoid any angry demonstration, to record in the most unqualified manner their dissent from the fulsome eulogies of the priesthood, the ten-pound tribute of the colonial bureaucracy. A subscription for the erection of a column to com tnemorate the retirement of Lord Stanley and the rec.] of Sir George Gipps has been made by the landed in t--rests. A site for the column, upon one of the most commanding positions in the harbour of Port Jackson, has been already granted fcr the purpose; and (as we understand) the following is the inscription by which the subscribers propose to record their opinions of the administration of Lord Stanley and the government of Sir George Gipps:— This column is erected by The colonists of New South Wales, To commemorate the Retirement, or rather the dismissal, of The Right Hon. E.le and Geoffrey Lord Stanley From office as Secretary of State for the Colonies; And also the recal of Sir George Gipps, Knight, From the government of this Colony. Individuals by whose acts every interest In New South Wales has been sacrificed, And whose exercise of arbitrary power Has done more to alienate the Affections of a loyal people from Monarchical institutions than Many years of good government Can redeem. We are not disposed to examine, at this pressed mo ment, the tactics of either of the contending parties. We simply desire to record, as a "great fact," another signi ficant result of a system which the Home Government must speedily reform. It was formerly said that if the advantages of colonial dominion were fairly inquired into, they would be re duced in every case to the profit accruing to the officers dispatched to mal-administer the affairs of the colonists. We think that in the modern cases of the Canadian and Australian Governors, this axiom as to profitable satrap ship must be modified. Death appears to be the penalty of the vicegerents' sins, and in reviewin g the acts of a Durham, a Sydenham , a Metcalfe, and a Gipps, the future historian will refer with mingled feelings of pain and indignation to the system by which so many victims to " bureaucracy " were sacrificed. That we differ entirely from Sir George Gipps in his proposals for the future administration of the lands of this colony, we need not remind the readers of the Spectator. Whether as regards his Excellency's pet ideas in regard to a " precise proportion between land, labour, and capital ;" or, " the abstraction of our land funds for emigration purposes ;" or, " the mathemati cally sufficient price for our waste lands," we have en tered our compromising protest against the transfer of the " Adelphi-terrace conceptions" to this " unwatered wilderness." We have attempted to illustrate the fal lacy of determining by the Wakefield rule the "precise proportion of the three great elements of colonization." We have endeavoured to prove that the economical ad vance of the colony has been in every respect retarded by the appropriation of its land funds to emigration pur poses. We have submitted our belief, that the calcula tions made by Sir George. Gipps and the " Clerks of Downing-street," in order to ascertain that imaginary standard of price which will secur e th e p resence o f labour in the best proportion to land, have been formed on in sufficient premises. And we have entered our protest against that unconstitutional, that un-English system of " Taxation by Proclamation," which it is the main prin ciple of Sir George Gipps's Pastoral Code to establish in a British colony. As regards his policy in respect to the Administration of the Lands—the most important function of his au thority —we, therefore, are entirely at issue with his Excellency, and although we do not go the extreme length of desiring to commemorate by a columnar monu ment his recal from the seat of government, we sincerely believe that the real revival of the prosperity of New South Wales will be dated from this, the day of his de parture from its shores. The " only theory" of the Colonial-office was confided to Sir George, and be has brought it up with all the ten derness of parental affection. That he imagined his patronage of the pet bantling to be conscientious we really believe. Sir George, in his zeal, tried to carry out Lieber's famous axiom, that wherever the application of a principle or rule is required, whenever an abstract principle passes over into practical life, conscientious action is required, or it will fail to attain its object. But in place of endeavouring to ascertain by what moral principles he ought to be guided in the specific case before us, and what it was that experience pointed out as the wisest course for a conscientious man under the law and in relations established by political science, Sir pps clung to the r e d-t a p e prescr i pt i ons of the George Gi Stephens and the Gairdners of Downing-street, and made their dispatches serve as the substitute for that essential element of action which he pi ofessed to exercise. But the reign of Lord Stanley and Sir George Gipps is over, and England sees that a new and great colonial career is fast opening to her. The necessity of a re form in the Colonial-office, to render it equal to the task of suitably taking the lead in such a career, and of in troducing a system worthy of an enlightened people in an enlightened age, is denied by none; and we scarcely think it necessary to recapitulate the calamitous results which seemed to threaten us when the ignorance of a Minister, and the servility and obstinacy of a Governor formed the main basis of England's colonial system of administration. That Sir George Gipps quits the scene of his long government with impaired health, we do sincerely re gret: and had it not been for the injudicious attempt of his friends to commemorate his departure in a manner that may tend to impress the people of Eng land with the idea that the peculiar ethical theory of • " And I looked, and behold a pale horse ; and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him."— Rev. vi. 8. Downing -street is approved of by the colonists of New South Wales—had it not, we say, been for this injudicious attempt, we should have had far more pleasure in reviewing the brighter passages of his career than in pointing out its darkest shades. Hi.: generous yielding to the protest of the Patriotic Asso ciation in regard to the proposed exclusive clauses of the Sydney Corporation Bill of 1840, and his cordial re cognition of the principle of giving equal political rights to all classes of tnis community, must not be (gotten by those who pen the records of his reign. :Hs assent to the Llcal Legislature's measure for the abj. lition of imprisonment for debt, and various other acts of his administration will be cited as favourable con trasts to the harsh edicts against whie'l the colonists have so loudly appealed. Tnat the resistance of ties colonists to these edicts has offended Sir George, and most probably aggravated the illness under which he is now suffering, is not very surprising. "Itis a psycho logical truth,' says the philosopher, " that all power. being resisted, the first feeling in those intrusted with it, is not that of regret at this resistance on account 0f the object they had in view, but of offence at the oppo sition itself." And sowith Sir George Gipps. He con ceived that, however unconstitutionally acquired, the action of his power ought to have obtained homage. Ile sought his rules of government in the precincts of prero gative ; he endeavoured to legislate by proclamation, and was chagrined and offended at the colonists' resist ance to his stern appeal to that " never-ceasing fountain and last resort of power, the swam= imperium,' the summa potestas nulli subjecta.'" THE MORMONITES. THEIR PERSECUTION AND RECENT EXPUL SION FROM NAVOO. From the Philadelphia Correspondent of the Economist) As the Mormonites have, from time to time, occupied much of public attention, and especially of late, I have thought that perhaps a short shetch of their history and of their recent expulsion from Illinois, might not prove uninteresting or unwelcome to the majority of your readers, and I have therefore ventured to present them in this letter, with as candid and as correct a narra tive as I can in so small a space. The Mornomites, although they have been greatly per ecuted, have, ever since their origin, by their great ig norance and credulity, their peculiar religious creed and distinct organisation, invariably become disagreeable and obnoxious to their neighbours. The bulk are the con fiding dupes and tools of a few shrewd, de signing, profligate men, with some half-crazed fa natics, whom they follisw as their leaders and high priests, in the full belief that they are chosen by God to teach the true religion, that they are the favoured people of the Almighty—that, like the early Christians, they must and will suffer for the sake of the truth—and that they will increase and flourish, and ulti mately cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. They took their rise about the end of the year 1827, in the vil lage of Manchester, six miles from Palmyra (where the writer has been), in the western part of the state of New York. Four or five years ago might still be seen an excavation in the side of a hill, from whence, accord ing to the declaration of Joe Smith, the original prophet and leader, the golden bible, or metallic plates, were disinterred. Joe Smith and his father's family were poor, partially educated, and followed the occupation of spade labourers, or money diggers, as they called them selves, Joe himself being of indifferent character, and they resided in the vicinity of Palmyra. The accepted version of the Mormon revelation is, that an angel visited Joe Smith in a dream, and astured him that he was sent by God to declare to him that he (Joe) was the chosen prophet and priest of Jehovah to all the world. The angel then disclosed to him the ex istence of a golden bible, whereupon, or wherein, was written the new revelation, where he would find it, and how he was to dig for it; and, when he had found it, to make it known to all mankind. Joe obeyed the instruc tions, found the metallic plates, alias golden bible, and in due time promulgated the new and only true religion, Before I proceed, I would here remark that not the slightest doubt exists, or ever did exist, in the minds of sane and intelligent persons, that this book of Aformon, alias metalic plates, alias golden bible, was devised and manufactured by some skilled, unprincipled Bible read associates and friends of the family of Smiths, and brought to the light when the play was ready to be performed, and the actors initiated into their respective parts and duties. This Book of Mormon, or Oe new revelation, is ingeniously contrived, and adapted to gull and chant the superstitiously ignorant, and also to gain proselytes amongst the uneducated portion of professing Christians of almost every sect ; for, whilst it admits the authen ticity and truth of the Old and New Testaments, it als, reveals new lights and truths, by which all the obscu rities and difficulties of the Bible that hitherto hulj. over religious communities are explained and clearer away. _ _ The Mormon priests and elders process to pros , ' that the Book of Mormon, published through the instrumentality of their prophet, by divine auttiort . t and direction, contain s a hi s t or i ca l an d re li g i em record, which was written in ancient times by branch of the house of Israel who inhabited America, and from whom the Indians descended ; that thi• record is the golden bible found by Smith, and tha it not only confirms the truth of holy writ, but also nar rates the history and events of ancient America as fe back or beyond the period of the flood. They persuade the deluded multitude that they have the gift of tongues. or healing the sick, and the exclusive privilege of inter course with the Almighty, from whom they directly ob Cain new revelations, and the power of working miracle s. Soon after Joe Smith and his coadjutors had promul gated the new religion, the disciples located themselves in a body at Rutland, in the state of Ohio, when they soon received an accession to their number ; and, by a special revelation received by the prophet from God, they built a large and beautiful temple. Here they at tempted to establish a bank, and being unable to obtain a charter from the legislature of Ohio, they tcok the power into their own hands, and made a beginning. They ma naged to get out a considerable amount of bank notes 01 their own manufacture, by purchasing goods at hie; prices, and distributing their notes at a great discount ; but the pay day came ; there was no specie forthcoming to replace the notes with; differences ensued amongst the saints and their leaders, which ended in a division, a very large proportion of them migrating to the town of Inde pendence in the state of Missouri. Here they becarn, disliked by the previous settlers, and at length, in 1839. they were forcibly expelled, with much suffering and loss of property. Nevertheless, they kept together, firm in their faith in the Morman creed; they travelled on, enduring many privations for conscience sake, and again fixed themselves at the village of Commerce, ii, the state of Illinois. Probably the persecutions they had experienced in leaving Missouri, and the patience and fortitude they exhibited procured fur them a la7g( share of sympathy and passion, for here they gained fresh strength; their numbers rapidly increased, an, they became possessed of a considerable extent of beau tiful country; they built the city of Navo o , or h o ly c i ty , and invited all the saints from every . quarter, by pro clamation, and through the press, to join them, and as semble in that land of promise. Being industrious, and simple in their way of living, thay prospered; their numbers continued to increase till, in 1843, the popula tion of Navoo was reckoned at 16,000 souls, and in all •their ramifications they were estimated at more than 100,000, many of whom are from Europe, and not a few from the manufacturing districts of England. A city charter was now obtained from the legislature of Illinois, by which the limits of Navoo were defined, em bracing about six square miles of territory, and convey ing the accustomed municipal rights. Joe Smith was unanimously elected Mayor of the city. A military force was also established, with the designation of the Navoo Legion, and Joe Smith was appointed Commander in- Chief, by the title of Lieutenant General. He was, in fact, what Moses was to the children of Israel—Ceir spiritual and temporal head, their military leader, their prophet and revelator. His will was their law, for they felt sure that he was divinely inspired. Such was their faith in their prophet and the priesthood, that they con tributed largely of their small mens, and gave their skill and labour to build another temple and houses for them. The location of Navoo is described by a gentle man, who has lately been there, as delightful ; the tem ple is one hundred and thirty feet long and ninety feet wide, and it is built of white hewn stone. In the basement story is a baptismal font, resting upon twelve oxen, hewn from granite, with iron horns ; and the temple may be seen from several points on the river, at the distance of fifteen miles. But I must be brief. The holy city is now deserted, and the temple is no longer in possession of the saints. They have been driven from their fire-sides and their church by an armed, reckless mob, calling themselves Anti-Mormons, but who are, in reality, a number of the worst characters from various states, with some vagabond preachers of different denominations, who have invented some accu sations, and exaggerated any faults they could lay hold of against the Mormons as a pretext to seize their pro perty, and drive them from their homes. They have accused the Mormons of thefts and depredations which they did not commit, got legal processes against them, and then volunteered their services in assisting to execute them, under the plea that they would resist the laws, for the sole purposes of aggression and robbery. They have by this means taken and retained the city of Navoo, have established Lynch-law, and are plundering and as saulting such of the population as remained. Much blame is attributed to the Governor of Illinois for laxity of duty, for not displaying more promptitude and energy in maintaining the supremacy of the law. It is undoubt edly a blot upon this land of equal rights that a whole city of sixteen thousand inhabitants, or more, should have been driven out upon the prairies and wilderness on account of their religion ; for, though deluded and fanatical, they are not the less entitled to their natural rights and protection from the law as American citizens. Governor Ford is now acting with energy ; he is on his way to Navoo with a hundred soldiers and two pieces of cannon, and it is fully expected that he will soon be able to expel the insurgents and restore order. Two things are self evident in reviewing this affair and the state of society in Illinois. One is, the great want of right edu cation amongst the population, to keep them from be coming the dupes of Mormonite, Millerite, or any other ite leader ; and the other, the great inefficiency of the executive portion of the government of the state. CITY ELECTIONS. Yesterday being the last d, y for polling great acti vity and excitement prevailed in the contested wards, in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather, notwithstanding the distance to the hustings in no in stance exceeded a quarter of a mile, no expense was spared in bringing up electors, cabs and other vehicles being provided for their accommodation. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. The poll demanded on Monday by Mr. Wilson, the Conservative candidate, was proceeded with this day, at the school-rooms, Philip-Lane, Addle -street. The polling commenced at one, and terminated at three, and appeared to excite considerable interest in the ward. At the closing of the poll for the day, Mr. Alderman CEA Lus announced the numbers to be-- Smiih 39 Brass Brown •••••• 40 Cash 37 Troole .................... 39 Lart Bennoch .................. 36 And Wilson, the Con- Dewar ................. 39 servativ c candidate 2O The polling will.. commence to-day at two, and will terminate finally at four o'clock. FINAL r el. r s e E .0 o p F e n T e n d CRIPPL EGATE WITHOUT. The poll-books w e E y P e O st L e iL r . day morning in the Ward Schools, Red Cross -street, at one o'clock, when they were finally closed. The numbers Nvere -Tones l9B Johnson Dixon 192 Gilbert .................. 161 ....... . ...... 164 Sadler 189 King .....................121 Mead way lBB Read .. .120 Eldrid 174 Alderman CHALLIS declared the first eight returned to serve in the Court of Common Council. C ORDWAINERS' The second day's polling commenced at one o' c l oc k yesterday after noon , and closed at :three, when the numbers declared were, for Muddell 2B Jolliffe Croucher Lott Joyce 29 The polling was resumed yesterday afternoon in the room of Bow Church,Cheapside, and closed finally vestry at three o'clock, when the numbers were— Muddell 45 Joliffe 45 Croucher Joyce 45 Joseph Lott Alderman WOOD having declared the first six gentle men duly elected, they severally addressed the electors, after which the wardmotewas dissolved. BISHOPSGATE WARD. The polling commenced yesterday morning at the Ward-Schools, in Peter-street, and continued with great spirit until the close (three o'clock) when the numbers were declared as follows Stevens .... Peacock *Owden 134 Patten Jones Hall Pilcher Carr Bennett lO9 Thomas 9O The polling will commence to-day in the contested wards, and finally close. The polling commenced yesterday morning, and con tinued with great spirit up to three o'clock, when the poll- books were closed, and the numbers declared as follows : !Stevens 279 Johnson 253 Peacock 298 Ashby Owden Jones 244 Tozer 196 Hall Pilcber Carr Bennett 242 Thomas 207 After the declaration the newly-elected members ad dressed the wardmote, which was then dissolved. BASSISHAW. At the adjourned wardmote, held in the vestry. room of St. Michael's Church, Basinghall-street, the presiding Alderman declared the following gentlemen duly elected:—Messrs. Bretton, Lister, Wilson, and James. LANGBOURNE WARD.—(Returns 8 Members.) FINAL CLOSE 07 THE POLL. The polling commenced yesterday morning in the Ward school-room, Lime-street, and continued until half past twelve o'clock, when it finally closed, the numbers being for— Dixon Unwin 99 Howard Snelling Frodsham Gibson Shaw Miller 57 Gude Surr Brooke The LORD MAYOR, who presided in the absence of Sir J. Key, declared the first eight duly elected. The wardmote was then addressed by the successful candidates, and dissolved. BASSISHAVir.—(4 Members.) Britten (deputy) 2l James 2O Wilson 22 *Clarke Lister BROAD-ST. Corney (deputy) ... ... 29 Baker Jupp Gadsden 'Parton EET.-(8.) „ Marriott Foster 25 White 2l *Casterton FARRINGDON flayward (deputy) l7O Ragleton (deputy) 169 Holt . 72 Ridley Ashurst Rutter Virtue Rouser VVITHIN.—(I.I.) *Morris .58 *Phillips . APLaughlen Blake Hartley 4l *Humphries *young 32 Whechon , . Mr. Wheelton has resigned. - FARRINGDON WITHOUT.—(I6). Bedf,ird (deputy) ... .. 154 Burn Williams Anderton Buckmaster I Barnard 133 'Turner Taylor Lynch Isherwood ......... ... .. 129 *Walter . lO6 "Liss LIME-STREET WARD. The annual election of Common Councilmen for this ward was presided over by Mr. Alderman Farebrother, and although two vacancies occurred by the retirement of Mr. Deputy Mitchell and Mr. Robert Corser, no degree of popular feeling was in the least manifested either on the otherwise prevailing subject of the disa greement of the two City estates of aldermen and com moners, or in the election of the successors to the two former representatives of this ward. Mr. Daniel Cork and Mr. Thomas Bridge Simpson were re-elected, and Mr. Symonds and Mr. Tanner were quietly returned to supply the vacancies. PORTSOKEN.—(B.) Wright (deputy) Killny 65 Thomson Christie Parker Jutsum The polls will finally dos, Those marked thus * are at four o'clock this day. tow candidates. NAVALINTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 22.—The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, went out to Spithead, under royals, in most gallant style this afternoon, saluting the Commander-in- Chief with 17 guns on passing the Platform Battery. A vast concourse of spectators assembled on the walls to witness her departure. She is the handsomest looking ship that has issued from this harbour since the Col. lingwood went out. The Penelope steam-frigate, 22 guns, Captain Giffard, also went out of harbour this afternoon, and looked re markably well. She also saluted, and went down as far as Cowes roads, to try her engines. The Palatine freight ship sailed to-day for London. The Mercury tender sailed this afternoon for Poole to who were nota F p a p rt r r ag o u v nh e s d apros o ro f tn o s e e s d x l a ot m )o: i d n aa a ny t o fo n ol enter volunteers for genera l serv i ce, and to return some LieutenantT he Trafalgar .r d th o e ffi r c i e v r e , r u . p. wards of thirty-five years a lieutenant, died suddenly yesterday afternoon in the lunatic ward of the Royal Hospital, Haslar. Let us hope that the melancholy case of this deceased veteran was not consequent upon such neglect as that experienced during his lifet ime by the late Lieutenant W. P. Green, whose family are now* compelled to appeal to a benevolent public for that sup port which they ought to have received long ago from the Government. The gallant deceased was midship man in the Conqueror, 74, at Trafalgar. Commander Crouch, of the Victory, lies at Haslar Hospital in a precarious state. The gallant officer was seised with a fit on Sunday last, whilst on board his ship, in.the act of shaking hands with a brother officer. ACCIDENT ON THE MAP CHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—MANCHESTER, DEC. 22.—Yesterday morn ing an accident occurred on the Manchester and Leeds Railway of a very serious character, but fortunately no lives were lost. It appears that when the frost gave way some of the rocks through which a great portion of this line is cut began to slip. During the night of Sunday a large piece of stone slipped from one of these cuttings on to the line, near the mouth of the tunnel at Ludden foot. About six o'clock in the morning a lugga ge t ra i n , travelling at full speed, came in contact with the rock, which threw the engine and tender off the rails. The concussion was very great, and three of the trucks were broken, and the engine and tender much injured. At the moment the concussion took place the stoker jumped off the tender, and, falling on the rails, broke his leg. No other injury was sustained. The road was block e d up for some time, and the first up.train was detained up. wards of two hours. bagshe s te in mailacart, four w h s e t e a lret d started chaise, from ROBBERY OF THE MAI DSTONE AND R e o c H sTER MAIL BAGS.—OL Saturday ni g h t t h e d r i ver of the Maid- N in iai st d n a s d t° ,4 l3, r ol the regular cart, havin g t a k en up a passenge r e p i with on the an letter t R t e o r e riving at the Upper B e ll, t h e driver andass . oe enger got out to drink, leaving the bag s i n t h e vehicle. On CO ming out of the house th e y d rove on for some distance, when they missed the bags. The driver returned to Maid stone, and the police and many other persons were soon on the alert t o di scover the bags. These were not found till yesterday (Monday) morning, when they were dis covered, with the letters all opened, in a field near the Blue Bell Inn. It i s not k nown t h a t th e bags conta ined any money. When th e d r i ver r eturned, he said that his cart had been robbed ; but it was, soon discovered that he bad left the bags in the chaise when he went into the Upper Bell. The passenger, a hoveller, and the driver were both taken into custody, and were yesterday A d. mitted to bail.—Maidstone Gazette.