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MEDICAL DIM-TORS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.B. I ThOMAS Bevan, M.D., F.L.$ 22IISTIVel. William Cash, Esq. Samuel IL Lucas, Esq., John Feltham, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. BANsuto—liessrs. Brown, Janson, and Co. SomciToas—Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.B.S. 20th Nov. 1836 1837 , „ 1838 It f t 1839 „ 1840 „ 1841 Pt f p 1842 1843 1844 .1, It 1845 st Is 1846 Che gratifying result of the valuation of the liabilities and assets of the Institution Made in November, 1842, is exemplified is the fol lowing instances, exhibiting the profit assigned to Policies which had been in existence from one to seven years : - , , ~.. 'Equal to a 4 ac ._ t i „ g , 0 . g Reduction Reduction Z F t'l sti Ere, "`=' ;' ..E.lg in Pre- per cent. 3 3 . - r ic ° '':" ° ' ' g ''' mium 1 " on the -. 0 ; 1 ~ F. ,. E a% A 4 A p, lieu of 0..5.; E ;.I Bonus. Original Premium of ....._____ Years. Years. X. X. s. d. X. e. d. X. s. d.l 7 59 1,000163 11 06300' 27 17 2 44 7 46 1,030 : 115 12 0 : 40 18:16 3 5 40 7 33 2,000'177 10 01 54 1 8, 20 11 6 39 7 32 5001 44 70'13 2 111 5 1 4 39 6 52 2,0001227 19 0, 97 11 8345 10 35 6 50 1,000 106 50:45 10 101 15 10 7 34 6 31 500 37 201217 61 42 5 32 5 bl I,coo 91 3014726, 13 6 4 28 41 2,000 146 13 oi 69 10 0 : 18 , 1 0 26 5 30 600 37 2 o' l 15 8 0 4 1 2 26 4 42 500 28 19 0, 17 12 1 313 3 20 4 23 1,000 46 14 0 : 24 3 4 416 5 19 , 4 3 46 800 37 80,31 18 8 418 10 1 5 % 25 2,000 69 60' 44 5 0 614 11 1 5 4 2 63 3,000 140 15 0.224 15 02311 7 10% 2 26 500 11 11 0 : 11 10 0 1 2 6 9% .„ 1 --...._ 42 2,000, 26 14 01 70 8 4 3 3 9 4% Members whose Premiums become due on the lst of January next, re reminded that the same must be paid within thirty days from bat time. t h _The Next Division of Profits will be made up to the 20th of Novem r, 18 47. 01 a r y , s e t!ies of the last eport, and ever other inormtion, may be taln P ed at the Office, or of the Agents in the coun f try. ecomber 28, 1846. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. IN ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ASE SOCIETY, 26 CaNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .f.,500,000. ? 'Empowered by Act of Parliament. lv • Institution ernbraces important and substantial advantages hi ~- ? "Pect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured °rl all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for st* . 3 / 4 tr e Of the P o li c y, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of kis in- eats to meet other conveniences or necessity. Ps l e rfiances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. the remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society e nabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare vt uth beaus, varying from 35 to 85 per cant. on the premiums paid e ach Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. , ::, 0 i. 1 ,1 4 1 ' A ' ,,`< Bonus Bonus In I. a g Assured ' 2 Pr e mi um. added. Cash. . 2 - g may ,-.....,--- - --- ••• c. Borrow. g 0 • • 9., ,-,- I ---- 11837 100 0 3 4 /1839 1849 11841 iL2I7 15 I'XlOO 011 192 3 0 87 1 4 165 11 11 74 1 9' 116 7 6 64 0 11 111 6 8; 491• I !.£l6 0 4:2445 i 0 13 10 2 395 11 1 11 3 1 346 2 3 716 11 296 13 4 71• 4 947 4 1 b. rile division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in (*saber of the presezt year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. I ETROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 3, PRINCES-STREET, BANK. The DIRECTORS hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums ! due on the sth of JANUARY next, that the same must be paid • ithin thirty days from that date. The Premiums arc payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, on the t of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either 11,1 which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to =tubers. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the Society, as he ambers, on the sth of January next, shoald appear, or lodge their 0 1 ) 0sals, at the Office, on or before that day. 11 4 This Soc:ety, for mutual and general assurance, appropriates all , Arofits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the 3/ Qo le term of life as Members of the Society. As abatement of e ollum has been made at the rate of 45 per cent. for the year end ,.. the 4th of April, 1647, under the confident expectation of a con .' .sing abatement at that rate, at least, to all Members of five years' 4 Ild ing and upwards. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. Wi nces-street, Bank, Dec. 12, 1846. 4 BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. LOANS OF MOET. ,11 Th e Birkenhead Dock Commissioners N are ready to receive Loan! Money The f " Periods a fire or seven years, under the auth m e . rity o f Lei? Acts of Parliament, at the rate of 5 er cent. per annu d lst ol 1 terest will be ost. u ' . alfvearly, on the l et of January an 4 WY* in London or elsewhere, as thep arties lending Sealed tenders, stating the a rnonnt p and term of years for which the a oney is proposed to b lent, to be addressed to the Commissioners, may prefer. II idorsed "Tender for eon"—lliitenhead, Sept. 21, 114 G. ~ By order, RICHARD HIND, Sec. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION .PERMISSION.—PRopssoR ; =_Jp SCH(ENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe ,lne I °I recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other 4e 'i`ie compounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half. ° ex it. reerh and on evenings if Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.- , ri.," °o Principle of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMoxs TRA. daily, by Professor BACHHOFFNER, especially with reference the Mew patent of Messrs. Nett and Gamble, By the OXYHYDRO / BEN MICROSCOPE are exhibited specimens ef the DISEASED PO % I k t 4 ol a, showing the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tubers, &c., togeth er ? i t ' t he DES TRUCTIYE INSECT, supposed, by A. Smee, Esq )/i . 7 , is be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, "4 EXPERIME YTS, DISSOLTING TIMWS, by Smith, 1 entire Is. Schools, half-price. rAll entire NEW and BEAUTIFUL SERIES of DISSOLVING h. ° S will be introduoed at CHRISTMAS, and the Institution will °Pan on the evening of Saturday, the 2Gth. :UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE. HE HALL OF ROME, GREAT WIND ) Mi. MILL-STREET, HAYMARKET. A plendid Exhibition is now open with the Original TABLEUX tb; 11"3 and POSES PLASTIQUE. Due attention has been paid Tr annth and comfort of the Visitors. In addition to the much preserd comp any will be added male and female art i stes, arr i ve d ex - Tabla a 3' 11.0 m Italy, Germany, France, &c. Amongst the new series of (5 r th e ' ( . 1 71 7i1l be represented, the Four Seasons, the Mistletoe Bough, Ferr o "'ttnas Fete, and the Spirit of the Waters. If a l t ..,,,Zrnanee to comm ence a t Th r ee o' c lock in the Afternoon, and gall pa st Eight in th e E ven i ng. St a ll s , 2s. Gd .; B oxes , 2 8 . ; Pit, i s . ; Gd, 11 - I NCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. Year, have thousands of i n di v id ua l s w h o f or u p war d s o f t wen ty arti c l e . av e Used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to bo the only Zrey I,;,ztant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or Nirlrh,n* w hiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, daces t;LorbUble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pr0 ,v4,1 , v4 , 1 be to,, application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it ""e hair 6 — " e atibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy Plle ation Y thei r Pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap ille that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing Per b ott T e t ill the l a t est per i od of life. Price 3s. Gd., Gs., and lOs To atre e ,."4 . had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingkam-place, Fieldgate . '',..whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn str4t... at,ler, Cheapside ; Front, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford ' ttre et ; ~parclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond `l°ol3er, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin, er,c,,:ltreet, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street , Birmingham; and o f mos thy ,st Ler a and Medi c i ne V en d ors i n town an d country. Sent to pi.'"`ri of the kin g d om b y rece i v i ng a remittance , pest-paid. Obs -4e to ask tbr " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. pRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the w7llsion of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to I confidence, and us e d w i t h success in cases of temporary sla t 4m:Hegat,heceurring in families more or less every day, arc so obvious to t oider a no question can toe raised of its importance to every house 'On n kinTdom. From among numerous testmonials, the °Wing is resptztfully submitted:— " TO AR. THOMA S TROUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON. " 5. Cooper-stret, Mnchester, March 12, 15. have much satisfaction e in communicating a to you the42re p, tit of my experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL Er HEALTH, and I feel It but Justice to state, that in the course of an 1111 redundant biley yews trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found tq kilts at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system , &c.,with so little es ce ; am trefore, warranted in declari ng that they supply to inconveni me a meant da wanting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and 'Lally mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most 4 tbls resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit 4 . 3 -" Al' e jf If, In giving this testimony, I am the means of making ,--4.'TON'S PILLS More generally known and appreciated. unf, " WILLIAM SMITH." Th e „"'„',,Slr, respectfully Yo KWh v r eeed en td sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re -3 men datione reefd t h e many thousands who have derived beaefit la t om their use any lengthened comment necessary ; they are t i c, l , f° rth ;us en render f r all diseases to which mankind is liable, but R d us and Li e v u e r r eo Co mp laints , with their many well-known at (4,(l—'4,,ta.llilions 'and Sick Hadache, Pain and Oppression after meals, INzziness, Singing Noise In Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary 4, 14 4 , 1 ' The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy 4 '41 r ths Liver, Bowels, and Kid neys, w ill rap idl y t a k e pl ace ; ktr,:l!tead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, Iviu,_o, act, 'city, and renewed h ea l th, extending to good old age, Ite,e,„7 the r es 'et of taking this medicine, according to the directions "'DM 1 hbo 44 Siom Y , x. h - ,;`..uy T. Pre 'tt, 229, Strand, Loudon. Pri ce I s. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. ga" l -, °NO by th r Vendors of Medicines gene ra ll y throughout the B s4 to p q, 41 r rOWS PILL OF HEALTH, an d o b serve the tePg A '4 A ddress ca ti " Thomas Front 229 Strand, Lo n d on, " on the Mealy NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, No. 48, Gracechurch-street, London, for Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c._ Enrolled under the Acts of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies DIRECTOR-8. SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM CASH, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Chao. Pritchett Bousfleld, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq . Thomas Castle, Esq. John St. Barbe, Esq. William M. Christy, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. John Felthars, Esq. William Tyler, Esq. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. rtEPORT OF 'THE DIRECTORS FOR 1846, PRESENTED TO THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS, HELD AT THE LONDON TAVERN, BISHOPSGA.TE-STREET, DEC. 16, 1846 ; CHARLES LUSHINOTON, Esq., in the Chair- The return of another Anniversary of this Institution affords the Directors the gratiflcaction of laying before their fellow Members a highly satisfactory;Report, chewing not only a large Increase of Btal nen during the past year, but exhibiting in its various details the Prosperous condition of the Institution, far exceeding that of any ( Muer period. It is with feelings of lively satisfaction that the Directors con gratulate the Members at large on the high reputation the Institution holds in public estimation, and on the extensive sphere of usefulness It has already attained. including, as it now does, 4,372 Members. This number comprises Members residing in all parts of the country, and there is every prospect of the number being progressively in creased as the benefits of the Society become more and more widely r ealized, so that at no distant day it may fully accomplish the design et its founders, in proving itself a truly National Provident Institution. In the course of the year just terminated, the large number of 1 ,005 Policies have been issued, the Annual Premiums on which "Mount to 18,4411. ss. 3d. ; and 128 Proposals for Life Assurance have been deelhied as 111001,1 e. The accounts have, as usual, been made up to the 20th November hit; and from the Auditors' Report, the Capital Stock of the ocelety on that day appears to be 299,6751. 12s. 4d., being sn in azease since last year of 58,2141. 19s. Id. The Annual Income is now 88,940/. Bs. 2d. The claims paid on account of deaths during the year amount to 15 .0001. Is. 4d. At the close of the ensuing year the assets and liabilities will be , _ n vestlgated by Charles Ansel], Esq., Actuary to the I ns tit u ti o n, for the purpose of apportioning such surplus funds as may have ac crued since the last division of profits in 1842 ; and, from the lar ge hicrease of business since that period, the directors entertain sanguine expectations of a satisfactory result. The following statement shows the progress of the institution si nce Its commencement:— No. of Years ending Policies Annual Income. Amount ofeapital issued. £ 8. d. £ s. d. Ith Nov. 1836 616 8,021 12 2 10,736 3 0 Pt f t 1837 435 14,600 0 0 31,592 10 5 1838 459 19,934 19 4 46,855 0 10 VP PP PP f t 1839 490 25,497 4 2 64,959 10 10 VI pp 1840 494 31,051 10 10 90,545 13 9 „ „ 1841 357 36,357 1 4 114,993 2 4 . „ 1842 364 39,360 9 7 139,806 1 7 ..... . 1843 703 44,219 17 0 167,079 11 2 . . 1844 722 56,037 9 2 202,162 1 9 u . 1845 911 70,819 14 5 241,460 13 3 " . 1846 1005 88,940 8 2 299,675 12 4 ' Total number 6556 No. 16,937. LONDON, COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, FOR ORPHAN AND NECESSITOUS CHILDREN. Offices, 51, Cheapside. At the Quarterly General Court of the Governors of this Institution, held at the London Tavern, on Monday, the 28th day of December, instant, THOMAS SIDNEY, Esq., Alderman, in the ohair, the undermentioned gentlemen were unanimously appointed to till the several offices of the Institution for ;the ensuing year : PRESIDSTZT. JOHN MASTEHJIAN, Esq., M.P. VICS-PB,E,SIDENTS. Edward Baker, Esq. Robert Clarke, jun., Esq. John Robert Cuffiey, Esq. Sampson Copestake, Esq. Joseph Ferguson, Esq. James Fisher, Esq. George Hitchcock, Esq. John Mair, jun., Esq. William Nicholson, Bag. William Peek, Esq. It. M. Phillips, Esq. Giles Redmapo, Esq. Thomas Sidney, Esq,, Alderman George Smith, Esq. James Walsh, Esq. Matthew Wicking, Esq. Edward Wiggins, Esq. Arthur Wilcoxon, Esq. TRUSTEES. Robert Clarke, Esq., Cheapside James Peek, Esq., Eastcheap Hanauiah Teape, Esq., Aldgate TREASURER. George Moore, Esq., Bow-churchyard AUDITORS. Geore Hitchcock, Esq., St. Paars-churchyard William Lawson, Esq. William M'Culloch, Esq. Robinson Ridley, Esq. George Stockdale, Esq. Thomas Tapling, E-1. BOARD OP MANAGEMENT. Themes Sidney, Esq., Alderman Julius Aders, Esq„ Crotched Friars John Baggalary, Esq., Love-lane David Blyth, Esq., Barbican/ J. L. Boothby, Esq., Upper Thames-street Thomas Brough, Esq., Liverpool F. J. Bligh, Esq., Cheapside J. R. Cutfley, Esq., Monument-yard J. D. Carter, Esq., Aldgate J. L. Evans, Esq., Wardrobe-place J. P. Foster, Esq Woed-street Richard (troucock, Esq., Bow-churchyard J. Galloway, Esq., Manchester R. Gilson, Reg., Fenehurch-street W. G. B. Gunton, Esq,, New Weston-street George Harker, Esq., Upper Thames-street G. Hewitt, Esq ,'Brixton Jenkin Jones, Esq.. Coles-terrace J. Ingle, Esq., Wood-street R. Johnson, Esq., Watling-street D. Lewis, Esq., Manchester A. H. Moore, Beg., Calthorpe-street John Mair, jurr., Esq., Friday-street J. P. Massey, Esq., Birmingham R. M. Phillips, Esq., Rood-lane Giles Redmayne, Esq , Bond-street W. S. Ramsey, Esq., Queen-street-place Thomas Roberts, Esq., Paternoster-row It. Shillingford, Esq., Old Jewry Evan Smith, Esq., Sheffield Henry Sturt, Esq., Wood-street W. Tilt, Esq., Claremont square James Walsh, Esq., Old 'Change John B. Walker, Esq., Friday-street Matthew Wicking, Esq., Dorset-square Thomas Williamson, Esq., Savage-gardens HONORARY SECRETARY—George Lawrence, Esq. The Board of Management will meet at the above offices, on MON DAY next, the 4th January, 1847, for the purpose of transacting business, and with a view to prepare for an early election of children. WIL:IAIf GORDON, Secretary. S Ny DECEMBER 31, 1846. PaicE SD. be ever ready to afford, though, as I conceive, without presuming to insist upon its adoption. "' With reference to the drainage of cultivated lands, I will only remark that the depth of the drains, and their distance asunder, must necessarily depend upon a the rough knowledge of the rubs.)il, and of its retentiveness, which knowledge can only be acquired, in numerous cases, by actual proof of the results of comparative ex periments on the same soil ; no :deuce or skill, as I believe, being► equal to determine the relative reten tiveness of different soils, unaided by practice or exp( - riment. " ' The adoption, too, of the Material to be used for the drains, must and will depend upon the facilities for obtaining such materials, and their relative prices in each locality.' " In another and important respect, the interpretation of the Act in regard to the drainage of uncultivated lands, the directors must again recur with satisfaction to Mr. Blamire's letter. That gentleman states—' With refer ence to the drainage of uncultivated lands (of lands still in a state of nature), it will often be found that the first process must be that of getting out of the land, to a cer tain depth, all stones or portions of rock, by trenching such lands more or less perfectly; as well for the purpose of obtaining the materials for drainage, as of rendering the lands capable of being ploughed in the ordinary manner. " ' The second process would be that of putting in the drains, and the third, that of fencing the lands when drained. " Now, as to the first of these three processes, I can only say (in the absence of my colleagues) that I am in dividually of opinion that such trenching is an expense necessarily incident to the drainage of land, and there fore clearly within the provisions of the Act ; and that I have no doubt but that the board will so decide. " As to the third point, the fencing, the board have not as yet had any discussion upon it, and it is not a point which would appear to me to press for immediate decision ; at the same time I may venture, I think, to state toyou, that I have every reason to hope and to ex pect that the Government will not withhold their sanc tion to this construction of the Act, such fencing being consequent upon the drainage of the land. " With reference to the drainage of moss or bog lands, I will only state that I conceive, in many cases, the main drains would be made to answer the purposes of fences, and that no feneiug, or but little, would be required in such cases. " ' And lastly, it would appear to me that by the drain age of many of your sheep-walks, a vast improvement, both in the temperature of the climate and in the herbage of your pastures, might be effected.' " The directors agree with Mr. Blamire, that trench ing is a necessary accompaniment to the draining of uncultivated lands, to be rendered arable; and they have much satisfaction in thinking, that the provisions of the Act are to cover the expense of such an operation, which will be of great advantage in districts occupied by cottagers, as enabling them to increase the extent of their lots. The directors are not aware whether the Commissioners may consider themselves entitled to sanction expenditure on fencing; but it is hoped that the measure will be so far extended, should a supplementary Bill be brought forward.* " The directors, while expressing their approval of the objects of the Act, of the manner i❑ which it is to be executed, and of the liberal views entertained by the Commissioners, would take the opportunity of respect. fully making a few suggestions for their consideration. " Mr. Blamire states, that the Commissioners make a point of directing the attention of applicants for advances to the propriety (when practicable) of stating in their applications the sum required for the drainage of each farm or parcel of land separately, in order that, so soon as the drainage of such farm or parcel of land is completed, the whole amount assigned for such works by the provisional certificate (section 17) may be paid; otherwise, when the application refers to the drainage of more farms than one, and the provisional certificate assigns an aggregate sum for the drainage of these farms the 17th section prevents an advance on account for works done, of more than two-thirds parts of the sum then expended.' " The directors would suggest, that the Board of Commissioners should, after entertaining an application to cover the sum necessary for the whole of the drainage contemplated on an estate or barony, and issuing a pro visional certificate for the gross amount, thereafter receive, in the shape of a supplement specification, the details of the expenditure to be made on each farm or township, in order to facilitate the payment of the full amount so specified and expended on each separate piece of work. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL for FOURTII INSTALMENT of 2/. lbs. PER SHARE on 251. SHARES, making 121. 10s. paid. The Directors of the Great Western Railway haying 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 clay of JANUAaY next, to any of the under mentioned Bankers, the said sum of 21. 10s. on each of their respec tive 251. Shares ; viz. : London .. • ... Messrs. Glyn, Hallitax, Mills and Co., at the Great Western Railway-office, 29, Gresham-street, Clty. Bristol .• ....Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co. Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co. Stukey'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. 5, 1846. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. idr CALL for SECOND INSTALMENT of 21. 10s. PER SHARE on 171. SHARES, making V. 10a. 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 2/. 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. 10e. on each of their respective 171. shares, viz.— Lon& n Messrs. Glyn, liallifax, Mills and Co., at the Great Western Railway Office, 29, Gresham-street, City. Bristol Messrs. Miles, Ilarford and Co. Messrs. Baillie, 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, la4a. " Bat it would be an additional boon to landowners, and give them increased facility in availing themselves of the benefit of the Act, if the advances ' en account,' referred to in sections 17 and 28, were extended from two-thirds to the whole of the sum covered by the pro visional certificate ; and the directors would strongly urge these points for the consideration of the Commis. stoners. In the event of another Act, it would be desirable that power should be given to all proprietors to claim the expense of the tail or outfall, as a proper part of the expense of drainage, and more especially that proprietors of upper lands should have a right of outfall, through adjoining and lower properties. The Irish Drainage Act contains such a provision, and the introduction of a similar one for Scotland, under proper precautions for the protection of the proprietor whose land is to be used, would remove obstacles which now present themselves to the drainage of many parts of the country. " The directors would, in conclusion, express their decided opinion, that the Drainage Act confers a great boon on the landed interest generally, and more espe cially on proprietors holding their estates under settle ments of entail, who, at present, can borrow money for such improvents only at a greater sacrifice; while by the present measure they can, with the aid of their tenants (who, in most cases, will readily agree to pay a large share of the interest), raise money at the ordinary market rate. It is also to be observed that the interpre tation which the Commissioners will, it is expected, put on its provisions, as well as the manner in which they are ready to give effect to them, materially enhance the advantages it affords. " The advantages are not confined to any one section of the agricultural class, but extend to the whole body; to the landlord and to the tenant, by holding out, in the absence of other monis, a ready mode of improving their lands; to the labourer, by providing for him work and wages; and to the country, by increasing the productive ness of our native soil. THE HERRING DUTIES. (From the John O'Groat Journal) Tile following will xhiLit at on e v i ew t h e present duties on Scotch herrings, and upon other fish, presently levied by the various continental nations. h b seen at once that it would be a matt.: r of the highest importance to obtain an alteration in any of tiles.; du ties : Rate of Duty on British Herrings and Dried Fish in Foreign Countries. PRUSSIAN DUTY. Per barrel of pickled herrings, one thule or thaler, equal to about 3s. sterling. Transit duty on herrings carried through Prussia into Russia, Poland, Austria, &c., one-half thaler per barrel, or about Is. 6d. sterling. RUSSIAN DUTY. Per barrel of pickled herrings, one rouble and thirty copeks, equal to about 4s. 23. sterling. On salted fish, per pound, or thirty-six pounds, English, three roubles, and sixty copeks. While the Russian duty on Norwe gian herrings is thirty. five copeks per barrel, or about Is. 2d. sterling. BELGIAN DUTY. Per barrel of pickled herrings, francs, or about I/. 6s. 101 sterling. Per barrel of smoked herring , , twelve francs, seventy-two cents., or about 10s. 7d. sterling. NOTE—The above duty on British herrings,. &c., has been considerably raised of late, while the duty on Dutch•cured herring has been greatly reduced. The reason assigned is, that England "not having a treaty of commerce with Belgium, this country cannot insist that Belgium should not receive the produce of other coun tries at a lower rate of duty than that of England." FRENCH DUTY. Salt-water fish, dried, salted, or smoked, viz., herrings. cod, or ling, &c., per a hundred kilograms, or two hun dred and twenty pounds English weight, forty francs, or 11. 15s. 2d. sterling. Thus, a barrel of herrings, arc od ing to weight, would pay of duty from 1/. 17s. to 2/ sterling. DUTY AT NAPLES AND SICILY. Herrings, per centari, three ducats ; cod fish, per eel:- tari, three ducats, twenty grans ; pilchards, per centari, one ducat, twen.tigrans z One,ducat is 3i. sfd. s t er li ng , and a centari weighstbout two cwt. English. A barrel of red herrings weighs from one and Three-fourth cw t. to two cwt. ; thus the duty would be from 9s. hi. to 10s. 10d. sterling per barrel for red herrings. No white herrings are sent to this market, the duty being considered pro hibitory. Besides the above direct duties, there are various indirect taxes on all herrings entering the Elie, Rhine, Lubec, Bremen, &c., which, on a low priced artiel.!, such as pickled herrings, are found very oppressive. SPANISH DITTY. Unknown, but considered prohibitory for herrings, ex cept in Spanish Vessels direct from tne fishing ground. ' THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS MORE ACCIDENTS ON THE ICE. Yesterday afternoon, after a slight thaw in the morn ing, the weather resumed its previous severity, reducing the thermometer to 28 degrees, at which figure it re mained until nine o'clock last evening, when it rose to 32. HYDE PARE.—The number of skaters and sliders on the Serpentine yesterday was very great. although the ice was in the morning stated to be dangerous by the officers of the Royal Humane Society. A young man named Kirby, residing in Gower-street, Bedford-square. and a lad named Williams, residing in Shoemaker's row, Doctor's•commons, were both at once immersed in the water by the breaking of the ice: they were, how ever, speedily rescued by one of the Humane Society's icemen, aided by one of the parkkeepers. Two other young gentlemen were afterwards immersed through the breaking of the ice in different parts of the Serpentine but were saved in the like manner. A boy named Walking, residing in Wellington-street, Blackfriars road, fell on the ice very heavily, and inflicted a severe fracture upon his head. Sr. JAMES'S PARK.—The ornamental water in St. James's Park was yesterday:visited by upwards of 3,000 individuals. Several immersions and other accidents took place, but fortunately none of any serious nature, owing to the prompt and efficient assistance which was available at all parts. REGENT'S PARK.—Yesterday, a young man, named Griffiths, while skating on the ice in this park, was sod denly immersed in the water, in consequence of the breaking of the ice, and notwithstanding the immediate assistance of several icemen being available, h; could not be recovered until the elapse of nearly three minute: when he was brought forth, apparently dead ; but by the appliance of the usual restoratives he ultimately re covered and proceeded homeward in a very weak :tate. The number of visitors and pleasure seekers at Regent', Pa►k exceeded 4,000. KENSINGTON GARDENS.—Both the long water and tke round pond in Kensington-gardens were yesterday much frequented, and beyond an occasional breaking of the ice no accidents occurred. THE FLUTE.--The invention of tl.e flute is as signed to the goddess Minerva, of whom it is related that having excited the derision of Juno and Venus whilst playing upon her favourite instrument, she examined the reflection of her face in a fountain, and perceiving the con tortions it underwent whilst blowing her flute, she threw it into the water, and from that time confined herself to the lyre. Prior to the invention of the lyre, the flute was the most favourite instrument of the ancients : so greatly was its music admired by all classes of the Greeks that they who played upon it skilfully were assured of their fortune. Plutarch tells us that the Pythoness at Delphi, pronounced her oracles it verse, and her voice was generally accompanied b) the sound of the flute. Aristotle, indeed, tells uF that at its first introduction among the Greeks, the flat, was little thought of and less esteemed, but after the defeat of the Persians, so great was the change of public opinion in favour of this instrument, that, to be unable to play upon it, was a serious reproach to one who pro fessed to have received a geed education. DEADLY ENCOUNTER BETWEEN Two SALMON.— Instances of the ferocity of the varied species of biped , and quadrupeds have been often recorded in the public j , urnals, and Mr. Jesse and Mr. St. John have latch furnished interesting incidents regarding the traits an( habits of these animals ; but we have this week to nar rate a more remarkable occurrence, in the character of the salmon, than we have yet had the opportunity to re cord. The facts are these :—While several cattermcn (of the preventive service) were on their rounds the other day, and bearing along the Findhorn, betty, en Glenfer ness and Dulcie Bridge, they observed an unusual e m motion among the spawning -beds on the ford. On ap proaching the spot two large male salmon were seen engaged in mortal combat for possession of a female. Never did chivalric knights contest for the band o " ladye fair" more fiercely than these buirdly " lords of the flood." The tranquil bosom of the stream was lashed into foam by the struggles of the finny antago nists ; in the meantime the object of the fray, beating silently about " spectatress of the fight." From the appearance of the stream—dyed with blood, and gradually assuming its former smooth surface—it wit evident that the contest was over. One of the salmon, at last, floundered on the surface—dead, and the victor, it may be conjectured, exhaustedly bore off his prize. The men, who had the curiosity to watch the fight, as proof of their story, conveyed the dead salmon to the nearest dwelling, that of Mr. George Mackintosh, March St Screens. near ens. the Thevictorious entrance of salmonthe hadsecluded torn off val valley e called the the flesh, or rather fish, along the back from head to tail to the very bone. In the movement of salmon spawning, the male ones have been often seen chasing one another, but such a fray as this has not been witnessed by the oldest fisher or poacher on the Findhorn.—Elgin auriar. At the Norwich Consistorial Court, on Monday, the case of Backham v. Black again came on. The Rev. defendant is rector of Walsoken, Norfolk, and the pi-6- ceeclings were instituted by the Bishop of Norwich for the purpose of appropriating a portion of the income (1,5861. per annum) to the support of a resident cl(rg ) - man, to perform the spiritual d u ti es o f th e parish, the incumbent being non-resident. Three different suits have been commenced, and Mr. Black is in contempt. A fourth suit stands fixed for the Ist of January. The first proceeded, on this occasion, only as far as the allegation. " The act recognises the right of a tenant to become a party to an application, and the tenantry of the country, especially those holding current leases con taining no clauses for drainage, cannot be too strongly impressed with the importance of availing them selves of the benefit of this measure, by co-operating, when necessary, with their landlord. In many cases the concurrence of a tenant may not be required, but in others, from the peculiar circumstances in which the estate may be pieced, it may be unavoidable. The advantage of such co-operation cannot be better illustra ted than by the following case, the circumstances of which are known to one of the directors, and, with a statement of them, they will close this report:—Within these few days a farm was let under condition that the proprietor should expend a certain sum in cutting drains the tenant filling them. After the bargain was con cluded, the tenant proposed that the proprietor should avail himself of the provisions of the Drainage Act, and apply for double the sum to be so expended, on which he offered to pay intt rest at the rate of four per cent. To this proposal the proprietor at once agreed, and the effect of it is, that the proprietor gets double the sum he proposed expending upon the permanent improvement of his estate, for payment merely of an annuity of 2i per cent, for twenty-two years, at the end of which the whole sum expended is extinguished.' * To the Highland districts in which the potato crop has failed, this is a matter of the highest importance. If these districts are no longer to depend on potatoes for the chief food of the inhabitants, the cultivation of grain must be largelyincreased, and much new land brought under tillage; for nearly three acres of oats or bear a re requ i re d t o pro d uce as much human food as one acre of potatoes. These districts are all grazing countries, and in such countries crops of any kind cannot be raised without secure fences. DARING ASSAULTS.—ATTEMPTED ROBBERIES.— Between three and four o'clock on Sunday afternoon, two genteelly- dressed young men, when proceeding along the Paisley-road a little way beyond the Sheddens toll, were set upon by four ruffians, knocked down, and very severely kicked. Their cries brought assistance from Plantation-house, and the highwaymen had to de camp without obtaining any booty beyond two silk hand kerchiefs, although several attempts were made to carry off the watch of one of the young men. One day this week, a gentleman who lives on the Govan-road, re ceiving payment of a sum of 251. in a shop in the Gal lowgate—a transaction which had evidenly been ob served by two of our go!d watch robbers, who after wards accompanied him to Patrick in one of the omni buses, in which they no doubt learned he was going out at the foot of the Craw -road. One of the thieves—both of whom were well attired—got out before they arrived at the place above•mentioned, while the other aliAlited along with the gentleman, No sooner, however, had the omnibus gone upon its way, than the gentleman was set upon by the two scoundrels, who knocked him down, and, but for his coat having been securely fasten( d would have eased him of his money as well as hie gold watch and somewhat showy appendanges. Luckily the cries of the gentleman brought assistance, and the high waymen decamped. When such things are done within a few yards of the extended municipality, on the public highway, in daylight, what may be expected during the shades of night?---Glasgow Citizen. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—ELEC TION OF COMMOI tr.—Some of the members o the squadron have called a special meeting of the members for the 20th of January next, at the Thatched House Tavern, to elect a new commodore, but the members generally object to its taking place it a time when it is inconvenient for the greater number to be present, and think that all have an equal r►ght to vote, and that the annual general meeting is the only proper time for the election to take place. At present a great many members are in Ireland, and the great ma jority at a distance from London; so that out of 160 members, not more than twenty will attend the special meeting. DISTRESS IN THR METROPOLIS.—MEETING OF THE CLERGY.—The alarming progress which distress is making in the metropolis, and the apprehensions enter tained that it is likely to become more general and ap palling, have attracted the attention of the clergy of all denominations; and a committee of their number has been formed for the purpose of making arrangements for holding a general conference of ministers, in order to deliberate on the measures which ought to be adopted for relieving the existing distress. The conference is to take place at Exeter-hall, and will be attended by a very large number of reverend gentlemen of various sects. Among those w h o are t a ki ng an active interest in getting up the contemplated meeting, are the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, Rev. W. Champneys, the Rev. Mr. Osborne, the Rev. Dr. Liefchild, and the Rev. Dr. F. A. Cox. It is calculated that the attendance of m.tropalitan miniatt rs will not be less than 100. THE WEATHER GLASSES BEWITCHED. —On the mor,ling of the 23d inst. the inhabitants of Cot es were thrown into great consternation by the sudden fall of the quicksilver in their barometers (and thee is hardly a hott,e there without one); many of them had sunk to 28.06, and all to very nearly that point. The day was ovtreist, and a light breeze from the northward; all expected a tremend,,us gale, but there was only a light breeze. On the 24th the day was fine, with very Ft le wind, and the barometer got up to 28 70; on the 25th to 29.80, with frost ; on the 26th to 30.32, the fine weather continuing. No one can account fbr the great deprussi,n 'Tun NELSON RELlcs.—Captain Perrott, of Plum stead, near Woolwich, has presented to the United Ser vice Institution an interesting relic of the immortal Nelson, fur which he has received a vote of thanks from the committee of counci'. It is a I or:ion of the de; kof the Victory, which is now replaced by a railing and brass plate, engraved with the words, " H ere N e l son f e ll . " The piece of wood is Rudy carved into a mural crown, and is a part of the timber cut by order of George IV. when Prince Regent. It is now placed in a gLss case for the inspection of the public, with other mementos of the illustrious dead. , S Z • , • - •• • • • •. 7 00 LIA I R en ° , DEC. L 29.— A T R jp -11:1L—Eublic 411 - 4 -4 . 11111111 111114 "... S . , ---- • • iir : f r ; 7 4;Q : . 4 4i. , .-, of the fact that the pr. sent pracCre . ,0 1 'VA ! , • - = • J 1 j • - - 4? niasnt Royal Artillery in the Plumstead marshes is totally in adequate to the wants of the service. Owing to the great inercas7 of steam navigation on the river, the difficulty of ensuring a clear range free from danger has been vastly increased, and during the last two years scarcely a day has passed in which the practice has not been ma terially interfered with, and in many cases suspended for the day. The late Lord Bloomfield, commandant of the garrison, stated, in his evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons on the South-Eastern Railway, that, " within the last spring (1845) we have had 28 consecutive days without firirg a single shot," oaring to the interruptions that took place by ships and steamers passing by or anchoring in front of tits. practice range. In conseqaence of there interruptions, the B: and of Ordnance d• termined on selecting a mere eligible spot for a practice range, where the operations wou!el be less liable to interruptions from pa•• ring traffic, end where a larger space ini , ht be secured to test the heavier pieces of ordnance which the present improved system of gunnery has brought into such general use. The greatest distance allowed in the pre-Fat practice range is 1,500 yards, which is the whole length of the marshes from the entrance gate to the " Butt," and as the heavy 96- pounders will throw a shot three miles, these guns 'nave very seldom been fired, and then only with a reduced charge of powder. It became neceasary therefore to secure a range of at least three miles in length, in order to test these heavy pieces of ordnance. The Board of Ordnance at first attempted to secure a range of this length in the Plurnstead Marshes, to extend from the present practice range to Erith, and notices were served from the office of Mr. Colquhoun, the local law agent of the Board of Ordnance, upon the freeholders of the land in question, requiring them to send in their claims for cow pensatiun. This proposition was af:erwards abandoned, on account of the great expense which the undertaking would involve, the land in the marshes being amongst the richest pasture land in the kingdom, and from its proximity to Woolwich and the metropolis always com manding a high price. The lowest average price would, it was computed, be about 1001 per acre. The attention of the Board of Ordnance was then directed to Shoebury Ness, the extreme point of' land on the south eastern coast of B-sex, and early in the summer of the present year, Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Chalmer, Assistant Director-General of Artillery, Brigade-Major Sandham, RE., and Sir Thomas Hastings, lint., R.N., went down to Southend in the Lightning, and inspected the ground around Shoebury N ess . Th e i r report was highly recom• mendatory of the spot as eligible for a practice range on a more extended scale than at Lresent held by the Go vernment. The Master-General and Board of Ordnance have now determined on securing a range of at l east f our miles in exte n t a t this spit, and have ordered a survey to be made of the ground in order to select the most eligi ble site for the erection of batteries, &c. Barracks are to bo erected in a healthy spot for a company of Royal Artillery, which will be stationed there for the purpose of working th e guns , an d a range of stabling will be erected for the required number of horses. All these preliminary arrangements wilt be commenced without delay. The expense will be but small compared with that of a range at Plamstead, and will be included in the Ordnance estimates for 1847. A more eligible site.for a practice range could not have been selected. The ground. around Shoebury Ness consists of an open down or com mon, overgrown with rank grass, and affording as asylum for thousands of wild rabbits, The channel around it is quite out of the track of vessels, only a few barges is passing by the spot occasionally, whilst at low water the tides ebbs off the sands to the distance of two or three miles, leaving that space also available fur practice. _ We understand that experiments similar to those that took place in the Royal Arsenal some time since will ake place at Shoebury Ness. Four guns (32 pounders) %%ill be tried at a range of 4,000 yards, namely, the common service gun, the gun invented by Mr. Monk, that invented by Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas, R.A., and the intermediate gun between these two last, known as the Admiralty gun. The experiments determine the Colonelrelat r i tlyte 32-pounderstrength a n d g u capabilities i e o u t t ' e t n h a e n g t uns. Dun las's principle, have been ordered to be cast for arming the steam-guard ships. The committees of officers belonging to the Roj al Artillery Institution and the Royal Artillery Library , 'Awe met several times for the purpose of selecting a site for the erection of a new institute on a more extet- Ave scale than the present. Lieutenant General Sir Moms Downnam, C.B. and 1i.C.11., commandant of the garrison, officiated as president, and Captain Barker as secretary. A deputation from the institution, consist ing of Captains Grant and Barker and Dr. Little, has men appointed to confer with a deputation from the library committee, to fix on the most eligible spot. THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY.—TiIiS charity held its annual meeting on Tuesday, at the Lon lon Tavern, John P. Hayward, Esq., in the chair. The , hairman in a lrief sp?ech dwelt upon the objects of the charity. He congratulated them upon the prosperous and increasing state of the funds since Stephen J. Aldrich, Esq., had accepted the secretaryship, and state d that airo-g the stewards of their forthcoming festival they umbered no less than fifty peers and fifty members of Parliament. Yr. A'drich then read the report, which howid that there were at present six male and fifteen "emale recipients, the majority of whose ages varied from eighty to eighty-four, and even eighty-six, in the receipt of 455. and 30s. per month. Upon the motion if James Johnstone, jun., Esq., seconded by Jawcs Cooper, Esq., the report was unanimously adopted with acclamation. The directors and ether officers having been re elected, J. H. Thompson, Esq., moved a vote of thanks to the chairman. The late Sir Charles Wolseley, Bart., of Wolseley Staffordshire, by his will, dated the 17th of March 'ast, has left in trust for his only surviving son, now Sir Charles Wolseley, Bart., who inherits the family estates, ill the plate, pictures, prints, and furniture in the man sion house of Wolseley Hall, to be held as heir looms, ,with the entailed estates. Also leaves in trust for him all his Brazilian stock in the funds of the empire of 3razils, to enjoy the annual proceeds for his life, then in crust for his grandson, William Henry Wolseley, now in his second year, the son of the present Sir Charles, or 'o other sons; but should none attain a vested interest, then to his nephew, Wiliam Fettle Wolseley, and his sue, in default to testator's two daughters, and their issue. Leaves all moneys invested, or other securities, nts due and in arrear, together with the proceeds that may arise from the sale of his effects, cattle, horses, arid .arriagcs to be held in trust, one moiety for his grand 'OßS, Ernest and Francis, the youngest sons of his laughter, the Marchioness do Lousada, the other moiety to his daughter Caroline, the wife of Marmaduko Salvin, Esq., of Buron Hall, Durham, and to her children. All ',he residue, not made heir-looms, he leaves to his son iir Charles, absolutely. The funded and personal -states in England was estimated for duty at 8,0001. The deceased baronet was in his 78th year. CHEAP BIBLE CIRCULATION.—At a meeting re ently held in Manchester, 1)r. Adam Thomson, of ',3iddstreatn, gave the following interesting particulars e,Tarding the cheap circulation of the Bible. lie showed :hat by the strict and judicious supervision of the Go vernment Board in Scotland without whose licanse no Bible can be printed there, the utmost correctness was insured. As to price the reduction was almost inere lible. He exhibited one copy of the Bible, which be `ore the abolition of the monopoly, cost four shillings, stid was now produced by the Free Bible Press Com pany at cightpence-halfpenny ; another embossed and ;lit, which from five shillings has been reduci d to ten ence,:hi this &e ; itr niden in se state ments, made on the authority of a report presented by tho and •=cottiali Board to her Majesty and both Houses of thePar adrudettioonin extended vrice hadcirculation,led,his steta to . iament, were more rematicable still. In Scot'. n 3 alone, 'rem January 1845 to January 1846, sixteen editions of the Bible were printed, consisting of 312,000 copies. But what, it was asked, must be the number of Bibles orinted in England now, when besides all that aro sold durin gbeing p therob probably by booksellers to indi v id ua l s , t o f am ili es ,- to sc h ools, and o congregations, there w ere di s p ose d o f b y t h e Bri i'yiesahr,anthde li e ' n o o r r e m ig o n us ß n i u h m le b S er oociety atone, f a million more than in any year prior to the abolition ft the Bible monopoly, and the institution of the Free Bible Press Company of Scotland. It had been calcu lated that the savings to the Bible society, during the last year alone by the reduction on price of their im mense issue, must have be: n upwards of 14,0001. THE LABOUR OF PRISONERS.—The Journal des D6fhats observes, that the measures lately adopted by the Pope to remedy the inconvenience occasioned to the honest operative by the competition raised by prison labour had not escaped the notice of the Council General of the Se . nc, the same complaint having been raised in Paris. During the last session of the Council-General, the following resolution was adopted. on the motion of M. Robinet, one of the members :—" Considering that in consequence of hiring out the labour of prisoners, several honourable trades exercised by operatives, with large families, and by their wives, have ceased to furnish them with sufficient means of subsistence, and expose tlern to distress ; considering, moreover, that in come • quence of the improvement introduced into prison dis cipline the condition of many honourable individuals, free from crime, has become, as regards material com forts, more unfortunate than that of certain criminals, and that it behoves quity, morality, and public order, tl.at such comparisons should not exist, the Council- General expresses a wish teat the Government should deliberate on a system of prison labour which shall not produce a competition ruinous to free labour." PRICES OF . SKEEP STOCK.—The prices of every description of sheep stock, which were high during the spring and summer, rose unprecedentedly in the latter end of August and in September. Limbs were never sold so high before, if the few years when the Cheviot bread first began to displace the black faced brei d be cx septed ; and then only the ewe side were sold at a ransom, being in request wherever the situations were accounted at' all favourable for breeding purposes. Draft ewes have not sold so wolf since 1818 and 1819, when, perbaps i they we re a shade hi g h er . Th e state of the wool-market, however, has frequently h; en better ; &Lei it is worth noticing that so late as 1834, the aggt eget() price of the three leading sales of the storetnaster amounted to a much higher figure than they do this. In 1834, the average price of Cheviot wcdder lambs, in August, was its. Gd ; of wool, 375. ; and of ewes in September, 21s. 6d. ; aggregate, 705. This year the averages taken in the same way and at the same time, were—lambs, 13s. ; wool, 235. ; ewes, 21s 6d. ; aggre gate, 575. 6d. It must be admitted in this comparison that much higher prices than those above stated were obtained for both latabe and ewes, during the latter markets of this year, by the dealers, a matter much to be rejoiced in by the Eglit thinking ; he who has the water to wade need consideration seldem accorded to him ; and the dealer havieg. come through, on the right side this y ear, w ill enter the mar k e t i n th e ensuing in batter spirits, --Dumfries Courier. PUBLICATIONS THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLVII. will be published on SATURDAY next. CONTENTS I. THE MARQUIS of MONTROSE. IL TALES by a BARRISTER. 111. PRESENT STATE of SCIENCE—FARADA.Y'S DIS COVERIES, THE ZAGGED SCHOOLS. THE STUARTS in ITALY. GIL VICENTE—PORTUGUESE DRAMA. IRELAND. DIVISION of PROPERTY in FRANCE. John Murray, Albemarle-street. IV. V. VI. TH. VIII. T HE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE for JANUARY, price 2s. fni., contains— I. The Pearl of the Bosphorus ; a Tale of the Phanar.—Chapters, 1., 11., 111., IV. 11. 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Police Reports—Public Meetings—Foreign Intelligence— Literature —Correspondence—as well as for Original and various New Semi al Articles, the Proprietor has determined to enlarge the Paper fx,. • the utmost limit allowed by the Stamp Law, and to ADD ONE- . .)ra IRD, or TWENTY-FOUR COLUMNS, making in the whole TI LIRTY-TWO PAGES, or NINETY-SIX COLUMNS, thus render, ;.m it equal to the Fullest and Largest Newspaper in the ex tent at Ld •variety of its News of the Week, and still retaining the largo space hot etofore devoted to Original Articles by the Editor, and his Emin, int Literary Colleagues. Price (as heretofbre) SIXPENCE. Ord sr of all Newsmen, Town or Country, from whom detailed Proepe ctuses can be had. Dl -, ;Sf BERT FRUIT KNIVES and FORKS. Plated on Steel. Silver. 12 knives : and fork!, plain ivory handles .. ••.. £3 3 0.... £8 18 6 12 d' itto carved ivory handles —.• 3 16 0.... 9 9 0 12 d Rio finest plain pearl handles 417 0.... 11 11 0 12 ' ditto carved pearl handles .... 5 8 0.... 12 12 0 1.2 ditto king's patternsilver handles 6 16 L... 14 14 0 They'', may be bad at the above price, in sets of 12, 18, or 24 pairs, with or' 7 without a neatly-fitted mahogany case. A. 8., SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, No. 14, Cornblll, London, %Mitt the Bank Of THURSDAY EVENING L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE.-The public are requested to take Notice that on and after the let JANUARY, 1847, the Parkside Now Branch will be Open, and the following Changes will take place :- PRESTON AND PARKSIDE SECTION. The Times of Starting of the Trains will be as follows :- From Preston to Birmingham and London-at 5,10 am, ; 10.30 a.m. ; 3 50 p.m. ; and 7.53 p.m. From Preston to Liverpool and Manchester -at 7.30 a.m. ; 9.0 a.m. ; 10.3.5 a.m. ; 1.0. p.m. ; 4.0 p.m. ; and 7.0 p.m. From Liverpool to Preston-at 7.30 a.m. ; 9.0 a.m. ; 10.26 a.m ; 1.30 p.m. ; 3.50 p.m. ; and 7.0. p.m. From Manchester to Preston-at 7.40 a.m ; 9.10 a.m. ; 10.3.5 a.m.; 1.40 p.m. ; 4.0 p.m. ; and 7.10 p.m. In consequence of the above alterations, the detention, at Parkside, of Trains proceeding North and South, will be entirely avoided. The following changes will take place in the times of starting of the trains from LIVERPOOL and MA.NCIIESTER, namely:- The Trains now Leaving Liverpool for Manchester and the North at 8.0 a.m., 10.18 a.m., 3.3.5 p.m., and 6.0 p.m, respectively on Week Days, will be dispatehed at 7.38 a.m., 10.2.5 a.m., 3.50 p.m., and 7.0 p.m. And the Trains now leaving Liverpool on Sundays at 7.15 a.m. aid 4.46 p.m. will be dispatched at 7.45 a.m., and 6.0 p.m. An additional Train will also Leave Liverpool for Preston Daily (Sundays excepted) at 9.0 a.m. The Trains now Leaving Manchester fbr Liverpool and the North at 8.16 a.m., 10.30 a.m., 1.45 p.m., 3.50 p.m., and 6.15 p.m. respec tively, on Week Days, will be dispatched at 7.40 a.m., 10.35 a.m., 1.40 p.m., 4.0 p.m , and 7.10 p.m. And the Trains now leaving Manchester on Sundays at 7.30 a.m., and 5.0p.m., will be dispatched at 7.35 a.m„ and 6 10 p.m. An Additional Train will also leave Manchester for Preston, daily (Sundays excepted) at 9.10 a.m. The Train now leaving Warrington for Manchester at 4.19 p.m., will be dispatched at 4.30 p.m. The Train now leaving Manchester for Warrington at 8.15 p.m., will be despatched at 7 p.m., and the Train now leaving Manchester for Warrington at 1 pan., will be discontinued for the present. LIVERPOOL AND BIRMINGHAM SECTION. The 4.15 p.m. Train front Birmingham to Liverpool will stop at the Basford Station. The Short Mixed Train now leaving Birmingham for Stafford daily at 9 a.m., and Stafford for Birmingham at 6.45 p m. will be discontinued during the winter months. N.8.-Time bills with the above alterations may be had at the Company's stations, on and after the 31st instant. By order, MARK HUISU, General Manager. Lime-street, Liverpool, Dec. 24, 1846. FRE i,HOLDS, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSETSHIRE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause BATTEN v. PARFITT, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSoN, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the White Hart Inn, Glastonbury, some time in the month of February next, of which due notice will be given, in lots, a FREE WOLD MESSUAGE, or Dwelling-house, and sundry closes of Meadow and Pasture Ground, called " The Park Farm," situate close to the town of Glastonbury, in the wilted pa rishes of St. John the Baptist and St. Benedict. in the county of Somerset, late the property of James Rocks Esq., deceased. Particulars and conditions of sale are in the course of preparation, and may be shortly obtained (gratis) at the said Master's office, in Southampton-buildings Chancery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Clewes, Wedlake, and Clowes, 10, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; of Mr. John Batten, Jun., solicitor, Yeovil; of Messrs. Wiglesworth, Rldsdale, and Craddock, 5, Gray's Inn-square, London ; of Mr. Raven, No. 2, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London; of Messrs. Newman and Lyon, solicitors, Yeovil; of Mr. Short, solicitor, Bristol; of Messrs. Clark, Gray, and Woodcock, No. 20, Lincolns Inn-fields, London; and of Messrs. Cooke and Sons, solicitors, Bristol; at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol ; N hite Hart Inn, Bath ; Castle, Taunton ; Clarence, Bridgewater; Swan, Wells; and at the place of sale. The premises may bo viewed on application to the tenants. CLOWES, WEDLAIiE and CLOWES7lo:king's Bench-walk, Temple, London. THE FOREIGN MAILS. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MONTH. Notice, as follows, relative to the arrangements of the India, Peninsular, and other Foreign Mails for the ensuing month, was issued and posted at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand. THE INDIAN, &c. MAILS.—The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, C e yl on , China, &c., via Southampto n , will bo dispatched from hence on the mornings of the 2d and 20th of January. The Tagus for the above mails of the morning of the 2d January. INDIA, &c. (via Marseilles).—Mails for the Mediter ranean, Egypt, India, Ceylon, China, &c., vid Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the evenings of the 7th and 27th of January. THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—Mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Madeira, &c., will be dispatched from hence on the mornings of the 7th, 18th, and 27th January. ' WEST INDIA MAILS.—Mails for the British and Foreign colonies in the West Indies, Venezuela, Madeira, &c., will be dispatched on the mornings of the 2d and lath of January. Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah will be included in the above of the 2d of January only. Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru will be included in the above, of the 18th of January only. The Tay for the above mails of 2d January. MADEIRA, BRAZILS, AND BUENOS AYRES.—MaiIs will be dispatched on the evening of the 4th of January. Her Majesty's brig Penguin, for the above mails of the evening of the 4th of January, and will touch at Pernam buco on her outward voyage only to Rio Janeiro and Bahia. ° AMERICAN MAILS.—MaIIs for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States will be dispatched on the evening of the 4th of January. The Hibernia, for the above, on the evening of the 4th of January. SYDNEY, &c , MAILS.—Mails for Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, &c., will be dispatched from hence on the evening of 30th January. HOLLAND.—MaiIs will be dispatched every Wednesday and Saturday. EammunGn.—Mails will be dispatched every Tuesday and Friday. FRANCE, BELGIUM, &c.—Mails, via Calais and Os tend, will be dispatched every day (except Sundays). JERSEY AND GUERNSEY .-Mal Is will be dispatched every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning. PRUSSIA, &c.—The new postal regulations and reduc tion of postage on all letters passing through Prussia under the Conventional Treaty with his Majesty the King of Prussia, comes into operation on Friday, Jan. 1. RUGBY, DERBY, AND MANCHES- TER RAILWAY. A meeting of shareholders, convened by advertise ment in the Derby Reporter, " To take into considera tion what resolutions should be taken to compel the di rectors to finally settle the affairs of this company, in conformity with an Act 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 28, to facilitate the dissolution of certain railway companies," was held at Derby on Thursday lasto.when one of the shareholders inquired from the party calling the meeting what information could be given as to the present state of the affairs of the company ; and he stated that the object of that meeting was to ascertain that fact ; bui no one appearing able to afford the required informa tion, it was intimated to the meeting by one of the shareholders present, that Mr. Moss, a gentleman resident in Derby, who was one of the acting committee, had recently attended a meeting of that body in London, and that he had no doubt, if it were wished, he would attend and give the necessary explanations. Whereupon it was suggested and carried that that gen tleman should be solicited to attend, and he attended ac cordingly; and entered into full explanations, stating that the remaining funds of the Company were partly in Exchequer-bills, and partly deposited with bankers at interest, and that no d;rector or committeeman had any of such funds in his own hands. That certain large de mands had been made by different individuals upon the Company, which had been reduced, and were now con sidered settled or on a certain footing for speedy arange ment. But there was one claim, that of Mr. Brewer, the solicitor, which the committee had been advised to reject, and upon which an action had arisen ; but the plaintiff had not yet given no ti ce o f t r i a l , an the de fendants were not at present in a position to compel him to proceed or abandon his action ; and although the company could at once return to the shareholders a further instalment of 2s. Gd. per share, laying by a sufficient fund to answer the claims upon the Company, yet as the managing committee hoped there would be a further sum to return, and the expenses of making each return were very considerable, they had, before knowing of the present meeting, determined on calling a meeting of shareholders, and were only waiting for the chairman to fix a day to lay the affairs of the company before them, and take their opinion as to whether a return should now be made, or the proceedings by Mr. Brewer enn wit h e t p h e e r s e o x n p s l a present expredsed, and their opinion that it was better to defer i s n a e t i d s f l ac w ti h o afforded, shouldsfiedrstthbeeir determined any further cee dings con d be t su Mr. Moss, who had kindly attended to return until t t a h i e n e r d e r l a t n d o f a th v e o t p e e n o d f in t g h apnrkos being proposed to p a re n s d en se t, co w n h d e e n d give by Mr. Walton , w as the meeting broke u p . the information,rebsypoMndre.dßatoinbbryigaglel FOREIGN ... OTA , arrivals during t h o e f p a p s o t t potatoes from from abroad to the port I ded the following list of sup or eight days, have inc luded P TORS o . from Rouen, brought 110 importance :—.The Union, same port, 80 tons ; the f—LoTndhoen tons ; the Himaley, from the • the Mentor, from Ocean, from Rotterdam, 12 baskets, plies, which is unprece ented In extent, and consequent Gravelines, 26 tons ; t h e Samuel Bernhar d, from Rouen, 100 tans ; the Isab e ll a , a l s o from Rouen , 100 tons ; the R 2O ba tato Jane, from Dunkirk, 90 t on s, and _ 89 7 tons ; g t s of Marie flour ; the Jean and M arguer ite, from Grave- Louise, from Rouen, 85 tons ; t h e Dove, lines, 22 tons ; the B e ll ona , f rom th e same place, 4 puncheoni and 2 sack s ; t h e Th ea , from Grave li nes, 50 tons ; the James Watt, from avre, 15 0 sac k the -a : . Jeune Emilie, from C a l a i s , 3 5 tons ; t h e Emilie. from Calais, 32 tons ; the Onder nun i ng, f rom R ouen , 90 tons; and the Zeerart, from th e same port, 130 tons ; the Economy, from Dunkirk, 130 tons ; the Richard, from Dunkirk also, 70 tons ; the Knaresborough Castle, from Rouen, 95 tons ; the Alktnanan Hendreker, from the same port, 96 tons ; and the Savannah, also from Rosen, 80 tons' weight. DARING STREET ROBBERY. —Shortly after two o'clock on,Tnesday morning, as a gentlena:n, by the name of Dougal, residing in Jubilee-place, Mile -end-road, was proceeding along the Commercial-road, when within 50 yards of the George Inn, two men rushed from under a gate-way, and after knocking him down, one of them knelt upon him, and robbed him of a silver watch and guard chain, with which they made off before any alarm could be given. THE QUEEN'S BOUNTY--Last night Mr. Bedford concluded at the Grange, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn fields, an adjourned inquest on Mary Phillips, aged 70. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had re ceived Bs., the Queen's Bounty, on Saturday week ; that she was very drunk the day afterwards, and that on the following day Monday, she was found lying dead with her skull fractured at the step of a door in Twedger's alley, ;!ifilford-lane, Strand. Verdict accordingly, REPORT OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ON THE DRAIN AGE ACT. The following is a copy of the report by the directors of the Highland and Agricultural Society, on the Act 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 101, called the Drainage Act. The directors, it will be seen, are decided in their appro bation of this measure : "As this Act is a measure directly hearitig on the interests of all the agricultural classes in the United Kingdom, from the proprietor to the labourer ; and as it is believed that the nature of its provisions, as well as 'he interpretation which it will probably receive from the Commissioners, are as yet but imperfectly known, the directors of the Highland and Agricultural Society have considered it to be their duty to give the measure their best consideration, so as to enable them to express to the society an opinion in regard to the advantages which it offers. " The directors would premise by stating, that were this measure at present before the Legislature, and therefore open to discussion as a subject of future po licy, they would hold themselves precluded by the rules of the society from entertaining it ; but seeing that it is now the law of the land, having for its declared object the promotion of agriculture, they consider that it legiti mately falls within the scope of their duty to point out the nature and extent of its advantages, to explain the manner in which they can be most readily realised, and respectfully to offer for the consideration of Government any suggestions, the adoption of which might give to these advantages additional effect. " The object of the Act, as set forth in the preamble, are the increase of the productiveness and value of land by drainage, the employment of agricultural labour, and the improvement of the general health of the com munity. " To effect these most useful and important purposes, the Act authorises the issue by the Treasury, from the Consolidated Fund, of two millions for Great Britain, and one million for Ireland. The Inclosure Commis sioners for England and Wales are nominated the Com missioners for carrying the Act into execution in Great Britain, and all applications from Scotland, for advances under the Act, must be addresed to them. The appli cations are advertised in the Gazette, and ismlsseal news paper ; two months are all owe d to e l apse, and i f i n that interval any objection is stated by heritable creditors or substitute heirs of entail, the applicant must obtain the authority of the Court of Session, which will be a suffi warrant to the Commissioners to entertain the appli cation. " When no objection Is stated the Commissioners at once direct an inspection of the land :proposed to be drained, to be made by an assistant commissioner or surveyor ; and if they are satisfied with his report, they issue to the applicant a provisional certificate, declaring that a loan shall be issued when the proposed works have been executed according to the plan and specifica tions lodged. " The Commissioners may order occasional inspec tions during the progress of the works. On the certi ficate of the commissioner or surveyor that the works have been completed, and that the amount specified in the provisional certificate has been expended, a warrant will be issued by the Treasury for payment. The loan bears interest at 6f per cent. for the period of twenty two years, the payment of which extinguishes the debt. " As different portions of the work are completed, an advance, to the extent of two-thirds of the value of the drainage executed, may be made to account of the sum in the provisional certificate ; but if the different farms or townships to be drained shall have been separately specified in the schedule of application, then the whole of the expense of any specified operation actually com pleted will be paid. " The first question which naturally suggests itself to a party desirous to avail himself of the provisions of such a measure, is—how far it will prove financially advan tageous ? The directors hare no hesitation in express ing their opinion, that the terms on which advances are offered are favourable to the borrower. These are, that for twenty-two years the party obtaining the advance shall pay 6i- per cent. thereon. And if 4 per cent. be taken as the ordinary rate at which he can borrow in the market, which is the least that he would pay at pre sent, it is believed that calculation will show him to be a gainer ; for, at the end of the period of twenty-two years, the whole sum borrowed will not have been repaid by him. It is not, however, in this point of view only'that the pecuniary benefit is to be considered ; for there is the manifest advantage of accumulation, and consequent extinction of debt within a limited period, and this in a manner which country gentlemen cannot, under ordi nary circumstances, command, while they are not ex posed to the unavoidable expense attending the occa sional transfer of securities and termly payment of interest. "It may be objected that the landowner must, in the first place, make the entire advance; but this unavoid able difficulty may possibly be obviated by lodging the provisional certificate at a bank, as a security for an in terim advance. " The next question which presents itself is—how far these advantages are counteracted by the expense of the machinery devised to secure them? The directors are aware that many may be deterred from availing them selves of the boon offered, by the fear of involving them selves in a heavy expenditure in the first instance; and they are therefore happy to have it in their power to state that, in their opinion, such apprehensions are un founded. - " Not only is the procedure indicated by the act simple and economical; but the Commissioners are disposed to give effect to it in such a manner as to subject applicants to the least possible expense. " The directors are supported in this statement by the terms of a printed letter, addressed to proprietors in the distressed districts of the Highlands and Islands of Scot land, by Mr. Blamire, one of the Commissioners. The directors refer to that document with much satisfaction; fer though it cannot be regarded as the official commu nict ,tion of the whole Commissioners as a board, it may safey be read as an exposition of the views entertained by Mr. Blamire, and of the interpretation which he believes his colleagues are disposed to give to the Act. The directors have no hesitation in expressing their high opinion of the soundness and liberality of these views, which are in consonance with the spirit of the Act. " The only preliminary proceedings creative of expense (assuming the non-existence of objrotors to the applica tion) are the ad ver ti sements and the inspection of the land. The first step is an intimation by any landowner of his wish to avail himself of the p:ovisioi s of the Aet, addressed to—' The Inclosure Commissioners of England and Wales;' on receipt of which they forward for his execution a simple form, specifying, when fillcd up, the particulars of his application. Notice is then sent by the Commissioners to the Gazette and local newspapers of the application, and an inspection of the ground is directed. The expense of this preliminary report, and also the subsequent investigation, is borne by the appli cant; but Mr. Blamire states, that the Commissioners are most sincerely desirous of subjecting landowners to as small an amount of expense for the superintendence of the works as may be compatible with a proper dis charge of their duty; and, with the view of doing so, they aro disposed to select as their assistants parties resident in the immediate localities of such works—assuming that parties competent and trustworthy can there be found.' " The directors have no doubt that competent and trustworthy inspectors can be found in every district; and they would suggest, with the view of diminishing the expense of the surrey, that proprietors in the same locality and district of country who intend to make ap plication, should do so simultaneonsly, so as to allow the Commissioners to nominate one surveyor, and enable him to conclude the different inspections at one and the same time. " Mr. Blamire's letter contains the following satis factory announcement With the view of enabling applicants to commence their works at once, and without waiting for the expiration of the two months prescribed by the 18th section, the Commissioners have decided that all works done after applications have been made for advances, are works done under the provisions of the Act, and that the cost thereof will be included in the es timate of the money to be advanced, assuming the works to be done satisfactorily, and that the contem plated drainage is not stopped by reason of objections taken thereto by parties having charges on the lands in question.' "The directors believe that this announcement will induce and enable proprietors to commence at once certain portions of the operations embraced in their ap plications, and thereby to provide immediate work for the non-employed of able-bodied persons in the country. But it is necessary that every proprietor who may de termine to take advantage of the facility thus afforded, for giving immediate employment to the labouring classes, should be careful • o keep accurate accounts and vouchers for the sums expended. While noticing the necessary procedure to be observed, the directors would further call attention to the circumstance, that in no stage of it ere bonds exigible except for the expense of preliminary investigation, should the Commissioners think it necessary ; and that where bonds are used they are declared to be exempted from stamp duty. " Proprietors ought not to be deterred from applying for assistance, by any apprehension that they may be trammelled in executing the drainage of their estates by being compelled to observe any precise rules, or to fol low any one system. On this point, the views expressed in Mr. Blamire's letter are of the most distinct and satis• factory nature With reference to the kind of drainage to be adopted, and to the manner of effecting the same, the Commissioners would not be disposed to object to an y plan of drainage proposed ; assuming that it was one which the party would have adopted had he baen expending his own money, and, assuming also, that it was not manifestly an improper and judicious one. " The object of the landowners and of the Commis sioners must be identical, viz., that of effecting the and reasonable regard beingper greatest amount of improvementhad to at thethe least permanency y du o e f tol a e w ve a r r y e e t a h se at ; no on one the works. system of eabwleel circumstances and facilities may with as its peculiar " The Commissioners this head I will only further add, that I m na i g ss e io is ner a s pp a h r e contrary, they believe that each case should be dealt point out. On conceive the Commissioners may fairly be expected to be put in possession, within a short time, of such informa tion as to the most efficient and inexpensive methods of draining every variety of soil, in every part of Gr e at Britain, as to be capable of affording advice t o those re quiring it. " Such advice Anti assistanco they would, of course,