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!~~,~ . WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS. TR/ 13 CROSBY HALL, BISHOPSGATE-STREET. ENLNG, FRIDAY, Dec. 11, at Eight o'clock, Mi. WILSON will give 14 171 •. " I; HOUR Wl' BURNS, ,e will sing a u um b er of the most adm i re d S ongs o f Burns, and recite the - humorous poem of " Tam o' Shanter." Martoforte:—Mr.LAND. PART I. k vp r'PY Fri mishi AN HOUR Wl' BURNS. z t ,,, :sou itt ,„ , P-0 Whistle and I'll come to ye, my Lad—John . 1 07...4 1 ,.L,J 0-- Duncan Gray—Highland Mary—My Spouse "" 4 . 11 1 a Man for a' that. PART 1121 11 01 MISCELLANEOUS SONGS. - "L °ru le ~:uLer Herring ?—Come under my Plaidle—The First 4 urnpet-We're a' noddin*—The Reel of Tullochgorum." 8 71 YLEBONE, DECEMBER 5, 1846. Th e , TO BRICKUAKERS &c .—BREEZE. m kt estryrnen of this parish hereby give Notiqe that they will in the 4 Tenn A , eatrY-room, of the Court House of the said parish, on &tei ve Tend December 26, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to-re sof th ' rs froin persons willing to Contract for the Breeze and ,eat. e said parish, for One Year, from the 31st day of January ", Mad e 31 tient of One Quarter of the Year's Contract money must tool to the said Vestrymen at the signing of the Contract, and iTartorT, ri tY given that the remainder be continued to be paid one to nve.“ainclynnce throughout the Contract. The parish is divided T. 4 bctil ars via 2 oll B, for the purpose of Contracting for the Breeze. 'Ne of which, with the form of the Contract and printed L'art be had of the Surveyor, Mr. Robert Seace, at the fl'oin Twelve till One o'clock daily. Tenders to be 26th - 7_no Tender will be received after Eleven o'clock on the day of Detember. BY order of the Vestry, eo ti _ C. FLOOD, Vestry Clerk. "-....Uttr to Pay Six Guineas as expenses of Contract and Bond. 11 ,. SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION, bitt i kakled b totalUr YVoluntary Contributions.) for the Cure of Stricture ,".ra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous, tti Sti tq l l ' o . General Debility. B. COURTgNAT, M.R.C.S.L., 2, Chandos-street, A 0 8 ' B( illare. ter,eraT4ll tradesmen, cleiks, mechanics, and the working classes this Institution' offers, in all cases, gratuitous surgical 4 417 a, and Surgehers medicine also free of expense. ry adjoinng the Surgeon's residence. - - - . Yli tt ~,R OY AL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. en r ERMISSIO N.-PROFESSOR .., P 1'4 1 4 ,2 1 13 II (E , t , BRIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all ot t h h e e r r ap . e_- tb"• , . re co ,' n .7 before the public, is LECTURED on, wi o . e tt..;,e,,teordrini,ounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three , and on o .f Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 1 1 ,„ti, I, Principle of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA - C-4 0 ;Tfessor BACHHOFFNER. In the OXYEIYDROGEN b -4,1 11 '''E Is exhibited specimens of the DISEASED POTATOE, tSro g ' e nttinls of the Tubers end Leaves, together with the 40Se'lipeTIVE INSECT, supplied by A. Smee, F.R.S. The PHY qar°f ' 131 VI tiG EXPERIME NTS, the DISSOLVING VIEWS, e s ..._. - "'nth &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. -'---- ----,.... m . Admission Is. Schools, half-price. , . 1 I'ISI - 1 and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE 2 , }v at ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION. . " I N -Place, London ; 119, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. ti rt Subscribed Capital, One Million. AS SURANCE, •A.NNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND t „ - -- - - .....-311.1DOWASENTS. • • • ' ' , A c 0 ", 4 i ,41 the English and Scottish Principle of Assurance. ' : 4 oexI,),`_ II ,ELIENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in 'Zirity . -- ' 3lll Lite Assurance, on undoubted personal or other t4 e Ass treoi participate in two-thirds of the profits. R J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. E D," rir ' OVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL +2, . ,i, BE rga \f te p', "° ' -- IT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND, . streat 111 % her4 4lt ll3 ltrin g ta TRUSTEES. M.P. W. Cl. Prescott, Esq. —.. .flY, Jun., Esq I Baron L. de Rothschild. T REASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. F ors. m .„ of John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. /6', con t i, l3 roWisal for MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, to meet te ki t - 41 AN- - ,g e lloY. Annuities, Endowments, Loans, &c., and the had A th ,"? () Men."REPORT, with every information, may be I lit '' kr. ''', where donation and subscriptions to the Beneve e hrl ttl e o l i ecei ' red • 4 1 -0 o f ttrttnium payable yearly, half-yearly, or quart hin i !' or o n e ,_ eof 25, to secure the sum of X 00_._ to ..s e b r e ly plii h d y a a t Ac-i , als attaining the respective ages of 50, 5 , and 60, \,.! . 1 .. . eN*ent ii 'i B all first occur : . " -- ---„lga Fifty. Age Fifty-five. Age Sixty. ;.:,•,- y -------_—,-. \ oar. nalf- uar- Half- Quar- ye „,,, Halt- Q uer -25 "'"---.... Y ear. terly. Yea*. Year. terly. Year terly. le ----.-.... _--- - --- --- N ei ' 4 1 ig Ji l i b t i in - 0 019 8 3 551133 0 16 9 21821 9 601411 '' 1 0 la 4 aY be effected daily. By order of the Board, h /._ THOS. MITLLINDEII, Secretary. 4--ANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE E COMPANY. -Po 1, 1 , Princes -street, Bank, London. b Y special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. &NTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. eth i C ZPI 41:1' ete s „„._ MUTUAL ABSVRANCE BRANCH. .oe4 `Lerity afforded to the Assured by means an ample os IrPital, and the large fund accumulated from the pre- T r the Pwar cle of 6 000• a nso „_, polic ies. 'Nit s : Ye Only of the annual premium . required during the eitk i , me remaining half premiums being paid out of the liter flys years, will be annually divided among the A e e ib 4lVc est r PROPRIETARY BRANCH. --w qr4 -C're, titri a--- , . consistent with security to the Assured. li to Pets sr _ Reale of premiams, peculiarly adapted to cases where kre os ' - cre ths effected for the purpose of securing loans or debts. 441 1 e 14 Pry r mt ates f premium, whereby credit is given for half the epe a for seven years, to be then paid off, or remain a 4 114„, e Policy, at the option of the holder. XXTRACT FROM THE TABLES. —"erns required for aa Assurance of 1001. for the whole Term of Life. fAx ._ • CZ BRANCH, PROPRIETARY BRANCH. Ili 41.11 Ila—Cf Pre- Whole Pre t , firs miurn, atter q 't Years.t ilve years. Half Pre mium, first seven years. Whole Pre mium, after seven years. t 4. d. 4c. d• 12 0 0 1 2 1 2 24 4 14 11 29 10 , 6 2 17 0 13 3 36 6 1 19. 6 319 0 2 79 2 17 19 41565 17 8 X s. d. 0 18 0 0 19 7 1 1 9 1 4 11 1 9 2 1 14 10 2 2 6 2 12 9 Ae.a. 1 16 0 1 19 2 2 3 6 2 9 16 2 18 4 3 9 8 4 5 0 5 5 6 S° ______ PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. vEREIGN LIFE ASSURINCE COM- No,PANY, 5 St. James's -street, London. TRUSTEES. b Sir A. tlialStll3 Brydges HennikeriEtr , ~.,""enJattin Bond Cabbell, Esq.. ~!thrY Pownall, Egg' Qaode Edward Scott, DIRECTORS.IO Lord Arthur Lennox. ~ E rrry-caA Clt& „ llo, l4.x—Lieutensit____ . nel A x — T. r C. Granger, Esq., M.P. John ram Ashbarner, E sq. * M.D. T. M. B . Batard, Philip Patton 131 r a ,' "q!,, Henry Broadwo,,,—A* --M 4 Esq., .1). Chaties Farebrother, Esq,, Alderman. Tull , ,ch Fraser, Esq. Joh n Gardiner, Esq, Aaron Asher GoldBMid, Esq. Lord Macdonald. Alexander Ogilvie, Esq . A Pownall, Esq. Assurances and annuities specimens, are •••The Rates of Premium, of which the following are E on 'avowable terms. ", the lowest scale consistent with Security. AsTI --.7_________ — ------.' - One Year. RE v MIUMS FOR ASSURING 100/. Ate. F F or For Seven Years. Whole Life, ....,,........ 1 ........_____ --- 1 0 I xB. 4. £ s. Q. X S. d. A` 7 1 o i i e I 1 13 7 "-------1: £ s. Q. 1 1 8 X s. d. 1 13 7 „Li?kg 0-an of Accumulative Assurance, by depositing instead of ! e ci 'Munis, thus :- 74th e e Zit plan , _ commencing at the age 20, 401 . per Annum assured at the age of 29 d. Policy for - - 949 16 4 49 - - - - 1779 1 0 9 ” - - - - - 2495 0 0 - - - - . 3111 19 8 41t`4rred 4 _" - - - 3650 9 0 -. Tamties, to commence at any specified e, granted t 3 / 4 ,;2 , Without return of the Premiums, in cas ag e the age at unity is to commence is not attained. H. D. DAVENPORT, Secretary. t to ,. 0 0% - t — D l3 KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE IN,lze-str,.ANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London : 97, h., eri et, Edinburgh; 12, St Vincent-place, Glasgow ; 4, Col e h i %41b4b),1n• Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. ~5it051.141 the „,.%%otnPany added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on mtxt e "„leY v v ," 4 ,,: to all Policies of the participating class, from the , IVl,'Nisie,",effected. Parties wishing to secure the beneiß of the bt Insur • 'ell " P r ofits in 1848 should make immediate application. Paid to Mee is for life, only one half the Annual Premium bir ry, the lint 5 years. 'iritation will be afforded on application to the Resident '4 " 11 1;e PN r n °x Boyd EssiWaterloo-place, Pall-mall, oaPeCtuses' • 8,6:, ,may be had. ATION AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR AIiCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. T i ll y Capital 4500,000. , it h - Ip s t itia flPo'svered by Act of Parliament. i l 'as, e t n "Peet tetliaTf elnbraces important and substantial advantages (It er all 0e r ., 4 a A ssurances and Deferred a lto Zar thc — ' l .,;„ a ns, the power to borrow, without expense or for- Annuities. The assured N t :,, q t a o opti on ' "'of": ,two-tkirds of the premiums version see Table) I tit k i e : . „. 44 ln (kB e et fo o:h te i e co le n etila vei g ue tn e e s ti o ts r , n a e n c t s t i h ty e . co of hiS hi' C I r In 3 Of Years are granted on t he lowest Possible .I tsecah7tarkabk D IVISION OF PROFITS. the Society ' f ourth .."' t he tiir,. 6 ,, u , e 'eess and increasing prosperity of d ec l a r e 1 ett c 4l; a nits, va -- " 1 4 at the last annual investigation, to paid °llc) ' areCle ra ult 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums `,....,.. 1 profit scale. EXAMPLES. -----____ EXAMPLES. P: l i , r - refni i, ... e l i ' g 17° ' Z Bonus Bonus in fig, i ti added. Cash. . 0 0 Assuredmy r m 5 o m Borrow. ',..,....._ • o . t,—...... --......._ ---- 60 ,100, i • d• nis37 £217 1 5 1 rim n u -cis n 4 £445 0 14 ° 8 . d ; a 1837 183811833 ,1840 43411 £217 15 1 1 Z100 011 £l6 0 4 1 192 3 01 87 1 4 13 10 2 165 11 101 74 1 9 11 3 1 116 7 61 54 010 718 10 11l 6 81 49 10 OI 710 4 £445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 -4414 ii Of fu_ c't P r ofits is annual, and the next will be made in preseat year. P. FERGIJSON CAMROUX, Secretary. IkoprLITENZA, COUGHS, AND COLDS. fe Me e. ESSENCE of LINSEED is the most f fro % remed y Al et thjfillenza 3' ever discovered for the relief ofpersons s r u o. ; the two first doses generally arrest the p *NI? re i - ,77., distressing complaint, and a little perseverance com kithn it. Children's coughs, as well as recent ones in 44111141 c ratnoYed by a few doses (frequently by the first), and F3ejh Pe re rg : i ' ls • who previously had not been able to lie f d s o i m o ip s eof • ved the utmost benefit from the use o ,ioseed • ae Medicine Vendors, in bottles at Is. lad. and 2s. 9d O THE 1 , 14 . 1 ., EST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. al; * ON'S CAMOMILE PILL S Ia wi„-conimently recommended as a simple but certain remedy s pi krit 4 . ffe r from Indigestion Sick Headache, Bilious and Live N tr eng; l ; t t o lle) , act as a powerfu l tonic and gentle aperient, impar bottl the stomach, and composure to the nervous system, n titd_ ea at ls. lad., 2s. 9d., and lie, each, in every town i n w -41 1e4 ) .,,, -- Ile sure to askNORTON'S PILLS," and do not LO pu r e. muse an imitation. 4, r0im, 44 POR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. Albert, and by her Majesty, his Royal Highness s Ken 11 . 4eT Royal Highness the Duchess of Prin t em . iI°4 IAS ()WARD'S 1 , 1.... Stopple H 'itytt, IL tlilt f SUCCEDA tr. - • It i state, without any pressure e thZain .„,. 1 Placed in the tooth in a soft „,''s le' t i.. 800 n becomes as hard as the enamel, and will remain VI ar r , tooth for many years, renderin . g extr per ti e o e n ns un ean nec n e e t •-B Min , , ~ All 1,11 setianftzsweturt_ hyeereprogFesesueoef, de a ca s full y directions are enclosed. n :es thisa r 3 , t '. 6d nisel with Surgeon De - tops!ti s 6 4 • Prepared only by Thomas and Howard, :ry ' ilellssrs-street, Oxford-street, who will send it into the Sanger, 44 9,' Oxf free b y Post. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street ."', all N. T.-street Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Johnson, 68, Cornhill : ' 41) 11y t'"kflteine Vendors in the kingdom. Mr. Howard contin i u tn es eti to 4rln t4 0 7 loss of teeth on his uew system of self-adhesion, v, t e iL: Bt..h W r irs. OI This method does not require the extraction . , T oots, or any painful operation whatever, and is less ItT eo/ 4 1.- -.An others. Mr. Howard, Surgeon Dentist, 64, BernerS ,.. itrest- A.t home from 11 till 4. , g al atrog: 43 44 rot 00. /-e- . -;•,. A .... . . .....,- • . -, 5i t1 1, ; , ,, -. ..•.•,-.;?;;,;;_. . . .: 77,r. _fireol." -, , .1..... it • • ~ ,4%.., ~. . . 4:46 ,.. ~o, • ~,,,,,,:„. • • , ~ ~ ~ , 1 4 1i 44 . 3 144 : 4 ,0,4 ,: i ti ' 1 14 "' # ! ,' 4 6 .. .x " ''' tk ilt :ei".. A .g.' ', .• ' •••-- ' :.c , , 1 :4 2 ,,,,, .:, • • ....,. ,* ... _ .- .„ •„.• ' , • , *...,,,,, , ..,___ .„.„. • „,,,,, 4 . , „ „.. -- , -. 1 , 3,1*---,.. - • , e. , '* ' 4:- • .' I -I L fr it ~.,,, ,•. : (0. A e,. -..,. .. ~ , , :::•,,— , ..e' re *f - - , to, . Irg ', frirri ~, • ,;,. "Akt.3.4ze ' -• 9k , xf 4- 4: ,, *---,- v . 04 ~_ ~- -- ,\* ei'e" ..-. • . - , 4 ,,„..,H - -------,' , ' -',., 1 ~-. 'W... / 1 \ ~,.. )4 4. - .4es - , 4 4.- ..,.,., _ _• ..:,:,..„ ~..5 „ .....,, ~,.. ,•- ai -c 6 i i, ~,, -,:p,,,,,:,,! ..,,,, v ,.,t ; . 0 /I 0• " ','N ' _ E tP SU NY DECEMBER 11, 1846. No. 16,920. LONDON, FRIDAY - SALES BY AUCTION. G RAVESEND STAR and BLACK.WALL. PACKETS. Boat and Bail included is One Payment npon every pasoge, avoiding the danger and delay of the Pool. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 3, 4, and 3 o'clock. Sundays, 9%, 10%, 1%, 4, and 5 o'clock. The trains starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 8%, 9%, 41%, 1,3, and 4 o'clock. Sundays, 7%, 11%, 1,3, and 5 o'clock. N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Star Office, Gravesend, Nov. 24, 1846. IJOLBORN-HILL, SNOW-HILL, AND FARRINGDON-STREET VIADUCT COMPANY. (Registered Provisionally,) Capital 200,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposit lls. per Share. COMMITTEE. Bell, William, Esq., D.P., Grafton-street East, London University Clay, Richard, Esq., Eastcheap Duncan, John Busher, Esq., M.A., Ba r rister-at-Law, Brick-Court, Temple Olding, Edward, Esq., Totte n h am-court - roa d, late Union-street, Southwark Thomas, Frederick William, Esq., Old Broad-street, City, and South gate MR. BRIGHT IN CRORLTON-ON- MEDLOCK. On Tuesday evening, Mr. Bright addressed the electors and others of Chorlton-on-Medlock, in the Town Hall, Grosvenor-square. The room was quite full, and many could not obtain admission. Amongst those present we noticed Mr. Alderman Mayson, Mr. George Hadfield, the Rev. William Gaskell, Messrs. Samuel Lees, John Rail ton, William Shuttleworth, Wm. M.Cartney, Charles Pountney, William Edwards, &c. A few minutes after eight o'clock. Mr. Bright entered the room, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Mayson, Mr. George Hadfield and others, and was loudly greeted. Mr. Alderman MAYSON was called to the chair, and in introducing Mr. Bright to the electors, he said, that to relinquish the privilege of returning our representatives from among ourselves would be to admit that a mistake was made when the Reform Bill was passed, and that we are obliged practically to return to the system of pa tronage which formerly prevailed, though in another form. Mr. BRIGHT then addressed the electors for nearly fifty minutes, chiefly on topics and to the same effect as in former addresses. These were the corn-laws, national taxation, and the questions on which his principal vote ,- , had been given to Parliament, the first of which was the grant to Maynooth, on which he said that no inducement on earth should lead him to vote for any extension of the principle of religious endowments. He next spoke of his votes against Lord Ashley's Ten Hours Bill, and after commenting strongly on the course taken by Mr. John Fielden, Mr. Oastler, and Mr. Ferrand, said he could not conceive a guilt more dreadful than that of a man coming before a large audience of working men, and endeavour ing to persuade them, unless he had first deceived himself, ;hat by some sort of Act of Parliament jug glery they could have twelve hours' wages for ten hours' work. He then dwelt on his Parliamentary exertions with reference tti, the game-laws, and he believed it was no egotism in him to say that the array of facts and statements which he brought forward was such as it was impossible to resist, and accordingly the Government granted a Committee of Inquiry. He need not go into any facts to show that this had been a very large expen diture of labour, and a much larger expenditure of money than he was at all called upon to go to. The true principle was, that no legislative encouragement should be given to the maintenance of wild animals for the purposes of sport, in a country so densely peopled, and requiring all the land can produce, as is the condi tion of the United Kingdom. He had voted on the same side with Mr. Villiers, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Brotherton, and Mr. Gibson, on all the questions, with the single excep tion of the Maynooth grant; and he appealed to the past, and said he was not a changed man; that his opinion had been formed for years; that he did not change as he grew old, but became confirmed. He had always felt it his duty, in the House of Commons, to stand forward on every occasion when slanders were heaped on the popu lation of these districts. There was an attempt to make it appear that this population was not quite awake to its own interests, but that if a man had been their bitter opponent for fourteen years during the whole of his Parliamentary career, and was then found in their ranks, when resistance was altogether hopeless, they were called upon to honour and exalt him. He would not minutely examine the grounds upon which it was proposed to bring forward Lord Lincoln. It would be unbecoming in him to endeavour to explain how much there might be in them of patriotism, and how much of personal feeling, but he was quite sure there was not a man who felt an honest aspiration far the people's cause, who did not anxiously hope that this constituency would maintain the high and honourable character it had gained amongst the constituencies of the empire. ln answer to questions from Mr. MEDCALF, Mr. BRIGHT avowed himself favourable to triennial Parliaments, and against a property qualification for Member. IN ROMNEY MARSH, Capital first-rate FREEHOLD INVESTMENT for Trustees, having no drawback for Repair of Buildings or for Timber. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, Dec. 10. at Twelve (unless an acceptable offer shall perviously be made), The famous FREEHOLD PROPERTY, known as the PRIORY MARSH ESTATE; advantageously situated in the parishes of Stone and Ebony, near Tenterden, on the east side of the Royal Military Canal, and near the line of the railway from _Ashford to Rye, Has tings, &c., now forming. It consists of nearly THREE HUNDRED ACRES, in a ring fence of very rich grazing land, now on lease to Messrs. Neve, of Benenden, at the low rent of 678/. per annum, for twenty-one years, from 1841, but determinable, if *l lied, at Mi chaelmas, 1848. The estate may be viewed by leave of the tenants; and parti culars, with plans, had 'at the inns at Ashford, Rye, Dover, &c. ; of R. Lambert, Esq., 32, John-street, Bedford-row ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. CORNWALL RAILWAY. Notics is hereby given, that in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Incorporation, the FIRST GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS in this undertaking, will be held in the Assembly Rooms at Truro, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th December next, at noon. Those Proprietors only who have been previously registered can attend, and vote at the meeting. JOSEPH THOMAS TRBFFRY, Chairman. WILLIAM H. BOND, Secretary. Cornwall Railway Office, 80, Lemon-street, Truro, 21st November, 1846. The Sealed Certificates will be issued immediately after the above mentioned meeting has been held. • With power to add to the number. ENGINEER —John Stead, Esq. A RCHITECT—George Smith, Esq. SOLICITORS —Messrs. Carritt and Osgood. PARLIAMENTATT AGENTS-31essrs. Williamson, Hill, Leftoy and Smith. BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. SECRETARY—CharIes Thomas, Esq. The allotment of Shares in this Company will take place on TUES DAY, the 15th of December instant, after which day no further appli cations can be received. In the meantime all further applications are to be made to Messrs. Carritt and Osgood, Solicitors, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall street, at whose offices plans tained. December 7, 1846. May be inspected and prospectuses ob- CO R N WALL RAI LWAY Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the Proprietors in this undertaking will be held, in the Assembly Rooms, at Truro, on WEDNESDAT, the 16th day of Decem ber next, at One o'clock In the Afternoon, to consider the propriety o_ an application to Parliament for an Act for the alteration of the Line of the Cornwall Railway between Plymouth and a point near Saltash, and for powers to purchase, lease, or jointly construct and use portions of the South Devon Railway and works, and to pur chase the Saltash Ferry, and to sell or lease the New Works to the Great Western Railway Company, or to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, or to the South Devon Railway Company. JOS. THO. TREFFRY, Chairman. NATIONAL SECURITY BANS. TEMPORARY OFFICE, 163, Fenchurch-street, London. Capital, 500,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 1001. Deposit 10/. ; Call 401 per Share. DIRECTORS. Barkly, Henry, Esq., M.P., N o. 3, Fenchurch-buildings. Cadogan, William Hodgson, Esq., No. 15, St. James's-place. Cockburn, W. T., Esq., No. 27, Davies-street, Berkeley-square. Deffel, Henry, Esq., No. 14, Mincing -lane. Denny, George, Esq , No. 64, Cornhill, and 21, Austin-friars. Hampden, Roan, Esq., M.P., Marlow -house, Little Marlow, Bucks. Hodgson, Richard, Esq., M.P., N o. 13, Upper Brook-street, Grosve nor-square. Kirkpatrick, Sir Charles S., Bart., Hammersmith. Nugent, M. Delvin, Esq., 4, Grove Hill, Camberwell Doctors' Commons. Stokes, Henry Graham, Esq., No. 2 G rea t Knight-rider-street Upton, Hon. Edward, No. 7, Eato n -t errace, Ea t on -square. Wright, Augustus, Esq., North Bank C ottage, R ege nt's -park. Withpewer to add t o their num b er . In consequence of the numerous sha res a l rea dy s ubscribed for, the , public are respectfully informed that :an early application will be needful OR the part of those who may desire to become interested in this ustabitskuteut. The solidity •of the, principles on which it is . founded having been universally admitted, whether with reference to the complete protection of the shareholders, the sound secu rity offered to the customers, or the advantage arising to them by the interest on deposits, which neither the Bank of England nor the private banks allow, with the addition of a security perfectly unexceptionaVe, even in the case of trustees, or official parties, the Directors feel confident that the only ingredient necessary to secure it the entire approbation of the public will be supplied by a detailed statement, now prepared, of the various sources of profit from which its large contemplated returns will be derived. These are each as cannot fail to confirm the opinion of those who have already sub scribed for upwards of 4,500 shares, and to satisfy any doubts that may have been suggested as to the very profitable nature of the pro posed investment. Applications for shares may be addressed to the Secretary, at 163, Fenchurch-street, by whom prospectuses and a detailed statement of the sources of profit, &c., will be forwarded, post free, if written for; to Messrs. Sutton and Co., solicitors , 6 , Ba3inghall-st r e e t ; Messrs. Capron and Co., solicitors, Saville-place, New B ur li ngton-stree t ; an d to Messrs. Sutton and Co., stock brokers, Ro yal Exchange. W. H. BOND, Secretary. Cornwall Railway Office, 80, Lemon-street, Truro, 21st November, 1846. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, and DUBLIN RAILWAY COMPANY. The original Allottees and Scripholders of this Company are re spectfully requested to withhold their Proxies to the Direetors of this Company, their Secretary or Nominee, for the MEETING, to be held in London on the 21st instant, as :two independent and wealthy merchants will be put forward by the Shareholders to vete for Directors, and otherwise protect their rights. By order of Committee, J. KENNEDY, Secretary. LIGO SHIP CANAL COMPANY ► 3 At an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the COMPANY, held at their Offices, Winches ter-house, Old Broad-street, London, on the 9th instant, G. C. GALT in the Chair. It was resolved,—That this meeting do hereby authorise the Di rectors of this Company to sell and transfer this undertaking to the Sligo and Shannon Railway Company, aod to attach this Company's seal to the Deed of Conveyance thereof. (L C. GALT, Esq., Chairman. - A. GOLE, Secretary. SLIGO AND SHANNON RAILWAY COM PANY. At an EXTRAORDINARY GENE ItAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS of this Company, held at their Offices, Winchester-house, Old Broad-street, London on the 9th instant, G. C. GALT, Esq., in the Chair, It was resolved,—That this meeting do hereby approve and con firm the purchase by this Company of the Sligo Ship Canal under taking, and authorise the Directors to issue 800 additional Shares for the purpose of making the said purchase, and also to attach the Com pany's seal to the Deed of Conveyance. GRIFFIN CURTIS GALT, Chairman. ABRAHAM GOLE, Secretary. NEW LIGHT. D Lamp best Light in the world. lA Th Ik! D O I N . D ond e c A ar ß ee C l EL L is A the M P, y oil lamps ; is so simple The Carcel Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe ; it burns oil, Sunset till Morning without I b tt u te t eann is tni fr oon e t e .be fr ic o m m ois a mc l l i eaan im naig p:if ; e r c eqb ti um o u ns irged o rro t f o mo r r dhi sy ai .n. To sell the ordinary candle lamps is now impossible ; the public have long enough been pestered with such rubbish ; candle lamps give half the light, and cost three times as much in burning, as the Diamond Carcel Lamp. This is no fiction. The DlamoniCarcel Lamp is the only Light— perfection in Light—the public will have none other. Designs to suit every taste. To be had only, and seen burning daily, at the Patentee's immense Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, Ten Doors from Lowther Arcade. REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM NEYS.—The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING BRUSH and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis gusting plan By it a due is completely cleansed without ono particle of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago an experiment was made with this apparatus at the House of Commons, the success of which was complete. Sheets of writing paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and in various other parts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping not one particle of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper. To be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. N.B. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this patent invention in the provincial towns of England. Agents for the Metropolis are required. Mr. MEDCALF—Are you in favour of what is popu larly termed universal suffrage and vote by ballot? Mr. BRIGHT—I am most decidedly in favour of vote by ballot. With respect to universal suffrage, I take the question to mean whether I am of . opinion that ever) man of 21 years of age and upwards, untainted by crime. should have a vote. After quoting Blackstone, Mr. Bright said, then comes the question, if you admit the abstract right, that every man prima facie is entitled to a vote, how you, being in Parliament, would be disposed to extend that vote to him. Mr. Bright said he thought probably it would nut be an advisable thing at once to extend the suffrage from the one million who now hold it to the six millions who would hold it if all were in cluded ; but he thought it would be most advantageous to the state that there should be now even a large num ber admitted at once within the pale of the franchise. Mr. MEDCALF asked if Mr. Bright was in favour of the House of Lords, as at present constituted, being re tained as a branch of the Legislature? Mr. BRIGHT said no man had ever heard him say a word, in public or private, against the desirableness of having a house of legislation not constituted like the House of Commons. And those who had supposed that politi cal liberty was impeded by the House of Lords, had rather made the mistake of directing their attention there, rather than to the house called the House of Commons. The more the House of Commons was com posed of an aristocratic element, the more the people gave it to the House of Lords to render themselves so irresponsible to the people, that they might again be come hostile, injurious, and prejudicial to the public li berties. Believing we could maintain as much influence in the House of Commons as to counteract anything unsafe and irresponsible in the House of Lords, he was not prepared to advocare any charge with regard to that portion of our constitution. Mr. MEDCALF next asked: Supposing Government were to separate the Irish Church from its political po sition, bow would Mr. Bright propose to dispose of its revenues ? Mr. BRIGHT said ho should resist any attempt to ap ply them to the endowment or support of any r e li g i ous sect whatever, as a religious sect. He would not take them from one church to hand them to another. Mr. GEORGE HADFIELD then moved the following re solution:—" That this meeting of electors, gratefully ac knowledging the valuable services of Mr; Bright to this community and to the country at large, during the seven years' arduous struggle for commercial reform, and enter taining the highest opinion of his integrity and abilities, as shown in his past public and Parliamentary career, resolves that he is eminently qualified to represent this borough in Parliament, and pledges itself to assist in securing his return, by every lawful means, at the next general election." Mr. WILLIAM POWXALL seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, which passed with two or three dissentients. Ur. BRIGHT, in acknowledging this vote, said that his friends had the'start in the canvass ; that they were in the field with a man known to very many of the electors personally, and almost to all through the public press. These were great and signal advantages on their side. He recommended the district committees to make great exertions i❑ the canvass, as every district coming to the general committee with good returns, was a great stimulus to the other districts to exert themselves as much as possible; and with good principles, great zeal, and prolonged and determined exertions, there was material enough in the borough to carry a liberal can didate by a very large majority. He would not boast of what he had done at the city of London election; but he knew that from that time to this, he had not got rid of the effects of the protracted and almost unsurpassed exertions which the members of the League in London underwent at that time. He worked, not for Mr. Patti son, but for the principle at stake in that election ; and now he was bold enough to appeal to the constituency'd Manchester, and entreated every man to consider that he was working for his mill, for his warehouse, for his shop, for his home, and for the liberties and prosperity of his family and his country.—(Applause.) After a vote of thanks to Mr. Alderman Mayson, for his conduct in the chair, the meeting terminated shortly after ten o'clock.—Manchester Guardian. SMITHFIELD CLUB • Snow. —Among the many objects cslculated to arrest attention in the present ex hibition, ore a pair of horns that once ornamented the brows of a Hereford ox, the property of the Duke of Bedford. One of the horns has a representation of the Royal arms, the other of those of the Noble Duke, together with appropriate inscriptions, the whole of which has been executed with no other instrument than a common penknife. They are also carved, studded, and silver mounted, with a figure of Ceres in the centre. They attracted much notice in the committee-room. How TO IMPROVE THE SIZE OF OUR CULINARY VEGETABLES.—The following suggestion, by a corre spondent in a Canadian paper, seemsworthy 9f notice. Great zeal, he obseeves, is manifested in raising new varieties of culinary plants , b ut improving existing sorts seems to be quite disregarded. I am confident that a vast increase of food, &c. , may be obtained by managing judiciously, and systematically carrying out for a time, what may be termed the principle of . increase. Take, for instance, a pea, plant it in a very rich ground, allow it to bear the first year—say half a dozen pods only, and remove all the others ; save the largest single pea of these, sow it the next year, and retain of the produce three pods only ; sow the largest one the following year, and retain one pod ;. again select the largest, and the n ext year the sort will by this time have trebled its size and weight. Ever afterwards sow the largest seed. By t h ese means you will get peas (or anything else) of a b u lk of which we at present have no idea. AFRICAN SPECIMENS.—The parcel of specimens ill us trative of natural history, &c., which we mentioned a day or two . ago . as having . arrived from Mozambique, eas t coast of Africa, vl2 the Cape, for his Majesty the King of Prussia, have been dispatched to Hamburgh by the John Bull steam-ship, en route to Berlin, and at the especial request of the authorities of his Majesty in the metropolis, the packages were permitted to pass without any examination, for fear of injuring the contents of the same. STOPPING A PUBLIC STREET.-From the 25th ult., Doughty-street has been closed, very much to the inconven ience of the public, to all carriages, except those going to the inhabitants. The street has been in ex istence about fifty years, and was never closed, by night or by day, till about two months ago, when means were adopted to stop the thoroughfare after eleven o'clock at night. This was a fterwards followed up by closing the street :it all hours of the day. The doughty estate is paved and regulated by the inhabitants , a ll of whom a rc commissioners, by virtue of an Aot passed in 1796. PRICE SD. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY, About a dozen subscribers looked in in the course of the afternoon, but with so little disposition to speculate, that a formal quotation is out of the question, The only Derby bets worth mention were i 0 to 10 agst Van Tromp, 50 to 1 to 50L agst Liberator, and 1,000 to 20 agst Projectile. 404 was betted that the Liberator is backed at 25 to 1 before the day. Offers to take 6to 1 about Scott's lot. For the Chester Cup 700 to 10 was laid agst Fitzallen, awl an offer made to lay 50 to 1 on the field, or to take those odds in hundreds about naming the winner. Two TuctisAND GUINEAS STAKES.—The following five were hacked asst the field :—Glentilt, Planet, Lune dale, CoTiyngbam, and Sister to Cobweb colt. Sir 11,. Halkeley's Derby colt, brother to Joinville, has received the name of " Mon' pensier." NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. TituusnAy. Four-mile Stables. Second ties for the All-aged Stakes. Miles beat Wish-you-may-get. it—Highland Lassie beat Omen. Magic beat Probity—Lucy Bertram beat Maw-worm. Second ties for the Puppy Stakes. Daisy beat Twilight—Thoresway Lass beat Buonaparte. First Ties for the Exning Stakes. Molly beat Brutus—Silesia beat Stockton. Idas beat Dolly—Gipsy Girl beat Wildfire. The Rutland Stakes—First Ties. Treasure beat Fancy—Mac beat Sam Slick. - The Bottisham Stakes. Mr. King's Rhadamanthus beat Lord Stradbroke's Maxse. Mr. Parkinson's Shepherdess beat Mr. Gillett's Goody. Mr. Fyson's Fair Maid beat Mr. Bennett's Wee Pet. Mr. Buckworth's Belle beat Mr. Vipan's Violet. The Newmarket Stakes. Mr. King's Riceoboni beat Mr. Dobede's Diana. Mr. Buekwroth's Batchelor beat Mr. Parkinson's Son of Minerva. Mr. Anstruther's Crisis beat Mr. Fyson's Fireaway (drawn). Mr. Nash's Bronti beat Mr. Arabin's Airy. THE WORLD AND ITS WHIMS. Perhaps Horace was right in his denunciation of the zmitatores seroum peens. But we must be content to be included within the " servile horde," for it is impossible to walk about the streets of Paris without being struck with the taste and ingenuity evinced by our neighbours in some of their modern innovations. For these reasons we cannot conscientiously withhold our tribute of com mendation from Mr. Jay, of Regent-street, who was, we believe, first and foremost amongst our countrymen in fol lowing the French fashion of establishing a Maison de dein!. A startling demonstration of the manner in which this innovation has been appreciated on this side of the Channel is to be found in the still increasing influx of business which has set in towards Mr. Jay's establishment ; in fact, so strong and overwhelming has been the current of late, that although he already possessed two spacious houses, Nos. 247 and 249, in Regent-street, the increasing en croachments of his business have compelled him to invade the neighbouring territory : and he has now taken pos session of the adjoining premises, No. 251, so that his show-rooms surpass in extent those of any other estab lishment of a similar nature in this or any other capital. His last visit to Paris bas led to the production of fabrics and paterns, under his own surveillance, of beautiful texture and fancy ; and, in fact, this exposition has such claims' on our exhaustless lady friends, that it would be superfluous for us to dwell upon them. We should not omit to mention that the different shapes and accessories of the various cloaks and mantels on view are all transferable into mourn ing wear, with suitable adoptions, according to the material, &c.; and although there is so much to look at and admire, we must not pass unnoticed the cleverly sketched series of female figures by a Parisian artist, showing and defining the various costumes at present in favour, as also the vast store of winter habili ments which are to be found at the London General Mourning Warehouse. As AerisHyems is a guest who pays us annual visits, we surely ought to make durable preparations for giving him a warm reception ; but however sharp may be the attacks of our formidable visitor, it is possible, with the assistance of Mr. Kiralay, to keep him at bay, even it we were condemned to dwell in thrilling regions of thick- ribbed ice. In his magnifi eent magazine of furs are to be found the rich and costly Irkutsk Russian sables, the minener and ermine, and a splendid collection of fur seal dresses of various forms, and devices, to suit the taste of the male and female frileux. Amongst those who have already worn mantles and paletots of this velvet-like fur, are her Majesty and the Royal children, and nearly all the aristocracy of this country, who, thus mantled and muffled in their wa:m attire, are not afraid to meet the rough weather face to face. As soon as the w,:;rld arrives in London, Mr. Nicolay's establishment in Oxford-street will be so thronged that it will be impossible to inspect minutely all that is to be seen there, so that we would counsel all who happen to be in town to drive there at once. The inventive genius of the age is ever on the watch for the aliquid Noir, and one of the most remarkable features of the day is the passion for registration. Even on the hustings, and in Parliament, we have patriots com plaining that the battle of the constitution must be fought in the registration courts. We have registered coats, hats, umbrellas, and nightcaps. We have registers for births, deaths, and marriages ; and as you pass Doudney's shop, in Old Bond-street, you see a graceful looking garment hanging in the windows, which you recognise as having seen the like on shoulders of the nobility—many and this is his registered cloak, which he emphatically asserts will become the classical edvelopo of the age. In the fecundity of his inventive power, he has also hit upon a contrivance which must eventually supersede the old fashion riding belt. By means of this novel method, the wearer can, in a mo ment, and unperceived, contract or enlarge his waist to the extent of six inches. However useful this invention may be at present, it would have been more so Johnson duce, in the city. And a-propos of the busy locale in the east. When you proceed thither, gentle reader, to get your dividends, or whenever your avocations call you there, do not fail to go to the famous perfumers, Ross and Sons, and see how bright and brilliant a place they have contrived to make in the midst of the dingy and murky city. If a lady, the rape of your locks a ill be performed by an artist of first-rate celebrity, in an apart ment where, by tfie painter's art, and a little assistance from your own imagination, you are transfered to the broad and blue expanse of the bay of Naples, with its lazy macaronivarous lazzaroni basking in the unclouded blaze of living light. If you are one of the lords of the creation, you are ushered into a room which, as Mr. Smith O'Brien would say, is papered with looking glasses, so that, which ever way you turn, you have the satisfaction of seeing your counterfeit presentment star ing you in the face ; ladies, upon whose craniums the daisies of death have begun to grow, by some mysterious process, emerge from the recesses of Messrs. Ross's esta blishment, adorned with glossy ringlets, which would shake the saintship of an anchorite. How this is done we cannot attempt to divine.—Post. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD. The name of Mr. Charles Percival Phinn, of Chelten ham College School, a successful candidate for an exhi bition at Balliol College, was erroneously spelt Firm, in our paper of the 7th inst. Singularly Desirable FREEHOLD FARM, in a highly picturesque and healthy part of Kent, between Hawkhurst, Rye, and Hastings. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, Dec. 15, at Twelve (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made), LAMBERDEN FARM, in the healthy and beautiful parish of Sandhurst, Kent, comprising about 124 acres of most fertile arable, pasture, hop, and wood land, ornamentally timbered, surround ing a farm-house, and all requisite buildings, in good repair, now held by Mr. Aaron Pinyon, a most respectable tenant, under a lease of 14 years, expiring at Michaelmas, 1847, when, as an invest.• ment, a considerable increase of rent may be insured, and offers a very pleasant and desirable occupation. The estate may be viewed, and particulars with plans had at the chief inns at Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Rye, Hastings, &c. ; at the Mart; of R. Lambert, Esq., 32, John-street, Bedford-row ; and of Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. KENT. VALUABLE FREEHOLD - FIREAR ROCHESTER ADTL• CHATHAM. ESSR S. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, Dec. 15, at Twelve (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made), A CAPITAL FREEHOLD FARM, in the parishes of Stoke and Allhallows, near Hoo, a rich part of Kent, only a few miles from the city of Rochester, comprising nearly ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ACRES of very superior land, with a farmhouse and al requisite buildings, in good repair, now on lease to Mr. James' Everist, for annnexpired term of six years, at the very low rent of 2401. 10s., offering a very desirable, safe, and irnproveable invest ment. The farm may be viewed by leave of the tenant, and particulars with plans may be had at the chief inns at Rochester, Maidstone, &c. ; at the Mart ; of R. Lambert, Esq., 32, John-street, Bedford-row ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land-agents, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. The late MARQUIS OF AILSA'S noble and delightfully situated TOWN MANSION IN WHITEHALL GARDENS, adjoining that of the Duke of Buceleuch, upon the bank of the Thames, with its handsome and appropriate furniture, and various very valuable and ornamental Effects. 31 - ESSiIS directed •by the ANMH E l x E ec L utor S s tolaTanounacne,dthat BONen acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract, the distinguished and splendid MANSION of the late Most Noble the tt arquis of Ailsa, in Privy. gardens, Whitehall, will be SUB MITTED to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, in January next, of which due notice will be given. It is held by original lease from the Crown for a term of ninety-nine years from July, 1806, at a low ground rent. The mansion is admirably arranged throughout for the accommodation and comfort of .a large establishment, is in most excellent repair, and immediate possession may be had, with its appropriate fittings, and with or without its superior furniture. It has a singularly handsome stone staircase, the rooms are strikingly cheerful and airy, opening backward to a lawn extending to the river, and are of fine dimensions, particularly the saloon or ball-room (64 feet long), its walls adorned with rich and beautiful tapestry in rare preservation. From its contiguity to the Houses of Parliament, St. James's Park, the Palace, and Down ing-street, and from its peculiarly quiet and choice situation, it is admirably suited for a Cabinet Minister, or any leading Mem ber of Parliament ; also for a first-class club-house. The purchaser will have the refusal of the capital freehold stabling, &c., near Great George-street. No person can view the house without a card of ad mission, which, with every requisite information, may be had at their Offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall; also of Messrs. Ashfield and Clode, solicitors, 7, Staple Inn. Descriptive particulars will be published when the day of sale is fixed, and may also be had of Mr. Cain, House Agent, Richmond. and at the Mart. GLOUCESTERSHIRE, within two miles of BristoI.—STAPLETON GROVE, a handsome and capital Freehold Modern MANSION, with beautiful Grounds, and every appendage for a good Estab lishment. Also Two smaller Residences contiguous, and other Property for occupation or investment. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are directed by the Trustees under the will of the late M. Hinton Castle, Esq., to SELL BY AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of England, early in February next (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made), with possession. The very capital and desirable FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, dis tinguished as Stapleton Grove, containing rooms of handsome dimensions and offices of every description for a largo family. It is particularly suited for the retreat of a wealthy merchant. er any one desirous of a mild marine climate with all the advantages of a great city. It is separated merely by the road from the e hurch, and from the grounds of the episcopal palace, and adjoining the demesne of the Duke of Beaufort. It is well secluded; being completely en vironed by about 30 acres in lawns and paddocks, studded with handsome timber and ornamental plantations, through which is the carriage approach, with a rustic lodge upon the turnpike-road. There are capital stabling and walled garden, with hothouses, pinery, &c., and an ornamental tower in the grounds, com manding extensive scenery. Also Two Smaller Residences on Sta pleton Hill, adjoining one known as Milton Cottage, and the other occupied by Miss Protheroe ; and a detached close of meadow land, let to Mr. Lawrence. The estates may now be viewed, and descriptive particulars, with plans, will be published when the day of sale is fixed, and may be had of Mr. Brooke Smith, Solicitor, Small-street ; and of Messrs. Sturge and Son, Surveyors, Broad-street, Bristol ; also at the chief hotels and libraries at Bath ; at the Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Waterloo-place, London, who are fully authorised to receive offers for the property, together or in lots. LIGHT.—CAMPHINE, CANDLES.—Patent CAMPHINE in sealed halt-gallon cans, 4s. 9d. per gallon. Palmer's Patent Candles, 7•501. per lb., at WILLIAM S. BURTON': , (late Rlppon and Burton's), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman street, whose assortment of Camphine, Argand, and Solar Lamps. and Palmer'? Magmum and other Candlesticks, with all the latest improvements and of the newest and most recherche patterns, is the largest in existence. All the seasonable novelties are now ready, and selling from 20 to 30 per cent. under any house with whom quality and style are considerations. The money returned for every article not approved of. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, sent (per post) free. FENDERS, STOVES, AND FIRE-IRONS The largest assortment of Stoves and Fenders, as wel as Ueneral • lronmongery, in the world, is now on Sale at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late ItIPPON and BURTON'S) extensive warehouses. Bright steel fenders, to 4 feet, from 30s. each ; ditto ditto, with or• molu ornaments, from 60s. ; rich bronzed scroll ditto, with steel bar, 103. 6d.; iron fenders, 3 feet, 4s. 6d.; 4 feet, 65.; ditto bronzed, and fitted with standards, 3 feet, 9s. ; 4 feet, I Is. ; w rought iron kitchen fenders, 3 feet, 4s. Fd. ; 4 feet, 68. ; bright register stoves, with bronzed•ornaments, and two sets of bars, from 955 . .; ditto ditto, with or-molu ornaments, from 91. ; black dining-room register stoves, 2 feet, 18s. ; 3 feet, 275. ; bed moth register stoves, 2 feet, 16s. , 3 feet, 245. The new economical thermio stove, with fender and radiating hearth-plate, from 8/. ; fire-irons for chambers, Is. 9d. per set; handsome ditto, with cut heads, 85. 6d. ; newest pattern, with elegant bronzed heads, 11s. A variety of fire-irons, with or-molu and richly cut heads, at proportionate prices. Any article in the arnishing ironmongery 30 per cent. under any other house. The money "returned for every article not approved of. Detailed cata ogues, with engravings, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) stock general furnishing ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety • and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it.- 39, Oxford-street (corner cf Newman-street). Established in Wells• street, 1810. ; Genuine 4 , 83 6 . , d 5 . pe r a n 1b. ;6 cia . e per 112 w lbs.; .1 4 -1 , A s V per lE ., SlLSBd.?AlreNtlopyrLSoliapS, Mottled, 60s. and 643.; Wax Candles, los. .per lb. Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans ,arent Wax, Is. 10d.; Genu ' il , Wax, 2s. Id.; Waxed -wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm 011, Bs. per gallon; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind or and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windso r Hale's Paragon ; Rose, 25.: Almond, 2s. 6 d. ; Sealing Wax, Composite. requiring n o snuffing, 9%c1. per lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse. 63, St. nartin's-lane, opposite Slaughtar's Coffee-house. ____-------. FOGS AND DAMP AIR. pARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for 3 many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, p re a Winter Season, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London; and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gifford, 104, and H. Burflad, 180, Strand ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hallows, Drug rtst, 2, gi- h „. g street, Islington ; Heudeb ourck, Druggist, Church street, eHackneY ; and all respectable Med icine Venders in Town and Country. - Observe : none can be genuin e, unless the names of " Barclay and Sons" are on the Stamp affixed to each Box. ASONG TO OLD CHRIST ALAS. Mil, hail, merry Si re Thy seasons inspire The hearth of the young and the old; My breast seems to b urn w h en I see thy return, Though the month of D ecem ber is cold. Come, come, and make glad the hearts that are sad, And tell us of homely delights ; Come and cheer ev'ry place with thy bonny red face, And thoroughly set us to rights. Thy approach will we meet with a jolly good treat, And many " tough yarns" s a ' n ' d w a ill b b ri e gh sp t u b n 4rning MOSES and SON. log, With An j al wi e, th wi d n r e e , ss a e i s id fr g o r m o I always remember, in cheerful December, E. MOSES and SON'S noted Mart; When I purchase attire, to hall the glad Sire, Whose holidays need something smart. Ev'ry one should be deck'd, if they've any respect For old Father Christmas's cheer; Then hasten and start for MOSES'S Mart, Where the best Winter dresses appear. As tho season is cold, warm garments are sold, Unequall'd in Winter attire ; Whose price is so low, that all folks may show Their respect to the hearty old Sire. LIST OF PRICES. BEADY MADE. A s. Beaver Taglionls, from . . Chesterfields and Cogringtons ..... •.. • • ...... •••• • • • • 010 6 Pashas, D'Orsays, and Chesterfields, and every description of winter coats •••••• • • • • • ••• ••••• • • • • ...... ••••• • • • • 1 5 0 Boys' Winter Coats, in every style and make ••..•• • • • • 0 8 6 Tweed Trousers, lined •••••• • • • • • • ...... •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 4 6 0 10 6 Dress Coats. • • ........ .•• • • • ........ ••••••••• • • • • • • • 1 0 6 Frock Coats.. • • • • 0 D ou bl e -breasted rests Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ••.•••• • • • • • • • Poys' Winter Trousers . Ditto rests. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • ..... " • Mourning to any extent at five minutes' notice. MADE TO MEASURE. Winter Coats, warranted waterproof, made to any style, • • . 1 I') 0 handsomely trimmed • • • • •• • • ....... • ...... • • • • • • Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar and cuffs, lined 20 18 0 Tweed Overcoats • •••••••••••• • • • • ' • • • " • • '•• • • • 0 8 6 Tweed Trousers • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • Winter Trousers, in all the most approved French patterns 1 2 6 Best Dress Trousers •. • • ..... .••..•••• • • • • • • 16 0 ...... 1 12 0 Best quality made ••• • • ..... • • . 215 0 Frock Coats .. •• • •••••••'• • • • • • • • • 3 3 0 Fancy Vests ...... . Satin, plain or fancy •• • • • • Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ••..•••••••••• • • • • ' • • • • • • ' 1 5 ° Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. 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I have no hesita tion in saying, from actual experience, that Mr. Cundy's Stove is far superior both in p roducing warmth over the whole room, and in pro moting 'ventilation, without disagreeable currents of air or close smell. MATTHEW O'BRIEN. The Stoves to be had of Messrs. Dowson, 69, Welbeck-street, Ca vendish-square, where they may be seen in operation. ItOWLAND'S KALYDOR, an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Freckles, Tan, and Discelourations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and an admired softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Court and the Roy al Family of Great Britain, as well as the principal Courts of Europe, and the moat distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. ' , V Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endanger health. Some are announced under the im plied sanction of Royalty, &c., &c. Each bottle of the genuine has the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and Son, 20, Hatton -garden, is also enzraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by all respectable Chemists and Perfumers. ARUNDEL FAT STOCK SHOW. This show was held on Tuesday. The exhibition of cattle was 'considered to be of a superior order. The dinner in connexion with the show was at the Norfolk Arms. About 130 persons were present. The Duke of Norfolk presided, and his Grace, we are happy to say, was looking remarkably jocund and well, consider ing the fatigues he had lately undergone. At his right sat Edward Howard Gibbon, Esq., Mayor of Arundel ; Sir H. D. Goring, Bart., John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., and R. Prime, Esq. On the left were the Earl of March, M.P., and Lord Edward Howard. The Earl of Arundel filled the vice-chair. The Duke of NORFOLK, in returning thanks for his health, took the opportunity of expressing his acknow ledgments to the inhabit an t s o f A run d e l for the propriety of their conduct durin g th e roya l v i s it, yeo manry for the excell en t manner i n w hi c h they acquitted themselves. and to the The Earl of MARCH acknowledged the toast , " T he Members for the Cou n ty." He was sure every one who had seen the exhibition of roots must have been grati fied. He had there seen potatoes the produce of the garden of a cotter which would do honour to any far mer in this country. It would be his endeavour and earnest hope to meet them upon these and upon simi milar occasions. Before he sat down he would propose a toast which every one would drink with pleasure. He should not drink it as anything connected with that town, though that could be a sufficient excuse, but he proposed it as a contributor to that society—" The Earl of Arundel." The Earl of ARUNDEL acknowledged the toast. The Earl of ARUNDEL proposed the health of "Mr. J. A. Smith." Drunk with three times three. J. A.S 1S entirelyl T ll withE q. , what in.r e t u h r a n d i n g been thanks , sai insaid support he almost these associations, and at this particular moment th ey were doubly important. H e was one of those who th ou g ht, and had long thought, th a t th e l a bouring classes in th is country had not attain e d th a t sta t e of ease and comfort which was commen sura t e w i t h t h e i r importance, and he agreed e o d f had perceived with satisfaction that public attention bad been of late drawn to these societies; for though in many cases the strictures had been unjust, be welcomed even these strictures, as public attention was thereby called to this important subject. Great as might be the effects of these societies as to cultivation and other matters, he looked with much greater interest and attention to their effect on the labouring classes.—(Loud cheers.) He was one of those who should never think that the proprietors of land in England had done their duty fully till something more than now existed was done to enable the labourers to be independent of parisn re lief.—(" Bravo.") He looked anxiously forward to the time when some general means might be taken to enable the labourer, by savings in his youth and manhood, to prepare for sickness and old age.—(Hear.) He believed that great as was the glory of England as compared with the rest of the world, that a poor man had a legal right of protection against want and destitution; great as that glory was, he felt it would be much greater if by benefit societies, or some such means the poor by small contri butions might provide against sickness and old age. Competition was now to be the order of the day ; it fell hardest upon the poor, and it was the bounden duty of the landlords of England to soften that trial as far as possible.—(Cheers.) If the Noble Duke would permit him, he would give effect to his opinions by lodging in his hands a sum of money, which should be given, on conditions that his Grace should determine, to the man who during the time had made the greatest preparations for the future to protect himself from want in sickness or old age, and this sum should be such a sum as would be worth having, and a real object to a man, and would better his condition. The sum that he would give for this purpose was 25Z—(Loud cheers.) The Noble Chairman soon after left the chair, and the company broke up.—Brighton Guardian, PosT-OFFICES.—It will be well that Mr. Rowland Hill should urge the necessity of pre-paying by stamps u y nc are tuallydesaitrtoeunsdedtlitaot, t a h n e d ir yet, commun i ca t ions entirely, as it would save much trouble a n d i nconven i ence at post-offices. The public (of cours e th ere are many exceptions) commit a great fault by th e l ate post i ng of their posting letters, and not using stamp s , letters;should be thpe , throw encum brance and obstacles in the way. Another fault is fre quently committed by carelessly directing letters, or using bad ink , or bot h; this is an other mode of endan gering the regular delivery of their own communications. That as little inconvenience as possible 'should be occa sioned to postmasters must be obvious to every thinking person. Let those who are indifferent to inconvenienc ing them only consider if they were in that situation, and they cannot but admit the necessity of rendering every possible assistance to the laborious management of o ffi ce s. That moat provoking impediments are thrown in the way is well known, and not unfrequently are the cause of mistakes being committed with their own cor respondence. There are those who go so far as to ask credit at post-offices. Now, to request public servants (of any description) to lay down publi c money f or pri vate individuals accommodation is a. lusty stretch of reason. Besides, postmasters and other public officers have enough on hand without keepi ng p rivate accommo dation accounts. s, of the Bower N ursery, h as re - Hors.-181r. Epp ceived instructions to ship, during the present week, 50,000 sets of hop plants for Hobart Town, where the soil and the climate are said to be most congenial. An inferior sort has been tried there experimentally, and found to turn out more than equal to the planters' ex pectations. The present lot comprises all the best varie . ties grown in Kent.—Maidstone Gazette. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 9. At a congregation held this day, the degree of M.A was conferred upon — Theodore Howard Galton, Trinity College. Rev. John Ambrose, St. John's College. Thomas Harvey, Christ's College. At the same congregation the following graces passed the Senate: — To allow Mr. Sykes, of Downing College, to resume his Regency. To appoint Mr. Churchill Babington, of St. John's College, an Examiner, at the previous examinations in the Lent and Michaelmas Terms of the year 1847, in the place of Mr. Thompson. To return thanks to Captain Francis Blackwood, RN., for the valuable ornithological collection which he presented to the University in the last vacation. On the recommendation of the Wood wardian Trustees, to authorise the Vice-Chancellor to pay out of the Wood wardian funds the sum of 201. towards building a school in the parish of Thurlton. QUEEN'S COLLEGE. John Hays, 8.A., scholar of this society, has been elected a Fellow on the foundation of Sir John Finch and Sir Thomas Baines. PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. At a meeting of this society, held Dec. 7, Professor Sedgwick, Vice-President in the chair, a paper was read by Professor Young, on the Principle of Continuity in reference to certain results of Analysis. ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, At the last meeting of this society a paper was read by the Rev. J. J. Smith, containing particulars drawn from the archives of Caius College, as well as from some of the Cambridge parish registers, concerning the pt rentage and life of Jeremy Taylor, of whose works about tis stated that a new and carefully collated edition is to appear. The Portsmouth and Chichester Extension Branch of the London and Brighton line, is proceeding as rapidly towards completion as the weat her will permit. The double permanent lines are already . laid down between Havant and Emsworth, and are being so from Lumley to Nutbourne. At the monthly meeting of the Central Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry held on Tuesday, at 17, Old Bond-street, the question of the repeal of the malt tax was brought under the notice of the committee, when a resolution was adopted that a meeting of that body should be summoned for the 12th of January next, to take the subject into consideration. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION.—We are informed, on the best authority, that the Directors of the Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway had a meeting, on Saturday last, with the Directors of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railway, when the terms for an immediate amalga mation were settled, the particulars of which, we under stand, will be submitted to the shareholders of the respective companies, for their approval, on an early day.—Ayr Observer. ALLEGED CO-EXISTENCE pri.m, MAN AND THE MEGATHERIUr -%;.--- - 4---- 1 2a. I tt A , ---,..4, , 6. i..,.4'. ,_. L.. ,_` : The following letter has been addr esse d t o to ?ixditor 1,;?V:•: . \, , ..\,,, , 1 p. 4 of the Times:— C'.-4. ' M f ' .. .. ' 4 'i '."N s. Sir —A considerable sensation appears to Flirt ~...., - .447,, , rta ati!l caused in the minds of the scientific, and part Ot iin::: a ‘.. ~ io' .-1 scientific public, by the announcement in masa of iii . si.; ;a. '' .1 newspapers, of the discovery in America of / foster,: 14,14 human bone, associated with the remains of ii - 6 egaa- - -,,-r -thorium and other extinct quadrupeds. I have only nit -* read in the last number of the Athenceum (Dec. 5, 1846), a brief notice of the reported discovery, copied from au American paper, and which the editor has inserted with a judicious caution to his readers, that no competent authority has yet vouched for all the facts. I feel sure that the story relates to part of a human pelvis (a frag ment of the os inominatum), which was shown to me at Natchez last spring, together with several very remark able remains of rnegatfieriod animals. I visited Notchez in March last, on which occasion I was informed of the antiquity assigned to the human relic, and having exa mined carefully into the evidence, came to the conclioian that the proofs of the co- cxistence of the hums , indivi - dual with the megathorold and other extinct quadrup..d.v trend in the vicinity was altogether unsatisfactory. Wo are indebted to the skill and indefatigable industry of Dr. Dickerson, of N ocher, for having formed a splindid collection of organic r,ina.iii::, derived from the slierfi me: One ie l e i l e t k ' o l u i: i n t p, ht i e nle i p :s s fsr s i: o ,d t c o f i i spt t s aa ;h ininn a o : Itttipvineiglibt , urhood. All these he Lid discovered the i t b n s s f.Ac l : (iu ‘ . ) : ,:t h , reas a e iin n r el e d dotu t t a t i hh l i i ( l t : er ; ras r e l au d :n i S ) fd e i, a ,T(i c , : 1: : ~,: :: .a . s t r aih t , : , c ez ' t. i ' z is u r ) kie 1 1 . ,,:. /: d ,..,: . - let on of st ained the in b a y i t h o i also that the fragment of the human pelvis supposed to have been contemporaneous with the megatherium was picked up. In order to explain its position, a few words on the geology of the region will be indispensable. The broad, flat, alluvial plain of the Mississippi is bounded on its eastern side by a table land, about 200 feet higher than the river, and having a very gentle upward slope to the eastward, or towards the interior. This elevated plat form ends abruptly at Natchez, in a line of perpendicu lar cliffs, or bluffs, the base of which is continually un dermined by the Mississippi. The vertical section here exposed to view affords the geologist a fine opportunity of studying the composition and succession of the strata for a vertical thickness of rather more than 200 feet. The whole deposit is of comparatively modern date, the upper 60 feet consisting of clayey loam containing shells of recent species, and the lower of sand and gravel without organic remains, except some wood and silcified corals washed out of older rocks. The yellow loam at the top bears a singularly close resemblance to the fluviatile silt, or "loes3,' as it is termed, of die valley of the Rhine, between Cologne and Basle. and, like it contains abundance of fresh water and land shells, of which I myself obtained more than: twenty species, now in my cabinet in London. They belong to the genera helix, helicina, pupa, suc cinea, accompanied, or rather replaced in a few places where the loam passes into shell-marl, by lyrrnea, planorbis, physa, and cycles. All the species are iden tical with testacea now inhabiting the same part of the United States. With these shells are found, at different depths, some in the loam, and some in the clay at the bottom of the loam, the scattered bones, and occasionally entire skeletons of the mastodon, megatherinm, mylodon, casteroides, equus, bos, and other quadrupeds. If in any part of this formation, whether at the depth of 10 feet or 100 feet, any remains of man lie buried by natural causes in undisturbed loam or clay, the antiquity of the human race is thereby established to an extent far greater than has ever yet been made out in any instance which I have had an opportunity of investi gating. It would follow that the human race had sur vived the extinction of one group of terrestrial mam malia, and seen another succeed and replace it; and also that man had lived in North America when the geogra phical configuration of the country was very different; in other words, before the valley of the Mississippi, or even some of the strata forming its boundary rocks, were in existence. Every deposit entering into the composi tion of the bluffs of the Mississippi valley must be older than the alluvial plain and delta of that river; and we thus obtain, independently of any evidence attesting great changes in the animate world, a measure for esti mating the minimum of time which has elapsed since the bluffs originated. For we must allow a sufficient series of years for the deposition of all the sedimentary matter forming the plain and delta of the great river. I have endeavoured to calculate the period (one of enormous duration, relatively to the historical epoch), and ex plained my views on the subject in a lecture delivered to the British Association at their meeting at South ampton, and a correct, though incomplete abstract of that communication appeared — in the Aihenaum for SGp tem ber 26, 1846. To come then to the point—what proof is there that the geological position of the human pelvis bone was such as to demonstrate its anteriority in date to the entire hydrographical basin of the Mississippi, and th e forma- tion of its alluvial deposits and . delta ? The yellow shelly loam, or loess, before mentioned, extends for twelve miles inland, or eastward from the river ; and, in consequence of its incoherent and destructible nature, every streamlet flowin:x over it cuts out for itself, in its way to the Mississippi, a deep gully or ravine. This denudation has of late years proceeded with accelerated speed, especially in the course of the last thirty or th:rty five years. Some attribute the increased erosive action to partial clearings of the native forests ; others to the effects of the great earthquake of new Madrid, in 1811-12, by which this region was much fissured, ponds being dried up, and some land-slips caused. Colonel Wiley, a pro prietor in this part of the state of Mississippi, and who well remembers the district before the year 1812, assured me that the Dlammoth ravine, although now seven miles long, and in some parts 60 feet deep, with its numerous ramifications, has been entirely formed since that year, when the earthquake occurred. He has himself ploughed some of the land, exactly over the spot where the ravine is now situated. It is, however, enough for our present purpose to affirm that whatever be the date of the origin of this watercourse, it has of late years been consider ably enlarged and lengthened, its banks presenting every where precipices, in which the loam, unsolidified as it is, retains its verticality, as is the case with its counterpart, the loess of the Rhine. Land shells are seen in great numbers at the depth of about 30 feet from the top, and the fossil b ores o f th e mas t o d on , an d ot h er extinct quadrupeds, are usually picked up in the bed of the stream after they have been washed out of the undermined cliffs, where, however, some few have also been observed in situ. Under these circumstances, as I was given to understand, the human pelvis was pro cured at the base of the cliff. Even if it had been dug out in the presence of a practical geologist, it would have been necessary for him to be more than usually on his guard against deception, for land-slides have detached large masses from the cliffs, and these may easily cover human bones previously washed down by the stream, or dislodged from the soil near the top of the cliff, where some old Indian graves, so com mon throughout the country, may have been undermined. It is not raro to find on shoal and on the shores of the islands in the Mississippi at low water, numerous bones of man, mingled with those of extinct animals, washed out of the bluffs. In these cases the human bones are as black as the quadrupedal fossils, having been apparently stained with peaty matter, in the soil where they were buried ; but no geologist has ever ventured, on this evi dence, to infer the contemporaneousness of man and the fossil species thus accidentally associated After I had made up my mind that the remote anti quity of the human bone of Natchez was questionable, and that its occurrence in the ravine might be explained in the manner above suggested, I found that Colonel Wailes, a friend of Dr. Dickerson's, who accompanied us in part of our excursion, and who has also made a fine collection of the fossils of this neighbourhood, not only shared my doubts, but had made the same conjecture respecting the probable manner in which the fossil may have been conveyed to the spot where it was found. I have the honour to be, Sir, yours, &C., CHARLES LYELL. 11, Harley-street, December 7. A SHAMEFUL CASE.—On the evening of Monday week, a young man, named Robert M‘Gill, a native of Ireland, was brought from the terminus of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway, Queen-street, where he had arrived by one of the trains, to the Central Police office. He was there promptly attended by Dr. Easton, who, perceiving at a glance that he was labouring under fever of a most malignant kind, ordered him to be sent to the Royal Infirmary, where he died on the Friday follow ing.lssisees, season, a t ao e tisfi r otTi :onsfha,rhmiroasiemnsondtlftheralttei length eernn a :rg t aetshgr p aae l ort a a fdce notwith st a nd i ng reached Newry,da t d informingt h the 2 t Deceased, we have since learned, became unwell at S t2cfhel3 t e i esd r atm l ei November, de n i o n g t f ac ,y ; his i strength o s h n f w i e ri l tn l a h n as eA e eod t o o seldom them o suerindeo ymto,tinme exhi bited, thenini by proceeding at once to the house of a lodging house keeper in Stirling, named M‘Minime, where her son had resided since March last, expecting, as she said, "to find her darling boy." To her grief and disappoint ment, however, sbe learned, on her arrival there, that ho had been sent to Glasgow per railway ; but by whom, and at whose expense, she is not aware. Retracing her steps with a sad and sorrowful heart, she reached Glasgow in time to see her lo ved but lost child buried in the ground allotted to strangers. We are informed that w hich makes the case worse than it otherwise would the deceased was visited in Stirling by a physician, have been. —Glasgow Citizen. SINGULARITY IN THE FRENCH DYNASTY'—It is a remarkable fact in the history of France, that since the time of Louis XIV., who succeeded his father Louis XIII., there has not been a single instance of the crown descending directly from father to son. Louis XV. was the grandson of Lous XIV. ; Louis XVI. was one of the grandsons of Louis XV. ; the son of Louis XVL died (query, if not murdered in the Temple). Napoleon did not succeed in transmitting the crown to his only son, who died at Schoenbrunn. Louis XVIII., brother to Louis XVI., had his brother, Charles X., for his suc cessor. The Duke of Orleans, Prince Royal, was carried off by an accident as unexpected as it was deplorable, and interrupted, it may be said, before even it com menced, the order of succession under the new dynasty. Louis Philippe I. will not have, as his royal heir, a son ; it is his grandson, the Count de Paris, son of the late Duke of Orleans, who is to be his heir presumptive to crown. _ -.-..... LLYNVI VALLEY RAILWAY.—In pursuance of the usual notice, the first general half -yearly meeting of this company, was held to-day at the Londoeravern—W. Matthews, Esq., in the chair —to receive the report of the directors, and to decide upo n th e a d option of an ex tension of their line by a short branch to tough Taine. The meeting was but thinly attended, but the report was adopted; and it was decided that an application should be made to Parliament for the branch. 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