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---- rcE, , g y s icl s . Durham sterhit k 6c ti ge; 14-- Colleg e, , deln• tor Were t , !woe orshs' l ' to b r • i ~~ ts bielf: AcieP osl° t,l• P °S tOPPICE LONDON DIRECTORY for The earliest 1847. s ll e foll o Copy of the work has been but a few days issued, and ,_ng Reviews have already appeared in the leading Metro --oetarnals Th e , IcoV. 18, 184 G. 8 4-1 3 4 Y- eighth annnitl publication of ads . tiork—the volume for biry et , ry , ksued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the old 41 Dhabeti e wh ich used to consist of little or nothing more than the „ list of tradesmen ; it-comprises now, and has for some re et ;l: _S c et , Directory," a "Trades' Directory," a "Court Di. .. 11° V 6t sPtostai Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with a inf u n y " e 7,1! tie digests. The volume appears to have been very 4 1)ofit ai r Y'Sed, and sdpplies the latest information. Of course, Normirtreat3' With Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in I ' l l la nil thanork seems to - bear the test of a search into mat e" geS have been very recent. • • • MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1846. : I sltle P a Q „ ' "" of expans . ion exhibited by this most useful annual ,kh3 e gt j 'ars really unlimited. Published duringa series of forty , n a Metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by an nage of some 14,000, and whose commerce expands in still ' , lae eett 'rure, the " Post-office Directory" has become enormously l'4na a h i _ to bulk, as also in the complicated variety df its hid's coutents The admirable success with which.the really rehahier's tl;fliculties of his task has, been overcome by the lade- M , Publisher has been proved by the experience of many years; t ti -„,, e i t e o e k d say little mer than that the present volume presents 443 f a ens es Its predecessors, of intelligent method and Inge- Z,4 in t in n i a „ n !emPot, in packing into reasonable compass, and pro ,*sages 'en' order, its millions of facts and references. Within is t lloa e e ;lery man may learn everything he ou...ht to know about '5.11 "Is co-dwelle rs i n th e great me t ropo li s , their businesses, k lYt ere!' ion • pid Y fing necessary to facilitate him in his own. I The Zkei 4st. o xension of our railway system, and the new posta ar dn's ext en ' with some continental states, have rendered necessary 4, the Post' additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance ;; . Tee• We find the information given under those heads I*'''ete b e '" And accurate as It was well possible to make them, *4 0 1; s W and recent. than we should have thought attainable in h fLon uch n uttude. Prefixed to the volume Is about the best don we happen to have met with. 1846. 4sllithilie"-,othelf°lllllNG HERALD, Nov. 21, Pro Portions of this indispensable work have hithdtto proli 'lane for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still thenlent• The. experience of 47 years has obviously en *.tallett Prietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of e,e,MPleteness, wherein every species of fact likely to be his+l3. ih"te merchant and the trader is placed within convenient lry i ti % e t _s'olume contains upwards of two thousand cl i o n s d e a ly e: ra atte `nro Pages, betokening a ofslngulaartazioshunantantat the 11 %7 t h i ea s i ve *:!_ coal pilation, and awakening ro e , 1 , 33 of the machinery which could bring within a a iii ; l 3 l, much varied .and.scatered iotelligence-embracing • "PlicitY of heads, and involving the services of vast i‘oatehed eon , tri butors. We belfdve that the present volume is not fo the whole I le su a ch a mammoth aggregat -a spe e m t ographical wonder, e information is no l foesstypographical if 4 *Pr monument of diligence and enterprise. so of Aeparate.directorles are inclu . ed .in • this huge te , l4 -, e ti o t vesjit o e n it ly ae one, it seemi, of the annual tribe destined to a —a veritable triumph. indeed, of the utilitarian or a t i b e ornamental. The "Official Directory" is a key to Thi g e Government ces, and a record of official perso -44f10a in I s followed by a te " Street Directory," exhibiting the h - r,, thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets 11: 4 4 sIo tts c i z , 1 .. /y. those at. right - angles ; while the ‘.‘ Commercial and ; t r ectory" is an alphabetical arrangement, of.,the,.above. Ai r : their r " T radeenliectory,” in which the names are allocated Vs, que!spective callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the counsel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys. &c. with a of , "le various courts of la w , th e i r officers, and their pecu 4tJtsdiction. The " C ourt Di rectory " comprises the ad tfr I s ar! nobility and gentry; and the " Parliamentary Direc -114,7, nitc" r el of the Memb ers o f th e H ouses o f L or d s and Corn- ON an al ph auetleil list of the boroughs, cities, and counties Th, Z 4t o Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of ~sdevery h ,.,%, t s l Directory" kingdoms;contai the hour of receipt and ''' re nglieu - t7,''Office in the the cities and principal ! I 'li l)1; th e rat eB . World to which malls are dispatched from , k rit d m a i ls 5.. 01 foreign postage ; the railway mails, and the e The "City Directory" registers the civic au emnPanies, the brokers, the incumbents and mi. Nir,Jance and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the N*4 At.is4tElteeeQBD.t.iir,eecwwryiu::rf' a includes the railway tables, the coach and &c. The volume closs with B t w ‘tkC j tories. These various heads will serve o indin ,tlt...`f of 8,,,."2"0us nature of the contents ; for out of them come Nsiiresenti:"dlnate !directories, which meet every conceivable the ,s 5 S curious analysis of the public and private institti fetN'trtroPolis and of the commercial world. Every person } k. , o Fider his Proper section, from a prime minister down ",Meer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg ,lle4sleself V ic Editor, in his Preface, takes occasion to congratu 'ol,llY fi rs n .„,!Ye many improvement;he has this year introduced, kir k ,l l s.",lng front the employment of " selected agents," .in itZis th; 4l flarY carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific 11 4 0t,t. th,, n , ew Postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into - fc: . 4 r at - .st of January 1847, and disturbs to a considerable -.4 trof‘er " t4 f t. Dosiage over ' a great part of the Continent, seems oltsTras, sN„"ast- e ''''`‘s ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846. _acne Is a trice London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. otsaottenpltrently limited to London, it is in reality a national Sier!tiat t o e l eading towns can will be without it. It must 14, - "f eib us rer3' counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to B„^stat „neas in and about the metropolis. It is an in -4,:stt,'lolB 8 „" Its kind; and the extent and minuteness of its a' n kaP ( l es ec e i !IVY wcnderffil. Being prepared " milder the im 10,tt and a. Patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," S' ll l.4 4 :lffiet or e ., ( ‘ ArtPletest means were, of course, at the command tot a arl er,' Reily, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo- O kl Y•ei nt , wded contents of the bulky work. The present is •111,Lrlow L a nnual publication. Few commercial or trading tt % , 11 31 lator,, -I ! r e Partieular ‘ desc . ription of the really important S% ' 1; 41 11e w att-° r l , to almost every party in any sort of business, treet„,o thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages 11 11,411 re"Dgr• Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map ' l 4 l .th er : d exPressly, its declared, for the work by Mr. et c: , „are divisions, comprising, among other informa 81;kki,,s pa Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " Law," 11 e1 ; - ‘. e„ ; ! t _amentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," 4.:a1,1k18, ma ny other Directories. Oh the" 111.)I'sssed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual to ...,_,ost-office London Directory" may be found "in all ~:, t tek : Sak4,7n the best of its predecessors." From very cone 04rTant of the marvellously full and varied contents and to noieetters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and I . ,'"'?„ an y •we hesitate not to say that this unassuming Rn ' e aliSed. It not only equals the best of its prede 011,;;;_atiort;veral Particulars it surpasses all its precursors. tmrta nk - n ot only fuller in many respects, but there are bookalterations and editions, largely adding to the use bks It is intimated, and truly, that although all t ttp Vee t „bete h"„_ l ‘ -a ,PPeared, the present volume is conspicuous ee e z „"s 'seen no relaxation in the multifarious labours 4,, to th e (h atlt l;aordlnary work. In speaking of past success, it is 4t !sos been " even in a pecuniary point of view boleti- N„''' tteau - i " , Proved by the fact that important improve stalk' las t aCerts are annually made without any increase of s'S Saba, 'slat, it is declared, " could not have been the case, e Patronage been • } tk aa St oat alta yrrimv divided." With reference to the bl e .acknowledge that it is wonderful how it k,'ittooll'etitlittsin`ug and v r id eg e e s hi uc h h g materialsv e tri m ed ee m h a e te e r d ials ee - eh an e d eeseless la. 4 1 e eoj d n e, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre t7tot,y. ration_ will the speculation answer. Among the im iB4,,Ste„ It l e 1,7 111 be found thew introduced intolhe " Postal" sat laer4i'" t te e d, singularly full, usefill, and complete ; and l'artleularida"y, it might be more truly pronounced its to t the merchant, the trader, or the pro 'iltion• A , the n y e tj e e ri . in the treaty erfeapteystwitheePtaie affecting h cau t z e d A a e -e s r t y ri e c h o n d s e i : %:),B,lo4,lll,ltano'vL..,avaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States, (^44p B n Y2 Lubeck, Mecklenburg, orbs?. bz.rBl.epovcv.itzus siticsi.e a et irt and Norway, wurtemeu g" , • arr ' a n ,, eu to' come, InT.: " c , ed " Precisely as Mel: are• L 1„er0„. - .rat of January, 1847. The other changes are not va but all t i nte lligence is announced to be brought L k ete;:oltt o , - ". e4 , as late as wa s eompatible with the appearance of eeio - , - . 41 sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the 01' th en, of the ear for which it is designed. The business i ) re work are y of the highest order, and render it, of its 'eten,, -a ghle, publication unexampled in the world for its " 8 , fulness, and usefulness. SUN, 184 e. Nov.__v is, t I4 esent is the forty-eighth annual Post-office Directo ry ." and a truly marvel! edition of the e Post -office Directory n ' t ' o b as °Os effort of compilation It of Att.. Kelly. u s,,,ythere were divers other direche bec ame the manager of this r i • tall disappeared , and IN as astonishing ' the „ in the field. They have, r - ost-office Directory" now rules .4 11 th o Pro RUcesse however has not had the effect of k:tit,;l, _ Proprietor of this gigantic Work careless. He is too Ili ; alie n of business, not to be perfectly aware that the kener "In ca n only be reaped by a continuance of the same a _ gY by which the success was in the first instanc 41 Iliad accordingly wefindt' 14 4 : 1 , a s .ven o of y more highly finished in all its elaborate arrange `‘,8„;18 former edition of the book. The extent and mi- N,,ecto,„e details furnished render the work indispensable to k tti 4 oll l `o, , ie . " kh e ' r ,_eitl and mercantile establishment. So admirably, za.ultafarious information ' digested an d arranse that I„Z„lar' Da`fc Sli g h test difficulty experienced in referring d " tO the t e t: __or o _ required to furnish the information—a marvellous itre 2,o4` o 4 _ r p o e s s e s l of arrangement in a work consisting of up 4.itn but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con- Itjilet.y:4lTset:ry7„lltnlleer,,vsatrious heads, as, for instance, the I:,%taoorttbre,. "Trades' thrreeteDi7cttoury,',Commercia,l, Nreesstreetery." the " me e ntary L P) w irec l t?Ory ree ;t er The Oitit r Y• tt ; t rY." the '` City Di e " rectory," the " Conveyance rati" s lung Directory," and some others. Many ins new Postal been introduced into the " Postal Direc -1104 L the i st POSlal treaty with Prussia, which comes into ope- It,: 1 1,0 the January next, will effect very considerable St k a4 i ,"art a,/ 7_ of postage to places in the Austrian dominions, t' l u4 "Men. Denmark, the German States, Hamburgh, Ble cklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia, NA, i',l2wedm and:Norway, Wrtemburgh, Bcc., &c. These tk 4 e4, l ,The .4_detailed in Abe "Postal Directory " of the present t o t rely d"..ric, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved tai l 'nwn naap Of London in 1847, on a scale of three r .. tl ltt o "'ert ;‘, This Directory is certainly the most complete indi;,;" offered to the public. Of not only the useful a Ine ' e nsa ble necessity of such a work, no man of busi- NI tor (0,, -'nit entertain a doubt I and considering the corn grne ~ of the information fluntabed , , and the enormous at„„"''.of capital that must have been made in order to work is i nformation,the very reasonable price at "' u nshed la really wonderfbl. k , 6 4 it s 4 14,41,a G LOBE, Nov. 21, 1846. sl 4 lb i ne e Work, the " Post-office Di rec t o ry," has just k ti t ` t :ls eh this c for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infer -4.141N• Qes sary r ' e k contains makes it ' not only desirable but ab tj'‘4rnscareelya Part of the office furniture of every man of It, i c es a,‘6l.te'r abethingnecee nary. Indeed, for every one else, who fo as enh lg i reai n u „.___Oncernlng the trades, professions, form, the kte g rlg tej te curiZZ Mils. Its its present extended t n its p rese _}:S the labour and expense which it has been itn -1811,13,,,,he str, rn ,t l, l,' I t t.. l l,atia of perfection must have Leh tt and admire -the pages, one hardly kr v m e ws which a a 1 ,. - natillatt liSt„."aes, VrlTe t g e n x i t e ud el e e netf thearr aet.titgyemwehnietharend. 11, to"' the V," o "' r i`he classification of the various profes entbnen:tiler, absawmiell to;, ; te;:f Lona on k o r l the ti o t n n e eetirt, commercial, and law t d o e f ar t hte ot!lsttintis kind s e s m of Informa (Lnd the th gr e e a e r t ra m n u ge N 4 „, i rturnunic at ; o t n ed With the Post-office, and the different V4rbbrerde4tred• or a . s a i lake it altcsgether as complete a The . Q(4l.eete ci ' doTru ntainS an excellent well nossibletQL, of 7.4 4 ;1 an . d the to the l at e e x st ee s i t i r e i l d d es M o l ft bricks and Mortar." „ r ty..,Z,ttRLY StOrlt Cs'lth su it _ PATCH', Nov. 15. 1846. tt;'ol"aa ns ju s t ~_ea publication of this highly important and I.‘l, t 'as s o "'an issued • • confess that its bulky ", NI ' rPrieed and WO most • ita i " tho kt n s un t a ter not a little o , k th ha ve in ed, although the expense".f Pont:toting the Ykiti e 14•0 Priet creas ed, we are pleased at the liberality of we reflect that t•SNathereetaleede.r• In a oaffinseraial point of view, perhaps, t , stet s is „- 0 Much useful matter. Among other infer- Vt, „ N.__ efillal Directory," a''' straut Directory,'' a k i ii t ot ; rt ." a " Trades' Directory," 1, 4 1 t 4 S4"` c ra,o g recth rY." a " ParlianunititrY Di r A nt°77 ' " a B:,l!ito tt ', l _ k w. a ` Conveyance Dir,;ctory," and a to " Law Dire -1,41 N!4,1 4,1 ' 1 ot 4i ; to tha t, t the volume contains mash that is Interesting af l sa t 4 3' r"aa nlan, the Merchant, th to rati, 13 Well as to the gentlem an who occasionally 'the Jawyer, and per tie"' r-very ant cor r,,T „ an ke ••sst i „_-eseription of information 1 1 4 5 ` l l4 ; ' ' Teo ) t 's and si ll ' l . Period t and that information fi ranged lly € , (l and ralfficity which must have involved great Pre - Ll t "tl,l4to,,,,'Zrav ed exertion of body, Sewed with the book is an l ir k qte`rer e -w i. fa a „ M alt of London more extended and accurate as !Ice Eis anY 'nap we have e seen i and to make it as corn t'4,l4;4Tt.;.l'\iltes `%ere r r 1 1 1 , , e 1 e n . almanac is introduced, In the_" c P o o n st t a i ! Ut il, l4 t 's k owl icent, in __ rates with various parts of the AI. So s u , peration en the Ist of January - pieta,V: ot he rOasses should its predecessors ; and wo are directorie have gone to the tomb of i t l 4 ‘l B ' , t ‘llll 4 ti,N 01)4 - BULL, Nov. 28, 1846. ath 1 1' 11 '0 r a ai: l is already comnleted and published: but as ttt ot svith •8 t, th, oN rate which it must have passed through the t' , l ,!,. s4 44ar eh lges ari a d g e a r l ed nst , its careful accuracy , hery rweceemnta3cleemeeasne -16762)4'f0r Renfrew ee s e b s i s r a e e , Y ar b e y d i nly v a e ttended to. (See 'lt vti l beo d t v ai "e have so frequently expressed our approba -41,4„ Liable work that wa hardly know how to vary t 4t ? dite etn • r lt contains' everything which can possible be whr to thi s full, se we em add -nib the extre-le, so c.oropreheusive are all dep arme accuracy which rea ch j a ne ent, we know not what (Ise csa be said m kn itet - ,?. t . e , qua bY which such voluminous inffirMation is A ...tie 4 ---. „...° 4 P e rintericted so as to avoid errors, Must of h~ t •serieaities" of modern literature. a "le 14,tt4,abe ilAi"heounitiaa id ATLAS, Akar. 28, 1846. br ought out even without re** pretension, t ka th e dtspenscg.holl"."'a to every gentile Man's library, gYary mer th,„,Btron„, se,sreand every trader's shop, But edited; as this its materials being noll4etad through the cotnn;:a.nesre, and embracing in its mega every head of k' n 'tsi;T_a n s i e ntelligence essential to the completeness of j'lta tt ;' APOSO that any house, public or private, thoi t • T h . "C of reference, will be without this compels , !'it i „,eso„,"Etat i n $" ar rangement Is admirable. You can find any i nottnerd. All beads are clear and complete ytit 10,,, ,o, street. • .kt a . 4 7.1y 0 -atzes, hotels; forming, upon the whole, rmation sueh as could not Ise brought together industry, missed D 1 An ci tits 5•91413414 9f All 1 / 1 ~., , „, , ~ , , 1 --- f - !, ... *ip . , , r - .A117:1 • , . , t , . ',Jr - 44 \ . b , _ , - ; A „.• , , , . _ , k 1 , 1 7 , '! , . " vizi, • --\ '', LA tA : , . g -f. .'" . ': . - l . •- - ‘, ' A ~-,,_ t -v., L , . ------_ , 4... ) ......., . -1 , -, , ti:'; Lt ,,- 4614....._ . __ 1... .-,4 .i _ ...... ---,, ~..7 4., C: \ 4 \ . ' . 3--- ("'• l':.. ~,'. ~ ? '''' F:"4ti L,--'::-At,.., _ c -. o r a , ---ii ! -- Z , ' '''''4 4 A'r.2.,•,-,,,,,,, .: ~,. i,;-` 4 - '0" ~, ...-4,.% ,,, ; "1 % , e,t2''' ' , ' , ;(4,,4,., 4 ,.......:: : ‘, 1 9 , 7 7 p-A '}: '2' eircift "'" ..14 . 1 Ok - , \ ' • cfP 4. itT1,v3..‹... C____ . ,/- ~.f'A ~.,. '''',:,'S.Z '`'' '''.:s°. __.)" 7'''' .4.- ."-..,,, ,'-' 0 ,1., 1 ,,,,,' - C'k' ''-, ' ' b/F •1. Y,... - l'i.--.\., t h . ' ' ' ''4-th . n. " . W ' '...-- . C • r. - ii -- - - s' ' - ," - ii; . 4.4 - ' , ' ,--- .., -...0 , '" `--• ' ' ' i ' ' ' ,,, ,j , ' ~...- '''---- 1 .4, 1 , At Vt"?;:g , iV,._2J.,.....,,, , ,6: ' DROII. , _ , , N v. k . ____--- + mt 9 .19 c . 7 N , 2 1 ~' DEcEMBER 12, 1846, LONDON, SATURDAY IVA 45, 3 , 7 \O. 16,921.. requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 28, 1846. This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the work is not referable to its• more connexion with the Post Office ; for an important change has been gradually introduced into the manner of collecting, the, information ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has Peen confided to selected agents entirely unconnected with the Post Office, this being in great part the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor rested content with his past success, but has introduced many im portant alterations in this volume for 1847, and added to its bulk without any increase in price. The " Postal Directory" is especially improved; and there are numerous changes throughout the volume to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effusion, to be see in another column ; and we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find Mathis labours are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun try this is an indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. The new volume of the Post Office Directory for 1847 Is already in oar hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so laborious, ex' ensive, and minute, could be in ally degree improved. It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former reputation, it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The produc tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness hay placed in the hands of the commercial pablic a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying on the business of this vast metropolis, which would indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense it it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have theopportunity of judging for themselves on purchasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated. ATIONAL LOAN PUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, • 1, .26 COENHILL, LONDON. • - Capital £500,000. • Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the nremiums paid (see Table) ; ilso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in crests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible ides. The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in eeember of the present year. • F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. E NGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION. 12, Waterloo-place, London; 119, Princes-stnet, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. Subscribed Capital, One Million. LIFE ASSURANCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND ENDOWMENTS. A union of the English and Scottish Principle of Assurance. A COMPREHENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in onnexion with Life Assurance, on undoubted personal or other ecurity. The Assured participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. A RGUS ASSURANCE COMPANY, - - 39, .THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Ilumphery Esq., Alderman William Banbury, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas c an , n. E sq . .leremlah Pllcher, Esq. James CHB, Esq. Lewis I'ocock, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, s Esq. PHYSIeIAN-Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square. SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUAGT—Professor Ball, of King's College. LOW RATES 'OF PREMIUM. Persons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest rates of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured, and which is. in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have likewise the ,security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance Fund of nearly a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of upwards of 60,0001., arising from the issue of between 5,000 and 6,900 Policies. ANNUAL PREMIUM TG ASSURE £lOO, Age. --- - 20 .£0 17 3 30 1 1 3 40 1 5 0 50 1 14 1 3 2 4 GO For One Year. I For Seven Years. I Whole Term. £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 7 0 £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 One-halt of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit for seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a debt upon the policy at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any time without notice. Policies assigned as a security to others, will not be rendered void in consequence of death by suicide. duelling, or by the hands of jus tice. In case of death by the above causes, where the Policies are not assigned, the gross amount if Premiums received will be returned. Claims paid in one moil after proofs have been ftunished. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock, and Policies issued the same day. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. FREEMASONS' AND GEN ERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London. Business transacted in an the Branches, and for all objects of Life Assurance, Endowments, and Annuities, and furnished by to secure contingent Reversions, & c. Information and prospectuses JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. N ATIONAL BANK O Notice is hereby given, that the Court of Directors of the F IRELAND. National Bank of Ireland have declared a DIVIDE ND on the paid up capital of the Company after the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum, for the half-year ending the 31st day of December, 1846, and the warrants for the payment of the same will b ready for delivery cm and after MONDAY th e 11th d a y o f January, 18 4 7, bet ween the hours of ten and thr ee o ' c l oc k , at t h e C om pany's face' 13, Old Broad street. London, an d a t the b ranches o f the society in Dub lin, Ath lone, Bailin, Ballinasloe, Boyle, Carrick-on-Suit, Cash el, Castelrea, Charleville, Clonakilty, Cl onme l, C or k, D l lagarVail, Ennis, o i rthy, Fennoy, Galway. Kanturk, Kilken y, Killarney, Kilr ush, L Ennis emaetreick Mitchelstown, mo , Nensgh , New lioss ' Rathkeale. be Thurles, Tipperary, Tralee, Tuam, Waterford, West poreen, Tallow, rt, and Wexford. _ _ 'R os common, Roscre a, tiklb- And further notice is hereby given, that the transfer books of the Company will be closed from Saturday the 19th day of Deeem),er instant, until after the day fi xed for the delivery of the dividend warrant. By order of the Court of Directors, 13, Old Broad-street, London, 9th Decem N be . r B ,.l l S% l l. a, Secretary. 4t WHAT GIFT could h e more accepta bl e than one of those life-like —almost speaking—portraits which Mr. Beard's art can now produce."—Watelnan. .‘ From the increased sensitiveness of the plat es , they can now be g ta o k o o d ll a i s n i f the d t u h l e le s s u t o s s v h e i a n t e h7_, , i r f i in t m os t densely foggy, in a ll respects as Mr. BEARD, sole patentee, 85, King William-street, City 34, P a rliament-street, Westminster ; and the Royal Polytechnic Institu• tion, Regent-street. • SILVER PLATE, New and Second-hand.-- T, COX SAVORY and Co.'s Pamphlet of Price., with out lines, may be bad gratis, or will be sent post free if applied for by a paid letter. The contents are the prices, weights. and patterns of new and second-hand Silver Spoons avol Forks; new and second hand Pea and Coffee 4 ervices, Waiters, Silver-edged Plated Goods, the new plated' on - White metal Spoons and Forks, Watches, Clocks, Cutlery, Ladles' Gold Neck Chains and Jewellery. r. COX SAVORY and Co., 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Grace. c h urc h-street), London. pATENT ELASTIC BANDS, warranted nr. , t to be affected by the cold or heat of any season or climate. These Rings or Bands are uses instead of Tape or String, for hold ing Papers and Parcels of every description. One of those Rings is instantly placed round a Packet of Papers, a Roll of Maps, Prints, Music, &c., holding the same firmly and se ep.rely, saving the_ time cu , d trouble of tying, yet allowin4 a very greri,t q.eldition or reduction without any loss of compactness. Th4Y are Weil adapted for Garters, (a size being selected which re quires little stFetphing); also for the Waist and different parts of the Body; Surgical Ilaiglupst and for a variety of Surgical and Manu facturing purposes. These Bands are also very suitable for Fastening the Covers of Preserve and Pickle Jars, Bottles, &a. to ad44lon to the above, there is a great variety of uses, too nu merons W tpeation, for which these Bands may be applied with ad vantage, and new applications will constantly suggest themselves when in use. 1 ;;;: , .v may be had of two thicknesses, and are sold in Box'es of six dozen eae::, of assorted sizes, price 6d. per box and upwards. Bands May 40 had to order of various widths and thicknesses. *.,* The ahove krticles are sold by all Stationers and Dealers in Metallic Pens. WiWMlt' and for Exportation by Perry and Co., at No. 37, Red 4aulon ; and also by Charles Macintosh cu,, Manufacturers, Manchester and Birmingham. FQT %TOPPING DECAYED TEETH, Patronised by her Ido4csty, hls Royal Highness Prince Albert, and her Reya4 Hui Duchess of K.nt. THOMAS and W A.14,1)'$ SUCCEDA- N2EUM for Stopping Decayed eet }! howavUr large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in ft soft Stele, Vill; au' pressure or pain, SPOn becomes as hard a s the ene ma' , irftosin firm in the tocat tOr Inapt' years, rendering extraction untIacPSSUIT, and arresting the fl4/4ei PrPgrAghl Of decay. All persons can use ibis 41 full directions are enclosed. Succedanmum themselvet with eig.e i Price 2s. 6d. Prepared ohly by Whougo and Howard, Surgeon Den ts, 64, Berners-street, Oxford.street, lf 41 send it into the coaatry free by post. by Savory, clO, Itegow,rs4gpt I Sanger, 150, ox:font-West ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Johnson, 48, Corlibp; and all Nediehle Vendors it; the kingdom. Mr. Howard continues to su pply the loss of teeth ,on his ss.• system of self-adhesion, without springs Of wires. This metiod doss nOf rNtiire the extraction of any teeth or Toole, IV any Pgo(l4 OPeR,U,V W44iever, and is less expensive than others. Dlr. gowasd, 514kg004 kcv.i.s 7 6¢ f Berners- One; Qzord-streot. At 4v4iG (NM . • • i i • EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEc. 9, 1x46. A_ HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, 'Plat a PROPRIETOR of EAST INDIA STOCK has given notice, that at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th inst., he will submit the following motion, viz. : " That referrine, to the services which the native :truly of India has rendered to the state, from its first formation, referring more es pecially to its more recent services in Ilurrnali, AlTglirtnistan, in Shte, and upon the !tanks of the Sutlej, this yturt earn:aly re commends to the Court of Directors to take such measures Xs they may think proper for improving theilrospects of tha' artily." JAMES C. 3IELV ILL. Secretary. SOCLETY O F ART S. President—H.R.H. PRINCE .ALBE D.C.L., F.R.S. SESSION XCIII. The FirSt Ordinary Meeting of the SOCIETY of ARTS will be held at the'Great Room at the Society's House, John-street, on WEDNESDAY, 16th Dr comber, 1846. ROGET, Sec. R.S., Vice-President, in Rotation. The Business will commence-at Eight o'Clock precisely. ,The foIIowing,COMMUNICATIONS will be made : Opening Address of the Council on the recent yrocezdingQ, present duties, and future prospects of the Socie.y. On the First Principles of Symmetrical Beauty, and their applica tion in certain Branches of the Art of Design. By D. It. HAY, Decorative Painter to her Majesty in Scotland. On the Principles employed In the recent Decorations of the Great Hall of the Society of Arts. By;D. B. HAY. The following SUBJECTS will be laid on the table: — A Specimen of American' Photography, presented by Mr. R. LAWRENCE, of New York., . Two Specimens of Needlework, in imitation of the Embroidery of the Middle Ages. By M!ss KING. Specimens of the Enamelled Pearl Glass. By Mr. LANE. • TO be SOLDJURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of SK IPWORTH vends SKIP WORTH, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the White hart Inn, in Chelmsford, la the county of Essex, sometime in the month of January next, of which due notice will be given. A COPYHOLD MESSUAGE, known as the RED LION INN, with the barns, stables, and outbuildings, thereto belonging, situate at Latchington, in the county of Essex, late the property of Mr. William Skipworth, and holden of the Manor of Snoreham, in the said county of Essex. Particulars whereof may shortly be had (gratis) at the said Mas ter's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Mr Thomas Kirk, solicitor, Symond's-inn ; of Mr. E. w. Banks, so licitor, Witham, Essex ; of Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, the tenant of the ernisegf iitsl'at•the place of Sale.. • - • Dated Bth December, 1846. OLBORN-HILL, SNOW-HILL, AND FARRINGDON-STREET VIADUCT COMJ'.tSY. (Registered Provisionally,) Capital 200,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 101. emh. Deposit :Is. per Share. COMMITTEE. Bell, William, Esq., D.P., Grafton-street East, London University Clay, Richard, Esq., Eastcheap Duncan, John Busher, Esq., M.A., Barrister-at-Law, Brick-Court, Temple Olding, Edward, Esq., Tottenham-court-road, late Union-street, Southwark Thomas, Frederick William, Esq., Old Broad-street, City, and South gate With power to add to the number. ENGINEER —John Stead, Esq ARCHITECT—George Smith, Esq. SOLICITORS— llessrs. Carritt and Osgood. PARLIAMENTATY AGENTS—Messrs. Williamson, Rill, Lefroy and Smith. BANKER.S—Ths Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. SECRETARY—CharIes Thomas, Esq. The allotment of Shares in this Company will take place on Turs- D AY, the 15th of December instant, after which day no further appli cations can be received. In the mesintime all further applications are to be made to Messrs. Can - itt and Osgood, Solicitors, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall- Street, at whose offices plans may be inspected and prospectuses ob tained. December 7, 1846. G REAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The Directors of this Company are prepared to RECEIVE (under the powers of their Acts of Incorporation) TENDERS for LOA NS of MONEY for Three or Five Years, in sums not less than 500/, on security of Denentures, BEARING INTEREST at the rate of FIVE PER CENT. per Annum. The interest payable half-yearly, on 30th June and 31st December in each year, in London or Dublin, at the option of the lender, Tenders (stating amount and term of years for which it is proposed to be lent), to be addressed to the Secretary. By order, WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. 3, College-green, Dublin, September 9, 1846. G REAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). Notice is hereby given, that the TRANSFEft BOOKS of this Corn pany will be CLOSED from and after THURSDAY, the 31st day of December, 1846, to MONDAY, the Ist day of February, 1847. By order, WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. 3, College-green, Dublin, sth December, 1846. DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, and WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION, and DIRECT EAST and WEST JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the Deeds, as required by the Stand in/ Orders of Parliament, now lie for Signature at the offices of the Company, between the hours of Eleven and Four. 01,1 Scrip not exchanged for New on or before Monday, the 21st instant, will be declared forfeited. By order, R. S. MACKENZIE, Sec. 4, Queen -square, Westminster, Dec. 9, 1846. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY (Oxford and Bletchley and Buckingham and Beackley Junction Railways). Shareholders are informed that the Sealed Certificates in this undertaking have, during the past week, been sent to all persons (or their ents) who t.ansmitted their Scrip for Registration before the 24th November last. WINDHAM HARDING, Secretary. 30, Great George-street, Westminster, Dec. 12, 1846. THE GREAT NORMERN RAILWAY. LONDON AND YORK EXTENSION RCRIP SHARES, of 251 each, issued Ist December, 1845. Deposit 2/. 10s, per share, psi Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with the terms upon which the London and York Extension Scrip Shares were issued, and with the resolution adopted at the First General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Great Northern Railway, hell 25th Ju y, one year's interest (at the rate of 4 per cent. to the Alth June lass, and 5 per cent. to 31st December instant), bring 2s. 31 per share, will he payable upon the said Extension Scrip Shares on and after the let JANUARY. 1847. The Holders are required to send in to this Office, after the 15th DECEMBER instant, their London and York Extension Scrip Shares, with a ticket attached thereto, containing full particulars of the num bers of the Scrip so sent in, their names In full, and addresses. As soon as examined, the Scrip will be returned, accompanied i y a war rant for the interest thereon. This notice applies only to the London and York Extension Scrip Shares. By order. J. R. MOWATT, Secretary. Offices, 7, Lothbury, London, Dec. 9, 1846. Nora.—To all proorietors of Great Northern Shares registered on 31st of December. 1846. warrants for the half.year's Interest at Five per Cent., due 31st of December, 1846, will be issued, payable on and after 15th of January, 1847. Parties who hold London and York, or Direct Northern Scrip Shares, are reminded that they cannot receive the interest which _ _ will, on 31st of December, be due thereon, or that due 30th of June last, until they shall have Registered such Scrip as Great Northern Shares. PUBLICATIONS Now ready, with ten Portraits, a Plan of the Movernentq of the Army of the Sutlej, coloured, and a Map of the Blst Julindhur, lately ce , ied to Britain, in two volumes Bvo. THE WAR between the SIKHS and the BRI TISH in 1845-1846. By Dr. W. L. INPGREGOR, Surgeon of the Honourable Company's Ist European Light Infantry. James Madden, 8, Leadenhall-street ; Charles Smith, Edinburgh , Cumming and Ferguson, Dublin ; Thomas Murray, Glasgow. LAW REFORM. Price 2s. A LETTER to the LORD CHANCELLOR on the REFORM of the LAW. By JOHN GEORGE PHILLIMORE. James Ridgway. Piccadilly; and all Booksellers MR. PERCY ST. JOHN'S CHRISTMAS TALE, Now ready, and may be had of every Bookseller in Town and Country. Now ready, price 55., profusely illustratrated from Designs by - - J. W. Archer, THE FIRESID E, a Domestic Tale. By PERCY B. ST JOHN, Author of " Eagle's Nest," " Trapper's Bride." " The Enchanted Rock," and " White Stone Canoe.'! Price 3s. Gd. each. H. K. Lewis, 15, Gower-street North ; Simpkin and Marshall ; and all Booksellers. Captain Cuddy arrived in town on Tuesday last "I'm Brighton. The Earl of Belmore's plate was lodged in the Bank of Ireland for safety on Tuesday. It was brought up from his Lordship's residence at Castlecool e by one of the Champion's vans, drawn by six horses. —Cork Southern Reporter. We learn that the head-quarters division of the 49th Regiment, now stationed in this garris , •n, have generously come forward with a subscription in aid of the destitute poor. This act of kindness originated with the men. Since their arrival in Galway this gallant regiment have conducted themselves with the strictest propriety, and their generous contribution on the present occasion will go far towards strengthening the good will which subsists between them and all classes of the in habitants.--Galway l4!ercurp4 viz.:- FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE. . The Gazelle of• last evening contains a notice from the Speaker that he intends to issue a new writ for the Eastern Division of the county of Worcester, in the room of the late John Barneby, Esq. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 11, 1846. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT County of Renfrew—Colonel William More, of Caldwe in the room of Patrick Max ,v 4 .1l Stewart, Esq., deceased. WA R-OFFICE, DEC. 11. let Regiment of Life Guards—Corporal Major George Andrews to be Adjutant ( wit h the rank of Cornet and Sub• Lieutenant), vice Anderton, promoted, Dec. 11. Is!. Dragoon Guards—Lieut. James Peach Peach to be Cap tain by purchase, vice Sands, who retires. Cornet William Gray Draper to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peach. Cornet Emanuel Bradhury; from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Draper, Dcc . 11. Ist Dragoons—Cornet Harry Croft to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King, who retires • Michael Stocks, Gent., to be Cornet, by purcha e, vice Croft, Dec. 11. 14th Light Dragoons--Cornet William Greenham to be Lieutenant, by 'purchase, Vice Smith, who retires; Thomas Barrett, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Greenham. Dec. 11. Ist or Grenadier Regimont of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Edward G. Wynyard to be Adjutant, vice Home Purvis, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Dec. 11. oth Foot—Captain Felix Ahhpitel, from the 16th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dutic, n ho exchanges, Dec. 11. 9th Foot—Major Henry Horatio Kitchener, from the 29th Foot, to be AL,jor, vice Sinith, who exchanges. Sept 21. 12th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant William Edward Crofton to have the rank of Lieutenant, January 5 ; Design John Reynolds Palmer to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice .Lawrence, dec'ased, J anu ary 6 ; Ensign Thomas George Vereker to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Palmer, whoge promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled; Gentleman ectde George Newton Fendall, from to be Ensign , without purchase, vice Vereker; Sergeant - Major Alexader Nesbitt to be Quartermaster, Dec, 11. • ,t the Royal Military College, x 16th Foot—Captain Charles Durie, from the sth Foot, to be Captain, vice Ashpitel, wh o exchanges, Dec. 11. 21st Foot—Captain Robe-t S pr i ng, from the 53d F oo t , t o t.). 29th Foot—MajoreCaptain ,vice Bia Ffrench, t who' echanges, Sept. 18. ,thew.sirirtk from the 9th Foot, to be Major, vice Kitchener, who excha nges; S ekt.: N . 30th Foot—Lieut. Alexander Macdonald to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major .Robert Alexander An drews, who retires upon full pay, Dec. 11. 53d Foot—Captain Thomas Ffrench, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice Spring, who exchanges, Sept. 18. 55th hoot—Lieutenant Edmund Pitman to Ise Captain, by purchase, vice Edwardes, who retires; Ensign Reginald Yonge Shipley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pitman, Dec. 11. 80th Foot—Ensign the Honourable John Howe Montague Browne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Robert• son, deceased; Gentleman Cadet William Paterson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Browne, Dec. 11. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant John Bradley to be Adjutant, vice Remmett, who has resigned the Adjutantcy only. Serjeant-Major Andre er. Coakley, from the 15th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Macdonald, deceased, Dec. 11. STAFF. Brevet Colonel William George Cochrane, on half-pay Unattached. to be Deputy Adjutant General to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Major-General Thomas Erskine Napier; Brevet-Colonel Robert Christopher Manse!, on half-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Major-General Philip Bainbrigge ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Alexander Mackenzie Fraser, on halt-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving in Canada, vice Major-General the Hon. Charles Gore, Dec. 11. BREVET. The following officers were omitted in the list of promo. (ions, by brevet, published in the Gazette of 10th November, 1846: To be Colonel in the Army — Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonald Robertson, half pay unattached, N ov . 9. lake, hbaelfLpieauyteunannat:tCacohloande,lNionv.th9e. Army— Major J. W e st- OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 10. Corps of Royal E ng ineers—First Lieutenant Phili p J o h n Stapleton Barry to be Second Captain, vice Pipon, deceased ; Second Lieutenant Berdoe Amherst Wilkinson to be First Lieutenant, vice Barry, Nov. 17. MEMORANDUM _ The dates of the promotions of the under -mentioned offi cers have been altered as follows, viz.:— Second Captain 11. St. G. Ord, 29th October, 1846. Second Captain Richard Tylden, 9th November, 1846. First Lieutenant E. M. Grain, 29th October, 1846. First Lieutenant C. S. Akers, 9th November, 1846. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 10. This day, in pursuance of pleasure, the fol ,wing Flag Officers of her Majesty's Fleet were promoted, Admiral of the White, John Erskine Douglas, Esq. To be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue, Joseph Bullen, Esq. To be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red, Sir Eiward William Campbell Rich Owen, K.C.8., To be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White, Thomas James Mailing, Esq. To be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue, Richard Curry, Esq., C. C.11 , To be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red, Thomas Browne, Esq., To b e e Vice-Admiral i o r f h a t lo e f tp v e hi ß te l , ue. Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason, K.C.B. To be near -Admiral of the Red. I:car-Admiral of the Blue, Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., K.C.H. To b 3 Rear-Admiral of the White. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Morley, jeweller, Oxford-street, to snrrender Dec. 18, at half-past two, and Jan. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Spyer, Broad- street buildings, City. James Jeffs, saddler, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, Dec. 1, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Walters and Co., Syrnond's Inn. John Hallowell, maltster' Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 22, at half-past ten, and Jan. 24 at one, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Harle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Chisholme, Hall , and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-tields. Henry Cochr.ane, merchant, Manchester, Dec. 23, and Jan. 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. 11 bson, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple; Bagshaw, Stevenson, and Lycett, Manchester. William Hayes shipwright, Liverpool, Dec. 31, 19, at eleven, at the Li verpoo l District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpo o l ; K e i g h tley and C o., Chancery lane; Hetherington a n d C o ., Li verpool. Nicholas Broad, tea-d ea l er , B r i stol, Dec. 24 an d J a n. 26, at eleven, at the Brist o l Di s t r i ct C ourt. Hutton, official assig nee, Bristol ; Hartley, B r i s t o l . and Jan. Charle- Wilcockson and William Sharpe Barrick, stock brokers, Kingston-upon-Hull, Dec. 23 and Jan. 20, at ten, at the Town-h a ll, Ki ngst on-upon -Hull. Kynaston , o fficial as •ignee, Hull ; T i l son an d C u., Coleman-street, and Smith, Hull. City ; Wells DIVIDENDS DECLARED. T. Pulvertoft, iron master, Spalding—a div. of 2s. 4d. in the pound, on Thursday, Dec. 10, an d th ree f o llowing Thurs days,.at the office of Mr. Ilelcher, King's Arras-yard, Moor gat e-street. IL C. Turner, builder, Iloundsditch—a div. of 2s. in the pound, on Thursday, Dec. 10, and three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Weller, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate street. T. H. Williams, merchant, Manchester—a div. of 20s. in the pound, on any 'Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, M , uch ester. J. Parr, corn dealer, South Wharf-road, Paddington—first div. of Is. in the pound, on Saturday, Dec. 12, and two fol lowing Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane, City. W. Locks, timber-merchant, Leonard-street, Shoreditch— first div. of 4s. fid. in the pound, on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lan e City. C. Pope, copper manufacturer, Bristol—sixth div. of 3 1 4 d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. A. A. Mackey, N. J. W. Holt, anti J. H. Mackey, mer chants, St. Helen's-place, lii , hopsgate- street, Jan. 4, at twelve—H. W. Aorley, tailor, Dean-street, Soho, Dec. 30. at eleven--W. M. Morley, warehouseman, Bread-street, Cheap side, J4n. 13, at one. In the Country. G. Cleverley, builder, Caine, Wiltshire, Jan. 7, a t eleven, at the Bristol District Court—C. Burrows and J. Gliddon, brewers, Plymouth, Jan. 13. at eleven, at the Exeter Dis trict Court—S. Budd, grocer, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court —H. Morris, grocer. Stourbridgs, Jan. 12, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. (IEItiIFiCATES !a be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. R. Bradly, jeweller, Bishopsgate-street Without, Jan. 8— :nJaj Jan. I—J. . --k2l baker :,.. R. Watson, silk mercer, York, Jan. 6—J. Mortimer, wool stat,ler, Bradford, Yorkshire, Jan. 6—E. Williams, ' draper, Northop, Flintsbire, Jan. I—S. Budd, grocer, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, Jan. 12— F. Butler, ironmonger, Stafford, Jan. 2 —S. Roden, licensed victualler, Wellington, Shropshire, Jan. irliir zeeta : tiiw,t — i,cli 1 oi T twi lio . snono T :dna l :I chemist, i tit i e t ai i a rirl s no , cre d ri draper, s p : :t e ,nr r 1, , t. cit!, Maids-hill(na b i ?n s ; t o GeE c Li lo k aoi,s , nut l cse:oe soj e l i mant e nes e erh. i : t islhr e e—ei r i s sej h h, J. i i r rEaj t e . ;la grocer, Bir- Redruth, Corth, Cornwall, Jan. I—W. Coulter, ken head, Cheshire, Jan. I—W. Aston, machine maker, Lapley, Staffordshire, Jan. I—G. England, clothier, Basing- Manchester-- hall-street, Jan. I—C. Collins, commission agent, King Wil liam-street, City, Jan. I—J. Evans, dealer in guano, Liver pool, Jan. 2-0. Grant, tailor, Kidderminster, Jan. I—W, Conuett, cabinet maker, Exeter, Jan. 1-I,v I) "• -"rook, stuff merchant, Manchester, Jan. 1. t e dl y aßn a d. nd IL Southern, Manchester), Dix PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, , L , e N l o g o a ti r e d n , d s r h a a p r e e rs,D brokers, ud l e y, Worcester- N„ r th Riding—W. Hulley and J. and jidir.jeAlla..7ll3lVd.e.aljAVr.Vd°Ra°alladniock, milliners, Buntingford, Herefordshire— 11. W. and H Herbert, chemists, Langley -place, Commer cial-road, East—G. Redgate, J. Brentuall, and T . Wesson, lace manufacturers, Nottinghatn—T2 Bird, a Watson, E. Littia Bolton, Lancashire —L. W. Bland, R. Coultas, R. N. Cox, and N. King. coal merchants, P ll i t e i l l ' t e oc i i n , Wright and R. A. Cochrane, Paper manufacturers, Charlford, Gloucestershire—J. and B. Hirst, coverlit manufacturers, Liversedga, Yorkshire —J. Buchanan, J. Ainge, and T. A hired, umbrella m anufacturers, Oxford-street —J. 'Shepherd, , r , 0 lier Yorkshire,maker:, W. Wilkinson, G. Hill, and J. S p ink, machine makers, Leeds—J. Barrett and W. A. Phillips, toy manuf ac t urers, Goswell-street, St. Luke—T. and J. Buinpus, booksellers, Holborn-bars—W. Heelas, W. lleelas, jun., and J. Ileelas, hosiers, Wokinghatn, Berkshire —J. and G. Mayall, cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS, Peter Kane, merchant, Fort-William, Dec. 15 and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Caledonian Hotel, Fort-William. W. Teller and Co., Gilgit Waters; GlasPwe Dee, 16 and Jan. 9. at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Murray and Smith, Glasgow. Robert Colville, bookbinder, Glasgow, Dec. 17 and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Fleming, Glasgow. Pit.loE SD. man cannot make the OCCa sion, but he may take good care to be in a condition to avail himself of it when it occurs. The highest politic ,al, as well as military em ployments, are open to th e • army; and you are aware . there generally a military officer in the Supreme Council of India. With such duties, such responsibili ties, and such high rewards before you, I am sure I need not stimulate you to a contin uance o f your praiseworthy xertions, eminently to qualify yourselves for the public service, not only by protef.sional asquir ments. but by a a.eneral acquaintance with science tied literature. I urge study as valuable, not only for its own immediate fruit- in the acquisition of knowledge, but as a preservativs against low and demoralising pursuits. I know not, .n. re wretched being, or one mare exposed to peri , o.e temptations, than an Indian officer without atis literar castes or resources. He is frequently liable to be detaelis-1 where there is not perhaps anotheeEuropean ; and ye n are aware, that when in cantonments, the usual parades an(' drills are over before seven o'clock guring a great port .f the year. How, let me ask you, are you to pass you line, perhaps eight or ten hours, when exposure to it un is attended with imminent danger? The young riffle, ind of reading, and with literary tastes,will pass his lints in preparing himself for the duties of his profession, are in keeping up his classical and scientific knowledge, tha lie may be enabled to resume his position on his r, • urn to his native land. I almost dread to place beton ou the means resorted to by the illiterate sluggard e kill that time that might be so usefully emplo, co .Vithaut resources, he lounges about, seeking some com anion as vacant and as listless as himself ; sometimes .ourting slumber that does not soothe, and sleep that toes not; refresh ; perhaps injuring his constitution by leedless exposure to the sun, and, I fear, too often ruin rig his health and his character by the excitement, of aaming and wine. Why do I place before you a picture um which I feel assured your youthful mind will shrink with instinctive horror and disgust? Believe me, it is not that I doubt the purity of your feelings, or the moral rectitude of your intention. It is because it is my anxious and earnest desire to impress you, not only with the advantages of literary habits and pursuits, but with the frightful perils and dangers to which idleness—that parent of all human ill—must inevitably expose you. Do not suppose that it is my desire to counsel you to live recluse, or to cl, bar you from the pleasures of society, or manly amusements and recreations. No such thing. Indulge in them in all moderation, and they will render you more useful, and perhaps better men. But I be seech you, beware of that listless vacuity of mind which would equally unfit you for duty and true enjoyment, and must render your lives useless to the state and bur densome to yourselves. You who are about to pro ceed to India were present when last I had the plea sure of addressing the young gentlemen in this semi nary, and I hope I need not again urge the topics I hen more particularly dwelt upon. I need not tell English youth to remember in their future career the country which gave them birth, and never, in camp or in field, to discredit it. Courage in action, cool ness in danger, and calm endurance of fatigue and privation, are the characteristics of our nation. But there are qualities, less showy but not less necessary. which must be cultivated with equal care. The union of firmness with gentleness in command—the exercise of promptness and cheerfulness in obedience. Remember that a soldier's first and paramount duty is obedience— a ready, willing, confiding, and uninquiring obedience. I need not tell you that without obedience there cannot be discipline, and without discipline there cannot be an army. You may assemble, in countless multitudes, the bravest, the hardiest, and the most daring of men, but without discipline they cannot form an army. They will prove a mere armed rabble, formidable only to those whom it is their duty to protect. To those under your command, and subjected to your power, be kind, affable, and considerate. Depend not for your influence on the little brief authority with which you may be clad ; so exercise that authority as to attach to your person the soldiers under your command, and you will find the in dian S e poy the bravest, the most devoted, the most grateful of followers. I know not a more interesting spectacle, or one more creditable to the British power in the East, than a well s regulated Sepoy regiment. It unites the affectionate regard of an attached family with the strict discipline of a well-organized corps. You see the Sepoys enjoying, without hindrance or interruption, the free exercise of those rites and usages consecrated by time, and which have remained changeless amid the perils of conquests and the ruin of dynasties. You see the officers in kind and friendly intercourse with the men, considerately respecting their prejudices, anxiously at tending to their little comforts and wants, and liberally contributing to their national amusements and sports. In pleasing testimony of the happiness and content ment of the Sepoys, you see thei r relatives attending the regiment, in anxious hope of being able to join its envied ranks. You see the British officer respected and retarded by the native soldier as a protector and friend, and you hear him saluted by the affectionate appellation o' parent. The phraseology is eastern, but the feeling is genuine and sincere. Need I say how vain must be your efforts thus to win the confidence and regard of the Sepoys under your command if not perfectly and fami liarly conversant with their language. Without that knowledge you cannot conscientiously discharge your duty to the state, or be advanced to the honours and emoluments of your profession. You are probably aware that the orders from this country are peremptory that no officer can hold a staff appointment until be shall have passed the prescribed examination in the native languages. It is a fatal error to imagine that habits of irregularity and extravagance evince spirit, and are therefore peculiarly becoming a soldier. Nothing can be more false, though I fear that such an opinion is too prevalent. If there be any profession in which regu larity and abstinence from every species of excess are peculiarly essential, it is in the military profession, where an officer knows not the moment he may be called upon to discharge duties requiring the most entire self possess]. . 'on The soldier's training must be moral not less than professional—a preparation for the duties of life generally, as well as for duties purely military. Depend upon it, the best man will be the best soldier. You are about to join, perhaps the only service in the world where your pay and allowances are ample to meet all your necessary expenses, and to afford you most of the ordinary luxuries of life. Commence your career with a fixed and unalterable determination never to incur one rupee of debt. As you value your peace of mind and independence of character, listen to my warning and friendly voice, and never incur any expense, no matter how trifling, when you have not the present means of meeting it. Don't suppose that I mean to enjoin penurious habits, or to encourage the propensity of avarice. On the contrary, I should wish to see you liberal, hospitable, and charitable, in proportion to the means with which you may be blessed. But how, I ask, are you to exercise the office of hospitality, or meet the demands of charity, if early extravagance has involved you in inextricable difficulties, and rendered you unable, and perhaps indisposed, to meet such calls? The Iran sition may seem strange, but, believe me, it is not unusual, and you will learn, by experience, that early dissipation and extravagance, besides ruining the health and cir cumstances, tend, like every other vice, to harden the heart, and render it insensible to the wants of a friend, or to the cries of the distressed. And now, my young friends, before bidding you adieu, let me urge my last and most earnest injunction. You are proceeding to a dis tant land, where you will be encompassed by supersti tion and darkness; but you bear with you the blessed light of revelation to guide your path, and illumine your course. When raising your head from your pillow implore by fervent prayer that Divine aid with. out which all human efforts must prove vain; and when retiring to rest, forget not your humble thanksgiving, to the Author of all good. Neglect not your religious duties and observances. Rather cherish and hallow them the more when assembled together in a foreign land, - it matters not whether under the dome of a ca thedral or the roof of the humblest dwelling. You will mark the Hindoo, and observe him, with unfailing re gularity, seeking the banks of the sacred stream, and conforming, with undeviating fidelity, to every rite prescribed by the religion of his forefathers. You will see the Mahomedan daily prostrating himself in prayer, at the rising and th e sett i ng o f the sun, and hastening, at prescribed periods, to his mosque, with a fidelity and zeal worthy of a purer faith. and will you, regardless of the injunction of your Re deemer, allow your neglect of the sacred ordinances of your religion to appear in unholy contrast with the mo le rigid observance of those whose superstition and errors you profess to deplore ? True it is that the faith you profess is spiritual, and ought to be seated in the h ear t, but be not deluded by the impression that yo u can dis pense with the favours of your religion without perilline. its substance and your own salvation. This, my y oun a , G , friends, is the last time when my duty will call up ' en only to us - e h e tt to address you, That duty has been to too m ost 15 i me ing and grateful, because I have had language of praise and approbation, y ou 1 ,1 1 think that have e 4 h ( orted you too earnestly a t P o s o' the discharge of duties which 'o tediously to s u are inca pable of negleotin . Ilelleve me, it has arisen doubt of the ;oundness of your Principles loersithreolafirmno ness of your purpose, but from that anxious solicitude that would indll o o iris, under similar circumstances, to hold the same language to my own children, in the spirit of affection, not of ha rs h ness or susp i c i on. Allow me to hid you farewell, and to offer my earnest wishes and fervent prayers for the health, happiness, and wel faro of you all, CORONER'S INQUESTS ON THE CAUSES OF FIRES.— The revival, in the metropolis, of the good old custom of instituting judicial inquests on the causes of fires, has led to the adoption of measures, at Liverpool, for the re establishment of the same practice. A resolution to this effect was unanimously carried in the Council last week; when it was stated by Mr. Horsfall, who moved the re solution, that during the last five years a million of money has been consumed in fires at Liverpool alone.—The Builder. MALDON, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE RAILWAY.— A subscription has been raised among the original share holders of this line for the purpose of presenting some plate to the Rev. Sir John Page Wood, Bart., of Gla senwood House, Braintree, the chairman • and to the solioitors, Messrs. Bl oo d an d Douglas, o/Witham, in testimony of tho valuable services rendered by those gentlemen in obtaining the Act of Parliament, &C., for connecting the three towns by railway communication, and uniting the interior of the county more immediately with the Von of 14§41oh.—goex Standan4 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, SCHCENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe cimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex plosive compounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Halt past Three ; and on the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the ELI CTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA TED, by Professor BACHIIOFFNER. In the OXYHYDROGEN ICROSrOI'E is exhibited specimens of the DISEASED I'OTATOE, showing Cuttings of the Tubers and Leaves, together with the DES fRUCTIVE INSECT, supplied by A. Since, F.R.S. The PII SIOSCOPE, DIVING EXPERIME STS, the DISSOLVING VIEWS, y Charles Stnitll,Bcc. Admission is. Schools, half-price. LD CROWN INN, LIC II FIEL D. GEORGE CALLAWAY, impressed with gratitude for past favours, begs to acquaint commercial gentlemen visiting this ancient. city, that in consequence of the retirement of Mr. Gillard, and the immediate closing of the Talbot Inn, Mt is earnestly induced to soleit the patronage of its late friends and supporters, assuring them that no exertions shall be wanting on his part to merit their favours and encouragement. The long and highly-established reputation of the Old '..!rov, a for its d mestie comforts, liberal provision, and excellent accommodation in the stabling department, to say more than the that the anxious desire of the Proprietor will be ever to , the that it superfluous pleasure of hls friends. November 27, 1846. TO COMMERCIAL A.;ENTLEME. IIEAVER AND FRENCH lIAT MANUFACTORY', Every 50, Old Ch ange , Cheapside, London, on e door from Cheapside. JAMES WALSH begs to presen t his best thanks to his Commercial Friends for their generous and ex tensive patronage, as well p support, as by recommen d a tion, and in soliciting a continuation of their ppisupply such h assureshats that every effort on his part ver shall be madeto y description and shape made to order. Velvet, Cloth, &c., E Caps. as will give sat isfaction. BROCATION, has long been known throng of England, as the most efficacious Remedy for Itheumatisrn, Lumbago.. _ _ D REDGE'S HEAL•ALL or celebrated ut ths l.l t Pains in the Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and Paralytic Affections, Face.ach, Spralt,s and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and Cramp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frczsn Limbs, Chilblains be fore they are broken. It is likewise an infallible Cure for tliat dangerous disorder the Quinsey or Sore Throat, In which it was never known to fail after a few hours' application. Observe—That none can be genuine unless the Stamp affixed to each bottle contains the name and address of Barclay and Sons, No 95, Farringdon-street, who have purchased the prop:•rty in this valuable article from the executors of the inventor, William Dre.lge, late of Wishford, Wilts, retail price, Is. I%d. and is. 9d. per bottle and sold retail, by all respectable Medicine Venders In town and ountry. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1846, The Prenela people have done themselves credit by their industrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though ingenbus and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared with the indus trial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keep ing pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still increases in bulk ; and, keeping pace with the movement of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes every opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete elassiflc ition. We find in this volume many instances of superiority to former issues, which, though eomparatively trifling, show the in telligence and care exeicised over every department. It may be men tioned that by the employment of private agents, the changes of re sidence are. nor brought down to a later period than formerly, and ,the' valtie qtAhe„" Directory" is coysequctatlyMancscl t ban before spoken oi it as indispensable to the proper management of business. Its authority is now so universally established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metropolis, that any further recom mendation of it is superfluous. HERAPATH'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846. The " Post-office Directory" for 1847 appears with additions and improvements upon its valuable predecessor, hut with no enlarge ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with m hick this important, and it is not a misar•plication of terms to say, national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation, We know not whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it from the hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the hands of Government ; but, should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its er,nductors will go home to the consciences, If they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down the grasping interference of Government :—" It can only be neces sary to refer to a copy of the work published before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere connexion of the ' Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high character. That the improvements (the result of many years of unwearied toil and application on the part of those engaged in the compilation of the work) are duly appre ciated is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the ' Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully with this—they have disappeared." DIVISION OF PROFITS. Zile remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society esenabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid n each Policy effected on the Profit seals. EXAMPLES. a. CD g ' Premium '" 1 Bonus Bonus in g p Assured • sa added. Cash. F, g may 5 g Borrow. X Xs.d. r 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 ,1 521715 I £lOO 011 192 3 0 87 1 4 1 165 11 10 74 1 9 116 7 6 54 010'. 111 6 8, 49 10 o', Zl6 0 4!.£445 0 0 13 10 21 395 11 1 11 3 I! 3413 2 3 7 IR IW 296 13 4 710 4! 247 4 5 CO 1000 34 I PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending December 8. 184 C, is 345. 3 1 / id. per cwt. ADDISCOMBE. The usual half-yearly public examination of the Gen t!em,n Cadets educated at the East India Company', Ntilit :try Seminary, took place yesterday in the presence .if the Chairman (Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart., M.P.), the Deputy-Chairman (Henry St. George Tucker, Esq.), some members of the Honourable Court of Directors, and the following visitors, fz.:—Major-Generals Sir G. K.C.8.; Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart. Colonels Sir F. Smith, R.E.; English, R.E. Lieutenant- C.,lonels Dundas, R.A.; Chalmers, R.A.; Hall, R.E.; Sabine. It A.; Hardinge, R.A.; and Pettingal, Osborn, ti Ay, Hotly wood, and Sym, of the East India Company's S , rvice. Majors Shadwell Clerk, Cuppage, 8.A.; and Roxburgh, Bartleman, Sotheby, Amsiuck, Ge , rge Fisher, U. 8., Hallett, Macdonald, and Fitz dyr4l.l, of the East India Company's Service. Captains Smith, R N.; M'Kerlie, R.E.; Stotherd, RE.; Wil liams, R. E.; and Eastwick and Hillersdon, of the East India Company's Service. Right Hon. G. S. Byng, NI P.; Reverends G. Hodgson, G. Coles. J. A. Craigie, Bengal Civil Service; S. 11. Christie, Royal Military Academy; J. R. Martin, Esq.; and C. Fraser, Esq., Bengal Civil Service. Thirty-four gentlemen cadets were brought forward for public examination, of which number eight were se keted for the Engineers, twelve for the Artillery, and fourteen for the Infantry, viz. : Engineers—Duncan Charles Home, Benjamin Martin Hutchinson, Frederick Weston Peile, George Edward Watson, Augustus Satchwell Johnstone, Richard Hierom Sankey, John Baptist Granville Close, John Augustus Fuller. Artillery—John York Worthington, James Henry Reid, Walter James Henry Stevenson, William Frederick. Cl - tiliyfe; John Henderson Lamb,Edward William Day, Daniel Clare Alexander, Thomas Poynder Garrett, Per cival Smith, George Willoughby, Elliot Minto Playfair, Steward Raby Smith. Infantry—Frederick Ernest Gemmel], Frederick George Stewart, Shad well Saunders Boulderson, Augustus Hall Cooke, John Macdonald, Oliver NPCaus land Span, John Elphiustone Milton, Thomas Woollas km White, Stanley Scott, Maiawaring Arthur Worsop, Robert Yeld Chambers, William Carnell, John Arthur Henry Moore, Frederick Nicolas Miles. The following prizes were distributed at the close of the examination : FIRST CLASS. Duncan Charles Home—First Mathematics, first Hin dustani, French, second good conduct. Benjamin Martin Hutchison —First Fortification, Mili tary Surveying, first Good Conduct—a handsome sword, in presenting which the Chairman addressed Mr. Hut chinson in the following words : It affords me the truest gratification to present you with this sword, in testimony of the high approbation of the Court of I)irectcrs for your exemplary conduct during your residence at this seminary. The sphere of action you are now entering upon is more extended, but the duties are unaltered, and the exercise of the same qualities which have here won for you this honourable trophy cannot fail to ensure in your future career the regard of your associates in arms, and the confidence of the Government you serve. I cannot doubt that throughout your service you will fulfil this early pro mise of distinction, and when you retire from it, may you be attended by honours and regrets such as those which accompany your departure from this institution. Augustus Satchwell Johnstone—Second Mathematics. I"ticfiard Ilierom Sankey—Second Fortification, Civ _ Drawing. Jonathan York Worthington—Latin. James Henry Reid—Second Hindustani. Daniel Clare Alexander—Military Drawing. SECOND CLASS. James F. Tennant Mathematics, third Good Conduct. Julius G. Medley—French. Frederick F. Taylor—Fortification, Military Sur. veying. Samuel Humfrays—Military Drawing. Henry R. Brownlow—Latin. John S. Trevor—Hindustani. Henry St. Clair Wilkins—Civil Drawing. Francis W. Stubbs—Geology. THIRD CLASS. J. Goddard—Fourth Good Conduct. The report, which was publicly read by T. R. Clarke, Esq., chief of the cadet department, spoke of the satis factory conduct of the gentlemen cadets during the term, and of the remarkable degree of discipline, good order, and gentlemanly propriety, which had prevailed during the whole period. Due praise was bestowed on Mr. Hutchinson, and the other corporal cadets, for their strict yet concilitary mode of performing their duties. At the close of the proceedings Sir JAMES lIOGG rose, and addressed the cadets in the following impres sive words:— Young Gentlemen,—lt is one of the most pleasing ditties devolving upon my colleagues and myself to visit this institution when we are able, as upon the present occasion, to congratulate you on the advance ment made in your studies, and to express our high sense of your steady, orderly, and gentlemanly conduct and demeanour. An unusual number of cadets have been declared fit for the more scientific branches of their profession ; and I am happy that the exigency of the public service has enabled us to receive into these branches all who have proved themselves duly qualified. Eight have been selected for the Engi neers and twelve for the Artillery, being, I believe, the greatest number ever chosen for those services. Thanks to you, my young friends, who have so nobly seconded the efforts of your instructors in producing results so honourable to yourselves and so creditable to this insti tution. I venture to hope that the commendation of those to whom you are indebted for your appointments, and to whom is entrusted the government of that country for which you aro destined, will not be unac ceptable to you; and I trust it is only an earnest of the approbation and distinction that await your future career. You are about to join your families and your homes at the approaching sacred and festive season, and you wili da so with the happy consciousness that your conduct has been such as to carry joy to your parents, and to diffuse gladness around the circle ready to wel come you, I am fully aware that your studies here are numerous and severe, and that you are as much oc cupied as is consistent with that relaxation equally necessary for body and mind. But I entreat of you to consider how important to your future interests in life are the two years passed in this seminary, and how varied are the objects to be attained. You join this institution at an age when you can have acquired little more than the elements of education, and when your general studies must be carried on simul taneously with your professional pursuits. It is no easy matter, in the short space of two years, to acquire a competent knowledge of those branches connected with a military profession, and, at the same time, to pursue the studies indispensably necessary for the culture of your mind, and taste, and the formation of your cha racter. I believe it to be most injudicious, when ad dressing youths of your age, to underrate the duties you are called upon to discharge, and the difficulties with which you have to contend. On the contrary, I broadly admit them, and I call upon you to summon energy and perseverance to overcome them. You have not, I am sure, so mean an estimate of the noble profession for which you are destined as to suppose that mere physical strength and animal courage, combined with a know ledge of the ordinary military manoeuvres, would enable you adequately to discharge your duties. I should deem a youth unfit for the British ranks who had such an ignoble impression as to the character and duties of a soldier. The exercise of war by civilised nations is an art founded on the principles of science, and without a competent knowledge of that art no officer can success fully direct the operations of an army, or even under stand a series of extended and combined movements. In Europe an officer is rarely entrusted with the most limited command until he has attained con siderable rank in his profession ; not so in India. There our troops are necessarily much detached, and the command often devolves upon a subaltern on occa sions requiring the soundest judgment, and he must not have to require the requisite knowledge at the mo ment when he ought to be exercising it. There is no royal road to knowledge. It can only be attained by long and patient application, and he who will not undergo the toil must not hope to reap the fruits. If the occasion should arrive when an officer has an opportunity of whining honourable distinctions, and an enduring name in the annals of his country, how bitter must be his regret to feel that he is unable to avail himself of it, that he isemergency,study u th a a s t b th e e en ti w in u e st w ed hic in h should frivolity, and that to him the path to renown is irrevo uhnaevqeuableeu to devoted irrevo cably closed ? Most serious is the responsibility at , to tached to the exercise of an independent command, how ever limited. An officer thus entrusted is accountable fot the lives of his men, not less than for the accom plishment of the object which he is ordered to effect. Whatever that object be, it must be achieved. The word " impossible" has no place in the soldier's vocabulary, but the duty of achieving it, with the least possible sacrifice of human life, and the least possible human suffering, must be ever borne in mind, and thus military skill will be found as valuable an aid to the cause of humanity as to the successful proseoution of war. India is the country eminently calculated to bring into notice and distinction the officer of judgment and talent ; but it is equally calculated to expose the incompetenee of the man unequal to the discharge of his duties. There every man is thoroughly known, and bared to the view of his superiors. The Government, in their selection of individuals, are influenced by no con siderations but those of the public weal. There, polities and family connexions are of no avail . ; and every public man is advanced according to his cora• p o tence to the discharge of his duties, You may sometimes hear it alleged, that a particular young officer has been entirely indebted to what is termed good fortune in having an opportunity to distinguish himself, Dipend upon it that such observations are always made tither in ignorance , or in that spirit of detraction in dulged in too commonly by the indolent and incompetent towards those of cuterproo 4u4 talqut. trues that a 1 /7 y r- POLAND. PU3LIC MEETING OF THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS. A very numerous assemblage of the members and friends of this soeiety took place on Monday evening last, December 7th, in the German Society's Hall of Meeting, Drury-lane. John Moy was called to the chair. JULIAN ITAPNEY said, he had received some letters from the country, the writers wishing to know if th,y could he associated with the society as honorary mein hers. He sure :hat the society would be happy to have the co• operation of all good democrats anxious r() advance the principle of human brotherhood.—(Cheer...) Two of the persons who had mitten to him he had mi,ell pleasure in proposing as honorary members:—p,.!, r Gray, of Dumfries ; and William Beesley, of Accri. ton, North Lancashire ; both men of integrity and to, link p ariot'sm.—(Cheers.) He hoped to see the leadi' 7 _ , , democrats throughout the country, ere long, ti.sociat,-.! with the society in promoting the principles of fraternity and freed.an.—(Cheers.) Messrs. Gray and Beesley were unanimously clect members. Several candidates for membership were then pr posed. JuLrArr HARNEY reported that the resolu , i , ms adopt 4 by the Dem.cratic Committee for Poland's Reg,eneratt-, -.ad been warded to Lord Palmerston, end to the lea :- trig the Xortlarn Star, Morning u7tz,er. The Sun, had published the resolutiot • the Globe. md Dougts Jerrold's Newspaper, had mer noticed then, ; and th e Times, Chronicle, Daily 21ey and We,-/l Dispatch had not even noticed them. CARL SCRAPPER reported that an account of t' I;:eeting of the Poland' Regeneration Committee ; een published in the Reforrne.—(Cheers.) Subsequently a vote of thanks to those journals , f.l published the democratic resolutions was unap; -!), adopted. JULIAN HARNEY, after reading the address of th French Det,ocracy to the Democracy of Europe, vvhi, was lourtly cheered, proceeded to read the address of tt, • Frate nal Democrats, given below. The address w't , warmly applauded. J. H. proceeded to speak at son; length on the Polish question, and concluded by moving the adoption of the address. CARL SCRAPPER, in an energetic speech, which was loudly cheered, seconded the motion. The address was then unanimously adopted. The meeting then adjourned until Monday evening, December 21st, when Christopher Doyle will deliver an address on " The State and Prospects of ama , _;cracy in Scotland." THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS (ASSEMBLING IN LONDON) TO THE DEMOCRATS OF EUROPE. " All men are Brethren." Fellow Men,—The last act of imperial brigandage towards Poland has been consummated—the last shred of Polish nationality has ceased to exist—the " free city" of Cracow has become an Austrian out-post, the pirate flag of the Kaisers of Vienna floats over the tombs of Sobieski and Kosciusko. The Polish exiles, wherever scattered, have, in. the name of their bleeding country, protested against this crowing wrong ; in the name of the gagged millions within Poland. in the name of the living marty rs suffer ing in dungeons and captive chains, whose cries cannot reach us, they (the exiles) have appealed to Europe against this last outrage on the part of their remJrseless, enemies. Tie democracy of France have also protested against this latest crime of purple clad criminals, they have ap appealed to Europe to assert with them the rights of man against the unholy conspiracies of the usurping , despotisms. To those appeals we add ours, in full con fidence, that the nations will not fur long remain silent or inactive. We deplore not the reading of the treaty of Vienna The pact of 1815 was an unholy bond of alliance against the people of all nations. Whether victors or vanquished in the preceding war, the people who had fought the battles and paid the cost, and borne the suffering of the struggle—the people-- the people of all nations were conspired against by the signers of the treaty of Vienna ; a treaty made to perpetuate injustice in the name of religion, and tyrannx in the name of peace : a treaty entered into for ib e pur pose of suppressing liberty, obstructing popular pro_ress, and protecting corrupt governments and perjure( kings from the just vengeance of the people they had used, cheated, and were then preparing to enchain. The people of France, Belgium, Germany, and Poland, in 1830, combatted against the treaty of Vienna ; subse quently the people of Spain and Portugal rose likewise almost yearly Italy has been the theatre of " blood-- protests ;" and years ago, the British people joined the general renunciation, if by a more peaceable es pression of public opinion, not on that account the le, - decisive. On the other hand, the violation of the "treaty" com menced by the hypocrite Alexander, and consummat, I by the tyrant Ni c h o l as towards the " guaranteed" " stitutional" King-aom of Poland;" has been at completed by the confiscation of Cracow, the free and'. independent existence of which was " guaranteed" by. the treaty of Vienna " for ever." The Russian, Ikres sian, and Austrian despots have joined to share UK. infamy, the last-named takes the spoil. But for Poland, the imbecile Ferdinand would neve , have had a throne; but for John Sobieski and his Polish heroes, Vienna would have fallen before the assault Ma.tiorntnedan hordes; yet now Sobieski's tomb is at the mercy of an A us t r i an gao l er. Behold the gratitude c: kings ! The confi , cation of Cracow does not induce us to de spair of the cause of Poland, en the contrary, we are satisfied that its fall will hasten the moment of Poland's restoration. Governments can no longer profess to be bound by the treaty of Vienna ; the whole question of Polish nationality is re-opened for governments as well as for nations ; if the governments of western Europe refuse to perform their duty, the people must (iv their's. And the people must act. Already Switzerland is threatened with the m fate of Poland. or is this all. Could popular inaction be counted upon by the despot isms the probability is that the entire of Germany would be siezed b ustria and Prussia ; that Italy would become the soles roperty of Austria ; and norih ward and southward "Russia would sei ze u p on h er wished for prey, and Scandinavia and Turkey become part and parcel of the Muscovite empire. This is no dream—it is the undoubted aim Gr the triune despots. Will the nations permit it ? We abhor war, but even war is less terrible than slavery. One thing is earnestly to be desired before all others, that the people of Europe, no meter by what name calling themselves, should learn that their true interests are oue and the same. The abolition of national pre judices will prepare the way for general a n d e ff ect i ve action. Let the naticins be but united in sentiment, and their moral power will be more invincible than all the physical force of their oppressors. Should those op prssors madly dare the physical force ofunited myriad woe to them. We hear a whisper of the probability of a nevi Con gress of Kings to patch up broken treaties, cement royal differences, and form a new league against ..ne people. Against any such Congress, no matter under what pre text called together, we warn you. Instead, let A CONGRESS OF NATIONS ASSEMBLE TO PRE PARE FOR THE GREAT " CRUSADE." Our Polish brethren have appealed to the nations of Europe, and the nations will not let them appeal in vain. By the blood of Poland's martyrs—by the wrongs and sufferings, tortures and miseries of Poland's children-- by the foul dishonour we have suffered in permitting so long these crimes against humanity, we swear to de vote our enemies to the triumphant restoration of' Poland. Our French brethren have demanded the fraternal aid of their brtAltrun of every land in this holy work ; and that demaold x‘e are convinced will ere long be univer sally responded to. For ourselves, we swear that our lives shall be dedicated to the glorious mission of rescu ing humanity from the thraldom of aristocratic institu tions, and despotic governments. Our cause is the cause of right and justice, progro... and freedom. :Up then men of every land— " Rise and rally forward nations! Will must ripen into deed." Signed loz the Secretaries : G. JULIAN HARNEY, native of Great Britain. J. A. MICHELOT, native of France. CARL SCRAPPER, native of Germany. LOUIS ORORSKI, native of Poland. PETER HOLM. native of Scandinavia. .T. SCHABELITZ, native of Switzerlarld. N. NAM EII. native of Hungary% Dee tuber 7th, 184 G. ,TRANGE CONFLICT. —A. 4 :esv days ago, as two gen arnen were near the Meie Rock between Avoch and Portrose, with a New about 20 yards in c .oundland dog, a fish was seen The fish was firms' pursuit. H a • ,: t t:e sea, its fins topping the water. elevatee . it , elf `.., caught th en e d fist e b d y eg th out of the water, and got clear o bo the tail, immediately when f swam ththe fishd i' and the th dived o. Tl2, e dog again caught it b y the mouth, h the fish, and . The dog, h owever , succeeded in fish i n is, we understand, a fox under the wa t er , w h en a violent strug g le uisg took place dragged it ash ore . —1?oss• shire Ad vertiser. shark, and measured T s he feet in length. ATTEMPT AT DROWNING IN THE SERPENTINE.-- Yesterday afternoon a very respectably-dressed female was observed crying very bitterly, and hurrying along . the north shore of the Serpentine river in Hyde Park.. Mr. Cross, of Chelsea, and Mr. Stephenson, of Kensinir. ton, narrowly watched her ; but on a sudden she plunger', in just where the water deepened very greatly. Tie, nu _ fortunate creature was got out immediately, and t h e former gentleman having some knowledge of her, she was immediately conveyed to her home in Sloane•street, in a most deplorable condition, both of mind and body.. It transpired that she was the wife of a very respect-. able tradesman, whose name for obvious reasons is wit:n. held. MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT ROCHESTER.-011 We; l ies , day afternoon, between three and four o'clock, tip-, in habitants of Rochester were alarmed by a fire Ituriidenly Alelg i un?.4- bursting forth from a building in the occupatie , . .I.reatenea .1 of Mr. Dadd, builder, of Chatham, at the back of . aouses, and other place, on the common, which for a time 0 - composed entirely struction to a number of small houses, chiefly built of direction, , erable spa de wood, as well as stabling, slaughter' but with the outbuildings. The building on fir , s , , of wood, extended over a consirl ce, and the flames were spreading in ever , jr blazing masses wore thrown. nvvards, the fire assistance of the fire-hooka. ing away supports, the ' and by Cutting and knock down, and, being forcr, d i subdued. The floo-• '-vved with shavings, but has been shttc .. of the d' in was at lend' broke out was str ui ing which the &re up for some tittle, and at present its origin is envelopes/ in mystery, ' Mr. MP-11. ow a White h a d au interview with Sir Geor , g e Gr e yp4taday % , --- L iners. rfi f n ,ltl~ :ito~i,o 3eP it ;ls 11 An c at t° jaj I' 114 eto ote r lio' i ii,clc, d il co io iro iO•