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zAar MU. ROM, APRIL 29, 1946. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby gire notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th June next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL. 29, 1846. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the TRANSFER-BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK will be SHUT on 'THURSDAY, the 4th June, at Three o'cloek, and OPENED AGAIN en TUESDAY, the 4th July, and That the WARRANTS for the DIVIDENDS on the said STOCK, payable en the 6th July, 18 46, under the• 11th sect. of the Act 3 and 4 William IV., cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day. JAMES C. MELVILL Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 29, 1846. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice— That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the lath of May next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for tile pur pose of laying before the Proprietors, for their approbation, a unanimous Resolution of the Court of Directors, of this day's date, granting to Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Viscount Harainge, G.C.8., Governor-General of India, an annuity of Five Thousand Pounds (8,0000, upon the grounds therein stated ; and for the further purpose of laying before the Proprietors, for their approba tion, another unanimous Resolution of the Court of Directors of this day's date, granting to General Lord Gough, G.C.8., Commander in -Chief of the Forces in the East Indies, an annuity of Two Thousand Pounds (2,0001.) upon the grounds therein stated. The Reports required by the 8., -law, cap. IX., sec. 3, together with the documents upon which the said Resolutions have been formed, are open for the inspection of the Proprietors, at this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. PUBLIC MEETING IN WESTMINSTER Pursuant to a Requisition, numerously and respectably signed by the Householders of Westminster, the Committee of the " POOR MAN'S GUARDIAN SOCIETY " hereby ' convene a PUBLIC MEETING at the Western Literary and Scientific Institu tion, Leieester-square, on FRIDAY, May 1 , to explain and further the objects of this Society, instituted to aid the poor in their applica tion for Parochial Relief, and secure to them the humane and legal dispensation or the law. Sir DE LACY EVANS, M.P., in the Chair, which will be taken at Seven o'clock precisely. The Meeting will be addressed by John Walter, Esq., of Bearwood ; J. S. Buckingham , Es q ., and B. B ond Cabbed, Esq., F.R.S. All communications to be addressed to the Secretary, Mr. John Jones, 76. Great Portland-street, or at 21, Old Compton-street, Soho. GKEAT WE STERN RAILWAY. The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are ready to receive TENDERS for LOANS of MONEY, in sums of not less than 1,0001. for a period of Ave or seven years, on the security of mortgage de bentatresi bearing interest at the rate •of four per cent. per annum, payable half yearly. Applications may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway Office, Paddington station. CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ALTERATION and ACCELERATION of TRAINS on an after Ist of MAY. The Express Train from Exeter 6 30 A.M., and from London 5 30 P.M., will call at Bridgewater. The 12 45 Train from Exeter will start at One o'clock. The Train from Bristol to Exeter will leave at 4 35, instead of 5, P.M. The Langley Marsh Station will be opened, and two Passenger Trains each way will call there. The 1 30 Train from Maidenhead will start at Three o'clock, r.m., for Paddington. First and Second Class Passengers can travel by all the Third Class Trains between Paddington and Bristol. For further particulars of change of time of Trains calling at inter mediate stations, reference must be had to the new Train Bills. Ity order of the Directors, CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. April 24, 184 G. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, DUBLIN TO GALWAY. The PETITIONS to both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT from the SUBSCRIBERS and SHAREHOLDERS in this RAILWAY " To suspend the progTess of the Bill during the proposed negotiations, and until after the adjourned meeting," LIES FOR SIGNATURE at the Shareholders' Committee-room, Founder? Hall-court, Loth bury. RICHARD THOMPSON, Secretary. April 28, 1846. L ON DON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. From an anxious desire to meet the public convenience, and with a view to placing the varied advantages of their Railway, in respect both of business and pleasure, more within the reach every class of the community, the Directors of this Company have olved, on and after the Ist of May ensuing— To increase the number of the trains and to accelerate their speed, and vary the hours of departure and arrival of many of them. To carry Second-Class Passengers with their Express Traine. To abolish their Slow Trains altogether, and to convey Third Class Passengers at the Parliamentary fares, with their ordinary Trains, four times a day each way, and at hours to allow of an early departure and late return to and In). To make he following great Reduction in their Fares through. ant Express Train, first class reduced to 20s. second class —17 s. Fast Trains, first class —17 s. second class 148. Ilixed Trains, first class 148. second class I Os. Third class at...... Gs. 6d. By an arrangement with the Floating Bridge Company, the Omni bus fare between Gosport and Portsmouth is reduced from Is. to 6d. each Passenger, including the same weight of luggage as allowed by the Itailway Company. First class, 1121 b. ; second class, 841 b.; third class, 561 b. Steps are in progress to increase the convenience of passengers proceeding by steam to France, the Channel Islands, the Southern Coast, and the Isle of Wight. This routeto France, although same -what longer, is by far the most certain and secure, from there being good harbours for departure and arrival at both ports. Parcels will be carried at a greatly reduced scale, the throughout charges between Southampton, Gosport, and London, including delivery by passenger trains, be Od ing fixed as follows, viz.— Is. . for 28 lb. Is. 6d. „ 46 lb. 2s. Otl. „ 1121 b. Time BM, giving full particulars, are in course of publication. (By order), I'. LAURENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. April 18, 1846. IviIDLAND RAIL WAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held at the Derby Station, Derby, on SATuanav, the 2d day of May now next ensuing, at twelve o'clopk, when the drafts of the undermen tioned Bills, introduced into Parliament in the present session, will be submitted to the Proprietors for their approval, under which Bills it is proposed to authorise the Midland Railway Company, either to construct, or to become the Proprietors of, or to contribute tekvards the formation of the Railways, and to purchase the Canals therein ' • inteittioned.; ttuTt- isto - H A Bill to authorise certain :Meru.ans in the LtriTOTlTlrlyst:a and Peterborough Branch of the Midland Railway, and tke formation of certain other Branch Railways In connexion therewith. A Bill for vesting the Leicester and Swannington Railway 'in the Midland Company, and for authorising the last-mentioned Company ho alter a portion of the Leicester and Swannington Railway, and to, make certain Branches. A Bill to enable the Midland Railway Company to make a Rail -way from Burton-upon-Trent to Nuneaton with Branches, and to purchase the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. A Bill to authorise the purchase of the Oakham Canal by the Mid land Railway Company. A 8.11 to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a jtailway from Pye Bridge to the Clay Cross Station of the Midland hallway and a Branch in the Parish of Crick. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make several Branches from the Erewash Valley Railway. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a Rail vay from Nottingham to Mansfield with Branches therefrom. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a Rail way from the Midland Railway at Clay Cross, to join the Notting ham And Lincoln Railway Branches. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from Swinton, in the West Riding of the County of York, to Doncaster, Gainsborough, and Lincoln, with Branches therefrom. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to make cer tain Branch Railways from the Main Line of their Railway and for other purposes. A Bill to empower the Midland Railway Company to extend their Line at Birmingham, and for other purposes. A Bill for making a Railway from the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, at Kings Norton, in the County of Worcester, to Hales Owen, in the same County. A Bill for making a Railway from the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway at Ashchurch, in the County of Gloucester, to Great Malvern In the County of Worcester. A Bill for making a Railway from the Bristol and Gloucester Rail way at Stonehouse, in the County of Gloucester, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, at Gloucester. A Bin for making a Railway from the Bristol and Gloucester Rail way, at Mangotstleld, to Bath. A Bill to Consolidate the Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Companies. A Bill to Consolidate the Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham arid Gloucester Railway Companies with the Midland Railway Com pany. _ . the A for making a Railway fmni Leicester to the Towns of _Northampton and dollitendafomrpdt,nwn and ita ß ß e r i a r i n ic rd h lt to be called the South Midland Railway a N Midland Railway near Lines. A Bill for making a Railway from the proposed South Midland Railway (Northampton and Bedford Lines), to ifuntinoll Branch to be called the South Midland Railway, (lluntingatinsli it Branch). w M anch a h). A Bill for making a Railway from Poole to j oin th e pro chester awl Southampton Railwa y in the Parish of Cpollingbouaren .Ducies, in the County of Wilts, with a Branch therefrom. A Bill for making a Railway from Southampton to Swindon, in the County of Gloucester, to be called the Manchester and Southampton Railway. A Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Cheadle, in the County of Chester, to or near to the Ambergate Station of the Midland Railway in the County of Derby, to be called the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junc tion Railway. A Bill for making a Railway or Railways from Wolverhampton and Dudley to the Midland Railway at Wichnor Forge in Tatenhiii, to be called the Trent Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction Railway. A Bill for making a Railway from the London and Birmingham Railway in the Parish of Hampton, in Arden, in the County of War wick, to the ltirmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the Parish of Ashchurch, in the County of Gloucester. A Bill for making a Railway from the London and BirMingliam Railway, in the Parish of Hampton, in Arden, in the County of War wick, to the Town of Banbury, in the County of Oxford. A Bill for making a Railway from or near the City of Worcester to the London and Birmingham Railway, in lie Parish of Weedon, in the County of Northampton, with a Broach to Alcester, in he County of Warwick. The Ch air will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. GEORGE HUDSON, Cinkirmaa, /of the B oard JOHN ELLIS, Deputy-Own/man, j of Directors. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Dated this 22d day of March. 1846. *BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, N ROAD, LONDON. Messrs. MORISON have much pleasure in ppublishingyng Parsonage, near follow ing extract of a letter from the Rev. A. Hewlett, Lear Manchester. As that gentleman has had considerable cus ex eas pe e r s i : experi ence for a series of years in the Hygeian mode o f treating his statement must be admitted as highly important : " Astley Parsonage, near Manchester, Msrch 24, 1846. " Gentlemen,—The success of the medicine (Morison's Pills) a mong the poor in this village is very great ; very many individuals, and some whole families, never think of seeking any other aid. In some cases, were other medical aid had been procured (through that impatience which is so natural to us all in illness) a return to the use of the pills has been attended with complete success. We have now tried them successfully for every case of illness that has occurred in our convin eed o large famliy, during th e last three years, and I am th oroug hly f the soundness of the theory on which the pills are mad: ; and believe that if there be a cu-able complaint the careful and judi cious use of the Vegetable Medicine' will accomplish the cure. " Yours truly, . _ ALFRE "To Messrs. M or i son, British College of Health, D HEWLETT. New-road, London." NO Chemist or I ) ruggist is authorised to sell Morison's Hygeian Medicines. See that the words " Morison's 'Universal Medicines" are engraved on the Government stamp. THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTII3IL IOUBMEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE F RAMPTON'S PILL OFHEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa s,CTl„ienyre re h m ig o h l- y e ton, without griping or prostration of bead .ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in strength,the chest, grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, creaestet'appetite, relieve languor and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and free livers, who are continually suffering ftont drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will nett to be appreciated. This Medicine has for many years received the approval of the Most respectable classes of society, and in confirmation eacy, the following letter has been kindly f orwarded to° 14)fr.iPtsrelount. with permission to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respect.. able person to its author : " To 11Ir.1Pront, 229, Strand, London. rleavltree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. Sts,---I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso licited testimony to the excellence of your " Frampton's Pill of Health," which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior general medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long period of years ; she has recommended them extensively, and in one instances n which she induced a person to adoptthem, and sapplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy', I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of the many patoint medicines before the public of equal value as a " friend in need"- r certainly none possessed of superior claims I shall be happy on all OeCasiOns to give them my individua recom- Mandation, and am, Sir,. " Your obedient servant, ** * n Sold by T. Prout, 229,, Strand, London, price Is. I%d. and 2s. 9d. per box ; also by the vendors of Medicines generally throughout the +kngdom. Ask for FRAMPTOIN'S Par, OF HEALTH, and observe the name and addrnse of I . * Tianmai grout, 229, Strand, Landau," on the Uo verantent Stamp. TLFORD AND EPP.ING RAILWAY. 1 In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON,, Chairman, of the Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman, Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Seent ASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES JUNCTION RAILWAY BR ANCHES. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament, in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chair man , Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary .INORTH GRAVESEND RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Eastern f DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chai rman , Counties Railway Company. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. By order, TO FOREIGNERS VISITING ENGLAND. At the CABINET DE LECTURE, 67, Strand, all the most important French, Italian, Spanish, Belgian, and English papers are tiled for perusal. Terms of Subscription by the day, week, month, quarter, or year, can be obtained at the "Cabinet de Lecture," or will be forwarded, on application, by letter, prepaid, addressed to the manager of the "Cabinet de Lecture," 67, Strand, opposite the Adelphi Theatre. NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by tke Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. MARY. MAYHE\V MA.NLEY.—With refer ence to a paragraph headed " :Mysterious affair," published in December last, an important end will be gained in the elucidation of the matter, if the certificate of the baptism of the above -named party can be obtained, and the sum of Five Pounds will be given to any person who can obtain such certificate of baptism. She was probably born about 1805, and Miss Mortimer, who became Mrs. Lea, now deceased, and Miss Mortimer, who is Mrs. Whittaker, now of Fairwood, Wilts, were most deeply interested for M. M. Manley in her infancy, and these parties are again mentioned, as some clue by that means may be obtained. The kind and humane offices of the Press are again respectfully solicited here and el-e -where in giving circulation to the above. M. M. Manley's address, 60, Milton-street, Dorset-square. THE POCKET APERITIVEFOUNTAIN applies water so as to procure an immediate evacuation from the bowels, and thereby releases those who are frequently obliged to swallow physic for the relief of bile, cos tiyeness, &e., from that Odious and injurious practice. The fountain (constructed by Dr. Scott, for the use of ladies and invalids) is particularly eligible for families in general. To be procured of Mr. Llewelyn, surgeon, Medical Repositary, 369, Strand (the third house from Exeter Hall), where may also be ob tained the SONIFERS, that will afford any degree of sound that an individual may require for the perfect restoration of heating. De scriptions sent free on receipt of two post stamps. BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand .or it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended is to the most distinguished oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by them only; and for preventing disappoint. ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and mach-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after the same Planner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE changes• in a few minutes, without trouble, red or grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, by simply using a comb wetted with the liquid. One application will produce a pleasing and permanent change. Price 3s. 6d., 65.. and les, per bottle. hae : so, Oxford- F TO be had the Proprietors, 29, No -pl street, Whitechapel-ro a d, L on d on ; a l so o f M r. Johnstone, 6 1eld B,c g o a r t i e; Corn bill ; Butler, 4, Ch eaps id e ; Prout, 229, Strand;tting Sanger, ma street ; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London•bridge ; Finnigin, Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine V en d ors in town and country. Sent to auy part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-pald. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. PERFECT FREEDOM from COUGHS in Ten Minutes after use is insured by DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. From Mr. J. P. Williams, Chemist, Church-street, Tredegar. " Gentlemen—A nu m b er of m " Dec. 23, 1845. Wafers. have be nefit through takin g Locock's One friend, experienced great named Amy Calamore (subject to asthma), had a box last week, and has already received great benefit from them, although she did not take the whole, as she divided the box among some of her neighbours. Every one speaks highly of them, and they are taken by some of the first families lu tin town. (Signed) " J. P. Witraams." Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFERS will give instant relief and a rapid cure of asthmas, coughs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs. To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice : they have a most pleasant taste. Price is. 1%d., 2s. 9d., and l is. per box. Igenta: Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Floot•street, London Ilmedlcine vendors. . , . ..... „ , „.:.,. , • _ ~.,.„... ..._, _..---ii • Y'‘'' - :1- , ! ''`Alfi. • . ._ ........ S• - \- 4 ',.. tr-,,,,,,,,,, ~,,., •. 4..„, . i,,,, 1 ...., ~,,, •. , ,•\ ' 14,-.74 •'7 .:11Y •Qi Aid- ,1 -7,..N414. '.' ' ,!:, oak, ~...,, , ... -- 4 ' •t` tqrookii - --- 4- ::: : s , , - ----"; ----"; )' I 4 ' , 4,. , i ~,.. le- • ..: * r'' —' \N " ll '-'' ' ' V.l t 47 ,4 • • •- -. 1 3- 4 ...... ~. ..,.,,. ice` ' '' • .... ....., 1 - 7,4 ;?-, - - V, z- - .' ' ' ' "i t tt/1 ' '-' -..-. l' t' , . :46, _ _. .:. „ , ..., I , ,- --- ..,\, , fi , #. g - )X- I .s- + 16 ,, ,, .. ) . 0 ,-, ; :Pr. : , _.... , -- ~5 r , - 7 ! t '.. v . ; .. ‘,!'' A: ' ea, - „zy .t.i' ."---,- , • k ... , - fri.._' 7 ...._____/ ~, ..„. \„,,--;;_ .... ..... ...... ~.,.., . 4 vs----__ , ,,,. ~ ..„ ~ ~.., - ......' >lf ------- • \ 0.- \\,........, ;: ,... : - .5 4 _• } 1 .g' 4 , ”. '' ' if ,--- ~ .. 1) It 1.1 4. 0 . ' 4'1'7 , 1 h V , Valt , ' V . (1 1 , ' •`' i * / N , .. -..- n-, 41.....' !, ;di 4 /'' . . ftaiiiesimtraaader/.41.e....-4.4,46-1444--fc,?,.. • ...) PRICE SD. ~l ror here had been only six murders. The . Nohle Lori" commented at length on the se an d o th er facts, aid resumed his seat after moving the following resolution That the efficacy of Criminal Laws depends less upon the severity of punishment than the certainty cf infliction; and that laws which cannot be carried into execution with out shocking the feelings of society, and sinking abhorrence of the crime in sympathy for the offender, are contrary to reason, inconsistent with morality, and opposed to the inte rests of justice-.objections which most forcibly apply to statutes enacting the punishment of death." Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., entered the meeting as tho Noble Lord was speaking,' and was received with cheers, which were renewed for several minutes. Mr. J. BRIGHT, M.P., addressed the meeting in an elo quent and energetic speech. He said the peculiarity of that. discussion was, that no political feeling or religious rancour need be stirred ; for every man had that in him which na turally led him to abhor the punishment for itself.. Their great object in this movement was to ascertain whether in a great community the people could so conduct themselves that life and property would be secure without a. punishment which took away from their number by death. On this point he referred to the past experience of London,. when it was not one -sixth of its present size, and yet six human beings were put out of existence at least every week. In 1832 or 1833 there had been a great redaction of the , crimes capitally punished ; and he asked whether, since then,. they had found life or property less secure? The Hon. Gen tleman argued the question, not from Scripture but human nature—those principles which lie at the foundation of cha racter; and concluded with expressing his strong belief that it would be abolished within five years. The Rev. Dr. MORTIMER, h ea d master of the City of Lon don School, supported the resoluti on , w hi ch was put from the Chair, and carried without one dissenting voice. DANIEL O'CONNELL, M.P., moved the second resolution, and supported it by several interesting facts from hi s own knowledge, while engaged in professional life. Mr. SAMUEL GURNEY seconded the resolution, which was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. " That in the opinion of this meeting, no fallible tri bunal should be entrusted with the power of inflicting an irrevocable punishment. That awful instances of the con .• idemnation and execution of innocent men, convicted upon what appeared at the time the clearest evidence, proves the_ fallibility of the best constituted courts, and the necessity of adopting some punisment, which may be recalled in the event of subsequent proof of the innocence of the supposed criminal, in place of a punishment which takes away that which man is powerless to restore, and consigns to a pre mature end a helpless fellow- being ; thus closing the gates of mercy which God would leave still open, and shortening the time for repentance which He would still extend. " Mr. W. J. Fox, in an eloquent speech, moved—" That • the following petition to he: Most Gracious Mesty the Queen b e entrusted for pres entation to the Right aj Hon. Sir Robert Paoli -and,t.hat s i milar l petitions be presented to both Houses - U - Parlia m en t. 'Mitt the Right Hon.-.Lariii2Deno___ an. be respectfully requested to present the petition to the Lords, and W. Ewart, Esq., that to the Commons." This by the s wa sting.ended by M r . G . W . ALEXANDER, and carried mee co It was moved by the Rev. Mr. CrinisrmAs, and supported by Mr. WRIGHTSON and Mr. H. VINCENT--" That a society be now formed, to be called ' The Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishments,' and that the following form the Com mittee of said society, with power to add to their number." A vote of thanks to Mr. Ewart, M.P., for hi s conduct s in epar th a e te c d h . air, was passed unanimously, and the meeting PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, A?RIL 29. ordered The following ngßills be brought P eti Northern and Souther n C onnect i ng —Colonel T. Wood, Mr. roa ti t o n ns by for th l e ta un ila d ' e a r y n s am w ed ere H re o p n oll em , the wax', and Mr. Baldwin. St. Alban's, H a tfi e ld , and Hertford—Mr. Ward and Mr. Harcourt; Bristol and Birmi ng h am (Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, and Malvern Line) —Mr. Hudson and Mr. Phillpotts. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, MAY 4. Eastern Counties (Stations Enlargement). Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Branches. North Gravesend. Eastern Counties (Tottenham and Farringdon.street). Taw Vale Extension. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (9) OF BILLS. GLA SGOW HARBOUR GRAND RAILWAY JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. Lord Wors'ey reported from the Select Committee on Group (9) o nction f Railway Bills, llh, tat In the case of the Gla sgow Harbour Grand Ju Railway Bi to whom several petitions against the said Bills were referred, that they had heard counsel in support of several of the said p titions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and bad examined the allegations of the preamble of the Bill, but that the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (9) OF RAILWAYS. GLASGOW H4RBOUR MINERAL RAILWAY BILL. Lord Worsley reported from the Select Committee on Group (9) of Railway Bills, that in the case of the Glasgow Harbour Mineral Railway Bill, to whom several petitions against the said Bill were referred, they had heard counsel in support of the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and had examined into the allegations of the preamble of the Bill, but that the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (6) OF RAILWAYS. PERTH AND CRIE F RAILWAY BILL. • Sir John Cam Hobbotise reported from the Select committee era Group (6) of Railway Bills, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group were referred, that in the cese of the Perth and Crieff Direct Railway Bill they had heard counsel in support of some of the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and that they had examined the allegations con tained in the preamble of the Biel, but the same bad not been proved to the satisfaction of the Committee. RAILWAY SH**ll.E MARKETS. BRISTOL, STOCK Exc risztox. — The sales - Bristolare and Exeter, 84—Ditto, New, 9% — Caledonian , 6 4—Great Western, Quarter Shares, 18%-- Midland, New, 33 % — Newcastle and Berwick, 21 % — South Devo4. Midland, 18s. p.—Taff Vale, New, l MANC HESTER, Arm 29. Srocit EXCHANGE.—The sales are — Bideford and Tavistock, I dis — Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 1% dis. — Birkenhead, Lanca-, shire, and Cheshire Junction, 14 p. — Blackburn, Darwen, and Bol ton, 2 dis.— Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, ns. 6d. dis.--Bucking ham and Bletchly Junction, % dis.—Derby and Crewe, 2% p.— Direct Northern, 1 dis.—Eastern Counties, 24% —Ditto, York Ex tension, 1% p.—East Lancashire (No. 2), 2% p.—Essex and Suffolk, 16s. dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, % dts.—Goole, Doncaster, Shef field, &c., 7-16 dis.—Grand Union, 13-16 dis.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, dis.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, p. — Huilderstield and Manchester Railway and Canal, % Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 5 .p.—Lancaster and Preston, 10% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5 dis.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manches ter, p. —Liverpool and Bury, 8% p.—Ditto, New Shares; 1% p. —Liverpool, Orrnskirk, and Preston, 1 p.—London and York, 12s. 6d_ dis. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 9-16 P. — Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 914—Ditto, ditto (B), 9 p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 8 p. — Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, Ms. — Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, 9s. dis.—Man chester and Leeds, Quarters, 7% p.—Ditto, Extension, 2% p.—Man chester and Southampton, dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.— North Union (B), 144—Oldham District, % dis.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 3% p.—Ditto, ditto (B), p.—Sheffield, Leek, and Crewe, % dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, % p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), 1% p. — Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, %, dis.—South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), par —West Lancashire Coast, 15s. dis. - --West Riding Union, 2% p. — Whitehaven and Furness, 3 dis. , APRIL STocR ERCRANGE.-A l H arge ULL amount 0 29. f business has been trans acted in scrip to-day. Many Isquiries for old stock, of which scarcely any is offering, The sales are-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 2 % - Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6%-North British, Carlisle, 41s. 9d.-Bandon and Bantry, 7s. 6d.-Bucking hamshire, 278.-Derby and Gainsborough, 13s. 9d.-Dublin and Galway, 2% -East Coast, 21s. 9d.-Grand Union, I Is. 6d.-Great Eastern and Western, 1 4-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 265. 3d.- Hull and Lincoln, 225. -Leicester and Bedford, 85.-Leicester and Tamworth, 238.-London and York, 355.- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 21. 178.-North Western, 18s.-North Staffordshire, 4/. 19q. 6d.-South Midland, W. 28.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 21. 13-. 9d.-Trent Valley Continuation, 368.-West Riding Unio.t, 41. 155.-- Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 225. 9d. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 29. SToCK ExcHANcia.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield, Quar ter Shares, 15s.—Derby and Gainsborough, 14s.— Sheffield and Lin colnshire, 235. Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries and Crewe, 14s. —West Riding Union, 4%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AralL 29. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Eastern Counties, New, 7 Grey t Worth of England, 401. Shares, 48U la.—North British, Halves, " P • — Carlisle, % p.—North Staffordshire, 2% p.—West Riding Union, 1% p. YORK,' APRIL 29. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—London and York, I%—Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. 1 75.—Newcastle and Berwick, 21U —Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 9%—North British, Carlisle Extension, 2%—North Kent and Direct Dover, —North Staffordshire, 5 Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, New, 10% —We‘t Riding Union, 4% —York and Carlisle, 11. 78. — York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), lOU EDINBURGH, APRIL 27. STocK EXCHANGE. - The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/.• -Aberdeen, Dant'', ard Elgin, 11. ss. -Airdrie and Bathgate, W.-ATM oath and For far, 27/. -Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s. -Ayr and Galloway, 1/. 9s. -Banffshire, 195.-- . 4ritish and Irish Union, 21.35.-Caledonian, 101. reet. I/. and Dumbarton, 1/. Gs. Gd -Caledonian and Northerr i t . p o l s. Dun_ 10s,-Ditto, New, /1. 55.-Caledonian Extension, H. 9a.-Caledonian 17s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, !V.-Direct Northern, 15s. East of Fife, 11. 105.-East Lothian Cent ral,G lasgow, burgh and Bathgate, 2/. Os.6d. -Edinburgh and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto,D aan i d Perth, 141, and 721.- rtere 171. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 211.--une /1. 75.-Edin- Ditto, Half Shares, 161. ss. -Ditto , Qua , 19 70 . 1. - - 10 E s dln b D U I. 1: o h Glasgow, and Dun 2 harto n, s. 3d. 6d.-Edinburgh,-Edir- Leith, and Gran ton, 161.-Ditto, Preference, 181.- Edinburgh and Northern, 4/_ b. New, r,,.h a l . n i 1 d . 151 .- Edinburgh, Leithd i n b A u r t m g h 0 , G - h ti, D i g t o t o w , L a n o c d h g A e y l 1 r s y Atmospheric, 11. 3s. and Peebles, U. 69.- Edinburgh and Perth, 21. U.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 1/. 145. Newport, 6d l . os : lil l re Bg , New Stock, 28/.-Ditto, Quarter 'hares, 17/. 1 0s.-illas ow ' ss. 6d. -D1 t to, Dum fries, and Carlisle, H. 13 5.-141asgow and Dundee Junction , 1/ , . 10s. 6d.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401. 105 .-Glasge* and Greenock, 19/.- Ditto, New Stock, 10 1.-Ditto, Preference , U. 155.-G reat North Gf Scotland, H. 1 15.-Granton Junction,los.--Inverness and Elgin, U. Os. 6d.-Lond on and York, Li. 10.-North British, 261.-Dit o, Halves, 8/. 55.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, ii. 4 shin to I ) alkeLh, 61.-P ert h and Inverness,lL 1 10 s.= -Ditto, Eater t tral, 131. 10 5. -Di tto, New, 5/. U.-Scottish Central - an tis d h alit donian Junction, ii. G s -Scottish Midland, 61. 7s. 6d. ttise-tt southern, H. 13s. 6 d. -Stirling and Dunfermline, U. 16s. GLASGOW, APRIL 28. STOCK EIICHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, Banff', and Elgin, 275. 6 d. - Airdrie and Bathgate, 418. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 315.- British and Irish Union, 43 5.-Caledonian, New, 235. 6d.-Ditto, Ex tension, 31s. 6 d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, ZOs. - Caledonian and Direct Northern, 355.-Cornwall and Devon Cen tral, 328.-East Indian Railway, 9s. 6d.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 345. 6 c 1 .-Glasgow General Terminus, 9% -Glasgow and Belfast Union, 345.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and .Ayr, 71% -Glasgow, Dee.,- fries,7. and Carlisle, 375.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardr n ° . • 335.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, - 318.-Lanark and L o thi ans , 41 5 .-Lesuialiagow, 415. W.-South Mid land, 40s. Gd.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 355. [ADVERTISEMENT.] DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE Vision RELIEVED, 39, ASSERMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY.—NeWIy invented acoustic tubes, for relief of extreme deafness, and when inserted in the ear cannot be perceived by the nearest observer — they are entirely different from all others, and are the smallest hear ing instruments constructed—measuring only a quarter of an inch in their widest part; they may be securely adjusted in the ears unob served, and removed therefrom with as great ease and facility. Per sons are enabled to join in general conversation, and to hear most distinctly in a place of worship, &c., and what should be greatly considered, a natural expansion of the cavity of the oar is preserved —a thickening or contraction of which in many instances is par tially the cause of deafness—and by their use the unpleasant sen sation of singing noises in the cars is entirely obviated. Also Im proved hearing trumpets of every description. Immediately the newly-invented spectacle lenses are placed before Imperfect vizier, either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, eve ry object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defe ctive sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful , , !latent], and original state. Also the most poweritil ach romatic telescopes, opera glasses, and, m i croscopes. c a ution-3lessrs S. and B. Soloinons, opticians, are not in any wa y connected with a pers on of the same na me in their immed i ate n eighbourhood. nor in a n y part of the country. To pr event mistaken, be cautious , observe —only to be had at 39, Albemarle treet, Piccadilly. ps . i [ADVERTISE MENT.] --DR, BRIGHT, OF E LY-PLACE, H OLB ORN, AND HoLLoWAY'S PILLS AND OINTSIENT--C in opo a IV the ey()r letter from this celebrated physician to Professor II 1 ° of a I think It but an act of justice to inform you, o loway :—" Sir, that Oi n tment and Pills in several old cas es of ulceratedat I have t r i e d y our for a considerable time had resisted ev sore legs, which ery kind of t rea t ment, b u t which were afterwards effectually cured by the use of y our me di c i nes . In cases of bad breasts I have also Indeed, from my practical knowledge found them of great service. in most cases. (signed) lach _ I think them mos t i nva l ua ble chemists, and at ard Bright, M.D."—T o to had of all London. Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The G!. , nleman's Real Head of Hair, or Invisible Ventilatinc , Peruke, is so close a resem blance to nature as to defy detection; and to enable any gen tleman to see the effect, a large assortment is always kept for inspection, any one of which, if approve d of, saves the purchaser both time and trouble. These splendid specimens of the per ruquean art, superior to anything to be obtained elsewhere, either in Paris or London, have only to be seen to be admired, and are the sole invention of Ross and Sons. 119 and 120, Hi shopsgate-street, London. N.B. Splendid hair-cutting apartments on the ground-floor, the whole of the walls being lined with looking-glass a la mode de Paris. • No. 16,727. LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN rir - HE NEW ASYLUM for INFANT OR - A_ PHANS, STAMFORD-HILL. For Orphans under Eight Years of Age, without distinction of sex, pbice, or religious connexion. The SECOND ANNIVERSARY DINNER of this Charity will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th of May. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount MORPETH , M .P., in the Chair. STEWARDS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cla- Sir Geo. De H. Larpent, Bart. rendon William Ewart. Esq,, M.P. James Pattison, Esq., Ml'. Charles Lushington, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. James Harmer, Esq. Henry Vyner, Esq. S. M. Peto, Esq. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Robert Lush, Esq. S. P. Arnold, Esq. William Leavers, Esq. Francis Bennoch, Esq. John Remington Mills, Esq. Edward Brown, Esq. Robert M`Cabe, Esq. Domenic Braggiotti, Esq. William Mawby, Esq. Josiah Conder, Esq. James Peek, Esq. James Carter, Esq. John Itelfe, Esq. Isaac Circuit, Esq. Charles Reed, Esq. Joseph Crane, Esq. Robert Rymill, Esq. Joseph Davis, Esq. George Simmons, Esq. John Finch, Esq. Edward Edwards, Esq. William Groser, Esq. Edward Healey, Esq. John W. Harker, Esq. Charles Jones, Esq. George T. Kemp, Esq. th P. C. Leckie, Esq. Christopher Lund, Esq. James Smith, Esq. George Thompson, Esq. Henry Thompson, Esq. William Tho nborrow,Esq William W. Tyler, Fsq. William Wilkinson, Esq. David W. Wire, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Captain Weller. Tickets, One Guinea. each, ma , Offices of the Institution, 32, Poult Tavern. y be had of the Stewards; at the ry ; and at the bar of the London JAME SHERMAN, Hon. Secretary 32, Poultry, May, 1846. THE EXHIBITION of PLANTS, FLO WEIR, and FRUIT, in the Gardens of the ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, will be held this season in the New Conservatory, on WEDNESDAYS May 20, June 3, and July 1. , --Tickets may be obtained at. the Gardsus by presenting an order frat a fellow or meniber, price 4s. each, until May 9.. Fellows pri-. vileged tickets will cease to be issued also on the 9th of May. THE EAST DEREHAM and NORWICH RAILWAY BILL. Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the SCRIPHOLD ERS in the above COMPANY will be held pursuant to the Resolu tions of Parliament, at the Company's Offices, Mitchell's-court, Norwich, on FRIDAY, the Bth day of May next, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of expressing their approval or non-ap proval of the above Bill. EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman of the Committee of Management. Norwich, April 27, 1846. CIOLCHESTER, STOUR, VALLEY, SLID BURY, and HALSTEAD RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the COLCHES TER, STOUR VALLEY, SUDBURY; and HALSTEAD RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held at the Offices of the said Company, No. 1, High-street, Colchester, Essex, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of May, 1846, at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of submitting a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, to incorporate the said Com pany and construct and maintain the said Railway for the considera tion of the said Scripholders and Holders of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip. Dated this 27th day of April, 1846. GEORGE BAWTREE, Secretary. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and CARLISLE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a Special General MEETING of the Proprietors of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company will be held, at the Office of the Company, near the Forth, in the town of Newcastle-upon -Tyne, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of May, 1846, at Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of submitting for the approval of the Proprietors of the said Company the Draft of a Bill now before Parliament, entituled, "A Bill to authorise the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company to extend their Railway in New castle-upon-Tyne, to make several Branch Railways, and for other purposes connected with their undertaking." MATTHEW PLUMMER, Chairman of the Directors. 1 1/1 - , ALTON AND DRIFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the Malton aud Drif field Junction Railway Company, will be held on Tummy, the 12th day of May next, at the Corn Exchange in New Malton, in the county of York, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when a copy of the Bill for making the said Railway a:.d Branch to Frodingham-bridge, will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, pursuant to the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament. And notice is hereby further given, that no person can vote at the said meeting, unless he produces his Scrip or Banker's Receipts. . . Dated this 29th day of April, 1846. MORPETH, Chairman of the Provisional Directors. BENJAMIN DUNN, Secretary. %A/IL SON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN.. y MENTS.. Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square. On MONDAY EVENING, MAY 4, at Eight o'clock. Mr. WILSON will give his SECOND ENTERTAINMENT on the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, Pianoforte—Mr. LAND. Part I.—Happy Friendship--An thou wort my aM Thing—Up in the morning early—Last May a braw Wooer—Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled—The Land o' the Leal—The Reel o' Tullochgorum. Part IL—The Spinning Wheel—The Maid I daurna name—Saw ye my wee Thing?—The Ewie the crookit Horn—Come under my Plaid ie —Muirland Willie. Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Primate Boxes for Six, 15s. ; for Eight, 1/. Novelties of extreme Interest and inform 'Bon at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, with new and beautiful variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK.—The Fellows are informed that the first PROME NADE this season, will take place on WEDNESDAY next, May 6th. A Military Band will attend at Half-past Three o'clock, The Pro meuades will be continued during May, June, and July, every Wed nesday, excepting those Wednesdays appointed for the Exhibitions. SEE TIIE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1 Daily News Office, Whiten*tars. CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION. -70e,RITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. 11-kil The GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the 4 7 0.itKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, is OPEN DAILY from Ten till F.ve, and will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, May 16. Admission, Is. Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. N.B. The Gallery will be RE-OPENED in JUNE, with Portraits of Illustrious Personages. BEARD'S IMPROVED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, so highly eulogised by all the leading journals, are TAKEN DAILY, from Nine to Six, at 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; 85, King William-street, City; and the Royal Poly technic Ins' it ution, Regent-street. " The brilliancy and warmth of tone gained by the Patentee's new method of colouring, add materially to the excellency of the portrait." " The portrait stands out in bold relief, clear, round, and life-like." Licenses to practice the Invention in London, or the Provinces, granted by Mr. Beard (sole patentee of the Daguerreotype), 85, King William-street, City. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, • 26, COENHILL, LONDON. Capital 4500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and' substantial advan tages with respect both t. Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured-has, on all occasions, the power to berms, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, !see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PUOFI% The success and increasing prosper i ty of Society has onablee. the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from Su to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Polley effected on the Ft olt-sealtt. ;. ' , ! '1 'LT 0 t. u , . ~ Bonus Berms in 1 0 P *o ,-, 'L 9 2 g Premium. A, added. Cash. •51 2: 6, ; s :-. ,,, .. 0 ,-, , 1 1 pet •-.1 0. 1837 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 .£395 11 Is. d. 1838, 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 , 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 :1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4F Me division of proldt.3 is annual, and the next will be made in De ,,ember of the priment year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPAN Y, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-hou se , L ondon. RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P., Ch a i rman . BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman. THIS IS THE ONLY GUARANTEED MUTUAL COMPANY, those assuring on the participating principle having the security of a joint-stock company, and being entitled at the same time to the whole of the mutual profits. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed of constitution not to dispute any policy unless they can prove that it was obtained by fraud, and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived them selves of the power of objecting to any policy unless they undertake to prove that it was obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresen tation. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay the full amount of the policies, although the debts for which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the claim arise. THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors' whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured, although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe. BY THE HALF-PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first seven years' premiums is required, the other half being payable at the convenience of the assured, thus allowing a policy to be con tinued for seven years at one•haLf of the usual rate, or to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice. A reduction of 25 per cent. has been declared upon the current year's premiums of all participating policies of five years' standing. Copies of the last report, prospectuses, and all other information, may be obtained from the manager or agents. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. ASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTENSION. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, Copies of the four following Bills, that is to say— A Bill far making a railway from Cambridge to Lincoln, A Bill for making a railway from Lincoln to South Milford, A Bill for making a railway from March to Lincoln, A Bill for making a railway from Tottenham to Farringdon-street, Will be submitted to the consideration of the holders of the scrip and bankers' receipts for Eastern Counties (York Extension) shares at a meeting to be held, and which is hereby called for that purpose, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on THURSDAY, the 14th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely. All holders of the scrip are earnestly requested to attend the meeting, and to exhibit their scrip shares or banker's receipts thereat, and to send to the secretary, ,previously, written memoranda, with their names and addresses, and the numbers and amount of their scrip. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman,3 Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shoreditch Station, 29th April, 1846. RAIL WAY.- PUBLICATIONS. On the Ist of May, with numerous Illustrations, price One Shilling, rHE UNION MAGAZINE.—No. V. A. CONTENTS :-1. The Deal Boatman.-2. Musings at Home and Abroad,-3. The Tournament of Cowick, A.D 1470.-4. Comparative View of the Rise and Progress of Liberty in England and France.- 5. The Student Abroad.-6. The Man Mountain : A Legend. —7. "Late for Lectures" (continued).—Reviews: 8. Fremont's Expedi tion into Oregon.-9. Vestiges of Creation.—Poetry. Published by Barker and White, 33, Fleet-street, London, and to be obtained (by order) of all Booksellers, in Town or Country. T HE LAW REVIEW, No. VII., for MAY, Price 55., contains—. 1. Lives of the Chancellors. 2. The Law of Estates, Chap. I. 3. The Welsh Judge. 4. Bavarian Remarkable Trials. 5. Uncertainty of Law. 6. Practical. Use of the Roman Law. 7. Philip Dupin . 8. The Number of Witnesses. 9. M. Mole. 10. Law of Debtor and Creditor—Mr. Hawes's Bill. 11. Burdens on Land—Conveyancing Reform. 12. The Bar, the Benches, and the Judges—Adjudged Points—Notes on Charitable Trusts—Postscript, Owen Richards, Law Bookseller and Publisher,l94, Fleet-nreet. Just published , Demy Bvo, price 10 s . 6d . c l o th , THE PHILOSOPHY of TRADE, or OUT LINES of a THEORY of PROFITS and PRICES ; including an Examination of the Principles which determine the Relative Va lue of Corn, Labour, and Currency. By PATRICK JAMES STIRLING. " A valuable treatise—clear and convincing. Every merchant and trader in the land should make himself master of it, and legis lators and political economists may glean useftil information from its pages."—Critic. " With calmness and simplicity, the author proceeds ftom gene rals to particulars, nowhere leaping over a step in the demonstration or arrangement to reach a more attractive subject, and never giv ing a word of partisan a; gument or rhetorical embellishment. It is that species of writing which Lord Karnes compared to levelling werk —the more the labour the less it is apparent. By his manner of treating the subject, Mr. Stirling has been able singularly to dis embarrass himself of those misleading influences which, have so often led economists astray."—Scotsman, " Clear, methodical, and well written, we have no doubt that it will speedily take its place among the standard works of the age."— Glasgow Courier. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London The Monthly Part, - for May, price Sevenpence, of the pEOPL E'B JOURNAL, Contains four Illustrations, by Kenny Meadows, Margaret Gillies, P. W. Topham, and Edward Duncan; and the following original papers :- 1. Christmas in Sweden, by Frederika Bremer. 2. Letter on Labour, by William Howitt. 3. Memoir and Portraits of the Hutchinson Family. 4. On the study of History,,by W. J. Fox. 5. Lyrics of Life, by Mary Howitt. 6. 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In pursuance of the Sessional Orders of both Houses of Parliament, notice is hereby given that a Special General Meeting of the Scrip holders of this Company, that is to say of the Holders of Scrip, or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Company, will be held on SATUR DAY, the 9th day of May next, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the I.ondon and Birmingham Railway Station, in Euston-square, London, for the purpose of approving (or otherwise) the following Bills now before Parliament, viz. : A Bill for making a railway from the Londen and Birmingham Railway, at Aidoury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford (Tring to Banbury). A Bill for making a railway from Oxford to the London and Bir mingham Railway, at Bletchley, in the county of Buckingham (Ox ford to Bletchley). The Sessional Orders, befere referred to require that one-third of the capital proposed to be raised by the Bill shall be repreented at the meeting by persons producing thereat scrip or bankers' receipts for the same, and the holders of such scrip or receipts are therefore requested to attend accordingly. The directors take this opportunity of announcing that both the above Bills have been read a second time ; the latter is now in Com mittee, and wholly unopposed ; the Committee on the former Bill is not at present named. The Secretary will afford such information and assistance to the shareholders as they may desire with reference to their scrip or receipts, and the production thereof, and the voting thereon at the meeting. Communications may be addressed to him at the Com pany's office, No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster. As no party will be entitled to vote at the meeting until his ar her name and address, aril the denoting numbers of all the scrip or receipts are first recorded, shareholders are partlealarly requested, with a view to the conyenyence,of the meeting, either to send their _scrip or recelpti to the Secretary, or to any of the Committee of Management at=thatteSspf tiie , Conapany, or to furnish a state ment of the denoting ttu Oars of the scrip or receipts to the Secre tary forthwith, as other'the the proceeedings of the meeting will be greatly delayed by the i. N t e ,sary preliminary investigations. Dated April 29, 1846. HARRY VERNEY, Bart., Chairman of the Committee of Management. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a meeting is proposed to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at half-past two of the clock in ;the afternoon, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, of the Holders of Scrip (see Note) in the above-mentioned Company, at which meeting the Bills hereinafter-mentioned will be submitted for the consideration and approval of such Scripholders, that is to say, " A Bill for making a Railway from Birmingham to join the lines of the proposed Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Worcester, ard Wol verhampton Railways, and to be called The Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway ;' and a Bill for making a Railway into Birmingham, in extension of the proposed Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway. Dated, 29th April, 1846. Note.—All persons produci ng H ATITERTON, Chairman. entitled to vote in resp ect thereof, if issued priorto the 3 1 st M arch last, but no vote ca n b e accepted in respect of any scrip not actually produced. In cases wh ere the deposits on shares allotted has b een paid prior to the 31st M arch last, but the scrip for such shares has scrip at the above meeting will be not been issued, the production of the banker's receipt for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of the scrip. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERFIAMPTON, and DUDLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING is proposed to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at eleven of the o'clockiin the forenoon, at Dee's Royal Rotel, Birmingham, of the holders of Scrap (see note) in the above -mentioned Company, at which meeting the Bill hereinafter mentioned will be submitted tbr the consideration and approval of such Scripholders, that is to say, " A Bill for making railways from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and Dudley, to be called The Birmingham and Dudley "' Dated 29th April, 1846. HATHERTON, Chairman. Note.--All persons producing Scrip at the above meeting will be entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 31st of March last, but nu vote can be accepted in respect of:any Scrip not actually produced. In cases where the deposits on shares allotted have been paid prior to the 31st March last, but the Scrip for such Shares has notbeen issued, the production of the Banker's receipt for the de posit will be accepted in lieu of the Scrip. IVE ANC H E STE R AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held, at the Com pany's Offices, in London-road, in Manchester, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of May, 1846, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when copies of the undermentioned Bills, now pending in Parliament, will be submitted to the Proprietors fur their approval; under which Bills it is proposed to authorise the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company either to construct or to beeome the proprietors of, or to contribute towards the formation of, the railways therein mentioned, that is to say— A Bill to empower the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Corn pany to make certain Branch Railways. A Bill for consolidating the London and Birmingham, Grand Junc tion, and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies. A Bill for making a Railway from NeWtown, in the county of Montgomery, to Crewe, in the county of Chester, with Branches, and for other purposes connected therewith. A Bill for nutting a Railway from the Chester and Crewe Branch Branchf or AA onitlliitilellrtiofboprsurtrinnop,naoasef ang:na.cdonanfilinier:ci,i;tiwtewidiaaeyytrhefrreowinith. of the Grand Juaetion Railway, at Calvelcy, to Wolverhampton, and Shrewsbury to Stafford, with a f p r u o rp m o t s h e e s. Manchester andßirmingham Railway at Cheadle, in the county of Chester, to or near to the Ambergate Station cf the Midl,rds Railway, In the county of Derby, to be called the" Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands June tion Railway." A Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birming htoamll The Chair will be taken at three o'clock precisely. y ß d a e i , l i w n a t y h , e in co t u h n e ty to o w f n c sh h i e p st o e f r. Gorton, in the county of Lancaster, Dated this 29th day of April, 1846. J. P. WESTHEAD, Chairman of the ROBERT BENSON, JByun., Deputy - Chairman Directors. order, JOHN L ATHAM, Secretary. GI' ASGOW, D UMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. In compliance with the Resolutions__ or Orders of the Houses of Par liament, a SPECIAL MELTiNg i of the holders of Scrip or of hell Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of e Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car a vote taken on the said Bill as re lisle Railway Company, will bewithin the Black Bull Hotel, in Glasgow, upon MONDAY, the I lth day of May next, at two o'clock afternoon, when a copy of a Bill now before Parliament, entitled " A Bill for making a Railway from the Glasgow, Paisley , Kilmar nock, and Ayr Railway, near Cu k mnock to the Caledonian Railway near the crossing of the river Sark be called ' The Glasgow, Dum fries, and Carlisle Railway, Wit and anches' " will be submitted to the By order of the Ordinary Committee of Management, q co u n ir s e id d e b r y ati t o h i e l o sa f id th JOHN LEADBETTER, Chairman. r e e m so e lu et t i l n on g s , or orders. 1 d GLASi3- 0V kr 137------AILWAY. TIDINBURGI an one ueen o-'Sctlroecekt' afternoon, when a copy Glasgow, upon be 1 '4 ID compliance with the resolutions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the Shareholders or Stock holders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, will be held t, in at Q of a Bill before Parliament, intituled, " A Bill or Act to enable the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Cotnpany to alter the line of the to form Junction Railway, and a Branch to South Queens- Glasgow " ill be submitted to the cons.ideration of the meeting, anti a t w h i e th l i 2 n th the da T o il f w A a r y a - y offi be c x e Queens vote w id Bill, as required by the said resolutions or vote taken on the sa of the I)* t By order tree ors, orders. JOHN LEARMOUTH, Chairman. H. G. WRIGHT, Secretary. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILM ARNOCK AND ATE RAILWAY . , In compliance with the resolutions or orders of the llonses of Par a SPECIAL MEETING of the Shareholders or Stockholders Paisley, Kilmarno fti c , and Ayr Railway Company, will be held within the Comp a ny's 0 ce, iu at Glasgow, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at one o'clock in the after „nen copies of the following Bills now before Parliament will noon, be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a note taken on the said Bill as required by the said resolutions or orders, viz.:- I. o li f a t m h e e n G t lasgow, A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr and from Irvine to the harbour Railway Company to alter their line near Kilmarnock, and to make branches to Linwood, Swinlees, and the ICilmaniock and Troon Railway. 2. A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil marnock, and Ayr Railway, Irvine,and to authorise the formation of thereof, wi th ble the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 3, A Bill to ena ' fr th om a subsidiary branch branch to Perceton Coal Works a branch from thel • r railway near Blair Railway the Acts • and to amend relating to such railway. to Strathaven, By order of the Directors, . branehes JAMES SMALL, Chairman, J. F. SMITH, Secretary, Company to make Sll N 9 APRIL 30, 1846. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGA. - - TION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS: A meeting in furtherance of the objects of this Society was held on Tuesdayin the Hanover-square Rooms, his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch in the chair. Amongst others on the platform we observed the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Jamaica, Lord Glenelg, Lord Sandon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Dean of WeA minster, Archde acon M ann i ng, and the Rector of St. George's, Hanover -square. The room was crowded in every part. • The Noble CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by reading letters of apology for non-attendance from the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. E. Denison, and others. He then proceeded briefly to state the objects of the Society, and in doing so observed, that in the last year alone no less than 63,060 individuals emigrated from this country to foreign part s , an d he called upon all true Christiansto assist in affording the benefits of the Gospel to the millions in the colonies, who were so destitute of those blessings. The Society was founded in 1701, and if it was then found neces sary to contribute to its success, how much more incumbent was it upon us to do so now ? Multitudes of our own coun trymen were daily going down to the grave without the con sclation afforded by a minister of the Gospel. He concluded by making an earnest appeal on behalf of the Society, and expressing the joy he felt at the increased means of spiritual comfort which was now afforded to the convicts in the penal colonies —(Applause). The Bishop of WINCFIESTER moved the first resolution, and in doing so expressed his confidence that when the emi grants and colonists, in behalf of whom they had met, he ar d that the meeting had been presided over by his Grace, their joy would almost be unbounded.—(Applause.) The reso lution which he had to move was to the following effect "That the emigrants from this country to the British colonies, amounting to forty thousand annually, and the colonists already settled there, require a ..much,inere ample provision for their spiritual wants than theY are at' 'Present able, with all the efforts they are making, to provide for themselves." Those emigrants arrived in thee colonies very generally in a most destitute condition, and the clergymen were called upon to afford them temporal as well as spiritual comforts. His Lordship then read a long extract from a letter of the Bishop of Calcutta, to prove the destitute state of the colonists in a spiritual sense. The resolution which he had read referred to the efforts of the colonists themselves. He rejoiced to say that those efforts had been great and very successful. In Calcutta, for in stance, the Legislature there had voted during the last year 3,0001. for the support of the Church, and 3091. for the in struction of the young. The local dependencies were also enabled to supply the ministry in a great measure from the natives, who, under God, would be the means of spreading the Gospel far and wide. But after all, in the words of the resolution, " a much more ample provision was required." —(Applause.) He had that morning received a letter from a merchant, who was a member of a large emigration com pany, who had instructed him to say that they were willing to give every asssistance in their power to the agents and friends of this Society in carrying out their noble objects.-- (Applause.) His Lordship then referred to the recent glo rious victories in India, and remarked that a wide and exten sive field had been opened amongst the heathens for the furtherance of the Gospel.—(Applause.) Lord GLENELG most eloquently seconded the resolution. Mr. BYNG supported the resolution. He felt convinced that the late wars in India, although they had not added to the possessions of the British Sovereign, they would add to the possessions of the Great Sovereign of all, by the con version of the heathen to his cause.—(Applause.) He con cluded by handing in, amidst loud applause, a cheque for 1001. as his mite to the funds of the Society. Lord R. GROSVENOR also spoke in support of the resolution, and said that it was a crying shame to this wealthy country to suffer the colonies to remain in their present destitution with regard to spiritual instruction. The resolution was then put and passed. The Bishop of St. Davies moved the next resolution— " That the connexion into which this country has been brought for its commercial and political relations with vast numbers of the heathens imposes upon it the duty of imparting to them the blessings of the Gospel." If it was necessary to adopt the first resolution, which related to emigrants from this country, who had in their infancy imbibed the principles, surely this - which referred to the case of the poor benighted heathen, on whom the light of the Gospel had not yet shone, ought more especially to be adopted and earnestly carried out.—(Applause.) There was an impression abroad that the gigantic work which this Society had undertaken could not be accomplished by it. That impression, in his opinion, was not founded on fact. No doubt if the Government had as sisted them the work would have been easier—(Applause)— but if the work were rigorously carried on the difficulties which were, by some, represented to be greater than they actually were, would vanish. The colonists themselves contributed largely, perhaps more largely in proportion to their wealth and numbers, than the people of this country, to the fun ds of the Society.—(Appl ause.) Th ere were some who questioned the propriety of regarding the condition of the heathen whilst we neglected the ignorant and depraved con dition of our own people at home.—(Applause.) It was true that there was heathenism to be converted at home, but he maintained that the causes of converting the foreign as well as the native heathen could not be separated.— (Applause.) There was this connexion between those two objects—by everything that we did to enlighten the mass of heathen ignorance and depravity at home we were lightening the work that remained for us to do abroad.—(Hear, hear.) The conversion of the heathen abroad would not diminish our efforts in the cause of Christianity at home, but rather bring down blessings upon all our undertakings. —(Ap plause.) These were our palmy days of commerce and con nexion with the heathen, and if we failed to take advantage of the opportunities that were now held out to us of propa gating the cause of the Saviour, we might hereafter have most bitterly to regret our apathy and neglect.—(Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER seconded the resolu tion. He said that they must all be aware that nations like individuals had their responsibilities, and that as to indi viduals so to nations talents were committed, for the use or abuse of which they would be severely called ultimately to account.—(Hear, hear.) If we reviewed our station among the scale of nations, to us had been extended, an empire great amongst the other nations of the earth, and if to us above all other nations of the earth had been committed the charge of an extensive empire, comprising many millions of heathen in habitants, upon us rested above all the duty of providing those millions with the knowledge of that Christian truth and the enjoyment of those religious privileges which were our pride as well as our consolation.—(Applause.) He did not mean to claim for the Legislature of this country an ex emption from the responsibility of providing such instructions for the heathens—(Hear, hear)—but he contended that each and every one of us were individually responsible to perform those duties.—(Applause.) He had been assured by letters from parties that had been engaged in the recent battles in India that the victory was to be attributed to the interposition of a providential hand, and did it become us not to feel thankful for such divine blessing? Those conquests had added another million of heathens to the many millions already under the sway of the British sceptre, and were we not now more forcibly called upon to contribute to the fund of such societies as these, for the purpose of extending our common faith to the benighted Pagan?—(Applause.) If they could look forward to the melancholy period when the greatness of this nation would have to decay, they would leave behind them not the relics of civil or ecclesiastieal edifices, but the nations that we had blessed by conveying to them the blessings of the truths of the everlasting Gospel.— (Applause.) The historian that would have to record the fate of this empire would no doubt say " this was a wise and an understanding people ; this was a people that had the Lord for their guide."—(Applause.) The Noble CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was unanimously passed. The Bishop of Jamaica then moved—" That the two fold object of providing means of spiritual improvement for our emigrants and colonists, and making known the Gospel to the heathen dependencies, has, under the Divine blessing, been so long successfully pursued by the Society fpr the Propagation of the Gospel, tha' it is entitled to the sympathy and support of the present meeting." His Lordship, amidst repeated applause, gave a cheering account of the progress of the Gospel in foreign parts, which had been effected for the most part by the efforts of this Society. Ho contended for the responsibility of providing the people both at home and abroad with spiritual instruction. Ought not our "kings to be nursing fathers and our Queens to be nursing mothers to the Church?"—(Applause.) Lord Joins MANNERS seconded the resolution, and in the course of his speech regretted that, in this, the nineteenth century, it should be found necessary to call such meetings as these, and he feared that if something more were not done by the State for the spread of the Gospel, our foreign possessions might at no distant day be plucked from the diadem of the British Crown.—(Hear, hear.) lie was sure that when this great meeting sepa rated they would not cast away the responsibility that devolved upon them. It was well that the princes and nobles residing in the ancient city of Westminster should aid the noble objects of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel abroad. He had no doubt that ere long the churches abroad would be supported by the colonists them selves—they were, in fact, in some places doing that already. —( Applause.) But we must not forget that we were respon sible for the spiritual instruction of the hundreds of our fellow-countrymen that yearly left our ports, and the best way in which we could discharge our duty in that respect would be by contributing to the funds of this Society, the great supporter of the Church.—{Applause.) The resolution was then passed. Lord SANDON moved the next resolution, which called upon the public f or i ncreased contributions to the fundsof this Society. Archdeacon MANNING seconded the resolution, and said that the amount w hi c h had already been eked for ttle purposes of this society was most paltry, when compared with the magnitude of the work which they had undertaken. Shame should burn on our cheeks and our faces be covered with tears of repentance when we reflected on the manner in which we had discharged our duties with respect to the evangelisation of the heathen. — (Applause.) It appeared that 50,000/. only was the sum which had been contributed for the purposes of this Society during the last year. What an insignificant sum was that to be raised for so sacred a purpose, in so wealthy and Christianised a country as England.—(Cheers.) The duty of evangelising our fellow-men was coeval with our baptism ; we were clearly " our brother's keeper " in this respect.—(Applause). He himself represented multitudes of poor labouring men, and lie rejoiced to have to say that never was there a gathering at his church that every one, the very poorest of them, di i not contr i bute to the purpose of eva gelising the earth.—(Applause). Let Westminster and the rest of England do the same. —(Applause). Ile hoped that all the pastors of the Church would repeatedly and earnestly inculcate on their hearers the duty of contributing to this Society. England owed a vast debt to this institution • let them set about di sc h arg i ng that debt without delay.—(Ap plause). The Church of England at the present moment owed a very deep obligation to these missionary societies, and they appeared to be the surest means of restoring to her amity and strergth.— (Applause). The vital principles of the Church demanded an extension, not diminution.—(Ap plause). The Ch urc h was a mora l police for a turbulent population, and it had no doubt been greatly extended at home during the last fifteen years; a thousand churches, as to many pastors, and incalculable schools having been added her, but it was impossible that the heart could be secure whilst the extremities were allowed to fester.—(Applause). The resolution was then put and passed, i whichaft,ewrhhaving a vote of thanks was passed to the Noble Chairman, been responded to, the meeting separated. n The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry arrived at Farrance's Hotel yesterday, from their seat, Annan, Dutn frieshire. THE IRISH COERCION BILL . A meeting of the friends of Ireland waq held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, last evening, for the purpose of express ing their hostility to the Irish Coercion Act, and was very numerously attended.—Dr. Rogers presided. The SECRETARY (Mr. Daily) read letters from the O'Co norS liament in reference to him—all, however, concurring t o th e his sa baDi absence i o ste n yn , et D eo I r l v . aG was roa attend—thect a s t a n i , 0 n a e n ld d a sb M ty. nr the . al m er de i t c h e tl O t ' gentlemanß proceedingsri O'Brien, n , s s t a lbt t in i E.l g i ng p t t h ha e ra i _ t r full in the object of the meeting. Rev. D r . M'Gh ee, an d severa l ot h er I r i s h M em b ers and gentlemen. De O A n io t n h te e , pl E at sci fo . rm , fr w om ere i‘ A l l a r d . r D as il ; lon th ß e ro ß w e m v. e, The CHAIRMAN said h e regre tt e d th a t a more e li g ibl e per son had n o t b een selected for the presidency on the present M l r i : P lll ; oo F re, ran t c h i e s for other spheres of action, but as an Irishman he could not could testif,y, having trav ell ed: ewa o xd c hed c or a rsce s eis i ss o e occasion. . h ienm H ite sufferingss l thatifiuwml elesrvfeeoel force w iten as more fitted by professional duties tneh r eso e e f uis i r • ni a net i g n rnye f .n r t o lhi m eeTs htell expressing country presented meet ing the necessity of union, p,w distressing'oao I and ed l d r hear from the speakers who would sp,o g fi scenes it le s o roc na f pl beiup t hder h nieeiewe e endsefsiuw,bi. sufferings ac 3hnuif.enforcing nte flEftrouoieisftreeocsnoi o cwwnw f ghin theirniwhichieoedwrnhu,ei had inthtdhaatheoeiuptlgituoe.nt.Wit nessing himselfa country,eitmttnoe. all the evils by which they were ati pgresentm4fflaicted Mr. DILLON BROWNE said he appeared there that . evening for the purpo se o f recording his detestation of that Bill, which sought to trample on the last remnant of Irish liberty. —(hear, hear.) He did conceive that this meeting would have been an assemblage not only of Irishmen, but of Englishmen, and all the elements of democratic power, to preserve inviolate those liberties which were handed down to them in the reign of Charles the First. Ile regretted, there- ' fore, that there were no representatives of the people of England present there that evening.—(Hear.) It had been hem, hat by the course of policy th e y h a d pursued, tifttt&e - e — t Billi they were. lessening the . sympathy of the people of England for Ireland.—(llear,- hear.) Now he denied that, for there were none more anxious to give cheap food to the, English mechanic than the Irish people, and the Irish Members had, on more than one occasion, endangered their popularity by their adherence to the principles of those who were opposed to the corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) But were the Irish Members to stand still and allow the Ministry to chain them while the League tied their hands?—(Hear, bear, and cheers.) He (lid not see that they were called upon to act in any other way than they had done.—(Hear, hear.) Did they find any opposition to the various obnoxious measures which had been introduced from time to time against Ireland exhi bited by Englishmen,—(Hear.) Were there any demon strations on the part of England against the Arms Bill? Where were the advocates of English liberties and rights on the present occasion? Where were Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Dun combe, and that little contemptible wasp, Roe buck.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Irishmen, as well as Englishmen, were convoked by the advertisement to attend there that evening, and resist this aggression on s of the subj ec t, an d yet they had not responded to the the libertie call. It, therefore, devolved upon Irishmen to depend upon them selves, and by persevering in their present course they would obtain their liberties.—(Mr. O'Connell here entered, and was received with the most deafening and protracted applause.) He would conclude by proposing the first reso lution, and by assuring the English Members that there was a recuperative power in Irishmen to obtain for their country its legislative independence, and restore its nationality. The CHAIRMAN then read the following resolution : "That the government of Ireland has been one of unmitigated cruelty and unrelenting injustice. That this course of legis lative criminality has led to incalculable woes to Ireland. That therefore, considering the sanguinary character of the many previous Coercion Acts, all of which have failed in sub duing the spirit of Irish justice and liberty, we repudiate with as much indignation as is consistent with faithful loyalty, the pending effort of the Ministry to inflict upon Ireland another characteristic Coercion Bill, a Bill which in its malignity, its unconstitutional character, its brutal perversion of domestic protection, and its sacrifice of public liberty, is only a proper sequel to the long sad catalogue of injustices, of which Ire land has been the victim." . . Dr. DRURY brieflyseconded the res3lution which was carried with acclamation. The Rev. Dr. M'GirEE proposed and Mr. Richard TAYLOR seconded the following resolution: "That the calm, eloquent, and determined conduct of the Liberator in re sisting the first reading of the atrocious Coercion Bill is de serving of our warm and heartfelt gratitude." Mr. O'CoNwEr.t. (who was received with the greatest enthusiasm) said, that until the present moment he was not aware of the strength of his party in England. He was desirous of proving himself deserving of that support, by showing himself the uncompromising advocate of civil and religious liberty all over the world.—(Cheers.) In every portion of the globe—in every country—in every clime, freedom had in him an unflinching advocate.—(Loud cheers.) And every enslaver had in him an enemy.-- (Cheers.) That had been the great object of his political life. He had struggled for it for his own native land—he commenced his struggle for freedom when the Catholic was an unmitigated slave.—(Hear, hear.) The circumstances under which he was then labouring, the disqualifications which were imposed upon him, were almost in credible. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then referred to the different provisons of the penal code. But these were no longer to be recollected, they were so dis tant —(Cheers.) He mentioned these circumstances to re mind all those who might hear him of the justice of their claims to national and legislative independence.—( Hear.) He had spent thirty years of his life loooking for freedom, and was then st rugg li ng i n P arl i ament to keep what they had got of that liberty.—( Hear.) He did so because he was not of opinion that slavery was a cure for any malady. With respect to what had been said about the corn-laws, he bad to say a word. H e cons id ered the corn-laws an English question, and he came to England expressly for the purpose of supporting that measure. lie certainly did not deny that he had acted vexatiously with reference to the subject, and he would take advantage of all the forms of the House in persisting in that line of conduct.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman having deprecated the com mission of crime in Ireland, which he traced to the conduct of the landlords, concluded by saying that if lie were spared to see England restore to Ireland her nationality, he would on College Green hurl the cry of triumph, and wish pros perity, and strength, and success to England; but if it were otherwise, he would say, . 6 Woe to England."—(Loud cheers, in the midst of which the Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat.) Resolutions of approval of the conduct of Smith O'Brien and other Irish Members were agreed to, as well as in favour of repeal; after which the meeting separated. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. A great public meeting was held on Wednesday evening in the large room at Exeter Hall, to consider what means ought to be used for the abolition of the punishment of death. The hall was crowded in every corner long before the hour for the commencement of business. W. Ewan; Esq., M.P., who was unanimously called to the chair, introduced the subject to the meeting which had called them together. It was unnecessary, he felt, to detain them long. Their adversaries on the question had been driven from point to point and from crime to crime in this kind of award, and now death was inflicted only for one crime—the crime of murder.—(Hear, hear.) He remem bered at the time when it was attempted to abolish death as the punishment for sheep-stealing and burglary, that one rose up and said the consequence of that would be, that they could not trust their domestic servants ; when it was moved to abrogate it as the penalty of forgery, another said commercial credit would be at an end. Was the punishment of death, he asked, retained on the principle of the lex talionis, like for like, death for death ? He believed no man did so. Or was it then retained for the sake of example? Whv, on the part of their adversaries, a motion had lately been made that this sentence of the law should. be executed in private, so that fur them the argument from example went for nothing. But if they supported the present system on the ground of example let them send their children to the spectacle— (Cheers) —and the more especially if this was meant to be part of a national system of education.—(Laughter.) If any did maintain it on religious grounds, he believed that the spirit and the precepts of Christianity were directly opposed to it. There was one remarkable difference in the line of tie , fence taken up by parties on its behalf. lie (Mr. Ewart) and his friends depended on the Parliamentary Statistical Returns which had been got up from year to year. These showed a diminution of executions, and with that a diminu tion of crime ; and what was also worthy of observation, they exhibited an increase of convictions, thus showing with what that with from the these crrtainty criminals can be detected when j uries were un hhad was, been as, th d a r trammelled by a perverse senten ce . H e b egged the meeting tot s ta bear e !n : by mind m ther. Wrightson, result i which which dimi nution of executions there was a diminution of felt themselves sec ure d an d well established on crime.these They figures in their efforts against this systematised evil time they were e ncouraged and strengthen v d , at the same sition by the s cene w hi c h he saw around h e i in their oppo m, as well as by the general m ovement which he knew was proceeding in places. Liverpool, and S ou th ampton, and other lt had been said, howeve r , th at t h ey desired the abolition of this sentence from false sentiment and from false delicacy of mind, He said th a t was f ar f rom him. If and*ase sentiment existed in the community i n connexion with f this question, it had been produced not by the crime, but by the punish ment of the crime —(Hear, hear)—for he believed that the criminal was exalted into a species of hero, not by the crime he had committed, but by the punishment inflicted upon him—it was the a w f u l punishment of death which enlisted false feeling. If crime had produced this false feeling, then it would have continued while they viewed those crimes in reference to which death had been abolished, but that false feeling continued to exist only towards that one crime which was still punished capitally. No one had any such feeling now towards the sheep•stealer or the burglar, for the occa sion had been taken away. They had been asked by the other side, whether they were prepared to offer any punishment, instead of that which it was sought to abolish. Now, they were not there to find out the correlative scale and character of punishment and crime, yet they were con vinced that there was a punishment more adapted to crimi nals guilty of murder, and that was imprisonment for life; for what could be more awful to man—what greater torment --than to be for the rest of his days the companion of soli tude and his sin ? Such a prospect would carry with it more weight than the punishment which swept a living being in a moment out of existence; and if this solitary imprisonment and reflection produced sorrow in the criminal, and repent ance, then it became a sentence more in accordance with the spirit and end of religion. The Hon. Gentleman's speech was interrupted by the en trance of John Bright, M.P., who was received by the audience with long-continued cheering. Lord Nuaiusv t o move the was called on by the Chairman vett citing i to first resolution, which the Noble Lord did by other nations. statutes, and the history of sanguinary in this particular He said the Roman laws were moderate bl n ood edicts, said until the times of the Emperors, whose 3' . e with . The Tuscan c d Seneca, taught the people crime le to the nations in de existed for 23 years, was an exauip he French revolution that code was abolished, mency, but at t and the assassins returned among the people like beasts t o their prey. The statistics of the British IBrit.'sh Isles, for 30 years that the divided into cycles, showed diminution of crim e k ept pace with the a b o lition of capital punishments, and th a t t oo when there was an increase of population. They show e d a l so that the nu mber of convictions had increased in eve r y de scriptiont of crime except murder. In the crime of murder this kingdom steod next to Spain, and was eight times worse than Prussia. In Belgium, between the years 1834 and 1837, FASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a General 31.eeting of the Eastern Counties Registered Proprietors will be held csi THURSDAY, the 14th or May neat, 'One o'clock, at the LondontTavern, 431shopsgate street,-London,for the purpose of giving thel sanction or otherwise to the further proleeedfnks - witll — Bill for making a Railway from Hertford to Huntingdon, with aßranch.to Bedford ;. and A Bill for making a Railway from Tottenham to Barnet. A Bill for enlarging the London and Stratford stations of the 'Eastern Counties Railway and for other purposes. GEORGE. HUDSON, Chairman, 1 of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman $ Conmany. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shorediteli Station, April 29, 1846.