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E April 29, 1846. STEW The Right Hon. the Earl of Cla rendon James Pattison, Esq., 3f.P. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Henry Vyner, Esq. • ,A• W. Robarts, Esq. R. P. Arnold, Esq. 14 Francis Rennoch, Esq. Edward Brown, Esq. Domenic Brag,giottl, Esq• Josiah Condor, Esq • James Carter, Esq, Isaac Circuit, Esq• Joseph Crane, Esq, Joseph Davis, Esq, John Finch, Esq, Edward Edwards, Esq. William Groser, Esq. Edward Healey, Esq. John W. Harker, Esq. Charles Jones, Esq. George T. Kemp, Esq. F. C. Leckie, Esq. Christopher Lund, Esq. Tickets, One Guinea each, ma, Offices of the Institution, 32, Poull Tavern 32, Poultry, May, 1846. JAMS; Premium, ~`"1 Bonus Bemis in added. Cash. i ~ d 1837 £l9l 1:4 60 1000 74 3 4 1834 16i 131830 134 13 1840, 69 0 f).ES7 0; 74 61 61 01 41 13 5, 13 10 14 3 13 4 P i :i £1317 1 11 8 6 9 2 10 6 0 0 F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Sec. P ROVI DENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BE NEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND, 42, MOORGATE-STRE E T . The SECOND ELECTION of ANNUITANTS will be CELE BRATED on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 6th of MAY, by a PUBLIC DI NNER at the L on d on Tavern, at Five for Six o'clock precisely, Ds aid of the Benevolent Fund. STEWARDS. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE, .._ President of the B oar d of T ra d e , i n th e c h a ir. tietth J . B. , Esq., Governor of the'Charles Kerr, Esq. Bank of England ohn Labouchere, Esq. W. It. Robinson, Esq., Deputy- ohn L. Lawford, Esq. Governor of the Bank of England it George Larpent, Bart. John Anderson, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Sir John Lubbock, Bart. George Barnett, Esq. W. Lyall, Esq. George Gray Barton, Esq. James Mackillop, Esq. W. Boutcher, Esq. H. M. Marley, Esq. Mark Boyd, Esq. James Pattison, Esq., M.P. James Bruce, Esq. Brice Pearce, Esq. James Cook, Esq. -• Sir Charles Price, Bart. Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. ' George Pollard, Esq. henry Davidson, Esq:. W. G. Prescott, Esq. JOitu Deacon, Esq. 4 Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., M.P. !Thomas Dent, Esq. Wm. Ratray, Esq. John Peter Fearon, E sq . John R. Reeves, Esq., F.R.S. James Fletcher, Esq. Samuel Ridge E ,sq. John Gay, Esq., F.R.C.S. A. W. Roberts, E James W. Gilbert, Esq. John Abel Smith, E . Esq., M.P. Si rßichard Plumptre Wynn, Bart. Martin Tacker Smith, Esq. JohnAlxa Hatikey. Esq. Wm. Since, Esq. Thomas Alers Hanku, Esq. Alfred Smee, Esq., P. 8.8. .._ Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. Alderman Wm. Thompson, M. P. George Hibbert, Esq. - W. James Thompson, Esq George Hudson, Esq., M.P. Claude G. Thornton, Kul. T. W. Jones, Esq-, M.D. 'George Frederick Young, Esq. Tickets, 21s. each, may be had of the Stewards ; also at the offices of the Association, 42, Moorgate-street.; or at the London Tavern. THOMAS MULLINDER, Secretary. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL 42, B ENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND , Moorgate-street. T homas Baring Esq., TRUSTEES. Thomas Hankey ' , jun., M.P.Esq: IW. G. Prescott, Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild. TREASURER OF TAE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Forms of proposal for MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, to meet every contingency, Annuities, Endowments, Loans, &c., and the FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT, with every information, may be had at the Offices, where donations and _subscriptions to the Benevolent Fund are received April 29, 1846 THOS. MULLINDER, Secretary. 'PIE NEW ASYLUM for INFANT OR AL PHANS. STAMFORD-HILL. For Orphans under Eight Tears of Age, without distinction of sex, place, or religious connexion. The SECOND ANNIVERSARY DINNER of this Charity will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNEsDAT, the 27th of ➢lay. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount 31ORPETH, M.P., in the Chair. Sir Geo. De 11. Larpent, Bart. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Charles Lushington, Esq. James Harmer, Esq. S. M. Peto, Esq. Robert Lush, Em. William Leavers, Esq. John rtcrnWM* Mills, Esq. Robert M'Cabe, Esq. William Mawby, Esq. James Peek, Esq. John Itelfe, Esq. Charles Reed, Esq. Robert Rymill, Esq. George Simmons, Esq. James Smith, Esq. George Thompson, Esq. Henry Thompson, Esq. William Tho-nborrow,Esq. William W. Tyler, Esq. William Wilkinson, Esq. David W. Wire, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Captain Weller. 637 be had of the Stewards; at the try ; and at the bar of the London SHERKA.N, lion. Secretary N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE 'SOCIETY, 26, COBITHILL, LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers Important and substantial advan tages with respect both t 4 Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex- Palms or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of seleeting 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 . The success and increasing presperity PßOFlT4 of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus varying from 30 to 75 t^er cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 840 5 41 01t . m '&0.4 9 I £395 Il 1 346 2 3 296 134 247 45 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in Do cc►nlior of the present year. PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN NUITY COMPANY, 9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established in 1826. DIRECTORS. Wm. Goodenough Hayter, Esq., Robert Palk, Esq. m.r. John Louis Prevost, Esq. Charles JohnAon, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq, John Towgood Kembie, Esq. Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. John G. Shaw Lefevre, F.R.S. TRUSTEES. John Deacon, Esq. ; John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., F.R.S. ; Charles Johnston, Esq. This Society is supported by a subscribed Capital of 240,0001., and by a considerable accumulated premium fund. Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits, or at an increased premium, with participation in the profits of the Office. The following are the annual Premiums required for the assurance of XlOO on a healthy life in either case:— WITHOUT PROFITS. Age 20 1 11. 115. M. 1 30 1 21. 25. 2d. 1 40 1 21 175. Od. 1 50 I'4l. Os. 8d Age 20 I 11.165. lid. I 30 I 21. Os. 2d. I 40 131. 6s. 6d. I 50 141. 14s. 2d A Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre- Miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30 per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneficial policies on which three annual premiums had been paid in the December previous. A division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold ers of beneficial policies can receive their bonuses in ready money, or have them applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction Of their future premiums Assurers may contract to pay their Premiums either in one sum, in a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay ments, or on the ascending or descending scale. Officers in the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted with chronic and other diseases, and such as arc going beyond the limits of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rate►. Prospectuses and all necessary information may be obtained at the Office. MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIE Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London! JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en: deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their make, feel it Incumbent on them to request the attention of the public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The genee ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Sen, submit the following cautions:—Some are in appearance at first sight, '• the genuine," but Without name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," and others " Burgiss's ;" and many more 'without address. j oho Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope will prevent many disappointments. BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such great satisfaction, continuos to be prepared by them, and is recom mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all climates. Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. R OWLAND'S MACASSARSAR OL . fro. preserves and reproduces the H a i r ; p revents it fal ling off or turning grey ; restores grey hair to its original colour; frees it from scurf and dandruff, and renders it soft, silky, curly, and glossy —facts abundantly proved by innumerable testimonials, whi c h are open for inspection at the proprietors. As a mild stimulative, cor rective, and preservative agent, ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL has the exclusive patronage of the several Sovereigns a ndCourts of Europe, and with rank, fashion , and discernment,s upersedes all preparations of professed similar import. A small pamphlet accom panies each bottle of Rowland's Macassar Oil, wherein Important hints and advice will bo found on the culture of the hair of infancy, and en its preservaticn and beauty through the several stages o f Duman life. CAUTlON.—Unprincipled shopkeepers, for the sake of gaining a trifle more profit, vend the most spurious trash under the title of "Macassar Oil." It is therefore imperative on purchasers to see that the words HOWL kND'S MACASSAR OIL, are in two lines on the wrapper of each bottle, and on the inside of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,025 letters. — Price 3s. 6d., 7s. Family Bottles (equal to four small), les. Gd., and double that size, 21s. per bottle.—Sold by the Proprietors, A. ROW LAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perflimere. All other Macassar Oils are Fsandulent Counterfeits. PERFECT FREEDOM from COUGH in TEN MINUTES after use is Insured by DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. From Mr. James Simpson, 82, Seymour-place, Bryanstone-square. " Dec. 23, 1845. (! Gentlemen—l have been afflicted for many years with a most Severe cough (which was always said to he consumptive), and for Which I never found a remedy until I used your wafers, which, from the benefit I have received from them, I shall most strongly recom mend to any one afflicted as I was." Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief and a rapid care of asthma, consumption, coughs, and colds. TO SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS.—In a few hours they remove all hoarseness, and wonderfully increase the power and flexibility of the Voice.—Price Is. I d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per Box. Agents : Da Silva and Co., I, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London; Roll by all medicine venders. CAUTION TO MOTHERS. MRS JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP. This efficacious remedy has been in general use for upwards o Thirty Years, and has preserved numerous Children when suffering from Convulsions arising from painful Dentition. As soon as the Syr rnp to rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved, the Gums cooled, lad the i nflammation reduced. It is as innocent as efficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with ease ; and so pleasant that ne Child will reinse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. Parents should be very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the names of Barclay and Sons, 95, Far on-street, Lond on (to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the recipe), are on the Stamp affixed to e ac h Rots Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. To MR. PROTJT, 229 , STRAND, LONDON. Illta,—The followin culanDohnacaster. September 26th, 184 4. g parti been handed to us with a request that they might b e forwarded to you, with permission for their publication, if you should deem them worthy of each. J. BROOK E and Co Doneasser. Elizabeth Brearley, residing in Duke-stree RDho"neaster, axeda scarcel between forty and fifty, was sev ere l y afflicted wtith" Rheumatism, and h nite r confined to her bed for a period e f nearly two months the power to lift her arm ; she was s igually benefited t taking two doses of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and after finishing two boxes was quite recovered.. The above recent testimonial is a rurther proof of the great effi cacy dof this valuable medicine, which is the most effective remedyfor Gout Rheumatism , Sciatica, Lumbago, Tic Dolorous, Pains isi the woad and Face, often mistaken for tooth-ache, and for all Gouty and itheumatie Tendencies. It is also gratifying to have permission to refer to the foil lug gentlemen, selected !rem a multitude of others, whose station in society has contributed to advance this popular medicine in public esteem :—J. R. Mandan, Esq., Coroner, Doncaster ; the Rev. Dr. Blomberg ; the Chevalier de la Garde ; Mr. Miskin, brewer and Vnaltster, Dartford ; Mr. Richard Stone, Luton ; John J. Giles, Esq., rei m i e y ; Mr. Inwood, Perbright ; William Courtenay, Esq., Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants. ; all of whom have received benefit by taking this medicine, and have allowed the Proprietor the privil:ge of publishing the same for the benefit of the &filleted. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint bunt by all respectable Medicine Vend hrongheat the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of "Thomas Front, 229, Strand, Londoon," 319ree sed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Mae Medicine. MALTON AND DRIFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the HOLDERS efSCRIP, and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the Melton and Drif field Junction Railway Company, will be held on TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at the Corn Exchange in New Mahon, 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 Frodinghatn-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, inless he produces his Scrip or Banker's Receipts. Dated this 29th day of April, 1846. MORPETII, Chairman of the Provisional Directors. BENJAMIN DUNN, Secretary, VASTERN Jou • RAILWAY.- COUNTIES YORK EXTENSION. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, Copies of the four following Bills, that is to say— A Bill for 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 THIIISDAY, 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, 5 Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secr e t ary. Shoreditch Station, 29th April, 1846. F 4 ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY . Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Eastern Counties Registered Proprietors will be held on THURSDAY, the 14th of May next, at One o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, London, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otherwise to the further proceedings with A Bill for making a Railway from llertford to Huntingdon, with a Branch 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, of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman 1 Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shoreditch Station, April 29, 184 g. ILFORD AND EPPING RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will he held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, On TIIURSDAT, 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 WADDINGTO.N, Deputy Chairman, Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. F ,ASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES JUNCTION RAILWAY BRANCHES. 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 D AVID WADDINGTON, Dep u ty Chairman, Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. N ORTEI GRAVESEND RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orde of Parliament, a Meeti of the Scripholders of the Company will rs 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. G EORGE HUDSON, Ch a i rman of the Easter n DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, 1 Counties Railway By order, Company. C. P. RONEY, 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 Nat e ) i n the above-mentioned Company, at which meeting the Bills hereinaft will subtt the consideratio n and approval of such er-mentioned Scripholders, be that is mi to ed say, for " A Bill for making a Railway from Birmingham to join the lines of the proposed Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Worcester, and 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. ERON, Chairm. Note.—All persons prod uc i ng scrip at IIAT the M abov T m emeeting will be entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 3lst March last, but no vote can lse accepted in respect of any scrip not actually produced. In cases where the deposits on shares allotted has been paid prior to the 31st March last, but the scrip for such shares has not been issued, the production of the banker's receipt for the deposit will he accepted in lieu of the scrip. B IRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON a d 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'clocKin the forenoon, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, of the holders of Scrip (see note) in the above-mentioned Company, at which meeting the Bill hereinafter mentioned will be submitted for 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 Railway.'" Dated 29th April, 1846. lIATTIERTON, 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 no 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 ➢iarch 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. M AN CHEST E R AND BIRMINGHAM R AILWAY. 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 G ill E b N e Eß copies of the undermentioned Bills, now pending in Parliament, will be submitted to the Prop r i e t o rs f o r their approval; under which Bills it is proposed t o author i se the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company either to construct or to beeome the proprietors of, or to tcioianttriisbtuotesatyow_ards the formation of, the railways therein mentioned, A Bill to empo wer the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Com 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 making a Railway from the Chester and Crewe Branch of the Grand Junction Railway, at Calveley, to Wolverhampton, and for other purposes connected therewith. A Rill for making a Railway from Shrewsbury to Stafford, with a Branch to Stone, and for other purposes. A Bill for making'a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Cheadle, in the county of Chester, to or near to the Ambergato Station of the Midlands Railway, in the county of Derby, to be called the " Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Juno Lion Railway." A Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birmin ham Railway, in the t owns hi p of Gorton, in the county of Laacaster,g to Hyde, in the county of Chester. The Chair will he taken at three o'clock precisely. Dated this 29th day of April, ISM J. I'. WESTIIEAD, Chairman 1 of the ROBERT?W, Jun., Deputy-Chairman4 Directors. AQTM AAA' LATIUM, ISeletetary. = :1111 's o,_ ay «, - - 4 1 lit ..• 4 • - '' 7- 5• t , 0 11),4 • - &IY , 01•1 n • 49 41 • • - „ 7,1 , Ht , • 084 . ~ • - - LONDON, MONDAY E rING No. 16,7;30. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. By an advertisement In the papers of Thursday last, emanating from the London and York Directors, it appears that the Eastern Counties Company have offered each Lonlon and York shareholder, in addition to a bonus of 10s. per share, l6i Eastern Counties York Extension share, ranking, when 151. is paid, with the Eastern Counties shares, now selling at 24/. each ; and that the Directors have rejected this offer without calling the shareholders together. This Committee, after mature consideration, are at a loss to discover the soundness of the policy, which can have induced the London and York Directors to refuse this offer. The London and York Direc tors charge this Committee with embarrassing their negotiation for amalgamation, and using language so specious, as to lead the share holders to think they were acting with the Directors. The Com mittee cannot understand how ascertaining the wishes of the share holders, and opening a door to negotiation with the Eastern Counties 'Company, can embarrass the Directors; and they deny that their language Is specious, or calculated to deceive any one. The London and York directors charge that Mr. Lamert, who acts on this committee, is an Eastern Counties shareholder. He was, for some years, a holder of 1,000 registered shares in the Eastern Counties Company, which he sold in November last, and became the holder of 2,000 London and York shares: and to relieve himself from the loss which these will entail if the Bill passes, or to convert them into Eastern Counties stock, which he thinks must attain a high premium, he became one of the Committee, and participated in its movement. This Committee cannot congratulate the Directors on their caleu- lations, which state that a 15/. Eastern Counties York Extension share, with 10s. paid on it, is at 30s. premium only of the same value as a 50/. London and York share, with 21. lOs paid on it, and nearly spent. If the shareholders will ask any respectable share-broker, he w!ll tell them that a premium of 30s. per share on a 151. share is equal to a premium of ex actlykl. on a 50/. share. Besides, if an Eastern"Tountles York Extension share is now at 30s. premium, what will the premium be if the London and York op position is withdrawn, and the best portion of the projected lines alone presented to and passed by the Legislature. Eastern Counties shares, which now stand at 24/., would, in that event, probably rise to 30/. ; hut, taking therm at 24/., an Eastern Counties York Extension share is, if the Bill passes, worth 9/. premium. But this is not all, for the London and York Directors state they have considerably more than 100,000/., or 11. per share in hand. So that a party making the proposed exchange might reasonably expect that which is now worth 2/. 10s. to yield him in cash, pre mium, and bonus, 10/. 10s. ; besides divesting himself of the fearful liability to calls, which now hangs over him. Or, more plainly, thus : A holder of five London and York shares of 501. each, must pay up 2371. 10s., and have five shares, at a heavy discount, in an un productive line. A holder of five Eastern Counties York Extension shares, must pay up 72!. 10s., and have five shares, value 120/., in a dividend paying lino London and York shares have, in truth, already doubled their price, in anticipation of this amalgation, and if it fail must fall back to a lower discount than ever. It only remains for thin commntee• to directryour attention to the disclosure now made by the London and York Directors of the policy which actuates them—a poli , .y which, however specious in appear ance, is, in the Judgment of this Committee, most distinctly opposed to your true interest. The Directors say, with the powers of an Act of Parliament, they would be able to conclude arrangements. Rut it is idle to suppose that better terms can be made after the Act is ob tained, The line must then be made, and nearly ten millions ex pended. It is to prevent this disastrous consequence that the exertions of the Committee have been directed, and they call upon you with renewed confidence and greater earnestness to aid them and protect yourselves. By order of the Committee, London and York Shareholders' CommitteeHENßY-rooms, PHILLIPPS, 4, Sise-lane, London, May 1, 1846. N EWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and CARLISLE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a Special General MEETING of the Proprietors ofthe Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Rail way Company will be held, at the Office of the Company, near the Forth, in the town of Newcastle-upon -Tyne, on TErEsDAY, 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. L EEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTIN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of -SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PANY, will be held on TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at the Sessions-house in Wakefield, in the county of York, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when a copy of the Bill for making the said railway 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 bankers' receipts. Dated this 25th day of April, 1846. _ EDWARIcTEW, Chairman of the Provisional Directors, HENRY BERNERS, Secretary. THOMAS BISHOP, Vice Chairman, Nottingham, April 29, 1846aOHN COUGH, Secreta r y. . JOHN doUG?I, Secretary. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY. In compliance with the resolutions or orders of the Houses of Par liament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the Shareholders or Stockholders of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, will be held within the Company's Office, in Bridge-street, Glasgow, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at one o'clock in the after noon, when copies of the following Bills now before Parliament will 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.:- 1. A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company to alter their line near Kilmarnock, and to make branches to Linwood, Swinlees, and the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. 2. A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow; Paisley, Kil marnock, and Ayr Railway, and to authorise the formation of branches from Bushy to Irvine, and from Irvine to the harbour thereof, with a subsidiary branch to Perceton Coal Works. 3, A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company to make a branch from their railway near Blair to Str,alllaven, alit to amend the Acts relating la such railway. By older of the Directors, JAMES M'CALL, Chairman, J. F. SMITH, Secretary. G LASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses ef Par liament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the holders of Scrip or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railway Company, will be held within the Black Ball Hotel, in Glasgow, upon MONDAY, the 11th day of May neat, at two o'clock afternoon ' when a copy of a Bill now b e f ore P ar li ament, entitled " A Bill for making a Railway from the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar nock, and Ayr Railway, near Cumnock, to the Caledonian Railway near the crossing of the river Sark, to be called The Glasgow, Dum fries, and Carlisle Railway, with Branches,' " will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill as re quired by the said resolutions or orders. BY order of the Ordinary Committee of Management, JOHN LEADBETTER, Chairman. F.DINBURGH and GLASGOW RAILWAY. In 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 within the Railway-office in Queen-street, Glasgow, upon TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at one o'clock afternoon, when a copy of a Bill before Parliament, intituled, "A Bill or Act to enable the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to alter the line of the Glasgow Junction Railway, and to form a Branch to South Queens ferry," will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill, as required by the said resolutions or orders. By order of the Directors, JOHN LEARMOUTH, Chairman, 11. G. WRIGHT, Secretary. FAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY, J In compliance with the Standing Orders and Sessional Orders of Parliament. Notice is herebygiven, that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the East Lancashire Railway Company will be held at the Eagle and Child Inn, Silver-street, Bury, in the county of Lancaster, on WED NESDAY, the 3rd day of June now next ensuing, at Twelve o'clock at Noon ; when the Drafts of the undermentioned Bills, introduced into Parliament in the present session, will be submitted to the shareholders for their approval, namely : A Bill to enable the East Lancashire Railway Company to alter the line and:levels of such railway, and to make branches there from, and for other purposes relating thereto. A Bill for making a railway from the East Lancashire Railway, at Accrington, in the county Palatine of Lancaster, to Long Preston and Settle, in Yorkshire, with branches therefrom. A Bill to unite and consolidate the Blackburn and Preston Rail way Company with the East Lancashire Railway Company. A Bill for making certain branches from the line of the Blackburn and Preston Railway, in the county of Lancaster ; and for amending the Acts relating thereto. A 13111 for making a railway from the Liverpool and Bury Railway to Preston, and to the Blackburn and Preston and North Union Railways, with branches therefrom, to be called "The Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway." A (proposed) Bill to incorporate the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bary Canal Navigation and Railway, with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. Dated the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1846. JAMES SMITIIELLS. COLCHESTER, STOUR VALLEY, SUD. BURY, and HALSTEAD RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP aud 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, nigh-street, Colchester, Essex, on TauzsDAY, 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. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE and OXFORD and BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. In pursuance of the Sessional Orders of both Houses of Parliament, notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SCRIPIIOLDERS 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 SATURDAY, the 9th of May neat, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the London 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 London and Birmingham Railway, at Aldbury, 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, before referred to, require that one-third of the capital proposed to be raised by the Bill shall be represented 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 re ceipts, 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 parties will be entitled to vote at the meeting until his or her name and address, and the denoting numbers of all the scrip or receipts are first recorded, shareholders are particularly requested, with a view to the convenience of the meeting, either to send their scrip or receipts to the Secretary, or to any of the Committee of Management,* at the offices of the Company, or to furnish a state ment of the denoting numbers of the scrip or receipts to the Secre tary forthwith, as otherwise the proceedings of the meeting will be greatly delayed by the necessary preliminary investigations. HARRY VERNET, Bart., Chairman of the Committee of Management. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. Dated 29th April, 1846. Offices of the Company, 29, Great George-street, Westminster. * The following gentlemen are the Committee of Management : Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Claydon House, Bucks. The Hon. Philip Sidney Pierrepont, Evenley Hall, Brackley, Nor thamptonshire. Captain Edw. Dewes, Buckingham. Ilumphrey Humphreys, Esq., Buckingham. Jonathan Samuel Browning, Esq., Oxford. Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury, Oxon. Zacharias Daniel Hunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks. George Carr Glyn, Esq., London Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate Lodge, Surrey Thomas Young, Esq., Albany, London Ross Donelly Man g l es , Esq., M.P., Londdn and Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom. R.N., Bir- Birmingham mingham Railway. Robert Benson, Jan., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester Directors of the London L ONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the Euston Station, London, on Tiwasnav, the 7th day of May now next ensuing, at 12 o'clock, when copies of the undermentioned Bills now pending in Parliament, will be submitted to the proprietors for their approval, by which Bills it is proposed to authorise the London and Birmingham Railway Company, either to construct, or to become the lessees or proprietors of, or to contribute towards the formation of the railways therein mentioned, that is to say— A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway at Aidhury. in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford. A Bill for making a railway from Oxford, to the London and Bir mingham Railway at Bietchley, in the county of Bucking ham. A Bill fer making a railway ftom the London and Birmingham 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 the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of Warwick, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the parish of Aslichurch, in the county of Gloucester. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to make a branch railway from the London and Birmingham Rail way, near Coventry, to the Trent Valley Railway, in the parish of Nuneaton. A Bill for making a railway from or near the city of Worcester, to the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Wcedon, in the county of N or thampton, with a branch to Alcester, in the county of Warwick. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to make a branch from the said railway, to the Blisworth and Peter borough branch thereof. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to extend their line at Leamington, and to enlarge their stations at Coventry and Rugby, and for other parposes. A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, to or near to Navigation-street, in the borough of Bir mingham. . . A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Rugby, in the county of Warwick, to Leam ington and Warwick, in the county of Warwick. A Bill for carrying into effect certain arrangements between the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, and for granting certain powers to the said respective Companies. A Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and to the Grand Junction Railway in the parish of Bushbury, with a line diverging therefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to Dudley. A Bill for making a railway from Sinethwick, in the parish of Har borne, in the county of Stafford, te Stourport, in the county of Wor cester, with branches therefrom. A Bill to consolidate the London and Birmingham Grand Junction and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies. A Bill for making a railway from Blisworth, in the county of Northampton, to Ashchurch, in the county of Gloucester, te be called " The Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway." A Bill for making a railway from Blisworth, in the county of Northampton, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford, to be called " The Northampton and Banbury Railway." A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to make a branch railway from Rugby to the Syston and Peter borough Railway at Stamford. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company to make a railway from Wolverton to Newport Pagnell and Bedford. A Bill for vesting the Aylesbury Railway in the London and Bir mingham Railway Company. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com pany to make a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, near Watford, to St. Albans and Dunstable, with a branch to Luton. A Bill to authorise an improvement of the line of the West London Railway and the Extension thereof to the river Thames. A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com pany to enlarge their stations in London, and for other purposes. The chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. Dated this 22d day of April, 1846. JOSH. FREDERICK LEDSAM, Deputy Chairma n ,l GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman, Of of By 60:141, RICHARD GREED, Vitcri3tary. AMBER GA.T E, NOTTINGHAM an d BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. . . . . .Notice is hereby given, that a Special Meeting of the Scripholders of this Company will be held at the Exchange Hall, in the town of Nottingham, on FRIDAY, the Bth day of May next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, when a copy of the Bill now depending in Parliament, intituled "A Bill for making a Railway from or near the Amber gate Station of the Midland Railway, through Nottingham, to Spald ing and Boston, with branches therefrom, and for enabling the Com pany to purchase the Nottingham and Grantham Canals," will be submitted to the consideration of such meeting. Dated April 29, 1846. AMBERGAT E, NOTTINGHAM, and BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Directors beg to inform the Scripholders that i ts necessary that they should either attend in person and br'ng their scrip, or send it to the meeting by some other person, who, en producing the scrip, will be entitled to vote In respect thereof ; and as the resolu tions of the two Houses of Parliament require the votes to be re corded with great minuteness, for the purpose of showing the amount of scrip held by each person present, whether in his own right or as another's representative, every bearer of scrip attending is requested to furnish the Secretary before the commencement of the meeting with his scrip, his name, and address (in exchange for which a re ceipt will be given). The scrip will be returned to the bearer of the receipt, en application at the office of the Company, any day after the 11th May, between the hours of ten and three. To facilitate the arrangements at the meeting, the Secretary will attend at the offices of the Company every day previous to the meet ing, from ten till three o'clock, to receive and register the scrip. April 25, 1846 London, April 25, 1846. OLDHAM DISTRICT RAILWAYS. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament, a !Special General Meeting of the Holders of Scrip, and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Oldham District Railways Company, will be held in the Town-hall in Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, on FRIDAY, the Bth day of May neat, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, for the purpose of submitting, and at which meeting will be submitted, a Copy of the Bill depend ing the House of Commons, to authorise the making of the said Railways and the incorporation of the Company, for the considera tion and approval of the said Molders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip. JOHN DUNCLIFT, Chairman. EDWARD COCKRELL, Secretary. Oldham, April 29th, 1846. DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN EXTEN SION Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting is RAILWAY. proposed to be held at the Office of the Dublin and Ki ngstown Railway C ompany, at West:- land-row, in the City of Dubli n , on Tutnrnav, the 14th day of Mayli 1846, at eleven o'clock i n th e forenoon, of the holders of Scrip Cer tificates,* proposed (in the event of the Bill hereinafter-mentioned being passed into a law) to be converted into shares or stock of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, and which have been issued in respect of the abovp-mentioned . andertaking, at which :Meeting a Bill now•pendfng betore' Parliamejit, for exlketing, the fine of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to the Bridge of Bray. 4 iu the county of Dublin, will be submitted to the consideration and ap proval of such Scripholders. By order of the Court of Directors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, T. F. BERGIM, Clerk of the Company. Dublin, 28th April, 1846. * Nors.—An Persons producing Scrip at the above Meeting, will he entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to 31st March 'est, but no vote can be accepted in respect of any Scrip not actually produced, except in cases where the Deposit on Shares allotted has oeen paid prior to 31st March last, but the Scrip for such Shares has not been issued, in which case the production of the Bankers' receipts, for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of the Scrip. NORFOLK RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the Office of the Company, Guildhall•buildings, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May, now next ensuing, at Two o'clock, when the Drafts of :the under-mentioned Bills, introduced into Parliament in the present Session, will be submitted to the Pro prietors for their approval, under which Bills it is proposed to autho rise the Norfolk Railway Company, either to construct or to become the Proprietors of, or to contribute towards, the formation of the Railways therein mentioned, that is to say— A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail way communication between the Dereham Branch of the Norfolk Railway, and the towns of Wells and Blakeney, In the county of Norfolk. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail way from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Rail way at Stewinar ket to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wy mondham. way A Bill m t to Rail the o a r f w o e lk t R h the u N w o a r f y o at Reedham. _ _ A Bill for extending the Norfolk Railway to the Jetty at Great Yarmouth, and to enable the Norfolk Railway Company to pur chase a Lease of the Lowestoft Railway, Harbour and Navigation. A Bill for making a Railway from Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North Walaham. _ _ A Bill for making a Railway from East Dereham, in the county of Norfolk to the City of Norwich. A Bill for making a Branch Railway from the East Deroham and Norwich Railway to the Norfolk Railway. The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. Dated this 30th day of April, 1846. _ . ADAM'DUFk, Chairman of the Board of Directors. By order, . _ RICHARD TILL, Secretary. NORFOLK RAILWAY EXTENSIONS. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the holders of scrip or of bankers' receipts for scrip in respect of the undertakings proposed to be carried into effect under the Bills below mentioned, will be held at the Norfolk Railway Company's Office, at Guildhall buildings, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May, 1846, at half-past Two o'clock, for the purpose of submitting to their approval copies of the following Dills A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way communication between the Deerham branch of the Norfolk Railway and the towns of Wells and Blakeney in the county of Norfolk. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway at Stow market, to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wymondham. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way communication betweea' the Deerham branch of the Norfolk Railway and the towns of Wells and Blakeney, in the county of Nor folk. The chair will be taken at half-past Two o'clock precisely. N. B. It will be necessary for each person who attends to produce the scrip or banker's receipt for scrip in respect of which he claims to attend and take part in the proceedings, Dated this 30th day of April, 1846. ADAM DUFF, Chairman of the Board of Directors. RICHARD TILL, Secretary. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and STOUR VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. In compliance with the sessional orders or both Houses of Parlia ment, notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the Holders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip of this Company, will be held at the Waterloo-rooms, Waterloo-street, Bir mingham, on SATURDAY, the 23d day of May instant, at, Twelve o'clock at noon, when the following Bills now before Parliament will be submitted to the meeting for their approval or otherwise, viz. : A Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and to the Grand Junction Railway, in the parish of Bashbury, with a line diverging therefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to Dudley. A Bill for making a railway from Smethwich, in the parish of Ilarborne, in the county of Stafford, to Stourport, in the county of Worcester, with bran c h es th erefrom. The votes will b e t a k en , as required by the said sessional orders, according to the am oun t of Scrip, or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip, produced at the m ee ti ng; and every party producing such Scrip will be required, before attending the meeting, to exhibit the same to the Secretary, and to furnish him with a written memorandum of his or her name and address, and also the denoting numbers of the said Scrip or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip. ROBERT SCOTT, Chairman of the Committee of Management. (By order) HENRY MORGAN, Secretary. Birmingham, 28, Waterloo-street, May 1, 1846. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER The high estimate formed by the public during the tea year WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) chemi cally purified material has been b efore it (made i n t o every useful and ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as it does, the characteristic purity and durability of silver), has called into exist ence the deleterious compounds of Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," and ether so-called substitutes ; they are at best bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured and sold only by him. Fiddle Threaded King's dozen .• • • • • • Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern. ••• • • • •••• • • • 12s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od. Dessert ditto and ditto, ditto ...... 10s. Od. 21s. Od. 255. Od. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto .. .. is. Od. 11s. Od. 12s. Od. Gravy ditto •.•••• •• • • • • ..... 3s. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. Od. NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED.—The REAL NICKEL SILVER, ntroduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. El aington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next sterling silver, that can be employed as each either usefully or orna mentally. In the lengthened and increasing popularity of the ma. erial itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can hey be distinguished from real silver. Fiddle. Thread. King's. Tea Spoons, per dozen ..... 182. . • 325. • • 38s. Dessert Forks •• . •••• • • • • 305. • • 465. • ass. Dessert Spoons „ • • ••• • • . 30s. • • 525. • • 625. Table Forks ~ •••. • • . . 4os. . • 68s. . • 755. Table Spoons „ .... • . ..... • 403 • • 725. • • 80s. Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article sent (per post) free. WaLI - Alll' S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it.- 39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman. street.) Established in Wells street, 1820. WELCOME TO M AY, A Here's a welcome to May in a right merry lay 1 Let ev'ry one join in the song ! Such a season as this should elate us with bliss. While the bells sound a merry ding dong." Bright Phcebus on high 121 Warning the sky, And marching triumphantly o'er us Aad the hedges look gay while tho birds on the spray Are happily joining in chorus. This, this is tho season when all have good reason To put on a change of attire; And this may be done, for MOSES and 6011 Are provided with all you require. Their "flowers of style" in elegance smile. Like the flowers which open in May ; And all are agreed that nought can exceed E. MOSES and SON'S cholco display. Then as all have good reason at such a glad season To put on a change of attire ; Come, as thousands have done , to MOSES and SON, Whose warehouse has all you require. "Past, Present, and Fut ure " A New Work, entitled, with full directions for self-measurement, may be had on forwarded, " Post Free." application, or LIST OF PRICES. BEADY BADE. cs l e e s e mt Tweed reTceal Coats l a in di l nee; yd . er 1 n . . r y . , te.d.:o description . 1. IT . pa . . it 0 g1.10—nii......... "..frora ° 7 6 nand rn;;;,;: i 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 11 1 l 0 4 1 118. d. 6 the registered Coat • • Blouses in every material ...;:. :.:....:::::::::::" " 1 2 0 . ..f . r . o . m . 0 0 22 Splendid pattern Summer Vests ........... Cashmere and Persian ditto, ine ndless y ariet , ...... 0 4 6 Black and Fancy Satin, ditto ......!........ Fancy Trousers .. • . •• •• Black, ditto .......... 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And those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to s th um em c , es " , prevent oarndit'sfotPeobsvaimouse concern, London. disappointment, NOTICE.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84, Aldgate, No b business transacted at this Este lishment femn Sunset on Friday evening till sunset 031 Saturday evening , wh en it is resumed till twelve o'clook. INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Amended Advertisement). Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP of this Comp any will be held in the Caledo ni an Hotel, Inverness, on Farnev, the 22d May proximo, at Ten o'c l ock Aar., in terms of th e reso l utions passed by the House of Commons on the 23d current, to e x p ress t h eir approval or disapprova l of the Bill now in dependance before Parliament. To entitle parties to vote they must produce their scrip or bankers' receipts at the meeting. By order of the Committee of Management, CHARLES STEIYART, Joint Secretary. pERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY. (Amended ertisement). Notice is hereby given that Adv a MEETING of the lIOLDERS, of SCRIP of this COMPANY will be held in the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street,on MONDAY, the 18th May proximo, at Ten o'clock A.M., in terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Com mons on the 23d current, to express their approval or disapproval of the Bill now in dependance before Parliament. To entitle parties to vote, they must produce their scrip or bankers' receipts at the meeting. By order of the Committee of Management, PETER ANDERSON, Secretary. S 7 MA 1846. SEE THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1 Daily News Office, Whitefrlars. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY of LONDON. EXHIBITIONS AT THE GARDEN. The first Meeting Will take place on SATURDAY, the 9th of May ; at the Garden • before Half-past Eight o ' c l ock, AM., subjects for E x hibi tion must be at this office on FRIDAY, the Bth, or Exhibition. h t bOi tridee:_fr2olm, Regent-street. Fellows en The gates will be open to Visitors at One, P.M. Tickets are issued to Fellows at this office, price ss. each ; or at the Garden, in the afternoon of the days of Exhibition, at 7s. 6d. each ; but then only on the day of of the Society. N.B. No Tickets will be issued in Regent-street on the day of Ex -st ROYNovelties of extrem, int eres t an d i nformation at the AL 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 PHYSIC/SCOPE and cintomArnorn, 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. 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CLEANING of the STREETS, and EM PLOYMENT of the POOR. A MEETING is to be held TO -DAY, at Twelve o'clock, at the Guildhall, for the furtherance of the 'above objects. Eight thousand rate-payers have already signed the petition in favour of cleansing tha.strects and ernploying,.the poor upon the plan propos e d b y a So ciety formed by s<,:tie phifantllropie.gcytlenien.•. • • • NOTICE TO . EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDERS. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 8, Waterloo-place, PO -mall, London. The attention of Equitable Policy Holders is particularly called to the HALF CREDIT SCALES of PREMIUM of this Company, by which table the bonus to be declared at the next investigation, in January, 1850, may be secured at a pfescnt annual payment of one half the rates charged by other companies. In the event of death the sum insured will be paid less the amount ofpremituns on credit. Should the life insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the Company will renounce all claim for the half premiums which may be due thereon , or, in the event of the party being at that time in bad health, the policy can be kept up by commenting to pay the full premium of the age as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with the Company, w as found peculiarly advantageous at the last equitable division in 1640, when it was largely adopted. and many of the polities then effected are still in force, and latge bonuses have been aided to them on the scale of the following table;— Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. £5,000 •• • • 6 years 10 months •• • • £683 6 6 5,000 .••• • • • 6 years ........ ••• • • • 600 0 0 5,000 ••• • 4 years ..... • • 400 0 0 5,090 ........2•• years ...... • • 200 0 0 Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on application to the'Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and F. Lennox Boyd, Esq., at the offices, 6, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. crOLD FLAT HORIZONTAL WATCHES, gold dials, carefally finished, with engine -turned cases, Jewelled in four holes, going barrel to continue the aetion el the watch while winding, are offered price 7)4 guineas. These elegant little Watches will be found to perform very correctly, and a printed undertaking is given, with fixed terms on which they will always receive any attention required. T. COX SAVORY and Co., Watchmakers, &c., 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London.—N.B. Second hand Watches purchased in exchange. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, EXCLU SIVELYTM used 'S, ST. 'S, ST. 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"The Cornwall and Devon Central Railway Company ori ginated in the proceedings of a public meeting of the county of Cornwall, hold at Bodmin on the 28th of August last, in consequence of the Great Western Railway Company having definitively refused to comply with the repeatedly. expressed wishes of the county in favour of a central line. The pro— motors of the direct lines through Salisbury and Yeovil to Exeter were invited to attend. At this meeting, which was presided over by the High Sheriff, and most numerously and respectably attended, resolutions were - passed unanimously recommending the formation of an independent Cornwall and Devon Central Company. "The Company thus formed received an unprecedented amount of local support both from the principal landowners, and also front the towns and inhabitants generally of the counties of Cornwall and Devon : as a proof of this, it may be sufficient to refer to the petitions from the two counties in favour of the Bill presented by Lord Brougham to the House of Lords in the month of March last, which contained 50,000 signatures, including a great majority of the prin cipal landed proprietors, and of the registered electors of the county of Cornwall. "Time Committee think it important to refer to these facts, because they establish a broad line of distinction between the Cornwall and Devon Central, and many of the schemes which were got up about the same period with a view merely to a speculative inves t ment of money. " The Cornwall and Devon Central was pre-eminently a bona fide project, originating in the wish of an important district to obtain the benefit of railway communication, and as such it was an n o unce d t o th e pu bli c. ‘ 1 " The applications for shares were unusually numerous, and within a few weeks after the formation of the Company, a deposit of 10 per cent. was paid upon the number of shares required by the standing orders of Parliament. "Under these circumstances, the Committee could have no hesitation in acting upon the belief that the Company was one which had obtained a firm standing both in the dis trict And in public opinion,. and in Rroceeding accordingly to ' take such st e p s as in-theiritilginent iiiiptared calculated to insure the ultimate success of the undertaking. " The first step was to conclude an amalgamation with the London, Salisbury, and Y eov i l, and Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Companies, whose interests were obviously identica with those of the Cornwall and Devon Central Company, and whose co-operation was necessary in order to go before Par liament with an integral scheme. " The next step' was to negotiate a purchase of the Both rain and Wadebridge Railway for the sum of 35,0001., the possession of that line being very important, with reference to the contest with the Great Western Company for the trunk line through Cornwall. The committee were reluctant to conclude any purchase which was not conditional on their Act being obtained, but circumstances at the time left them no option but to conclude an absolute purchase, or to zee the line pass into the hands of the rival interest. As the amount of purchase-money was not large, either with reference to the capital of the Cornwall and Devon Central Company, or to the extent and value of the pro perty acquired (which with sidings included 17 miles of railway, and gave access to one of the best harbours on the coast of the British Channel, and most favourably situated for intercourse with Cork and the south of Ireland) they did not hesitate to exercise the powers entrusted to them, with a view to similar contingencies, by the sub scribers' agreement, which expressly provides that the Com mittee should have power to enter into such bargains or contracts with any existing railway or canal Company as in their judgment might be advisable for facilitating the ob taining of an Act, and for the success of the undertaking. "It must be also remembered that the possession of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway was absolutely necessary in order to carry out the object announced by the prospectus of making a branch to Padstow, and that if this railway had fallen into other hands, this great object of the Company would have been defeated. " The third and most important step taken by the com mittee was that of concluding, in concert with the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil, and Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Companies, an arrangement for the amalgamation with the London and South-Western Company . " The importance of an arrangement with that Company was manifest both as securing the support of a powerful established company, and as enabling the united companies to go to Parliament with an integral scheme on the narrow gauge all the way from London to the Land's End. " The details of this arrangement, the principles of which were affirmed at the last meeting of the shareholders, have been already made public, and are no doubt known to most of the shareholders, but it may be well to repeat the con ditions. "The companies agree to be bound to each other for two years to prosecute their respective applications to Parliament, and, if successful within that period, to amalgamate on the following terms :-- "Two stocks to be created in the amalgamated company, PUBLICATIONS. EARL FERRERS'S TRIAL. Just published, Bvo., 7s. 6d. 11'HE TRIAL of MARY ELIZABETH AL SMITH, versus the Right Honble. WASHINGTON SEWAL LIS FERRERS, in the Court of Queen's Bench, for an alleged Breach of Promise of Marriage. Printed from the Short-hand Writer's Notes, and the orignal Documents. William Pickering, Publisher, Piccadilly. DRElegULVant pocketERWELL edition, price l ON s., by 6d. . MARRIAGE,C its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. 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They may ad in d further, . that "although the management o f th e concern its prelim inary stages is, as Is usual in such cases, vested entirely in the provisional committee, they have ascertaining taken every opportunity of communicating with the proprietors and their sentiments. kpublic meeting of the proprietors was held at the London Tavern on the 13th of November last, at which resolutions were passed unanimously typroving of the arrangements made by the committee tth th e E xeter, Yeovil, and Dorcheste r , an d L on d on, S alittury, and Yeovil Companies. At the same meeting the purchase of the Bod min and Wadebridge Railway was announced, an d f avourably received as a measure for the advantage of the Company. Previously to the breaking up of the meeting it was further announced, that the negotiations which had been in progress for amalgamation with the South-Western Company had been concluded. " The subsequent proceedings of the Company are well known to the shareholders. In common with many other schemes of undoubted merit, the Bill has failed for the pre sent session, on account of non-compliance with the standing orders. This failure, which the provisional committee deeply regret, is not, however, attributable to any want of exertion on their part or on the part of those employed under them, but to the extreme difficulty, amounting almost to impossibility, of complying with all the technical requisites of the standing orders in regard to engineering details in a scheme of such magnitude, brought forward at such a late period. The fate of the rival projects in the west of Eng land, most of which have been rejeeted on account of non compliance with standing or d ers, may also serve to show that the above result was not attributable to any neglect on the part of the committee. " Neither under ordinary c i rcumstances would it afford any ground for discouragement in regard t o the ultimate prospects of the concern, since it is evidently desirable rather than otherwise that the commencement of the works should be postponed for a year. " Having thus briefly explained the proceedings which have taken place, the committee will proceed t o l ay before the shareholders the actual position of the Company; and first, as regards the financial position of the Company, the follow ing balance-sheet will show the recei pt s an d expenditure' up to the present time. Dr. To Deposit received on 112,742 Shares £295,947 15 0 Interest 760 16 9 /' , £296,708 11 9 £68,536 8 11 BALANCES— Parliamentary deposit £220,610 0 0 Bankers, &c .. 7,562 210 228,172 2 10 £296,708 H 9 " The above balance-sheet shows the actual expenditure up to the present time, but there are, of course, a variety of accounts still outstanding. On the whole, however, the com mittee estimate that the total expenses of the Company, ex clusive of the purchase of the Bodmin and Wadebndge Rail way, will not exceed ten shillings per share, which, consi dering the magnitude of the undertaking, the short time al lowed for completing the survey and preliminary proceed ings, the distance of the locality adding much to the expense of many of their proceedings, and contrasting with the amount of expenditure in other similar cases, may be safely appealed to as a proof that the funds of the Company have been applied by the committee with a due regard to economy. " Secondly, as regards the engagements and legal liabili ties of the Company; as has been already stated, an engage ment has been concluded with the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company for the purchase of their railway; also an ab engagementenndd e:deaaapl pg w lai e i m t a h at e t e h ni e nr S e o the Parliament t h l xe e n s t t e o r nf foraC o n a n m A p cA a t e n tb y , ef t ie. n o r pr o sec u te gt wota my.eaer sw ig , Of course, this latter engagement is without prejudice to the right of the p ro p r i etors to withdraw from the undertaking, by declining to execute anew subscription contract before the next session of Parliament, as is required by the standing orders. But subject to this, the committee are advised that it constitutes a valid obligation in law, as it was undoubtedly intended to do by all parties at the time, to prosecute the ap plication to Parliament for the present or next session, or until a decision is obtained upon the merits. " Under these circumstances the committee feel that it is very desirable that some arrangement should be at once made, with the concurrence and support of the shareholders, by which the circumstances of-the case may be best met, and the interest of the shareholders most effectually protected. While on the one hand it is neither desirable nor practi cable at once to abandon the whole undertaking under the influence of a panic, on the other hand the shareholders have a right to expect that the large amount of deposit money should not be locked up uselessly, and that they should be placed in a position in which they can see their remaining liability reduced to a definite amount and a defi nite period ; accordingly, they are prepared to recommend the following arrangement : " 1. That the sum of thirty shillings per share be immedi ately returned to each shareholder. " 2. That each shareholder shall hereafter have the option either of retaining his shares in the undertaking, upon com pleting the requisite deposit and signing the new subscription contract, or of withdrawing altogether from it. "3. That in the latter event he shall be entitled to receive such further balance per share as may be remaining when the accounts are finally closed. "4. That in the meantime the expenditure be limited to opposing the competing lines before Parliament this session, and to such objects as are necessary in order to keep the pro ject alive, and to enable it to be presented to Parliament in the next session, if then thought desirable. "5. That the event of the Company prosecuting the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway, it shall be a condition that such Company shall take the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway at the price paid for it as above, so as to allow the purchase money of 35,000/. to be added to the ultimate balance for distribution among the retiring shareholders. " G. That in the event of this arrangement being approved of, each shareholder shall receive thirty shillings per share as soon as the transfer of the deposit money from the name of the Accountant -General can be effected, upon delivering up scrip, and receiving in return a certificate, stating his right under :the arrangement to an option of renewing his shares, and to a rateable share of the ultimate balance re maining for distribution. " The advantages of this arrangement are obvious ; in the first place, the shareholders will at once receive back by far the greater part of the available balance in hand ; by any different course all the delay and expellee of litigation and of official proceedings would be incurred, which in the pre sent case would be greatly aggravated owing to the legal difficulties arising out of the relations with other companies. " In the next place all further liability of the shareholders would be strictly limit e d t o th e small balance per share re maining unappropriated, and could not be renewed or ex tended except by the voluntary act of the shareholder him self in electing to retake shares and sign a fresh subscrip tion contract, and finally, the engagements of the company would be honourably fulfilled, the footing which it has at tained in the district would be preserved, and the option of going to Parliament next session with an almost certain prospect of success would be secured. " Upon this point the committee entertain the strongest opinion that it would be impolitic to sacrifice precipitately the advantages which have been already secured. Nothing has occurred to shake their confidence in the intrinsic merits of the scheme; on the contrary, it is apparent to them that the line is one of those great national trunk lines which must inevitably become, at no distant period, a valuable property to those by whom it is constructed. They cannot but recol lect that the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, the Manchester and Leeds, the London and South-Western, and, in fact, most of the great lines which have since pro o ve. , :! so highly remunerative, were at one time exposed Tsihmeilarpanic, arrangementan d wi w th er t e he on so t u h t e h- n w ve es o t f ern being ni a 3 d , abandoned. hazardous, and to secure capital interest on appears to the committeeeint any r y e ne event t t the e return enterprise on t much Company capital invested beyond the ordinary rate o f with the South lines to Exeter, in connexion Cornwall and Devon Central under these circumstances, they cannot but feiVestliteartnifßatihl i f way, sh ould be sanctioned, the expense keep en the question open until next year, additional and ex will be sufficient to ib by a precipitate resolution adopted w e oumidusbte unwise ee when v a alu v a ciy ble slig p h ro t p e rt of the rival projects is once The state opposition to the Cornwall Coast and West thata sif t ig a c t taz o i j u c to a foreclo s e peo o i Cornwall line will, in all probability, insure their rejection or postponement, and the expenditure s a u t eh, already incurred by this Company will, to a great extent, be :available for another session ; bef ore that period, however, it will be better seen what are the prospects of the money market, and what is the result of the contest for the lines to the east of Exeter, and the shareholders will then be in a position deliberately to decide on the policy of continuing or finally abandoning the undertaking. Meanwhile the committee appeal to the shareholders generally to continue to them that cordial and unanimous support which has been extended on former occa sions in carrying out the proposed arrangement, by which, as they believe, a greater amount of immediate relief will be given to the shareholders than by any other way of proceed ing, while at the same time their engagements with other parties will be respected, and the ultimate interests of the un derAking s ave d f rom premature and unnecessary sacrifice." • Ist.—Old South Western Stock, or Stock A, being the capital which the South Western Company have already called up, or may have power to call up on shares. "21—South Western Extension Stock, or Stock B, being the capital required to complete the Extension scheme from Basingstoke to the Land's End. "The South Western Company to subscribe one-fourth of such extension capital, and the rest to be provided by the new companies. " When completed the net earnings of the whole scheme, including the present South Western Railway, to be thrown into one fund, and applied in paying dividends on the Old and Extension Stocks, in the proportion of 8b to 41, or of 17-26ths to 9-26ths, until the dividend on the Old Stock should amount to 10 per cent., after which all further sur plus to be divided equally. "The basis of the arrangement was therefore a sort of partnership between the Old South Western Stock and the Extension Stock, in which the old stock, in consideration of its existing advantages, was, in the first instance, to obtain a higher proportionate rate of dividend. "As the traffic of the existing South Western Railway yields at present a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. on the actual paid-up capital, with a prospect of corresponding in crease upon the further outlay of capital on authorised branches or extensions, an arrangement upon this basis ap peared clearly equitable. "It was stipulated that the mortgage debt of the South Western Company, amounting to 680,0001., should not be capitalized, and also that in the event of the new lines to the westward of Basingstoke ever yielding from their own re sources a dividend equal to that now earned on the old South Western line, all distinction between the two stocks should for ever cease. "As regal ds the immediate interests of the Cornwall and Devon Company, it was considered by the committee that the effect of the arrangement was very similar to that of a guarantee of four-and-a-half-per cent. with half-profits ; their dividend could not fall below this amount without the earnings of the existing South Western Line being brought in aid of the dividend on the extension capital, in the proportion of nearly two to one, to the dividend on the old South Western stock ; in other words, th e di v id en d on the new stock could not fal to three-and-a-half per cent. without bringing down the dividend on the old South Western paid-up capital from ten per cent, its present amount, to six and-a-half per cent. This result appeared so unlikely, as to afford an ample guarantee for all practical purposes, that the minimum dividend of the new stock could not by any possibility fall below four-and-a-half or five per cent. On the other hand, looking at the vast accession of traffic which would be brought over nearly 50 miles of the South Western Railway, in addition to its present traffic, by the continuation of lines from Exeter and Falmouth, joining it at Basingstoke, it seemed highly probable that this portion of the line would yield greatly increased profits, in which, under the arrangement in question, the Cornwall and Devon Central Company would participate. " On the whole, after the most mature and anxious consi deration, the committee are satisfied that the arrangement was one fair in principle and advantageous to both parties, while it was calculated to give additional confidence and sta bility to the new undertakings, by pledging the revenue and resources of the South-Western Company to the carrying out of the integral scheme, upon the success of which the prospects of the Cornwall and Devon Central Company mainly depended. " Although one of the new companies, videlicet, the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, agreed to take a fixed rent of five-and-a-half per cent., which was secured to them ac cordingly, the committee of the Cornwall and Devon Central as well as the committee of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Companies considered the arrangement already de scribed for a participation of profits, as more desirable. " The above is the general outline of the arrangement, which also contained several other stipulations highly ad_ vantageous for the Cornwall and Devon Central Company, " Moreover it was provided, that in the event of the failure of any of the lines between Basingstoke and Exeter, so as to interrupt the continuity of the trunk line to Falmouth, either the Cornwall and Devon or the South Western Company should be at liberty to cancel the agreement; but, on the other hand, in the event of the lines being sanctioned between Basingstoke and Exeter, and the Cornwaland Devon Ce n t ra l Railway C ompany failing to obtainan Act within the time specified, that the shareholders in the Cornwall and Dev on Company sho u ld st il l have the power of having their capital taken in as South-Western Extension Stock at the first time when capital was required for the construction off her .- . extensions or works of the said amalgamated Com ani i liDvErinsEstENT.l " The committee feel satisfied that every shareholder Pes. he Triple Hair Brush. One stroke of this is equal and one even beneficial who will carefully examine for himself the details of the One .INVENT: O O IX ; 2 . e effect of one penetrating, No. 8,7 s. meat, will arrive at the conclusion that it was e deci a d n a " 6d The Double Anti beneficial for the Cornwall and Devon Central Railwayy 6d ; No. 9, 9 s. 6d. ; cut brush ; to be had in Lyre b i.eii small-tooth N.. 7., combs, o_6 L Company, and that the committee would have been justlyand thoroughly cleans and po liable to the charge of having neglected the interests f the nail, no o pressure being required , h part of the time of any other me- Pressure Nail Brush, wh N ic n clo o es not divide the quick from the i2s. . undertaking, if they had allowed the opportunity to pass ofNo. 2,2 s. 6d. ; No. 3, 3 s. concluding it, thod; price in bone, No. 9 9 6d • No. 4, 59. ; and of all sizes and prices in ivory. The fishes the nails in a tenth "The nature of the arrangement thus concluded being of a New ' Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between the in permanent character, and involving an amalgamation with terstices of the closest teeth ; marks, full-sized brushes, No. _l e . any existing railway company rendered it indispensable to hard ; No. 2, t less hard ; No. 3, middling ; No. 4, soft. li'h introduce a provision that it should be binding on all parties for such a period as might be sufficient to test fairly the dozen in n ran o ted never narrow brushes, No. 5, hard ; No. 6, less hard; No b . . 7 ; . mid decision sling; No. 8, soft, at Is. each, or 10s. per decision of Parliament upon the merits of the proposed n h, " b r between the integral scheme from London to the Land's End. to come out. The Medium Shavin b g .., 2s. each, or 218.3er dozen in ivory, the ha t i i r s selection of the "The South Western Company could not have been ex- usual badger hair and bristle krush, ski ::ng in e s variety of sizes, strongest hair only from the ba dg er The above articles are the inventions pected to enter into an engagement which would fall to the both in bone and ivory. T he 120, Bishopagate-street, London, ground, in the event of any one:out of the three or four B being postponed for a session owing to any of the . numerous of Ross and Sons, 119 casualties to which all Bills are sabject in their passage the other hand, would it have against. any one imitating t heal will be proceeded EXTRA through Parliament; nor, on ies that the South and, being protected, , pLLs been at all desirable for the New Companies 11°1 "7 1 1 E Y .—Edward White, residing at 45, CleMerlVB-11111e, AND OINTMENT.—AN ORDINARY vl7 n in-door patient at King's College Hospital for an Western Company should be set free from all its obligations Strand, was a d a wound nine inches long in th 4, thigh, an on the game in such an event. The committee had express power,.. under s could neither bend his knee nor put his foot to the ground. - limb' Be hospital n the subscribers' agreement to prosecute t h eir appliciation to abscess -n ° r- """ •• n ot hing more could Parliament not only in the next but in any subsequent is sea- - rem ained in the five months in bed, when ho was in fick scheme pro- conned that not ng be done for him ;" he was then now, to the easvetornisbehnetztdoifnevbiesrylvoene, Sold by sion, as is usually the case when a bond carried to his home, and commenced using the above invaluable d letter of the posed; and accordingly, in concluding the . arrangement for accordance with two years, they acted strictly within the spirit an cured, and can walk as well aa medicines. He is deed in question. They also acted strictlyin .11 the ar- all retailers of medicine, and at Professor Hollow ar Es * s tablishment. deed, in entering into a the spirit and letter of that .a h have been men- 244, Strand, London. rangements with other companies which d• ' that the provisional BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY I.—About 300 hhds. tioned, it being expressly provide . have fa power to enter of West India Sugar have been disposed of since our last, and committee shall be at liberty and references to arbitration, ar- prices have advanced from Is. 3d. to 2s. per cwt. A large into any bargains, contracts, _ lan downers, railway or canal business has also been done in Mauritius and Bengals, at rangements or agreements with r°ten or proprietors of othe better prices. The refined market has been cleared of goods, companies, corporations, t p a schemes or undertakings whic at an advance of 2s. 3d. per cwt.—Bristol Mercury. similar existing or compiLl advisab le , for facilitating the ob Deputations were sent off on Saturday evening from the may in their judgment of Parliament, and for the accom- Colonial-office, for the Governor of Malta, and also for the taining of an Act or Acts plishment of the aforesaid communication, railway comm • ' 1- . on, or any Lord High commissioner of the lonian island Cr. By Cash paid for engineering expenses and surveys 13,823 6 9 Ditto London Solicitors Ditto Country so li c i tors and agents 4 ,000 0 0 Ditto Parliamentary agents and expenses of witnesses ............... 809 Ditto Preliminary expenses, including bank- 4, 13 10 ers commission, office furniture, and miscellaneous expen allotment . 1,111 - 15 11 Ditto brokers' commission on of shares ................................. 3,313 2 6 Ditto for advertising, printing books, sta tionery, &c. ............. .......... ... 1,574 1 I 10 Ditto for rent, salaries, and office expenses 1,212 2 3 4 kitto .for travelling expenses of deputations to London, Exeter, and in tbe county of Cornwall, and expenses of provisional committee .. ........ 1,691 15 1 0 Ditto for Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway 35,000 0 0