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ROYAL POLYTEHNIC INSTITUTION. PERMISSION.-PROFESSOR SCHCENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe cimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex rain compounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three; and on le evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. tThe Principle of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA .4I) daily, by Professor BACHHOFFNER, especially with reference 4) the new patent ofMessrs.Nott and Gamble, By the OXYHYDRO MICROSCOPE are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED PO- L-A,TOE, showing the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tubers, &c. together th the DESTRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by A. Since, Esq., to be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, • YING EXPERIME TS, DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. Admission ls. Sehools,half-price. An entire NEW and BEAUTIFUL SERIES of DISSOLVING LIEWS Will be introduced . at CHRISTMAS, and the Institution will "` °Pon on the evening of Saturday, the 26th. ,YESTMINSTER NEW BRIDGE. Zrhe LAMBETH COMMITTEE, for Opposing the Removal the Bridge to Charing-cross, request that any Communications 1:Y be addressed to them - at the New Inn Hotel, Bridge-road, - 'grabeth. By order, W. H. MILLER, Hon. Secretary. ERITISII WHALE AND SEAL FISHERY COMPANY. b e To, APPLICANTS . for SpARES this COMPANY, Notice Is to , e uY given, that in the pr sent advanced state of the season, It is 110 : considered advisable now to proceed with the projected opera ,2s of the Compnny. • st illat the Directors willtherefore make any allotment of 4r es. and that all applications may be consiciered as withdrawn. By order of the Directors, r NATHANIEL W. SYMONDS, Secretary pro. tern. ~o rnhill, Dec. 22, 1846. C LERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, ' No. 78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. • • Instituted 1324. FOURTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. wi ,n extraordinary General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Society 7 ti ;' be held at the Office, in Great Russell street, on THURSDAY, the a n ., day of January ensuing, at Twelve o'clock precisely, for the pur el declaring a BONUS out of the Profits which have accrued fu n re the " general business of the Society during the Five years end hune 30th, 1846, and at that Meeting the Persons Assured have e ri%ht of being present. Dr, he same Meeting will be made special, in order that the '?ro a ,r_c'rs may take into consideration tile expediency of amending 4. l .,attering s ome of the existing laws, regulations, and provisions Le Society, pursuant to the Deed of Constitution. • GEORGE H. PINCKARD, Secretary. ItOYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION,, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. • (Established by Ro NSURAarteNCES yal Chr A.D. 1720.) • Itott FIRE I . fa% cc —The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of hemlums 1 , i t ! due at christmas will expire on the 9th day of January LIFE INSURANCES. Of the profit on the Compani'S Life Business_sine,G 1- '4ue •:••• pc , iouimuy, among Policies for 1 , 11 ; witnoui involving the Assured in any risk of Partnership. Alli o e lt e,orapany has returned to the position in the Royal Exchange i trlte IL had occupied in the former building from 1720 till its de bY fire in 1838. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. GOVERNOR—Thomas Tooke, Esq. Sua-GovEarioa—William Sampson, Esq. Dlrurr-GovEalloa—The lion. d. T. Leslie Melville. n enrY Bainbridge, Esq. -;,,%ree r. Barclay, Esq. ';-.,irriond S. P. Calvert, Esq ..°4ll Ga rratt Cattley, Esq. 4 t,, le Xander Colvin, Esq. JohnaM Davidson, Eaq. -'° De acon, E. Willi rsdale Grenfell, Esq. ;k• "n T. ribbert, aneelot Rolland, Esq . „it/G eor ge Larpent, Bart. °g al C. Lochner, Esq. Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart. Charles John Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Edward H. Palmer, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. Abraham G. Robarts, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. William Soltau, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. Charles B. Young, Esq. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary, ,I: 11 E DISSENTERS' AND GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Instituted 1637. o l aPowered by Special Act of Parliament, 3 Vic., c. 20. WILLIAM -STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, -LONDON ; . ST. DAVID-STREET, EDINBURGH ; and ▪ LING -STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL. Capital—One Million. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. 11, 0 ' ZO Benefield, Esq. S. Morton Peto, Esq. " 4 ,ac n t i , a o s Cha ll is, Esq., Aldegns.n Thomas Piper, Esq. "M () `"•COPe Es q. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. do, 'l biz° sq. n ' E s. Edward Smith, Esq. It 1 -etcher Esq. Won. Charles P. Villiers, M.P. tha'rrd Rellier, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. 4„llindley, Esq., M.P. Edward Wilson, Esq. 'Tay h4,I,BRISTMAS FIRE renewal receipts re now ready, and 4 nY or 1 . 4( . 1 on application at the Head Offices of the Company, or of In th l, Agents throughout the country. ~aip e Life Department the Company continues to transact all 'amts relating to life assurances, annuities, and family endow ii;LlPcal the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles o 4 iii"C se curity . l4 '4, also granted on equitable terms to life assurers on life .r. or satisfactory personal securities. l uace.`" l agents s e licitors,auctioneers, and surveyors liberal allow . miad. By order of the Board, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary, MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, '' , TRY, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. SIDNEY Esq., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman. Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Warde, and Co.) Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. "-dam Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trower). i' ° ,, r ge Moore, Esq. (Groucock, Copestake, and Moore). .411 am Nicholson. Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) . p G lres Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) " Redrnayne, Esq., New Bond-street. eter Reit, Esq. (Brocklebank and Rolt). 16. 41 0 t, 64taste !Eller advantages offered by this Society are secu .,:4`3% economy in the management, and low rates of premium. vr°r nPßY paid. PROFITS TO POLICY-HOLDERS. (Bonus declared July 1, 1846.) PA og k.t._ ..c., 1. _ g tlo "P. , t,..Pc.P., = s4.<, .„ "z i , > ••‘ 1 ; 1 U tRt ',A goa E. le'r.. d ', 2 . ovci' RS' P ,-, • ' P - '4 'ff§ ~ F , - ..___ F. •F$ IP 4 ?, 18 28 £ £. s. d. X. s. d. £ 16 38 7 60 1,000 62 15 0 24 15 5 24 8 40 18 39 . , 40 1,000 39 15 0 14 7 3 244 60 0 0 20 110 224 36 a 39 6 69 2 1, 0 99 0 9 0 33 ! 6 43 68 0 0 0 7 474 31 .840 ii, 44. 21 1,000 35 0 0 9 6 0 202 27 1 841 4 49 2,000 82 10 0 18 10 0 341 23 N.B.—Parties sending in Proposals for Assurances, 1 .1847, will be entitled to participate in the nest div J. JONES, Actuary : , before January Ision of profits. tnd Secretary. NTAIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY , 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £600,000. iru Empowered by Act of Parliam ent. Withr o, est. Ualon embraces important and substantial advantages , c a it a T t e_t to Life Assurances to Deferred Annuities. The assured are ~,. ~e asions the power to borrow, without expense or for- Oen . , e Pohcy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; '"este t„ "Mimi of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in- Ass ur lneet other conveniences or necessity. ta teS. "" CeB for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible D OF . I.henea r emarkable suc IV cess ISION and increasin PROFITSg prosperity of the Society b r ourtu b e o cl th ire Dectors, at the last annual investigation, to declare each nus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid rolicy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. street, (~...,,-a,„., , '",' P u blished this day, in Byo , price Is. 6 d., i• ''' tt Premium. t. Emus Bonus in o r° g g Assured FIINTS ON A SELF-PAYING SYSTEM 5 added. Cash. .. P I n a may OF NATIONAL );DUCATION. Suggested from the work °(4 Bo rrow , ing of a Village School in Hampshire; with Observations from Per ', ~, 1 x 7 ....._ ESCs,IIAO.O3,L.S. z£ s ,d. r l V 437 21 15 I,£loo 011 £l6 0 4 1 £445 0 0 London: Groombridge and Sons, 5, Paternoster-row. 4 1 1000 3 4 - 18 8 3 38 9 1 1 1 9 6 2 5 1 3 1 ig 17 4 1 4 13 10 2 1 395 11 1 ______„...--------"----------------- i 1 18401 116 7 6 54 fj DI 1 1 3 1 346 2 3 --- I 7 18 10 1 296 13 4 PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. ........______ 18411 111 6849 10 0 T "E 7 10 41 247 4 5 Mho nb - rh estimate formed by ~, ni-r the public duri g n the twelve ~ and lIIIRTON'AI E T PER FECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve years WILLIAM S. BURrirNb'aSs b(elaeutebßeflLPOitNottanaddeStUußtuToe,N,e'rSv) chem i ca lly pureed mate y Al a b r a u t a a r t l Plate, Berlin but " bad useful and ornamental articlreitustat.,tildlydunriaabdebilnysuilfvesirl,,epros),sbesasaincgu,lleads it does, the characteristic pu Silver," and other so called . Into existence the deleterha d is ed and sold only by him. scansrtUntedss;otfhe Fiddle Threaded King's imitations of the genuine articles manufactur 12s. Od. 28s. Oi. 30s. Od. dozen.... - - - - • • Table spoons and Forks, fu ll size per P t Pattern. Pattern, Dessert ditto and ditto " ... * ("lit '''' ' ' **** : . 10s. Od. 21s. ed. 255. Od. Tea ditto and ditto, Grav • • 3 ditto ......... ............. " RIPPON and BURTON'S), 3s. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. Od. NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The R .- FAL NICKEL SILVER, ditto ...... 55. 0(1. 115. Od. 12s. Od. introduced and made only by IVILLIAM S. BURTON (late usefully or ornamentallyprocess of M arison the very best essrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comp article, next to sternsilver, that can be employ 1 'ed as such either sterling . Inwthheen platedby the patent lengthened and increasing popu larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method o_f . possible test can the plating, the Burton (and by hi Public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S superior to what can be suppliedat other house, while by no ymboondli3s-t)iraigtirei,shaesditi from mgarredasl wsilevaerr,.immeasur, ably any Fiddle. Thread. 18s. .. 32e. •• 30s. .. 465. , 30s. .. 525. 40s. .. 655. 40s. 725. ehe division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in e ttisaber of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAgROUX. Secretary. er , THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION T N IO: us , of tis (aided by Voluntary Contributions,) for the Cure of Stricture 44 1 Urethra, and all other Diseases Of Urinary Organs mil.. and General Debility. e ft ,"'nEols—F. B. COURTEI,L4,I", M.R.C.S.L., 2, Chandos-street, Tnsquare. Initall tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes 411;ally, this Institution offers, in all eases, gratuitous surgical 4, ta , fie e , and in others medicine also free of expense. at the Surgery adjoinng the Surgeon's residence. - - _ t iIIO MOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN NUITY COMPANY, 9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established in 1826. Wr n. DIRECTORS. k a ronenough Halter, Esq., Robert Palk, Esq. C harl9; l . J o h n Louis Prevost , Esq . -01 in T -ohnson, Esq. Samue l Smith, Esq, o w -",111 „ Kemble, Esq. Le M erchant Thomas, Esq. ' Shaw Lefevre, I.R.S. Tea Spoons, per dozen Dessert Forks 911 ...... • • • Dessert Spoons „ Table Forks ..... „ • , • Table Spoons „ ........ King's 38s. 58s. .. 625. .. ;ss. 80s. n TRUSTEES. F.R.S. Deacon, Esq. ; John G. Shaw Le ferre, Esq., Joh , This s Qe , 4 Charles Johnston, Esq. I'3' co -." li suPPorted by a sub fundapital of 240, 0001 . , a nd fiances are accumulated premium. ,°'' at „„ a noes are effected at a low rate of p remium, without profits, 'iiie e 7 i ncreased premium, with participation in the profits of the "t ' 4 °ll " l ing are the nel q Premi um s required for the a ssurance on a healthy life a i n ncilher casc:— :tigt---Titi--------__LYrrtiou'r PROFITS. s--.....__ I li. 11s. Ri. I nis 1 ,s, ..._ na I An I nt 17s. Od. I 50 I 41. Os. 8d . _ Tea and coffee :Jets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating don e b y the patent process , Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery ar ticle, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIBBON and BURTON 'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literallyroportionatc 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. GRAND UNION RAILWAY. OUTSTANDING SCRIP. The Holders of Scrip Certificates which have not yet been regis tered are requested to forward the same to the Secretary, and apply for the RETURN of the DEPOSIT, minus the expenses, beforethe 31st of January, 1847, as arrangements are made for closing the offices. Scripholders are reminded that the Deed of Release must be signed before the money can be received . ; and, to save trouble and expense it is recommend ed that the certificate should be registered and the money claimed by a party resident in London. If the holder cannot at the offices in London, he must authorise an attend ag entt to seirg7lYtahledeed on his behalf, by power of Attorney, on a 30 s , stamp. The sum of 12s. per share, and a certificate for any further return that may be herea fter payable, will be handed to the shareholder on signing the Deed of Release. By order, ALFRED BRESSON, Secretary. 78, Cornhill, Dec. 16, 1846. C o mpany's Offices, LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY (SOUTHERN DIVISION). ALTERATION OF TRAINS. NOTICE.—The public aye informed that on and after the Ist of DECEM I / 4 3Elt next, the following Alterations will be made In the Trains on this Railway BEDFORD BRANCH. The Train now leaving London at 10.45 a.m. will leave at 11 a.m., arriving at Bedford at about 1.45 p.m. The Train now leaving Londo n at 4 p.m. will leave at 3.45 p.m., arriving at Bedford at about 6 p.m. A Train will leave Bletchley at 3.15 p.m., arriving at Bedford at about 4 p.m. The Train now leaving Bedford at 10 a.m. will leave at 9.45 a.m., arriving at London at about 12 noon. A new Train will leave Bedford at 11.50 a.m., arriving at London at about 2.45 p.m., and at Birmingham at about 3.35 p.m. LEAMINGTON BRANCH. The Train now leaving Coventry for Leamington at 8.45 a.m. will leave at 8.30 a The Train now leaving London for Rugby at 3.45 p.m. will leave at 4 p.m. The Train now leaving Aylesbury at 10.30 a.m. will leave at 10.45 a.m., arriving at London at abort 12.30 noon. The Train now leaving Birmingham at 8.0 a.m. will leave a' 7.45 a.m., arriving at the intermediate stations and London 15 nil nutes earlier than at present. By order, Euston Station, Nov. 24, 1846. MARK lIUISM, Manager, WITII IntOFITS EASE IN WALKING, WILLIAM BADDELEY, 4130, STRAND, is induced to give publicity to his much-admired PRE PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and DURABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above into BOOTS, &c.; • on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles always ready on sale. Established in 1767. No. 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. ASSEMBLIES, CONCERTS, AND LECTURES. TO LET, by DAY or EVENING, within the City of London, an Elegantly Decorated and Spacious HALL with requisits Conveniences. Fer Terms and partiOulars, apply at No. 5, Farringdon-streot, City A S a CHRISTMAS PRESENT " what gift ..Cll.. could be more acceptable than one of those life-like, almost speakin g portraits, wbich Mr. Beard's art can now produce?"— Watchman. " They are fixed on the plate in all their natural hues of colour. —Britannia. ' BEARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS are taken at 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; 85, King William-street, City ; and the Royal Polytechaie Institution, Regent-street. PUBLICATIONS. TIIE MOSQUITIAN KINGDOM. Just published, price 4s. 6d. cloth. /VARRATIVE of RESIDENCE on the MOSQUITO SHORE ; with an account of Truxillo, and the adjacent Islands of Bonacco and Roatan ; and a Vocabulary of the Mosquitlan Language. Second Edition. By THOMAS YOUNG. "A sprightly entertaining little volume. Mr. Young appears to have described the characteristics of the country with fairness and impartiality. He gives every information relative to climate and the manners and customs of the natives."—Morning Chronicle. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Now Ready, Second Edition, Revised to the Present Time, Bvo., 245. T HE PROGRESS of the NATION, in its various Social and Economical Relations. By G. It. PORTER. P.R.S. John Murray, Albemarle-street. NOTICE I Re-issue in Ten Monthly Parts, price 53. each, of BURKE'S H ISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY OF REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM NEYS.—The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING BRUSH and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis gusting plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without ono particle of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago an experiment was made with this apparatus at the House of Common, the success of which was complete. Sneets of writing paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and In various other parts of the room, and after tho completion of the sweeping not ono particle of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper. To be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. N.B. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this patent invention in the provincial towns of England. Agents for the Metropolis are roquired. NEW DAILY MORNING PAPER. —On Wednesday, January 6, will be published, price 4d. stamped, Quarterly Subscription 155., No. 1 of THE RAIL, THE MART, THE MINE; BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT REGISTER, AND PUBLIC CITY ELECTIONS. C RIPP I,F4C L A TF, WMUN__ The poll demanded on Monday by Mr. Wilson, the Conservative candidate, was proceeded with this day, at the school-rooms, Philip-Lane, Addle-street. The polling commenced at one, and terminated at three, and appeared to excite considerable interest in the ward. At. the closing of the poll for the day, Mr. Alderman CHALLIS announced the numbers to be— Smith 39 Brass Brown 4O Cash 37 Hoole 39 Lart .35 Bennoch 36 And Wilson, the Con- Dewar 39 strvative candidate... 20 The polling will commence to-day at two, and will terminate finally at four o'clock. CORDWAINERS' WARD. The second day's polling commenced at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, and closed at three, when the numbers declared were, for Muddell 2B Jolliffe Croucher Lott Joyce 29 BISHOPSGATE WARD. The polling commenced yesterday morning at the Ward-Schools, in Peter-stre e t, an d con ti nue d with great spirit until the close (three o'clock) when the numbers were declared as follows : Stevens Peacock *Owden 134 Jones Hall ....... Pitcher Carr Bennett lO9 ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. Part I. will appear with the Magazines, on the Ist of January, 1847. Mr. Colburn begs to announce that on the Ist of January, 1847, he will commence the re-publication of the above important Work, in Ten-Monthly Parts, price ss. each. This work furnishes such a mass of authentic information in re gard to all the principal families in the kingdom as has never before been brought together. It relates to the untitled families of rank, as the " Peerage an Baronetage " does to the titled, and forms, in fact, a peerage of the untitled aristocracy. It embraces the whole of the landed interest, and is indispensable to the library of every gen tleman. _ . Johnson Ashby Patten Tozer *Tagg Sharland *Gilpin Thomas 9O 4, s Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. PERCY ST. JOHN'S TALE FOR CHRISTMAS, Price 55., illustrated by Walmsley, from Designs by J. W. Archer, THE FIRESID E, a Domestic Tale. By PERCY B. ST JOHN, " One of the most readable among the Christmas books."— Athenwum. _ _ _ _ The polling will commence to-day in the contested wards, and fir.ally close. BASSISHAW.—(4 Members.) Britten (deputy) 2l 1 James 2O Wilson 22 1 *Clarke Lister BROAD-ST. Cornoy (deputy) 29 Baker Jupp Gadsden Warton . " Novelty in the materials; pleasantly and of presented." —Spectator. 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" The story of The Ruined Merchant,' reminds us of some among ho passages of Mr. Warren's ' Physician's Diary.' "—Athenmum. "Specimens of admirable fiction.'—Court Journal. H. Hurst, publisher, 27, King William-street, Strand. TH'Nron 7AI4kI2IEATAIL Damilygp.: • the FIELDS and the WOODS. By JOHN MILLS. New Edition, revised. Price 6s. bound. Also, by the "same Author, CMIZISTMAS in the OLDEN TIME ; or, the WASSAIL BOWL Illustrated by Linton. Price Is. elegantly bound. llnrst, publisher. 27, King William -street, Strand, _ HOOD'S MAGAZINE ; an organ of thought, from which of Advertisements will be excluded, is recommended to Families, Clubs, and Col Tee-houses, about to take new Periodicals. January Hood will contain a Tale called " Success," and the third act of ‘‘ The Avenger," both by the Author of " Look before you Leap"--... The Dreamer," by Hood's Elegaist, Ti. L. E.—Lyrics, by the Rev. et. H. Hanghton—Hood's Orphan's—Gems—Curiosities— Whispers, &c. Hurst, King William-street. rl l O FLORIS T S. The First Number for 1847, of the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, will be pub lished January 2. The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor LINDLEY. A prospectus, with Plan, and List of Contributors, sent free by post to all who furnish their address to the Office, 5, Upper Wellington street, Covent -garden, London. FARMING and GARDENING. The First Number, for 1847, of the AGRICULURAL GAZETTE AND GARDENERS' CHRONICLE will be Published January 2. The Horticultural Part edited by Professor LINDLEY. A prospectus, with plan, and list of Contributors, sent free by post to all who furnish their address to the Office, 5, Upper Wellington street, CoTent-garden, London. FARRINGDON Hayward (deputy) .... 170 Eaileton (dep a uty - ) 169 Holt Ridley Ashurst 67 Rutter Virtue Bonner Mr. Wheeltor; FARRINGDON V Bedford (deputy) ... 154 Williams ,EET. : -.(8.) - Marriott 25 Foster 25 White 2l *Casterton WITHIN.—(I4.) I *Morris 5B LABLACHE AT HOME. ~T There is a house in Paris, No. 14, Rue Taitbout, at which, if you pay a visit between the hours of half-past, five and six, the door is opened almost before you have rung the bell, and a smiling, polite, Italian servant dis burthens you of your hat, your cloak, and your cane, with a ready attentian, which plainly shows that your visit will be a most welcome one. You traverse and ante-chamber, a d raw i ng-room, sumptuously furnished, and then find yourself in a second room, where the family and a few friends are waiting the announcement of dinner. A magnificent Paul Veronese, lighted by a jewellers illume similar to th ose with which the Paris illume their glittering displays, adorns the walls at the end of the room. Opposite this picture, between the windows, sta n d s t h e famous cupboard, which contains 200,000 francs worth of snuffsboxes, of every shape, of every country, of every epoch, in gold, in shell, in porce lain, in agate, in rare woods, embellished with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, portraits, landscapes, and groups. Each sovereign, each minister of state, or celebrated personage, has contr ib uted his box to this gigantic col lection. Ever since he came into the world, Lablache has received n o p resent, no souvenir, no new year's gilt, under any 'other form but that of a snuff-box. And yet, in all this coll ect i on, the handsomest and the most cull °us are those that have been bought by the great Nea politan himself at private sales, at which he is the most constant frequenter, and the most formidable bidder. His eldest daugh ter , who is very handsome and witty, was first married to Bouchet, one of the best French painters, and after his death she became the wife of Thalberg, the first pianist in Europe. She performs the honours of the ho use , whilst leer husband, standing in a corner, torments his victims with his last calembourg. Henri, Mulas, Dominique, Mdlles. Nanina • and Mimi, and, -when lie is -glole - --fd leave Landon; Frederic with his wife and children, complete this hand some and numerous family. Cottereau, a charming painter, and the greatest inventor of paradoxes in the world; the poet, Giannone; Accursi, the most intimate friend of poor Donizetti; Garofolini, an amiable and dis tinguished professor; Doctor Marcrecelli, the brother of the unfortunate companion of Pellico, and two or three others—such are the ordinary guests of the illustrisus basso. They talk, they laugh, and discuss every imagi nary subject, except music. From a fastidious feeling of delicacy the words, music, singing, theatre, are excluded from their vocabulary by the master of the house and his family. As to Madame Lablache, she is everywhere and nowhere. Active, indefatigable, she sees that the dinners and other substantial repasts are properly served, she receives the bulletins from the theatre, she gives a shake of the hand to the guests, orders to the servants, and advice to the cook. Half Lablache's successes must be attributed to this excellent persoa. Give to Bartholo, to Geronimo, to Lepordlo, an ill-t empere d an d cross grained wife, a n d Rosini, Cimarcsa, and Mozart would still wait for an interpreter for their exquisite music. The husband ofXantippe would have made but a sorry singer. But six o'clock has struck, and the Amphitryon alone is missing. All at once the-well known sonorous thun dering voice is heard on the stairs. He, has but said " Merci," to the porter who gave him his' journals and letters, but the cannon at the Envalides does not produce a greater explosion. Lablache..is received with noisy and sincere acclamations of pleasure. He enters, with out seeing or hearing anything, with his hat on, and a smiling countenance. He is lost in ;eestacy. • The pockets of his paletot arc so inflated that he looks three times his natural size. Each time his hand dives into these depths he draws forth a statuette, a cup, a Chinese ornament, a medal, a shell, or Mlle rare or curious article, that he has just bought at the Hotel Bullion, or in the Rue des Flaneurs. Dinner is then announced, and Lablache tears himself from the contemplation of his acquisitions, for the maca roni will not wait. It is at Lablache's house only that genuine macaroni is to be met with. Everywhere else it is spurious. There it may be had at any hour of the day. From morning till night there is an unceasing consumption of macaroni, and often has the unfortunate cook, who, like the ancient vestal, never extinguishe s his fires, to melt, butter and scrape Parmesan at four o'clock in the morning after the return from a ball. Nothing can be more cheerful, more animated, than a dinner at Lablache's table. This cosmopolite artist, who has seen so many countries, known so many illustrious personages, who speaks or understand s . so many lan guages, relates, when thus amongst intimate - friends, such a number of amusing anecdotes and singular his tories, as would make the fortune of twenty newspaper editors. From the time, when extended on his back, he made the Marionettes of Saint Carmo perform their va rious antics, until the present, when Sovereigns and Em perors tap him familiarly on the shoulder, what a host of events and reminiscences has he stored up! One can never weary of listening to him. Durino• descent a few more uabitufis Aron in and then measure. At times the stentorian voice of ialtniacne heard thundering above the din. At last, during a mo ment's pause, Cottereau takes the opportunity of ask ing Lablache what is the best remedy for a cold. " The best remedy for a cold," he replies, " is this.. ....One day I was at Vienna, there was a concert at Court. At the moment when I approached the piano, I was seized with such terrible hoarseness that not only I could not sing a note, but I could scarcely speak a word. The King of Naples, old Ferdinand, who had always ex pressed great affection for me, kindly approached, and, taking me aside, said, Will you cure yourself imme diately?' " Please Heaven, Sire !' "‘ I have an infallible remedy against colds.' " Save me, then, your Majesty.' " ' Listen to me attentively.' "' I am all attention.' " You will take a large black raddish—you know what a reddish is ?' *Phillips . M`Laughlen 53 Blake Hartley 4l *Humphries *Young 32 Wheelton has resigned. TITHOUT.—(I6). Burn Obbard (deputy) 124 Anderton Buckmaster Taylor Lynch Isherwood ••••• • 129 *Walter . lO6 *Lies LIME-STREET WARD. The annual election of Common Councilmen for this ward was presided over by Mr. Alderman Farebrother, and although two vacancies occurred by the retirement of Mr. Deputy Mitchell and Mr. Robert Corser, no degree of popular feeling was in the least manifested either on the otherwise prevailing subject of the disa greement of the two City estates of aldermen and com moners, or in the election of the successors to the two former representatives of this ward. Mr. Daniel Cork and Mr. Thomas Bridge Simpson were re-elected, and Mr. Symonds and Mr. Tanner were quietly returned to supply the vacancies. PORTSOKEN.—(B.) Wright (deputy) 59 _ Killhy _ _ 65 Christie Parker 62 Jutsum "I know nothing better, Sire,' " You will have it cu t i nto th i n equa l sl i ces. " " Very Good, Sire.' The polls will finally clos Those marked thus * are " You will take care afterwards to powder it well with sugar, and you will leave it during an hour or two, in order that that sort of white liquid which exists in ra dishes may be entirely ex t racte d.' " Certainly, Sire.' " Then you will drink a spoonful on going to bed, and another when you wake to-morrow morning.' " And then ? ' "And then, that is all ; it is an immediate and com plete cure.' " 6 I very humbly thank your Molest): "'Have you well understood everything ?' " ' Perfectly, Sire.' " That will do ! and ou revoir.' take care of yourself " Two days after I sang at the theatre the Marriage Secret.' I never felt in better voice, and was never re ceived with more indulgence by the audience, King Fer dinand being the foremost to applaud me. Between the acts his Majesty sent for me. " ' Well, what did I tell you?' cried the King, in a triumphant tone ; Did you follow my prescription?' " Yes, Sire,' murmured I, blushing in spite of myself, I never could tell a lie in my life. The truth is, that not having great confidence in his Majesty's specific, I had thought no more about it after leaving the palace. " A . h,' said th e Ki ng , w h o apparen tly laid great st ore by his cure ; and let us hear how you set about it ?' But, Sire . . . . I first sent for a radish.' " Well!' 6" I cut it in slices.' " Very good.' it The " `;Then, I put pepper, salt, oil, and vinegar, and eat it as a salad.' us tnitu l 3 s on eir .. , ready money: at the rate of / 15 p er cent. on thepre: Der cent.) was (equivalents declared i n Ma (e quivalent to a reversio nar y bonus of about 3 0 which i 1842, on all benefi c ial policies on Drevi ous nr . co annu al premiums had been paid i n the Deco A division , x 8 of h _ Of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold hav encricial policies can receive their bonuses in ready money, or or thoufb m tur aP e P li ed ill . augmentation of their policies, or in reduction `Assurers premiums giVen -- illay contract to pay their Premiums either in one sum, in inents, :umber of r., DaYments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay- Ott e .: '" the ascending or descending scale. With ''' I n the Army b . chroni c and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted rtata - or v and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the I"r s „_ --nrc Pc, are also Assured at moderate rates. %t ee. *-- ,, tises and all necessary information may be obtained at the ""------ MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary ------ W F ORTESCUE lIOTEL, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON. .. C°RY, in returning thanks for the liberal r4ranv . support he has received whilst conducting the above Dtiblt;' " I ' d commercial Hotel, begs to apprise his friends and the soli e i t .g e nerally that he has renewed his lease on it, and respectfully solicits a continuance of their esteemed patronage and support. —.........ftaP1e, Dec. 21,1846. REMARKABLE CASE of RESTORATION. th e 4el A striking instance of the power of scientific art to Ter l e l d l y a r , gentle"' of nature has lately occurred in the case of a Mr.l . ,Is, emanresidin g Wortham, in Norfolk, who, in the year 1842, returningsi from If arlestone Market to Wey bred, where he then Fe yiisustained so severe a fall from his horse, as to bring on an ill " several months' duration, during which period his hair con bar .it c h me off, till he became, to use his own terms, " as r perfectl th en --, is head had been shaved and the Rev. J. L. Daniel, 1141 e ' e rgYman of the parish, offered him a wig as a substitu e or ost hair. Under these circumstances, he was induced to try the to ~c t, ,e f LOWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, and it is highly gratifying with the most happy results. As coon as part of a bottle was tiTetthe growth recommenced, and he has new to borist of a very Mat ' t tici luxuriant head of hair, which prssents this peculiarity l r, th ; p °4ll prior to losing his hair it evinced no tendency to cut , for e it s - 7 growth is curly and strong. This fact speaks too strongly _e_f to require observation.—Bell's Messenger. piaIy;WLAND'S MACASSAR OIL preserves and reproduces the 1/. 4 , Prevents it from falling off or turning Grey ; Changes Grey Hair to Its Original Colour ; frees it from Scurf and Dandriff, and r It beauthully soft and curly. bt.,..l3evvare of "spurious compounds" under the title of " MA e_AR OIL," some under the "implied" sanction of Royalty and ,T,,Yernment Departments, with similar attempts at deception. MACAS'S kit OIL is sold by the proprietors, at 20, e I.OI T - GAIMEIT ,LONDON, and all respectable Chemist s an d mu:am. " ' Farceur!' cried the King, bursting out laughing, ' You merit that I should not give you this pretty snuff box that I had intended for you.' " ' Oh ! Sire.' " ' Take it, you rogue; and try in future not to laugh at the doctors.' " After dinner, when he has no other engagement, La blache's greatest enjoyment is his rubber of whist. If MM. Rothschild, Hopp, and Delmare, if the public—the richest and most egotistical of all these millionaires— could hear the heavy sigh he heaves when obliged to go out, they would not have the heart to draw him from his family circle and his whist. Like all the great artists, at certain intervals Lablache is seized with the mania of solitude and retirement. He has built a magnificent villa on Mont Pausilipe, where, he says, he will finish his days in peace. This villa oc cupies all his thoughts, and at last he obtained leave of absence for three months in order to go and visit his laurels and orange trees. He arrives there with immense delight. The first week he finds his Paradise rather monotonous; the second he ennuyes himself; the third, he discovers that he does so; and the fourth, he speaks of it to his wife. This Paris life, which does not render him happy, but which prevents any other from doing so, when seen from a distance, inspires him with involuntary regret. A I 7 NT m., a IIE TI s i T E sR, AI D A E N c C . 112E2S . T — B Y R es A te N r D day L m E o E r D n! ing an accident occurr ed on the Manchester and Leeds R a ilway of a very serious character, b ut f ortunate ly no li ve s were lost. It appears that when th e f rost gave Kay s ome of the rocks through which a great port i on o f t hi s RA L C N C v A I D Y E . line is cut began t o sli p . Duri ng the night of Sunday a large piece of stone slipped froth one of these cuttings on to the line, near the mouth of in the tunn e l a t Ludden foot. About six o'clock th emorning a luggage train, t ra velling at full speed, came in contact w ith the rock, which threw the engine and tender off the rails. The concussion was very great, and three of the trucks were broken, and the engine and tend er muc h i n j ure d. At the moment th e concussion took pl ace the stoker j um p e d off the tender, an d, falling on the r a il s , b ro k e hi s leg. No other injury was sustained. The road was blocked up for some time, and the first up-trai n was d eta i ne d up. wards of two hours. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —CURES OF FEARFUL ULCER OUS SORES, IN MALTA, BY 1 IOLLOITAT'S PIL LS AND O INT MENT.— Mrs. Duncan, whose husband i s employed in her Majesty's Dockyard at Malta, suffered for more than two years from ulcerous sores in her feet. She formerly. resided . at Corfu, and was treated by the best practitioners there, from whom, however, she derived no benefit , whatever ; when, after using five or six boxes and pots of Holloway . s Pills and Ointment, a perfect . cure was effected. The truth of this statement is so notorious in Malta, that the editor of the ":Malta Mail" newspaper was induced to insert the particulars of the case in his paper of October 31st, 1845.—501 d by all druggists, and at Pro fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. a~---~~ ____.........., ~;„,,, • %, , ~_,......: i , , a ,.,,,... _ , t, • A t ... „.„.t.,,,,) - ,i. /4 42 up. ~,..,....,,...., , .. ,---- - ~---- i ::::.;?: - , fOl4V'. 4 , , tkyor-\. , ' a 'it -A z % , ~.., ~:. **:.s , .- -, k .0 11 P - 44 1* ifc° . :-..-: °-11 _ Elx::'' . C? 4 .,, : 1 ' ' .._. .—...... .... . \,,,,.. . ~ .•. , 4 ,R- ~' ,e, ...,_ ~ ~,_...„,,...i, go .0, „....„.. , , • .._. , / ~_,erp:'4:"'°::lll*!:.:6:':'t:l:cir,:c--4.1:4:7-1/737444;1:::i14:4c-r-'7'.H.71;Li'`!..:47:---11- R °>:. 4; 4;:*\ .--‘ - ''''l(--"' ''. \-- • '• .- - - to, . Int+ t.o. t, i 1 . :" / 74,1 .--- . - U No. 16,930. LONDON, WE DNESDA Y dm 5° CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the arrival of the Tartar, at Dover, from the Cape of Good Hope, we have received papers from thence to the 15th October, and from Graham's Town to the 7th. They are five days later than the form( r ac counts. The following official dispatches, received from Colonel Somerset, are from the:Cape Frontier Times:— " Head-quarters, Camp near Fish River Mouth, Ceded Territory, Oct. I. " Colonel Somerset, with a detachment of the second division, has been employed since the 16th of September in scouring the country on the other side of the Kies kamma. The following extracts from dispatches re ceived from that officer report his proceedings : " 'Near Chalumna River, Sept. 22. " 'Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you that during the operations of the last two days, although the weather was most inclement, my troops shot four of the enemy, took four prisoners, 15 horses, 112 head of cattle, and three guns, belonging to Seyolo's tribe.' " Camp Goolah Heights, near the Buffalo, 24th September, 1846. "' I have the honour to acquaint yen for the Com mander in Chief's information, that I fell in with the Gaika cattle yesterday on the Buffalo, about six miles elow Mount Coke, and captured 1,100 head of cattle and thirty horses, and shot five of the enemy. Having. had a long march and it being late I was _not able to do more.' " " Bridle Drift, Buffalo River, Sept. 29, 1846. " Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief that I moved from my camp on the Goolah on the afternoon of the 27th instant (the moment the weather moderated), with 750 men, and making a night march -to the-Grahoon River, I established myselftrmidnight in the midst of Umhala's tribe, without their having the slightest intimation of my move. Lying perdu until day dawn, I dispersed the troops in various directions, and although the enemy drove off their cattle aed abandoned their kraals with the utmost expedition, I pursued them to the Gonuble-River, and by midday the troops had secured 3,000 head of superior cattle, with a few horses. Almost the whole of these cattle are superior colonial cattle, with a moderate number of draught oxen. . . " The enemy called out to us this morning that we had now taken all their cattle, and they had nothing to live upon. We have experienced very severe weather, which much impeded my operations, but the troop% have continued healthy. " I must express my unqualified approbation of the exertions of all the effacers and troops engaged in these operations. Twenty-two of the enemy have fallen ; we have had no casualty.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " H. SOMERSET, Colonel, Corn. Division. " Lieut.-Colonel Cloete, &c. &c. " have directed Captain Tench, 45th Regi ment, whom his Excellency sent with a detachment to my support, to recross the Keiskamma, and hold the drift o❑ the opposite side till I cross with the cattle.' " By the above it will be seen that Colonel Somerset is still actively and successfully engaged in his operations against the enemy. This officer seems to be always in motion, and neither to take nor to require rest. . . . It seems that the Amaponda chief Faku, whose move ments towards the colony had excited some apprehen sion, has returned home again without attempting to take the colonial cattle which were depasturing on the banks of the Bashee. He does not seem to have shown any hostile ingredients towards Kreli, although he is re ported to have fallen upon some native tribes in the neighbourhood of the Bashee, and robbed them of their cattle. Major O'Reilly returned home this morning, having spent the night in patrolling the country in the neighbourhood of Driver's Hill. He reached Waay Plaats at two o'clock Liu. this morning. He neither saw any Kafirs, nor the indications of the presence of Kafirs. Report sent in that about fifteen or twenty Kafirs had been seen in the neighbourhood of Mr. Ma loney's residence, Howison's Poort. No aid could be rendered from town to pursue these marauders. CONFERENCE BETWEEN COL. JOHNSTONE AND THE GAIKA. CHIEFS. MONDAY.—lnformation reached town on Saturday that the Gaika chiefs had refused to accede to the terms submitted to them by Colonel Johnstone, on the part of the Commander in-Chief. The meeting took place on Thursday afternoon, the Ist inst. (not on the 30th ult., as stated in a former page), on the banks of the Chumie River, near Black Drift, a message having been previously sent to Macomo—who had made the over tures on the part of the Gaika chiefs—by Lieut.-Col. Campbell, that Lieut,-Col. Johnstone would meet them there. The chiefs present were Macomo, Sandilla, Dot man, Souto, and all Macomo's sons, one only excepted. Thor w armea wßia" etk v isit i tfiNlNlPrkele l 4 l , l 4.lc,A.., 3 92 excellent older, the barrels burnished and cleaned as it expressly for . the occasion. Macomo looked ill, and very weak, and was labouring under a severe attack of dy sentery. There was no difference in the appearance of the other chiefs. Botman locked as fat and sleek as ever. They did not seem to be humbled, but they all, however, appeared heartily tired of the war. Besides Colonel Johnstone, who conducted the negotiation, Major Smith and several others were present, amongst whom was the Rev. Mr. Calder wood (formerly Macomo's missionary), not, however, as the bearer of dispatches, as erroneously stated by a contemporary, or as a Government agent, but at the special request of his Excellency the Governor. Colonel Johnstone informed the chiefs of the determination of the Governor, which was in substance—that be did not want war, and loved peace ; but that he was deter mined there should be an end to the outrages which had for so long a period, in defiance of treatee, been committed upon the colonists by the Kafirs, and which the chiefs either would not: or could not restrain. That he had taken possession, in the name of her Majesty, of their country as far as the Kei River, which would henceforth be the colonial boundary. That it was his intention to locate the Fingoes and Hottentots, and such Kafirs as had not joined in the war, in the ceded ter ritory, That such of the chiefs and their people who agree to give up their arms, and restore, or assist in the restoration, of the cattle stolen from the colony, would be allowed to remain in the country between the Keis karnma nnd the Kei, not, however, as independent chiefs or tribes, but as subjects of the British Government ; and that those who refused to submit to these terms, would be driven over the latter river, and the cattle taken by force of arms. Macomo appeared evidently inclined to accept these conditions, hut he was closely watched by the other chiefs, who were not dis• posed to submit except on their own terms—Macomo's sons particularly—with whom, it is said, he has had several quarrels lately—were determined to yield nothing. Sandilla and Botman displayed a good deal of hauteur, though there was an absence of that insolent rudeness which had been usually exhibited at similar meetings. They, as well as Macomo, were desirous of being allowed to return to their former abodes, and, as regarded the surrender of their arms and booty, Botman s tid, in reference to the former, that such a demand was uever made by one nation that conquered another— their guns were their property, bought with their money, and could not, therefore be demanded of them. The cattle, he said, were dead—and what was taken in war was taken, not again to be restored. The chiefs were told, that whilst they were talking of peace, their people were committing aggressions in the colony in every direction. To this they replied in the old strain, that those were thieves whom they could not restrain, and who should be shot. Sandilla said they were de termined not to fight any more—that his people would go on cultivating their gardens, and that the English might come and kill them. They were then told that having declined the Governor's terms. they had now nothing to expect but war. The conference then broke up, the Kafirs retiring to the Amatola mountains (from whence they had come) in an orderly manner. Macomt, it is supposed, will yet submit, and accept the terms offered him, in which case the confederacy existing between the Gaika chiefs will be materially weakened, if not entirely broken up, he being regarded by the rest as their principal head. Amongst the guns in the pos session of the Kafirs assembled on this occasion, we understand several of the Cape Corps double-barrelled guns were noticed, and several of them were mounted on Cape Corps Horses. One Kafir was wrapped in a cloak belonging to the Cape Corps. The women, it is said, are cultivating patches of ground in every direction. This should be at once stopped, if it be intended to subjugate the Kafirs and bring the war to a spec dy con clusion. These women are described as being in a wretched plight : some of them were seen burning the hair off bits of skin, which they then pounded between two stones and greedily devoured. Report says, also, that the Kafirs are suffering very much from dysentery. From Colonel Somerset's Camp we have the fol lowing :—" Colonel Somerset has captured about 3,300 head of cattle (amongst which are many fine colonial) and 60 horses, and killed 22 Kafirs. The Kafirs are so frightened that they won't stand. The captured cattle belonging principally to Pete., Jan Tzat zoe, Umkye, and Umhala. The Kafirs have cultivated all their gardens, which are locking very green, but Col. Somerset told them they would not be allowed to reap them. We have had a great deal of rain, and the coun try is looking very beautiful. We go out in patroles of about 100 men, and take cattle in every direction. Lieut. O'Reilly took 400 head yesterday, after exchanging a few shots, and those at 150 to 200 yards distance, The Kafirs will not face us any longer." TlJESDAY.—Received a communication from the im mediate frontier, from which the following extracts are taken:—" Captain Sutton, with the Kat River Hotten tots, has been very active in patrolling the country be tween Eland's River Post and Fort Beaufort, and has often accompanied the patroles himself. The week before last they took from the Kafirs about 170 head of cattle, some goats, a number of horsed, and several guns, killing four Kafirs., Last week they again shot four Kars, and took upwards of 60 head of cattle, some sheep and goats. Last week Lieutenant-Colonel John stone, who succeeds Colonel Hare in command of the 2d division, met Sir Andreas Stockonstrow, at Blink water, to arrange plans for protecting the colony, and future movements. Sir Andreas intends dividing the Hottentots at present at Eland's Post, into several en- PRICE SD. comments, better, as he thinks, to protect the colony, and also to get some melie, pumpkin, and other seeds into the ground. Sir A. was to pr. teed to the Tarks post, to make arrangements there for further operations. He has been, it seems, caecting more Dutch Burghers." Another letter states—"ln the beginning of last week ; the Kafir's cominenced firing Phillipton; a very good h ouse an d carpenter ' s shop were burnt down. Two days afterwards, a great blaze was seen in the night, and the next day it proved to be the chop], which has been totally destroyed. This will be a greet loss to the London Missionary Society, and to the Hottentots.' Unhas protected, no doubt all the Ifliildings will be burnt, as - also thoSe of Balfour. The Kafirs are no djubt doing this out of revenge for the active part which Are Hottentots of the settlement have from the beginning of the war taken against them. Wool, —We have much pleasure in laying before our readers a report of the London_Wool :sales held in the month of July last, drawn up by , Messrs. W. Anderson, :t'en., and Co., of ..- LtiridniTAhirrtirialf given to us for in sertion by their house here. This report gives good and substantial reasons for the recent decline of prices in r ur wools, and at the same time encourages us to hope that the next sales (to take place in the month of Sept.) n.ay show prices perhaps as high as those of the sales held in the month of May last. It appears that at the close of the sales a reaction took place in the prices, and it is accounted for by " the amicable settlement of the Oregon question; the passing of the Corn-law Bill; and a pros pect of the new Ministry carrying their liberal commer cial measures without dissolving the Parliament; and to the improved tone of the Money Market; all of which are calculated to stimulate and give energy to the home and foreign trade of Great Britain." The report urges (as Messrs. Anderson, Sen, and Co., have all along urged), the necessity of attention being devoted by the wool growers to improvement in the growth aid condi tion of their flocks, and assures us that " the home Go vernment are at length sensible of the policy and justice of providing adequate protection hereafter" for life and property cn the eastern borders of the colony. --- • -------- e / ~, ~ ~ MR. ANGAS'S ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIPODES , Just published, in two vols. post Sin., with Twelve Plates from the Author's Drawings, price 245. handsomely bound in cloth. SAVAGE LIFE AND SCENES IN AUS • TRALIA AND NEW - ZEALAND: -being an Arth , V3 Im pressions of Countries and People at the Antipodes. By GEoRGE FRENCH ANGAS, Esq. " Here are two volumes of good artistical descriptions, with much of finer staple than the title-page promises. Mr. Angas observed nature in the southern hemisphere with a painter's eye, and has thrown much poetical feeling into his Impressions of it."—Morning Chronicle. " Mr, Angas has produced a very interesting work, containing full and graphic narratives and descriptions, and illustrated with sketches which do much credit to his ability."—Britannia. " After a caretul reading of these two volumes, we pronounce them, without any hesitation, to afford, on the whole, the most faithful pictures of ' Savage Life in Australia and New Zealand' yet published."—Weekly Chronicle. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cernhill. HAMBURGH IMAIL. THE HAGUE, DEC. 16.—Accounts :frcm Arnheim of yesterday announce that they were employed in taking up the bridge of boats over the Rhine, because quantities of drift ice were cowing down the river. The same was the case at Westervoort on the 15th, where carriages could no longer pass. Drift ice was beginning to ap- Far on the Baal and the Maese ; the water was in gene ral falling. The Maine, the Lahn, and the Nahe were frozen over. ANTWERP, DEC. 15.—The Scheldt begins to bring down much ice. The mail from Holland arrived yester day, in a sle,lge, at five o'clock in the afternoon. The road from Antwerp 'to Breda is impassable by carriages. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 16. —The present winter seems likely to be distinguished by the extraordinary quantity of snow, of which we have had scarcely any example. It has fallen in such quantities as considerably to delay the mails. Our city is in the complete dress of winter ; all the houses, streets, and trees are covered with snows and the sledges are driving through the streets in all directions.—Dutch papers, Dec. 19. THE AFFAIRS OF SPAIN, BARCELONA, DEC. 9.—Mr. Cobden has arrived here this morning, proceeding on his tour through Spain. He has visited Malaga, Almeria, Alicante, and Valentia, on his way hither, and was most favourably received at all those towns; and the free trade principles, the pro pagation of which is the object of his mission, were freely and warmly discussed by the commercial men of these important sea-ports. It is universally admitted that Mr. Cobden during his tour has made numerous proselytes in all the principal towns of Spain; and he has come at last to the strong hold of monopoly—Barcelona. At the very moment of his arrival the manufacturers were beginnicg to bestir themselves to again take the field against the changes in the tariff system which, it is well known M. Mon has not abandoned his intentions of carrying into eff, ct. Mr. Cobden has already seen some of the principal manufac turers. I know for a fact that Mr. Guell, the largest mill-owner in the place, was very much taken by the extreme modesty and unassuming manners of Mr. Cobden, and after an hour's conversation with him seemed much staggered in the policy of his long-enter tained prohibitive principles. One great good will be effected by Mr. Cobden ' s visit to Barcelona, which is, that they will be convinced that it is nut the object cf those who advocate free trade principles to force on the Catalans their adoption, and that the views of Mr. Cobden and his supporters are but to induce them to submit the matter to discussion, when the truth will be sure to triumph. _ _ Barcelona has its advocates of free trade also ; all commercial houses connected with the S , Juth American trade, and more especially with the Island of Cuba, are free traders from conviction, because they say they have eon% Lt d romp ye Eva tbn.,l:Laxano.4l. only pays the enormous expense of its own establish ment, but sends millions yearly to the Treasury of Madrid. It is likely then that the commercial men un connected with the manufacturers, and some of the principal nobility and proprietors, will offer Mr. Cobden every attention, and give him some public manifestation of their sympathies. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PowrsmouTu, DEC. 22.—The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, went out to Spithead, under royals, in most gallant style this afternoon, saluting the Cemmander-in- Chief with 17 guns on passing the Platform Battery. A vast concourse of spectators assembled on the walls to witness her departure. She is the handsomest looking ship that has issued from this harbour since the Col lingwood went out. The Penelope steam-frigate, 22 guns, Captain Gifford, also went out of harbour this afternoon, and looked re markably well. She also saluted, and went down as far as Cowes roads, to try her engines. The Palatine freight ship sailed to-day for London. The Mercury tender sailed this afternoon for Poole to enter volunteers for general service, and to return some who were not approved of on examination. The Trafalgar transport sailed to-day for the river. Lieutenant Farquharson (1810), an old officer, up wards of thirty-five years a lieutenant, died suddenly yesterday afternoon in the lunatic ward of the Royal Hospital, Haslar. Let us hope that the melancholy case of this deceased veteran was not consequent upon such neglect as that experienced during his lifetime by the late Lieutenant W. P. Green, whose family are now compelled to appeal to a benevolent public for that sup port which they ought to have received long ago from the Government. The gallant deceased was midship man in the Conqueror, 74, at Trafalgar. Commander Crouch, of the Victory, lies at Hasler Hospital in a precarious state. The gallant officer was seized with a fit on Sunday last, whilst on board his ship, in the act of shaking hands with a brother officer. ROBBERY OF THE MAIDSTONE AND ROCHESTER MAIL BAus.—On Saturday night the driver of the Maid stone and Rochester mail cart, started from Maidstone with the letter bags in a four-wheeled chaise, instead of the regular cart, having taken" up a passenger. On ar riving at the Upper Bell, the driver and passenger got out to drink, leaving the bags in the vehicle. On coming out of the house they drove on for some distance, when they missed the bags. The driver returned to Maid stone, and the police and many other persons were soon on the alert to discover the bags. These were not found till yesterday (Monday) morning, when they were dis covered, with the letters all opened, in a field near the Blue Bell Inn. It is not known that the bags contained any money. When the driver returned, he said that his cart had been robbed; but it was soon discovered that be had left the bags in the chaise when he went into the Upper Bell. The passenger, a 'lovelier, and the driver were both taken into custody, and were yesterday ad mitted to bail.—Maidstone Gazette. THE MURDER AND SUICIDE IN LAMBETII..--• Owing to the vigilance of the police, a clue was obtained, which eventually led to the identification of the woman and child whose bodies were found, under such myste rious circumstances, in the water, off Waterloo-dock, on Monday forenoon last. It appears that the woman had formerly lived in the service of several families in Lambeth, but whilst in one of her situations she was seduced, and ultimately gave birth to the child with her. Since her confinement she has been subject to great pri vation, having no settled place of abode, living one week in one part of the town, and then shifting to other quarters. Her name was Hannah Reid, her age was 32, and the child was only 11 months old, and was named William Reid. From what has s i nce transpired no doubt any longer exists that the unfortunate creature had destroyed her own life and also that of her offspring. The last time she was seen alive was on Thursday, when she appeared very disconsolate a nd unhappy, 'and she frequently stated that her troubles were more than she could bear. Since that day she had written a letter to the person who identified the bodies, in which she made known her intention of destroying her life, and stated that it was all owing to the treatment she had received from one of her own relatives. The letter is in the hands of the summoning officer, and will be produced at the coroner's inquest. - It is the general opinion that the unfortunate woman's mind had become im p aired, owing to the disgrace: she had brought upon her character by her imprudence, and the destitute state she was in con sequence reduced to. PRICE or GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 15 per mill‘ , which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of !; 5 52 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 50, it follows that gold is 0.08 per cant. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 432 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.175. 101 d. per ounce for standard old, gives an exchange of 13 81; and the exchange, at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 6/, it follows that gold is 0.81 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. IVe understand that . an officer holding a situation in the landing department of the Custom-house has re cently been removed from the service. The party al luded to has been several years in the department, and we believe that his removal is in reference to some im proper proceedings fourd to have taken place some time since, and which were not discovered at the time, by which a fraud was committed on the revenue. COMPANIES' REVIEW, This Paper will be exclusively devoted to the above interests, of which it will contain a full and perfect digest. OM ce. Horse.shOe-court,Ludgate-hill PERFECT FREEDOM trom 00116'rHS 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 aim ays said to be comumptive), 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 re commend. to any one afflicted as I was." Dr. LOCOCK'S W.A.e'ERS give instant relief and a rapid cure 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 flexi bility of the voice. Price Is. fl/ i d. 2s. 9d., and lls. per box. Agents : Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London ; and sold by all medicine venders, Thomson Danford.. *Vile . 38 at four o'clock this day. low candidates. MR. SMEE AND THE POTATO DISEASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siu,—ln consequence of the extraordinary attempt made by Dr. Lindley to cast ridicule upon my treatise on tha potato plant, by making my, opinions diametri cally opposite to those expressed in the book itself, I instituted an inquiry into the official position of Dr. Lindley, and beg to lay the following correspondence before , the public. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED SMEE. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. ALFRED SMEE AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL. 7, Finsbury-circus, Dec. 14. My Lcrd,—l venture to hope that the importance of the subject of the potato disease may serve as an excuse for my troubling your Lordship with this communication. By observation I have learned that an aphis is the cause of the potato malady, and that the same aphis de stroys also the carrot, turnip, beet, spinach, groundsel, and various other plants, and will even live on the wheat and Indian corn. At this period cf the year the fact should be made known to all agriculturists, that they may destr o y th e insect wherever they find it, and that tey may continue to T k o ill t i h t e a e s x s t p e r n i si ng on ad of advances. information Dr. Lindl e y has s. put a strong barrier , by declarin g that an aphi s does not cau se the potato malady, and , strangely enough he eve n states that aphides cannot destroy plants. - The assertions of Dr. Lindley, when acting as Govern m ent Commissioner , to advise the nation u p on the best cou rse to be pursued , req uire careful attention, though as a newspaper writer his assertions upon the matter would have but little or no weight. Under these circumstances it becomes a matter of great importance to the country to know whether the writings of Dr. Lindley are now to be taken as the opi nions of an individual writing upon his own behalf, or whether he h olds any appointment which gives to his as sertions an official character. It is upon this question I respectfully ask y our Lordship's answer, that the public may know whether more than private authority is to be attached to his views. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, ALFRED NOE. The Right Hon. Lord JohnD Russell. owning -street, Dec. 16. whether Sir,—ln thew reply ri t t i n o yoursof D letr. Lindley te of are the 14 now w i n t s o t., be asking tako n as the opi n i ons o f an g individual writing upon his own be , .h h i a s if o,awomfurrn n whether ons l: e holds any appoint ment which gives to iassertions an official character , " I am desired b y Lord jhoshptt n Ruisell t o s t a t e , th a t Dr. Lindley is re s p onsible for h ho e fe rsp theb eeidirecteduml bulbs n e b t o3y, gout p c trr aphides. n s hsi t md o ts you t.e d t his o hi o f Lordship'sth e destruction thanks for I am, Sir, your obedient servant , Alfred Smee, Es q . R. W. GREY. COMMERCE OF RUSSIA. The Augsburg Gazette gives the following details of Russian commerce for the year 1845: " The exports to foreign countries, including Poland and Finland, have amounted to 92,567,745 silver roubles (the silver rouble is worth 3fr. 45c.); the imports to 83,161,372. The exports have been less for many im portant articles than in preceding years, which is attri butable to the bad harvests that have taken place in the western provinces of the empire. The Russian-Chinese commerce has been greater in 1845 than in the year before, amounting to 13,622,000 silver roubles. Tea continues to be the principal article purchased by the Russians, 100,000 chests, weighing from 451 b. to 60:b. each, of the best quality, and 40,000 chests of inferior quality, having been imported. The Russian articles ex ported to China consist principally of furs and cloths and those sent to tlie transcaucasian provinces, of sugar' provinces, of sugar, dye-stuffs, and spirituous liquors. In 1845, 5,926 vessels entered Russian ports, and 5 940 quitted them. The customs produced 31,958,083 silver roubles, or 1,186,395 less than in 1844. This result is attributed to the large imports of 1844, which is lessened the demands of the following year." /ii ~~ THEA TRICALSAT WOBUR ABBEY. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, since Friday, have been surrounded by a distinguished circle, at Itoburn_ Abbey, comprising the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and the Ladies Mary and Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, the Marquis of Granby, the Dowager Countess of Sefton and Ladies Molyneux, Viscount Mandeville, Viscountess Bury, Lord and Lady Charles Russell and Hon. Edward and Hon. Katherine Russell, Lord Cosmo Russell, Lord Edward F. Howard, Mr. A. and Lady C. A. Sanford, Mr. A. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. S. Rogers, Mrs. and Miss Magniac, Mr. B. Lyons, &c. On Saturday evening the " Theatre Royal, Woburn Abbey," as it is called, was opened for private thea tricals, the performances under the patronage of the Duchess of Norfolk. It was announced that the dramatic exposition was for that night only. We supply the subjoined affiche of the evening : "THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, THE 19TH OF DECEMBER, 1846. (For this night only), Will be performed, a Charade, in Three Parts, about LOVE AND FIRE ! ! Ulysses, Lord Charles Russell; Priam, Mr. Ayshford Sandford; Menelaus, Viscount Mandeville (his first ap pearance on any stage); Tyndarus, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, M.P.; Paris, the Marquis of Granby; Antilochus, Mr. Bickerton Lyons (from Athens, his first appearance on any stage); Diomedes, Lord Cosmo Russell; Homer, the Right Hon. Lord Edward F. Howard; Thalpius, the Hon. Edward Russell; Nemesis, Lady Caroline Aysh ford Sanford (this talented lady's first appearance this seas( n); Helen, Lady Maria Molyneux; Electra, Miss Alagniac; Hermione, Viscountess Bury; Meleto, the Hon. Katherine Russell; Teliope, Lady Mary F. How ard; Euphrosyne, Lady Adeliza F. Howard. Enormous Attractions! Lord Cosmo Russell and Mr. A. Sanford Will once more perform on this stage! Distinguished Appearance of the Author ! So well known at the Westminster House. His first appearance on these boards. A most decided hit !—l 7 ivat Regina." The doors opened at half-past eight, and the perform ance commenced at nine o'clock. It was warmly ap plauded by a brilliant audience. The dialogue was admirable, and those assuming characters in the dramatic charade acquitted themselves admirably. We are informed that Mr. A. Stafford O'Brien, M.P., was the author, and his classic acquirements are known to be of the highest order. The hospitality of the Noble Duke and Duchess will be prolonged during the festive se a so n , L or d an d L a dy John Russell and a host of visitors of distinction being on the eve of congregating at the Abbey for Christmas. On Monday last the thirtieth annual general meet ing of the Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear, was held at the disp ensary , i n D ean - street, Soho, Henry ' Holland, Esq., V.P., in the chair. By the report it ap peared, that since the establishment of the charity, in 1816, upwards of 14,900 patients have been cured or relieved. Considerable improvements have been effected during the past year in the treatment of diseases of the ear, and in no case has any injurious results attended the course pursued. Thanks were unanimously voted to John Harrison Curtis, Esq., the director and surgeon, for his unwearied devotion, during thirty years, to the interests of the dispensary, of which he was the founder. In returning thanks, Mr. Curtis expressed his profound sense of the vast importance of the study of aural sur gery, and his gratification at having been the means of calling into existence an institution which has done more than any other cause to diffuse a knowledge of the subject. He stated that th ere were f requent l y more than 180 patients in one day attending at the dispen sary, a fact which shows that such a charity is of the most extensive utility. Ile concluded with some re marks on the deaf and dumb, whose claims on their more fortunate fellow-creatures cannot be adequately met by asylums in which their total privations of hearing and speech is taken for granted ; as Mr. Curtis is of opinion that the great majority of those who are deaf and dumb in early life might, by proper treatment, be restored to the enjoyment of those invaluable senses. IMMENSE INFLUX OF SEIPPINe INTO LIVNIPOOL.— Owing to the prevalence of easterly winds, some of the Liverpool docks were almost emptied, and the labourers usually employed in them driven to serious straits ; and many to actual want. A favourable change of the wind, however, having taken place early on Saturday, a vast fleet of vessels began to pour into the Mersey ; and by Sunday afternoon not less than 128 sail, many of them large American and Canadian vessels, with cargoes of breadstuffs, cotton, timber, &c., had come up, and with the exception of 17, were safely docked. Of the vessels docked twenty-two are from the United States, with an aggregate registered tonnage amounting to 11,054 tons ; nineteen are from Canadian ports, aggregate burthen 10,019 tons ; three are East Indianien, tonnage 1,187 ; and the remainder, other foreign and coasting vessels, tonnage 6.280. Of the seventeen vessels in the river, seven are Canadian, five American, two East Indies, and three foreign, the tonnage of which averaue 500 each, or 37,000 tons in all arrived from the Saturday morning's tide to the Sunday's mid-day tide. This change is cal culated to do infinite service to the working poor, and all connected with the shipping and decks of the port. CURIOUS CIRCUIIISTANCE.—On Monday morning last, about eight o'clock, Mr. Robert Cornthwaite, of the Bolton Railway station, discovered a sparrow frozen fast to the rails, about one hundred yards from the station. He got up to the bird, and was examining how it was held fast, i when its faluent flutteiings extricated it, and it LOO-ROAD.—In the Court of Excise yesterday, John Har ris, of 180, Waterloo-road, appeared to answer informa tions for having worked illicit stills on his premises near the Waterloo-road, the discovery of which was recently noticed in The Sun. The facts of the discovery were stated by the officers, who said the defendant represented that the premises had been let to a person named Brown, and that the existence of the stills was unknown to him. The penalties were laid at 2.4001. The defendant was fined 6001., and the whole of the seizure was condemned. He appeared completely astounded at the decision. WINDOW SMASHING.—In consequence of the in creased number of prisoners brought up before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the two police-courts in the City, within the last fortnight or three weeks, for smash ing squares of glass in the shop windows of various tradesmen, some of them varying in value from 30s. to Si., for the avowed purpose of being committed to gaol and thus come in for a share of the good fare on. Christmas-day, orders have been sent to the governors of the Compter and Bridewell, directing them that in. every such case the usual Christmas allowance of roast beef, plum• pudding, beer, &c., should not be given to them, and it is thus hoped that in future they will not be so anxious to get themselves incarcerated when the probability will be that they will only receive the ordi nary prison food. COMPARATIVE DEGREES OF HEAT AND COLD.— The intensity of the frost in the present winter furnishes interesting matter for comparative seasonable specula tion. It is a subject of philosophical observation, that intensely hot summers are commonly followed by winters of intense cold, the one being in the ratio to the other. The opinion seems to be borne out by a reference to the summer of the present year, which, it will be recollected, was one of great and long enduring heat ; and it is fur ther apparently so, as indicated by a reference to wea ther tables ranging through a long cycle of years. Facts and results apparently so opposite are full of interest, and open up a wide field for the reason:r. In northern climates, where the winter is both long and severe, the . glass ranging below zero, and the season extendin g , in some instances, over eight months of the year, the sum mers, which contain the elements of spring and summer, are generally very hot. The earth for the winter time is ice locked—rivers and lakes are sheeted over, and even springs and gushing fountains are frozen up. Thus it is in North America, Russia, and the whole of the coun tries in the northern regions. The changes of tempera ture are instantaneous, and it not uncommonly happens, that the people inhabiting these countries witness, on retiring t o bed, an d thoenverryisidnegpththoef next winter, in owithrni morning, its beholdcon comitants " glorious summer," grafting itself on lovely spring. The theory of intensely hot summers and severe winters dove tailing with each other is forcibly illustrated by a refer ence to the year of" the great comet," 1811, the summer of which was one of great heat, and the winter of that year was one of great comparative severity ; so, also, the en suing year of 1812, memorable for the destruction of Na poleon's army in Russia, the winter shearing them oft like snow flakes drifting on the stormy wind. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— Yesterday afternoon a young woman, genteelly dressed, entered Mrs. Oakley's, the " O'Conaell " Coffee-house, Kent-road, and desired to be served with coffee, and seated herself in one of the darkest boxes in the shop. Her agitated manner, and her superior appearance to the generality of her cus tomers, excited the attention of Mrs. Oakley, and after she served the coffee, she observed her empty the con tents of a phial into it. Mrs. Oakley suspected her object to be suicide, and she stepped forward, and begged permission to put some sugar into the coffee; removing the cup for that purpose, she adroitly substituted fresh w hich the young woman almost immediately swallowed.coffe The coffee that contained the contents of the phial was taken to a neighbouring chemist, who pro nounced it to contain laudanum. Mrs. Oakley called the young woman into the parlour, and by persuasion, or by threatening to send for the police, she gave the address of her friend, and was conveyed by her brother, Mr. Quaieting, to her residence in Great Wild-street, Lincoln's Inn. The attempt was caused by her husband having enlisted in the army. ROYAL NAVAL ScnooL.—Yesterday the half yearly distribution of prizes and the election of Presi dent, Vice-Admiral Sir C. Ogle having resigned, took place at the school, New-cross, Deptford. At a meeting of the Council, held previous to the distribution of prizes, it was resolved, on the motion of Sir Charles Malcolm, seconded by Colonel Robinson, that Lord Prudhoe be requesten to accept the office of President. The prizes were then distributed, when the principal ones were awarded to the following gentlemen, viz.: —Masters Wright, Handsley, Made, Collier, Parker, Chusan, Roe rt l e e rs Ogle Gardiner, from buck, Rosenbergh, Banbury, Fitzmnurice, Hill, Lesli e , Shellard, &c. Honourable mention was also ma d e of Masters Gardiner, Burton, Leslie, Rich, Dowling, senior Cooper, student, B u r o read a Harrington, dat ad d rt s sto Sir Charles &c. his fellow pupils, expie,sive of their gratitude for the ability and kindness with . w iiich the l ga lant Admiral fulfilled the office of President. Sir Charles Ogle feel ingly acknowledged the compli ment. Th e retiring President left the examination hail amidst the warmesr cheers. CHILD DROPPED.—At an early hour yesterday morning the dead body o f a new l y -b orn i n fant was found in the Regent's-park, opposite to Lisson-place. It was conveyed by Craig, park-keeper, to St. Marylebone workhouse, where it awaits an inquest. ~ /: ~~ NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, Poultry, Mansion House, London. ROBERT WILCOXEN, Esq., Chairman. TIIO3IAS SIDNEY, Esq., Alderman, Deputy Chairman. N.B. Parties must send in their Proposals before the Ist January, 1847, to be entitled to participate in e next division rofits. J. JO th NES, Actuary an of d SPecretary.