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sir Ito - eIMISTUAII SIOUDATI L rAL POLYTECHNIC INS I .VITITI'ION, Prof L ettures for this pe r i o d o f th e year, by Dr. Ryan and SOPHessor Bachoffner i n CH EMLSTRY and NATURAL PHIL O - Y will be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments. A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES will be deli vered by Dr Ryan, and also on th e ATMOSPHERIC RAIL- Wi W AY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, car ng several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the A QUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CIIRCYMA TROPE are very effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex- Peri r uents by me ans of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among the vaHous additions to the Working Models is c` oleman's NEW A XtiitlCAler LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for ascending and de scending Inclined Pl anes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL R U ITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flits Player, will take part in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half- Past Five, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening. Admission One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. S - - --- TUNT, 57 , STRAND, LONDON.-WEL LINGTON BOOTS, made to Measure, ONE GUINEA. Su perioras workmanship, the finest French leather, very durable, and s.nt for tender feet. —Cash on delivery. TO ALL THE LADIES. ADAME TILEMAN, of PARIS, has just 114 44 pa „ i nvent name of ge, for its great convenience to ladies whilst walking, keeping pavement up their dress from the without the trouble of holding i with the hands. No. 2, Rue de idenars (flrstfloor), Paris. ----- TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN. T. EDWARDS, CASTLE INN, CO- Fatef:tilly ackn owledging the very • VENTRY, avails himself, on the present opportunity, of father-in-law ..,..- liberal support he has expe "eneed il'om Commercial Gentlemen since he has succeeded his those . Hall, and begs leave to assure his friends and retitlemen who may favour him with their future patronage, that every exertion will be y made throughout the establishment to promote their comfort and convenience. The otru dbus at the station wlll set down passengers at the Castle Inn on the arrival, and call to take up passengers on the departure, of each train. C o___ °_ entry. Dec. 1845. .____ Pi CABLNETmAKERs , UPHOLSTERERS, AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERA, &c.-I'o, be LET, at a commodious HOUSE, SHOP, WAREHOUSE , and !ir RKSnbridHOPS, eligibly situate in the greatest thoroughfare, two doors from the Hoop Hotel, Bridge-street, Cambridge, recently in tenure of Mr. Summers, cabinetmaker, &c. IsT•11. These premis es being in three separate compartments, but co mmunicating, ate admirably constructed for railway offices or for any commission business or trade where many rooms are required Apply to Mr. Richard Newby, Phoenix Fire-office, 67, Regent Street, Cambridge. - 1 - 17 JOIIN ALLAN'S EXECUTORSHIP. ALL PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE '4.-8.._. Creditors of JOHN ALLAN, late of Windsor-terrace, City „road, in the county of Middlesex, Flour Factor, deceased, or having claim againstestate, are reluested to forward accounts thereof forthwith to Watson, Broughton, and Son, Solicitors to the executor:, 5, Falcon-square, London. December, 1845. SARAH LILES' EXECUTORSHIP. ALL PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE 11 Creditors of SARAH. LILES, formerly of Springfield, in the c ounty of Essex, and late of Plummer's-row, Whitechapel, in the county of Middlesex, spinster, deceased, or having any claim against her estate, are requested to forward accounts thereof forthwith to Watson, Broughton, and Son, Solicitors to the Executor, 5, Falcon square, LOndon. December, 1845. ALL MARY PHILLIPS' EXECUTORSHIP. PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE fL te,l,, Aidennanbary, in the City •0 Creditors of MARY PHILLIPS, formerly of the George :rant' Bi'leaden, of London, Tavern Keeper, and in the county of Leicester, widow, deceased, or hay therej cl aim against her ertate, Execut are requested to forward accounts forthwith to Watson Broughton, and Son, Solicitors to the necem°ll";,;s. Watson, •..._____ f ;). 13, George-street, Hanover-square. - NE IV YEAR of the BRITISII and FOREIGN for N ew Cards of Membership for the year 1846 are now ready issue, and may be had at the Rooms of the Institute. xeuwavidates desirous of entering with the commencement of the 'awing terms : ear will be admitted by ballot of the Committee on the fol- Town Members .. • -Entrance 101. IN.—Annual, 61. 6s. Country Members —Entrance • 51. ss.—Annual, 31. 3s. .ue Evenin g M eetings of the Institute commence on the sth of ;anary. will be continued up to the end of June ; during which days and Fridays, °ll Six the Mo n ths there will be two Meetings in each week, on _. otd including Lectur Soirees, Converse • and discussions appointed for the Session, of which Lists may be Procured at the Institute. Members desirous of introducing Ladies at the Evening Meetings, be furnished with Transferable Tickets for the Session, at One Guinea each. / 3 3' order of the Committee, all Members and Visitors attending the Evening s, will be required to present their Cards of Ad raission on entering. JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, Resident Director. UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. Capital 100,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share. Deposit 10s. per 1001. Shares, in accordance with the Act. (Provisionally Registered.) Under the Management of a P rov i s i ona l C omm itt ee . CONSULTING CIIEMIsT —Professor Ryan, M.D., LL.D., Royal ,Col lege, Portsmouth, a nd R o y a l P olytechnic Institut i on. ' aG tzczES—Henry Francis, Esq., Patentee, 40, Elizabeth-street, Eaton-square. lienxints—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. SOLICITOR—J. F. W. Fesenmeyer, Esq., 23, Bedford-row. SECRETARY — Mr. William Nicholson. Offices of the Company and Working Factories, 159, Drury-lane. The Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out, more ef fectually working, and bringing tato general use, an invention se cured by letters patent for an improved manufacture of gas. The apparatus is so portable it can be fitted up on any descrip tion of building, even at a kitchen range, without affecting the do ',nestle arrangements, and the fire used in ordinary in generating the gas will be ample to produce steam for warming the most extensive premises. The most eminent engineers and chemists unite in opinion that the invention is not only practicable and free from smell or annoy ance, but by this valuable patent is secured the manufacture of'st pure and superior gas, not only on new, but sound, scientific, chemical, and mechanical principles, which have been hitherto overlooked in the common modes of manufacture ; besides, this gas possesses more Of the illuminating power, and will burn longer, than that now in use, In the proportion of 40 per cent. In favour of the invention. The patent method t pplicable to lighting ginerally, but more especially small towns, villages, lighthouses, colleges, churches, dock- Yards, theatres, public offices, prisons, barracks, railway stations, Manufactories, printing-offices, madhouses, hospitals, and schools, to., and warming the buildings, without extra expense. The benefits which would accrue to lighthouses, dockyards, and numerous localities, where the ordinary gas cannot be conveyed without the formation of many new Acts and Companies, or at im 'tense expense, would be sufficient to obtain for this Company the ino_st prominent an d prosperous position. The great saving to the consumer, the small portion of room regal eau, for the er ec ti on of the apparatus, the simplicity of its working, the brilliancy o f th e gas, will insure the adoption of the invention throughout the kingdom ; and although the public can be supplied at hold which will defy competition, the Company can confidently out to those disposed to come shareholders a return upon their capital of not less than fifty per cent. The Company being far advanced will be in a situation, when fully registered, to take contracts immediately. Applications for shares, h in e the usual farm, to be made to, and fu rther particulars o b tain at the C ompany ' s offices, may of . the Solicitor, and also the Secretary, and the brilli ancy of the maybe seen the apparatus at work, gas exemplified. C A NDLES at CLAR K ' S REDUCED PRICES. Palace Wax Candles (finest wax made), Is. I Id. per lb. ; Orient Wax, Is. 9d. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 6d. ; Queen's Sperms" ceti, Is. Bd. ; Sperm, Is. 6d. and ls. 2d. Clark's Royal Wax, Is. ; Patent Sprni, Is. ; Clark's Solar, superior to all composite, I °d• ; Kitchen Candles (six months old), per 1121bs• ; and Clark's Superb Soap, 58s. per 1121bs. • Mottled, 56 5• 5 %d. Yellow Soap, 395. 48 5. , Sweet Almond, Is. 9d. per lb. • Orient hose, Is. 9d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is., the finest, Is. Bd. Ryal MuskWindsor,Scented Card, Bd. Sperm 011, 6s. 3d. a n d 6s. 9d. per g allon; Clark's Patent SPerm only Solar, 3 d. At CLARK'S Old-eslished Candle an d Immense Lamp Depot, 4 447, WEST STRAND. tab Please write down address. ASAM TEA. —The finest flavoured, most eco ,,_ ttomical (on account of its great strength), and the most Zt t eTt Tea to procure in London in a genuine state, can be ob r,_`"sn at the warehouse of the ASAM TEA COMPANY, No. 11, .....'r;lEed-lane, King William-street, City, or of the authorised agents: ;____, knott, Italian warehouseman, Gracechurch-street, City; Wat rliaconfectioner, Upper Seymour-street, Portman - square; John p erk l e Barros, confectioner, 38, Upper Albany street, Regent's Gill, Italian warehouseman, 149, Regent-street ; Cox,...jun., unconfeectpioner, Camberwell ; Bleckley and Co., confectioners, nye ' eekhana • Gil Italian warehouseman, Stockwell-street, Greenw ' es' CatTIoN tWO en. -The * Asam Tea is packed in coloured wrappers, from eft, --Yon to one pound, with the arms and aedress of the .Z., Pa the face of the wrapper. Their seal is also affixed at iTin to end, without which none is genuine. Fine Black, ss. ; Best ' 68 . ; Tine Green, 6s. ; Best Ditto, 75.; Mixed Tea, ss. 4d. per lb ----- - -- N.B. A. few Country Agents Wanted. --. ITRGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur it P • mes, having gained such great approbation, and the demand ja continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most for ~,..e t. f e lly to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public e„-,..."ir liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni t?,lA-, in all climates have recommended i'. te th ost distinguished 1 c onnections, who have all spoken highly in n its recommenda itee• It is , prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint. , : ent to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each ruottle bong Seal ed on the cork with their . firm and address, as well eneaCtanhe!abel h ay i ng their signature, without which it cannot be Egg lz ' 4. BURGESS and SON'S long-established ep a ar nd e dmp; rn tkem alter wear s, th e ' s NCB of ANCHOVIES c ontinues t o be e m wear.. pl atin or that has given the greatest satisfaction for many ........._. 1r W arehonse, 107. Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London ----___ - EGETABLE APERIENT SUGAR PLUMS, 3.01(1 avoiding all Nausea or Unpleasantness. London only by Mr. Hewett, Confectioner, 188, Regent -aN, and by the principal Confectioner in every town and village. dice Is. per b oz ; i f sent by post, a penny stamp must be for in addition. A liberal allowance to the trade. Apply to )dr, Hewett, as above. 1d.13 . No licence to sell is required. IR , OWLANI 3 moR, an eminently balsamic preparation, is equally cel e b ra t e d f or i ts safety in ap p li cation, as for its mild and soothing operation, in thoroughly Purifying the skin of all redness, pimples, spots, freckles, tan, and em tilsco lourations ; producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Plexion ; and an admired softness and delicacy on the hands, ms, and neck ! In cases of chilblains, chapped skin, or incidental inflammation, it la Pre-eminently successful, and gentlemen after shaving will find it a llay all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and render it soft, en -moth, and pleasant. Balmy, odoriferous, and creamy, its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Conti nent of Europe, together with the .. elete" of the aristocracy, and haute v01e.." Its high r eputation induces unprincipled sh op k eepers to offer the spurious " Kalydors" for sale, composed of mineral astringents, UtterlY ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant action dangering health. It is, therefore, imperative Olt purchasers to see en that the words "Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an en graving of exquisite beauty from a steel plats by Messrs. Perkins, t klo -m l d P banly i Bacon, and Co.) and that A. ROWLANT.. 13 and sces r, 20 Ii tt garden, are engraved (by authority) on the Government Ba' a an <Ml each bottle. Price 4s. 6d. and gs. 6d. per bottle. the P roprietors, and by chemists and Perfllmem a., AU other Kalydors are fraudulent Imitations I _FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEAL TH 1 3 0 as The manifold advantages to th e heads of m off a a y bmilelesfroai resorted theth Nession of a Medici ne o f k nown efficacy, that e t s confidence, and used with success i n case s of tempo rar y s i ck.. , occurring in families more or less every day, are so obvious to all, that no question can be raised of its importance ' tmonials, the to every house holder in the kingdom. From among numerous tes allowing is respectfully submitted:— " TO 4R. TROIKAS PROUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON. 12, !. 5, Cooper-street, Manchester, the re march 1542. Slr,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you Suit of My experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON S PILL Oa HEALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the cours f any Years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found k nits at on ce so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system red undant bile, & c ., & c.. with so little inconvenience ; I am themfwan t arranted in decla r i ng t h at they supply to me a means wants of bei abl to recommend to flies, schools, and ..!alespecially mercantile men, whether at the desk ami or on the road, a most uable resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit t,°JoYself if, In giving this testimony, I am th e means of making tc aAM PTON'S PIL LS more generally known and appr ec i a t e d . . a . tn, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH." afern-Lae unprecedentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re endations of the many thousands who have derived benefit __M th ir use, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are !lot Put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for gi ll „, tendantsluand Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at tous7and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals, liCildLlii!eas, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Wrrn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c affects. or three doses wall convince the afflicted of their salutary actio The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy and l'i of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place ; Step f listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, ,s„,iii.l4u,), activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, 44,....5500 the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions --- "e ,, ,, a nYllfg each box re-,,,,,0Za15T• Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 154 d. and 2s. 9d. Itcn noin. O bY the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the IrS e and 112 • 14 PTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the %rem," *QOM of " Thomas Prout 229 Strand, London," on the ent Stu* EAST DEREHAM AND NORWICH RAILWAY. The Committee of Management beg to announce to the Share holders that a large proportion • of the Scrip has been sent in for re gistry, and they request that persons.who. hold the remainin: por tion will send it forthwith to the-Secretary in Norwich, in order that their arrangements may be completed s p ample time ior the require ments of Parliament. " • • 'By order - of the•Counnittee, EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman. Norwich, Dec. 27, 1845. - . LEEDS AND CARLISLE nAILWAY COMPANY. .Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting of Shareholders of this Company, will take place at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, on MONDAY, the sth of January, 1846, at One o'clock precisely, to lay before the Proprietors the terms of the amalgamation which has been agreed to with the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway Company, and the general state of this Company. By order of the Committee of Management, C. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Gr esham-rooms, Basinghall-street CAMBRIDGE and LINCOLN RAILWAY COMPANY. The Provisional Commlttee'luive the satisfaction of announcing to the Shareholders that, under /he arrangements which they have concluded with the Eastern Counties Company, the deposit on the " York Extension" shares, to which the holders of Cambridge and Lincoln scrip are entitled, has been limited to 10s. per share. . ._.. . . .. . .. The Provisional Committee have ascertained that the expenses in curred by this Company amount to 13s. 6d. per share, which sum, together with the deposit on the Eastern Counties York Extension shares, will be deducted from the deposits paid on the Cambridge and Lincoln shares, and the balance will be returned to the Shareholders at the time of issuing the new scrip, as follows :—The holders of the original shares, on which 30s. have been, paid, will receive 6s. 6d. per share, and the holders of the new or extension shares, on which 275. 6d. have been paid, will receive 4s. per share. It will be necessary that new Subscription I)eeds be signed, and notice will be duly given, in the letters of allotment, of the times and places At which the signatures will be received. HENRY 13ARNETT, Chairman. • • C. P. HONEY, St.cretary. 30, Great,Winchester-street, Dec. 31, 1345. C AMBRIDGE and LINCOLN RAILWAY COMPANY. The period for receiving the Shares or this Company to be ex changed for " Eastern 'Counties York Extension " Shares has been extended Lb SATURDAY, the 10th of January next. - By order of the Provisional Committee, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. 30, Great Winchester-street, Dec. 31, 1845. HARWICH 1.1 PANT (with Branches to 'AY and PIER COM- Thorpe le Soken and Alreaford). MANAGYNCir COMNITEEE. Sir ROBERT PRICE, Bart., M.P., Chairman. Martin Stutely, Esq. Charles Sturgeon, Esq, R. Borman Fisher, Esq. - James R. Croft, Esq. William Downes, Esq. John G. Wilson, Esq. ENGINEEa—Joseph Gibbs, Esq. SOLICITORS. London—Thonias Jones Mawe, Esq. Colchester—William Salmon Cooper, Esq. The Committee beg to announce that it is their intention to pro ceed to Parliament in the ensuing session, and that the standiag orders to the present time have in all respects been fully complied with. The share list will close on the sth day Of January next, previously to which forms may be had and applications will be received, accom panied by references to a banker, or person of known responsibility, addressed to the solicitors in London or Colchester, or to the brokers .already advertised. _ _ By order, 4, New Bridge-street, Dec. 23, 1845. T. PRICE, Secretary. GRAND UNION RAILWAY. ISSUE OF SPALDING AND BRANDON JUNCTION RAILWAY SHARES: Notice isi•erebiiii;en, that the Shareholders of the Grand Union Railway who are desirous of taking shares in the Spalding and Bran don Junction line, are required to send in the original scrip for re gistry on or before the 6th of January, 1846. The scrip must be accompanied by a letter, signed by the owner with his name in full, his occupation, and residence, stating the quan- tity of scrip, and the respective numbers sent in for registry, together with the name of a party in London to whom reference may be made as to responsibility, otherwise it cannot be received. A receipt will be given for the scrip deposited, and at the expiration of two days (if the holder be considered sufficiently responsible by the Directors) it will be returned, together with a letter of allotment for the Spalding and Brandon Junction Railway shares. The allotment will be in the proportion of one share for every five of the Grand Union Rail way scrip. Application must be made on or before the day above named, otherwise no claim for the Spalding and Brandon Junction shares will be recognis'd. The deposits will be payable at the several Bankers specified on the Letter of Allotment, on or !Afore the 15th of January, and the Deeds will lie for signature as under, when the Bankers' receipts may be exchanged for Scrip Certificates. London—At the Company's Offices, 78, Cornhill,and at the Offices of the Norfolk Railway Company, Guildhall-buildings, from tke sth to 20th January, 1846, inclusive, between the hours of Ten and Five o'clock. Nottingham—At the Offices of the Grand Union Railway Corn parry, St. Peter's. square, Friday, 16th January, 1846. Leeds—At the White Horse, Saturday, 17th January, 1846. Manchester—At the Albion Hotel, Monday, 19th January, 1846. - _ Liverpool—At the Angel Hotel, Tuesday, 20th January, 1246. As it is understood that Parliament will meet on the 22d January, the time for payment of Deposits and execution of the Deeds can on no account be extended. The Plans, Sections, and Books of Refe rence were deposited with the Board of Trade and the several Clerks of the Peace on Saturday, the 29th November, and all necessary arrangements have been made for obtaining an Act in the ensuing session of Parliament. By order, 78, Cornhill, Dec. 24, 1845, ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary, E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. EXTENSION STOCK, No. 2. The Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company do, in pursuance of the power vested in them by the General Meeting of the Proprietors held on the 28th August last, and for the purposes mentioned in the report of the Directors to the Proprietors, call the further sum of Two Pounds per share on the shares of the Extension Stock, No 2, of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to be paid on THURSDAY the 22d day of January next to any of the undermen tioned Bankers of the Company, who are instructed to receive the same on presentation of the Scrip. Interest will be charged upon the instalments at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum, if not duly paid at the above-mentioned date. By order of the Board, GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its Branches. Liverpool Borough Bank—Liverpool. Manchester and Liverpool District Bank—Manchester. Wilts and Dorset Banking Company—Salisbury. Messrs. Lemon and Co.—Brentwood. Messrs. Mills, Bawtree, and Co.—Colchester. Messrs. Sparrow and Co.—Chelmsford. National Provincial Bank —Bath. National Provincial Bank—Birmingham. National Provincial Bank—Boston. Western Bank of Scotland—Edinburgh. Western Bank of Scotland—Glasgow. Royal Bank of Ireland--Dublin. East of England Bank—Great Yarmouth. West of England and South Wales Districtßank—Bristol. Messrs. Harveys and Hudson—Norwich. Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co.l h psw c . Messrs. Alexanders and Co. • • • • Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank—Chelteham. Union Bank—York. Offices, Shoreditch Station, Dee. 27, 1845. SOUTH UNION AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY. A Meeting of the Committee of Management of the above Rail way Company was held on Friday, the 19th ultimo, at the offices of the Company, No. 17, Fludyer-street, 'Westminster, W. COLLINS, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, to take into consideration the state of their affairs, and the course it would become them to take, in consequence of the Plans and Sections not having been duly lodged, as well as in consequence of their extremely defective state. These two facts having been clearly demonstrated, the Committee felt that, in justice to the shareholders, there was no course open but that of immediately checking all further outlay, and proceeding to wind up the affairs of the Company for this year. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : " That as the gross negligence of the engineer and lithographer, relative to the Plans and Sections, has rendered it impossible to proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session with any chalice of success, this Committee deem it advisable to wind up this concern as promptly as possible for this session, rather than involve the Company in farther expenses at the present time." "That, accordingly, the sum of twenty eight shillings per share be forthwith returned to the shareholders by an order on the Com pany's Bankers, to be granted at the offices, No. 17, Fludyer-street, Westminster, on producing the scrip, and that a memorandum be in dorsed thereon, which will entitle each holder to the same number of shares in the new Company, with an allowance per share on the deposit then required, equal to the present deduction of 12s. per share." " That all outstanding accounts be called in immediately, in order, if found correct, that they may. be discharged." " That after liquidation of all claims on the. Company, the balance o t t e deposits then remaining in hand Orally) to be retained towards this h new Company, to he immediately formed for the same objects as shares Co m allotted pan yh tn ad i t ni h eV e siew." That those part • mwhobeh requested e. n , o t t e d y yet pain the , i r depositsproportionate on the amount towards liquidation t el o f f ee t t he expenses within ten days after shallno , t , ic T e hat th is bo d :Le i n on to . that f te Committee, Nv et i , th a report of the eans of which the pro ceedings, showing the unjustifiable condu Company has been brought to this unexupeoemtelgtme He i r n a tio a n n , d be s pub lished twice in the London papers —viz., Sun— for the information and satisfaction of the shareholders, and that an account of the receipt and expenses be also published and circulated amongst the proprietors as soon as the same can be ascertained." REPORT. . The Committee have to report thit nothing has been wanting on their part, or on that of their solicitors and secretary, to insure the success of the undertaking. The solicitors' department having been conducted with great care and ability, and the Book of Reference having been ready for deposit in ample time, the failure in the deposit of Plans and Sections is en tirely to be attributed to the neglect of the engineer and his assist ants —a neglect the more extraordinary, inasmuch as at a very early date the Committee were repeatedly assured by the engineer that everything in his department was in the most advanced state. The assurance tluitthe plans and sections would be complete long before the 30th, was repeated at two several meetings of seine of the Committee. , at Birmingham in the middle of November, and reite rated in London from day to day, and from hour to hour, towards the close of the month, until, tired out by the frequent excuses for not producing the same, several members of the Committee resolved to convince themselves as to the real state of things by an investigation at the lithographer's office, when, to their extreme astonishment, they found that, even so late as Saturday afternoon, the sections bad not been engraved. By dint of the greatest exertions, however, this part of the duty was at length got through, though, as it afterwards proved, in a most defective manner. On the morning of the 30th the lithographer ceased his labours, really, or pretending to be, broken down by exertion. At this critical moment of the proceedings three of the Committee and the solicitor found themselves reduced to the necessity of assist ing personally In the lithographer's work, and in arranging and binding up the sheets, and by these means, at length, in the afternoon T'the 30th, the Plans and Sections were dispatched to their several . ,ed with this d t Th e Past,,lations ; but notwithstanding every exertion, especially on the I , trti J M . Woody, one of the Committee, and of the local agents endea voured to co n fxders of Parliament. th e „ tandin u y, the Deposits were too late to comply with their labour. theirttee have only further to add,•that they have endea duty faithfully to the shareholders, but after all worthless) th4(ythe Sections being, on examination, found so utterly znsidor the only honest course left them to pursue is that which is alsudied in the resolutions before-mentioned. WM. COLLINS, Chairman. WM. WILSON, Secretary. SPENCER'S cii -- --------,___ .without trouble, red or grey hair, INF changes in a few mi n , SE LIQUID HAIR DYE whiskers, eyebrows, moustaetZ' simply using a comb wetted witt,',%,_ititiog: Price 3s. n6do.r, 65., and produce a pleasing and permanent 0 : Nut& One application will 10s. per bottlo. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, /,, Tott , b ;4. Old Bond svilllam-street, London lace, Fieldgate street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also 0 . 1 , 1 1 ",nam-p bill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside 2 29, St 4; Jc.(,:,lmstone, Oxford streetstreet ; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atki, , ,,l a . ng n er, 150, ; Hooper, 43, King Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmlngbanilde ; Finnigin, Per inners and Medicine Vendors in town and eountr!t.nd_of most asy cart of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post_ Observe, to Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. R HEUMATISM . All those suffering Rheumatism, Chilblains, Lumbago; Tic-Doloreux, Cramp. Sprains, &c., will find immediate relief and a speedy cure by using CORRALL'S EMBROCATION. The great and increasing demand for this novel Embrocation induces the proprietor to introduce it More generally to the public, satisfied that one trial alone will be sufficient to convince the most sceptical of its superiority over all other articles offered for similar purposes. &id in bottles at Is. 1M d., 25., and 2s. 9d. each, by the Sole Pro prietor, George Richardson, 12, Norland-place, Notting-hill, and by his appointment by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon• street ; and J. Sanger, 150, Oxford -street. Orders, by post, directed to the Proprietor, promptly attended to. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. . . Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hi iuterosts to meet other convenionces or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT:. The s lecess and increasing prosi.rity of the Soziety has enabled the -Director., at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying fomma to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid cn each Policy effected on the Profit scale. ~~ ~g ~G .7/ 1 ~x . • . .., ~_ _ r - -'p I'l 7 .3" 7P ' rii - TO' •f' T4' 7 ?-: - ~. 107 :,... . .; Y . : -,;. et ' 'ir l t .; ..„--,. 4 V ' - ' 1 1 ' ~. 0 A . . T r il - f .'''' 4 - 1 vri .! 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THE AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COM PANY, 126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill. - • Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John IleiirY Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. TRUSTEES—Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S.; J. H. Capper, Esq.; Eolward Thompson, Esq. . AUDITORS—James Easton, Esq., and C. Richardson, Esq. SOLICITORS-3iessrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples. BANKERS—The Union Bank of LOndon. COLONIAL BANKERS—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1830), 8, Austin-friars, London. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq. The following are the specimens of the rates of premium charged by this Company for the Assurance of 1001.: - WITH PROFITS. WITHOUT PROFITS. Age. Annual Premium. Age. Annual Premium. 20 £1 17 1 20 £1 10 3 25 2 2 1 25 1 14 11 30 2 8 2 30 2 0 7 35 2 15 2 35 2 7 0 40 3 4 0 40 2 15 3 45 3 15 6 45 3 6 6 50 4 11 8 50 4 1 8 55 5 9 7 55 5 0 5 No extra Premium is charged for residence in the Australasian or North American Colonies, or at the Cape of Good Hope. Peculiar facilities are afforded for the assurance of the lives of persons proceeding to or residing in the East Indies. Premiums may be paid, and claims settled, in Australasia and the East Indies, by indorsement of the policy. Immediate and Deferred Annuities are granted by the Company on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu tion that Annuitants participate in the profits. The following are specimens of the rates of annuities granted for every 1001. sunk : Male Female Male Female I Age. Lives. Lives. Age. Lives. Lives. 35 £7 1. 5 .£6 13 5 65 .£l2 12 0 £lO 19 0 45 718 1 7 4 9 75 18 9 2 16 3 5 55 913 0 8 8 9 80 24 8 9 20 2 7 Prospectuses, with Tables, Forms of Proposal for the purchase of au Annuity or for making an Assurance, and every Information, may be, obtained by application at the Office of the Company. E. RYLEY. Actuary and Secretary. T HE TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 2,000,000/., In 100,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, in compliance with the provisions of the statute 7 and 8 Vict., c. 110, Two Shillings per Shafe, until the complete Registra tion of the Company, when the same will be increased to 1/. per Share, which, with the assistance anticipated from the Tontine De partment, will, it is expected, be sufficient to carry out the objects of the Company. The plan of this Company offers considerable and peculiar advan tages to the Shareholders, as in addition to the profit arising from Life Assurance transactions, it is proposed to raise a capital of 1,000,000/., or more, by the grant of Tontine Annuities, in classes to be regulated by the ages of the Subscribers or their Nominees ; which capital, on the death of the survivor in each class, will be divided exclusively among the Shareholders. The principle of the Tontine Annuities is explained nnder its proper head. • ' TRUSTEES. James Martin, Esq , 68, Lombard-street John Conolly, Esq., M.D., Lawn-house, Hanwell John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln's Inn. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. John Elijah Blunt; Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln's Inn John Charretle, Esq., Moorgate-street Chambers, City John Conolly, Esq., 31. D., Lawn house, Hanwell John More Douglas, Esq., Belvedere-road, Lambeth Walter Etty, Esq., Lombard-street Chambers Edward Hamilton, Esq., M.D., Grafton-street, Piccadilly Joint Alfred Trimmer, Esq., Haslemere, Surrey oke Taylor, Esq., LL.D., Fleet-street Hector Monro, Esq., Walsham, Le. Willows, Suffolk William Henderson, Esq., 16, Bishopgate-street Within Ambrose Frederick Proctor, Esq., Ware, Harts Forbes Winslow, Esq. ' M.D., Sussex-house, Hammersmith Savile Craven Henry Ogle, Esq., M.P., 84, Eaton-square, Pimlico. BANKERS—Messrs. Martin, Stone, an Martins, 68, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Dimes, Esq., 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REFEREES. James Copland, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., &c., &c., Old Burlington-street John Forbes, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., Physician to her Majesty's House hold, Old Burlington-street Thomas Callaway, Esq., F.R.C.S., Wellington-street, Southwark. DISTRICT MEDICAL REFEREES IN LONDON. Walter Hayle Walsh°, Esq., M.D., Professor of Pathology at Univer sity College, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square Edward Lloyd, Esq., M.D., Jewin street, City William Preston Lauder, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., Sloane-street, Knightsbridge. CONSULTING ACTUARY—David Jones, Esq., Author of " Tables on Antuntes," &c., King William-street, City. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—Wink= Clark, Esq. Temporary Offices, No. 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields. It is unnecessary in this Prospectus, to enlarge upon the advan tages of Life Assurance, or its adaptation to most of the exigencies and relations in life. These benefits have been so extensively pub lished, that they are already well understood and appreciated. This Company is formed for granting every description of Life Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment ; Loans either for long or short periods to persons effecting Assurances, upon receiving satis factory security for the payment of premium and interest, and the repayment of the principal, by instalments or otherwise, as may be agreed ; also for the purchase of Reversionary Interests, Policies of Assurance, and every other description of property. Persons borrowing money of the Company, upon approved se curity, and effecting a policy of Assurance for the amount bor rowed, will not be called upon for the repayment of the loan, so long as the interest and premium are regularly paid. Thus a party borrowing 1,000/. upon security of his estate, and an assignment of a policy on his life, would at his decease leave his estate uneacum b ered, the sum assured being applied by the Company to repay its advance. The premiums are based upon data derived from the most recent and authentic sources, presenting a moderate and equitably adjusted scale. One of the principal objects of the Company is to assimilate its benefits as nearly as possible to those of Mutual Assurance Socie ties, with the additional security of a subscribed capital. With this view, four-fifths of the profits, arising from Policies effected by parties on the terms of participation, will be divided every three years, after the first five years, among those who assure for the whole term of life. The sum so divided among the Assured, to be applied to the reduction of the annual premium, or added to the sum assured as bonus, or paid in present value, at the option of the Assured. For persons who may wish to assure for short periods, or for the whole of life, without,participation in the profits, a scale has been adopted, which is as moderate as it can be rendered consistently with the interests of the Company. Parties may also effect the assurance by payment of one-half only of the premiums for a stipulated term of years—the interest upon the unpaid portion of the premiums, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, being annually paid in advance. Upon payment of the arrear of the premiums, the Assured will be entitled to a full partici pation of the profits. The Assured may at all times borrow an amount equal to the value of the policy, on its security. In all the transactions of the Company the utmost liberality will be exercised. A table of premiums will shortly be published. TONTINE ANNUITIES. This Company, in submitting the subject of Tontine Annuities to the public, is influenced by the belief that there are many persons, who from the hope of longevity, and the desire of ease and affluence as they progress through life, will gladly avail themselves of this mode of investment ;—by which they will secure a large remunera tive and increasing income, guaranteed to them by the Company during their own lives or the lives of their nominee. The following is an illustration of the principle of the Tontine An nuities :—lf 1,000 persons subscribe 1001. each, they or their respec tive nominees, being of an age to enter the class in which the an nuity granted is 61. per cent. per annum, each subscriber or nominee will, during the continuance of all the lives, receive an annuity of 6/. ; but as the lives drop, the share of the deceased parties will be divided among the survivors, until they are reduced to six, each of whom will then receive 1,0001., per annum for life; but as they re spectively die off, the 1,0001. per year which the deceased party re ceived subscribers at t r : t o l o lli p r ea n pra o e shareholdersNv modei 1 l fa I ;. d i v t e o sso t t the funds o s ilrl o t f i pol t na h e e f: C ri t o a m i illaptraiginfrp, power r es t rm h o e . be ef r ne flt almost numberoe v f e the f mtriivodineleyoefss.This l i i n r/ ii u s u3r o u r d t w o ll . ic e h eu in many therwlse uselessly p individual , ro pria t expended, e flti money,an d legitimately in stancesap- would be o re Indepen dence and comfort in their declining years. Parents may also by these means provide for their children. Wealthy their poorer followingerre lat ons . form, to be directed t o Mires Barker, Esq., No. 46, Lincoln's Inn - fields : Applications relativesfor Shares, for the To the Directors of the Tontine Life Assurance Company. Gentlemen,--I request you to allot me Shares in this Company; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less num ber you may allot me, and to pay the deposit of Two Shillings per Share thereon, and also to execute the Deed of Settlement of the Company when required so to do. Name •••.••• • • • • • • • Address.. Profession or Business Reference .... • • • . FOR COUGHS, COLDS, ASTIIMAS, AND CONSUMPTIONS. C tTlv D ELL'S IMPROVED BALSAM OF HONEY. For upwards of fifty years, this invaluable medicine has main allied its reputation as a most effective remedy for the above com plaints, and, unassisted by advertisements, has found its way into almost every family in the United Kingdom. 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(Signed) Aldborough."—These wonderful Pills will cure any disease of the liver and stomach. —Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand and by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised world BANKRUPTCY.—The following 'statistics of bank ruptcy may prove interesting :—The total n um b er o f bank ruptcies late period of 1,028, and and on an ana lysis ties that i r have e a occurred it a in pp e a a n r s d , 1 , o p that number, it appears that there were 7 apothecaries, 1 attorney, 9 auctioneers, 7 bakers, 5 beersellers, 18 book sellers, 21 boot and shoemakers, 14 brewers, 11 bricklayers and masons, 3 brickmakers, 18 brokers, 33 builders, 19 but chers, 15 cabinet-makers, 4 calico and stuff printers, 10 car penters, 1 carpet - manufacturer, 7 carriers and carmen, 3 carvers and gilders, 8 cattle. dealers, 7 cheesemongers, 21 chemists and druggists, 2 clothiers, 2 cloth-manufac turers, 1 cloth-merchant, 3 coachmakers, 3 coach and omnibus proprietors, 19 coal-merchants, 18 commission agents. 2 contractors of roads, railways, and gas, 1 cook and confectioner, 15 corn-merchants and dealers, 6 cotton manufacturers, 2 cotton-spinners, 12 curriers, 3 cutlers, 4 dairymen, 5 dealers, 33 drapers, 11 dyers, 3 earthenware dealers, 3 eating and coffee-house-keepers, 9 engineers, 1 engraver, 8 farmers, 4 farriers, 4 fellmongers, 2 fish mongers, 2 fruiterers, 6 glass-merchants, 59 grocers, 6 hatters, 11 hosiers, 44 innkeepers, 8 ironfounders, 14 iron mongers, 2 jewellers, 2 lacemen, 3 leathersellers, 1 lime burner, 18 linendrapers, 1 livery -- stable-keeper, 1 lodging house-keeper, 7 machinists, 5 maltsellers, 2 market-gardeners , 4 mercers, 40 merchants, 4 milliners, 8 m ill ers, 6 money scriveners, 5 musical-instrument - makers, 8 oil and colourmen, 5 painters, 4 paperhangers, 6 p a Per-makers, 1 pawnbroker, 20 plumbers and glaziers, 8 printers, 2 print and mtpic-sel lers, 8 provision-dealers, 2 saddlers, 1 sailcloth-manufacturer, 3 shipbrokers, 3 shipowners, 3 s h ipwrights, 4 silk-manufac turers, 3 smiths, 1 soap-maker, 9 stationers, 6 surgeons and dentists, 16 tailors, 4 tallowchandlers, 11 tea-dealers, 5 tim ber-merchants, 2 tobacconists , 3 trimming-makers, 9 u p_ holsterers, 63 victuallers, 12 w arehousemen, 8 watch and clock-makers, 4 wharfingers, 5 wheelwrights, 36 wine and spirit-merchants, 3 woollendrapers, 7 woollen-manufacturers, 1 woolstapler, 3 worsted-manufacturers, 1 worsted-spinner, i and 57 of various occupations. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE. MEETING AT CHICHESTER. Yesterday the second of a series of agricultural meet ings in favour of " protection," to be held in the county of Sussex, took place in the Corn Exchange, at which nearly 2„100 persons were present, but the great majority of them we:e agricultural labourers, who were influenced to attend. The lion. and Rev. L. V. Hancouer presided, and, in opening the proeeedings, condemned the Anti-Corn-law League and the course pummel by its members, as uncon stitutional, anti-national, and most injurious to the best interests of the working people of this country, whether agricultural or manufacturing labourers, the object being to reduce wages for the profit of masters. It was there fore necessary that all who wished their industry to be protected should unite, particularly those who were em ployed and interested in agriculture. If they did unite he was convinced that neither the present nor any other Ministry would lung hold the reins of power unless they did full justice to the agricultural body.—(Ch eers.) The t , eeretary read letters of apology for absence, among which was one from the Earl or March, M.P. ; it might, indeed, be called an essay, in which his Lordship argued at considerable length against the repeal of the corn-1 tws. Mr. PRIME (a magistrate) proposed the first resolu tion. He said that there never was a time that agricul turists should bestir themselves more than at present. seeing that the head of the Whig party had declared himself in favour of free trade, and that the head of 1 the party in power seemed disposed to follow that ex ample. He believed, that unless the agriculturists were firm, they would be sacrificed in the next session of Parliament to the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Cheers and hisses.) The history of this country, from the time of Edward IV. downward, showed that it had ever been the policy of its Government to pretect its home agri cultural industry by levying duties upon the importa tion of foreign corn ; and those persons who were for the unrestricted importation of foreign corn were advo cates of an untried system, which our ancestors, in their Madom,iltver' would adopt, but whose policy in - tom' matter had raised this country to a height of wealth and prosperity never surpassed, if equalled, by any nation of the world.—(Hear, hear.) The state of Germany and France showed what was the effect of a low price of bread—low wages. There. no tithe nor poor-rate was paid ; consequently, were the corn-laws repealed, wages here must gradually come down to the same level, not only for agricultural, but for manufacturing employment. That eminent statesman who had represented that borough (Mr. Huskisson) once expressed great doubt whether it would be politic to make this nation depend ent on foreigners for the first necessary of life. In times of scarcity unfriendly nations might stop the supplies, and reduce us to a state of famine, or very little short of it ; and the evil would be greatly aggravated in time of war. No more time, then, was to be lost they should be up and doing. But, whatever demonstration might be made in that or other counties, the main bat tle must be fought on the floor of the House of Com mons, and he advised them to take care that their repre sentatives went prepared to do their duty.--(Cheers and laughter.) He was hostile in general to exacting pledges, but under existing circumstances to demand a pledge upon this subject was not only excusable, but absolutely requisite. They must ask their representa tives, " Will you maintain protection in its present posi tion, or will you yield step after step, until all is given up, though you would recoil at the idea of giving it up in a lump ?" There was still a powerful phalanx left in the House of Commons •, and if the agriculturists would stand firm and advise their representatives to do the same, no doubt, they would come out of the struggle prosperous and victorious.—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) He concluded by moving— " That the unprecedented position in which the owners and occupiers of land, and also labourers and others interested in the welfare of the country, are placed at the present moment, imperatively demands the most serious consideration, and, threatened as we are with the repeal of the core-laws, it be hoves us to come forward and prevent so awful a calamity." Mr. STAPELEY seconded the resolution, which the Chairman put and declared to be carried unanimously. There was nevertheless a strong adverse party present, but they did not seem to think it worth while formally to oppose the res•dutions. Capt. PILKINGTON proposed the second resolution : " That this meeting will strenuously endeavour by every constitutional means in its power to secure at the next ge neral election, and when any vacancy for a representative in Parliament may occur, the return of Members of Parliament who are well known to be friendly to agriculture and the landed interests of the country, and who will offer an inde pendent and unflinching opposition to any measures calcu lated to diminish the present amount of protection for do mestic industry." He was happy to say that the popular clamour for free trade did not prevail in the county of Sussex, as it did in some of the manufacturing districts. The cul tivators of the soil—the British farmers—had been de nounced as wicked and un Christian-like and grasping monopolists.—(A voice—" So they are." Confusion.) They had been t. -Id that the landlords and farmers had been withholding from the people the food which Pro vidence intended for them.—(Cries of " True, true," followed by cheers.) They were not monopolists. (A cry, "They are," and uproar.) The manufacturers who had amassed wealth, and the money-lenders, were the monopolists. The men who speculated in corn, and bought it up to sell at their own price, were monopolists; not the farmer, nor the landowner. They were obliged to pay rent, poor-rates, and tithes. (A voice, " Take off the tithes, then;" hisses, and cheers.) And they were often compelled to sell at any price they could get; they were no monopolists. Could they show him a farmer who had made his fortune? No. (Cries of "Thousands, thousands:") No; he was an animal unknown.—(Laugh ter and cheers.) Were there such an one, Dr. Buckland would soon be down and geologize him; see what stratum he was made of, and send him up to the British Museum in a glass case.—(Roars of laughter.) The farmer, too, paid more than the manufacturer. Who paid for their religion, and provided for the sick and poor? The farmer and the landowner.—(A voice, " Who keeps the farmer?") The farmer was subject to every vicissi tude of weather, and when he spent his capital and labour could not foretel what return he was to have, whereas the manufacturer and the artisan could. Therefore the farmer should be protected. Would they like to see the farmer and his men put to eat rye-bread and boiled beans, and live upon only 4d. a day ?—(Cries of " Curry powder!" and much laughter.) The farmer's prosperity must be identical with their own. Rally round him, then, my dear fellows (said the gallant Captain), as you ever have done in the hour of need. Do not listen to his calumniators, who are seeking to deprive him of the means of paying your wages. Remember, you are part and parcel of the fatherland which gave you birth. Mr. UPTON seconded the resolution, which was put by the Chairman, who pronounced it " carried unani mously," although a very few hands were held up, the great mass of the meeting not voting. Mr. J. BARTON moved the third resolution, w'eich de clared that the existing protection to agriculture ought t' be maintained, because it would prevent the ruin of mink)t s of tradesmen, labourers, artisans, and others, mainly dependent for support on the agricultural interest of the country. Mr. E. WYATT seconded the motion, which was dis posed of like the preceding. On the motion of Mr. W. NEWLAND, seconded by Mr. H. DUKE, petitions to her Majesty, and the House of Lords, to be presented by the Duke of Richmond, and one to the House of Commons, to be presented by the Earl of March, were adopted. The Duke of RICHMOND, who was received with mingled cheers and hisses, and cries of " Salmon ! salmon!" said—Gentlemen, a bad cold will prevent me from trespassing long upon your attention; but I may, I hope, be permitted to say, that it will give me the greatest gratification to present at the foot of the throne the petition signed by so large and influential a body of the clergy, the owners and the occupiers of land, and the labourers of my native county.—(Cries of " Bravo!" and cheers.) A handbill has been put into my hand— (Hear, and a laugh)—some few moments since, signed by " One of the Million," and it calls upon the labourers here present to sign a petition for free trade, and not mind what the Duke tells them.—(Great laughter.) Now, gentlemen, I will go at once to that question, and I ask you whether you are more likely to believe in an anonymous signature of " One of the Million" than the individual who now stands before you, who has long known you, who has resided amongst you, and who has always felt the deepest anxiety for your welfare?— (Cheers.) I am happy to see amongst the honest labourers here assembled so many of those friends whom, as the chairman of a society for the encouragement of labourers, I have had the pleasure of meeting :t dinner, and of giving prizes to for their honest and meritorious conduct.—(Ch eers .) Gentlemen, it t. moment to has been oment said by some that we o ug ht not at the re to move, because first we ought to wait till P v s e e e n hear what the plan of Sir R. Peel is. My opinion upon that is, if we wait until then it will be too late; it will be like shut ting the door after the steed is stole_ to get rid o f pro n.—(Hear, hoa r .) We know that Sir R. Peel does in tend tection; whether gradually or not w il e know not, b ut we know that he is goingit.2 t o do it.—( ear, and ch eers ,) And why do we know I must call you r attention to Some fortnight theor three weeks the facts of this case. Russell, the leader o ago, after Lord J.Whig party, proclaimed h i s an xiety to join the Le ague, what does Sir R. Peel do? Because ere or two members of his Cabinet will not violate every pledge made upon the hustings, arid every opinion expressed by them during their whole lives, he resigns his office, and that office is to be filled up by the Q ueen, who sends for Lord Russell, who would have been able to form a Cabinet ha d it not been for disagreement among some of his friends. Well, then, what did Sir R. Peel do? He gave u p the reins of government to the party who he knew would carry the immediate repeal of the corn-laws. — (Cheers, and cries of No, no.") Well, then, I would saY, I wish rather that he had done it himself.— (" Ay, so he will.") Well, then, if a man can be guilty of such treachery, for Heaven's sake let him come forward and avow it. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) What was. it that he wanted at that moment? The repeal of the corn-laws. But he could not carry it, and therefore he threw up the Government, that it might come into the hands of Lord J. Russell.—(Cheers.) That is conduct, in my opinion, unworthy of a statesman.—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) In this handbill—(" Read, read,")— it is said, " Sign for free trade, you will have more work, better pay, and better living." Now, if you look at the countries where corn is cheap, they will show you C~;s , :11^4 . -~-~--~~ // •rn- - itt4 thtit 40 1 1 titA ktit eitfr toi ?or' they brass cxcuil 0;46a74; .0 44. e :Eq.. nailed upon, as " gentremeTlTYCot to go away without signing, or putting their mark rather, to the petitions ; and it was curious to hear some of them remark, " Well, I be obliged to sign this, but I doan't k now w h a t b e vor , I doan't." P er h aps the Duke of Richmond's electioneer ing man, who was so busy upon -this occasion, did - lit:it properly explain the matter. MEETING AT AYLFSBURY. AYLESBURY, DEC. 31.—The a dual general meeting ,f the Royal Bucks Agricultural issociation took place this arternoon, at the George Inn, Aylesbury. The at tsndanceof tenant-farme rs and landholders of the county was very considerable, the meeting being presided over by his Grace the Duke of Buckingham. Among the gentlemen present eh° took part in the proceeding, were the Hon. Captain Fitzrnaurice, M.P., Mr. R. K. 'Clayton, M.P., Major-General Sir James Watson, Captain Dean, Captain Anderson, Colonel Watson, the Rev. E. E. Gray, the Rev. J. Rose,-B.D. Lstters having been read from Mr. C. J. Dupre, M.P., and Mr. C. Tower, M.P., regrt tting their absence, but expressing their determination to resist any alteration in the present existing corn laws, to the injury of the agricultural interest, The Duke of BUCKINGHAM said, that having trans acted the routine business of the day, he should not be doing his duty if he did nut oiler a few observations on what should be the course for them to pursue at the pre sent inomeUtous crisis, and on the present position in which the agricultural interest of this country stood.— (Hear.) He had, on so many occasions, expressed to them and the country at large his opinion upon the ques tion of the corn-laws, that he would not fatigue theta by entering into detail upon the merits of a question upon which his opinions had for so long a period been known. He would simply state that those opinions still remained unchanged.—(Cheers.) It must he admitted on all hands that the present was a momentous crisis in the affairs of the nation, and it might be necessary, before long, for the agriculturists of the country to take steps for the protection of that interest which had so long been enjoyed, and which, as a body, they so much deserved.--(llear.) They were all aware that there had recently been a great division in her Majesty's Cabinet, that it had been broken up, that another had been at tempted to be formed by the opponents of Sir R. Government, and that it had failed, and it was equally notorious that the Ministry of Sir It. Peel had, with some alteration, been reconstructed -(hear.) Upon what grounds the first Government o f Si r R. P ee l was b ro k en up, and upon what principles its opposents were allowed to make an attempt to form a Ministry, and attempt to come again into power, he begged to say,he was as much An the dark as they' were.s-- (Hears) -- - He know:srmtliing- -- about it but by common rumour, and rumour ascribed it to a division upon that important, and to all present, in teresting question—the corn-laws.—(Hear.) A rumour that the Prime Minister had declared in favour of a re peal, or such an alteration, as would materially aflect their interests, had gone abroad, and he would say that even as a rumour the matter was worthy their serious consideration, and might render it necessary not only for the agricultural interest to watch most narrowly the proceedings of her Majesty's Ministry, but. as he had before said, to take some steps for their own pro tection and the protection of the country generally.— (Cheers.) For his own part he did not wish to con ceal from them his opinion that the agricultural body in this country had the power, if they pleased, to crush and to defeat any attempt that might be made to repeal the eorn - laws.—(llear.) He said this, knowing well what power the agricultural population of England did possess, and he said so as being identified and closely connected with that particular interest.—(Hear.) He again said that he was aware of the power they had if they knew how to use it.—(Cheers.) The way in which they ought to take up that important question was, in the national point of view, affecting deeply the interests of all, both high and low.—(Hear.) He again denied, as he had done on former occasions, that the repeal of the corn-laws would benefit the poorer classes of the community in this country.—(Cheers.) He looked at this question truly in a national point of view, and he could not view but with dismay the privations and the trouble likely to be inflicted on the country should the corn-laws be repealed.—(Hear.) All of them were aware of what art, science, and industry had done to advance the agriculture, and consequent prosperity of the country ; but if the corn-laws were repealed, their re sources in this respect would become crippled, and what, he would ask, would be the result if a tit ar was to take place By what means, then, were these resources to be brought to bear if the corn-laws were repealed, and all the bad lands thrown out of cultivation ? (Hear, hear.) He (the Noble Duke) was not fond of vituperation, nor would be ever lend himself to par sonal abuse ; but he would ask, what had been the con duct of those who, by the aid of the agricultural inte rest, had been placed in power? It had been to fly in the faces •of those who gave them that power. The Whigs were at least consistent, but not so the Conser vative party sent in by the voice of the agricultural population. He (the Duke of Buckingham) would pub licly declare his conviction that, if the corn-laws were repealed, such a proceeding would sound the death knell of the independence and prosperity of the coun try.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") If it was true that Sir R. Peel's Administration had the design of re pealing the corn-laws, he could only say that he could not see upon what principle of fairness or honesty to tho agricultural interest who placed them in power they could have in bringing forward such a scheme.—(Hear.) He could understand it coming from the Opposition, and could accord to them that they had honestly and fairly adhered to their principles; but if it be the case with Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues, that they had agreed to" become the instruments for a repeal of the corn laws, and thereby destroy the agricultural interest of the country, he was then prepared to say that they were acting in the very teeth of those by whom they had been supported, and whom they were bound to protect.—(Bear, hear.) These were his opi• nions, but he was desirous of waiting for confirmation until the meeting of Parliament, when they would be able to know what the real intentions of the Ministry were with reference to this important question.—( Hear.) If he found that what had been rumoured was in re ality the case, then he was prepared to tell them that they were not only acting in direct opposition to their declaration which placed them in power, but in direct opposition to the wishes of the farmer and the good opinion of the agricultural portion of the country.— (Hear.) He was glad that the farmers were coming forward in every peat of the country as they should, and they would not be doing their duty in Buckinghamshire if they did not also come forward. After some further remarks the Noble Duke resumed his seat amidst loud cheering. The Hon. Captain FITZMAIIRICE, M.P., rose to pro pose the first resolution. He agreed with tha Noble Duke in the chair that the agricultural interest had the power, if they had the will, to see that the pro mises made by the Conservative Administration, were kept, not only in the letter, but in the spirit. The superiority of the English farmer over the farmers of any other country was attributable to our protective system; and in a corresponding degree as that system became relaxed foreign nations increased their duties, and thus the evil told doubly against us. After a long ad ress, in wki 1 the Hon. and Gallant Captain charged the Anti• Corn-law League, as professed admirers of the Reform Bill, with carrying out, on a gigantic scale, in the counties, that same system of venality which they had deprecated in the old rotten boroughs, he concluded by moving a resolution to the effect:— " That, looking with suspicion at the present conduct of Ministers, the meeting considers it to be its duty to warn the agriculturists of their danger, and to call upon them to unite in resisting any attempt which may be made to repeal the existing corn-laws." endt.,,,pray- Mr. W. JENINGS seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. o o u f ld P b a e rl r i e a s m ist e Sir JAMES WATSON moved ele seoend resolutic n :-- " That local petitions be prepared in every parish in the for Aylesbury, ;it,/ STONE seconded this resolution. made to interfere with pray ing county, to an y t p h ra e ot Q tteec u T e ip e o n nt , a tvo n h d iacg b hr o im t c h ui gl l th -l u o tr u eb s e e w s express d his M.P. cor te course pursued by the theagricul tural i33fl presen t iarrp.. p.CiroL,Ab laTi 00 Nn , of body, declared his opinion still unchanged on the necessity of the existing corn laws, and a determination to resist the Ministry tion btoobatg2roicoul gentl e men subsequently sat do wn t o a din ner,A presided ove r by his Grace the Duke of Bucking ham, and the proceedings terminated. HERTS. A large and influential meeting of the noblemen and gentlemen forming this society, as well as of the tenant farmers interested in the agriculture prosperity of Hert fordshire, was held yesterday in the Town-hall of St. Albans, for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken in the present extraordinary crisis. The Noble the Marquis of Salisbury was called to the chair. The platform was densely crowded with the principal landholders of the county, and there might be some five hundred respectable farmers in the body of the hall, among the former we observed:— The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., in the chair ; Earl of Essex, Lord Dacre, lion. G. D. Ryder, M.P.; Sir A. J. Dalrymple, Bart., Sir Minto Farquhar, Bart., Colonel Calvert, W. Gambier, Esq., C. T. Chinnery, Esq., A. Prior, Esq., C. E. Grover, E,q., R. Clutterbuck, Esq., Rev. T. Sykes, S. Sandars, Esq., J. F. Mason, Esq., J. Davis, Esq., J. Lawrence, Esq., R. S. Bassi], Esq., J. Brunton, Esq., 11. li. Oddie, Esq., Rev. F. Mure Hul sey, Sir Henry Meux, Bart., F. P. Delme Ratcliffe, Rev. M. R. South well, Mr. Orriman, Mr. Oakley, J. S. Story, Esq., Mr. Maydwell, T. 11. N. Heathcote, Esq., C. Phe lips, Esq., N. Hibbert, Esq., lion. and Rev. W. Card, J. Curling, Esq., Baron Dimsdale, C. J. Dimsdale, Esq., Sir A. P. Cooper, W. R. Baker, Esq., F. Vend , rmeulen, Esq., W. Smith, Esq., W. Herbert Woodhouse, E sq., Rev. Dr. Bowen, J. Kinder, Esq., H. H. 8urchc:11,,.%71., J. M. Gilbertson, Esq., Mr. Gough, litr. C. Rev. E. Cring, R. Dering, Esq. T. P. Mar. r u n _ B. Drake Garrard, Esq., Rev. ;V. Wade, U t.,n, Esq., R. \V. Gausses, Esq., T. hphelert:rrsiu:a:ln, Esq., T. Kinder, Esq., &c. &c. rea T ci ll , e notice calling the n s oc i i e e in ty en t:g in et having been e The CHAIRMAN said-- en t. you togeth er on t hi s occasion.— notice which has been se nt to y ou, w e have assembled here to-day, and it d evolves u p on m e to state, as briefly i a n s i possibly t l teei n c an, the motives whi c h actuated the thuscora r w (Li c ar, hear.) But first I must say a few words in ac k over such a respectable assemblage. lam aware that i n filli ng this situation I cannot dis- i i: e oiedgm ent of the high hono ur you h ave done me in quitep sid i dis chMge its duties 5.3 well or so rffectively as the Hon. Gentleman who presided at the last meeting, and whose name stood as President of the Society during the past year.—(Cheers) Nothing would have ind uce d me t o accept th e p osit i on I now fill, excepting to confute the broad assertion that had emanated from many quarters, T l ~. ~ . . what will come to y ou . I n those countries, as you have bet n told already, the labourers are worse off thin la bourers in any other part of the world; they are worse fed, clothed, and housed. Some time since an Irish la bourer came to London, and with his only sixpence went to purchase some eggs. The shopkeeper gave him four. " Why," exclaimed he, " I could have a dozen for that money in the county of Mayo." " Then,v asked the shopman, " why did you not stay there ?" " Why," said the Irishman, " because I could not get the 6d. to parch- se the eggs with."—(Load laughter, and cries of " That's new, where did he get the , 6d. then?") Now, y ,, u will ofeerve, that is exactly what, in my humble opinion, will be the case of the labourers of England, and more particularly of the agricultural labourers. Gentlemen, you know well, fee- many of you were em ployed upon our poorer s ils in this neighbourhood, that it is impossible for us to keep that land in cultivation, if we get only 91. a load for our wheat. But that land would be thrown out of cultivation ; and I would ask ar•ly labourer here e bethcr the most distressing situation iu which be could be placed could be worse than this—that when you are ready to maintain by the sweat of your brow your wives and children, you would ba answered thus, " Aly man, I am sorry for you, but no work can I give you, be cause I cannot afford to employ you." Would you not then be in the same situation as the Irish labourer ? What is the use of bread at 6d. a loaf if you have not the 6d. to buy it with ?—(Hear, hear.) I am one of those who have ever expressed views of the deepest corn anisseration for the labourers.of this country ; and there fore, I ask you, gentlemen, to come forward and support those whom you know to be your firmest and fastest friends.—(" Cheers" at command.) I ask you not to compromise this g reat question, becau se if we once seek to compromise it we get rid of, the principle altogether. I ask yuu also to remenilierthat in the event of war with a foreign country, if we grow not.nearly as ranch wheat as is necessary for the consumption of . our OW , pe6pie, whether France, Germany,, Russia, or Pole.nd, will not be able to defeat us, not on the plains of Blenheim and aterloo, nor in the actions of Trafalgar and theiliiii €4 . , but in the ta s k of p rov idi ng f oo d f or our peop l e ? Gentle men, I can only tell you that in presentingyour petition I shall be happy to express to her Majesty the deep value I I I entertain for the yeomanry and labourers of England, and to assure her of my deep sense that the public opinion is very different from the bought and popular clamour which has been excited in some of the manufacturing distriets.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you as well as I have interests to protect and support. I ask you all to make a pull, a long pull, a strong pull, and a pall altogether. (Cheers, and some ironical cries.) And, then I ask, have the respectable inhabitants of this county made that pull in vain ?—(Hear.) Gentlemen, I thank you for your attention. I wish I had strength to say more, but I can assure you, for one, that I am determined to pursue that straightforward and honest path which, whenever strayed from, must end in ruin and desola tion.—(Cheers.) Lord W. LErixox said that he 'could vouch for one thing—that their representative, the Earl of March, would have great pleasure in presenting their petition to the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) He wished some of the Leaguers were present —(A Voice—" Oh, you would be frightened," and laughter.) He wished the Leaguers had been present to hear the sentiments that day uttered in that room.—(" Oh, you would run away.") The Leaguers talked of free trade, which meant only low wages to the labourer, and the taking of money out of the pockets of the agriculturists to put into the pockets of the manufacturers. The sentiments uttered by the Leaguers were calculated only to bring anarchy and confusion, to set the labourer against the farmer, and the farmer against the occu pier of land, and the occupier against . the owner and landlord ; so that in the general scramble the Leaguers might come in for a share of the profits. —(Cheers and hisses.) Those Leaguers, too, were very abusive. What said Cobden ?—(Cries of " Ay, that's the man.") Yes, that was the man.(Cheers and laughter.) Cobden said, "If you landlords will as sent to the repeal of the corn-laws, and to have all your lands thrown out of cultivation, then we will not ask you to disgorge all your ill-gotten gains." Why, where was the farmer who had any such gains ? There was no such person in the world.—(Laughter and cheers.) The manufacturers pretended to sympathise with the agricultural labourers in respect to what they were pleased to term their distressed condition ; but did they think that by throwing those labourers cut of employment they would improve their condition ? Had those who heard him ever read the accounts given before Parliamentary Committees of the cruel manner in which young children were treated in facto ries ? He himself once saw the late Mr. Sadler produce, in the House of Commons, a sort . of knout or stick, to which a thong of leather was fastened, with- which the poor little creatures we re beaten when they fell asleep from over-fatigue ; and yet those manufacturers were the persons upon whose tender mercies they were now called on to rely. He considered Sir R. Peel had for. feited his word, and violated the pledge he gave when he went into power under the banners on which was in scribed, "Protection to Agriculture." In the words of the poet : " An open foe may prove a curse, But a pretended friend is worse." (Cheers and laughter.) They had that in Sir R. Peel, and the sooner they got rid of him and those that sup ported him the better.—(Cheers.) He was at a loss to know where Sir Robert Peel would take his seat in the House next session. The Radicals would have nothing to do with him. Cobden had said at the Covent-garden Parliament lately that no man of respectability and honour ought to speak to such a man. The Premier's own friends were disgusted with him. He (Lord W. Lennox) was in London during the Ministerial inter regnum, and he could assure the meeting that a Conser vative would be immediately recognised by the long face he pulled.—(A laugh.) " The greatest political scoun drel that ever existed," was a mild term to some that he heard applied to Sir R. Peel.—(Laughter, and cries of "Oh, oh 1") He thought they must have him on the floor of the House ; and he recommended the agri culturists to send up an empty sack marked " English Agriculture," and tell Sir Robert to bolster himself up with full sacks from foreign ports. In conclusion, he would read to the meeting some lines written by a late president of an agricultural society, Sir John Sinclair : " Let this be held the farmer's creed, — For stock seek out the choicest breed, In peace and plenty let them feed. Your lands sown with the choicest seed ; Let it not dung nor dressing need ; Enclose and drain it with all speed, And you will soon be rich indeed." —(Great laughter.) To those lines he had added a few others : " Turn out Sir Robert with all speed. (Cheers and laughter.) His Cabinet from free trade weed. Don't trust to him—a broken reed, "Who's faithless both in word and deed. Protection seek, and thus agreed, The farmers may be rich indeed." (Cheers and laughter, during which a voice added— " The worst of verses 1 ever zeed." and another— " The worst of readers I ever heard read.") As the Noble Duke quoted a part only of the hand bill which seemed to give him so much offence, it may be as well to give the whole of it:— " Labourers of Sussex,—A glorious power is this day put into your hands by your masters, who think by the show your numbers will make to keep up rents and high prices, and consequently keep you poor. Don't sign their papers, but, iwstead, petition for a free trade in everything, which will give you—whatever the Duke may tell you to the con trary—more work, better pay, and better living. You kncw you want this, and, having the example of strength shown you, try fur it. Free trade, I sav, and no curry powder._ " ON'E OF THE MILLIO N. of A man who had been employed to distribute p this handbill amongst the crowd was seized h! .. xaceonp. pe a rso e n , named Pasco near the door of the. corn _ _ roughly handled, and kicked out;_ but it said that th e matter will not end there , as the friends of the bill-dis tributor, who, it appears , made no noise , nor interfered with the proceedings, are determined that proper pro ceedings shall be taken tu bring the perpetrator of the assault to justice. On the motion of the Duke of Richmond, a vote of thanks was presented to the Chairman for his services. This was followed by three cheers for the Duke of Rich mond, in which was intermingled an unwelcome alloy of hisses and groans ; and to Sir R. Peel was paid the ugly c ompliment of three groa ns b y the landlords and their smock-frocked followers. So pleasant an exhibition, however, could not be allowed to close by those who got it up without the a ddi t i on with which many other almost equ r ally ridic u l ous affairs terminate—a display of fire woks. Two of the lowest ruffians in Chichester—one of them known at Petworth—had been employed by one of the Duke's political dirty-work-men, the aforesaid Pasco, to bring in and parade before the hustings, just as the proceedings were about to end, a copy of the Times newspaper, at which the Duke's toadies on the platform looked with ill-disguised astonishment, and cried " Take it away ! Down with it !" The display of the broad sheet would have been little understood by the majority of the multitude had it not been for some strips of paper pasted thereon, upon which sti ips was printed its title, 7he Times," in large capitals. Upon the name being generally recognised so many complimentary cheers were given that the chawbacons who surrounded the framework to which it was fastened looked inquiringly at their fuglemen and paymasters on the hustings for the signal which should direct the next part of the performance. This was soon telegraphed, and the paper was instantaneously set on tire and consumed, the Noble Duke and his friends feasting their eyes in silence on the flame, which spared the frame-work, or gallows, as it was termed, to which the paper had been affixed ; a ghastly symbol of the fate which may attend those who follow up this public and authoritative lesson in incen diarist)). The landowners and occupiers, one would think, had already experienced enough of the consequence of their labourers learning the use of pocket lucifer matches without the further instruction and encourage rnent afforded to them by this glaring act of folly. We have good authority for stating that the majority of the citi zens of Chichester regard this as a most contemptible proceeding, and the meeting itself as an insult, as the I)uke or Richmond and his friends well know that they do not agree with their opinions on the corn-law, but particularly because a large number of agricultural labourers were hired to attend the meeting, and bawl at command. Same of them were allowed the arid to c. • -.- No. 16,655. _LONDON', THURSDAY EITENIN,-, J ANUARY 1 ! I t`.lLl 6 .0:07 *"'- I - .~,; -1-7:' P . . J I . S U NY _________ _ •-•-,:!