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:^~.._~ . _ ttg OAX - EltAti . ' STEAM 14-AVIGA7I9II T g VOUrAYY I 4 apieltd44 NW. poiVer:lll Arstaslass sa itrAM. . X ar6 appointo to I.ao The Casten HOLM or Tower ibr— ' _ 1.14.1118ERG11, carrying her Majesty's Mails—Every Wednesday . old Saturday Morning. ROT TERDAM Blackwall Pier, for ,Yr TERDAM and liro the MILNE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— ,' " 4,1 7 Wedn es d ay and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. AN TWERP and the RHINE—The Wilb er fo rce , ever y Th urs d a y, Lt Ten, Morning. • It °81 ‘ 411 1)--Every Tuesday, Wednesd a y, S a t ur d a y, an d S un d a y Orphlg. From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— LIA VRE---Every Thursday and Sunday, at Nine, Morning. From London-bridge Wharf, for -1..1/A-ITLOGNE—Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday Rio] CA LAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. • ,1,111,L —Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. ,4t-RMOUTH— Reduced Fares—Every Wednesday a nd Saturday "1 Evening. RAM SGATE—Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at half- Past Nine, Morning ; Blackwall, Quarter-past Ten. From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, ABIJ for •- ' l RGH—Reduced Fares—Sept. 16, 19, anA 26, at Ten, .venj 4z, • From:Colman's Irougate Wharf', for— ._*VCASTLE--Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Even g. --GHTON and DTEPPE—Eve day, Sundas excepted. BO • and BOULOGNE,-The ry Magician, every day , Sundays - reepted, To secure B er th s , f or F re i g ht , an d f or Bills, containing hours o f 4 .rjar tlre, fares, Sec., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, ,2 - sent-circus ; and. 3.5„ Leadenhall-street. ANTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE. CHANGE IN TIME OF STARTING. Lon • doll to Cologne hi Thirty Hours.—(Sea Passage Seven Hours The only.) - st ea Alltwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite (epi o ni „, -811 IP ANTWERPEN, THOMAS JACKSON Commander w h - -- 0 1Y decorated for the season), leaves the St. Katharine's 11.0,arf, Tower, every Sunday morning at Ten o'clock ; returning stVntvverp every Wednesday afternoon at One o'clock. torthis Ih h ',"er, and the railroad from Antwerp, travellers going he • • titan - f e u zn aY reacts Cologne in thirty hours. The general heroaccmmoda r passengers on board this renowned ship, as well as spacious ii",gts' and private cabins, are entirely unequalled. Carriages and eta es ,MaY be sent to the Wharf up to one hour before the time of riZng ; but all applications for the shipment of goods must be o to the Lndon gets, esrs. Ligtly and Simon, 23, Fen- Z t re e lt-street, where, A as n M well as s at the h Packet Office, 33, 1 R egent 14:3,4.Piceadilly, berths may be secured and every information ob ' T a. LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND Noth JUNCTION RAILWAY. 1101 V,—, is hereby given, that a MEETING of the Rof the LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND JUNC- WaV SHARE RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Sessions House In enVld theu MONDAY, the 25th day of September instant, at One t h _oek in afiernoon, for the purpose of laying before the meeting 4,7,accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the said Company, 4.1 f 'determining whether the s a id C om p an y s h a ll b e di sso l ved t44rer the provisions of the Statute 9 ll not and 10 Vict., c. 28, or, whether • ,iitrairs of the said Company sha be wound up, or whether it lin. h e expellent to prosecute the said railway In the ensuing ses of p , ament, and, if necessary, to empower the Directors to . terms Into arrangements with certain other Companies upon the 4,7 8 Xfid conditiohs to be laid before the said meeting, and gene ,eteYeito transact all other business whatsoever that can be trans sr R _ Under the provi:loris of the said statute. Dated this 10th day ' - 'l 3 tehtber, 1846. EDWARD TEW, Chairman. • HENRY BERNERS, Secretary. 14 ERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW (4. CASTLE-UPON-TINE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, Liverpool, Manehester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction, lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now l garnated). - well% Register of Shares in this undertaking being now nearly corn cagd, all holders of scrip who have not yet forwarded the same for re ~Ul requested to do so without delay, as the share register oe absolutely closed pn the Ist da y of OCTOEXIt next, after which 4 1 shares mit transmitted , for that purpose will be registered terl, natnes of the original al/ottees. is requested- that the Scrip in the original Liverpool, Mulches -tor:nd Newcastle upon-Tyne Junction Railway CoFnpaey may be the 4 i „ r 2 e Ll to the Secretary, at 22, Parliament-street, London, and Co li ;:"P 1 / 5 the original Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Patsy to the Secretary, at 31, Princess-street, Manchester, who thl,nd an acknowlegment for the same. e Certiticates under the common seal of the Company will be to - V for delivery in a short time, of which due notice will be given 'le S hareholders. - By order, (Signed) THOS. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. W. IL INGRAM } Secretaries. C. MOORE WILSON s t !.2!_t 11 , 1846, ------ 'CORNWALL.RAILWAY. tt rilet Notice is hereby Giv en , th a t th e A c t authorising the con lerso,!°4 Of this . Railway having received the Royal Assent, all re m , "s holding Scrip Certificates for Shares in either to th this Company aro t iged to transmit the same for Registration e Secre atrZi a t his office; Truro, or to William Wo o d, E sq ., 449, W est Ile t London, on or before SATURDAY, the 19th of Septemb e r Ariii with their names, professions, and residences, distinctly the D en, . in order that the same may be correctly entered in kr ti i `gmier of the Company. An official receipt will be given select. Scrip, which receipt will be afterwards exchanged for the lar C ertificates, with as little delay as the preparation of the aY require. Due notice will be given when the Sealed Cer • 83`es Will be regdy for delivery. Pak: r e% in respect of which no application for registery shall be the - ,,, 01 1 or before the above date, will be registered In the name of VriseVBinal subscriber, after which no share can be passed other • 1 , 0 ,.,,, 4 " bY a formal transfer under the provisions of the Act. of letters claiming to be registered may be had at the 4,“ll'Y's Office, Truro, or at 449, West Strand, London. 4/, De o Notice is hereby further Given, that irterest after the rate of regia t r .. ce nt. per annum will be allowed on the deposits paid upon all t elt , q.ed shares from the following times, viz., from the Ist of De n*, 1844, on the deposit of 3/. per share on 5 Cl. shares ; and . 6 0t ,!he Ist of November, 1845, on the deposit of 2/. per share on berme•oares, and of 2/. 10s. on 231. shares. The interest will be i s uP to the 29th S e pt em b er next, and the in warrants will tied soon alter the completion of the registration. .By order of the Board, . August 18, 1846. P. P. SMITH, Secretary pro tern. .14ANcllESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON h At RAILWAY. e'`OLb - very numerous and influential MEETING of , SCRIP -411e„„--'nS in this Company, held this day at Herbert s Hotel, - wlard, Westmi ns t er , p urs u a nt to public advertisement, Sir JOHN - BAs.EER MILL, Baronet, In the Chair. ti,,..ePort from the directors having been read, the following resolu k-Zlyere unanimously adopted ' Q ,.by the Chairman of the Company, Sir JOAN BARKER MILL , h at 'Ueconded by —ROWE, Esq., High Bailiff of Cheltenham, sPrie n _,'"e report now ad bo received and printed for distribution Atevegdst, the shareholders, by JAMES WILKINSUAW, Esq., and seconded by Lord That this m ERNEST BRUCE, Line adva,;, --e eting declares its deliberate opinion to be that the and ongitiqVp.Ytnis Company is called for by the public interests, the late 4.. 1 1, 1 72 1 ade, and that nothing occurred in the course of l ience of the ehT el l t4 rY proceedings which at all effects the confi valuable jave ' re iders in the soundness of the undertaking as a Moved by, si.rneat.GEOßGE Tuoalrrom, Esq., and seconded by WILLIAM T hat therefore LANKESTEIt, Esq., a renewed application be made to Parliament in the • .session for an Act to authorise the constructon of the rail with 7, as to the directors al ay such changes wwelli meet ; and that they are hereby earrised to take such steps, based upon the suggestions contained this re elution, Port, as they may think fit, with a view to give effect to this *ite r a ti on, and that they be further authorised to allow dissentient te u olders to withdraw, and the scrip be re-issued in such manner k;,.UPott such terms as they shall think expedient. '''ed by Josiin GEORGE, Esq. ; and seconded by SAINSBURY, s th T li at the th an k s o f this meeting q. be presented to the Directors for 1 44 e r l e , g3 , and ability with which they have devoted themselves to kp lC in terests of this Company, and for the tender of conlinued service their report of this day contains. The N (Signed) J. B. MILL. haw C hairman having vacated the chair, and Lord Ernest Bruce l It WBs been calle thereto -84 Moved by d II E RALPTWALL, Esq., M.P. ; seconded by HENRY • That NEwBERT, Esq.,, and unanimously resolved : ,hi ai the cordial and unite thanks of this Meeting be given to Sir //,1 1111, Bart., for his able and satisfactory conduct in the chair. (Signed) ERNEST BRUCE. 19. r , JOH'..c WHEELER, Secretary. Great George-street, Westminster, September, 15, 1846. tr.......____lAmoND CARCEL LAMP—NEW LIGHT. Wsid• „, i The DIAMOND CARCEL LAMP is the best light in the 1; 0 1 , 113 1 )44 1 : e Carcel Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe ; it burns ." 3 free from all imperfections of ordinary oil lamps ; burns klubV ii n a e_e_t till morning without attention ; is so simple it cannot be ZI all ~..te ° , ;no cleaning required for years. ihe Gem, the Vesta, K ell 4 , ,, 1!r Spirit or Campbine Lamps given awac at half-price, but i t ,le o,,inillnations are dear at a gilt. The Diamond Carcel Lamp is ftlk'. 2 i ght—perfectien in light—the public will have none other. `' ., tl l - q, To suit every taste. To be had only, and seen burning daily Z' I II4. 4I %NTEE I S Immense Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, ten • --......92 . 11 Lowther Arcade. ANTT S w SUPPLIED. I WANT A HAT i • • I want a Hat ! and off I'll start • For MOSES' celebrated Mart, . . Since I have often heard ft said, That Hats from MOSES "go a-head." I WANT A COAT. I want a Coat, whose charming style Makes all with admiration smile; And, therefore, I at once will search For MOSES, facing Aldgate Church. I WANT A VEST. I want a Vest—a well-made Vest, With quality the very best ; • And, therefore, I shall purchase one Of, you know whom—E. M. and SON. I WANT A PAIR OF TROWSERS. I want a pair of trowsers, made Better than any in the trade ; And as I want them cheap as well, I'll try what Messrs. MoS'ES sell. Yes, I will hie where crowds have hied, And have my various " wants supplied." LIST OF PRICES. 311EADY MADE. Tyreed X s. d. e t„ ' ra tter fi Coats in '3lersld and Codringdescriptionton Taglionand make, including is ........ ••-• • • 018 6 th e very ... 1 2 0 111 registered Coat • •• .. le ases in every material • • • • from blendld pattern Summer Vests ............. ..... 0 0 2 2 3 3 j,; 4 11 ‘ hmere and Persian ditto, in endless variety 0 4 6 F lack and Fancy Satin, ditto ...................... 0 6 0 ' , they Trousers .. • • ........ rock ditt o • .. ••••..• • • • • • • • Cp s ,. MAIDS TO MAMBA. `..* of every material adapted for the season, in any guiretY of style and fashion, to 0rder.......... from 0 16 0 c ain t i 'ng Vests, 6s. 6d. each, or three f0r...• • . • s3,,„Plere ditto, in every variety of pattern 0 8 6 D itt o ditto, plain and fancy ....... bi tt o, Cloth or Casimere ditto 0 8 0 8 0 ,,L, Black Single-milled ditto • • •• 0 13 6 gh;"%,.., Trousers, •in every pattern. ........ ...... 910 6 It ita re-triilled and Albert Victoria ditto 0 19 0 • b re ' It iaek Dress ditto •••• .. • . . • b3,,_ Coats• 1 manufactured 2 15 0 1 ) Itt roo : "at ' • best manufactured .. •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 3 3 0 A t . Mourning, to any extent, at rive minutes notice. 1 11r 3 , art l, de purchased or made to measure, if not approved of, Obi immediately exchanged, or the money returned. r- " e " -- E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. Clothiers:olloT, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be b at gnard the public against imposition, but, having learned t htp 4 Wltrades • manlike falsehood of ‘' being connected with tte k i t : or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many in ka> et; and for obvious reasons, they have no connexion witk * *r house in or out of London. 1 )00 , 0 se who de s ire genuine Cheap Clothing should , to pre vent L atnient, call at or send to the Minories, and Aldgate, City, ..7 0 1 03, - _SES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, ge.ntters, Nos. 154, 155, 156, 157, Minories, and 83, 84, 85, ~sol 4 ,,Aidgate, City, London. .-Idg 'E.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84, Or i a h te • ,n's'ness transacted at this Establishment from sunset on at ti:',evening till sunset on Saturday evening, when it is resumed •••.....„!!!_r_e 'clock iti n , LADIES TRAVELLING, the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find K,OWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing Nir„,_ o ,reParatlon for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lar!- 4lely'",l relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immedf the sttaording the pleasity , sensation attending restored elasticity of nrry %, 111 . The numerous ' varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun -11: Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated ti , rlf;:i„'MYdor ' , and the skin rendered delicately seft and clear. Its 4ot l .g and refreshing of tC properties have obtained its exclusive selec- Y the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those Con sera tinent of Europe, together with the "elite" of the Arts brit,43' and " haute Voles," from the sultry climes of India, and the (4k:4lC-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the 144 B and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. 6(1. * 4 0. C 1 , 6 d. Per bottle 'NB n 7P l are of sp . urions "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin .at Mims to the complexion, and which, by their repel ._44,."on, endanger health. The only genuine has the words ,‘ 4 4 tan u ,„ 4 - I Crl'S KALYDOIt" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND dellil. „.. 2 0. Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the , Ca on the Government Stamp affixed on each 401 rs. - h 7 the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per k! eth m . "lagdori" Are frAudatzt ounterfeltsi ~_ SEP TEMBER 16, 1846. No. 16,846. LON DON, W EDNES DAY EVEN 4, G S Ny T. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL COLLEGE. BANK OF ENGLAND, SEPT. 10, 1846. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GO VERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice, that a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on THURSDAY NEXT, the 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to consider of a Dividend. This will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY EVENING.—To-day, the excitement caused by the visit of Prince, Albert has passed away, the town has resumed its wonted appear ance, and the proceedings of the sections have observed their usual course, without the disturbance caused by the arrangements for " amusing his Royal Highness,'' as the president of one of the sections observed, when a popular abstract of a paper had been read, instead of the paper itself. Nothing is said of another visit from the Prince, and the great meeting, gun of th e the gun-cotton of Professor Schoenbein, will b e fi re d off to-night with out the presence of the royal patron. In the hurry to save the railway train last eyeing it was impossible to do more than give the results of Mr. Scott Russell's ex periments on the resistance of railway trains at different velocities. I now return to that and to one or two other subjects which there was no time to notice in yesterday's proceedings. RESISTANCE TO RAILWAY TRAINS.—The result of Mr. Scott Russell's experiments tiro so remarkable, and so opposed to all previous notions on the subject, that their accuracy may not unreasonably be questioned ; and during the discussion that ensued, when he was required to detail the mode by which the re sults were attained, there seemed some reason to sup. pose that the resistances noted were caused under dif fering circumstances, so that the actual varying resistances by different velocities alone w e re n o t correctly given. Some of the results were taken from experiments made at different times and under various conditions, and as most of the new experiments were made on actual work ing trains, it may well be supposed that a d.fference would arise. Nevertheless, it is very remarkable, that under any circumstances of the experiment, the resi-t -ance at a velocity of 45 miles an hour should be less than at a velocity of 31; 'and still further strange is it, that whilst between a speed of 32 and of 33 miles an hour there is no difference in the resistance, that there should bo between the , velocities of 46 and 47-miles an hour, an increase of resistance from 23.11b5. to 33.71b5., and be tween 50 and .51 miles a diminution of from 32.91h5. to 26.41b5. per ton; whilst between the velocity of 51 miles an hour, and of 53 there should be an increase from 26.41bs to 41.71b5. In the formula which corresponds to lerably closely with the results of experiment, Mr. Scott Russell estimated the friction at a constant quantity of about 61bs the ton; the next elenient in the resistance was the atmosphere, and this he estimated by multiplying the area by the pressure and by the square of the velo city. The residue consisted of the various other causes of obstruction which tended to impede the progress of the train and occasion loss of power. One of these causes was the concussion of the earth by the moving train; for it was impossible theAurface of the earth could be continually agitated by the passing trains without a great loss of power. Mr. Scott Russell offered no expla nation of the causes that could produce such extraordi nary results as his experiments exhibited. In the dis cussion that followed, Dr. Robinson stated, in reference to the agitation caused by railway trains, that in his astronomical observations he:had perceived the surface of the mercury agitated at a distance upwards of 7,000 feet from a moving train, and as the concussion would be ex tended both ways, it would 044 (11113 t to an agitation of the earth over an area of the dia m eter of 1,500 feet. GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF AUSTRALIA.—Among the papers read at the geological section yesterday was one by Mr. Jukes, giving a sketch of the geology of Australia. A portion of the s4tch was of c o urse on l y conjectural, but observing that:" 'a 'chain of hills passed from New South Wales in a direction nearly parallel to the eastern coast, consisting of granite and other pri mary rocks, and that the order of stratification was the same as in Europe, he concluded that the great level tertiary formations on the opposite coast were in the same order of succession, and that the geological axis of that country lies in the chain of hills from New South Wales, and that there is no greatly elevated districts in the interior. EVENING LECTURE.—Yesterday evening Mr Lyell de livered a discourse in the Assembly Rooms, " On the Valley and Delta of the Mississippi, and other points in the geology of the United States. from observations made in the years 1845-46." The lecture was illustra ted by gigantic diagrams, exhibiting the principal rocks and strata, and their dispositions, in the United States. There, as in this country, the same formations are ob served, and following in the same order. It is Mr. Lyeli's opinion that most of the geological formations were produced by the gracival though slow operations of time, and in the valley of the Mississippi he found abun dant evidence in support of his views. To the deposi tion of the mud and vegetable matter brought down by the stream of that mighty river he attributed the forma tion of the large peninsula of Florida ; and the appear ance of the banks of the Mississippi, with parts of the trunks of trees growing over each other at all levels, formed, he thought, the elements of future coal fields. The room was very well attended, and the lecture was received with much applause. ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGY.—This morning M. Matteuci made a communication in French in the physical section, containing the summary of his researches in electro physiology. He attributes muscular contraction to elec trical force, and he contended, that by the forms of the muscles and of the nerves, they were calculated to form voltaic batteries, and to become in the positive and nega tive states of 'electricity. The communication was re plete with interesting speculations and demonstrations ; but, is Professor Owen observed, they required to be read and considered before they could be perfectly un derstood. Sir J. Herschel said the cause of muscular forte had been hitherto not satisfactorily explained, and he made to few suppositions, merely with a view of in viting discussion, to the effect that it was possible that muscular contraction might be caused by the altered position of the muscles of muscular fibrine, supposing them to continuous be . ellipsoids, and that the changes of position might be produced by electrical currents. Mr. Carpenter maintained, on the contrary, that muscularcon traction is not due to nervous influence in many cases, and he felt confident that muscular fibrine is composed of tubes divided into sections longer than their dia meters. The contraction of these fibres, he said, was produced, not by reversing their positions, as conjec tured by Sir John Herschel, but by the depression of the longitude of sectional divisions. Another communication on a similar subject was made by Dr. Joseph Buller, in which, however, without refer ence to the action of electricity, he described the develops ment of a bird from the egg, The proceedings in this section were considerably ,thpererpaatrtalitnogrso' of plates and knives in th e ad to the general dinner, w hi c h ji d so i n t t u ion r g o takeberdo I NFLUENC E OF SPONGY P LATINA.—The Rev. Dr. by place this evening. room, Robinson read a paper in the chemical section," On the Influence exerted by finely-divided Plati na on th e El ec . trodes of a Voltameter.' , Though the communication occupied a long time, the principal point which Dr. Robinson's experiments were calculated to show was, that when the electrodes of a voltameter are covered with a finely-comminuted platina, the d ecom p os iti on o f water is effected by a less p ower f u l current o f electri city, fact, the re i s apparent l y no act i ve febcntetd when, not i only n current whatever. He thought this effect, analogous to other instances in which the inherent forces or attrac tions of bodies are increased by bringing them into closer contact, by extending their surfaces. Mr. GRCVE agreed with Dr. Robinson as to the cause of the increased effect, and in commenting on theriubject he alluded to the peculiar fact, that ebullition in no cir cumstances seems to take place excepting from the sur fare of solid bodies. ' The bubbles of air in a glass of Champagne, for example, always rise from the bottom or sides of the glass, and the steam of boiling water always collects in bubbles against the solid surface, and never rises from amongst the particles of the liquid. He was of opinion that, supposing it possible to heat water without contact with a solid surface, fluid would not boil till the whole mass burst into ebullition at once. THE TUBULAR BRIDGES.—In the mechanical section to-day Mr. Fairbairn read the whole paper, of which an abstract only had been given yesterday, respecting the proposed construction of tubular bridges over the river Conway and the Menai Straits. The discussion that took place after the reading of the paper was very inte resting. The bridge at Menai, which is to be called the Britannia-bridge, will be supported on four piers, and the distance between the central piers will be 450 feet. The weight of the metal is estimated at 1,200 tons, and it will be constructed of wrought iron. Mr. Eyton sug gested that it would be better to strengthen the tube by inverted irorr arches, to protect it from the action of the wind. Dr. Robinson said that, though the bridge might be quite strong enough to bear a dead weight, he thought the engineers ought to ascertain what was likely to be the resilient free on the sudden rushing of the engine on to the bridge. He apprehended also that the vibrations might be cumulative, and increase as the train advanced, until they produced a serious effect. At the same time he trusted to the skill and caution of the engineers, that they would make the tube sufficiently strong, and with respect to the calculated action of the wind at 501bs. to the square foot, he thought they had exceeded all possible effects of storms by one-half; for a wind acting with the power of 501bs. to the square foot must be moving with the velocity of 110 miles an hour. During the severest storm that he had known the velocity of the wind was not more than fifty miles an hour. Mr. Fairbairn, in reply to these and to other remarks. said that not one-sixth of the estimated breaking weight could be placed on the bridge. The plates on the outsid e at the top would be nine-sixteenths of an inch, and those inside would be half an inch thick. The bridge, from bank to bank, would consist of one rectangular tube, rivetted together and resting on the supports. To avoid the effect of vibration it was intended to lay the rails on vulcanised India rubber, about two inches thick. The tube would be elevated to its position in compartments, to be after wards rivetted together when fitted. The first compart ment nearest the pier would be raised on pontoons at, high tide, and fitted into a rest at the bottom of a groove in the pier. up which it would be elevated by hydraulic pressure. The only risk to be feared in fixing the bridge was a high wind during the raising the first compart ment, for when that was fixed the remainder would not be attended with risk. With respect to the strength of the bridge to bear a lateral pressure, he sa id that had not yet been tried, but it would be efficiently tested on the model bridge, and the suggestions of Dr. Robinson respecting sudden impact, and the effect of continued' vibration, should be attended to. The Presieent was compelled, by shortness of time, to put an end to the discussion. CHINEESE METHOD OF BORING.—MT. Vignolles read a paper in the mechanical sectitn on the Chinese method of boring, as practised on the Continent, and as appli cable to the boring of Artesian Wells, and fur the venti lation of mines. The Chinese method, which has been in successful operation for two thousand years, consists in having a heavy weight, at the bottom of which is fixed the cutting tool, attached to a long rope, which is wound round an axle. The weight is drawn up for a few feet, and then allowed to fall, like the monkey of a pile-driving engine. By this means the labour and time required to remove a rigid heavy rod, to withdraw the rubbish, is greatly saved, and the work proceeds far more quickly, and at much less cost. Though this method has been introduced on the Continent very suc cessfully, the prejudices of English workmen have pre vented its adoption in this country. The following is the list of all the papers mad yester day:— The WINTER SESSION will commence on THURSDAY, October Ist, 1846, with an Introductory Address by Mr. Paget, at Seven o'clock p.m. LECTURES. 111EDICINE—G. Burrows, M.D. SURGERY—WiIIiam Lawrence, F.R.S. DESCRIPTIVE AN TOMY—F. C. Skey. F.R.S. PHYSIOLOGY and MORBID ANATOMY—Mr. Paget. SUPERINTENDENCE of DISSECTIONS—Mr. M`Whinnie and Mr. Holden. CHEMISTRY—Mr. Griffi' hs. MATERIA MEDICA-0. L. R6npell, M.D., R.R.S. MIDWIFERY, &c.—E. Rigby, M.D., F.L.S, SUMMER SESSION, 1847, commencing May lst. BOTANY—F. J. Farre, M.D., F.L.S. FORENSIC MEDICINE—W. IDly, M.D. MIDWIFERY, &c.—E. Rigby, M.D., F.L.S. COMPAR , ITIVE ANATOMY—Mr. M'Whinnle. PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY— Mr. Grit s. JOHN* KNIGHT, Secretary. OF EXCHANGE.-FRAUD.- TO Ai) BANKERS, BILL BROKERS, DISCOUNTERS, AND OTHERS. Two BILLS of EXCHANGE for 2501. each, bearing date the 28th or 29th of August, 1846, drawn upon and accepted by the Rev. Francis Glossop, at foutimoths after date, payable at Messrs. Young „ . and fallings', St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London, having been OBTAINED by means of conspiracy and FALSE REPRESEN TATIONS made to the acceptor, the Rev. Francis Glossop, of West Dean, Wiltshire, all persons are hereby cautioned against receiving, negotiating, or in any manner dealing with the said Bills of Ex change, or either of them. _ Hospital Practice.—The Hospital contains 530 beds, and relief 'is al:Ended to 48,000 patients annually. The in-patients are visited daly by the Physicians and Surgeons, and during the Summer Ses sion four Clinical Lectures are delivered weekly—those on the medical cases by Dr. Itoupell and Dr. G. Burrows ; those on the surgical cases by Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Stanley. The out patients are a'so daily attended by the assistant Physician and assistant Surgeon. Collegiate Establishment.—warden, Mr. Paget —Students can reside within the Hospital walls, subject to the rules of the collegiate system, established under the direction of the Treasurer and a Com mittee of the Governors of the Hospital. Some of the teacher; and other gentlemen, connected with the Hospital, also receive students to reside with them, . For further information, &c., apply to Messrs. Bush and Mullins, solicitor:, No. 7, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London. -VAST VILLA, SCARBOROUGH. TO BE SOLI), by PRIVATE CONTRACT, the above most de , irable FREEHOLD VILLA, with the Gardens and Plan tations surrounding the same, situate in front of Belvoir-terrac.!, in Scarborough. SECTION A.-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Phillips, Professor —Report on anemornetry. Sykes, Colonel—On the fall of rain on the coast of Travancore. Brookes, C., Esq.—On a new self-registering ba romet,,r, thermometer, and psychrometer. Miller, J. F.—On the fall of rain in the Cumberland Lake district. Lee, Dr.—On meteorological observations made at Alten in Finmark, and Leo, Dr.—On the aurora, at Alien, in Finmark; Christiana in Norway. Rankin, Thos., Esq.—Account of a halo, paraselcne, and remarkable aurora borealis. Dolland, G., Esq.—On an atmospheric recorder. Childers, W. NV., Esq.—On the meteorology of Jersey. SECTION 8. - CHEMICAL SCIENCE, INCLUDING ITS APPLI CATION TO AGRICULTURE AND THE ARTS. Forchammer, Professor—On comparative analytical researches on sea water. Oersted, H. C., Professor—On the changes which mercury sometimes suffers in glass vessels hermetically sealed. Rose, IL, Professor—On a second new metal (pelo plum) in the Tantalite of Bavaria. Leeson, Dr.—On the crystallography and a new goniometer, illustrated by apparatus and models. Connell, Professor —Analysis of the American nema lite. The house commands a beautiful view of the sea and line of coast, has a south aspect, and is well screened by the plantations from the east wind. It contains spacious dining, drawing, and morning rooms, fimr good family bed-rooms, four servants' bed-rooms, several excel. lent closets, two kitchens, twa water-closets, and two staircases, besides a scullery, butler's pantry, and other conveniences. It is also well supplied both with hard and soft water, from a well and cistern on the premises ; and Is ready fi,r immediate occupancy. Any person desirous of possessing a Marine Villa Residence, would find the present a valuable opportunity, as the house was recently erected by the late occupier for her own residence, In a substantial manner, with the best materials, and its situation is unexceptionable, having the advantave of easy access through the gardens and grounds, to the Sands and Cliff Bridge. Scholarships, Prizes, &c.—At the end of the Winter Session the annual Examination will be held for a Scholarship, of the value of 451. a-year, and tenable for three years. The Examination for the Wix, Bentley, and Collegiate Prizes, and those of all the Classes for Prizes and Certificates of Merit, will take place at the same thee. Further information tray be obtained from any of the Medical or Surgical Officers or Lecturers, on application at the Anatomical Museum, or the Library of the College. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL LONDON. Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances aita Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the ;premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. For further- particulars, - and to view the property, apply to Mr. Joseph B. Baker, wine merchant, or to 3lessrs. ILESP and IJPPLEBY, solicitors, Scarborough Scarborough, Sept. 14, 1846. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remartable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual Investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. INVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK 'II,',I ji_ LNG MODELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as 5. Bonus j Bonus in g• g• Assured' well as the Visitrs ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION) cn , Premium. g,,' added. ' Cash. r.• E," may are respectfully incurmed that the Directors have given their anxious P 7 , 1,5 ; g Borrow. consideration ,tEctitl,l, _tothe new a , pg l in b t e rr. ent of DEMONSTRATO RtOth4 tt i t i e t 1 -,- 1 S whose duty to explain Visitors Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and 4 £S. d . 1 1837.£217 15 I £lOO 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0 simplicity. Th e L ec t ures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE- 1838; 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 GRAPH, as well as other objects of present interest. The beautiful 60 1000 3 4 1839 1 165 11 10 74 19' 11 3 1 i 346 2 3 Optical Exhibitions, &c. &c. 1- Daubeny, Dr.—On Cavendish's experiment respecting he production of nitric acid. Percy, Dr., and Miller, Professor—Report on crystal ine slags. _ Gassiot, J. P., Esq., F.R.S.—On the electricity of .ension in the voltaic battery. F !1837,' " 18.18 60 1000 3 4 j 1839 18401 'l3lll . ' 1£21715 I£loo 011£16 0 4'£445 0 0 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 165 11 10 74 1 9 i 11 3 1' 346 2 3 116 7 6 54 010 718 10, 1 296 13 4 111 6 8 49 10 1:1 710 4, 247 4 5 SECTION C.-GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Buckland, Very R'v. Dr.—On the applicability of M. Fauvelle's mode of boring artesian wells to the well at Southampton, and to other wells, and sinkings for coal, salt, and other mineral beds. Forbes, Professor E.—On some natural history phe nomena bearing on geology, observed since the last meeting. Forchhammer, Dr.—On arctic currents, as exhibited in the distribution of the north drift. Jukes, J. 8., F.G.S.—Notice of some tertiary rocks in the Islands, stretching from Java to Timor. Ditto—Sketch of the geological structure of Australia. SECTION D. - ZOOLOGY ♦ND BOTANY. Owen, Professor—On the vertebral structure of the skull. Thompson, Mr. W.—Zoology of Lough Neagh (the entomological part by Mr. Halliday). Portlock, Captain—On the natural history of Corfu. Allman, Professor—On the structure of Christatella mucedo. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CANIROUX, Secretary. COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC POR TRAITS by the improved process which Mr. BE ARD (the sole Patentee of the Daguerreotye), has recently introduced, are taken daily at 85, King William street, City; 34, Parlament-street, Westminster; and at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent street. U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. • Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. • DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG TIIE ASSURED. " We have been much pleased with the inspection ofsome portraits taken by Mr. Beard. They exhibit a degree of boldness, and stand ut with a relief greatly desiderated in all the earliest specimens ; while the method of colouring renders them agreeable and life like." —Times. . JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman HANANEI. DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. Hamilton B. Avarne, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq. Edward Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Assistant- John Ritchie, Esq. Resident I F. H. Thomson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Surgeon—F. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, l3erners-street. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid. up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since Its commencement in 1834, its animal income being upwards of 82,1001. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent, per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class from the time they were effected. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De camber, 1840, is as follows: Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. £5,000 •• 6 years 10 months .... £683 6 8 5,000 •• 6 years .... . GOO 0 0 5,000 .... • ... 4 years ........ •..... 400 0 0 .5,000 .....• •• 2 years .............. 200 0 0 The premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years, where the insu rance is for life. iEvery information "will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. HOT WEATHER.- TRAVELLING-.-SEA SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at 22, Cornliill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and the chief Llama Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." REMOVAL. D." : R. CULVERWELL has REMOVED to No. 10, ARGYLL-PLACE. EGENT-STREET, (leading to Great Marlborough-street,) where he may be consulted, as usual, Daily till Three, and in the Evening front Seven till Nine ; and where also his several publications, of which entirely new and en larged editions have recently been published, may be obtained. Owen, Professor—On the embryogeny of pulmogrades and ciliogrades, by Mr. J. Price. SECTION F.-STATISTICS. Guy, Dr.—On statistics of life in professional men. Neeld, Mr.—Report on the criminal and miscellaneous statistics of the police in Manchester. Knowles, Mr.— On the supply of coal in Great Britain. Porter, Mr. G. R.---Report on the iron manufacture of Great Britain. TO be PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause of " BATTEN v. PARFITT," with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the White Hart Inn, Glastonbury, in the county of Somerset, on Trtuasomt, the 24th day of September, 1846, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, in 13 lots. SECTION G.- MECHANICS. A FREEHOLD ESTATE, called the GLASTONBURY PARK ESTATE, comprising a farm-house and buildings, and about 170 acres of arable, meadow, and pasture ground, including Weary-All- Hill, situate in the united parishes of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Benedict Glastonbury, in the Eastern Division of the County of Somerset. Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be obtained (gratis) at the said Master's office, in Southampton-buildings, Chan cery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Clowes, Wedlake, and Co., 10, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; of Mr. John Batten, jun., Yeovil ; of Messrs. Wiglesworth, Ridsdale, and Co., 5, Gray's Inn-square, London ; of Mr. Raven, 2, King's Bench-walk, London ; of Messrs. Newman and Lyon, solicitors, Yeovil; of Mr. Short, -solici tor, Bristol; of Mr. Pratt, solicitor, Glastonbury; of Messrs. Clark, Gray, and Wooecock, 20, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; of Messrs. Cooke and Sons, solicitors, Bristol; at the Commercial It )oins, Bris• tol ; the White Hart Inn, Bath ; the Castle Inn, Taunton ; the Cla rence Inn, Bridgewater , the Swan Inn, Wells ; and at the place cf sale. Sharp, Mr.—On gas meters. Ricardo, Mr. M.—A description and models of self• registering mechanism for recording the velocity and resistance of railway trains. Fairbairn, Mr.—Gave a short account of the experi ments in connexion with the proposed tubular bridges across the Conway and Menai Straits. The subject will be renewed to-morrow, Tuesday, the 15th inst. Russell, Mr. Scott.—Account of some recent experi ments on railway trains, for the determination of the resistance at high velocities. The estate may be viewed on application to Mr. Thomas Comer, at the farm-house ; or to Mr. A. Bailey, at the White Hart Inn, Glastonbury. CLONES, WEDLAKE, and CLONES, Temple, London, ' ' Plaintiff's Agents, COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday the first Court after the holidays was held. THE Lon]) MAYOR—CONSERVANCY OF TEE UPPER PART OF THE THAMES. The report of the Lord Mayor's visit to Oxford, and his conservancy trip in the western district within his jurisdiction, was brought up and read. The following are extracts. We exclude a good deal of matter descriptive of the exceedingly warm reception given to his Lordship and the numerous party by which he was accompanied, at Oxford and other places to which the visit was extended. After having described the ele gant hospitality with which Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, of Baceldun House, entertained his Lordship a nd pa r ty, the report in substance goes on thus:— On Friday morning, the 7th of August, the Lord Mayor was joined at Reading by Thomas Raymond Barker, Esq., the chairman of the commissioners of the Thames navigation, and also by the Mayor of Reading, and embarked on board the state barge soon after eight o'clock. A large number of the inhabitants of the town were assembled on the banks to witness his Lordship's departure, and a considerable company were on board a barge decorated with flags and garlands of flowers, and attended by a band of music, who accom panied the Lord Mayor nearly as far as Henley. During the progress down the river Mr. Barker ex plained to the Lord Mayor the various works for the improvement of the navigation which had been executed by the commissioners since Alderman Wilson's view, and particularly the new bridge and high towing-bridge just completed above Henley. . . ...... It appears that the Kennet and Avon Canal is now used in preference to the Thames and Severn Canal, as a more desirable communication between London and Bristol, in consequence of the present improved state of the navigation in the upper districts, and when the import ance of trade, by rail and navigation, between the cities of London and Bristol, and the adjoining counties and districts, is duly considered, and how essential it is to the interests of all parties concerned that every facility should be afforded to retain and, if possible, increase the same, which can only be done by maintaining the line in the most efficient state, and by suitable modification and reduction of tolls where it presses heavily on the public, it becomes obvious that surveys of a similar natura to the present, having for their view those desirable objects, are requisite and important, as well as tend to keep up a friendly communication and in tercourse between the local commissioners and the magistrates of the Corporation of London, who, by virtue of their office, under the authority of Parlia ment, are likewise commissioners of the upper districts of the river Thames as before stated. The Lord Mayor, as conservator of the river Thames, feels it his duty to draw the particular attention of the court to the various Acts of Parliament which have been passed from time to time for the improvement of the navigation of the rivers Thames and Isis, and more particularly those of the 11th Geo. 111., cap. 45, and the 35th Geo. 111., cap. 106, under the provisions of which the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London for the time being are constituted and appointed Commissioners of the upper districts from the City of London to the town of Crick lade, in the county of Wilts, feeling fully confident that unless the navigation in those districts is properly at tended to, the locks and other works kept in good order and repair, and suitable reductions made in the tolls and lock-charges, it will be impossible for the barge-owners successfully to compete with the carriage of goods and merchandise by means of railway, and that consequently all interests connected with the above portion of this noble river must be most seriously affected, if not ulti mately destroyed. His Lordship cannot refrain from alluding to the statement of the Chairman of the Com missioners as to the necessity of reducing the tolls on the whole line, and his hope that the private lockholders would consent to an unanimous scale ld er m A e l n r : of reduced tolls throughout the whole navigation. BTahrekeLordßarker t that a A t I ay o himself has and dw his t report brethren, t he a he assurede a wwhouenldevreeraditilywaats ou tei t i h dt g h h e t their meeting of attendance, assistance would in any way tend to promote the interest, th eco m m advice, icommissioners o r r s e or render any benefit to the navigation of the river. The Lord Mayor feels he cannot conclude this report without expressing his approbation of the general state of the work, both in the upper and the city districts, and of the improvements now being carried out for the further benefit of the navigation ; and he avails himself of the present opportunity of conveying the assurance of the commissioners (as expressed by their chairman) of their satisfaction at visits like the present, which ma terially tend to keep up that mutual good understanding and friendship between all parties connected with the navigation of the river Thames. The Lord Mayor hay. ing received from the town-clerk of Oxford a statement of their proceedings at the coronation of King Charles the Second, on their claim to attend with the citizens & London and assist in the King's butlerage upon that occasion, on which they expressed in high terms the attention they experienced from the mayor and alder men of London, his Lordship annexed this document to the report. SUB• SECTION OF ETHNOLOGY. Jukes, J. 8., Esq.—On the aborigines of Newfound land. Latham, Dr. R. G.—Remarks on a Newfoundland vocabulary. Jukes, J. 8., Esq.—Varieties of the human race in the neighbourhood of Torres Straits. Port Essington —On the inhabitants of Port Essington. Davies, H. 8., Esq.—On the Tasmanians. Von Middendorf, Professor—Ethnolvical notes on Siberia. Brien, Captain—On the Africans of the neighbour hood of Bonny. Freeman, ltev. T. B.—On the inhabitants of Prince's Island. Retzius, Professor —On the ethnological distribution of ronnd and elongated crania. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WEST RIDING UNION. The first general ordinary meeting of shareholders in the West Riding Union district of railways, was held on Monday, at the large room of the White Lion Hotel, Halifax. Upon the motion of Mr. G. POLLAND, 11. W. Wick ham, Esq., took the chair. Mr. OTTLEY, the secretary, read the report of the directors, which glanced at the formation and progress of the company. In the last stages the supporters of the West Riding Union Railways received an unfavour able reverse at the hand of the Standing Orders' Com mittee, and it required the greatest exertion of the Manchester and Leeds directors and the Members of Parliament for the borough and the riding to obtain a second reading before the Committee. In the end the directors of this company conceded terms to the Liver pool and Leeds Company, whereby the opposition of that company was withdrawn. The Bill was next opposed by the Huddersfield and Manchester Company, who applied for a branch to Bradford, which was a vital part of the West Riding scheme; but their application was unanimously rejected. The directors reported that it was the opinion of Mr. Robert Stephenson and Mr. Randshaw that the project of the company, as at present sanctioned by Parliament, was more complete than any of the rival schemes brought forward last year; and those gentlemen were of opinion that the directors acted properly in withdrawing from their original scheme. The capital of the company was two millions, in 100,000 shares of 201. Of these the number of 29,070 had been allotted to the Manchester and Leeds Company, 29,070 to the scripholders in the late West Riding Junction Company, 29,070 to the late West Yorkshire Company, 9,375 to the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Company, and 3,417 in part dis charge of 12,000 shares agreed to be given to the Liver pool and Leeds Company, and the residue of the 12,000 shares to be borrowed from the Manchester and Leeds Company. The total length of the lines, including three short works, is 451, and the sum of 194,7111 95. 10d. had been received in deposits. The directors were not able to state the exact liabilities of the company; but the following was as near the mark as possible:— Deposits received with interest Disbursements paid for land, engineering, Sce. £27,283 Property at Bradford .., 2,773 Interest due to Mr. Wright.... £30,964 Balance in hand The directors expected to be able to cut the first sod of the railways at the latter end of October, and the Right Honourable Charles Wood, .M.P., had been requested to perform the ceremony, The whole of the shares of the company would be conveyed to the Manchester and Leeds Company on the 18th of November, and Manches ter and Leeds scrip would be issued for the same. It would be necessary to adjourn the present meeting, to affix the seal of th e company on the register of proprie tors ; and it was proposed to adjourn the meeting to the 17th of November next. The meeting would also have to appoint auditors, and the directors recommended Me,srs. Rawdon, Briggs, and William Walker to the office. The CHAIRMAN next briefly addressed the meetin g offering his sinc e r e congra t u l at i ons on t h e result of their, labours. They had had a very arduous battle to fight, and the district had been anxiously expecting the forma tion of those lines o f ra il wa y. He bel ieved that the lines which had been adopted by the engineer to th e West Riding Union had given general satisfaction to u tot confidence been t he i n the people in the different districts. Consequently th e directors did expect on their arrival in London to h ave the this had os t m n case.an easy T gamehe They had, beforethem, h oweverfelt but the correctness of their. books of reference, which had been compiled with great labour and care. After paying a compliment to Mr. Hawkshaw, the Chairman stated that in a short time this company would be amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Company, thi s company having the advantage of receiving dividends upon any of the lines as soon as they were completed, and he bad no doubt but that the result would be increased returns to both companies. It was intended to proceed with the works with all possible dispatch. Some of the tunnels would be immediately commenced, as they would be a work of considerable time, and the lines leading to them would be commenced afterwards. The object of the directors, however, was to start every main line, in order that the 33,000 inhabitants of the district might receive the benefit of railway accommodation at the earliest pos: sible period.—(Applause.) He should be happy to answer any question that might be put to him. A SHAREHOLDER asked the Chairman whether one remark which he had made was not at va r i ance w i t h t h e M anc hester and Leeds policy. It appeared that they were going to have the branches of the West Riding Union scheme commenced all at once. When they took into consideration the amount of capital that would have THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED.—Six marriages were solemnised at our parish, church on Sunday last and, out of the twelve newly-married persons, only one could write his name. Of the twelve witnesses to the ceremony not one could write. Thus, of twenty-foul whose signatures should be in the register, twenty-three had to affix marks, --Preston Chronicle. 0 1 1 11 1 1 r • - -•• _ - e I e • *-• a s . • • • • ,P 4 .• .. • • r e • , . ' ' . at]. • 2y , r 4, N'S i; - ; 4 1 1.,0 ""1.„ • _.-.< 4 9; I i • ,7 4 - 4 •• • ; i • `,. r4t• - • , ••* - 'tt \ 1 • 4') I .1•CrO \`' •-- I • - ) • fts - 71 ' () TR t I . 1 - "' bit ori •A _ `-••• -"" • 111\ • c,e_ . _ to be called, he thought that they would be doing in three years that which ought to occupy them a quarter of a century. He thought very highly of the lines, and that they would pay a remunerating profit to the Man chester and Leeds Railway. The CIIAIR3TANT said it was not the wish of the direc tors to press heavily on any shareholder. They would not make any call before the end of February or the beginning of March, and he believed that the amount of that call would not be more than 21. per share, and he believed further, that not mere than 2/. per share more would be required throughout the next year. The branch from Huddersfield to Bradford would be a profitable one, and between Halifax to Bradford there would be consi derable traffie.---_(Applause.) Metsrs. Briggs and Walker were appointed auditors. EXETER LINES. The railroad question still maintains an unabated in terest in this good city. The county, both east and west, has been seized on by the surveyors, and rumour is active in preparing the public mind for an extraordinary development of projects both broad and narrow, to occupy the attention of the forthcoming session of Par liament. The Great Western Company are suddenly enamoured of a short line, and claim a right to put the best gauge upon the shortest route. The South-Western Company are prepared to meet them with a comprehen sive narrow gauge project, which shall study the require ments of the whole western district of country. The several companies which appeared in connexion with the South-Western last year, are now to be merged into a South-Western Extension Company, which will be iden tified with the South-Western itself, and the stock of the old companies is probably to be exchanged for the South-Western Extension stock. Negotiations to effect this arrangement are, we understand, now pending. The Great Western have been taught a severe lesson. They have learnt that a cathedral city is not to be so easily extinguished as some of their flatterers imagined, andthata community of some 40,000 souls possesses a means of operating on public opinion (especially when it has justice and common sense on its side) with a degree of effectiveness and power which even a great company cannot afford to despise. It is unnecessary now to ask if a line of railway preferring the northern coast a s muc h as it well can on it s roa d to Exeter, and thence crossing to the south coast, and hugging that from Exeter to Plymouth, and thence to Falmouth, can be received as the sole trunk line of the west ? Common sense answers that it cannot. The Great Western Company have a right to indulge in a great roundabout propensity. They have a right to neutralise the merits of their gauge by the circuitousness of their route—they have a right to clap ten miles of way upon the natural distance between Exeter and Plymouth (considering perhaps that now our good bishop talks of beginning to think about coming back to his palace a few years hence, the further these two towns can be placed apart the better)—the great company have a right to outrage common sense, and to set at nought public feeling, and to scorn local advice, and turn a deaf ear to local appeals—but having neg lected to take the straight path, and to construct the trunk line of the West of England, they have no right to stand as obstructives in the way of persons ready and willing to do the work which it is their fault that it now remains to be done. The trunk line must ani will be made. The Great Western people have decided that it is to be a narrow gauge line, for they have steadfastly refused to make a broad gauge trunk line. Circumstances render a narrow gauge the best line, because the Legislature has deter mined to limit the extension of the broad gauge, and a narrow gauge line restoring to Exeter, in the first place, her old direct line of route to London, and the revival of her connexions with the several towns thereon—and in the second place connecting the great arsenals of the empire together, and placing the western port of Fal mouth in junction with London, Manchester, and the great marts of commerce, by an uninterrupted and un broken line of communication—all this, we say, will show the citizens of Exeter, and the community at large, the importance of supporting the direct line. 'With respect Co . the speed of the two gauges, let it be remembered that we are in the infancy of the atmos pheric system of traction, and that it is calculated that a speed of 75 miles an hour may be obtained upon it ; this rate of speed is frequently attained on the Croydon line, although the machinery was made with the imperfection necessarily attendant on inexperi ence. if the atmospheric succeed, the great charm of the broad gauge is lost, and the expen siveness of its construction will alone remain. The triumph of the atmospheric will be a tower of strength to the narrows, and that triumph the broad gaugers are doing their best to consummate. We are assured, on all sides, that the atmospheric principle is daily surmount ing the difficulties which novelty and inexperience en tailed upon it, and that when the South Devon line is opened with it, the locomotives will be banished. We should entrust the South-Western wit; stabsolute power as reluctantly as we should the Great Western. But it is due to the South-Western to say, that they have never outraged public opinion so offensively as the Great Western have ; nor have they disregarded local feeling so much ; whilst they ha ve s t u di e d th e f ee li ngs and comforts of the poor third-class passenger to a very eminent degree. We do not want to prefer one com pany to the other, we want to prefer both to either— give us the old direct road—and above all, give us com petition. - _ _ - The success of the atmospheric will equalise the 'peed of both the gauges.— 14'eston Times. HOP INTELLIGENCE. BECKLEY, SEPT. ] 2.—The hops are a little better than last week; they average about 65 bushels to the cwt. Duty estimated at 200,0001. BURWASH, SEPT. 12.—Hopping goes on vigorously; some planters, whose grounds have been cleared pretty fast, will finish in a few days. Many plantations are be ginning now to indicate the necessity of proceeding with the . picking as fast as possible; a high temperature is pro ducing a rapid change in them. The weight of the hops has improved a little during the past week. Opinions here are against the present high estimate of duty. Ex perienced planters will keep their produce at present out of the market, in the belief that better prices than those now prevailing will be realised. E;STROATI3LY, SEPT. 12.—The hop-picking here abouts is proceeding rapidly. Never was weather more favourable for the pickers; in many instances their la bours have been brought to a close, and the poles stripped and stacked, which gives to the gardens a very winterly appearance. Many have still a fortnight's picking, but we fear by that time the quality of the hop will be much deteriorated. The weight in general about here will come far short of what was at one time expected, but the number of bushels grown doubtless far exceeds that of many years past, in some instances supassing the num ber of hills on which they were grown. GOODHURST, SEPT. 12.—We are progressing very nicely with our hop-picking, getting more bushels than we expected, but not any more in weight; some pieces Are going off very much in colour, in consequence of the severe drought; there will be but very few more good coloured samples. The duty is considered too high at 200,0001. G UESTLING, SEPT. 12.—The hops in this and the neighbouring parishes are very large and plentiful. At many places pickers are obliged to leave off before night, in consequence of getting more hops than the oast can take. Samples are very good, but require 70 to 75 bushels per cwt. HousmoNDEN, SEPT. 13.—We have a general com plaint that the hops do not weigh well, though the number of bushels anticipated is in most cases realised. There are some splendid samples produced in this parish, but at present prices we trust our planters will not be so insane as to part with their hops, as from the great deficiency in their weight we think the duty very much overset. HURSTCUEEN, SEPT. 13.—The hop-picking is draw ing to a dose in this parish, Salehurst, and adjoining parish, Etchingham ; many of the farmers will finish this week. The hops still continue very light-70 or 80 bushels to the cwt.; and the general opinion is that the duty is estimated too high in London ; the set here is about 185,000/. IDEN, SEPT.I2.—The hops are a little improved since my last report, as it does not require so many bushels to the cwt. as they hitherto have done. MAYFIELD, SEPT. 13.—The picking goes on rapidly. The weather still favourable for the planter. Never was there a finer season. Should the fine weather pre. vail another week or ten days, it will be brought to a close. In some instances the red rust has got hold of the hop, but not sufficient to injure the samples; and they weigh considerably better than at th e commence. went of the hop pickin g . Do not consider the duty over set. NORTHIAM, SEPT. 12.—The hops weigh a trifle bet ter than they did at the commencement of the hop pick ing, but they are still light; we hear of none coming under seventy bushels to the cwt. The picking will pretty generally close this week. In many grounds the hops are going off very fast. WADHURST, SEPT. 13.—Hop-picking still goes on most favourably, owing to the fineness of the weather, but the hops do not weigh much better than last week. One gentleman's hops run about 65, whilst others re quire 75 bushels to make a cwt. We have plenty of pickers, and the consequence is they do not work long days, as was the case last year, which makes them rather dissatisfied, many of them coming from a great distance. Duty set at 195,0001., and many eminent planters think that too high, as some of the hops were picked before the condition had arrived at its maturity. The mould makes sad havoc in some few instances. — Sussex Advertiser. The young Prince de Montfort, second son of Jerome Buonaparte, and nephew of the King of Wurtemburg, arrived in London on Saturday last. He proceeded immediately to Bath, where he intends to visit his cousin, Prince Napoleon Louis. It is known that, by the death of Louis Buonaparte, ex-King of Holland, the chief representative of the Imperial family, is now the ex-prisoner of Ham, Prince Napoleon Louis. There is now exhibiting at ' Valencia, says the Espanol of Madrid of the sth, a child 14 months old, half of whose body is black and half white, covered with ex traordinary marks. 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T HE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved To be had at the Patentees, GO, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross. The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following facts, Ile advantages resulting from the invention are various and striking. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com bustion is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects or soils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have made to the introduction of gas in dwellim - -houses, to the expense of fittings;to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS ltultsEa." 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The air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was heated, and passed Out by two Series of fire-holes around the periphery, and Impinging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with the carbdretted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, The flame was quite whltedown the top of the burner, was very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption -Of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a better light, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. POLYTECHNIC CHEMICAL SCHOOL.—" In testing Clark, 'llfe .Niell, and Co,'s Universal Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless turners, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 to 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROIIT. 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M. subjoins Mr. L's letter to his late Patrons, with many thanks for the liberal support he has already received from them : " I. Ibbotson avails himself of this opportunity to return his sincere thanks for the long-continued kind patronage he has received, and at the same time begs leave to say, that if it should please his patrons to confer the same on Mr. Markwell, of Long's llotel, Bond-street, where he i§ convinced every attention will be shown, it would add to the many favours hitherto conferred upon him. " Ibbotson's llotel, Were-street, Jan. 1, 1846." _ 7 PRICE SD. 'L • • k •-• • • ;* • • • ~~ ~~~ i // ~~i/ '' -_s~~ ~~~~/~ RN zo,raLn IttARRIA4V With 1; . 40 aittlit"h a • - - 4.. a mint, say that they a area most provoking peopi~, They are always a day too late for action. They quietly allow themselves to be circumvented, and then affect the utmost indignation and surprise when they find them selves at the mercy of a stranger. To be sure, they do more than aff ec t i n di gnat i on ; they are.apt to give it even a too genuine and actual expression. He who en traps a Spaniard, to use a proverb which San - Cho Panza would doubtless have expressed in the idiom of La Mancha, has only succeeded in " catching te Tartar." His work is to come. The most furious and practical vengeance, hoWever, makes but poor amends for an evil which might have been prevented. Spain knows too well whom it has to thank for the unfartunatealapse it now so vehemently deplores. It knows how little satis faction the progress of Spanish affairs can possibly have given to England for several years. Vallat-eneoiiriige rne.nt was there for us to interfere ? Na t'. what possibi lity? What right had we to step in anti dictate to Spain an utter renunciation of the blood royal of France ? Spain is net like the Celestial Empire, secluded from "barbarian " intercourse,and restricted to the immediate kindred of the moon for its imperial alliances. It, is one of' the European family, and, like the other members of that family, it has good reason t o d es i re fur its princes foreign, rat h er than domestic, intermarriage. The question then re mains, " Who are the Infhntas of Spain to marry ?" Spain is a nation, and the Spaniards are men. It is for them to answer the question. Spain will soon or late assert and maintain its independence of action. Woe to the nation that attempts to interfere! Had we volun teered ever so judicious advice at this junc'ure, had we seconded that advice with the necessary amount of im portunity, intrigue, and intimidation, and had the result es. r so thoroughly .aistified our wisdom and honesty a we shou'd still have inflicted an incurable wound on jealous Castilian pride. Where nations are concerned, the greater the kindness the less the obligatio n , At :the very moment that this question came on Spain was in the attitude of a marked and energetic ind- petitioner, as far as this country was concerned. We positively have had no more to do with the present state of affairs at Madrid than with those mysterious revolutions which the palaces of St. Petersaurgh will sometimes accomplish with so much celerity and effect. We were invited when our services were required, and dismissed, with scarcely the civility of a bow, the moment that Spanish liberty thought it could do without us. So far from taking umbrage at this cavalier treatment—not withstanding the serious cost and scandal of the support we rendered to the throne of Isabella—notwithstanding the fact that Spanish liberty is a defaulter to a .prodi gious amount on the British Exchange, we can still con sole ourselves by remembering that, at all events, Spain is governing herself. Self-government is a sacred prin ciple in England. We forget all sacrifices, we endure.all ingratitude, when we hear that a nation is free and inde pendent. To diffuse over the world the constitutional liberty we enjoy is the height of our simple ambition. We had once the consolation of believing that we had -im parted that liberty to Spain. Fait Ilium. That consolation is no more. Have we no right to feel aggrieved? . Had we no claim to be consulted? The King of the French and his own Ambassador shall answer this question. If his Majesty has not done us an injury, why does he adopt so gratuitously the appearance of an il licit transaction? The man whose hour is the midnight, whose entrance is the back lane, and whose implements .are the dark-lantern and the bar, we may be well assured is conscious of some impropriety in his errand. Louis Philippe is the very worst consulter of appear anCes in the world if he has not committed a crime against Europe. Go to Madrid. Who is this that slips out of the palace at seven o'clock in the morning, so early for business, so late for festivities? What orgies have been celebrated in the domicile of two royal maidens for whose safety the chivalry of Europe is en gaged? There are gentlemen in the French metropolis who derive the distinctive name of their peculiar indus try from the unembarrassed air with which they walk out of a house early in the morning, after speeding the night in appropriating the flower of its contents. This man is a Frenchman. Is he one of the class ? The chevalier d'industrie who is practising on the sim plicity of the natives of Spain is no less a person than the accredited and most confidential agent of a great King. He carries off an Infanta in his sack. Couriers and telegraphs, and the still speedier movements of that infallible sympathy which plays between the soul of am bitien and its instruments, inform Louis Philippe of his prize. The that thus far accomplished, the Spanish people is at liberty to know what Christina and the French Ambassador have done with its Sovereign and the presumptive heir to the throne. If it. has the curiosity, at o, to inquire into the means, it may learn a few particulars which possess now no more than a merely historical interest. But between Louis Philippe and Christina the matter is settled. That is enough for Spain. We are not unreasonable in questioning that which invites suspicion. Does the etiquette of royal marriages in Spain enjoin the formalities of a bur glary ? Unfortunately everything that one hears tills out the character which the authors themselves have impressed on the act. Two little girls in the heart of a palace, importuned, cajoled, beleagured, msnaced, and no mortal man can say what besides, by a Christina and a M. Bresson, for days and for nights, till they should surrender, present a drama which would not be attempted in any other country than Spain, and which no other than Spain would endure. We, indeed, are accustomed to midnight consultations, but it is when hundreds are arrayed against hundreds, men against men, in the manly arena of a popular senate. No British statesman can pretend to a parallel with th 3 nocturnal triumphs of this diplomatic Lothario, nor say with him— " Once, in a lone and secret hour of night, When ev'ry eye was closed, and the pale moon And stars alone shone conscious of the theft, . Haply I stole unheeded to her chamber. That minute sure was lucky." But the same colour of artifice, and something even worse, extends to every circumstance of the affair. The time of the year was happily chosen, when neither the British nor •the French Parliament was sitting. The former had almost that very day closed its long annual labour. The whole representative system of Europe was in abeyance. Cabinets were dispersed. Public men of every class, worn out with the busiest year that the chronicles of peace ever showed, were off to rustications and tours. The world was from home. There was one who surveyed the political solitude, as other men, not more ingenious in their line, will survey at this moment one of our west-end mansions. That was his time. The work might then be done and digested by Parlia ments, Chambers, and Cortes at their leisure. The British Legislature would have been formidable; but, in February, how many other affairs will have overlaid a marriage in Spain! As for the British Cabinet, so long as they had no absolute right:to forbid the banns, what mattered their dumb, or at least inefficacious disgust ? It is out of the question to mention another party, whose acquiescence, if not approbation, might have been desi derated. The name of Queen Victoria belongs to a very different order of things than the clandestine affair at Madrid. The Spanish have put themselves almost last in the question. Valenti non fit injuria. If they really in tend to receive the blow, they almost disarm their foreign protectors. Still, friendship, unavailing and un appreciated as it may be, requires us to mention how Spain has been treated. Is there the least, the hollowest pretence, that this alliance is tolerable to the nation? We say not the employes, but the nation. The Cortes will soon be convoked. The harangues of that debating society, so respectable if it had only something to do, will be duly recorded, under Ministerial correction, in the journals of Madrid. With these harangues the mat ter will end. Louis Philippe knows with whom he has to deal in that quarter. They do not excite very lively apprehensions. It there is an error in the policy of France it is that its estimate of Spain is too clearly re vealed. But perhaps this is superfluous criticism. An indignity which is swallowed cannot be considered very impolitic. Other nations may f e el for Spain, but what is that when Spain does not f e el for herself? liott l her sensibilities be excited to an inconvenient Pit* recalledbehold situation iasrvaatehzan d.l to heFre h n is po chh s n a ow l h 'h o e mwteon thelao; by, T a he w h e u a l p iy on ;ill T h h a e c a k • c u a p n adapt 4 . tAQ m a and n il(); v o t o the re e s n u d m . e thq abduc tion. Christina will return to Paris, and :Narvaez to Madrid. Montpensier will wait the consolidation of that " French party " of which the Spanish Minister has the courage to boast. Such is the new phase of Spanish affairs. ALARMING ACCIDENT ON TILE BRANDLING JUNC TION RAILWAY.—SUNDERLAND, MONDAY NIGIIT.--This morning an accident of a very serious nature recurred on the above railway, which is a branch line of the York and Newcastle (late Newcastle and Darlington) Com pany. A variety of reports, most of them grossly exag gerating the occurrence, are afloat, but the following particulars may be relied upon, having been collected from parties who witnessed the accident, and other authentic sources :—The half past five down train from Newcastle left Gateshead station for Sunderland as usual. It proceeded safely, and without the least danger being indicated, until it arrived between Ful well and Cleadon, about two mi!es from the Monk wearmouth terminus, and near a farm-house called the Blue-house. Here the connecting rod of the locomotive engine snapped in two; one of the pieces was forced into the ground, and the engine and tender were thrown off the rails, on the west side of the road, a short dis tance from the way. The chain by which the carriages were fastened instantly broke, and by the violence of the jerk these were forced off the line, on the east side of the road, and two of them fell completely over. The carriages fell on some stone blocks or sleepers, which had been taken out to have wood sleepers substituted, and were smashed to pieces. In the train altogether there were eight carriages, six of which did not receive any damage. The guard was seated on the top of the latter, and he retained his seat until the train wai brought, to rest. When he .got off he saw the fireman, a young man named Joseph Henderson, lying on a stone block, having been thrown from the tender. He was severely bruised about his shoulder and neck. The engineman, Richard Hall, was next found lying at the end of the engine, in a state of insensi. bility, with his head seriously cut, and his body scalded. The passengers fortunately were few, owing to the early hour at which the train started —not numbering more than eight altogether, and of these only two, a boy and an old woman, were in the broken carriages. They .were, found lying in the bottom of the carriages in a state of great terror, but, happily, beyond the shock they had not received any injury. The two poor fellows, Hall and Henderson, were removed to Sunderland in a cart, and taken -to a house in Thomas -street, where medical assistance was provided for them. Hall is so severely injured that he is not expected to recover; Henderson was doing well when the latest inquiries were made, although by no means out of danger. Had this accident happened to any train on Sunday, in all probability many lives would h ave b een sacr ifi ce d. To STAR GAZERS.--The _planet Saturn is now visible on clear nights, in the south-eastern quarter o the heavens between ten and eleven o'clock.