The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-09 00:00:00

"~~ , y~ ~jf ...I'f----A..---4e'( /- ~~~ i G v ~~/ ,_'-- ~ - ` l:2 f F‘2 i `" ABLE IsTAVIGATION.—Notice is hereby ,sel,,,n mi.+ 4:N4i ~-, ~:, HAT.I"-YEARLY fIENERAL MEPTIN , I of tbLetiarm.c.„,AvmarioN Low. tN V will be held at tl -, , , i st r m oey i 'talks, I'reston, in the county of Lancaster. , % It , e 2 9th day of January instant , at Eleven o'clock ii. ~ ie htit ell,lllb. E• RAYHOCK, Secretary to the said Company. ule t ile AST 1 Navigation Office, Jan. 2, 1E446. 4EREITAM and NEWARK DIRECT c. eunitt ee RAILWAY. 14c et s eri of Management hereby give notice t t o he t s h a o m se e .Ir4l4 " , tll t e i tt tl i lis C. InP"). who have not ... sent in k i „ ( tsi tnittee . t cannot be received after the 15th Instant. '' t the sa will tbert proceed to declare such shares forfeited, 4,,_ _ , 1 :14e to other parties. January'l3" Order, JOHN C. NORTON, Secretary. .'"4 6,1846. beta ° ar too , 0 precious me of the l at l r iO ig of altenrc_g v catch tbero ;p :11 have Mich 140.0., c ts up in ° to II y aYe ev ery "ar r, as soon 0 'e have not 21it,1 We have Sl ott . , Salford , And via i o more toepetolsbef,..„ would dare v ol . : 1 - h ,bject in WAR for that , : itr a k , titid A (L N D LYONS Rk IL WAY itry g- o r , w, AFFITTE'S COM A - -). - ,000 L, if woo 10 -ir kurs, ohave not received r theC I IIICU December last, may isUe. Vi re / ' b et _ 4 l O t4og coated this 3 o l A t ee D ; cer ' n be fu r r A ni ll sh il ed E N P vi O tr a ;ter When ,„, en a b a ci s i gned for o t l; ik ti;deliv ery a te t r the repayment obtaining constituted t e o purpose ° f Wed onl In fti s t • e y e , , j d a a n u . 6 , y, bet e w s e u e r n pl t u i s le depo deposits, are now per Cent' ° h ot , klqll3—at„wilLthe.hours of Eleven ~ AIIIE, Secretary. per. street, cit 1846 tents that , another Mali would 8110 aificatio s in the It , king . over He is vv , Aeague. cruse there hey saY , we hp s 'f o rs egister And ne w !rely show cave ou will do S. a, ° airman, so tit , n a nd 13146 r transacilj' _ Ful re f, S 4 l 4 lr oor, :ame ings borl ic E. 14 la airl " dso n, o ' t E as p s o t. e gitn- fs4;, Dav ie „ o p , r, oft : " ;rts, J. 4 '' fl 5 , the 51 ' roild' 14' /O. t,7„f LISBURY DIR L .xLLOTIIO 1-1 ENT N lOFA N N SH RAILWAY. EW ARES. hrvith the wishes of Shareholders who have not been ~ tit Maces named In the Letters of Allotment, the Com ire a uthorised to receive deposits till the 10th inst. hi, s e I heds will Lie for Signature at the Company's 0 4 Zees-street, Edinburgh, an .1 124, St. Vincent-street, 'fle 7th, Bth, 9th, and 10th instant; and 28, Par- Lo ndon Four 1111 , on, P. the M. 9th 10th, 12th, and 13th instant, ~, 1112 n n -'wirers of attorney will please to remember to have t am „ th 'or each person when sent to Edinburgh they ~!r attorney, David Rankine, the secretarr; when 4'bert Weetns, Parliamentary agent. By corder, _ D. RANKINE, Secretary. and LINCOLN RAILWA COMPANY. e.°,llllnittee have the satisfaction of annount under the arrano'ements which they - L a siern Counties Company, the deposit on ( .4'. l a„res, to which the holders of Cambridge de o l '" ,1 ! has been limited to les. per share. oi.noaninuttee have ascertained that the expenses . d e amount to 13s. 6d. per share, which d ec :osit on th e E astern C ount i es York Extet and : 41 , from the deaosits paid on the Cambridge 'lie balance will be returned to the Shareholt , 0 ,75 the new scrip, as follows :—The holders of 4t11,1711101 3 0s. have been paid, will receive 6s. p,:iket h . 3 ders of the new or extension shares, on w 5 ,Ileee„„r4ic. will receive 4s. per share. 4, 1 i 4 r3' that new Subscription Deeds be signed, *llleLg i ven, in the letters of allotment, of the ti "" e si gnatures will be received. HENRY BARNETT, Chairman C. P. RONEY, Secretary. 'et, Dec. 31, 1845. ` I34 E and LINCOLN RAILW. f• T COMPANY. ~45te 7 .,, ' s ing the Shares of tension this Crpany to ha be s C onies York Eension Shares ty -"' r" Sr of ,,AY, t 10 the P he r th of January next. - ovisional Committee. C. ;ter-s treet, Dec. 31, 18P. RONEY, Secretary. 45. 44 . '" -- -t,,. g it t , ~, ~,...4 timiblittel), is ", 11- OTTINGFI A M, and LONDON . 4h en, ler o. D IRECT RAILWAY. I .Toorgate-street, London, Jai. 7, 1346. ts t -ss th 411, Se c of Management have the p easure to state a h lC' t nod ee tions, and Books of Reference have been kOot t 4PAr o ,„ nu c t luly served, to secure the application to Par ii,lve ; otthan ng session for that portion of the line which 1'47 4. ile°kPliedarn to Chesterfield, lie competing lines for N 44 1% 1 4 1 8 : satigfa W e i t th the standine: orders. cir t cu . tnstances . tha t t o t d h o e in C g om so m t it h t e e v e 14 rt IN entered 441.8 f allotment Its sit en , but previous . , Or ,_cle m .„_ into an engagement immediately to pay into Zillealeh';'l'.. Upon their qualification as Directors, the 7 s,' be ~,' fi fty shares each ; and the Committee expressly iztsirl ghtre7.reholders for the return to them of the deposits, ki 4 ..0 'he event of the failure of the Bill in Parlia tilitkrek hat ne days thereafter. , h id e e 3 will be issued at the Offices of the Company, ' 0 441 4 4.18 Producing the banker's receipt for the deposit, 'lliki e '",arnentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, tb ~ before the 31st instant. ti, 8 --------____ H. F. ALSTON, Secretary. 1 M A 4 tti. 44,, CARLISLE, and YORKSHIRE ""°W UNION AMALGAMATED RAILWAY 9 . et)MAITTTEE OF MANAGEMENT. ..4,A74.,:taresford, Esq., M.P., Chairman. Ne kittlZYle n uk e WYvill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. )Es q ;• J. Middleton, Esq. 4 tloa, W. H. 0. Powlett, Esq. >i 'gel R. Robinson, Esq. G. P. Robinson, Esq. t4 c7'E e 5. T. Salkeld, Esq. J. Steel, Esq. the J. Underwood, Esq. , held af e„_ .2808.reholders of the Leeds and Carlisle Rail- NP '18e , the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on - " -6,, , -) the following resolutions were unanimously the th t he r en aa, and seconded by W. R. CoLLETT, b.,„" ) : 1 "1.,,, now Esq., M.P. '- - itio n `‘.old ers •„ read be adopted, printed, and circulated "f , 4 101 i•k'e -`l4 tliiiii,`-nN IsoN, Esq., and seconded by GIDEON trlioutt, Esq. : kokiZkide rie :' 'lf the P ropr i etors b e g i ven t o , the Directors, k of Nv;-; re posed in them be continued. ' _ and seconded by Jos. U. 104,1;aLtete otlitwOOD,' Esq. U ps h ej do th e eti ` ai ;! l. 4KS be awarded to the Chairman for his N I k --. ar e i . Da n aa ga „, tormed that a copy of the report of i t he t0,377.:,nt, With a map of the lines of the Ama Ner of h ad on application at the Company's offices. ~yn the Committee of Management, 10 0 . 413 WEBB, Secretary. kitet, aainghall-str4, L Pan C . 6 C , K 1846. sit ; q -14 accords ERI AN RAILWAY. Esta .,ethe ~nce with th e concess i on from h i s m a j es t y ,000 / •; ads, dated December 9, 1845. 6 " 00 Shares at 201. ste $ R ight Do sit 2/. sterling , per Share.rling per Share. DIRECTO RS . 44 tr ep, "urable the E ar l o f ESSEX , Ch a i rman. klO, 4 na ,„ ENGLISH. 14' 1 , 4 ;p8q.: c ‘ l an or O a k s, Sheffield iielEsa 'dwell Hall, Worcestershire h i pti Rethel-place, Camberwell r ' i t i " " , Gloucester-place, Portman-square 41 " ()f Crot ched-friars , th-in e Idg T ,orl, London. S", , ,il,anll arv ,_ FOREIGN. Nit Di e r nor of i,7 3 'ek, Knight of the Order of the Nether p,4 q v 1% 1. he I rovince of Drenthe, Member of the 1.. A iii„`' Of the Province of Gelder, Curator of the t i N . , 411 1 St.e, ho ith:ttt, of Oton' wl es Van Steenwyck, Knight of the Order of rresident of the Chamber of Nobles, Member n the (111ti.,,_lSreppel, ie, Rang&c.er of the Forests of th e P rov i nce o f lt„ • ~4 t it ie tii,r i ann Ittersurn, Chamberlain of his Majesty the Ch d• s+Knight of the Milit ar y O rder of William. N04",,1t t ,70er of Nobles and of the Estates of the Pro ts, k trail, Knight of the Order of the Netherlands 4,1,11%. BANKERS. E 4 F>li . 4 41; nd :! 1 and , chNiolas-lane, Lorabard-stre e t eo. tt l'Ai'''r t N., 17 BROKERS. ~IIett~ Esq, -street I , c T op hr th ogn il i a Q e rt ha ° m n hem Throxmorton-st t re c et iy. 141) Dickson, Esq., 6, King W . llliam i - o st e r o e n e I connexion able by this line are, uniting, i eC 4 , 11, 4 ap, , and Over Yssel Railways, through I t i h o r ll o a o n , d h , w ee th,;, an d commencing the shortest route - I' 4 con oftutch provinces of Drenthe and 0 ver .x Y m sSe . l s ar o e f ' 4 l, t hs "te f I, fams commanded. Seventy-si. iie Ntorti Dro,DeYeders to it, and other great advantages are 4 4411, 4 nY 0/ 4 ' l , ns, which may be had at the Company's X7 l ' end eii'Lleoe gentlemen abovementioned. `4114 oeiA„ nu nenced under the auspices of the Dutch *L4 °N. -en seve n h undred and eight hundred men 1 1t N t ''fill a 1 0 i k., 4 1.1t y rkii,,,,ention is th a t of the loom ! the`or t ,iro cur daily costume n th 01,1 this Portion of dress, Pi L it ofiliktken and 8 useful machine, more or less. rod n 'PnYr, of both sexes, assume th Co d by the work of the " Loom." hkid-D4 hi'ettoowork of the loom to be seen p ri l lthlYtitt n alst wij n Yott know what we mean), thousands have done -44t1ere°11,117.1, will ' you at b O e S , E w S ho a o nd yo S o O g N aze lii t , l , l 113 4 ; 1 ! which each' show-room displays. 4,,itr, 41 4111:1 1 1ay b c a il logs and boundless collection, . kos,„,.een.in its fullest perfection ; iex"t‘'.._choice cloths can you trace— A r . Ith'Yt t e„ . ;'" l. , --no fault in the face tpL , ltt t each piece in each room, „ ttisclltt,t;;lllsko`tttre .nated concerning the " Loom. le the t o Ogg, brightl dislay'd, mil, rnatohed in the trade ; 5117. 1 1tif;, 1 41e 3 , 0 ' and the atins as well, t ' l spa vi ew, We were made to excel !" t ' 4 01,1 with .t.k - th e the rainbow can vie, to ,to of ttk io t4 l a re tempted to buy. ,7 k r , 'Il k• boieziDeac.ne's rich vi rk et7,l3idane: Produ k ced by plume the " Loom ;" credi E. he Ll r t E c t i s E O 4 B 3 . E m S e and SON. et' Nb.,• •• • p r d.s. Qh`,°lo, i' , 'zi4nll . 3 . •' ••• • • f rom 8 6 a rnbr o v,,• • • • • ,....... la 6 0,420ett.......7, and every description of 14 4 1 eve r .; • • • • ... ...... .........., 5 0 t '44 stre ••••• • • • • ..... from 0 8 6 • ..... ••• • • 0 4 6 lte ~ eft ' tto 1 9 , Alse,. stilt. •• • 0 M ' V 'ere A L.. -.. ••••••• • • • • • - • 0 1 • o 2 3 6 git d ''ktM 'l4 34 1 , ••. • ...... .. 0 1 6 • ••. 'vs! ) , aTo m t ••••• • " " " a i‘ , h 4,: .. , style Asvax• el.p.lap, at Co. • ..... and shape, •handsomely r iliti;rl -. .iitt, ,: • ...... ••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 5 0 kt.„,. ..........,Yet collar and cuffs ...... 1 12 0 a , qt; 4 4 ,lltiZta, 1 4 ...... •. :• • • • . . ••• • • • • • • • .. .. . • o lil 6 , e ii). c •,... all th,, • ne • , ; • ...... ••••••• • • • • . • • 0 8 6 k 6 , qt'.. , 4,,i ..... Patterns ............ pl 2 0 kittqlt.."' 4° •. ....•••••••• •••••...... 0 19 6 t, kitty ~••• •••.. • • • ••••• .•••••• • • • • • • ... 1 6 0 0)t •• ' 4l ide "••• • • • • I 12 0 ilq Pea ty hs _• ...... ••••....••••• • • • • • • . . 2 15 0 lkiil,., plain i. - Lad e .. . ••• • • ...... ....•..• • • • .. I 13 0 ,4i°14.•••••• ..." ...... " •••••• •. • ... 3 3 0 qic, - '4l, aiitt T a lley .. • • • • : .. .. ............... i , 8 6 1 Ir . ' • • .11'n suit • R • • • "--••••• • • • • • 0 1 6 2 0 8 /I : l l . l , l Z t ,ii t ii . l t • i • ,:i • i; , ••.: : •• ; ; : : • • • • • . • ..• •••• . • • • 0 14 6 N, ~•;-,k3,..•lnayi:` Uonarcii•lll;;;,".;:i.th-f;;11 directions 1,',1?..11 tn:trit,itie-134:141' " a pplication, " Post Free." ,; 1 ap,,, ,, f)',;%sY returiv, r.e , l or ordered, if aot approved of p ,k,',:kirifltti tt !lid siji,3.• _ ik.nli 4454‘1,`ate,Np, am („feireallors, Wholesale and Retail btto nltto,t4i t,tB4',ol)Dosite the al z a lhousernen, 154, Ifino it I k-,k 14 ‘ t iird;7 4 at this Xsacliaivatent frsln sunset on !it ' 1 44, 514,• i4,_ ' when business is resumed at twelve ttb .i,,,,,,p, 07es am ttOj'l I,''''lttZtvi4g lta kn 4 re MI ed to guard the pahlic kIA Q ,' ,II II. - ,lli l i i'M pi t rrned that ha ITtradesmmaninickeernfate-a. !i.ts;jll`..44t'Zii vpj i ':;" i a l t i ,, lll "n, or it: "4, „,-9,lip,innile v:r ~,T,.;:en, and for ob:Ior reag e Nos- ri ' h eY "Attgittroe;ll4lo a„r" any othEr estaiilishmoat, in or out 11 4 t t ' 4 e.) emigenuina Cheap Clothhtg should (to ktr v a i. - or genii to 154, Dflaorias, or 86, ; 0 7 . to ki i 7eatiV ti ;" this office daily, betW E e i inTheh oJsofEleven v w e 1111$41 Wini arn e . 2.4 th Inst. . AIME, Secretary. ' 1 r A T .treet, c _ ity, Jan. 6, 1846. that, 1 ., '. 4 E r fi 1 e d ;0 0 A i A T T I) 0 N I A N i e n01,01b,,,,,tu t0 .ance;7OTmENT „, RAI LWA - y. ~ 4 :, ,me m th the wishe';'_,NEW SHARES. tioo u t i h Shareholders who have not been n door 'Nib e Letters of Allotment, the Com- receive deosits till the 10th inst lo_evekti.:thg:pCilall'. ,i,,o4,,kelp:i'inhoereeesaceBta..stleetistthoriniseded.,. t wui Lie for Signature at the Company's . e fal. l Af ~.-.1h,. the 7 „ ee , Edinburgh, l a o n tit 124, St. .Vincent -street, Oaf vrii j.,tite et e i et, L no4o tt gth, 9th, an 9th, 10th, 12th, instant; and 13th 28, instant, isl° 0 4 ''4 114 ; , , tee 'tit., tw on, th e 5$ Y , tbeiV '44'411141:e.: Wer '' e r i pm• ..e shoo ty to 12 , _,,,, the,_ev for each attorney pers will . please to remember to have - "mk t, it'oreirney, l i i lwid on , when sent to Edinburgh they ,ir f be ro llo rt weems, ,F. arlia ß m a e n n k t i ar ne y , ag th e e n s t e . cretarr; when d d o 0 "100 I I' By order, sbovr d i ' , oy„, D. RANKINE, Secretary. bebitt ' 11;,,,,, '" O RD AND SALISBURY DIRECT ii do tp e ,' .' th e ßtu r ., t tee f RAILWAY. 0 peor . :' . mi - ool til it: t ° ,i ; r uce a n s ate a m ve ent be h e a n ve e tl , te satisfaction to announce all tbL; . 4 thri a r ofi ed noo on k t s h o e f I R ai e lowners and be ' ` '44 iriYe.clePosietel'alabs, Sections,s i del 0 ~ t z, wi , ithe ci ‘ e ‘ r ln s the Parliam[iat -office, and Pr r i e v i a le t e e h ß a i N ll e - the several parishes throughout the W ithoo s l o ... ', 5 thus ° e h : the standingcomplied of both Houses of Parlia dy t ios ' theirlthth ItethTll3, eimn with, and the Committee are O , e e _„, h i th - .—__necessary preparations to enable them to id itgl ° • ' vastling session. ca p w o o .„,,, .., BY order of the Board, ✓ tiotki . %en, 1 4 Z. HUBBERSTY, . r ah or , vv.?, oorgate-street, Jan. 1, 1846. .%; ° II D rah .1 and SALISBURY DIRECT tired v.., *tow th,,_, RAILWAY. Wilting t..,„... , t the x . - 4,-iiaing orders of Parliament havin g been duly irott . , it " . ta ,present t ime, the Committee of Mana g ement coo- h e. eoo 0 4,,ti. w l t t ie l e.that„ rrl n th: rd ir e e r h t a o reholders and allottees, as well ensure, as far as p.,asible, the ous t 0 ~, p ia:4m h te n Projected line e s T f l railway Is justly entitled further extension of the time of payment , adrer kai g lte Fttres, a t itt ..etthe this Company until the 21st of January )noit d e . th e ~,,,,r 8 Agreement and Parliamentary Contract Ffe s , )1 541:441 ~e ices of the Company. ' By order of the Board, let $ 5... ' b O/ • lk t imber Z. HUBBERSTY, Secretary. ione ,4, hh r B , Ab e befl 'f , A,Th,„. rgate-street, Jan. 1, 1846. ;um e ls n h- -GE and LINCOLN RAILWAY work 01 4 1 4 Lrovic, „ s pkec j odn ,,,, ho tilt C o COMPANY l f, , oideo r e t. p li itil h e r , tlia lb t hl , Itte e have the a satisfaction of announcing ewe, joii N 44 10 4 undertome the arrangements which they have ;,._ Ih_ .she e s, it Counties Company the d sit on the I lictio , . , ::oil e ntth 4s, to which the holder of Cambridge are. and ato g et a .. , p 4 ,i co nim i t ta e s been limited to 10s. per share. v t e ascertained that the expenses e nl i l i ir ' , l4 4 lt: h e (I p e an3 ' arnou b n a t per share, which sum, no w 44 %t ea oecti.: ° ' lt on the n Eastern l3s.6( C l. e Y c o a rk Extension r icashi re :, ' ' , L ti i 4 b2t ill l ,t l th e f 5 r° , 1,1 the desositspai o d n o n n tie th s n r e d h g o e l d a e n rs d ~,, ri p , ~4,—,,,,„_nni:nee will be returned to the S m h b a It s ittiti o l l: 7 [; 3o w s. scrip, as follows :—The holders of the Frito i/ l) e e w be o e r n e p t aid, will receive 6s. 6d. 0 to b e e I ' win k n..._ i'l'en Pl i g ers cif the a n N s e h n a s r i e on shares, on which for b 1 4 1 4, NI; be - tr 4l7 4 will receive 4s. per x ir izober s io, tt,, 41 4 e 1 oven ! , 1 77 Subscription Deeds be signed, and the .l the letters of allotment, of the times oll• 0 ',P S ignatures will be received. tog bld N I C. HENRY 13 , ARNETT, Chairman. 01.11C1 kin f Win eheet e ßONEY, Secretary. vOI I P 4 1th Ntreet, Dec. 31 ,. 1845. linty to 4 IDGI , LINCOLN RAILWAY • Co _ fi i ... .i t ed f. -•4 and Merl,' vcio ~;iaatt re ceiyin COMPANY. enait t i h es e Shares of this Company to be ex- istflOietios BkTtylirtk .F . succe 0 )orderlt b Ay, the ._ I ork Extension " Shares has been 1 for Ce fo gi 4 i Nlv, of the I?tb ?fJanuary next. [Ca i • b., le eh , Provisional Committee, d quo'' .0 , `ktp , " , er-. N . ,........____ P. RONEY, Secretary. ....,,,,t WWI V jt i.n ~.. street, Dec. 31, 1845. _,,,,t ______ . . ~, . , f - -, 410 . cart • _ll ' t eli - 'l'.'~-• ' i , A ; 4 ' - , ~ ,,i. 'v.;„ -, - 1,:i.,,,„. • , - 1m.. . ''' , t , . . .),, , -'""' N '4 4V ' , 1 / 4 ~ 01 , 'tilt* , • r _ _, ..._, .44U. „01 ..,,t,,-..., - 7 Z . ..:-; .' , ;,11.• _. g >",. 1: 7. '43 , .,4 1 • . 5 .., el 11 : ja4,,iii; r i e. :, , ,k • It- -.....--""'Y. r.-7 - ' * Dii:ll - ii ( t,b;,, , ,e ~,,5 r;.,', . . - --,,,- e , D ' o T* ../- .. - ' .....--- No. 16,662. LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING S U N JANUARY 9, 1846 PRICE SD. MEETING AT COVENT. GARDEN THEATRE. TETE NEXT AGGREGATE MEE ZING OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE will be held on WEDNESDAY EVENING next, the 14th of January, in the Theatre Royal, Govent-garden. George Wilson, Esq., will take the Chair at Seven o'clock pre cisely. The meetinz will be addressed by the lion. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Thomas M. Gibson, Esq., M.P., and Thomas Gisborne, Esq., M.P. The Tickets of Admission will be issaed on Monday and the follow ing days. 111,1 OTICE.-ALTERATION OF TIME AND I. REDUCTION OF FARES. GRAVESEND for 6d. or 94., boat and railway included. The STAR and ISLACKWALL PACKETS are. now running at the above reduced fares from the Brunswick Biackwall, at 9%, 10%, 12. 1%, 3%, and 5. Sundays, 12 and 3% excepted. From the New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,2%, and 5. Sundays 9% and d'bk cepted. Fare : Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, 6d.; Saloon nd First Class, 9d. Star Office, Gravesend, Oot. 11; 1845. • NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, COIINHILL. LONDON. Capital 2500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers Important aria suestantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The ass reed has, on all occasions, the power to borryiv, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of • the. 'premium paid, (see tab'e): also, the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hi. interests to meet other conveniences er nccos*ity. Assurances for terms of years are gvanted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT:.. The success and increasing prosw4rity. u 7 ;the Bogiety has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investtgatiem i to declare a third Bonus, varying l ,from 3u to .75 per 6ent on the premiums paid on each Policy effeded on the Profit scale. ' rjrAmP tua.- • . i "- - • ng„, ? gg V i . Premium- g ..,4 Bons Benas in c, a 011 :" added. -54 Ca s h •=- m e" . .. E 0 _ 4 F v .. 1837 Xl9l 13 51.187 13' 5 1 601000 74 3 4 1833 165 13 01 74 13 10 1839 138 13 GI 61 14 31 1840 89 001 41 13 41 13 17 1 11 8 6 9 210 con 16395 H I 346 2 3 26 13 4 247 4 A Tle dkelaion of profit, to annual, and the next will be made in De cenner of the present year. F. FERGUSON CANIROUX, Nee. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Coruhill, London, December 29, 1845. Notice is hereby given that the half-s early interest, at the rate of five per cent per annum on the capital stock of this Society, due on the 31st instant, will become payable on the 10th day of January next, and Proprietors may receive the same at this office on that or any subsequent day between the hours or eleven and three o'clock. ' By order of the Co rt of Directors, F. FERGUSON CAM ROUX, Secretary. LONDON ASSURANCE COR,VORATION, Established by Royal Charter, A.D. 1120. The Governots and Directors of this Corporation having greatly enlarged their syst6m of Life Assurance, itivite the public attention to their NEW PROSPECTUS, embracing every variety of Partici pating and Non-Participating Tables, and which may be had, on ap plication, at their principal Offices, 7, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, and 10, Regent-street ; or of any of the Agents of the Corporation in Great Britain and Ireland. T HE TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 2,000,0001., in 100 000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, in compliance with the provisions of the statute 7 and 8 Viet., c. 110, Two Shillings per Share, 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 below. TRUSTEES. John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln's Inn John Conolly, Esq., M.D., Lawn-house, Ilanwell James Martin, Esq , 68, Lombard-street. . . PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln's Inn Walter Wyndham Burrell, Esq., Knepp Castle, near Horsham, and 5, Richmond-terrace, Whitehall John Charritie, Esq., loorgate-street Chambers, City John Conolly, Esq , M.D., Lawn house, Hanwell John More Douglas, Esq., Belvedere-read, Lambeth Walter Etty, Esq., Lomi;Eird-street Chambers Edward Hamilton, Esq., M.D., Grafton-street, Piccadilly William Henderson, Esq., 16, Rishopgate-street Within Hector Monro, Esq., Walsham le Willows, Suffolk Savile Craven Henry Ogle, Esq., M.P., 84, Eaton-square, Pimlico. Ambrose Frederick Proctor, Esq., Ware, Harts C oke Ta , dor. Esq., LL.D., Fleet-street John Alfred Trimmer, Esq., Haslemere, Surrey Forbes Winslow, Esq., M.D., Sussex-house, Hammersmith. BANKERS—Messrs. Marta, Stone, and Martins, 68, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Dimes, Esq., 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REFEREES. Thomas Callaway, Esq., F.R.C.S., Wellington-street, Southwark James Copland, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., &c., &c., Old Berlington•street. DISTRICT MEDICAL REFEREES IN LONDON. William Preston Lauder, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., Sloane-street, Knightsbridge Edward Lloyd, Esq., M.D., Jewin street, City Walter Hayle Walsh, Esq., M.D., Professor of Pathology at Univer- city College, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. CONSULTING ACTUARY—David Jones, Esq., Author of " Tables on Annuites," &c., King 'William-street, City. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—WiIIiam Clark, Esq. Temporary Offices, No. 16, Lincoln's Inn-fields. It is unnecessary Li this Prospectus, to enlarge upon the advan tages of Life Assurance, or its adaotation 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 Assirance for the amount bor rowed, will not be called upon for the repayment of the loan, se long as tile 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 unencum bered, the sum assured being applied by the Company to reps) 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 Societies, with the additional security of a subscribed capital. With this v ew, four-fifths of the profits, arising from Policies affected 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-halt 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. l'pon payment of the arrear of the premiums, the Assured will be entitled to a fall parti cipation 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. Life Assurances will be effected with all the advantages to the assured afforded by the most respectable established companies. A Table of Premiums will shortly be published. TONTINE ANNUITIES. - • - Who from the h ope This Company, in SUbinittini the subject of Tontine Annuities to the Public, is inttten e gd en b g y ev t i h t e y, b a e n li d ef tn t e ha d t es t i h re er e e r a ea re se m an an d y affl per a s e rs iee , as they progress through b life, will gladly avail themselves of this m .d eaonfai n i v n e e s i t e m as er n t g ;--- in z ra which they will secure a large remunera tiveooffttheir nominee. guaranteed to them by the Company during their own lives or the b. 1001. each, of the Tontine An nuitiester the class The following is an illustration of they or their respec :—lf 1,000 persons subscribe tive nominees, being of an age to en an nuity granted is 61 . per c ent. p er annu m , each subscriber or nominee which the will, during the continuance of all the lives, receiveannity but as the lives dro p , the share of the deceased partiesu of 61.; oivlled among the sur vivors, until they are reduced to six, each be 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 part. , re ceived will fall into the funds of the Company, for the benefit of the shareholders ; and so in proportion for a larger or smaller number of subscribers or their nominees. This mode of investment will place it in the power of almost every individual, at some period of life, by prudently and legitimately ap propriating a comparatively small sum of money, which in many in stances would be otherwise uselessly expended, to secure indepen dence and comfort in their declining years. Parents may also by these means provide for their children. Wealthy relatives for their poorer relations. Applications for shares, in the following form, to be directed to Char cs Barker, Esq., No. 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields : To the Director 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.-'billings per Share thereon, and also to execute the Deed of Settlement of the Company when required to do se. Name.............. Addre55.............. Profession or Business Reference ............ AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, NAVIGATION, THE CHURCH. ElB. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, 14 , • Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank, have finished a few splendid Pieces of PLATE, suitable for presentation to Gentlemen connected with either of the above pursuits or processions, to which they invite the attention of Committees who are in search of valuable testimonials for such occasions. C" I STMAS!!! Awake my lyre with tuneful lay, And " welcome" give to " Christmas Day 1" It is a Joyou s , happy time, When music, mirth, and love combine, T A O O. O I v m e i n éc gl l e . t fri th e n ,, ds c h h l ri p s w t, : s h d n el a i v h r t , , To strew our path with roses b r i g h t, g A n d what is most essential saf, •• clothing!" that we own's a fac t • We therefore tell you how to act 1 Away t 0 Hyam's "—order there Habiliments of beauty rare And then with confidence and joy Most charmingly your time employ In scenes of plea sure bright and gay, ust Yo .f u' p ll r p ice as e s f a or happy" Christmas Day ! I" Winter Garments ready-made : X a. d. Gentlemen's Over-Coats from •. • ..... ••"••••"'• ' • ' • • • 0 9 0 Gentlemen's Chesterfield and Taglionls, from • • • 0 15 0 Gentlemen's D'Orsays and G lenl y ons ••••• • • • • 1 1 0 Boys' Over-coats •••• • • • • •• • ... ••• • • Youths' Chesterfields and Tag •••••••••••"•• • • • • • •• 0 10 6 Dress Coats, in all colours, braided edges, front •• • •• ••.• • • •• 1 1 0 •1 4 0 Surtouts, ditto , ditto •• • . • •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • Trousers, in Cloth and Doeskin, from • • ........... 08 6 Vests, splendi • patterns, in every mate - ial, from ••• • " 0 4 6 List of Prices for Winter Garments to order, in first-rate style and fashion : X s. d. Chesterfield and Taglioni Over-coats, from •• . • 018 0 D'Orsay and Glenlyon ditto , from ........ 110 0 Albert and Codrington walking ditto .. ••••••••• • . • • • • • • • 1 5 14 0 Youths' Taglionis and Chesterfields ........ • • 0 Dress Coots, made in superior style, from •••• • • • 1 10 0 Surto:its, from • . Trousers, in Black and Fancy Doeskin, from ••• • • • Vests, of the newest materials, from The Ordered Department is conducted entirely distinct and sepa rate from the Ready-made, and buyers will find patterns and ma terials quite original. An immense assortment of Youths' clothes kept constantly on hand, of warranted durability, at very reduced prices. Mourning of every description, and to any extent, can be had at live minutes' notice. A book, entitled " The Talk of the Town," containing list of prices, can be had on applying to L. Hyam, Pantechnetheca, 36, Graceehurch-street, London. No business transacted on Saturdays until the awing. CHRIS I'MAS HOLIDAYS. YA L fllsl IC IN STIT UTION , Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan ai:d Pron,ssor Bad - I°llller in CHEMIiTRY and NATURAL PHILO SOPHY will be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments. .A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES will he slivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL WAY, by by Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, car ryi=g several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and C HROMA TROPP: are very effective. The PHYSIOSCO PE. Submarine Ex periments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among the Various additions to the Working Models is Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for a.vetling and de scending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Dowse, the celebrated Flute 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. THE UNION MAGAZINE. With an Illustration by PHIZ. Contents—(JANUAßY) 1. Thoughts on the /Esthetics of Milton's Comus. 2. Easy Chairs. 3. Letters from a llindoo Gentleman travelling in England. 4. The Crusades. 5. Baron Puffendorf. A Satire. A.D. 1900. 6. Pope'Gregory XVI. 7. A Musician's Plea for his Art. 8. The Adventures of a Stick. 9. The Inquisition. 10. The Scholar's Death Summons, and other Miscellaneous Poetry. 11. A Sporting Excursion in the Backwoods of Canada. 12. General Rosas, Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres. 13. Kordofan.—Reviews, &c. &c. Published by Messrs. Madden and Malcolm, Leaelenhall-street ; Cumming, Dublin; Smith, Edinburgh; and to be had of all Book sdllars In town or country. 'dust published , in Bvo price It: In 3 half-bound, D EBRETTS GENEALOGICAL PEERAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. An entirely New Edition, corrected to January, 1846. William Pickering, Piccadilly, and other Proprietors. Of whom may be had, in Bvo., price I/. Bs., DEBRETT'S BARONETAGE, corrected to 1840. RON TIMES" NEWSPAPER COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 63,0001., in shares of 1/. Is. each. Offices of the Company, No. 41, Moorgate-street. For some years before the late mischievous movement against railway interests on the part of the " Times" newspaper, it had been evident to all persons engaged in business, that in giving their advertisements to that journal they were themselves encouraging and fosteri:ig a newspaper which, while it derived the principal part of its support from the industry and energy of the mercantile and commercial classes of the community, was acting in every way against their interests. But however unwilling those classes might be to lend their aid to such a journal by sending to it their advertisements, it was compul sory upon them to do so, from the fact of the large circulation of the " Times "rendering it the only existing medium for obtaining the de sirable publicity. A remedy or an alternative was sought in vain ; the existence of a journal, with a circulation to answer the purposes of a sufficient publicity for advertisements, remained a desideratum. This want appears to be now supplied by the " Iron Times," and the projectors of the "Iron Times" Newspaper Company have per ceived—in the manner in which that journal has recently assumed the character of a General Morning Newspaper, and the skill and talent which have been dislayed in supporting that character—a power of expansion and development which, if duly supported by an amount of capital immediately available, must inevitably render the " Iron Times " the le ding journal of the age. Founded on the basis of the " Iron Times" as a Railway News paper, the " Iron Times," as a General Newspaper has a point d'appui to start from, such as it has never hitherto been the good fortune of any journal to attain. To the success of a newspaper there are two points necessary-- circulation and advertisements. These combined—or even one of them never, in any instan,e, been arrived at without a great outlay and risk of capital ; both of these, however, the " Iron Times " has at starting. It has but to add to them. Actuated by this impression, and desirous to insure the perma nence of an honest and independent Daily Morning Newspaper, the property of no clique, either political or literary, a Company has been constituted for the purpose of purchasing the " Iron Times," and infusing into it that amount of immediately-available capital, which alone appears necessary to Insure its increased usefulness as a public journal, and an increased ratio of profits to all parties con cerned. As a commercial speculation the success of the " Iron Times" is a matter of public notoriety, and the Committee of Management of tho Company, from the examination of the books, accounts, &c., have no hesitation in announcing the probability of a return of at least twenty-five per cent., or ss. per share, on the capital Invested. To carry into effect the objects of the promoters of the Company, it is intended to create a capital of 63,0001., divided into 60,000 shares 01 I/. Is. each—the whole to be paid up. None of these shares will be allotted to the public until complete registration, which will be per fected in the course of a few days. _ _ By arrangements with the present proprietor of the journal, a limited number, not exceeding 4,000 shares, will be issued in the first instance, at par ; after which there will be a further issue of a similar number at 1/. prem. per share ; the remainder at such periods and at such prices as th, Committee of Management shall de termine, and the augmented value and importance of the property of the Company shall demand. The arrangements for the protection of the interests of the share holders—for a pre-emption in favour of original subscribers, for sub sequent issue of shares, for the limitation of their liability, and for the regulation and management of the undertaking—have been matured; and the deed of settlement to carry these arrangements into legal effect, is now under the consideration of counsel. Application for shares, and all communicatio .3 respecting the un dertaking, are to be addressed to H. Edwards, the Secretary, at the office of the Company, 41, Moorgate-street, London. To the Committee of Management of the " Iron Times" News paper Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares, or such less number as you shall determine, in the Capital Stock of the " Iron Times" Newspaper Company; and I hereby engage to pay the sum of One Pound One Shilling upon each Share that shall be appropriated to me, and to execute the Deed of settlement of the Company when required, it being distinctly understood that my liability is limited to £1 Is. per Share, and that under no circum stances I shall be called upon for any further or other sum. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Elegant Pocket Edition, price Is., by post Is. 6d. Eleg D R. CU LVER E'LL ON MARRIAGE, its lIINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. " To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shaksotare, Contents :--On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Laws of Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence—On infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experi ence, Cases, &c. &c. Also Companion to the same, price ls., by post Is. 6d. _ . CHASTITY; its ABUSES and DISEASEA (7 Engravings). These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or in discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive consideration of those who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalhe, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings, 7 till 9. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Haman Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Jest published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in asealed envelope) 35 . 6 d ., 'rim SILENT FRIEND; a Medical Work on I. the Infirmities of the System n both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneffil effects of indulge- ce, &c., are flilly pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. ny it. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton street, Soho; and all flooksellers. " We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Fristid,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of aet ries of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We mu, t however confess that a perusal of this work has left. such &favourable impression on our minds, that we net only recorammd, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from India • cretion, to profit by the advice contained in Its pages."—Age and Argus. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of riervuas debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, end debilities ar;*.in.%; from excess, ecc. In bottles, price I Is., or the quantity of four in one bottle for 335., 74 , which Its. arc saved. The due-pound cases may be had as usual. ..._ The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, aid those painful affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Prise lie. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.. ii,n ite l, esr a s t . R. a u nt . % and 11 s. per boa, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, hifiam. r P er r ys -s t re e t , 'nation, &e., without hindrance to business. Consultation tee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cues necessary. i n y s . ul a t n e d d, as at and o CA. , , r ti s . u . r tr g e e e o t. ns ' l..:, n nd ay m. ')e da e° le6, Duke-s eet, Live , pool, , very Thursday, Frids.y, and Saturday ; and at 10, St. Jo n - street, Deansg ate, Manche ;ter, on Mondays, Tuesdays. and Wednesdays. R oWLAND,s ODONTO or, PEARL DENTIFRICE. Patronised by the Queen, and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and the several Sovereigns add Courts of Europe. White Powder for the Teeth, compounded of the choicest and most recherché ingredients of the Oriental Herbal—the leading re quisites of cleanliness and efficacy being present in the highest pos sible degree. It extirpates all tartarous adhesions to the Teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its anti septic and anti-scorbutic properties arrest the further progress of decay of the Teeth, and induce a healthy action of the Gums. The Breath also attains a fragrant sweetness truly grateful to its pos sessor. As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever known, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a long series of years oc cupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe, while the general demand f , .:r It at once announces the favour in which it is universally held. Price 2s. 9d. per Box. _ _ _ CAUTION.—To protect the public from Fraud, the Hon. Com missioners of Stamps have directed the Proprietors' Name and Address to be engraved on the Government Stamp, thus— A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton garden, and which is affixed on each Box. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perflimers. s i ,* All others are fraudulent imitations. EYE -BROWS, MOUS CACHES, and W HIS KERS produced in a few weeks by using an essential Spirit drawn from choice Aromatic Herbs, the peculiar properties of which are known only to the Inventor, and although perfectly inno cent in itself, will produce new Hair on bald places, caused by weak ness of constitution, or where Nature has not bestowed this orna ment of he human figure. It has been known to many of the Nobi lity and Gentry upwards of eleven years, some of whom the Inven tor most sincerely thanks for their attestation of its merits, in the certainty of restoring Hair and giving it additional lustre and strength. Its virtues are manifold—it prevents the Hair from fall ing off or turning gray; a few drops on the crown of the head will remove the most distressing rain in that part produced by or at tended with faintness ; and is acknowledg' d by the Faculty as the only specific known to cure that disease of the head called Porigo de calvans (which causes the Hair to come oft in patches) ; a few applications removes dandriff. This wonderfld discovery is fully ex plained in a pamphlet containing testimonials to its regenerating new Hair upon bald places, entitled, " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair," by W. Grimstone, Inventor of the Aromatic Regenerator for the Growth of the Human Hair, and a certain preventative of headache and fainting ; also a toilet perfume—bearing the Inventor's signature, Herbary, High gate, near London Sold only in triangular bottles, with name, &c. See.. cast thereon, at 45., 78., and l le. each, Government stamp included, wholesale and retail, by all Chemists, Druggists, and Perfumers, and by special appointment THE FOLLOWING AGENTS FOR LONDON. Messrs. Savory and Moore, Chemists and Druggists, Regent-street and New Bond -street. Messrs. Fisher and Toiler, Chemists, Conduit street, B on l- s t ree t . Co.,J. ssSanger, Hannay Chemist, and &c. , Chemists, &c., 63, Oxford-street. 150, Oxford-street. Messrs. Messrs. Barclay and Son, Patent Medicine Warehouse, Farriugdon street. Thos. Keating, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyard. E. Edwards, Patent Medicine War e h ouse, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard. T. Butler, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 4, Cheapside. Messrs. W. Sutton and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, Bow churchyard. Messrs. Lang 11. Johnston , Patent Medicine Warehouse, 611, C orn hill.ton, Brothers, and Scott, Wholesale Druggist s , 225 an d 226, Thames-street. Messrs. Drew and Kayward, Wholesale Druggists, Great 'Sr:ility lane. _ FOR Mean. J. and B. BIAMOS And Co., Druggists, &C y Leitir-walk. THE BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL THEA RE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JUL LIEN'S CONCERTS. Since the Festival given last year in honour of the great composer, BEETHOVEN, at his birthplace, the musical professors and ama teurs of almost every continental city have bestirred themselves to evince their admiration of that great depaited genius, and have pro dnced some grand musical reunion for the special performance of his finest works. The public enthusiasm with which these Festivals have been received, as well as the royal patronage bestowed on them, proves the estimation, and indeed almost devotion, with which the talents of Beethoven are regarded abroad, It has, however, been the frequent remark of foreign artistes, that in no country are Beethoven's works more highly appreciated than in England; and since the public in general have been enabled at a reasonable charge to make themselves acquainted with them, such a widely-extended knowledge now exists, that it is scarcely possible to conceive but that a similar demonstration in England must be highly and generally popular. M. Jet :LIEN having at h's disposal an orchestra of unrivalled talent, conceived the idea of produMug such an entertainment as that above-mentioned, and on making known his intentions has re ceived from many distinguished amateurs and professors the most encouraging assurances of support and assistance. In addition to his usual orchestra, M. &Mien has been enabled to add the names of several of tha first professors, amt has also the satisfaction to state that Signor Sivori has expressed his wish to take part in the Festival, and will for a short period longer delay his departure. THE BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL - Will commence on MONDAY NEXT, JANUARY 12, 1846, and continue for the Five Following ETenings, during which the most celebrated works of Beethoven will be produced. The principal artistes already engagecltalake partln the perform ance, are, Messrs. Barret, Baumann, Platt, Harper, Richardson, Baker, Case, Lazarus, Handley, Jarrett, Frospere, Hill. Howell, Casolani, Sonnemberg, Schmidt, Rowlandallagrove, Thirwall, Chipp, Stoepel, Hatton, Betts, Day, C. llarpot, J. Harder, jun., Collins, Reatin,g, Mason, Trust, Goffrie, Doyle,, Cubitt, Wagstaff, Lucas, Rousselot, and Herr Koenig. LEADERS-SigllOr Sivori, Messrs. Loder,' Sainton, Tolbecque, and Nadaud. CONDUCTOR—M. JUtUEIf. The first act of the Concert will on each evening be entirely se lected from the works of Beethoven ; the secend will be miscella neous, and embrace all the popular neveltte&Ar. the season. Full particulars ii - litbe eine* rtneed. Notwithstanding the great additional. of these entertain ments, the price of admission will he aS, 4., the rromenade _..... ._, and Boxes, Is. ; Dress tl, tie, 2s. 6d. Places and Private Boxes may be secured on application to Mr. O'Reilly, at the Box-office of the Theatre. Private Boxes also at the Libraries of Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Sams, Mr. Olivier, and at M. Jullien's Musical Establishment, 214, Regent-street. THE Ala UNION. PIANOFORTES GIVEN AWAY, VALUE FIFTY GUINEAS EACH. The PROPRIETORS of the " RAILWAY TELEGRAPH AND MERCHANT'S ADVOCATE" will give a Splendid Pianoforte, by an Established Maker, to every Three Hundredth Subscriber. The " Railway Telegraph and Merchant's Advocate " is a first-rate Railway, Commercial, and General Newspaper. Prospectuses and particulars to be had at the Office, 2, Catherine street, Strand, London. that the rich should be endowed with the full and sole power to send Members to Parliament to legislate ?- (Hear, hear.) The laws press upon the poor, who never had any hand in making them.-(Hear, hear.) But I do think the time will come when every labouring house holder will have the privilege of sending Members to Parliament.-(Cheers.) When every man comes under the power of every law that is made, ought not every man to have a voice in making that law ?-(Hear, hear.) And now a word or two for the protectionists. I would ask where is the utility of the protectionist con tending for the corn-law, since it has been proved again and again, by invincible argument, that the corn law is no benefit to him ? But he is led on • by the Duke of Buckingham and others, just as the Italian leads a bear through the streets, and when he has made as much money of him as he can, he turns upon the poor crea ture, and cuts him up to make bear's grease.-(Great laughter.) So it is with the poor farmer, and so the poor labourer is brought down to misery and ruin. -(Hear.) War. BURCHELL then came forward to move the adop tion of the following resolution, or rather declaration:- " We, the labourers of Goatacre and its neighbour hood, in public meeting assembled, do solemnly protest against the corn-laws, which were enacted on the plea of being beneficial to our interest, but have been, on the contrary, injurious, inasmuch as they prevent the employ ment of capital in the improvement of the soil, and and thereby diminish labour, and raise the price of the first necessaries of life. And we labourers declare that we are lingering out a miserable existence under the idea of being protected."-(llear, hear.) He considered that this• was the best resolution that the meeting could carry. (Buichell finding a little difficulty at first in expressing himself, one of his fellow-labourer s in the crowd called out, " Never mind about a word or two; hungry men can understand what you mean." Dip remark was echoed by many voices.) He was one of the poor Wiltshire labourers who were suffering under a pretended corn-law protection. It had been many times stated that this corn-law protection was for the nefit of the labouring classes, but be maintained that at the present time it was au injury to them.-(Hear, bear.) He, therefore, hoped that they would unite in petitioning for the speedy removal of that pro tection, and the establishment of free trade for the nation.-(Loud cheers.) God Almighty in his provi dence caused the earth to produce abundance of provi sions for man, and what one nation could not produce another could ; therefore everything should he so ma• naffed as to have free commerce throughout the world. -(Hear, hear.) The labouring cl asses were i n a mos t distressed condition at the present time-worse than last year, when he said at Wooten Basset that every man with five or six children went to bed more in debt than he was the night before. His condition was worse than it was that time twelvemonth. If wages had risen within the last few years ls. a-week, the price of bread had risen 2s, so that the difference was against himself and his family.-(A voice-" True, we be always going back.") He hoped the Legislature would take into con sideration their distressed state, and find a speedy rescue for the oppressed ppor.-(Hear.) He could maintain the truth of all that the chairman had stated about their dis tress. He believed that there were at the present time many who had not a bit of bread to eat. He did not know whether the man was in that congregation or not, but one man of Lyneham parish had told him that many a night be had gone to bed hungry.-(Cries of " Ah, he is not the only one"-" No, not by many.") Those who were in distress should come forward and manfully make their distress known ; that would show the necessity for free trade, which he believed to he the the only remedy.-(A voice, " It can't make us worse.") 20 or 30 years ago, the labourers of Wilts used to go up into the hills and make a good harvest ' • but since trade had failed it was no use for th em t o go looking for reap ing, for many thousands of " scribblers" and weavers out of employment went and cut down the wheat at low wages. But he believed that if every scribbler had work at his mill, and every weaver employment at his loom, they would not rob the poor agricultural labourer of his day's work.-(llear.) Many persons said that free trade would make things worse for them ; he did not believe that to be possible, and all he wanted was that the experiment should be tried.-(Hear, hear.) He had heard that in centuries past labouring men had for food bread, and butter, and cheese, and beef, and pork, and beer ; but now it was bad potatoes and salt. He was often thankful that the streams and rivulets were so bountifully spread around their neigh bourhood, and that taxation could not be written on their bosoms.-(Hear, hear.) But it was distressing for a man to get up early and go to work having little or no victuals, and to return to dinner upon a few potatoes, and then be afraid sometimes to eat what he had.-(A voice-" 'Cause you would not have any for to morrow.") He had heard it said that there was no market for meat. Why was that ? Because the people had not the means of purchasing meat, therefore the consumption was not bigger. He was past forty years of age, and he could say that he never purchased a pound of good slaughtered beef fit to be carried into market. As to mutton, he had purchased a little of that, but never as much as would average a pound a year in the forty years. He knew what veal was, but he never had any at all. He believed that the only way to improve the meat market and increase the home consumption, was to establish free trade, and he would conclude by calling on them to unite in petitioning for free trade.-(Cheers.) Free trade for ever !-(Re newed cheers.) Cizan.LEs VINES, in seconding the resolution, said- Friends, I wish the moon was a little brighter just new, that I could see better who is here ; but I see enough to find that there is a good many people, and almost all of 'em wear smock-frocks and poor old hats as I do. Some of us heard from a pulpit a short time ago that the mind of man is like to be dissatisfied. I believe it. Dissatis fied minds have brought all these men here to-night.- (A woman's voice, " Ay, and women too.") I believe, fellow-labourers, that if you and your families had full bellies, you would now have been at home, after being working hard all day, comfortable with your wives and families.-(" Ay,' that's true.) I am sure I should not have walked all the way up here from Christian-Mal ford, through lanes and paths full of mud and dirt, if it hadn't been for that. I don't come here to talk politics. I don't know nothing of 'em. But I don't know much of the corn-laws, only that they ha'nt done we labourers much good.-(Hear, hear.) Everybody knows that.- (A voice, " I've had 'em staring me in the face ever since 1817.") Yes, the corn-laws exist, and every one of us feels that the sooner they be abolished the better.- (Cheers.) I don't know whether many of you read newspapers, but I must tell you that in the Wiks,iire Inde pendent, not long ago, there was this statement made by a labourer of Christian-Malford to the editor :-" As Mr. Bennett, M.P. for South Wilts, lately stated at an agricul tural meeting that the poor of Wiltshire were always em ployed regularly at the rate of Bs. and 9s. per week, and that they were well fed and well clothed, and as I know by experience that that statement is false, I will, if you will be so kind as to allow me to occupy a small space in your valuable paper, prove that it is so; and I will tell what I earned for 39 weeks ending the 10th of June, 1844, to maintain as large a family as almost any poor man has. The number of my family is eight; all of those 39 weeks we wanted 7s. a week for bread, not having any potatoes a third part of the time; so that, if I had not been receiving Bs. a week during all that time, it would not have been enough to buy bread and firing. And now, Sir, I will tell what was the exact amount of what I did earn during those 39 weeks; it was 5L 19s. Bd., which is not quite 3s. ld. a week. This report is almost enough to make you stagger to believe it, ,but it is no less strange than true; and I can say, for a truth, that if it had not been for a little land which I rent of the Hon. Earl of Carnarvon and the Rev. Mr. Law, and a few good friends amongst my neighbours, my family and my self must have died from starvation; it was not much better as it was. Now I will ask the Hon. Gentleman if he thinks he is justified in stating such things at public meet ings? I could say a great deal more on the subject, but I will leave these remarks for Mr. Bennett's present perusal, and say a word or two at some future period, and I sincerely hope and trust that these remarks will open the said Mr. Bennett's eyes a little, so that he may see that the poor are in distress; and I sincerely hope he will make speeches and try to adopt measures for the bettering the condition of us poor labourers, and I don't doubt but that it will redound to his praise, and I think he, in so doing, will glorify God, who alone knows the hearts of all, and the distress which we, as a nation, are labouring under, for there has been an increasing dis tress for years past ; many in this parish are now suffer ing greatly for want of work."-(Cries of, " Ah, that is true, all true.") This case, so stated in that paper, was the case of the man who stands before you--(Hear , . hear.) And now, my friends, the purpose of my being here here to night is to prove to you the accurate sum thatl earned from September 16, 1843, till November 23, 1844, which is about 62 weeks together, with the amount of money earned by me down to the 31st of Deeeckma andber 1845, which, if I reckon right, is about 19 w three days. Together with relief when ,and 29 weeks for a boy, 12 years old, who was allowed 3d. a day, the whole sum amounted to 42/ ss. 5d., that is exactly 7s. lid. a week, or thereabouts. Now, I will ask any labourer with a wife and six children, to step for ward and, if he can, tell me in what I am to spend this money, so as to pay every man I deal with 20c. in the pound ?-(" Way the e can't.) If he can, I s h a ll b e g l ad to take a lesson in economy of him. lean only say that my wife and myself have made it our study for the last 14 years and more. She says she can't make the money do it, and yet I am proud to say she is as good a wife as any man has got.-(Cheers.) I would remark here that there are other necessaries besides food. There is house rent. I pay 41. a year, as a good many in this meeting know. Now, 119 weeks, which go a good way towards two and a half years, will take away 91, leaving 331. ss. 9d. Then I reckon shoes a necessary..-(" You can't do without them.") I take what a pair cost me two years ago ; I haven't had any since, nor my family, and I suppose we never shall any more. I paid 12s. for a pair of water-tights ; and if there is any shoemaker here who will make me another pair at that price, I shall want at least six months' credit.-(A laugh.) If he wants them he shall have two bondsmen farmers, and I will be bound to say that they must pay him, for I don't see that I ever can.-(Laughter.) Then there is a pair for my wife, 6s. 3d.; for my oldest daughter (14 years), ss. 6d.; for my oldest son (11 years), 6s. 6d. ; for my next son (9 years), ss. 6d.; for my next daughter (7 years), 4s. 6d.; for my next (4 years), 35.; for the youngest child (2 years), ls. 6d. All that amounts to 21. 4s. 9d., leaving a surplus of 311. Os. 9d. to buy food for 119 weeks, being ss. 2id. per week for eight in a family. I will leave all the world to judge if that sum is sufficient to keep a family, eight in number, in food. —(" No, it can't be done.") I am sure I often don't know how to make both ends meet. My bread bill, since last July, cost me from 7s. 7d. to Bs. Bd. a week. Then you'll say, " You can't pay for your bread."— (" No, that you can't.") That's true, for some I've paid for, and some I han't, and don't see any way to pay for it for the future; neither do I know how I'm to pay for what will be wanted in future, for I have no good po tatoes, hardly one fit for a pi. - " to eat; for I do rent a bit of land now, half an acre , a n d there is not a good potato in it. I've got here one I had boiled for my dinner to day; I brought it for a specimen. (The potato was handed down and examined under the lanterns; it was black with the prevailing disease.) Yet this is what I ‘,rn to feed upon when I get up to work at four o'clock in the morning, if there's no bread in the house. It is a long time till July next before we get new potatoes; and unless something turns up for we poor creatures, starvation stares us in the face on both hands. But I sincerely hope " long looked-for" will come before July next.—(Hear, hear.) To obtain our rights effectually we must all, with one heart, lift up our cry wad petition her Majesty to remove the restrictions upon trade and commerce, so that the poor labourers may have bread and cheese and good table beer, to enable them to do the work which their present scanty food never can.— (Hear, hear.) May that c ry meet with a reply from our gracious Queen. God save th e Queen !—(Ch eers, and responses of " Amen.") Friends, every man who is born and bred a. laboart r has for his birthright a living from the soil, to be obtained without being restricted by any laws—unjust laws I might call 'em—enforced by our Legislature.—(Cheers ) I will now read a few lines which I have collected together with •omething of my own, showing the right of an English labourer:— " My only claim is this.: With labour stiff and stark, By lawful turn, my bread to earn, Between the light and dark. My daily bread, and nightly bed, My bread and cheese and beer : But all from the hand that holds the land, And none from the Overseer. —(Loud cheers, and cries of "No overseers for we.") " No parish money, nor parish loaf, No pauper badge for me; I'm a sqn of the soil, by rightful toil, Entitled to my fee. No alms I ask, give me my task, For will, or arm, or leg; I'm strong and bald, and to this I'll hold— To work and not to beg."—(Loud cheering.) WILLIAM PARRY, of Charlton, said, I have come a ditance of twenty miles to tell my tale of distress. I have six children, a wife, and myself to maintain on Bs. per week, bread being 15d. per gallon. The farmers tell us that our wages go according to the price of bread; but last spring I had 7s. a week, and could buy bread at 9d. a gallon. Now it is 6d. more; and a gallon a day, being one pound to each, is what we want in my family. Then there is clothing and firing wanted, and house rent to pay; but there is nothing to pay for any of these things. I told the r e li ev i ng - o ffi cer t h at ' cou ld not k eep my family on my wages. He said he would bring my case forward at the board of guardians. Well, he sent me an order for one of my children to go into the work house. Now, fellow-labourers, is not one child as dear to you as another ?—(lfear, hear.) Well, I did not know which to send. I could not part with ne'er a one. I said to my oldest girl, " You are to go into the work house." She did not like to go, and I spoke to others, and there I had the cries of my poor children, which were piercing to my heart, " Don't send me, father, don't send me !" Was not that enough to try a man, without the pressure of starvation ? I spoke to master about it. Oh," he says, " if you cannot maintain them, you had better send one into the workhouse ; I shall not allow you any more wages." I said, " What benefit is it to send this child into the workhouse, and banish it from its home; it will do the rest no good, nor that one either. Besides, I should have it always upon my mind, for no man would like to part from his children in such a way."—(Hear, hear.) I spoke a few words at a meeting at Uphaven, and master told me I had done myself a great deal of hurt by it. I know I only told the truth. He said the farmers might have don me some good but for that. I wanted some better potato land, but master wanted 8/. an acre for it. I told him I et - mid not pay that. If I could get three acres of land at the same price that the farmers get it-21. an acre, I could provide for myself and family.—(A Voice— " Ay, the labourers would not let the land go out of cultivation.") But the farmers say it will, if we have free trade.—(Cries of " N.., no.") Where I come from there are fields and fields full of nothing but thistles. Why ? Because there are not farmers enow to culti vate the land. Some of the land our people reaped pro duced two thistles to one wheat ear.—(Cries of "Shame, shame.") I was at home emptying this wheat, and mas e•r came into the yard. I said. " Look at this." The thistle down was flying off like a snow storm. I said, " You had better have had more labourers to cut the thistles out; the land will never be cultis ated while this goes on." He said. " But I have kept all the sixpences in my pocket."—(Murmurs.) I wish the farmers would have public open meetings to discuss these subjects. There was a meeting in Devizes, where Mr. Bethel male a grand speech, and said that the labouring men wt-re all in a flourishing state and well satisfied.—(Cries of" He's a liar.") Mr. B, thel was in a warm room, had, per haps, had a bottle of wine, and was himself in a flourishing state when he said that ; while at the same time his poor labourers were starving.—(Hear, hear.) If it was not for potatoes, starved we must be.—(Hear, hear.) How does the poor man get clothes ? He lives upon potatoes and salt, and saves a little to buy two or three rags, or else he would be positively naked. We could better ourselves if we were permitted. I told master that, if he would let me have three or four acres, at 21. an acre, I could keep my wife and family without coming upon him or going into the workhouse. But they won't agree to it. They say if the land is let in that kind of way it will go out of cultivation ; but that is the very way to bring it into cultivation. Fellow-labourers, there is one thing that we are very wrong in. We goes to work at mowing, cutting and slashing away, without asking master what we are going to have for doing it before we begins. But I know very well that when a man asks a fair price, the farmers say, "Go along—l don't want thee. I can do without thee." The man who speaks fairly, and asks a fair price for his labour is sure to be persecuted. But we should unite together, and know before hand what we are going to have for doing the work.—(Hear, hear.) After some further remarks upon the low wages paid to agricultural labourers, which had reduced them to a miserable condition, worse than that of transports, the speaker said—there was nothing left for them now but starvation or free trade. He believed that free trade would give them good beef and bread to eat, instead of potatoes and no meat or bread. Bad living had made the agricultural labourers physically weaker ; he hoped also that it would now have the effect of making them wiser. It had made them wise enough to attend that meeting. They inust speak out their distresses, or they could not expect relief. His master had told him that be thought himself a fool for not turning him away for attending the meeting at Uphaven. The fact was, the farmers wanted to keep the labourers in the dark. The farmers and landlords held their meetings in pri vate, and would prevent the labourers from having any meetings at all. The labourers must be persecuted for meeting together ; but farmers and landown owners might meet and devise how to starve the poor labourers, and that was all right.—(A voice—" Never mind, it won't last long.") He hoped not. His master (Mr. Wansborough) said, that free trade would starve them.—(Cries of "Let's try it ; why we be starving o now.") He said, " You won't have a ny money you have free trade." How many in t hat meetin g money have I beenle fi would vee ventureks withoutsa y none.—(A a one rart ( ling A l!n m labourer “I pocket ; I have never see'd any money all that t ime. ") He saw no hope for them but in free trade. There was plenty of bread and meat waiting to come into this country, but the corn-laws would not let it come ina Their crha then, must be, " Free trade, free trade f or ever!"—(Cheers.) They were told that if corn became the tp, their wages would be reduced. But were their wages now according to the price of bread ?—(cries of 4. N o , no.") When corn sank in price 2s. or 35. a s ze k the farmers took Off Is. or 2A : from the labourer's w ages : but when corn went up a g ain t h e labourer wa s l e tt i n the lurch, for his wages were not raised.—(hear.) Ile sh Auld like every labourer t o come forward to tell his grievances.—(A voice—" Then the meeting would last till the 31st December ilexr,") No, net if they got free trade before next summa r.—((;heers) They must nut ha afraid to tell the tr u th. Hi s master. told him that it he had not gone to a meetin,e; he would have done a great many mor e things for hitn.—(A Labourer—" Why di,? Le not do 'em before ?") It appeared that he nev, thought before of doing anything for him. Although this meeting was large, he knew that there were hun dreds who \sere k ept away t h roug h f ear o f o ff en di ng their master. His maser told him that it he went another meeting he would turn 12;in off. But when engaged in a right cause they must not fear man, who at the most could only destroy the body. Let them fear God, and trust in him, and they would succeed. W. TAYLOR stated that h? had a wife and four chil dren, and expected soon to have five; and was at present out of employment. For the last seven weeks he was in work he got 6s. 6d. per week. For many days he had been without a bit of bread to eat. A person in the crowd—But you are one of the pro tected Wiltshire labourers. Were you discharged from your employment because you wero so weak you could not work ? TAYLOR—Yes, I could not work because I was not strong enough ; I could not get victuals to make me so ; and my master, Mr. Styles, of Whitcomb, discharged me. I have no work now, and not a sixpence, A voice—Go to the Duke of Richmond at 17, Bond street.—(Crics of " Hear, hear.") Another voice—Did ever any of your fellow-labourers give you bread when you were starving ? - TAYLOR—Yes, several times. I hail% had any to-day but what that man gave me (pointing to a labourer in the crowd, who replied " Yes, I gave him some to-day.") May God Almighty soon send free trade. [This poor man need not have called himself a starving man ; his emaciated appearance spuke in stronger terms than his voice could utter.] JAMES PEGLER complained that he had been " hunted f down" under the poor-laws, having been, w i t h his and family, forced into the workhouse, and separated from them for eleven montba.—(Cri©s of " Shame.") At PUBLICAT!ONS U L L I V E R, NEXT WEEK, AND EVERY WEEK. Price Threepence. 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MEETING OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS IN NORTH WILTS. WOOTTON BASSET, JAN. 6.—A meeting of a very re markable and important character at the present cr i s i s was held last night at a village, six miles beyond this town, caller . ) Goatacre, a small place with an agricultural population scarcely exceeding 200 persons, hut sur rounded at various distances by several similar villages or hamlets. The chairman was a labourer ; the speak ers, with the exception of two, were labourers ; and the object in view was to call public attention to the present condition of the labouring population in this part of the country, and to petition her Majesty and the Legislature to take decisive steps for the speedy relief of their ex treme distress. The meeting was to have been held in a large booth erected in a field, but the great expense of providing such accommodation was beyond the combined contributions which these poor people could spare from their very scanty means ; and therefore they were com pelled to assemble together in the cross• road of the vil. and to endure the inclemency of a winter night while they talked over their common sufferings. The whole of the arrangements and proceedings were strikingly characteristic of the occasion. A hurdle supported by four stakes, driven into the ground, beneath a hedge on the road side, formed a narrow and unsteady platform, capable of supporting only the chair man and one speaker at a time. Below this rustic erec tion were placed a small deal table, and some rush bottom chairs, borrowed from a neighbouring cottage. for the accommodation of reporters. Four or five candles, some in lanterns, and others sheltered from the wind by the hands that held them, threw a dim and flickering light upon the groups on this spot, before end around which were gathered nearly 1,000 of the peasantry of Wiltshire, some of them accompanied by their wives and their children, who, thus collected, presented a wild and painful appearance. In the shadows of the night the distinctive garb of their class was everywhere dis cernible, but when the flitting clouds permitted the moon to shine brightly in their faces, in them might be seen written, in strong and unmistakeable lines, anxiety, sup plication, want, hunger, ever responsive in expression to the sentiments and statements delivered by speakers, who merely described in plain unvarnished language the miseries of their rural auditors. The style of the more important speeches, and the nature of the disclosures made in there, demand an exact report of them, which will be found below, abating the provincial accentuation of words. DAVID KELL, a man of rather advanced age, was for mally called upon to preside, and opened the proceedings by reading a printed copy of the following notice: — "Anti-Corn-law Meeting at Goatacre—At a meeting of the committee of the Goatacre Reform Society, held at the committee-room, Goatacre, on Tuesday, Ike. 8, the following resolutions were unanimously carried:—Resolved, 1. That, in the opinion of the com mittee, the distress of the labouring people, caused by the failure in the potato crop and the high price of bread, is such as to justify the holding a public meeting for the purpose of petitioning the Queen for a total re peal of the corn-laws, inasmuch as wheat has risen 25 per cent., while the wages of the farm-labourers have not risen 5 per cant. 2. That a public meeting be held at Goatacre on Monday, the sth of January, 1846. for the purpose named in the first resolution. In pursuance of the above resohitions, notice is hereby given, that a public meeting will be held in a large booth at Gcatacre, on Monday, the sth January, 1846, at half-past six o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of petitioning the Queen for a total repeal of the corn laws.—Joseph Brewer, Chairman of the Committee. N.B. It is earnestly hoped that all who are suffering from distress will attend, that their distress may be made known." The CHAIRMAN then said—To all who are here pre sent, and to my fellow-labourers in particular, I call your attention to a subject of the utmost importance— a subject which demands very serioua consideration. You know by painful experience that we are suffering under distress and poverty ; and we are met here this evening on purpose to make known that distress to her Majesty and to her Ministers, to pray them to open the ports and to repeal the unjust corn-laws, so that we and our families may enjoy the boun'ies of Providence. —(Hear, hear). As it respects my own distress, and the calamities and miseries I have underwent and un dergone, I have spoken of them before at the Ramsbury meeting. But the case is not altered now. I h ave on l y 6s. a week for keeping myself, a wife, and two small children. I cannot earn half enough to keep as . 61. 10s. must go to pay house and garden rent, and no potat oes got.—( Hear.) I say, then, let u s unite to gether to advocate the cause of free trade.—(Cheers.) Free tr a d e for ever!—(Repeated cheers.) What. was it we w ere sent into the world for ? Is it not tor the benefit of society ? Hath God not committed to us a talent, and will He not require the use of it at our hands ?—(Hear, hear.) There are classes of people in this world, but perhaps they are unknown to many of you, that think that, because God brings all things to pass according to his unalterable decrees, they may sit down and rest con tented, and never think of doing anything , at all, e xcept it is to usurp the authority of God. rhey may look into his sacred word, but with his revealed will they will have nothing to do. Dost thou not know, 0 m an ! that thou wast endowed with a mind, and will, an d faculties, which God works upon as his instruments to I bring about his all , wise purposes? He looked up on hi s people in Egypt, and he saw their afilicti9, and ra i se d up Moses to be their deliverer. Again, he raised up Gideon I to deliver them out of the hands of the Midianites ; and Cyrus again to deliver them from Babylon, when they were iu captivity ; and, to come nearer our own tim e s, he raised up Oliver Cromwell and many others to do Iwhat was to be done. And in the prevent day, is there not a Cobden, a Bright, and a Radnor ? It is not for us to inquire whether these men are good men or not. It is sufficient for us to know that they are doing a g oo d moral work in our nation.—(Cheers.) But there is an other class of characters which I would s peak to, for perhaps there are some of them amongst you; poor dear souls they are to be pitied, for they are fearing wh ere no fear ought to he. They are afraid they s h all be turned out of their labour, and out of their houses ; and th e y are fearing this great man, and that great man, and the other great man. They are fearing every day b ecause of the fury of the oppressor. And " where is the fury of the oppressor ?" There is no cause at all to fear him, my poor fellow-labourers ; for, says Clod, " Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work ; and I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn." Let us stand up, my fellow-labourers, for good laws, for freedom, for equality.—(Loud cheers) I envy not the rich man for his riches ; but is it not unreasonable„and arbitrary ../.."""•••=") 444. - 1 1 4 sialwei , 7 4 ,,0 V • :t v y \ , 1 ~ l _ 4;>/ _ • I 4t42,2 CON I last he was turned out to get work ; and, because be went out of the district to find work, he was taken before the . magistrates, and charged with desertion, for whit he was sent to prison for a month. It was or him to grumble ; he was served so again after that. God bless my heart and life I (exclaimed this man) " I never seed sich agoto be sure as how I was served. I knows enough of starvation and misery to make me say, God send us free trade 1' "—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. COLE said that he had no idea until he got on the platform that there were half so many persons present, neither could he have believed that in a district where there were comparatively few houses, so large a number would congregate together after the toils of the day, many of them coming from a considerable distance. But it went to prove that hunger, the cause of a dissatisfied mind, would drive people to do many unusual things, and make them submit to serious inconveniences. --(Hear, hear.) lie believed the time had nearly arrived when the atrocious corn-laws would be blotted out of the statute-book.--(Cheers.) Lord J. Russell, a nobleman who enjoyed the confidence of his Sovereign, had de clared that those laws were not only the blight of com merce, and the bane of agriculture, but the cause of penury, death, and crime among the people.—(Hear, hear.) Could such laws, then, be permitted to remain in a country like this ?—(Cries of " No, no.") They were morally repealed already.—(Cheers.) He was satisfied that Sir Robert Peel or Lord John Russell must repeal the corn-laws. Would the protectionists move for a Committee of inquiry into the truth of Lord J. Russell's assertion ? No. They refused the self-same thing last session. —(Hear.) Meetings like the presen were certainly constitutional ; and he thought this one would be gratifying to Lord John Russell, and even to Sir Robert Peel, who was waiting for the people of this country to press him on to repeal, for he knew, as well as any man, the bad effects the corn-laws were producing. The resolution he had to propose was, that petitions, founded on the res elution already adopted, should be prepared, and circulated throughout the district for sig nature, and then be presented to the House of Commons. He was satisfied that a great moral and intellectual im- provement had been produced among the working classes by the exertions of those gentlemen who had agitated this question, and diffused information upon it. Who would have supposed that such a meeting as this could have been collected, and would, as he had no doubt, quietly disperse ? The League had taught the people that everything was to be gained, not by physical, but by moral force.—(Hear, hear.) They now knew where their strength lay.—(Hear, hear) He hoped the young men present would devote their leisure - hours to self improvement, and read and reflect upon the history and laws of their country ; in that way they would learn what were their rights, and how properly to secure them. He did not believe that the farmers were to be blamed for low wages ; much depended on the demand for, and supply of, labour. Neither did he believe that any one would suffer from the repeal of the corn-laws. Instead of land going out of cultivation, he thought that the reverse would be the case. There would not be so large a stock of rabbits and hares kept on the land. A protectionist, not ten miles from that spot, bad so many hares on his land, that they actually consumed more of the wheat crop than the whole of he families of farmers and labourers.—(Hear, hear.) There was some talk of having a county meeting ; should one take place, let the labourers go and show the protec tionists that they were really desirous that those laws, which bad produced so much mischief and misery, should be repealed.—Xheers.) Mr. EDWARDS, in seconding the motion, said he be lieved that Sir Robert Peel was inclined to do justice to the working people of this country ; but it mattered not to them, as working people, whether a Whig or Tory held the reins of Government, so long as they were well fed and clothed.—(A voice—" And no curry powder.") And no curry powder.—(Laughter and cheers.) The motion was then agreed to, as also one of thanks to the public press—that portion of it which advocated the rights of the people. The CRAIRMAN—In closing this meeting, my fellow labourers, I wish you to take notice of two things. First, you have heard these poor labourers state their distress ; but we do n 't w i s h to i ns i nuate to you that you are to rebel against the law that is now in existence.— (Hear, hear.) In the next place, we don't wish to insi nuate to you that you are to neglect your employment —(Cries of "No, no.") You are to follow your work with honesty, integrity, and uprightness.—(Hear, hear.) You will do all you can to please your masters, and live up to the law that is now in existence as far as you can, and do it for conscience sake.— (Hear, hear.) For you may depend upon it that the very moment you break the law, the very moment you neglect your masters' em ployment, you put a weapon into their hands with which to wound yourselves.—(Hear, hear.) Recollect that a few years ago the mob rose in Ramsbury and other places, and took the wrong step. They destroyed peo ple's property, and demaned their money, instead of acting legally, and petitioning the Sovereign and the Government. Had they done so, no doubt they would have been heard. But not doing so, they put a wea pon into the hands of the monopolists, and the monopo lists rode about the country, and hauled them away to prison, and rejoiced that they had got them just where they would have them. —(Hear, hear, and cries of " We know better now.") Three cheers were then given for free trade, and for Cobden and Bright, after which the meeting quietly dis persed, breaking into as many separate parties as there were roads ; some of them had long journeys to make before they could reach home. Some letters from labourers were forwarded to the chairman, amongst which were the following, which we verbatimgive Pt " Sir,—l take the liberty of addressing myself to you, as it is not convenent for me to atei,d your meeting, ineurly to inform of my distress, with is verry Great. I ashure you I have four children to maintain and not A potato for my use, my house rent verry high, wich maks it impossable to get bread Enough half my time for them I ham the Father of six Childern, one died A natural deth, and one Burnt to deth A Month Ago, in all these troubles and aflie,ticms 1 have not had the lest assistance from any one. my Children are all so young that my Wife cannot earn anything, therefore I will leave you to Judge my case. I will further add there is but few that would not attend youre meeting, if they dare. the poor are under that Bondage wich makes them afraid to make thair distress known, if they did thay would be dis charged from thair work and turned out of doors. God grunt that these Petitions might be herd. " your Aflicted and humbel Servent." " December 31, 1845. - " Gentel men, as it is not Convenant for me two a tend your meeting. I mires myself two your notice in the fol lowing re marks of the distress of the farm labores are in the present time ; in the first place I will state the Case of the men that have a wife and two Children onley, as most pepel say, that these men cannot be bad of, but see the case, all the peepel knows that the wages in Wil shear is Bs. per week, and when the Master has% taken 4s. per month for rent, there is but 7s. per wick for two, provide food for the four peepel, and there is 7 days in the week that is Is. a day, that 3d. each pirson, and as all have a little food 3 times a day, that is Id. for Each meal, and now we se what can be bought for the ls. We give 7d for a tour pound lofe, and so we see that there is 6 pound of Bred and 3 half pence for butter for the four, that is a pound and half each a day. And now, if Igo where there is 4 children that brings it two one pound of bread a day for Each person, and one farthing for each for butter, and if we go where there is 6 Children, that brings it two 3 quarters of a pound of bread a day for each, and three half pence for butter for 8 peopel ; and now if this was stated before the masters of the labores, they would ask me what I should do with the _E r xter Ernings in the summer a mowing andhow'ng, d a t n akes ee l P : ing, my answer two this is, that the ndf fire-place house 30 years Ex- • per week, that is 21. 12s. a yeatr, the perence, I well know twoikeaepdh h sop b e, candela, aired, and wosted, neede s, n pins, Bruins a rtists two keep the houseclean, thattakes s. per week more, that is 21. 12s. more, and the man have a pare of shoes a year, that is 125., and the wife a pear, that is Bs. more, and 2 c hildren a pear each, at ss. each, th a t i s 10s more, ' and pe we rent a lettel Land of o ur masters at 8 pence e per pool, and we have aboute 3 0 poles, and takes more a year a n d two keep all kinds of two a pound i n repair —that t a k es 10s. a year more. So now to sum up all the s. d. household arteckles, that is the firing 212 0 Candela, sope, and the other arteckles The four pare of shoes, that is All kinds of tools, that fa 0 10 0 30 pole of Land, at Bd. pole, that is LS 4 0 and there is no more than 4 month two Earn this sum in, and where is the man that takes L 2 9s. Od a month for 4 month. I Dont know the Man. And the failure in the potato crop makes it a great deal worse than it was 12 month ago, and the deterance in the price of bread makes in the above named lamely 2s. a week and have but one shelen to pay it with, and I cannot add no more at present. " Your humbel servant, " A LABORER." IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY. CHARGE AGAINST MESSRS. LABERTOUCHE AND STAFFORD. At College-street Police-office, this day, informations were taken against Mr. Abel Labertouche, stockbroker an.; notary public, whose failure recently occurred, on a charge of fraudulent appropriation, not having purchased stock in accordance with a written order, the money having been deposited for the purpose. Bail was given by Mr. Labertouche. His partner, Mr. Stafford, has not yet surrendered to the commission of bankruptcy, and it is supposed he has gone to Trinidad, where the firm held some property. THE BAPTIST MISSIONARIES.—Wednesday ' ei ev b e y ni t n h g e a funeral sermon was preached at Finsbur) Rev. Mr. Ilinton, for the Rev. Dr. Ye the is well-known negro la • te Ch m a rssionary at Calcutta, and the Rev. William Knibb , advocate, who died recently at Jamaica- The former was well known for his classical attainments in the .. literature of the East, and as editor of v arious translations of the Bibl e in India ; and Mr. Knibb as the pastor of the chief Baptist church in the island of Jamaica. T R O BBERY OF CASH, &C., FROM A TAVERN. 0A Sunday morn • g Mr. John Ratcliff, of the Ki ng ' s A rms in , f i e ld, Middlesex, discovered thatwhich Tavern, Hare his bed-room, a box, h a d been kept in-room, containing b an k- no t es a nd ot h e r property , amounting to 1,6801., had been stolen there from during the previous night, viz., ten 20/. Uxbridge Old bank notes, and six 51. ditto, a cheque for 1001. on the Mines Royal Company of Harefield, an Exchequer-bill for 7501., and a bond for 600/., besides a number of title-deeds relative to some property at Denham, and other deeds. The numbers of the 201. notes—F. 2,171, 2,242, 2,052, 2,096, 2,212, 2,241, 2,248, 2,042, 2,138, and 2,049. The number of the 5/. notes —A. 6,161, 5,561, 5,556, 6,115, 6,296, and 5,849. No clue has yet been obtained likely to lead to the disaovery of the thief or thieves. . i ~~ '' f ~~ v \ -- -.._ ~~~~~'~, 444