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_ to e, A 11‘ 0 )1 B Y :o r, ~4 . , res s '' No Ail Mr4vA&lrylTA ?m tl frriG or itAr ov w in be .a.L ANT/ - CORN-LAW LEAG Gt 3 111 0 3 ,41, Go • I: vitirwo next, the 14th of January, in the tot vent -garden. 114 ' n ' EN., will take the Chair at Seven o'clock pre -11,14:111..W.211 be addressed by the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., eta M.P., and Thomas Gisborne, Esq., M.P. Admission will b, issued on Monday and the follow -1/1411°11) RESIDETCE, ESTATE for kul k , SALE. 447' ttd Cliadlington East, together with the Mansion th e of 640 acres (tithe free), will he submitted for t L.',4loreiZag. It is about three miles fof the excellent markt 11,41t5g 7 , b o on , and in the centre of the country hunted by Pro - , witP h owne the trel_uesidenas been fo r nearly forty years in the occupation of cently ceased, and th condition ef the land . •d a ce are such as are r arely to be met with y n ,Zll.ll,Zlb,..Wo.rcester, and Wolverhampton Railway will pass ,:1 4 , n 'Ired yards of the boundary of the estate. J k licie r '",, a Y be obtained on application to A. L. Itawlinson, %try 10' bil4ing Norton. +846. Nitlti , .------------:----____—________ t \ pt itso Y for t he DISCHARGE a n d RELIEF of * 41 ) "IS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS throughout and WALES. Established 1772. PkESIDENT. The Earl of ROMNEY. 4t4 t en , O n Jc h and th e Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart, H.P. TREASURER. Itchiamtin Bond Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S. At, ~ Joh n „ AUDITORS. 'lp 7,,,lteti, reP74, held E d Capel Cure, Esq• ttii` dip t o Goernorsin Craven-street, on Wednesday, N t tl, of -anuarY, 1 846, the cases of Twenty Petitioners were reilbie an Seventeen were approved, One rejected, One talet th e .."d One deferred for inquiry 4 ' , To lo Ao!etig held on the 3d Dec . ember, 1845, FOURTEEN tv'tet.t i 4.°' wil`na Twelve had Wives and Twenty-one Children, ' l l4 f l 'ellar ged f ales, the liztlie. the.,ilol. 12s. . 0 whet., roni the Prisons of England an o d nn W ected with tt,Ziety,,a,V,.ceration, including every charge e A '' s •lle rrin 'aitt report : 6 d• ; and the following benefactions re -0 41,14,:i1tka01• Farquhar, and Co. • .... "• ' • • • • •A 5 2 0 te,,,S•Cboin,,,7w• Esq., per Messrs. Hoare •• " —A• 2 0 14, ' 4 ttloi -e Y• per ditto A 2 0 t ki l'Nr, 4 ar, r the , received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., ,t•b i N.l l •., Erick -court, Temple • also by the . following l'• -; led ""1.3. Cocks ' Drum monds, /ferries, Beam, I'3' th e ' Currie'', 44, 1 -gy b e in ecretary, N 0.7, Craven-street, S ere ih e 3en hY those who are inclined to support the Charity "'V Meet o theft t Wednesday lu every month. ' JOSEPH LUNN, Secretary. ot PC 410.0—riSIONALLY REGISPEW:D. 11 GREAT WESTERN DOCK c 4Pitaa, 1 . COMPANY. , 00 ,000/., in 7,500 Shares of 25/. each. t' t 4 i t:r o t 7liku eu D eposit, 1/. 2s. 6d. per Share. A rt. 4 ret urn ': The amount of subscription. The whole -de -114 d in the event of the Company not obtaining •Ititel4l". Itllt ritOVISIONAL COMMITTEE. 1*11(Seell° 4 ' gecumbe '4 :P1e1. 41 7' .1 3' 4(1 " M.P., Chairman of the Great Wotem g !' Nig .4Nr ' a Director of the Great Western Rail nods tit oLdr, st " IYmpton NtrAl Bank, Plymouth as A l 4 Efford Manor %114, 111 , LlPland l'e tk k at •P., Chairman of the South Devoa Railway 4,, , 114 41 er, tk4llen!' ER q. ' Directors of the South Devon IW , Railway Company it leo, alre„ i i , -,evon and COrnwall Bank, Plymouth heett te ' t , t srl., London 'ti; c : . Rl., London ,T 1114.. eristie E ° Q Sen a , M. , M.P. t„, ' "-Arb, Little Efford. "OINRER—I. K. Brunel, Esq. bev lie,. • kid ' ANKEaL '''udge, and Co. Naval Bank kets t hoe4 ID rnw all Bank ' Plymouth k N re. it - rorincial Ba. 11 x. ~.4 . Ow and!' an d Normannk , Devonport t,1311, Rundle, Tavistock 4 % 4 liaill fax, and Co., London. (ete Whir .eford SOLICITORS. t%;;.r iy ,k 4i , ,0 . _ Bennett and Tucker, Plymouth of th aPc l W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall , . London. . n o k4 44, 11 w e at ',7 Port of Plymouth, its facility of access 1 tlie m 'rege, "'r and at all hours of day and night, the extent all 4 te t ni4 th A it ' pr: Rl the security of the harbour, which have . lnng jol t ape r „T e n Tinence as a naval station, Promise t t i °D en t ine ',14111 as 4 ea state of its land communications, e X 4 4 m e te " e ta' Port. . ~ , 4 1 11q r Of a r of the South Devon Railway, Plymouth will, 'Vhat Months, be brought within six hours' journey eeq :45 th a .de distance of the port from Birmingham is ext n ini f i r orn London ; and the Bristol mad Exeter Rail leett4ti w e i ll i - ° llB eastward and northward, afford a ready 11: 4 h . the manufacturing districts of the N or th 1, , th,,,ay, .7, Projected Tavistock, Launceston, and L4e1.'41 Cent w i l l effect au immediate connexion with the who le k;kat t , g : ral Devon, and the ports in the Bristol Channel. 4,',llk i roce ed (19 Passengers of embarking at a port from which 'As"Nix: ' ,:kTl o ,, l j c 'erlY to sea in almost any state of wind, and be 1 4 11 u t ell, a at the entrance of the Channel, can scarcely Nt 0 „:44. 4 0e appa r ent aving of expense to the shipowner in both /14 v W . goods eq ually important, ro l . a ate, n the tra ns it of 'V 1 43; 0 , 4 4 Oft r an ches of t ra d e i n w hi c h the utmost acceleration sat e en ~e ,s ential to the preservation of the cargo, or i ts 1"'"t•!' 1 11` 41 41 h u ' From communications which have been had ( if interr.„ 4 " in London engaged in the fruit, and the Le ',Ll ' 1 %21 - " , 411 trades it appears certain that a large pro -444 at in g rtB will, on the completion of the South Devo: Mouth, and conveyed by railway to all parts f ' ll'; ' 4tl4ll:)fpar Plymouth would obviously receive an im ):,,,t4 0?ill)teg alldessriptions. being th t tt\ t kil l th , e 2A r ife r r ch arges, and the rates of pilotage and lights are 4 nly 2d per ton. The numerous builders' t the means of repairing shipping to any ex 4-ed. Provisions of every description are abundantly supplied. t eed position in the Channel, and the extent to 'eases all the requirements of a public mail e Government establishments, its dockyard nation of naval and military commanders-in haubted that this port will, when the railway ltel and London is complete, become the re great steam-packet companies conveying r'ranean, East and West India, and other and development of the population and trade of a high degree of prosperity. The popu iearly doubled within the last twenty years ; assewthie value of property subject to tha that ratio. New streets and buildings are rv erY direction, and numerous joint-stock and IQ4q ta ll ul anufacturing companies have been rev r e s nt fi ly 2 i ir v ecessful operation. The trade of h e fi p l o ward :: 414 kepis ' goosdseii. by an official return as follows 1 )(1 4;11N e w; the ' 50 ,626 tons ; outwards, 2,124 v w e s ss . els ; goods, it r ill a b t o rer nents of a trade and commerce thus advancing, N -71 't n tS, It advantages which the port of Plymouth so pe kii• r °l l ".Zel of P r °PoSed to provide a capacious wet dock, with wh arlitge, for which Millbay, by its position, 1 1 1), 111 4y 1 ' 444 general circumstances, presents extraordinary ; 4 toZhe „ ' ti; - Position perfectly central to the three towns of 1 rev teNit'rt, and Storehouse, and is in immediate proxm lit 444:pa gent:l3 0 1 the South Devon Railway. Sheltere d Zl3' winds by the Millbay pier, the t ßreakwater, oo ro res tt h e - is e x ,,_ncloscs an area of upwards o! bT. 011., 10w,..''!Ilent anchorage in from onl! to eigh t y fathoms b ri;"‘tte',:eci ~„n 2 r . te of tide. From th . e pecu and sin !tiCelie,ll_ Rat"e: o T, b o ll the bay, it works constitu of a vo sa ar ry fe m d od ock ero , almost moderate ex .ztelicoorn.y,rileualincatopaanble, with _extensive floating basin, with every bi' t Z l P4,'ren 3 ,4 , T he Entrance Lock admits of being formed so as „ Vl ver o .,Tw water of the spring tides, vessels drawing duel "' tw e ' ; and the depth of water within the basin will % t it is esintYwo feet. ,!, I tie „ b asin t„ r! , o4 to be upwards of twenty acres in extent ; and 1 4tZIter - ;aee Within the shelter of the existing pier,. a con ,:lllLk. 04 '4 t ‘ n „ b e, aPpropriated to the reception of steamers Nt 414 --e lditg at the port, and not requiring to enter 1 / 4 4' IP 41 43 ' bran tit g of the South Devon Railway is designed to l 4 e inr',.ol4,3:4l"zlefs goods e dock, so that the embarkation and 4, EN4 14 With ° tii : can be conducted without the expense 4 , 4 ,lQ,, rat fatt en , greatest faciedlityt. is hny s sufficient to establish ebaracter Y of the work, and these views will derive ,iitZt4l,C(7lll,kirfon.lb Co nsidering. the identity of interests between a t k tion o the Purpose of this undertaking and the power- PA f i t Driirn eti ra o u waY interests which have been so successfully g te ate g the South Devon line, and to whom the . 1n .. - i t tle:S w ith the port is manifestly of the greatest IM i et ~p.ool: 4l ag t , th, i' n er nentS have been concluded for purchasing nearly , 14,itssec pay able required for the undertaking, the censidera re t o o t n . o,'„_ln pr oper t y art, in the form of annual to „ %r e f, ' th e of the Company. This arrange a, 41,1 4 ' 4 4 „"' r evision of the estimates, have enabled the Corn +itc,t `4l. co nsiderable reduction in the amount of the pro -1,14,4141,,,q to , th `PO „ , ratioll will be ap' lied for in the ensuing session t the Co mmittee have complied with all the re ,,04, e ~ 4ny LNIII b e '`ancling orders, an d . entertain no doubt that the niCiar,'Olorg, eo s tlecessful, they feel justified in engaging that if, p,'lll othro cir cumstance, the Bill should fail to be carried, be entitled to receive back their deposits, .on for expenses. ki bljNita ttt by the Act to allow interest oathst 41. per cent. Ploi t il ber " 04 all csid up calls , until the opening 'o l ' ll r . Will Incur 'lability ' beyond the amount of his su t,7 4 , t, t r n eoe fo feh r r shares in the form subjoined (accemPaed b y_ a _ N.tD to 'rovisionarCommittee), I , ts h. th t o nce where the arias are not personally d known to I. l am , st d the f %„ ethn, odowing sharebrokers :—Acessrs. W may be address_ estro t p h p e , ; 44 01',. 1t°4 o' w, 76, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Sutton, Grib- d tL'lN,,ess ' r."` 4 ,,,, 3 ' 4l Exchange London; MeS B rS' Ho p wood an 'l'r e "7 , tna - „,% -, Yeth and Lu mbe Plymouth, of whom copies Non a ,'",, a Y be ebtai d — ' o ulnaittee of t he Plymouth Great Western Dock 4 t 41, r1, tiCompany. m o ods eo...ri est that y ou w i ll allot to me shares of 4%,,t'letail " th e te e the pr oposed Plymouth Great W es t ern Dock La to Pay P u ts and conditi ons o f th e p r ospectus, and I Puts tl da e &ls Wh en required deposit •of 11 25* • 6d per share, and sign the day of , 1846 Name •••••••••••• • • •• •• ' Profession •••••••• • • • • • • • Place of Abode • • •• • • •• • • • Reference •••••••• • • • • •• • Address of Referee 11 1 , - ' , 4.41,: I S T M A st ina , • niY l yre With tuneful lay, Welcome" 1 W he a ii Joyous, happy time, Christmas Day !" l'a etr:tuste, Mirth, and love combine, rik; jo i " a o , ll r Path with roses bright, ~'.1141 ,„„gt., friendship with delight 1 T o giv e ': is most essential —say, I„, eclat to "ChristmasDay ?'' iirt,llt,"otbl og !,, A lva uertf ere tell that own's ! a fact; Ib t b.Y . to ‘‘ i f , a Y ou how to act Ali. .llii o , ots , beauty rare 1 . itt st ,h,raii confidence and joy I, s ''ellok % Of n FIY Your time employ ; i ,, , t i tell p ass Pleasure bright and gay, r en al ' t et pric e 4 happy " Christmas Day 11" 41Z 1 ell' a 0 s for Winter Garments ready-made : x a. d. 11 5 , 11 , 11's e ler-co ata f '0 9 0 )‘' 0, Ws tPterfield rea l •••••••••••• • • ' ' ' • • • • • 8 15 14 ,1 0 4 , v er, 0 Ors a , B 4 and Taglionis, from • • •—• • 1 1 0 k l ,,,,C lest ts ..... nd Olenlyons ••••••• • ** • " • • 1 :1 8 0 t tit. °4l ß t er neld, ,„„"; • ..... ..... .. 0 10 6 1, wil t -. %i in all ool". Taglionis ... ..... 1 1 e t t t:t 4, : I, ei tilit o lour s , braided edges, fr om ••••• • • • " 1 4 0 0 8 6 ‘+‘ t t kilZitlf Palitt e a r n i ci s l;(;eki n , from •.:::••:•• •• : : •• .. — 04 6 L•N A er Win ev ery material, from •.•• • • • • 'nayAliLl el ei km ~.arments to order, in first-rate style and X s. d. ' tf., '4 qi logliont fashion :-- 0 18 0 li t 4 th,,M (: ehly o , 4l Over -coats, from .. .• •••• i ttl N a c , i rrin gtaa tto, from ............ 10, 4 ,42% olds ~, walkin g ditt o .... . ... 18 0 1,,N t 1, t r ,', t'irta, i Che sterfields • .. .014 0 ryeeAllit,,, ,) tit t , i a 'llll1 th 4 .. . a . 8 . 1 . 4! erior style, f . r • o • m • • • ..............1 10 0 ti ti, l l. t Zier ba t West tit F ancy Doeskin, from .. ...... •• • • 015 0 o'sh '" ti t , ,4epart aterials, from .................. 0 7 0 I ' l , l l. lll t, o _, l fekv.,? l ' .. e.nt is conducted entirel distinct and sepa t;llttr,t. otioe44.,lgn.litecrt. in,:net, and buyers will find patterns and ma ailif A 7eripti o _ Mir Youths' clothes kept constantly on Itkho ok a, and to a ny Y• ot very reduced prices. Mourning of. D i ~ s mall extent, can be had at five minutes I f 4e lle '' b e L td " The ..., otqchod oo a ,,..,Ta1k of the Town," containing list of C . 4 ess tt, L oo r,l a Ylog to L. Hyarn, Pantechnstheca, 36, t, rnos acte d .on. f j Itt ~,, lm Saturdays until the evening. e ' e lf th O u t i C OUGa 11, 41 1s N ri tttai t 1 ) , tr and IMPROVEMENT of 1 4 1 4 4 'heir Qt but r ,,,.. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. k, kii to tio and see wlfolleend lir. Locock's Wafers, since I have t tl soet e s ,9o ,l ld gts an u l my family such marke benefit from ( 31 ,kre 1 1 , 1 ,' on myself in particula r; in removing .4tti, lt . t ened) V the Voice I find them invaluable. ‘44 . tii, stren 1 . 'e a ' 24• IR' " 7 Alb " 'WILLIAM HAMLYN, , 1 e 4 1 \ z qo omts 8 11.0„•ER ion-place, Walworth, Oct. 31, 1845." S give instant relief and a rapid cure of t el ' ot a Ng h •a d titg ',aoadd..sall disorders of the Breath and Lungs. 1. qtter,tiFilieLeti-C t o to i„ gtho olo SPEAKERS they are invaluable for i: - 1 , bri c iL l i i ,.. .d , g . s ti r . tte, and they have a mos . t pleasant itreet„ lte 4 ; a pe o r n box.—Agents . 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''. . 1--.4-4 " --'''''''''' (YS INf or A ' ii -- -----▪ -- ,- '4P - .,,, T ., - ,. ..re i 316-."- t- t_ ' -b -rEir7:o2‘-ziAt, tl. • - ',,,swr ll t .-,, , ,k,.. tJ._.__Pr,o-i▪ i. ,, . - v ' viA \ , v ..,, _ , - . - . ./ 7 -,.`'. - _••• . No extra Premium is charged for residence North American Colonies, or at the Cape of Gi NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUI3. ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital f 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parllameßt. This ihstitation offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The ass fired has, on all occasions, the power to borr wr, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting beneßts, and the conversion of hi; interests t) meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PICOFIT... The saccess and increasing prosperity of the society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying, from 3u to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy enacted on the Profit scale. EXAMTLES. PRICE SD. LONDON, TUESDAY E E '4l S 1 17 Ny AN U 13,_ 1846, No. 16,665. /STOTICE.-ALTERATION OF TIME AND REDUCTION OF FARES. GRAVESEND for 64. or 9d., boat and railway included. The STAR and ELACKWALL PACKETS are now running at the above reduced fares from the Brunswick Vi. -11r., Biackwall, at 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 333, and 5. Sundays, 12 and 33( excepted. From the New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,2%, and 5. Sundays 9% and 1 ex cepted. Fare : Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, 64. ; Saloon nd First Class, 9d. Star Office, Gravesend, Oct. 11, 1845. SEIRE IV SBURY AND BIRMINGHAM k RAILWAY. The Committee of Management of this Company have effected an amalgamation with the Dudley, Madeley, Broseley, and Tronbridge Railway Company, on terms which are advantageous to the Share holders of both Companies. The liability of the Shareholders of this Company will be reduced from 501. Shares to Shares of 251., and Two Shares will be issued to the Shareholders of the Dudley and Madeley Company for Three of their Shares. By this arrangement the Capital and Parliamontary Deposit requisite for the entire scheme of this Company, including a line from Dudley to Madeley next year, will be secured. The reduction of the nominal amount of the Shares renders it ne- I cessary for the Shareholders of this Company to exchange their Scrip, and sign a now Parliamentary Contract. They are, therefore, required, on or 'before SATURDAY, the 17th inst., to lodge their scrip certificates at the Company's Office for that purpose, and to fill up the following form. By order, GEORGE KNOX, Secretary. 4 RTICLED PUPIL FOR A TERM.—A corn prehensive and highly-finished education, under the tuition of masters, may be secured to a 1 OUNG LADY, above the age of fourteen, in an Establishment known to an extensive connexion for its high character and standing. The instruction to comprise French, Italian, Latin, Marp, Pianoforte, Singing, Drawing, Dancing, Globes, Composition, and General Literature. Premium for Two Years, Fifty Guineas. Half-yearly instalments would be preferred. Address It. G., Post-office, Turnharn-groen, Middlesex. 3, 3foorgate-street, Jan. 10, 1846. (This form must be tilled up in the handwriting of the applicant.) To the Committee of Management of the Shrewsbury and Binning- EAST DEREIIAM and NEWARK DIRECT RAILWAY. The Committee of Management hereby give notice to those olders of Scrip in this C.,mpany who have not sent in the same r registration, that it cannot be received after the 15th instant. The Committee will then proceed to declare such shares forfeited, and allot the same to other parties. By order, JOHN C. NORTON, Secretary. Norwich, January 6, 1846. ham Railway Company. Gentlemen,—Herewith are Scrip Certificates for Shares of 501. each, in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, which I request may be exchanged for the same nnmber of Shares of 251. each, and I agree - to execute the Parliamentary contract and Sub scribers' agreement in respect of the same. Date ... ......... • • • • • • • • Name in full.. • ..... • • • • • • • • • • • Description .. •••. • • • • •• • •• - • •• • . Private address in full • • • • • • • • • • • • Place of business .. •••••• • • • • • • • PARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY (LAFFITTE'S COMPANY). Shareholders wh• have not received the CIRCULAR REPORT of the Directors, dated 31st December last, may be furnished with a copy, by sending to this office for it. The forms to he signed for the purpose of obtaining constituted Shares, as well as for the repayment of the surplus deposits, are now ready for delivery at this office, daily, between the hours of Eleven and Three, until the 24th inst. ED. AIME, Secretary. 62, Ring William-street, City, Jan. 6, 1846. DUDLEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, and IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY COMPANY, with EXTEN SION to SHREWSBURY. The Committee of Management of this Company have much sa tisfaction in announcing to their Shareholders, that an amalgama tion on mutually advantageous terms has been agreed on between this Company and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Com pany. By tke agreement which has been entered into, it is stipnlated that Two of the Shares in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company shall be given in exchange for Three Shares in this Company. That six members of the Managing Committee of this Company shall be added to the Committee of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Com pany, and that application shall be made by the amalgamated Com pany in the next practicable session of Parliament for power to make the line between Dudley and Madeley. Notice is hereby given, that the Shareholders in this Company must forward their scrip to the Secretary, at Stourbridge, on or before SATURDAY, the 17th instant, and signify (in the form given below), their election either to rec lye back their deposit, less their proportionate share of the expenses incurred, or to take in exchange their proportionate number of shares in the Shrewsbnry and Bir mingham Company. Parties who may elect to receive back their deposits, may at once receive V. per share on account, and the balance as soon as the amount of the expenses incurred shall have been ascertained. Parties who may elect to take shares in the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham Company, may, in like manner, on depositing their scrip, obtain a letter of allotment for their proportionate number of shares therein, which letter will be forwarded to them as soon as the Di rectors shall be satisfied of the sufficiency of the applicants. In cases where the proportion of the Shrewsbury and Birming ham shares to be received shall amount to a fractional part of a share, the Shareholders will have the option of paying or receiving the difference in value between the proportion and an entire share. Parties who shall not be considered by the Directors responsible will receive back their deposits on the terms already mentioned ; and parties v ho shall fail to send in their scrip on or before SATURDAY, the 17th instant, will be considered as having elected to receive back their deposit less the expenses. Arrangements will be made and announced, as soon as possible, for procuring the signature of the Shareholders to such deeds as the altered circumstances of the Company have rendered necessary. By order of the Committee, W. S. DARKIN, Secretary. Offices of the Dudley, Madeley, Croseley, and Iron-bridge Railway, Stourbridge, Jan. 10, 1846. FORM. DIRECT LONDON and EXETER RAIL WAY.—This day is published, price Is., Eposition of the Circumstances attending the Promotion and general Management of the Company, showing its present Condition and Prospects. By D. E. COLOMBINE, Esq. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. Of whom may be had, price Is., The Author's LETTER, addressed to the Landowners of Cornwall, relative to Railway Communication through that District. T HE DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, FROM LONDON TO YORK. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. The Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's Major Amsinck, 22, Upper Montagu-street, Montagu. square William Scott Binney, Esq. 27, Bryanstoue-square William Sprott Boyd, Esq. 1, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park John Brightman, Esq. 30, Cornhill Samuel James Capper, Esq. 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge Robert Walter Carden, Esq. 61, I hreadneedle-street Edward Trust Carver, Esq. Forest-lodge, Tulse-hill The Chisholm, 37, Chapel-street, Gros - enor-place Lieut.-Colonel Colquhoun, R.A. Woolwich William Morley, Esq. Blackheath William Mountford Nurse, Esq. Kensington-gore John Pickersgill, Esq. 8, Warnford-court Robert Rodger, Esq. Glasgow, 31. Montagu-street, Montagn-square ENGINEER—John Miller, Esq. Edinburgh SOLICITORS—Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, 65, Moorgate street PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Webster, 26, Great George-street, Westminster SECRETARY— Mr. W. H. Clark Offices of the Company, 64, Moorgate-Street. EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF MA NAGEMENT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS, DATED THE 29TH DECEMBER, 1845. " By the scheme promoted by the Direct Northern Railway Com pany it is proposed to bring York (to the n rth of which city there is a population exceeding five millions) within the dista ce (as mea sured by time), of four hours and a half from London ; to reduce by 42 miles the distance now traversed by the existing means of railway communication between those termini ; to lessen the distance as projected by the competing plan least favourable to the public) that of the Eastern Counties Extension by Cambridge and Lincoln) by 21 1 % miles, and as projected by the most favourable rival scheme (that of the London and York) by ten miles ; and yet so to reconcile this result with local wants, as to place, without in any instance sacrificing the principle of directness, every town of importance in the districts to be served by this Company's main line nearer Lon don, either by means of the main line itself, or of well-deised lateral lines, than they are by the -theme of the London and York, which, for the sake of passing through certain towns, pursues a devious route to York, thereby inflicting a serious injury on the country north of the Humber. " Thus the scheme of the Direct Northern Railway offers to the North of England, and to all Scotland, advantages presented by no other project whatever. These advantages it also immediately con veys to Bedford, St. Neots, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, Lincoln, East Retford, Sheffield, Gainsborough, Doncaster, Pontefract, Selby, and Hull ; whilst it lessens by twenty eight miles tha roue to Leeds, the great manufacturing capital of Yorkshire, itself rapidly becoming the centre of an important railway system. " With perfectly unexceptionable gradients, that in no case ex ceede 11 in 200, with upwards of sixty-nine miles of level on its main line, with no works of any engineering difficulty or of peculiarly ex pensive execution, with only 3,900 yards of tunnelling in eight tun nels, with no opening or swing bridges, with only one viaduct, and that of 500 yards, and with remarkably easy curves, the Direct North ern Railway, whilst its primary object is to unite in the directest manlier London and York, will at the same time serve a rich, fertile, and populous country, will reciprocate the advantages of easy and inexp'nsive communication between the manufacturing towns of the north and the agricultural and grazing counties of eastern and central England, and will connect by the shortest route the south of England and the continent of Europe with York, the north of England, and Scotland. The shareholders will observe the suggestion made by Mr. Miller, which proposes to introduce a new element of safety, regularity, and speed into ra lway travelling, by the conveyance of passengers and goods upon separate lines. This suggestion will, uo doubt, receive the consideration due to its importance in the ensuing sess'on. " The Committee entirely concur with Mr. Miller in the important bearing which the Holborn Terminus project has on the Direct Northern. It is In effect, though under different management, an ex ten.sionagna, line into the keprqLfUndon..By its means the London Terminus of the - Direct Northefh Railway will be ,immediately avail able for the Post-office and the City of London generally (between Furnival's inn and Gray's-inn-lane), and will itself form a portion of one side of the widest thoroughfares in London, will be in the immediate vicinity of the Courts of Law and Inns of Court, and comes more into the heart of London, with less sacrifice of valuable property, than any metropolitan terminus which has been suggested. "In accordance, therefore, with Mr. Miller's recommendation, and in pursuance of the powers entrusted to them by their proprie tary, the Committee have taken steps to secure control over this project, satisfied that it affords the most central, and, at the same time, the most accessible and least expensive London terminus. " the Committee refer the shareholders to the map accompanying this Report; it fully shows the course and relations of the Direct Northern Railway, and its national character. " Up to the 30th of November, all the standing orders of Parlia ment have been complied with ; and the solicitors report their per feet ability to fulfil all that remains to be completed within the time limited by the Legislature. " Thus prepared, and with deposits paid, and the proper deeds signed by a body of most responsible Shareholders, the Com mittee intend to make their application to Parliament at the earliest possible day, confident that a project of such undoubted public utility as the Direct Northern, in which the public service itself is deeply interested, will there receive what it only needs to ensure its success —a fair and impartial hearing." The following tables, appended to the Report of the Company's Engineer (John Miller, Esq.), will show the relative advantages of the Direct Northern in point of distances, as compared with Its com petitors for legislative sanction, and with existing lines. It may here be observed, that the distance between the cross of St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, and the centre of tie Great Tower of York Minster, as measured along the earth's surface, Is, according to the Ordnance Survey, 920,108.7 feet, or very nearly 174 1 4 miles ; an i that the main line of the Direct Northern, between London and York, is 176 miles. L Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct Northern Railway and by the London and York Railway. To the Provisional Committee of the Dudley, Madeley, Broseley, and Iron -bridge Railway Company . „ Herewith are Scrip Certificates for - Shares in the Dudley, Made ley, Broseley, and Ironbridge Railway, in respect of which I re quest you* to cause to be allotted to me Shares in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, in the proportion of Two Shares in the latter, for Three in the former Company, and I agree to execute such Deeds and Agreement as may be required in re spect of the same. Name in full • Description .... • Private Address.— • • • • • • • • • • Place of Business • • • ..... • • • . Reference .. • .... ......... •• .. This form must be filled up in the handwriting of the applicant. * Parties preferring to receiYe back 21. per Share, and such further amount as may be unexpended, can substitute the following for the remainder of the form, " to return to me the amount of deposit thereon, less the proportion of expenses incurred. Notice.—The Scrip must be presented at the time of payment to the Bankers, in order that the acknowledgment may be stamped upon It. (By order) JOHN GOUGH, Secretary. AMBER GATE, NOTTINGHAM AND BOS TON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee of Management, without condescending to notice any of the anonymous and false statements which have from time to time appeared in several of the public prints, have the satisfaction to assure the Shareholders that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference have been most minutely examined by the Englacer, in conjunction with the Parliamentary Agent, Mr. Coates, of the firm of Dyson, Han, Parkes, and Coates, who se ably checked the Plans and Sections last session of the London and York Railway, and that the whole are found to be most accurately prepared, and that every measure has been adopted which the Committee feel confident will insure the passing of the Bill through standing orders. By order of the Beard, Nottingham, 9th Jan., 180. JOHN GOUGH, Secretary. N EWRY and ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. The Directors will meet at their Office in Newry, en FRIDAY, 6th February next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to receive TENDERS for CONTRACTS for the following WORK 4, viz.:— To make and lay the railway from the east side of Edward-street, No. 1, in the townland of Ballinlare, in the parish of Newry, to a field, -o. I. in the townland of Drumbanagher, in the parish of Killeavy, all in the county of Armagh, a distance of 9,166 yards, being about 51,E miles; with all the excavations, embankments, bridges. culverts, gates, fences, roads, &c. &c., complete, and to keep , the whole in repair for one year after completion, finding all ma terials except the permanent rails, bolts, screws, chairs, treenails, and sleepers. Nuns and Specifications are open for inspection at the Company's Offices in Newry, and at No. 19, Moorgate-street, London, where printed forms of tender may be had, and no others will be attended to. Tenders are to be delivered, sealed, before Eleven o'clock on the sth February next, and parties tendering must attend the Directors' Meeting in person, or by some one duly authorised on their behalf. The party whose tender is accepted will be required to enter into a bond, with sureties for the due performance of the contract, in a penalty of not less than ten per cent. on the gross sum contracted for, and the names of the proposed sureties are to be specified in the Tender. _ The — Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest offer. NEWRY and MORNE, Chairman. Dated, 7th January, 1846, LEEDS and CARLISLE, and YORKSHIRE and GLASGOW UNION AMALGAMATED RAILWAY COMPANY. _ COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. W. lieresford, Esq., M.P., Chairman. Marmaduke Wyvill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. W. J. Anderson, Esq. J. Middleton, Esq. W. Anning, Esq. W. H. 0. Powlett, Esq. W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P. R. Robinson, Esq. R. Dutton, Esq. G. P. Robinson, Esq. C. H. Elsley, Esq. T. Salkeld, Esq. T. Hutton, Esq. J. Steel, Esq. W. Lodge, Esq. J. Underwood, Esq. M. Mangles, Esq. At a Meeting of the Shareholders of the Leeds and Carlisle Rail way Company, held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on the sth January, 1846, the following resolutions were unanimously carried, viz.:— On a motion from the CHAIR, and seconded by W. R. COLLETT, By the Direct By the London Northern Rail- and York Rail- Difference in way and its way and its favour of Branches and Branches and the Direct existing and existing and Northern authorised authorised Scheme. Railways. Railways. From London to Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Niles. Chains. Hatfield - - 16 60 17 50 0 70 Stevenage -- - 26 74 28 6 1 12 Baldock - - - 32 13 No line to it. Httchin - - - - 30 70 32 0 1 70 Shefford 37 40 No line to it. Bedford - - - - 46 14 52 31 6 17 Biguleswade 39 40 41 21 1 16 St. Moots - - - 49 0 51 25 2 25 Huntingdon - - 58 4 58 61 0 57 Peterborough - - 73 47 76 0 2 33 Stamford - - - 82 28 88 4 5 56 Grantham - - - 99 64 105 12 5 28 Newark - - - - 115 13 119 3 3 70 Lincoln - - - - 126 10 136 53 10 43 East Retford - - 135 24 137 2 1 58 Sheffield - - - 159 4 160 43 1 39 Gainsborough - - 133 73 146 53 12 60 Doncaster - - - 150 19 154 30 4 11 Pontefract - - 164 69 No line to it. Wakefield -- - 173 77 173 16 Leeds .. -- - 176 77 184 6 7 9 Thorne - - - - 65 172 24 Selby - - - - 163 150 0 No line to it. 8 3, Hull by Selby - - 194 65 203 24 8 39 York --- - - 176 0 186 0 10 0 From Lincoln to Doncaster --- 34 37- 34 '72 0 35 Pontefract - - - 48 77 N o line to it. Wakefield •• - - 57 5 53 58 Leeds -- - - 6 1 5 68 48 7 43 Selby --- - 47 73 52 66 4 73 Hull York 6O 8 66 40 6 32 Sheffield -- - 43 9 48 64 5 55 " That the report now read be adopted, printed, and circulated among the Shareholders." On the motion of J. HARRISON, Esq., and seconded by GIDEON Note.—The distances to Sheffield, East Itetford, and Galnsborough, are calculated upon the assumption that the Sheffield and Gainsbo rough Railway receives the sanction of Parliament. Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct Northern Railway and by the Cambridge and Lincoln Scheme. ----- ' By the Direct By the Cam- Northern Rail- bridge and Lin coln scheme Difference in (a- Branches. and way and its and its your of the Branches, and Direct Northern existing and existing and Railway. authorised authorised Railways. Railways. 1 ------ Frem London to'Miles. Chains. Miles. Cha 4 i o ns. Mi l le 4 s. Chains. 73 Peterborough --1 73 4 7 88 Lincoln - - - -1 126 10 140 26 11 16 Gainsborough - - 133 73 155 32 21 39 Thorne - - - - 150 0 172 28 22 28 Selby - - - - 163 65 185 18 21 33 Hall York 176 0 197 56 2l 56 Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct Northern Railway, and by the existing lines of Railway : By the Direct Northern Rail way and its Difference in fa- Branches, and By existing vour of the existing and Railways. Direct Northern authorised Railway. Railways. ---- ------ ---. 47 102 From London to Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains 3. 60 36 1 Weterborough -- 7 3 28 122 76 40 48 Stamfo -82 rd - - 44 121 60 18 16 Melton -- - - 103 4 177 20 1 8 1G Sheffield -- - 159 13 1 48 0 33 67 Newark - - - 115 - 126 10 163 4 0 37 30 Lincoln - - - 77 200 0 26 3 Wakefield -- - 77 205 17 3 20 28 23 Leeds - - - - 176 0 42 0 York 176 0 218 , • By order of the Committee, W. H. CLARK, Secretary. Direct Northern Railway Company's Offices, 64, Moorgate.street, January 6, 1846. The Map of the Line and Reports above-mentioned may be had at the Offices in London, and at the following local agents St. Neots - - Messrs. Pedpercorn and Wilkinson Biggleswade - T. Chapman, Esq. Stamford - - Messrs. W. and R. M. Thompson Grantham - - R. H. Johnstone, Esq. Lincoln - - Joseph Moore, EEL, Louth - - - John Gray, Esq. Gainsborough - William Robinson, Esq. L ee d s - - E. J. Teals, Esq. y or k . - . Messrs. J. and D. Russell Aberdeen - William Gordon, Esq. sharebroker Edinburgh - - Robert Allen, Esq. sharebroker Glasgow - - Buchanan, Aitken, and CO. 15114rOlgoltera Liverpool - Messrs. Buchanan and Son, sharebrokefe Manchester - Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, sharebrokers cmusrmas HOLIDAYS. R'Y A L POL Y TEL kiN IC INSTITUTION, I Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. liyan and Professor Bachoffner in CHEMIATRY and NATURAL PHILO SOPHY will be illnvrated by interesting and brilliant experiments. A. Lecture on the PREVALENT DISb:ASE in POTATOES will ne slivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the I..TMOSPHERIC RAIL WAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, ear ryicg several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA TROPE are very effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex periments by means of the DIVF.It and DIVING BELL. Among the various additions to the Working Models is i_7oleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for as .enditr and de scending Inclined Plst , ,es. A rnagn.ficoit Collection of TROPICAL FRUITS. M. Downs, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Gall past Five, ant from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening. Admission, One Shilling. Scheejs, ENERAL TOMTHUMB.-IMPOSITION General Tom Thumb (now in Scotland, from whence be pro ceeds to Ireland), respectfully announces that in consequence of many persons having been disappointed in seeing him in London (as his Levees were suspended on account of a slight cold), he will visit London in March or April next, for a short time only, previous to sailing for America. To save the public from Imposition, they are informed that various persons at the penny shows in Holborn and the Fairs, and one also at the Egyptian Hall, have assumed the name of " TO AI THUMB," but that the smallest among them is at least four times the General's weight and size. G THE AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COlll - 125, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill. Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. TRUSTEES—Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S.; J. IL Capper, Esq.; Edward Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS—James Easton, Esq., End C. Richarlson, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maplo;. BANKERS The Union Bank of London. _ _ COLONIAL BANNEas—The Bank of _Australasia (incorporated by Royal oikartcr, Ism), S, Mari, London. rItYpICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62. Guildford-street, Russell-square. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq. The following are the spec • .mens of the rates of premium charged by this Company for the Assurance of 1001.: [TII PROFITS, WITF. [OUT PROFITS. Ate. Annual Premium, 20 £1 17 1 25 2 2 1 30 2 8 2 35 2 15 2 40 3 4 0 45 3 15 6 50 4 11 8 55 5 9 7 Annual Premium. 41 10 3 1 14 11 2 0 7 2 7 0 2 15 3 3 6 6 4 1 8 5 0 5 in the Australasian or ood Hope. urance of the lives of Indies. iu Australasia and the Peculiar facilities are afforded for the ass persons proceeding, to or residing in the East 1 Premiums msy be paid, and claims settled, East Indies, by indorsement of the policy. Immediate and Drferred Annuities are granted by the Company' on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu tion that Annuitants participate in the profits. The following are specimens of the rates of annuities granted for every 1001. sunk : Male I Female Male Female Age. Lives. Lives. Age. Lives. Lives. 35 £7 1 5 £6 13 5 65 £l2 12 0 £lO 19 0 45 7 18 1 7 4 9 75 18 9 2 16 3 5 55 9 13 0 8 8 9 80 25 8 9 20 2 7 Prospectuses, with Tables, Forms of Proposal for the purchase of an Annuity or for making an Assurance, and every Information, may be obtained by application at the Office of the Company. E. RYLEY, Actuary and Secretary. D UDLEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, and I i ',il iv . 0 5 IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY. a I ~• o = 2l ~, 0 .1 ‘.4 For the convenience of Shareholders in London, the Scrip Certitl- ki . c g Premium ' 'cc" Bonus Bemis in 11 q Nl, .., r s mites may be sent to the O ffi ce of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham s. p premium. , added. Cash. s- 5 - Company, 3, Moorgate-street, London. I I : g 4 1 5 By order, W. S. DARKIN, Secretary. 1 , , 4. 4 la. Stowbridge, Jan. 12, 1846. - -- _ A MBER GATE, NOTTINGHAM AND BOS- so l ute B. , 1837 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 4395 11 1 , 1838 163 13 0 '74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 TON, AND RASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. ,74 3 ' 1839 133 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 Notice.—The Scrip must be presented at the time of payment to I I 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 69 0 247 4 6 Tie (I , 7lsion of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De ceinlJer of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Roe. T HE TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 2,000,000 r., in 100 000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, in compliance with the provisions of the statute 7 and 8 Vict., c. 110, Two Shillings per Share, until the complete Registra tion of the Company, when the same will be increased to It. 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 1,000,0001., or more, by the grant of Tontine Anithities, 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-squire, Lincoln's Inn John Conolly, Esq., M.D., Lawn-house, Hanwell 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., Voorgate-street Chambers, City John Conolly, Esq., M.D., Lawn house, Hanwell John More Douglas, Esq., Belvedere-road, Lambeth Walter Etty, Esq., Lombard-street Chambers Edward Hamilton, Esq., 31. D., Grafton-street, Piccadilly William Henderson, Esq., 16, ltishopgate-street Within Hector Monro, Esq., Walsham le Willows, Suffolk Savile Craven Henry Ogle, Esq., M.P., 84, Eaton-square, Pimlico. 1 Ambrose Frederick Proctor, Esq., Ware, Herta C oke Taylor, Esq., LL.D., Fleet-street John Alfred Trimmer, Esq., Haslemere, Surrey Forbes Winslow, Esq., M.D., Sussex-house, Hammersmith. BANK SOLICITOR—WiIIiamEs -- ls BANK ERS—Messrs. A 3 f a r t ' G, Dimes,Stone, and Esq ~ Martins,46 Lincoln's 6B, Lombard-street. n O 1 , 11 1- ig t e r d - . S . treet. 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 Burlington•street: DISTRICT MEDICAL REFEREES IN LONDON. William Preston Lauder, Esq., 31. 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 sity College, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. CONSULTING ACTUARY—David Jones, Esq., Author of " Tables on Annuites," kc., King William-street, City. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—WiIIiam Clark, Esq. Temporary Offices, No. 16, Lincoln's Inn-fields. It is unnecessary in this Prospectus, to enlarge upon the advan tages of Life Assurance, or its adartation to most of the exigencies and relations in life. These benefits have been so extensively pub lished, that they are already well understood and appreciated. This Company is formed for granting every description of Life Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment ; Loans either for long or short periods to persons effecting Assurances, upon receiving satis factory security for the payment of premium and interest, and the repayment of the principal, by instalments or otherwise, as may be agreed ; also for the purchase of Reversionary Interests, Policies of Assurance, and every other description of property. Persons borrowing money of the Company, upon approved se curity, and effecting a policy of Assurance for the amount bor rowed, will not be called upon for the repayment of the loan, so long as the interest and premium are regularly paid. Thus a Party borrowing 1,0001. 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 repay its advance. The premiums are based upon data derived from the most recent and authentic sources, presenting a moderate and equitably-adjusted scale. One of the principal objects of the Company is to assimilate its benefits as nearly as possible to those of Mutual Assurance 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-half only of the premiums for a stipulated term of years—the interest upon the unpaid portion of the premiums, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, being annually paid in advance. Upon payment of the arrear of the premiums, the Assured will be entitled to a 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. ho sSh intine Annuities to e :O Life Assurances will be eff ected with all th e advantages to the assured afforded by the most respectable established companies. . the public, hp T ius a b b l il Company , ofis PremiumsTONTlNE submitting 1 1 t l t thi n s ehgo beliefr At t h l N y e Ns be tut ji subject tere are many pers ons , l who from the hope of longevity, and the desire of ease and affluence hey will secure a lar as they progress through whichbeenleolroLtyheeacehl,astshehlynowrhtiheehirtrheespaencs: nwle of investment ;--by tlarge remunera tive and increasing income, guaranteed to them by the Company during their own lives or the lives of their nominee. The following is an illustration of the principle of the Tontine An nuity granted is 61. per cent. per annum, each subscriber or nominee will, during the continuance fall the lives, receive an annuity of 61. ; nuities :—lf 1,000 tive nominees, but as the lives drop, the share of the deceased parties will be divided among the survivors, until they are reduced to six, ea c h of wh p lg ers o o f n a s n su ag bs e c t ri o whom will then receive 1,0001. per annum for life; but as th ey re = spectively die off, the 1 , 0001. p er year which the deceased party re ceived will fall into the funds of the Company, for the benefit of the p ro deposit ldt for tohfc Two r w children. shinigs per 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 propriatingstances would be otherwise uselessly expended, to secure indepen dence a comparatively small sum of money, which in many in stances and comfort in their declining years. rer relations. Wealthy relatives for their poo . Parents may also by . to be directed to Lincoln Inn-fie Char es Barker, Esq., No. 46, Line Inn-fields : To the Directors of the Tontine Life Assurance Company. Gentlemen,- -I request you to allot me Shares in this accept the same, Company ; and I hereby agree to Applications for Shares, In the following form or any less num ber you may allot me, and to paythe the Share thereon, and also to execute Deed of Settlement of the these means Company when required to do 50. Name.... •• •• •• • • Pr ofession or Business Reference ••• • • • " ... PUBLICATIONS. By Pest Is. 6d. D R. 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For some years before the late mischievous movement against railway Interests on the part of the " Times" newspaper, it hail been evident to all persons engaged in business, that In giving their advertisements to that journal they were themselves encouraging and fosteriag 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 interestr. nut 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 desideratu m. This want appears to be now supplied by the " Iron Times," and the projectors of the " Iron Times Newspaper Company have per ceived—ln the manner in which that journal has recently assumed the character of a General Morning Newspaper, and the skill and talent which have been displayed 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 leading journal of the age. . Founded on the basis of the " Iron Times" as a Railway News paper, the -" Iron Times," ..astst General Newspaper. has a point d'appui to start from, such as it has never Iltledrto 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 singly—have never, in any instance, been arrived at without a great outlay and risk of capital ; both of these, however, the " Iron Tithes " 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 j a public journal, and an increased ratio of profits to all parties con- Lperned. Asa commercial speculation the success of the " Iron Times" is a atter of public notoriety, and the Committee of Management of the Company, front 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 of It. 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 11. prem. per share ; the remainder at such periods and at such prices as the 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 is 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 II 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. ! RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. AMEETING, most respectably attended, of landowners and occupiers of land, was held at the Bear Inn, Vantage, this 12th day of January, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of opposing the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway Company for an Act of Parliament to form their line WEST-END AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. SMITH COXE, Esq., in the chair. The following resolutions were proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously : That, in the opinion of this meeting, the suggested line of railway from Oxford to Salisbury Direct is quite uncalled for, inasmuch as there is neither passengers or goods traffic along the proposed line requiring such accommodation, and consequently, that whilst a great sacrifice of private property must take place, no adequate, if any, benefit can possibly arise to the public by the formation of such a line. That as the line throughout presents one unbroken agricultnral district, possessing within easy distances markets and fairs amply sufficient to absorb all the produoe thereof, the scheme in question appears to this meeting a mere wanton speculation of the day, possessing neither merit in itself, or a reasonable prospect of a re turn for capital required for the undertaking. That, with these impressions, the members of this meeting do use their best endeavours, individually and collectively, to defeat the proposed measure in Parliament, and that for such purpose a sub scription be entered into, and placed in the Bank of Messrs. Barnes and Medley, Wanta;e Bank, to the credit of PHILIP SMITH COTE, WILLIAM STONE, . CHARLES ROBEY, as trustees of a fund for carrying on and defraying the necessary ex penses attending a petition against the Bill, and the support thereof in Parliament. . . . Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the subscribers to this line was held at the Company's offices, Chatham place. Blackfriars, Mr. Carter in the chair. Before the business of the meeting was entered upon, some discussion took place as to whether the scrip holders who had not signed the agreement should be ad mitted to take a part in the proceedings ; and, after touch debating, p 0 and col, it was determined that no getaLmen should be admitted to the meeting but those who had signed the deed. Mr. PAYNE, the enginer to the Company, then pro cee,.ded to enter into a statement as to the intention of the Company to carry their line to Waterloo-bridge, and the advantages that a terminus in the Strand would aff ;rd. Several shareholders expressed themselves desirous of hearing from the Committee what was the original object i n view when the line was formed. s,rs. PAYNE and PENRY both said that the prin cipal object of the railway was to form an amalgamation with any line of railway south of the Thames, and to form a connecting line from them to the western part of metr , polis, so as to have themselves the benefit of the short traffic, and to give to the line with whom they joined the long traffic, as very cons i derable disappro bation bad been expressed with regard to the principle of having short traffic on long lines. Mr. SMITH said that these statements were not the business for which they had met. They wished to know the state of the Company in a finaacial point of view. Mr. TAYLOR then inquired what proportion of the shares had been paid upon ? The CHAIRMAN said about one-half. Mr. SMITH wished to know whether the Chairman had no stareMezt4 accounts to make to them . The CHAIRMAN said that there were certain reasons why the report that had been prepared should not be read that day. The circumstances were such, that the laying any statement before them would be imprudent. Mr. FORREST said that it was very strange that they should be called to receive a report of the state of affairs of the Company, and when they did come they were to hear nothing at all. The CHAIRMAN said that the report had been pre pared, but certain reasons were in existence why it should not be read. It would be ready in a week or two. The Committee had all subscribed, and were all in the iame boat with the shareholders. _ That Messrs. Bischoff and Coxe be requested to undertake the conduct of such proceedings, and the following gentlemen do form a Committee for the general direction and conduct of the business generally, viz.:— P. S. COXE, Esq., Chairman. Mr. CHARLES ROBEY, Mr. WILLIAM STONE, Mr. RICHARD BARNARD, Mr. THOMAS DEAaLove, MR. THOMAS GOODWIN. • That all cheques be signed by the Secretary and two of the Committee of Management, and countersigned by the Chairman. That all other landowners and occupiers on the line, who may dissent from the proposed measure, be communicated with, and requested to join and co-operate in tke proposed opposition, and to forward their subscriptions accordingly as soon as possible. That Mr. J. H. Ansell be appointed Secretary. Mr. FORREST—Have you done anything at all ? The CHAIRMAN said that there was a negotiation with another line then in progress. Mr. TAYLOR said that the shareholders ought to have been desired not to come, by the insertion of an adver tisement, if nothing could be done. Mr. H. ARROWSMITH (one of the Committee) said that the board appeared before the shareholders with much pleasure, as all was to be fairly transacted. There were certain clauses in their deed, and the question was, whether those clauses should be acted upon this session. Mr. KEMP said that there were gentlemen in the room who would make their proceedings public, and he wished that those gentlemen s h ou ld no t l eave w ith ou t t a ki ng with them some explanation of what had occurred. The only explanation that had vet been given was, that the Company had been formed with the view of amalgama tion with other lines, and a portion of their shares had been reserved as an inducement, so that they were formed Kith the view of giving to other persons the fruits of their money and labour. The gentleman who offered this explanation certainly intended to give it as a reason that the Company was formed for the purpose of giving a direct line of traffic from the Greenwich Railway to the West-end, but to do that it would be necessary to get the consent of several other companies. They had met that day expecting a statement of affairs, and nothing had been said except that it was their intention to amalgamate with another good company, so as to benefit themselves, and unless such a thing could be ac complished, it would be of no use to go on at all. He did not wish :o tamper with the proceedings of the Com pany, but he certainly thought that an adjournment, until some more tangible information could be obtained, vi as necessary, as it would be unwise to spend any more money until such information was given. Mr. ARROWSMITH said that, in his opinion, no blame could be attached to any of the officers of the line, as they had amply proved their capacities on a previous line of railway. Mr. KEMP wished to put a motion—' ing do adjourn." Mr. PENRY said that it was only half an hour before the meeting was to have taken place that a communica tion was received which rendered it necessary that no report should be read. The solicitor had been consulted, and his advice was, that no report should be read, but that the meeting should take place, as the closing of their doors on such an occasion would have a very bad appearance. I'kt assistant to the solicitor to the line expressed his concurrence to this statement. That this meeting feels called upon to notice, in strong terms, the use made of the names of several respectable individuals, who were placed on the list of the Provisional Committee, without pre vious consent being obtained, or their knowledge of the matter. That these resolutions be printed in some of the leading journals and local papers, for the information of all concerned. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to P. S. Come, Esq., for his kind interest in this undertaking, and for his impartial con• duct in the chair. Subscriptions immediately entered into-1051. collected. FOUICTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human " That this meet- Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Jest published, price 2s. 64., free by post (in &sealed envelope) 35.64., riri HE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the System n both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneftil effects of indulge- cc, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surceons, 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 ; Parkin, Compton street, Soho; and all Booksellers. "We regard the work before us, the Silent Friel,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series 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 mn• t however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that we net only reoommsnd, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from India cretion, to profit by the advice contained la its pages."—Age and Argus, The CORDIAL BALM' of SYRIACUM is excamaively directed to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, &.c. In bottles, price I Is., er the quantity of four ha ona bottle for 335., 'ay which 115. are saved. The five-pound cases may be had as anal. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, a.ad, those painful affections arising tom improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the akin. Pries lls. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price Is. 9d., 45. &i., and 115, per box, are the most effectual remedy lea strictures, Juliana motion, &c., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail et cases neeessary. Messrs. R. and L. Perry and Ca., surgeons, may he consulted, as usual, at 19, Berners-street , Oxford-street, London. daily. arid at 106, Duke-s eet. Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at 10, St. Jo n-street, Deansgsste, Manchester, on Mondays, Tuesdays. and Wednesdays. After some further discussion, Mr. Kemp's motion was adapted, and the meeting was postponed until that day week. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting s 'pirated. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM. MANCHESTER, MONDAY, HALF-PAST FOUR.—This day, at noon, a special general meeting of the proprietors of the .Manchester and Birmingham Railway was held at the effies of the Company at the station in London-road, for the purpose of considering the propriety, and if so determined, of authorising the Manchester and Birming ham Railway Company to subscribe towards or pur 'chase shares in the following railways or undertakings, or some one of them ; that is to say, the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway—the Shrop shire Union Railway and Canal Company—th 3 Man chester and Hyde Railway ; and also for the purpose of obtaining or refusing the authority or sanction of the said proprietors to the Directors proceeding to obtain an Act or Acts of Parliament, in the next or some subse quent session of Parliament, for power to construct the certain branch railways in connexion with the Manches ter and Birmingham Railway, for which plans and sec tions have already been deposited, pursuant to the stand ing orders ; and also for obtaining or withholding the approbation and sanction of the proprietors to the Direc tors opposing any other railways projected, which may in their judgment or otherwise be considered prejudicial to this Company ; and for effecting any arrangement with other companies for the purpose of such opposition, or which may appear likely to promote the interests of this Company. Mr. J. I'. WEsTutun, Chairman of the Board of Di rectors, took the chair, and opened the business of the meeting by calling upon the law clerk to read the notice convening the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then said, that a; regarded the pro— jects adverted to in the notice convening the meeting, he would offer a few observations. Some time back this Company was waited upon by parties connected with the neighbourhood of Hyde and Denton, who complained that they had not adequate accommodation in that district; and it was suggested that more complete accommodation might be afforded by a branch from the Manchester and Birmingham line at Longsight, the line to branch off in that direction. The Directors were informed that such a project would not interfere with any existing in terest, and they agreed to take an interest to the ex tent of 75,0001. in the line, the estimated cost of which was 150,0001. Two of the Directors had inquired into the amount of traffic likely to be derived upon that branch, and they had recommended the London and Birmingham Company to give their sanction to the project. The next subject they had met to con s ider was their connexion with the Shropshire Union Company. At the last half-yearly meeting it was stated that there were several projects afloat on the other side of the Grand Junction line. There were the Ellesmere and Chester Canal, the Shropshire Canal Company, and Birkenhead and Shropshire, the Trent Valley Junction, the Shrewsbury and Worcester, and Worcester and Crewe, all of which it was proposed to consolidate into one company, and this Company was to take an interest to the extent of 200,0001., subject to the sanction of the proprietors. These Companies were to be proposed to be included in one company, to be called the Shropshire i a c t l o h l s d u importaheardnt . Union Railway Com o p tf a u n we ) h % uourn O act t ei l l e ueuy p n a t r ha t ab o dle f u ei f n t g ha p t r p ev a e rt n . ted tu fr t om the others o plan Giles, was the a s e o n w g i i n n g eer t depositing ha d i tasl l p u l e a ;u s d a u n l nd s th ec in d g u , ns b deposited. The former was ' a circumstance which was much regretted by the promoters of the Shropshire lines ; but, consid • ering that they had deposited the greaterpart of their plans in a satisfactory manner, it had been determined to go on with their application for one part of their scheme, and try for the remainder in the next year. The line between Worcester and Shrewsbury, with the other projects which were re commended by the Directors, would reqnire an outlay from this Company of 200,0001. The London and Bir mingham Board had sanctioned the proceeding. There was next the Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Com pany, which was also referred to at the last half yearly meeting, and in which it was proposed by the Directors to take an interest to the extent of 190,000/. At the time of their last half yearly meeting, the arrangement between this Company and the London and Birmingham was concluded, but no arrangement had been at that time come to between the latter Company and the Grand Junction. Since that time, an arrangement of an highly satisfactory character had been come to, and the Directors thought that the sanction of the meeting should be given to a Bill which would incorporate them not only with the London and Birmingham, but with the Grand Junction.—(Cheers.) A Bill would be submitted to them for approval, in accordance with the standing orders of Parliament. These were the substance of the resolutions which he would submit to the meeting. The amount which this Com pany would have to subscribe, would be for the Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands, 190,000/.; the Shropshire Union, 200,000/. ; and the Manchester and Hyde, 75,0001. Amongst the improvements of their own line, the Directors recommended a diversion from Adswood to Poynton, another from the line near Maeclesfield to Bollington, an extension from Wilmslow to Prestbury, and a branch from Wilmslow to Northwich and the Grand Junction Railway. The Chairman then alluded to the necessity which existed for the construction of the above-named lines, so as to make their line as perfect as possible. If the line from Wilmslow to Northwich were made, the traffic in coals would be great. At preser.t great MR. COLBURN ' S NEW PUBLICATIONS.—We are requested to state that the following new works are just pub lished by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may be had of all booksellers:-1. Sketches from Life, by the late Laman Blanchard, Esq., with a memoir of the author, by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., 3 vols., with a portrait after Maclise, and engravings from designs by G. Cruikshank, ' &c. 31..6d. bound.-2. Russia under the Autocrat Nicholas 1., by Ivan Golovine, a Russian subject, 2 vols., 21s. bound.-3. Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain, illustrative of the History of England, new first published from the original MSS., with introductory notices, by Mary Anne Everett Wood, 3 vols. small Bvo.-4. The Fifth Volume of the Nelson Letters and Dispatches.-5. A Second Edition of Lady Hester Stanhope's Memoirs, 3 vols.-6. Evenings at Haddon Hall, 1 vol., with 24 steel engravings, from designs by George Cattermole, Esq., 31s. 6d. bound. A NOBLE CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS. —At mid night, on Christmas-eve, in Berlin, all the licensed houses of ill-fame were closed for ever, by order of the authorities. Whatever debts had been incurred by the unfortunate women towards the proprietors of these es tablishments, were discharged, and they were afterwards dispatched to their relations in the country. Surely such stringent but admirable measures are not undeserving of imitation ! EXCISE CAsE.—A case of considerable importance came on for hearing before the county magistrates at Rochester, at the instance of the supervisor of Excise for the Rochester division. The information was laid under the 56th Geo. 111., chap. 58, sec. 2, which subjects the party on conviction to a penalty of 2001. Robert Batten, supervisor of Excise, stated that, on the 27th of November, a ccompanied by George Varley, an officer of Excise, he visited the house of John White, the defendant, a retailer of beer on the Brook at Chatham. They found on the stairs a can, containing about six quarts of a mix ture composed of sugar and salt, which they seized, being a forbidden article, but sometimes used Tor adulteration, as a substitute for malt and hops. The defendant, in reply to the charge, stated that he was petisimed off and in valided borne from her Majesty's ship Castor, then in China, about 18 months ago, in consequence of a com plaint under which he then and has ever since laboured, and that the mixture in question was only a part of a preparation from a prescription given him in China, and which he had been in the habit of taking daily for his complaint. A witness who resided in his house deposed to the truth of th,t statement. The defendant also pro duced a certificate from a medical man in the neighbour hood, to the effect that he was in the habit of using this composition for the relief of his complaint. The de fendant was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 501. LORD MORPET/I. — We have the pleasure to state that this Noble Lord has given his honoured name to a document prepared by the Peace Society, recommending addresses from merchants and other classes in this coun try to similar classes in the United States, in favour of perpetual amity, and the reference of all points of mis understanding to the arbitration of disinterested parties. —Leeds Mercury. COLQIIHOUN, EIN. :--• " That the best thanks of the Proprietors be given to the Directors, and that the confidence reposed in them be continued." On the motion of WM. ANNING, Esq., and seconded by Jos. UN- DERWOOD, Esq. : " That a special vote of thanks be awarded to the Chairman for his efficient conduct in the chair." The Shareholders are informed that a copy of the report of the Committee of Management, with a map of the lines of the Amalga mated Company, may be had on application at the Company's offices. _ _ By order of the Committee of Management, - C. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Gresham-rooms, Basinghall-street, Jan. 6, 1846. nUTCEI HANOVERIAN RAILWAY. Esta blished in accordance with the concession from his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, dated December 9, 1845. Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares, at 201. sterling per Share. Deposit 21. sterling per Share. DIRECTORS. The night Honourable the Earl of ESSEX, Chairman. ENGLISH. William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire Thomas Edwards, Esq., of Bethel-place, Camberwell Frederick William Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., of Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham Joseph Bishop, Esq., of Crutched-Mars, London Hubert De Burgh, Esq., West Drayton, Middlesex. - _ FOREIGN. The Count L.'N. Van Randwyck, Knight of the Order of the Nether lands Lion, Governor of the Province of Drenthe, Member of the Chamber of the Nobles of the Province of Gelder, Curator of the University of Groningen, &c. The Baron J. A. Gal de Vos Van Steenwyck, Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, President of the Chamber of Nobles, Member of the Estates of Drenthe, Ranger of the Forests of the Province of Drenthe, Magistrate of Meppel, &c. The Baron J. W. C. Van Ittersum, Chamberlain of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Knight of the Military Order of William, Member of the Chamber of Nobles and of the Estates of the Pro vince of Groningen, &c. L. A. Castillon du Porta% Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman and Co., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall-mall. SOLICITORS. F. T. Gall, Esq., Carlton-chambers, 8, Regent-street Henry Richards, Esq., 7, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. BROKERS. S. H. Ellis, Esq., 17, Thregmorton-street John Power, Esq., 1, Copthall-chambers, Throgmorton-street SECIIETARY —William Dickson, Esq., 6, King William-street, City. The chief objects attainable by this line are, uniting, In connexion with the Dutch, Rhenish, and Over Yssel Railways, through Holland, the North of Europe, and commencing the shortest route through Trieste to India ; the Dutch provinces of Drenthe and Over Yssel are traversed, the ports of the Emus commanded. Seventy-six miles of canals will constitute feeders to it, and other great advantages are detailed in the prospectus, wkich may be had at the Company's offices, or from any of the gentlemen abovementioned. The works have been commenced under the auspices of the Dutch Government, and between seven hundred and eight hundred men are already employed. CANDLES at CLARK'S REDUCED PRICES. Palace Wax Candles (finest wax made), Is. 11d. per lb. ; Orient Wax, Is. 9d. • Transparent Wax, Is. 6d.; Queen's Sperma ceti, 1 s Bd. ; Sperm is. 6d. and Is. 2d.; Clark's Royal Wax, Is.; l'atent Sperm, Is. , Clark's Solar, superior to all composite, 10d.; Kitchen Candles (six months old), 514 d. Yellow Soap, 395. 485., and Clark's Superb Soap, 58s. per 1121bs. • M SGL per 1121bs. ; Sweet Almond, Is. 9d. per lb. ; Orient itose, Is. 9d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is., the finest, Is. Bd. ; Royal Musk Windsor, 2s. ; Scented Curd, Bd. Sperm Oil, 64, 3d, and 6s. 9d. per gal on ; Clark's Patent Sperm only ss. ' • Solar, 3s. 4d. M CLARK'S Old-estitblished Candle and Immense Lamp Depot, 447, WEST STRAND. PlCase writs down address. TONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LO ZENGES, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicted with cough, asthma, difficulty of breathing, consumption, or other liseases or derangement of the respiratory organs, will experience immediate relief, and derive ,j()NL:StS DPII•Ji4CPNT COUGH LQZENGES, w hi c h are so Oka • Permanent benefit, by the use of cious, that they will clit 81104 the mpat vt*nt paroxysm of cough ing, and are so agreeable to the palate that they may be eaten as a confection. Sold by the proprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton- Bishopsgate-street, London, in boxes is. 1%d., and in tins at and by r most chemists and patent medi— cine vendors towP slid sotultg, 2 lb s j : l u a a tte . esplb 7 e e e-e /ez 2 imi t io t o.i.# too-441ft witiltit la t yet place to Crewe, ens than by %no ttran Junction line to Norwich. One gentleman had of to guarantee an annual consumption of 25,000, if that work were completed. He also referred to the great in crease on the facility of access to Wales, if the recom mendations of the Directors were attended to. In answer to a question from a Shareholder, The CHAIRMAN said that the London and Birmingham Board had assented to all the proposals now submitted to the meeting. The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution, embodying the assent of the shareholders to all the different matters &- tailed in the notice convening the meeting, observing that • the shareholders of this Company would participate pro rata in the Shropshire project. Mr. E. D. DAVENPORT, of Capesthorn, after compli menting the chairman on his address, spoke at some length, and asked whether this Company intended to oppose a line projected from Birkenhead to Macclesfield. He was a shareholder in the Manchester and Birming ham Company to the extent of some hundreds per an num, but he thought that the line from,Bitkenhead to Macelesfield would accommodate the public, and he had, therefore, given his assent to it. It weuld reduce coals in price three shillings per ton. tle hoped that scm arrangement would be come to with that Company. Ile then, at considerable length, complained of the slow tra veiiing upon this line, stating that sonic of the trains were generally half un hour behind their time, whikt others were not uufrequently an hear. This inuruieg was the first thee that he had ever knowo the train to arrive in proper time at Alderley. lie also complained that the charge for a passenger to go from Chilford to Chester was eight shillings, whilst if the party b wked first from Chilford to Crewe, and then from Crewe to Chester, he would only be charged six shillings. The mail train had at times been an hour beyond its proper time, and if the Directors did not take means to ensure greater regularity, he would not promise not to endea vour to make them. The CHAIRMAN regretted that at times the trains had not come in at the proper time, and the Directors had appointed a superintendent, whose duty it was to ascer tain and report the cause of the late arrival of the trains, and from these rrports it appeared that the delays had been caused by the late arrival of the trains from Lon don on the Grand Junction line at Crewe. In conse quence of the reduction of rates and fares, the increase of the traffic on this hue had increased tremendously. They had generally a stock of engines on.hand, but now they hitd - stone - ',except those 'at work:. ~T hey .had 4004 new ones ordered, but such was the demand for engines now, that the makers would not show any favour in the completion of their orders. With respect to one engine which they had had ordered, Mr. Sharp wished them to go upon the London and Birmingham line for a trial ; but upon its arrival in London, the London and Birmingham Company laid violent hands upon it -- (Laughter)—and said that they should nut have it back again. Mr. TuoMAS Coox seconded the motion of the chair man, which, after a few words from Mr. Latham, passed unanimously. MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT, via MAC- CLESFI ELI). MANCHESTER, MONDAY, HALF PAST FOUR.—To•day, at twelve o'clock, a meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held at the Albion Hotel, in Manchester, for the purpose of receiving a statement as to the present position and prospects of the Macclesfield and Lichfield, or Churnet and Blythe Junction, in which Company the shareholders have the option of receiving an equal num ber of shares for those held in the above company. The advertisement, signed by the committee, recommended the shareholders to delay determining as to the course which they will individually adopt, until after they had the opportunity of hearing the explanations and state ments which would be submitted to them at the proposed meeting. Mr. William Hill, Chairman of the Board of Directors presided. Mr. JOSEPH HERON, Town Clerk of Manchester and one of the solicitors of the Company, thin rose and stated that it would be within the knowledge of every shareholder that at the last meeting, by the terms of the report which emanated from the Board of Dirt ctors of the Manchester and Rugby Railway Company, the shareholders had had the option given to them of receiv ing back a sum of 325. per share, with a right to such further amount as ahouid at any subsequent period be ascertained to be the property of each, or of receiving in the place of such portion of their deposit back again scrip of the same amount in the Churnet and Blythe Railway Company. Since that announcement had been made, the Directors had conceived that it would be only just and equitable that every necessary information which it was in their power to communicate to the share holders, should be laid before them, so as to enable them to decide for themselves which course it would be the best for them to adopt under all the circumstances of the case, and so that hereafter there might be no room left for any shareholder to blame them, whether he decided to accept his proportion of the deposit, or to take the scrip proposed in the Churnet and Blythe scheme. This had led to the coavening of that meeting. They had before them the prospectus of the Churnet and BI ithe scheme, and he therefore felt that he had very little to do, for he could add nothing to the statements it contained. They had, therefore, now to decide for them selves which of the two courses it would be most advis able for them to adopt. As to their own immediate position, he would state that a full and accurate state ►nent of their affairs was now in course of preparation; but it was not completed so as to lay before the meeting, although it was desirable that it should have been done. The question, however, as to the Churnet and Blythe admitted of no delay; and consequently the meeting had been called at the earliest opportunity in order that the shareholders might have the means of deciding for them selves what should be their course of action under the circumstances. Mr. FAULKNER briefly enumerated the chief merits of the like. By the construction of 451 miles of new rail way they would be enabled to shorten the distance be tween London and Manchester, in conjunction with other lines existing and in progress, from its present length, to within 177 miles, and the time now occupied in traversing that route could be reduced from its period at present occupied to within four hours and a half. The line had been surveyed with great care and minuteness, and their surveys were all ready for Parliament. Those surveys were not to be quarrelled with, and he need only say that they were executed by Mr. Locke, in order to show that they could not have been confided to a better man in the whole kingdom. That gentleman was so well satisfied with the character of the under taking, that he had declared that it must be made, and had also strongly recommended it to the Directors of that line with which he was connected immediately in the district. Ferom circumstances into which, perhaps, it was not necessary for him to enter, but which had their origin in an arrangement between the Grand Junc tion Company, and the London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham Company, the Directors of the Churnet and Blythe Company had not deemed it expedient to put out such a number of their shares as would have prevent( d their being under the necessity of coming to others to ask for their assistance. The line p . n_ 3 committee, c a ;but: ne Rugby sji. so seriously sahtnad(al was a substantial line, not promoted by parties who en gaged in it for merely speculative purposes, but by the resident landowners and proprietors of the district. In deen, he might mention that five-and-twenty miles of the land which would be required, out of the forty-five composing the total length of their line, were the property of promoters of the line, and consequently the heavy expenditure necessary in the purchase of land would not be called for, less than one-half the length only having to be purchased by the Com pany. He had alluded to the Grand Junction Company. An allotment of a certain proportion of_ t e he capital had been Churnet and ' been set apart by the committee of tt , s ß u l h y s t e h g e u C en o t m ly pa r n ee y a f l o le r d th hy at t C h o e m_ The Committee merits affectedeerriiotds o f w i ut l h i when r con s equent© had, however, determined to proceed upon the intrinsic t l h in e e. mo l e e Y a ' nw rn h a i r l kV e t th b e e of the panic. Man chester Company found that though they had money a th n e d y se h c a t d io n n o s t o g i o . t th e e ve c ry h •t u h r i n n e g t ready for h Parliament. They consequently looked around ; they examined the plans everythingxpens possible connecteds with the line was bond fi de, the the lowest e and yt e, and they found thatto that hitherto ao incurreduntand theyliad bdeidenuoktephtesdiotawtne to say that this was a most desirable junction to effect. They had made certain propositions, and those proposi tions had been accepted by the committee of the Churnet and Blythe Company, and he had no doubt whatever that they would go to Parliament with every prospect of success. Mr. FAULKNER, before he sat down, in answer to dif ferent shareholders, said he did not know how many shares in the Churnet and Blythe had been issued; nor how much of the deposits paid up. The deeds were out at the present time, so that though he made the inquiry before he left town, he cc uld not receive a correct reply. He might, however, state in general terms, that a fourth part of the capital of the Churnet and Blythe had been already paid up, that capital amounting to one million. Mr. IlEeoN again rose and said they had felt it their duty to make all the inquiries which were necessary in order to secure the interests of the shareholders of the line. They had asked what w ould be the position of the shareholders if they were to take Churnet and Blythe scrip. They found it would be exactly this—the ex penses incurred by the Manchester and Rugby Company had been ascertained to amount to somewhere about Bs. 6d. per share. The Churnet 'and Blythe Company's shares were 201. shares, with 40,. paid up. They had originally been 251. shares, with 21. 12s. 6d. paid up ; but as the committee had not issued their scrip, they had altered the amount, in order to facilitate the arrangement. The Rugby shares were 201. shares, with two guineas paid. The Rugby shareholders bad, consequently, Is. per share on their side, which left the portion of expenses at the sum of 6s. 6d. per share. o Now, the Churnet and Blythe Company undertake ed, bear such an amount of the expenses a lready w in o c u u l r d r be in regard to the Manchester and Rug y. such shares ' as come equal to 6s. 6d. per share, on does not exceed who had chosen to the sum of 10,000/ Those parties i into the arrangement, provided l deposits might then turn round and i receive back their a t ll hatit h e is a chance of there being say, in such a case, t done er withthat? New,this a • surplus; what will be if be a very proper question, the possibility of its ever occurring could be ecntemplated. But such a position ' of circumstances could never occur. It would require that there should be 30,000 sham outstanding, but there were not so many in the Rugby and Manchester Com pany, and consequently it could not be so. Consequently such a result, which would be unjust to the shareholders who had elected to take their money, would not arise. The expenses of the Churnct and Blythe Company had been very light. The whole expenses did not amount to more than between 7,000/. and 8,000/. Mr. FAULKNER—Not more than between 6,0001. and 7,000/. ? Mr. HERON—The plans had been all deposited by Mr. Locke, and his name alone was was a guarantee for -~^~"Z