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44 rr HE NEW ASYLUM for INFANT 011,- JLTIIiNS, STAMFORD-HILL. For Orphans under Eight Years Of Age, without distinction of sex,• place, or religious connexion. The SECOND ANNIVERSARY DINNER of this Charity will be held at the. London Tavern, BishoPsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th of May. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount MORPETU, the Chair. STEWARDS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cla rendon, James Pattison, Esq., M.P. Charles Tlindley r Esq., M.P. Henry VYner, Esq. • A. W. Roberts, Esq. S. P. Arnold, Esq: - -- Francis Bennoch, Esq. Sir Geo. De 11. Larpent, Bart. Willlam Ewart, Esq., M.P. Charles Lushingion, Esq. James Harmer, Esq. S. M. Peto, Esq. Robert Lush, Esq. William Leavers, Esq. John Remington Mills, Esq. Edward Brown, Esq. Domenie.Braggiotti, Esq. Josiah Conder, Esq. James Citrier, Esq-. Isaac Cireuit, Esq. Joseph Crane, Esq. Joseph Davis, Esq. John Finch, Esq. Edward Edwards, Esq. William Groser, Esq. Edward Healey, t sq. • John W. Harker, Esq. Charles Jones, Esq. George T. Kemp, Esq. P. C. Leckie, Esq. Christopher Lund, Esq. Robert Weabe, Esq. William Maavby t Esq. James Peek, Esq. John Relfe, Esq. . Charles Reed, Esq. Robert Rymill, Esq. George Simmons, Esq. James Smith, Esq. • George Thompson, Esq. • Henry Thompson, Esq. William Tho,nborrow,Esq. William W. Tyler, Fsq. William Wilkinson, Esq. David W. Wire, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Captkin Weller. Tickets, One Guinea each, play be -had of the Stevrards ; at the Offices of the Institution, 32, Poultry; and at Cie bar of the London Tavern. I . JAME :SIIERMAN, Hon. Secretary 32 , Poultry, way, 1846. • UNIVERSAL GAS. LIGHT - COMPANY. Capital 199,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 20/. per Share. • Deposit, 103. per . 1001. Shares, in accordance with the Act. . • Provisionally Registered. 'Under •the Management of a Proivisional Committee, ' • With power to add from the General Committee; CONSULTING ENuirsExa —Professor Ryan, M:D., L.L.D., Royal Naval College,'Portamouth, and Royal Polytechnic Institution. • ENGINEER —Mr. Robert Cordon, Nottinghani. /lemmas—The London and County Joint Stock Bank. 010Lt0,23 Bedford-row. . • I"Sac F. Y F 3 e l s r en . Zi e eri 'e e r i Kenyon. • Offices of the CoMptuay, No. 11, Old Jewry-tclambers, City. The Cdmpany have great pleasure in announcing to the Public, that since issuing Their last Advertisements, they have availed them selves of the opportunity of testing, by practical operations the utility and applicability of their Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas on the Premises of the Consumer, and they feel great pleasure in stating that it has!been adopted by the Birmingham, North Midland, and Midland Railway Companies, and is now in active use at the following Railway Stations : Tring Station, Birmingham Line. Methley Station, North Midland Line. Kegwortli Station, Midland Line. At Which plioes it has' been used with the utmost success, bOth as regards the Station and 'Signal Lights, 'producing in point Of bril liancy apd steadiness a most powerful light. The Apparatus has also been used at various Lace Mills and Factories, Situate at Nottingham, Derby, and elsewhere, givhig the greatest satisfaction. • ••1 The full particulars whereof, and the 'purposes to which the inven tion Is applicable, are embodied in the. Company's Prospectus, which May be obtained of the Solicitor, and at the Company's ()faces. In carrying out this invention, the Company hold out to the Share holders a return upon their capital of about 50/. per cent. In stating this return at so large an amount of profit, it will be borne in mind that this Company have not to contend with any of the heavy ex penses to which other Gas Light Companies are subjected, such as large establishments for the manufacture of Gas, the erection an d Working of furnaces, steam-engines, laying down, taking up and re- Pairing of pipes, poor-rates, &c. &c. To bring this valuable patent and profitable invention into opera tiien it is proposed to form a Company by raising the stun of 100 , 0001 . 5 .000 shares of 201. each. the Company, of two shillings per share to be paid to the Bankers of " 6 usnipany, for which a receipt will be given, exchangeable for the certificate of the Company entitling the holder to an allotment of Shares. The Management of the Company to be under the guidance of a Board heldto of Directors; and, when formed, a General Meeting to he approve the 'Deed of Settlement now drawn up under the advice of Counsel. Applications for shares, in the usual form, to be made to, and farther particulars obtained from, the Solicitor to the Company, and also O f the Secretary, at the Company's Offices. -UNIVERSAL GAS LIGHT COMPANY. The ALLOTMENT of SHARES will take place on 3loxnar, the Ist day of June next, at the Company's °dices, O. 11, Old Jew rYChambers C't 1 Y. REDUCTION OF DUTY ON FRENCH BRANDY. COGNAC BRANDY, like the wine from which the it is obtained, requires age for its perfection ; when old, it is roost wholesome of spirits, but when new it is deficient in its good an d medicinal properties ; while, if'adulterated with British Bra ndy, these valuable properties are lost, and, from a generous and in vigorating cordial, it is changed into a coarse and inflammatory The great difficulty of procuring good genuine old Cognac Brandy, arid the high duty charged upon it, have hitherto prevented many Persons from using it; but now that a good and genuine article into he obtained, and at a much more moderate rate,lt It natural to ex- P e et a great increase iu the consumptiOn. To meet this demand, Mr. L. E. SEIGNETTE has determined to a vail himself of hjs lon g an d i n ti mate acqua i ntance with the Brandy trade as an inifsorter. lie holds the largest stock of Cognac Brandy, Pale and brown, imthis icountry, and, in accordance with the wishes and recommendatiops of his numerous friends, he has taken out a Wholesale Dealer's Foreign License, which enables him to dispose of it in quantities of two gallons upwards, duty paid. He pledges him self to sell hone but the best Old Cognac Brandy, genuine as im ported, and carefully selected. To those who know him, he feels assured that this pledge will be satisfactory. To strangers, who can discriminate the soft and fla grant flavour of pure and matured Cognac from the coarse, ardent, and frequently adulterated spirit until now imposed on the public, he recommends a trial, with reliance on their judgment in favour of the superior quality of his Brandy. Mr. Seignette begs also to offer to the Public the best Hollands' Geneva that can be imported. Prices for Cash on delivery, in quantities not lees than two raltorn ore 245. per Gallon for best Brown Cognac.-Brandy. 265. I, best Pale Ditto. ' s. best Geneva (Hoßands). OP A liberal allowance to the Trade, to whom Mreigoette takes the o pportunity of offering his Brandies and Geneva in bond at current Market prices. Agents wanted for. Town and Country : persons of respectability 'nay apply, per letter only, at the Office, 26 and 14, MINCING-LANE, CITY. SQELLING OFF, at 379, Strand, the entire pup tureens , of Sheffield plated DISH COVEIIS, corner dishes, '...?t0t9 tureens, tea urns and kettles, branches, candlesticks, &c., at an na rmous reductiou in price, in censequencet of the proprietor leaving Artie]"'business. - The following prices of some of the most -usend es are stated to convince the eoy public of the 'advantages they ..,7 -7 gal &by purchssing at this establishment. ghedield plated .1,1 1 di., en, Waranted best quality, 101. 4s. 6d. the "set; corner. *sues and covers, 51. 18s. 6d. the set of four, forming eight dishes if WATT ai red ; silver-plated spoons, forks, &c., on solid white metal, nted : —Table fc ks-, fiddle pattern, 265. to 365. per dozen; table r . peons 265. to 36s ; de ssert forks, 20s. to 30s. ; dessertto . n:,dol , ...to_ ~; tea'spoons, .10s. 6d. The British plate articles ( the don) are Selling at equally lbw prices—tablefo k and spoons, 10s. per plate equally Len d dessert, Bs. ; tea spoons, 4s. 6d. ; and other articles in British cheap, as the strick must be sold. Ivory table ds t h a a bl n ekres e ba hn gre at variety, warran t e d ; sets of 50 pieces, 3-N inc lailee handles, handles: 'The stock fj jewellery e o ewe for 345.; table knives, 9s. 6d. per dozen ; dessert, Bs. ; carvers. 3s. 6d. per pair—all balance Will be sold at little more than half price, eonsisting of diamond and other rings, pins, brooches, and a variety of adsome gold guard n "„,ains that are now selling for their weight in n severeigns—at W. ' 4 AMBROOK'S, 379, Strand, corner of Southampton. street. EARLY HAY HARVEST.-RICK CLOTHS, with Poles, Pullles, and Lines, complete. "No firmershould be without a good rick cloth, for it Is Certainly one of the most useful things he can have OR his pre mises."—Gardener's Gazette. Rick Cloths, both New and Second-hand, at a reasonable cost, at BENJAMIN EDGINGTON'S, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. Early application will ensure prompt attention. A Warehouse at 2os, Piccadilly. Marquees, Tents, Flags, Netting and Bunting for Fruit Trees, Railway Truck Covers, &c. FOR FILLING DECAYED TEETH DALE'S ENAMEL, price 2s. 6d. This preparation is confl -le,,.ntlY offered to the public as the best material ever discovered for decayed teeth, which it effects with out g i v i ng the least pain or ?liconv'nig enience ; becoming in a short time as hard and as durable as the tooth itself ; and, by perfectly excluding the access of air, it ar l'tsts all further possible progress of decay. The preparation before 13 ' is 1 1 a. soft state, and continues so for a short time; and it may, t herefore, be used by any person with perfect facility, and is war ranted to succeed in every case, however large the cavity. Prepared by John Dale, analytical chemist, Manchester. Sold in packets, at 2s. 6d. each, by most respectable Druggists and Itedicine Venders in the kingdom. Directions for use are enclosed with each packet. Wholesale Agents, Barclay and Sons, 95, Farring. ( on -street, London; and Mottershead and Roberts, Manchester. MECHI'S PAPIER - MACHE TEA-TRAYS are decidedly the most unique and elegant ever manufac- Jared, The designs are various, as well as the prices, and the eco nomical may be suited as those whose wealth entitles them to seek for the most recherche articles which art can produce. The papier alache work-tables, work-boxes, tea-caddies, writing-cases, ink stands, hand-screens, card-boxes, &c. , a re reall y su p erb. M echi "a stock of dressing-cases not to be surpassed ; also an, immense ass ortment of Writing-desks, table c ntler y , Sheffield plated ware, &c. Is cushioned bagatelle tables are renowned for their superior con aftruction.—Dianufactory, 4, Leadenhall-street, London. PLATE ROOMS for the cho ice of Silver „ and Sheffield Plate, including the various patterns of Silver 4 Doons and forks, Silver Tea and Coffee services, plain and embossed, *r which there are fifty different patterns ; Silver Waiters, also au extensive selection of silver-mounted plated goods, from the latest aesigns, compri,sing Plate -chest. every article requisite f or the sideboard or .4 4 - 1 Price current, stamped as a newspaper, illu strated by drawings, 1.2 containing every information relative to the purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on application, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter. 4 . B. StVOEY and SONS, Goldsmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London, apposite the Bank of England. (BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur poses, having gained such great approhation,,and the demand or it continuing to increase, JOHN BbIrROESS and SON beg most 'espectfttlly to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended is to the most distinguished °reign connections, who have all spoken highly in its reconamenda ,,°n• It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint nnt to families, all possible care has been re s o rted to, b y each Z u ro being sealed on the cork with their Arm and address, as well ~2a c la label having their signature, without w hich it cannot be wine. zi4)„,111"T BURGESS and SON'S leng-established and mach-esteemed ...ICCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after fie Warehouse, manner that has given the greatest satisfactio n for man y 5 QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE by changes in a fe w minutes, without trouble, red or grey hair , whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black , _ simply using a com b wetted with the liquid. One application will Arodu p ce a pleasing and permanent c h ange. Price 3s. 6d ., 6 5. , an d les. er bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottinghm-place, Ficldgate- Street, Whitechapel-road, L ondon ; also of Mr. Johnston., 68, Corn bill ; utler, 4, CheFarri apside ; Pront, 229, S trand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford- Street ß ; Barclay; ngdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond- Street ; Hooper, 43, Bing William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Aillssm-street, Bath; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and V meet medicine b Vendors in town and country. sent to y receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Per,tmers and spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dy e. s ay part of the kingdom for " observe,Please to ask ' address is on the w r apper the Proprietor s . from the FRAMPTON'S PIL Y ei r resorted to HEALTH, The manifold advantages to the heads of f Possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, th a t m confidence, and used with success in cases of t b ,P B , occurring in families more or less every day, are groarbviYoauisokto -11, that no question can be raised of its importance to every house ookier in the kingdom. From among numerous testmonials, the ctlowing is respectfully submitted:— " TO In. THOMAS ?ROUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON. " 5, Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 1g42. Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re lilt of my experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL E' HEALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of fly years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never f oun d „ lisults at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system !I O M redundant bile, &c., &c.. with so little inconvenience; I am l oerefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means l ag 'wanting, of being abie to recommend to families, schools, and ecial 1 y mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most Ztluable resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit ;roYself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making It-k.MPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated. am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH." The auPrecedentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re r.--""oodations of the many thousands who have derived benefit ; 1 7 their use, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are for put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but mullions and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at- Zdodinnts, Bilious:and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals, 11eartl:"' Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, aro, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, tcc eff eti ; or. three doses willl convince the afflicted of their salutary lotion OfT he stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy t ad the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place ; litre a „ t l te ad of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, 4., activity, and renewed health extending to good old age, ite ‘" co m i l s itl _a re . suit of taking this medicine, according to the directions each box. p e — C.AoY' I L Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. I%d. and 25. 9d. kingdombof throughout the Aak r FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the figyeZ a tkanef 1 4 TAMA. Prot 229 Strand, Louden," on the No. 16,745. LONDON, THURSIJAY MORNING, QEE. THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1 • Daily News Oftlec, Whitefrlars. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS. Music Hall, Store-street, Dddford-square. On MONDAY EVENING, MAY 25, at Eight o'clock. • Mr. WILSON will sing the following SONGS OF SCOTLAND. Pianoforte —Mr. LAND. . Pa' I.—Happy friendship—An thou wert my aln thing—Up In the morning early—Last May a braw woer—Scots, wha has Walia , !e bled—The land o' the heal— The reel o' Tullochgorum. PART IL—The spinning-wheel—The maid I daurna name—Saw ye my. wee thing—The ewle wi' the crookit horn—Come under my plAidle—Muirland Willie. .Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six , 15s . 9 for Eight, 11. • E :g ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER . . I. 7 HALL. . 'On FRIDAY, MAT ,2d, 1846, will be again repeated Haydn's Oratorio, THE CREATION. . . Principal Vocal Performers, Mrs. Sunderland, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. Phillips. The pand and Chorus will consist of aboVe Five Hundred Per. formers. Tickets 3s. each; Reserved Seats, in the Gallery, ss. • In the Area, 10s. 6d. ; may be obtained of the principal Musieseders ; of Mr. Rowley, 53, Charing-cross; Mr. Mies, 102, Strand ; or of Mr, 3iitchell, 39, Charing-cross. TIIOS. BREWER, Hon. sec. 7 , Novelties of extreme interest and information at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Scenes in the OREGON. TERRITORY form a pant of all en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; alai, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The PHYSIOSCOPE and CIIROMATROPE, with new and beautiful variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM ENGINE GOyERNQR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experimeuts with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented. to the Visitors. THE MYSTERIOUS LADY. FGYPTIAIst - HALL, PICCADILLY.—For a short lime, previous to her final return to America, this talented lady, whose performances are beyond comprehension, and unexampled in the history of the human mind, may be seen as above. Hours of performance—Eleven in the morning ; two till three, four to six, and eight in the evcning.—Admission Is.—Children under ten years of age half-price.—N.B. Private parties attended at their own residences, without previous preparation. BENIOWSKI'S NEW PHRENOTYPIC CLASS for WORKING MEN, on Wednesday Evenings, at Half-past Eight, will COMMENCE May 27. 10s. the Course (Six Les sons). Hand-book of the Principles, and their Applications. 2s. 6d. Pro spectus gratis.—Bow-street. INCOME, FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS PER ANNUM.--: This will be guaranteed, with or without co-part nership, to a Gentleman of respectability, competent to conduct the Cash and Correspondence of a valuable Colliery, and able to invest 1,5001. to 2,0001., as a Floating Capital to meet increasing sales. The Colliery itself will require no working capital for twenty years to come. The Property is situated in a very delightful country, having many genteel residences, and abounding with game. To any gen tleman having money to invest, and open to a lucrative pursuit, this is a favourble opportunity. Address, Mr. Hudson, No, 16, Holborn-hill, I.ondon. THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PAPERS. At the CABINET DE LECTURE, 67, STRAND, all the most important French, German, Italian, Spanish, Belgian, and English papers are filed for perusal. Terms of subscription— . Each sitting, 2d. ; by the week, Is. 6d. ; month, Is. ; quarter, 13s. ; year, 425. Further information can be obtained on application, or by address ing, prepaid, to the Manager of the Cabinet de Lecture, 67, Strand, opposite the Adelphi Theatre. INVERNESS AND ELGIN • JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee of Management regret to inform the Shareholders of the Inverness and Elgin Junction Railway Company, that the Committee of .the }louse of Commons has refused to sanction the making of the railway proposed by this Company." The Committee of Management.propose winding up,the concern, should the Shareholders give their sanction, at a meeting which will be shortly summoned, immediately alter the passing of !the Railway Companies Dissolution Act. . • ~ The Conunittcie cannot at present form a correct estimate of — the expensei,hictirred, §l l l4Teliolders may, however, rest assured that all accounts will he strictiy • liy order of the COrnlllittee, , C. STEWART, Joint Secretary. • Colonnade Hotel, Ili - market, London, May; 1846. INVERNESS AND '• ELGIN JUNCTION -. RAILWAY. All persons having, claims against the Inverness and Elgh Junction Railway Company are requested .to 414 Cleul On or before the.3lst current, to C, STEWART, Joint Secretary: Colonnade Hotel, Haymarket, London, May 1(1, 180. A SHBURTON, NEW.TON, • AND SOUTH DE VON RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is herebY given that a SPECIAL AIEETING of the Holders of Scrip, or of Banker's receipts for Scrip, of this Company will be held, in compliance with the iessional orders of both Houses of Par liament, at the Golden Lion Inn, in A.siihwton, on MONDAY, the eighth day of June next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, wl:en popy of the Bill for making' the said railway will be submitted for the consi deration and approval of such meeting. • Ashburton; May 16; 1846; 'ROBERT TUCKER 1 Solicitors of the GEORGE CAUNTER,6 Company. BOSTON, STAMFORD, and BIRMING HAM RAILWAY (STAMFORD to WISBEACII). At a Special General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company, held at the Offices of the Company, No. 18, Abingdon-street, West minster, on Saturday, the 16th day of May, At Two o'clock precisely, convened pursuant to the resolutions of the House of CommoisS, at which Thomas Macaulay, Esq , Deputy-Chairman, presided; It was unanimously resolved, . _ _ Ist. That this Meeting of Holders of Scrip, and Bankers' Receipts representing Scrip, in the proposed Boston, Stamford, and Birming ham Railway Company, convened and constituted conformably to the Sessional Orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons, having had submitted to them a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, for incorporating the said Company, do approve thereof, and do autho rise the Directors to prosecute the same in the present session of Par liament. 2nd. That the Chairman of this Meeting and the Solicitor of the Company be authorised and requested to affix their respective sig natures to the said Bill, and to any certificate of the holding of this Meeting which the forms of Parliament may require. 3rd. That the thanks of the Shareholders are due to the Chairman and Committee of Mar.agement of this undertaking, for the zeal, abi lity, honesty, integrity, and perseverance with which they have pro secuted it, and which promise to realise its early and complete snccess. THOMAS MACAULAY, Chairman. Also proposed and carried unanimously, That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Chairman for his services to-day. _ _ By order, S. S. BAXTER, Selicitor. EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary. Any information the Shareholders may desire respecting the pre sent position and prospect of the Company, may be obtained upon application to the Solicitor or the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company. 18, Abingdon-street, Westminster, May 18, 1846. NEW WORK BY SIR MUTTS LINDSAY, BART. This day is published, in fop. Bvo., 4s, cloth , EDWARD the BLACK PRINCE; a Tragedy. By Sir MUTTS LINDSAY, Bart. By the same Author, fcp Svo., 4s. ALFRED ; a Drama. London ; Longman, Brown, Greon ; and Longmans. JAY'S FAMILY PRAYERS. Printed in S large type, price 7s. 6d., post Bvo, cloth, being volume 10 of a Nov and Collected Edition of the Author's Works, revised by himself, r [WE DOMESTIC MINISTER'S ASSISTANT; Or, Prayers for the use of Families for Six Weeks, Morning and Evening. • • . • By the Rev, WILLIAM JAY. Contents —Prayers for Morning •and Evening for Six Weeks— Prayers for Select Occasions —Short Devotions—Pious Addresses for Particular Seasons—Thanksgivings for Particular Events—Acts of Devotion for the TO*. . -NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUis- ANCt SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. ' This institution otters important and sunstantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on an occasions, the power to bort* without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the preinium paid, ( see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other convtnisneei er necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT•:. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled ihe Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 !per cont. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. • EXAMPLES. i .47,0, , 3 ,11,7 5• 7, t '. ' Bonus Bonasin r e l i l l .94 . ,, Eel, ~ g g Premium. 0 4 added. Cask. • ...i•& ) ao.g 1• = 4i4 1 V 1837 Xl9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 413 17 1 £395 Il 1 ,50 1000' 34 d. 1833 163 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 74 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 I 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 6 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sea. /VICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH ..LV — ieglstered C suitil Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. • • • • . This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness; moderate price, and able defence against the almost 'constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees: 114, Regent-street. WALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority 11. the " Queen's Own") witli the new large eyes, are easily threaded (even by blind persons), acid 'work with great eaie, having improved points, temper, and finish ;':they are made of every length or substance; and for every purpose : , the labels are correct likenesses of her Majesty, and his . Royal Highness nrince Albert, in relief ; on coloured grounds. , They can be sent free bylsosf,by any respectable dealer, on receipt of thirtectfpenny stamps for every shilling, value. H. Walker's Hooks and Eyes, Fish-hooks, Steal Pens, &c., are re commended. Walker, Manufacfurer to the Queen, Greshma-street, West, Post-office, London. DUNBLANE DOUNE, and CALLANDER RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the sessional orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of this COM PANY, will be held within Kinross's Inn, Dunblane, upon TUESDAY, the 26th day of May, 1846, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when tke pro posed Bill to empower the said Company to construct the said rail way will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken in the said Bill in the manner required by the said orders. JOHN STIRLING, Chairman. THOS. BARTY, JAMES J. STIRLING,I Secretaries. Dunblane, May 6; 1846 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL MEETING is to be held on THURSDAY, the 28th day of May current, at Otte o'clock after noon, within Gibb's Royal Hotel, Princes-street, Edinburgh, of the HOLDERS of SCRIP PROPOSED to be CONVERT ED into NEW SHARES or STOCK .o: the SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, and which has been issused in respect of the under takings contemplated by the Bills undermentioned, at which Meeting copies of the following Bills will be submitted for the consideration and approval of such Shareholders, viz. :- 1. A 8111 to enable the Scottish Central Railway Company to make a branch railway to Crieff, in the county of Perth. 2. A Bill to enable the Scottish Central Railway Company to make a branch railway by Alloa Ferry to Tillicoultry. 3. A Bill to enable the Scottish Central Railway Company to make a branch railway to Denny, in the county of Stirling. And 4. A Bill to enable the Scottish Centralßailway, Company to make certain terminal branches and other works at the city of Perth. By order of the Directors, • BREADALBANE Chairman. ROBERT D. KER, Secretary. . Perth, ➢lay 4,184 G. WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAYS. Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the Ses sional Orders of the two Houses of Parliament, a Special Meeting of the Hold ers o f S cr i p and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip of thelY t 1114ing Union Railway Company will be held at the Court-house, in Leeds, in the county of York, on FRIDAY, the 29th day of May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, to consider the Bill of s the a n c o d u i t i o t y a o p f p r Y o o v r e k , o t r o a b i e s a c p a e " o T f 1 i t ' e h e iV s e al s now in Parli ament for making certain lines of railway the West Ridingß Railways," i lva t d ß ß ina ill in .— g D ijn at io id n this 13th day of M ay, 1846. H. HOULDSWORTIC Chairman. R. OTLEY, . • Persons attending the meeting.svill be required Secretar to pro y duce the Scrip or Banker's Receipt for Scrip of their own, and also of any other person or persons on whose behalf they attend. - • '. The voting paper, properly.ifiled up and signed, may be transmitted. together with the corresponding Set Ip, * to any of thee following directors, or the Secretary, who will cause the votes to be registered accordingly, and return the Scrip after the meeting : Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Manchester, Chairman. William Rand, Esq., Bradford. Edward Akroyd, Esq., Halifax. Wm. Firth, Esq., Leeds. Printed forms of voting papers may be had on appli cation at the Company's Office; Broad-street, Halifax ; Messrs. Bar r, Lofthouse and Nelson's office, Leeds ; Mr. Thompson and Mr. Tol son's off i ces, Bradford ; Messrs. Fenton and Jones, Huddersfield ; sue the Secre tary's office, Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, litanchester. TQ facilitate the dispatch of business at the meeting, that Secretary Will Itlend at the following times . and places to take an raccount of t the Scrip, &c., intended to be produced at he meeting, .a n d rece i ve the same from parties disposed to transmit' through hit n, and at all events the Scrip, &c., must be produced at the meeting. t, ' • At Halifax, oti Monday, 25th instant, at the Company's .0 office , At Bradford, on Tuesday,26th instant, at Mr. ThompSaa's office; At Leeds, on Wednesday, 27th instant, at Messrs. Bar r, Lofthouse and Nelson's office ; From Ten to Four o'clock each day. By order, . • . B. OTLEY, ,S.acretary. Offices, Broad-street, Halifax, 18th May, 1846. * Or Bankers' receipts (as the case may be). ' No. FORM OF VOTING PAPER. WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAYS. As the holder of the _follow in g Scri p (or Bankers' _Se ceipts for Scrip, as the case may be) of the West Riding Union Raifv7ays Com pany, I, the under-signed, approve (if disapprove, say ' so,) of the Bill now In Parliament for making the proposed West Ri.iling Union Railways, submitted to the Special Meeting held at the C o urt-house, hi Leeds, on Friday, the 29th day of May, 1846, pursru int to the Sessional Orders of Parliament. Name (at length) ••••• • • • • • Occupation, &c. ••• ••.. • Residence •••• • • • ••• ••• •" " " Dab LIST OF ACRIP ABOVE RE] 'ERRED TO.• I • Data of I Total Bankers' Numbers of , Numbers of Number s of Rece;pts 'Shares. 1 Shares. 5 Shares. 10 Shares. _ ________ ______. . InSdhaNreos..°l N.B.—Be particular to proper columns. rt the numi fibers of the Sen 'p in the EXETER, and D TER XETER, iIA In compliance with the sessio l a r a 4 l W o A rd Y e;s of the two Houses of Par liament, a SPECIAL GENERAL M EETING of the HLD. EiS SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of this Cos optaoyof' will be held at the London Tavern, Bishops,gate - street, Lond on, on SATURDAY, the 30th of Ma 3, 1846, at Ten o'clock In the us orning, when a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, entitled a .1411 for making Railways from Exeter to Yeovil and to West Tilton, to connect the same with Dorchester, with branches, to be cal led "The Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway," will be submittet.i. for the consideration and approval of such meeting. And notice is hereby given, that all persons attending sue h meet ing will be required to give their names and addresses, v rith the names and addresses of the owners of the scrip or bankers' s eceipts, which may be produced by them at such meeting, and to per mit the numbers and details thereof to be taken down in writing, te the votes can he received. _ A form of voting papers may be had cn application to U ie Secre tary, at the Offices of the Company, as below. Dated this 19th day of May, 1846. By order of the Committee, JOIDI CLENCII, S icretgry. 33, Parliament-street, Westminger. LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL JUNCTION RAILWAY. In pursuance of the sessional orders of the two Houses of Parlia ment, a special General Meeting of the Holders of Scrip and of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip of this Company will be held at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street, London, on SATURDAY, the 30th of May instant, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, when copies of the following Bills, new before Parliament, will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting : A Bill for making a railway from the London and South-Western Railway, near Basingstoke, by Salisbury, to Sutton Bingham, In the county of Somerset, with a branch to the town of Yeovil, to be called the " London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction Railway." 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The letter having been written in English, we have thought it best to preserve the phraseology of the writer.] Dear Thomas,—Don't think it ridiculous if I direct again to an argument that ought not meet controversy any longer; the same being of so high consequence th a t will induce me to talk fraflkly at all times the opportunity shall offer, sup ported by undeniable facts. I therefore entertain anew your readers, and wish that the following matters should reach the notice of her British Majesty's Admiralty, stating the most lucky results obtained by the dyke to the nor th o f t h e harbour at Malamocco ; results which we could not bring well enough to general notoriety, as they concern so highly the sea navigation of all countries, and most particularly the intercourse of the IndieF, through Egypt, with Italy, Ger many, and England. And if, commencing, I st rove t o k eep myself beyond the charge of ridicule, it is because some b o d y indeed has reproached me that I, being almost a foreigner, and uninvited, will stand a champion for 'business about which the countrymen are seen never to mind in the l eas t, because it seems that I would plot against the very unac countable road of Duino, opposing to it the stupendous port of Venice, bec ause a t l as t I shall waste my ink and reap no good success, upon the ground that since the solemn decla rations of Mr. Waghorn, " that one, cannot land to Venice at night ;" and through the patriotism and notable cleverness of the Triestemen, the steam-ships belonginging to the Lloyd of Trieste, sailing from Alexandria with the snails of Indies, are to land at Duino, and if not possible there, shall land at Trie s t e , especia ll y w h en the communication between Trieste and Innsbruck, or Salisburgh, shall be settled by railroad. I will not lose my time in confuting one by one the afore said charges. I don't plot either against Duino or against Trieste, and possibly there are people stubborn enough to see dark at noon-shining sun. The last objection only is worth some regard, but it refers to times to come, to a thing to be done hereafter, and I relate about the present time. Should I meddle in conjectures, and build upon the future, I might say that a railroad stretching from Venice to Innsbruck will prove, shorter, easier, and safer, and of course more probable than that which one would let run thither from Trieste or from Duino. But leaving aside the future for contingency, I will keep sure to the present. Behold how things are now with the new entrance along the dyke to the north of Mala mocco, chief subject of my discourse. After some calms and contrary winds at sea, which to sail-ships prevented crossing the gulph, on the 25th day of March the following vessels stepped into the harbour of Malamocco by the new entrance along the dyke, without waiting the common high-time : I hal:ol'2'lr- entrance the ship. Ship's name. , Captain' the 'common tide. Hour of; draughtyreei, of water under , i -----. I , Venetian Venetian Buona Tone.... i Tajeehevich . Ba. m. ft.ll Gln. ft.l si n. Bohemian Girl.. , Newson •• • • 2p. In. 11 4 2 0 Teresa. •••• • - • • 1111ilossovich : 4 13 G 1 6 Fr. Gluseppina.. Battagllarin . 5 _ 12 0 1 '6 Ezlo Risorto• •• • Marazzl •• • • do. 12 .9 1 6 Belvidere ••• • •• , Turner .... • • G 12 9 1 6 Ocean (?) •• .• • • Albert ...... do. 11 0 1 6 Odoardo . ..... • Suttera.. .... d e. 12 10 1 6 Anna Dorotea • • Tiistem .... 7 -.-- 12 2 1 2 Regina Vittoria. i Florio ...... do. .13 3 1 2 . - Tajeenevich . Newson Milossovich : Battagliarin Marazzi Turner ..... Albert Suttera...... d e. Tiistem 7 Florio ••• • •• do. And on the 27th left Eolo ••••• • • • • • Matarona .• • 8 a. in. Buona Annetta . I Zamara •• • • 10 1 0 0 6 11 3 11 6 By this account one perceives that the ship Teresa, Ci tain Milossovich, has stepped into port with 15 feet of water, at common tide, because drawing the vessel 13 1 ,E Venetian feet, and the surface of the water being 11A I under common tide, at common tide she might have had 15 feet without running aground with her keel. Now one Venetian foot being equal to metres 0,34773485, the 15 Venetian feet are equal to metres 5,216, or to 16 Parisian feet. Which be also said for proper direction to the sailors of every country in the world. Thus stated the facts, it assures unopposedly that vessels which require so much as 15 Venetian feet of water at pre sent during the tide, can safely step into port by the new entrance. About the vessels coming in at night I have to say, that the obstacles at Malamocco shall not outweigh those met at Duino, where " H. E., the Governer of Trieste, Count Stadion, the night di Bruck, Director of the Lloyd's Company, and the most notable merchants, werewaiting Mr. Waghorn till half an hour at morning, because the night was dark; and he could not steer towards Duino but by the help of squibs purposely flung in the air from ashore," as the zealous Briton wrote to the editor of the Times. See the Gazzetta di Venezia, dated Nov. 18, 1845, No. 265. Now, methinks that by such like cares had net proved more difficult to land at Malamocco than it resulted landing at Duino, and if Mr. Waghorn will land at Trieste, he shall lengthen both his sea and land passage. Let us recapitulate. Since the time of the eXperiment that was made on October 270 1 -4 mean since Mr. Waghorn ' s departure from Trieste or from Duino *—things remained there unaltered; I mean that the mail that comes from Egypt either landing at Trieste or at Duino, ought ever to run the road of Romans, Codroipo, Sacile, and Ceneda. But at Venice things areicome about, because now steamers get in very easily from Malamocco, and the bridge built across the Lagunes spares one hour's voyage to reach Mestre, and from thence to Ceneda, where we can arrive from Venice within four hours and half, or five at most, whilst twelve, or at least ten hours, are required if starting from either of the two other points. The Government of her British Majesty will then perceive that, in the actual condition of things, Venice, and not Duino or Trieste, is the port where the post of India ought to land, if they care to receive at London their dispatches six or eight hours sooner than by landing elsewhere, which I wanted to demonstrate with all possible exactness; and this is owing in a great degree to the superior effects already obtained by the grand work of the dyke, slot least of the monuments which glorify the reign of our Emperor Ferdinand L, happily reigning. I will close this my letter, dearest Thomas, with one rec tification. ou l t n b my yth i e tem concerning Gozzettu,3 the dy cemb k er e , altB4l.ls,alisramcc No. 975, iss scw ue a d o printed "that the dyke to the north had produced such an effect in benefit of the port as to render quite useful build ing the second dyke at the south, which also makes an es sential part in the scheme of improving the aforesaid har bour." These words would imply a contradiction, because if the dyke had since then produced the best effects, it insured, of course, that• the dyke to the south would be useless, or less useful; and if the dyke to - the south were quite useful, the : thed asso south, i t h l o s h . other to the north either had not produced the best effects, o t h f e improvingre sul result t s h o e h rt the ed that privi leged or but very scarce ones. newspapers (among w re h po ic In fact, the foreign Gazaette of Vienna) that reported my aforesaid item were puzzled at the same scrap, and some ontoe qreunitdeearlticieureitde' the contents, others moulded them to the best of their under standing, but not according to what I had wished to tell aforesaid The ,‘ B s ea Because granda whilst , n scrapd work—we ooughtrksot some bee time m re e fo cal reopnehnatdtihto:tri effects dykecy wasrt s e k n te oe_ e many studies by both native and foreign most clever which engi neers, renowned masters in the hydraulic art, did not an swer its own purpose, a few days ago we read that the dyke uselesst o buildingh ad produced o f the s a e ' also makes an essential part in the scheme aforesaid harbour." Please to grant a most visible spot to these n ews, that, I warrant you, are conveyed from genuine sour ces; and thus you will contribute also to enlighten the mind s o f t h ose who are led astray by false opinions, hurtful to th e prosper i ty of our beloved Venice. --- . ----- Yours truly, (Signed) G. DEMBSIIER. Venice, April 4, 1846. e n zi dr a, ia N b o y . 2 t 6 h 2 e , L o l f e t 3 h ,d e .. l4 s t t I , l lt o m f - s N h o tp v e i m l b et e p r e u r l a t . t , o g re i v , i withg * Very oddly, the Giornale del Lloyd AustriZ,;;;;;;;d7T 7v e most circumstantial account of Mr. Waghorn's experiment, had : n- a Ga , z , z r et r t o a rnAe di stormy weather far as at Trieste, within 156 h ears. circumstantial a "Departurefrom.;2'rieste, on the 27th October, about half an past midnight, far as Innsbruck, &c." ' houi And Mr. Wagliorn, in his quoted letter to the Times, says: "It is generally believed that I had repaired to Trieste by the Austrian steamer : erroneous I I have landed at the utmost end of the Adriatic, at Dsveno (viz. Duino), &c." That at Venice, Ceneda, Innsbruck, &c., people should believe that Mr. Waghorn had landed at Trieste r can conceive; but that the in telligence should be printed at Trieste, this, indeed, is utterly beyond the reach of my understanding, and nobody has yet explained it to me. In the whole of his lengthened item, the Giornale del Lloyd does not even mention DuMo, though he ought to have known that the aforesaid illustrious people had repaired thither, if it were true that the director of the same Lloyd went there himself. 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' s ' , 4 = ,. v) o ..ecr- .-= .......................... as we believe, the classics ..ion is not st. by that given in any school in the kingdom—ol partment is wholly appropriated for preparing canclit for the military colleges, and for direct app met, commission in the Q ueen ' s and the Company's servi Indeed every_ p9a.that has hith erto passed at once fro. thence to 'AMiscombe has either been posted to th. ,Engineers, or his position now in the,seminary is such as to ensure his appointment in that corps. We may take it as an approval of this combined course of education, that Sir James Lushington, G.C.8., has placed an Addiscombe cadetship at the disposal of the directors of the institution in question, to be com peted for in December next. In this liberal and con siderate disposal of his patronage as an East India Director, Sir James Lushington has not only evinced his interest, in the Cheltenham College, of which he has lately become one of the vice presidents and an ex officio director, but has shown how much he has the welfare of that Service at heart, of which he is so distinguished a member, by thus selecting from up wards of three hundred pupils, which the college num bers, seventy of whom are in the civil and military department, that young gentleman, whose attainments shall prove most likely to do credit to the Company's military seminary, and eventually, in all probability, qualify him for occupying a prominent position in the service of the Company itself, whose possessions are so extensive. If the Commander-in-Chief would, in like manner, think fit to give a portion of the nominations to the Military College at Sandhurst, and from time to time recommend to her Majesty for commissions, even by purchase, those students at the public schools and large bestin men, in tdheett'' institutions where education is given with a special view to the military service, who, on competition, should r u t l d o f be w show themselves the best qualified—a host of r e e e st ien b cr oo a d nd w a o talent would be thus infused into our military system. Moreover, if schools of soldiership should be established for the instruction of our troops, officers, and must again- be lavishly shed the o f The m in elent war. British, army thus officered, and thus instructed, would, at least, be on a$ a ° l . a s saved, e m d u , whichemuch of Englan d's otherw otherwise ie:n point of military science, with the continental m and, perhap s, after a time be come as pre-eminent for profesaio' na intelligence as they now are for overbearing valour. PRICE 5D MUSICALme Grisi and Signor The resolution Mario not to oflla Madame sing at morning concerts will bea r h eavily on our Opera concert givers —since it deprives them o f a fi rst-class soprano, and the only tenor worth listening to. A N ap l es letter will show, in its writer's own flowery fashion, how slight have been the attractions presented there during the past Easter season :—" After a long suspension of all public amusements, Naples has thrown aside what so ill becomes her—her annual mourning ; and our theatres are again opened. I proceed to give you the bill of fare. First, we will look in at the Teatro Nuovo, hitherto more strictly appropriated to the regular drama, but on Easter Monday distinguished by the novelty of a 'Ballo ;' not that a new company of Ballerini has been formed there, but that a detachment from San Carlo has gone over to it; though it appears little pro bable that the colony will flourish at a distance from the metropolis. The subject of the ballet is taken from the Due Sergenti, with the title of Gugliehno e Roberto—a wretched abortion, which will, doubtless, be fischiato from the stage, as was the Ereda senea Eredita. The same fate seems to threaten the Due Gemelli Simili. There is no novelty at II Fondo ; but Beatrice di Tenda may be ever successfully revived and repeated. Of two debutants in this charming Ba o w p w e a r tk a r ez ,. cnes a wm t e e ro n er p o e r r and sheann t e a dh: b np a s oe: s , wa t h h bi e laen btg!nur Signora r ta S h i i br o aa r n: eb G r n o i a n i fr w i d h a (the,o soprano) conti nue d to find her way to every heart. After e gave us a 'Divertimento di Ballo.' Signora Ferrari awakened universal admiration ; indeed, the return of this Psyche, more graceful, beautiful, and voluptuous than ever, has produced an electrical effect, and quite turned the heads of the excitable Neapolitans. It is said that she has modelled herself after Cerito. She alone sustained the whole interest of the Divertimento di Ballo,' and at present she is the mark of universal admiration. With all her merit, however, how slight a support is this of the theatrical character of Naples—and how meagre is the bill of fare which the Easter season offers!" It may assist some of our early summer tourists, who are also fanatici, to state that a grand Whitsuntide festival will be held at Aix-la-Chapelle —to :be conducted by Dr. Mendelssohn, and " starred' by Mdlle. Jenny Lind. The music to be performed is as follows :—On the 31st of May, Mozart's Symphony, No. 5, and ilaydn's Creation. On the Ist of June, Weber's Overture to Oberon ; a Motet by Cherubini ; Beethoven's C minor Symphony : and Handel's Alexander's Feast. Some ten days later the good town of Liege give its " celebrity," for which D. Mendelssohn has expressly composed a Catholic Psalm, or Cantata, of some extent. Shortly afterwards is to be held the grand meeting of the singing societies at Cologne—also conducted by Dr. Mendelssohn. So many " doubts and fears " have been circulated with regard to the composers new oratorio, and its possible or probable production at. Birmingham, that we are glad to announce, on good authority, that it is com pleted, anti, will be there brought`forward, as originally in tended, late in August. Aldlle. Jenny Lind's career at Vienna has-been no less triumph - MIT than elsewhere. The young Irish lady, top, Miss Hayes, has been very successful at the Italian Oppra.—Madame Do,rus-Gras is about, , on the occasion of a bgiefit, to sing the second act of Les Diamans, at the Paris Opera. Comique.—Signor Tamburini has • been received with such warm welcome at Berlin as to cut short his meditated journey to England. He is now, we are told, permanently attached to the Russian court, as " first singer in ,ordinary," or something of the kind.—M. Vieuxtemps has also received a court appointment at St. Petersburgh.-.- M. List. (as, indeed, was nobly deserved by him) has been presented with Beethoven's pianoforte, by Baron Spina.— The statue of Rossini, presented by the Minister of the In terior to the Opera House in Paris,, is to be placed in the original in the orchestra I—Ad /maw/a . vestibule. What would musical E u i o p e not g i ve to see the CHARGE AGAINST A PRIEST OF OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRE TENCES.. At the Liverpool police-court, on Monday, a well-dressed, grey-headed man, named Robert Swaine, but who had lat terly assumed the name of Stafford Swaine (the first being that of his mother), was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having obtained various sums of money from dif ferent parties, ostensibly for the re-building of a new chapel , and priory at (we believe) a town in Ireland called Millory. A woman named Mary Parker, and several other parties, had been applied' to by the prisoner for donations towards the object stated, which he obtained. It appeared that the prisoner was a suspended Roman Catholic priest. Dr. Kelly, of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic chapel, stated that he believed the prisoner had no authority whatever front his superiors to collect money for such an object, and ' that a letter, found, with others, upon him, purporting to be written by Dr. Sharpies, the Roman Catholic Bishop, and authorising him to collect money, was not in the handwriting of that gentleman. Another Roman Catholic clergyman in the Court expressed a similar opinion. On the prisoner was found a book, with a heading or prospectus, as preparatory to the names of donors for the object stated, and holding out to subscribers certain religious advantages that would accrue to them after the lapse of a twelvemonth. This book contained the names of many respectable parties in this town and neighbourhood, with sums appended as if sub scribed, but a considerable number of those were fictitious. they not having been contributed, and those who had done so were, of course, imposed upon. Dr. Kelly stated that the prisoner, on being suspended, was required by his supe rior, in order to purge him of the offence he had committed, to do penance by a residence of twelve months at a priory in Rome, or some other part of the Continent ; but he had not, it appeared, done so. The prisoner ' on being asked what he had to say, stated at some l eng th that -he had .resided for twelve months at (as we understood him) Mount Henry, and that wishing to be reinstated as a priest, he had come to this_ town to solicit subscriptions, with a view to the re b u ilding the dilapidated chapel and priory of Millory. He b ad_ ro dea nz • that he had not made use of the letter purportingntothee from: Dr. Sharples, or of the names of the hearers sub scriptionearer s w twith book, a who convictionhad not th a t paid,fr fraud h them as memorandums; but his admission onl y h t T i t but partiesa be e m n e p rel rp y etrated. Mr. Rushton sent for Dr. Sharp written by him to b e a forgery. There was th d e Roman Catho l ic impres s edwritten ri vicar t g lic to of be th Mr. Maddock, a clergyman, also supposed I also a letter from a . e district, who pron ounced le the document pur portingagainst the prisoner to be a forgery. Amongst the w itnesses p a o p rt os i to n was Mr. Richard Sheil, whose name appeared in the list of donors, and who, it appeared, had been imposed upon by the prisoner some three years ago. Mr. Rushton, after what was stated by Dr. Sharpies, committed the prisoner to gaol for three months, under the Vagrancy Act. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, MAY 19.—The continued suspense as to the passing of the ministerial measures keeps this market in. a very languid state; and, limited as the demand Was last week, it is still more so now. Prices of yarn, however, con tinue perfectly firm. Indeed some spinners are asking higher rates, on account of the advance in the price of cotton. Goods, though nominally unchanged in price, are in some cases bought on rather lower terms. RocnnALr, - MAY 18.—There has been a thin attendance of buyers in the market to-day ; and the business trans- T acted h e w h o a s ol m b e a e r n k e v t e h r y a s 1 i beenn i te d q , u i w e t i h a o n u d t a r c y e sc g are th e e in sa p m r e ice as s. last Monday. HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 19.—There is some improvement in our market to• day, and we have a fair quantity of buyers present. but the transactions have been principally for job lots. After the close of the wool sales in London, greater activity is expected amongst our manufacturers, there being an actual scarcity of goods on hand. LEEDS, ➢LAY 10.—Our market to-day has been very quiet and no change worth reporting has taken place. Dispatches were - received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the West India Colonies; and also from the Governors of New South Wales and New Zealand. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The third and final performance this season of Haydn's Oratorio, The Creation, it advertised for Friday, the 22nd inst. LOVE AND SITICIDE.—WORCESTER, MONDAY.--A fine young woman, named Mary Hall, ;Ciece of Mr. Jeremy, land lord of the Angel Inn, in this cityc.put a period to her exist ence at her uncle's house, on Friday evening last, in conse quence, it is believed, of a disappointment in her affections ; and an inquest has been held on the body before Mr. Hide, coroner, and a respectable jury. A number of witnesses were approved d me o d f bD3e,ntnhies, ilbhufattetdhagtirlt,sherealatttaioenh: examined by the coroner, and from their testimony we glean the following facts :—lt seems that an ardent attachment a proposal of marriage had sprung up between the deceased and a printer en she rejected, and at a tpy n r; her suitor, whom was timees e t id h i oe by yc since,ai was made to the same time she expressed her determination' A t i ughaeegsnl short d e deceased marry any other than Dennis. On Friday never to evening the de ceased, having forgotten (in her • - capacity of barmaid to her uncle) to give one of the customers frequenting the house his change out of so me money handed to her by h i m , M r• y Jerem's .son went up t o h er room, wh i ther she had retired. for the keys of the b ar -till , f or t h e purpose o f g i v ing the customer his change. Mr. Jeremy, junior, found the de ceased standing on a chair, and, having procured the keys, lie retired. Half an hour elapsed, and the deceased not having come down stairs, young Mr. Jeremy again went up to her room, and on entering it he found, to his horror, that his cousin had hung herself by a scarf or shawl, to a staple its the wall of the room. He instantly raised an alarm and cut her down. Surgical assistance was sent for, but it was WO late, the deceased being quite dead. There had been no quarrel between thedeceased and her lover, the parties havirg been on the best terms when they last met. The latter, when examined at the inquest, seemed deeply affected at ti is tragical event. The Coroner's jury having duly considered the evidence of the witnesses brought before them, returnod. a verdict of "Temporary insanity." S it 7 AT, MAY 21, 1846. i.UESIIAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. W. Nell, wine merchant, Iff anchester--second div. of 4i. in the pound, on Tuesday, June 9, or any subsequent Tues day, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Todd, ship builder, Hylton Ferry, Durham —second div. of 2d. and two-thirds of a penny in the pound (in addition to 2s. 6d. in the pound on new proofs), on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon Tyne. Thompson and Millis, merchants, Newcastle-upon -Tyne— first div. of 9d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Hall, grocer, Durham —third div. of 4d. in the pound (in addition to 3s. in the pound previously declared), on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. C. Williams, currier, Sunderland —second div. of Id. and two-elevenths of a penny in the pound (in addition to Is. in the pound previously declared), on any Saturday, at the office of-Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. W. Collyer, victualler, Newgate-street—first div. of 3s. 10d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall- street. Christie, Birmingham. of J 3 . 4 \ d V . r in igh t t i i` o ca p b o l u n n e d t , n o t n ik a e n r y , B T ir h m u i r n s g da h y a , m a — t fi th rs e t a o n ffi d c fie n of f l u h r - G. tattirehe office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham._Hfiarrsttsho div.rn Hartshorne, 7 1 d n . i n n an t h u e fa p c o t u u r n e d r : 0 01 1 1 d s a w n i y n fo T r h d u , r S s t d a a ff y o , r d a - t W. Gill, poulterer; Leadenhall- mar k e t—fi rs t di v. o f 7 s. 11d. in the pound, on any Wed nes d a y, a t th e o ffi ce o f M r. Tur quand, Old Jewry. W. Spjers, printer, North Audley.-street, Oxford-street—, first div. of 4s. 4d. in the pound, on Wednesday, May 20, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, , Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. sk s g e r o o x n o grocer, n , s w . c u Hospital,hp,Horsham,jojulusntneeeSr upholsterer's warehouseman, ta , rh J teaw u hl u eof- e lu svp lea half-past at aTeni ,e h ßvc a .eh l half- n—r p al a : 1i1 t ... u o l street, n r Se a Foe one—T. grocers, C i e a d ti a d ae d milliner, Fore street, Cripplegate, June 11, at half-past twelve—W. Ebrey, . silk dresser, Aldermanbury, June 11, at twelve—J. Li nn it, goldsmith, Argyll-place, Re gent-street, June 9, at one—J. Barclay, mercantile clerk, Farm-terrace, Clapham, June 9, at half past twelve. In the Country. F. S. Smith and J. Stanley, merchants, Liverpool, June 9, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Gibbons and W. Sherwood, merchants, Liverpool, June 9, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Sugden and W. Gamble, merchants, Liverpool. June 9, at twelve, at th e Li verpool District ourt—J. Pearson, fellmonger, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, June 11, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—T. Heppell, timber merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 11, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—R. and J. Balmer, ship builders, South Shields, June 12, at half-past ten, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court—R. Agars, woollendraper, Kingston-upon-Hull, June 17, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull— J. Lilly, fanner, Doddershill, Worcestershire, June 10, at one, at the Birmingham District Court—B. Sayle and T. Booth, iron masters, Sheffield, June 12, at eleven, at the Cutlers'- hall, Sheffield—G. J. Birtinchamp, June 9, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. R. Kimpton, jeweller, Crescent, Jewin-street, Cripplegate, June 9—J. Martin, fringe manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheap side, June 15—J. Hawkins, journeyman butcher, Hurst, Berkshire, June 19—J. C. Barratt, carver, Strand, June 9 R. Ensoll, draper, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, June 12—T. Heppell, timber merchant, NeWcastle-upon-Tyne, June 9 W. Maud, licensed victualler, Liverpool, June 9—S. Cullen, chemist, Nottingham, June 11—J. Wright, scrivener, Tam worth, June 10—W. W. Sanderson, baker, Great Russell street, Covent-garden, June 9—G. Dardier, merchant, Liver pool, June 9—W. J. Harris, tailor, High-street, Southwark, June 9—J. T. Gibbons, grocer, Eton, June 9. . _ PARTIIERSHIPS DISSOLVED. - W. Thirkill and W. Leach, plumbers, Huddersfield—A. and H. Wyatt, yeomen, Hinton-farm, Southamptonshire— W. Muschamp, J. B. Muschamp, and T. W. Weighill, jun., linendrapers, Sunderland—J. Davison, J. Stead, and W. Stead, stone merchants, Alcoates-hill, Yorkshire—l'. Thorne and H. Hooper, Newfoundland merchants, Bristol—H. Wise and J. Restarick,•plumbers, Walford, Hertfordshire—J. C. Westbrook and J. Brown, printers, Northampton—R. David son and G. Weatherhead, blacksmiths, North Shields-,J. W. Wilson and J. F. Erskine, commission agents, Liverpool— W. C. and C. Bodley, ironfounders, Exeter—W. Sowden and J. Edwards, cabinet-makers, Manchester—A. S. Levy and J. C. Vaughan, wholesale fruit merchants, Botolph-lane--G. B. Morewood, Morewood, J. R. Morewood, and M. Lef ferts, merchants, New York—ll. Smith and D. Marshall, general agents, Star-court, Bread-street—W. Foster and J. E. Mansfield, grocers, Francis-place, New North-road, Hox ton—R. Russell and B. Ramsbottom, joiners, Salford—R. and W. Fentem, grocers, Oldham—J. Brooks, J. Erooks, jun., and J. M. Brooks, calico printers, Manchester (so far as re gards J. Brooks). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Mary Robertson, Jane Thompson, and Isabella Steele, partners of the Duddingstone Coal Company, May 22, and June 12, at twave, at Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh. RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS NEAR • THE CLARENCE DOCK, LIVERPOOL. A riot took place near the Clarence Dock last night, which, though arising from a comparatively slight cause, was soon, partly from ignorance, and partly from the spirit of mischief that lurks amongst a portion of the dock labourers, and especially the " navies," and the boys, women, and others of that densely-populated locality, threatened for a considerable time dangerous consequences, and ' caused great alarm amongst the peaceable portion of the inhabitants. It appears that an emigrant ship called the Rappahannock had received on board in the Victoria Dock 460 steerage pas sengers, her complement being, according to her ton nage, only four hundred and fifty. The Government emigration agent of the port having gone on board and ascertained the fact, ordered the chief mate, Mr. Cushen, to transfer the ten extra passengers last entered to an other, and we believe equally fine vessel, the Ocean. The mate on announcing the fact in the steerage, that ten of those in the vessel must relinquish their places, was answered by shouts and yells from the whole of the parties intending to go by her. An abso lute refusal to quit, was, of course, the result. In this state of affairs, the Government agent told Mr. Cushen that he must exert himself to get rid of the supplement of passengers, and he employed the steward, we believe, to effect this object. A rope was fastened round the body of the most uproarious malcontent, which eventually fastened on his ankles, and he was hauled up by it from under the deck, partly in a frolic, and partly as an example to the others who had to leave. The man, thus rather roughly handled, and probably subject to fits, fell into, or threw himself into a fit, and when being carried on shore, and afterwards to the Northern Hospital, a hue and cry was raised that he was dead, and that the mate was the aggressor and the cause! Mr. Cushen (who is stated to us to be a gentle manly and humane man), is son-in law of Mr. Hickson, of the George the Fourth Inn, in Waterloo-road, in the neighbourhood ; and, being recognised as he went to the house, an immense mob collected round it (at the bottom of Stewart-street),!demanding the " murderer." Mr. Inspector Johnson was early on the spot, at first with only four police-officers, and by the most strenuous, yet temperate, exertions, prevented the house from being broken up and gutted. The assailants quite forced one of the doors, but were gallantly repulsed. The family of Mr. Hickson, including Mrs. H. and several young ladies—her daughter and others—were dreadfully alarmed ; but a reinforcement of police-officers was got up and pro tected the house, though unable to do so until ;nany panes of glass were broken by the infuriated mob, who (men and boys) assailed the 'officers with successive showers of stone, pieces of brick, &c. Immense crowds, including females and children, continued to gather in the streets adjacent for a period of about two hours, bent upon mischief. The whole of that part of Waterloo road, Stewart-street, Oil-street, - &c, presented, from time to time, dense.masses of the lower classes, chiefly Irish, who seemed to be much inclined for a bloody affray, but the disturbance was quelled by about nine o'clock. After all, the passenger who had been ejected from the ship remained only a few minutes in the hos pital, being so little hurt that he would not remain, and he was soon afterwards walking about the inn, though not known to the crowd. Mr. Cushen was secreted in the house, which was protected through the night.— Liverpool Standard of Tuesday. To THE SPORTING WORLD.—The sale of Bell's Life in London exceeds twenty-five thousand. Bell's Life is published at 170, Strand, every Saturday, in time for the afternoon railways. Anticipations of the Derby and Oaks, by Pegasus ; horses arrived ; and exclusive particulars of coming events at Epsom, in Bell's Life of Sunday, May 24. " CAPTAIN O'SULLIVAN," the new novel from the pen of W. H. Maxwell, Esq., the popular author of "Stories of Waterloo," is, we bear, already a great favourite at the cir culating libraries ; nor is this to be wondered at, for the Gallant Captain is the very model of, a dashing, fighting, love -making, Irish hero. Whether engaged in a duel or avoiding a dun, beating the moors for grouse or whipping the water for salmon, making love to one lady or running off with another, Captain O'Sullivan proves himself worthy of his country and his profession, and the reader is obliged to acknowledge, at the close of the three volumes of his adven tures, that he never met with a more entertaining companion. OPENING OF THE EASTERN UNION LINE.—We are led to understand, from what we believe to be good authority, that this line will be permanently opened for goods traffic on May 26, and for passenger traffic on the Thursday following. —lpswich paper. OUTRAGE ON Two FEMALES.—Benjamin Painter, of the parish of Astley Abbotts, near Bridgnorth, was brought up on Saturday last, the 9th inst., before W. W. Brown, Esq., on a charge of having committed a rape on the persons of Sarah and Kezia Higgins, two females of weak intellect, on. the 4:11 of May last. Jemima Higgins, sister of the complain ants, stated that on Monday, May 4, she saw the prisoner Painter skulking about her house. She had occasion to leave home, but on leaving, she gave her sisters precaution to fasten the door if they saw Painter coming to the house. Sarah Hig gins stated that Painter entered the house before they saw him, he caught hold of her, and threw her on the sofa, where he effected his purpose. That he remained in the house and prevented either of the two females giving an alarm. After remaining in the h ouse a s h ort t i me , h e commence d on Kezia with great violence also, and after a severe struggle, he then threw her down on the sofa and effected his design. He then left th e h ouse , t e lli ng th em h e h ope d they would not tell any one abo u t it. Sh or tl y a f terwar ds theirsister t Jemima returned home, they informed her of he circum stance, she sent for a woman, Mrs. Hayward, residing in the neighbourhood, who examined them and found some marks of violence on their bodies from the brutal attack of the pri soner. Painter pleaded guilty of the offence, and hoped the magistrates would look over it; he was committed to take his trial at the next Shropshire assizes. This distressing event has occasioned groat excitement in the t neighbourhood hof Astley Abbotts, owing to the whole of e parties being of unsound mind.—Shropshire Conservative POOR MAN'S GUARDIAN SOCIETY A public meeting of the inhabitants of the western division of Finsbury was held last evening, at the Queen-square Rooms, 8, Theobald's.road, to consider and to promote the objects and views of this society. THOMAS WAKLEY, Esq., M.P., took theclair at half past seven o'clock, and opened the business,by reading the requisition, signed by 116 of the householders of the district, out of which the meeting originated. He said, few things could give right-hearted men more plea sure than t o contr ib ute to relieve the distress of their pa s ::pt e oni less fortunat e brethren and that was th e o bj ec t o f th e society cit s y e - i gs w ba i t tt h bt he w eb amongichh et presentb ed stood amy—a connected combinationsw s a poor itofoorr man'f o wa sr s 1, variousena ogvueel supported by the rich man's purse —supported by those awnhdoadlleesviriaetdettobelemssiesnfutrhteuneevs of evils which arose from poverty, which concerned th e poor had untie poor m an . Th e l aw was not consid ere d so good as wheneTne i a change, and ; but still still there w as a t2tegrity of th e 43d of Elizabeth was maintained law in the land w hi c h says that the poor want shall have relief; an d t h e object of tilTean who is in to see, at least, that th a t l aw was administererpetyhZs to try to improve th e l aw — an d per h aps, if its working was so objectionable, to get rid of it altogether. He said that the feeling of unkindness—the hard-heartedness on the part of the workhouse officials, whose duty it was to administer to the wants of the destitute, was a disgrace in a civilised country. It was unprecedented that riches should be accumulating in one part of a country—a country which stood a terror to foreign nations—and that those who were the producers of the wealth of that country should be sinking into deeper destitution and distress. Poverty was an evil in any place; but it was a dreadful calamity in England, for it was punished as a crime. It was the object, then, of the Society to see that the poor but deserving family should have the attention and relief which the law entitled them to ; and if the Society did not succeed, it would not fail for want of an effort. He was glad to say, the press had come to the aid of the Society, and exposure would follow the flagrant conduct of the ad ministrators of the poor-law. Why, he heard of a case but the other day. One poor man was guilty of saying of a poor-house, that the people there were hungry, and ate raw potatoes ; but it so happe ne d th a t thi s poor man was reduced to have to apply to the house for relief. But what said the officer ? You must get no more out door relief. What had you to do with the house that you should talk of the people here being so hungry as to eat raw potatoes? You shall come into the house, and you'll see whether you can't be brought to eat raw potatoes. In the case of the Andover Union, which was before the House of Commons Committee at present, the Society had sent down persons to Andover to make inquiry of every poor family, what had been their condition ; whether they had ever applied for relief ; and where and what answer had been given them ; and what had been the circumstances of their family at the time : and there would be poor men and women brought up to Lon don at the expense of the society, to give evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons. The Chairman concluded his energetic address, which called forth great applause, with expressing his approbation of the society, as the best he had ever been connected with, and his de termination to support it to his utmost. Mr. COCHRANE gave a statement of the efforts in which the Society, during the time for which it has existed, had been engaged. He said the first effort of the Society had been to reform a diet table, formed by the guardians of the Marylebone Workhouse, for the casual poor, which proposed gruel or soup for the appli cant. The gruel, he was glad to say, had been with drawn. The next case which came under the Society's notice, was that of a woman, Gardiner by name, who was ill treated by Ann Lynch, in the Marlboro' House, at Peck ham. That woman had had her hair torn out by her companion, in the workhouse, and then turned out, be cause she had become noxious to a person at the head of that department. The Society took it in hand, and Ann Lynch was put into Hersemonger-lane Gaol, and the case was to have come on for re-hearing before the magistrate OR the 2d of May, but the woman Gardiner was not to be heard of. The Society wrote to the Lord Mayor, and applied to the Commissioners of Police - if.it were possible to hear of her, but she had not:Been heard of since, and there was good reason for believing that bribery had been exercised on that occasion. The third case was that of Mary Jones and Mary Smith. One of these women was coming out of the house before mentioned, and plucked a flower as she passed along the garden walk. The workhouse officer upon that came forward and knocked the woman down. Her companitin remonstrated, but his assistant came forward and knocked the companion down also. A. warrant was ap plied for at Lambeth Police-office, and got against the two men. The case should have come on for hearing on the 9th instant, but the vi omen were not to be found. Here, too, they had reason to suspect bribery. The Society advertised this history,' and'offered two guineas to any one who would inform the Society of the women in question, and two guineas for information about the woman Gardiner. The remaining case. was that of another poor woman, recommended to, the attention of the Society, who had attended at the Poplar Union, and been refused assistance. The society took various steps, but at last applied to the magistrate at Lambeth, this being the parish in which the woman had last been staying. She was recom mended to apply to the workhouse in Lambeth, but meanwhile, this woman, met with Mary Smith, one of the women they had been wishing to discover, and it was found out that she had been bribed one day with 2s. 6d., and another day with 35., besides articles of apparel —a list of which the Society had—all given her by the two ruffians who had abused these women. Mr. Cochrane concluded his statement by moving— " That this meeting is of opinion that the labouring classes, and the destitute poor, are at all times anxious to maintain and recover their position of independence by their own honest labour and exertions. That they are not insensible to the humiliations and modifications attendant on the necessity to seek parochial relief, and that the parish authorities ought to be, under every legal, as they are under every moral, obligation to render them efficient aid in the hour of trial and difficulty, in a spirit of kindness and benevolence." Mr. FIELDEN, M.P., seconded the resolution, and sup ported it with many other remarks on the working of the present poor-law. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. Mr. KITCHENER moved, and Mr. MASS seconded, the following resolution, which was put from the chair and carried unanimously i— " That this meeting warmly approves of the principles and objects of the Poor Man's Guardian Society, acknow ledges the services which it has already rendered by awakening public attention to many acts of hardship and cruelty, committed towards the poor by various parochial authorities, and pledges itself to promote its benevolent operations, by aiding to increase the list of members, and the funds of the Society." It was moved by Mr. SAVAGE, and seconded by Mr. OSBORNE, and passed unanimously by the meeting, " That their cordial thanks are pre-eminently due to The Press,' for the valuable assistance spontaneously rendered in recording the exertions of the Poor Man's Guardian Society." A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman with acclamation, M r . W a kl e y ac k now l e d g ed the hono ur , and added sever a l remar k s an d i nstance s corrobora ti ve of what had been said, after which the meeting separated. ON THE EDUCATION OF THE OFFICERS IN THE ARMY. (From the Naval and Military Gaz e tt e .) When we compare the way in whi c h young men are severally appointed to com m i ss i ons i n the Queen's, and inthpaotinttheoroffiedeueztwioofn f e R r i o o y r a Royal Army, those a o s f in the East India Company's Service, we are justified o i a n body, affi r are,m iaffirming , th in e the company's land forces. e say not this invidi ously ; far from it, for the two services are twins, and the members of the one ought to look upon the mem bers of the other as brothers ; but we do make the aster tion in the hope of stirring up the authorities at the Horse Guards, to test the scholastic attainments of can didates for commissions before they be gazetted. The senior officers of the scientific corps of both her Majesty's and the Company's service have been taught at the same military academy ; and, although th e offi cers of these corps are now educated in separate esta blishments, we presume that they are on a par, the one service with the other, as to theoretical knowledge ; but, at the present day, the balance of practical know ledge must, we think, be with the company's scientific corps ; as, for the last thirty-one years these have been frequently actively engaged in the field, while the Queen's engineers have not been called upon to put a spade in the ground, or the artillery to unlimber in action, since the year 1815. But how stands the result of comparison with the infantry officers of the two ser vices ? Why, a candidate for a commission in this arm of her Majesty's service, need not, of necessity, have so much education as a national school-boy. Ay, young gentlemen may, and do often obtain commis sions, who can do little more than write their own names, who would be puzzled to know how many days there are between the 25th of January and the 25th of June, and to whom the plan of a fortification would be as unintelligible as a sheet of paper covered with Arabic characters ; while, on the contrary, • those des tined for the Company's Infantry, with a few exceptions, must, for two years previous to obtaining commissions, be under professional instruction at the Company's mili tary seminary. We cannot, then, be wrong, when we say that there must necessarily be a preponderance of military science in that Service, whose officers have at least been grounded in its elements previous to their en tering, than in that where commissions are given to those who may not be able to numerate a line of six or seven figures, or know a berme from a banquette. Coasidering, then, the number of our youths who are destined for the - civil and military service of their country, it is to be regretted that the education in our public schools, and other large seminaries, is so ex clusively classical and mathematical, so wholly intended as introductory to our Universities, for which indeed the greater portion of the students are not intended. We should therefore be glad to see, in all these schools a branch in which the education should be more par ticularly English. This plan has been found to be eminently successful in the Cheltenham College, which has now been established nearly five years, where, while, TV ASTERN CO UNTIES RAILWAY. 4 , A SPECIAL TRAIN, of First and, Second ClaSs Carttages WILL START FROM CAMBRIDGE fcr the convenience of nari:o3 attending EPSOM RACES, on WEANEBAY, the 47st instant, (Tho' DE,RBY DAY.) . From Clitribtidge• • .'• 645 A.M. Bishop's Btortford .. 7 45 A.M. CliegerfOrd ~ 7, 5 „ Harlow .............8 0 Eroiden —.. • . ' 7 15 ~ , Due iri London, about 9 0 • „ Returning from London, At 7 30, 1..14.; calling at the above stations, and arriving at - Cambridge at about 9 45. Bg order, ' • C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shoreditch, London, May 20, 1840, '