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NITED SERVICE INSTITUTION, rt Whitehall-yrtrcl The MUSEUM will be OPEN to the EIC, without tickets, ert. EASTER Monday, Tuesday, and W e(inesclay. Hours of admission from 11 to 5. Not more than 200 Perseus will be admitted within the building at the sane time. By order of the Council, L. H. J. TOLTNA., Secretary. Soldiers and Sailors, in uniform, are admitted at all times to see the Museum without tickets, except on Saturdays, op which day ad thissiou is limited to personal introduction b, Members: • EASTER E6CYDAYS. Novelties of extrem Interest and infbrnrition at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en 1y NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the SIK}I GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The P HYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, with new and beautithl variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined P lanes, FARRELL'S ARCHLMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE LOPE 'CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM INOINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. Admission, Is. ; Sehools, Half-price. A brief Des cr i pt i on of the Oregon Territory, from N o t es b y a Nine I ears' Resident, presented to the Visitors. JOHNSON, MAYOR, THURSDAY, THE nth day of April, 1846, and in the ninth year of the reign of Victoria, of the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, ate. This Court doth request the Right Reverend Father in God, Connop, Lord Bishop of St. David's, and the Reverend Charles Fare brother, student in Civil Law, and Chaplain to the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, to preach before this Court and Governors of the several Hospitals of this City, at the parish Church en. Bride, on Monday and Tuesday, in Easter week next. MEREWETHER. FREE EMIGRATION to SOUTH AUS TRALIA, via SOUTIIAMP TON. FIRST-CLASS SKIPS, of largo tonnage, and with the best ar rangements and equipments, will embark PUSB4OIIIIIII in the Docks at Southampton, on the 28th of May. for ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA ; and subsequently, on fixed days in each month. The undersigned are authorised, by her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, to grant a FREE PASSAGE by these ships to this healthy and eminently prosperous colony, to agricultural labourers, shepherds, male and female domestic and farm servants, miners, an/ mechanics of various trades, of good character. The demand for labour in the colony is argent, with remuneration ensuring the comfort of every well-conducted man and his family. Steerage passengers not eligible for a free passage, will be taken at 161. each, including new bedding, mess utensils, bags for clothes &c , which will belong to the passengers at the end of the voyage. A surgeon, appointed by Government, will be on board each ship. and the days of embarkation will be strictly adhered to. All particulars may be obtained on application to JOHN MAR SHALL and Co., Emigration Agents, 26, Birchin-lane, London; 79, High-street, Southampton; or at the Emigration Depot, Plymouth. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY OFFICB, Euston tatation, March 13, 1►46. THE DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to receive TENDERS for LOANS, in sums not ions than 1,0001. each, on the security of Debenture . Bonds, bearing 4 per cent. interest, Parable half•yearly, and for terms of three, five, seven, or ten Years certain. By order, R. CREED, Secretary. REMINGTON'S LINE. ONDON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY. Two advertisements having appeared in th• " Times" of Wednes day last, to which the name of " Henry W. Matthews," the Secre tary was forged. This is to give notice, that the person who forged such signature has been discovered, and it is' ascertained that he is connected with a Sharebroker at Leeds. JOHN OWENS, Solicitor to th• said Company. 14, Abingdon street, Westminster, April 10, 1846. G REAT NORTH and SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Every Shareholder in this Company is particularly requested to attend the meeting convened by the Directors, at the London Tavern, on TUESDAY NEXT, at One o'clock precisely, " For the purpose of auditing the accounts of the Directors." The Committee of Shareholders have t• announce, that no ac counts have been submitted to their inspection, neither have any facilities been afforded them of testing their correctness. It is, therefore, necessary that every proprietor should be at his Pest at one o'clock precisely, to protect his own interest. FREDERIC LAWRENCE, Chairman of the " Committee of Shareholders." Founder's Hall, Lothbury. EASTER HOLIDAYS. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Excursion Tickets will be issued on MONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY, 13th, 14th, and 15th of April, from London to Brox -I'"rne. the Rye House, St. Margaret's, Ware, and Hertford, and from those places to London and back, by the trains leaving London at 9 .0. 10.30, 12.0 morning, 1.30, 3.20, 4.30, 5.45, 7,0 afternoon; and rota Hertford at 8.15, 9.15, 12.30 morning, 2.30, 4.60, 7.20 afternoon . TARES TO AND FROM LONDON AND Itroxboarne - - - 3ftye House - - - - St. Margaret's - - - 'Ware Ilertford - - First Class. Second Class.' Third Class 3s. 6d. 2s. 6d. Is. 9d. 403 0 2 0 O• 3 6 2 3 503 6 2 3 503 6 2 3 These tickets Are only available on the day for which they are Nene& EXCURSION TRAINS WILL RUN AS FOLLOWS, ON BASTER MONDAY : From London to Cambridge, calllag at the following stations, in third-class open carriages only Time of Starting. From 9 45 A, 9 65 „ 10 0 10 5 „ 10 15 „ 10 26 „ London Stratford Lea Bridge Tottenham Waltham Broxbourne - - - Fare to Cambridge and back. is. Od. i 0 5 0 3 0 4 6 4 6 Arriving at Cambridge about 11.45 o'clock, and returning from Cambridge at 6 o'clock the same day, stopping at the same stations. From Cambridge to London, calling at the stations as fellows, in third-class open carriages only:— Time of Starting. 7 o♦. K. 7 15 „ 7 30 „ 35 9 9 ° 99 13 „ From Cambride Chesterford Wender Newport Bishop's Siortford - - - Harlow Faro to London and back. los. N. 5 • 9 4 • 3 0 4 6 Arriving in London about 9 o'clock, and returning from London at 9 o'clock P. sc., the same day, stopping at the above stations. From Colchester to London, - in . s thlrd-class open carriages only, Calliug at the stations as follows : , Time of Departure. Fare to London and back. 6 43 A. Y. 6 53 „ 7 7 7 18 „ 7 26 „ 7 43 „ 7 68 „ 6 20 „ 36 „ Colchester Mart's Tey. Kelvedou Witham Hatfield Chelmsford Ingatestone Brentwood Romford Arriving in London abet 9.7, and returning from London at 6.30 o'clr.:k the same day. 141 .13'..—Parties intending to avail themselves of the above Excar • Sion Trait* are recommended to make early application for tickets, as a limited number only will be issued. Tickets to be had on application at the stations 101 above, on and .after the 6th April.-14y order, London, April 2, 1846 C. P. RONET, Secretiry. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NEWMARKET RACES. The pulite are respectfully informed, that in addition to the ordi nary trains, SPECIAL TRAINS will run between LONDON, CUES TEAFOILD, and CAMBRIDGE, In connexion with coaches to and from Newmarket, as follows, per.orming the entire distance In less than ,'our hours: —Sunday, April 12, 1846-Ist and 2d class, from London to Chesterford only, at 1.30 p.m., calling at Lea bridge, Broxbourne, and Bishop Stortford, and arriving at Chestertord about 3.30 o'clock. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, April 13, 14, and 15-Ist and 2d class, from London to Cambridge, at 8.40 a.m., calling at Lea-bridge, Broxbeurne, Bishop Stortford, and Chesterford, and returning from Cambridge at 6.30., and from Chesterford at 7.0 p.m. Friday, Apr il 17-Ist and 2d class, at 5.15 p.m. ftom Cambridge, and 5.45 p.ra. from Chesterton! to London, !Wang at Bishop Stortford, trozbourne, and Lea•bridge. Passengers will be booked through y _ .,h between London and New market, at their option, g e c it o l -following fare., coachmen a le c r h fares and es feel t o too'. Cambridge, at the Single Ticket including Day Ticket to and from to and from Newmarket. Newmarket. 17.. 6d. •••••••• M. Ist Class by Railway and Inside the Coatch let clam by Railway and outside the Coach • . 2d , Cla b le 13? Railway and outside the Its tid 20s Coacb • • • The day thckets are only available for the return journey on the day for which they are issued. Private carriages and horses will be conveyed by any of the above trains, and by the ordinary trains as heretofore, at the following rates to and trol'a London and Cambridge : VIA CIIISTERFORD. VIA CAMIRIDGE• • Horses. i Card. Horses. Carri ages. ages. Lat ; . 3 1; . • I— "t A . .l 2a. • 44. . A • A .e e. d. e. d. e. di d. s. d.' a, e. d. f e. d. Single Ti cket•- .• 16 0 28 0 40 0 26 • 19 6 34 0 49 0 1 24 6 Day Ticktet available the 24 0 43 0 60 O i 30 0 29 6 51 0 73 637 0 same day ouly N.B. Tickets fc't the special trains may be, had on application at the station, Shored.iteh, and at the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, on arid atter the 6th of it pril ; and as a limited number only will be Issued, parties intenciliN do avail themselves of this arrangement are r ecommended to make e erlY application. Post horses and coaches' amply provided for every train—at Ches. lerford station by Messrs. Edwards, Bottom, and Sabine ; and at Cambridge by Messrs. Edlin, Mitchell, and Starkey. Orders for previously securinl post horses to be addressed to Mr. '- d r- 4 a ards d Crown Inn, Chesterfoi'd ; and Mr. Starkey , railway s tation, acnbri g , a. 2 4i milar arrangements will be made for the First Spring Meet- Ing. of which will be announced by advertisement in due course. *By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Oe octal otilces , Shoreditch, London, March 25, 1546. N i'COLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., sap. 66. 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 t 6 had e almost constant h um i dity of the climate of Great Britain. To be ~ in London only of the Patentees, 114. Regent-street. RE I)UCTION 451HH --- DUTY ON FRENCH B CRAI'MY.—COGNAC BRANDY, like th e w i ne f rom w hi c h it is obte tined, requires ag e f or its P on ; when old, it i s th e b es t When and mos t wholesome of spi r it s , but, new it is d e fi c i en t i n it s good and medicinal properties ; while, if ad ulterated with British Brandy, these ' valuable properties are lost , from a generous and inviirf ,rating cordial, it is changed into a coarse and Inflamma tory spirit • Tito gra At difficulty in procuring good genuine old C ognac Brandy, and tAie hi gk duty charged upon it, have hitherto prevented C ?onion s fr. nn using it; but now that a good and ' many genuine article may De obta inc d, and at a much more mod era t e rate, it is natural to e XMet a'• great increase in the consumption. To in, sfst this demand, Mr. L. E. SEIGNETTE h d tane w as ith e tt h e e r m B i n rit e d wi th y "Lil hb self of his long and intimate acquain Tiltde u ian {importer. Ite holds the largest stock of C Ma and broom, in this country, and, in accordance with athilrainhd'e*; a " roc* RI xnendations of his numerous Blends, he has taken a ole,ssi le DeAler's Foreign License, which enables him to dispose of It ui in q u antiti„‘ of two gallons upwards, duty paid. Ile pledges s „, n ,'"lf ' lo sell none but the best OLD COGNAC BRANDY genuine —,,,'lnPOrand carefully selected. i t l o c t ht as who kmew lan, lie feels assured that this pledge will be .I.._s.act who can discriminate the soft and fra- Ory. To atm4er' , —lnt ffeiveiur of pure end matured Cognac from the coarse, ardent, Ld NNW oatly adulterated spirit until now imposed on the public, he tii —L ' Mrae g ads a trial with reliance upon their Judgment in f avour of 14,!RIPef 'tor quality' of hi s ilrandy. a en t ,_ Ec KIGNETTE begs al to offer to the public the best Holland. p r J.._ that can be imported so . sio.. :T s for Cash of delivefY, In quantities not less than two gallons, 245. pm gallon for the twist Brown Cognac Brandy. 2ea, best Pale ditto. 2526e. 99 bast Geneva (Hollands). Th e 7"n "al allowance t i o th e t ra d e , to whom Mr. SE IGNETTE t a k es tentl' .Y P r y of offering hie Brandies and Geneva In bond at cur -4101 ; 4 % Saw.. anted tortewn and country; persons of respectability may -r v• let* WY. st the Moe, 26 14 14, MINCING-LAYS, CITY. ' i r ± - • N ;. 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This Institutlan oitirs important and sutataatial advan rages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bore )W, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, aid the conversion interests to meet other conveniwnces .r necessity. Assurances (or terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT'.. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled he Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 3u to 7a per cent. on the premiums paid on ,aola Polley effected on the Profit scale. The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De •ember of the present year. _ - F. FERGI7SON CAMFOUX. See. PUBLICATIONS. T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXVIII., will be published on Friday next. CONTEXTS : I. THE LORD CHANCELLORS of ENGLAND. 2. LADY DALMENY'S "SPANISH LADY'S LOVE." 3. THE CORN-LAWS of ATHENS and ROME. 4. HOOD'S POEMS. h. THE CHEVALIER BUNSEN'S ANTIENT EGYPT. 6. WILKES'S UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION". 7. DUVEYRIER'S POLITICAL VIEWS of FRENCH AFFAIRS. 8. ADMINISTRATION of CHARITABLE TRUSTS. 9. LANDOR'S COLLECTED WRITINGS—NEW IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS. 10. ON the GOVERNMENT of DEPENDENCIES. London Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. Now. ready, in 3 vols. Bvo., price 425. cloth. QIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S MISCELLA NEOUS WORKS. Including his Contributions to the Edin burgh Review. Edited by R. J. MACKIXTOSH, Esq. " This highly interesting and valuable collection belongs to the brilliant series of Edinburgh Review' re-publications, and.is not less illustrative than either of those of the literary character of the age which has just passed."—Morning Chronicle. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. M. MIGNET'S NEW WORK, TRANSLATED BY COCKS. Just published, in one vol. post five. 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At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing the fee of 11., for advice, Stc.--9, B EDFORD-STREBT, BEDFOAD vivAits, LOND9If. THE BROAD AND NARROW GAUGES. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Brother Shareholders,—The uncertainty and jeopardy in which our interests are placed by the report of the Gaage Commissioners induce me to submit a few words of peaceful caution to you, which, I believe, it is for our common interest to ponder well upon. And, first, I would revive' a question which has been often mooted among us—whether, as Great Western proprietors, we have been benefited by adopting the broad gunge ; whether, in fact, the gratification of being singular among railways has not cost us, at least two per cent. per annum for some years past ? Narrow gauge lines of a corresponding age and amount of traffic to our own, have long divided ten per cent, among their proprietors ; they have been enabled even to accelerate the march of their prosperity by making reductions in their fares in a greater ratio than ourselves. We Great Western shareholders, notwithstanding the increase of our traffic, seem to have made a halt both at an eight per cent. dividend, and at a reduction of fares. It is the belief, I know, of not a few of us, that we made a great mistake for our own interests in humour ing our engineer with his eccentric hobby. In making this sacrifice, we have likewise failed to secure any com pensating public good. As matters stand, the public is against us: Ido not mean the great public, who, I do not believe, interest themsejves about the matter, but the official public who have been sitting in judgment on our case. A time now appears to have arrived when we are enabled to correct our mistake; and I would state some reasons why I think it is for our interest, as sharehol ders, to retrace oar steps, and rather swim with the cur rent than against ft. If our system were as superior as Mr Brunel boasts it to be, why has it not spread more ? The gauge has been surely a perfect free-trade questione were its ex cellencies so immensely superior, like all superlative things, it would have made greater way. How is it to be explained, that there are existing at the present mo ment in this country, so many as 1,901 miles of narrow and so few as 274 miles crf broad gauge; and that out of projected lines ie 1845 8,000 miles were to be narrow and only 651 broad? And how is it, that in America and the continent of Europe, whence engineers have con tinually come to ascertain the results of our experience, not one mile of broad or seven-feet gauge has been laid? Surely, if our own dividends did not convince us, these facts ought, of the mercantile absurdity of our eccentric gauge. We adopted it with our eyes open, and against the warnings of others. Our line has cost us more to make and work illian it would have done had i►t been like other railways. We ourselves have paid for our whim dearly indeed, and are likely to continue to do so, at the rate, at least, of two per cent. per annum, as far as we can see into futurity. It is needless to go into figures to prove this. It is not to be denied that we are receiving only an annual 8 per cent. and that only on a little more than half our capital expended, instead of a 10 per cent. dividend, which we should receive, if the Great Western had been like the other railways of the country. We are losers not only by the superior cost of the construction and working of our line, but have been cut off from that profit which, in all probability, would have flowed upon our line from other line. They have been deterred from approaching us. Mr. Brunel told us years ago, it was our business and interest to have nothing to do with other lines ; that our course was insulation. Certainly his broad gauge has fulfilled his prophecy—and to our loss. But now he cannot maintain that position. Our insulation is to end. We are to be united on all sides with other lines; but it is to be a union not of harmony but of disagreement. Our hand, like Ishmael's, is to be against everybody, and everybody's against us. The contest may be very ex citing to Mr. Brunel and the lawyers; but I think the piping will be rather costly to us, the paymasters. The progress of our 8 per cent. dividend, instead of being forward, will, I fear, be like that of the crab—back wards. On whose behalf are we to fight this game ? The public? So far as the public is represented by the Government, it will be a contest against the public. The Board of Trade condemns our eccentric system. Her Majesty's Commissioners recommend its positive con traction—even its annihilation. Who will dare to say that we shareholders are to gain by maintaining it under these hostile circumstances? No one. It can be only for the satisfaction of our engineer: and it is too pre posterous to suppose that we are to sustain the battle for his sake—even if we assume that he wishes us to do so, of which I am by no means sure. Our peculiar system has already brought us to a positive difficulty. We are authoratively told we are not to extend it. We must either bow to authority or contend against it ? Has the experience of the past, without contention, been so very encouraging that we have really anything worth fighting for? If it could be shown that we made greater profits than the narrow guage companies —and it would require much greater profits to make a man belli.ierent—the question might he worth entertaining. On the contrary the facts, perhaps, show that we are worse off than narrow guage lines in corresponding circumstances. Our worse will become worst, if, besides managing our own line, we have to con tend with others, and thus encourage rivals to run side by side of us, who, if they chose to adopt the atmospheric system, on the general gauge of the country, will beat us hollow on our chief point - of strength—speed. Shall we then acquiesce in the recommendations of the Commissioners ? Most decidedly, say I. The Commissioners estimate that the cost of changing the broad into narrow gauge lines would not much exceed 1,000 0001. ; and recommended that some equit able means should be found of producing uniformity of gauge. It is quite clear that we have now an opportu nity offered us of redeeming the error we first commit ted. Let us meet and tell Sir Robert Peel that we are willing to aid in carrying out the Commissioners' report —that if equitable means are found, we will become n narrow gauge line. Let us petition Parliament to fur• nish these equitable means. There would be no diffi culty in effecting an arrangement, which would greatly . . improve our position, agree with official advice, and not cost the public one shilling. We cannot be blind to the apathy of our rivals, the London and Birmingham and South Western Railways, on this question. The best thing for their interests, de cidedly, is that we remain a broad gauge line. To avoid the evils of breaks of gauge, they will just come side by side with us and carry off our traffic. And think you the Legislature will listen to our remonstrances ? The answer will be, " You were offered uniformity once on reasonable terms—you preferred your insulated position and its consequences. The public have complained of these consequences, and here are other Companies ready to obviate them." Our answer, then, must be ad miss ricordiam, and we shall have to beseech for leave to lay down nerrowgauge at our own cost. If we are obstinate in our first folly, and now delay to reject the terms held out, the worse our prospects will become. A million is a sum within possible realization ; but increase it to three or four, and the offer is less likely to be made, and we shall be compelled to provide a remedy for ourselves. _ Brother Shareholders, let us meet and discuss this question. Our affairs are now at a critical juncture. Shall we work for our eccentric gauge, and the evils of a break of gauge, for discord with other companies, and decreasing dividends ? or for a national uniformity of gauge, concord with other companies, and increasing dividends ? ONE OF YOURSELVES. London, March 30, 1846. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. TIIESDAY.—Sir John Rennie, president, in the chair. The conversation upon the Estuary of the River Severn being renewed, led to an interesting discussion upon the River Clyde, and the capability of improve- ments of that river, which will be continued at the next meeting. The paper read was a short notice by Mr. G. Bu chanan, explanatory of a plaa and sections of the Mid- Lothian coal-fields. The coal field treated of is that by which the city of Edinburgh has long been supplied, and it was stated to be still very far from being exhausted, but that a very large p ort i on of the coal seams were rendered useless, on a th c, ro o u u g n h t of thovast volume of water w hi c h, p erco l a ti n g working pervaded the freestone s trata above d own in such quantitie s that above th e coa l, ant the pumping engines were barely sufficient to keep open the present workings ; it therefore became the o bj ect o f to obtain an coal - field. ex tensi ve system of drain agethe pthrorforuitogcherust the ddle,osfuNewt: castle, was requested to draw u p a r. l3u t on the subject, from difficulty to be from which it appeared that the great e ncountered arose from the circumstan c e that Hater communication existed throughout th e dist a r i ict o ,rn n d a pnmping-engine placed in any one spot would draw the water from every part around, which would render it an operation involving great labour and expense, which ought to be borne equally by all the mine proprie tors. The paper then described the situation of thegreat dyke by which the coal was intersected and thrown eighty fathoms upwards; the north-east boundary, where the seams are standing on edge ; and then gave the dif ferent seams of coal and their qualities. These were:— Splint coal, 3 feet thick, good quality; rough coal, 3 feet thick, good quality bufie coal, 4 feet thick, inferior qua lity, not much worked; diamond coal, 4.feet thick, valu able when found; jewel coal, 4 feet thick, most valuable. At the monthly ballot for members, the fallowing can didates were elected :—William Froude, John Taylor, jun', and Edward Woods, as members; Charles Frods ham, J. B. lluntington, and the Rev. S. J. Rigaud, as associates. _ . The following piper was announced to be read at the meeting of April 21:— No. 737. On the combustion of fuel under steam boilers, with a description of Bodmer's fire grate. By J. G. Bodmer, M. Inst. C.E. 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The minutes of the preceding Court were read and confirmed. COUNTY' RATE. The report of the committee on the county treasurer accounts was br-'ught up, upon which Mr. 13ENJAurs HALL - moved that a rate of three farthings in the pound be granted,,whieh w ts agreed to. THE LUNATIC ASYLUM AT lIANWELL The report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum was brought up and read, Mr. TULK (chairman of the committee) directed espe cial attention to the following paragraph in the report, containing the, official report of the present state of the ' asylum, by the Commissioners in Lunacy, appointed under the new statute Bth and•9th Vic., c. 126. "It is gratifying t o t h e comm i ttee o f v i s itors that upon this, as upon many f oruaer occasions, they can speak of the condition of th e asy l um i n terms of cordial approval. The ward att en d ants ' are o bservant of the humane regulations ad o pt e d at H anwe ll ; and, on the part of the officers, there i s ` no re l axa tion of effort in their several departments to obviate every difficulty against which it is possible in such an institution to guard. It is due to the officers that this testimony be borne to their contioued exertions and zeal; and the more so, as the Comm.'ssioners in Lunacy, whose office it is to watch over the con &Zion of such asylums, have, at a recent visit, recorded their opinion of our establishment, notwithstanding its magnftade, in the following terms:— " Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, March 17, 1846. " We have spent this dt.l - and yesterday in officially visiting end inspecting this asylum. We have gone through the various yards, w arch; ,workshops, and out building:, and have seen all tb w vatients now in the in stitutioa. We have also exarm'nod into the quality and allowance of the food supplied to ,the patients, and have made the other inquiries relative to the patients and the management of the asylum and th e general condition of the establishment which are dirk ct.ed by the Act of Parliament. "The fare of the patients appeare,l to us to be of ex cellent quality, and the all wance to be liberal. The clothing and bedding were clean, cotnrwtable, and good. The galleries, clay-rye ms, dormitories, and single bed rooms were clean and well ventilat e d, and with some slight exceptions, free from any offensive smell. " The patients are at present 981. in mmtber, of whom 413 are male;, and 568 females. None of them at the time of our visit were under any mechailical coercion. Two of the females were under seclusion. " Generally speaking, they were in a quie.t and com fortable state. " J. W. MYLNE, J. IL HUME, Commissioners B. W. PROCTER, in Lunacy." J. C. PRICHARD, Upon the motion that the report be received, Mr. LAURIE wishcd to ask a questionlin reference to a subject which had agitated the county so long ; he alluded to the propoed extension of the buildings at Hanwell, so strongly objected to by a large portion of the inhabitants of Middlesex. Had the Committee re• ceived any communication from the Commissioners in Lunacy or the Secretary of State respecting that sug gested increase of the establishment? Mr. Tula said that the Commit:ee had had a commu nication from the Cummissio ners in Lunacy, and were preparing a reply. Mr. LAURIE begged to know the effect of the Com missioners' report? It was ih'gh.ly important that the public should -kn ow . Mr. Tina replied, that their opinion was unfavour able to the increase of the buildi.ngs now at Hanwell. They had given their reasons, whit h in his opinion were futile and inconclusive. Some further conversation tonic place, and it • was elicited in the course of the day that Sir James Graham was aho hostile to the further augme.atation of the pre sent establisiiment. Signed, The report was received. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTI The report of the visiting justices of the House of Correction was read. The number of prisoners was larger than usual, amounting to 1,023, of whom 7.57 were male, 266 females, and 10 children. Appended to the report was an extract from the 10th report of the prison in• spectors, paying a high compliment to the magistracy and officers for the state of admirable order in which they found every part of the gaol, and the degree of corn parative comfort enjoyed by its inmates. Mr. LAURIE objected to the printing of this extract unaccompanied by some partial strictures contained in another part of the Commissioners' observations. Mr. WlLas, chairman of the visiting justices, said that if that was a fitting opportunity he would be glad to enter into a discussion of the whole sub ject of prison discipline, espec ally those parts in which they might be found at issue with the inspectors, if there should be any material difference of opinion between them, which he was happy to say was not likely to be the case, from the general commen dation the home inspectors had bestowed upon the county gaols, which were unparalleled for the excellency of their arrangements.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. WILSoN animadverted upon the conduct of the prison inspectors. Jie thought that before twelve months had passed these gentlemen would be shown up to the world. He alluded, he said, to the shameful misrepre sentations respecting Bridcwell Hospital.—(Order.) Mr. ROTC II said that the very object of the appoint ment of prison inspectors was to, point out defects, and their office would melt into nothing were they to pander to the prejudices of the magistrates. Their reports had been productive of great good, and tended strongly to keep the magistrates to their duty.—(Hear, hear). Mr. Laurie's amend ment f or the omission o f t h e ex t rac t or the reference of th e report, was lost by 14 to 11. The repo r t was t h en received an d or d ere d to be printed. a majority of THE WESTMINSTER BRIDEWELL. The report of the visiting justices of the Westminster Bridewell was read. The number of prisoners was 677, of whom 500 were males, and 177 females, all 4,rderly and healthy. From the Ist September, when the com mittals to the New Priso.n (now in course of demolition) ceased, to the 3d of Apriil, the number of committals to the Bridewell was 3,830, and since the 21st February to the date of the last reportt, the number was 754. THE COMMITMENT .OF SUICIDAL PRISONERS. Having mentioned the details that usually form the prine.pal portion of their reports,_ the visiting justices proceed to invite the noti ce o f the Court to some matters that have requirA peculittr consideration, and as to which they deem it proper that the Court and county should be fully informed. . . The yisitinii justices having learned that on the 11th ult a prisoner who had been committed for re-exami nation en a charge of murder, strangled himself in the prison, and that no intimation had been given by the committing magistrate to the 'governor of his being in an unsound state of mind, or incli'ved to commit suicide, they directed their clerk to address ;the letter, of which they annex a copy. dated the 18tfr ult., to the Secretary of State for the Home Department e from whom they received an answer on the 21st ult., and, a ough unaware whether the directions suggested have been issued from the Home-office, they have understood with pleasure that in some subsequent cases their hints have been carried into effect in cases of commiteals from the police courts. The visiting j ust i ces, i n making their pro ceedings known to th e C ourt , b eg to ' .draw the attention of the magistracy of th e c o unty at !ergo to the sugges tion contained in th e i r l e tt er and to ,impress on them the propriety of thei r adopting it in ies'ery case which shall come before them, an d to w hi c h t h e sug gestio n ma y be applicable ; as otherwise, prisoners so' peculiarly occur March 18, 18 46. afflicted may not recei ve s p ec i a l attention, ant ; sad Ty c aunhappilyrlis lCarlisle-street, tre e ote, Soho,e catas trophes, distressful to the governor, and painx7ul to the ~ public mind, " Sir—A prisoner named John Rofe, who was Com mitted to the House of Correction at Westminster, on the 9th instant, from Worship- . street Police• court, to b`te brought up for further examination, for cutting and wounding Edwin Rofe, with intent to murder him, strangled himself in the water-closet of the prison, on the 11th instant, while the van was waiting to re-convey him to the police-court. In consequence of this melancholy event, I am directed by the visiting justices to acquaint you that it has occurred to them, that it is desirable that whenever a prisoner w'ao is about to be commited shall appear to be insane or of unsound mind, or shall be suspected of in sanity, or an inclination to commit suicide, a private communication on the subject should be made by the committing magistrate to the governor of the prison. And I am therefore instructed to request you will be plea , ed to issue directions to that effect to the police magistrates. With reference to Role's ease lam desired to observe that it d id not appear on the face of the warrant, as the fact was, that the person whom he attempted to murder was his own son, an intimati on whereof would pr o bably have led the go vernor to sus pect that th e p r i soner was not of sound m i nd, and tha t no communication was made, or messa ge d elivered, from the committing magistrate to the g overnor, eithe r of that fact or any other, that would induce special tion or precautions with respect to him , alth ough a itten , t did happen that both by the surg eon and the officers parti cular attentions were afforde to the prison er . " I am further directed to state that the coroner' jury who sat on the body. in returning th e i r verdicts, unaiiimously expr. ssi d themsees satisfied that every reasonlible precaution had b een taken by the governor and the officers of the prison against the commi-sion of suicide, and that a relative of the deceased, who attended the inquest, joined in that opinion, and thanked the governor for the vigilance and kindness which he had shown to the prisoner. The visiting, justices, also, having cussed inquiry to be made into' the circumst9nces of the case, are happy to be able fully to exotic rte the governor and all the officers from any blame on the occasion, yet they trust that the precau tionary me-.cures they have suggested frill be approved and sanctioned by you.—l have the honour to be, S ge . ,t C . P. ALL EN, Clerk to the Justices. "To the Right lion. Sir James Graham, Bart." o Whitehall, 21st March, 1846. " Sir,--I am directed by Sec re t ar y sir James Gra ham to acknowledge the receipt o f your letter of t h e 18th . instant, submitting a suggestion of the visiting justices of the House of Correction at Westminster that S ZT Ny EXAMPLIS. A i Premium. 8 4 31 ' ila ' s ' 2 ' nus in a i ll/ ;ti 91 1 4 E ! I • 0 .-. 0 0 IR 10 7 4 00 44 si 1. 1837 £l9l 13 5 £ 7 13 5 1 4 317 1 £39511 1 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 I - 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 1840 39 0 0 41 13 4 6 • 0 247 4 F - 1-__-. ~ /~ v _ ,• .. • i,..........___ , _ ~,,,, • . , ,„,„,„ 1./. ~ - . / 1 ~.. ~_ ______ , ,-... 4 APRIL 11, 1846. instructions should be given to the police magistrates to make a private communication to the governor on the committal of any prisoner whols insane, or suspected to be of insane mind, or inclined to commit suicide.—l am, Sir, &c., " S. M. PHILIAPPS. " C. P. Allen, Esq." THE :POWER OF COMMITTAL BY THE CORONERS. The report alluded' to the power of committal by coroners, which had been a matter of dispute between hem and the Court for some time. Thomas Wakley, Esq , one of the Coroners of this county. having, on the 2d ult., committed a prisoner, charged before him with murder, to this prison, to be subsequently taken before an adjourned inquce t to be held by him, and the visitingjustices entertaining doubts of the coroner's power to make such a commitment, they caused a letter (of which they lay a copy before the Court) to be addressed, on the 10th ult., to the Seere ttiry of State for the Home Department, on the sub ject; in reply whereto they have received from the Home-Office the accompanying letter, dated the 25th u lt. In consequence of the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, as conveyed in the last-mentioned letter, and con firmatory of the judgment they had previously ex pressed, the visiting justices have instructed the governor of the prison not to rective into his custody prisoners committed by a coroner, in any other manner than to be " discharged by slue 'Course of law," and they have also transmitted to Mr. Wakley a copy of their letter of the 10th ultimo to the Secretary of State, and of the reply thereto from the Home-office, and acquaintec him with the directions they have gi, en to the governor and they trust that this topic of long and irritating con troversy will never be henceforth revived. " Carlisle-street, Soho, 10th March, 1846. " Sir,—l am directed by the visiting justices of the House of Correction, at Westminster, to transmit you the enclosed copy of a warrant i sued by Thomas Wakley, Esq., one of the coroners for Middlesex, to the governor of that prison, requiring him to receive, 'and under which he accordingly received, the body of Mary Ann Martha Hicks, charged with wilful murder, and to keep her in his custody until the 9ilr instant, and then to take her before the coroner and his adjourned inquest. The visiting justices have been informed that the pri soner had been previously sent by the coroner to New gate, and there refused. "To the visiting justices it appears to be doubtful whether a coroner'has, by law, the right of committing a prisoner charged before him to custody, for the pur pose of ' securing his or her presence before him and his inquest,' and that he has only the power, either as a conservator of the peace without holding an inquest, or as coriiner after the verdict of an inquest, of committing a person charged before him, or against whom - a verdict may have been returned (as the case may be), to prison, until, discharged by due courte of law), and which opinion is confirmed by a pamphlet lately published on the subject. by David Jardine, Esq., one of the metropolitan police magis trates. •The visiting justices are anxious on the one hand to protect the governor of their prison, and (In the other hand to take care that due obedience be paid to the warrant of a coroner, and they are therefore desirous of b"ing favoured with your opinion, or with that of the law officers of the Crown, as to the legality of a commitment by a coroner of a prisoner for the pur pose of securing his or her presence at an adjourned inquest. They are encouraged to make this request by their knowledge that the subject has been brought under the consideration of your office, and by their conviction that the law should not remain doubtful, but should be settled either by a jeicial determination or a legislative enactment.—l have the honour, &c. (Signed) " C. P. ALLEN, " Clerk to the Visiting Justices. " The Right lion. Sir J. Graham, Bart." " Whitehall. March 25, 1846. " Gentlemen,—r am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowlodge the receipt of your clerk's letter, dated the 10th inst., inclosing a copy of a warrant of Mr. Wakley, one of the coroners for Middlesex, for the com mittal of a person charged before him with murder, and requesting that the warrant might be laid before the law officers of the Crown, and their opinion asked as to the' power of the c(Toner to require the gaoler to receive into his custody, and bring before him at an adjourned in quest, the person so charged. And lam to inform you, the law officers are of opinion that such committal can not legally be for safe custody for the purpose of bring ing the party before the inquest, but only until the party shall be discharged by due course of law ; I am further to suggest that it may be proper to give notice to the coto.ner before you act upon the information here communieWed to you. I have, &c., " S. M. PHILLIPPS. "To the T,lsiting Justices of the House of Corvection, Westminster." The report: ,was received. JUVENILE OFFENDERS. The CHAT TatiA.k laid before the Court a memorial from the con. tmittee of the Philanthropic Society for the Reformatic, xt of Juvenile Offenders. [This document has already appottred in our columns.] He said that the subject was ors e of infinite magnitude, and no time which they cot Ail command would be lost, if de voted to the con sideration of this important branch of'criminal jurisp, ludence.—(Hear, hear.) It was diffi cult beyond concem ion to take up the subject, and still more difficult to sug est a practicable plan for the attain ment of the object they bad all so much at heart. The justices of that e minty had, however, overcome di fficulties in respect to pt ison discipline, and the tr e at men t of the insane, which t firit sight app.ared insuperable, and that induced him ,strongly to desire that they would take up this yet t n '-re important subject in all its amplitude. As had bt at .n done in another quarter, he suggested that that 0 curt should also do—namely, apPolnt a committee to imp tire into the whole subject. It would not stultify the Con. rt, and they would have the benefit of the combined ex:o erience and wisdom of gen tlemen, many of whom had devoted their lives to the amelioration of the conditit 'II of their fellow-crea tures.—(Hear. hear, and chee rs.) In his opinion the present system of dealing wit h offending children was a most expensive way of brit Ring them •up in vice, and he had an ardent hope ts' - tat the philanthropy of , the age would yet succeed in de vising an ameliorative system of treatment for these poor children. He con cluded by moving that the memorial be referred to a committee to inquire and report to the Court respecting the best mod e o f c h ec ki ng the growth of juvenile cri me , and promoting the reformation ofjuveilile offenders. Mr. WILKS seconded the motion, bu.t thought that it was a matter in which Government alone could efficiently interfere. The motion was then agreed to nem. con. A numerous committee was then named. The Court, after transacting some further routine busi. nets, adjourned. WINDING-UP OF RAILWAY SCHEMES. CLAUSE PROPOSED BY MR. HUDSON TO BE INSERTED IN ALL RAILWAY BILLS OF THE PRESENT SESSION BY WHICH NEW COMPANIES ARE TO BE INCORPO- RATED. • And be it enacted that the directors shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, cause the names and addition of all the several corporations and persons entitled to shares in the company, to be entered in the " Register of the Shareholders," directed to be kept by " the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ;" and the said directors shall cause an extra. ordinary meeting of the shareholders in the com pany to be called within six months from the pass ing of th's Act, for the purpose of consider ing and determining whether the company shall proceed in the execution of the powers of this Act, or whettier such company shall be forthwith dissolved ; and it shall be lawful for such meeting so called, at which three-fifths it least of the shareholders shall be present either personally or by proxy, to determine either that the company shall proceed in the execution of the powers of this Act, or that the company shall be forthwith dissolved ; provided that before such meeting be called, it shall not be lawful for the company or the directors to put in force any of the powers of this Act relative to the taking or using of land; and in case such ineeiing so called shall determine that the company be forth with dissolved, the company shall be thereupon forthwith dissolved accord ,lngly, except for the purpose of winding up the affairs th . ereof as hereinafter mentioned ; and thenceforth all the pew, scrs of this Act with relation to the taking or using of l an d, or otherwise, shall absolutely cease and determine anyth , ing herein contained to the contrary notwithstand. ing (s e . btact, and without p re j u di ce to all existing debts, liabilit. Ts, or agreements contracted or entered into by the coms,pany, and subject! to the provisions hereinafter containsstl); and the dire c t ors , a f ter. f u l l payment and satisfactie,'n, in the first instance, of all the debts, liabi lities, anal agreements contracted or entered into by the company, and of such compensation as hereby provided, shall divid e the residue or surplus of the moneys and effects of or belonging to the said company, rateably among the shareholders in the said company in propor tion to the ir respective int"rests therein ; provided ne vertheless ,that the company shall make full compensa tion to all owners, lessees, and occupiers of land and others, it - lithe same manner as is herein provided in cases of compensati on for land required for the purposes of this Act, for all loss, damage, costs, charges, and ex penses, which they may resp e cti ve ly h ave susta i ned or been put un t o • in consequence of th e procee di ngs of the company in obtaining this Act, or under any powers thereof ; the at ueunt to be ascertained, in case of dis pute, by the ver, 'list of a jury, or by reference to arbitra tion, as hereinbe lore provided in other cases of disputed compensation ; a ed all corporations and persons to or with whom such debts, liabilities, or agreements shall have been contrac '.Qd or entered into, or who shall be entitled to any such compensation as aforesaid, shall, notwithstandiltsg the determination of such meeting, have such and the same rights and remedies against the said company for the recovery and enforcement thereot' rssptetieely, as they would have had if no such meeting had taken place, and as if the company had continued to exist. And be it further eacted, that if the directors shall not within four months from the passing of this Act, cause due notice of such extraordinary !sleeting to be given, it shall be lawful for any six or more of the persons entitled to shares in the said undertaking, holding in the whole shares or stock to the amount of at least 5,0001, to cull such meeting by notice, signed by such shareholders, and published in the manner required by this Act, with regard to extraordinary meetings of the Com- PRICE SD, pony, and the proceedings of the meeting so called by such shareholders, at which three-fifths at least of the shareholders shall be present, either personally or by proxy, shall be• as valid, and shall have the same force and effect as if such meeting had been duly called- by the directors ; and for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the said company, in case such !riveting shall determine' on the dissolution thereof, it shall 'he lawful for such meeting to appoint a Committee, consisting 01 such number of persons us they shall think fit, being shareholders in the company ; and the directors shill forthwith transfer to such committee all documents, books, papers, and accounts of or belonging to the company, and shall also trausfer to such committee all moneys, security for- money, and other effects and property of or belonging to the company ; and snch committee, or the survivors of survivor thereof, shall forthwith proceed to wind up the affairs of the company. and shall, in the first place, convert into money • etch of the effects as shill not consist of money, and pay and discharge all the debts, contracts, and liabilities of the company, and subject thereto, and to the necessary ex penses of such committee in the execution of their power , . the surplus of the said moneys shall be forthwith divided by such committee rateably amongst the shareholders in :he company in proportion to their respective interests' therein ; and in the event of the directors refusing or neglecting to transfer to any such committee documents, books, papers, and accounts, moneys, and other property and effects of the company, within ten days after demand, in writing, signed by such com mittee, or the survivors or survivor of them, and delivered to any one of such directors, or left at hi, last or usual place of abode, it shall be lawful for such committee, or the survivors or survivor of them, to pass a resolution that such company is desirous but to wind up its affairs ; and upon a copy of such resolution, signed by any one or more of such committee, being filed in the office of the Lord Chancel lor's secretary of bankeupts, every such company shall be deemed to have committed an act of bankruptcy at the time of filing the copy of such resolution, and thereupon such proceedings shall be had and taken for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the said company as are di rected in and by an Act passed in the eighth year of the reign of her present Majesty, in tituled, " An Act for faci litating the winding up the affairs of Joint-Stock Com panies unable to meet their pecuniary engagements," in the case of any of the acts of bankruptcy therein mentioned being committed by the companies therein referred to ; provided that notice shall be given by the directors or such committee as aforesaid, if appointed, of the determination of such meeting of shareholders, to be called as aforesaid, with reference to the proceeding in the execution of the powers of this Act, or the dissolution of the company, in the London Gazette, and in one or more newspapers of each county, in which the lands proposed to be affected by this Act shall lie, within fourteen days from the holding of such meeting; and at any such meeting to be held as aforesaid, the voting shat take place in the manner prescribed in the " Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," with reference to meetings of shareholders therein referred to. EXTRAORDINARY HIGH FLOOD AT DONCASTER. (Abridged from the Doncaster Gazette.) That very sage and highly -venerated personage, "the oldest inhabitant," possesses, amid the rich stores of his memory, no recollection of a greater flood than that with which the banks of the Don have been visited during the present week ; not even that of '24, when a vessel was forced by the current out of the river, and placed across the very unnatural turnpike road, beyond the Mill Bridge. This will be found to be the case when the better drainage, and the more elevated position of the roads, are taken into the estimate. A considerable quantity of rain fell during Friday last. On the following afternoon, there was a very heavy fall of sleet, with a piercing wind blowing from the east. Indeed, from that time to Wednesday morn ing, the rain scarcely ceased; and at intervals the wind veered and blew a regular north-wester, not with steadiness, but with sudden gusts and extremely cold. Many indications were presented, from the chillness of the atmosphere—the heavy masses of clouds, and the want of even one struggling sun-gleam—that serious consequences might possibly ensue, with regard to the prevalence of floods ; especially if, as seems to have been the case, the weather on the moors of Derbyshire and the intervening locality should partake of the same portenteous character. The river began to rise during the night of Saturday and the following day, so as to present the certainty that the navigation would be stopped. The stream roe, higher and higher, and at length overflowed both its banks, and presetting, in some localities, the appearance of immense weirs, speedily laid the adjoining lands under a sheet of water—higher and higher still, until reaching where the water had nt-ver - before reached, it was evident that the highest flood ever known was about to be experienced, with all its unavoidable, and, in many instances, lamentable consequences. Thousands of acres were covered to a very considerable depth. Indeed, the sight presented from the top of the tower of the parish church, was that of an immense inland sea ; awakening the apprehension that the cultivators of the soil, along the line of country in question, would have to endure the troubles of a heavy, but unavoidable visitation. The waters still continued to increase on Monday, when the rain poured down in torrents, and reached their highest point between twelve and one o'clock on Tuesday. The flood worked its course through all opposing obstacles. It tore itself through hedges, and gates, and palings ; threw back the increasing streams from old drains and water-courses ; 'swilled itself over opposing eminences of the ground, chafed and fretful ; roared throt.gh bridges and culverts ; stopped water-wheels, mill-wheels, and steam engines —factory, corn mill, and foundry, and all their multifarious operations ; rushed into the cellars of dwelling-houses, and crept up stairs to the house apartments ; dash e d clean through others ; stole into back yards, finding all the nooks and corners of coal-holes and all descriptions of out-buildings, stables, cow-houses, hen-roosts, and so on ; filled saw-pits to the brim, and set timber-trees, planks, and battens afloat ; found its way into village lanes and by-roads and stapped up all communication in that direction ; spread over meadow, pasture, and corn-field ; drowned hares, rabbits, and partridges ; plunged through sewer-grates and gushed up from others ; worked its way through earth• bank, and stone wall ; and, while it found some repose in quiet gardens and near stone fences, the main flood hurried onwards as if impatient to find a resting- place, or lose itself in the tidal waters, and finally in the sea itself. We are sorry to state, that, during the prevalence of . the flood. the occurrence of a fatal casualty took place. The sufferer is a man of the name of John Ellis, a skinner, who resided in the yard near Mr. Geo. Armi tage's steam corn-mill, near the Mill-bridge, and occupied some premises, a portion of the old maltkiln, which abuts upon, and has steps connected with, the river, for the purpose of his trade. He was last seen shortly before seven o'clock on Monday evening, pro ceeding towhrds a door connected with the premises just mentioned. It is presumed, that, in attempting to open this door, or to accomplish some purpose connected with the building, his foot gave way, that he slipped into the river, and was hurried away and drowned in the over whelming impetuosity of the current. He has left a widow and large family ; but the latter are nearly all grown up. lie was an industrious, a careful, and an honest man ; and his unhappy fate is much commiserated. The body has not been found, and, probably, never will. We have already stated that the flood reached its highest point soon after noon on Tuesday. At half-past five o'clock on the following morning, it had only fallen two inches, although indications soon afterwards pre sented themselves that it would gradually subside. It is to be feared, hewever, that many injuries have been inflicted in some localities, and that we shall have to record their occurrence, particularly in the districts which embrace the lower lands down the river, in the neighbourhood of Barmby I)un, Staiuforth, Fishlake, Fenwick, Moss, and in other places. EAST RETFORD. Since last July the seasons generally have been more than usually dry, so that in many places water had be come exceedingly scarce, the springs have seldom been known so low, and in many instances it became difficult for the agriculturist to get his seed into the ground either on clay or sandy soils. At length this state of things has been put a stop to, and we have, in this dis trict, at least, suddenly verged into the opposite ex treme. The barometer which had gradually been sink ing gave indication of the approaching change, and on Thursday last about noon, the rain began to descend, and continued without intermission the whole of the day and night. Next morning it literally passed down, and throughout the day until about five o'clock on Saturday morning, when it ceased. At two p.m., however, it com menced to rain and snow, and kept at it in right good earnest until midnight. During Sunday we had much rain at intervals, and on Monday it rained again the greater part ofthe day, keeping the game up all Monday night and the greater part of Tuesday. The conse quence of this was, as might have been expected, an im mense overflow of the River Idle, and its tributary streams, which, in its course, has inundated many thousands of acres, and been serious destruction of property, and it is to be feared in some instances fatal to human and animal life. On Sunday and Mon day morning many of the lower lands were seen gradually covering, and during the night of Monday the cars of Retford on the west side of the river were quite deluged. In this state they remained for several hours, but it was evident from the continued accumulation of water, that the east, or town side, must share the same fate ; and much anxiety was evinced to ascertain whether the em bankment, made at the recent enclosure for the pre vention of floods, would be a sufficient barrier. At the noon of Tuesday the water had risen nearly to the sum mit of the bank, and shortly afterwards it found its way over the lower parts, and at two P.M. it came over gene rally, so that before five, many of the gardens were fr om three to four feet deep, and a great number of dwelling houses dfloor rendered totally uninhabitable by the gro te u r n being from one to two and three fee t the tr adespeople anxiety was manifested by many o f into the its way must of necessity get into a w de a speop G ie re o a n t T Tuesday smd,:ryk eveningl)lmarket-place, ee, t a h n a d t i t f he so w , find a it terwould From three to ten t and continued to t o'clockc cellars , a t r h s e , warehouses , wa tera rose Wedne d y) when period ( of s a they were at the height. A t aboutt • our writing rise until one o'clock thi n s aena m dr O ly r s n t ha h i o n e pf g oos. inches, with (10 A.M .) the flood has decl i ned h-c//l <a-~aAli BEVERLEY. • We have been visited in this part of the country by one of the heaviest floods ever remembered. The rain began to descend last Fri,lay, and continued almost without intermission for up a ards of eighty hours. The cons .quence is, that thousands of acres of land are now under water, a great number of lain bs have been drowned, and the spring corn, but recently sown, must nearly all perish. The weather (Wednesday) is still gloomy, and gives indications of more rain. 't he high tides are just commencin,g, and the river and drains, already full to it is feared, burst through their em -4 overflowing, ankm em bankments, t andwil , the consequences which must then ensue , n ,f on th e e ca y n ea c r i , lc th u e la y te. isita U ti cc on u i ring s t mos a t t e t a h l is particular atoitou so sdnd vv re i j a ib i c t s very widely felt.—Hull Advertiser. To make griddle cakes—Best way to make yellow use milk altogether instead of water—two eggs, RECEIP I T ND S IA fo x r C U O S R I N N o G r lithAeaTE. them is to LOUR of and white, to be allowed for a pint of corn milk to be a little warmed, and the whole to be wealll— b up with a spoo n or l a dl e . Th ere mus t be milk enouda meal—the the eetom saucepan a ke n the t hweh griddle,o l whole so one sapsnothnafutlitnfwill pour out flour, and lard (p ure b utter still better) the size of a wa l nut . wheat The griddle—Much nicety is to be observed in the pre paration of the griddle, which, as must be well known, is a flat round iron concern standing on three legs, and of stay size ; it must be made not very hot, because then it • would burn the cakes. And it must be well greased whils warm, that it may be perfectly smooth, so that the cakes may be easily turned, that they may be done brown (not burnt) on both sides, to promote their turning easily is the object of adding the wheaien flour. Be it remem bered that the dough, or rather the batter, above di rected, must be well beat up and repared diro;..tly before - being cooked, though it might set itn hour, this I ,' men. tioned to prevent it being supposed that it, lik e sots:',e other bread, would bear to be nixed overnight. Th e cakes are usually poured on until they spread on the griddle to the size of thebottom of a breakfast plate. You think this receipt rather prolix, but it is my way in all such cases to be very exact. Better be too particular Pone:— f'hree eggs to a quart than to omit any essent t i o al f i m te e m a . l - o J o .S w .S b . es E t Egg g our) to be made also with milk—water would make it heavy —a spoonful of butter, all well beat together and made up of a consistence thicker than the cakes—too thick to pour out but just thick enough to be taken up with a spoon —may be baked like the cakes,immediately after being mixed —must be baked in a tin pan, which must be placed in a Dutch oven, not too hot at first, but the fire under it to be in creased. The object is to have it begin to bake at the bottom, when it . will rise in the process of baking, t ie _ come brown at the top. and when put on the table and cut, resemble what we call pound cake. If yoo:t friend will exactly follow those directions, and then e a t hi s cakes, or hi s egg pone, hot, with good fresh butter, he will find that Indian corn bread is fit far other persons as well as pigs to eat, the assertion of a corn-law Mem ber of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding, Divers other preparations of corn and corn-meal might be given. For instance, " hominy and cheese cakes," water S ,— l n which a certa i n George Washington had cooked for his own eating till th e d ay of his death. P.S. Salt of course, a ß d r d e e a d kfa a s s t u c su a a k l e , s i : n Pour both bcoaisleiasz w j S . a di g a u n a M rt e o al corn-meal, stir it unt il i t i s wet ; then add two well beaten eggs, and milk enough to make it a thick bat ter ; measure a small tea-spoonful of dry saiteratus, and dissolve it into some warm water, and put it into the butter, with a small quantity of salt; butter square tin pans, fill them two-thirds full, and bake in a quick oven ; when done, cut it in squares and serve hot.—ln dian Muffins : Pour boiling water into a quart of corn - meal, stir it well ; let it be a thick batter ; when it is cooled a little, add to it a table-spoonful of yeast, two eggs well beaten, and a tea spoonfulof salt ; set it in a warm place to rise for two hours ; then butter square - tin pans, two-thirds fill them, and bake in a quick oven ; - when done serve hot, or cut in squares, or bake as wheat muffine.—Corn Bread : One quart of milk, one pound of Indian meal, two eggs, small lumps of butter, a little ialteratus ; bake in a flat pan.—Artificial oysters : One pint grated green corn, one egg, one table spoonful of wheaten flour, one spoonful butter ; fry them brown. —Baked Indian Pudding : One quart of milk boiled, stir in seven spoons of meal while it is boiling hot, mix it quite thin ; when it is moderately warm, add molasses, a little ginger and salt, tour eggs, a lump of butter the size of an egg.—Corn Pudding: Take four ears of green corn, boil them until half done, cut off the corn as fine as convenient, mix it with two spoonsful of wheat flour, one pint sweet milk, salt and pepper to season ; bake it well.—Green Corn Cake: Mix one pint grated corn with three table spoonsful milk, one tea-cup wheat flour, half a cup of melted butter, one egg, one spoonful' salt, half a spoonful pepper ; drop this mixture into hot butter by the spoonful, let thew_ fry eight or ten minutes.—Boiled Indian Puddir . g: One tea-cup of molasses, a piece of suet the ai.: e of two eggs chopped fine, eight spoonsful of meal., sca ld the meal with boiling water or milk, 'mix it quite thin, when it is nearly cold add four eggs well beaten. It requires three hours' billing in a strong cloth.--In dian Gruel: To one quart of boiling water, stir in two table spoonsful of Indian meal, mixed with a little cold - water, boil fifteen or twenty minutes—a little salt. Johnny Cake is prepared from the corn m ea l sca ld e d , and the • dough rolled or pressed out to half an inch in thickness,. is cooked one side at a time in front of the fire aftek • 'being put on a board, sheet of tin, a plate, or any me.. terial of suitable shape. Ash cake is prepared from tt " corn dough made as above, and is woken as follow, :___. Make a bed by scraping away the ashes on all . sides, roll the dough, after being made into form, betwe en two_ cabbage leaves, place it in th e b e d an d cover: it with the previously removed ashes and emben- A : a little practice will determine the length of Valle requisite fur cooking. The process resembles t 7 nat of roasting potatoes. Common pones are PrePle eed from the corn dough made into oblong pieces about three inches., thick, and baked in a covered . bake-kettle with fire above and below. Corn do dg ers are made of o,e corn dough, in balls about the size of an egg, and are boiled in the pot as an 'adjunct to " bacon and greens." fried with Shovey is made from the dough cut to slimes, ared from the cor and a piece of fat :Aeon. Otappeya are :pre p meal :scalded and after being made into a thin batter witl eggs a n d milk, eke baked; on a griddle. Corn Cap Cake :—Take two cup of corn meal, and one of wheat flour, or in That peon irtion i make them into a thin batter with milk and eft J s, and cook them on a gr iddl e . Washington's breakfast 1 : 'read, if prepared with the corn dough make up with e h 'g B , milk, and a little sugar, to be baked in a tin pan as a n ordinary pan loaf. Hoe cake is prepared by corn meat with boiling water; is made into a cake, and cooked is front of the fire, on a board or plate. It was originally put on a hoe, whence its name. This resembles the Johnny cake. Indian -Mush :—Tbia is made irz different ways ; but the easiest mode is that which resembles the making of starch or arrow root. Thus put five pints of water over the fire into a p o t or s ki llet, then take one pound of lndian meal, well sifted from the, ( bran, and mix with a littlecold water, so as to make a thi c k batter; add salt. As soon as the water boils add the batter ; stir it well, And keep it stirred and boiling twenty minutes. It should fo r at least be about the consistence of hasty pudding, porridge, or stir-about, and may , i ndeed. be made in the same way. T a k e it up, and 1 1. milk, butter, or treacle. In this form it OEM e at It '''fitli and distributed to the poor from soup twti&t,a44A25„:„r4„1114„1,1 individuals, too, might verepurE t ti,' ti Lth6--e"" kitchens, and give it to the It g y .e ra 4 his v-e- owil is the most manageable aann/ and de§titute. This preparations of maize ; it is u e s ° ed nYe d n a i daily e l nt . of all the number of American families, and y con in sid a ered i a most wholesome diet, What is not used at one meal 4 cut into slices and fried or heated on the gridiron at the next meal, and eaten with butter or treacle. It is proper to state that many of these receipts are differently pre pared in different parts of the country ; but in selecting the above I believe I have chosen the most popular forma in use. A proper seasoning with salt is necessary in all cases. The meal should be carefully sifted from the bran ; and the bran after being scalded is excellent food for pigs and poultry. Of the different receipts given above, the most easily *pared are the mash, the Johnny and hoe-cakes, and the ash-cake. The latter ' can be cooked with great facility in the turf fires com mon in Ireland, In all eases the article must be well and thoroughly cooked, or it will not be nutritious or digestible.—Bartlett on Maize. 1846.—The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing, viz.:— FOR GOVERNORS. John Benjamin Heath, Esq , Governor. William R. Robinson, Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Arthur Edward Camplell,Esq. - James PattieOn, Esq. _ art. William Cotton, Esq. Sir John Henry Pally, Rummy Dobree, Esq. B Christopher Pearse, Esq. Chas. Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. James Prescott, Esq. ioiriTlorsl.7 Palmer, Esq. ~ n Es c . Henry Thomson Hankes, Ju ••i Sir John Rae Reid Bart. William Little, Esq. . . TlTlzrhimoomm. asTashCommlias.ptsothsni:Eitsqwh,t.:rEfuld.o.in, L ' q . David Thomas P 1 ' w o ( e ) i k i ' a 9 :n t 1 ._ _,_ E ; s 0 . John Mild may, 1 : I I:r o s i n: so t: 1 u , b E ha g rd :may, Humphrey St. Esq. James Morris, E. Sheffield soave, Esq . .... Esq. w. CroVernor will be George Ward* Norman, Esq. Francis ilson, Ru b k for on Go T v u e e rn sd o a r y, and 1 D 4. e ., , , n n u o t: i : . r h e e c Ti t d o h rs eat o et n hleec iN t ' Bi e oan d n nesday, the 15th Tli April, from Ap r t i e l, n an o, ci ci f o o ck r Diin 'cloct in Ike afternoon. e_lorsburgh of the 22d ult., says that the A fo l r e eloo r n fr t o il m l f s ou t r , l o i Sir Moses , Montef.ore had been twice received by the Em peror, and ha audiences had not been without some good re sults, e.',, it is affirmed that his Imperial Majesty has ordered the suspension for four years of the ukase which ordained that the Israelites dwelling on the western frontiers of the empire should remove to the central or southern provinces of Russia. ANOTHER CLERICAL CONVERT TO ROME.—The R ev , Mr. Wells, curate of St. Martin's•in-the-Fields, Liverpool, who has been wavering for some time, has this week con lonied to the Church of Romee—Liverpool Mercury. a probability that a few hours will set us to right Witt. It was not, however, the river Idle altogether, that -, flooded Retford ; to the east of the town, scores of acres were under water, which poured down from the Grove hills, and which in its course to the river laii part of- Moorgate under water, and doing great damage to tte,ISMaN forward gardens, most of which were fully set for a crop. Toe scene from the top of the tower at Retford church was most singular; indeed Retford itself seemed an island, being neatly surrounded with water. The damages done in Bassetlaw must be immense—large tracts of fine corn land will be entirely ruined, it is to be feared, for the present season altogether. With re spect to the loss of life, we have heard of several pigs and some horses and cattle being drowned, but not to any serious extent. A man was found drowned yeater. day morning at Gainsborough-bridge; and we regret to hear that a boat used for passing the Trent to an ozier holt, not far from Gainborough, was capsized el." Out the _ same time, and the whole of those on board, amoonting to thirty persons, instantly met a watery grave. S IT 1 T N 6;:k.