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!! ri 11 4 I ore K By order of the Board, day of Name ...... Residence ..... Description Reference VRPECTION in LAMP OIL.—A PATENT. kio n C LARK'S PATENT SPERM OIL, only ss. per imperial g i . 4l lr ea l blight as crystal in the coldest weather, and lasts longer L'kt "` 3 Perm. It burns in all descriptions of Argand Lamps. The cli k ,'Pense of Sperm Oil, and the trouble of common oils, can now 'lps -enB ed with at pleazure. It is admirably suited for Solar ~Eul gy as they will not want cleaning for years, and bn so pure, I , ° .ns go as far as five gallons of any common oils; so, in bCir , t 'larles Patent Sperm Oil is cheapest. Families laying in elth,,r , of Spermaceti or Wax Candles, Soaps, &c. &c., will ,! 4 y st ) : save 30 per cent. in their outlay. This Is no fiction, and of equitable charges the public will support. `Nee * 8 sent in London, and list of prices, with description of the 4 ,1, tr i ticle, sent on application to all parts ofihe It, slid Company, the immense Lamp, Oil, and Candle Depot, " est Strand, ten doors from Lowther Arcade. 4-1 E UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. To 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! •,„Tli, , s had at the Patentees. GO, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross. ~,'"atentees beg to call public attention to the following facts, hirikin'vantages resulting from the invention are various and 4 1 4 44', Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the corn *thert,,i' Perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light NNiii v ",, a lsoovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns 'ohs ` any period ; and such is its purity , that it neither affects e t o l'e Most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have Lhe introduction of gas in dwellinr-houses, to the expense of to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; 14; 4 42 entirely cot d st by the " PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS As co of laying on gas is much lower than is corn -41)-hobnl,Posed, it Is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for 01 bur ners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum . 401 Y lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of 11) -1. trouble. nr y Merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing p i nh,n tnit er known light, are shown by the annexed authentic °f . tho qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. :the m fr om the Proceedings of the Instituti on of Civil Engineers, 1 1 : A g. 471 burner May, 1846, SirJOHN RENNIE, President, in the Chair. ke: tine; urn - e. of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. the tr O , nevelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the iti r the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. :ed,,„ l)4 ,"ing up through the hollow stem of the button, was 1.1 31 „ - ",Passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, th . 1 1 1 ." t ging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards earbV ie of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with 4., te qaay.retted hydrogen gas. produced a very perfect combustion, Th Was nn ; W ee quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, Of ere ally demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, tiles 4. burners have been used. In comparing the consumption Dov re ,."rners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying tter of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a *"t , with a saving of rather more than one-third." • CERTIFICATE. OFFIOP ORNANCE SETT. 11, 1846. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of her MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE d o h ere b y g i ve notice, " that they are to. DISPOSE of, to such persons as may be willing to Tender t he same, a quantity of OLD IRON ORDNANCE and OLD ,?!I E LLS, in Stor e a t t h e Itoya! Arsenal at' Woolwich. which have ,or di vided into Lot s , an d may b e v i ewed, upon application to the ti„T'ooPer, at that p!ace any Ilay (Snndays excepted) previous to lday fixed for the delivery of the Tenders. tieCatalogue of the several Lots may be obtained, hy persons will to become purchasers, at the Storekeeper's Office, Woolwich ; t Principal Storekeeper's Office at the Tower ; and at the Secre '47.3 Office, in Pall-mall; where the Tend ers f or t h e w h o l e, or any 'tl'lolber of the said Lots, are to he d e li vere d on or before MONDAY, ne 28th Instant. R. BYIIAIf, Secretary. HRIST'S HOSPITAL )tops] H a 3 or On MONDAY NEXT, bein g St. M a tth ew ' s D ay, th e L ord , os Aldermen, and Sheriffs, with th e G overnors o f th e severa l , attend at 's Vle-street. pitals where a will Divine SERMON will be Service preached by Christ the Church Rev. HUGO chic 4\l ' TEL HARPER, 8.A., F e ll ow o f J esus C o ll ege, Oxford ; after h t hey will proceed to the Great Hail, in Christ's Hosital, ,7€ re FOUR ORATIONS,- on the Benefits of the Royal Hospi p tals, 'rill be d • eitvered, according to annual custom, by the four senior I„nars, who are about to proceed t o th e U n i vers i t i es :—ln Latin, by "ft 3l lll Laing ; in English, by T. S. Polehampton ; in Grec k, by oc k i i e l7 a t O o t b te e rFrench, by E. A. Newton. EIGIIT POEMS recited by the other senior s ch olars, viz., a Latin Aleaic o by " Godfrey, Leader of the Crusaders, addressing Jerusalem," 4.vilHayman; Greek lambics, Translation of "Prince Henry's ogV, and tsass he King's Reply," from Shakspeare's Henry IV., by ir ; ; an English poetn on "Egypt," by D. W. Thomp .47Latin Hexameters : Translation of" Adam and Eve's Morning 1 1 t 1 ," from 'Milton, by C. 'D. Craven ; Original Greek lambics on B e ,, ," Farewell Address of Charles I. to his Children," by C. E. t .„;.`rie ; Latin Elegiacs, on " The Punjanb, assailed by Alexander, ;,'_".9llered by the ' English" . by Robert Black • Greek Sapphics: enslation of Gray's" "Hymn to Adversity, Cy J. L. Hammond; tented for the Great H a ll, by W. A. Russell. IASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NEW 147. 16s. EACH. The i r D 4, fth Instalment SHAßES of 21. per OF share on the above shares becomes ' on the 30th of S e pt em b er i nstan t . H olders of Certificates D eq nested to pay it, on or before that date, into any of the cont. s Rankers as subjoined, in default o 4r ied at th e ; a t e o f 5 per cent. per annum.f which interest w i ll b e GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. Rim By order. C. P. RONEY, S ecre t ary. to. ° Mat e Station, Sept. 12, 1846. tl;` on and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its Branches. li „erPo ol Borough Bank—Li ver p oo l. V che ster and Liverpool Distri c t B an k—M anchester. I, e uta and Dorset Banking Company—Salisbury. Lemon and Co.—Brentwood. Alills, Bawtree, and Co.—Colehester. 'l,tF r '• Sparrow, and Co.—Chelmsford. 3 1 . 4 ional Provinc al Bank—Bath. liaitt4nai Provincial Bank—Birmingham. Z44: 141 Provincial Bank—Boston. Ife:rs. Fisher and Sons—Cambridge. *ars. Beckett and Co. —Leeds. ;;,estern Bank of Seotland—Erlhaburgh. ito"Nern Bank of Scotland—Glasgow. tj ut a l Bank of Ireland—Dublin. 4;.; of England Bank—Great Yarmouth. lily ° f England and South Wales District Bank—Bristol. kt l larveys and Hudsons'—Norwich. rs. bacon, Cobbold, and Co.l Aleunders and Co. U"'on nd ,'Lenhain a Gloucestershire Bank—Cheltenham. T H. LONDON, OXFORD, and CHEL TENHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisonallgistered.) C APITAL 1,500,0001. i in 75 y ,000 Re SHARES of 201. each. Deposit 21. per Share. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. ller,The p. (With power to ada to their number.) i ^litllon. Lord Dunally, Cheltenham j 3* T homas 1t0; , , - .4 Esq., Deepdene, Surrey, and Mansfield-street. 1 Aspinall, Esq., Liverpool and Cheltenham ao.:!Y,Ile.11, Esq., Chalfont Lodge, the Park, Cheltenham 1!;", .iirton, Esq., Andover Lodge, Cheltenham 54,1„11liarn Bidmead, Cheltenham 11,0,!el C arrington, Esq., Cheltenham John Aquila Dale, Esq., Malvern House, Cheltenham 11,3;Eldridge, Esq., Promenade, Chelt en h am Ilr, la in Jones, Esq., Cambray House, Cheltenham aizti o ' p e nrY Haines, Cheltenham Jamey Charles Pratt Kennedy, Lansdowne-crescent, Cheltenham Johns Brough Lawson, Esq., Pine Villa, the Park, Cheltenham life) ,l ith Riviere, Esq.. Cheltenham kard Scholes, Esq., Polefield, Cheltenham kr. t W ebster, Esq., Matherly Court, Cheltenham i Warwick, Esq., Wydarington House, Cheltenham Job„ ~7s , r ) r ge Arthur Williams, Cheltenham 1$1,;: adley Hughes, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester fir, tlin aviii;alli Montague, Esq., Gloucester Washbourne, Esq., Gloucester lilt eery Akers, Witney r James Clinch, Esq., Witney 'le af Browning, Esq., Oxford j . 'all, Esq., Sesweil Barton, Oxfordshire, and Mansfield-street, 7 11,,, Q ad00 as Mallam, Esq., Oxford aires Tawnev Esq., Oxford yetii'lrY Vern - 4,Steeple Claydon House, Bucks ° 2 - Philip Sydney Plerrepont, Evenly Hall. Brackiey, Nor .ll,obect reY Humphreys, Esq , Buckingham ut eB penson, Esq. 1;41,,, ard Boothby, Esq. aose r faa t „`• - •ruPpr, Esq. ,arnerville Head, Esq. Directors of the lAndon CtOeSpb y E sq and North Western -uon ' ' ,ap. cllY Mangles, Esq., M.P. Railway Company. fstri,,,-unstantine Richard Moorsom, R.N. ~rlisr , ;"'' Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. ir J a s Smith, Esq. , r aes Duke, M.P„ 1, Devonshire-ter-1 ref ;,;, e c, London Directors of the Oxford, '" a vey, Esq., 1, Sussex-terrace, Re- Witney, Cheltenham, JosegiscUl's Park and Gloucester Inde- D “ I . 7 nderwood, Esq., Blackheath I pendent Railway Nit, Kent Company. COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT. attr ii Y Elomas Hope, Esq. J, B. Boothby, Esq. lit Webster, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq. J, .`" eo rge Arthur Williams Frank Somerville Head, Esq. Bro wning, Esq. Joseph Ilornby, Esq. 1, , "la mes Duke, • • M P Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P. j,, James Clinch, Esq. Captain C. R. Moorsom, R.N. 14,P1i U nderwood, Esq. Patrick M. Stewart, Esq. M.P. "' c ell Benson, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq. ENGINEER. Robert Stephenson, Esq. I,o ndo BANKERS. Oz i f ten 4 --, .e 1 11111. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Company. w —Me ssrs. Wootten and Company. cheit e y —M Messrs. John Williams Clinch and Comp an y. ca,,,,,Zt1, The County of Gloucester Bank, 3111 e Gloucestershire Banking Company. Mrs, Newm an ft.,' SOLICITORS. Jameses Boodle, Es; "m nett, and Ticehurst, a nd Cheltenham. s rB. Parker, Ha Barnwell, and Twisden, I, Lincoln's Inn -5._ fields, Londonyes, 417: 0 4 elearter, Esq , • Birmingham• -43 . R. and W. : Poogood, 22, Parliament-street, Loffilon. SECRETARY PRO TEN. Wyndham Harding, Esq. PROSPECTUS. 'e object of this Company is to construct a direct anti continuous railway, on the narrow gauge, from Cheltenham, through :i ' lle ach Burford, and Witney, to Oxford, and thence, by Thame, „ le on o ... . junction with the London and Birmingham Railway, at hid",; ) ,Dening the shortest route from those towns and the surround ta;,•:,latlicts to the metropolis, and by means of the Oxford and and other lines in connexion therewith, to Bedford, Cam -1,,'4, Norwich, and the whole of the east ern s id e o f th e ki ng d om . ,litt7 u ndertaking is promoted by parties locally interested in the 4,4lct ' llol dersthrough which the line will pass, in cnction with e lin the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenha onj m, u and Gloucest th er 'clident Company, who introduced a Bill into Parliament during 84itiession which has just closed for making the line between Oxford Cheltenham, which failed upon technical objections only. It 11),,ue th e anxious desire of the Committee to consult the wishes of et t; l ll 4 l n tants as to the terminus and mode of approaching the town ;f. teha m. 4.1,11 V'ge Proportion o fthe capital will be subscribed by the Lond on *N'crth-Western Railway Company, who have also agreed to co at the line in perpetuity, at a rent equal to four and a half per a the outlay, with an equal i ivision of surplus profits. o lo u u• will reduce the distance between Cheltenham a n d L on d on Zee Whiles, being a saving of twenty-two miles as compared with 4 iesent route, and the distance between Oxford and London will kt,,,°rter than by the Great Western Railway, without taking into ~,, turn tbe savingtime arising from the more convenient position ‘4 il h e L Igto ondon Terminus at Luston square as compared with Pad 11' Which to parties going to the City and most parts of the tlal r chol• ' t. is, inav be considered as nearly equal to ten miles of rail i2avellino• •* An unbroken narrow gauge communication Port cif , Je eft • eeted by means of this linendbetthwereeeilstlnioe doubt s t e‘ tn en d tually lb "Itli V Ol l and those of Gloucester, a Zr B tol an object of considerable commercial importance. ;211 ' 4 11`er and the important district of which it forms the centre, by;'„ he ' brought by this . line within the same distance of London „ h." 7 other lines sanctioned by Parliament. 'et been decided by Parliament that (with some exceptions, t. 4- h„ Dl Ying to the present case) all new lines of railway shall here eunStructed*on the narrow gauge, it is obvious that the traffic 6.striets accommodated by the proposed line will be best deve -14, 4 a Company in connexion with the existing narrow gauge ~"4 11 4'i . r , Ing at the same time, to the public the advantages of that t "st A ra Which the Legislature have recently evinced their anxiety ii 4 Dni7" o ll between rival Companies. ilas,„•-"cations for Shares may be made, in the form given below, to Ne._'NcerelarY, Westminster. Teporary Offices of the Company, 29, Great - street ln the allotment of Shares, a prefer- Nte lv st ill be ' given to parties resident on the line, or having local T °lll. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. r rovisional Committee of the London, Oxford, and Chelten ,,C„„ ham Railway (provisonally registered). N , ,,'"clnen —I request you will allot me shares in the lk , ,ei; ll uelerta . king on the terms of the Prospectus, and I agree to eti . c l e t he same or such less number as you shall allot to me. And t e e, ta kr , l l . ake t o pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Sub ' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when •required so D ated this l' „, ‘'lrl r TEen: OCo , - "WIC CHEMICAL 4 SCH In testing Clark, 3fe Nie, tlr trni ve s .ilera rsa lGa3 Burner with one of the best shawdowles l] s per " ve a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 cen g t a . ,, GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONGBOTTO3f, Secretary, :: CERTIFICATE. I,lelit If e ,.'es Of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s a tt ' Bll M h n ' v ersal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta ik4llel b„,.„"°Tionly and the quality of the light. Tested against "'"'ra ic 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a 4,, hg o fat ". 4, 4 0 least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, syr to n Der cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe , other burner." _ _ The T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, i N J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. 1,44:e ingERS&L GAS R is used nightly at the Poly t..2stitution, and may be l l ad and seen from 11 till 4, at the -. '" 10 60 , I. Martin's -lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters. S 0 UTH-EASTERN and CONTINENTAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. • At the SECOND HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of .the SOUTH-EASTERN and CONTINENTAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY, held at the Railway Station, Lon don Bridge, on Monday, 14th September, 1846, JemEs' 31cGneoort, Chairman, in the chair, The advertisement convening the meeting was read, and the fol lowing resolutions were unanimously passed : let. That the common seal of the Company be affixed to the register of proprietors. 2d. That the report of the directors, as now read to this meeting, be received and adopted, and that the same be printed and circulated amongst the proprietors. 3d. That William Davies, Esq., be elected an Auditor of this Com pany, In the place of James Butler Williams, Esq., resigned.' 4th. That James Walter, Esq., be elected an auditor of this Com pany, in the place of Martin Luther Pritchard, Esq., resigned. sth. That Claude Hamilton, Esq., be elected an auditor of this Company. 6th. That Martin Luther Pritchard, Esq., having been elected a director, in the place of Edward Winslow, Esq., resigned, be con tinued a director of this Company. 7th. That a dividend of six shillings per share be now declared, and that it be made payable on the Ist day of October next. Bth. That the best thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman and Directors, for the care and attention they have devoted to the interests - of the Company. South-Eastern Railway Office, 14th Sept., 1846. . . REPORT. South-Eastern Railway-office, London-bridge Terminus, September 14, 1846. • The accounts of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam Packet Company for the half-year ending on the 31st July last, which have been audited and certified, show an amount at the disposal of the proprietors of 3,436/. 12s. The Princess Clementine was launched on the 25th of July, and may be ,expected to be at Folkestone in all this month. The other two steam-ships now building, the Lord Warden and the Priricese Helena, will soon follow, and the Company will have a sufficient number of steam:ships to insure to the public two passages in the day from Folkestone to Boulogne, and two from Boulogne to Folkestone. The harbour at Folkestone has improved so much by the works carried on there, that the measure of the time at which steamers can leave it is no longer the depth of water in the harbour, but the depth of water over the rocks at its entrance, and these rocks are being removed by divers. - • The facilities given at the Custom-house at Folkestone have much economised the time of passengers ; 250 packages of luggage are cleared and removed from the Custom-house, within one hour after the arrival of the steam-ships, much to the credit of the service. During the last twelve months the passage has been performed daily in two hours to two hours and a quarter, between Folkestone and Boulogne, and Boulogne and Folkestone, without the slightest interruption. And the passage between Ramsgate and Ostend, since that service was commenced on the 13th of April, has been performed with equal punctuality in four hours and a half. The Peculiar adiantage of the harbour of Ramsgate, where pas sengers'can land from or embark on board the steamships at the Pier at all times of the tide, without the necessity of using boats, is highly appreciated. by travellers, and cannot be too generally known.• The Directors look fbrward to an increase of traffic on the opening of the continental lines of railway to the French coast, and with a fleet of eight splendid steam-ships, they think that the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company will be in a position to do justice to the passages. As a respectable reserved fund has been estahlished, the Directors have concluded that it is no longer necessary to effect insurances on the steam-ships, and they have determined to allow the present policies to expire and not to renew them. • Mr. Martin Luther Pritchard has resigned his office as auditor, and has been elected a Director in the place of Mr. Edward Winslow, who retired. Mr. J. Butler Williams has also resigned his office as auditor, in consequence of having accepted the appointment of Secretary of the Caledonian Railway. In consequence of the resignation of both auditors, the Directors submitted the accounts of the Company to William Davies, Esq., and John Walter, Esq., two proprietors duly qualified, by whom the accounts have been audited and certified. The Directors recommend that a dividend of six shillings'per share be declared and paid on the Ist of October. J. MACGREGOR, Chairman .1)A VIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .s. 6d. ; Yellow Soap, 425. 165., 525., and 58s. per 1121b5.; Mottled, 558., 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans parent Wax, Is. &1.; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. • Store Candles, 5%d. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d. ; Genuine iperm Oil, 78. per gallon ; •=olar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. Gd. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Win&or Soap, ls.l I. per packet • Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. 101 e, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf fing, 9%d. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. LADIES TRAVELLING. Visiting the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find ROWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability. and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous vari ties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun burn, Freckles, Tan, and Dlscolourations, are plea s i ng l y era di ca t e d by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the "elite" of the Aris tocracy and " Haute Voles," from the sultry climes of India, and the Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Czar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. 6d. and Ss. 6d. per bottle. 11, ,s Beware of spurious "Kalydors " containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words ROWL AND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per timers. All other " Kalydors" are ft'audulent counterfeits. COPY of a LETTER from WILLIAM COURTNEY, Esq. To Mr. THOMAS Paour, 229, Strand, London. - Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Rants October 26, 1844. Sir,—l cannot help e x p ress i ng my astonishment in the effect I have experienced in taking your Pills for the Gout. I was taken on Thurs day night so severely with it as to be with difficulty able to get oil,. of my bed, and after I arose I had severe pains, followed on with In flammation of the foot increasing. I took three of your Pills, and within two hours I found the pain to entirely cease. I afterwards took two Pills at a dose twice in the day, and I am, thank God, this morning able to walk without the slightest inconvenience. I found In a previous very severe attack very great relief; I had the pains in my knees and thighs so very severe at that time, I thought I must have died, and that it must have gone into my stomach. At that time I had resort to your Pills, and they relie s Ved me—within t;Co . hours I was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought, really, to be known all over the world. I have a brother, a young man, that suffers horribly with it, and his greateit relief and preventive has 4een your Pills. Make what use you please of mj report.-1' ours truly and respectfully, WILLIAM COURTNEY. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor tant discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recom• mendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effec tive for gout and rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as tooth-ache, &c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, Drain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appoint ment, by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the United liingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob rve the name and a dd ress o f " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each bex of the enuire Medicine. ACROSTIC addresed to MR. GRIMSTONE ift O ed N o i r i m rS en l h O o M b P y A thy ß A wondrousl3E EYE art,SN SNUFF. enowned in every clime, through every part, I n Europe's wide and civilised domain ; M list Asia's countless millions, and again, S tretching from Afric's broad and scorching shores T o whc re the mighty Niagara roars : O li ! here accept this tributary lay, N or deem that I can ever well repay, E xcept in gratitude sincere, profound, 'S uch wondrous benefits I so long have found. E 'en from the moment I was led to try Y our marv'llous SNUFF, the SAVIOUR OF THE EYE E ase, health, and comfort, now attend my day. S afe from the lamp's bewild'ring dazzling blaze, N or dreading e'en the Sun's TOO burning rays. U. refit, in former days, for much employ, F eeling, not seeing: now, indeed, my joy, F ree and unbounded, thrives without alloy! Sept., 1845. J. M. S. Observe—The gigantic balance of all, the Public Press eulogise tAs excellent compound of British Herbs. The reader will remem ber that this celebrated Eye Snuff has been before the Public up wards of thirty-three years, advancing in the favour of all who use it. This odoriferous Snuff is sold loose at Gd. per ounce, or in canis ters bearing the above Royal Authority, and the sanction of her Majesty's Lords of the Treasury on each canister, at Bd., ls. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs., and 15s. 6d. each ,by all Tobacconists, Merchants, anti others. This Eye Snuff is exported in white stone canisters to allquartrvs of the globe. A liberal diseount allowed ;to Merchants, S"flpers, Agents, and others, on taking large quantities. took well to the Signature of the Inventor, W. GRIMSTONE, 24, OXFORD STREET, and 24, KING STREET, LONG ACRE LONDON. *.* For the converience of Tobacconists, Grocers, and otheritio sell this Herbaceous Eye Snuff loose, and wish to have it in ge quantities, they can be now supplied with canisters containing ten pounds. or upwards, if required. By sending a Post Office Order for 3s , a 2s. 4d. canister will be returned. with full particulitre, postag included, and so on in like pidrotlion. I, ON DON, T 14, 1 S DA - 1 Krz, canwl . 2 7 , r No. 16,545, L',AVESE.ND STAR and BLACK ',V ALL . . PUKETS. , Packet and Railway Fare included in one payment upon every Passage. N.B.—No other Packets call at the GRAY'S or GREENIIITIIE PIERS. enon TIIE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. - WEEK DAYS.—At 7,-71, 8%,- 9%, 11%, 1,2, 3, 4,5, 6,6% 7%, and 8. SUNDAYS.—At 7, 71, 834, 11% 11 2/ 123,4, 5. 6. 6%, 7,7% nd 8. FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. The Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of • .—A Un WEEK DAYS: 9, 9%, ice 1034, time n, 113., 12, 1%, 234, 3%, 434, 4,6, 7, and 7%. SUNDAYS. —At 8%, 9,9 k 10% 11, 1% 234, 314 4%, 5 , , / 7, mid 7%. Fares:—T o or from London—Fore cabin, and Scum(' Class Rail. 11 %:3 7 , 9d.; SaloQn atr!Flrst Class Railway, Is. orfrom Elackwa.ll3- 1 Intermediate Piers—Fore Cabin, 6d. ; Saloon, 9d. Packets for Exciirsions.-7-Apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Star Office, Fenchutch-street Terminus of the Blackwell Railway. Tickets.—Fe z Twelveinotiths, 41. 45.; Six months, 21. 15s. ; Three months, 11. 15s. To beldid of the Collectors on board the packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Bruns wick-wharf, Blackwell. MIDDLESEX COUNTY PAUPER . „.. . LUNATIC ASYLUM. Persons desirous of TENDERINt4 for the SUPPLY of MEAT, flour, malt, hops, hay and straw, oatmeal, barley meal, and peas, for six calendar - months, from the Ist day of October next ; and for the following articles, for twelve calendar months from that day, viz. :—Coals, cheese, butter, bacon, pickled pork, groceries, &c. ; w:ne and brandy. for the sick, soda, starch, o il an d o i l colours, broom's, brushes, window glass, haberdashery, hosiery, linen and woollen drapery, blankets, rugs, straw hats and bonnets, tobacco, sniff, leather; men's and women's cloth and leather boots and shoes, lead and lead piping for the above institution, containing 1,100 per sons, are requested to 'deliver their Tenders to me by Ten o'clock, en- THURSDAY. the 17th instant, sealed and.addressed to the Visitors of. the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, and to attend here on that day at Eleven o'clock. Blank forms in which the Tender must be made, may be obtained upon' applidation either at Hanvrell or at this place, and patterns and sampleslo - which the contractor will be remitted strictly to conform, may be seen at the Asylum at :Hanwell. The Committee do not bind thentselves.to accept the lowest Tender. Dated the 10th of September, 1846. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. IRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive LOANS of MONEY for periods of five or seven years, under the authority of their second Act of Parliament, passed Bth May, 1845, at the rate of five per cent. per annum. The interest will be paid half-yearly, on the -Ist of January, and Ist July, in London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer. Sealed tenders, F t ating the amount and term of years for which the money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commis sieners, endorsed " Tender for Loans." • By order, RICH. HIND, Secretary, • Birkenhead, 10th of August, 1846. T A TIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE 'ASSUR • ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Polley, two-thirds of the Premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success hint increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled, the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy t:ffected on the Profit seals. EX.I2,IPLES. I I , .., ›,,r rn 7, . Premium. 6', Bonus I Bonus in g g I Assured et , g rt added: Cash. .E. g g may .- g Borrow. • 5' ; - I-- s. r 18371 183 1 1000 34 I 1839 18401 118111 0217 15 1 XlOO 0111X16 0 4 ; X445 0 0 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 1 395 11 1 165 11 10 74 1 91 11 3 1 346 2 3 116 7 6 54 0101 718 10 296 13 4 111 6 8 49 10 01 710 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON' CAUROUX, Secretary. NGLIS II and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION. 12, Waterloo-place, London; 119, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. Subscribed Capital, One Million. LIFE ASSURANCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND ENDOWMENTS. A union of the English and Scottish Principles of Assurance. A COMPREHENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in connexion . with Life Assurance, on undoubted personal or other security. The Assured participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary and Secretary. T HE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated under the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110. Capital, One Million, in 50,000 Shares of 20i. each. Deposit, 1/. per Share. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. The business of this Company comprises Assurance on Lives in every form, the Purchase of Life Interests and Reversions, the Sale of Immediate and Deferred Annuities, the Endowment of IVldoa s and Children, and the Allvance of Money upon Real Property and upon approved Personal Securities. Prospectuses and every other information may be obtained upon application. WM. NORRIS, Secretary. MERCHANTS' AND TRADESMAN'S MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE, No. 5, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London. Security Fund, 100,0001., in Shares of 51. each. • TRUSTEES. The Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk. • Quarks Harris,Esq. Jeffery Smith, Esq. PREMIUMS FOR THE ASSURANCE OF £lOO FOR LIFE. Age. £s. d. Age. £s. d. Age. 20 1 11 6 30 2 0 5 40 25 1 15 6 35 2 7 0 45 £ s. d. 2 15 4 3 6 10 Prospectuses and every information may be obtained at the office, THOMAS MUSGRAVE, Secretary. rfIHE TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE JL COMPANY. . 20, PALL-MALL. Capital, 400,0001. TRUSTEES. JOHN . ELIJAH BLUNT, Esq. JOHN CONOLLY, M.D. SAVILLE CRAVEN HENRY OGLE, Esq., M.P. - • BANKERS. Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and CO. Messrs. Martins, Stones, and Martins. This Company effects every species of Life Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment. Four-fifths of the profits divided amongst the Assured on the par ticipating scale. This Company grants Tontine Annuities in Classes, according to Age, with benefit of Survivorship, viz.:— Class 5 including 20 to 25 years of age £3 11 5 Class 9 " 40 to 45 " 3 18 0 Class 13 4i 60 and upwards 4 15 1 Example.—A party investing 1001. in Class 13 will, from the day of Investment, receive an Annuity of 41. 15s. Id. per cent. per annum ; and on the completion of the number in his class, his Annuity will increase as his Companions die off, until it reaches the sum of 1,0001. per annum which he will enjoy during.the remainder of his life. Prospectuses may be had on application at the office. FERDINAND GRUT, - Actuary and Secretary. rraE AUSTRALASI, GENERAL LIFE ASSUI PANY, 1, Leadenhall-street, one Capital, 200,000/., niauci AN, COLONIAL, and RANCE and ANNUITY COM door from Gracechurch-street. in 2,000 Shares. 2ORS. Edward Barnard, Esq. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. • Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. TausrxEs—Edward Barnard, Esq. ; J. H. Capper, Esq. ; Edward Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS — James EastOn, Esq., and C. Richardson, Esq. SoLicaoas — Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples. BANkEas —The Union Bank of Londou. COLONIAL BANimus—The flank of Australasia (incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835), $, Austin-friars, London. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—Edward Ryley. The following Peculiar Advantages are offered by this Company:- 1. Their policies cover the risk of living and voyaging over afar lirger portion of the globe than do those issued by any other com pany in existence. They allow the insured to reside in the Australa sian and North American colonies, and at the Cape of Good Hope. They also allow of one passage out and one home to any of those co lonies. For British India a very moderate extra premium is charged. 2. Premiums may be paid and claims settled at Sydney, Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay. 3. A third of the premiums may remain unpaid for five years, nor is it necessary for the maintenance of the assurance to pay up the premium at the end of that time, but the unpaid thirds may remain as a debt against the policy if the interest be regularly paid upon them as the renewal premiums fall due. E. RYLEY. Actuary and Secretary. • , ' BANK OP ENGLAND, SEP T . 10, 1816. ri - ME 'COURT of DIRECTORS of% the- GO -11 and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND 'give notice, that' a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on THURSDAY NEXT, the 17th instant, at Eltven O'clock In the'forenoon, to c insider of a Dividend. This will also be one of the,Qaarterly, General Courts appointed by the Charter. ' JOHN KJGHT, -Secretnry . I MEETIN T G 4 A i of r' t i he Shareholders TAY. ers the late Welsh Midland Railway, will be held on TIMILSDAY t the 17th day of September instant; at the London Tavern, in BishopSgate-street, London, at Twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, when the Committee for Winding-up the Affairs of the CoMpany will submit the State nient of AccountS, and be. piepared to, explain the circumstances of the Company. Bankers' iteceipis.----The Secretary's - receipt for scrip deliverer]. scrip certificates, must be produc,:d by Sharelt.dders attending the Meeting. ' By order, THOS. PRITCHARD, Secretary. 17, Park-street, Westminster, Sept. 9, 1546. N VE24TORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK ING MODELS and of other Spechnens of the Useful Arts (as well as the Visitors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION) are respectfully informed that the Directors have given their anxious consideration to the new appointment of DEMONSTRATOR in SIECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to the Visitors the Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and simplicity. The Lectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH, as well as other objects of present interest. The beautiful (*Heal Exhibitions, Re. &c. Adnils - sio — n - ,.15.; Schools, Half-p: SALES BY AUCTION. KENSINGTON PARK. THE LANSDOWN VILLAS, SUITED TO RESPECTABLE OCCUPANTS, HELD FOR NINETY-NINE YEARS ; THE SITUATION IS PERMCTLY IRRESISTIBLE. :LP Y MR. GEORGE ROBINS , at the AUC TION MART, on THURSDAY, the Bth of October, at Twelve o'clock, in four Lots. Four exceedingly pretty villas, adapted to families not too large, Nos. 3,4, 5, and 6. IN KENSINGTON PARK. AND DISTINGUISHED AS LANSDOWN VILLAS, in a neighbourhood that now claims (and without any mistake) to stand higher in public estimation than anything around this great metropolis. The four abodes will be sold in separate lots—two are most respectably occupied by solid tenants, on short leases, at eighty guineas each, and in five years must of necessity reach 100 guineas a-year, and there are two just completed in the same superior style ready for occupation or investment, for a term of near ninety-nine years, at a ground rent of only 121. 10s. a year each. The nature of the abodes, which have been so feebly represented, forms a refreshing contrast to most competitors in the vicinity of the Metropolis (always excepting the immense assemble of villas recently erected by the persevering and clever exertions of Mr. Reynolds, whose work certainly approaches that which is now under our consideration). The substantiality of the villas should be seen, to be appreciated ; it will be a lesson to all com petitors to hide their diminished heads. THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHN presents a great and valuable feature ; it is placed in the centre of this MAGNIFICENT TOWN OF VILLAS. THE EXTENSIVE GARDENS AND A PARK (the latter claiming to be an advantage without any parallel case) ren der this position the most interesting and delightful spot anywhere. - There is access to London every five minutes during the whole day. The occupants and entire neighbourhood not to be surpassed for their respectability. In short, of the property under consideration, too much cannot well be said. Particulars, twenty-one days prior to the sale, on the Premises ; the Auction Mart ; and in Covent-garden. THE MISCELLANIES OF EARL DUNDONALD IN HANOVER LODGE, REGENT'S PARK. MODERN FURNITURE, NOBLE GLASSES, CHANDELIERS, PICTURES, EXCEEDINGLY FINE MARBLE BUSTS AND FIGURES, FINE BRONZES, AND CELLAR OF CHOICE WINES. - R. GEORGE ROBINS will SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, To-Mom:tow, and two follow ing days, at Twelve, ALL THE MODERN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE And Appendages of THE EARL DUNDONALD'S VILLA, HA NOVER LODGE, IN THE REGENT'S PARK, (which he has just sold by auction). The furniture may be traced (some years since) to an upholsterer of eminence, and includes a drawing-room suite in French curtains for five windows, carved rosewood Grecian couches, sixteen ditto chairA, and eight gilt cabriole fauteuils, rosewood, card, circular, and sofa tables; NOBLE CHIMNEY GLASSES, 76 inches by 62, in elegant gilt frames, what-nots and dejeune tables, pair or noble oriental enamelled china jars 4 feet high, pair ditto beakers, handsome Sevres vases and figures; SUPERB CUT GLASS CHANDELIERS, for 8 and 10 lights; boulle suspending and bronze tripod lamps; silk damask dining-room curtains; eighteen mahogany chairs in green leather ; set of capital extending tables ; A SPLENDID SIDEBOARD AND GLASS OVER, II I INCHES BY 90; sideboard tables ; sarcophagus celiaret ; six antique carved chairs ; pair ditto lounging library ditto; carved oak book-cases, and chat's nier ditto ; FINE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS OF MERIT, including two Views in Venice, by Canaletti, and Landscapes, by Iloudekoeter Van Uliet ; and several others by esteemed masters ; NOBLE MARBLE BUSTS AND FIGURES, including the exquisitely sculptured figures of Eve at the Fountain, and Musiclora, chef-dceuvres by C. Rossi, R.A. ; Venus and Apollo ; Busts of Napoleon, Washington, Byron, and Fox. All these works of art are exceedingly recherche ; scagliola pedestals ; fine bronzes ; buhl hall clock; large Brussels and Turkey carpets. The bed-chambers include a dozen mahogany four-post and French bedsteads, with drab moreen hangings and bedding, mahogany ward robes, chests of drawers, wash stands, toilet glasses, carved and gilt cabriole sofas, and six chairs ; and everything essential to the bed chambers. CELLAR OF INCOMPARABLY CHOICE WINES, selected with the Noble Earl's first-rate judgment, and with the greatest care from the most approved vintages ; together with the appendages of the servants' apartments; kitchen utensils, garden tools, iron roller, green-house plants, &c. May be viewed, and catalogues then had (at 6d. each) on the premises ; and at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent-gitrdep. IN LINCOLNSHIRE. INGLE BY WOOD, in the PARISH of SAXILBY, Seven Miles from LINCOLN, SIXTY-FIVE ACRES of VALUABLE THRIVING GROWING OAK TIMBER. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to OFFER to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Saracen's Head, Lincoln, on FRIDAY, October 2d, at One for Two o'clock, in Two Lots, THE RESIDUE OF THE ESTATES OF THE LATE LORD MONSON. comprising IN. GLEBY , with 65 ACRES OF FINE OAK WOO TIMBER TREESupwards of , and also A QUANTITY OF ASH POLES, from t'n to twenty years' growth. The wood adjoini a farm which was sold by the late Lord Monson, and LANDS BEI.° NGING TO THE CROWN, but the circumstance which will give it most importance is —the easy shipment of the timber whenever a fall is taken, the estate beivg within a short mile from THE NAVIGABLE RIVER FOSS, which connects THE TRENT AND WITHAM STREAMS, and thus opens with facility, and at a trifling expense, A MARKET F, R THE TIMBER IN THE DOCK-YARDS OF THE HUMBER AND THE THAMES. whenever it is requisite for it to be sold. It is at present in hand, and the outgoings are very trifling. Also, in the village of A GOOD BRICK AND TILED COTTAGE, with garden and garth, comprising about half an acre, in the occupa tion of William Denman. The woodman, kleorge Crarnnack, who lives at Saxilby, will show the property. Particulars of Mr. Brown, South Carlton, Lincoln• shire ; Messrs. Oddle, Lumley, Niche% and Smyth, solicitors, Carey street, Lincoln's fan ; the Saraosn'a Head. Linoolti and at Mr: George Itobins'‘ Offlcee, Covent-mice, London. JUVENILE PLEASURE. Amidst the bright scene we delightfully treasure, We witness with ccstacy juvenile pleasure! Their light-hearted revels we cherish with joy, Whilst the face is illumin'd of each beautiful boy Oh there is not a youth, we may venture to say, But enraptured looks forth to the bright holiday ; And amongst all the transports, and many are those, There is nothing that pleases so much as New Clothes I Now HYAM, we freely acknowledge with truth, The very best Clothing provides for each youth, Transcendently high his great name now it shines, For Hussar Suits and Tunics of novel designs ! At incredulous prices he now will dispose Of his splendid assortment of Juvenile Clothes Pareists and Guardians are respectfully invited to inspect the im mense variety of Boys and Youths' Clothing always kept on hand at this Establishment. An immense saving in price is effected, and very garment warranted as to durability, quality, and fashion. LIST OF PRICES. X s. A. Dress Coat, braided edge 5........ • .from 1 1 0 Surtouts, Trousers, in cloth and doeskins 0 8 6 Trousers, in Tweed ...... •••• .• • • 0 6 6 Vests, either in cloth or fancy Materials 0 4 6 SUMMER GARMENTS: Summer Coats, in endless variety 9 6 Cashinere Ditto •••• • • • • 0 12 G Fishing or Shooting Ditto • ....... 0 7 6 Office Ditto ••• • • • 0 9 6 Blouses, in countless profusion .. . . Trousers, in all the newest washing materials ..... ........ •• • .... 0 6 6 Vest, ditto, Designs guaranteed to retain their colour ••• • .. MADE TO ORDER. Dress Coats, made to measure •.• • • • from 1 10 0 Surtouts, ditto ........ ..... •• • • •• • • 115 0 Trousers, ditto .. ....... ••• •, Test, ditto ••• • • • 0 7 0 SUMMER GARMENTS the Ilyamonian Paletst, a fashionable Over-coat, made to order, extremely light and well-adapted for the present season.. Trousers, of peculiarly light fabrics 0 8 0 Vests, in rich Cashmere and printed Quiltings, French patterns • • •• •• • ... 0 7 6 An immense Stock of Youths and Boy's Clothing at proportionate .ew prices. Money will be returned to any puichaser, should he not approve of his purcha.e after seeing the articles at his own house. No business tr,lnsacted on Saturdays until the evening. L. lIYA Pantechnetheca. 36 Gracechurch-street. London. _ _ _ RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 7, dis.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, I Is. 6d. dis.-Cam bridge and Oxford, par-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 9-16 p.-East Lancashire (late Blackburn and Preston), 8 p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 71-Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 2% p.-Hud dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal Extension, 9-16 p.-. Kendal and Windermere, % dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manches ter, 2% p.-Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport, 74 dis.- London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (11.), 8 p.-London and York % dis.-3lanchester and Leeds, Fifths, 7 1 A p. -Ditto, Ex tension, 2 p. - Manchester and Southampton, c. dis.-North Western, % p.-Oldham, Birkenhead, &e., % dts.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 5-16 p.-Ditto, Sixths, 5% -Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, No. 3, par-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, dis.-Treat Valley, Midlands, &c. p.-West Riding Union; 2% p. LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 14. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 31s. p.-East Lancashire, 8% c. p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Docks, 40s. c. dis.- Huddersfield and Manchester, 1% c. p. - Huddersfield and Sheffield, 6c. Leeds and Bradford, 44% p.- Leeds and Dewsbury, 2 N-Ditto, Branches, 2% c. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 4% c. dis.-Newcastle and Berwick, 12% c. p.-North Bri tish, Half Shares, 5 p.-Ditto, Carlisle Branch, 545. Gd. p.-York and Newcastle, New, 9/. 18s. 9d. p.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 12s. dis.-Clitheroe Junction, 1 dis.-Grand Union, 15s. dis. s.- Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 16s. dis. s. -Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 285. dis. -Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 14s. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, I Is. dis.-London and York, 10s. dis. - Mallon and Driffield Junction, 12s. p. -Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 265. p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-North Western, Is. Gd. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole. 12s. dis..- Shropshire Union, 3s. 6d. dis.-West Riding Union, 4/. 13s. a. HULL, SEPTEMBER 14. STOCK ETCRANGE.-The sales are-Boston, Stamford, and Bir mingham, 11s.-East Lincolnshire, 125. 6d.-Leicester and Bedford, 10s. 9d.-North Western, 225. 6d. p.-Shropshlre Union, 3s. 6d. dis.- West Riding Union, 414,___ Sii - EFFIELD, SEPTEMBER 14. STOCK EXCIZANGE.—The sales are—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extensions, 19s. dis.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 9s. ells.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, Is. p.—North Western, Is. 6d. p.—Sheffield and Lincoln, Bs. dis. —Ditto, Extension, 14s. dis. YORK, SEPTEMBER 14. STOCK EXCHAKOE.—The sales are —Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 2% —lpswich and Bury (Cambridge and Ely), IN—Leicester and Bedford, I Is. 6d.—Leicester, Tainworth, &c., 2 —London and York, 2 —Melton and Driflield Junction, 2%—Newcastle and Ber wick, 27 3 4—North British, 37%—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 31. 18s.—North Staffordshire, s %—Slieffield, Rotherham, See., 2—West Riding Union, 41. 1 is. 6d.—York and Newcastle, New, 10 % —York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 12%. -~, !~i --" - .. . • f , -- ... ,-, .4,4 b , ,;•" , , I 48 ~*s.s7"t' a . :.1: :: ”" ---. H l': : ' 11*4 : 1 t41„ 41:1-'-'1 '\--. '.i 71"- ''', 4 ' T:1 ". i . A . .._:- /4 . •it , , ,,, k l , , . pc ..- --- 5, : alit • 44 , .. e. - ~ - , ~,,. t 0 45 . i ! h, . ) \ T: , . .., ~,,, , -,-; ~,,,,--. rj._.: „, , . . 40.0 , . . ,I, 0.• .. —,, - IK , ... . . f •.' ... , :\ . ,‘ , :.. , ,04z.!..••'. , ,• . ~., 1....i.L% _._-,.. , ,,t, 1 -4 ~, , _ ~,- k,„,. 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D minor, by Mr. Hatton,- The second part of the concert consisted of a miscellaneous col lection of music. The•Zcfnzpa overture, With which it commenced, was an easy task in the hands of the picked Men of the orchestra, who made the best of what the matter admitted. The pretty madrigal, " Flora gave me," which followed, afforded much pleasure to the audience. These old: pieces are now becoming general favourites, not only with the general public, but with the musical ,portion of it, who find, in some of these scraps of out of date music, merits of a far more sterling character, than can be discovered in much of the trash Of modern " Regnava nel silenzio," from-Luciad o . _Lcininzenzacr, Miss Birch fully developed her wonder ful powers, and both astOnished and pleased her audience. - bliss Dolby's ballad, "Primroses deck'," *as - also a favourite; as were the Misses Williams's duet, and hiss A. Willi ams ' s song, " The home of love,':.with Mr. Williams's obligate accompaniment. The concert may be said to have been well closed by the song (Phillips) and chorus," Haste thee, nymph." Phillips seemed quite kimself in" this sparkling and delicious bit of Handel's composition, and in the laughing chorus many of the audience (as usual) found themselves involuntarily joining. The virtual close of the music was the national anthem, as it was originally composed by Dr. Bull, fortnerly organist of Hereford Cathedral. There was a ball after this concert, as was the case on Thursday night. Both were well attended, and dancing was kept up till an early hour in the morning. Adams's band attended. .A.YING the FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE NEW WORKS AT MORICE TOWN, DEVONPORT. rtentsthisSeconcl Edition of the Devonport Independent.) On Saturday the foundation-stone of the new dock yard works for steam-ships, at Morice-town, near Devonport, was laid by the Earl of Auckland, the First Lord of the Admiralty. The site of the new steam-yard comprises 74f acres. Referring to the present position of the undertaking, we may allude to the date of the commencement of opera tions. On the 19th of November, 1844, the first spade was put into the earth, when the foundation for the offices of the clerks of the works was begun. There was not much done beyond 'inspecting, planning, &c., for several weeks, but the 30th o f J anuary, 1845, thefirst pile, which is technically termed the Dolphin pile, was firmly driven. This was the commencement of the great preliminary labour, the formation of the coffer dam. Nasmyth's tilt hammer was then used, and on the sth of February the first engine was set in action. to the astonishment of all who witnessed its powers of performance, especially those who took the opportunity to contrast them with those of the old monkeys. It is not necessary to enter into a description of the inven tion here; the majority of our readers at least are no doubt well acquainted with it; suffice it to say, that within a few months the great coffer-dam was effectually completed, and the water-washed foundation quite dry, although the dam is of 1,600 feet, and 8,000 loads of timber have been used in its construction. The saving of money, not less than time, occasioned by the employ ment of the tilt hammer, must have been extraordinary, yet it is said that the cost has exceeded 130,000/. in all. Over the works is a complete net of railways, as the phrase is, the lines intersecting each other in all direc tions, there being as many as nearly thi r t een m il es l a id . The rapidity with which heavy weights are transported is consequently very great, and it is exceedingly inte resting to notice the way in which things are managed, especially the traversing of the piles by the traveller. The excavations have been astonishingly rapid, the ground being of a soft clayey nature, for the moot part of the character of a marine deposit. Up to the present time about 200,000 cubic feet of granite, and more than 400,000 cubic feet of limestone, have been delivered at the works. Tickets were issued by Messrs. Baker to a very large party of the elite of the neighbourhood, including the whole of the authorities, to witness the ceremony, and afterwards to partake of a dejeuner d la fourchette. These parties, a great number of whom arrived in carriages, were admitted at the entrance near the Canal, and they were somewhat prepared for the scene inside the yard by the gay decorations of William -street, Morice-town, from most of the houses of which flags and banners of all descriptions were exhibited. At the extreme end the band of Royal Marines was stationed, and continued to play several choice musical compositions. On a railway carried along upon wooden piers was placed the " traveller," from which the foun dation stone was to be lifted into its place. Flags were floating over various parts of the works, nor was the triumph-symbol, the fresh hale laurel, wanting to en hance the beauty of the tout ensemble. Persons possessing tickets were admitted at twelve o'clock, and at one the gates were thrown open for the public generally, and though they had not the advantage of seats, they could command a view of the proceedings almost as well as their more fortunate neighbours. About this time the scene was exceedingly animated. The large space was filled with spectators, who were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty. The fact of their Lordships landing at the works was announced by the Admiralty's flag being hoisted at the adjacent engine -house. At a quarter after one their Lordships, who had been received by Mr. Baker, pro ceeded to the site of the. dock. The Right Hon. Earl Auckland, the First Lord of the Admiralty, with Miss West, the daughter of our gallant Port Admiral, first entered the inclosure, followed by Admiral Sir John West, K.C.8., and Lady West, Admiral Sir C. Adam, Sir Samuel Pym, and Mrs. Drake, Captain Berkeley, M.P., Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., H. G. Ward, Esq., M.P., Principal Secretary, Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Brandreth, R.E., Director of Works, Captain Burgmann, R.E. Resident Director of the Works, Captain Ed en , R.N., Private Secretary to the First Lord, Henry \Volley, Chief Clerk, Captain Dixon, H.M.S. Caledonia, Commander Potbury, &c. Precisely at 25 minutes past one the stone was lifted, and the Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland (the coins having been deposited) spread the cement with a silver trowel, when the order was given to " lower." The stone was then firmly fixed, and the Neble Earl having used the mallet in accordance with the usual custom, and tried the level, was satisfied that all was right, and the stone was declared to have been laid, the band playine " God save the Queen." A round of cheers was then given. The Right lion. the Earl of AUCKLAND then offered a few remarks, to the following effect :—His Lordship said, Mr. Baker, before I conclude this ceremony, allow me to express the high gratification that I have expe rienced in having had the honourable duty imposed upon me of laying the first stone of these great works. I re gard it as among the greatest of the national works, commenced within my recollection. Notwithstanding all that has been done in former years, it was " the one thing wanting " to render complete the great Naval Arsenal of Devonport, and I must, as an act of justice, say, that it is due to my predecessors in office, that this work has been commenced ; great as are the naval resources of this arsenal, they were certainly incomplete as long as the dockyard was deficient of a basin, in which steam ers , requ i r i ng repa i rs, could enter, and f the factories, by the means of which stea engines could be effectually ma d e . I must a l so say that to Cap tain Burgmann and to Captain Brandreth, to whose energy and skill we are indebted for the plans of these works, our thanks are due. To you, sir, whose talent and activity have been exhibited in so conspicuous a manner, in executing the duty that has devolved on you, I have also to present our thanks, and I would also offer the meed of praise that is due to all who have been concerned in these works. I might name especially, Mr. Corry, the late Se cretary of the Admiralty, who brought forward the plan and to whose information lam so greatly indebted. As respects the Lords of the Admiralty, we shall earnestly do all in our power to promote the interest of this na tional undertaking, and to forward it in the best possible way, and I trust encouragement will not in any way be wanting to induce those whose efforts have been so pro &Dative, to continue their exertions. It may not be un interesting to those present to learn that this work has now been commenced but a little more than one year, and yet within this short space of time the ground has been inclosed, no less than 630,000 cubic feet of stone have been accumulated around us, and upwards of twelve miles of railway have been laid. In less than three years we may hope to see one of her Majesty's steamers sailing into this basin and laying here for the purpose of under going repairs. In less than three years from that time we may hope to see the factories constructed for the pur pose of completing all the engines that may be requisite. I am confident it is by such preparations as these that we can best secure the honour of this country should war ever unfortunately arise, and at the same time it is by these means that we have the best guarantee for the happy continuance of peace. The assembled multitude then loudly cheered his Lordship, and the band struck up " Rule Britannia." Their Lordships and those of the spectators (about 200) who had received invites, then proceeded to the model room, there to discuss THE DEJEUNER. This had been laid out by Mr. Moorshead in his usual elegant style. The viands comprised everything to suit the Most varied appetites, and there was a profusion of champagne and other choice wines. The company having done justice to the good things which lined the ample table, The Earl of AUCKLAND proposed the health of " Mr. Baker," which having been drank, Mr. BAKER said—My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, —I beg sincerely to return you my best thanks for the honour done me by the way in which my exertions have been mentioned, and the manner in which the mention of them has been received. I shall, believe me, endeavour to do everything in my power to retain the good opinion of his Lordship, which he has this day been pleased to express. I hope that many, I may say all, who have done me the honour of their com pany to-day, will afford me the extreme pleasure of meeting me at the completion of these works, I beg again, my Lord, and ladies, and gentlemen, to return you my thanks.—(Cheers.) Their Lordships then retired. HENRY BAKER, Esq., son of the respected con tractor, directed the Marine band to play the " Polka," and with a young lady led off the merry dance, in which they were soon joyfully followed by several ladies and goolemen. PR ICF, SD. About three o'clock,,the contractors, George Baker, and George Baker, jun., Esqs., paid a visit to the dining booths of their workmen (about 750), who were at that time seriously discussing large " blocks" of plum pud ding, roast beef, and other substantial fare, not forget ting approved drinkables. On their entrance the men rose simultaneously and greeted their employers with the most enthusiastic and deafening cheers, which lasted for several minutes. We observed among the company the Lords of the Admiralty, viz. Earl Auclikind, Sir C. Adam, Captain Berkeley, and the Hon. W. F. Co A-per, accompanied by Sir W. Svmonds, Mr. Ward, M.P., Captain Eden, R.N., (Private Secretary to the First Lord,) Captains Bran dreth and Burgruann, R.E. There were also present the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Countess of Mount Edgeumbe, Sir John, Lady, and Miss West, Lady and Miss Leeke, the Mayor o f Devonport and Mayoress, General the Hon. H. and Mrs. Murray. Sir Samuel Pym, and Mrs. Drake, Sir Anthony, and the Misses Buller, Mrs. and Miss Nooth, Colonel and Mrs. James, Mr. and the Misses Norman, Dr. Butter, Captain M. H. Dixon, Mr. Snow Harris and family, Mr. and Mrs. Pridliam, of Plymouth; Mr. and Mrs. Glynn, Mr. Tripe, Mr. Woollcombe, Colonel Aslett, R.M., Colonel Old field, R.E., the Officers of the Dockyard and their families; Messrs. Edye, Henderson, Stigant, Aylward, Spiller, Guttleib, Dent, Dr. 'robin, Lieut. Williams, the Officers of H.M. Caledonia, Colonel Sutherland and the officers of the sth Fusiliers, officers of the Royal Artil lery and Engineers, Mr. Loudon, R.N., Captain Frank lin, R.N., Commanders .Potbury and Wriford, Mr. H. T. Smith,, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Walker, Harbour Master, Mr. and the Misses Stewart, Mr. Pye, and a large as sembly of the rank and fashion of the three towns, whose names we had not an opportunity to ascertain correctly. ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING. A -. meeting, convened by the council of the An slavery League, was held - last night, at six o'clock, Exeter Hall, for the purpose, as expressed by the circu lar, " of reviewing the proceedings of the Evangelica Alliance, in relation to American slavery and American slaveholders." There were considerably above 3,000 present at the hour fixed for the commencement of the proceedings, but long before the first speaker had fi nished his address, every part of the immense hall was crammed to suffocation. The platform exhibited a goodly - array of elegantly dressed ladies, not a few of whom belonged to the Society of Friends. Generally speaking, the audience was most respectable. Among those on the platform we distinguished Wil liam and Mary Howitt, William Lloyd Garrison, from America, George Thompson, Esq., Frederick Douglas, the escaped slave from Maryland, the Rev. John Bur nett, the Rev. Charles Williams, the Rev. Preston, of Euston-square, George Sturge, Esq., Dr. Thomas Price, J. R. Darley, Esq., U.S., George Piikington, Esq., Thomas Sheffield, Esq., of Carlisle, Thomas Sturge, Esq., William Lovett, Esq., &c., &c. On the motion of Mr. Smith, the Rev. John Burnett was called on to preside. The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said that the position he then occupied was an unusual one to him. He was to be found generally on either the right or the left of the chair, but he had never before been placed in a situa tion so disagreeable to himself personally. They were then met on an occasion of the greatest importance to all the friends of freedom throughout the world. They had had a meeting in that Hall recently of a body of persons for an object the noblest in purpose that could come before men, namely, the joining Christian brethren in the bonds of brotherhood, but he (the Chairman) con sidered that this object might have been further extended if it had occurred to them that there were other parties existing, whose claims upon their considerations ought to be remembered. The question of slavery was not altogether overlooked ; it was introduced and largely discussed, and a resolution was adopted, to which all parties looked with some degree of regret— namely, that all might be brothers in Christ, and mem bers of the Evangelical Alliance, who held slaves against their will, or not for their own interests.—(Hear, hear.) Now, it did not appear to him that a man wa s t o b e re ceived with open arms into a Christian community, when he told them that, although he was inflicting a grievous injury on his fellow-creatures, it was against his will.— (Hear, hear,) That resolution was afterwards rescinded by the Alliance, and the question was left in abey ance. But if the American brethren returned to their countrymen, and told them that slavery was a question which England would hold in abeyance, they would thereby inflict a great wrong on the slaves in that country.—(Hear, hear.) They were, therefore, met that night to tell them that the judgment of the Alliance was not the judgment of England— (Cheers)—they were met that night to show that the judgment of the Alliance was but the judgment of a small number, though they were gathered from the three United Kingdoms, from America, and the Continent. But the American delegates did not even represent the feeling of America, for there was a strong party there, which was daily strengthening—a party represented that night by their friend Mr. Lloyd Garrison, and by Frederick Douglas, himself a slave. They would find from them, that even, as he had stated in America itself, the force conjoined with them in their disapprobation of the course pursued by the Evangelical Alliance was by no means unworthy of their admiration. But he would not detain them longer from those who could give them more information than he of the state of slavery in America. For himself he never had but one idea of slavery for the last 30 years, and that idea was that in all cases it is a crime—a crime which no assembly of human beings ought to counte nance—a crime which all Christians ought to oppase to the uttermost. They would now hear the statements of William Lloyd Garrison, whom he would at once intro duce to them. Mr. W. LLOYD GARRISON then stood forward, and, after a few introductory remarks, proceeded to read extracts from the speeches and resolutions delivered, passed, or rescinded at the meetings of the Evangelical Alliance, held lately in Exeter Hall and the Freemasons' Tavern, commenting on these as he went on, and ex hibiting the anti-liberal and bigoted spirit which througout pervaded-them. The address, which, from its nature, was peculiarly dry, was scarcely relished by the audience, who exhibited their impatience more than once in so marked a manner, that the Chairman was obliged to interfere in order to obtain a hearing. The speaker concluded by moving the following resolutions: " That, whereas, there are three millions of human beings in slavery in the United States of America, sub jected every moment to the liabilities attaching to every other description of property ; a condition in which, while as respects rights and privileges, they are ranked with the clods and creeping things of the earth, they are, in respect of the laws framed to enforce their submis sion, subjected to a responsibility more than human ; a condition, the essential element in the preservation of which is, the virtual annihilation of their accountable ness to God, and the substitution of the absolute will of the master, as the only law they are to obey ; a condi tion in which the attempt to improve and exercise their deathless faculties is regarded and treated as a crime ; a condition, finally, entailed upon their posterity to the latest generation. " Therefore, resolved—That we regard American slavery as a sin of unrivalled magnitude, demanding the condemnation of e ver y h uman b e i ng w h o respects the law of God, or recognises the principle of natural jus tice and the equal rights of man. " Whereas it is a self-evident truth that where there is sin there must be a sinner; and that when the sinner ceases to exist, the sin of which he was guilty ceases to be ; and whereas American slavery is not merely a sinful system' or institution,' but a series of sinful acts, perpetrated by individuals, each of whom is sepa rately responsible ; and whereas, when slavery becomes law, and assumes the form and stability of a social in stitution, the individual is not in consequence released from his responsibility to obey the law of God, and to cease from doing evil ; but is, on the contrary, laid under an obligation to bear testimony against the un righteous enactment " Therefore, resolved—That we repudiate the doc trine that slavery as a system, or institution, or thing existing in the form of law, is sin, while the slave-holder, for whose benefit the law or institution has been framed, and who is directly the perpetrator of the wrong, is inno cent, and is entitled to be received into society, 'and even into the church, as a respectable and Christian man. In our judgment, this doctrine involves the monstrous principle that sin ceases to be sin when sanctioned by human law, and interwoven with the texture of society—a doctrine which would, under similar circumstances, justify polygamy, piracy, idolatry, or any other sin that should obtain the sanction of a legal enactment, or be elevated to the dignity of a social institution. "Resolved—That the relation of master and slave, when defined and sanctioned by law, is by that very pro cess rendered a more inexcusable sin on the part of all who come into it as slaveholders, seeing they assume the relation with a full knowledge of its unutter able horrors and fearful responsibilities, and of the per petual wrongs to the slave necessarily involved in it ; and therefore the slave laws of America, instead of ex tenuating the guilt of living slaveholders, do, in reality, enhance their criminality, and make them justly charge able with all the guilt connected with the administration of those laws, which, by the relation they have assumed, they practically sanction and uphold. " That the conduct of the Evangelical Alliance re cently held in this city—first, in adopting a declaration that persons may be slaveholders without any fault of their own, and from disinterested motives, and thus be entitled to Christain fellowship and membership in that body ; and finally, to propitiate the pro-slavery spirit of American delegates, in erasing from their proceedings all reference to the subject of slavery, in order to pre vent an open rupture, deserves the condemnation of every uncompromising friend of the rights of humanity, as an abandonment of the cause of the slave, and a virtual approval of the acts of his oppressor." The Rev. JOHN PRESTON, Baptist Minister, Euston square, defended the Alliance from some of the impu tations cast upon them by Mr. Garrison in the course of his speech. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, in a long and eloquent speech, in the course of which he was repeatedly and enthusiastically cheered, seconded the resolution?. He was followed by Mr. FREDERICK DOUGLAS, who drew an affecting picture of the sufferings of the slaves in the southern states, and the efforts which were made rico. ' LUNG, It in London, ; - and the chi lot t jte der 'tvelfett- HOT WE ATUE R.— TRAVE 7.—SEA SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALE: . Ti, only at 22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; lief Llama Cloth Warehouse, 114,, Regent-street. Do iit ..eceived by a similarity of name, placed hi the windows of a fel., tty shops in the neighbourhood_ of the Patente es . E ac h P a l etot i s stamped " H. J. and I). NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." - ' REMOVAL. UCULVERWELL has REIIOITD to No. 10, ARGYLL-PLACE. t EGENT-STREET, (leading to Great Marlborough-street,) where he• rrmy be consulted, as usuith Daily till Three, and in the Evening - from Sevin till Nine'; where .also his several publications, of which entirely new and en larged editions have recently been published, may be obtained. PUBLICATIONS. THE DEWY SMALL DEBTS AND LOCAL COURTS ACT. Cl OFFICIAL EDITION of this very important Act, passed Augmt 28, 1846, for facilitating by i•asy process the recovery of Small Debts throughout the kingdom, and the est iblishment of Local Courts of Justice, is just published verbatim, in dewy Bvo., price only 6d. (or postage free 10d.), by James Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row, and sold by order of all Booksellers, &c. RAILWAY SPECULATIONS. Just Published, in quarto, price only 3s. or postage free price 4s. GILBERI"S ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS IN RAILWAYS of 2,0001. and upwards, with the Surname, Christian Name, and Residence in full of each Speculator. The very great importance of the facts contained in this work have prompted its publication in the cheapest possible form ; accuracy may he relied on, as it is copied verbatim from the official documents in the possession of Government. London : Jame; Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row, and sold by order of all Booksellers, &c. HEREFORD MUSIC MEETING. HEREFORD, SATURDAY.—The meeting of the three choirs of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester, for 1846, has now closed, and has proved successful beyond the most sanguine expectations of all parties interested. The collections for the charity for the relief of clergy men's widOws and orphans have exceeded considerably those of former meetings, and so well has the festival been attended on each day—the first concert proving the only exception—that it is expected that the receipts will fully defray the expenses of the professionals, fittings-up, advertising, &e., &c. Should this turn out to be the case it will form a novel feature in the history of these festivals, for hitherto there has always been a deficiency in this respect, and the stewards of the meeting have been called upon to make up the difference out of their private purses. Hence it is, that gentlemen have always been very reluctant to undertake the duties and respon sibilities of the stewardship of these meetings ; and the highest praise is due to the half-dozen gentlemen who have so nobly taken upon themselves these responsibilities on the present occasion. The stewards of the meeting just closed are the Venerable the Archdeacon Vickers, the Rev. R. L. Frier, D.D., Rector of Bishopstone; the Rev. W. Hassell, Rector of Nurch Dewchurch; Joseph Bur ley, jun., Eq., M.P. for Herefordshire; Robert Puls ford, Esq., M.P. for Hereford ; and W. Lacon Childe, Esq., of Kinlet-hall, Salop. Of course it will be readily understood, that the accounts of the festival cannot as yet have been made up, but there is reason to believe, that while a very considerable sum will be realised for the Clergy Widows and Orphans' Charity, the expenses of the meeting will be defrayed (or nearly so) by the receipts for admission tickets to the cathedral, concert room, and ball-room. Yesterday, as was anticipated would be the case, proved the crowning day. The Mes siah is a sure card—if we may speak thus irreverently of this great work—in the provinces. It is the first point of attraction with the young, and the old gladly avail themselves of every opportunity afforded them of listening to this well-remembered oratorio. Tho fine old cathedral—though at present in a sadly dilapi dated condition—was crowded by a fashionable and most attentive company. With regard to the execu tion of this immortal masterpiece of Handel yesterday, to be brief, it was as near perfection as the fallibility of human powers would admit of. The chief parts were, as a matter of course, allotted to the leading vocalists and instrumentalists ; and, well acquainted as they are with every bar of the music in the oratorio, there were but few points at which the most fastidious critic coul I carp. Altogether the oratorio, which was given entire, went off admirably. The choruses were not so massive as those commonly heard at E xe t er H all, or at ra b n u d t eu th r e a y nd were, s o r e c a a g n ; be attained in the Norwich or Birmin gham festivalsly full t o which n e g v i e v any place so well as in a cathedral. Th ere were only n l e e m v e n r i t t y h e l t e o s s t , h s e u ifi m e u i s e i n e t one or two slight hitches in the many choruses of this oratorio ; but the " " And the glory," " For unto us," " All we, like sheep," "The Lord gave the word," " Their sound is gone out," and the con cluding chorus, " Worthy is the Lamb," were given with most impressive grandeur and effect. The Messiah formed the whole of the morning's performance, and was not concluded until four o'clock in the afternoon. At its close the company proceeded to recruit them selves for the evening's concert, which was again well attended. The first part of the concert consisted of Mendelssohn's music to Midsummer Night's Dream ; the Earl of Mornington's favourite glee " 0 Bird of E ve ," admirably sung by Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Messrs. t by their mastery, assisted by the clergymen of the Ame rican church, to keep them in a state of mental darkness. The meeting then separated. OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. _ The harvest may be considered as concluded, little grain of any description now remaining in the fields ex en in the most backward part of the kingdom. As yet but few estimates of the result have been offered, public attention having been so much taken up with the potato disease and its probable consequences as to cast into the shade all other matters. Under these circumstances it has been extremely difficult to obtain accurate infor mation relative to the yield of the different grain crops, and we are not in a position to offer a very decided opinion on the subject. Judging, however, from what we have hitherto been enabled to collect, we are strongly inclined to believe that the produce of wheat will prove less to the acre thaa was expected previous to the cora teencemeet of harvest. The deficiency in quantity may in some - measure be made good by the superiority of the quality and the great weight of the grain ; but with full allowances for these advantages, we still question whether the yield will exceed that of average seasons. though not a very favourable view, is more than can be said of any other crop of coin. The next in importance to wheat is that of barley, which is ad mitted on al! hands to fall materially short. The c'efleiency in the produce is variously estimated ; but that there is an im ; , :r.ant defiei.-ney is universally acanowledged. Next we come to oats ; the ex treme heat and want of moisture during the greater part-of the summer were exceedingly trying 'to this crop, and, excepting on the best descriptions of soil, the yield is even lighter than that of barley. Beans are, probably, not more than half a crop, and peas have turned out equally short. Incised, with the exception of hay, which is abundant and of excellent quality, the gross amount of food raised in Great Britain for man and beast is unquestionably very considerably below what is likely to be required before another harvest can be gathered. That an importation, and that on an ex tensive scale, would have been required, even if the po tatoes had not been attacked by the fatal disorder of last year, we feel perfectly convinced ; and with this cala mity to crown our misfortunes, we are likely to Reed assistance to An extent which must raise the value of agricultural produce all over the world. It is very far 'from our wish to create unnecessary alarm, or to aid those who, fr om i n t ereste d mot i ves, may endeavour to exaggerate the evils of our position ; but we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that a failure of the potato crop, though only to the extent of one-fourth of the total quantity usually grown, would, with the deficiency in other articles of feed, be sufficient to drive up prices of provisions to a height likely.to be productive of serious ' inconvenience to the poorer classes of the community. Since our last a further rise of from 2s. to 4s. -per quarter has taken place in the value of wheat at all the leading provincial markets, and a proportionate en hancement has been established in prices of spring corn and pulse. The total advance on wheat from the lowest print is Bs. to 10s. per quarter. After so rapid and im portant an enhancement, it is not improbable that the upward movement may receive a temporary check. The prices now obtainable are much higher than farmers reckoned on at the time the new corn-laws were intro duced ; and it is not unreasonable to suppose that they may be thereby induced to supply the markets liberally for a time, but sooner or later we expect to see prices higher than they are at present. Our advices from Scotland and Ireland continue to give very deplorable accounts of the spread of the po tato murrain. The apprehension on this subject had, we are informed, in no degree abated ; and in the latter country, particularly, the most fearful consequences were dreaded. Prices have risen fully as much of late in the Scotch and Irish markets as with us ; and, for the present at least, no supplies from either quarter ean•be calculated on. The great rise which has lately taken place in the value of wheat has not hitherto had the effect of drawing supplies ; indeed the arrivals of the article coastwise into London have been even smaller this than the preceding week, only 9,054 qrs. having been reported up to this (Saturday) evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land-carriage samples from the neighbouring counties has also been very trifling. On Wednesday the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands were nearly bare, and the millers being anxious buyers, prices ls. to 2s. per quarter higher than those current in the beginning of the week were in partial instances realised. This advance was generally demanded on Friday ; and though the inquiry was less active than earlier in the week, needy purchasers had no alternative but to comply. The averages are now beginning to show the influence of the recent rise in prices ; the last return fur the kingdom being Is. 2d., and th a t f or L on d on B d . per quarter higher than the returns of the preceding week. The duty, which has for some time been 10s. (the highest point), must in the course of a few weeks recede, and is likely to decline gradually till it falls to 4s. per quarter, the minimum under the existing law. It does not, however, by any means follow that this will insure us a supply, the harvest just secured having proved more er less defective over nearly the whole of continental Europe. In France and Belgium, as well as in several of the more southern countries, the deficiency is reported to be so serious as to have caused prices to rise above the level of our own ; and even in the Baltic quotations of wheat are relatively higher than in the British markets. There is, conse quently, little prospect of large importations from any quarter except America ; and the surplus growth of the Unit e d St ates w ill unquestionably be shipped to whatever market may promise the best re turn. If, therefore, France, or any other country, out bid us, even this resource would fail. These considera tions have not been overlooked by holders of foreign wheat, and that in granaryhere has been held at mate rially enhanced terms. Our millers have manifested some unwillingness to pay the advanced rates demanded, and the transactions have 'been on rather a restricted scale (luring the week; the business done both on Wednesday and Friday was, however, at prices which could not have been obtained in the commencement of the week. Most of the bonded wheat has been either withdrawn or sold for shipment to France, and there has been scarcely a sample on offer since Monday last. In this state of affairs it is not easy to give quotations, but as some criterion of the value of wheat under lock we may men tion that common Polish Odessa has been held at 44e. per quarter, being more than it would a few weeks ago have fetched duty paid. Flour has been in good request, and the millers have experienced no difficulty in making sales at the enhance ment established on Monday. United States flour has also been taken freely, and good brands have realised 30s. to 31s. per barrel duty paid; whilst for parcels in bond! 275., and even 28s. per barrel has been asked. The supply of barley has fallen short of the demand, and factors have declined selling the finer qualities at the currency of Monday. Distilling and grinding sorts have also been held about ls. per quarter above the rates of that day. The duty on this grain fell a step on Thurs cray; and from the present position of the averages it may be expected to recede to the lowest point. Malt has come sparingly to hand; and the real scarcity of fine qualities has increased their value fully Is. per quarter. Of English oats only 1,589 quarters have arrived during the week; whilst from Scotland and Ireland the receipts have been trivial, viz., 101 quarters and 6,063 quarters respectively. The foreign supply has also been small; and as it is the general opinion that most of the Archangel shipments have now come to hand, whilst the quantity on passage from other quarters is believed to be unimportant, a scarcity of this grain is leoked upern as by no means an improbable event. Fine corn, whether of hom e or f ore i gn growth, has indeed already become scarce, and the market is com paratively bare of moderately good samples. Factors have, consequently, raised their pretensions, and the prices asked have been so high as to check business. The sales made on Wednesday were at an advance of ls. per quarter on Monday's quotations; but since then the demand has slackened. For Indian corn a speculative inquiry has been ()ape-. rienced ; and though purchasers have readily paid 2s. to. 3s. more, many holders have declined selling. Beans have met with a good deal of attention since our last, and have realised enhanced rates; for Egyptian in bond 335. per qr. has been obtained. Of English peas none have appeared at market silica Monday; foreign have consequently being taken at high prices. The duty on the two last-named articles, as well as that on rye, being regulated by the barley averages, what we have said above in respect to the probable fall of the latter applies to the whole of these articles. REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. The late rise in the value of all kinds of grain in the British markets has, as usual, influenced quotations at the principal ports on the Continent. Wheat has ad vanced materially all over the Baltic ; but this has been as much caused by orders from Belgium and France as by the reports from hence. Letters from Dantzic, dated the sth instant, furnish us with a statement of the shipments from thence during August, from which it appears that of the 3,169 lasts exported only 380 lasts had been dispatched to British ports. Since the previous post day rather large pur— chases had been made there on Belgian account, whilst scarcely anything had been taken for England. The business done had been principally in low qualities, for which equal t o 44 5 , to 465. per qr., free on b oard, had been paid. For parcels weighing 621bs. to 631'bs. per bushel, though not perfectly sound, 475. had been given, and for really fine lots, 48s. had been refused. Altogether fully 800 lasts had changed hands withiii the week. At the Lower Baltic ports more business seems to have been done in barley and peas than in wheat. We learn, however, from St e tti n th a t a f ew purc h ases o f the latter article had been made there for shipment at very high rates, viz., 445. for red Pomeranian, and 465. per quarter for fine heavy Uckermark. Barley had come sparingly forward, and had realised equal to 265. per quarter, itree on board, fur local consumption. Peas had been, strongly sought after; and a'small lot of new Uckermark had brought 395. per quarter. There was not much g rain being shipped, and vessels to load for the east coat it of Great Britain might then have been chartered at 9: s , to 2s. 6d. per quarter for wheat. . - At Rostock supplies of new grain had come slowly to hand, and holders having asked extravagant pricer 1/2com paratively few bargains had been closed. The reports from Hamburgh, of Tuesday last,' inform us that advanced rates had been paid for wheat, f not that the trifling natu re o f t h e stocks had prevent,!i I much business bein g done. F a i r qua li t i es , we i g hi ng. • 6 01b s . to 60ilbs., had brought 465. 9d. to 435.; and new "Marks of 621bs. weight 50s. per quarter free on board; Barley had"been sought after, and as much as 265. p , ar quarter had been paid for heavy samples of new, to) oe shipped at a Danish port; Sasle, on the spot, had ri ! len to :15s. per quarter, and the high terms asked had pr , . ented the execution of the orders which had been recei n 1. Frees Antwerp we have letters of the /,0t h instant. Wheat and rye were then in brisk derna pc , and the /