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PLEASURE EXCURSION to CAMBRIDGE and BACK for FIVE SHILLINGS, will take place on MoN -31._ er Morning next, May 11, from the Eastern C o unties Railway tuition. Shoreditch, under the auspices of the London Pleasure 'Amnion Company. Tickets to be had at the Shoreditch Station, and the Bengal Arms Tavern, White Horse-court, Cornhill. The College Walks will be thrown open on this occasion, the usual "watt& by the College Youths will take place on the River Cam, and the spendid chapel of King's College will be open, with a full Choir, isr Cathedral service, in the afternoon. Covered carriages for parties and ladies. (1(0 TO COLLEGE FOR FIVE SHIL LINGS, on MONDAY NEXT, May.ll, and back again to London in the- Evening, by the Grand Pleasure Excursion to Cam ilde% undet the auspices of the London Pleasure Excursion munpany. Tickets, Five Shillings each, to be had at the Eastern Counties Station, Skoreditch. Covered carriages provided for parties and F E SHILLINGS TO CAMBRIDGE AND BACK, on MONDAY, MAY 11. GR AVESEND STAR and BLis.Ciw ALL PACKET 4 I. FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, RLACKWALL. 420 Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of es. WEEK DAYS.—At 934, 1034, 11 these tim, 12, 134, 334, 5,6, and 7. S UNOAYS.—At 934, 101, 11, 134, 5,6, and 7. FROM "'HE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. REEK DAYS.-- 71, 834, 934, 1134 1,3, 4,5, and 6. lIIIITDAYS.—At 71, 834, 1134, 3,4, b, 6, and 7. Fore cabin, . ; . Tickets to or from Blackwa 6 a d —For Saloon, Twelve 9d months, 41. 45.; Six Months, 21. 15s. • Three months, 11. 15. To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; and Sir. Saunders, at the Bruns w i c k- w h ar f, Blackwell. Star-o ffi ce, May 1, 1846. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advert- Ipes with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to homy', without ex- Pence or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (lee table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveni,mces er necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROF 1T... Society has enabled The success and increasing prosperity the the Directors, et the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 'per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Prolt scale. Premium. 5. 0, '' 4 1 Bnnus B@nus in . ph g 0 1 ...,,- u' 04 0 ' . p 8 5 I added. Cash. E 2 °' --r- " :5 3 . El 1 ' 1 1 ' A 41 2 : 1 . 0 . ,„, 1837 £l9l 13 5487 13 5!X13 17 1 1395 11l 60,1f00 7. 2 X 11. 4. 1838 165 13 0! 74 13 10! 11 8 6 346 2 3 i - A -- 18311' 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 295 13 4 'lB4B 89 0 0 41 13 41 60 0 247 4 5 The di.vision of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cenaber of the present year. F. FFIGUSON CAMROUX, Sea. PALLADIUM LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, 7, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON, APRIL 30, 1846. _ The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS and SOLDERS of POLICIES entitled to VOTE, will be held at this ". t lice, On THURSDAY, the 21st of May next, at Twelve o'clock pre cisely, to receive the Report of the Septennial Account of the So inety's affairs up to the 31st of December, 1845 ; also, a statement o f the additions made to the policies entitled to profits, and for genera Purposes. By order of the Board, NICHOLAS GRUT, Secretary and Actuary. A vacancy having occurred in the direction, notice is hereby given, that the same will be filled up at the General Meeting, on the 21st of May. By the Rules of the Society it is provided, " That persons de sirous of offering themselves as candidates for the direction, are to give notice in writing of their intention, at least ten days previous to the day of election." STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Constituted by Act of Parliament. Established 1825. London-82, King William-street. Edinburgh-3, George-street. Dublin-66, Upper Backfield-street. GOVERNOR. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR. The Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine. LONDON BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ClumatAN—George Frederick Young, Esq. DNPury-CHAIRMAN—Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Ernest James Gadesden, Esq. Bruce, M.P. William Haigh, Esq. Sir James Eyre, M.D. Edward Thomas Whitaker, Esq. At a General Meeting of this Company, held on the 27th of March lest, the third Division of Profits was declared, and the Bonus Addi tions made to Policies are shown in TABLE OF BON rS ADDITIONS. r 4,1 BONUS ADDITIONS. g 14 Policy and are the following 1: , 2 ;-) Total a Bonus per centages on Additions. Sum Assured. - , '" 4 1635. 1840. 1845. Bs " — ... Addi 11+1 tions. X. X. s. X. B. X. s. Z. s. X. s. d. 1825 1000 137 10 200 0 262 10 600 0 1600 0 0 60 per cent. 1626 1000 125 0 187 10;250 0 562 1011562 10 0 56 per cent. 1827 1000 112 10 1 175 0 237 10 525 011525 0 0 52% per cent. 1828 1000 100 0,162 10.225 0 487 10'1487 10 0 48% per cent. 1129 1000 87 10 , 150 0 212 10 450 0 1450 0 0 45 per cent. 1830 1 1000 75 0 137 10 200 0 412 10,1412 10 0 41% per cent. 1631 1000 62 101125 0 187 10 375 0;1375 0 0 37% per cent. 1832 1000 50 0,112 10 175 0 337 1011337 10 0 33% per cent. 1833 1000 37 10 100 0.162 101 300 011300 0 0 30 per cent. 1634 1006 25 0 87 10 150 0 262 10;1262 10 0 26% per cent. 1835 1000 12 10 75 0 . 137 10 225 0 1 1225 0 0 22% per cent. 1836 1000 .. 62 10,125 0 167 10 1187 10 0 18% per cent. 1837 1000 .. 50 0 112 10 162 10 1162 10 0 16% per cent. 1838 1000 .. 37 10,100 0 137 10 1137 10 0 13% per cent. 1839 1000 25 0 87 10 112 10 1112 10 0 11% per cent. 1840 1000 • • 12 10 75 087 10 1087 10 0 8% per cent. 1841 1000 • . 62 10 62 10 1062 10 0 6% per cent. 1842 1000 50 0 50 0 1050 0 0 5 per cent. 1843 1000 • • .. 37 10 37 10 1037 10 0 3% per cent. 1844 1000 .. .. 25 025 0 1025 0 0 2% per cent. 1845 1000 .. 12 10 12 10 1012 10 0 1% per cent. For example, a Policy opened in 1825, for 1,0901., were it now. to become a claim, would, in addition to the sum assured, have a bonus of 6001., making the sum to be paid under the Policy 1,6001. instead of 1,0001. The Company have never disputed nor compromised a claim. A full report of the proceedings at the General Meeting together With every information, can be obtained at the Offices of the Com pany, or at the different Agencies. By order of the Directors, PETER EWART, Resident secretary. 82, King Willtam-street, London, 4th May, 1846. • SILVER FLAT HORIZONTAL WATCHES, carefully finished, with engine-turned cases, jewelled in four holes, going barrel to continue the action of the Watch while lag, are are offered , price 3% guineas each. These elegant little Watches will be foand to perform very correctly, and a printed un dertaking is given, with fixed terms on which they will always receive any attention required. T. COX SAVORY and Co., Watchmakers. &c., 47, Cernhill, (seven doors from Oracechurch-street), London.—N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. THREE DESCRIPTIONS OF BRANDY, Each warranted the very best of its kind:— No. I. Brett's Improved Patent Brandy ...... •. • . 18s. No. 2. The finest brown Cognac imported ....... • 241. No. 3. Choice, old pale Champagne Brandy ...... 265. We invite comparison, and defy competition. S am pl es may be freely tasted at onr Counting-house, and orders for single gallons or upwards, will be promptly executed, for cash on delivery in London. HENRY BRETT and Co., Old Farnival's Inn, Holborn. ONE GUINEA WELLINGTON BOOTS made to measure by G. GARRETT, Bootmaker, by special appointment, to the King of the Belgians. A stock of the most fashionable and highly-finished Boots kept ready made, to suit the Convenience of Noblemen, Officers of the united Services, and Gen. tlemen who prefer trying en Boots to giving an order. G. Garrett, Army Bootmaker, 130, Jermyn-street, St. James's. SUCCESSFUL RESULTS of the OPENING of L. HYANI'S New Show-room, 36, GRACECIIRUCII STREET. Successful results have our e ff orts And a host of new patrons a lready obtained, v As such is the case, we ackno wledge a l l Our gained, Our gratitude deep for their kind-hearte d call. The Show-room of Hyam combines great attraction, Where talent, first rate, is developed in action • The produce of Engl and and France is dis p la y ed , And adds to the lustre of Hyam's great trade. His Fashions for Spring are the theme of delight , Whilst splendour and cheapness tog unite flock And praises are lav ished by thousan ds er who flock To see Hyam's wonders and gaze on his stock. So levers of fashion we humbly solicit The favour, the kindness, the aid of a visit. As with confidence great we are led to suppose In future you'll patronise Byars for Clothes. LIST OF PRICES. A s. 4. 1 1 0 1 5 0 O 8 6 O 6 6 O 4 6 Dress Coat, braided edges • • ........ from Surtouts, do ••• • • • ••• • • Trousers, in cloth and doeskins • • • • • • • • Trousers, in Tweed • • ..... ••.• • • • • Vests, either in cloth or fancy Materials • • SUMMER GARMENTS. Summer Coats, in endless variety .. • • • • Cashmere Ditto • ••••••••• Fishing or Shooting Ditto Office Ditto • • • • • • • • ......... ...... . • • Blouses, in countless profusion.. Trousers, in all the newest washing materials Vest, ditto, Designs guaranteed to retain MADE TO ORDER. • Dress Coats, made to measure •• • • • 110 Sur t ou ts ...... .............. • • 1 1 TrouserS, made to measure . • . ..... . 15 Test, ditto ••.••• • • • • • • SUMMER GARMENTS. The Hyamonian Paletet, 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 ••.. • • • • 07 6 Jai Immense Stock of Youths and Boy's Clothing at proportionate app prices.pro money will be returned to any purchaser , shoul d he not No business fhi3purchaqe after seeing the articles at his own h ouse. transacted on Saturdays until the evening. L. iiyAm Pantechnetheca, 36 Gracechurch-street, London. O 9 0 12 O 7 8 9 O 2 0 5 0 2 HOWL A ND'S 0• ODONT , Patronised by the o 4ue P en, EA a RL nd tilpte E B T L RICB. y of Great Britain, Whitand the sev eral Sovereigns a n d C our t s of E urope. White Powder( or the T eeth, compounded of the choicest and most recherché ingredients of the Oriental Herbal—the leading re quisites of cleanliness and efficacy being present in the highest pos sible degree. It extirpates all tartarous adhesions to the Teeth, and pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its anti ensures septic and anti-crbutic properties arrest the fUrther progress of decay of the Teeth, and ind uce a healthy actien of the Gums. The Breath also attains a fr agrant sw ee t ness truly grateful to its pos ssor. As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever known, ROWLAND'S ODINTO has for a long series of years oc cupied a distinguished placo at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe, while the general demand Da it at once announces the favour in which it is universally held. Price 2s. 9d. per Box. CAUTION. __Ta protect the public from Fraud, the Hon. Com missioners o f stamps have directed th e P roprietors' Name and Address to be o ug vv ra L vltn the Government St amp, thus— A. and SON, 20, H a tt on-garden, and which is affixed on each Box. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. ..* An others are fraudulent imitations. E ASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING -B. and S. COWVAN'S invaluable CANTON STROP, or • Quad rilateral Chinese Razor-Sharpener, patronised by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, renders the operation of shaving pleasant to the most tender akin. By a very simple process, the keenest edge may very speedily be given to the bluntest razor. B. and S. Cowvan'a pecu liarly tempered Razors and Tooth and Shaving-powder. Specimens of the strops are exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. From the many flattering testimonials received, the following, from that most eminent surgeon, Mr. C. Aston Key, is selected " Sirs,—" I have made trial of your razor-strop, and find it to an swer better than any strop that I have hitherto used far giving a keen edge to cutting instruments for anatomical and surgical pi:- poses." " C. ASTON KEY." Many others may be seen at the inventors', B. and S. Cowvan, 164, Fench irch-street, where the strops, go., may be obtained, and oiall respectable perfumers, Ste., price ss. 6d., 7s. 6d., and 9s. 64. Cowvan', Canton Razor-strop Paste at Is. a packet. The Shaving- Powder, Is. 6d. • and Prussian Court Toothpowder at Is. 6d. and as. 6d per box. Caution. --]rose are Cbrivyark, genuine wept marked and spelt " B. and B. V•••• b c.4.471 )---1"- .4.4111111'14 H1y , , , 1 g at IfrA ) ' a! _ ;4. PIi*AP I A I T 411 1M I'- 44 1 / 4., z' „ tqf is, tt"A ••••%;.: 0 4111 , • lv' -"at itz.l 0 .14 nlio ti 4 ".; • - 141:1 i 1 7 ~„ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING No. 16,734. CHISWICK FETE-SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1846.—The IRON STEAM-PACKET COMPANY'S BOATS leave Cadogan Pier, Chelsea, for Chiswick, every Hour and Half hour—Fare, Fourpenee. And from all the Company's Stations below Westminster -bridge to Chelsea, every Quarter of an Hour—Fare, the whole way, Sixpence. CATTERNS and FRY, Secretaries, 62, Mark-lane, ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. The EXHIBITIONS of PLANTS, FLOWERS, and FRUIT, in the Gardens Of the Society, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, will be held this season, in the New Conservatory, on WEDNESDAYS, May 20th, June 3, and July 1. Tickets may be obtained at the Gardens by presenting an order from a Fellow or Member, price 4s. each, until May 9. Fellows' privileged tickets will cease to be issued also on May 9. R OYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL. GARDENS. In consequence of the necessity of a General Rehearsal of the stupendous effects introduced in the Eruption of Vesuvius, the GARDENS will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, the 9th Instant. On Monday, the 11th, the ffrst representation will take place. S. FOSTER, Secretary. Novelties of extreme interest and information at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Scenes in the OREGON* TERRITORY form a part of an en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The PHYSIOSCORE and CHROMATROPE, with new and beautiful variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY. an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors. SEE THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1. Daily News Office, Whitefears. R OYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL GAR-SQUARE. The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec. kI T IL SON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS. Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square. On MONDAY EVENING, MAY 11, at Eight o'clock. Mr. WILSON will give his THIRD ENTERTAINMENT on the SONGS OF SCOTLAND. Pianoforte—Mr. LAND. Part I.—Ye Banks and Braes o' bonny Doon—Of a' the Airts the Win' can blaw—Last May a braw Wooer—Auld Robin Gray— Duncan Gray came here to woo—John Anderson my jo—Jenny's Bawbee. Part ll.—Thou art gane awa frae me, Mary—John o' Badenyon— Jock o' Hazeldean—The Birks of Aberfeldy—My jo Janet—Wha wadna fecht for Charlie ? Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 155.; for Eight, 11. lACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. On FRIDAY, MAT 15th, 1x46, will be repeated Haydn's Oratorio, THE CREATION. Principal Vocal Performers, Mrs. Sunderland, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. Phillips. The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Per formers. Tickets 3s. each ; Reserved seats, in the Gallery, ss. ; la the Area, 10s. 6d. ; may be obtained of the principal Musicsellers ; of Mr. Bowleg, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand ; or of Mr. Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross. THOS. BREWER, Hon. Sec MESSRS. WICKHAM and CO:a PUBLIC SALES of RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held at the Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, EVERY MONDAY and THURSDAYS, at One o'clock. Orders received until Four o'clock of the day previous to each sale. London, 1846. GREAT WE STERN RAILW AY. The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are ready to.recelve TENDERS for LOANS of MONEY, in sums of not less than 1,0001. for a period of Ave or seven years, on the security of mortgage de bentures, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, payable half yearly. Applications may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway Office, Paddington station. CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is herby given that, in compliance with the sessional orders of the Houses of Parliament, a SPECIAL MEETING of HOLDERS of SCRIP and BANKERS' RECEIPTS in this under taking, will be held at the Palatine Hotel, in Alanchester, on Si- TIIRDAY, the 16th instant, at one o'clock i n the afternoon precisely , and that at suchrneeting a co py o f th e Bill n ow pending in Parlia ment, to empower the Comp an y t o const ruc t their proposed railway , will be submitted for consideration. I Parties attending this meeting will be required to produce their scrip or bankers' receipt, and to furnish the Secretary with a memo randum of their name and address, denoting the numbers of the scrip produced. In order to facilitate the business of the meeting, the. Secretary will be in attendance at the Palatine Hotel two hours pre vious to the meeting, to receive the scrip and take the denoting num bers thereof. THOMAS BIRKBECK, Chairman. EDMUND SHARPE, Secretary. COmpaars Offices, 107, Jerm)h-atreet, London. May 6th, 1846. NORFO LK RAILWAY EXTENSIONS. Notice Is hereby given that a special meeting of the holders of scrip or of bankers' receipts for scrip in respect of the undertakings proposed to be carried into effect under the Bills below mentioned, will be held at the Norfolk Railway Company's Office, at Guildhall buildings, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May, 1846, at half-past Two o'clock, for the purpose of submitting to their approval copies of the following Bills : A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way communication between the Dereham branch of the Norfolk Railway and the towns of Wells and Blakeney in the county of Norfolk. A. Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway at Stow market, to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wymondham. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way from the Norfolk Railway at Thetford, to the Lowestoft Railway at Reedham. The chair will be taken at half-past Two o'clock precisely. N. B. It will be necessary for each person who attends to produce the scrip or banker's receipt for scrip in respect of which he claims to attend and take part in the proceedings. Dated this 30th day of April, 1846. ADAM DUFF, Chairman of the Board of Directors. By order, RICHARD TILL, Secretary. W lIITEHAVEN AND FLTRNESS JUNC TILIN-1141wAy. In pursuance of the SeesiovaOrtiers of troth Houses of Parliament, Notice is hereby given, that a Special. General. Meeting of the Share holders in this Company will be held at the Contimay's Offices, 1, Guild hall Chambers, B asinghall- street, London, on THURSDAY, the 21st day of May instant, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, when there will he submitted to the consideration of the Shareholders, for their approval, or otherwise, a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, entituled, "A Bill to enable the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Company to make a railway in deviation from their line of Railway, and to construct an extension thereof, to a point of junction with the Whitehaven Junction Railway." By Order, LONSDALE, Chairman, JOHN MEYER, S.cretarv. 1, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, May 1, 1846. r rHE NEW ASYLUM for INFANT OR PHANS, STAMFORD-HILL. For Orphans under Eight Years of Age, without distinction of sex, place, or religious connexion. The SECOND ANNIVERSARY DINNER of,this Charity will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th of May. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount MORPETIL M.P., in the Chair. STEWARDS, The Eight lion. the Earl of Cla rendon James Pattison, Esq., M.P. Sir Geo. De 11. Larpent, Bart. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Charles Lushington, Esq. . .. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Henry Vyner, Esq. A. W. Robarts, Esq. S. P. Arnold, Esq. James harmer, Esq. S. M. Pete, Esq. Robert Lush, Esq. William Leavers, Esq. . _ Francis Bennoch, Ein, Edward Brown, Esq. John Remington Mills, Esq. Robert M`Cabe, Esq. Domenic Braggiotti, Esq. Josiah Conder, Esq. James Carter, Esq. Isaac Circuit, Esq. Joseph Crane, Esq. Joseph Davis, Esq. John Finch, Esq. Edward Edwards, Esq. William Groser, Esq. Edward Healey, Esq. John W. Hafker, Esq. Charles Jones, Esq. George T. Kemp, Esq. P. C. Leckie, Esq. Christopher Lund, Esq. William Mawby, Esq. James Peek, Esq. John Relfe, Esq. Charles Reed, Esq. Robert Rymill, Esq. George Simmons, Esq. James Smith, Esq. George Thompson, Esq. Henry Thompson, Esq. William Thornborrow,Esq, William W. Tyler, Fsq. William Wilkinson, Esq. David W. Wire, Esq. John Wllks, Esq. Captain Weller. Tickets, One Guinea each, ma: Offices of the Institution, 32, Poull Tavern. ty be had of the Stewards; at the ltry ; and at the bar of the London JAMEI A SHERMAN, Hon. Secretary. 32, Poultry, May, 1846.. E ARLY HAY HARVEST.-RICK CLOTHS, with Poles, ruffles, and Lines, complete. "No farmershould be without a good rick cloth, for it is certainly one of the most useful things he can have ea his pre mises."—Gardener's Gazette. Rick Cloths, both New and Second-hand, at a reasonable cost, at BENJAMIN EDGINGTON'S, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. Early application will ensure prompt attention. 1 Warehouse a 208, Piccadilly. Marquees, Tents, Flags, Netting and Bunting for Fruit Trees, Railway Truck Covers, &c. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, EXCLU SIVELY used at GUY'S, ST. GEORGE'S, ST. THOMAS'S the WESTMINSTER, AND OTHER HOSPITALS, and at the MANCHESTER, BRISTOL, BRIGHTON, and other INFIRMA RIES, may be procured in every locality, at 3s. per bottle, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsule, embossed " BErrs's PATENT BRANDY, 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS," or at the Distillery, their only establishment, at 16s. per Gallon, in Bulk, or at 18s. in the capsuled bottles, in quantities not less than two gallons. DAVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES, Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. 6d. ; Yellow Soap, 425., 468., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 515., 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles. Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans parent Wax, Is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Store Candles, 5%c1. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d. ; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or 'Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Windsor Soap, Is.t I. per packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. Ras e, 28.; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 48. 6d. per lb. ; Hale's erlor Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf fing, 9%d. For Gash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. SCHWEPPE'S SODA, POTASS, a n d MAG NESIA WATERS and AERATED LEMONADE, continue to be manufactured on the largest scale at their several establish ments in London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. The celebrity of these well-known waters, and the preference they universally command, are evidences that their original superior quality over all others is well sustained. Every bottle is protected by a label, with the name of their Brix, without which none is genuine, and may be obtained of nearly all respectable chemists throughout the kingdom. Manufacturers also of those excellent medicines, LIQUID MAG NESIA. and'AERATED LIME WATER; the latter, however, should be taken only under medical direction, from its prejudicial effects on many constitutions. Importers of the GERMAN SELTERS WATER, direct from the springs, as for the last twenty years. 51, Derners-street, London, PERRY AND CO.'S PATENT PAPER; HOLDERS or LETTER FILES, with ELASTIC BANDS. The advantages of these Paper Holders, with Patent Elastic Bands, over ordinary Letter Files are very important. Letters or papers are kept in pet feet order without piercing or defacing them ; they may be instantly referred to, removed, or replaced ; and the number may be increased or diminished without affecting their security. Manufactured of the fullowing sizes, from is. each and upwards, 12m0., Bvo., 4t0., royal 4t0., and foolscap folio. Other sizes made to order. *.* sold by all stationers and dealers in sueh articles. Whole sale and for exportation, by PERRY and Co., 37, Red Lion-square London. INICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. AWELCOME TO MAY. Here's a welcome to May in a right merry lay I Let ev'ry one join in the song ! Such a season as this should elate us with bliss, While the bells sound a merry " ding dong." Bright Phoebus on high is illuming the sky, And marching triumphantly o'er us; And the hedges look gay while the birds on the spray Are happily joining in chorus. This, this is the season when all have good reason To put on a change of attire; And this may be done, for MOSES and SON Are provided with all you require. Their "flowers of style" in elegance smile, Like the flowers which open in May ; And all are agre,cl that nought can exceed E. MOSES and SON'S choice display. Then as all have good reason at such a glad season To put on a change of attire ; Come, as thousands have done, to MOSES and SON, Whose warehouse has all you require. A New Work, entitled " Past, Present, and Future," with full directions for self-measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded, " Foot Free." LIST OF PRICES. SEAMY MADE. Tweed Taglioni ...... ......... s. d. ..... .• from 0 7 6 Chezterfltld and Codrington T ag li on i s .............. 0 IS 6 Summer Coats in every description and make, including the registered Coat .• ........ .. Blouses in every material • • •••••• • • . • • from 0 2 3 Splendid pattern Summer Vests ....... ..... •... 02 3 Cashmere and Pe rs i an di t t o, in endless variety • • .... 0 4 6 Black and Fancy Satin, ditto .• ••••••••• • • • • . 0 6 0 Fancy Trousers •. •• 04 6 Black, ditto.... • •. • • ...... ••0 9 6 Dress Ccats • • ......... . trock ditto .• . ..... ............. ...... ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 3 0 Coats, of every materVa p h d l ap T ted x f l o as r the season, in any Vests, 6s. 6d. asion, to 0rder.......... Cashmere ditto, in ever v each, variety of style and f or three f0r.............. 0 10 0 Quilting Satin ditto, plain and fayncyanety of pattern .......... from 0 16 0 ....... ~...• ............ 0 14 6 Ditto, Cloth or Casimere ditto • 0 8 6 Ditto, Black Single-milled ditto .• —••——•• • • “ • • 0 8 1 8 3 6 8 Spring Trousers, in every pattern.. • • • • • • • • • • " • • Single-milled and Albert Victoria ditto •• •• 0 0 1910 6 Best Black Dress ditto Dress Coats •••••••••• Ditto, best manufactured •• .• Frock Coats •••••• • • • • .. ~................... , "_ln l5 0 Ditto, best manufactured .. • • .................... .. 1 1: 0 ° Mourning, to any extent, at five minutes notice, Any article purchased or made to measure, if not approved or, will be immediately exchanged , or t he mone y retur ned. Ob s erve—E. MOSES and SON , Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. tors, Clothiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be obliged to guard the public against imposition, but, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of " being connected with them," or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many in stances, and for obvious reasons, they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London. And those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent disappointment, call at or e end to the lidinories, and Aldgate, City, London. NOTICE.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84, Aldgate No b ' usiness transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday evening till sunset on Saturday evening, when it is resumed till twelve o clock. T HE RIPPON and BURTON'S) chemi te WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (la the ThePhEighßeYtiEmCatTe forinSUedßbSyTthleTpuljblTieEdufroingr S the I L ta V a Fa R year, silver, p ornamental article usually made la el liver), has called into exist cally purified material has been before it (mt s e e i ss nt i o ng e , ve ns ry tt u d se ee fu s l , and characteristic purity and durability el s e a n n one ether r deleteriousso-called only by him. the genuine articles manufactured and sold substitutes compounds ;they of'`AlabraetantPbeslatte,tb' a i d ` B that erlin tatt S e li na ver e ,'; Pattern. Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pa • dozen ......... ..... .... ......... 12s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od. s Od. 255. ed. Fiddle ttern T r h a r t e te a r d n ed . King's Dessert ditto and ditto, ditto .. •• .. 10s. ed. 21 . 12s. ed. Tea ditto and ditto, Gravy ditto ........ ..... ........ 3s. Od. 6s. ed. Is. Od. NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED.—The REAL NICKEL SILVER, ntroduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. El cington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next u sterling silver, that can be employed as such either usefully or orna mentally. In the lengthened and increasing popularity of the ma erial itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and canb y him bes o n n p i p y li l e n a r a e t , as e n y i t e r t e n g e a r r d n s o w n e s e a , r , w i m h m i l e e a s b u y r a n b e l y p s o u s p s t e b r l i e o r t t es o t w e h a a n t hey be distinguished from real silver. Tea S Fiddle. Thread. King's. poons, per dozen ........ ••• • • • 18s. .. 325. .. 385. Dessert Forks ~ •••• • • • • 305. . • 465. • bB5. Dessert Spoons „ ...• •• •• • . ..... 30s. .• b 25. .• 625. Table Forks „ • • •• • • 405. .• • 68s. • • 755. Table Spoons •••• • • • • 405 • • 725. • • 805. Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating d one b y the patent process. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety sad extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspectit.— Ks, Oxford-street (corner of Newman- street.) Established in w•us pH; 1134! ILFORD AND EPPING RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking. 1 GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Ch a i rman , Com Counties Railway pany. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. E ASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES JUNCTION RAILWAY BRANCHES. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament, in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairm an , ofthe Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman, Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. N ORTH GRAVESEND RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on TRURSDAY, the 14th of May, at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, and BOS TON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY, and GRAND UNION RAILWAY. The Directors of both the above Companies have great pleasure in announcing that an arrangement has been made and fully concluded upon, whereby all competition between the Companies has ceased, and that they now cordially unite in endeavouring to obtain the sanction of Parliament to the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Line. JOHN OOUGiI, Secretary to the Ambergate, &c. Company. ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary to the Grand Union Company. London, May 6, 1846. MORAYSHIRE RAILW A Y COMPANY. Notice is hereby giv en th at, in compliance with the Reso lutions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, in the MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held within the Gordon Arms Hotel, Elgin, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May next, at Twelve o'clock noon, when a copy of a Bill now before Par. 'lament, for incorporating the said Company, intituled " A Bill for making a railway from Statfleld and Lossiemouth Harbour to Elgin, . o t f he th A e lo m rs e y e s t h in ir g e , Railway,considerationbecalied Rothes, and , w C i h il ar b l e es s t u o b n mi o t f te lb t e o rlo th ur e , to or Orders. JAMES GRANT, Secretary. and a vote taken o n the said Bill in the manner required by the said Resolutions Elgin, April 30, 1846. • DUNDEE and ARBROATH RAILWAY COMPANY. In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament, and of a Requisition addressed to us by certain of the Share holders of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, a SPECIAL or EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY will be held within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on the 18th day of May next, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a Bill, now pending before Parliament, entitled " A Bill to enable the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company to make a Railway from their Line at Droughty to Broug,hty Ferry Castle, and another Railway from their Line at Geordie's Burn to the Arbroath and Forfar Railway at Almeriecloss," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meet ing, and a vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the said Resolutions or Orders. By order of the Directors, SHIELL and SMALL, Secretaries. DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY COM PANY. In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses of Par liament, a SPECIAL or EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY will be held within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of May, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a Bill now pending before Parliament entituled " A Bill to enable the Dundee and Perth Railway Company to alter their Line at Inchyra and Lairwell, and to extend the same towards the Penitentiary at Perth," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the said Re- Solutions or Orders. By order of the Directors, SHIELL and SMALL, fiseretariel, ANCHESTER, MIDLAND, and . GREAT GRIMSBY JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of recent resolutions of both Houses of Parliament, a meeting of the holders of scrip, or banker's receipts, entitling the parties to claim scrip of the Man chester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway Company, will be held at the company's offices, in Rotherham, in the West Riding of the county of York, on FRIDAY, the 15th day of May inst., at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the Bill now before Parliament, for making a Railway from the Sheffield, Ashton-under•Lyne, and Man• chester Railway at Wortley, to join the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Railway near to Bole, with branches therefrom. The votes will be taken at the meeting according to the amount of scrip held by each person present, who will be required to exhibit the same, and to furnish the Secretary with a written memorandum of his or her name and address, and the denoting numbers of the scrip produced, these particulars being required to be stated in the certificate, which must be lodged with Parliament before the third reading of the Bill. Note.—All persons producing scrip at the above meeting will be March last ; but no vote can be accepted in respect of any scrip not actually produced, except in cases where the deposit on shares a th ll e ot u t u e n d k h er a , ntitied to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 31st of prior the d t e o pos it 3 w l m s t of be at Marchcept accepted situ, lieub ut the ef s a e : i r I p p . for such shares has not been issued, in which case the production of owners e a d e i: and the To facilitate the arrangements of the meeting, the Secretary will g et, Rotherham eve ten to three . . ever day previous to the meeting, from o clock, to re- 1 has been receipts p ts paid for prior ceive and arrange the scrip, and those shareholders who cannot con veniently attend the meeting, are particularly requested to transmit attend at the offices of the company, in lit h-stre their scrip certificates, or banker's receipts, with their name and Y may request. The receipt of scrip certificates or banker's reeei Chair mana ddre w s siltiovtohtee Secretary, r t e h t e a m ry i.na such utchhe mannero ft ce s, wasitltthoeut delay, pts will be ately atter the meeting. JNO. ALDR knowledged by return of post, and returned to the ED, Ch PEAS. pAit _ airman. ERR, Secretary. Rotherham, May 7, 1846. c f r ili on c o e w d h u ig ni t e e s r s m th s e r y; L ONDO COUNTIES RAILWAYS. N AND YORK ANl)iaii i C N The Committee of the London and York Shareholders, lindin that Ihe Directors, without consulting the Shareholders, or calling g public meeting to ascertain their senthnents, have entered intoa a ch be t g he to Sh c a al r l eh a o tt l e d n er ti s o attention to be ll% amalgamation which they have arranged with the Eastern Countieso elves, wh 1 p ra r i o i te ger t e t n h ts em b s Company, subject to the approval of Parliament. Ist. That if the London and York Bill shall not pa ss i nto a law, and the E tension line to York of the Eastern Counties Company be sanctioned by Parliament, in the present or ne x t session, the share holders in the London and York Company who shall anent to the amalgamation prior to the decision of Parliament on the Bill, shall be entPled to one Eastern Counties (York Extensio n ) Share of 151., in respect of each 501. share in the London and York Company; and of each two London and York Extension Shares of 251. That each such Share of 151. shall, when , so issued, be credited with the deposit of ten shillings, as having been paid thereon. The Committee with the greatest confidence appeal to the Share holders, collectively and individually, whether the terms of this aural• gamation be not far preferable for their interests to those announced by the Directors of the London and York Company on the sth of May, as having taken place with the Direct Northern Company. The advertisement of the London and York Cofripany, callin g for the Scrip to be brought in and indorsed with the ter ms of arnalga i i tion with the Direct Northern Company, s evidently for the purpose of informing Parliament what number of assents to that amalgama tion have been given. In like manner, and for the like purpose the Committee request the Shareholders to produce the Scrip to their Com mittee, at No. 4, Sise-lane, accompanied, to save time, with a me morandum stating the name and address of the holder, quantity of the Scrip, and the distinguishing numbers ; and, on th ese being co mpared and found correct, the Scrip will be marked, so as to secure the holder the benefit of the amalgamation with the Eastern Counties Company, which is preferable in a pecuniary point of view, an d equally guaranteed and certain. By order of the C ommittee, HENRY PHILIPPS. tendon and York Shareholders' Committee-Homo, 4, Sise-lane, London, May 7 1 80. THE TWELFTH EDITION. Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., and seat free, on receipt of a Post-oftles Order for 3s. 6d. MANLY HEALTH: a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with In.struc• tions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminatingta Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, In digestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehensive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London. And sold by Brittain. 11, Paternoster-row ;J. Gordon, 146, Lea den!) all-street ; and all Booksellers. CAUTlON.—Complaints having reached us that several persons wishing to purchase our work, entitled " Manly Health," have had placed in their hands a fraudulent infringement of our copyright, p ro duced by illiterate and dishonourable men, and which, though bearing a close resemblance of title, is utterly valueless; , ve deem it a duty. by way of protection, to caution the public against being duped t y such base imitations. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. Gd., or Postage Stamp.% " The best of all friends is the professional friend, and in no shape can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in " Lucas on Manly Health."—The New Bell's Weekly Messenger. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and item Five till Eight in the evening, at their reside_ce, No. 60, New man-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients lit . tgr en li: successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclosing the usual fee of 11. for advice. SYDNEY AND WEST INDIA LETTERS AND NEWS PAPERS.—YeSterdaY a large number of boxes of letters and news papers from Sydney, arrived at the General post-oce. Not le ss than 4,000 newspapers were distributed by the Londo n district pos men, The West India mall was received in the afternoon of Wed nesday, and transferred to the district post-o ffi ce for distribution, but in consequence of the pressure of daily business this was found to be Impracticable. The result was that theletters were kept in the office until yesterday, and the chief part of them delivered by the general postmen. E ASTE RN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on NEW SHARES of 141. 16s. each. The Directors of this Company hereby give notice, that the HALF YEAR'S INTEREST on the ABOVE SHARES WILL BE PAID, on and after MONDAY, the lot of June next. All holders of the Certificates of those Shares upon which there are not any arrears of calls or interest, are required to leave their Certificates at the Company's Office, Shoreditch-station, London, two clear days, in order that the Certificates may be duly examined and entered, preparatory to the Half-yearly Interest being paid. Parties holding Certificates will be pleased to observe, that interest will not be paid upon them until such time as all arrears with in terest are duly satisfied. By order of the Board, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Eastern Counties Railway, Shoreditch-station, May Bth, 1846. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COM PANY. NEW SHARES of 14L 16s. EACH, FOURTH INSTALMENT of 2/. per share, due May 28, 1846. Notice is hereby given, that under the Resolutions passed at a Special General Meeting of the Proprietors, on the 10th of April. 1845, the FOURTH INSTALMENT of 2/. PER SHARE on the above Shares becomes payable on the 28th of May instant. Holders of the Certificates of these Shares are therefore requested to pay this instalment on or before the 28th inst., into one or other of the Company's Bankers, as subjoined, in default of which, interest will be charged at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. GEORGE HUDSON, Chapman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary Eastern Counties Railway, Shereditch Station, May 8, 1846. BANKERS IN LONDON. London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its branches. COUNTRY BANKERS. Liverpool Borough Bank—Liverpool. Manchester and Liverpool District Bank—Manchester. Wilts and Dorset Banking Company—Salisbury. Messrs. Lemon and Co.—Brentwood. Messrs. Mills, Bawtree and Co.—Colchester. Messrs. Sparrow and Co.—Chelmsford. National Provincial Bank—Bath. National Provincial Bank—Birmingham. National Provincial Bank—Boston. Western Bank of Scotland—Edinburgh. Western Bank of Scotland—Glasgow. - Royal Bank of Ireland—Dublin. East of England Bank—Great Yarmouth. West of England and South Wales District Bank—Bristol. Messrs. Harvey's and Hudson's—Norwich. Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co., and Messrs. Alexander and Co. Ipswich. Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank—Ch eltenham. Messrs. Fisher and Sons—Cambridge. Messrs. Beckett and Co.—Leeds. Union Bank—York. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. YORK EXTENSION. Those Scripholders who purpose attending the Meeting on MIIII9- DAY, the 14th inst., are requested to forward their Scrip to this office, when a receipt, specifying the number of shares held by each person, will be delivered in exchange for the same. It will be necessary to produce the receipt previous to obtaining admission to the Meeting. The adoption of this course will save the delay to which persons who only present their Scrip at the Lon don Tavern, on the 14th inst., will be subjected, as inlevery case the amount of Scrip must be verified and the numbers taken before the holder can be present or vote at the Meeting. Sueh persons as cannot attend can have their votes recorded upon forwarding their shares to this office, with a letter stating whether they approve or disapprove of the Bills. By order of the Board. Offices, Shoredltch, 6th May, 1846. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. E ASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTENSION. RAILWAY.- In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, Copies of the four following Bills, that is to say— A Bill for making a railway from Cambridge to Lincoln, A Bill for making a railway from Lincoln to South Milford, A Bill for making a railway from March to Lincoln, A Bill for making a railway from Tottenham to Farringdon-street, Will be submitted to the consideration of the holders of the scrip and bankers' receipts for Eastern Counties (York Extension) shares at a meeting to be held, and which is hereby called for that purpose, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on tHIIRSDAY, the 14th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely. All holders of the scrip are earnestly requested to attend the meeting, and to exhibit their scrip shares or banker's receipts thereat, and to send to the secretary, previously, written memoranda, with their names and addresses, and the numbers and amount of their scrip, GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, 2 of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, j Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shoreditch Station, 29th April, 1846. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Eastern Counties Registered Proprietors will be held on THURSDAY, the 14th of May next, at One o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, London, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otherwise to the further proceedings with A Bill for making a Railway from Hertford to Huntingdon, with a Branch to Bedford ; and _ ___....._ ... _.,........ , ....._ A Bill for making a Railway from Tottenham to Barnet. A Bill for enlarging the London and Stratford stations of the Eastern Counties Railway and for other purposes. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman 1 5 Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shoreditch Station, April 29, 1846. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, and DUBLIN RAILWAY. HOLDERS of SCRIP or BANKERS' RECEIPTS in the above Company are requested to forward their names and addresses, and the amount of Scrip held by them, to the Secretary of the Company, at the Company's offices, 449, West Strand, London. Scripholders who, as original allottees, have already made such a notification, are not required to comply with this application, 449, West Strand, ➢iay 4, 1846. E DINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the resolutions or orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the EDINBURGH, LEITH, and GRANT ON RAILWAY COMPANY, and of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, in the pro posed Extension and Branches, to Trinity Chain-pier, South Leith, and Bonnington, WILL be HELD within the office of the Company, No. 8, Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, on MONDAY, the 18th day of May next, at Two o'clock, afternoon, when copies of the following Bills, now before Parliament will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bills, as required by the said resolutions or orders ; viz.:- 1. A Bill to amend awl enlarge the powers of the Acts r e lating to the Edinburgh, Leith, dM Granton Railway. 2. A Bill to enable the Edinburgh, Leith,. and Granton Railway Company to extend the said railway to Trinity Chain-pier, and to make branch railways to Tolbooth Wynd, and Bonnington. ALLEN GEORGE FIELD, Secretary. 8, Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, April 30,1846. L IVERPOOL and PRESTON and MAN CHESTER and SOUTIIPORT RAILWAYS. Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the resolutions of the two Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the LIVERPOOL and PRESTON, MANCHESTER and SOUTHPORT RAILWAYS COMPANY will be held at the Palatine Hotel, Hunt's B ank, in Manchester, on SATURDAY, the s ixteenth da y of May instant , at eleven o'clock in the forenoon , sp eciall y for the purpose of having submitted, and at which Meet ing there will be submitted to them a copy of the Bill for making the said Railways, now pending in the Honourable the House of Com mons, intituled, " A Bill for making a Rai lway from the Liverpool and Bury Railway to the North Union Railway, and from Southport to the North Union Railway, and from the North Union Railway to the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway, with certain branches, to be called The Liverpool and Preston and Manchester and South port Railways,' and also for constructing a Pier and other works at North Meols," for their consideration and approval. Dated this first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. By order, H. BYNG HILL, Secretary. THE YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM, WESTMORELAND, and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COM PANY. Notice is hereby given that a GENERAL MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, in the YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM, WESTMORELAND, and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held on Tun- DAT, the 19th Mayinstant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the Town- Hall, in Kendal, in the county of Westmoreland, when a copy of the Bill now in Parliament for this railway will be laid before the meeting, for their approval or non-approval thereof. The votes will be recorded only in respect of Scrip or Bankers' Re ceipts issued before the 31st March last, and produced at the meeting. To facilitate the voting, each person is requested to fill up a form, which he can obtain at the Offices of the Company, in Kendal, or at No. 1, Derby-street, Parliament-street, stating the name and address of the person producing the Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, together with the denoting number of the Scrip. Dated the 6th day of May, 1846, WILLIAM CRACKANTHORPE, Chairman. JOHN WHITWELL, Honorary Secretary. nUCKINGHAMSHIRE OXFORD AND P-1 BLETCHLEY JUNOOI7- 1 -la 31` CO I MPANY.— CAUTION to the PUBLlC.—Whereas soma rged Certificates have been discovered among the scrip presented at this office, parties hold ing the scrip of this Company are requested to send it in immediately for verification. _ _ . After verification, the scrip, stamped as having been compared with the counter foil, will immediately be returned to the parties sending it in. . _ __ HARRY VERNEY, Chairman of the Committe of Management. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. 29, Great George-street, Westminster, May 6, 1846. ONDON and SOUTH ESSEX RAILWAY. , The Directors of this Company take the earliest opportunity of informing those Subscribers who have this day recorded their votes as approving the Bill, and such other Scripholders as may continue to agree with them in the opinion of the project, is one of perfect soundness. And that if carried out it will prove highly be neficial to the Shareholders. That the Directors are determined to persevere in the prosecution of the undertaking, and that a statement will in a few days be pub lished of the mode in which they propose to proceed. Of course it is not intended that any expense of such proceeding should be imposed upon any of the present Shareholders who may decline to concur with the Directors in the view they take. At the Meeting held this day, the amount of scrip produced against the Bill scarcely exceeded one•sixth of the capital, The numbers of scrip produced were, 4,258 for, and 3,136 against, the assents being less than the amount required by the new orders by 176 shares only. By order, JOHN F. KENNELL, Secretary. Offices, Blackwell Railway Terminus, Fenchurch-street, May 7, 1846. LEEDS, YORK, and MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the resolutions of the House of Commons of the 23d ultimo, a copy of " a Bill for making and maintaining a railway from Leeds to the York and North Mid land Railway, in the township of Colton, all in the county of York," will be submitted for the consideration of the holders of scrip and of banker's receipts for scrip in the above Company, at a MEETING to be held at the Court-house in Leeds, in the said county, on TIIESD AT, the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely. The scrip, or banker's receipts, must be produced, to entitle a party to vote in respect thereof, at the said Meeting. JOSEPH GILL, Chairman. H. J. MORTON, Secretary. Offices, 7, Albion-street, Leeds, May 6, 1846. S_U Ns; MA 8, 1846. lAANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY C. Extract of the votes and proceedings of OMPANY the House of Commons : " 30. Railway Bills (Group 44)—Viscount Palmerston reported from the Select Committee on Group 44 of Railway Bills, that the case made out on behalf of the Company formed for the purpose of constructing the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway, has es tablished, to the satisfaction of the Committee, the expediency of }that measure on public grounds. " That the case made out in behalf of the Company for mefl for the purpose of constructing the Liverpool, Manchester, and Neyicastle upon-Tyne Junction Railway, has established, to the satiMaction of the Committee, the expediency of so much of that measure as con sists of the proposed branch from Aysgarth to Hawes. " Viscount Palmerston further reported, that he bad been in structed to apply to the House, that the Committee have leave to consolidate the two Bills, or such portions thereof as to the Com mittee may seem expedient, into one Bill, and to unite the two Com panies for carrying such Bill into effect. " Leave given to the Committee accordingly." EXTENSIVE SALE, for behoof of a SEQUES TRATED ESTATE, of STEAM ENGINES, MACHINERY, and ENGINEERS and MACHINE-MAKERS' TOOLS, at the Tay Foundry, Dundee. There will be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION, within the Tay Foundry, Trades'•lane, Dundee, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th, and Tatrasnsv, the 28th May next, the sale to commence at Eleven o'clock, forenoon, on each dab, • _ The whole Engines, Machinery, and Tools, belonging to the se questrated estate of PETER BOBBIE aid COMPANY, engineers, machine-makers, and founders, consisting of one Condensing Steam Engine, of about 16-horse power, with two boilers; one Condensing Steam Engine, of 30-horse power, without boilers ene High Pres sure Steam Engine on Portable Frame, Geering, Shafting and Belt ing; two new Boilers ; Engineers and Machine-makers' Tools of all kinds ; Heavy Boring and Turning Lathes ; Large and Small Vertical Boring Machines; Slotting Machines; Plaining Machines; Self- Acting and Common Turning Lathes ; Slide Rests ; Wheel-cutting Engine; Vices, Anvils, Large Cranes; Boiler-makers' Tools; Punch ing, Rolling, and Cutting Machines ; also the whole Stock of valuable Patterns in the Works. The Business carried on at the Tay Foundry by Messrs. Peter Borrie and Company, as engineers and machine-makers, was of a very extensive description, and the Machinery and Tools are for the moat part new and of the best and most pawerful construction. The Stock of Patterns is very large, and includes a quantity of Geer ing Patterns, Drums, Pullles, and Wheels. All these articles are well worthy of the attention of machine-makers and others. The whole will be exposed in suitable lots. The articles can be seen on the Premises any time previous to the Sale. Printed cata logues will be ready for distribution by Ist May, and may be obtained from Archibald Borthwick, Esq., accountant, Edinburgh, trustee en the estate; Wilham Neigh, Esq., writer, Dundee; Messrs. William Taylor and Company, machine-makers, Dundee ; and of John M. Beatts, auctioneer, 39, Reform -street, Dundee, April 23, 1846. BEARD'S IMPROVED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, so highly eulogised by all the leading journals, are TAKEN DAILY, from Nine to Six, at 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; 85, King William-street, City; and the Royal Poly technic Institution, Regent-street. " The brilliancy and warmth of tone gained by the Patentee's new method of colouring, add materially to the excellency of the portrait." " The portrait stands out in bold relief, clear, round, and life-like." Licenses to practice the invention in London, or the Provinces, granted by Mr. Beard (sole patentee of the Daguerreotype), 85, King William-street, City. Recently published, in six very thick volumes, Svo., price 61. 10s., in strong cloth boards, B EVIN'S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, and PARISH OFFICER. The Twenty-ninth Edition, corrected and greatly enlarged,containing the Statutes and Cases to 7 and 8 Vic., inclusive, with a new collection of Precedents. The title " Poor" by Mr. Commissioner Dere, of the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy; the rest of the work by Thomas Chitty, Esq., of the Inner Temple. S. Sweet, 1, Chancery-lane; A.Maxwell and Son, 32, Bell-yard ; and V. and R. Stevens and G. S. Norton, 26 and 39, Bell-yard, Lincoln's Inn. PRICE 51. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Cerito has returned to us, and returned looking and dancing and acting more delightfully than ever. She made her debut last evening i n Alma, and the fallin g of the statue in the first scene, where she is discovered standing on its pedestal a living, breathing, joyous crea ture, instead of dull cold marble, was the signal for such a series of rounds of enthusiastic applause as have seldom been heard within . the walls of her Ma jesty's Theatre; and, when descending from the pedestal, she rushed with arrowy steps to the front of the stage, the applause was again and again renewed; and grace grace- fully did she a g a i n an d again acknowledge the plaudits o f t h e d e li ghte d au di ence , and some what mo re t h an grace f u ll y too—t h ere was heart in her welcome acknowledgment.old n fr iends l h It was the wtnaseaxnt morescene applause and the conventional acknowledgment usual on such occ asi ons . of was redoubl e d. I t was the pas de fascination —Cerito's own ne e theconventional the eppmutualla applause se pas, which no one has attempted, and no one could succeed in, save herself. It was the p as position she which first secur e d h er the posi • at present holds—the pas that perfected the triump h of her system of choreographi c art—the pas which won for her the title of " Realist," and in which she introduces all the wonders of her art—the arrowy rush—the dazzlingly twinkling steps—the mar vellous tourbillons—the espiegle coquetting—the de lightfully expressive pantomime—all, all were there, and there in the greatest perfection. It was in deed a pas de fascination, and never did Cerito look, or dance, or act, more fascinatingly than she did last evening. The pus was a perfect triumph, and at its conclusion bouquets innumer able were showered upon the stage. She was most effi ciently supported by Perrot, whose diablerie in this pas was worthy of Mephistopheles himself. In the next scene we had a pas de trois by Cerito, her husband, St. Leon, and Mademoiselle Demelisse. St. Leon is looking very well, and danced exquisitely, revelling as usual in those marvellous tours de force, which no one can execute but himself. The opera was La Gazza Ladra, with Grisi, and Mario, and Forna sari, and Lablache, and the young Brambilla. :An apology was macl e for Mario, who was suffering from hoarse ness, and who, therefore, omitted a portion of the music, Grisi, Fornasari, and Lablache, were in excellent voice; and young Brambilla, as Pipo, albeit somewhat nervous, acquitted herself admirably. The celebrated prison duet in the second act was exquisitely given by Grisi and Brambilla. The overture, one of the most beautiful of Rossini's compositions, was performed to per fection by the orchestra, under the admirable con ducting of Balfe. We have never heard anything more perfectly given than was the overture to La Gazza Ladra last evening. 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Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by the Hon. Captain Gordon. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount and Vis countess Emlyn, and Celonel the Right Hon. George and Mrs. Dawson Darner, The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, under the direction of Mr. J. R. 'Litton, was in attendance at the Palace during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Overtme—" Fra Diavolo,"—Auber. Selection—" Daughter of St. Mark,"—Balfe. Musicalischer Steckbrief—Zuhlner. Polonaise—Nemetz. The Hon. Miss Paget and the Hon. Miss Kerr have suc• ceeded the Hon. Misses Murray and Napier as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town yes terday morning for Frogmore House, Winisor. Her Royal Higness returned to her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at a quarter before six o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Clive had an interview with the Earl of Dalhoniie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia, New Zealand, the Mauritius, and also of the Falkland Islands. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The greatest attraction of this season, and one of the greatest ever offered in this Theatre, takes place to-night. Madame Thillon will play in the Crown Jewels and Les .Danseuses Vienswises will dance some of their most beautiful pas. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM.—SAGACITY OF A l i Doo.—Butpationssf, THURSDAY.—This morning, at one o'clock, a fire took place on the premises of Mr. John Sutton Nettleford, an extensive screw manufacturer, of Baskerville, Birmingham, and 54, High Holborn London. At eleven o'clock the person whose duty it was to examine the premises every night went round the manufac tory, and finding all safe, went to bed in one of the workshops ; but about two hours afterwards, he was aroused by his dog, who jumped on his bed and commenced scratching his face until he awoke, when, to his great astonishment, he found a portion of the building in flames. He then raised an alarm, and information was immediately sent to the district and other offices, from whence the engines were dispatched. On their arrival, some difficulty was experienced in obtaining water, but in a short time a copious supply was obtained from a canal, which is near the works, and the engines then played with effect. About four o'clock the fire was subdued, but not until a very large screw and turning shop were destroyed, and a large por tion of valuable tools rendered useless. Had it not beea for the great exertions of the firemen, the flames would have extended to a far more valuable part of the establishment, where the finished work was kept. The exact amount of the loss is not known. but it is roughly estimated at 1,0001. The cause of the fire is not known, but it may have been occasioned by a spark from a smith's forge in the screw shop. The occurrence has thrown 200 persons out of employ ment, and it will be some time before they will be able to resume work again. _ This morning, shortly before one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mrs. Sarah Brown, grocer and tea-dealer, carrying on business at No. 6, Great New street, Fetter-lane, immediately opposite Trinity Church. It was not until past two o'clock that the fire was safely subdued, and not until the shop was burned out, and the stock-in-trade destroyed. SERIOUS FIRE IN THE HARROW-ROAD. — Yeste rda y morning, shortly before five o'clock, an alarming fire sudden l y bu rst forth upon the premises belonging to Mr. John P rice, an omnibus proprietor, at 20, Hermitage-street. Harrow-road, Paddington. The flames, when first discovered, we re raging in the stabling, a range of buildings nearly fifty feet long by thirty wide, in which about a dozes horses were deposited. Alarm being given, the proprietor of the premises rushed into the stables for the purpose of saving the animals. The smoke, however, being so dense, he was obliged to run out of the place, and it was expected that the whole of the horses would, together with the stables and contiguous buildings, have been destroyed. A number of po lice-constables, with the tenants of the adjoining habitations, succeeded, after considerable trouble, in rescuing from the flames a animal, engaged, the fire fell number of the horses ; but, whil s t they were upon the hind quarters of a valuable and, on its reaching the street, it ran against a lamp -pos t and broke its head in, and shortly after The engines Another o n o n f o t n h s e th h e orz o s t be , and cam e an sil a ff b o i e Z d anc an e of a water being obtained, the firemen, but t re enabled to get the flames e b x u ti li n di g n u g i s sh i e n d w b hi ef e o h re ti s l e e v y en ori o g ic n l originated were co w nsum p ed , . and the contents i c I n e the ven lofts o'clock o over e thedestroyed.preceding night,The when all a Mr. not before the roofs of the appeared perfectly safe, Price were closed at RETURNe, who IN NOCENT was C a tO theNV I Yorke T.— L CONVICT. —Jos e ph n o t a as usual. The cause of the fire could not be asce rtain ed. late of Clifton, Yorkshir e, ed p , M ason, Assizes,lB43, unjustly sentenced to twenty years' transportation , reached London on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 29th ult. and on the following day appeared at the Home-o ffi ce , w h ere sufficient money g iven him to convey him to his h ome, near the city of was York, where he arrived on Saturday night. H e was welcomed by his wife and children, and, as may be naturally supposed, both husband and wife were very much affected after so long and so unjust a separation. Before Mason left London he waited upon his benefactor, Mr. H. R. Yorke, M.P., to express to that gentleman his gratitude for his unwearied exertions on his behalf. On Sundaylast a party of Mason's relatives arrived in York to welcome his return, and were delighted to find him in such good health and spirits. REPRESENTATION OF MONMOUTHSHIRE.—A requisi tion Is in course of signature, calling on Captain Edward Somerset to oiler himself, in the Protection interest, as a candidate for the representation of the comity of Monmouth. Lord Granville Somerset, aware of the active canvass carried on against himself, has already issued an address to the electors, in which he says—" I am unwilling to disturb the county of Monmouth, when Parliament may continue for a considerable time. But lam fearful lest my silence should be misconstrued. I now, therefore, take the liberty of informing you that when the time to enter upon a contest shall arrive, I shall appeal to you to decide upon my merits as your representative." GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE CAVALRY AND INFANTRY BARRACKS AT WINDSOR —A splendid banquet was given at the infantry barracks on Tuesday by the officers of the Grenadier Guards, to the colonel and officers of the 2d Life Guards, and many of their respective friends. In the evening the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood, to the number of nearly two hundred, were pre sent, by invitation, at the performances of the Ethiopian Serenaders, who had been expressly engaged by the officers of the two regiments for the occasion, at the theatre. A grand ball was a ft erwards given by lry the officers of the 2d Life Guards at the cava barr. Be • tween 300 and 400 of the principal familie s in W in dsor and Eton were present. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATI ON OF THE GOSPEL. — was publicly Yesterday the 145th anniversary of the society His Grace the cele brated by Divine service at St. Paul's Cathed ra l . at half past three, Archbishop of Canterbury arrived at the o cathedra l ed into the church, where and a procession was formed which m w v ere present eleven bishops, the dignitaries took their seats. Ther e er yor, eight aldermen, the four deans, five archdeacons, the Loren in full canonicals. Full sheriffs, and a large number of clergy d the sermon was preached by cathedral service was performed, an the Bishop of St. ravids, ' from the 7th chapter of St. John's Gospel, was entered into at the close of the verse 6. A liberal colle ction service. GENERAL NOTT s T • ' omn The tomb of the lamented m eted veteran, at Carmarthen, haajnat been co 14 . SECOND REPORT FR - 0111 THE SE LECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS AND CANALS AMALGAMATION. The Select Committee appointed to consider the principle of Amal gamation as applied to the Railway and, Canal Bills now under the consideration of Parliament, have further examined the matters to them referred, and agreed to the following re port : Your Committee have stated, in their former report, that there are about thirty-two Bills before Parliament in which power is sought to effect the amalgamation of canals with railways. These may be classed under the following heads ;- Ist. Bills for the amalgamation, by lease, purchase, or otherwise, of entire lines of canal with competing lines of railway. 2dly. Bills for the amalgamation of some canal forming a link in a chain of water communication with a line of railway competing with the whole chain. idly. Bills for converting canals into railways. The present extent of inland navigation in G rea t B r it a i n, by means of canals, is estimated to be about 2,511 e miles. Up to a very recent period it afforded almost the exclusive means of conveyance of heavy goods and merchandise from one part of the country to the other, and especially from the principal maanfacturing districts to the outports. On the introduction of railways, and in the early period of their de - velopraent, when want of experience and the absence of information as to the capabilities of the new system, rendered it impossible for the Legislature to impose proper restrictions and limitations on the tolls and charges of the various companies, the competition which they had to sustain with the canals checked any great abuse of the powers delegated to them. As the railway system extended itself, improvements in its organization and economy placed in turn a check upon canals, and the consequent competition materially ree duced the expense of conveyance. Instances have been adduced be fore your Committee in which the charges for the conveyance of mer chandise have been lowered by these means to one-seventh of their former amount; mod there are now few parts of the country which have not derived material advantage from the competition between railways and canals. It is obviously of importance that Parliament should not lightly sanction any arrangements which would tend to deprive the public of this advantage ; and it has been a subject of consideration with your Committee, whether, inasmuch as the future maintenance of com petition depends in some degree on the complete independence of the canal system, and any interference with a link may greatly and preju dicially affect the whole chain, it might not be the duty of Parlia ment to refuse its assent to all Bills uniting the interests of the now rival parties. Did your Committee believe that the two systems could be pre served in entire independence one of the other, they might be dis posed to recommend the House to adopt this course. But in the showing the difficulty of securing the canal interest altog ether from progress of their inquiry, several reasons have sugges t e d themselves, the interference and control of railway companies, or of affording to the former a full opportunity of testing its capabilities as a rival system. One great impediment has been found to exist in the present dis jointed state of the canal interests and the varying systems under which they carry on their operations. Some of the existing com panies, possessing lines of canal which form central links Thisepsr.ti tablische, whilearate it of o c b h lles a g rges sohigh return for thei r cap i tal, in a great ch a i n , take advantage of their peculiar pos iti on , and t secure : o themselves the a even upon a small amount of traffic. large the other as c o companies, not so advan tageously situated, t o re d uce their rates to such an extent that y are unable to conduct their business with a profit, at the same time prevents such a reduction in the general charges of the line as would enable the seve ra l Companies, as a bod tion with the r a il ways. Y. to maintain a fair competi- Instances have also been brought under Com mittee in which railway- en exip , ~ ,ov the notice of your incets with the proprietors of a pei.:lcaicOnieffyecotfed lineprivate arrange thereafter, by raising the tolls of that portion - t a o of canal, and allowed by law, have rendered it impossible for the the co utmost limit possession of the remainder of the line of canal to maintain com pan i es traffic in competition with the railway. Another consideration which must not be overlooked is, that although it has been stated that with proper management canal* might maintain a successful competition with railways in the car riage of heavy goods, still such competition has hitherto been carried on under a great disadvantage, owing to the large profits made by 1 railway companies on passenger traffic, which enables , them to submit in some instances even to a loss on the carriage of merchandise, with a view to withdraw the traffic from canals. Even, however, where effective competition has been for a time maintained, it has been attended with such a large reduction of profits, that it has become the interest of the rival companies to combine for their mutual advantage, and hence have arisen private arrangements, under which a higher scale of tolls and charges has been re-established. It has indeed been shown that in certain cases increased advantages might be obtained for the public by the union of a canal and rail way through the same line of country, under one management, sub ject of course to proper check and control. The general conclusion, therefore, to which your Committee have come is, that it would not be politic altogether to refuse the sanction of Parliament to the amalgamation of railways with canals. They would, however, strongly impress upon the attention of the Com mittees to whom Bills, whether for the amalgamation of canals with railways, or for the conversion of canals into railways, may be re ferred, that a most searching inquiry should be instituted into the merits of each case ; and that their sanction should be given only in those instances in which it shall have been clearly proved that the amalgamation can be effected without prejudice to the public. They venture to submit the following points as deserving of consi deration in the case of all such Bills : I st. The i • mposttion of a low scale of tolls and charges upon all par ties to vise scheme. It should be borne in mind, that in the case of canals the scale of tolls is of much greater importance than in that of railways ; for as, in most instances, the public are themselves the carriers on canals, they are more interested in the tolls than in the general charges, Subject to this observation, your Committee refer to the suggestions with respect to tolls and charges contained in their former report, and which they consider equally applicable to the amalgamation of railways and canals. 2dly. Strict regulations should be made for maintaining the canals in an efficient state of repair, and for securing a proper supply of water. 3dly. Power should be expressly secured to the public of carrying passengers and all kinds of goods and merchandise on canal. 4thly. The privilege of making bye-laws eliOuld be subjected to a careful revision. Many of the canal companies exercise much power in this respect. They are authorised, for instance, under these laws to suspend the navigation of the canals for various purposes, and during uncertain periods; and though this power may be innocuous so long as it is exercised by a party directly interested with the public in the limited exercise of it, it is obviously one which may be used vith great and detrimental effect to fair competition, by parties so disposed. sthly. In cases of the conversion of a canal into a railway, care should be taken that no district is deprived of efficient means of gene ral communication, and the company should be compelled to afford due facilites of access to canal companies and ether parties who may be affected by the change. Your Committee further feel it their duty to advert to the circum stance, that powers of amalgamation contained in that large class of Bills which are not exclusively for amalgamation, have in some cases escaped general observation, owing to no separate notice having been given of the intended application for such powers. They recommend, that for the future, in all cases of amalgamation, a separate notice should be required, which should contain a table of the rates pro posed to be inserted in the new Bill. Your Committee offer these suggestions to the House as affording some, though by no meats a perfect security, to the public interests. The system of railways and canals is now become so extensive, and their relations amongst themselves are so complicated, that no enactments passed by Parliament for their government and regula tion can provide for all contingencies, or be properly carried into effect, unless by the aid of some snore efficient machinery than any which exists at the present moment. After mature consideration, your Committee have come to the conclusion that it is absolutely necessary that some department of the Executive Government, so constituted as to command general respect and confidence, should he charged with the supervision of railways and canals, with fall power to enforce such regulations as may from time to time appear indispensable for the accommodation and general interests of the public. Your Committee, in their former report, Adverted to the case of private arrangements between railway companies as requiring serious consideration. The evidence they have since received has shown that arrangements of this nature between railway and canal companies may affect the public interests to a still greater degree; and they are convinced that the only effectual mode of obviating the evils which might arise from an abuse of the power derived from such private arrangements, will be found in the constitution of such an authority as they have now recommended. Your Committee entertain no doubt that a department so consti tuted might, in addition to these duties, afford material assistance to Parliament in railway legislation. It might save, by preliminary investigation as regards facts, much expense to parties applying for Bills, and much of the valuable time of both Houses, without in any way interfering with the paramount powers of Parliament, and its sole adjudication as to the rights of property. May 6, 1546. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION. Poitramorrrn, THURSDAY.--The ward-room omcex of the Rodney, 92, Captain Edward Collier, C. 8., gave a brilliant entertainment on board their ship this day to Commodore Sir Francis Collier, and the other officers of the squadron of evolution, to which were invited Ad miral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart. the Commander-in-Chief, and his fa mily circle ; Rear-Admiral aide Parker, Superintendent of the Dock yard, and Mrs. Parker; Major-General Pakenham, Lieutenat-Go- C ve o r io n i o n r o o d f o th re the biasses Collier; General Sir David and Lady Ximenes , and daugh ters ; Captain Sir Henry Leeke, of the Queen ; Lady and the Misses Lecke': the Countess of Cavan ; Lady George Lennox and daughters ; Captain and Miss Corry, of the Superb ; Captain Lockyer, of the Al bion ; Captain Austen ; Lieutenant the Hon. and Mrs. Lambert; Captain Tattnall, R.N. ; Captain Chads, of the Excellent, Mrs. and the Misses Chads ; Captain the Hon. Mr. Byng, Mrs. and Miss Byng ; Mrs. Basil Hall, Miss Hall ; Flag-Lieutenant Collier and Mrs. Collier; Captain Collier, of the Rodney; Miss Ommanney, Miss Birch, Miss Inman, Mrs. Hayes, Captain and Mrs. Creed; Lady Elizabeth Tollemache, Miss Lovell, Mrs. Raiford, Lieutenants Hancock and Mayo, 74th Highlanders ; Lieutenant Arthur Cumming, of the Albion ; Captain Kemble, R.N. ; Lieutenants Boyce and St. John, of the Excellent ; Captain Douglas, of the Royal Naval College; Lieutenant Dashwood Fowler, Flag-Lieutenant to Commodore Sir J. Bremer.; Commander Schomberg, of the Queen ; Mr. Way, secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir W. H. Gage ; Captain Wiles, of the Vanguard, &c. The quarter-deck was covered in with gaily-coloured flags, and formed a magnificent ball-room, and certainly a more merry com pany never assembled. erommander warAdbaroonqmue,t,tocowmhiperhisianginptlhee justiceelioiees vr t az deil a c o a n ci t e l; s y , The entertainment was got up and superintended y and Tattnall. was the r provid . ed in the About Clarke , 8 e a v n e d n eu o'clockte hired for the occasion, convey eet the gueets eal s cers of the Rodney, and The affair was highly creditable to theurp W inthrop . - d steam-packet, asset! at Spithead. as a display of elegant hospitality our never r k s s upon the exercise of the Lieutenants 3felswthrwitimes' terormhirsteraietoren of squadron of steamers. This out the sign Met was most strikingly apparent on Monday. sq-uirderoomn lotftelvtooolfull'hoelinpisUoowzinil\iernonasday•rormretbae a utrimpos gibility of making we are rejoiced to find the Admiralty have at length ordered the manufacture of blocks in this establishment on Mr. Brewer's principle. terd c T a i :i p e y t , an Childers, iG, Commander Pitman, was paid ad v a nce yes dstilsßitcliisredveGninrangto,rwtome b o eu rr e o v w e, for pu t t s h e t Cape.o sea in the St. Vincent Captain for in Sir ha three weeks, when he will be relieved at Cork by Cap tainaSpht a e i p a p a s r i d r T . homas Herbert, of the Raleigh, 50, will, we are in formed, proceed shortly to relieve Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood, of the Fox, and hoist a broad pendant, as second in command of the China and East India station. The Devastation steam-sloop, Commander Crouch, having re plenished fuel, returned to the anchorage at Spithead this morning. The Rattler steam-sloop, Commander Smith, left the harbour this morning at six o'clock, and went round the Isle of Wight tinder can vass and steam. The South Devon Railway, from Exeter to Teign mouth, is to be opened on the 13th inst. It Is to be worked on the atmospheric principle. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION ON THE MIDLAND LINES OF Rai'max.—A single line of telegraphic communication, from Nottingham to Derby, has just been completed, and a similar line from Nottingham to Leicester is in course of formation. Tele graphic communications having been formed on the London and Bir mingham Railway, from Enstou-square station-to Rugby, the Mid land Company are rapidly adopting means for carrying them forward by seven wires to Leicester, Nottingham, and Derby, where they will be attached to the northern telegraphs. A similar communica• tion will soon be completed between Derby and Birmingham. The various station-masters have received information that they will shortly be supplied with apparatus necessary for working the signals. as well as scales of charges for conveying information from one place to another. The telegraphic lines north of Derby and Nottingham are now complete, and a few weeks will see those to the south ready also for use. PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPHS.—The portion of old materials spared ft om the manufacture of railway telegraph posts in Hull, is advertised for sale. The communication from London to Masbio' is nearly completed, and there is little doubt that the result of the next Doncaster St. Leger will be known in London In little more than an hour aftir the termination of the race. The commu nications with Leeds, Manchester, and York, are' in an equally for• ward state.--Doncaster Gazette. It is stated that within the last ten days about eighty of the water fo wls t a e s e t s h u , dead around and in the ornamental water of St. SERIOUS have been found James's Park, and for a long while it was a most doubtfhl thing what delinquents confined could have caused such a loss, as it was evidently from violence. It discovered,coe t. causeea rtit ycn death . r h e y were placed " custody," and are no l i l v ,geese, which bad not long been placed in the park, were in the habit was determined to watch, and it was found that a pair of Egyptian —The following is tnhTnelisnemgyalloarneerlsita,beitedrgdrsas, tosa.iitida._vteshvasteooryonnpeaoswbtieltirfee deli t B restto N be A r of men who hada return, last five regiments that Volunteered to regiments in jo,inlsdie,:iii.ao.wrif from h i:nog : I I: 1N ; he a D u eni d uA s that country :" had beers ordered home from 13th Foot 2d Foot 40th Foot 57th Foot 39th Foot 447 212 421 327 500 Total .. 2,007 The two last regiments have not yet arrived from India. THE UNFORTUNATE ALAN BLEWITT.—The above in dividual is not yet dead, but on inquiry at the hospital yesterday afternoon it was stated that his death was hourly expected. He appears quite conscious of all around him, and quits resigned to hie melancholy fate. tiy'evpral of his friends called to see him, to whcqu he bade adiell, I .~~' 1