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ST. EDWARD "the Confessors IIBRIL i„ „e IESPIRATIVE-TOUCII. Saint Edward, Sec., maintained We2Otr cure for SCROFULA, A.D. 1051, that the thread-like ifir.„_.e.flbrils from the seat of sensibility, the brain, to and down Thaet der' the fingers and toes to their end-points, were not joined. " u " ch ` .ing healthful life, these extreme fibrils- intuitively fo r ...,1! an tagonistic ' coe-respondence, as "touching together" b"b7;ll:24;teoriced animated locomotion. Hence, by this Physiological hirst..w.` vAittci,cloilsae't'ioNn'elonfsttiS(cireoffiulbrail(st)h,Tgh the aid of the OXYDE of ( ..,anges colour within the hour. brew milktl s dilation and the a :onised MOTHER regains the lost throo,gicnuf l or her babe. by ~ the like cause. Contractions of "Limbs" ( i)° , 4 w er, as i n ', B ;,?:' ar e . .. - ased on renewing the antagonistic muscular li n it be nt tr :.'e 'rase of the Earl Of Derby in 1845, and Dr. King's fer eD , -I . " Writing") at Cambridge, when paralyzed. "gn i . 12 '" "" given on taking ADVICE from 6to 8 a.m., and 11 to 4eft:!__ bor n DUrblind, the Eyes in nine days, nnshells a skin. • 4,, iiT: 4l tendanee, by special request, addressed C. Ackerley, Swallow -street, Quadrant, London. onror C ure, none need repine, as tranquil SLEEP is a conse a re- Ntlification of the blood. il G UILDHALL, 1846. JO K E CO MMITTEE - forL ETTING the CITY'S t'eL.4,. of I.l,,,,,AN4,slys,niell.mt,enett o at ne GUILDHALL on WEDNEgRAY, the 9th etv o'clock precisely, to receive Tenders ouse, 1 7 , n4 Z nn Lease, for Twenty-one Years from Christmas next, a ktiet is ,9• 1 9, on the north side of Broad street-buildings, and also Irtt r t:east side of Mitre-street, Aldgate. th e ‘ ,..`r Dartic u l ars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying -w ee of Works, Guildhall. ` , .........._ .........pv, THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. VIE SELF% SUPPORT INSTITUTION, t)tit,i, and by Voluntary Contributions,) for the Cure of Strictue t otal , 2: e c lllra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs,Nervous, kitotn .General Debility. ell ''euen.''"F. R. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L., 2, Charidos-street, T 4 ",:equare. :Zati tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the worki s ng classes l o.l.:,:ablst...,,,yYa,ttthilies Institution offers, in all cases, gratuitou surgica ,k„ - eo, and in others medicine also free of expense. ...surgery adjoinng the Surgeon's residence. -11 : 118 GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION ettu) ost? 4 ... ANY splendid and powerful first-class STEAM '', aPPointed to 1eave— n0.244,115at,,,,_, cm The Custom House sr Tower Carryingfor— her Majesty's Mails —Every Wednesday 4 4 ,1 - 4' l ,,aY Mo'rnlici. The Caledonia, Saturday, at Two Morning. ' 4ll , next Wednesday, at Four Morning. 1:141,E1113All From ,i Blackwall Pier, for— 'ak., 'w„, all the It lIINE, carrying her Morning. Majesty's Mails — The Rainbow, w lrdity."esdaY and Saturday, at Ten, Toa The: Giraffe, next Wednesday. -.,ItrEAP and the RHINE—The Soho, every Thursday, at 11 0 8Tx nl ing• klen 6)e--E?ory Wednesday, and Sixday Morning. Saturday, g. c• Four Dec. 12, at , Dec. 16 and 19, at Ten t e li kVltt..._t r ent St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— king. ...,tuiday, and Dec. 6, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30, at Eight 1 / 6 tiLixr, From London-bridge Wharf, for— b-ALloz_"`.,.,Thursday and Saturday Morning. 111 L --- ;VerY Thursday and Sunday Morning. iitlka, Itoy;',,, v e,„r7 Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. '' a r , , B s ' 'et—Reduced Fares—Every Wednesday and Saturday, vei l i ng. n_kribtin„, From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for -44."" .7,lt_Gii--I!educed Fares—The Leith, Saturday, at Ten, P.m.; .1);:?4,_ Wednesday, Dec. 9, at Ten, Night; the Clarence, 12 - at - Ten, Night. IC EP„ , em,,,,,Prein Colman's Irongate Wharfs, for— P.M.-uVE--."-L'E—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, r.la for -4t R and b it' tux e .- .. 015 LOGNE—The Magician, every Tuesday, Thurs -6..0 -aturday 4 ms -14 rti a . - : Berth . , for Freight, and for Bills, containi n g h ours o f ‹Zt.-q,;,:! res, &C., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, - a nd 35, Leadenhall-street. SI T I_ 4 nt lELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE %Do l . d t SHOW, 1846. Itsd pr`..,j, EXHIBITION of PRIZE CATTLE, SEEDS, km. 4 th o m f ,;'-' ,IV ENTS, &c. will take plac e on th e 9th, 10th . 11th, 144`t c ar e . uecer nber, at the HORSE BAZAAR, King-street, Port to Zeal' erena,...ePermaneut Building, in place of the usual Tent, was 1oo 1: 44 1: 8 01.'vu, and the Implement Galleries are, this year, made .._!reer double the space formerly so occuped. 4rort, Waled to view this National Exhibition with perfect tk illtl l l n ba Yligh 'lie t till in the Erening—Lighted up after 5 Afternoon. !to y Pk ~~~~ OF 4l' I'O L Y TECHNIC INSTITUTION. BY PERMISSION. a NBEIN'S GUN CTTON, differi from all b„-10,,„,-nis recentlellCEy befbre the public O , is LECTURED on, with • co mpounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three; .4 / 1 7 kie t i °e nings or Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Op,. by af the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMON E STR a A n 117gtealtasor B ACHHOFFNER. The OXYRYDROG , N E 414.p.,P4tt)17rteltOSCOPES The PIIYSIOSCOPE DIVING . ' ll .k e 7 a z The DfSSOLVING VIEWS, y CHARLES e. Admission is. School', half-price. uVVILLI A EASE IN WALKING, 151 "-I "" B ADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, siti w k, ttfilted to give publicity to his much-admired PEE I LIf'PIER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and - " , o th- Het al consequence of the patronage he has received, tlt14101,:ral sa tisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above 6 .11p - mct tcc, On his peculiar fitting principle of combining el / 4 1% 'tad). Ptth '''`'e• An extensive assortment of best made articles Lit No . aatter• Established in 1767 . and, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. atilbe dullest weather, if not densely foggy, Mr. o t. ttt 't44.4 -13)'s PII OTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS can now, from 6,114414 Cnssitiveness of his plates, by taken, in all respects, as ri lti ttr4 o 44 , so'," 11. ne."—The Tithes. IN 4, 14.4 Patentee of the Daguerreotype, Royal Polytechnic . 4 Willi Qnt- Itttet; . 34, Parliament -street, Westminster , and __art:l_-_s_treet, City. Admittance Ote Shilling. kB It" - '... A tt i jtotre e 4 c. WESTERN b„ 1 1 , or „. hereby giVen, that a SPECIAL GENERAL tlil.,_l t e nuns Company be held at the Paddington essee."liiiikt, pp Of llicld w le i s il ex, on FRIDAY, the 4th day of kti .1.., e o'clock in the afternoon, fbr the fbllowing Ititr,. tat 4.... ". ,_ka14. 4 . t.ix AO' ro ci -iertnine whether it . it eXpedient to ft r if e ) s r te a rn itvflorq juttiornDituyinto betwthif the Directors of the G i rea ham and a r t om ' t ion, „, A tia the DireeteN of the Birm ng d ,beed lt Siiihip -I ;abletil tirMitigharn, Wolverhampton, an •rlir n - C , t ilatiel i t ! r,. tht Purchase of the said tl an as o _ f all proper ta rt iAst, itil tilt 04 4 alfled, to authorise the x it e M e r eu Completing such l tm e n p t u l o d n l e e y d jti:. 11. eanititfQuxionlagkin"f all ll ppAl7ctlaliernequtoisgrliament for powers to .4tt s ider g m atict. ti4 ll 4t • tt i . kre_ neterMine in like manner wh th et e he D r i i r t ec i t s ar e s xp o e f di t elt . v • tiner o liviiient entered into between Companies, L. tb - e 4, h l anti tb-2,11,a.! Company and thel)irect ß o a rs d, o , f a t y he Wycombe i i Z e fl e e - Ureb, se ` Great Western and Uxbridge . . in li b La the said two last mentioned undertakings, and it 1111 k in Minner to authorise the execution of all proper t i ril l ' 4 the 11.1,g of allA requisite for completing such the .I'4 Making ` a pplication to rarllament for powers b 1 t0n:51;41,1e into effect. e ln t i l 'er and determine the expediency of Applying to Parlla tatiy *s t Co. g ensiling seselon either separately or cork,. 'l ease rk; -Dames or Pers . " on ' s, for Powers to construct, or to tl n q sUbseri ' o th i ; Ah t bt tb the following Railways, viz.:— at Acton 2,11. 3, t 0 ktitthd t i ; a n i 11171 Railway, o y m , the Great Western tittl ‘Vtat the last mentioned i,.b:ilib tue go llthWestern Railway, near 4 q. A ~,. with Branches Railway at Acton Lam m beth, and to Ham- St. '' "IA h T,„ 4 —in, 6 . 11 ,e Railway from thsGretaot ' • '''• & ,eke o l i V I , t gham, with Branches B W re es n t t e f rn ord ß , 1ii,....—L.k Railway y the Oxford and Rugby line of the Great Al C -01 ilanrai at trr near Oxford, to the Great Western Railway i t tl i eha aham. W ay • A,Railway from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail t,,),.. at \\ ilton, to the line of the said Company, in the parish of hi2nDtbn, nea r y ea vii, with a Branch to Gillingham, and also from b 7 Mon in the county of Somerset, to Blandford in the county of • ''4th l, with a B ranc h t o Gl astonbury. . A Railway from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail iiiiY near Yeovil, and near Bridport, to Exeter, with Branches to ii,ynouth, to Cha rmout h near Lyme, to ihninster, and to Crewkerne. itt lti. An Extension Railway from the Berks and Hants Railway th:rgerford, to De 'r i zes and to Westbury. Also, Branches from th s toat Western Railway at Twyford to Henley, an d f rom N ew t on ~4,..nt t o Radstock. itted this 19th day of November, 146. Chair will be taken at One o'cloc B k precisely. CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman. CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. AIN A LA SAMBR E RAILWAY, Yh t Direct to NAMUR an d to CH I" ARLERO. ,7 42 . 1 ,:,..I"etors of the ab ove C ompany have the greatest pleasure in fileliZed to announce to th e i r Sh areholders the accession to li f M. A. Goldsmid, Esq., President of the Ban ue de tti t l4 l , tt elg itan. q bes t Nto,,, t .tre take this o p por t un i ty of requesting that the few tug:4r%* ,121.c1i have aot yet been s en t i n to this office for the pur *epar Zu g exchanged for St ampe d Shares, may be trans told Milk s e least possible delay, in order en that the necessary kiit te e td, may be made for the paymt of the half-yearly totig Up t en the let JANUARY next, of 41. per cent. on the 61. per 8 , JOIIN BARNES, President. 1 , ) ,,, GEO. DANCE, Secretary. I.‘ "adne ed le street, N ovem b er 2 7 , 1846. EPE NIN G of HOLYHEAD HARBOUR and OTHER WORKS. ADMIRALTY Nov. 28, 1846. tkti.l'ttrii's desireTO CONTRACTORS. dredging, ItuticMhof tendering for the above, c e onsistingof erection of timber liZ," B , ro t ,„, tti_T...ig a retaining wall and th Nll4 .. tla e 2 . ( i :X fle plans and specifications on and after IVEDNES ;', Goorce.....teember, at . the office of J. M. Rondel, e E n sg a ., n B d , to 44ers nanst bee:eg V °l' at th e ` - o `get, Westminster, between he hours of t alit ~4 11 thot will b I' . n the Resident Engineer at llolyhead. before Noon of Thursday, the 'V or bectinbeer to the Secretary of the Admiralty, according i%Tshed, on or BY Cornmand of their Lordships. N4TI°XN. G. WARD. .A. 14 LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 , CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital X. 500,000. tithNl r.• empowered by Act of Parliament. ro."43nt.it...Uti,on embraces important and substantial advantages are of tt Zts , , olts, the power to borrow, without expense I ' 7 ' i l ."- -' '" 111.6 Autirarices anti Deferred Annuities. Theas or sur fo e r d . d (see Table) C4,1%),_ olatioisell4* Y a ivo-thir b ds ene o fi f ts th a e n n d re e ium eo s n p v al ersion of his in 14:zuritnizieottbotrltrcoenevoeryeenarcess aorreingercanessoi i:i tallgar b e i liaciarkable suDecesis ertteillionthuse, vbaircinectgo 8 i an t3l l Pu r r easi t t d y o . n the lowest possible PROFITS.g prosperity of the Society to deel e r f s r , at the last annual inve n stig 911c7 nffeCted onelt :sPtroot7':sp:aleeen * o r t the premiums paid 1 - ---- EXAMPLES.. aßonus :I added. Bonus in Cash. o g Assured ,a _ ma y 5 g Borrow. • 9,.• rect e b e d de boP Pe r on * fror e fr w if 0 0 0 Ile t 'tile s ' 0 it o4 :11 0 re 0,104 0' pry . e~ Prenalizik. .... ;...-----------,,. Sp 1000 , B. d. a 4 • . Demme 4111810 -kbe r nof profits is annual and the next will be made in nr tile present year. ' P. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. I'Ltt 'obig,,, , FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETII. 11— by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and /13QrsRoyaalnIN•ghnessothe Ducli! o r s of Kegt. _ UCCEDA cit„ Ili tit ... ( h . ' , Y. , ' . I for Stopping Decayed Teeth, however large the 441,51ain, als Placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure Inid 11 1 th e n t sn on becomes as hard as the enamel, and will remain i 3,. arr N3 „ . , 0 0 th for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, ths I,; l oced, we 'o u g the further progress of decay. All persons can use i /40 2s, % in ..,thernselves with ease, as full directions are enclosed. t,,,,, — • 64 ~' rrepared only by Thomas and Howard, Surgeon Den -oOt rr. et'o,rBersstreet, Oxford -street, who will send it . into the ' Oif ' - ' 7 rola. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street , knd ci ord-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Johnson, 68, Cernhill ; Sanger, 141 .,_1y Pitientolue Vendors in the kingdom. Mr. Howard continues to 'Prib,,, err s loss of teeth on his news ystem of self-adhesion, without f %by s' 'Wires '',. t% •e-eth, or • x his method does not require the extraction of ~,_Detod,r . „ roots, or any painful operation whatever, not 1 6t ire (1,:,,0an others. Mr. Howard, Surgeon Dentist, 64 , It erners -.ord-street. At home from 11 till 4. 83837 £217 15 11 ,X100 011 18 192 3 0 87 1 4. 1839 165 11 101 74 1 9 1840 1 16 7 54 010 1841 111 6 81 49 10 0 £l6 0 41 13 10 2 1 11 3 1 7 18 10 1 7 10 41 !.£445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 of 0° ZII,9WLA.ND'S KA L Y DO-R, le4 ey i-.. 4 °MENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular , otthts,, thoroughly purifying th Skin from all Pimples, Spots, and 1 " s and trans ,ht Prookles, Tan, and Discol e ou ' rations, producing a healthy fr t 401 eac parency of Complexion, and an admired softness d re- D°, slain. ,_Y of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifying 'llrt and arorties have obtained the exclusive patronage a n u o s f the , r ' 1 1 3 41 c 0,4 Ro:val Family of Great Britain,. as w N ell buity th and ,z . lt :, 3 ' °f . all CZ i ;_ ed_ u;o oa p t e io , n, a ,s nd_ the , most distinguished , o trj4e2tleware of S " containing mineral as- Itlier i ' t ': e l t itterly r i Ti P n u o n us u t s o th h 'e A co L ui lD lel ß on ' and which, by their re :',4td sar,,,i,°4, endan,ver health Some are announced under the im -""°4 of Itoialt & . .&c. Each bottle of the genuine has b f •-. , ..ii, anri ~, .H...LDOH" on the wrapper, .und ,, A ; .- "'a Hon. C" ' °n, zO, Hatton-garden, is also e,lgraired (nN c;e.,-..." ' 4, 11. trice 481!ansi,ntr., cla the Goveruaiwit Stawp :.wain on rte l4 by the t Gd. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. pectoie Chetri at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by all 111 at5 Mid Perfumen. , t'' , .. • ' j 4 n •}••• •~,. .10 ~~it I ~~~ umithhill _ . . .. . . .. , - :. - ..\i-1,= A —. .7-• .. „:41 , , ~r . s . .. - . .. . ___________.......... . -• A' ' $ ) _.-^, = '' ' l\ ... , t, :.I O . '. l •Ar A , ' Ar,,l) iNIY7' ifiletz.%S.,:e=ll""'N.:.l:: . . ... - I•!V,N' „...-- . \ --. . 45 )P' 2, 7' • 4....., ', „ ,' ' 5 r,i,,,At. 4% ,,,,"'" . Ifl e s .-t- - - .-A L".‘.. .='t,,,-,..01.73n.14. . '''- .„ ' '.',;, , . j :, , ici -,, . . V\k": 4 l6 IV 1116,0 , , 4 0` , ?,, , ,,.„ .....z. ... : .„,_ n . .. ~,,,; , 7 4, ii .. _ ~,,......, - .. 40 ,: . .' , , ;71, , 0i1r,..4 1 ,s. .;, ~, • ( ' IIW-:'.-- • b i. , 1 ..art....3..„..:,,,...,:0..,*,_______,\__•.,).0;:.„.„,-4.,,,7k,,, No. 16,912. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING SUN. E M DCEBER 2, 1846. 7 checked the inclination to buy. Good qualities were then offered pretty freely at 295. per qr. free on board. At Stettin (from whence we have also letters of the 23d instant) hardly anything appears to have been done in wheat, except for local consumption ; but the deliveries from the growers having been exceedingly small, buyers had to pay q u it e f ormer ra t es . Of barley a pur chase or two had be en ma d e b y b uyers f ro m the interior, at equal 30s. per qr. fr ee on b oar d. needy The Hamburg reports of Tuesday last are of very little interest. In wheat hardly a sale has boon made since the preceding post day, either of parcels on the spot or cargoes to be shipped from outports. From Holstein and Wismar there were offers of wheat at 535., from Denmark at 51s. Gd. to 525. 3d., and from Pome rania at 525. to 535. per qr„ free on board, without hav ing led to much business. In the principal Dutch markets prices of wheat have rather risen of late ; but quotations are not as yet suffi ciently high in Rolland to admit of shipments being made from Great Britain with a prospect of a profit. For Rye there appears to have been an immense de mand both at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, by buyers from the Prussian pi ovinces, &c. At the principal French ports the value of wheat has been very firmly supported. A letter from Marseilles, dated 23d instant, informs us that, by a new regulation in the quarantine laws, the time of detention had been shortened to five days. This had liberated nearly the whole of an immense fleet of vessels wheat-laden. all of which had come into the harbour to unload. The enor mous supplies thus poured into the harbour had failed, however, to depress prices, the demand from the interior having taken off the receipts as soon as landed. Ma rianopoli wheat was then still worth 505., and superior soft Polish Odessa 535. 6d. to 555. 6d. per qr. free on board.—Mark-lane Express, Monday. reduced on the South-Western Railway, and that there the same result has arisen. What was the reduction of fares on the South Western ; what wero their rates formerly, and what are their rates now ?—The reduction was from 13 to 20 per cent. What were their rates per mile, and what are their rates now ?—They charged a guinea to Southampton, and now they charge 175.; they charged over 3d. a mile, and now they charge between 2id. and 21d. a mile. Do you call that a very low fare?—l do not, and therefore I complain of it. It is exactly my position, that the fares on English railways ought to be lower than they are. When the reduction took place, what was the increase in money and in passengers?—To give these details I have no doubt that you will have somebody from the South• Western Railway Company here; I merely state the general fact. MONSTER EXCURSION TRAINS. Numerous reports of the Inspector-General of Rail ways and of the Assistant-Inspector, on the opening of new portions of railways, on the occupation of land for pre venting slips, and on other subjects, have just been printed in a volume, by direction of the Houses of Par liament (to whom the documents were presented by the Queen's command, just before the prorogation), consti tuting appendix No. 3, to the report of the officers of th• Railway Department to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the two years 1844 and 1845. The following is an interesting document from this volume, being "on the best mode of arranging large excursion trains with a view to the public safety." It was written by Major-General Pasley, and dated from the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, White hall, and is addressed to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, &c. " My Lords,—Having considered the question of very COTTON CULTIVATION, AT PORT NATAL. large or monster trains for pleasure excursions, and having seen the opinions of several engineers, or other officers of railway companies on the subject, collected by Captain O'Brien, besides having myself taken the opinion of several other railway officers-personally, and reflected fully on the same, I beg leave to report as follows : We have been favoured with the sight of a letter from a settler at Port Natal, who has started as a cotton planter, - the fist In the country; and who declares that cotton is the only thing the coun try is good for. " should the resources of Natal," says the writer of this letter, "be properly developed, it must become of vast importance to England, as we have thousands of acres of unculti vated ground which is actually useless except for cotton, which article grows with a facility not equalled in any part of the world, if I may credit the evidence of re spectable American missionaries, several of whom are in this country, and one of them was bred a cotton planter, who states that the cotton produces 75 per cent. per acre more here than in America, and as we have the cheapest labour in the world here we shall be able to send home cotton at as low a price as the Yankees, which is saying a great deal." The writer mentions his intention of shipping some Natal cotton to London and to Liverpool, as an experi mont. We shall be anxious to learn the opinions of the merchants and manufacturers of the north, as to the quality of the Natal cotton. The supply of American cotton is diminishing every year ; the cotton of India, is of very inferior quality to that of America. From Egypt, we can never expect more than a limited supply. It is of the greatest importance, therefore, to our very existence, as a nation, that some new district, capable of growing cotton sufficient to supply our demands at a reasonable price should be brought into cultivation, and if Port Natal should turn out to be so admirably adapted for cotton growing as the writer of this letter describes it, the time is not far distant when it will become one of the most valuable colonies of the British empire. " There are two obvious modes of conveying passen gers by these trains, which may be adopted by any rail way company—first to collect them all in one train, to be drawn by as many locomotive engines in front as may prove necessary. " Secondly, To divide them into several sections, or distinct trains, following each other at certain intervals, and not containing more carriages than are usually drawn by one engine in the ordinary passenger traffic of the company, but which may occasionally require the aid of a second engine to held them up steep inclines. " Of these two systems, I am of opinion that the first is objectionable, inasmuch as trains requiring, under all circumstances, two or more engines, have too great a momentum, and when several engines and tenders are connected together, it is impossible for all the engine men to act in concert ; so that, if any engine or carriage were to break down, or get off the rails, the crash would be tremendous, and the consequences might be fatal. " On the other hand, when several smaller trains fol low each other, a collision is possible without a previous breakdown, as was the case recently on the Croydon Railway, but that accident, luckily not attended with loss of life, was caused by peculiar circumstances, upon which I have made a special report ; and the experience of several great railways in the north of England, where the practice of successive trains, drawn by one engine, following each other at very short intervals, has been, adopted for many years, must be considered conclusive as to the safety of this system ; especially when such successive trains all belong to the same railway company, as is the case in the excursion or pleasure-trains now under discussion. EFFECT of REDUCING RAILWAY FARES. In the course of evidence given by Mr. R. Creed before the Commons' Select Committee on Railway Acts Enactments (the minutes of which have just been issued pursuant to an order of that House, dated August 25), the following details are given with respect to the operation of reduced fares, as regards the increase of revenue, &c.: — The Committee understand that the London and Bir mingham Railway Company have at different times made reductions in the fares and charges ; can you state the particulars of them ?—ln September, 1844, the fares through, between London and Birmingham, were 325. 6d. for the mail train, 30s. for the ordinary first class, for the second class 255. and 205., and for the third class 14s. In October, 1844, they were 30s. and 275. for the first class, for the second class 18s., and for the third class, 9s. sd. In April, 1845, they were for the first class 303., 275., and 235., for the second class 18s. and 165., and for the third class 9s. sd. In May, 1845, we reduced to 275. for the express, and 235. and 20s. for the first class, the second class to 17s. and 145., and the third class the same. In January this year the first class were reduced to 255. for the express train, and 20s. for the ordinary first class, 14s. the second class, and the third class a penny a mile, 9s. sd. In addition to the above reductions, on the Ist of January, 1845, day tickets were issued at one-third less than the regular fares ; so that while, in 1844, a pas senger from London to Birmingham and back paid 655. or 60s. for the first class, and 50s. or 40s. for the second c.,w. n aves mil. th n first class, and 18s. 6d. for the secona class. What is the extent of the difference between the prices charged originally and the present prices ?—Ex actly one-third reduction. Have those reductions been attended, in any instance, with a loss of revenue?—The reductions on the first class, in the half-year ending 30th June, 1844, were 171 per cent., and it caused an increase in the number of passengers of 19i per cent. In the second class it was 26 3-stbs per cent. reduction in the fares, and there was an increase in the number of passengers of 61 1-sth per cent. In the third class the reduction in the fares was 33* per cent., and the increase in the number of passen gers 2.59 per cent. That is the effect of the reductions in the half-year ending the 30th Juno, 1844, and the 30th of June, 1845. Those reductions have been therefore beneficial to the company, so far as they have been carried hitherto, in every case?—ln the case of passengers they have. Has this increased traffic, which the lower prices have occasioned, been attended with any considerable addi tion to the expense? ex penses—We increase with the n um ber of passengers and goods we have carried, b u t it h a s been principally with the goods. --We have certainly found our It appears that the last year, which was the year of the lowest fares, the receipts have been the largest, by nearly 100,000/., of any year since the opening of the line?—Yes ; but I should observe, that the return from June, 1845, to December, 1845, includes the traffic of the Northampton and Peterborough line ; so that, in order to make a fair comparison, 22,000/. must be de ducted for the Northampton and Peterborough. The increase of passengers does not continue at the same rate at which it went on before?—(Mr. Glyn.) We have made further reductions since, but the increase of traffic does not keep up in proportion to the reductions. Would it not be a successful experiment, as far as the public are concerned, if you did not lose by it think you must give credit in 1845 for the extra travelling at that period, before you put it all down to the reduction of fares ; it is not keeping up in the same proportion now. There is no increase whatever now upon our pre sent workings, as compared with the last year. But you sustain the traffic of last year ?—Yes ; but we have made an additional reduction since that period. Do you mean to say that there has been a loss?—No, Ido not mean to say that ; but that the increase does not go on at all in the same proportion. Have there been lines open coming in competition with you this year, which did not exist before ?—None yet. The following testimony was also given on the same subject by W. Reed, Esq., a director of two French Railways, &c.:— Do not you think that, in proportion to the value of money in the two countries, the fares in England are as low as those in France?—No, I do not. " I therefore beg leave to confirm the opinion of the majority of the engineers, or other officers of rail ways, who have been consulted on this head, in recom-- mending— " Ist. That no monster train for excursions, drawn by two or more engines, should be allowed ; but that the passengers should be conveyed in successive trains by one engine each, with the aid of a second engine only to help them up steep inclines; that these trains shall start at intervals of not less than three minutes after each other, which time is to be corrected by signal at every station; besides which the engineman of each succeed ing train is to look out for the train in front of him, after having passed a station, and take care never to approach nearer to it than half a mile. " 2ndly. That no goods or coal-waggons shall be al lowed to carry any part of the passengers of excursion trains, however they may bo fitted up. " 3dly. There shall be a proportion of guards, not less than one to every eight carriages, and that no pas sengers shall be allowed to sit on the roof of any first or second-class carriage, or on the side or end of any open third-class carriage. " 4thly. That arrangements shall be made in respect to the departing trains, to prevent the admission to the platform at one time of a greater number of passengers than one train is calculated to carry. " I have, &e. " C. W. PASLEY, Major• General, &:e r 11, Ibll V <a -ca.., Al 1. -IL J. 1114 l The following letter from his Excellency the cele brated General Sopelana (one of the Spanish officers so unjustly detained in France, and now yet more unjustly imprisoned) to the French Minister of the Interior, will be read in this country with astonishment and indig nation. It appears in La Mode, Revue Politique et Lit teraire, published in Paris on the 26th instant : " Sir,—Since the 25th of September I have been con fined as a criminal in the prison of the Conciergerie, without once being informed of the crime which is imputed to me, and without having been brought before any tri bunal. lam not, Sir, acquainted with French law, but I know well that justice and the rights of men rest in all countries on one and the same basis; and I know no country which, offering universal hospitality, can arro gate to itself the power of detaining in prison a foreigner who respects its laws, and against whom nothing can be alleged except his political opinions. If the French Mi nistry has pursued a course so arbitrary towards my. self and others of my countrymen, with a view to give satisfaction to the Court of Madrid, assuredly they have surpassed the zeal of Messrs. Isturitz and Mon; for the counsellors of Isabella have not yet proceeded to the extent of imprisoning such Spanards as are suspected of not sharing in their opinions. You have not, Sir, the right to punish my opinions; you have only that of bringing to trial and punishment such acts of mine as may be contrary to the laws of France ; and it would ill suit with the character of a country which pretends to stand at the head of the civilised and free nations of the earth, to offer with one hand a treacherous hospi tality in order that with the other it may imprison those who, like myself, are so unfortunate as to place confidence in her good faith. In the early days of my imprisonment I addressed you explaining the tyranny of which I have been the victim; and also the unhappy position of my wife, who is on the point of her confinement, alone, and deprived of every resource in a foreign country, of which she does not know even the language. You have not condescended to answer me yet; I am still in gaol and separated from my family. I leave it to yourself, Sir, to appreciate such conduct, while all Europe, before which I thus loudly protest, in my own name and in those of my countrymen, denounces with indignation the tyranny of which we are the victims. In fine, Sir, I demand once more the justice which is my due. If you believe me to be criminal, bring me before a tribunal; if, on the other hand, nothing like crime can be alleged against me, restore me to that li berty of which I have been arbitrarily deprived. And if you believe me to be unworthy of the hospi tality of France, deliver me my passport, that I may seek some other country whose hospitality is not a de ceit, and where I may hope to enjoy undisturbed my personal liberty so long as I shall respect its laws. In the mean time, receive, &c. SOPELANA Take Southampton and Havre?—ln Southampton there would be more travelling out of the thousand, certainly. Would there not be 'an equal number travelling in London as would travel of the Paris population?—At least that, and more. Do you think that that is so at the existing rate of fares ? I think very likely it is at the existing rate of fares ; but if the fares were reduced, the number would be greatly augmented. If the fares were equal in both countries, you have no doubt that in England there would be more travelling ? —No doubt. What is the difference of fares between the Eastern Counties and the Paris an 3 Rouen line ?—I do not know what the fare is on the Eastern Counties. You do not know that the fares on those two lines are equally low?—No; in the former part of my examina tion I have stated what the fares are in France. AFFAIRS OF SOUTH AMERICA. The following extracts from a Rio de Janeiro news paper, of the 3d of October, will be found interesting. The Jornal do Comercio says " We received yesterday letters and papers from Mon tevide up to the 19th of September. One of the letters runs thus:—' It is rumoured for certain that an express has arrived from Paragaay, containing dispatches from the Government for the intervening Ministers. It is af firmed that the Government of Paraguay offers 30,000 men for the proposed making war upon Rosas, if the in tervening Powers will unite with Paraguay i n order to secure her independence. It is added that these propo sals would be immediately sent to Europe by the brig of war Griffin. Sbch is the news which prevails in circles generally well informed.' Nothing certain was yet known respecting the treaty concluded between Mada riaga and Urquiza. Letters from Corrientes of the 20th of August state, that the chiefs of the campaign assem bled and declared to Don Joao Ma dariaga that they wou ld consent to no adjustment with Rosas. On the 30th the Governor was expected in the capital to pre sent to Congress the accounts of his administration, and to proceed to the nomination of a new governor. It is probable,' adds these letters, that the veil which now concea ls the negotiations of Madariaga with Urquiza will then be rent asunder. If the arrangement should be favourable to Rosas, a revolution will be attempted here, and Paraguay will immediately close its ports.' " The North American agents despatched by Rosas to Paraguay could not pass Dembuca. The Paraguay Government refused to receive them. " The news that General Paz had been appointed Commander -in - Chief of the army of Paraguay is not confirmed. " Advices from Maldonado, of the 15th of September, announced that that district was wholly in the power of th e Government forces. The Oribists were concentrated in the Minas. The Comercio del Plata says:—" We have received advices from Buenos Ayres to the 15th of September. On the 12th two medical men and a dentist, both foreinTers, were arrested in that capital. Their offence w 'll,l u , ,ing red bandages inscribed with the vivas and mueras of Rosas, as recently commanded by the Dictator. One of the medical men is named Dr. M`lienna, and the dentist, Mr. Tanker, an American. Rosas justifies this Have you in France any yearly tickets or day tickets —No. Do not you know that they are very common in England ?—Yes; and we mean to introduce them into France. Hav© you a practice of charging on s h ort d i stances, on the Rouen and Pains line, lower fares ?--Yes. The first station out of Paris is Maisons: I stated to the commit t.2e the other day that we could . charge a f ranc a nd 75 cent i me s by the seco nd class, which are inclosed car riages, and lined and glazed ; we charg e a f ranc an d 25 cent i me s ; reducingit into English miles, it is ten miles, and in Engl ish money it is one shilling. Do not you know that there are many English rail ways which a ro running at a little over Id. a mile for the first-class ?—I do not know that. I give the compa rison between the French and English fares. I take the general English fares, and I say that if those fares were reduced they would carry . more passengers ; but, as I said in the early part of this day's examination, I do not think it necessary that they should be reduced quite so low its the French fares. On what do you ground the opinion that low fares bring an accession of traffic and of income; is it a specu lative opinion, or has it been tested by considerable ex perience in the management of railways? —I have taken the fares on the Rouen Railway; there, though the fares were already low, we have reduced them, and the traffic, and incom e, and proli ~ hro tuerea,seil. I Lelicve that we shall reduce them : , ;111 lower, b ccee , e we L ave faith that we shall produce the same result in a still greater degree. I also know that the fares hare been PRICE SD. act by the decree of the 3d of February, 1830, which enjoins the use of scarlet bandages ; but the next clearly shows that this decree never referred to foreigners, and, in fact, it has never been applied to them till now." TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE, 'WHITEHALL, NOV:10 :. 1 . BER 28, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed unde; the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irela,;(I. nominating, presenting, and appointing the Venerable Walter Augustus,Shirley, M.A., to the Bishopric of the Isle of 111`0 and Sodor, void by the trans lation of the Right Reverend Ifither in God Doctor Thomas Fowler Short to the see of St. Asaph: WHITEHALL, Nov. 30. The Queen has been pleased to present the fib :'• John Keillor to the church and parish of North Ronaldshly,i,2 the presbytery of North Isles and county of Orkney, vacant 1..," the resignation of the Rev. Robert IV augh. 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ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH REVOLUTION. On the 29th of November, that day being the anni versary of the Polish Revolution of 1830, the Polish refugees resident in London attended Divine service at the Belgian Chapel, London-road. The Rev. S. P. Brzezinski, their countryman and chaplain, officiated, and afterwards delivered an appropriate sermon, the text being taken from the 2d Epistle of St. Paul to the Co rinthians, chapter 1, verse 5. Subsequently a meeting was held at Sussex Chambers, Duke-street, St. James's. Captain JABLONSKI having been unanimously called to the chair, addressed his countrymen at some length. He portrayed to them the present wretched condition of their once free and glorious country, which had rendered eminent services to Christianity and civilisation. Poland was now oppressed by the three perfidious neighbours. One, an open tyrant, like a branded criminal, struck a blew whenever he found an opportunity, boasted of his masked hs but tr e aat boldness, and defied human justice. The other, like a perfidious, h treacherous ssame movements time a coward with a antagonist,benevolent aPPe f ond etonithily 4. of his victi m b y a hired hatirT h e third a "" r into the heart was a political hermaphrodite, partaking in some way of the destructive nature of both, and acting in concert with them in per petrating evil deeds, but forcing himself into the rank orf his western neighbours, and displaying before them his assumed love of freedom and civilisation. These three oppressors had sworn the destruction of Poland, and in that, at least, they kept their word. Many cruelties in flicted upon the unfortunate Polish people were not be lieved in this country, and he did not wonder—they were too atrocious to be believed by a feeling heart. The suf ferings of the Abbess Mieezyslawska were disputed; the late wholesale butchery of the land proprietors, nobles and clergy, in Galicia, ordered and paid by the infamous Austrian Government, was at first disbelieved here, but now the mask fell, and the crime appeared in its full horror. The recent suppression of the republic of Cracow and its incorporation with Austria created a strange surprise in every country, especially in England and France ; they (Poles) were not astonished at it. They knew the policy of the three aggressors too well; and they should not be astonished at seeing soon further e ncroachments, the a ccomplisiment of which had been bequeathed to their successors by Peter, called the Great, and Catherine 11. Whether England and France, the two powerful nations standing at the head of civilisation and liberty of the world, would check and chastise the absolute ttnd criminal conduct of the three despotic rulers, time would show ; the Poles, however, should only rely on their own resources. The power of a nation of twenty millions when once united for action was irresistible. They should not be disheartened by past disasters ; they should persevere in their patriotic endeavours, and trusting to Divine Providence and the justice of their cause, hope for the restoration of their fatherland. (The Gallant Chairman was repeatedly applauded.) The following resolutions were then proposed and unanimously carried :- 1. Proposed by Mr, WIERCINSKI and seconded by Mr. Prusinowski— " That the assembled Poles having found an hospitable rcfuge in England, and enjoying the blessing of freedom in that country, where they can publicly express their own feelings and those of their oppressed brethren, do not cease to protest most solemnly against the partition of their fatherland by the three despots of Russia, Aus tria, and Prussia: considering it, as well as every act connected with it, down to the incorporation of Cracow with Austria, which is the last deed of their long and ignominous conspiracy, as a flagrant and atrocious rob bery. They denounce it as injurious to humanity and to the safety of the liberal institutions of Europe; and they warn and entreat, in the name of civilisation and liberty, all concerned in the preservation of them, to vindicate their sacred rights, thus outraged by the execrable policy of the spoliators of Poland. Faithful to this cause, for which they took up their arms on the 29th of November, 1830, the Poles are ever ready to sacrifice their lives for it; thereby to avert the imminent danger with which Europe is at this moment threatened ; in the confident hope that the interest of the enlightened countries of western Europe, and the interest of other Sclavonic nations, will induce them to co-operate for the re establishment of Poland among the free nations, in order that she may again become a bulwark against the incursions of Asiatic barbarism." 2. Proposed by Mr. JACKOWSKI, and seconded by Mr. TERLECKI— " That the Poles express their feelings of contempt and indignation towards the Austrian Government for its iniquitous and treacherous conduct in Galicia and Cracow. That perfidious Government having organised and paid bands of assassins, and incited the ignorant peasantry to murder the nobility and clergy in Galicia, threw afterwards the guilt of that crime upon the citi zens of Galicia and Cracow, imprisoned the patriots who escaped the knives of the murderers, proclaimed thanks to the perpetrators of those atrocities for their fidelity to the Throne, and finally annihilated the republic of Cracow and incorporated it with the Austrian dominions." 3. Proposed by Major GIELGUD, and seconded by Mr. P. F. ZALESKI— " That the Poles express their thanks to the British nation for the hospitality they have met with in this country, and for the protection they have found in its laws. In particular their thanks are due to the Lite rary Association of the Friends of Poland, to the Right Hon. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, to the Corporation of the City of London, and other public bodies and private individuals who have continued to evince their sympathy with the misfortunes of Poland, and to endeavour to alleviate the sufferings of her exiled sons." 4. Proposed by Mr. SZNLCZEWSKI, and seconded by Mr. MICHALSKI— " That the thanks of the Poles are duo to the editors of the metropolitan and provincial journals, who have nobly taken part in advocating the cause of Poland, and who have in an independent and energetic manner de nounced to the public opinion the implacable persecu tion of which that country is the victim." Several other gentlemen addressed the assembly. The thanks having then been voted to the chairman, the meeting. which was E-elusively composed of Poles, _ _ _ Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Arundel Castle, Sussex, on a visit to the Duke of Norfolk. REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. The official account of the stocks of Grain, Pulse, and Flour in bond in the United Kingdom on the sth instant, has been published this week ; we give the statement, with the addition of what was under lock at the cor responding period last year, in a tabular form, to show at a glance the relative position of stocks at the two periods : In Bond in the In Bond in the Kingdom. Kingdom. Nov. 5, 1846. Nov. 5, 1845 Wheat qrs. 114,989 Barley ,, 15,895 Oats 9, 52,621 Rye ,, Beans Peas 9, 47,816 10,045 1,678 2,063 Flour ......... .....cwts. 257,985 It would be very useful if a similar statement of the stocks of free corn, &c , could be laid before our readers ; but this cannot, in the absence of statistical information, be done. The imports of wheat and flour into Great Britain this year have certainly been immense ; equal together to about three millions of quarters. If, there fore, the consumption of foreign bread stuffs had been no greater during the present autumn than it was in the autumn of 1845, we should at present have a large excess of both wheat and flour over what was held at this time last year. That there really is an excess we entertain no doubt, but it is not nearly so great as the extent of the imports would appear to indicate. At the time of harvest last year a very considerable quantity of old English wheat remained on hand ; and there was, conse quently, less necessity to employ foreign for mixing with the new produce. In the month of September this year a much smaller proportion of the supplies brought for ward by the farmers consisted of old wheat than in ordinary seasons, and since then the deliveries have been almost wholly of the new crop ; the condition of the latter has, it is true, until very lately been so dry as to render it fit to grind with a less portion of old than in ordinary seasons ; still it has been necessary to take considerable quantities for that purpose ; and from the comparatively bare state of the granaries at all the prin cipal depots of foreign in the kingdom, we question whe ther much more than a million quarters of old foreign wheat is left in the country. The rapid reduction which the stocks have recently undergone, and the very scanty manner in which the growers have brought forward sup plies during the last month, have imparted a firm tone to the trade. This has been more observable in the coun try markets than in London, and the rally which has occurred in prices within the last fortnight originated in the provincial markets, Mark-lane having followed, and not, as usual, led the advance. This is a new feature in the trade, and one deserving of notice. The accounts received this week from the leading country markets state that a good deal of business has been done in wheat, at improving rates. At the shipping ports on the east coast the supplies have barely kept pace with the de mand, and prices is, to 2s. per quarter above those pre viously current have consequently been realised. Whilst this has been the case in the agricultural districts, the tendency has also been upward at the large consuming towns, though not in so marked a degree. At Liverpool wheat was no higher on Tuesday than on that day week, but flour rose ls. per barrel, and In dian corn, being in lively request for Ireland, partly re covered from the previous depression. Later in the week the inquiry for wheat became more lively, and a fair amount of business was done on Friday, at an en hancement of 2d. per 701bs. In Yorkshire quotations of wheat have remained nearly stationary ; but at Birmingham, Bristol, and Gloucester buyers have this week had to pay fully Is. to 2s. per qr. above former terms. In Ireland some sensation appears to have been pro duced by the arrival of rather important supplies of In dian corn ; the effect does not, however, appear to have been very lasting, and the temporary • decline which prices of grain had undergone at several of the leading markets held in the early part of the week had been par tially recovered during the succeeding few days, the value of most articles being nearly as high on Friday as in the beginning of the week. We have to report a good arrival of English wheat, the receipts coastwise into London having been larger than of late, the quantity which has come to hand hav ing amounted to 10,059 qrs. The bulk of the supply has gone to the millers direct ; and that exhibited at Mark-lane by land-carriage samples has been of a limited character. On Wednesday the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands were absolutely bare ; and on Friday only a few runs were shown from the first-named county. Under these circumstances it is needless to say that the operations have been unimportant ; but the town millers,•whose stocks have been gradually reduced, have manifested an increased disposition to purchase, which has enabled factors to obtain full terms where sales have been made. A very large proportion of the English wheat brought forward during the last month or six weeks has been purchased for shipment coastwise ; and had it not been for the extremely cautious manner in which the bakers have for some time past supplied themselves with flour, the millers would ere now have been compelled to buy more freely. As it is, the demand cannot be deferred much longer—for all the parties engaged in the meal trade, the mum my:Lug at, &ha, ravv, VLIC , IJlThca - siderable period drawn heavily on their reserve ; and the time is, we think, not far distant when it will be come necessary to take steps to replenish the inroads made on their stocks. Holders of free foreign wheat have remained very firm throughout the week, but the inquiry has not been active, and no advance on previous prices has been established. There has been an inquiry for low qualities, for shipment to Ireland, without, how ever, leading to much business ; the orders from thence having, in most cases, been limited somewhat too low to admit of their execution. The operations in bonded wheat have been less extensive this than last week, the accounts from France being of a somewhat more sub dued tone than before. The stock under lock in London is not large—on the sth instant (the latest date to which it is officially made up) it consisted of only 36,879 qrs. The arrivals since then have, on the whole, been moderate ; and several parcels having from time to time been taken for export, and a few lots having been en tered for home consumption, no great increase can have occurred in the bonded stock. vv English flour, whether of town or country manufac ture, has moved off tardily throughout the week, and its value has undergone no change requiring notice ; but a greater degree of firmness has been displayed by sellers. American flour has met with a moderate share of atten tion, and in some instances a trifle more money has been paid for really fresh sound qualities. On the sth of the month there were 32,129 cwts. of flour under lock in London. The market has been rather sparingly supplied with barley of home growth ; and though the maltsters have conducted their operations with more than• ordinary cau tion, they have not succeeded in depressing prices, really fine qualities being fully as dear at the close as they were at the commencement of the week. Good heavygrinding samples have met a tolerably ready sale at the currency of last Monday, but distilling sorts (of which the bulk of the arrivals from abroad has consisted) have moved off somewhat slowly at former terms. The scarcity of prime Malt has caused the best de scriptions to be held very firmly, and even secondary kinds have not been sold at lower terms than last week, though the inquiry for the latter has been very far from lively. arrivals of Oats from our own coast and Scotland have been on the scanty scale as previously; The and from Ireland only 10,282 qrs. have come to hand, with the wind mostly favo urable for arrivals from thence. The f ore ign supply has likew ise been moderate, consistin g up to this evening (Saturday), of 6,403 qrs. The ad vance established on Monday last has, therefore, been well supported; indeed fine corn was hardly obtainable at the close on as easy terms as in the beginning of the week. The dealers still look anxiously to Ireland for supplies,. if, however, we may judge by - the accounts we receive from thence, no assistance of importance can be calculated on from that quarter. Meanwhile the stocks o sot are being daily diminished o , the receipts havingn the fo p r seve ral weeks past fallen short f the quantity required for the c onsumption of the metropolis. There were in bond at this port °lithe sth of November 38,104 qrs. the article at last Monday's reduced terms business having been done in .- been Th efollowed late de c b l decline e an i improved the price of demand, Beans hasonl only o a t asre yetretail Peas brought forward have were rr h not The demand e b m y a a n n d y The few parcels of hog prices. been sold without difficulty at previous of Indian Corn has cargoes White Peas sold rather more freely on Friday, but account) ; and very floating g rer than earlier in the week. again revived (principally on Irish full prices have been obtained for the article._ . , E. forr ea fl n o s THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. ,_ to that ex is more than probable that a similar change We learn from the north of Europe that thieldw.eabtuhteirt after having been frosty, had again become m, perienced here may have afterwards occurred, and there being closed early. By the most recent . acco is some prospect of the shipping season in tuh:t:ifarlotimc that quarter we learn that comparatively little grain was being shipped to Great Britain. A letter from Dantzic of the 9 1st informs us that only about 60 lasts of wheat had changed hands at that port since that day week. This parcel had, it was supposed, been taken for shipment to France or Belgium, the qua lity being too inferior to suit the English market. The price paid has been equal to 475. 6d. per quarter free on board, and the weight only 59lbs. per bushel. Really fine high-mixed qualities were then still held at 555. to 565. per quarter ; and for a parcel of only 601bs. weight, received down the Vistula, 545. per quarter had been asked. The stock in granary was estimated at 80,000 quarters, a large proportion of which consisted of infe rior qualities. The water in the Vistula had slightly risen; still it was feared that part of the supply expected from the interior might not get down before the setting in of frost, From Rostock our advices are of the 23d inst. The reports from France had caused holders of wheat to raise their pretensions ; and new, which had before been offered on rather moderate terms, had again risen to a price corresponding with 525. per qr. free on board. Of old wheat there were absolutely no stocks ; and th,, L ,...i i .:: *GI:. the f,..: - ..:..;:t., lif.d 1 - ....trely kept pace with, the Idemand. The inquiry for barley had, on the other hand, fallen off, the latest reports from hence having BREVET. Captain Henry Caldecot, of the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Major in the Army, June 28. The following Officers were omitted in the List of Promo tions by Brevet, which were published in the Gazette of the 10th November, 1846 : To be Major-General in the Army. Colonel Lord James Hay, half-pay Unattached. Nov. 9. . _ To be Colonel in the Array. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Morris, half-pay 14th Foot,' Nov. 9. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 1846. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant James Frederick D'Arley Street to be First Lieutenant, vice Nevile, `resigned, Nov. 19. Corps of Royal Engineers—First-Lieutenant Richard 'Tyldea to be Second. Captain, vice Roberts, retired on half 'pay ; Second-Lieutenant Herbert Taylor Siborne to be First • Lieutenant, vice Tylden, Nov. 17. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 26. Corps of Royal Marines—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Burdon Ellis, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wilson, retired on full pay; First Lieutenant Thomas Fraser to be Captain, vice Ellis, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Richard Parke to be First Lieutenant, vice Fraser, promoted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry Lucas Bean, Gent., to be Cornet, Nov. 23 . DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. James Jeffs, saddler, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square. :BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Edward Wedgwood Phillips, dealer in glass, Bishopsgate street. James Topham, road contractor, Brewood, Stafford. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Birnie Allen, ironmonger, Hatton-garden, to sur render Dec. 8, at half-past one, and January 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee Chauntley and Westwood, Gray's Inn-square. George Willding, miller, Dartford, Dec. 10, at one, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Tripp, Adelaide place, London-bridge. Robert Stone, grocer, Petham, Kent, Dec. 10, at half-past one, and Jan. 11, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Kirk, Symond's Inn. George Luck and William Croft, drapers, York-road, Lam rt of bankftip l t ''.P.thrittMAWAll,42_a televenat the place, Old Jewry ; _ Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry. Charles Moses Browne, schoolmaster, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Dec. 8, at eleven, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldernanbury ; Rhodes and Lane, Chancery-lane. • William Watson, licensed victualler, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Dec, 14 and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple; Bremner, Liverpool. John Payne, draper, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, Dec. 10, it, one, and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. llirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Blardon and Prichard Newgate-street ; Arden, IDENDS IVeymouth DECLARED Lambert,;Exeter. DIV . B. L. M. Rothschild, diamond merchant, Great Queen street, Lincoln's Inn-fields—first div. of 6s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall- chambers. 11. Clarke, lock manufacturer, George-street, Mansion house—first div. of ls. 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. R. Nelson, hotel-keeper, Great Portland-street—first div. of ls. 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell Guildhall-chambers. W. Mitchell, furniture dealer, Finsbury-place South, City —first div. of 10s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. C. Clarke, draper, Cranbouni-street—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall- chambers. M. Allen, apothecary, Waltham Holy-cross, Essex—first div. of 9d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. C. C. Barley, grocer, Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire—first. div. of Is. Bd. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. Rudman, oilman, Bath—first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall .chambers. J. Waterhouse, and R. Sutton, calico printers, Salford, Lancashire—first div. of 7s. 6d. in the pound, on any Tues day, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. P. Rhodes, cotton spinner, Manchester—first div. of ll%d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. B. M. Burroughs, ironmonger, Liverpool—first div. of ls. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Caze nove, Liverpool. W. Hand, coal merchant, Molleston, Pembrokeshire— second div. of 2s. sd. in the pound, together with the first div. of 6s. Sd. in the pound on new proofs, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. J. Conlen, woollen draper, Cheltenham—first div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. C. Lewis, innkeeper, Bath—second div. of %d. in the pound, together with the first div. of I.r. 9d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. J. G. Werninck, merchant, Plymouth—further div. of 1 3 / i d. in the pound, on any day after Dec. 7, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. J. Caines, corn dealer, Chilton Cantelo, Somersetshire— first and final div. of 3s. 2 3 / 4 d. in the pound, on any day after Dec. 7, at the office of Mr. liernaman, Exeter. W. Fordyce, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—second div. of 4d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. R. Baxter, merchant, Sheffield—second div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankrnptc', Basinghall-street. L. Reis, J. Power, and G. Koenig, merchants, Fenchurch street, Dec. 23, at half-past eleven—D. Sharp, merchant, Southampton, Dec. 22, at half-past twelve—W. Ashdown, ironmonger, Chatham, Dec. 23, at twelve—F. and J. Ilolmes, ship builders, Southtown, Suffolk, Dec. 23, at twelve—J. R. Spencer, tanner, Halstead, Dec. 22, at half-past one—J. Currie, merchant, Mincing-lane, Dec. 22, at one—J. Curri e an d L . E. Seignette, merchants, Mincing-lane, Dec. 22, at twelve— V. R. A. Brooks, stationer, Robert-street, Hampstead-road, Dec. 23, at eleven—G. 11. 'Patton, tobacconist, New Bond-, street, Dec. 23, at one—T. F. Piper, stay manufacturer Cheapside, Dec. 23, at twelve—W. Steedman, draper, Sher borne-street, New North-road, Islington, Dec. 8, at vleven— D. M‘Pherson, auctioneer, Ipswich, Suffolk,. Dec. 8, at half past eleven—J. C. Burchell, farmer, Reading, Dec. 8 at eleven—G. Loggan, solicitor's-clerk, Lewisham, Kent Dec. 8, at twelve—J. Edis, clerk, Crescent-place, Bridge street, Blackfriars, Dec. 8, at twelve, In the Country. P. Hansen, ship owner, Newcastle :upon-Tyne, Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—E. Rogers, merchant, Newport, Monmouthshire, Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—P. Hare, tallow chandler, Liverpool, Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Davies, oil merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Lawton, woollen manufacturer, Mottram, Cheshire, Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Gray, upholsterer, Man chester, Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court —D. MacDougall, factor, Liverpool, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Pattinson, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court —C. all, linendraper, Cheadle, Staffordshire, Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court —T. Robson, publican, North Shields, Dec. 22, at half-paat ten, at the Newcastle upon-TyneDistrict Court—J. Henderson, Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—H. Jones, Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. L. Meunier, hotel keeper, Leicester-place, Leicester-square, Dec. 22—A. T. Edwards, bricklayer, Idol-lane, Tower-street, City, Dec. 22—J. Blunden, grocer, Basingstoke, Southamp ton, Dec. 24—S. Joyce, ironmonger, London-wall, Dec. 23 J. Elliott, ship smith, Beer-lane, Great Tower-street, City, Dec. 19—J. Beaton, tailor, Upper-street, Islington, Dec. 2,1 - dt, ' —.T. Savage, butcher, Munney, pothetatitsitit*atigi.;t...4E. Hutchinson, merchant, Dec. 2317iyar'432i:niste.r,..NottIng ham, Dec. 22—W. G. Merrett, fi;4tatlOnha•iMreifirt Dec. 22—J. Bloor, brewer, Tutbn ec. - W. Ballinger, mister, Swansea, Glasnaltrfrasire,,,*citeS— Keswit dc,,Cumberland— W. Stockbridge, tobacconist, Wandswqrlik.ot,ci RiETNERSHIPS DISSOLT ED. J. J. and J. Gibbins, colour manufacture rs, Mile -end -read ---D. Ladyman and A. Scott, joiners, J. Hardy, J. Ihrdy, jun., and J. B. Lawton), carriers, Not tingham—T. llarling, and T: Wilson, stone ware manufacturers,_ Casjleford, Yorkshire—J. W. M onnery, B. Cowie, and H. BrooknOnt printers' brokers, Blackfriars road—G. West and G. Nichols, millers, Wells next the Sea, Norfolk—S. J. Malenoir and J. S. Moore, fish salesmen, Lower Thames-street—J. and IC: Webb, grocers, Rayleigh, Essex—R. Wilkin, E. Preston, jail., and C. D. Watson (so far as regards B. Ri:ketts, A. Ricketts, W. Boutcher, and W. Mort:more ' merchants, Gracechurch street (so far as regards F. nickets)— R. H. Manning, W. Manning, and R. M. Hayman, oil merchants, Bristol—R. Place and IV. Wood, silk manufacturers, Gresham-street, City—T. Godfrey and J. Parker, corn merch Ints, Liverpool— R. G. Jackson and 'l'. Cawthra, wooh,taplers, Birstal, York shire—F. Vines and C. W. Lewis, corn factors, Crutched friars—S. Vines, T. Kitelee, and J. Tomlin, corn factors, Crutched-friars—G. and S. Sharp, stone masons. Commercial road, Lambeth—J. and P. Morgan, Ahergavenny, Mon mouthshire. iSCOTCH SEQUESTATIONS. John M Gibbon, merchant, Glasg ß ow, Dec. 7 and Jan. 4, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. Baird and Muirhead Glasgew. , Alexander Falconer, book agent, Edinburgh, Dec. 9 and Dec. 30, at two, at Messrs. Stevenson and Sens' salerooms, Edinburgh. William Johnston Ayson, merchant, Blairgowrie, Dec. 8 and Dec. 29, at twelve, at M‘Laren's Inn, Blairgowrie. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of busi ness. A sufficient number of members not having ap peared in the chamber at half an hour after the appoint ed time, according to the business paper, Alderman SIDNEY gave notice of a motion upon the subject, for consideration on a future• day. His impres sion seemed to be, that a penalty should be inflicted upon those members who absented themselves upon any day appointed for business, and that, as was the case in the general run of corporations throughout the country, ab sence for any length of time should be visited with ex pulsion. The IiECORDER cautioned the Court against entertain ing a question so important to the privileges of a cor poration essentially different from these bodies to which Alderman Sidney alluded. THE SEPARATE SYSTEM IN GAOLS. When the Sheriffs were making their report of the state of the gaols, Sir P. LAIIRTE took occasion to represent that if 4.he— Government intended to persevere in the eneriment of the separate system in gaols, Bethlehem Hospital must be enlarged, or more hospitals must be built, to meet the increasing demand of accommodation for insane persons. The Penitentiary, at Milbank, and the Model Prison, at Pentonville, were fruitful sources of the men tal malady, while the prisons in which the separate sys tem was not adopted, produced no instances of insanity. Alderman SIDNEY positively denied that Sir Peter Laurie was supported in his violent outcry against the separate system by credible testimony, and said that the last report of the Inspectors of Prisons corroborated all former evidence in favour of the effects of the expe- riment. Alderman GIBBS brought up the report of the Com mittee to whom it was referred to take into consideration the application of the ancient Company, called the Hor ner's Company, for a library. It recomnrended acquies cence in the prayer of the petition, and was unanimously agreed to. P --- 2 _/ CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Alderman Gll3l3i ' brO;glYuTtheieport of the Com mittee upon the presentment of the Inquest of Langb ourn Ward. The presentment stated as follows ;—For a length of time the increased trade of Leadenhall-market has caused such destruction and confusion in Lime street by waggons and carts unloading and re-loading, night and day, that it is notoriously one of the most dangerous and difficult thoroughfares in the city of London ; but, of late years, the evil has so much in creased that the undersigned inhabitants of Lime-street feel bound to apply to the Corporation for such altera tions and improvements as may enable them to carry on their trade without danger, molestation, or inconvenience. The presentment was signed by most of the firms in Lime-street. The report recommended that the subject should be referred to the Commissioners of Sewers and the Improvement Committee, which was accordingly done. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY POLICE. Alderman Gums brought up the report of the Com mittee to whom it was referred, to take into considera tion certain matters connected with the Commissioner of the City Police, including the subject of increasing the salary of that officer. The report expressed the Committee's disapprobation of the conduct of the Commissioner in employing police men who were paid by the city in the capacity of private servants, recommended that such practice should be pe remptorily discontinued as irregular, and that the sum of 1,200/. per annum should be paid to him from last midsummer. Alderman G IBBS moved that the report should be agreed to. Alderman WILSON seconded the motion. Sir PETER LAURIE disapproved of the report alto gether, as not containing adequate condemnation of the irregularities it alluded to, not censuring the connexion of the Commissioner with railway companies as a director in such speculations, and, lastly, as recommend ing a large increase of salaries, notwithstanding the Commissioner's admission of the correctness of the several matters of accusation alleged against him. Alderman COPELAND said he was never so much as tonished at any thing as at the report just presented. individuals who could hive giveiiinformitttinvoinisAge_the the of every charge against the Commissioner. Why had not Boyd, a policeman, who received leave of absence for a length of time, and who had been notoriously re ceiving emoluments from a railway company of which the Commissioner was a director, called to give evi dence ? In fact, for more than two years the Commis sioner had taken from the City police individuals to act as servants in his family, at the same time that they were paid from the fund for protecting the civic corn mnnity. Not only was his footman a policeman, but his coachman, whose only recommendation to the force was that he could drive - a coach well, was appointed to a similar situation. Alderman Copeland concluded by moving an amendment strongly animadverting upon the conduct of the Commissioner in employing men belong ing to the force as his domestic servants, requiring that he should send in a return of the money received from the civic funds by those so employed, and, finally, ex pressing the necessity for the observance by the Com missioner of the regulation enjoining that such officer should not not be employed on any other business. Sir PETER LAURIE seconded the amendment. He was present when the Commissioner admitted that there was to a certain extent foundation for every charge. The COMMISSIONER in answer to the charge, as to the employment of policemen in the capacity of his domes tic servants, said that he could not think of Allowing his wife to be attended by a fellow with a belt and lanthorn. —(Laughter.) It pleased him also to observe upon the subject of employing his policemen on railways, that be wished more of the police were so occupied, as they might have numerous opportunities of discovering the railway stags with which the country abounded — (Laughter),.---and having done all that he expected to be rewarded for (what every body must condemn) he looked after all that for an increase of salary !—(Laughter.) " Oh!" said he, "all that's done at the west end of the town, the Commissioners of the metropolitan force have as many servants as they please selected from that ex tensive body." He justified his practice by a reference to what existed. The Commissioners of the metropoli tan force never employed a single man of the force as a domestic servant. The city Commissioner, it seemed, threatened if the increase were not given to him, what? Why to go away—to abandon the force altogether. That would be, indeed, a desirable consideration.—(Laughter . ) Alderman WiLsoN said ho differed from some members of the corporation, in opinion as to the Commissioner's qualifications for the office he held. He considered the Commissioner to be a man of veryextraordinary powers', and certainly to accomplish by his talents in one hour more than many gentlemen whom he knew, and often heard speak, would effect by all their exertions in one week. The difference between the practice of the City Com missioner and the Metropolitan Commissioners consisted is the fact, the latter employed as many men as they wished without putting them into livery, while the former only employed two whom he considered it no crime to distin guish by different habiliments. He considered that the Commissioner had been extremely ill-treated by the non-observance of the conditions prescribed by those who elected that officer, than whom they could never find a better. Alderman COPELAND made a few observations to the effect that all that had been said upon the other side strengthened his position. Alderman SIDNEY and Alderman Glens advocated the report, and it was finally agreed to by a majority et 1 l to 3. Alderman COPELAND then stated that he should cer tainly move in the House of Commons for an_ Inquiry intothep of the City roceeding of p o th li e ce, Court in the case of the Com missioner - THE RAILWAY ALMANAC DIRECTORY, YEAR BOOK OF STATISTICS, AND DIGEST OF RAILWAY LAW FOR 1847.—This is the second year of the appearance of this Almanac and Directory which is a complete reper tory of railway informa tion, containing not only a diary and a calendar, but a complete railway directory of all existing railways and their officers, &c. ; a diary of railway and bank meetings in each month ; a list 01 abandoned railway schemes ; abstracts of Parliamentary returns, &c., relating to railways ; a list of the clerks of the peace ; a digest of the standing orders of all the Railway Acts of the sessions, and of all decisions on railway law in the Courts, so far as they have as yet been given. In fact, it is almost impossible for any one engaged in railway speculations to require any statis tical information which he will not find in the Railway Almanac. REMISSION OF RENTS.--It is understood that Lady Carbery, widow of the late Lord Carbery, in considera tion of the loss her tenants hay a sustained this year, intends to make no demand for rent on her extensive estates in this county. She has ev en i t appears, inti mated her intention, should any sums be received, not to appropriate any portion to her personal use, but to reserve the amount in trust for purposes of benevolence. This distinguished act of generosity is said to be only in accordance with the conduct, invariably kind and humane, which has characterised this excellent lady in the management of her property.—Cork Examiner. Bishop Griffiths had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday at the Colonial-office. iSi -- ___•Ote 3. lc4 10 tOl„ 7;40 0 10411 0 sll. el tti• S ero SC 4 to 14,u of ten - o p peg ab le - al , tu re oi Pift; 'e' B ai 15° Cele» 0 , PO Ol er