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.E ,STERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NEWMARKET RACES. October On IdONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, an d THURSDAY, With the 120, 1 3th, 14th, an d 15th, coaches will run in connexion ordinary trains leaving London, as follows : CAMB 7•15 and VII 11•30 a.m. R , and IDG E l'ls P.M. Vii CHESTERFORD. s'o The 6'o Express Train will stop at Chestertbrd to set down . M. pas _lengers only, on the above days. On Saturday, the 10th, and on afondaY, the 12th, a coach will start for Newmarket on the arrival tbat train at Cambridge teitBP"lal Train will leave London on Tuesday the 13th for Ches t, ord and Cambridge at B'o a.m., ca ll ing at Waltham, Barlow, and .311 Stortford, returning from Cambridge at 6'30 P.M., and Ches. 'Word at 7'lo Pat. foltL sen g_ e rs bogged through, vial Chesterford or Cambridge, at the -- " , S ineludin,s coach fare and fees : ISingle Tieket to or from Newmarket. Dv Ticket to and from Newmarket. lb.. -.. a Class, by R a i lway and inside the 1ae..,11 • • • . • ..... ...... .............. 't Coach Clas, by Railway' a nd outside the .. s - Se nd r, •••• .•• • rile - c oa , 1 ,1 88 . : ... Railw . ay,.an t.. don . tat . d 7 1 1 6 1 20 Post horses and coaches . provided for every train at Chesterford it by Messrs. Edwards, Bottom, and Sabine; and at Cain- Edbriage by Messrs. Edlin, Mitchell, and Rain. • P r aers for previously securing post horses to be addressed to Mr. wards, Crown Inn Chosterford, and Mr. nennington, Railway Station, C atubridge. ' c d. 17 6 14 6 By order, Ilishop s g at e Station, sth October,lB46. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. lIIRKENFIEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. LOANS OF MONEY. The " „ tirkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive Loans iz ie t"noY for periods of Five or Seven Years, under the authority of .11* In of P arliament, at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum. ~,_ p i erest will be paid Half-yearly, on the Ist January and Ist "WY. ia London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer. %Sealed T enders, statin g th e Amount and Term of Years for which le rn° neY is Proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commis onprs, endorsed " Tender fer Loans." By order, 13zkenhead, Sept. 21, 1846. RICHARD HIND, Secretary. ---+--..____....._..--..._____ JROYAL BANK of AUSTRALIA, 2, Moor . te-street, London. The RAVE '- YEARLY ga DIVIDEND, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, due on the 15th instant, will be PAYABLE on or after Mori . - ... b Ar. the 2d of November next. To the shareholders resident in Scotland, at the office of the agents, Messrs. R. mid T. Allan, No. 11, St. Andrew's -square, Edinburgh. By order of the Board, October 7, 1846. B. WOOD, Secretary. NATIONAL MERCANTILE • LIP E POULTRURY, ASSANCE SOCIETY, N-HOUSA. 14 above. now MAIIIIIO The business of this Society is carried on at the new premises .ember 30, 18 46. J. JONES, Secretary. quARDIAN FIRE AND. LIFE ASSUR- Ito, " ANCE COMPANY, aOM .BARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. tem, , JOHN DIXON, Esq., Depnty-Chatrman. Przni j , m ailse Berens, Esq. George Lya ll , Esq., M.P. a ir .vs..s Bart Dyke, Esq. 1 Stewart Maizioribanks, Esq., M.P. The ' , her R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. John Hankey, jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. gh s 4 arvey, sq. Robert Mitford, Esq. oto Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morrie, Esq. Jeth i r g i . e Jo hnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, NZ, Esq. Le- Tell, N. John Thornton, Esq. 4.oyd j e .„ , ... E sq, James Tulloch, Esq. A. p i r ear 4 ' 14b arts. Es AUDITORS. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. l asi Jo nes Loy: I , Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. in th A cmeav—Grifilth Davies, Esq., F.R.S. 182 3 • LIFE D E PART M EN T, a Bonus was declared in June ik,,__. h.teeedlng one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an equal of the different Ages • and two subsequent divisions of nearly On :141110111ns were made up ' to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. to thi ave rage of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added ab out sever Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to se , Per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those liepi s Lears, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three o;'"-Ittl divisions exceeded 530,0061. vki "ns granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro sttZln ott Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have i„ ; e4 ,. bl each case a value not under 501. en - 47 e FIRE D EPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared e . 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies i 5 , 1 41, bag been in force seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same betv , , , e,„„ ul ,, e _outse of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepte.d), als o b;,—tijut, hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office; and l iotice 4. 4 Age n l3 lll the Country Districts. In as to .4 hereby given, that assurances which expire at Michael :',Ylth Ilfr al e,.._ ,L st be renewed within fi ft een days at this Office, or the c o ' r ''"'Lls, 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with be - ''"Y's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they conie void. N-A'TF-------lORAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR , ANCE SOCIETY, 36, CONNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,001. This . Empowered by Act of Parliament. spith .stitution embraces important and s ubstantial advantages h am, , eB Pect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured alapfeit„ s all occasions, the pevrer to borrow, without expense or o f t he the Policy, twe-tkirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; e option of selecting benefits, n and ssity. the . 1' conversion . his ix -724 to m ee t other convenience* or ece I.4iZilranees for terms of years are granted on tie lowest possible GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. DIVISION OF PROFITS. kaThe remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society e nabled the Directors, at th e last annual investigation to declare fourth bonus, varying front 35 is 85 per cent. en the premiums paid *I tack P•lley effected ea the Profit seals. VT EXAMPLES. Presidium • . Beams Bonus ix Assured', 112 p F added. Cash. v may li ; Sorrow. s '1837 X 217 15 1 XlO4 011 XIII 4 4445 u 1400 '' 1838 192 3 0 87 14'1310 21 39 5 11 13 4 1839 165 11 10 74 1 11 311 344 2 1844 114 7 6 64 II 141 718 le 234 13 1841 111 4 4a in a, ti in . i X 21715 1!X10$ 111Xli---- • 41 192 3 87 1 4j 13 10 5! 165 11 10 74 1 91 11 3 1 111 7 6 34 11 1111 718 15 111 4 S 49 10 710 4 14445 395 11 1 346 t 3 234 13 4 247 4 6 bThe d ivision of profits is mutual, and th e 'eat will he made in fteraber of the present year. F. FEIGUSON C.4.ItROUX, Secretary. rritp, MARRIAGE, The marriage of the youthitil Queen of Spain Is certainly deserving of a strain ; And lest you think we're slighting the " Infanta," Our muse shall take the subject up instanter; We've nothing that's political in view, That we will leave for editors to do ; 'While some folks make a business to assail her, Our business is the business of a tailor. We want to give a hint (as you may guess) Touching her royal bridegroom's wedding dress. MOSES and SON (without a word's dispute) Should have the orders for the wedding suit. Gaanents like these would make the courtiers stare, Ncr would he find their equal anywhere ; Tte Spanish Queen herself would much admire 'De elegance display'd in such attire. NOSES and SON (which fee: they scarce need state) Are daily having orders from the great ; And For Egypt's Princblige e, our Us while visiting borders, ot not to o with h orders. Then let the Royal Prince abou is t to marry Take NOSES up the hint which these few verses ; and SON will choicely execute The Prince's order for a wedding suite. LIST OF PRICES. READY R&)i. X i. d. 0 7 6 0 16 . 6 Tweed Taglioni ••• • • ••• • • ••".••• .. • • .. "front Ch esterfield and Codrington Taglionis stammer Coats in every description and make,including the registered ;;oat .• . • . . . • • • • • • , _ ~ • • • , ~ Blouses in every material .......... .• .• ••• • • • from Splendid pattern Summer Vests •. . .. • • •• • • • , • • • • • . •• Cashmere and Psrsian ditto, in endless variety ... ... l'Black and Fancy Satin, dittO —..—...••. • . . • • . .. . • blaacY Trousers ~.. • • • • ........... ack, ditt0.......... ...... .. .........• .• .• • • • . . . .. 0. ..... • • • ........ 0 rreck ditt o , • .... TO . • • IiZABWRZ. • ....... • .. .• ..•• • • • . 1 Coats, of every MADE material adapted for the season, in any variety of style and fashion, to order... —•• • from 0 16 0 14 ,„_ 1111 ,_ting Vests, Gs. 6d. each, or three for ..... •.... • • .. 0 19 0 •-•-"barnere ditto, is every variety of pattern .....• • •• .. • 8 6 nAtin ditto, plain •and fancy .........• ••• • • • ... ..... 0 14 6 Ditto, Cloth or Casimere ditto ...... ••••.••• • • • • • • .. 0 8 0 ip. R ,..._, Black Single-milled ditto .......... ••••••• • • • 0 13 6 -I'lll6 Trousers, is every pattern. ........ ••••• • • • .. 9 10 6 Sl agle- s, and Albert Victoria ditto ••——.• • • • • • • 13 19 0 best Black Dress ttitt0................ ••••..• • • • • • 1 6 0 ,refig, Coats.. .••• . • • . ........... .. • ......... ••• 1 12 0 ,'`''tt.o. best raanufictured ........................ 215 0 Ditto. rock Coats ...... ••••.•••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • . from 1 15 0 , beat manufactured ..•• • •• .• • • ••••••" • • • • • • • 3 3 0 A Mourning, to any extent, at five minutes notice. • 5.,, - , II Y article purchased or made to measure, if not approved of, ''', • il be immediately exchanged. or the money returned. 1 übserve—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers. Bat" e ms. Clothiers, Ontlitters, and general Warehousemen regret to be uliged to guard the public against imposition, but, having learned ik th at the untradesmanlike falsehood of being connected with a tn." or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many Yes,in __wtn and for obvious reasens, they have no connexion with. her house in or out of London. And th ose who desire gennine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent di As rigs. and Aldgate, City, Lottlia'Polntment, call at or send to the Mai' iiit' IiO SES and SON, Tailors, Woollen D rapers, 'tatters, Hosiers, snil C), ltfltters, Nos. 154, 155, 156, 157, Minories 1,/.. Aldgate, City, L on don. 'and 83, 84 , 85, 414"gaLc?.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84, ,Be b ust Q.l.l4it ness transacted at this Establishment from sunset on te t•itY.evening till sunset on Saturday evening, when it is restated ...„......4.1,2ie o'clock Irish, -NI tke 8 LADIES otherwise exposed TRAVELLING,t. tke tke scorching rays of the Sun, will find OVirLA,ND'S KALYDOR a Alt __PareParation for the Complehxiont,adnid most refreshing e ticity of eteb..., relaxation, allaying all spelli t n a g nil t i h t e y, c a lo nl u d d im of in i ed an i: burn > < the pleasing sensatio e n a atcteentdalfegoruess t° E r r ed up ti o as ns ,. sun btirn:l/4,n- The numerous varieties of by o,_'reekles, Tan, and Diseolouratiens, are l soft and clear. berii..., Kalyder, and the skin rendered delica . te y its excus 1 ive selec ti e , i r , l nt and refre.shing properties have obtained pleasingly eradicat i e t d s et the Y e tk Q Court and the Royal Family of Grea,it,Britain, rte" of the Ais teerac ontinent of Europe, together with the e 1 f India, and the braj a ncl " thute Volee," from the sultry climes e ealms of the and h•se Cy, 11t-rooras cf Calcutta and Madras, te the frozen r . 7.... r i 1 the actions if St. Petersburgh and Mescow.—Price 4s. 6d. ,18_1. 6 d. per bottle. 47tt`:ats, . ileware ef spurious " Kalydors " containing inineral ir a r s e t p ri e n l. - itHerly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by the o:;Ftion, epdanger health. The only genuine has LA/CH 8 KALYDOR" in the wrapper, and A. ROWLA kid CO/1" 2o desire of the ?t o ,. 0 , Litton- garden, is also engraved ( by the _ words .N D bottle. "Innt asioiters) •Bold ma the G overnment Stamp affixed en each Phnom by the rreprieters, and hres pectable Chemists and Per ether " Xal llers " C 0 are fraudule nt eeunterfelts. PYof a LETTER wILLIAM COURT NEY, Esq from To Mr. Tnomas Peourr, 229, Strand, London. Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants, October 26, 1844. ._Blr,-.I cannot help expressing tlfPerienced in taking your Pills fmeyaet°Gnolift'n:l et:eteeintathkeeentnctTllhmravee -43:,..night so severely with it as tie t with difficulty able to get ciu,. 8,',Y 11 bed, and after I arose I had severe pains, followed on with in wi..nation of the foot increasing. I took three of your Pills, and tr„.!l_yrtivo hours I found the . pain to entirely cease. I afterwards 1, - " o .tt li o Pills at a dose twice in the day, and I am, thank God, this ,117,„Lwv. able to walk without the slightest i nconvenience. I fonnd in 7 ious very severe attack very great relief; I had the pains in 1ie„,..",QQ4 and thighs so very severe at that time, I thought I must tr ee ' .',.. t i,!tl, and that it must have gone int my stomach. At that he, ` !lad resort to your Pills, and they elfeved me —within two ke,,,.Q -I was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought, really, to be ‘44 e " r ia_ ell over the world. I have a brothe rand oung man, that bee, ,!_hotribly with it, and his greatest relief preventive has h.q....m:1r Pills. Make what use you please of my report. —I ours 44 0 d respectfully, WILLIAM COURTNEY. hav e e , 46. the many discoveries that c haracterise the present age, none he r co .ntributed so much to the comfort and ease of the communit3, taut "Qrred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor the discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, r ihk e j ti at e l aQY of which has been tested by the approval and recom thr, . on of m a ny of the greatest men of our day. They are effec set4+,l?r gout rheumat IthDtoetlll4ltunbago, Pains in the headerand face, frequently treated as k-i—nd....' C. They require neither confinement nor attention of "No, ,;-' an They prevent the disease attacking the stomach, sok, : other vital part. keht, 41110nlaa Pront,Strand, London ; an by his appoint- Iteed„,_. all resPectable medicine vendors througllout the United ..eak‘76 P rice 21. 9d. per box. . rt I ,„ t BLAIR'S GOUT ANI) RITEUMA.TIC PILLS, and ob- Ireohztnaree and address;Thomas Prout, 229 Strasd, London." o the thy '14111 17.1t anakent BUMP ataXe4 to each boa of the _ _' 4 : ~---5e...---- -"//°"1-' . .. . -..--- - Z -- -- .."` -- .--- ---- -- ---- .2---- -- . S •N .4-14, 1 .----------- . _ ..., • . ao , '''' s47 12 7/ , 44 0 , 1 c I,re ). . ~. '- - --....,.. 7 „ .•' t o , .•.. ..,- ~ • ~. "1111.40 "Nta.O. i , ... . Vit . i•_.„,. 1 . , 46rf 'is, / . 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' .4,5,,,. , - 3, - n --• ,-, 5.--- . , -------- -7-.:-,,,,,, 11.'..0 1 ...„.... ~, •. , ir• '4 ' '''' ', Z ICZ' ''' ii , C"' '• - . •* ' •:ls\ et ‘ v . ,...: . .-. ..`, , I‘ . 14. ..; • J., , 6 ..- ..* * lt - .. " S e '`)L. ) ' ''. 4' .. \-- '',Aii '''''' 19 /E .4., , .-'., Ci , P. , ..,.4.4 , 7!-.* otn- ,,, ..-:..=• ',. • ' ' . • .... ..... ~... ~ .:...s., .4... ...e ('`. ~.0- .: e - Olb • , : / 4 , 3 1 . , A. N., :e4-/.':".' THE GREAT_ TYRELLA, WEDNESDAY NIGHT; 11.36 1-. M. Since my last the weather has moderated, and this noble vessel now lies in comparative safety upon the sand, resisting both wind and wave in admirable style. She has an almost imperceptible inclination to port. Strange rumours are constantly coming out about her. One is, and that from one of the crew, that her captain contemplates using tanks to float her off. I will not - offer any remarks on this subject so as to prejudice the . public mind either one way or the other ; but there will be almost insurmountable difficulties in applying such humble aid in a case of such emergency as the present.. PRICE SD. s I fi t o i m s the ,000 t o generall,socipciiit tons.ien here sued If ha t b l e b eh the s c i u Ps s ' Q, le i v l i , g er h y t much doubt a sufficient buoyancy being got from tanks, let their floating power be applied ever so forcibly. It is also confidently asserted that Lloyti's agent has given up all hope of doing good from the siniple fact of the captain declining ;o give up the ship, as he was a shareholder to the amount of 30,0001., and was therefore entitled to her sole management. The dangerous and destructive measures resorted to, to free her of the water she has made, are likely, in the event of her being got off, to prove verylinjurious to the ship, viz., that of driving the rivets, whose bends ha-ve been started by the straining of the ship. All steam ships, more especially those of large dimensions, can, connect their engines with a pump or pumps of sufficient force to throw off a considerable quantity of water per minute, but in the case of the Great Britain no such ex pedient appears to have deen resorted to. The following letter has, been posted in the under writers' rooms at Liverpool ; ‘ "TO THOMAS COURT, ESQ. " By letter received this morning from Tyrelia, the Great Britain steam-ship has altered her position. She now lies east and west on the shore, and making much water ; it was above the deck of the saloon. Vssel is higher up on the beach, and labouring qn the tide. "I am, &c., " LEONARD. WATSON. " Nairn Point, Oct. 8, 1846." • The Warder publishes the following letter relative to this unfortunate ship : " Dundrum, Oct. B._Firry.x, " Sir,—Since I last addressed you upon the subject of this ill-fated vessel, some futile attempts have been made to get her off, and the result has been just as I antici pated, that instead of benefiting her situation it has been made considerably worse. The spring tides, upon which so much reliance was placed, came and went, as is almost invariably the case, accompanied by a strong wind and heavy sea, and left the Great Britain clinging to her sandy bed more firmly than ever, from which nothing will ever remove her but the application of simple scien tific means, and which can be applied without waiting for the treacherous springs. "On my arrival on the beach at Tyrella, on Tuesday last, at 11h. 30m., A.m., the ship was evidently in motion, many persons on the beach remarked it ; she had her jib foresail and fore trysail set, but no visible effort: was made to get her off. On visiting her after the tide had receded, I found her lying with an inclination of about a degree and a half to starboard, her forefoot was en tirely out of the sand for about eight or teat feet ; she has not sunk so much as was anticipated abaft, I think not more than two feet and a half ; her screw is safe and can be worked. A quantity of sand has accumulated under her bilge, but not to any considerable amount, Upon the whole, I do not consider the Great Britain's danger at present is so great as is generally supposod. She is encumbered with a great deal of superincumbent weight, such as her quarter-boats, masts, yards, spars, some bent sails, and an anchor hanging at her starboard bow. It is not to be wondered at, if she strains, with these top weights exposed to and offering the resistance they do to the wind. I visited her yesterday after the tide had fallen, and found her stern had shifted in shore about 40 or 50 feet, and she was lying with a very slight inclination to port, and with her port broadside exposed to the sea. Water was running in considerable quan tities from her rivet boles. She was said to have had ten feet in her hold. Are her pumps choked ? I was informed yesterday, on good authority, that the com mander of the Great Britain contemplates floating her with tanks. I mentioned in my last letter that I esti mated her weight at 1,000 tons; but, upon closer calcu lation, I should think 1,500 would be nearer the mark; to float which weight of fixed metal by tanks would far exceed any notion of efficient buoyancy • and, in my o pinion, such an attempt will prove As useless as the late ones that were made on what were to be eventful spring tides. There is at least a rise and fall of six or eight feet where the Great Britain now lies, which, in' moderate weather, would be quite sufficient to get her off; anti I am still prepared, if I meet with due support and aesist anee from the parties most closely concerned in the Great Britain's salvation, to carry her off the sands of Dundrtim in safety.—Your most obedient servant, THOMAS S. GABRIEL, R.N., Her Majesty's ship Queen COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. BISHOP' STORTYORD, SATURDAY,—A collision of an exceedingly frightful character took place this (Satur day) morning on the Eastern Counties (Cambridge line), about a mile and a half on the Cambridge side of Bishop Stortford, and midway between that place and the Stan stead station—a collision which, although, fortunately, it has not resulted in the loss of life, has involved the destruction of a vast amount of property. Frdm the particulars collected on the spot where the collision took place, it appears that on Friday evenirkg, immediately after the departure of the up fast train, which leaves Cambridge at nine o'clock P.M, an engine.. with a train consisting of thirty-fire trucks, partially filled with coal and corn sacks, and partially empty, started from the same- place, en route for Stratford. About ,half-past nine another train, consisting of thirty three carriages, laden with grain,,also started from Cam bridge on the up line, and on its way to London drawn by engine .No. 97, and driven by a man nameirasher- On the arrival of the truck train within a mile and it half Of Bishop Stortford station, and a few hundred yarda of the New-road bridge, the feeding-pipe of the engine at tached to the truck train became out of order, and ren dered it unable to proceed. The driver and stoker set to work repairing the engine, and about haliepast twelve - o'clock, having completed their object, the train was set in motion, but had scarcely done so, when the train laden with grain was heard coming up. Pestal, the guard of the truck train, with all possible speed ran down the line, and exhibited the red signal; but too late to'stop the , grain train, at that moment approaching the New-road bridge at the rate of twenty miles an hour, on the 'same line as the truck train had been standing. Every exertion was used by Parker to prevent the occurrence, but with out avail. In an instant after the collision took place, the engine of the grain train dashing with fearful vio lence into the tail of the truck train. The crash is described as fearful in the extreme—a fact to which the appearance of the line bore ample testimony throughout the whole of that morning. Eight carriages of the grain train, and eight or nine of the truck train were smashed. At an early hour yesterday morning the line was completely blocked, and the rails of the up line torn up for a considerable distance. Oa either side lay scattered carriages in a ditch, whilst the engine No. 97 lay on the side of the embankment nearest the up line, with goods waggons on either side, completely over it. 12. he line itself was covered with wheels, springs, and other fragments of the carriages, and sacks upon sacks of loose grain were apparently mixed in with the soil. The escape of the engine-driver and stoker of the engine of the grain train was truly miraculous. The stoker was thrown into the field adjoining the line:for a con siderable distance, and as the engine turned over, Parker, the driver, who had shut off his steam, and was at the time holding on by the break, turhed over with it down the embankment, and was shortly after got out from under it, in at first an apparently insensible condition, from which, however, he speedily rallied, after being extricated from his perilous situation. The instant the news of the collision reached the Bishop Stortford station, at which it is stated the crash was distinctly heard, Mr. Nicholson, the station-master, dispatched a special engine to London for aid, and Mr. Kitson, the chief of the locomotive department at the Stratford station, with two or three hundred labourers, proceeded to the spot, and were set to work in removing the wreck of the two trains from the line. They com menced their labours about three o'clock in the morning, and some idea may be formed of the magnitude of the accident, when it is stated that, notwithstanding the im mense number of men employed, the down line was nut cleared in sufficient time to allow the 15 minutes after seven o'clock train, due at Bishop Stortford at 18 mi nutes after eight, to pass. The consequence was that this train was detained until nine o'clock, before it got into the Bishop Stortford station. Throughout the whole of this day (Saturday) all the trains between London and Cambridge were detained:a considerable time, and it was not until a late hour last evening that the up line was thoroughly cleared, and the rails relaid, so as to allow trains to come up with safety. It appeared from the statement of George Flahall, the guard of the grain train, who was also thrown out of the break carriage, that Festal, the guard of the truck train, had been for some time down the line, holding the red signal, but the signal being given for his train to start he ran towards it, and had nearly reached it, when hearing the grain train coming up, he ran back to show the signal, but too late to be of service. Several of the directors, accompanied by Mr. Roney, the secretary, visited the spot during the day, and it is understood a rigid investigation will be instituted by the board, to ascertain who are the culpable parties. The engine of the grain train is completely destroyed, and the loss altogether is calculated at not less than 3,000/. a returnit ERE V ENUE.—CHARG E S E Il t to E a . n—oCsoreee. xdaoMva9cresraeAhld .rirnißeaeuolv la6m:felsß:Te. etsindhhrcel t) e ha eo laudr irors hous e C &c.—juFstmdme livered, it appears that—The total amount of deductions by revenue departments from the gross receipts, not paid L T .oafc Commons,rn a, into y. totaltnnnoegThe e rst her a :hr r enee plret e ce:s n eh2aiai don7pameirc9rhtniges:pe reached yba4ss J ylu: .ot a ai .behaf n rsrlle: . alfosfn2rdlrE,ocsl from ch.mx l mpe B ca2ts 4 htirdaoh s eoti. ne_if , ; expended sm i oonrueudo 6 enrtir , nteseaspsr2a(y, was iee 3 dxx 9 rtec7i 4 ehne: / voap . pt eo6t i n2 4 Eyur. Exchequer, is 909,6101. 12s. 2d. Consequeatly the sum Excise, 968,382/. 6s. Bd.; Stamps, 165,3461. 17s. Id.; Taxes, 348,7281. Os. 10d.; Post-office, 1,114,8491. 2s. 6J,; Crown lands, 41,886/. 11 s. 3d. A paragraph appeared in the Times of Thursday in reference to a court-martial to be held on a naval officer, for having ordered a seaman who had committed some offence to be placed in one of the "coal bunkers," by way of punishment. The paragraph asserts that this mode of punishment is common in the navy, and is inflicted on board the royal yacht, as well as other hips. Now, we are enabled to state, most positively, that such a punishment has never once been resorted to in has. ltinLs.s.. , . ........1 ......L• elz No. 16,868. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SU Ny OCTOBER 12, 1846. PROSPECTUS OF TILE BRISTOL AND POOLE HARBOUR RAIL WAY COMPANY. Capital, 1,001,0001., in 51,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per share. (Registered Provisionally.) PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS. Sir E. Doughty, Bart., Upton House, Dorset John Samuel Wanloy Sawbridge Erie Drax, Esq., M.P., Charborough Park, Dorset J. Weld, Esq., Lulworth Castle, Dorset Colonel John Michel, Dulish House, Dorset Wm. Cartwright, Esq., proprietor of collieries in Monmouthshire and Gltumorganshire. E. B. Ashford, Esq., Babcary, Somerset. ACTING COMMITTEE. HENRY STRETTON, Esq., Ramsgate, Chairman. Major J. E. Home, Army and Navy Club John Gray Wilson, Esq., Westbounie Grove Colonel William Mainwaring Sloane, Seymour-street Gilbert M`Queen, Esq., Great Coram-street, Russell-square Thomas Peers, Esq., 1, Lamb's Conduit-place George Chisman, Esq., Dalston, Middlesex Sir James Caleb Anderson, Bart. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. (With power to add to their number.) Frederick William Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place Bees Price, Bsq., M.D., Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, Essex Capt. T. C. Newton. Bruton-street ; and Lugwarden, Herefordshire Thomas Ottery Rayner, Esq., M.D. F.S.A., I, Matthew's Place, Cambridge Heath Rev. C. Davies, Sandgate Major J. Mill, Guernsey Benjamin Head, Esq., 27, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington Edward Sankey, Esq., Canterbury J. Johnson, Esq., Davies-street, Berkeley-square G. Pusey, Esq., The Dells, Stoke Newington N. Crouch, Esq., South-place, Euston-square ; and 64, Pall-mall R. B. Crofts, Esq., Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, Cheshire John Britten;Esq., Basinghall-street Lieut. Charles T. Hill, R.N., Queen's-square, Bristol Henry Lyster, Esq., Spring-terrace, Wandsworth Captain Hippisley, Somerset-street, Cavendish-square Wm. C. O'Connell, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman•square. LONDON BANKERS. London and County Bank The London Joint-Stock Banking Company. COUNTRY BANKERS. Messrs. Stuckey and Co. National Provincial Bank of England Messrs. Ledgard and Co., Poole Messrs. Bastard and Co., Blandford. Ersommt.—George Rennie, Esq. SECRETARIES (pro. tem.)—Messrs. Castleman and Kingdom. SOLICITORS. Gilbert Stephens, Esq., 13, Northumberland-street, Strand. Messrs. Castleman and Kingdom, Wimborne. Since issuing the former prospectus, the Committee, being deter mined to proceed on the surest grounds, and anxious for the ultimate success of the undertaking, have made further and more minute in quiries into the remunerative traffic to be expected on this line ; and they are warranted in stating that, the result of such inquiries has greatly exceeded the expectations upon which they grounded their former prospectus. This line of railway, commencing at Bristol, will open a direct communication with Poole, passing through or near the important towns and villages of Whitechurch, Pensford, Clutton Shepton Mallet, Bruton, Castle Cary, Winca n t on , Stalbridge, Sturminster, Newton, Shillingston, Steurpain, Blandford, Spittisbury, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne Minster to Poole Harbour • and thus, by means of the Line of Packets intended to be established by this Company, from that port to the Channel Islands and Cherbourg, and the rail ways now in progress from the latter place to the French capital, and trom thence to Lyons, will complete the line of communication by the most direct way, from Edinburgh to the south of France, thus enabling that country to supply herself with many articles of com merce atlittle more than half the cost she at present pays, and leav ing a good remunerative profit to the Company and producer at home, Among the various sources of traffic to be expected on this line. the following are the most prominent :—The supply of the Govern ment with Coal from the Welch and Somersetshire pits, by means of the proposed line, for its different naval and steam depots throughout the world. The Somerset pits, which are 36 in number, yield, at present, about 2,000 tons per diem, but are ca pable of yielding a much larger quantity ; and, supposing that 2,000 tons were carried by the railway, at ld. per ton a mile, a dis tance of 40 miles for 300 days in the year, which is even less than the Company have every reason to expect, it would yield a net return of 100,0001., or 10 per cent. upon the estimated capi tal ; deduct then 40 per cent. for working the line, wear and tear, and there remains the sum of 60,0001., or 6 per cent. per annum on the capital. There can be no doubt of the demand of this important article of general consumption, from the great dimi nution of price to the consumer by the costs of carriage being reduced to ld. per ton per mile from the present cost, which is from 6d. to 10d. The supply of the Channel Islands (population more than 100,000), and of France, with the best species of coal for the production of gas, as well as for the use of their manufactures and for domestic purposes. This article, by means of the various coal pits situated on the line, will' yield to the Company a very fine remunerative profit, and be of the greatest be nefit to the coal proprietor; as the coal necessary for the purposes of gas can be obtained in very large quantities, and delivered at Cher bourg at one-third less than they are now giving for the same coal, and which cannot, therefore, fail to be of equal benefit to the mer chant abroad, the producer at home, and the proposed Company. Besides these two great sources of coal traffic, there is the supply of the southern coast, and the different districts on the line, with coal for domestic use, at a saving of from six to seven shillings a ton. This is a circumstance that cannot fail to secure to the Company the entire traffic, and be of the greatest benefit to themselves and the public in general. In addition to this, the line will ofrer to the great manufacturing city of Bristol a mere ready market for all those articles of commerce of which France and the Channel Islands stand so much in need, and which are manufactured in great quantities at that city, and as soon as the line is completed, tenders will at once be submitted to Government for the more speedy transmission of the mails to the Channel Islands, by which a saving of more than twelve hours will be effected, and to the North and North-west of Great Britain a saving of twenty-four hours. There is also very considerable traffic to be derived from the various stone quarries, iron mines, and clay pits on the line (the clay pits alone yielding more than 50,000 tons annually) ; sand from the Isle of Wight, for the manufacture of glass, of which more than 10,000 tons an nua lly are used in Birmingham alone; the pre sent mercantile traffic which now goes round the Land's End to the Western Ports ; the great agricultural, manufacture, and pas senger lilac from the rich and populous districts through which the line passes; and the traffic which must be thrown upon the line from the Welch iron and coal masters, as being the nearest and most direct outlet to the Continent for the produce of that country. In dependent of remuneration, this line ought to be looked upon as a great national undertaking and benefit, as it will do away with the necessity for vessels now employed in the Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Russian trades, bound to the western parts of England, gOing round the Land's End, by at once opening to them the harbour of Poole, which has been pronounced by eminent engineers to be one of the best natural harbours in the world, and capable, at a small expense, of being made accessible to vessels of the largest class theot only will t with perfect safety, and enabling them to send th e i r cargoes h n ebenefited, he s e h x i p p e o n w se n , er than and atthporesie merchant : a b n y t rch to their diffe rent destinations in loss time, and at a less th be is greatly benefited, Company would derive an immense antinal revenue from the cargoes of northern produce thus landed at Poole, to be again dist ri buted, by means of thei r railway, to the different manufacturing throughout this country ; and t h e passenger trafficthat wouldtnoawtnsu rally follow so large a portion of mercantile traffic cannot fail to yield to the Company a very handsome return upon their tl ou ay. The average Humber of vessels detained in this trade in going round the Land's End amounts, from the most authentie sources,to about four thousand, each vessel averaging a detention of five days. The average tonnage of these vessels amounts to 130 tons, which would give six men to each vessel, working after the rate of 601. per month, which would give, for the number of days detained, 101. to each vessel : this, multiplied by the number of vessels, viz., 4,000, would give the sum of 40,000/., which will be entirely saved by Means of this line. This is independent of the loss of life, destruction of property, expense of insurance, and loss of thee, which would all be saved by the projected rail, the statistics of which, did space allow, would make every one look upon the present undertaking, not only as one of great local importance, but one of great national benefit. The advantages have long been known and appreciated, and the present Company have determined to bring them into play in the most 11111 and efficient manner. The expense of storage at Poole as well as the port dues are less than at any port in the kingdom ; so that the merchant would be enabled to keep his goods there at a less expense than at his own port. He would be enabled to perform five voyages for every three from the northern parts, and, by means of the speedy communication by the electric telegraph and the rapid travelling of the present day, many advantages and conveniences will be afforded. A careful preliminary survey having been made by the Company's surveyor,the line has been pronounced to present less than the ave rage engineering difficulties, about thirty miles being through a rich, populous, and level valley. The harbour of Poole has also been sur veyed, and the bar at the mouth of the harbour has been pronounced to be capable of removal, and is now actually being removed ; thus opening to vessels of the largest tonnage one of the safest and most commodious harbours in the world. These are a few of the advantages offered to the public by the pro jected line ; and the Committee, impressed with the sense of the ex cellence and legitimacy of the undertaking, and basing their views upon ascertained facts and undoubted evidence, feel themselves war ranted in offering to all applicants for shares the following conditions, via.: That no party taking shares in the said Company shall be liable (in case of failure of the Company) to a larger amount than five shillings per share, unless a greater sum shall be sanctioned at a General Meeting of the Shareholders called for that purpose ; so that in case the Company fail at any period of time prior to such Meeting being called, the Committee pledge themselves to return 11. 17s. per share instead of 21. 25., and a proportionately larger amount if the accounts of the Company, upon inspection, show a less expenditure. At the first general meeting of the shareholders the Committee will produce an account, signed by the bankers, of the several sums received by them on account of the Company, thereby warranting to the shareholders that the amount subscribed is still in the hands of the bankers, minus the ss. per share. The fhture plans of the Company will be laid before the share holders at their first general meeting, and everything submitted to their investigation and approved. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Bristol and Poole Harbour Railway I request that y ou will allot to me Company. shares of 201. each in the above undertaking, agreeably to the prospectus ; and I agree to accept such shares as may be allotted me on the terms above mentioned, and also to pay the deposit thereon, and to sign the Par liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required. Dated the day of 1846. Name . . Residence ••••• • • • • ••• • •• Trade or Profession • • Reference....., • • • • • • • • • • • • Address of Referee ••••• • • • *** Applications fo r s h ares may be made, in the above form, at the office of the Company, 55, King William-street, City; Gilbert Ste phens, E gg, 13, Northumberland -street, Strand ; Messrs. Castleman and Kingdon, solicitors, Whnborne ; T. Hyatt, Esq., solicitor, Shed tem Mallet S. smith licitor, Poole. ,Esq., Blandford ; and M. K. Welch, Esq., so- aa n a d t e nt a g a t e t eetsoh theb e g resulting Pat eto o tee .a THE UNIVERSAL 6 to 0 60 er Cent. gaved 1 GAS BURNER. tfrpoum,blait. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross: rhT T eh s ea b d e r.v h l of in 3o vention are various and attention to the following facts, to CO per cent„ the corn striking. Independently of a saving Mullen is perfect, and the brilliancy produced produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neithe r e smell nor smoke, and burns Hosta ny pertod; delicate a c n o d l o s u u r cl o i r illspurity,finest that it neither affects h fabric. Objections have steadilyo r soils the fer made to the introduction of gas in dwellinc fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperieuses' to the expense of these are entirely obviated by the .. PArz %gold moulding, kc. ; lluxwxn." As the cost of laying en gas is much UNIVERSAL GAO tower than is com monly supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, club-houses, hotels, manufactories, and publie baildifts well as for One of the small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room,. a t immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the am da a n _ sam , waste or trouble. `'` 0 . The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy passin g eveeveryother known light, are shown by the annexed alth ent i; opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. - Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engine ers Tuesday, 26th May, 1846, Sir Joins Rxrizaz, President, in th e C hair. ' "A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited . The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to th e centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. The air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was heated, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and impinging with force en the lame of the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with the carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, The flame was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a better ght, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. POLTTECIINIO OnEmma/. ScHooL.—" Ii testing Clark, Me Niell, and Co,'s Universa 3Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless burners, it gave a more pars and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 o 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROBT. 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The large circulation of this journal in England, in addition the local sale, and advertisements being free from duty, renders it a very adantageous and cheap medium for advertising. Agencies of all kinds for the Channel Islands undertaken. Post-office orders payable to Chapman and Co., Sun-office, Guernsey, where all com munications addressed to the Editor may be made. This paper may be sent through the post to any part of the United Kingdom free of charge. SUICIDE by the SWISS GIANTESS. On Friday evening an inquest was held at the Red louse Tavern, Battersea, before Mr. Carter, one of the coroners of the county of Surrey, and a respectable jury, on view of the colossal remains of Eliza Laurence, alias Madame do Letzi, but who was better known as the Swiss Gitintess, which had been picked up in the Thames, near that place, on Wednesday morning. From the evidence adduced it appeared that on Wednesday morn ing, about eight o'clock, Rock, a waterman belonging to the Citizen Pier, near the Red House, while on the pier, observed the body of the deceased floating up the river with the tide, upon which he jumped into a boat and took it on shore. On searching her pockets a piece of paper was found, upon which 'was written, "No. 3, Shorter's-gardens, Seven Dials, knock twice and ask for Emma." Rock called at the address, and on knocking twice, as directed, was answered by Emma, a young and diminutive female, who had been ascertained to walk with the deceased in Regent -street and that neighbour hood, and on taking her to the Red House she at once identified her old companion, the Swiss Giantess. The last time the deceased was seen in the neighbourhood of her residence was Tuesday night, when she called at a public-house in Sherrard-street, Golden-square, when •she asked a female for a penny, saying she was in great distress, and had had nothing to eat for twenty-four hours, or very little from the Monday be fore. She also complained of the state of abject poverty to which she was reduced, being without a farthing, or a farthing's worth of property to raise money on, and said she was going over Waterloo-bridge, and that she had a great mind to stop there and make a hole in the water; but whether she had done so there or elsewhere there was no evidence to prove. She was, however, seen upon Waterloo-bridge at ten o'clock on the Tuesday night, which was the last time she was seen alive. She was 51 years of age, and had never been married, but had one child, a son, who did not live with her. The jury, after hearing evidence to the above effect, returned a verdict of " Suicide, while labouring under temporary insanity." This woman, who was well known to the pedestrians of London, not only from her extraordinary height, but also her proportionably bulky appearance, passed many years of her life in a caravan, and was conveyed from town to town and exhibited, under the title of Madame de Letzi, the Swiss Giantess. During this time she natu• rally acquired idle habits, and when she was turned out upon the world, in consequence of her want of continued attraction, the adopted the dissipated life which eventu ally led her to commit suicide, for she could not bear to be pointed at in the street as a woman without morality and character. She more than once went to Waterloo bridge with the intention of destroying herself, and was persuaded by her companions, or those passing, from committing the crime. . GREEN-YARDS.—Mr. Joseph Woodward, livery stable-keeper, St. Martin's-lane, has forwarded us a statement which we deem it right to make public, for the sake of all who ride or drive in London, and who may, by any circumstance, be compelled for a moment to leave their horses or vehicles. Mr. W. had driven a very valuable mare, the property of Mr. Cogan, of the glass warehouse, Leicester-square, a long journey ; he pulled up near Drury-lane Theatre, and, whilst absent for a moment, some idle boys began teazing the mare ; on his return he interfered, and was ultimately taken into custody—his horse and gig sent to the green-yard. (As the horse and gig had committed no offence, they might have been sent home instead, we think.) The next morning, on inquiring where the " green-yard" was, he was informed that " Mr. Perkins, Little Russell-street, Drury-lane, vas the green-yard." lie went there, and found the mare extremely ill. Mr. P. (the green-yard), had given the poor animal no bed, and, though he must have perceived it had been driven hard and fast, no corn ; the poor thing had been lying shivering on the stones all night. For this " care" Mr. Perkins charged four shil lings and s i xpence. When remonstrated with for this conduct, he replied, " My instructions are a little hay, and water, if they want it ; nothing else." Common humanity might have induced Mr. Perkins to give the horse a bed and a feed, especially as, keeping a livery stable, it could have been no trouble to him ; or if he did not choose to give, he must have been assured, hav ing a valuable mare in his possession, that the owner would willingly pay any charge, if that of four shillings and sixpence was deemed insufficient. We should like very much to know to whom that fee goes. An altera tion in the green-yard system is imperatively called for. . Should a stable boy taking through the metropolis the most valuable racer in England, meet with an accident, the horse would meet with exactly the same treatment, and, probably, thereby forfeit all his engagements.— Swiday Timer, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—Telegraphs and cannon have by this time informed the world that the Church of Mocha has wit nessed the double marriage of the two sisters of Spain. On one of these events we may at least offer our best wishes, if not our most joyful congratulations, to the Spanish people. Isabella 11. is united to a native Prince, who brings in his train no elements of discord, and offers no stormy prospects as the price of his alliance. Don Francisco introduces no foreign influence to injure or insult the people of his country, his descendants will not be liable to the jealous intervention of neighbouring Powers as the unlawful heirs of a forbidden birthright, nor will Spain be taught to regard them as debarred by right from a succession to which they are intro duced by blood. Far different is the case with her Royal Highness the Infanta. Her consort arrives amongst a people whose detestation of his 'pretensions can hardly be dro wne d i n t h e purchase d acc l amat i ons of noisy crowds well trained and carefully posted on his road. They see through the schemes of his family, and know the extent to which he is disqualified by solemn engagements for the position which he is ex pected to fill. He is either thrust upon them with a deep purpose or with none. If the latter, his intrusion is a gratuitous insult to the nation, endangering its re lations with friendly powers, which, less perhaps than any state in Europe, it can afford to peril, and creating causeless suspicions and empty discontent. If the former, Spain is condemned to a perpetual dread of a detested influence, and to the reflection that the descent of her crown will entail war and bloodshed upon un known generations. The next heir to the Spanish crown is either disinherited, or she retains her inherit ance against the voice of public law and the decision of Europe. Why should the Spaniard§ have been compelled to see their Infanta reduced to such a strait ? What compensates her Royal Highness for her political loss or her political attainder ? Why should she contract a marriage which entails the nullification of her Tights, great or small, distant or approximate ? Why should she have been driven into such a mesalliance? If, as the organs of the Chateau declare, it was a duty imperatively incumbent on France to see that at least such reward as Louis XIV. did reap by 20 years' expenditure of blood and treasure should be secured to his descendants—if such influence as France for the last century has con ceived herself to possess in Spain from the consan guinity of the two royal lines, should be preserved by the rigoreus exclusion of any princely interloper—even under all these conditions was it absolutely necessary that the equilibrium of Europe should be threatened, public faith sullied, amicable relations disturbed, a nation insulted, and a princess amerced of her expecta tions, to put such a security instantaneously beyond a doubt ? Was there any remote probability that the blood of Philip V. would be lost in a more northern current ? M. de Lamartine has loudly proclaimed the utter impossibility of such an event, and shown how small a proportion the gain bears to the risk in the late stroke of Louis Philippe and his Cabinet. No interval of postponements, explanations, or manoeuvres could have damaged the legitimate connexion of the two Bourbon stocks, though it might have impeded 'the precipitate and unlawful schemes for their eventual fusion. Louis Philippe has done the' deed. He has done it quocunque mode—whether clumsily, as the French Opposition conceive, or dexterously, as M. de Lamar tine imagines, we shall not here discus s . If re p or t speaks truly f the royal countenance, it would appear that he was prepared, as we have no doubt was the case, to encounter and neglect more forcible remonstrances than it has been thought fit to interpose, and that he is delighted to find the cost fall so far below the estimate. He has got, at an expense which, perhaps, he may con sider reasonable, a prize which he was resolved to get at any expense whatever. The deliberations originally attending the project could hardly have been unaccom panied, we should imagine, either by the suggestions of conscience or the misgivings of doubt; but from the first overt act to the final entry of the French Princes it is clear that not a moment was to be allowed for reflec tion or hesitation either to himself or others. It was not probable that any of the European Powers, though un consulted and over-reached, would interfere by imme diate violence to stop the marriage of a Princess of whom, as well as of the rights she conveyed, they were here ditary guardians. The times were not favourable to such coups de tonnerre. It was conceived that royal mar riages had so far lost their influence and significance that in such matters one Court might circumvent another without any of those national explosions which are more immediately unpleasant than the protests of au outraged ally, or the consequences of a damaged character. What Louis Phillippe expected to result from his stroke may perhaps be inferred from his satisfaction at what has ac tually occurred. He is overjoyed that England has done no more than reiterate a solemn protest, and point to treaties dishonourably infringed. He is rejoiced that the balance of European power, which apparently the Orleans dynasty can so securely neglect, is only seri ously threatened by the marriage of one his sons. He is delighted that no further tumult has occurred in the country on which he has imposed his progeny than the avowed discontent and turbulence of the whole popula tion, the apparition of an armed pretender to the Crown, and the jeopardy of that very throne, the reversion of which has lured the F renc h Augustus into such unusual temerity. A Prince of honoured name and serious claims is about to raise his standard in Spain, availing himself of the detestation with which the com pulsory policy of the Queen's Government is viewed to divide the allegiance of the nation, and discreetly pro mising the preservation of those constitutional rights, and the fulfilment of those constitutional duties, in de fence of which his family was superseded. King Louis Philippe has given an opportunity to the Count de MonLemolin of avowing such sentiments. He imperils the inheritance of a helpless family either for no cause whatever, or to secure its reversion to his own. He in fringes the public law of Europe, in the preservation of which every monarch is interested alike. He estranges a friendly Power, and lowers the character of his Cabi net in every Christian Court ; and then the richest So vereign of the West is unable to dissemble his joy at having so cheaply secured a settlement for his fourth son. With what note in the French calendar will the 10th of October, 1846, be hereafter marked ? CHRONICLE.—To a superficial observer, the result of the revenue for the year ending on Saturday last, which we this day publish, will not appear flattering or even satisfactory, notwithstanding the slight increase of 88,2461. which it shows, compared with the year ending the 10th of October, 1845. The prominent fact on the face of this statement is, that the most important and permanent item of income—the Customs—exhibits a deficiency of no less than 501,6191., and that the small balance in favour of the year is chiefly produced by placing against that large deficiency an excess of 421,5881. from " miscellaneous" and casual sources, on which we have no right to build any permanent calculations for the future. If, however, we turn to the comparison of the quarter, the accounts for the present year exhibit, in every item which can be taken as a test of the condition of the country, or of the permanent prospects of the revenue with the single exception of " stamps " 7 ---a most gratifying and satisfactory result. The Customs show an increase of 462,4721., the Excise of 226,8204, the taxes of 8,6611., the Property-tax of 148,2451., the Post-office (notwith standing the extraordinary amount collected in the cor responding quarter of 1845, owing to the railway mania) of 8,0001,, and the Crown lands of 15,0001.; while the stamps, attributable to the enormous expenditure under this head in 1845 for railway deeds, show a deficiency of 5,811/.; and miscellaneous (a mere accidental source of income) of 59,5481.—exhibiting, on the whole, a balance in the total ordinary revenue of the quarter of no less than 803,339/. ; which balance is, however, re duced, by smaller receipts on account of " imprest moneys" and " repayments of advances"—neither having reference to general revenue considerations—to 539,0641. So great, however, have been the changes which have taken place in the two most important sources of revenue—the Customs and the Excise—during the periods embraced in these accounts, that it is impos sible to form a fair comparative estimate, either of the years or of the quarters to which they refer, without changes.consideri ng F h ir o s w t— fa a r s tfhaeryasharveegabrdeesnthineflyueeanrc,eidt is b neces sary s to take into account the reductions in the Tariff made in 1845, and to examine how far those reductions ap papnea. nrciongclusion as the receipt s on each year, as to the re a l charac terplbeforeied w of the large deficiency in the theecome sums t to a y Customs, or look upon it as any test of the state of trade. In the session of 1845 the reductions in the Tariff on the articles of sugar, cotton, and four hundred and thirty other articles, and on the export duty on coal—all included under the head of " Customs"—amounted to no less a sum than 2,418,000/4 and as the year ending October 10, 1845, had, during the first half of it, the advantage of those higher rates of duty, we have a sum of 1,209,0001., which should be deducted from the Customs receipts of that year, in order to put it in a f a i r compa rison with the one just expired. Moreover, there were further reductions in the Tariff in the last sessionof Par liament, affecting the annual revenue from Customs to the amount of at least 400,0001.—whi c h reductions apply . only to the latter half of the present year. So that in making . a comparison between the Customs duties received in the two years endin g O cto b er 10, 1845 and 1846 respective l y , in order to test the prosperity of business during the two the in question, the sum of 1,409,0001. should be added to receipts of th e l a tt er year, as representing the amount of duties relinquished, of that year are concerned, as far as the receipts but of which the receipts of 1845 had the advantage. As far as the extent of business has been transacted, the latter year, in place of a defi cit of 501,61 91., as exhibited would havegiven an i ncrease of in the actual receipts , w no less than 907,3811. under t he same circumstances. We do not, indeed, pretend say ab to ove state that, had thaduties re mitfujd unaltered, the would its a pre ,f what the revenue actually have been. cise view e t of practical importance in these the w . But this is just, r e would direct the attention of our accounts, to which . ....ding revenue to the amount of readers. Duties.repres _ - the last of th e two years 1,409,0001., a s applicable %led, while the revenue under comparison, have been repo; even the first, year, has only suffered a loss , a reduction of 501,6191.! The have gamed and a half of duties, in round figures, one million : sterling, while they have lost , in f the shape reve nue, little more than one-third of that sum. Bu t : the public have gained much more : they have gaine4, the whole of the advantages which have resulted from the extension of commerce, consequent upon the greater facilities afforded by a more liberal tariff. They have gained all the advantages of that trade, the greater amount of which has contributed proportionately so much more revenue. They have profited by a better employment of our shipping—by commissions upon the increased amount of our imports—by the profits, whole sale and retail, which have applied to the distribution of this increased quantity of commodities ; and finally, though most important of all, the whole public have benefited by the increased supply and lower cost of all that contributes to their material wants. Again—a comparison of the Excise duties for the year furnishes an equally gratifying result. An increase on the year of 18,717/. is shown in the Revenue tables ; but it must be borne in mind that in 1845 a reduction took place in this branch of revenue, by the repeal of the glass and auction duties, amounting to 892,0001. on the year, but which reduction applied only to one-half of the year ending October 6, 1845, while it applied to the whole of the year ending the 10th instant ; so that to make the comparison of the two periods perfect we must add to the receipts of the present year one half of that sum. The quarter's accounts—and especially as far as regards the Customs —are, even in a greater degree than those of the year, illustrative of these advantages. Notwith standing the reductions in the Tariff in the last session of Parliament—which -for the single quarter are equal to about 100,0001.—the increase in the present year, compared even with the prosperous and busy quarter ending the 10th October, 1845—is no less than 462,4721. We have relinquished import duties upon the quarter equal to 100,0001.; we have gained revenue to the amount of 462,4721. Nor is this attributable, as some may suppose, to the large amount of duty received on corn when the new corn-law first came into operation, that sum having been included in the quarter ending the sth of July. ADVERTISER,—We publish to-day the revenue accounts for the year and quarter ending on the 10th instant ; and our -readers, - we 'are sure, will share with us the gratification we feel at the prosperous state of the nation's affairs, as unfolded in these returns. It will be seen that the total increase on the year, as compared with the year ending October 10, 1845, is 88,2641., while on the quarter, as compared with the correspond ing quarter of last year, the increase is no less than 539,0641. In the Customs department there is a decrease on the year of 501,6191„ but on the quarter there is an increase of 462,4721. This is a most cheering fact, inasmuch as the Customs have always been regarded as affording the best test of the pros perity or otherwise of the trade and commerce of the country. The only two heads under which we find a deficit on the quarter, are those of the Stamps and Miscellaneous. In both instances, the defalcation is insignificant. In the first-mentioned department it only amounts to the trifling sum of 5,811/., in the second it is 59,5481. Under the bead Post-office we have an augmentation on the year of 114,000/., and on the quarter of 8,0001. This addition will be bailed by the country as an indi cation of an increasing intelligence among us. In the Excise department there is an augmentation amounting to 182,717/. for the year, and of 226,8201. for the quar ter. This is a most gratifying increase; for there can not be a better proof of the prosperity of the country, next to that afforded by an augmentation in the Customs, than is furnished by the immense additional consump tion of excisable articles which is indicated by the figures last quoted. The Property-tax, too, has largely partaken of the general prosperity; for on the year we find an increase of 205,031/, and on the quarter of 148,2451. These returns, we repeat, are of a most en couraging kind. It is a long time since any revenue ac counts were so much calculated to afford gratification to the country. They prove that the finances of the na tion are in a most healthy condition. The depression under which the country laboured is now rapidly passing away. The gloom which has, for nearly twelve months, hung over the money market, will be forthwith dispelled, and confidence, which is the very life and soul of mone tary and commercial prosperity, will be everywhere re stored. HERALD.—We have before us the official return of the revenue of the nation for the quarter and the year ended on Saturday last. The figures there fixed afford to us much more reason to congratulate the British public upon the condition of the country, thus evidenced, than sanguine hope could before to-day have bespoke or predicted. There are but two departments of the na tional resources which exhibit a decrease--Stamps show a diminution of 5,8111. upon the quarter's calculation; but there is an increase from them upon the year of 21,7591. over the receipts of 1845. Again, there is a diminution of the quarter's receipts from " Miscella neous." sources, which amounts to 59,5481., but there is an increase in the revenue derived through this channe) during the year, which amounts to 421,888/. With re gard to this " Miscellaneous" item there is seldom much to say, infrequently food for a paragraph of spe culation; but in reference to Stamps let us just write a phrase or two. The consumption of stamps is generally a strong evidence of the condi tion of our commercial prosperity or adversity. It is true that stamps are largely " used up" for purposes not strictly mercantile, and that the test of our stamps revenue cannot be always applied to the condition of the commercial affairs of the country. Yet we must say that we do not like the aspect of this decrease in that department. So much for decrease. Let us now turn to that which• appears to be the position of the nation manifested by the statement of the national resources before us. The official table shows an increase of revenue for the present year compared with' the last amounting to 88,2644, and the increase for the quarter is 539,064/. In the Customs department there is a decrease for the year of 501,6191., and an increase for the quarter of 462,472/. In the Excise there is an increase for the year of 182,7171., and for the quarter an augmen tation which amounts to 226,820/. From the Property tax, there has been derived an increase for the year of 205,0311., and for the quarter of 148,2451. The Post office returns an increase of its income for the year of 114,000/4 but upon the quarter just completed the augmentation is but 8,0001. With the other items included in this return remark can have but little to do, as they cannot exhibit any means convertible to the salu tary purposes of deduction in reference to the financial state of the United Kingdom. We may now proceed briefly to analyse the materials of which this official do cument is made up, and endeavour to glean from them a glimpse of the position in 'which the country is as a re ceiving and a paying nation—of its capacity to contain within itself the resources from which it may derive sub sistence, and of the immediate results of the measures which Governments have of late thought necessary to be carried out for the public weal, for the imperial welfare. We have said that we do not like the aspect of the de crease in tie revenue derived from stamps; but when we compare it with the quarter's revenue obtained from the Post-office we must confess that in reference to our trade and commerce the appearances are yet more unsightly. The increase on the year from the Post-office is 114,000/. Throwing into the scale the obvious comparative de crease in the quarter's revenue from this department, we should nevertheless have had an augmentation for the quarter just ended, when compared with the other three quarters of the year, which should amount to 28,2001. For this sum we are compelled to read 8,000/. But we will not descend to metaphysics when plain figures are before us—we will merely reiterate our impression, that with regard to a wholesome state of commerce the ap. pearances are unseeming. MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ITS REPRESENTATIONS TO GOVERNMENT. (From the Manchester Courier.) We stated in the Courier of Saturday, that the navi gation laws had attracted the attention of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. We now present a copy of the memorial which has been forwarded by the Directors to the Lords of the Treasury, and officially acknow ledged : " TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY. The Memorial of the Directors of the Chamber o Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester " Showeth—That your memoria li sts;;; - e;iremely desirous that her Majesty's Government should take into earliest consideration the present state of our navigation laws. " That whatever may have been the motive under which those laws were originated, it will not now be denied that the intelligence of the age demands a revi sion, if not a total abandonment of them. " That for many years past the impossibility of re taining them against the United States of America, and subsequently against several other nations, was ad mitted, and specific relaxations decreed by the Legisla ture ; but the wise policy adopted in the last session of Parliament calls, in the opinion of your memorialists, for an immediate reform or abolition of them as against all the world. "That your memorialists call for such reform or abolition on the grounds of sound policy and justice, the injurious consequences of those laws having been often practically experienced ; but they grieve to add, that the dispensations of Divine Providence seem to them to render the correction instantly necessary. " That, under the most afflicting circumstances in which many portions of this empire are now placed in respect to food, your memorialists would fain hope that a paternal Government will not suffer to remain upon the statute-book for one unnecessary instant those mis chievous and partially devised provisions of law, which, operating at all times and under all circumstances against the true interests-of the bulk of the people, aggravate at the present moment their ordinary injustice, by adding to the difficulty of providing against impending famine. " On the grounds, therefore, of policy, justice, and ne cessity, your memorialists humbly, but most urgently pray, that your Lordships may take into immediate con sideration the whole of the provisions of the navigation laws, with a view to provide such remedies as the well being of the people imperatively requires. " Manchester, Oct. 1. 1846.'_ _ _ The disturbance of the trade of India by the system pursued in respect to bills and the rate of exchange by the East India Company has also been forced upon the attention of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and the following memorial to Lord John Russell, in his capacity of First Lord of the Treasury, has been the result:— "TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P., FIRST LORD OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY. " The Memorial of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester ' " Showeth—That your memorialists deem it high time to draw the special attention of her Majesty's Ca binet to points in the administration of Indian affairs, which they consider to be directly opposed to the spirit, if not to the actual letter, of the Act 3d and 4th. of William IV., cap. 85, and most injurious to the perma nent interests of their fellow-subjects in India, as well as to the trade between Great Britain and that portion of the empire. " That your memorialists hold that by the Act just named, it was intended by the Legislature that all right in the Hon. the East India Company to trade for their own profit, in common with others, his Majesty's sub jects, should be suspended during such time as the go-. vernment of the said territory should be confided to them. " That notwithstanding the will of Parliament so dis tinctly laid down, the Honourable, the East India Com pany commenced, immediately after the passing of the Act, a system of dealing which doubly interfered with others of the trading subjects of his Majesty, by disturbing the prices both of goods and money. Under the plea of securing the safe receipt of funds for the discharge of the Honourable Company's liabilities in this country, warehouses were opened at all the Presidencies, where money advances were made to those who were willing to deposit goods, to be controlled by consignment to -the company in Leadenhall-street; and at the same time they issued bills on India in return for money paid to them in Lon don. The effects of this double operation could not long be concealed; the markets of India were ruffled— becoming elevated at one time by the power which the Company's money advances there gave to bold adven turers and reckless speculators, and languid at another, when those borrowed means were locked up. Facti tious disturbances like these render impossible that safe and equitable system of commerce by which alone the solid interests of both producer and consumers can be internationally developed; and these disturbances have been further aggravated by the arbitrary manner in which the Honourable Company have been in the habit of fixing the rate of exchange at which their advances in India, or their bills in London, have been granted. It is, therefore, no source of wonder to your memorial ists that India has been visited by periods of commercial depression and distress more frequently and more se verely than any other portion of her Majesty's domi nions; and they do not hesitate to express their opinion that such will continue to be the case so long as the sys tem of which they complain shall be permitted to be practised. "That these sentiments have long been entertained by your memorialists, for they were submitted by this Chamber to the President of the Board of Control by a deputation, in February, 1835, and, at his desire, in a detailed statement dated March 18, 1835 ; by memorials to the First Lord of the Treasury, and to the Board of Trade, on February 10, 1836 ; and again to the Board of Control in a memorial, dated December 7, 1843. All complaint was ineffectual, and the system continued ; but the evils attending it attracted at last the attention of the Governor-General in Council, and the opinions of your memorialists received the strongest confirma tion in the publication of the following important do- cument : " ' Fort William, Financial Department, Aug. 4, 1843. " `NOTIFICATION.—Notice is hereby given, that the Government of India has recommended to the home au thorities the expediency of discontinuing, as soon as pos sible, the present system of making advances in Inch°, upon the security of goods to be hypothecated to the East India Company. " ' The Governor-General in Council is of opinion that the full supplies required to meet the wants of the Home Treasury can be raised in England by the Ho nourable the Court of Directors by the sale of bills on India, without any necessity for the interven t ion of the Government in the. Indian markets, and he is desirous of relieving the trade of India from the irregular in trusion of a competition which is governed principally by the political exigencies of the State. " The Governor-General in Council is aware that private interest may be injuriously affected by the sud den discontinuance of any system that has long been in operation, and he issues this timely notification of his views upon a subject of the gravest importance to the mercantile community connected with the trade of India, in order that they may not be unprepared for a change of measures which the Government of India is urging strongly on the attention of the home authorities, and will be ready to carry out at the earliest opportunity. " By order of the Right Honourable the Governor- General in Council. (Signed) " J. A. DORIN, " Secretary to the Government of India.' (EXTRACT FROM A.LETTER.). " Calcutta, Feb. 12, 1344. " ' As tho:Government warehouse is still open to make cash advances on East India produce, at the exchange of 25., we presume Lord Elleiiborough's recommendation of their suspension has not met with support from the Court of Directors.' (EXTRACT.) " Government now make Ccaaslchutat d a , v a S n e o p. e t s 0 1 1844. n 7, produce against bills of exchange, at Is. Ild. ten months date, and they will not advance 1844.45 a sum exceeding 800,0001., and have notified their intention of gradually reducing such cash advances on produce here, and in ducing more e x t ens i ve purc h ases of treasury drafts in England.' (EXTRACT.) " Calcutta, Jan. 23, 1845. " This morning Government publishes a notification, to the effect that advances will now be made on East India produce, at the exchange of Is. lOd. ten months date. Thus all our hopes of an advancing exchange are suddenly blighted; a more untoward event at this crisis could not have happened.' " Fort William, Financial Department, May 31,1845. " NOTIFICATION.—Notice is hereby given, that the sum to be provided in India during the official year 1845-46, for the service of the Honourable the East India Company in London, by bills of exchange to be secured by the hypothecation of goods, has been fixed at 800,0001. sterling. " It is further notified for general information-, that of the sum of 800,0001. sterling required from India during the past year 1844-45, only 272,5791. sterling have been raised by bills upon England, and that deduct ing supplies received from other sources, a balance of 457,8711. sterling remains to'be provided, which it may be necessary to add to the demand for the current year. " The rate of exchange at which bills are to be drawn will continue to be Is. 10d. per Company's rupee until further notice; in all other respects the existing terms and conditions of advances to be made by the Goyerli ments of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, will remain in force, and be the same as advertised in the Calcutta Ga zette, under dates the Ist of April, 1842, and 23d of August, 1844. "_ 'By order of the Right Honourable the Governor General in Council, " J. A. DORIN, " Secretary to the Government of India.' "'Fort William, Financial Department, Dec. 22, 1845. " NOTIFICATION.—Notice is hereby given, that as the amount of the year's supply required from India by the Honourable the Court of Directors, in aid of their home treasury, has been provided in full, no further advances on the hypothecation of goods will be made by the Governments of Bengal, Madras, or Bombay, during the course of the current official year. " By order of the Honourable the President of the Council of India in Council, " J. A. DORIN, " Secretary to the Government of India.' " But, notwithstanding this published declaration of the local Government, other interests prevailed, and the system was still confirmed. In the early part of this year, however, the news arrived that the Honourable Company had closed their hypothecating warehouses in India, and had announced that no further advances on the hypothecation of goods would be made in any of the Presidencies during the course of the then official year— that is, from the 22d of December, 1845, to the Ist of May, 1846. In the hope that wiser counsels were about to prevail, and feeling that no permanent good to India could arise from a temporary abandonment of the sys tem, your memorialists forthwith addressed a memo rial to the Court of Directors of the Honourable Com pany, dated Ist of May, expressing their satisfaction at the closing of the hypothecating warehouses, and pray ing that the system might be finally abandoned, and that the fact of such final abandonment might be promulgated by themselves throughout all the Presidencies. To this memorial it was replied that the Court did not deem it expedient to abandon the system of remittance; and, within a few weeks, the Honourable Court published a notice in London that advances on the hypothecation of goods in India would be made there to the extent of 800,0001., up to the Ist of May, 1847. Your memo rialists cannot know the motives which have induced this mischievous step; for experience has proved that if con fidence could be placed in the discretion and continuity of purpose of the Court of Directors, abundance of means would be provided for the legitimate wants of the Go vernment, by payments into their London treasury against bills on India. The ordinary requirements of the Honourable Company in England are about 3,000,0001. a year; during the, year 1845, when the pawning system was in force, the receipts by them in London, against bills of India, amounted to 3.188,722/.; and from the 24th of January to the 6th of September, of the present year, the sums so paid in London amount to 2,296,000/., being at the rate of 3,300,0001. for the year. " Your memorialists are aware that a money pressure has existed for some time in India, towards which many causes may have combined; but they believe that no cause contributes more to disturbance and pressure than the system of which they complain. It cannot be ex pected that adequate capital can flow into India, either for the ordinary occupations of commerce, or for appli cation to land culthre, so long as every operation and every interest can be arbitrarily interfered with by the pawning propensities of the Government. India has long suffered from these causes. Commercial capital has, in deed, been used by starts, but never without suspicion of danger; nor will it be fully applied until released from the apprehension of being unconsciously brought into a rivalry with the Government, or being suddenly and