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• . 111 Vy • (01', 010,* 4., • , A , • •O.U r at r :TZ // '4i y' F ivy /4; .; „ . 4 .0 ," , "4f - ets., /.4 , 1 , (e • ; • 11 \ . t 44,e •LtAl4-F, • ' = • • = , /. 7 tf - 4, V.. • > %6‘ le7/ /I ‘ iP 4 ' IT / p 0, , • DIE - - * 1 • 0 • = l6. 141 ' = 47 4 /7* 6 - 4-' 0/ T Otiek 4V e • \ 1.14. I THE "DISPATCH" EXHIBITION CHART. . The enormous circulation of the " WEEKLY DtspAYcii," on SimLalr 'a.;t (by far exceeding the most sanguine expectations of the proprietors), having rendere 1 it impossilAtt to comply with the an nouneements previously made, that every purchaser of the " WEEKLY rDI9PATCH" shoal.;, on Sunday Next. receive a copy of the ILLus . TRATED COLOURED CHART OF THE (TREAT EXHIBITION, it has. in con . sequence, been found nece4sary to Pos rPONE TIIE ISSUE of a sheet demanding such careful preparation, until Sunday, the Ist of , February, on wale' day every pur c h aser o f t h e " WEEKLY DISPATCH . vvilllip entitled to a copy. ' Orders can be given to any newsvendec in town or country, or to kr.-'l%. J. Wood, 139, Fleet-street, Lon lon, who will forward a "DISPATCH" and Stamped Chart 011 Fehru try let, on receipt of Seven Postage Stamps. Terms on which, the Dispatch Is for. Warded are— £ s. d. Per Quarter .. .. .. •• .. 0 7 0 Ilalf Year .. .. .. .. •. 0 13 0 Twelve Months .. .. •• • • .. 1 f• 0 Yearly on Credit Payable on Referenc) • • 110 0 Payable in Advance by Ca h, Post-office Order, or referenc) to a resident in London, but not by Postaga Stamps. . JANUARY 15, ......! .. r wainno rnmsecesummwes.masarnmnin NC). 18,507.] LONDON, THURSDAY --; ' 74% , 1852. ,• • 7 [PRICE SD. NGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. (Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet.) Offices —No. 11, Adam-street, Adelphi. Capital, :a0,0001., In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (fully paid up) each. NO Shareholder will he liable beyodd the amount of his Shares. TRUSTEES. Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., George Emmett Green, Esq.,.:sme ashire. James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Ureenhithe, Kent. CHAIRMAN. Hadley.o Emmetti ts GEORGE, E WARD CO PTRE LL, Esq., James-street, Buck inghatn-gate; and New-square. Lincoln's Inn. VICE-CHAIRMAN. FRANCIS DENNIS MASSY DAWSON, Esq., Vict or i a . square; and Plowden-buildings, Temple. DIRECTORS. John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey. symeon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Cambrid;e. Jenathan Fabler, Esq.. Penrith. Charles Hincks, Esq., Birmingham. Joseph George Parker, Esq , Warminster. Sir C. S. Rumbold, Bart., Argyll-street, Regent-street. RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA. Captain Sir Henry Yore Huntley, R.N. BANEERS. London and County Bank, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Coombe and Nickell, Bridge-street, Westminster. SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. James Maconochie, Esq. ) William Godfrey Iluet, Esq. SECRETARY (ad interim). sttaak T tee h mt is been C et o a : , n rfliiet patty beng Mr. i Geor Frederick Goodman. nowge completely registered, the Directors sstproopgptoerstsuannitdyproofsplaeyeths, before the Shareholders a It mtatyhebe pcuonblfliedewntiltyhasesgeuratel d p t r h o a sp t 2 n. c e t C o o f m s p p a e n e y dy wa an s e d ve s r u brought befor results. The prompt assitatice afforded by the Sh are h o ld ers to the Direc tors, anti the perfect confid ence i n the management displayed by them, have enabled the Directors to take such steps as must ensure an enormous dividend within a few months. Sir Henry Huntley, the resident Director in California, has been in that country five months, and the course adopted by the Directors for carry ins; out this enterprise results from the experiefice obtained by him during that period. The instructions given to Sir Henry Hunt ey were, in effect, that he should make every possible inquiry relative to the state of the country. the tenure of land, the corn pa.rative merits of the different quartai rains hi the several districts of California, and After mature deliberation to advise the Directors as to their best course of proceeding, and to take such measures as would enable them to carry out his views as speedily as possible. Following these instructions, he has secured fir the benefit of the Company, sufficient lands for all mining purposes ; but he is clearly of opinion, that for the present, at least, it is not desirable to under take mining operations, but to crush and amalgamate quartz to be supplied by those who are possesses of mines, and have raised the quartz. With the assistance of some gentlemen of great experience to geology and mining matters, he has inspected and tested a great variety of veins in the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass Valley, and other districts, and has come to the conclusion, upon sound reasons, that the vicinity of Grass Valley and Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car rying on our enterprise. He has, therefore, entered into an agree ment with some American gentlemen, who have formed a company, and have opened, and, to a considerable extent, worked a vein of quartz, distant about three miles from Grass. Valley and Nevada City, and about thirty miles from Sacramento City, to crush and amalgamate the quartz to be raised from the mine opened by them. By means of machinery, he has already crushed and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup plied him front this mine; and the result of his operations has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average richness, and that the locality offers many important advantages in the way of water, fuel, means of transit, &c., &c. He has, there fore, entered into a formal agreement with that Company, which, in a few words, amounts to this : he is to be supplied by them with as much quartz as his machinery shall be found capable of crushing; the quartz is to be deposited at the mills free of expense ; ha is to crush and amalgamate it at his own expense, and he gild produced is to be divided equally between the owners of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements for carrying out the above arrangement fairly and honestly, and without any copartnership, have been entered into. Steam-engines and machinery estimated to crush about thirty tons of quartz a day, with fends sufficient for putting it in motion, have been placed under the control of Sir Henry ituntley ; and, unless some unexpected delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at work, and a return will be made about Christmas next. For the satisfaction of the existing shareholders of this Company, and without wishing, in any manner, to deteriorate from the merits of other Companies, the Directors are desirous of calling attention to some of the more prominent advantages possessed by this Com pany over others now in the field. Shareholders in other Companies must mainly rely upon reports sent over by persons interested in selling the mine; we rely upon the reports of our own resident Director and his practical assistants on the spot, whose only inte rest is to give us facts. Tile Directors of other Companies generally base the estimate of the value of their mine upon calculations founded on experiments upon a few pi eces o f spec i men q uartz, sent over to this country for the express p urpose o f a d ver ti s i n g the commodity offered for sale to the British publi c; we f oun d o ur calculations upon experiments tried, duri ng several weeks, on quartz raised from the min e , and crushed and am a l gama t e d b y ou r own Superintendent, and with our OW n machinery an d appara tus. Other Companies propose to incur thelarge expense and risk of carrying out minin g o p eratio ns K their vein, b e f ore th e qu artz arrives at their mill, and, should M t heir labours p rove successfu l , th e y must then pay out of their Per-cents es for obtaining' their leases, and large royal ties to th e i r lessors ; whereas we have secured as much quartz as our machinery is capable of crushing, the title to which is as secure as that of any other company, un f e ttered by any per-ccntage or royalty. Th e h alf of the produce to be paid by th is Com p an y to the parties who supply us, f ree o f expense, w ith the quartz, being in !act merely equivalent t o the dividend upon the ou tlay of capit a l ex pended in raising th e new companies, un li ke this, must be a cons id era bl e ti me b e f ore quartz, and lodging it at the m i ll. All the their arrangements and machinery can be ready for carrying out their schemes—this Company alone is actually at work. The paid-up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,0001. An almost certain estimate of the produce of our machinery can be formed, and, from the calculations made, the Directors confidently anticipate lasing able even at the most moderate estimate, to afford a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the next twelve months. According to the data furnished to us, the quartz which we are now working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or U. 17s. 41. per cwt., or 371. 61. ed. per ton; and, as we can crush and amalgamate at least 20 tons por diem, that would amount to 7461. 13u. 4d., or 373/. s. ed. per diem as the share of this Company. By the peculiar arrangements this Company has made, based upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses must necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trifling. In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the system now adopted, and lead them to undertake mining operations of their own, arrangements have Peen made securing four distinct sites, most carefully selected for their eligibility for milling pur poses, and Sir henry Huntley has on the spot Cornish miners who went out with him, and who have voluntarily retendered hint their services. The gentlemen who formed the Provisional Committee of this Company, have added to their number several gentlemen possessing the acquaintance and entire confidence of a very large body of Shareholders in the provincial districts. To add such men to the Dire -tory was due to those •Shareholders who have in fact estab lished and nobly supported this Company. Measures will be taken for further augmenting the Directory, and a Special General Meet ing of the Shareholders will he convened for the middle of January. In conclusion, the Directors beg to offer their best thanks to the Shareholders for the uniform support they have received, and they pledge themselves that the affairs of this Company shall be con ducted with the most rigid economy, and with the sole view of for warding the interest of the Shareholders. The Directors beg to call the attention of Shareholders particularly to the fact that, front the system adopted by this Company, it can not be affected by the question now agitated between the holders of leases and Colonel Fremont or his agents. The district selected for the operations of this Company is far removed from the tract claimed by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points now raised relative to the tenure of land under leases, had been long known to and was maturely considered by those having the control of the affairs of this Company, and was one of the reasons which in duced them to persue for the present the course they have, and not to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful results. The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve of the prudence of the course they have adopted. l'rospectuses may be had upon application at the offices of the Company. PU. power to reinstate them in the position which they had legally a n d mora ll y f or f e i ted ; but where, as in too many instances they had reason to believe such a course had been adopted, it should appear that the parties had not signed the deed from a desire to shirk their liabilities, and now only came forward to do so because the shares were at a premium, be felt that the directors were bound to oppose them, and stand upon the law—the liabilities of which those now clamorous to be admitted into the company had endeavoured to evade. ' Cary's chickens that ever roosted in the headpiece of a hypochondriac. The Noble Earl retraced his way from the offices in Aloorgate-street to his residence in Port land-place full of the misgivings which the terrible cala mity so fearfully jugitied; and henceforth dAibtless Friday will be a red letter day of rejoicing in his do mestic calendar. " Here is another nut for metaphysical readers to crack. As a specimen of the consequences of disregard. ing the presentiment which saved Lord Sheffield, take the ea.° of one of the pattEeLg,rs who perished, War. Pest, President. of the House of Assembly at Liarbadoes. This gentleman had been in the habit of passing be• tween England and the West Incies for many years— always in sailing vessels —;:ever would entrust himself to a ste amer; but the sight of so magnificent a floating castle ns the Amaz)n, wherein the perfection of safety speed, and splendour, appeared to Ix! coucfrarated, over valise his scruples, and appeared to convince him of the a , )surdity of his forebodings. Ile went—and wrnt down." T ETE NORTH BRITISH FLAX CObIPANY. CLAITSSEN'S PATENT. To be Incorporated by Special Act of Parlament, for which Gazette . . Notices h we been duly given, The objects of the Company are to Purchase and Work the Clio. valler Claimen's l'atent tbr Scotland for the preparation and mann. facture of Flax and tor Improvements in Bleaching. Also, to gran' District Licenses tinder the Le.terss Patent. PICTURES O Ju F st publishlFEed, L IN MEIiICO, By R. H. MASON, Esq. Two vols. post Svo., with Etchings. 21s cloth. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., c 5, ConlinlL TILUITEE3. Sir John Luhbock, Bart., F.R.S., London. Charles Lawson, Esq., Edinburgh. For prospectuses and form of application for the remaining sham apply to Messrs A. and W. Ricardo, 11, Angel-court, Throgmor. ton-street, London ; Mr. Robert Allan, Stockbroker. Edinburgh ; Messrs. M'Ewan and Auld, Glasgow; and at the temporary Offices of the Company, 7, Finsbury-square, London. NEW MEDICAL JOURNAL. This day is published, No. I. of the DICAL CIRCULAR and Gt , ,NERAL ME ICAL ADVERTISER, price 3d., stamped 4 1., in connexion w.th the Medical Directories of England, [rebut!, and Sc Aland. A record of the sayings and doings of the medical profession, biographi cal, bibliographical, and general. Less than half the price of any existing medical journal, nevertheless the mirror of all and every passing event. The question was then put and the report unani mously adopted. Mr. MASSEY DAWSON then rose to move a resolu tion relative to Mr. Luke Williams; on which Mr. Fiore, a solicitor, stated that he attended on behalf of Mr. Williams, and had a letter to hand in to the chairman from that gentleman. It appearing that Mr. Hope was not a shareholder, he was about to be excelled from the room, but upon the intervention of Mr. Dawson, he was allowed to remain, on the understanding that he was net to be allowed to speak. Mr. DAWSON then moved that the board of direc tors be empowered to adopt such measures as may be necessary to recover the abstracted books and docu ments of the company as may be deemed expedient, and to take such other legal steps against Mr. Wil liams as their legal adviser may recommend. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded, at great length, to allege serious irregularities against Mr. Williams in conduct ing the business, which a regard to the fact that that gentleman was not present, and to the law of libel, prevent pagoing,i49,.He also complained of various statements pit forward in published pamphlets by Mr. Williams, to the prejudice of the company, all of which he stated the directors had been able to confute to the satisfaction of the shareholders whenever the latter had given them an opportunity of doing so. It was a curious fact that Mr. Williams bad endeavoured to persuade the shareholders not to sign the deed, on the ground that all the proceedings of the company were illegal; and yet he now appeared to be acting with parties who were threatening the company with the terrors of the law, if they were not permitted to sign the deed and partake of the advantages likely to be derived from the company. Mr. I(IRBEY seconded the motion, and stated that he was induced to do so by several discoveries be had made while investigating the affairs of the com pany, which were highly derogatory to Mr. Luke Williams. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know what he was to do with the scrip which he held in his hand, and for which he had paid Mr. Williams 21. 103. ? (The document in question was unsigned by a director, and stated to have been issued without the authority of the board.) Mr. MASSEY DAWSON informed the querist that the scrip was valueless, but guaranteed to give him shares for the document, if he would place it in his hands as an evidence of irregular proceedings on the part of Mr. 'Williams. Several interruptions having taken place, the reso lution was ultimately agreed to. A resolution, ratifying and confirming the acts of the directors prior to the completion of registration, having been carried. Mr. G. DAWSON proposed that 2,500 shares out of the 5,000 for which they had put down their names should be presented free to each of the four provisional directors as a reward for their past services, and justi fied the proposition upon the present price of the shares being the result of the energetic conduct of those gentlemen. Mr. HALL, of Penrhyn, seconded the motion. Mr. ROBINSON, of Birmingham, having expressed himself opposed to a grant of such extent, the resolu tion was altered to suit his views -2,000 being sub stituted for 2,500 ; and in this shape was unanimously agreed to. J. S. CIiItISTOPHEit, Secretary pro tem. WARM BATHS, ONE SHILLING EACH, " Economy and Enjoyment beth combined To calm the temper and refine the mind, To he d the body of Its gathered ills, The Bath does more than docto - s' draughts or pills." A few reserved rooms, including the Ladles' Department, Is. 6d. each. Twenty-one Transferable Tickets, One Guinea. 10 , Argyll-place, Regent-street, and 5, New Broad-street, City. Vapour. Sulphur, Shampooing, and Harrowgate Baths always refly. Portahle Warm Baths sent out within ten miles of London, With Hot Linen, &c.: the Bath, 55.; distance, Is. per mile. Orders and communications to be sent (pre tern.) to the Editor, 4 Adam-street, Adelplti. ,L—The f)llowing. Works yular Series during 1851, price Is, r double volumes (marked thus *) PARLOUR LIBRAR have appe ,red in this Po in boards, or Is. 6d. in cloth ; or I s. Gd. each boards, or 2s. cloth. Travels and Adventures of_Mons.'*llenry Masterton, by James, Violet, by Alarryat. Rivals, by Griffin. Sir Philip Hetherington, by Lady *John Marston I tall, by James. L Countess of ltudolstadt, by Sand. Wanderer and his Home, by La- *Emigrant in Search of a Colony martine. by Ilowcroft. *Philip Augustus, by James. *Convict, by James. Heir of Wast-Wayland, by Howltt. Two Friends, by Marriott Olcilleld Game of bile, by Ritchie. *King's Highway, by James. *qowrie, by James. Ghost Hunter, by Raynim. Mansfield Park, by Austen. *Agnes de Mansfelt, by Grattan. Simms and Wlntyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London and Belfast. Sold at all the Railway Stations. oTbsOerTvillnEg EtsiaDualterinintto7hz:ldsnTettlirliTalMES. made ilnargi t sfieto ipnign quantityiob oynf the nlordf. bvvoialord thPerlEm struction of that vessel, he Ives it as e a mt s hee h n ' n — A er l y len o , n firm beliif that no fire brokeg out " JacobmllSchiri fore store-room, which containeda relative to . the de the starboard tallow, oil, and turpentine ; perhaps the following statement relative to spontaneous combustion may not be without interest, if it do not lead to the discov of the cause of th e recen t me l ancholy event : erY In the course of the period of my holding the go vernment of Newfoundland, Mr. Brooking, a member of one of the greatest commercial firms in that island, called on me one morning to say that a very serious catastrophe had nearly occurred to their premises, if not to the whole town, by one of their stores having taken fire, the origin of which he could not discover : that their storekeeper, who had been with them many years, declared that the store was perfectly secure a very short time before, that there was only a cask of linseed oil in it, that before leaving the store he wiped up a little oil that had escaped from the cask with some tow, which was thrown aside, and immediately left the store, and carefully locked it. Mr. Brooking added, that as the negligence of the storekeeper was evident, and his story could not be a true one, they should be obliged to discharge him. On reflecting upon the subject after that gentle man's departure it occurred to me that certain oils would with tow or oakum produce, under a oertain temperature, spontaneous combustion, and on refer ring to some books on chemistry in my possession I found such to be the case, and immediately dispatched a messenger for Mr. Brooking, and, communicating to him the above fact, requested that he would make his storekeeper perform precisely the same operation he had stated himself to have done with regard to wiping up the oil which had leaked from the cask, to use the same material, and throw it in the same place, and then lock the store and superintend the operation himself. Mr. Brooking did so. From time to time he looked in at the window, until he saw a small thread of smoke, which gradually increased until it ultimately burst into a flame, and at once solved the question. At this distance of time, I don't remem ber the exact period the whole operation took, but my impression is, not more than three or four hours. Remembering what a common thing it was on board a ship•of- war to wipe up spilt oil with oakum, and even to stop an oil-jar with that material, I was strongly impressed with the conviction that many of our ships•of-war which had never been heard of had met destruction through this practice, and by the first opportunity I dispatched full particulars of the oc currence to my Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty. May it not, Sir then, be possible that some spilt oil or turpentine may have been wiped up in a similar manner in the store-room of the Amazon, and that the extreme heat of that part of a steam-ship produced ignition, and caused the rapid conflagration which has consigned so many souls to an untimely fad? At all events, being in possession of the above-mentioned facts, I feel I should not be justified in withholding from you the knowledge of them, and which you can communicate to the public or not, as you may deem its importance to deserve.—l have the honour to be. Sir, your obedient servant, T. COCHRANE, Vice- Admira 20, Belgrave-square, Jan. 14. MR. THOMAS HOLTBY, (late Coachman of the London and Edinburgh Mail,) begs leave to inform 108 Sporting Friends, that his LISTS are now OPEN on all the forth *oming events for the ensuing year, viz., CHESTER CUP, METRO POLITAN STAKES. NORTHAMPTON STAKES, NEWMARKET HANDICAP, DERBY, Lee. Tattersall'i Odds laid en all the above events. Commissions promptly Executed on receipt of Cash: Post-Office Orders made payable to Mr. Thomas Holtby, Ebor Betting Office, 30, Feasegate, York.—References on application. Office Hours from Eleven till Four Y.M. pQUITABLE FIRE and NATIONAL LOAN 4 FUND LIFE INSURANCE-COMPANIES 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. t*T. LAMIE DILTRIt AY, Esq., Chairman. W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. t * lltigh Croft, Esq. t*John Rawson, Esq. tJ. Elliotson, M.D. F.R.S. *John Shaw, Esq. Moo. Fuller, Esq. f*Edinond S. Symes, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. t*Clement Taber, Esq. tlrilliam Kennaway, Esq. (Joseph Thompson, Esq. tSir Arnold J. Knight, M.D. t*Augustus Vigne, Esq. *Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. (Samuel Walker, Esq. *X. 0: - Maher, Esq. ~ , WEpDING GIFT. SO TER'S NEW COOK - ERr BOOK. The2sth Thousand will be out in a few days, price 7s. 6d. "Alexander Von Humboldt grasps universal nature, Alexis Soyer exhausts cookery."—Times. Soyer's Housewife' is indeed the cookery book for the million." —Sun. SOYER'S GASTRONOMIC REGENERATOR, the Eighth Edition, will also appear in a few days. Price 155. " We welcome with great pleasure this true child of civilisation, we can do no more."—Times. Simpkin, Diarshall, and Co. * Fire. t Life. f* Both. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Pict., can. 110.) The Polley Holders in this office are respectfully informed that the Christmas Renewals, are in the hands of the several Agents of th e Company, and should be paid on or before the 9th of January. The Equitable Fire Office, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopts such rates of premium as the nature of the risk justifies ; and with this view an annual investi gation is made into each class of risk, and a return of fifty per cent. of the net excess, made to all classes of Insurers whose policies have been in force for three years. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent. without the Average Clause. Losses are made good without deduction or discount. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. Capital 4500,000. NEW LIFE TABLES. On the Withdrawal Table the assured is entitled, by simple en dorsement, to receive an immediate advance of one-half the amount of the paid annual premiums, without security or deposit of the policy ; or half-premium for the whole continuance of life. On surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned. Life Annuities granted, also Deferred and Contingent Annuities. The terms of the Society are peculiarly favourable. The present annual income of the Society from premiums exceeds 70,0001 ; the a mount covered by th e po li c i es of the Society is up- Wards of 2,250,0001.; and the reserve nrotit applicable to future bonus to the assured, amounts to 95,5021. 14s. Od. Prospectuse . , and every information, may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. SEASONABLE FEST IVITIES At this festive period of the year the following unrivalled dis coveries for the TOILET are called into increased requisition namely— ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair, ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for rendering the Skin soft, fair, and blooming. ROWLANDS' ODONTO ; or, PEARL DENTIFRICE, for imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth, and ROWLANDS' AQUA D'ORO, a fragrant and spirituous Perfume, an essential accompaniment t• 1 aces of public amusement and crowded assemblies. _ _ Beware of Spurious Imitations. The only Genuine of each bears the name of " Rowlands" pre eding that of the Article on the Wrapper or Label. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by herniate and Perfumers. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS, JAN. 18.—We had a moderate arrival of wheat, and the millers were slow in their purchases, but the firmness of holders prevented a decline in prices. Barley sold at the extreme rates of last week. Other sorts as before and steady. Oats steady, and other articles without change. Arrivals—wheat, 6,342; oats, 172; barley, 2,251; beans, 1,192; shellings, 16; pease, 160; rapeseed, 188. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JAN. 13.—There were in the meal market to-day 8 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280Ibs. imperial, which sold thus :-8 at 1/ 98 Od ; average price of the whole 119 s Od 0-1211 s. 1 sack pot-barley, which sold at 255. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JAN. 13. Oat straw, from 9s Od to lOs 6d per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat ditto, Ss Od to 9s Od; barley ditto, 7s Od to 9s Od. Hay, from 9d to 1 Id p er stone . DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, JAN. I2.—There were 92 bags of oatmeal and 10 of barleymeal at this day's market ; sales dull. Oatmeal the same as last week ; barleymeal 6d per bag up on the top and second prices; no pot-barley in market. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third. imperial .. .. 28s Od 27s 3d 26 s 6d Barleymeal, per ditto ... 20s Od 19s 64 183 6d Peasemeal —s Od —s Od —5 Od Flour ... —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot barley ... —s Od —s Od Od UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established by Act of Parliament in 1%34. I. Waterloo-place,Pall-mall, London; 97, George- s t ree t , Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4 , College- green,Dubli n . LONDON BOARD. CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Chairman. CHARLES DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. R. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq; E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. F. Chas. Maitland, Esq. Charles B. Curtis, ESQ. William Rallton, Esq. William Fairlie, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st Decemlser, 1847. is as follows: Sum Time Assured. Assured. , Sum addedto , Snm addedto, Sum payable I rolleyinlB4l PolicyinlB4B at Death. ......._—__ _________ l £5OOO 13 Years 10 mths l .€63B 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 5000 1 Year •• •• 112 10 0 5112 10 0 1000 12 years 100 0 0 157 10 0 1257 10 0 1000 7 years •• •• 157 10 0 1157 10 0 1 " 1 Year 22 10 0 1022 10 0 4 ° o 1 2 Years 500 4 50 0 0 78 15 0 628 15 0 5" years •• 4,1 45 0 0 545 0 0 2_• l Ye .. „ 11 5 0 511 5 0 A resolution, alloting 1,2001. per annum of the profits for the future remuneration of the directors, was adopted on the motion of Mr. PARISH, seconded by Mr. ROBINSON. Dr. BARTLETT proposed, and Dr. PARKER se conded, the motion, that 2,500 shares should be placed in trust in the hands of the directors, the dividends on which should be applied to the remuneration of Sir Henry Huntley and the other officers of the com pany in California.—Sir Henry, on the approval of the directors, to be allowed to obtain absolute pos session of not more than one moiety on his retirement from the company's service. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chair man, the meeting separated. COAL MAliliE Prices of Coal per ton at I Bate's West Hartley 13s Pd Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d' Longridge'sW.Hartley 14s 6d Ravens worth'sW. Hart 14s 6d fanfteld Moor Butes 139 3d Wylarn . Wall's End, tke. Harvey NI , ylam . 14s Cd Lawson Northumberland Wharton Eden Main Minot) t ... 16s 6,1 , Braddyll Ships at market, ...--YESTERDAY. the close of the market :- 1 Keepier Grange I Russell's Iletton I Stewart's .. ••• 17s 6d Kelloe North Hartlepool.-- 13s 6d Thornley Whitworth . 133 6d Adelaide Tees Richardson's Tees lss 3d South Durham lsi 91 Birchg. Graig. (hand picked) Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff ........ . 44 ....Sold, 35. re l z ' twn 'L B • - --., -- Tk.t the commencement of the year 1841 a person age d i 2 1 13: tool. k B out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which the Profits .• in 1847 he had pad in Premiums 160/.Bd. * b eing 2 1 4 per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which 1s 221. 10 8. per annum for each 1,0001.), ho had 1571. 10s. added to the Tey'PaireinmisutoLs much as the Premiums paid. , nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and ehlY One-half need be paid for the first live years when the In surance is fo r L ife. 41 erYinforrnation afforded on application to the Resident Direc tor, No, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London. --.......__ UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPAN Y, Ico. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-all, London. e€ The lIALP-YEARLY DIVIDENDS on m the Capital Stock of this n3 PanY due on the let January, will be PAYABLE here on and Vter MONDAY, the 19th of January, from Ten till Three o'clock, Wednezdays and Thursdays excepted. PATK. MACINTYRE, Secretary. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND INOATII-WESTERN RAI LWAY.--Retlll7l o Traffic for the week ending Jan. 11: Merch anise Passengers, parcels, mails, & c . ... 4:21,477 10 2 16,071 13 8 Cattle ... 840 4 11 ROYALPATRON —H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on the Philosophy of Scientific 4 erea tion.—Lectnre by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on Ward's New Sub- TlMarine L arnp.—Lecture by George Barker, Esq., on the Ballad Music England, illustrated by a Selection from Shakspere's Songs, on .! dnesday, Thursday, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock. ntunerous Prize Models, Works of Art, &c., from the Great Exhi ation, explained by Mr. Crispe.—Optical Effects is Dissolving views, Microscope, Chronatrope, &c.—Diver and Diving Bell, &c. b:aLdmission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years'of age, Price. men daily from Eleven to Five, and every Evening, p except Sa wruay. trout *even till Half-past Ten. Total „„ R 38,389 8 9 Corresponding week in 1850 • ... 37,611 0 6 Corresponding week last year ..• 38,064 12 2 LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—AMOULIt o Traffic for the week ending Jan. 11 : Passengers Goods ... 46,365 8 1 2,327 0 8 ..• ••• CA ARGYLL ROOMS, T'S Great O, Windmill-street, St. James's. u.,The PRIZE QUA DRILLE, awarded to Mr. J. It. Tutton, of the 4"Yal Horse Guards (Blue), will b e p l ayed every evening by tatnrent's noulc o Celebrated Band. Principal Cor ne t- a -Pi s t on, M . urt. s. /3 °ers open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and .11:111nate at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING, A T I 0 NS 0 It BhappeSned E but lately, V as I confident talk ; MY ears were saluted by took a walk, enn street conversation The pith of what passed I 1 a I mean to deliver in faithful i A tradesman stepped out improved, narration.ncigour addressed, he confessed ; I,lls income last year had andh safely acquitted. bills he was Ills business had yielded . little more, he admitted, Ent from long tailors'SON'S c l o thi n g mart— no had visited MOSES and So coarse of the year, I'm proved it was matchless for - neatness and art ; tut the saving was such in the to night, As left him in pocket a fifty pound c clear. A. Mechanic who laboured from morning A nd Planned and devis e d t o hi s u ttermost might, S aid his child ren were f e d an d b e t ter arrayed Si nce the wh o l e o f th e i r c l oth i ng b y MOSES was made. Rut this was not all, he had sent them to school, Yset lear ning was useful in handling a tool ; . . no poorer had been since that he projecteu , 11The coat had been cleared in their dress, ho expected. , nobleman's mansion stood out from my way, ,rurssAlendour induced me attention to pay; Yet each Yet servams attending would f orm a great mass, _7_,l,,ei r master' in m a z e l o l ve r t t y: o t u li s ts as morningdid pass ; old English days, T every de,s When nue......,...a_rbytennt Ms own notice pays. decoasitishi'dEtilaregne:atahes and cost he replies, lI TI I I . e MOSES all that now defies : By the constant r ~. . e taxes defrayed obesoervucetrions he offers trade,ii . i teliin, While to every That in point of appeaniniteemiust be every gain. p Pleased with my y n a o y t e ei I w was scanning, Nor felt the cold winds eon every side fanning ; t They could not affect me, from soy knee to m y throat ,was safely ensconced in a warm Witney coat. To make lt 1 or this coat Pin indebted to MOSES'S power, . to trim it, and sell it much lower Than any one ever could think in these days, Though inventions improve In a thousandfresh ways. London City Establishm ents E. MOSES and SON. 44, ab ,and 167, 154, 155. 1 5 0 , a .. ,, communicating. ~..,_. and 25. Aldgate. opposite tho Church , ,„ all Oxford - street, 1,2, -union Weat-end Branch, 606, 507, 508, •' . '"' w Um a, n Minor's% 2 3, ... art-street, all comrannloating• 2.1,102:rd Yorkshire Branch, 19, uridge-street. Zoilll ld Ilranch,36. Fargsta* 'Auer' Bost and Shoo k, , Clothiers, Ratters Hosiers, Furriers , on .-a.rs,sid C 4 1 Outfitters ' and Gentlem • Th e p., General for Ladies Rater li7bllahments are closed from sunset Fr iday,.. Th e s is• When entitled ts rcenmed till Twelve o owe. 11 Nations," in Three L...ess' Book, " The Exhibition for A and contain- N' fill! —l g u agcs, viz. :—English French, and German, app .. - eatt.,2l directions for sel f - measurement, can ' be had gratis, on n e h 7, or forwarded post free to any part of the kingdom. ad gratis, Sp andsome Almanac, for the year ending 1852, can be h aPPlication. TO Italian. parle Fran ca L se. Qui si parla Italia. Tiler spricht man Deutsch. Acuff se habla Espanol. ibIEbICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUT a AND MATURITY. 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Matriculated Member of the University l e S cietr, Liethilats4.:rarY Merof the London Hospital Mediu. fdin- Medic a l 84 A P o thecariest Hall. London, Member of the Hun o teririn . This Work et , e ,, t .._3 7 of Edinburgh, &c., &c. b l o b corny MA phy - Xr i na a plain and complete description of the atnivaa eeignhdetsittans of the reproductive organs, and of the t ir rela k the s, and disease. Dr. La'3fert, who has aen Mal edic al uoneurs he diplomas and test s nserted in th .as evidenced by t Who h its es , , , e work, is the only legally qualified medical man troattuat•-•cavvelY, and for many years devoted his studies to the , of co mplaints. 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The best food for infants and invalids generelly, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. Tile only remedy which has obtained 50,000 testimonials of cures of the above and other complaints, many of which had resisted all other modes of treatment, and been aban doned as incurable. _ Du Barry and Co., 127, New Bond-street, London. A few out of 50,000 cures are here given : Cure No. 47,121. " Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Hazing vicarage, Waltham-cross, Herts, a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low rpirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No. 48,314. "Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, a cure of ten and all the horrors of nervous irritability." C y from the Right ion. the Lord 'Slum' .: t a re rs N ' d o y:s 7 p l c . psoifa, Dyspepsia; De Decks. 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The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free on receipt of post-office order.—Da Barry and Co., 127, New Bond street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Ma jesty, Piccadilly; Hedges and Butler, Regent-street ; North and Co. ; Crosse and Blackwell; Petty, Wood, and Co , 13, King William-street, City ; also at 60 , Graceehurch-street ; 49, B i s h opsga t e-s t ree t Wi t hi n; 4, Cheapsid e ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street; at the Post-office, Camden -town 21 Motcomb-street; and through all re spectable Grocers and Chemists. Caution—Beware of Spurious and Injurious Imitations under closely similar names. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Flect-Street; Mani, 39 ,.Cernhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. Health, Eecreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS:- - Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings —Ex eimions about the Environs of London —The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Fields, High-roads, and oth er pleasant places—Country and rmahles—The Sea--London at Night— Evenings at Home —Music--The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, & c., &c . Trii)s Forests, FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vnl. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c, Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILL UN EY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DUNE, AND AVOID, A "That th ree score years cu d ten our course may run." s old Popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner lation of every ,,-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses !,.setcYroung, besets the luau of pleasure, business, or study, and ern age ; with t blfor the diet and physical regu day life. a G$ and rules IV. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as relined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT •—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to eld age. The ad vent of the passions. Ch astity and its infringements. The casual ties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar rative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE TATE. "To be or not to be, th at is the question." PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and h " - -, either sex. Time and figure, to secure healthy ()lisping, With the art of roaring them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. (1824 By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841),X.R.C.5. (1827) , L . S . A . ). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hours daily till Five. E'Venings, Seven till Nine, 1 0 Argyll-elace 1401 U-street! Total ... Corres p o nding week l £8,692 8 9. ast •year... 8,226 8 3 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Jan. 11 £15,504 18 6 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) THE GREAT NORT HER ....£13,396 10 11 N RAILWAY.... (Miles in work, 241) —Return of Traffi c f or the Pass engers, parcel Week endi ng J an. 4, 1852: s, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,477 2 0 Merchandise an d minerals Cattle ... 4,757 15 11 ... 168 3 8 1,1 Total .. Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) £9,403 1 7 Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £3,81 Merchandise, Cattl e, &c. ... 3,2775 2 4 4 1 ... 6 Total ... NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. -- £7.056 (Mil es ope 5 n, 112.) Return of traffic for the w ee k ending Jan. 4 : Railway and canal ... £4, 5 09 0 0 Corresponding w ee k l ast year ... .. 4,407 ' Note. The abo ve i s exc l usive of the receipts o av 0 ailable under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAT,—.Traffic for the week ending Jan. 11;_ MAIN LINE, Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. Goods, cattle, &c. Mails ... ... £879 G 2 8 4 6 2 0 0 '.. • 573 ••• 575 Total ••• DIOLD. ... £2,086 19 8 Passengers £3B 18 2 Parcels, H. C. and D. 1 13 Goods, cattle, &c. 1 25 12 5 3 Total .. £166 3 10 liiT"KAM:I3.OATS. Passengers ... Pares* H. C. and D. ••• £126 19 2 ••• 13 7 0 Total ... £l4O 6 2 _____ SEABORNE MAILS. [N Fignllles that the mails are sent front the General Post -office by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] When made up in Froai what PLACES. GeneralPost-ollice port dig. When London; patched, due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Jan 15 .. ;Liverpool .• Jan. 21 America (by U.S. pkt.) N;Jan. 27 .. .. !Liverpool .. Jan. 21 America (by U.S. pkt.) MI !Southauipt. Africa (West coast)" Nil4th of the month !Plymouth Feb. 3 Alexandria* .• N 1196118; 30th et mo. Dover .. Jan. 18 Belgium .. N l Daily Dover .. Daily Brazil .. • . Ml9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres .. M!9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 California(vlaChagres)M 2d & 17th of month Soutbampt. Jan. 20 Cape of Good Hope N I I I4th of month Plymouth.. Feb. 3 Constantinople* .. •• N.7th 17th 27th of molDover .. Jan. 20 Central America .. l&U2d 8; 17th of mon. Southampt. Jan. 20 Channel m eg• .. N MOll., Wed., &Fri.'Southampt. Tu. Th• Sat Chili .M 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 France .. M &NiTwice daily ~DoverTwicedaily Greece* Wlthl7th27th of mo Dover •• Jan. 20 Hamburgh N.Tuesday & Friday (London .. Tues. Sat. Holland M. Wednes. Satur, 'Louden .. Mou.Thur Honduras 14/ 1 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .• Twicedally India (via Sonthamp.) M l 2oth of the month Southarapt. Jan, 23 India (via Marseilles) N B th B c 24 thefmonthlDover • • Jan. Is Mediterranean (via Southatr , iton) M l 2Oth of the month Southampt. Jan. 23 Meditortanean (via Marseilles) .. N Bth&24th ofmonth Dover • • Jan. 18 Mexico _ M2d of the month.. tSouthampt. 'Feb. 9 Madeira X 9th of the month Southarnpt. Jan. 16 Malta* ..• 17th,17th,19th,27th &3oth of month jl> over °ver , Jan. 18 Napless _ N sth 15t1125tii ofmo Dover •- Jan. 12 Papal States* .. Nj&lh 15th25th of triolDover ,Jan. 12 reninsular.. •11 M 7th 17th 27th of mo s Southampt. Jan. 16 Peru .. • • •• •• 17th of the month Southanapt. 'Jan. 9 1 Tuscany* • Nbth 15th 25 th of mo • D over Dir • • rJan. 12 West Indies .. l7th of the month ISouthampt. Jan. 20 West Indies (exeenf I , 7 th, 1 7th,19th,27th & 30th of month Napless sth 15t1125th oftne Papal States* i sth 15th 25th of mo reniu,sular.. M.7th 17th 27th of m o, P eru •• Ml7th of the month ; Tuscany* .. Nibth 15th 251.11 of mo', West Indies .. liel7th of the month West Indies (except liavanna & Nassau) It 2d of he month Sonthaaspt. Feb. 5 * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are convoyed by French packet via Marseilles. The direct llavre mail from London via Southampton during this month will be made up three times a week only, instead of daily. CALfroawfx.—Malls to and from California, via the United States are now despatched and due by every American packet DETERMINED . SUICIDE. —On Saturd a y a ft ernoon , a young girl of 16, named Eleanor Vickers, in the service of Mrs. Steel, of Scotch-street, Whitehaven, committed suicide and a th reat h aving been made of mentioning the fact to her mother, she proceeded to h er bedroom and with a razor nearly severed her h ea d f rom h er i her her throat. had purloi ne d some tea, which Is, possession, body. An inquest „gag held, and a verd i ct of " Insanity " b , y a :t f t o t u t cutting n returned. ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. The first general meeting of this company was held at the Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen-street, 3 esterday, for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors, relative to the affairs of the . company ; to consider whether any and what legal steps should be taken against the late secretary of the company, Mr. Luke Williams, against whom great irregulari ties in the transaction of the business of the company was alleged ; to indemnify the directors for any acts performed prior to the registry of the company, in promotion of its interests ; to determine up m the past and future management of the company, and to consider what number of shares ehoull be allotted free to Sir Henry Huntley, the company's manager in California. The CUAIRaIAN having briefly described the objects of the meeting, and the manner in which it was pro posed to take the votes of the proprietors, should any division of opinion arise, stated that it could not be denied th a t th ey had had great difficulties to contend with, but h a p p il y and he doubted not that, if the shareholders stood by the directors, as he they h a d now surmo u n ted them, was glad to say they had hitherto done, that they would take and hold a very high po sition in the commercial world. He would now lay before them the report of the directors. (The speaker here proceeded to read the report, which was of great length, and we therefore lay before our readers only such portions as appear to possess any intrinsic inter est.) It says : "Besides the ordinary difficulties of getting the ma chinery of a joint-stock compaserke_vensisting of a large body of ,ehareholders, itttosgeadthi ng Or de n we h ave a dditional obstacles arising from rho ed conductthow r nin e of m u r way r.L uk e Williams. No inconsiderable portion of these difficulties arises from the fact of his having abducted the most important of the books and papers in use during provisional registration. The loss of those documents will account for any deficiency of detail in the report. We have exorcised the strictest economy in the management o f your affairs, and are confident that no company was ever established and brought to the position in whi c h ours now is wit h such a small outlay. The zeal, intelligence, and judgment displayed by tiir Henry Huntley in the trying positions in which he has found himself cannot be too highly praised, and the most perfect reliance may be placed on him. As the prosperity of the company is in so great a degree to be attributed to th e exertions of S i r Henry Huntley, we have com e to the unanimous de termination of recommending th e shareho ld ers to make such an essential dem onstration of their ap proval of his conduct as they Consider the circumstances of his case will justify. In c onnexion with this re commendation, we may observe that the fixed Beery of Sir H. Huntley amounts only to 5 001. a year, a sum manifestly inadequate for his services. It is most de sirable to adopt some plan which will permanently iden tify the interest of your resident director. in California with that of the company. Your assistant-superin tendents have been selected with due regard to their positions in society, characters, and intelligence. Events have satisfied us that the system adopted by Sir Henry Huntley of crushing quartz supplied him by other per sons, is at the present the most desirable course, and he anticipates no difficulty in obtaining a plentiful supply. Until experience shall have developed the resources of Wining operations in California, and an act of Congress shall slave confirmed the titles of individuals, we consider it inexpedient to incur the heavy expense of purchasing the lease of a m i ne, er t o p a y a l arge royalty for the pri vilege o f working a particular vein. With reference to oper a ti ons in California, wo have to report that in the middle of November we had a stoam.engine and crush ing -mills there, which wore then on th route to the mines, and Sir Henry Huntley says in his last dispatch, At last lam enabled to begin work in earnest, and I hope to have the engine in full work by the end of this month.' We may, therefore, fairly assume that at the present moment we have the product of five or six weeks' workings either on the road home, or in the hands of our agents iu California. In addition to the engine and machinery thus actually at work, we have another en gine, with crushing-mills and gear complete, which, if the voyage was successful, has long ere this reached San Francisco. Our steam power will thus be capable of working the crushing-mills, so as to reduce between thirty and forty tons of rock per diem, and arrangements are making for additional machinery to be sent out, so that 150 tons of quartz may be pulverised a day. The question of obtaining a sufficient supply of reasonably good quartz is one which has received our anxious consideration. Our present plan, as you aro already aware, is not to carry on any mining operations of our own, but to crush the 'quartz supplied us by others, sharing the profits. Sir H. Huntley, in his dispatch of the Bth of November last, gives us his reasons for following that course, he says—' My reason for adopting the system of crushing for others, was the insecurity of property at that time, and even now it will he prudent to wait and see what may de done by the American Government with reference to the quartz mines in California before paying for a mine.' So long as we merely require some thirty or forty tons of quartz a day, the system of crushing for others is the most certain end the least expensive. With our increased power of machinery it will, nevertheless, be desirable, it not absolutely essential, that we should secure an ade (pate supply of quartz by having a mine of our own. the best location for our purpose. When this Sir Henry Huntley has anticipated, and has al ready turned his attention to the selecting and securing Huntley Sir Henry was in California the first time, the Mariposa district was the only ono then ascertained to abound in veins of quartz. The Ague Fria river is situated in this district, and the mine formerly mentioned by Sir Henry Huntley as the Ague Fria Mine was upon this river, but w as not the mine selected by the Ague Fria Company as the site of its operations. In the interval between Sir H. Huntley's leaving California the first, and arriving there the second time, other districts bad been disco vered to possess veins of quartz even richer than those of the Mariposa district, and Sir Henry Huntley hg employed himself', pendin g t h e arr i va l of the ma chinery, in ascertaining th e most eligible location upon w hich to commen ce hi s operations. He selected Grass Valley and the adj acent neighbourhood as possessing m any advantages over the Mariposa. The veins are as rich, if not richer, than on the Mariposa, and the mines are more a accessible --- very great consideration in a country where the expenses of transit are enormous. Sir Henry Huntley has secured a vein at ' Dry Creek,' on the Yuba River. It is situate about twelve miles from Marysville and two miles from Parkstear. He describes the quartz in it as being of a very good quality, and the road to it excellent. The time for laying before you a detailed statement of the accounts has not yet arrived; but it may be stated that the solicitor's bills, all expenses of printi ng and advertising, the rent of offices, salaties—in short, every charge necessarily incurred in establishing the company, ha ve been discharged. In fact,sac company h as ne i ther debt or liability, beyond such liabilities as aro accruing from day to day; and by a report of the finance committee lately presented to the board, it appears that after deducting from the assets of the company the estimated amount of all ordinary outgoings in respect of the manage ment of our affairs both here and in California up to the 24th of June next, there will then remain a balance in ll Purposes. We must add a word amount of our capital. In a pro which we issued some weeks back, we named 20,0001. as the probable amount of our paid-up capital. mtirauceh We are desirous that it should now be understood that our paid-up capital will much exceed that sum, We came to the conclusion as to the 20,0001. upon the sup position that all those person s who 'were then en titledWeeni, company had however, found that the s hw p ai e tn e hd t ussufli referenceci e n t ftoor the a wad se limiteda l refaodry that executed pur e larger than we anti cipated. Besides which, upon further deliberation, we were of opinion that it would be prudent to extend ' our number la u e m d b e e e r d o o f capital by the sale of about 4,000 more shares, which we accomplished upon terms h very o o Is t : ing sharesex p i i r n e d. the favourable to the many of those s area h avin _ g been disposed a schoanreshtiotuldteiorns, of co mpa ny, considerable premium, the benefit of which the company has obtained. Our company must therefore be taken at 35,000/, There are two rem a i n i n e g AMA; to which we can d raw your attention with much satisfac tion. The first, though apparently hostile, is, in fact, the strongest intimation of our growing prosperity. We refer to the anxious wish expressed, and the combina tion entered upon to secure the admission amongst our shareholders of parties who before stood aloof and de• cliued to participate iu our responsibilities. The second fact is equally cheering—the present price of your shares in the market." Mr. DOCKETT moved, and Mr. BARDWELL se conded the adoption of the report. In answer to questions from Mr. B ARKER, The Ch AIRMAN stated that the amount of the capital must now be taken at 35,000/. When it was stated at 20,0001., it was supposed that all who had a right to sign the deed had done 8 0 . Of course, those parties who had not complied with t h e terms of the Act of Parliament could not be considered as share holders. Mr. BARKER had heard that two of the directors had taken 5000 shares each. He thought th at gave them an undue preponderance over the other share holders, and that the original shareholders ought not to be placed in a wor se position than th e new share holders, in consequence of the increase of capital—the more especially as those shareholders had not taken their shares for the profit of _a or per cent, but had taken them for investment. He wished to know how many -of the original shareholders had been prevented from signing the deed ? Mr. DAWSON considered the question put by the Hon. Proprietor very natural and proper. When the directors put down their names for 5 ,000 shares, the undertaking was in great difficulties, and they could not have effected the registration of the company without they had done so. The directors had no wish to act harshly with the original shareholders and wherever it could be shown that they had forfeited their shares through ignorance or want of attention to what was going on, th e y would do everything in their THE LOSS OF TILE AMAZON. SOUTHAMPTON, IVEnstEspa.v.—Miss Smith, whose miraculous escap e i s so grap hi ca ll y described in her narrative inserted i n t o -d ay ' s Sun, still remains at the e residence of Mr. C o lli ngs, i n the High-street, and is, as may be supposed, somewhat indisposed after her perilous adventures ; independently of this, the Grandh undergone. tempestuous weath er, w hi c h added considerably to in h er passage from Havre, experienced n the surv i vors o f the wreck had pre viously gone. Nu merous ca ll s have been ma d e utpeone x lurk hberanbsio ydte , ra great many of the leading gentry of the town and neighbourhood, and it is pleasing to say that, although some might have been made merely to gratify a selfish curiosity, several ladies kindly offered an asylum to the unfortunate young lady us long as she thou g ht proper to remain. Miss Smith expressed herself extremely grateful to all, but politely declined, preferring to remain with Mr. and Mrs. Collings, who had in the first instance so generously stepped forward and offered her a home. It is understood that the directors of the Royal Mail Company will institute another investigation at their offices in Winkle-street, on Friday next. It will be open to the members of the press, and indeed to any person interested, as th e di rec t ors are solely in fluenced by the desire to sift the unfortunate disaster to the bottom, and at the same time, by s o d o i ng, to afford the fullest information to those who h ave so suddenly lost their relatives or friends. The Mayor continues to receive letters in reference to this distressing affair from all quarters, most of them containing something substantial in the shape of money towards the relief of the sufferers by the calamity. The committee appointed on Monday to receive subscriptions and appropriate them to the necessities of the recipients met to-day in the Audit House, and it is pleasing to add that a goodly list of ►additional sums was banded in, amongst which was the name of the Duchess of Gloucester for 201., and several others for a similar amount. , Amongst the business transacted was the appoint mont of a sub-committee, who were vested with power to relieve those whose immediate necessities require it; collectors to canvass the whole town for subscriptions; a resolution passed to address the vari ous mayors in the kingdom, inviting their co-opera tion in this work of charity; together with a request to the clergy and ministers of all denominations to preach sermons on behalf of the fund in their respec tive places of public worship. The claims upon the fund will be very great. There are upwards of twenty poor women bereft of their husbands in Southampton alone, one of them with a small helpless family of nine children, who were wholly dependent upon their father for support. Indeed, from personal inquiries I have made, it is truly distressing to witness the vast amount of misery and destitution caused by this dreadful calamity. The labours of the committee will be necessarily immense from the number of claims they will have to investigate, independently of other matters; but, in order to lighten them as much as possible, clergymen of parishes where any of the sufferers may have re sided would much oblige by forwarding any particu lars respecting them. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 14.—We have the gratificat ion of stating t hat the Port-Admiral here has at last dispatched a steamer with orders to proceed in the direction of the wreck of the Amazon, and to the neighbouring p or t s , w ith a v i ew of obtaining any additional inform a ti on p oss ibl e re specting this terrible rceastcaustirnogphaen,yanodf those inthe gallant nowall men n t whhopoelsetsusehhotpoe the ship to the last, if an y o f th e m should have managed may it ever be, fatal with to escape from th e b urn i ng wreck by the mode hinted l s a u t inrri ve. 1 1 .11r.G le ienn i i i e e ' e s atoss communication, iled this morning,*and haply before still survive. dawn. There is b u t ono feeling here as to the con duct of the P o rt-Admiral in not acting on his ow n discretion, by sending out a steamer long before no w , delay. end thereby Surely preythe'e Admiraltyn ti ng th iscoraune cannot oatnd pa n st out notice. The following parag raphs . from . a contemp orary, although written in a style far too flippant to suit the gravity of such a dreadful event, contain, neverthe less, some facts of inters 4 "Among the unrecorded escapes from the fiery Ama zon was that of a peer of the realm, the E ar l 01 S hellield. p This nobleman, who is, or . to be, the ossosser of large estates in Barbadoes, in right of his wife, daughter of Earl Harewood, one of the ladi es o f the bedchamber to the late Queen Adelaide, had made personal applica tion for passage in the usual svay; but hearing that the voyage was to I)? commenced on Friday, the presage of ill, associated with that ominous day by so many emi nent minds, alike of sceptic and devotee, seized upon hitn, and with abiding tenacity, too ; e l se wou ld the jovial aspect and hilarious voice of Captain Chappell, the company's secretary, assuredly have put to flight all tho • phttutssmagorio mother T 1 - IE SUB MA R NE TELEGRAPH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—A paragraph having lately appeared in your paper, head e d " S u b mar i ne Telegraph in Danger,' we beg leave to send you a short statement of facts with reference to the occurrence referred to : Oa Saturdey night, the 3:1 of January inst., the schooner Robert, of Revel, Edward Lange, com mander, laden with cofd, from Newcastle to Cadiz, drifted at anchor from abreast Dover, eastward, du ring a heavy gale of wind from the south-west, to the South Foreland, and the anchor coming in contact with the electric cable, the vessel was brought up and kept in the same position for eleven hours, till the gale moderated, on Sunday morning. The combined strength of the ship's company, assisted by the crew of a Deal lugger, who boarded her to render her as sistance, was totally unable to weigh the anchor, and the commander was at last compelled to slip the cable, leaving his anchor and thirty fathom of chain behind. Not the slightest injury was caused to the telegraph, which has been working in the most perfect mannor since the day of the opening. The event affords a practical proof of the strength and efficiency of the electric cable to resist the acci dents and dangers which some have supposed it would be peculiarly liable to encounter, and must be very satisfactory to all those who are in any way inte interested in the submarine telegraph. We are, Sir, your very obedient servants, T. R. CRAMPTON, C.E. C. J. WOLLASTON, C.E. London, Jan 12. COURT CIRCULAR. las l t h ev e WINDSOR; JAN. 14. There was no additi on t o th e R oyal dinner party en P i r n i g n . ce of Wales, th e P r i ncess R oya l, an d The Queen walk e d i n th e H ome-park this morning. younger members of the Royal family, took walking and potty exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to town this forenoon by a special train on the South-Western Railway, and returned at a quarter before two o'clock to the Castle. The Prince was attended by Colonel Hon. Charles Grey and Lord Alfred P age t. Invitations have been sent to the following person ages, and they are expected to arrive at the Castle to day :—Chevalier and Madme Bunsen, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl of Mulgrave, and Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood. Viscountess Canning has arrived, and succeed e d the Marchioness of Ely, as Lady in Waitin g to the Queen. __. . - His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg arrived at the Castle this afternoon, on a nisi to her Majesty. Highness Princ e Alb ert presided yes. d at a meeting o f the Royal Commis sionteriiaifi ni r ß t o (e ranng E li xhibition in 1851 of In dustry of all Nations. the Work s of nis Royal Highness arrived at the new palace of Westminster at eleven o'clock. The other Commis sioners present were Earl Granville, the Right Hon. , Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir r Charles L. E zst l a k e, Si r William Barry, M r . T . F . G i bson, Mr. John President of the Geol og i ca l G H o e tnt Cubits, y Charles Mr. L i am a yrb Pussy, ou i c e i r'e h s Society.M.P. M.P., and M r. Hopkins, Mr. Alderman Th om p son , Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Edgar Bowring, secre taries of the Royal Commissi on , attended. Mr. H enry C ole and Mr. Charles W. Dilke, of the Executive Committee, were also present. The meeting broke up at one o'clock, when Prince Albert took his departure, and returned to Windsor Castle. The American Minister transacted business yester day at the Foreign-office. A deputation of directors from the General Ceme tery Company, consisting of Mr. J. Griffith, Mr. A. Boetefeur, Mr. A. J. Valpy, and Mr. Frederick 71 • • _ Itiviere, secretary, had an interview with Lord Sey mour yesterday, at the office of Public Works and Buildings in Whitehall-place. Captidn Richard S. Dundss, R.N., had an inter view with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town yester day from his seat 13ovrood Park, 'Wilts, for the pur pose of attending the Cabinet Council. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lady Mary Wood, left their residences in Downing-street, pa terday afternoon, for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office yesterday, to the Governor of the Cape of Good H ope. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Go vernors of the North American Provinces. -- - THE TREES or LanenTr.--The French trees of liberty are all to be cut down, and the wood given to the poor for fuel. Thus Frenchmen have liberty to warm t49l44elTeth-nrunch. THE INCOME-TAX. (Prom the Times.) former errors I ymany still redeem If Lord John R usse l l and his colleagues are pre pared during the course of the next session to profit by h e i f r romt past lle consequencesthey of m in policy. It se ems t o b e a d mitted on all sides that the condition of parti es w ithi n t h e walls of Parliament them selves t is such that they have little to expect but individual opposition and hcstile confederacies. Such safety as results from prudent alliances appears to have been denied them ; but the First Minister still has it in his power, and may possibly have it in intention,'to frame his policy on larger views, and address himself to a more numerous audience. What if he should have resolved carefully to consider the history of the defeats he has endured during the last four years ? He might well distinguish between those checks which were the results of accident or the momentary triumphs of faction, and those more important defeats in which he succumbed because tho feelin g of the c o u n t ry was against him. There are not wanting instances in our Parliamentary Ititory in which a Mini•eetshas retained the reins of office in the teeth—so to speak—of the Lower House. It is in such a crisis as this that the genius of the most consummate statesman may find its ap propriate elements t f a c ti on . H e will stop his ears to all propositions for trimming his sails to every passing gust. ffe will shut his doors against the visits of the m os t j udicious "whipper -in." He will reject every suggestion f or di sarming opposition by hawking about tee patronage of Government. Forgetful of mere party ties, deaf to the unworthy blandishments of family influence, he will perceive that the time has arrival when there is question of measures rather than of men. He will take up the records of Parlia ment during the period of his rule, and boldly adopt as his own all propositions which the course of dis cu.sion and the unanimous voice of the country have proved to be of public utility. He will not heed whether a particular proposition might have originated wieh himself or his opponents, if they are manifestly incapable of working it out for themselves. Vanity, pre. judice, habits of thought, must on such occasions be disregarded by the Minister. Though it be his own darling blunder, though his own long-cherished hallucination, he must be prepared to sacrifice it with out compunction if he would retain a position which he can no longer hold by the mere resources of party warfare. If Lord John Russell is thus prepared to extricate himself from the embarrassments of his situa tion, we would recal his attention to one capital error in his policy which has gone far to alienate from his Government the sympathies and support of the middle classes of English society. We will venture to as sure him that justice to them in this particular will be of sovereign moment to the interests of his Cabinet when the general voice of the country can again make itself heard at the husti ngs an d the polling booth. The unequal and iniquito us assessment of the incomes tax is as present to the minds of the professional and mercantile classes now as at first, when they were cajoled into a temporary acquiescence by the menda cious assurance that the impost was of a transitory nature. Surely, if Lord John Russell or Sir Charles Wood will but take the pains to cast the most cursory glance at the signs of the times, they must perceive that the attempt to perpetuate so scandalous an im position—impost we will not call it —must result but in defeat. Is the tax a useless one ? Obliterate it altogether from the estimates. Is it, on the contrary, one which, if assessed upon a fair system, is consonant with the m os t philosophical principles of taxation ? Then take care that there be not so pro found a variance between the principle and the prac tice as will entirely change the very nature of the tax, and leave nothing of justice about it but the name. If we look at the course 'Of passing events, we cannot but acknowledge that an emergency may arrive when the Executive Government would require a very considerable extension of its resources, and at a very short notice indeed. Where is the Minister to turn for aid but to this very income-tax which be and his colleagues persist in imposing upon the country in its present arbitrary form ? The apprehensions of the moment might silence argument and deaden the consciousness of injustice. Such, no doubt, is the calculation, but it is one which rests upon a very un safe basis. The returns have already proved that, even at the comparatively low point at which the tax for the present has been fixed, evasion is the natural con sequence of the inequality of the levy. Fraud is the first-hor n child of injustice. Our former Finance 'Ministers nursed the smuggler's vocation up into a profitable and regular trade. Fraud, under the Income-tax Act, is just the counterpart of smug gling under the old Customs' statutes. You cannot sanctify an unjust arrangement in the eyes of tie great mass of mankind, even although it be solemnly embalmed in the stately periods of an Act of Ptirlia m,--mt. We distinctly repudiate any idea that the conduct of the fratemlen t evaders even of this most unjwit levy meet; with any approval from us. On the contrary, we have over and over again denounced it is the strongest language we could employ. It isnot the least Of Our charges against the First Minister and Eis colleagues, that they tolerate a system of levy, with regard to a tax otherwise or objectionable, which has a tendency so protonl;dy to demoralize the country. The returns under the Act from the professional and commerc i al classes give evidence of so wide-spread a system of equivocation, as to be perfectly sickening to any mind which has not lost all feeling for the honour am d reputation of the country. It may of course be said, if there be such means of evasion at the command of the unscrupulous under Schedule I), of what do you complain ? We reply that we protest against the method of escape, as against the injustice which provoked it. Besides, although rogues m ay escape, honest men are not content to shift even an unjust liability from their shoulders by such questionable means. If the rate of liability were by the necessities of the times screwed up to a higher point, we cannot but have serious doubts, from what we already know, of any proportionate result to the Exchequ er . Th e F inanee Minister would do well to look to the m a tt er i n time, before it becomes necessary to place reliance upon so fragile a reed. t' ns wa Were other considers to rating to add w i ngs to the Ministerial deliberations, the defeat of last session would furnish Lord John and Sir Charles Wood with matter for reflection. Even last session they could only obtain a renewal of the tax in its present most objectionable form for a single year. What can they expect at the expiration of the actua 1 Parliament ? Can they imagine that the combina tion of parties which defeated them upon this very point a f e w mo nths back will b e in a more compliant humour now that every individual Member of the House is Winking of the account he must ere long give of his stewardship to his constituents ? Will the town and borough Members, out of any private feeling l es beaux ycux o f L ord John and his colleagues, con sent to alienate from themselves the votes of their supporters ? Nor could a more apt opportunity for the revision of the mode of levy be readily imagined. If Sir Charles Wood is disposed t,o deal fairly with his surplus, certainly the claims of those who are unjustly assessed to a particular tax should have the priority over the demands of any class interest. It is not even necessary that Sir Charles Wood should draw very largely upon his surplus to afford the desired relief. There are resources on the tax itself which might fairly be called into play. Why not lower the point of rateability to incomes which reach 1501. per an num ? Why should the person in the annual receipt of 1501. pay. his quota, and the man of 1001. per an num be exempt ? There is no reason for fixing the exemption to any particular point until the costs of collection make equilibrium with the amount col lected. In point of principle the clerk is as fairly as sessable as the millionnaire. We recommend the subject to the earnest consideration of Lord John Russell before the Parliament shall have met. If be has determined to stand alone, let him at least bring his measures into harmony with the public interests and the general feeling of the country. TUE EXHIBITION CHART. —The enormous circu ation of the Weekly Dispatch, on Sunday last (by far ex ceeding the most sanguine expectations of the proprietors), has rendered it impossible to comply with the aunounee ments previously made, that every purchaser should, on Sunday, the 11th instant, receive a copy of the Illustrated Coloured Chart of the Great Exhibition; it has, in conse quence, been found neces sary t o postpone the i ssue o f a s h eet demanding such careful preparation, until Sunday, the Ist of February, on which day every purchaser who was disap pointed in receiving a Chart of the 4th instant, will be en.. titled to a copy. Orders may be given to all newsvenders in town or country, or to the Office, 139, Fleet-street, London. HACKNEY ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL& —OH TUN!. day a meeting was held to commemorate the opening of the above schools. Sheriff Swift presided, assisted by Bishop Morris and sixty ladies and gentlemen_ connected with the charity. After the usual loyal toastsriff had been drank with all the honours, the health of the S eri _was proposed by Bishop Morris. the he Smith, inatrtepely, expressed tho great pleasure it gave him to ass ist a e h these charitable reunions, particularly when held in t h e_ . c us of education. He con gratulated the •Roman Catholics of Hackney on the com pletion of this handsome and commodious building in which they were assembled, and in which 200 children of both sexes would receive a secular and religious education, the separa tion of which, he believed, to be greatly detrimental to the properpoorer • training of the classes. After an eloquent ap peal on behalf of the schools had been ma d e b y Bishop Mor ris, and the other toasts of the evening, including the archi teact of ep f the arated schools, Mr. W. Youn g , b a d b een drank, the com pnY. 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