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/- • • A ., 4 4 1- 4 0. - u r • . • • 4 .6, • "C I 1 :9 • .;;;; l k• ""' ,••••, -4„ • v.( r , A 41"FP' 2 14 ,1 444 r= • • A.. , •, , , 9.1 0 „,:/ , , . ' ' ' Ana os . ••- t., • , • -• • pit o' T 4 4 • ) '• • - 11 4 ,CX 0 ENGLAND SEPTEMBER 9, 1852. the B an r o b i C , otirt of Directors of the Governor and Company of 4 1 1 . at .r.gland give notice, tZti„,th, instant, l6tl '.A.L COURT will be hel4l at the Bank on THURSDAY at Twelve o'clock precisely, to consider of a vela d this u also be one of the Quarterly General Courts, ap '4 Y the Charter. which they c:_lisidered unjust. The Bar.r.l or Centre! judiciously save way, rather than feree the disputa to extremity; but it i s stated that some of tile chreci."B were prepared, not only to await the i nev i ta bl e ntsne , of the mandamus, but to a bid e the conscquenceo of dizodeying it, by going to pri son i n preference to sil;ning the dis patch. No moral or p o li t i ca l objection to obedience will avail them; but if an order issued by the Board of Control appears to be illegal, the iirectcr,% are autho rised to have the questio n d eterm i ned by d : sw i n g uP !I special case for the deci s i on of the Court , o f Queen a Bench. This power, howev er , h as never yet been exer cised; and in practice au ami ca bl e understan di ng e xists between the representative of th e C rown and :h e C o urt of Directors. The higher authority o f the p re , -Went of the Board is fully compensated by the superior infor mation which is neceFsarily possessed by the perm. went officials of the India Hothe. JOHN BENTLEY, Secretary. N°.18,713.] LONDON, SATURDAY E E 2.7 G g lou SEPTEMBER 11, 1852. [PRICE sn• iVIIDDLESEx LUNATIC ASYLUM, at P ,4 5 HANWELL. Iter llo' ri lling to TENDER for SUPPLYING the above INSTI- l'Ess But w i th Meat, Fl our, M alt, Hops, ay and Straw, Oatmeal , r. , r H: 1 O t u,_ , heese, or Bacon, for six calendar months from lthe for r `Vely e 7 at r next, or witk any of the undermentioned artic es ~,,..11.1c;,,i77sensial_cl_arx,rmoo.omnsth, s from that day viz., Groceries, Soap, 011, Brushes, Window ' Glass, Lead and Leaden 'AU anr , ~,,,.ery, Linen and Woollen Drapery, Blankets, Rugs Straw 1 44 1 wi":otinets, Tobacco, Snuff, Cloth, Boots and Shoes, Leather, ' :_ 4 der, t , and Spirits for the sick, are requested to sealeddelive t r he Mt, , theme by Halt-past One o'clock, on TUESDAY, 21st 41 'so, / 10 Sessions House Clerkenwell-green, and to attendth t ere . 4 11 k ' 3 ' 0 Q that day at Two " k Blank forms, in which en 4 .., ust b e nr . , , o cioc . l ip , e t i the . 4 ae, ma 7, be obtained, and the form of contract may er at t , ‘ uPen application to me at this place, or to the Store 11Itrit f" , be required strictly to conform, 4e* s '-'- 'le A 'Y i lla: l , and patterns and samples, to which the h co s n- . may be seen at e h A y k :eii t o a L l ' r ell. The Committee of Visitors will not bind t ern- Aim ed wept the lo west or any of the tenders. t„ -u4 9th September, 1852. ~_ CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. T A E following t LETTER is addressed to the eete _ 1 , 44 ,_Are %ent ,of the city of Peterborough, in answer to .. a requisl- f ty 4 act, " e „' to GEORGE HAMMOND WHILLEI, Esq., o eZliuty — ' 44 ll ,abon, North Wales, High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire, Den bigh of Denbighshire, and a Magistrate of the 4 4 fltje ti ;gobIgh and Montgomery : t h , requisition which I had the honour to . receive eereet 7°,l r hands inviting me to offer myself as a candidate to est the • Pro city of Peterborough in Parliament, demands th au el explicit acknowledgment. 'aletted Y residence this most unex or ropertycte wit d ch yompl i our b ment,.orough, h l am h ' ,l se z C,4 me degree th .t t pe t oug I" de gree to my being not entirely a stranger to your tills -147 be attributed to the opinions on which I . late l y t4"ee t a h ' ll l AS a t•andidate for the Montgomery borough, viz.- 1 n Of p r e agricultural and all other interests—the full deve opd -11 bu - 1? Tr ade • and that the taxation of the country shout I:,de • - •Q of its r ' I may be allowed, therefore, to 1 1 Tathe first place tom with, and the obligation derPt,,Aled 2 ,l t to, that e m c Y on e s e tituencv, as it is nothing short . of to h 7nce ,7,'" the utmost of my poWer to vindicate the inde- Otriti% a bodY of electors to whom I am attached by every ttg Of w hich great sacrifices on their part, aud the deepest ikAttht gratitude and confidence on my own, can induce. hje tt " Me tittle e h n et be th fo e r y e formally consulting them on the t z t;ly 'eel s atisded ev t would consider their interests sufft .l. - t, reNifentided with those of the empire to approve . of m ut y e a r v en ai ee ( an >op t ki n ea an opportunity as the present of Intruding in_ t upen ktt enti. eiP !" ; and therefore, without farther k i , m - ill, -a these personal considerations, I proceed at once to 1 4 , tioti, 4 ( l, 01 which I should feel justified in acceding to your to s Info, 114,c,andid„u, that Mr. Cornewall Lewis is at present before e you teep,,,,,_' -`o—that his opinions do not conciliate (notwithst ndi g ) " Q ua' and political character with which they are asso '4ll 8 various portions of the political constituency of your l kta t heB Itself Ci rcumstances, the first and only question whichpre h,Drettc.,, 'no is —wh e ther my opinions on the important subjects tit ti - ", 1 for decisi would more effectually unite the Liberal teg?trk`,„“°se which h e a n ve been expres.ed by Mr. Lewis ? toull therCtile mere risk of so dividing the Liberal party h as at to l rep-, not b e gether unrepresented, I freely confess to , t C i elih no , aa tAlled M the present critical state of pubh... y a e ffairs in thes, Portion only of that interest. t 10.41, 52 qnds;llads, therefore, I shall be happy l accept your inv - to t may be rl ea to te s „,, . myself of the earliest opportunity t a --4, dt myself to the judgment of the electors. I am, your very obedient servant, G. 11. WHALLEY. St, j • att k „, "" 3-square, London, Sept. 7, 1852 RACES. 1) i , 1 CASTER GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. 743 , t o Ordinary Day Tickets issued at any Station on this 11 0yr% t4 tions ? CASTER, by any Train, including the Ex p ress, from '"ky ,which it calls on * ill) 'SDAT, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY , & FRIDAY, 13 th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th September, th e . , ,tple for r e t urn i ng on an y of these days, by any Train, Itiets,l3B„tllllburgh Express ; and Second Class Ordinary Day avao_"' b 37 a Train except the Exress, on the same days, EC /4 Dle for r ny eturn in the like mann p er. ba Ic TR AINS will be despatched from King's - cross on Tues .' feli c ;',„' W ednesday, the St. Leger Day, and Fr ida y , the Cup vi Fares to Doncaster rd Back. ki n 1 14 P-t ro t, 1 ,,;r1t,„ 4 j, 1 `1P .43 r0" • • • • • bot„ ugh . • °Nt;'• First Class. Second Class. Morning. R. d. s. d. • ..... departs 815 41 6 31 6 9 0 33 0 25 0 9 35 26 6 19 6 •• • • arrives , 10 5 21 0 16 0 • • departs 10 10 arrives. 12 30 ------- itv,l 43 0 0 N .eturn from Doncaster on W e d ne sday and Fri- Y 41 0 r t hour after the last Race, and a n additional Special 1 1 5b ac i'e lat ti g ,- cross will be despatched from Doncaster on Satur ab,:, „ 4 . at to , •e. adorning, calling only at the Stations men es t ki '" by ag,7 these Tickets, or any of the Ordinary Day Tickets, •by Express Y Train from Doncaster, except the regular idin 'l,6Las s pe 7, frain, on Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, N4:B-,lbrk,•talalaTrain on • - 4aturda . y Morning at 10 45. 4 1it e for a, not transferable ; and the Company cannot be cit tuzi on any Meek Luggaga taken by Passengers. Race Horses can and 2 _ t el , Day by the Trains leaving King's-cross at 7 `'"i-ernoon, and on Sunday at 7 30 3forning. C lrep A , By order, SEYMOUR CLA.RKE, General Manager. Len,, '"ce, King's cross Station, "°,l, September 1, 1852. Th„ A •L HOTEL, LOWESTO FT. •i t , }, en ci , • roPrietor of this Hotel has much pleasure in informing 14 ts' 41 veln d the Public that during the winter he hiss provided ,/! . 114, 1 ' 4 , 5 er ; sof bedrooms in addition to the wing constructed last 4' f ra to!re ti .ls ue w n. l ,,l_Preveat ' a recurrence of those disappointments e b 4 Ne ' as "Y took place from his Ina ility to accommodate whit the Past year. It is his intention to persevere in . that thalready given such general satisfaction, viz.,. o 1 11 44 C e h 44.111 05 Via d Attendance, and. Cleanliness, with ; li h -a rgeS. S ' t tlicl qi Nlib, - ;`ttY of Lowestoft , the excellent bathing, and beauty of ce n t , i , rt iood, for ridiug ' and walking, are too well known to k sh tpil'tte t 7., e nt• S lIOWETT has only, therefore, in conclusion, ri a L n to the easiness of access and lowness of fares from nt oo;I t i 'at of which is subjoined, and to express his hope that Ve e xperience that liberal support with wh i c h he vit,,,,een favoured. bo — i n _ es daY and Saturday, until further notice, Passengers 21.8 under :-- F rom After- Fares to Lowestoft and back. 1 : % --------,, I noon at Ist Class. 23 Class. 3d Class, 4' 4 4 ... H. M. 20 0 15 0 10 o t,Og e • • ..... ........ 2 0 p tb Att. 4 • " ..... ••••• •• • • 345 12 0 9 0 6 0 - tt t -ns ' ..... •• . ..... .. .. 2 5 IPt b , )r 0 "....... 233 14 0 10 0 70* 4 14 84 '4c0g i l .. 3 0 81 I A "• • •••• ' • • 40 12 0 9 0 6 0 11..1..1111.1. 420 9 0 6 9 4 6 Ti ----- - ... - - - I tl cktt * Arriving at Lowestoft at 7 45. „ s will b - / fitCvest oft e available for the return journey by the trains leav- I'' sev at 3 P.m. on week days, or any train on Sundays, *41 4 Matti? tl aYs o f the date of Issue. . k . oil , 4 11 to the ordinary established trains, fast Express Trains 4) 11 ' krri vi after the Ist of August, leave Lowestoft at a 4 rr b iv ef i o n r g e in 7 4:2 1 at r i l if In min at II o'clock ; IA past 4 r P• al ~ t 'tOft at 'i ...rid from Bishopsgate Station at 5 p. al., arriving at tql:kilY Tickje nitn Past 9. h, %loft ta Etre j, Nt L . at ab out the re available for Juurney any t , the charge of a single fare, ~ issu e d at the London Station by all trains to rue w ithin 28 days of issue. ___.-------_ ,‘ __..ghescet RtT r r --------------------- Y. kit7'lllh " S'S PATENT BRANDY. beest custotn:ieedical authorities recommend Brandy and water N.1' 4 % Of diarrh ary beverage, and particularly as an efficient pre con- k,ost 2refer r i sPpakTtszaht_rthßisitseaissoDny. Tashethy pureste eiluall and go d+ BETT e r l ' kj.: Ike, ' 44 e. It is unequalled for preserving fruits, home-made qiis li g bro u k hl ts tin Aout the Kingdom by respectable wine an d s p irit mer- Ik t et %tem bottles, protected bY the Patent Metallic Capsules, Np '-‘, and DISTILLERY, 7, SMITIIFIELD-BARS, in dozens, 4 4% 3 It e4 s . ,,es included, t 18s. per gallol ; or in stonereja.rs of I` ''' upwards, at a 16s per gallon. pale or colou d Fr ench 11 , J. T. BETTS and CO., ' a nd,' Distillery, 7, Smithfield -bars, St. John-street. _ b„ b-i, U 'a D, 11 , , BALL SUPPERS , and WED- : 3- :• Ptr t R a ._,.REAK.FASTS provided in Town d t or Country, by he hire of plate, 'it4 ti ellina,..e•LL, Cornhill, including Wines, an I ,,(ltd' ear l y.. s ats, tables, tents, awnings, dancing holland.; ser i, ~„ Bin s „, „, Ball-rooms lighted. ' t ill - -"' 8r -e• ',lnstrumental Music ' pro 'As.atici-41 watt of rare sent per post, for any number, or one of the nt display of It. ' tilt u Pen Parties if required. A magnificent Il e P- . e a s for seietAion:decorated in a new and elegant style. 'ri ienne novelties in Wedding Stationery. bb, Messrs. PURSSELL'S, CORSIIILL. hru EMlGRANTS.—Thettlll'ileri following GUTTAi 4 , 1i 0 t, tap eci ,;, ARTICLES will be found of great value to _EI . - . t ith , o. a„.°;"Y such as are proceeding to the GOLD.DIO N . Lif e ‘..',"' Percha Lining for Boxes, Buckets,prinking 1,'I: ' u oYs, Flasks, Washing Bowls, Syphonsp, riGutta. ' Wri er, Mi' e g , Suctions for Pumps, Jugs, Carboys for Gfuene-t Otter th n e rB ,. Caps, Boot and Shoe Soles. To keep /Je kt trpr b i th'el‘most importance to the etnigrant. This thee be L . k it wf; Use of Gutta Percha soles, which are perfectly n 43c1,,, c) ri che aperwi th... , and more durable than leather. They c qt'2l.!.zbutic,a«a.se by any one. This cannot be too extensively l k iiht t Zer t i ;',. h ` Australian emigrants, as it is now difficult to find a it)ti Rah tty b: t country. Gold Washing Vessels of every variety ItiLtry G had to order. Directions to emigrants for lining , utta v4;•,a,9' se a. Percha Sheet (so as to preserve the contents from rilD i k , , h ater). also for putting on soles of boots and silo , 1 3 i;,° DeVeGr.R ATIS, on application to any of the Gutta Percha t' lB, C vi ,JA PERCHA COMPANY, PATENTEES, - "'ARP-ROAD, CITY-ROAD, LONDON. ______ rN.:NDT, d~1,,_ _B4 ' l l - 4 ORD'S PURE F LUIDsanct ioned y eminent bean for many years theMAGNESIA moste t qij remedy for profession,T s as an excellent ii, 4 1 .4 1 ' HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT, AND iidA perie _ INDIGESTIO_ t tirm._ - •ry ( L inn it is admirably adil.teendtgforthDe efloicoaciteofFeinmfaanletss t• -g lg g rregnancy and it prep . kbP 4 s ur during digestion Combined with the ACIDULATED LEMON SYRUP, agreeable 17"411‘ A DIN ikri , C44-41)‘k1e43 vesci ng Aperient Draught, which is highly til t 'lsit -gent, -- - ,,, FORD and Co., Hair Gloves and Belts), (k r " R on for the Improved Horse Dispensing Chemists (and .110,t utll,-street, London, and sold by all respectable Chemists e EraPire. Np o Pab TANT MEDICAL I AND SURG ICAL WORKS,nO by .. 11. 'Bailliere, 219, Regent -street, Lod By e, , No I. k,4, cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., k tr N liith the & FALSE SPERMATOR RWEA - ge 01 :1 t o th e View to the Correction of wide-spread Errorste rati o elreatnagat and Cure of Sufferers from De b i lity of h 8,, tm Or . ,Kfit N i a Tfri, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. lttrieetp.,!-,iekforg,t d from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. t.,e,,blttio__ Ge rman o English readers by his frequent practi-t r t : a inf orn ' 3 ; to medical literature. This is the firs k t eet e r• Vir "I that he has addressed himself to the non-rnedi vt,„ thy „,,e trust this may not be the last, if he shall 1 3 4 . Th t te e s OtT ec er :qually flagrant evil which it may be in his * 4 '43., Mit°, t. —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. th e it t n 3 conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this tj,q_e i ,4 3 1 0 ,7 1.. !Y by translating this little book, and by laying bare eati t „P.. r actices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to 16. 711" ) 111th4' .. Which they know nothing, with no other object th '„° , vn purses. The difference between true Sperma tr,y ( 1, 4 ' various forms of disease which resemble it are NIA crlbed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the IZ4Dtt. that malady "—Medical Circular, May 5, 1852. alluthat we have so long upon the contents of the preliminary Dt yea 'eet snh lhave scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of ergot '"".allY treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate r t eh .114 2 t e brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of wted in the matter."—Dublin Medical Press, April So. IT. !Ivo ble i l i ZZ t tra ,in cloth, price 3s. 6d., ,r by g p E os u t free, itET I 4 i 5 R . A, on Princi- Nig It oil, EOF STRICTURE OF -- Its most Inveterate I . l thaNps,.. mull:de g f 4QUltirvt,,,,Y IntreictaableaFnodrmEfils. NT OF SPERMAT i . , 111 n '''Ne. ON THE TREATME Efficient, in i t which added,c o b v i e s n 'AUTP.RIZITION ; its Inefficiency and Danger. , i., Ife,,,_ B COURTENAY, only who kl 4t".. us% Ze u r Of the Royal C . ollege of Surgeons of England. te t , , o tts,kuu complain most loudly are those practice of sur- T h o tl % h a , v:•10, common instrumentsknow not operations and tih._uat ,:tutple cure of diseases and a passion for 4i . f the .7.°,1 t uarc.ed with all kinds of violence, an indifference tri;lrVitti-o,,kleri and horrors of . surer ' " has 4 : i ° the in a -s to -- In proof of his VieN g V9 li . e ( lkji°rl;lllC t el r 3ue e ri lattenda, Courtenay) Surgical d 11,k4Y•whioh rY Of a great many cases successflii-Y ‘ ,„, t o perated. 14 '64' 4 case s Mr iz ' S Yme adduced, and on which ho " f a resisted, or ttlr,,,- Of tw ei , Xi., Xii., and xvill. No. ix. had finally 14 (I,._'''ffki in 2e Years, the treatment by dllltation, and was Itrit; r atio n many weeks. But cases xviii. and ale. appear, both 1,. atm , severity and complication a more ag -`4tcao ellars ete . of symptoms, of and yet the klitoti:t .4 0 r than any detailed by Mr. SYnle, fl '' Pted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently success it . ct /4 7.00 94 the Treatment of Stricture. T HE ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, and AUSTRA LIAN CHARTERED BANK. To be Incorporated by Royal Charter, with limited liability. Capital 500,0007. sterling, in 25,000 Shares of 201. each, with power to increase to 1,000,0001. Deposit 41. per Share. DIRECTOR'. Wm. Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P., Director of the London Joint Stock Bank. James Alexander, Esq., (firm of Redfern and Alexander, Australian Merchants) Philip P. Blyth, Esq. (firm of Blyth Brothers, and Co.) Andrew Caldecott, Esq. (firm of Caldecott, Sons, and Willcocks) Charles Johnston, Esq., Chairman of the East London Water Works Company Thos. Win. Laroche, Esq. (firm of Ralph Fenwick, Son, and Laroche, Australian Merchants) John Masterman, i un., Esq., London, Banker Ambrose Moore, Esq., Director of the London Joint Stock Bank John Sanderson Rigge, Esq. (firm of Sanderson, Fry, Fox, and Co., Merchants). With power to add to their number. BANKERS IN LONDON. Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. The London Joint Stock aank. BANKERS IN SCOTLAND. The British Linen Company. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Co., London. Messrs. Hunter, Blair, and Cowan, W.S., Edinburgh. OFFICIAL AUDITOR. J. E. Coleman, Esq. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, London. Messrs. Sheppard and Sons, London. Messrs. Allan and Dunlop, Edinburgh. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) John Wilson Pillans, Esq. The vast tide of emigration which has recently flowed from Eng land and Scotland into the Australian colonies, composed of indi viduals possessing in the aggregate a large amount of capital ; the recent discoveries of their great mineral wealth, and the increase of their agricultural and commercial resources, render the extension of sound Banking Establishments, under cautious management, a sub ject of the greatest importance to the future welfare of those valuable and rising colonies. The English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank has been formed for the purpose of establishing banks of issue and deposit in the principal towns of Australia ; for conducting exchange opera tions ; for making advances upon bullion, gold dust, and other un doubted securities : for granting letters of credit upon the different establishments of the company, and for the transaction of all other usual banking business in the colonies. The Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that they have secured the co-operation of several influential parties in Scotland, with a view to place the business of the company upon an extended basis. It is intended that the management of the company's affairs shall be vested in a London Board, and that the Branch Establishments in the colonies shall be conduct ed b y properly qualified managers, assisted by Local Boards. The selection of a Colonial Inspector will receive the most careful attention of the Directors. The intercourse between Great Britain and Australia has now be come certain and regular, by the establishment of direct steam com munication with that country, and the Directors in London will thus be enabled to exercise 813 efficient control over the local managers of the branches to be established in Australia. The high ra•e of interest obtainable in Australia for advances on good security, promises a profitable employment for the capital of the Company whilst the impulse given to commercial undertakings by the recent gold discoveries, will secure an ample return upon the various branches of business to be carried on by the Company at its Local Establishments. The great field open for this Company's operations may be under stood from the fact, that there are only two establ establishments with in England at present emp lo y ed in conducting banking aff the important colonies of Victoria and New South Wales, and these are eminently successful, and are realising large profits for the share holders. It appears from the last printed half-yearly report of the Bank of New South Wales, dated 21st April, 1852, that the following results have been realised b y that well-conducted establishment. The Directors state that the profit and loss account will enable them to declare, not only the usual dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, but an extra dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent. for the half year, to be applied in aid of the extension of the capital. In addition to the above the Directors state that they have set apart 5,0001. to defray the cost of freight and insurance on the ship ment of coin from England; that they have passed 2,4951. 14s. sd. to the augmentation of the reserved fund; and have carried the whole of the present office furniture account, and the balance of pre liminary expenses to profit and loss account; and, after all these ap propriations, it appears from the report that the sum of 1,7381. 7s. 7d. remained to be carried forward to a new account for equalising fu ture dividends. The Directors allude to the unparalleled circumstances in which the Branch Bank, at Melbourne, has been placed by the gold dis coveries in the sister colony, and they recommend the creivion of 2,500 new shares, of 201 each, for the increase of their capital. They add that their stock of coin (notwithstanding the great extension of their exchange business, involving a considerable accumulation of funds in England), amounted to the large sum of 230,4701. I2s. 6d., being more than one-fourth of the whole amount held in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria. The Directors state in the report that having in view the great change in their financial affairs then in progress, and the duty it appeared to impose upon them of bring ing all the resources of the Bank within their immediate control, they had ordered the shipment to Sydney of upwards of a q uarter of a million sterling from this countr y. Application has been made for a Royal Charter of Incorporation to limit the liability of the Shareholders in the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, and the operations of the Company will be commenced immediately on the charter being obtained. If the charter be not granted, the deposits will be returned to the sub scribers in full. Power will be taken by the deed of settlement to be executed in compliance with the terms of the charter to increase the capital of the Company to 1,000,000/. ; and, if the capital be increased, the new shares to be created will be offered, in the first instance, to the ex i s ti n g Shareholders, and to such influential parties in the colonies as may be likely to extend the business of the Bank. It is considered that the deposit of 41. per share will enable the Directors to commence operations in an efficient manner, and on a intercommensurate with the importance of the undertaking. An val of at least three months intervene between all future calls, none of which, it is expected, will exceed 2/. per share. Application for Shares may be made, in the form annexed, to the Secretary (pro tern.), at No. 4, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, London; to Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 39, Lothbury ; to Messrs. Sheppard and Sons, No. 28. Threadneedle-street, London; or to Messrs. Allan and Dunlop, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHIRES. To the Directors of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank. Gentlemen, —I request you will allot me shares of 201. each in the above undertaking, the whole of which, or any less number that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to accept, and when re quired, to pay the deposit of 41. per share, and execute the Deed of Settlemeat of the Company. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant PATRON-H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES. By J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on Testing Gold, and on the Australian Gold Districts. By Dr. Bachhoffner on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire : and on the Mode of Preserving Fresh Provisions, illustrated by Specimens from Messrs. Ritchie and M`Call, and Samples of Fadeuilhe's So lidified Preserved Milk, and Moore's Patent Concentrated Milk. By Mr. Crispe, on Morrall's Patent Needles. By George Buckland, Esq., on Music, entitled Musical Varieties, with Vocal Illustrations, assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, R.A. of Music. S c hools and Children under Ten y ears of age, New Series of Dissolv in g Views, &c., &c. 4airAti-price. ours, see Programme. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, IRGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, Lessee, Charles Emele Laurent, Onslow House, Brompton-road, Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, 25th of King George II Are Re-opened for the Winter Season. During the recess the Ronms have been entirely Re-decorated, by G. S. Bryer, regardless of cost. 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POLITICAL BANQUET at NEWCASTLE. -- Yesterday evening from two to three hundr e d o f the no bility, gen try, and merchants of this town and ne i g hb our hood met in the Great Assembly Room here, a t a pu bli c banquet given by them to Mr. Wm. Ord, of Whi t fi e ld, Northum berland, one of the late represent a ti ves o f t hi s borough, " on his retirement from Parliament, as a testimony of tho high esteem entertained for his character, as well as of approbation of his independent, upright, and con sistent conduct as a Member of the House of Commons, and his unswerving attachment to the cause of civil and religious liberty, during the long period of half a century. The Mayor of Newcastle-npon-Tyne (Mr. J. Hodg son) presided; and wag supported on his right anti left by Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Durham, Mr. W. Urd, Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr. Headlam, M.P., Mr. Bonham Carter, M.P., Mr. Ingham, ALP., Mr. Blackest, M.P., Mr. Beaumont, M.P., the Hon. Captain Howard, M.P., Sir Walter Trevelyan, Dr. Headlam, Captain F. Grey, Mr. Alderman Losh, Mr. J. L. Bell, sheriff of Newcastle. Colonel Beckwith, Mr. Philip Howard, Mr. G. Ridley, Mr. Bewicke, Mr. Lamb, and Colonel Bigge. A number of ladies occupied seats running along each side of the room. The occasion was interesting from the speeches it elicited from Earl Grey and the Earl of Carlisle. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the evening, the health of Mr. Ord, read letters whic'e had been re ceived from Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans downe, Sir James Graham, and Lord Panmure, in answer to invitations addressed to them to attend the banquet, who individually expressed their regret at their inability to be present on the occasion, but bear ing, at the same time , o ne and all of them, their willing Ord,testimuound to y to ng support he had given to measures of a liberal and progressive te n d en cy during the long time he had sat in Parliament. He then the steady steady and unvarying p u blic and privat e worth of Mr. traced the history of civil and religions liberty and of Parliamentary reform in this country, from the out break of the first French revolution down to the present time, identifying with their advancement the services rendered by Mr. Ord during the fifty years he sat in the House of Commons. The toast was drank with acclamation. Mr. ORD, after thanking the company for th e compli ment for yhahlf a adb n ee e n nt p u l r e y as h ed e t h o a p d ay had him, said it was true that the honour of a seat in Parliament, and that during that long period measures of the greatest importance to the happiness and prosperity of the people and to the general good government of the country had met with the sanction of the Legislature; and if he had contributed in the humblest way to the progress of those measures he owed it entirely to having attached himself in early life to that party and those men whose constant and steady perseverance in the good cause had resulted in such signal success. When he considered the perse vering opposition by which one and all of those mea sures were resisted by a great and powerful party in the country, and when he looked back to the prospect which Reformers had before them fifty years ago, he o wne d he beenfel t om quite ac as isnur thatpri i se n a t s erval. l , he Hon. satisfaction at what had Gentle man then, in some detail , revie w ed the progress of civil, religious, and commercial freedom during his poli cplmishueedh tical life, especially commenting on the ameliorations which the penal laws had undergone in his remem brance; adding that, notwithstanding the advances that had been made in these respects, and the predictions made at one time by a party in the country, th a t th e Throne and the House of Lords would be thereby en dangered, the crown now rested as safely on the head of her present Majesty as ever it did on the brow of any of her royal predecessors; and their Lordships sat as securely on their scarlet benches as 4' t any previous period of our history.—(Cheers.) Earl GREY, in responding to the toast of his health, proposed by Dr. Headlam, said—Gentlemen, I am alto gether at a loss adequately to express the gratitude I feel to my worthy friend Dr. Headlam fur the flatter ing terms in which he has proposed, and to you for the kind manner in which you have received, the toast which you have just heard. I feel it to be no small ho nour to have this signal compliment paid to me by such a c ompany as that which I now see around me, and which has been drawn together on this most interesting occa sion to pay to Mr. Ord a tribute of respect and esteem to which he is so wall entitled.—(Cheers.) I assure you I feel much gratified in having been permitted to join with you in paying this tribute; and there is only one draw back to the gratification I feel —namely, that we are met to pay this tribute to Mr. Ord upon the occasion of his ceasing to be a representative of Newcastle. I lament that his connexion with you as your representa tive, which has lasted so long with equal honour to him end to yourselves, is now brought to a termination. But it has been brought to a termination iu a manner as honourublo as that in which the connexion itself was formed. Mr. Ord having re signed from a just sense of public daty b e esitnation the duties of which he felt ho could no longir adequately perform. Gentlemen, lam indeed most happy to have this opportunity of meeting him and you upon-this occa sion. I cannot help remembering that both from Mr. Ord and irons many whom I See around me I have from the very commencement of my political l ' need both in public and in private' experie s , kindnesses which I must indeed be insensibl e t o forget. lcannot but I remember that at the very out set of my political life made in this very room almost my first anPearanco at a dinner given to me on the occasion of that very contest to which Dr. Headlam has just ref erre d, and that Ord theonthat o ccasion, as subsequently, I rec e i ve d from Mr. grea test kindness and the m ost use f u l services, and no t only kindness, not only th e most ha ndsome sup port, but I received — what is more rare to receive —much mo re excellent and most judici ous a d v ice, which I will t uite not hesitate now to say, I deeply deplore se as d no ou y and on every occasion followed. Mr. Ord has i old -meeting [ think it was a just observation, that this - .11 of of higher importance than the m e r e gra tifiestion per sonal feelings. He has said it was an occasion on or ted which those who have for many years s "m tiPP ortant certain opinions on many of the most minds i can questions on which men's opinions and clare in be divided, are met together to to those the face of the public their adherence conviction, opinions, and their settled and deliberate dt that by them they have promoted the puha° e d ° ILI that he oountry.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Ord has adopted6^- o i has followed consistently the p ar ty who but P we nions winch he sincerely believed to be rigi d ; the monsopi must a of that pa add party ; that Mr. O though it rd no is the faston ad ° P te sa y that to I think party spirit deadens men's sen se o f w h a t is right, his Mr. Ord is a proof of the reverse, for t hroughout rty man long career, while there was n o more steady party than Mr. Ord, there never liv e d a ma n who roughoutal or has shown that he was actu a t e d by an p° rs p on ersonal selfish feelings. He never h a d, I belie"' a t oleject in any act of his public conduct, but üblic go hroughout od he looked to the public good, and to the P allowed, elone.—(Cheers.) New I thi n k that we are e of wit bout any undue ostentation or a ny undue vaunti one by, and ourselves, to look back at the times that are a .. to see what has been the result of maintain those t g opi nions which we have ever professed. °l..iatt O ys that ar rd and our e chairman have told you something of O th Acuities which gone by, and pointed out to y ou the d onv iction of re tormerly beset those who adopted the e e ask, is there form and general improvement. Now let s mcountry some not in the present state of this gran orted, and proof that the opinions which they not lightly the measures which they advocated, weep Mr. Ord has or injudiciously taken up?—(Cheers) s told y ou , an d to ld y ou most j ust ly, thatten in , which time every, even even I can r e member to a c e rtain ex and for many the smallest, reform was objected to t: that it endan years successfully resisted, on the Ple e - be d has asked gered the stability of the Throne ;a. y. t on the brow you whether the Crown sits less firm I will .) of our grac i ous Queen.—(Greet " sheering o back to those go somewhat further. I will not g disastrous t i mes a t th e b eg i n ning re the Francis revo lution to which the ch a ir ma n h" war, when it was he even l oo k b ac k to t h e t i me o f the a great deal from tural that the country should sufferhitt Therewill look back to the consequences of that war; b ut are a good the first sew years after the "' enough to remember many in this town who are old.l filled by myself, of who held the office now unworthi y and when that noble lord-lieutenant of this count i r t . 0 h House of Lords, man declared in his place between the Tyne and the that there were 100,000 men insurrection against the Wear willing to take up arms in 0, the suspension of the Government. We remember, to dangerous spirit of insubor- Habeas Corpus Act, and the Know also in those days dination which prevailed. oVfiethroughout the country, how much distress prem- e ulation was grievously and how how frequently h t- e 13°P country was oppressed fering—how much the whole with taxation d and how very ifferent a state of things was that from , now. Inst eady of that what do we see e n ready to take up arms in now? Instead of 100,00 0 018 t h a t between the Tyne and insurrection, I firmly believe other part of the country, the Wear, as between evheo, if his services are really there is not one man, w ye t h e m, not to pull down the wanted, is not ready , s to give the country, but to maintain throne or the institution s them.—(L ou d cheers.) _0 w see around us in every direction the indications of progress and improvement; so much so that the OE4 1 co mplaint I now hear in the rea lly not hands enough to country is, that there soa rs tis. Now, to what are - carry on agricultural op.e_g ~,.„ e? No doubt, in the firs to attribute this great cu rably to acknowledge with the place, it becomes us debt we owe to Providence in cast deepest gratitude the times. But all the purposes ing our lot in these WO' . b _ worked on' J secular means, and of Providence are hich have brought this country to among those means :ondition we must reckon those great its present improved - been referred to. It is because measures which have o f the people have b een re d ressed the politi ca l grievances —that th e ena l laws aga inst Roman C a th o li cs and Dissenters have been rP which ee oa led; it js because by th at great m easure , after s o seveke a struggle, was ul timately,an the Reform Bill—(Cheers)— which, th oug h never professing to be a p erfect me asure, no man can deny has placed in the hands of the people of England the real power of decidin g on their own laws and their own government. —(Cncers.) Imperfect it may be called, but no man can doubt that since the 1, ,s 4orm Bill passed the House of I what it ear WOO before - - tin instru- Corallions is now ei n_ meet which answers to the roally ß expressed opinion of measure which is now demanded ( in telligent and educated men can b measure which they object to has e a chance ng the intelligence of the country.—(Renewed by the cheers.) of N o majority d Parlia ment has the means of accomplishing t e ends to which it is directed. There have been otherofrefused.f and no car ried.—(Tremendous cheers.) By that o being a h reform reforms the still , more d directed to improving the condition among them are certainly none of more impo P rt a tl e e 9 th ab an those commercial has referred. reforms to whi c h D r . Headlam referred. And in adverting to th em I cannot but re mind you that Mr. Ord was one of the very earliest f tease who advocated sound opinions on this subject. I well remember that in the very first ..essi on th at I had the honour of a seat in the House of Commons I had the pleasure of voting with Mr. Ord, and also with Lord Carlisle, in a minority which I believe did not num ber more than 16 or 17 to some 200 or 300 against the principle of the now defunct sliding scale.—(Cheers.) When we look back to the past we cannot but remem ber, as Mr. Ord has justly said, that all those measures which have proved to be so beneficial, which have turned out by positive experience not to be of that dangerous character which was imputed to them—that no one of them was carried without a long and protracted struggle, in which Mr. Ord always bore an honourable part. — (Cheers.) Having bad the pleasure of sitting so long with him in the House of Commons, I cannot help saying that among the members of that House there was none whose opinion carried with it greater weight and influence with hie colleagues than that of Mr. Ord. —(Cheers.) I have now a very few words to say, and these are rather of the town of Newcastle. I think that town is honourably distinguished from many other places by the manner in which it has appreciated the services of Mr. Ord, and in which it returned him to Parliament on t he strictest principles of purity of election. The town of Newcastle has indeed always been distinguished for its devotion to civil, religious, and com mercial liberty—(Cheers)—and though you have lost the services of Mr. Ord, I rejoice that you have still two Members of the same opinions; and I cannot better con clude what I ha v e now to sa y than by i giving " Pros sperity to the to wn of Newcastle, may t long continue to send Members to Parliament worthy to succeed Mr. Ord, and to maintain its character by supporting those principles which we th is day commemorate."—(Cheers.) The Earl of CARLISLE, in acknowledging the toast of " Lord John Russell and the members of the late Ad migistration," given by Mr. Alderman Leah, said—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, as my Noble Friend and late col league has already addressed you, and as I have had the very high honour of having my name coupled with the toast, it devolves upon me to return thanks to you for the manner is which you have been pleased to re ceive it.—(Cheers.) And though, perhaps, I should not now be warranted in returning thanks for her Ma jesty's late Administration in a corporate capacity, and though they are probably scattered over every corner of the land—(A laugh)—yet, all sc attered though they be,l can a nswer for every member of that Government, sell,with its distinguished chief, Lord John Rua el, whose letter we have heard read to-night—(Cheers: —that they all as ono man thoroughly sympathise with the purposes of this meeting, and will cordially appre ciate the honour which has been done to them collec tively in connexion with it.—(Cheers.) Indeed, I may say, that both as a member of the late Government, and in my own individu al capacity, I feel it a singular grati fication to have bad the opportunity of being present on this occasion. The excellent and appropriate remarks chief magistrate, as well as have all but as the very able ospeechesyour worthy of those who have followed h: exhausted what belongs to the p ur p ort of our meeting, am ex-representatives— (Cheers) —end r g e l p a r d e . s e t n o t a . t a i e v e ? — t indeed nothing to say, if I did not remember that, as appearing connected with the ancient borough . of Morpeth, and and, with respect to Mr. Ord, would have left me little, —tor it was as his col (Cheers) o speak on behalf of others who are . here likewise pre sent, we may at Morpeth appropriate some share of league, as Member for Morpeth, that I began my _ahnedrebeiansg oanbele,ofasitls own political life.--(Cheers.) After the passing of the Reform Bill, as we have already heard, he was interest in Mr. Ord—(Cheers) transferred to a larger and busier constituency, that of this ancient and famous ca pital—(Cheers)—and if he had still been bent upon promotion —if he had not con sulted his own nice susceptible delicacy rather than the wishes of others—l am not sure even whether a niche might not have been found for him even in the county of Northumberland.—(Cheers.) But I wish, gentlemen, to mention but two points more without engrossing too much of the time which I feel ought not to be substract ed from the main purpose and the chief hero of the present meeting. The first point is, what are the quali ties which in a community and in a country like this appear best calculated to ensure abiding and permanent regard? lam sure that Mr. Ord would be the first to reprove us if we grounded any main portion of the sin cere approval with which wo regard his long political career on the frequency of his own oratorical displays. Speak well and speak sensibly, and to the point, you must know from experience, no less than from what we have heard to-night, he could always do Nevertheless, he did not err on the side of over-redundancy in his ora torical exertions, and if wo couple this fact with the cir cumstances and the composition of the present meeting, could we have a better proof that the good will and appro bation which we should most desire to attain do not attach themselves so surely to the fleeting glare of mere display, or to the showy arts which sometimes cap t i v at e unthinking multitudes, as to the more steady, sober qua lities of plain good sense brought to bear on subjects of high public moment, and exercised with undeviating consistency and unassailable integrity.—(Cheers.) The only other point I would mention connects itself more immediately with the toast you have just heard adopted. I think we may view in Mr. Ord a model and an expo nent of sound, good Whig principles—(Cheers) — a nd they are the same principles of which the late Adminis tration made it their constant boast to be the represen tatives.—(Renewed cheers.) How far they succeeded —how far they always pleased everybody, a more difficult matter—is another question. But this I will say for them, as I most sincerely believe it, that on all main, essential points, they were true to their own honest convictions, and that they maintained that great principle of commercial freedom which they re ceived from their illustrious predecessor, not only with out suffering it to recede, but showing that it could advance and make progress in their keeping.—(Loud cheers.) Well, gentlemen, in my own political experience, which now extends over a considerable time, though not over so long a period quite as that of Mr. Ord, I have heard it oft en said, and he must have heard it still oftener, and said, too, with much positiveness and con fidence, that the Whigs, as a political party, were ex tinguished, annihilated, done for, smashed—(Great laughter)—and that Whiggism, as a political creed, was repudiated, spit upon, dead, and buried.—(Laughter.) All I can say, if this is true, is, that I have seen mar vellous instance of political resurrection and political re juvenescence.—(Cheers and laughter.) Nay, more, even now, when the Whig leaders, the subject of your late toast, have been removed from office, when we are en during the sway of a Tory and Protectionist, and, per haps, more in will than in power, a reactionary Adini nistration—(A laugh)—l feel convinced in my own micd that the old Whig principle is still full of youthful sap and 'vigour, and that, like the oak on Mount Algidos, it will continue to gather resources and vigour from each descending stroke.—(Loud cheers.) The party may be out of place, their chieftains may be out of power, they may no longer be on the sunny tide of the street, if men choose to think it so—(A laugh) —but I do feel in my own mind assured that their opi nions and principles will still pervade the conduct of public affairs, marshalling tho march of Imperial Go vernment.—(Tremendous cheering.) I say this, not I trust from any bias or blindness with respect to their claims on their countrymen, but because I believe the opinions and principles they express to be moving in a middle course between opposite extremes, fenced in on the ono side by respect to property, by the sovereignty of the national law, by the supremacy of the universal Gospel—(Cheers)—and guarded on the other side to the greatest extent by the privilege and the widest commu nity of enjoyment which can be conceded to all alike, consistently with those pre-eminent obligations.—(Loud cheers.) I have, gentlemen, on this occasion to add t h at to-night has shown that by the light of those principles a man can guide his public course consistently . and honourably for upwards of half a century, and to-n . ight has also shown that the public approval will cordially recognise and appreciate the honoured clo s e of such a career as that which we now ratify.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. J. L. BELL gave " The health and future happi ness of the Right Hon. the E rl a of Durham. The Earl of DURHAM,. who was received with the most enthusiastic plaudits, said—Gentlemen, I beg to thank you for the very undeserved honour you have conferred on me in drinking my health, and Mr. Bell especially for the mention he bets been pleased to make of my father. At the same time I wish to ex p ress t h e great pleasure I feel in having had this opportunity of showing my respect to an old friend of my f a th er , an d a lso to those liberal principles which he advocated during his life.—(Loud cheers.) After the able speeches you have already heard, I will n o t d e tain you any longer, except again to thank you for your very kind at tention to me.—(Cheers.) Several other toasts appropriate to the occasion were drunk and responded to, and the company separated shortly after ten o'clock. we STATUE AT BURY.—The T HE PEEL of Bury have raisedßobert Peel a statue in uncovered The to the memory of the which Sir bronze at a cost / was first andof 2 500 ~ o u n ra t b h l e e, the quo was publicly inaugurate'd on Wednesday. site on which it is erected • occasion. d centre of the town, and almostis'mmeediatdy in front of the parish church. A large compani y assemed at Chamber Hall, about half a miledistant, the which e is said to be that in which Sir Robert was born. It is now the resi dnce of Mr. Edmund Hardman. Among the principal gen tlemen present ware Mr Frederick Peel, - MT., son, and the quotations from Vienna show mrket squina:ae,biineanthese Very R e v, the Dean of. Worcester and Mr. Lawrence eel, brothers of the lamented statesman ; Mr. W. 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In bottles, Is. lid., 28. 9d., and 4s. Gd, CREMORNE GARDENS. On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. Waterside Entrance close to Battersea-bridge Pier. Fare by Steam-boat from London-bridge or any of the interme 'late Bridges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to bo landed at Battersea-bridge for Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from Charing-cross, 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East ,nd, 6d. Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON'. The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram. Open for the Season. By Desire.—Re -engagement of Louis Soutiler's Cirque Oriental. A new Grand Spanish Comic Ballet, entitled Le Barbier de Cadiz, every Evening at Half-past Seven o'clock. THIS DAY, Signor Devani, the celebrated Ourang-Outang Con tortionist. Saturday, Grand Globe and Wheel Ascents, by Herr Franz de Bach, on a Narrow Platform, 160 feet long. An uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock _ until near Midnight, including Every evening, at a (I , tarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated Pavilion, in addition to the following attractions. Louis Souliter's Cirque Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu lars, see Special Bills. Principal Artistes .—Messrs. M'Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz de Bach, Jean de Bach, Devani , Mackne y , Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leon Soullier. Signor Vilderini ; Madlies. Clementine and Olga Soullier. Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and Boxes, Is.; Amphitheatre, Gd. Open at Three o'clock. Admission, ls.; Children, Half-price. On Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d. Private Room for Dinners and Coffee. Shortly (of which due notice will be given) a Grand Bal Masque, for the Benefit of Mr. T. B. Simpson. PRACTICAL HINTS. The season having been a wet one, Sportsmen have scarcely commenced their campaign, ttough the Gan'. e is plentiful, but speedy preparations are now being made for Sporting Excurs . ons. Let Sportsmen remember that the only Establishments where Dress every way appropriate can be obtained with Dispatch and Economy are those of E. MOSES and SON, their Style and Cut superseding that of every house in the world ; and their celebrated Boots, ex pressly made for Sportsmen, b .ing proof against wet and d si amp. with E. MOSES and SON'S Clothing for the present time is degned surprising ingenuity, being ight and waterproof, elegant and esm fortable, and in variety which affo rds inimitable opportuniticofor selecting suitable attire for railway excurs ons, for youths' and children's wear, for every class and for at occupations ; each article b-ing cheaper, better, and more fashionable at E. MOSES and SON'S than any dress which can be obtained elsewhere. ENCOURAGEMENT FOR EMIGRANTS. M. L. Faucher, Minister of the Interior of France, has arranged facts and calculations proving that the present Gold Diggings may go on for twenty-five years, and will, during that period, be a great benefit to all the States in Europe : nor can the standard value of gold decrease before that time. Emigrants may therefore go to Australia with the most flattering prospects of success; but before they embark they should visit the great Outfitting Establishment of E. MOSES and SON, where a Department is expressly devoted to Emigrants' Outfitting , where all the Goods, Utensils, Clothing, &c., &c , they will require are always ready. Being prepared with the ex d erienee f the most extensive outfitters in the world, E. MOSES and SON'S Outfits are more suitable awl cheaper than the inferior goods offered elsewhere. All requisite information relative to sailing of vessels, &c., and full Lists of Outfits, may be had on application, or post free, to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION. —E. MOSES and earn regret having to guard the public against imposition, having ed that the untradesmanlike falsehood of " Being coons :tett with their Establishment," or "it's the same concern," has so r ted beeesotet ot in many instances, and for o b v i o us reasons. They be r g to hat they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER EIOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City estaulisbment, 154, i 55, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, md '3, Hart-street, all oommumicating• Bradfor d (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-strest. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tellers, C lothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. The tlstauilshments are closed from sunset Friday to UMW on Saturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The Library of Elegance , " containing a fell list of prices, and directions for self-meas ee urem to ent an , y can ar be had, gratis, on application , or forwarded, post-fr, Lingdom. pt of the A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis, on application. Ic iron parle Francais. I Qui si parla Itallano. flier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se Bahia Espanol. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Mlles opened, 1852. NAME OF RAILWAY. BRITISH. 2634 804 189% 941 171% 285 539 k 5 173 M 244 24% 104 167% 9% 28 498 X £1,939 Aberdeen .. • • • • •• • • • • • • • Belfast and Ballymena • • • • • • • • " •" • Belfast and County Down• • • • • • • • • • • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • • • • Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • •••• • • • ***** Chester and llolyhead. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .• •• • • Cork and Bandon .. • • . • • • • • • • • • •• • Dublin and Belfast Junction • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda• . • • • • • • * Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath •• • • • • • • " " • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen• • • • • • • • • • • • East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • " • • • • Eas t Lancashire •••• • • • ..... •• • •• • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk...• • • • • Eastern Union . • • • • • • • • • •• • Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • ••• • • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee • • • • • • Exeter and Crediton • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Furne ss Railway •••••••• • • • • • • • G l as gow, and South-Western.• • • • • • • Great Northern and E. L.• • • • • • • • •• Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western • ....... ••••• • • • • Irish South Eastern •••• . • • ..... • • Lancaster and Carlisle s . t . e . rn . • • • •• •• .• .• .• Lancashire and Yorkshire..• • • . „ • • • • Leeds Northern „ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and. Southport.... London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. • ••..... Londonderry and Enniskillen . • • • • • • London and a nd B iC l o a r c t k h w l a Vl Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, and shire Lincoln Manchester and South Junction.. Mary Port and Carlisle Midland M idl an d Great Western (Irish) •• •• Monklands • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • . • . Newcastle and Carlisle. •• •• •• • • • • • • • • • • North British • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. N ort h Staffordshire N or th-Western ••• • • S co ttish Central .• • • ••• ••• • • ••• • • • • ' S co t t i s h Midland ••••"•••• • • • • • • •• Sh rews bury and Birmingham •••. • • Shrewsbury and Chester • • •• • • " •• • • Shropshire Union .• •••• • • • • ••• • • • • • South Devon• • •• •• •• • •• •••• South Eastern • • • • • . • ....... .• • • • • • • South Wales ••••• • • • " • "• • •• • " South York., Doncaster , and Goole • • Taff Vale • • • • • ....• ......... . • • • • • • • Ulster Waterford and Limerick • • • • • • • • •• West Cornwall .. •• • • ••• • • • •• • " Whitehaven Junction .••••• • • • • • ' • ' York and Newcastle, and Berwick ••. York and North Midland • • • • • • • •• • 988 100% 77 278 1,550 1630 5,471 9,441 4,424 661 1,055 1,073 484 684 175 4,716 14,642 2001 4,113 3,U3ei 395 4,378 12,057 4,765 23,304 161 5,928 8,320 1,625 bbs 60,054 1,439 14,547 16,857 112 7,530 7bl 24,279 2,2,7 161 i 12 304% 279 867 2,477 4,i58 5,174 U 59 2,2,5 Gti3 606 1,839 011 2,226 20,07 1,347 1,216 2,278 I,oul 263 106 236 16,626 10,3*2 £1,728 316 2,0z0 850 5,611 9,686 4,730 FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish .. •• • ......... Maria Antonia • . ••. • • • • Montereau and Troyes Namur and Liege ...... • Northern of France • .............. Orleans and Central ............... Paris and Lyons .... •.••.. • • .• • Paris and Rouen. • • • • • • •• ......... Paris and Strasburgh ............. Rouen and Havre .. • • • • • • • . • • • • •• • Western of France .. •• .. 237 1,035 1,208 21,594 16,333 22,656 LONGEVITY AT COCKERMOUTH.--Among the per sons who died in Cockermouth, and were buried in the churchyard of that town, in the year terminating on the 31st of May last, were 31 individuals, whose united ages amounted to 2,571 years, being an average of nearly 83 years each. The oldest of the 31 was a man named Joseph Clementson, who reached 11;0 The others were James Scott, 82 ; Mary Harrison, 77 ; Joseph Campbell, Ag 7 n 7 e I Richard White, 79 • Eleanor Hastings, 78 ; John Williamson, 80 ; Ann Scott, 7 ' 7; Grace Donkiu, 89 ; John Smith, 85 , George Edgar, 78; William Musgrave, 82; Ann Nixon, 92: William Britton, 77; Jane Wilkinson, 84; Jane Quail, 80 ; Mary Saneton, 89 ; Catherine Fleming, 82 ; John Watson 79 ; Mary Moncrief, 88 ; Deborah Swinb urn, 91 ; Walker, 79 ; Jane Brown, 87 ; Jane Hewetson, 88 ; Thomas B ar ton, 89 ; Sarah Burny•eat, 82 ; Daniel Barnes, 79 • Isabella Nean, 79; Isabella Town sle y , 78. The ages of 10 others varied from 70 to 76, viz.:—Jane Thursbv, 72; Jane Bowes, 70; Benjamin Largur, 71; Ann Wallas, 75; Isabella Crone, 70 ; Ruth Grey, 75 ; Robert Moor, 71 ; Frances Robinson, 72 ; John Unthank, 70 ; and Dockeray Marsden, 76. Of the above 31 aged persons it will be observed that 13 ranged between 76 and 80 years, 15 between 80 and 90, and two be tween 90 and 100. TUB CHOLERA...--.METROPOLITA.N COMMISSION or SENTERL—The following resolution was passed at the last meeting of the Metropolitan Commissio a of Sew courters . that --ic R e _ solved, that inasmuch a s it appeas to the the cholera is rapidly approaching this country and metropolis and it is urgently necessary for the public health that foul open sewers and ditches should be coverod over, and other aggravated nuisances removed ; and, inasmuch as the Com missioners have failed in their endeavours, under the existing law, to raise the sums required for the 'execution of such works by loan on the security of the sew ers-rates, it is, in the opinion of this court, expedient and n ecessary that im mediate application be made t o her Majeaty's Government for a temporary advance of such sum as will enable the Commissioners to execute the works of urgent necessity above adverted to ; and it is ordered that it be referred to a committee of the entire body of Commission ers to consider and determine the most convenient mode of bringing the subject to the notice of her Majesty's Government, and that such committee be authorised and empowered to communi cate with the Government for such purpose; and ordered further that the committee be summoned for Tireaday next, the 14th inst., at eleven o'clock A.M., at this office, for the consideration of the said matters." ELECTRIC ILLUMINATION.--It is stated that Mr. Page, the Government architect, contemplates the employ ment of electricity in lighting up the suspension bridge now in progress at Chelsea—four elegant towers intended to re ceive the lamps appearing in the design. Some late experi ments have tended to adapt the principle of the electric lamp 1 to WO purposes 9f illumination. Receipts. tali. 1852. 1,113 1,243 1,336 679 772 730 5,101 15,619 2,552 4,425 2,907 567 4,270 13,381 5,6 t 9 19,160 5,822 19,928 1,684 571 53,783 1,575 14,047 14,248 763 25,604 2,973 2,596 4,256 5,596 1,02 2,382 655 92S 1,929 705 2,311 :0,3 iS 2,655 1,36 S 2,556 1,119 513 255 15,022 10,701 aas ee SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—It is a fearf u l, b ut at t h e sa me time an en couraging reflection, that th e d est i ny o f a nation is left by the order of Providence in a gr e at measure in its own hands. If it is to fell, its own vice s and weaknesses are selected as the means of punishment; if to rise. its virtues are the wings to bear it a l o f t an d ena ble it to fulfil its glorious destiny. There is but one Power which is able to conciliate the apparent contradiction of individual free will and Providential direction, and into the hand of that Power the destinies of nations are com mitted. E Poland be divided and annihilated, her own divisions gave the signal to the;spoiler and suggested the partition under which she fell. If Italy groans under a grievous and degrading yoke , it is because she omitted to cultivate the manly virtues whic h make men free and valiant, and abandoned herself to t he m iserable discord and jealousy which have placed 24 millions of Italians at the feet of 100,000 strangers; and Ireland , whose pe orators and writers, whose clergy a nd lait y , ra n k their ingenuity in perpetually devising new solutions o f the probl em t I beworldr aand e n c t h r a e o of a ct u a t p i s i o t r a l of in her t h i s ow cs o n uan m int r i o s yng fo i r t t n u ma n t uieoss nations sa t h po e architect ex pear smallest not Ireland more man ifestly than any other country u a strh x presented by her misery and p overt y ,.— is v o f h er own ru i n ? T o men familiar with the almost incredible that so small a portion of ou r su perabundance. finds its way across the Channel. Whil e uncertain gain the most doubtful 8 faith and unstable independence are eagerly sought for by British capital, it is an undeniable fact that there are very few countries in the world which have not received more of perity than Ireland. to the faithless While we h ave lent 150,000,0001. Government of Spain, roads and railways the repudiating have covered with America, are deep in the L States of North and profound in the secrets -- of Peruvian of Mexican finance, bonds, we pass by a beautiful and fertile d island close at our doors, and leave its resources capital we so lavishly squander elsewhere.ui eveloped by the is only too clear;—we have to deal The reason homicides, a nation whose feet are swift a nation of innocent blood, but slow and lingeringwh en swiftto shed on to avenge the crime. Property we may called else where, and lose without much repining, for the lose gains of one place compensate for the losses of another man's life is a venture which cannot be apportioned but a t divided; he sets it all on one cast when he runsoted or danger, and nowhere does that danger meet him in so into fearful and repulsive a form as in Ireland. Men will for a very small reward, or even for sport, face the open dangers of the field; but to see in every wall a fortress for the lurking assassin, in every coppice an ambuscade, in every peasant a murderer or an accomplice, and to know that from these things you are protected by no innocence of life, by no courtesy of demeanour, by no liberality, by no justice, by no mercy, by no sacrifice, by no popularity, and that these endearing qualities often attract the blow by irendering the vengeance of the secret tribunal more signal and more inscrutable, is a trial which shakes the nerves of the boldest, and renders men ready to brave anything anywhere rather than wither under the feverish and agonising anxieties of a life in the disturbed districts of Ireland. The abstinence from murder is the first condition of the re-organization of Irish society. It is not much we ask, but little as it is, it cannot be granted. The priests continue to stir up the fierce passions of the peasantry, the peasantry unite in a vast conspiracy against those on whose capital they depend for bread, and, when they slay those who feed them, they wonder that they are fed no more. The prophets prophecy falsely, and the people love to have it so; and therefore to prophets and to people no other refuge is left, save to fly from a land which they drag down with them by their follies and their crimes. The recent murder of Mr. O'Callaghan Ryan, which has suggested these remarks, seems to have been an orainary affair, neither rising much above nor sinking much be low the usual level of Irish agrarian atrocity. The un fortunate gentleman was, as appears very usual on these occasions, a person of popular manners, much kindness of heart, and held in high and well. deserved estima tion. Such a victim was peculiarly calculated to strike terror. The cause also was, as usual, the determination to retain possession of land. Mr. Ryan had been on a visit of conciliation to some troublesome tenants, against who m he was unwilling to proceed to extremities. On his return he suddenly received a shot in his side, fell from his horse, was dragged off the road, and had his skull literally beaten to pieces by the assassins with large stones and a hatchet. Two men are in custody on sus picion. The tragedy is so trite, the details so ordinary and well understood, that we almost owe our readers an apology for dwelling on the well-known and universally recognised features of Irish crime. Whether it be Mr. Bateson, Mr. Mauleverer, or Mr, Ryan, the details are almost identical, and no harder task could be devised for the memory than retaining distinctly for any consider able time the details of several Irish murders. It is exac.ly this which is so awful and so hopeless. In other lands murder is the result of individual tempera ment. A monster arises,—a Rush, or a M anning, an Elisabide or a Papavoine,—marked out by strong and sharply defined peculiarities from the rest of the human race, and dips his hand in innocent blood; but in Ireland murder is a pursuit, a habit, almost an institution. A book of practice describing the action of ejectment would hardly be perfect which did not note the particular period at which the suit is most frequently abated by the murder of the lessor of the plaintiff. While the one is preparing his case the other is loading his blunderbuss, and the issue is removed from the courts of law to the lonely coppice, the secluded by-path, or the deserted stone quarry. So long as these things continue—and there is no prospect that they will speedily come to an end—so long as the priests shall testify their sympathy if not their open approbation of deeds such as these, philanthropy may preach and Parliament may legis late, but Ireland will remain a field of blood, a land to be avoided by all those whom imperious necessity has not chained to her blighted soil. The crimes of the nation most justly become its punishment; it makes a common cause with the murderer, and ven geance does not fall on the murderer alone, but is shared by the whole land which he contaminates by his crime. It is a scourge wielded by their own bloody hand, which is driving this people forth to expiate in eternal exile the crimes and the sympathy with crime that turn from their shores all who would aid or relieve them. It is left to them to execute vengeance on themselves, and they are doing it completely. Until this curse be rooted out there is no solid prosperity for Ireland. Gleams of hope there may occasionally be—for who can help hoping for the future of a country so richly endowed by nature? —but solid prosperity there can be none till a man feels that his life as well as his money will be safe on Irish ground. All that a man has will he give in exchange fur his life, and little will broad estates or wemll-paid rentrolls avail him if his steps are dogg ed by urder and his thoughts disturbed by the reaso nable apprehen sion of sudden and violent death. understan d Directors THE INDIA CHARTER ACT. The Select Committee of the House of Lords on the India Charter Act of 1834 have reported the evidence which was laid before them. The period allotted to the s r y in stem h o e f inquiry was evidently insufficient to enable the Commit tee to master the whole question submitted to them; and, obser vation that the general tendency of the evidence is for the present, “ they confine themselvesress t a o p t r h e e li o m b i s n e a r C m o m m it m te i e ss o io n n ly er t s o Home establishment, and to its relations with d the a p t s h e e . fa vourableaffairs of odf a India."t ti o es t s h 0 ,npresent conclusion no e s c y laul s s t ai e ou r ti nt h po o r : oi authorities; probably bs m ;i y i uf for ry t f e l:: ogte s the Board of vincial Government, rather than to the existing appea r lndia has that yet either receivedthe financial a o i r le the c consideration. a istribu tnot opinion that the division of power between ought to be maintained, in preference e Affairs of India bringing our Eastern empire he th C e o to any scheme for under control of the Crown and of Parliament, the more immediate with great force, the necessity of providing Mr. Mill u rges, antagonistic discussion in dealing '3providing some ineaud of country which has no legal with the affairs of should think," organ of public opinion. '`l says that ~ that the effect of able and experienced witness. carrying on the Government of India like that of the of State, would . colonies, by means of a S r:that cou ld possibly existbe the most complete e,lesp!Vil when in a country like this. ' with their we remember the • history of the colonies, . he arbitrary English or European populations, 50c1 t rned in the manner in which they have always been g°Te will not be absence of representative institutions, it easy to form a different conclusion. ver whose name One member of the Committee, howe , . wets to Air. Mill's doe it is not difficult to conjecture, o . Sow could it be a trine, with singular simp lictillZuld have the control of despotism, when Parliaftserny of State?" How indeed? the conduct of the Secretary would be certainly indifferent —except that both Ron ignorant of it, whilst n d probably to the subject, gi disputed question would almost their votes on ani alin _ e d by political considerations. An al be deter .. . and _ _.. rienced politician ex-Munster might An exP 9 that Secretaries of State have, not have reflected unfrequently, the control of Parliament. It is true that o f public discussion, and even of possible cen the fear sure and impeachment, might form a check on great delinquents, and that, in some cases, a Ministerial Act might be thwarted or reversed by the House of Com mons. But these securities, such as they are, already exist to the fullest extent. The Board of Control ' answerable to the Crown and to Parliament for every is measure of Indian administration. The House of Com mons had the satisfaction of learning, during the De gross of the Affghan war, that the causes of that 'rinex plicable invasion could not safely bepublished; and the disasters of Cabal had been incurred and after repaired, Parliament acquiesced with readiness in the that it was useless to re-open transactions which finally concluded. That ill-omened undertakinglo- were un doubtedly showed that the Indian Government to grievous errors; but the inference to be is liable for ex the Affairs We deduced from it is not that the Cabinet is unduly controlled Board in Leadenh all-street. The d n . by the 'rectors would never have originated the war, and, according to their constitution, they had no power to prevent it. Being under a lega l obli g ation to transmit to India all dispatches fo rwarded to them by the Board of Control, t h e Chairman an d his c olleagues can only remonstrate aga i ns t any unfit exercise of the superior authority . O n one occasion only they resolved to force the Com missioners to mote fore Mandamus to enforce an order Mr. Melvili's evidenee, as well as that of Mr. le Al, shows the inaccuracy of Lord Derby's statement —sue - ported though it was by Lord Ellenborough—that the Directors have in reality no political power. Those who write and forward dispatches must heve some influence over the policy to which they give t ffeet, even though an independent functionary may possess a veto en all their proceedings. With respect to the practical vvei k ing of the present system, there is no necessity tor rely ing on coujecture. The Secretary to the Company fully explains the method in which the public business is ;Jon ducted. All dispatches from India are addressed in du plicate to the Court and to the Board: but the Directors have the initiative of dispatches which are sent froen home. These documents mast, ecoording to law, be - submitted within fourteen days ter the approbation of the Board; but the practice is for the dratta of all im portant documents to be forwarded by the Chairman to the President of the Board, as " previous communion tions"—or, in the language of the office, as " P. C. dis patches." The Commissioners, if they think fit, alter the draft, and the Chairman either adopts or declines the alteration before submitting the dispatch for the ap proval of the Court. The subsequent official reference to the Board becomes, therefore, in most cases, a matter of form; but, if a difference of opinion should still exist, the decision of the Commissioners is, after cer tain specified delays, conclusive. Mr. Melvill says:—" I have ascertained that, of the P. C. drafts, more than a h n a y s, a alteration half are returned unaltered; and a very large proportion of the remainder is returned with alterations generally the directors on financial and only verbal, or with corrections of facts and figures, • • • Of the drafts which go out of the state of P. C. into that of other consequences, concen trated ute the takes k e o n e os t m. placei commercial e th rc e ai as thefu functions proportion ca Board: onseo officialTtrhaeteadbtohl abolition, communications, nt:ninti 01n34c: political questions, and increased the preponderance of those members of the Court who p ossess a personal knowledge of India. Between 1814 and 1834, twenty-six t t h h o e s e c i o n m w pa h n i which directors were elected, seven of whom had not been previously resident in the East. Since 1834, there have been twenty-one directors elected, only one of whom had not formerly resided in India. As might na turally have been expected, individual directors take a more active part in the general busi ness of the Court than they did prior to that year ; but the member of the Committee who seems least disposed to acquiesce in the present s Indi an cons ti tut i on fails to extract from the witnesse s any admission that the power of the Chairs is inconveniently affected by the change. Mr. Melvill considers that the w rk . • o ing of tee Court is greatly im proved; and it is stated that a general indisposition exists to oppose the Chairs unnecessarily. " Is there not:' Mr. Mill is asked, "ti " great practical alteration in the system of government?" Ido not think it is a great practical alterati on ." he di practical alteration." gut," r e plies ; it is some t,' his interrogator proceeds, " we have now to co ns id er ' whether it is expedient to retain a Government very different existed in 1834?" " I should no from that which t the reply; " in some degree i t is diaffYeruty very different," it which simply consists in the increased efficiency A change piece of constitutional machinery c an scarcely be of a be consi dered a revolution. It is satisfactory to fi n d that the body which is popularly supposed to form the Home Government of India is not, as Lord Derby supposed, m ere convenient fiction. Except in cases where dome a or European politics have interfered, the authority of the Board of Control has probably been far more nomi nal and formal than that of the Court of Directors. Chronicle. THE SHEFFIELD _MURDER. The inquest was resumed on Thursday afternoon, in the sessions -room, at the Town-hall, which was greatly crowded with spectators. The deputy. coroner, after calling over the names of the jury, in formed them that the police had obtained evidence tracing the prisoner and the deceased within a short distance of the field where the latter was afterwards found murdered. He believed the evidence would show that midway in the interval between the pH. soner leaving Naylor's with the deceased, at two o'clock on Thursday, and the prisoner calling at the Royal Standard, a little after four o'clock, and leav ing the pack of the deceased, the two were seen walk ing along the footpath of the field adjoining that in which the murder was committed. _ _ dootffiniecfetoc Wilful ero :— erf s At the conclusion of the voluminous evidence, bearing out the deputy-coroner's assertion, address ing the prisoner, he said—You have heard all the evidence given by the witnesses. Would you wish me to read it over again to you. Prisoner—No. The DEPUTY•CORONER—As we have heard in your presence all the evidence to be adduced, it is now my , duty to inform you that I am ready to bear any vo luntary statement you may please to make in refer ence to the object of this inquiry. You are not bound to say anything ; and whatever you may say will be taken down, and will be used for or against you on your trial. The prisoner, in a firm voice, and repeating the words dictated by his solicitor, said—l am not guilty my defence to the charge. of this supposed murder; and, if sent for trial, I re serve Th e prisoner signed his name to the statement " James Barbour," though throughout the proceed ings the name had been treated as Barber. The DEPUTY-CORONER then addressed the jury, laying before them a clear and concise summary of the evidence. The jury retired, and after an absence of 20 We unanimously agree in a verdict of minutes returned into court with the following ver• ‘ A ‘ iurder against James Barber: , Mr. Renton, under hum, for their indefatigable exertions in the jury, added that they thought it their duty, nnancnattaitltetccii. asYaorwkiteueasist,le. separating, to thank Mr. Raynor, h ol e y w c o a u se l . d be detained in deposition, y and the The Coroner , at . once made out his warrant for the vvas brought M'Cormack, b c ee o up in custody, and after signing his d wa ' s l the magistrates could consult as to the b e unt t l aken means to to secure his a6tendance on the trial. whopri prisoner's n h e a r d s in formed thisine melancholy ACCIDENT FATAL regret L eg A re C t SHEFFIELD, and LI.NCOLIV R AILWAY on happenedtrain Wednesday night to the 9.10 Great Northern from Sheffield, near the Woodhouse the unction. The grounds of line passes on a high embankment, ~,_ T. smith, jun.), Dore House (the residence of oe',• traie o f two pas near liandsworth. It was a ' a eo ts r od a guard's break senger carriages, a luggege vai l sen gers besides the van. There were only x Si P Through some cause, driver, the stoker, and guard' ot off the line, and the as yet unexplained, the sowntr the embankment on engine and tender went learnE N that a t 0 n anth accident cc m ide N t CHE STER, the carriages, luggage the right aide ' , wb r eak went down on the van, and guard srd was killed on the spot. other. The g r with the fire-box of the The driver fe K a and there lay horribly roasti n g. engine 00 his legs, and and terrified that he was The stoker was t At length the passengers extri „,, ble ef effor ' - in- ' a Ives, having fortunately escaped danger cated therase Two of them made their way to Dore j e juries• for assistance and lights. Mr. ous nd begged lieu"' a diatel accompanied them, getting fur wab ; w ine Y Mr. liabbershon aid from his nearest ne ighbour , . fur ther On reaching the spot Mr. Smith found that the train just had cleared a small viaduct in the embankment, leading to certain fields, when it had got off the line, and lay as we have described. It was quite impossible, till much further help arrived, to help the pour driver, and he lay with the fire upon his legs in a state of agony, which makes it surprising that life could con tinue. On the other side the luggage van lay on the flat at the bottom of the embankment, smashed, and its contents, consisting of files, scissors, teapots, white lead, and other articles, scattered in all directions. Next it, going up the embankment, were the first class carriage, the second class, and lastly the guard's van, between which and the second carriage was found the guard crushed and lifeless. It seemed that h e had been caught between the carriages in slipping out of his compartment, a n d was killed instant ly. Mr. Smith sent for other assistance, and among t he rest for that of Mr. B a ll , surgeon, of Heedawortht; and knowing that the time was approaching for t h d e o ar rival of the express train due at 10.30, he went wn the line with a red light to meet it. e red lights and went that train he took one of his --*- from coming still further to prevent any other train also took the to the scene of the disaster. $e e then somewhat pre cautionre- of sending the stoker,ard, Sheffield, to stop any covered from the shock : towards 0 _ bailee to be going lad. goods train which might further aid arrived from Darnall ward. After a time b t still there was no chance of and from Sheffield, ; ~ off the poor driver, and he was at raising the eng'a-o digging away the ground beneath last extricated by that could be given was afforded him. All the aid and the passengers were refreshed to the poor man, and A accommodated for the night at by mx. smith, - Handsworth. -- AEISTOCILATIC DIGGERS,—A mem b e r of the Legit I . l a tive Council o f Victoria was seen a few days ago retai lin g app les at the diggings. Another gentleman , w ell known in South Aust ralia as an ol d colonist, hospita ble country gentle man, and M.L.C., is now wending same centre of attraction, his outer man clad in a blue shirt, an d carrying a heavy '° swag, " — Australian Australian and N ew Zealand Gazette. hi s way on foot to the The Duke of Hamilton has, it is stated, left the bulk of his personal property—amounting, it is said, to mom tlaa 100,0004 0 .4 0 his ;laughter, 1.647 lAnola• 01 0 o. n 9. tea 1:-. Uso kJ r.° 0 1 ' 2 4 19 9 9 rIO IS I d a (It lsr°' „ ofO r t r .,, o 030' be P Covvi, 0".