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)ut the week Le demand for exhibit much maintained in -emarks apply We imports of those of any ; the supplies lerably fair of and flour are At our mseket ervable in the articles were InXiety maw e steadily ad• 30s to 50• ; , 30s to 339; 5,8 s 3d to 8s 6d Od; fowls, per I Od to 3s 6d )r Is. ,er four bushe's t 71b, and I7st larley, 16st Olb, t 3ib, 18st 71b, Inferior. £1 10 0 0 10 0 o 16 6 1 0 0 to 14.0101 b per Os Od to ON Od )ear, 18s to 191, Hs 6d to 12. 6d Dlfisions—Beef, veal, ditto, 6d Ib, Od to Od; 10d to Is Od ; hares, each, Os r lb, 7d to 8d ; 23s ; hens, pet ; ducks, ditto, crkeys, each, 4. rtation (present e, per dozen, Od done of 141bs• d ; pork large. lbs, Os to Oh st, 7d to Od ; :anneal, is 2d to 2d; barley sy of a cattle plea of grain -nOted prices, u per bushel, 16s to 165 6d 13d day the num he supply of teed the sales Beef dqwn beef 48. per r owt. Bulls, 11, and prices Sheaf, much 'a Sid per lb., r lb. At the lathed unsold. derate supply and for every and in some .aught an ad- I was , done in White wheat, E , Y, lls 6d to twee!, 10s to cwt.; Indian Is of foreign lerably good. .wheo, 2,837 ris, 86 to 9s 3f per bri• .ed its vett!. price, white F. We have limed Irish or teration from Is of superior to rates, but looked 'for. who are very ate, on which e established.. ed to; a f air !. We (lOW We have en ee sale for all ntinues to b e oiling illat ive no asters corn has slso in the article. . have, how• ices 6112$ 6d ery free sale. - ra Od; thirds, Ts to 61 o gd;. v.hest• 127 i 6d per ton. to 375; average tiaw—Farinere Od to 28s Oif if 6d to 60; atter, 8d to .ed. Coats-r Best Neatb Vs per oa t • gallon. Mee veal 4d to .usages 5d per 6d to 315 a Pe i to Ot; French 12s per a tone• 18sto 11Is ; red Is to 111 pot t quality, 18ti 14s to 18e o 20 per ib• 2d ; Guano- - r—Archangels KETS- were as fol• Ditto, Nerf lidiand, Dover (N°' day . . were tit idink 'Union) , r5(O P. Griroaby -60 1 • orth ritafford )ver (go. 4), today *as— day were a l . dshire, 7% — Extension), lad• were ss 66—North day were Al (1 Perth, 1 18 ilasgow, o bloods re; e they bog ?..r and tw° hat they bad )rdered, and They hoFed n, and Oa rd assented , len they bud k what Wo ll le chagrined ited in a disc once ateePle )et it would Ise. 22 and Captain arrived UubiilJd Dd. , . Coo!" ind Captain ffeedon and uing month , le roster for acly for, env 10 Hobart or Welch, ° I 'Holloway : 0 'an Diemen ° ;en under the a discharge d so tniserabli out with th e condition be 3 complOte l l out, health,' to the use 0 i mists, an d at London. srse Cass, E*' lon. 31rs. 6' y of B. Jell- irghley, of 0 uare, Henry elde,t son 0 ;. to I s abell a ker, )mas Henri Aral ToDso° i inst., aged mth, Estbel s q., ensine iron B. No I &Ma " TIDAL WATERS AND NAvroAntr 'WV ram APPLICITIONS TO PARLIAMENT - FOR LOCAL BILLS. G REENWICH HOSPITAL IMPROVE MENT BILL. NOTICE. The Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, under en Act passed in the twelfth year of the reign of her Present Majesty, entituled " AnAct for amending an Act passed in the 9th and 10th years of her present Majesty for making preliminary eirla!ries in certain eases of applications for Local Acts," in so far as the said Act relates to an intended application to Parliament for an Ac t in relation to GREENWICH HOSPiTAL IMPROVEMENT, de hereby give notice, that William Cubitt, Esq., Civil Engineer, of Great "George . -stieet,' Westminster, the Inspected' appointed by _tile Lords Commissioners ,of the Admiralty, will attend on WEnntanev, • the 16th day of January, 1850, at the SNP Torbay Tavern, Greenwich, at the hour of Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of making •an examination, survey , and inquiries in relation to the said Act, and of investigating such other matters relating thereto as the said Lords Commissioners have by their order directed him to make and Investigate. And we do hereby require the promoters of the said intended work to appear before - htm, at the time and pace aforesaid, and to produce all such surveys, plans, sections, estimates,. documents, and evidences as Wilbeneceesary to support such intended application. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty do hereby further give notice, that all persons desirouS of being heard in opposition to such Mended application, do appear before the said William Cubitt, In sPector,•with -witnesses, plans; sections, maps, books, or other do- Cements relevant to the said inquiries. • As witness our hands, tilts twenty-first day of December, 1849. ' —. AL EXR. MC L NE, 1 Lords Commissioners for executing . COWPglt, .5 the Office of Lord Ilig - 't Admiral. In thernatterof the Joint-Stock Companies' Winding-up Act, 1848 and 1849, and of Use 4,alway and Ennis Grand Junction Railway Company, jOHN ELIJAH BLUNT, Esquire, the Master ‘A, of the High Court of Chancery, charg•ed with., the winding-up of this Company.„ bias this day appointed ALFRED AINGER, o 11. 0. 73, chcapside, in the City of London, Accountant, Official Mann ger of this CoMpany. . Dated December 21, 1849. JOHN E. BLUNT. GEORGE and courToN small, 5, S)utharnplon-bulldings Chancery-lan., London.. CIOMMERCIAL . TRAVELLERS' SOCIETY. CHAPMAN MARSHALL, Alderman, President. JUR/LEE ANNIVERSARY. The rIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the Society will take place at the Louden Coffee-house, Ludgate hill, on FRIDAY, the 2 4 1 1 December, 1849. - - The Right Hott..the LORD MAYOR in the Chair, . Accompanied by the SHERIFFS. The Committee and Stewards will feel gratified in being favoured Willi the company of the Members, and also of Commercial and °al& Gentlemen:llot* Members of the Society. Dinner me the Table•at Five o'clock for half-past•precisely. Tickets 20s. each, to be had of the Stewards ; of the Members of the Oonimittee; a the Secretary, at the Office, No. 38, Ludgate-hill; and at the Bar of the London Coffee House. Tfie favour 'of an early application for Tickets is requested, to *noble the Stewards tO'prOvide ample accommodation for the Gen tlemen Who intend to honour tllem with their company. The Members of this Society are requested-to attend a GENERAL ME)ITING, which will be held at .tbe Office on THURSDAY, the 4(1 January, 1850, for the ELECTION of OFFICERS, and other im- Portant business. The President will take the Chair at Ono for Two o'clock preoiselY. ' • . . 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A minute of the c a s e is tequi , ad : age, habits, and position in society. with advice, to be had at the Estaigliftment only, by eZ!: 3 l fee,ll., Is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in sten maiy at 19, Aerners-street, Oxford-street, London, from WI Two, and rive to Fights on Sundays frons Woven to One -,.J.i. - , N°.17,862.1 ~ r / ffrV 7 14 ,- „N V** '4•-•4_•'; 4 *I , kctiA s 4 titi. ' 1" '4ll, va* r 4 .0 - r• ; 1 4" • ` nOtk -L ." z_Z [P r ICE SD. APPOINTMENTS. .. . ~....L., ...• NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. V 4 101 ..jz., ;' 00 f' 'H OP • ADMIRAL LORD COLVI t•' . , t - 14, , regret to announce the death of Admi " l'a r ' - eite, the Right Hon. John Lord Colville, w i., ~.4 5 , r s it event took place 'at his residence, Portland-place, on ••• '''' • urday morning. Lord Colville was born in 1768, . con quently be was in the 82d year of his age. His .or ship succeeded his father, who was an officer in the army, as tenth Baron Colville of Culross, March - ,8, 1811. He married, October 14, 1790, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Ford, Esq.; and secondly, October 15, 1841, the Hon. Anne Law, sister of the Earl of Eilenborough, who survives him ; but baying no issue, the title desends to his nephew, formerly an -officerin the 85th Foot, and eon of the late General Sir Charles Colville, G.C.8., G.C.H. The noble and gallant deceased was elected, in 1818, one of the representative peers cf Scotland, and held the appointment of t xtra Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. He was universally t steemed and respected, both in and oat of the service. His career in the navy is thus given by O'Llyrne in his "Naval Lli'vraphy :".._ " Tins officer en'ered the navy_ Di'o. 12, .1775, as board servant, on bol the , I-is, GO, in wLich ship, the S•ltling Castle, 64, and Lennox,. 50, he served until appointed, in June, 1781, midshipmen of the Conqueror, 74, one of Sir George Rolney'e fleet in' h:s vi c t o ry ove r the C oun t d e G rasse , A pr il 12, , 1782. . Returning home from the \Vet Ind'es in 1783, Mr. Colville does not appear to have been again afloat until July 19, 1793, when he was promoted into the Santa Margaretta, 36. under whom we find him as• sisting as first lieutenant at the capture, in 1794, of the French West India Islands, and the apparent destruc tion, near the Penmark s , of French 36-gun frigate Veluntaire, and corvettes Espion and Alert. After additionally serving on board the Glory and Impreg nable, 98's, flag-ships in the Channel, he obtained command, Aug. 28, 1795, of the Star sloop, employed chiefly on the home station, where he took a privateer, Le Coup d'Essai, of 2 guns and 28 men; and, on Dec. 6, 1796, was advanced to p es t rank. His next appointments were March 16, 1799, to the Penelope, 36, in which he served as senior officer, at the ensu ing bloCkade of , Havre ; August 15, 1800, to the Ambuscade, 36, which frigate was se n t soon after wards with convoy to the West Indies; in 1803 to . the command of the Sea Fencibles, on the coast of Cumberland ; Oct. 13, 1804, to the Romney, 50, which ship, owing to the ignorance of her pilots, was wrecked' in the Texel, Nov. 19, following ; in 1805, again to the Sea Fencibles, at Margate; March 23, 1807, to the Hercule, 74, in which ship he attended the expedition against Copenhagen, and in 1808 aeeampani e d, home from Lisbon, the surrendered Russian fleet ; and Sept. 11; 1811, after three years of half-pay i to the Queen, 74. Previouey to pay ing off the latter ship, Sept. 21, 1814, Lord Ctiville, after serving for some time on the home station, pro ceeded to the, West Indies, whence he escorted to England a fleet of 370 sail of merchantmen, the last convoy of the war. He attained the rank of rear admiral August 12, 1819 ; was commander in-chief on the Cork station, with his flag in the Semiramis frigate, from Nov. 10, 1821, until April, 1828 ; be came vice -admiral, July 22, 1830; and was created a full admiral Nov. 23, 1841. The following promotions are consequent on the death of Lord Colville:- Vice-Admiral Sir George Mundy, K C. 8., to be Admiral of the Blue, vice the Marquis of Thomond, G.C.H., to be Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral John Ayscough, to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue, vice the Hon. Frederick Aylmer, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White, vice Sir Charles Bullen, K.C.8., K.C.H., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Captain the Right Hon. Lord Byron (1814), to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue, vice the - Hon. Alexander Jones, to be Rear-Admiral of the White, vice Charles Gordon, C 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral James Carthew is now the senior of that grade of flag officers; Sir Thomas John Coch rane, K.C.8., is the senior Rear-Admiral for promo tion ; and Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., K.C.H. (Ambassador to Switzerland), is the senior Captain, on the list; Captain H. Byam Martin, C.B. (1827), succeeds to the senior half pay list of 14s. 6d. per diem ; and Captain Henry Dundas Trotter to the half pay list of 12s. 6d. THE CAPTAINS' GOOD-SERVICE PENSION.—We stated on Saturday that one of the vacant captains' good-service pensions had been conferred on that distinguished Polar voyage captain, Sir James Clark Ross. We have now great pleasure in stating that the previous vacant pension had been bestowed by the First Lord of the Admiralty on that most dis tinguished but neglected officer, Captain James Hindmarsh, Governor of Heligoland; we say neg lected, for, with the most brilli an t serv i ces , i nc l u di ng the Ist of June, Lord Cornwallis's action, the battle of the Nile, Sir. James Sauaiarez's actions, the battle of Trafalgar, and the capture of the islands of France and Java, the only decoraticn he has ever received is that of K.H. He was a lieutenant eleven years in the war, and a commander seventeen years. The selection of such an old and distinguished officer as Captain Hindmzrsh for hon Our or emolument r(fl..cts great credit on the Admiralty. PROMOTIONS. Mates—Glow. Stratton (August, 1847, almost the senior eligible), of tlit. Orestes, 14, at the Cape; James John Harrington Groves (February, 1848, next but one in seniority to Stratton), James Dillon Curtis (March, 1848, just passed), ar.d C. A. P. E. Robinson (whose name does not appear in the Navy List) have been promoted to the rank of lieutenants. Second Master—Napoleon Level! (acting), to the Severn, depot ship, at Pembroke. Clerk—Jonathan T. Sparke (1844), who has been in the service about ten years without being entitled to half pay, or to any surety of employment, to the Qucen, 110, flagship in the Mediterranean. Boatswain—James Woodward, to the Enterprise ; and Edward Rundle, to the Investigator, discovery ships. Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8., superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, is, we are happy to report, in such a satisfactory state of convalescence as to be able' to daily attend his officiul duties. OTYRNE'S NAVAL BloGßarnr.—We have consi• derable satisfaction in stating that the Lords of the Admiralty, duly estimating the 'great and important labours of Mr. O'Byrne in compiling " The Naval Biographical Dictionary," have handsomely presented him with the sum of 100/. The public money was never more justly bestowed than in this instance, and we trust thin high official acknowledgnic.nt of Mr. O'Byrne's work, the completiOn of - which must have entailed considerable expense upon him, to say no thing of his six years' application, will help most materially in the disposal of the present edition. Rear Admiral Sir Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, C. 8., to whom report has assigned the vacant com mand-in-chief of the East Indies and China station, is at present at Florence. There are at least half a dozen candidates for the appointmeat. Commodore Plumridge, with his newly-married wife, was at Moulmein (not Madras) Oct. 18, to which place the Fury steam-sloop, Commander Wil cox, was to be dispatched, on her return to long- Kong, with the intelligence of the death of Sir F. We stated a month since that Captain Troubridge, in the Amazon, 26, was ordered from China to be senior officer in the Straits of Malacca. By last accounts he was at Singapore with the Cleopatra, 26, C.lptain Maisie, and Reynard screw•corvette, Com mander Cracroft. Commodore Martin, in the. Prince Regent, 90, and with the Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, C. 8., were off Malta on the 14th, from Besika Bay, on his way to Lisbon, to take command of the Channel squadron, the Prince Regent having been relieved by the Ganges, 84, Captain Smith, C.B. The inquiry into the accidental collision in Ports mouth Harbour has completely exonerated the master commander of the Fairy yacht (Mr. Welch), from all blame. The Fairy will be brought into dock in the early part of this week. Commander Crispin, of the royal yacht, *has gone on leave of absence. The Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, Captain Hope, is still short of blue jackets, at Woolwich. She is ordered to leave on the 27th, and to call at Ports mouth, on her way; to Devonport, where is she to be paid' advance, and to wait orders. The Volege, surveying-ship, Captain Graves, re turned to Malta, Dec. 14, from Athens. The Comet, surveying-steamer at the Hebrides, Commander Otter, is ordered to return to Portsmouth for the winter. The Cormorant, 6, steam sloop, Commander Schomberg, arrived at Rio, from Portsmouth, oe tobe.r 26. The .Hydra, 6, Commander Skipwith, returned to R'o, from a cruise, October 17 ; she is ordered home by the Cormorant. The Archer, screw steam-sloop, under command of Mr. Henderson, the master attendant of Devonport yard, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday morning; and, having replenished her fuel, proceeded on to Devonport in the afternoon, where she will be placed as an advanced steamer. The Griffon, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Thurburn arrived at Rio, from Bahia, Oct. 26, and was about to leave for England, to be paid off. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY, FIVE, E.N.E., moderate breezes, with severe frost. SEAMEN'S ASYLUM AT GREENOCK...—. The late Commissary. General Sir Gabriel Wood has be- queathed the munificent sum of 70,0001. for the erection and endowment of a hospital at Greenock for shipwrecked and distressed mariners.—Herald. WooLwicu, DEC. 22.—The Enterprise and Inns _ tigator are ordered to be fitted with Haig's ventilators. One colour-sergeant, and one bombardier of the Royal Marine Artillery ; with six privates of the Woolwich division, were brought down from the bar- e*Sl 1 ~,,,r4,,. 4 1 , 5 .,.,; 0.(51 . 4 ,.., , tlkit.. . : .f.z..-. ~--,- tr.--1 6,0:, -, (-, 4,-.:,,,.- iN'ic '' 1. r" .i. 0.5 .v.v ; , • 1 -- -- • ..... : , , ,,...4,7‘ .., --- - - °'''- fi,'W- 1 :t'':' --1 ),i9t ~. 3%g:117;-• ate k,7rz,4,-,43.:<.'_•.% _---- - y / - '''''' - -- " . "‘• 4 * .-- ,;:ar.. , .:ii; , ) , ,A4 f;;A:7 -, ..;.:7 , 54 ,- .7 , 7,4 -, ~,A We the Wh MBER 1349 LONDON, MONDAY k 7 , 1 C . 4 DECE 24, . r . 71HE LONDON LIC INDISPUTABLE COMPANY LIFE POLICY No. • 31, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTED& John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Alalins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. 0. Paniell, Esq. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Henry Augustus Bevan. Esq. 'J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq, Jelin I )angertield, Esq. George Cumming, Esq. 'alms Turner, Esc. AUDITORS. SawnerPteli, Esq. I liam Glirimes Kell, Esq. - MEDICAL AD - SYSEB..,,, • Benjamin Philli F.R.S. BANKE • Messrs. Spooper, Attw9Ods, and Co. SECRETARY': David Alison,. Esq. SOLICITORS.. Messrs. Atkins and Andrew. MANAGER. Alexander Robertson. Esq. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE, he Company being prohibited, by ttfs 44th clause of their Deed of Constitution, which is duly registered, irt terins of the Act, from dis puting a Policy upon any ground:whatever. The Rates of Premium are calertlated upon Carlisle mortality, and are as low as a due regard to coffmlette security will justify. HALF PRE ,iIU3t SYSTEM.k—By this plan only one-half of the premiums, with interest of the retained halves, is required to be p aid for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the convenience of the assured. or allowed to continue, to form a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As surance may be relinquished at any ' time without payment of the retained premiums, this scheme , enables a party to assure for the first five years at little more than half the usual rate, . and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice. WHOLE - WORLD POLECIES are granted, whereby the security of a creditor, holder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits. Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a specified age, or at their deatL, whichever shall first occur. PARTNER -AIII P POLICIES are granted, whereby ajoint assurance effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in vested. On the death of either, the survivor is benefited by retain ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain their share without haying to wait until it can be recovered from outstanding debts. There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the equator. No Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp. Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of the assured life. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons, approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in connexion with this Company. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, -LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Aisured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Tears. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. S.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Bonus in Penna. Sum the ..4 ) ..4 Annual Policy Bonus neat Re- Assured e, Age. -, Pre- taken additi o n In duetien of may bor ou m g ' llium ' out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on Premium. Policy. £ s. d. X' s. d £ s. d.' £ s. d. 1837 276 14 3,128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1833 251 18 10115 14 8 13 12 8 543 17 9 .£ 1839 226 6 o'lo2 15 1 16 2 9'494 8 10 GO 1000 Xs. d. 1840 178 0 0 32 14 2 12 14 11 445 0 0 74 3 4 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 F 5 I' , 10 10 2 4 343 2 3 1843 99 18 4 41 8 4 615 11 293 13 4 • 1844 62 6 827 13 4, 4 4 0 247 4 5 Prospec any of arited pi ;tuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, its branches in the country ; or, on application, will be for ast free. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, c... 4 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. CnAntmAN—Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P. DEPUTY CHAIR:DIAN—HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq, Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. Archibald Hestia, Esq., M.P. Henry Bcrnett, Esq. Sohn Mendham, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. William, Routh, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. PHYSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, M.D., F.R.S., No. 27, Doyer-street. President of the Royal College of Physicians. SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.A.S., NO. 12, Bruton-street. ACTI;ARY—James John Downes, Esq., F.Ii.A.S. The following are among the advantages offered by this society : ECONOMY combined with Security. The RATES of Premium are lower thass those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. The WHOLE of the PROFITS are divided every fifth year among the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The BONUSES declared at the three former divislons (arising from three-fourths only of the proits), averaged 16, 31, and 36 per cent. respectively on the amount of Premiums paid. The BONUS declared in 1e49 (arising from the whole of the pro= fits), being the result of the operations of the Society during the last five 3 cars upon the Mutual Principle, averaged 62g per cent. on the Premiums received. Ail Assurances ellected during the year 1549, on the equal rates of Premium, will be entitled to participate in the profits to be declared in 1854 Thee resultir among mbjolned Tabl ig from low P: the Assured:. le shows the advan temiums, and a d Lager offered by this Society, iiyision of the entire profits J., g Age .'o ...i.' ' l3 E. 4 E 2 L ~, ' 4 l 13'cl 11 g' "g '-'..' g. g 2l • '..." at 4 gVa . .. ' ` - ig2 '' '. 7 ' . ` : : l 2 , Artn 9;`OZcn ii; , sgZ,l F 4 Emu , z-,. o . .....6 x E . 4 .= , 05 r , , .4-: ° = ... oe , .. 554 7. ''o• - • :4 4. ,44 ?=O. 0 ~ -..—-) 0 8 4.4, —. u 2: -- ---.--- ---- .---. X. s.• IL £ £ £ £ £ 20 2) 15 10 1260 260 108 12 1380 30 26 13 5 1205 205 110 12 1327 40 37 19 6 1140 140 118 • 11 1269 50 45 6 0 1.30 .30 129 10 1169 Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, becretary. T HE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, Tondon. VILITSTIE3. The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Nerfolk. Sir Henry Paston Bedingfleld, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, Director of the Hon. the Bast India Company. Themas Barnwell, Esq., 15, Yerk-terrace, Regent's-park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. - James Marshall, Each, 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman. Michael Forristall, Esq., ,13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company, and of the London Joint Stock Dank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Ed,nond Beales, Esq., Carltoa Villas, Maida-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Malmain-hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marsh all, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Maida•hill. Acroaar —William Henry Archer, Esq. SEcazTAßY—William Norris, Esq. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information promptly erwarded on application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office, 8, New Coventiy-street, Leicester-square, London. rHE NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE and FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETIES, POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. Under the same official management, but with separate capital and liabilities. **ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman (Life Office.) *tJAMES PEEK, Esq., Chairrstad (Fire Office.) tEdward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Ward, and Oldfleld.) }George Cursham, M.D., Stirllle-row. *Charles James Jones, Esq. (William and Thomas Jones and Co.) stilrilliam Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trower.) *John Mair, Esq. (John Mair, Son, and Co.) tGeorge Moore. Esq. (Groucock, Copestake, and Moore.) Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) at Giles Redmayne, Esq., New Bond•street. f Peter Roll, Esq. (Breckelbank and Bolt.) *ilananiah Teape, Esq. (Wiggins, Teape, and Loder.) The names marked t are Directors of the Life, and those marked * are Directors of the Fire Office. BONUS. At the last division of profits assurers in this office were benefited to the extent of a reduction of 40 per cent, on their life premiums, which, if invested in new assurances, would obtain for every 1,0001. assured at the original ago an additinnM policy for 4001. CLAlMS.—Eyery,claim upsn this office has been promptly paid without dispute. PREMIUMS.—The rates of premium have been campated by the first mathematicians of the day, and tested by the Actuary, and wil be found as low as is compatible with safety to the assured. J ENKIN JONES, Actuary and Secretary. N.B. Parties mating proposals for assurance upon life on or before the 31st December nest, will be entitled to participate in the division of profits in 1853. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE AS SURANCE SOCIETY. Founded A. D 1515. And Constituted by Act of Parliament, for Assurance on the Lives of healthy persons in every station or profession, wheresoever re sident. PRESIDENT—The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. 1. The Sums Assured, with Additions, now amount to upwards of 7,r 08,0001. 2. The Accumulated Fund now amounts to upwards of 2,070,0001. 3. The Annual Revenue now amounts to upwards of 300,0001. 4. By the last Annual Report, the deaths and relative claims were in the ratio of only 53% per cent. •f what might have been ex pected according t• the Tables upon which tke Society's calculations are based. And 5. The Amount of Assurances accepted during the last twelve years 'have been on an average upwards of Half a sterling annually. THE WHOLE PROFITS BELONG TO THE ASSURED. Prospectuses and every information may be readily 'obtained on application at the Head °Rice or any of the society's Agencies. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. GEORGE, Chief Clerk. Head Office, 5, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh, November, 1849. OFFICE IN LONDON, No. 4, Royal Exchange-buildings. HUGH 1 1 / 4 1`KEAN, Agent. pv,_ ONUS - NOTICE —Proposals _ll made to the SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and L IFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY on the Participation Class, and completed previous to the closing of the Books for the year ending 81st December current, have the advantage of a full year's claim for Bonus beyond that enjoyed by members joining the Society at a later p er i od. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. Agent—HUGH 3PKEAN, 4, Royal E xchange-buildings. December, 1849. EA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established by Act of Parliament, al, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capitalloo,ooo/., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid in hill on allotment, bearing a\guaranteed interest of& per cent. in perpetuity (irrespective of farther dividends) upon the paid-up capital. Application for Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the °faces of the Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted on the most liberal terms. Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially advantageous for investment - of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINGIUDGE, Managing Director. TINIPROVED DWELLINGS' for the POOR, ji At the present moment, when a day of National Thanks 7iving is appointed, it cannot be out of pace to bring before the minas of the Christian public soma of the efforts which have been made, and arc still making, to remedy the deplorable evils which endanger both the lives and the morals of the poorer •classes of society. The SOCIETY for the IMPROVEMENT of the CONDITION of the LABOURING CL.tSSES has now been occupied for more than four years past with these objects : It has built a r !lige of Dwellings for the industrious Classes, on sanitary principles, at Bagnigge-wells, Gray's lan-lane. here twenty-three families and thirty single women are accommo!ated. It has repaired and r..ndered fit for healthy occupation four houses In King-street and Charles-street, Drury-lane, wherein 103 working nic.n are accommodated. It 'has Unlit, in Gwrgo-street, St. Gilc, , s's, a 'Model Lodging Ilousa for working men, where 104 persons of this class find a cvnifortable habitation. It has repaired and fitted up, at No. 7,3, Hatton-garden, a house for the accommodation of fifty eight females of the working-classes. It is new building. in Streatham-street, Bloomsbury, a; range of dwellings for mechanics and their families, wherein about 48 such families will find good and healthy habitations. At Tunbridge Wells it is aiding to raise a series of cottages for agricultural labourers, of which six and a lodging-house for single men are already completed and occupied. Besides these various works, it is in constant correspondence with a great number of benevolent persons in all parts of the kingdom ; who apply for Its aid in the building or improvement of cottages, or the settiug-oat of cottage allotments. In these ♦arious works it has expended, and is expending, more than Twenty-three Thousand Pounds. For the works now in hand a further sum of between Three and Four Thousand Pounds Is needed; towards v,hich the Committee now solicits the contributions of the benevolent. The following are the sums already subscribed towards the house now erecting in Streatham-street SUBSCRIPTIONS. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert - - - Her Majesty the Queen Dowager - - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester - The Right Hon. Earl Spencer Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. - The Right Hon. Lord Faversham S. M. Peto, Esq., M.F. Rev. E. Hollond - - £3OO 0 0 - 150 0 - - 100 0 0 - 60 0 0 - - 100 0 0 2d donation 110 0 0 - - - 100 0 0 - - - 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - - - 103 0 0 100 0 0 - - - - - 100 0 0 100 0 0 llle Grace the Duke •f Bedford Miss Portal - Messrs. 13areiay and Co liosmos • Abel Smith, Esq. - - Lerd Willoughby de Eresby - AFr end, by L Sullivan, Esq. - Total, to Jan. 1, 1849 - - - Donations since received : W. S., a Tribal* for the Thanksgiving Day -.EIO 0 Mrs. Blair Mrs. Lambert Blair The Rev. Dr. Ellerton A Friend R. B. Cooke, Esq. Major Cruil , shank A., per Nisbet Y. T. C. Saver, Esq. A. Palmer, Esq. A. 11. Bradshaw, Esq. R. C. Kidd, Esq. W. S. Angell, Esq. The Dowager Lady Cooper - - - - 10 0 J. E. Denison, Esq., M.P. - - - - 10 0 Rev. J. Ware Mrs. Char:es Pym Geo. Pearce, Esq. J. Sperling, Esq. R. 11. V. Walpole, Esq. - - - - 10 0 R. A. Hornby, Esq. _ _ - 5 0 Viscount Brackley H. B. Hickman, Esq. Miss A. M. Cotton Marquis of Blandford Rev. Dr. Pacey J. "O. Harris, Esq. H. Unwen, Esq. Rev. Dr. Cotton, Principal of Worcester College 1 0 John Hardy, Esq. - - - - - 28 0 Mr. Hargraves - - - - - 10 0 W.,E. Hubbard, Esq. - 5 0 Lieut.-Colonel Seymour Mrs. 'lngham Major Little - - - - - - - 1 0 H. 0., one who has read Lord Ashley's Letter in the " Times" of the 19th ult., as a Thank offering of herself and family from the late Epidemic - - - - - - 100 0 Lady Murray W. Jennings, Esq. - - - - - - 10 10 R. Wilkinson, Esq. - - - - - - 5 0 J. Beaufort, Esq. Hen. Mountstaart Elphinstoie - - - 10 0 Miss Ware - - - - - le 0 Edward Strachey, Esq. Mrs. Dumaresque Thomas L. Ward - - - - - 10 0 T. lf. Bastard, Esq. - 5 0 E. Gardner, Esq. - - ; -a 5 T. Twining, jun., Esq. T. H. Parker, Esq. C. V. Mrs. Bird J. J. Smith, Esq. W. Penny, Esq. - - - - 5 0 W. Sparkes, Esq. Christians B. Smith, Esq. G. Harding, Esq. J. C. Hall, Esq. E. B. Bastard, Esq. Members of Rev. Dr. Cumming's Congregation 10 0 W. P. Angell, Esq." Mrs. Schaal Miss Catherine Stuart E. W. M. L. - - - - - - - 5 0 100 0 0 - - - - 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - £6,663 8 6 Donations and annual subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Strahan, Pa , and Co., Temple-bar ; and by Hatchards, Piccadilly ; Seeleys, Fleet-street and Hanover-street I and Nisbet, Beruers street ; or by the Secretary, at the Office, 21, Exeter lialL JELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and op posite Adam-street. The Legal Profession, Gentlemen connected with the PnMie Offices arid Banking Houses, also Visitors tothe Theatres, aid Parties from the country will find the Table d'Hote at Plalf-past Five preciselys the most economical, comfortable, and convenient in the metropolis. Fish and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until Eight, and Sappers until One o'clock. Luncheons, &c. Good Beds. Superior Wines and Spirits. Barclay and Perkins's Stout, and Salt's Alts. JOHN AItCHEIt and THOMAS HOLT, Proprietors. N.B. An Maritime also from Maiden-lane. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford street, London, and 6S, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in ante. LB. To guard against imitations, see that the names of a LIZA and PERAINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. EYEBROWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the are of GRIM ST ON E'S AROMATIC ItEGEKRATOR. If you are in want •of that beautiful adornment of the human flgare, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or of any wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer, an 11s. bottle of Grimstone'a Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic heats and flowers (grown at his Her bary, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and gentry, by whore it is h'ghly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too numerous to be set forthin an advertisement, but maybe read in his pamphlet, in which the bottles are enclosed. Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant, ?ternary, Highgate, and will be found at page 11, tinier the eopy of Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th of August, 1846. Thls pamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two postage stamps. _ _ Aromsitis Regenerator can be forwarded through the pest on receiving a pest-office order for 4s. 6d., 7s. Bd., or lie., which in cludes the postage with the ease. The I Is. size contains four of the 4s. A few of its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published In the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age, you will remember the thousands of blind y o u meet with in your walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause —the universal use of Grirnstone's Eye Snuff! and because it eured Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Cataract, Nervous Headach, and Deaf ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 cases of cure being proved by the informers, still it was an act of oppression ; as in 1525 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of the Treasury; the letter of protection ' signed by Herries, req., to Mr. William Grinistone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was ea account cf its curative qualities, being sold at that time is canis ters, within the reach of every poor family. But under this order of government it is obliged to be stamped. GRIMSTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters, inclosed in a pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, under the Government order, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. lid. each. The Pamphlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, is. Bd., 3s. 6d. and is. Bd., including postage, &c. The following letter is one out Of the many thousand proofs. Read the following Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases of Gutta Serena, from G. H. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism : " Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Nov., 1848. " Mn. W. GRIMSTONE.—Sir—I must in justice to you send the fol lowing Testimonial with regard to tke extraordinary efficac:, of your Eye Snuff in cases of Gutta Serena. I have used it in five cases with the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this !I or make what use yen please. The cures have wholly astonished nto and thousands of others.—T am, Sir, Ikr., G. H. BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism." Alt letters to Mr. William Grimstene, Herbary, Highgate, near London, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his far-famed HERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. Tne following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from the author of the " Pleasures of Home :" _ . " Springfield Ccttage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 1848. Sir,--I cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I esteem your Hero Tobacco. I hays new found in it a substitute for the choler.: leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Censtanti nople. I are sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price. " I ant your obedient servant, " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. " To Mr. William Grimstene, Herbary, Highgate." This extensively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug gists, and others, with W. Gemstone's signature attacked, at 71A d., Is. 11,4 d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 64. each, Including the Goverment stamp A 8 B I A G E. M One half the world are desolately single, and the other impposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em oltterthe latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea Of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un eots.,-prosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not lie the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice deraand that health should form an item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er aeglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., is. ealh (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Lot no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hbwiered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are net intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but fir the claret perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other tittle publications claim your attention (tame price Is. each, by rust 13. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob sor vasca of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he WGILS.4 he done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 28, Paterncster-rew ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Cornhil ; Spokes, 5, Holborn•hill ;or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personalty, mornings and swings), :10, Argyll-place Regent-street;;and ; all BeOblellerti CHEAP CIihSTMAS PRESENTS. AINSWORTH'S • " ROOKWOO." Complete, Is, bcwirds • or Is. 6d. dealt. MR. AEN:4WOitTIPS "WeIDSOR CASTLE. Complete, Is. hoards; Is. 6d. cloth. London : Chapmln and Hall, ISO, Strand. AL Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday Easter Sunday.. Low Sunday—... January... February. March.... April li May..... . PUBLICA TIONS. June July 7 14 21 28 !August .. :September :October ... 13 20 27 5 12 19 26 November 3 10 17 24 4, 11 18 25 Decembor 6 13 20 27 10 Ji 17' 241 —May 9 “ 19 fay 26 (=tc. 1 4 11 18 25 CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. ALDERSGATE WARD. The result of the poll on Saturday was the rejection of Mr. Allcock. The numbers were as follow: -- Mr. J. Wood, 94; Mr. J. T. Norris, 94; Mr. T. Woodward, 92; Mr. Godson, 91; Mr. De Jersey, 91; Mr. R. J. (Theplin, 89; Mr. G. Stacey. 87; Mr. 0. Larkin, 84; *Mr. G. F. Allcock, 47. Mr. Sherwood and Mr. Moore, two other candidates, retired at an early hour from the poll. The first eight gentlemen were sworn in as members. BREAD-STREET WARD. Mr. Alderman Lawrence took his seat at Cord +gainers' Hall, Great Distaff-lane, at ten o'clock on Saturday morning, when the polling for common councilmen for the ward was commenced, which was continued with much spirit up to two o'clock, when it finally closed, the numbers being announced as under:— Mr. Bridge (Deputy), 57; Mr. Ilawtroy, 61; Mr. Millard, 61; Mr. Duncan, 57; Mr. Maughan, 56; Mr. D. Laurie, 52; Mr. Snell, 51; *Mr. Maynard, 44; *Mr. Patten, 19. Mr. Alderman Lawrence thereupon declared that Messrs. Bridge, iian trey, Millard, Duncan, Maughan, Laurie, Snell, and Maynard were duly elected common councilmen for the year ensifnz. striven to mature the system—who had brought it to such a degree of perfection that a gentleman paying his money at Euston-square might travel to Montrose without leaving his carriage—was it fair that they should be involved in the indiscriminate abuse ? In all these arrangements the executive bodies of the railway company haft never to thank the Government for the sli4b!est assistance--G-,vernment had only thought of taxing them. They had not to thank Parliament for the s'ightest aid—Parliament had only thought of re ducing their rates and fares t.s fast as th'y could. But they had to thank the working men present for the co operation they had given them ; they had to thar,k them in every step they had taken ; from first to last, they had received the mast uniring co-opra ti,m of their servants—so that whether they looked to Wolverton, or to that class who probably were not able to be present—the railway guards and others— from first to- last, they had received the most un flinching and untiring co-operation; and. through their means he believed a system had been laid down which Government interference might mar, but which Government interference could not improve. —(Loud applause.) He could not sit down without doing justice to one individual, whose absence on this occasion he deeply lamented —he alluded to the Rev. Mr. Weight. He desired to express thus publicly the obligations due to him for the mode in which he had carried out the views of the directors. He was a minister of the Church of England, but in administering the school he believed he had fully carried out the wishes of the directors, in making the school open to the children of all denominations.— (Cheers.) He had now had the honour of presiding over this company for many years. He knew not what course events might take in future, or how they might affect railway interests; but whatever those events might be, he should always feel it to be an honour to have been connected with this com pany, in which the employers and the employed could meet together in the way they did this evening Mr. BARROW, one of the directors, proposed " The speedy opening of the Buckinghamshire Railway." Sir HARRY VERNSY, Bart., M.P., returned thanks, and urged the members present to cultivate all de partments of knowledge, and not to forget the most valuable of all, the knowledge of the Bible. Mr. Lucy, the Mayor of Birmingham, proposed "The Working Staff of the London and North- Western Railway."— (Cheers.) Captain Heim returned thanks, and alluded to the safety which prevailed on the railway. He did not arrogate to this railway superior management to other lines, but still it was matter of gratification that acci dents had been so rare. The railway interest was of modern growth : a few years ago there was nothing but the slow coach and the sluggish canal boat; and at once—not by a gradual process, but at a bound— the railway interest sprung forth, like Minerva, fully armed and complete.—Cheers.) In this single rail way rather more than 10,000 men were constantly employed-140,000 passengers were carried along the line every week, carrying with them about half a million of portmanteaus and band-boxes—(Laughter) —and when he reminded them that a great portion of these were ladies, who almost invariably left every thing behind them, and that not once in three months were the board called to pay for lost luggage, they would see how much the company were indebted to these 10,000 men for their care and attention. He might further remind them that since the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway one hundred million of passengers had been carried over the London and North-Western line, and with the exception of a melancholy accident which happened only a few paces from where he was standing, he might say there had scarcely been an accident on the company's line. This was the more remarkable, as there were no fewer than 900 policemen employed, carelessness on the part of any one of whom might produce a fatal accident.— (Cheers.) He then referred to the value of the Mechanics' Institute, and reminded the members that, valuable as all knowledge might be, the foundation of all wisdom was the Bible.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the health of a gentleman present, whose moral pencil would be known to every one of them— Mr. George Cruikshank—the Hogarth of the nine teenth century.—(Cheers.) He proposed the health of the guests who had honoured them with their com pany, and particularly Mr. Cruikshank and the Rev.. Mr. Fremantle.—(Cheers ) Mr. CRUIKSHANK was received with loud applause. He took an interest in these institutions, because he was a working man himself. He had worked, , from boyhood up to this time, as hard as any man in this world.—(Applause.) It was the greatest blessing in the world to be able to work, and to work for good masters. If there was anything that would ruin England it was the cheap system.—(Loud applause.) His maxim was, " A fair day's wages for a fair day's work (Applause)—and he knew that the directors responded to this sentiment, which gave him the greater pleasure.—(Cheers.) As an artist, he was fond of pictures, but he never saw. a more beautiful picture than he saw to-night.—(Cheers.) He not only saw the surface, but he could see the back of the canvas, and he was satisfied, from what he saw, that they were anxiously bent on their own improvement and the education of their children.—(Cheers.) He concluded by wishing their institution every success. The Rev. _Mr. FREMANTLE also return e d th an k s . Dr. MACKAY was then introduced by Mr. Cruik shank as the author of the song, " There's a good time coming, boys," and was received with applause. His speech, however, was inaudible. Captain limn again rose, and in a humorous speech proposed " The Press," and stated that the press was the great threat which every dissatisfied passenger held over the heads of railway officials. The complaints of those parties were often sufficiently , unreasonable. It was only three days ago, a gentle man going down into the country to enjoy his Christmas holidays, took down a sucking pig with him, which he had stowed safely away, as he thought, in a hamper. The sharp eyes of one of the ten thousand officials to whom he formerly alluded de tected this, told told him there was 6d. to pay for the sucking pig; on which the gentleman wrote him (Captain Huish) a letter, stating that he did not see why the company should charge for sucking pigs, wnen they allowed children in arms to go free (Laughter.) Now he (Captain Huish) could not understand that there was any analogy between chil dren and sucking pigs —(Laughter)—and therefore he was afraid the answer he returned would not satisfy the gentleman, and he had no doubt he would rush to the press with his grievance. However, the press was most useful to the railway companies, and therefore he had great pleasure in proposing its pro sperity.—(Applause.) Several other speeches were afterwards delivered; and about ten o'clock the company adjourned to another of the company's workshops, which had been fitted up as a:ball-room, where dancing was kept up till a late hour. The arrangements of the soirée, which were under the management of Mrs. Ilibbert, of the Wolverton Refreshment Rooms, gave great satisfaction to the company assembled. SMUGGLING ON THE THAMES.—At the county magistrates'-office, Rochester, on Friday, William Woolf, John Stanley,;William Warren, and two boys named French and Howe, were brought up in custody of Bines, at the instance of the Board of Customs, having on the 13th instant bags found at Cliffe on board a certain vessel, liable to forfeiture, having on board 14,402 lbs. of contraband tobacco. From the evidence of Captain Gowlland, commander of the Vigi lant revenue cutter, and James Clarke, the gunner, it appeared that about nine o'clock on the night of the 13th instant, whilst cruising of Sea Reach, in the Lower Hope, near Gravesend, they obzerved a vessel coming up the river on the Kent side, and on hailing her, were told she was the Charlotte, of Maldon, from the Burnham river. On boarding her they found straw loosely laid about abaft the mast, and on removing it and opening the hatches, they discovered in the hold of the vessel twenty casks con taining no ,less than 278 bales of tobacco packed in. canvass and slung with cords ready for r unn i ng , averaging about 50Ibs. weight each. The crew were then made prisoners, and put on board the cutter for safety, and with the vessel and cargo were afterwards brought to RAtheskr. The Court convicted the whole of them in the penalty of 1001. each, recommending the two IY , ys to the mercy of the Crown, but the penalties were not paid, and the prisoners were accordingly com mitted to Maidstone Gaul. NOTICE.—MISS PARDOE'S "FLIES IN AI\IDER:'..- Now ready at all the litirariN3, in 3 vols., post svo., Flies in Amber, by Miss Pardoe, authoress of "The City of the Sultan," &f. 2. Scenes of the Civil War in Hungary, in 1848-49. price 7s. 61., bound. 3. Just ready, the Countess of Blessington's Country Quarters, a novel, 3 vols., with portrait, and Memoir by her Niece, Miss Power. 4. Now rcady, Napier's Southern Africa, 2 vols., small Sea., plates--" The fullest, clearest, and most satisfactory account of everything relating to or connected with the Cape of Good Hope that we have yet seen—written, too, in the true Napier style—inde pendent, energetic, and fearless."—Naval and Military Gazette. SOCIETY FOR TIIE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS —The munific!nt, sum of 30,0004 has lately accrued to this soch-ty, being' a lc gacy some time ago bequeathed to it by a citizen of London, depen dent upon two or three lives which have now dropped. With the exception of some ani.uities chargeable upon the above sum the whole of it is ;available for the pur poses of the society. WOLVERTON MECHANICS' IN STITUTE. WOLV ERTON, FRIDAY.. —The mechanics employed at the works of the London and North IVestern Railway Company at Wolverton, where a new town has of late years sprung no, the fruit of the com pany's operations, have, with a laudable desire for their own intellectual improvement, for some years supported a mechanics' institute on a small seal', wieh a moderate but well selected library and seian tific apparatus, and have occasionally engiged lec turers to address them on various sclentifie eubjec:=. ili:herto r however, they hava been much cramped in their exertions by the want of a suitable lecture- room ; and, with a view to remedy this defect, they hive of late been collecting subscriptions from various guar tere. in order to help on this good work still fur ther, they determined to usher in the Christmas festeeities this year by a soiree or tea party on a grand scale, to which all connected with the rail way might be invited. The directors very gene rously granted them Op use- of one of the large workshops for the occasion, which was accordingly cleared of its usual contents—forges, hammers, and half-constructed engines —nothing being left but the immoveable machinery of the room, which were gaily festooned with evergreens, and converted into sources of ornament. The room was brilliantly lighted with gas, which sparkled -at every corner in the shape of crowns, stars, cornucopias, &c.; While intermingled with the evergreens were numerous flags and union jacks, imparting an agreeable novelty to the other wise monotonous green. In this hall upwards of 1,500 men, women, and children were comfortably assembled, all in, the most exhilarating spirit of gaiety, and enjoying the festive occasion in a high degree. The meeting was entirely one of local in terest, and not the least interesting on that account. On the platform were Mr. Carr Glyn, AI P., Mr. Smith; Mr. Creed, and several other of the directors and officers of the company; while the body of the large hall was filled with the workmen and their families, who are dependent on their enterprise ; and it was most gratifying to observe, throughout the evening, the kindly feeling subsisting between the employers and the employed. Grace was said, and thanks returned by the Rev. Mr. Fremantle, of the New Church, at Wolverton. Mr. J. E. M'CoNNELL superintendent of the loco motive department for the southern division of the railway, who took the chair, then addressed the meet ing. After alluding to the cheering and gratifying scene which met the eye on this occasion, he stated that this was the first meeting of any extent that had been held to support a railway mechanics' institution, and it was properly at Wolierton that such a meeting should take place, as this was the first place which was exclusively constructed for railway servants. It was to be regretted that the Mechanics' Institute here had not kept pace with thOse in other places; but he was glad to think that a better time was at hand. Wolverton was the principal repairing station of the London and North-Western Railway, where 506 mechanics were regularly employed. There were 220 engines connected with the place, running 3,000,000 of miles a week, and consuming in the same period 1,000 tons of fuel. It must be evident, there fore, that mechanics in all departments were em ployed here; and if Wolverton was t rans f erre d t o the wilds of America, it would possess within itself all the materials necessary for comfortable sub sistence and for civilization.—(Hear, hear.) He was glad to be able to . say that the character of the people was most exemplary—that they had conducted them selves peaceably and orderly at all times. It, was not to be forgotten that the liberality of the directors had placed within the reach of their servants here every facility for education, as well as the oppor tunity of attending divine service; indeed, much of the good conduct of the people was to be attributed to the exertions of their excellent clergyman.— (near, hear.) There was another feature connected with the meeting which must not escape attention. It was evident that the social repast of which they had just partaken must tend to excite kindly feelings towards each other, and smooth down those little asperities which naturally existed in every large establishment.—(Cheers.) The Mechanics' Institue tion had been in existence ever since 1840, but hitherto it had not made much progress. Latterly the members had been more united in their views, and 4 11 18 25 6 13 ,20 ,27 he hoped that they would now go on with more vigour. He then referred to the approaching exhibition of industry in London, which he had no doubt woul I show great inventive talent on the part of the opera tives of this country; but he held that that talent must be stimulated and brought out by mechanics' instituti:ms, or he feared it would be dormant and useless to the country.—(Hear, hear.) The London and North-Western Railway was among the first to encourage education among working men, and their , ;excelleet chairman, who was present—(Loul cheers) —had done all in his power to increase the com forts of those employed by the company, and to enlighten their minds, by providing fur them teachers and clergymen, and seeing that they did their duty. He therefore had great pleasure in proposing for their consideration and applause, " Prosperity to the London and North-Western Railway."—(Loud cheers.) Mr. GLYN here came forward, and was received with loud cheers. He said it had been his good fortune, on more than one occasion, to attend at Wolverton on interesting celebrations. He had Witnessed the opening of the schools—he had as sisted at the dedication of their church, but on no occasion whatever had he felt such gratification as he now experienced in meeting them on the present occasion. On the former occasions his colleagues and himself had attended to discharge, as trustees of the company, the duties and responsibilities which their station imposed up th em . Th ey h a d th oug h t i t right, amidst the mixed assemblage collected here, that their school should be open to admit the children of the parents of all denominations.—(Loud cheers.) They had thought it right, also, to assist the liberality of the Radcliffe Trustees in promoting the founda tion of a new church, to extend to their servants connected with the Church of England, and to the neighbouring districts, the benefits of spiritual instruc tion ; but he nad received from the present ceremony stronger feelings of gratification--and cold must be the heart which did not—for it conveyed to his mind corroborative evidence that they appreciated the efforts which had been made for them, and had spontaneously come forward to carry them on.— (Cheers.) They were engaged in a great and noble work; but though they were so engaged let him entreat them to reflect that, after making provision for their own spiritual instruction, he held their highest duty, as parents and as citizens, was to provide for the education of their children, which was the ground work of everything valuable in their future life. Let them remember that they lived in a Country—and blessed be Heaven for it—where men in the lowest classes, if they had only a proper school education, might rise to the very highest situations. In this happy country there was no degree, no grade, no exclusion existing, which could prevent any well educated youth from arriving at that elevated posi tion to which their less fortunate fathers could not attain. lle need not remind them of instances—he knew that instances would be familiar to all of them; but there was one instance which he could not re frain from mentioning, because it was his good for tune to be thrown often into contact with that cele brated man—he alluded to George Stephenson.— (Cheers.) He was a man who had his failings—as which of them had not—but he maintained that the life, the rise, and the position of that man was an honour to himself and an honour to the country in which he lived. He had, from time to time, heard that gentleman detail passages from his interesting life; he had heard him recount his privations and industry, with which he struggled in his early life ; but that which struck him most, and made the deepest impres sion on his mind, was when he recounted the zeal, the toil, and the privations which he underwent in order to insure the best possible education for his only son. —(Loud applause.) And he appealed to them, was not that father repaid for all his privations and all his toil ? Did not that son even in the lifetime of his father repay everything that the father felt, and everything that the father endwed ? Had he not perpetuated the honourable name of his father, and did he not now hold a European character and reputation.—(Loud applause.) It was needless for him to repeat such instances. They were too in telligent not to feel—and to feel strongly—that, however anxious they might be to carry on the work of zelf- education, yet their primary duty as parents and as eitiz?ns was to take care of the education of their children. Reply upon it, that cost what it might, that was a coat which they never would regret. There was another cause of congratulation to which he might allude. In celebrating this occasion, they were honoured with the presence of gentlemen who were not so immediately connected with railways as as they were, and he was anxious to bespeak their kind consideration towards those who held the admi- pistration of those undertakings. At the present time they were assailed with cries on every side ; and far be it from him in any assemblage to extenuate or attempt to deny that deserved reproaches had been caet upon those who ought, from the posit; , u they held, to have considered themselves trustees for )thers, and not to promote their own selfish ends.— :Cheers.) But was it right or fair that those who, om their earliest date of railway enterprise, had M' NEW CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR THE YOUNG. In super-royal 16m0., price ss. e'oth, gilt edge?, • 91111 E JUVENILE CALENDAR and ZODIAC of FLOWERS. fly • Mrs. T. K. HERVEY. With Emble matic Illustrations by Mr. Richard Doyle. Also, in foolscap 8vo.; cloth gilt, prlce. 55., with Numerous En - gravinge, r H.E. ILLUSTRATED . YEAR-BOOK of WONDERS, EVENTS, and DISCOVERIES. Edited by 'a POpular Writer. London : Arthtir Hall,Virtue and Co., - 25, Paternoster-row. MR. MACAULArS TIISTORY OF ENGLAND. Just published, Vols. I. and 11., B v o., ptiee 325. cloth, T HE HISTORY of ENGLAND, from the Accession of Jantes It. • By THOMAS B MINGTON MACAULAY. A. New Edition. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. BRITANNIA AND CONWAY TUBULAR BRIDGES. Just published, price One Shilling. TRUTHS and TUBES on SELF-SUPPORT ING PRINCIPLES : in a few Words in reply to the Author of •• High-ways and Dry-ways." By THOMAS FAIRBAIRN. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. Manchester: Simms and Dinham. COLE:iIAN-STREET WARD. Mr. Ald,rman Hunter presided at the ward school room, London wall. The poll opened at ten, and closed at four. There was nearly as great excitement as at a contested el,ction of a Member of Parliament. The pd! clostd ‘ as follows:—Mr. Hale (Deputy), I 1 1 ; Mr. Perkins, 111 ; Mr. Webster, 106 ; Mr. Bracher, 102 ; Mr. Hall, 101 ; Mr. Davis,99; Mr. Johnson, 97 ; *Mr. Carson, 81; *An Valiance, 68. Mr. Alderman HUNTER said that the eight gentlemen respectively highest on the poll had been duly elected as common councilmen for the ensuing year. CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. The result of the contest in this ward was the return of Mr. Seeley, in the room of Mr. Deputy Dixon (de ceased), and of Mr.Eyko, Mr. Cuthbert being defeated. The numbers were as follows:—Mr. Jones, 136 ; Mr. Sadler, 130 ; Mr. King, 127 ; • Ar. Seeley, 126 ; Mr. Meadows, 122 ; Mr. Johnson, 121 ; Mr. Eldrid, 111 ; Mr. Read, 106; Mr. Eyke, 84; Mr. Cutbert, FARRINGDON WITHOUT. In this ward the result of the election was in favour of the new esndidates, and against Mr. Turner, one of the old mambas. Mr. Bedford, 292; *Mr. Cotti rell, 285; Mr. Williams, 263; Mr. Taylor, 259; Mr. Obbsrd, 25i; *Mr. Butler, 255; Mr. Lies, 254; Mr. Barnard, 246; Mr. Isherwood, 246; Mr.Buckmaster, 242; Mr. Walter, 239; Mr. lidkins, 235; Mr. Anderton, 231; Mr. Sox, 227; Mr. Hodgson, 225; Mr. Bates, 217; Mr. Turner, 157. The first 16 gentlemen were returned. PORTSOKEN WARD. The result hero was the same as it has been for the last eight years. The old tnembers were reelected, and Mr. Vile was once again defeated by a large majority. The numbers werc—Mr. G. Wright, 81; Mr. J. Par ker, 81; Mr. W. Christie, 77; Mr. J. Thompson, 77; Mr. J. Kilby, 76; Mr. J. Danford, 68; "Mr. J. Vile, 29. The first six gentlemen were returned. • Thoie w marked thus were new candidates. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—At one of those little battues which Prince Albert enjoys occasionally in the preserves near Osborne the Prince of Wales was per mitted to be present with the sportsmen in attendance on his father, while her Majesty and suite accompanied them in a carriage. As is usual upon such occasions, there was a good deal of sharp shooting and cursory firing here and there. A bird had been killed by one of the party, and the Prince, .with all the eager impetuosity of a boy, started forward to seise it just at the very in stant that a hare, which leapt up from its form at the report was covered by Lord Canning's gun.; He was thus right in the line of shot. As turd Canning pulled the tr►gger, Colonel Grey, who saw his Royal Highness's d Anger, with wonderful presence of mind and prompti tude, rushed across the ground, and, throwing himself before him, received a portion of the shot in his coat, which world otherwise have struck the Prince in the head and face. It may easily be conceived into what a state of alarm and surprise the Royal party was thrown by such a painful and sudden occurrence. Lord Can ning, in ignorance of the injury done by his gun, and overcome by terror, fell fainting to the ground the moment he fired, while Lady Canning, imagining that her husband was wounded, was thrown into the most pitiable grief. Those feelings were fortunately of short duration, and were soon dispelled by emotions of joy and thankfulness at finding that his Royal Highness was totally free from harm, and that Colonel Grey had escaped any ill-results from his courageous conduct ex• cept the lodgment of sone lead in his coat.— Weekly/ Chronicle. THIS CHIEF JusTicEsmr.—Lord Denman's resig nation of the Chief Justiceship of the Queen's Bench, announced in The Sun some days since, in consequence of continued ill-health, has been reluctantly accepted by the Cabinet, and Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has received the important appoint ment. The Noble and Learned Lord will, it is under stood, take his seat on the first day of next term. No arrangement has yet been come to with respect to the vacancy in the Cabinet caused by Lord Campbell's pro• motion, but rumour attributes to Ministers en intention of recommending to the Sovereign that the Master of the Mint (the Molt Hon. Richard Lalor Shed) shall be called to her Majesty's Geincils. FIRE AT HAMPiTEAD PARK.—On Saturday evening last, between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at Hampstead-lodge, situate betwc en Reading and Newbury, th© seat of the Earl of Craven. As one of the domestics in the establishment was passing a room near the entrance-hall she fancied, from the great smell of fire and the smoky appearance of the room, that something more than usual was burning, upon which she immediately informed his Lordship, who hapreeied to he within at the time. An alarm was quickly raised, and in a few moments afterwards a dense body of flame burst forth. The united exertions of .all the household, with what other assistance could be got at hand, were directed to endeavouriug to prevent the fire from gaining gr ea t e r ascendancy, and owing to copious supplies of wa t er being continually poured over the burning mass it was at length got under, but not until the mansion end furniture had sustained a con siderable amount of injury. ANAC FOR 1850 !HRONOL , -Feb. ] [Arch .pril :CAL NOT E S. Holy Thursday... Whit Sunday.... . Trinity Sunday..., Advent Sunday... T n REGISTERED SYRIAN PAL E T O T, 379, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY SIZE, IN ALL COLOURS, READY FOR WEAR, AT MESSRS. SWAIN AND CO.'S