The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-23 00:00:00

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C.—Statement of the Liabilities and Assets of the Company en Capital Account, Ist of January, 1849. LIABILITIES. S TATS S'S NEW' ROYAL HOTEL. NEWCASTLE-ON-TY NI. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage mil support of Coin mercial Gentlemen ti the above Hotel, vrhichis most centrally Si tuated. The Commercial-roo m w ill b e foundolle of the most corn modious and suitable, and ~ e n suite," the Hoe., in point of aceour modation, second to none in the North. PUBLICATIONS. THE UNITED STATES. X s. d .. 1,132,724 0 0 Works, land, stations, permanent materials and Electric Telegraph • • • • • • • • • Lo :omotive engines and carrying stock for new lines .. Interest on No 3 and No. 4 Shares • • • • • • Mortgage debt falling due from the year 1849 to to the year 1856 .. Accounts in dispute of contrac tors, engineers, surveyors, and solicitors, and which ,re pre ferred to arbritation and to be taxed .. .. • • . • Amount invested in South-Eastern Railway shares to meet the above 138,054 0 0.1 NEW NOVEL. Now ready, and to be had at all the Libraries, iu 3 vols. post 81 , 40., RE V E THLAN. A Cornish Story. By WILLIAM DAVY WATSON,. Esq., Barrister-at• Law. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. 108,900 0 0 205,016 6 6 [A summary of the following appeared in a Third Edition of The Sun of yesterday :—] LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The British and North American royal mail steam ship Europa, Captain Lott, with the usual mails from the United States, Canada, &c. &c., and about fifty cabin passengers, arrived here this morning, after .. 1,201,227 0 0 1 .. 196,800 0 0 r " Nervously, compactly, and picturerquely 'written, instinct with a certain gloomy natural power, wldch makes fiction read like truth Trevethlan is a novel which fascinates the reader ; who will find in the narrative a strong, contintiotig i ,''atil well-sustained interest." — Morning Chronicle. Also, By CLTRRER BELL. Third Edition, 3 vols. JANE EYRE. post Bvo. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Corphill. £2,6t7,867 6 6 )er n. Oa 130 sa p er ar• Lid 3 3, itto Pa The Alain Line from London to Folkestone and Dover The Folkestone Harbour Branch .. .. • • ; ad; 13 3 ; pe r p i to / Orit' rani e3 c ol' Joe, ...-'1 Cf , ° 1 1,qt ',41 0 G E NERA -L STATtMENT of the POSITION and PROSPECTS of the SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY CONIPAN Y. The Directors proceed, after mature consideration, to present to the proprietors of the South-Eastern Railway a General Statement of ,the position and prospects of the Company. The directors need hardly point out that, in the course of the statement, it will be re qnisite for them to base upon estimates the conclusions at which they arrive as to the amount that is yet required to be expended on ca pital account, whilst the return of revenue, which that outlay, com bined with the capital already expended, will produce, may, after the views of the directors have been stated, be calculated by each proprietor himself. And although the directors have delayed the publication of the statement, to ensure the gr eatest pozsible accuracy, and have availed themselves of theilexperience of estimates of the cost of works, they still feel that, not any criticism, but the future alone, can test the correctness of their views. It will be the study of the directors, interested as they are, and re sponsible as they have been for the policy adopted in the management of the cempay's affairs in times of extraordinary difficulty and emer gency, to treat the whole subject with impartiality. . Under their management it has been the good fortune of the com pany to escape the evil effects of competition, imprudent amalgama tions, and a reduction of tolls which would have made the attain ment of prosperity barely practicable. For this the company is indebted, not alone to that justice which Parliament has, at each sncce3sive costly contest, awarded It, or to a series of happy accidents in the rejection and suspension of the Bills it had promoted, but also to the perseverance with which ag gression on the company's just rights has been resisted by the pro prietors. These rights were recognised in the preamble of the first Act of the Legislature incorporating the eompany, passed on the 21st of June, 1836, wherein it was stated that "this railway would be productive of great public advantage, by opening a certain and exped.tious com munication to Dover and other towns and districts on the south east coast, and also of facilitating the communication between Lon don and the Continent of Europe ;" and it is matter for deep regret that, to preserve the rights thus recognised as attaching to the owners of the capital embarked in an adventure admitted to be of great public advantage, so enormous an expenditure in Parlia mentary contests should have been necessary ; although at the same time it must be acknowledged, taking every surrounding circum stance into consideration, that in the end these contests, of which the directors believe there is no likelihood of a repetition, have been attended with a not unfavourable result. The directors are satisfied that, with reasonable skill and eco nomy in the management of the Company's affairs, there is every ground for belief, that on the completion of the South-Eastern lines of Railway in progress of construction, and hfair development of their traffic, of the Continental traffic, and of that of the linos al ready in use, the company will possess sources of revenue adequate to secure to the proprietors, permanently, a satisfactory dividend. The length of the lines of railway and branches now used for traffic by the South-Eastern Railway Company is as follows: Mlles eh. 87 25 .. 61 The Irialryers' Arius Branch 1 56 The Greenwich Line • • • • • • • ' • • • 3 60 The Maidstone Branch • • • • • • • • • • • • 9 77 The Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells Branch .. 5 22 The Ashford, Canterbury, and Ramsgate Branch .. .. 30 10 The Ramsgate and Margate Branch .. .. 3 56 The Minster and Deal Branch • • 8 67 The Canterbury and Whitstable Line .. • • .. • • 5 78 The Gravesend and Rochester Line .. • • • • • • 6 15 making 163 miles and 47 chains of railway. This includes the Greenwich Railway, and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, held on lease, and also 13 miles and 22 chains of the Brighton Rail way, being a portion of the distance between. London and Reigate, over which the South-Eastern Railway CompsitiV; by agreement with the London, Brighton, and South Coast _Railway Company, has a right to run toll free. 3 anditshould be stated that the London,' Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company has the sight to run'tell free over so much of the Greenwich Railway as forms part of the main line to Reigate, over the six miles of the South-Eastern Railway between Croydon and Reigate, and over the Bricklayers' Arms Branch. Before proceeding M treat of the prospects of the Company, it Will be well to call to mind the relation of the different capitals to each other, and their rights to the earnings now in course of receipt. And, to do this, it must be stated that in accordance with the terms of the resolutions passed by the proprietors on the 11th of September, 1845, no dividend is payable in respect of any of the new shares then created, viz., the No. 3 Shares, until six months after the day to which a dividend has been declared on the then existing shares of the company, next following the opening for traffic of the latest in point of execution of the following lines of railway and Works authorised by the several Acts passed during the preceding session of Parliament, `iz.:— The Branch Railway from Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells. The Branch Railway from Minster to Deal, and Extension of the Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway. The Branch Railway from Ashford to Hastings, and The widening of the London and Greenwich Railway. And all profits accruing from any of the new lines wholly or par tial-1Y opened before such day, are divisible among the proprietors of the then existing shares. And also that no dividend is payable in respect of any of the new Shares then also created, viz., the No. 4 Shares, until six months ' a fter the day to which a dividend has been declared on the then ex ,"Hag shares of the company, next following the opening for traffic of the latest in point of execution of the following new lines of rail- Way and works, viz.:— The railway from the London and Greenwich Railway to Graves end The railway from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings, The railway from the town of Rye to Rye Harbour, and The additional station at Ashford, to be constructed by means of the additional capital to be raised by the saline No. 4 Shares ; and that all profits accruing from any of the new lines, wholly or partially opened before such day, are divi sible among the proprietors entitled to share the profits of the other Riles and works of the company. So that, according to the resolutions referred to, until all the Works now in progress are completed, the holders of the Shares then existing, via., the original and the No. 1 and No. 2 Shares, reap advantages beyond those earned by the specific capitals upon which the dividend is payable. The branches which have been opened for traffic and contributed their earnings to the advantage of the original and the No. 1 and No. 2 Shares are : —The Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells Branch, 5 miles in length, which was opened on the 20th of September, 1845 ; the Minster and Deal Branch, 1% miles in length, which was opened on the Ist of July, 1847 ; and the Gravesend and Rochester Line, 6 mites in length, woich was opened as a double line on the 23d of August, 1847. regard to these facts, which have always heel before the pro prietors, will sufficiently evince how far they have affected past di vidends. It was not contemplated that any benefit would be given to the holders of the No. 3 and No. 4 Shares until the lines of railway and works for which those capitals were created had been opened for traffic; those shares were issued at 30/. per paid-up share, to be eventually on a par with the original and the No. 1 and No. 2 Shares, on which the average payment will be 32/. 19s. per share ; but the exigencies of the money market, which defied all calculation, made it incumbent on the directors, in order to insure the prompt payment of the calls on the No. 3 and No. 4 Shares, which was of vital im portance to the Company, to call upon the proprietors to empower them to pay interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum out of ca pital, until the holders of the No. 3 and No. 4 Shares should be come entitled to dividend. This power was granted by the proprie on the 18th of February, 1847. Whilst the directors confidently submit that this measure, so au thorised and sanctioned by the propriet rs, was dictated by sound Policy to meet the unequalled difficulties of the times, it is obviously desirable for the company to terminate the payment of interest out of ca pital, which necessity alone justified, by proceeding vigorously to Complete the works, and thereby to render the whole of the capital e xpended productive. It will be well, before proceeding further, to remind the proprie tors of the terms on which the Greenwich Railway, the Reading, tildford, and Reigate Railway, and the Canterbury and Whitstable . " 41 „ l waY are held by the South-Eastern Railway Compa n y. ,The Greenwich Railway is held on lease for 999 years , from the of January 1845. The rent payable this year is 40,0007., and it Will increase at the rate of 1,0301. per annum until the year 1854, When the maximum yearly rent of 45,0001. will be payable. The Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway is agreed to be leased in perpetuity from the time of the completion of the works, Which is to take place in August next. The rent is to be payable at the rate of five and a half per cant. per annum on the cost, which Limited to 600,0001. , • the rental will, therefore, be' '33,0001, per annum. Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is held on lease for the "`,_""' of 14 years, commencing from the 29th of September, 1844. Inc rent p ayable fo r the rema i n d er o f t h e t erm i s 3,0007. p er annum . a ddition to interest on the mortgage debt, amounting to 44,2211 , is 2,2111. Is. per annum. The South-Eastern Railway Zt l . ,Parly has the option, before the 29th September, 1862, of pur "lßg this line on payment of 60,000/. as the purchase money, and on assuming the mortgage liability of 44,2211. T he South-Easter o n Railway Company have relaid this line with :',..eavy rails since it was leased to them, and they have removed the r 4l °llitrY engines with which it was worked, in order to substitute have also power for the purposes of the traffic; and as coke works 'Lave also been built by the company at Whitstable, and money has ;Ir a expended by them in the improvement of the harbour, the exercise think it win probably be for the interest of the company to their option of purchase. The length o f t h e lines of railway and branches In course of con struction by, and to be leased to, the South-Eastern Railway Cora- PailY, is 133 miles; yig. The North Ke n t li ne from London to Woolwich, DartfordMiles. ch. and Gravesend .. .. •• •• •• .. 25 4 The North Kent, Greenwich, and Bricklayers' Arms Junc tion Railway • . 60 .. •• •• •• The Ashford 11 ' - -Ye, Hastings, and St. Leonard's Branch .. 28 24 The Branch from Rye to Rye Harbour ......1 70 The Tunbridge Wells and Hastings Line, and Branch to wards Rye .. 31 14 • •• •• •• •• •• The Reading, Guilford, • and Reigate Line • • • • • • 45 68 Of the Reading, Gu il ford, and Reigate Railway 6 miles 40 chains are to be made by the South-Western Railway Company ; and for the use of this part the South• Eastern Railway Company will have to Pay a proportionate toll. The length, therefore, of the line of railway and branches which will ul timately be used for traffic by the South-Eastern Railway Company will be 296 miles and 47 chains. tiilt will be seen in the Statement A. that the capital already au ned by the Company's Act of Parliament is 9,115,3751. •Ine amount of capital expended by the company to the Ist of aanuary, 1849, is 7,890,5321., as shown in Statement B. ; and it will be seen that of this amount 6,689,3051. has been paid up by the pro- Drietors, and 1,201,2271. has been advanced to them on mortgage, and remained due at that date. The works in progress of construction are : Th e enlargement and di v i s i on of the London-bridge station, and the widening or the Greenwich line. The North Kent line, from London to Woolwich, Dartford, and Gravesend. The North Kent, Greenwich, and Bricklayers' Arms Junction line. The Ashford locomotive station and works. T he Ashford, Rye, Ry e H arbour, Hastings and St. Leonard's branch, and The Tunbridge Wells and Hastings line. The amount of capital that will have to be expended to complete these works, to pay for the land not yet in the company's possession. for stations, permanent materials. and for the erectioneof the electric telegraph on the new lines is 1,132,724/. The estimates for these works are less by 465,000 L than the prices in tne origin= USLIUJaLuo, ~,,,,,1 thLa ' , mount of saving of expenditure 'will be effected by the revision and ate:tette. tnat nee ~ o, ...- the works, and the reduction that has taken place in the price or labour and materials. It is estimated that a further sum of 108,9001. will eventually have to be expended to increase the locomotive engine and carrying stock. t o meet the requirements of the traffic of the new lines when opened for traffic; so that the total amount of expenditure under these heads llom the Ist instant, will be 1,241,624/. The North Kent line will, it is expected, be open for traffic by the let 01 d o l e, although the works have not all been pushed forward as the directors considered they had a right to expect. IThe enlargement of the London-bridge station must be completed ~,n tb ine for the ope n i ng o f the North Kent line ; and it is clearly of Im portance to provide proper station accommodation for the traffic Of this and of the other South-Eastern lines and branches. I,„The North-Kent, Greenwich, and Bricklayers' Arms Junction ,`me, which will connect the Bricklayers' Arms station and its popu male ne ighbourhood with Greenwich and the North-Kent Railway, tßa y be opened in three mouths ; and will probably be the means of Prod uct ft . ng a larger return of traffic to the company, compared with cot, than any other of the works, as it will connect important extstin c ol lnes with each other. a lam The d rnpletioe of the Ashford locomotive station and works is ed to be of great consequence to the welfare of the company, be t oc fie Donlon of the future expenditure on revenue account will urred there Th e co • Lin o fr n etruetion of the South-Eastern Railway Company's Coast i o ttat ' line • -orn A shford to Rye, Hastings and St. Leonard's, where it ''ns the London, B r i g ht on , and South-Coast Ra il way C om p an y' tiew am m e, making the coast line of commtmiction rom Rag o at t e h , c ove r , e Folkestone and the other ports of a Kent f to Portz u . all ti 'westrd complete, is finished between Ashford and Rye __ e land i as h company's Possession, and the works will be veereielee co eed with as speedily as possibl e . do, Tiulc to core- Vitt, tePany were ledd to an the P line b p y the autum ge n of 1848 ; Parliament d bat this they were unable T i cit herVil en reasonable Minters made for executing the works, savedan geiZerale, eti ltles, caused the delay ; for ofthe sum of 465,0001., he m 0 ovrer the works in progress, 150,000/. wi ll be saved on t he art bete • e the The "n Ashford and St. Leohard's. important work, of -which the heaviest portions are in reramT,adneed state, is the Tunbridge Wells and Hastings line. The 1 etamia`,erpwill average a comparativefy small coati the eo ,„'" roceecied with as fast as the financial circumstances o Merl e T it "'Daily will permit. Hastings traffic, Per mile, and f which, it must be remembered, came for it !1 et the opening since on the South -Eastern Railway at Staelehurst, has been lost to of the Brighten CompanY's Hastings line o f the . azZerJune, 1846, but the larger proportion os this traffic win be Hasitli arty on the completion of the South-En\ era COMPalw, ngs line, thehe ~.„,,„ , - '''' u rees which are at the disposal of the comenmy to meet ti oo aY required f or the completion of the works, for th e addl. „met locoMetive engines and carrying stock' the interest that am b l, Payable to the proprietors of the No. 3 and No. 4 Shares, alsets - " e n ' ° rtgage debt, are set forth in the statement of , Marked C. They consisted, on the Ist instant, of—Cash Is hand, 104,747/, les; eat, Y ev eilite, 1 4,8121. ss. Id. • calls in course to be made, 7 32,6571. ; nissued shares, 1401f,7671' unex . e , reised Ipt, 125,160 e ; rnort itny :age powers, 231,325/. ; h which latter sudreen be capitalized at of 35 3 er o V cosen by the roprietors, as can hi like Manner the sun: _ eli aliz ~ ?le h the portion p of the preseet7Mertg Ba by the e' , and beond these sums, the Company has power to raise, ge debt not yet creatio n o f new shares, 340,0001. 253zoslurplus land and other property of th , company et cis rankle,: the aggregate of assets 2,296,8821 3s. Id. is valued at empowered , y _ thus been shown that the company are already emp • 115472 I several Acts or Parliament to raise in the a ggregate 51. for the executioner their works, and to snake and open all "r . t 4.s of railway, exclusive of tluir lino between Gravesend and Rochester, and the result will show that the capital was adequate to the purpose. The line from Gravesend to Rochester is on a different footing ; the company were authorise 1 by their Act to purchase the railway and canal, and to fill up the canal, and double the line of railway, so as to form a part of the South-Eastern North Kent line, but ne prevision was made by Parliament far the payment of the purchase money, nor any authority given to raise money for that purpose. Parliament had, however, previously recognised the principle and necessity of a grant of power to raise money for the purpose of exe cuting the works, by auth uisingthe Gravesend and Rochester Rail way and Canal Company to raise 85.000/. by the creation of shares, and 50,6661. by mortgage, and all the powers of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal Company were vested in the South- Eastern Railway Company by the Act of Parliament authorising them to purchase the railway and canal. The South-Eastern Railway Company purchased the Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal for the sum of 310,002/. ; paying 31,0001. In cash, and giving bonds for 279,0001., payable, with inte rest at three and a half per cent. per annum, in the year 1851, and application will consequently be made to Parliament to raise the sum of 358,9351., for payment of the purchase-money and interest. The filling up of the canal, and doubling of the line of railway, has 132 en executed by the South-Eastern Railway Company; and the line was opened by them for traffic as a double line on the 23d of August, 1847. In addition, the proprietors authorised the payment of interest on the No. 3 and No. 4 Shares ; bat they did not provide any specific fund for such payment. The amount paid up to the Ist instant is 159,166/. 17s. and the further amount that will he payable under this head is dependent in some measure on the time of opening the new lines—it may be taken at 205,0161. Gs. Gd. Had this payment of interest on the No. 3 and No. 4 Shares net been made, it Would have been out of the power of the company to maintain, as they are doing, full faith with Parliament in construct ing those lines, to the completion of which Parliament itself looks, and justly, with considerable interest. The additional sum of 350,9851. will make the whole paid-up capital of the company 9,466,3601., which will represent 296 miles of railway open for traffic, and a locomotive and carrying stock of the value of upwards of 600,0001., free from mortgage and other debt, earning revenue, and subject only to the deduction of the working expenses, rates and taxes, and of the rents of the Greenwich, the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, and the Canterbury and NVhitstable Railways, and the proportionate toll over the 6 mires and 40 chains of the South-Western Railway. The revenue produced by the lines open during the last year, 162 miles and 6G chains in length, was 449,7251. I Is. Id., or 2,7631. per mile. The policy of the company for the last four years, that they should themselves be the carriers of goods on their own lines, has been adopted with entire succese s the reepipta from goods. which ever. aged weekly 6041. In 1844, amounted to 1,8101. per week in 1848 ; or in the former year to 61. 12s. per mile per week, and to 12/. per mile per week in the latter. This policy the directors believe will be still more successful when applied to the traffic of the whole South-Eastern system of Railways, and will then produce more than a corresponding, increase of receipts. The proprietors will take into consideration, in estimating the ad ditional revenue to be obtained when the whole 296 riles of railway ' are open, the anticipated improvement it the continental traffic in passengers and merchandise, the return to be derived from the North Kent line, the Bricklayers' Arms Junction, and the other railways in progress, as well as the general prospects of the country, and the hope of a greater development of the existing traffic of the South-Eastern district, and they will probably arrive at the conclu sion that the permanent dividend to be derived from their property is not likely to be less than 6 per cent. ; and if the proprietors have not erred in the anticipations on which their original investment was made, still greater advantages are to be expected. The South-Eastern Railway Company holds, from its natural posi . ion, the key to the land traffic passing from Europe into Great 3rl. fain, and cannot be dispossessed of it ; and while it would be of no advantage to speculate on the results which must attend this situa tion, yet it would be improper not to express the opinion of the di reeler's, that this position must be of great importance and advan tage to the company. At the moment, however, when the railway from Boulogne to Paris was completed, the French revolution took place, and from that time to the present there has not been as much Continental traffic as there was before the opening of the French lines of railway. The disruption of the political relations of Europe, by which com merce generally has suffered, has naturally been visited on the South- Eastern Railway, as the great highway to the continent. In the last twelve months only 44,110 passengers crossed to and from Folkestone and Boulogne by the steam-ships, and in the pre ceding twelvesnonths, when the French lines were not opened, the number of passengers was 49,514. The establishment of a settled Government in France, and the continuance of peace throughout Europe, may fairly be expected to be attended by a resumption of the ordinary extent of communica tion with this country; and it will be a solitary exception in nil way experience, if the means now existing of reaching Paris daily in twelve hours from London, by the South •Eastern route, have not the effect of Increasing greatly the number of travellers. The directors have always lookrd to the extension of the railway system on the Continent and to the completion of the lines pointing to the Mediterranean with peculiar interest. To do justice to the Continental traffic, it is essential that the short sea passage from Folkestone and Dover to Boulogne and Calais should be performed at hours to suit passengers, and by the best class of steam-ships, and this, it is well known, has been admirably effected by the steam-ships of the South-Eastern and Continental Company, which have made 3,438 passages without a single accident —the time occupied in the voyage of 26 miles from Folkestone to Boulogne varying from one hour and three-quarters to two hours and a quarter. The revenue of the London. Folkestone, and Dover line, depend- . . ing, to an important extent, on the facilities and certainty of quick passages to and from Boulogne and Calais, the directors are of opi nion that it is desirable that the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-ship Company should be merged in the South-Eastern Rail way Company, as the sea service requires to le performed more with reference to its advantage to the railway than to that of the proprie tors of the steam-boats. It is requisite that greater facilities should be given for the con veyance of merchandise between Folkestone and Boulogne, by which the South-Eastern Railway Company has hitherto benefited but little, than the steam-boat proprietors as an isolated company can afford to provide; and, although the case might be met by a general guarantee from the railway company on all the paseenzers and mer chandise carried by it and the steam-ships, there would be greater simplicity, and more effective combination, were the two undertak ings united. _ _ •" ' It has been shown that the ultimate capital of the railway will be 9,466,360/., whilst 130,0001. has been sufticieNt to provide eight splen did steam-ships for the daily service to France. With regard to the disputed claims on the company, alluded to in a previous half-yearly report, and which are all referred to arbdra- comprising the claims of the contractors, engineers, surveyors, and solicitors, amounting to 196,8001., the directors believe that they will be settled for the turn set apart to meet them, viz., 138,0401., which has been invested for that purpose in the stock of the South- Eastern Railway Company, as offers have been made to the directors to compromise the principal claims on a reduction of up wards of 60,0001. The directors consider that the science of working railways with economy is still in its infancy, and can be only attained by care and great experience ; and they have the most confident expecta• Lion that great improvements will continue to be made under this head. The extortionate parochial assessments to which this com•)any has been subjected, and to which it was compelled, for many rea sons, reluctantly to submit, during the pressure of Parliamentary contests, are now systematically resisted, and will soon, so far as the existing law, which bears very baldly on railway companies permits, be, the directors trust, equitably adjusted. The proprietors will not fail to observe that the difficulties at tendant on the commencement and completion of an undertaking like the South-Eastern Railway are apparent to every one ; the prospective advantages which follow the full establishment and de velopment of a great commercial institution, are not so striking, but are properly to be considered, and taken into account in attempt ing to arrive at any fair estimate of its value. The directors trust that the unabated confidence which they en tertain in the South-Eastern Railway will be shared by the proprie tors ; and it will be the study of the directors to promote the inte rests of the company to the best of their ability. JAMES MACGREGOR, Chairman. A 34.—Capital authorized by the Acts of Parliament. Date Title of Act. of Royal Purpose. Shares. Loan. Assent. £ £ Main Line- 1,400,000 450,000 6 Will. IV. c, 75 21 June, 1836 London to Folkestone 5 Vic. c. 3 22,Apri1,1842 and Dover 800,000 266,600 f London- 3& 4 Vic. c. 122 10 Aug. 1840 L bridgestation j 90,000 . 30,000 SSExtension into Dover 6& 7 Vic. c. 51 27 June, 1843 and Dover 200,000 66,600 Terminus r Maidstone 1 6& 7 Vic. c. 52 27 June, 1843 / Branch j 112,000 37,300 Bricklayers' z 6& 7 Vic. 62 4 July, 1843 1 A and ' S n ta r tio e n h S 133,333 44,444 Canterbury, Ramsgate, 7 Vic. c. 25 23 May, 1844 and Margate 400,000 133,000 Branch .. 1 Folkestone Branch, liar. 200,000 66,000 7 Vic. c. 69 4 July, 1844 bour, &c. „ r Tunbridge 1 180,000 60,000 8&9 Vic. c. 167 31 July, 1845 L Wells Branch r Widening 1 and Eaten- sion of the 8 5 , 00 0 56 , 666 J 8 & 9 Vic. C. 168 31 July, 1845 1 Gravesend 1 and Roches . l ter Line .. 1 *the Green- Widening of , 142,700 47,566 8& 9 Vic. c. 186 4 Aug. 1845 wlehßailway 8 & 8 vie. 0.197 8 Aug. 1845 f ::.leinalstßerraancnidi/ 187,000 62,300 Ashfor.l,Rye, limtings,and 8& 9 Vie. 0.200 8 Aug. 1845 St. Leonard's 410,000 136,000 Branch .- • Rye and Rye . • / Harbour t o vi.... cc isa .Tnn0.1846 20,000 6.600 Ashford, Lo- - 1 comotive 9 Vie. c. 56 18 June, 1846 Station encra tu 500,000 266,000 Pur poses •• • • •• J Tunbridge Wells and 9 Vic. c. 64 18 June, 1846 Hastings 640,000 213, 300 Branch North Kent Line 1,000,000 8 33 , 000 9 &10Vic. c. 305 3 Aug. 1846 Greenwich, 1 i North Kent, 1 10 &It V. c. 104 2 July, 1847 ' and Brick- 55,000 18,300 layers, Arms I Juno. Line • • J London bridge Sta tion En -10 &11 V.e. 230 22 July, 1847 largement 200,000 66,666 and further Widening of the Green wichßailway --- 6,755,033 2,360,342 6,755,033 X 9,115,375 B,—Statement showing the Amount Expended and to be Expended on the Main Line and Branches, and ultimate Capital, 31st De cember,-1848. E s l p B e 4 n B d . e d c To m° b p e i e e t a : Name. to; Dec. 31, pended to Total. Main line and Bricklayers' Arms £ Branch •• • North Kent, Greenwich Branch widening, and London Station division and enlargement .. • . 1,930,327 457,094 2,387,421 Folkestone Branch, harbour, coke works, &e. •• • • • • ••• • • 174,656 11,500 186,156 Locomotive department • and carrying stock Maidstone Branch .. .•••• • • • • • 187,715 1,500 189,215 Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Mar gate, Whitstable, and Minster and Deal Branches .........• 809,958 7,800 817,758 Ashford Station, and Ashford and Hastings, St. Leonard's, and Rye Branch •• • . ...... 425,151 330,130 755,281 T unbridge and Tunbridge Wells and Hastings Branch, and Branch towards Rye .. • • .... 424,325 216,500 710,825 £7,890,532 £1,241,624X9,132,156 .£ 1,241,624 1 X9, 132 , 156 Interest to be paid topropricton . • •••• • • . • 205,106 Lost on issue of original shares • • •• • • • • .. .. 244,504 Amount Invested to meet disputed accounts 138,054 £9,719,730 253,370 Less surplus land and property•• . • . • • • • . • . Ultimate capital .... •.•• • •• ••.. • ....... £9,466,360 If ‘snuittual Oppq-uopuol •Sunni tua)sra-illw 1 . , ... 6 , 3 I ifi cm Ic4 , 0 .4, , ci 0 07 c 4 N Cl&r, 11.-, t- 0 , :t . C 9 C 1 -7 00 00 0 00 URK'S T HEAD HOTEL, NEWCASTLE -U1'0).1-T TTE• JOHN BRODIE (late of the King's H ea d Inn, Darlington', re turns his most grateful thanks to th e N o bili ty ind Gentry, and to his numerous Commercial and other F r i en d s f or ye extensive patronage bestowed tiron him during the la s fifteen years in Darlington, and begs respectfully to intimate that h e h as taker a lease of the above large and well-known Estabrslunent, upon w!ich he intends to enter on the 2d of February next, and trusts to bo favoure?, in this new undertaking, with the patronage which will le his study to deserve. The Turk's Head will shortly undergo acompletel internal re novation. Darlington, January 16, 1849. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that by In denture of Assignment, dated the 15th day of November, 1348, 11MM it BOARD, of the City of Bristol,Widow, and Adminis tratrix of John Board, late of the same city, Acensed Victualler, de ceased, duly assigned all the estate and effects of the said John Board, deceased, then vested in her as such ldministratrix as afore said; and also the effects of her, the said Etarna Board, in her own right, unto Philip George, the younger, of Hu City of Bristol, afore said, Porter Brewer, and Charles Tovey, of tie same city, Wine-me - - chant, upon trust, - for the benefit of all the Creditors of the said John Board, deceased, and that the said Indeniure of Assignment was executed by the said Emma Board, and Ike by the said Philip George, the younger, and Charles Tovey, on the said 25th day of No vember, 1148, in the presence of, and attested by, Henry Gillard, of the City of Bristol aforesaid, Solicitor. GIL LARD and FLOOK, Solicitors, 10, Bridge-street, Bristol, January 23, 1849. It B. SANDERS, 1, New-inn, London, - Agent for Afessrs. Gillard and Flook. TO CARRIERS AND OTHERS. TO be DISPOSED OF, with immediate pos session, and at a. moderate ee„lay, the BUSINESS and STOCK IN TRADE- of an old-established CARRIER, together with the convenient Dwelling-house, Office, and Premises, in the centre of the City of London, where the present Proprietor has fur many years past carried on a successful business, and is now retiring from trade. _ For further particulars apply to Messrs. Watson, Broughton, and Son, solicitors, 5, Fa'con-square. CALIFORNIA FREE P A SSAGE EMIGRATION ASSOCIATION. Members elected to with free 11. each. free passage, an outfit, in cluding maintenance for one month after arrival out, and working implements. Every Member will eventually go out. 00b0e1S providedm bers , it Prospectuses, with full particulars, at the Mi ce. Application by letter, to include postage stamp. Post-office Orders made payable to James Fleming, at the Post-office, London, and en closed to the Offices, 50, Leadenhall street. L ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. Notice is hereby given, that the February Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors of the London and North-Western Rail way Company will be held at the Euston Hotel, Euston-place, Lon don, on FRIDAY, the 16th day of February next. The Chair to be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. At which Meeting it is proposed to consolidate into Stock the 101. Shares A and B of the late Manchester and Birmingham Railway; and such of the 201. Sh ares of the late London and Birmingham Railway and 401. Shares of the late Grand Junction Railway as have been paid up in full. GEORGE CARR GLYNN, Chairmw of the Board of Directors. CHARLES LAWRENCE, Deputy-ChairHman of t he Board of Directors. Secretaries. BOOT C. E. STEWART, Office, Euston Station, January 22, 1849. GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one Payment. Fares, to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING ; Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE. To or from Blackwell or intermediate Piers, Fore Cab1e........ 9d. 5a100n........ ls. No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Week Days, at 8, B%*, 9%, 11%, I, 2%, and 5. Sundays, at 8%, 11%, 1,2%, and 5. FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKW ALL. Week Days, at 9%, 11, 12, 1%, 3,4, and 5. Sundays, at 9%, 11, 1%, 3%, and 5. The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. Passages marked are run direct, the Packets not being per mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41.45. ; Six Months, 21. Iss. ; Three Months, 1/. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend; or of Mr. Satufders, Brunswick Wharf, Illackwall. Passengers' Luggage conveyed to and from the Packets and Rail way, at the Brunswick-wharf, without any charge. The charge for Porterage at Fenchurch-street is ld. for small parcels, and 2d. for large parcels. November 7, 1848. PRESENT STATE OF ITALY. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., price Oue Guinea, AGLANCE at REVOLUFIONIZED ITALY. _ _Ey CHARLES MACFARLANE. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Who have just published, AUSTRIA. By EDWARD P. TIIOMPSON, Esq. 1 vol. post Bvo.. 12s. cloth. Just published, price 55., Bvo., in cloth, 1 1 HE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC 1_ TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne cessary employment of - instruments is a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex terity in their use, when necessary, is the soiree of most of the se vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa tally prevalent. Vii- .- z. - a .... ekl .., 0 • c., , ~, .V. .., ~. , ..... .-. OD , . = 00 00 C. , .... Rrz aco . . . . t . ..t.61 - :e6" • • • • ~,...., m ASSETS. Cash at bankers Sundry credits Calls in course of receipt • • . • Calls to be made • • .. • • Shares unallotted Share capital not raised .. • • Mortgage powers not exercised . • Mortgage debt not capitalized • • Surplus land and property • • • • Amount to be raised by authority of Parliament for payment of the pur chase-money of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway, and interest thereon .. 350,985 3 5 £104,747 18 0 14,81'3 5 1 125,160 0 0 732,6.57 0 0 141,760 0 0 340,000 0 0 231,325 0 0 353,050 0 0 253,370 0 0 J:'1,647,867 6 6 'UST '6l •Lfl , t ti a ‘f t .... ti,' I ;7. Coq i 4 ' / J 84, 0 0 4 , 1 0 0 . 0 ,1 CV 00c; O . C. elm - • • • 00000 c- • • • r: i Z ., t er) ) 7 -, Ci : rum : - . 1 - 6 : .:rd e ` 3 l : g o 03 V O7OO i ,.. 4 Csil CV CV C, •••• 0 00 o 0 .., • • • • er, o o o o ci o 0 0 ,. 0 ut OD GO ce . a- 6 Csi CV C.l, 02 t-• • . • • • 7,2: ,Vg.,• V •••••'NfZ2; gillEP"l ~, ~ .........§gg„, ,m,,,,,w_..1a A o...cqm,Ziwt • E' 66 6 6 t 4 ~--66 0 ~,,w.2.2,-A.A. 1M- ETROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. Spencer 11. Walpole, Esq., M.P. I Rickard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq. DIRECTORS. Samuel Driver, Esq., Whitehall. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly. John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, Cheapslde. Capt. Hon. G. F. llotham, RN., United Service Club, and Brighton. Edward Legh, Esq., the Limes, Lewisham, Kent. Edward Lomax, Esq., St. John's-wood-park. Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. E. Uansittart Neale, Esq., South Audley-street. Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, Richmond, Surrey. William Studley, Esq., Brixton, Surrey. William A. S. Westoby, Esq., Hyde-park place. The LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT of the Society em braces : Assitrances upon single or joint lives, contingent survivorship, or the survivor of two or more lives. Endowments of widows and children. Immediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities. The payment of fixed sums to the assured at any specific age, or to their re resentatives in case of death before that age.. Premiums may be paid yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, or upon he half premium plan for the first five years. Loans granted on an entirely ne.v principle. RAILWAY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. All persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway in Great Britain and Ireland, assured in the event of loss of life by accident whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of 10s. per cent., Ii one single payment, for the whole period of life. EXAMPLE.—A person may by one single payment of 5/. assure to his family or others the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his losing his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. FERGUSON CAMEO UN, Manager. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Upon the Principle of Mutual Life Assurance, the Whole Profits belonging to the Asmred. No. 31, LOMBARD-S MEET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malins, Esq. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John Dangerfkld, Esq. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. James Fuller Mados, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. Charles 0. Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. Samuel Field, Esq. William Ghrimes Kell, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISER. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co. MANAGER. Alexander Robertson, Esq. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE, the Company being prohibited, by the 84th clause of their Deed of Constitution, which is duly registered in terms of the Act, from dis puting a Policy upon any ground whatever. The Rates of Premium are calculated upon Carlisle mortality, and are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify. HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the premiums, with interest of the retained halves, is required to be paid 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 POLICIES 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 death, whichever shall first occur. PARTNER .HIP 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 having to wait until it can be recovered from outstanding debts. There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the equator. Ne Admission er Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stan*. Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death 0 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. George Cumming, Esq. Jtmes Turner, Esq. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. INVALID LIVES. m addition to the ordinary Assuran ce o f H ea l thy L i ves, th i s So ciety., ea, A ...AA, n f rui f orfl.ntlue Poltelee on the Lives of Persons more or less d ev i a ti ng from tne stanuara of health. Having issued one-fourth of the whole number of Policies on Lives of that description, the Board have recently caused a careful investigation into this branch of the business to be made. The result of this investigation has proved highly satisfactory as to the past, and encouraging for the future. The data derived from long experience n this class of cases, and exclusively available by this Society, en able the Directors to state with confidence their conviction that the system now adopted by them for Assuring Invalid Lives is as safe and beneficial as that upon which the scale for Healthy Lives is con structed. BONUSES. The Two First Divisions averaged 221. per cent. on the Premiums paid. The Third, 281. per cent. The FOURTH Bonus, declared January, 1847, averaged rather more than 361. per cent.; and from the large amount of Profit reserved for future appropriation, and other causes, the Bonuses hereafter are expected to exceed that amount. — Tie Balance Sheets of this Society (containing every item of Re ceipt and Expenditure) are at all times open for the inspection of any of the Assured. Tables of Rates and the last Report can be obtained of GEO. H. PINCKARD, Actuary, No. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. Or of any of the Society's Agents. T" ATRAPILATORY, or LIQUID HAIR DYE ; the only dye that really answers for all colours, and does not require re-doing but as the hair grows, as it never fades or acquires that unnatural red or purple tint commoa to all other dyes. ROSS and SONS can, with the greatest confidence, recommend the above dye as infallible, and ladies or gentlemen requiring it are re quested, If convenient, to have it done the first time at their esta blishment; which will enable them to use it afterwards without the chance of failure. They think it necessary to add, that by attending strictly to the instructions given with the dye, numerous parties base succeeded equally well without coming to them. Address, ROSS and SONS, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. TIC DOLOREUX CIIRAIILE.—TOOTHACHE. JAMES' CELEBRATED ASTILIAN TINC TURE FOR THE TIC DOLOREUX, will prove an invaluable medicine to ,those suffering from this most excruciating and hitherto-considered incurable complaint. A know ledge of its surprising efficacy has induced the proprietors to bring it more extensively before the Public than has hitherto been done, and thus confer a blessing upon thousands now labouring under that distressing malady; the first application not only easing the patient of all pain, but effecting in almost every case, a lasting cure. As a remedy for Toothache, the proprietors can confidently recom mend it as one that cannot be surpassed. This medicine is also a certain specific for Spasms, however violent, especially in the stomach or bowels, and from its perfect freedom from anything of a deleterious character, may be administered under any circumstances with entire safety. Prepared by CARSON and Co., Liverpool, sole Proprietors, and solffwholesale, for them by Barclay and Sons, Edwards, Sutton, and go., Butler and Harding, I. Sanger, Dietrichsen and Hannay, London; gouthall Brothers, Birmingham; I. and It. Raimes and Co., Edinburgh; Bolton, Blanshard, and Co., York; Clay and Har vey, and E. S. Rogers, Liverpool; and retail by the following (Chemists:—Collins, 54, Piccadilly; Woolridge, Bath-place, New road ; Fisher, Crawford street ; Holmes, Spring street, Sussex gardens; Emery, Notting-hill; or any respectable Patent Medicine Vendor throughout the kingdom. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., And in Family Bottles, lls. each. nzs g 47 ' 7l 0 . 2 ;7; Fi 4..; i 7 2 A A a) . -I+ 4-. t ' a A A AMENDED CONDITIONS. D ONCA g ffil GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASES, &c. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1849, Two STEEPLE CHASES, One HURDLE RACE, and Two FLAT RACES, Open to all the World. The Grand National Steeple Chase Handicap of n Sops. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared on or before the 20th of February, with 100 added. The second horse to save his stake, and the winner to pay 15 sovs. towards expenses. Winner:from the time of declaring the weights, once Gibs., twice or more !Whs. ex... To he handicapped by Mr. E. W. Topham, Chester. About tour miles. The line of country is only one mile from the to , 7u. And Will be over grass land only. To close and name on the 27th of January, t? Edward Nicholson, Esq., at the Woolpack Hotel, Doncaster, or; - n0.% J. Firley, Clerk of the Course. .... For further particulars see " Bell's Life," or " Sunday Times," January 21st, 1849. VYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and Prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by, the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7s. ; and double this size, 1 ls. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled" Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preserv a tion of the Human Hair, &c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8d„ and 125., for money orders o.llv. Sold wholesale only at Gemstone's Herbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toller, Conduit-street; Mr. Johnston, medlcin6 warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk ;:for Manchester, eresehe and Sion, Adver ,iser-office. TO THE LIDIIB. This lady had the following lettar inserted in the " T imes" news_ paper on Aug. 7, 1546. Reader, remember, this letter was put tat the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of Ne. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this eppor. tuulty of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair en her head, after using itabout four moiths, and the whole of her hair's much stronger and more luxuriant that lever was before the baldness appeared. "Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to:the virtues of Mr. G.'s , Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase ah 11 s. bottle if tkey were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfume iti far beyond any to her taste. She win feel a pleasure is answering any iady of respectability to the above fact..-3, Swan street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, afe w drops en the crown of the head occasionally. every week, will pre rent the hair from coming away with the comb, mace it strong, aid prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the I hair brilliancy, causing it to,curl. The most delicate ladies may use this deligbtful product of the most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessfau companion to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour tea or twelve drops on the grown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an hoar. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces hair on children's heads in a few appplications. If used on infants' heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See laraphlet of testimonials. . AJiletters addressed to Willl9.m Grimstone, ilerbary, Htabgate• 111_ —The only geed Lights in th e world—they only FIDIUBLIC NOTICE:-EIGHT NEW LIGHTS. need knowing to be admired. The Diamond Lamp i s th e only Light that really gives satisfaction, its equal is unknown ; its superior will never . come.—The Vertical Diamond Lamp surpasses the. Camel Lamp of France in every respect. —The Pearl Candle Lamp with detached cup, &c., is worth a hundred other Candle Lamps.—To sell the ordi nary Candle Lamps is now impossible.—The public have long enough been pestered with such rubbish.—The Star, the Golden, the Glass, the Ring and the Reflecting Gas Burners surpass all others beyond comparison. The Metropolitan Light Company her Majesty's domi nions with Light supply.—The Public will have none• other. The whole of the New Lights are constantly burning at the Com pany's Establishment, 447, West Strand, RICHARD CLARK, Resi dent Manager. 1 - 3, ryFS_CANDLES, sd. and 50. per lb. ; elf lAA na ;ow; Wax Candles. ls.; German Wear., I._ Finn Waz, l] Transparent Wax, Is. 9d. ' • Best Wax, 2s. Id. ; Sperm Candles, Is. 6d. and Is. 7d. Metallic, 7%d. and 814 d. ; Mottled Soap, 60s. and G4s. per 1121bs. ; Yellow, 485., 545., and 60s. ; Windsor Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; Solar 38.3 d. , Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. For Cash—At DAWES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane. El c? ort or Grocers' and 011-shop Goods at lower prices. CALIFORNIA! gold dust. HO! FOR As thousands are off to the regions of gold, To dig up their fortunes—or so we are told, Shirts, Collars, and Hose, We cannot do better—we would not do less_ Than wish them sincerely triumphant success. But still there are others at home, and we trust • Theyl n Lo Zl i " East" in his price— Thus fyou study ollnm there'se the t es hmopospeculationssneuyowp rdo m fouv o soe r t e stod safet: thantrade. rm e , At II YAM'S alone, 36, Graceehurch.street, You may save half your gold, with approvll o emp i ete ; For his wonderful Clothing hasofigtasinhede goes. renown, 'Tis the cheapest and best you will find in the town ; Th He u •s s t t h h e ew T W h h e il l s o t w fo e r st ß in ats po a in n t d o f f or sm C a a l p l s ; o ce. LIST OF PRICES. • ' READY MADE. s"West-end"hesofailibnestcyanle,nboubtlythsume £ s. d. Chesterfield Overcoats.• •• •• •• • • •••• • • •from 0 10 0 Albert Capes, new style •• ••" • • ****** ••• • • • 1 l a Parisian Sacs• ••••••• " • • •• ****** •••'' • • • •• 1 6 Devon Driving Capes, waterpr00f............ 2 2 0 The Improved Paletot, an extensive assortment 1 5 0 Palandran Walking Coats •• •• • **** •••• • • • • 0 17 0 The Registered Shooting. •• •• ••••• • • • • • .... 0 16 0 Dress Coats.... •• • • ••• • • • 0 19 0 Frock .... Thibet Vests ••••••••••••"•' • • • • • • ' • • • • • • • 0 2 0 Black Satin...—. ••• • • • **** •'••'••' • • • ' • • • 0 6 6 White Marcella, for dress.. Tweed Trousers.... •••• •• ••—•'•• • • • • • • • •••• 0 6 6 Fancy Doe •••• .. ******* '"•••••••• • • • • ' • • • 0 9 0 Black ........ —••• • • • ''' "' • • ***** •••• • • • • 0 10 0 Tunic and Hussar Suits •• ••—••• • •• • • • ..... 1 1 0 Winter Blouses •• •• ***** '••• • • • • ***** '•• • • • 0 4 6 MADE TO xlsobtraz. Superior Paletots ...: •••••••••• • • • • • • • • from 1 10 0 Driving Coats.. ••••••••••• • • • '' • ' ' • ' ••• • • • 2 2 a Double-milled superfine Overcoats, o f e ..,__ style, beautifully made and trimmed.... ' .. 7 . 2 0 0 Dress Coats.. ••.,•••• • • • • • • ••ffom 1 10 0 Surtout **** •••••• 1 12 0 Doeskin Trousers, any c010ur.... • ........ 0 15 0 Black Dress D 0.... •••••••• • • • • • • ***** ••• 0 18 0 The most beautiful and newest design in Vests 0 9 6 Boys' Hussar Suits ****** •••••• • • • • • ....... 1 1 0 1 5 0 An immense variety of Mourning, of every description, kept con stoutly on hand. Hats, Caps, and Hosiery at proportionately low m e " . A single trial will be sufficient to convince any individual of-the benefit they will derive ftom patronising L. lly,km. Proprietor of the Pantechnetheca, 36, Gracechurch-street, Lond on ; ' NO business transacted on Saturday until the Evening. A ft It I A E. ag O t n h e em half in t a l r l n e e w 4 eri qu d es a ti r o e na d u eS ly ol co at te ly nt s e ing d. la p , other i stn ffi d de t n h c e e,or a supp osi lame of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes era 4:tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea if caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un mraprosiug hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the enly marriage set tlement. Honour andjusticedentand that health should form an item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little AEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but or the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth en the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone er together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post is. 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 st udy of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob iervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after natere's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of lierwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvatho, 14T, Fleet street • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, m3rnings and evenings). 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; and all Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. gew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 25. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a M e di ca l W or k on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive Indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis walificatiens. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : seld by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxlbrd-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 14G, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section. is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured EngraTings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This inaportant part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SULIACIIM is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 a. And 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, AR anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. par box, a certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflarnm a ton of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 4,. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment Only, by which the fee, , 1., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, BerAers-street, Oxford-street, London, from FT, van till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sundays from Eleven to One. REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LA'MERT ON TITS SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.-WITII 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and 'Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debilii7 and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India cretioi. With Forty coloured Engravings, Illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their strictures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. ""; 17 ;"" ' l 'tkt'“••' ,, ..x.rnhor of the burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Dull, London, Honorary Member of the London hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil. which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, en the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to tko human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more Importance than the preservation of the health and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his posse lion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify. and the great extent of his practice for many years is a marantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 12, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordo", 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from .he Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, from Tee till Two, and from Five till Eight, at his residence, 37. Bedford-square, London. TUE RUSSELL-COURT GRAVEYARD. - Notwith standing the efforts made by the inhabitants of Russell court, Cross-court, and places adjacent, to obtain the suppression of the above grave-yard, the interments continue as frequent as ever. It was stated a week since, that the Bishop of London, yielding to the urgent remonstrances made to him, had promised to issue his monition for the closing of the ground. This promise, however, has not been fulfilled, in consequence of repre sentations made to him by the persons interested in the nuisance, to the effect that the stench arises not from the dead bodies but from the offal and dirt thrown into the p l ace by persons residing around. This statement is denied most strongly by the neighbours, and it is to he hoped that the truth will be discovered before any more injurious effects shall have been produced. a rapid voyage of 11i days from New York, whence she took her departure on the 10th inst., and from Halifax on the 13th. The Europa had a good voyage out, of 15 days, from Liverpool to New York. The steam-ship America, Captain Leitch, hence for Boston, arrived at Halifax on the 10th. The American steamer Herman, which left Southampton on the 12th ult., arrived at New York on the 7th inst. During the passage she ran out of provisions and fuel, and had to put into Boston on the 4th, to obtain the nece3sary supplies. The Washington arrived at New York on the Bth, from Southampton, after a nineteen days' run. The political accounts are not important. Congress has as yet done no business of general in terest, its discussions having been confined to inci dental and merely formal matters. A resolution has been adopted by the House of Representatives, in structing the proper committee to report a Bill abo lishing the slave trade in the district of Columbia. It contained a preamble denouncing, in very strong terms, the general principle involved in slavery, and, of course, created very considerable excitement. The Southern members of Congress, under the lead of Mr. Calhoun, have held a consultation over this meditated invasion of their rights, and have ap pointed a committee to prepare a suitable address to the people of the Southern States. It is understood that Mr. Calhoun is engaged in writing this docu ment, and that he will put forth his utmost strength in an attempt to convince the South it has nothing to hope from the justice or forbearance of the North, and that its safety lies in being prepared and ready to maintain a separate and independent existence. He will not, in this appeal, however, be seconded by a majority of his own Committee, nor can he make any impression upon the people of the south. The movement creates no anxiety, and is rather a topic of ridicule than of serious apprehension. The steamer Europa, which arrived on the 31st ult., brought a copy of the Postal Treaty as concluded by the British authorities and the American Minister in London. It was sent in to the Senate at once, and was immediately ratified by that body. The Europa, therefore, takes back the treaty, ratified by the Senate, having the full force of law. A Bill has been for some days under discussion in the United States Senate, of which the object is to establish reciprccal free-trade between the United States and Canada. No action has yet been had upon it. It meets with considerable opposition, especially from the agricultural sections, and is warmly sup ported in other quarters. A similar Bill, intended to effect the same general object has been introduced into the Canadian Provincial Parliament. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued an elabo rate circular in regard to the appraisal of imported goods under the present system of ad valorem duties. Its purpose is to guard against fraudulent valuations. The excitement in regard to the discovery of gold in California continues undiminished. All the ac counts received, official or otherwise, confirm the statements originally made concerning the extent and purity of the deposits, and so far as observed, no counter statements have been received from any quarter. Great numbers have already embarked, or are preparing to do so, for the favoured regions, and among them are very many of the most energetic, intelligent, and respectable of the citizens. The Government, meantime, has taken no steps in the matter. The cholera has entirely disappeared from New York, but has broken out in New Orleans, where it has raged and still rages with intensity. The number of deaths there has reached a hundred per day. Many persons are leaving the city in fear, and business is greatly retarded. The message of the Governor of Pennsylvania was sent in to the Legislature of that state on Monday last. The Postmaster-General had issued an official notice to the public of the ratification of the postal treaty between the United States and Great Britain. It is as follows: THE POSTAL CONVENTION OR TREATY. Convention between her Majesty and the United Stet( s of America for the improvement of the communica• tions by post between their respective territories. Signed in London, December 15,1848. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., " The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery. Published by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street ; and may be had of all booksellers in town or country. ANWEL L COLLEGIATE SCHOOL Principal—Rev. J. 4. EMERTON, D.D. Twelve Years Curate of Hanwell. " We, the undersignedinria;FtaniaOi iit;;;l4itaving heard with the utmost regret that the rectorship of this parish has not been con ferred on you, feel imperatively called upon to offer you the expression of our deep sympathy and respect. We acutely feel the circumstance —we deplore it—we share the disappointment."—Address of the Pa rishioners. Vacation closes the 231 instant. Prospectuses, with full parttmlars, on application. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. . A View in the Gold District of California is just eded to the New Series of Dissolving Views.—Lectures on the Cultivation of the Voice, and on the Art of Singing, by G. Clifford, Esq., Illustrated with a variety of Songs, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at a Q iarter to Tnree o'clock, and on the alternate Evenings, at Eight.— On the Electric Light, by Dr. Bachhoffner on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings.—On Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan, with brilliant Experiments, daily, and on the alternate Evenings.--Childe's Phan tasmagoria, with new effects, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at a Quarter to Three, and on the alternate Evenings.—New Chromatrope. —Microscope.—Diver and Diving-bell.—Working Models explained. —The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. _ _ Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including isturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A certain remedy for disorders of the pulmonary organs—in difficulty of breathing—in redundency of phlegm—in incipient con sumption (of which cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In asthma, and in winter cough, they have never been known to fail. Prepared and sold In boxes, Is. 1%d., and tins, 2s. 9d., 4v. Gd., and 10s. Gd. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL. Copy of a Letter from Colonel hawker, the well-known Author on " Guns and Shooting." " Longparish House, near Whitchurch, Hants., October 21,1846. . . _ " Sir,—l cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary effect that I have experienced by taking only a few of your lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks that defied all that had been pre scribed for me, and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your lozenges, which I find are the only ones that re lieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive organs. " I am, Sir, your humble servant, " P. HAWKER. " To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard." RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED IN LONDON. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States of America, being desirous to promote the friendly rela tions existing between their respective subjects and ci tizens, by placing the communication by post between the territories of her Britannic Majesty and those of the United States on a more liberal and advantageous foot ing, having resolved to conclude a convention for this purpose, and have named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say— Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. Henry John Viscount Palmerston, Baron Temple, a Peer of Ireland, a member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and ber Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; And the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, George Bancroft, a citizen of the United States, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to her Britannic Majesty; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : " Art. 1. There shall be charged upon letters not ex ceeding half an ounce in weight, conveyed either by British or United States packets, between a port in the United States, a uniform sea-rate of eightpence, or six teen cents; and such postage shall belong to the country by which the packet conveying the letters is fnrnished. " Art. 2. There shall be charged by the Post-office of the United Kingdom upon all letters not exceeding halt an ounce in weight, posted iu the United Kingdom, and forwarded to the United States, or brought from the United States, and delivered in the United Kingdom, whether such letters shall be conveyed by British or by United States packets, an inland postage. rate of one penny halfpenny. There shall be charged by the Post office in the United States upon all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in the United States and forwarded to the United kingdom, or brought from the United Kingdom and delivered in the United States, whether such letters shall be conveyed by United States or by British packets, an inland postage-rate of five cents. " Art. 3. Upon all letters posted in one country and delivered in the other, these rates of postage, both sea and inland, shall be combined into one rate, of which payment in advance shall be optional in either country. It shall, however, not be permitted to pay less than the whole combined rate. ' - /Ire. 4. vi tin 1 rnrcht to letterer above the weielkt ot halt an ounce each country shall be at liberty to 6....1- ploy, as regards the collection of the whole combined rate, the scale of progression in operation in its territory for charging inland rate postage. " Art. 5. The United States engage to grant to the United Kingdom the transit, in closed mails, through the territory of the United States, of the correspond ence and newspapers from the United Kingdom to the British North American provinces, and from those pro vinces to the United Kingdom, at the rate of inland postage to be charged under this convention for letters and newspapers between the United Kingdom and the Unitel States. A British officer shall be permitted to accompany the closed mails during their transit. " Art. G. On the other hand, her Britannic Majesty engages to grant to the United States the transit in closed mails, through the British American provinces, of the correspondence and newspapers from one part of the territory of the United States, at rates not exceeding here after ding the rates of inland postage now charged or _ of the to charged in the North American provmece,es,d o the North American provinces. A n a w e c i t o h r i d n ing to the distance such mails may be confficer y United States shall be permitte d to accompany the closed mails during their transit. , of letters and lii u United g d oin States th e t f r u ma s r n t st h yai further r eb sieennugncadigoeeare toclosed h the mails,gran grant to through the United States, or e throughuanited al:ngcdeoumnriiets possessions, her part, con trol whereor managementt he post communicationsofthe hUnited newspapers forwarded from t colonies or possessions, to any other British colony or or to any foreign country, a n d f rom any possession, foreign country or . British . colony or possession to the transit in closed mails, United Kingdom. its colonies or e " Art. 8. Tier Britannic Majesty to grant to the United States th through the United Kingdom or any country m, moufntichaetilionnited ilingdom, of l e tt ers t w r h o l e r o e r t m h e a n p a o g e s t m c e o n m t be under the con and newspapers forwarded from the United States, their colonies or possessions, to any other colony or posses sion of the United States, cr to any foreign country, and from any foreign country, , or from any co l on y or posses sion of the United States, to the U n i te d S tates , t h e ir colonies or p ien " Art. 9. When lette rs sh.ell be forwarded in closed mails under the stipulations of Articles 5,6, 7, or S et the present Convention, the payment to be made to the Post-office of the United Kingdom or of the United States, as the case may be, shall be made by the ounce, according to the net weight of the letters, at two rates to the ountv, . the addition of 25 per emit. ta 114 amount of- 'stage, to compensate the loss that would otherwise be sustained by the_motle of computation. Art. 10. The country which sends or receives elnF: . ed mails through the other, is to render an account of the letters and newspapers sent or received in such closed mails, and to account to such country for the postage due thereon. "Art. 11. Letters posted in the United States, ad dressed to foreign countries, and intended to pass in transit through the United Kingdom, shall be delivered to the British Post-office free of all United States postage, whether packet or inland, and letters from foreign countries, addressed to the United States, passing in transit through the United Kingdom, shall be de livered to the United States Post-office free of all Bri• tish postage, whether packet or inland. In the case of those countries to which letters cannot be forwarded unless the Briti s h p os tage be paid in advance, such British postage shall be collected in the United States (in addition to the United States rates of postage), and accounted for to the British Post-eiliee. In the case of those countries to which letters cannot be forwarded unless the United States pes , Hge be paid in advafice, such United Staves postage shall be edlected in the United Kingdom, in e.ddition to the British postage, and ac counted for to the United States Post-office. " Art. 12. The rate of postage to be taken by the British Post-office upon letters arriving in the United Kingdom from the United States, either by British or United States packets, and to be forwarded through the United Kingdom to colonies or possessions of the United Kingdom or of the United States, or to foreign coun tries, and vice versa, shall be the same as the rate which is now, or may hereaqtr be, taken by the British Post office upon letters to or from such colonies or posses sions, or foreign countries respectively, when posted at the port of arrival, or delivered at the port of departure of the packets conveying the mails between the United Kingdom and the United States. The above postage is irrespective of and beyond the inland rate to be taken in the United States upon such letters, if posted or delivered therein, according to the stipulations of Art. 1 of the convention; and also irrespective of and beyond the sea rate upon such letters, payable according to the stipula tions of Art. 1. The rate of postage to be taken by the United States Post-office upon letters arriving in the United States either by British or United States packets from the United Kingdom, and to be forwarded through the United States to the colonies Or possessions of the United States or of the United Kingdom, or to those territories which according to the laws of the United States are beyond the limits of their established routes, or to foreign coun tries, and vice versa, shall be the same as the rate which is now or which may hereafter be taken by the United States Post-office upon letters conveyed, whether by sea or land, to or from such colonies, pos sessions, territories, or foreign countries respectively, when posted at the port of arrival or delivered at the port of departure of the packets conveying the mails between the United States and the United Kingdom. The above postage is irrespectiv e o f an d b eyon d t h e in land rate to b. 3 taken in the United Kingdom upon such letters it posted or delivered therein, according to the stipulations of Article 2 of this convention, and also ir respective and beyond the sea rate upon such letters payable according to the stipulations of Article 1. There shall be excepted from the above stipulations letters and newspapers passing through the United Kingdom to and from France as to which certain rates are fixed by the Fstal convention existing between that country and the United Kingdom. But the two contracting parties agree to invite France to enter into communication with them without loss of time, in order to effect such arrange ments for the conveyance of letters and newspapers and closed mails through the territories of the United King dom, of the United States, and of France, respectively, as may be most conducive to the interests of the three countries. " Art. 13. Letters posted in the United States, ad dressed to the British North American provinces, and vice versa. when not conveyed by sea, shall be charged according to the rates of postage which are now, or which shall licre!lft-r be. in operation in the United States, and in the British North American provinces for inland lei ters. " Art. 14. Upon all letters posted in the United States and addressed to the British North American provinces, and vice versa, the rates of postage fixed by the preced ing article shall be combined into one rate, of which payment in advance shall he optional, both in the United States and in the British North American provinces. It shall, however, not bo permitted to be less than the whole rate. " Art. 15. The rates to be taken on newspapers pub lished in the United Kingdom, when conveyed between the United Kingdom and the United States, either by British or United States packets, shall be one penny for each newspaper in the United Kingdom, and two cents in the United States. Conversely no higher charges than those above stated shall be made by the British or by the United States Post office, on newspapers pub lished in the United States, either when dispatched from the country or when delivered in the United Kingdom. There shall be no accounts between the two offices for the transmission of newspapers. Each office shall retain the postage it shall have charged, according to the pre ceding stipulations. " Art. 16. The rate of postage to be charged in the United Kingdom upon newspapers to and from the United States, passing in transit through the United Kingdom, shall be one penny for each newspaper, ex cept where a lower rate is pro's ided by any treaty be tween the United Kingdom and a foreign country, and the rate of postage to be charged in the United States on newspapers to and from the United Kingdom, passing in transit through the United States, shall be two cents for each newspaper. " Art. 17. Periodical works, not of daily publications, posted in the United Kingdom or in the United States, may he forwarded from one country to another, either by British or by United States packets, by means of the two offices, under the following conditions, viz. let. There shall be no accounts between the two offices for the transmission of such works; each office shall retain the postage it shall have charged. 2d. They must be sent in bands or covers, open at the sides or end, so that they may be easily exa mined. 3d. They shall be in every respect subject to the conditions prescribed by the laws and regulations of both countries. The rates to be levied in Great Britain, as well on the above-mentioned works addressed to the United States, as well as on those from the United States addressed to Great Britain, shall be as follows:- Ist. For every work not exceeding two ounces in weight, one penny. 2d. For every work above two ounces in weight, and not exceeding three ounces, sixpence. 3d. For every work above three ounces in weight, and not exceeding four ounces, eightpence. 4th. And for every ounce above four, up to sixteen ounces (the limits im posed on the transmission of such articles by the British office), twopence additional; every fraction of an ounce being reckoned a full ounce. The rates to be levied by the Post-office of the United States on similar works, addressed to or coming from the United States, shall not exceed the rates charged in the United Kingdom. " Art. 18. Printed pamphlets, not exceeding the weight of eight ounces, posted in the United Kingdom, ce• in the United States, may be forwarded from obi cote try to the other, either by British or United States packets, by means of the two offices, at the same rates and under the same conditions as those fixed for periodi cal rks by Art. 17. Art. 19. In consideration of two cents United States currency not being precisely equivalent to one penny sterling . , the British Post-office shall account to the Uni ed States post office at the rate of four hundred and eighty- four cents to the pound sterling; and the United States Post-office shall account to the British Post-office at the rate of four hundred and eighty cents to the pound sterling. " Art. 20. In case of war between the two nations, the mail packets of the two offices shall continue their navi gation without impediment or molestation, until six weeks after a notification shall have been made on the part of either of the two Governments, and delivered to the other, that the service is to be discontinued, in which case they shall be permitted to return freely, and under especial protection, to their respective ports. " Art. 21. The forms in which the accounts between the respective post-offices, for the transmission and con veyance of letters, are to be made out, the time and mode in which payment sh a ll b e ma d e by e ither Pose offi e t o the other, together with a ll o th er me a s ures of detai l e shall aris ing out of the stipulati ons o f the present cenventron _ea be settled between the Briti s h Post-cflice and the r office of the United States, as soon as poss i ble after the exchange of the ratification of the pres e nt ac D. it '-weed that tha cneaSkite,S detall " present article, may be modified by th e n _tvro Post-offices, whenever, by mutual consent, those offices s ha ll b o de cided that such modification would be beneficial to the Post-office service of the two countries. i " Art. 22. The pre sent convention s con c uded f or an indefinite period. It cannot beannthu e ll eedx prratton of II by eith er of the two Governments, excep t after year's notice gi ven to the other Government ..Art. A r t. 23. The present convention shal e l n b t. e ratified by her Britannic Majesty, and by the Pr es id ent of the United State s, b y and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and the ratification shall be ex changed at London within three months o f t he d a t e hereof t shall come into o p erati on as soon . the as p ossible after exchange of the ratifications. In witness whereof the respective Pl enipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at Lond on the 15th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1848. [L.S.] [LS.] "PALMERSTON, " GEORGE 13ANCBOYT." "Received 3dCJ°ankt.,IIIEB4S9P.ONNDo.EINOBC.E. " American Legation, London, Dec. 15, 1846. " llon. James Buchanan, Secretary of State. " Sir,—l sent this day by the Europa, for ratification, a Postal Convention between the United States and tho United Kingdom, which has just been signed by myself, and, in the absence of the Postmaster-General, by Lord Palmerston alone. " In negotiating this treaty, I have aimed at a jud and fair reciprocity ; the reduction of the sea rates —the abrogation of all discriminating charges what ever ; respect for the existing laws regulating inland postage, and a due regard for facilitating the daily course of manual business in the Post-offices of both countries. " This convention, in its progress, has encountered much opposition in some quarters here. I trust it may meet general approbation at home. " The British Postmaster-General reluctantly con sented to accept the varying inland rates now levied by •he law s o f t h e U n it e d States within their territory, and to concede the English rates fixed by law. no principle was thus settled. Its application was difficult ; for it gave, , or example on 21 tier from B os t on , an d , llvt rstly one t ate. it sent directly from p ort to port ; another rate it sent by New York to Liverpool, and still another if sent by New York and Southampton. To keep just accounts under so varying rates, would have been difficult. I agreed, therefore, to make an aver --4 4 . _